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Moody's cuts Wealth of India outlook 2L cr investments in next richest people to ‘negative' falls for first NEW DELHI: Global rating time since 2015 agency Moody's Investors 5 yrs in AP: Union Minister PNS n ZURICH Service on Friday cut India's outlook from 'stable' to 'neg- PNS n AMARAVATI ments pose various environ- The world's richest people ative' reflecting increasing mental risks and also cause became a little less well off last risks to the country's eco- Union Minister for Petroleum, depletion of the fish popula- year, according to a report by nomic growth and the gov- Natural Gas and Steel tion. UBS and PwC, as geopolitical ernment's failure in address- Dharmendra Pradhan Jaganmohan Reddy request- turmoil and volatile equity ing long-standing economic responded positively to Chief ed the Union Minister to set markets reduced the wealth of and institutional weaknesses. Minister YS Jaganmohan up a greenfield crude oil refin- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy launched ‘Connect to Andhra' web portal billionaires for the first time Reddy's request for supply of ery and petrochemical com- at Secretariat on Friday since 2015. Report on Page 8 iron ore from NMDC to the plex in Kakinada as men- Billionaires' wealth fell by proposed steel plant at YSR tioned in Section 93 (4) of AP 4.3% globally to $8.5 trillion Kadapa district. Reorganisation Act-204. He last year, the UBS/PwC report He said that the State would also asked for setting up of a CM Jagan launches found, with a sharp decline in Multi-layered get Rs 2 lakh crore investments Petroleum University in Greater China, including in the next five years while Kakinada as skilled manpow- Hong Kong, and the Asia- security world leaders in petroleum er is required for the upcom- ‘Connect to Andhra' Pacific region more broadly. sector were willing to invest in ing major project of KG-DWN Private wealth in Hong arrangements the east coast. Union Minister for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan and 98/2 of the ONGC. The Union PNS n AMARAVATI Nedu and other Government Kong fell 4% in 2018 to $319.8 The Union Minister CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy addressing a meeting in Vijayawada on Friday Minister congratulated the schemes will be available on the billion, the report showed, in Ayodhya revealed that the Centre was Chairmen of ONGC and Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan website. "It's a great opportu- with months of anti-govern- AYODHYA: Multi-layered ready to supply iron ore to the State in petrol, natural gas and affected by the off-shore HPCL for sorting out the Reddy on Friday launched the nity to show your love for the ment protests in the Chinese- security arrangements have proposed steel plant. The State steel sectors, the Union min- drilling by the ONGC Limited, pending issues in pipeline lay- 'Connect to Andhra' web por- State. It does not matter how ruled city and an economic been put in place in the tem- government and the NMDC ister said. The quantum of the Union Minister directed ing and other issues pending tal, which provides details of the much you help you can take up recession clouding the outlook ple town of Ayodhya with would sign an agreement in investments would increase the ONGC officials to clear the for a long time. donations received from vari- any activity in your village or this year. Some Hong Kong drones being used to mon- this regard very soon, he said through setting up of Kadapa compensation immediately. The Chief Minister said that ous sources. The website, your constituency or in your tycoons have begun moving itor the situation ahead of during a meeting at the Steel Plant, expansion pro- He also responded positively the State would cooperate and launched at the Secretariat here district or can donate any personal wealth offshore, the apex court judgment in Secretariat here on Friday jects in Visakhapatnam and by and agreed that the Oil and extend all possible help to the on Friday, will give details of the amount of money for the devel- Reuters reported in June, as the Ramjanmabhoomi- which was attended by the setting up of petro complex at Natural Gas companies should Centre and is firm on rapid funds that would be collected opment. All the Non-Resident concerns deepen over the Babri Masjid land dispute State and Central government Kakinada. He said that Andhra fulfil their corporate social industrialisation. The meeting from donors, societies, Non- Indians from AP should come protests. "We haven't seen any case. officials. Pradesh has an open mind on responsibility by earmarking was attended by Union Residents Indians (NRIs) and forward to do something to significant outflows, we have Be it the area near the Many big players in the industrialisation. adequate funds depending on Secretary for Steels, Binoy CSR funds. make the State better," the CM been tracking some of these Ramjanmabhoomi police petroleum sector are showing In response to the State their turnover. Roy, Joint Secretary, Ministry Speaking on the occasion, said. Municipal Administration numbers on a regular basis," station, "karyashala" of Ram interest in investing in Andhra government request to expe- The Chief Minister also of Petroleum, Amarnath, the Chief Minister said that Commissioner Vijay Kumar, said Amy Lo, UBS co-head of Janmabhoomi Nyas or other Pradesh which is on the east dite payment of Rs 81 crore to sought an equal share of the NMDC CMD Sasi Shankar, details of any person willing to Planning Department Deputy Asia Pacific wealth manage- parts of the town, policemen coast and in the next five 16,554 fishermen of royalty collected by the union HPCL CMD Mukesh Kumar donate to the welfare schemes Secretary Koteshwaramma and ment. "Our clients have been could be seen checking two- years Rs 2 lakh crore invest- Bhairavapalem village in East government from oil and gas Surana and RINL CMD PK being implemented in their APNRT Chairman Medpati diversifying all along, it's not wheelers. Elaborating on the ments are coming into the Godavari district who were companies as the establish- Rath among others. villages like Navaratnalu, Nadu- Venkat attended the event. in the last one year." security arrangements, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) PV Ramasastry said, CM's post was "Adequate forces have been SPG cover to Gandhis promised in Shiv Sena seeks security for provided to Ayodhya and all sensitive districts of the state in good measure. The force Shah's presence: has been sufficiently withdrawn, Cong cries foul Uddhav newly-elected MLAs strengthened in terms of CAPF and PAC companies." PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n MUMBAI PNS n MUMBAI

The government has withdrawn Shiv Sena president Uddhav The Shiv Sena on Friday sought Fadnavis quits as Maharashtra CM the Special Protection Group Thackeray on Friday slammed police protection in Mumbai for MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Pune woman (SPG) cover of Congress pres- ally BJP for trying `to prove its newly-elected MLAs, who Devendra Fadnavis resigned on Friday. ident Sonia Gandhi and her him a liar', claiming that it had will be shifted to a resort, till Fadnavis drove to Raj Bhavan in south finds hidden children Rahul and Priyanka, agreed to share the chief min- November 15, apparently fear- Mumbai and submitted his resignation to and they will now be given Z- ister's post in Maha during his ing defection from its legislative Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, sources plus security by the CRPF, offi- talks with Amit Shah. rank. Sena secretary Milind said. There has been no headway in camera in cials said on Friday. He would fulfill the promise Narvekar has written a letter to government formation even a fortnight The decision to withdraw the made to his father, late Sena the Mumbai police commis- after Assembly poll results were cafe toilet SPG cover given to the family founder Bal Thackeray, to sioner, seeking necessary protec- announced on October 24. The BJP and PUNE: A woman's post of former prime minister Rajiv install a Shiv Sena chief min- tion for the party's MLAs till Shiv Sena are locked in a tussle over the about how she found a cam- Gandhi, who was assassinated ister in the state, and does not November 15. In the letter, issue of the chief minister's post, era hidden inside a toilet at a by LTTE terrorists on May 21, need Devendra Fadnavis or Narvekar said all MLAs would resulting in a stalemate in government formation despite the cafe in Pune has triggered 1991, was taken after a detailed Shah for this, Uddhav be staying at Retreat hotel in Assembly poll results giving the alliance a combined seat strength massive outrage online. Three security assessment, a senior Under the Z-plus security, they Manmohan Singh. The SPG Thackeray said. Thackeray suburban Malad. of 161, way past the 145 majority mark in the 288-member days ago, the woman shared official said. will have commandos from Act, enacted by Parliament in addressed the media soon "Sena chief House. In the polls, the BJP won 105 seats, Shiv Sena-56, a series of Instagram stories The Gandhis will be without the paramilitary force in close 1988, was initially supposed to after CM Fadnavis handed Uddhav Thackeray NCP-54 and the Congress won 44 seats. detailing how she found the SPG protection after 28 years. proximity besides guards at provide security to only the over his resignation to Maha will be meeting his camera inside the washroom. They were included in the their homes and where ever prime minister and former Governor, and was asked to MLAs frequently Screenshots of her Instagram VVIP security list following an they travel in the country, the prime ministers of the country. continue as caretaker CM. for future deci- Mumbai police tral Mumbai in the October 21 stories have gone massively amendment in September 1991 official said. The Act was amended after Reacting strongly to Fadnavis's sions. We request will take care of the assembly polls. The BJP and the viral, leaving many shocked in the SPG Act of 1988. SPG protectees, under the the assassination of Rajiv claim that there had been no you to provide nec- security of their Sena are locked in a bitter tus- and prompting Pune Police to Prime Minister Narendra rules, are provided with guards, Gandhi to include the imme- agreement on sharing the chief essary security mea- MLAs," the official sle over sharing power post dec- say that the matter was for- Modi will now be the only per- hi-tech vehicles, jammers and diate family members of for- minister's post for two-and- sures," Narvekar said. said. laration of assembly poll results warded to the local police sta- son being protected by the elite an ambulance in their carcade. mer prime ministers, paving half years, Thackeray again A police official con- The Sena has 56 MLAs, on October 24. The Congress tion so they could take "nec- SPG commandos. In August this year, the gov- the way for Sonia Gandhi as and again said that he was hurt firmed receiving the letter. including the party's youth has alleged MLAs were being essary action". The Gandhi family will be ernment withdrew the SPG well her children to get SPG that the BJP tried to portray "We have received the letter leader, Aaditya Thackeray, who offered inducements to cross In her stories, the woman covered by CRPF personnel. cover of former prime minister security. him as a liar. from the Shiv Sena and the was elected from Worli in cen- over. said she visited Cafe BeHive in the Hinjawadi area of Pune and spotted the camera in their toilet. She said that the cafe management, when No NEFT charges Sand Container truck crushes vehicles, 14 died informed about the camera, secretly removed it. "On PNS n TIRUPATI coming from opposite direc- addressing this issue to the excavation tion, apparently due to management, they asked us from January: RBI At least 14 people were brake failure. The deceased to wait outside and the cam- killed when a container include nine members of the era was gone within 10 min- PNS n MUMBAI on the rise trailer-truck crushed an same family, including four utes," the woman Omni van and two other women, travelling in the wrote, sharing a picture of Come January 2020, and cus- ith the floods receding vehicles after its brakes van. Container driver and the camera. tomers may not have to pay Wslowly, in the last four failed in Andhra Pradesh's two men on a motorbike any charges for transactions days, more than 3, 00,000 Chittoor district on Friday, were also killed in the crash. done through the popular tonnes of sand has been exca- police said. Few others were injured TODAY NEFT system. vated. Production on Friday The accident occurred who were rushed to a near- A proposal in this regard (November 7) alone was near Mogili Ghat on by hospital. ALMANAC has been mooted by the RBI to 86,482 tonnes compared to Chittoor-Bengaluru high- According to eyewitness- Month & Paksham: give impetus to digital trans- 31,576 tonnes on November way at around 7 p.m. es, the impact of the colli- Kartik & Shukla Paksha actions on the third anniver- 1, according to official The container crushed an sion was such that the vehi- Tithi : Dwadashi: 02:39 pm sary of demonetisation.The sources. Omni van, an auto-rick- cles were reduced to man- central bank has also proposed payments. Report on Page 3 shaw and a two-wheeler gled pieces of metal. Nakshatram: Uttara Bhadrapada: 02:56 pm that FASTags would be Now to further empower Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start enabled to pay for parking fee every citizen with an any important work) and even at fuel stations. "Exceptional (e) Payment Rahukalam: 09:10 am – 10:35 am Digital payments constitut- Experience", and provide her ed a high 96 per cent of total access to a bouquet of options, 5-yr-old girl goes missing from wedding party, found murdered Yamagandam: 01:24 pm – 02:48 pm non-cash retail payments dur- the RBI said it proposes to Varjyam: 04:08 am – 05:53 am ing the October 2018 to "mandate banks not to charge PNS n TIRUPATI incident is believed to have Gulika: 06:21 am - 07:45 am September 2019. savings bank account cus- This morning the girl was found dead as they searched occurred in the wee hours of Good Time: (to start any During the same period, the tomers for online transactions "The girl went missing around beside a huge wall of the function hall. Parents are Friday. The deceased E Varshini, important work) National Electronic Funds in the NEFT system with 10pm (on Thursday) amidst the alleging that the unidentified man seen in the CCTV is suspected to have been kid- Transfer (NEFT) and Unified effect from January 2020". wedding celebrations. Later, the visuals has killed their daughter napped, hours before she was Amritakalam: 09:36 am – 11:22 am Payments Interface (UPI) sys- It also plans to opera- family members searched killed. The girl was attending a Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:37 am–12:22 pm tems handled 252 crore and tionalise the 'Acceptance around and checked the CCTV wedding party at a function hall 874 crore transactions with Development Fund' to footage in which they saw the victim's body. The CI said, "A and other nearby places to iden- in Kurabalakota with her par- VIJAYAWADA year on year growth of 20 per increase acceptance infrastruc- toddler playing with a strange murder case has been registered tify the accused. So far, no ents. The reason behind the cent and 263 per cent, respec- ture with from January 1, man before she disappeared, but based on the complaint of the arrests have been made. killing is yet to be ascertained as WEATHER tively. 2020. they weren't able to trace parents. We are awaiting the Varshini is the daughter of the police are waiting for the Forecast: Partly Cloudy "This rapid growth in the A committee would also be her."Madanapalle Rural Circle postmortem report for further Siddareddy, who belongs to postmortem report. According Temp: 33/22 payment systems, inter-alia, set up to assess the need for Inspector (CI) Ashok Kumar investigation." The CI has also Guttapalem of B. Kothakota to police officials, an unidenti- Humidity: 65% has been facilitated by a series plurality of QR codes and said. alleging that the unidentified ruled out the revenge killing mandal in the district. A five- fied youth who came to the Sunrise: 06.17 of measures taken by the merits of their co-existence or He added, "This morning man seen in the CCTV visuals reports that have surfaced in year-old girl was found dead function hall, had befriended the Sunset: 05.41 Reserve Bank of India," the convergence from both sys- the girl was found dead as they has killed their daughter." local media. under mysterious circumstances girl and was seen playing with Current Weather Conditions central bank said in a state- temic and consumer view- searched beside a huge wall of According to police, there are Police are examining CCTV in Angallu of Kurabalakota in her in the CCTV footage that Updated November 08, 2019 5:00 PM ment on furthering digital points. the function hall. Parents are 'minor visible injuries' on the footage from the function hall Andhra's Chittoor district. The was captured. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 9, 2019 vijayawada 02 WHAT IS MASTODON AND WHY TWITTERETTI IS OPTING FOR IT

here is a mass migration instance, users can follow and inter- taking place from Twitter act with each other. Users can also to a new open-source follow and interact with users from platform Mastodon, as Anti-abuse other instances also. Such a network T several users of micro- is called a federated (interconnect- blogging site are unhap- policies ed) social network. py with Twitter's policy on suspen- Mastodon also offers What this means is that while each sions and verifications of accounts. effective anti-abuse tools server is like one community, these Over the past few weeks there has to help moderate servers are connected as a federat- been a major furore over micro-blog- instances as users and ed social network and can interact ging site Twitter's policies, with communities see fit. with each other in what is called a many accusing it of not being demo- According to Mastodon, 'Fediverse'. cratic. One major trigger was the sus- one major advantage The major advantage with using pension of Supreme Court Lawyer over a platform like Mastodon, is that one's data is not Sanjay Hedge's Twitter account twice, Twitter is the fact that owned by any single corporation, for allegedly violating Twitter's rules each server has a with the risk of it being sold to or against using hateful or sensitive con- separate admin and a used by advertisers. tent. His account was first suspend- moderation team, along "Centralisation is not just central- ed over an image, and the second with its own code of isation of power, but centralization Pune maid flooded time, over a poem he retweeted. conduct. of data as well. So, the more data a Several users have accused Twitter platform like Facebook collects - it's of being casteist all in one place. It's easy to access and with job offers after after accounts of to analyse. With Mastodon, the data prominent intel- to be able to com- What is share will then be with that one large is separated. Every server stores lectuals from municate and Mastodon corporation which is running the only the data of its local signed-up marginalized network in a and how is social media platform. users and the data that they subscribe her card goes viral Dalit, Bahujan, space that is How it it different Mastodon, unlike these platforms, to from their friends. If you take the and Adivasi not from Twitter? is decentralised. Anyone can create data from just one server, you don't eeta Kale, a domestic (DBA) communi- works their own server of Mastodon. have a lot. Some of the other bene- help in Pune, has ties were sus- Mastodon is a free Therefore, Mastodon is not owned fits of the decentralised approach are G been flooded with pended allegedly igning up for Mastodon requires just an email ID, a and open-source social by any single company or entity. that indeed it's harder for govern- job offers from all without any valid Susername and password. Users can create their profiles, networking platform, And every server created can ments to deal with, not only in terms corners of India. The justification. follow other users and post messages, videos and images, similar to created by German have its own terms and rules. Every of collecting data or enforcing some reason - a business card that Twitter, however, how it is done on other social media platforms. In fact, the coder Eugen Rochko in new server (or version) of Mastodon kind of rule or secret requests for one of her employers, denied charges of layout of Mastodon is very similar to Twitter's. Unlike 2016. While platforms that is created is called an 'Instance'. tracking," Eugen Rochko told Slate Dhanashree Shinde, designed being biased and said Twitter, Mastodon has a 500-character limit for each like Twitter, Facebook, All instances are owned, operat- in a podcast. for her. in a Tweet that it is message, or 'Toot', as it is called on Mastodon. etc are hosted on one serv- ed and moderated by the communi- Mastodon is crowd-sourced and The incredible story of impartial and does not To interact with users or view activity on other er and controlled by a sin- ty that creates them, thus making the most of its servers are crowd-fund- Geeta Kale and Dhanashree take action based upon instances, one can simply click on the 'Federated' gle entity, Mastodon is an platform decentralised. Within one ed by its users. Shinde was shared on any ideology or political button on the menu on the right. open-source platform that Facebook by Asmita Javdekar The incredible viewpoint. While platforms like Twitter only have two allows users to create their own One major trigger was the suspension of two days ago, where it has story of Geeta A result of this backlash over options of being a fully protected servers, thus creating their own gone viral. In her account, Kale and Twitter has been a sudden account or a fully public account, communities. Supreme Court Lawyer Sanjay Hedge's Twitter Asmita said that Dhanashree surge in Mastodon offers much more On a platform like Twitter or account twice, for allegedly violating Twitter's came home from work one Dhanashree Indian users customisation. Facebook, you have to share data rules against using hateful or sensitive day to find her maid, whom Shinde was in the free and being while creating a profile. In order to she calls Geeta Maushi, look- open-source social controlled interact with others, they also need content. His account was first suspended over ing dejected. She had just lost shared on networking service by one network or to be on Twitter or Facebook. And an image, and the second time, over a poem a job, which meant losing out Facebook by 'Mastodon'. Most of them are angry company. in interacting with others, you need he retweeted on a monthly income of Rs. Twitter users who have moved out Mastodon claims to have already to follow the rules and preferences 4,000. Asmita of the micro-blogging site in a bid garnered over 2.2 million users. set by that platform. All the data you Dhanashree, Senior Javdekar two Manager, Branding and days ago, where Marketing at Vilas Javdekar Developers, decided to put it has gone viral KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI her professional experience to good use and designed a business card for Geeta green business card lists out Maushi. "Within twenty four the amount that Geeta #BoycottKBC trending over ‘Shivaji' hours, a smart business card Maushi would charge for was designed and 100 cards various household chores. printed!" wrote Asmita in Laundry, for example, would her account. he also shared a cost her employers Rs 800 answer option on Bachchan-hosted show picture of the business card, per month. The business which reads "Geeta Kale, cards were handed out in he Internet is offended once inflamed tempers. Sony TV has apologised, Ghar Kaam Maushi in their neighbourhood with again, this time by an answer running a ticker on the Thursday episode Bavdhan (Geeta Kale, house- the help of the society watch- T option on an episode of the of KBC which read: "There was an inac- hold help in Bavdhan)." The man and according to Amitabh Bachchan-hosted Kaun curate reference to Chhatrapati Shivaji cheerful blue Asmita, this "seemingly small Banega Crorepati 11. The hash- Maharaj during yesterday's and step" led to an "unimaginable tag #Boycott_KBC_SonyTv trended on episode, due to inadver- reaction!" Friday after upset viewers tence. We deeply She says that the business objected to Maratha regret the same," card became an Amazon, Xiaomi more ruler Chhatrapati reports news overnight Internet Shivaji was listed as agency. Sanjay Gupta appointed sensation and answer option D as Geeta Kale has just Shivaji. The been fielding devices failed in a omitting of his Google India's job offers title 'Chhatrapati' since it was compounded went hacking competition by the fact that new Country Manager viral. options A, B and C dual-member team event, after successfully hack- were listed with their Google on Friday Our Indian operation is and leadership with our of white-hat hackers ing these devices, Android titles - Maharana Pratap, shameful too. This is what we are lacking, appointed Sanjay important and strategic teams and build further on our A by the name of police reported. Maharana Ranjit Singh and Rana Chhatrapati Shivaji did so much and we G Gupta as the new for its own sake but also existing efforts in this highly Fluoroacetate, hacked The hackers first targeted Sanga. To add further insult to what can't even respect his work? What com- Country Manager dynamic, competitive and excit- Amazon Echo speak- Sony's X800G smart TV, using angry viewers perceived as injury, the ques- ing generation going to learn from this?" and Vice President of for the innovation which then ing digital economy, looking to ers, Xiaomi Mi9, Samsung a Javascript OOB Read bug to tion itself styled - correctly - the somewhat wrote one Twitter user while another Sales and Operations for India. feeds breakthroughs elsewhere build a more helpful and inclusive and Sony smart TVs at the exploit the television's built-in divisive figure of Aurangzeb as emperor: added, "My respect for the show and the He will take on the role early in Google. We are delighted to Internet for everyone in India." Pwn2Own hacking contest web browser, by doing this the "Which of these rulers was the contempo- anchor has taken a huge dip after I saw next year and will be based out of have Sanjay join us With a career spanning nearly here. team earned $15,000. rary of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb?" that the respectable Mumbai working closely with the GOOGLE three decades, Gupta joins Google Team Fluoroacetate, com- The duo, Cama and Zhu Surrounded by Maharanas and an #ChhatrapatiShivajiMaharaj is deni- teams based in Gurugram, from Star and Disney India where prising of members Amat earned $60,000 for taking con- emperor, the lone Shivaji stands out grated by being called by his first name Hyderabad and Bengaluru. he was the managing director. Cama and Richard Zhu col- trol of an Amazon Echo device unstyled and untitled - and sentiments, all only." The elevation of Aurangzeb, According to the tech giant, world. Our Indian oper- lected a bounty of $1,45,000 using an integer overflow in too easily hurt these days, have been griev- often seen as one of history's great vil- Gupta will contribute to the ation is important and He played an during the first day of the JavaScript. ously wounded. "This is painful... and lains, only seems to have fuelled company's ongoing efforts to strategic for its own instrumental role expand the Internet ecosystem sake but also for the in extending in the country, driving Internet innovation which their tradition- VIJAYAWADA adoption among consumers then feeds break- al television and businesses and acceler- throughs elsewhere content to BULLION RATES PROTESTERS FORCIBLY CUT ating innovation. in Google. We are digital con- GOLD "Our ongoing engage- delighted to have sumers ment in India is a Sanjay join us," Scott through ` 38, 470 (10 gm) ` source of pride for Beaumont, President Hotstar. 360 BOLIVIAN MAYOR’S HAIR both our Googlers of APAC, Google, SILVER in India but said in a statement. ` 45,600(1kg) he Mayor of a small town in President, Evo Morales, prompting an ofalso around "We are excited to ` 300 Bolivia has been attacked by angry group to march to the town hall. President thecombine his exper- t opposition protesters who The protesters accused Mayor Arce Morales was tise, experi- dragged her through the of having bussed in supporters of the identified as 20- ence CHICKEN streets barefoot, covered her in President to try and break a blockade year-old student RATES `/KG red paint and forcibly cut her hair. they had set up and blamed her for the Limbert Guzmán Vasquez. 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VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 9, 2019 03 INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH MEDIUMS FOR CLASSES I-VIII IN GOVT SCHOOLS Naidu has lost mental, Survival of Telugu at stake: TDP says Home Minister PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n GUNTUR AgriGold victims Former Minister and TDP Castigating Opposition Leader are very happy as official spokesman Dokka CM's decision will help and TDP supremo N Chief Minister Manikya Varaprasad has said Chandrababu Naidu for his Jaganmohan Reddy has that the very survival of derogatory remarks on Chief Telugu language is at stake students: Minister Minister YS Jaganmohan fulfilled his promise made due to thoughtless decision Reddy, Home Minister during the Praja Sankalpa taken by the State govern- PNS n KAKINADA education provided by corporate Mekathoti Sucharitha has said Yatra and released Rs 264 ment to introduce English schools. This would develop a it is a clear indication that he crore to be paid to the Medium instruction from Minister for Agriculture Kurasala competitive spirit among the stu- has lost his mental balance. classes I to VIII at all govern- Kannababu said Chief Minister dents who can compete at the Speaking to reporters here victims who had deposited ment schools. YS Jaganmohan Reddy has taken national and international level. on Friday, Sucharitha lam- up to Rs 10,000. The Addressing a media con- a bold decision with a vision by At the same time, there was a basted Chandrababu Naidu YSRCP government has ference at the State TDP providing English medium edu- provision of including Telugu for claiming that the previous 10,000. The YSRCP govern- shown its sincerity through office in Guntur on Friday, cation right from the primary subject in the curriculum so that government had addressed the ment has shown its sincerity allocations for the purpose Manikya Varaprasad found school level. Speaking to media the students have mastery over plight of AgriGold victims through allocations for the fault with the State govern- parties before introduction of he said the existing teachers here on Friday, he said, the their mother tongue. and told that it was well known purpose in its first budget in its first budget itself ment saying that the initia- the new system of education. at government schools reformative decision of the The Minister said, out of that the senior TDP leaders itself." — MEKATHOTI SUCHARITHA, tive was taken as per the wish Varaprasad wondered what should be given proper train- Chief Minister could the 70 lakh students tried very hard to acquire The Home Minister fumed Home Minister of the parents. would be the fate of Telugus ing in English Medium not be digested by studying at the prima- AgriGold properties at nomi- at Chandrababu Naidu for The TDP spokesman across the globe if the State instruction. He questioned Chandrababu Naidu ry level, 25 lakh stu- nal prices. criticising government offi- recalled YSRCP opposing a turns into 'Anglandhra the need for the Official and he was making dents are in the She said, "AgriGold victims cials and making derogatory saying that there was no such similar initiative in munici- Pradesh'. He said the TDP Language Commission and unsavory comments Telugu medium. are very happy as Chief comments on the Director situation there. Without con- pal schools when it was in was not opposed to English the AP Telugu Academy that the government This was the seg- Minister Jaganmohan Reddy General of the Police (DGP). sidering the NHRC report, the Opposition during the language education but it when the State government is was killing Telugu lan- ment the government has fulfilled his promise made "Though Naidu made many Chandrababu Naidu is claim- last government and would not tolerate any effort focusing increasingly on guage. wants to cater to so during the Praja Sankalpa allegations on violence in ing that the cases are being observed that it now stands to weaken promotion of English Medium instruction The Minister asked that, a competitive spirit is Yatra and released Rs 264 Palnadu region, the National filed against TDP cadre which exposed in the wake of Telugu language. He made it in government schools. Naidu why he had not admitted instilled in them. He said it is a crore to be paid to the victims Human Rights Commission is completely false," the English Medium instruction clear that the survival of the Stating that Mahatma his son Lokesh or his grandson known fact that students from who had deposited up to Rs (NHRC) submitted its report Minister said. in all government schools Telugu language and propaga- Gandhi had favoured in Telugu medium school. The rural areas who studied in the across the State. tion of its greatness in the instruction in the Mother decision was taken by the Chief Telugu medium had to face a lot Without evaluating the world was dependent on Tongue but the State govern- Minister to improve communi- of struggle when they went to Centre's New Education keeping it alive with pro- ment had set aside his ideals. cation skills among the govern- other states or abroad. There are Policy at a time when grammes to promote it. He also recalled architect of ment school students. Everybody many such students who could Daspalla land Kasturirangan Committee's It was unbecoming on the Indian Constitution Dr knows how Telugu was neglect- not face the competition from recommendations are under part of the State government Babasaheb Ambedkar calling ed by the TDP government, he students of the corporate schools, implementation, the govern- to cause damage to the for efforts to promote said. Why should Naidu feel bad he added. Meanwhile, in a sep- ment is doing maximum Telugu language at a time Mother Tongue. when the government decides to arate press conference at damage to efforts to promote when it has turned popular Stating that it was the teach poor children in the Secretariat, Education Minister scam petition Telugu language. The State in the neighbouring States as responsibility of the State English medium," he asked. Adimulapu Suresh said that the government had failed to well as the world, government to protect the This decision was taken by the government was giving due hold consultations with Varaprasad. Telugu language, he urged Chief Minister to provide English importance to Telugu language stakeholders including par- Demanding conduct of the government not to injus- medium education in govern- while introducing English medi- submitted to SIT ents, teachers, people's separate DSC tests for Telugu tice to 21 crore Telugus liv- ment schools on par with the um at the primary school level. organisations and political and English Medium posts, ing across the world. PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM The petition was filed The Special Investigation regarding Dasapalla Team formed by the YSRC CM to perform Srinath Reddy RAISING A STINK government led by Chief lands, which is worth Minister YS Jaganmohan over Rs 500 crore ‘Rudrabhishekam' appointed Reddy, to probe land docu- PNS n VIJAYAWADA ments tampering and grab- and the scam was bing, concluded its receipt of Endowments Minister chief of APPA petitions from the public. instrumental for Vellampalli Srinivasa Rao on The petition filed was leaders to demand Friday said that regarding Dasapalla lands 'Maharudrabhishekam' and which is worth over Rs 500 constitution of SIT by Mahabhashmabhishekam' crore and the scam was instru- the TDP government will be performed on the mental for leaders to demand banks of River Krishna in constitution of SIT by the Vijayawada on Sunday TDP government. It was for- and government. The petitions (November 10). Chief mer TDP Minister Ch pertaining to private lands were Minister YS Jaganmohan Ayyanna Patrudu and former referred to tahsildars of respec- Reddy will be the chief guest. BJP floor leader in the tive jurisdiction. The rituals are being per- PNS n VIJAYAWADA Assembly P Vishnu Kumar On November 1, the SIT formed with the objective of Raju who alleged that nine IAS received 14 for government promoting peace and pros- Senior journalist Devireddy officers and several leaders lands and 65 for private, the fol- perity in the State. Naga Srinath Reddy has been were involved in the scam. lowing day, it received 27 gov- Sadhus and Veda Pandits appointed as the Chairman of It was Rani Kamala Devi of ernment and 130 private, on will perform special pujas on the Andhra Pradesh Press Dasapalla royal family who November 3, 16 were govern- the occasion. Special pujas Academy (APPA). The Andhra claimed ownership of the land ment lands and 71 private, on will be performed to an 8- Pradesh government on Friday near Circuit house and went up November 4, it received 74 gov- foot 'Mritika' installed on issued orders to this effect. to Supreme Court. Though the ernment related petitions and the riverbank during the Srinath Reddy hails from court gave decree in her favour 264 for private and highest Kartika Masam. Kadapa district and has been in it was not implemented by the number of petitions came from Apart from YSRCP leaders, the field of journalism for over government manchinery. The Bhimili. On November 5, it several MLAs, MLCs, four decades. petition to the SIT was submit- received 133 for government Endowments officials and Known for his writings ted by lawyer Gude Durga lands and 243 for private and on leaders of Hindu Dharma highlighting the injustices Prasad of Pendurthy. The SIT November 6 200 were govern- Parirakshana Samiti will par- done to Rayalaseema Region, Debris piled up on the Lawsons Bay Colony Beach. Littering in public spaces is turning into a breeding ground for flies and mosquitoes divided the petitions into private ment and 407 private lands. ticipate. Srinath Reddy was associat- ed with 'Andhra Prabha' and 'Indian Express' and later worked with 'Sakshi'. Srinath Reddy will take charge of the Medico dies in Sand excavation on the rise office shortly. PNS n VIJAYAWADA ALL-INDIA WOMEN'S T-20 road mishap With the floods receding slow- ly, in the last four days, more than PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM off the road in port area and 3, 00,000 tonnes of sand has been Railways to vie both of them fell on the road. excavated. Production on Friday A third year medical college A speeding lorry, which was (November 7) alone was 86,482 with Bengal in student of Andhra Medical coming behind them ran over tonnes compared to 31,576 College died on the spot when her killing her on the spot. tonnes on November 1, accord- final a speeding lorry ran over her Santosh, who belongs to ing to official sources. near Convent Junction here in Srikakulam district, also suf- More number of open reach- the wee hours of Friday. fered injuries. He was rushed es, Patta land and desiltation According to the police, the to hospital for treatment and points are coming into operation. third year student, along with the body of Srividya was shift- With this, the daily sand produc- ‘Aatmiya Sammelan' some seniors planned a trip to ed to King George Hospital tion in the State is likely to exceed fied more than 187.8 lakh tonnes rains and flooding of major Lambasinghi. mortuary for post mortem. 1,00,000 tonnes per day shortly. of sand reserves across the State rivers in the State. Now that the The students gathered at The police began investigating The State government has to meet the entire sand demand. floods are on the wane, the dis- Convent Junction and planned the case and launched a search announced the New Sand Several preparations have been tricts have also started sand to bring tribals into to visit Gajuwaka to pick up for the driver. The incident Mining Policy - 2019 focusing on made to ensure that maximum excavation in 1st order, 2nd some more friends. The shocked the students and fac- transparency, convenience and quantity of sand is excavated. order and 3rd order streams and deceased M Srividya was riding ulty members of the Andhra fair usage of sand. However, production was more than 300 locations have mainstream pillion. His motorcycle skidded Medical College. The government has identi- hampered due to continuous been identified. PNS n KAKINADA 'Aatmiya Sammelan' where the villagers were encouraged PNS n VIJAYAWADA The Chinturu subdivision of to discuss their grievances. East Godavari district shares a Like other villages in the Railways will take on Bengal Heritage tag sought for Vizagapatam Town Rly Station meager 45 km but highly district, the inhabitants of the in the finals of the All-India porous border with Sukma village have also been encour- Senior Women's T20 League- PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM station status. district of Chhattisgarh. The aged to form various self-help cum-Knock Out tournament Nagumantri Gajapathi Rao, large presence of Maoists groups to communicate with at Dr. Gokaraju Laila The demand to give heritage a member of Zonal Railway across the border poses not the government institutions. Gangaraju ACA Cricket status to the Vizagapatam Users' Consultative Committee only a huge security challenge This will ensure an increased Complex at Mulapadu on Town Railway Station located (ZRUCC) of East Coast but is also a hindrance for participation and a holistic the city outskirts on in Old Town area has gained Railway, wrote a letter to developmental programmes development of the village. A November 10. momentum again. Many peo- Railway Minister Piyush Goyal initiated by the government. medical camp was organised In the first Semi-final on ple in the city are unaware seeking restoration of the aban- Amadalapadu village is one for the villagers to create Friday, Bengal defeated about the old railway station. doned station for convenience such village, which is situated awareness of hygiene and vec- Baroda by 6 wickets. Baroda However, heritage enthusiasts of the residents of Old Town right at the border and not tor borne diseases on made 88/9 in 20 overs and senior citizens have been area. It will be convenient for until long ago, was also a set- Thursday. (Yestika - 22, Gouher Sultana urging the government to bring the office goers and industrial tlement with Maoist sympa- Sport kits, books, blankets - 2/21, Mita Paul 2/17) and back its lost glory. workers also, he said. thisers. The village has around and clothes were distributed lost to Bengal 92/4 in 18.4 Originally, Vizagapatam "If the trains originate from 30 houses and the Gutthikoya among the villagers and com- overs (Mandira - 27, Paramita Town Railway Station situated Vizagapatam Town Station, it people are the inhabitants of munity lunch was also organ- - 26, Jaya 2/13). near Lakshmi Talkies was the would reduce congestion on the village. ised. The Aatmiya Sammelan In the second Semi-final main station and the present main station. It has a lot of With the persistent efforts of received an overwhelming payed in the afternoon ses- Visakhapatnam Station used to avenues for development to the Andhra Pradesh police, response as villagers in huge sion, Railways defeated be called as Waltair Junction. safeguard the interests and East Godavari district, Maoist numbers turned up and par- Vidarbha by 75 runs. Later on, it was used as goods the Container Corporation of authorities again started using tion, which had been neglect- ambitions of the commuters. It influence in this village has ticipated in the event. The pro- Railways scored 139/5 in 20 station after abounding for India (Concor) of the Ministry the old railway station for sta- ed by the railway authorities was a convenient mode of been substantially curtailed. gramme was attended by overs (Rozario 66, Mona 22, passenger traffic. Even the of Railways till a year ago. After bling purpose. since decades. transport for residents of Old To bring the tribal's of the area Amit Bardar OSD Yetapaka, Nopur 3/11). In reply, goods movement is shifted the commencement of com- Currently, Godavari Express, The local senior citizens of Town area. The railway author- to the main stream and to con- Khadar Basha, SDPO Chintur, Vidarbha made 64 in 18.1 elsewhere. It was completely mercial operations at the multi- Simhadri Express and some- the city have been demanding ities must revive it and accord- nect them with developmen- CI Yuva kumar, Chintur circle overs (Disha 21, Preeti 3/11, abandoned from 1973. modal logistics park in times Garibrath rakes are sta- the government to reanimate ed a heritage station status," he tal activities the Andhra and SI Suresh Babu of Chintur Asha 2/13, Sneh Rana 2/5). The area was leased out to Sheelanagar, Waltair Division tioned at the old railway sta- this station and grant it heritage pointed out. 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Jagan skips CBI court hearing, BJP to march in cites Pradhan's TS HC stays cabinet decision visit to AP support of RTC workers PNS n HYDERABAD to privatise 5,100 RTC routes PNS n HYDERABAD Andhra Pradesh Chief Telangana state BJP presi- Minister YS Jaganmohan PNS n HYDERABAD dent Dr K Laxman appealed Reddy on Friday skipped to the people and BJP personal appearance in the The protracted TSRTC strike Karyakartas on Friday to CBI Court at Nampally here took a new turn on Friday, with RTC staff not allowed join in "Chalo Tankbund" to face trial in the dispro- a bench of the Telangana High scheduled for Saturday in portionate assets (DA) cases Court, comprising Chief Justice support of the striking filed against him by CBI. Raghavendra Singh Chauhan protest march in Hyd TSRTC employees. The Joint It may be recalled that last and Justice A Abhishek Reddy, Action Committee (JAC) of week the CBI Court had making it clear that the state PNS n HYDERABAD Reddy, however, told reporters RTC employees has given a turned down Jagan's petition, government shall not take steps that they would go ahead with call for a protest tomorrow seeking exemption from per- that could deteriorate the pre- Hyderabad police has denied the protest. He discussed the lat- in support of their demands sonal appearances in the sent scenario or precipitate permission to striking employ- est situation with other leaders and condemning the attitude court. matters. Orders to this effect ees of Telangana State Road of JAC. He asked the employ- of KCR government. The court, however, were issued on a fresh writ peti- Transport Corporation ees not to get scared by the The party has extended allowed Jagan to get an tion before the division bench (TSRTC) for their proposed threats from the government support to the protest, as exemption for a particular of the High Court. march in the city on Saturday. and reach Hyderabad to par- about 50,000 RTC employees The High Court has also day which will be granted The bench was hearing a Leaders of Joint Action ticipate in the protest. are on strike. They allege reprimanded the state gov- basing on the reason for writ plea filed by Prof PL Committee (JAC) of TSRTC The indefinite strike by over that due to the adamant atti- ernment for failing to fur- which it is sought. Vishweswar Rao, convenor of 1950 and Motor Vehicles Act stated that the government is employees on Friday called on 48,000 employees entered the tude of the state govern- nish facts and has set a dead- Jagan exercised this option theTelangana Democratic 1988'. entitled to raise its objections Police Commissioner Anjani 35th day on Friday. They con- ment, not only are the lives line for them to come clean right on the first Friday after Forum, challenging the pro- Advocate General B S Prasad and state its stance in detail. In Kumar to seek permission for tinued protests in Hyderabad of these employees affected, by November 11. He added the court's orders. posed move to privatise of Rao, appearing for the gov- the interregnum, he said, there 'chalo Tankbund' programme and 32 other districts to press but they are also facing that senior IAS officers His lawyer filed a petition 5,100 routes presently run by ernment, pointed out that an should not normally be an as part of their ongoing strike for their demands. Almost all severe hardship as the pub- appearing in courts are giv- in the court that Union TSRTC. order of such restraint could order stalling cabinet decision. over various demands. the employees ignored the gov- lic transport system has been ing different versions as Minister of Petroleum & The petitioner asked the not be passed without looking He also pointed out that the Police, however, denied the ernment's final deadline to paralysed. The BJP state directed by the KCR gov- Natural Gas and Minister court to declare as 'illegal' the at the cabinet decision. When apex court had earlier ruled that permission on the ground that return to work, which ended supremo expressed his con- ernment. Dharmendra Pradhan is action of the State govern- the bench asked for a copy of a decision of the cabinet could the protest march in the heart November 5 midnight. Less cern that hapless employees Though the striking RTC coming to Andhra Pradesh ment in taking decision on decision, he pleaded privilege. not be challenged in itself of the city could create law and than 500 employees resumed are committing suicides. employees are ready to hold and he has a lunch meeting November 2 to privatise routes, While pointing out that the unless and until action is taken order problems. Following this their duties. Chief Minister K. He appealed to the parleys with the govern- with the Chief Minister at his instead of continuing negotia- decision of the cabinet could on such cabinet decision. decision, police started pre- Chandrashekhar Rao had employees to not take such ment, KCR is adamant and is camp office in Tadepalli on tions with RTC trade unions. not be a secret document and The bench, however, ventive arrests of employees' warned the employees that if extreme steps as the BJP indulging in provoking and Friday and sought exemption He argued that the move to pri- should be one in public thought it necessary to ensure leaders in various parts of the they failed to return, there will continue to fight until intimidating the workers, for Jagan on these grounds. vatise routes was 'unconstitu- domain, the Chief Justice rea- that the matter is not precipi- state. JAC leader Raji Reddy was would be no entity called RTC they get justice. Dr Laxman Laxman said. He asked the The court granted the exemp- tional, unreasonable, arbitrary soned that in any event it tated and passed the orders. taken into custody in in the state. He had also threat- asked one and all to join in state government to hold tion. and also (made) mockery of could not be a privileged doc- The bench directed the matter Hyderabad. ened to privatise the remaining the march and make it a suc- talks with the striking RTC Jagan has filed petitions for Constitution of India, Road ument qua the court. to be listed for further adjudi- JAC convenor Ashwathama 5,000 bus routes. cess just like the Telangana employees to resolve the exemption every Friday after Transport Corporation Act The Advocate General then cation on November 11. movement. issue amicably. SPECIAL TRAINS TO India to implement FATF CLEAR EXTRA RUSH standards: Kishan Reddy PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM PNS n HYDERABAD With a view to clear extra rush of passengers, Railway has On the second day of the 'No decided to run Weekly Money For Terror' Conference Suvidha Special trains between at Melbourne, Minister of State Hatia-Bengaluru Cant-Hatia for Home Affairs, G Kishan for four trips leaving Hatia Reddy, presented India's views every Friday from November on two issues related to Terror The Telangana Congress leaders submitting a memorandum on the alleged failures of the State and Central governments to 8 to November 29 and leaving Financing. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan Bengaluru Cant. every Sunday At the round table discus- from November 10 to The Special train consisting sion on 'Emerging December 1. of two AC-2 Tier, four AC-3 Technologies and terrorism The train No. 80635Hatia- Tier,four Sleeper Class and financing risk', the Minister Khuntia finds fault with Bengaluru Cant. Special leav- three General Second Class reminded the gathering of the ing Hatia at 23.00 hrs every Coaches in composition. cyber activities of Falah-e- Friday will reach Duvvada This Suvidha Special will Insaniyat Foundation, stating Saturday at 16.03hrs and have stoppages at Rourkela, that "despite being designated Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy, presented India's views on two privatisation of RTC departure at 16.05hrs and will Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, (by the UN), it is active in the issues related to Terror Financing at Melbourne reach Bengaluru Cant. at 12.15 Bargarh, Balangir, Titlagarh, cyber world". PNS n HYDERABAD part of BJP?" Khuntia ques- Minister, K. Chandrasekhar hrs on Sunday. Kesinga, Muniguda, Rayagada, He assured the delegates rencies in the Indian context, cyber world by terrorists, he tioned, while talking to the Rao, has borrowed lakhs of In the return direction, the Parvatipuram, Bobbili, that "The Government of India he explained that "virtual revealed that some of India's Telangana Congress affairs in- media outside Raj Bhavan, on crores as debts and is lying train No. 80636 Bengaluru Vizianagaram, Kottavalasa, is fully committed to imple- assets, especially crypto-cur- "investigations have revealed charge, R.C. Khuntia, accused the Centre's decision to oppose about it," he said. Cant.-Hatia Weekly Special Simhachalam North, ment FATF standards and rencies offer certain unique that ISIS had used encrypted the BJP-led NDA government privatisation of the RTC while Earlier in the day, Congress leaving Bengaluru Cant. at Duvvada, Tuni, Samalkot, establish effective AML and advantages to criminals platforms and Dark Web for of not implementing even a sin- allowing Air India, BSNL and leaders, who tried to take up 22.00hrs every Sunday will Rajahmundry,Tadepalligudem CFT regimes to dismantle and because of their pseudony- radicalization and recruitment gle assurance it promised before other public sector institu- padayatra from Gandhi reach Duvvada at 18.03hrs ,Eluru, Vijayawada, ongole, disrupt the terror-financing mous nature, encryption, glob- of terrorists, as well as to guide the elections. He said that the tions to be privatised. Bhavan to Raj Bhavan were and departure at 18.05hrs and Nellore, Gudur, Sullurupeta, networks." al reach and low-cost". them on how to mobilise Central government is unnec- CLP leader, Mallu Bhatti arrested and taken to Begum will arrive Hatia at 12.00 hrs Perambur, Katpadi, and Stressing the use of Explaining India's experi- funds, purchase weapons and essarily privatising the institu- Vikramarka, who was part of Bazar police station. on Tuesday. Jolarpettai stations enroute. blockchain-based crypto cur- ence with regard to use of carry out attacks." tions established during the the delegation, alleged that Bhatti said that because the reign of first Prime Minister, the nation is experiencing Congress has questioned the late Jawahar Lal Nehru. severe financial loss due to the state and the Centre on various On Friday, the Telangana policies of Prime Minister issues the police arrested the NEW FACILITY Congress leaders met Governor Narendra Modi. Congress leaders and cadre. KCR must step down as Tamilisai Soundararajan at the "Unemployment is rising in the "The police resorted to illegal Raj Bhavan and submitted a nation," he pointed out, alleg- arrests," he said and made it memorandum on the alleged ing that the GDP has fallen clear that the Congress will CM, demands Shabbir failures of the State and Central down to three per cent. "The participate in the RTC JAC governments. economical condition of the proposed Chalo Tank Bund "How far is it correct on the state too is not good. Chief programme. Cong leaders take out Chalo Raj Bhavan rally, arrested PNS n HYDERABAD in view of the third anniversary Police had increased the securi- of demonetisation. With the call ty around Gandhi Bhavan. Several Congress leaders and given by the high command, When they started off as a rally activists including RC Khuntia, hundreds of Congress workers raising slogans against the gov- General Secretary of the AICC gathered at Gandhi Bhavan in ernment to give a representation Shabbir Ali and other leaders took out a bike rally protesting against the state for Telangana and Mallu Bhatti Nampally to start off as a rally to the governor, they were government Vikramarka, Leader of the around 11 am. stopped by the police personnel. Opposition in the Assembly Registering their protest As protestors barged out of PNS n HYDERABAD untarily following unfavourable were taken into preventive cus- against the union government's Gandhi Bhavan and tried to observations made against the tody during a 'Chalo Raj Bhavan' decision of demonetisation, they come on to the road, they were Former minister and ex-Leader Government of Andhra Pradesh rally here on Friday. called it a disaster. stopped and taken into preven- of Opposition in Legislative by the Supreme Court in the Bus The Congress party had called Anticipating the law and sit- tive custody. Officials said the Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, Minister T Harish Rao, MLA Saidi Reddy and others at the inauguration of SBI branch in Council Mohammed Ali Routes Nationalisation case. for the 'Chalo Raj Bhavan' rally uation, the Hyderabad City rally had no prior permission. Assembly premises on Friday Shabbir said that Telangana Similarly, in 1992, N. Janardhan Chief Minister K Reddy had step down following Chandrasekhar Rao has no his indictment in colleges capi- moral right to continue as CM tation fee controversy. He said after High Court has indicted his those leaders took responsibili- Some IAS officials turned Cong cadre storm collectorates, several held government of furnishing false ty of every action under their information on RTC issue. regime. However, KCR appears PV KONDAL RAO district party chief Janga He was speaking to media to have no morals or ethics and chamchas for KCR: BJP n WARANGAL Raghava Reddy spearheaded persons on Friday at the 'Maha therefore, he did not even react the protest. Dharna' at Kamareddy which on such serious remarks by the PNS n HYDERABAD ashamed for this. What's A series of arrests on one hand The police had their hands was organised as part of High Court. He said that the more disturbing is, IAS offi- and a spate of protests on the full preventing the Congress Congress party's nationwide High Court, on Friday, stayed BJP official spokesperson cers who should conduct other marked the Congress leaders from attending the protest against wrong econom- the KCR Cabinet's decision to Ravula Sridhar Reddy came themselves with propriety sponsored agitation at various protest programmes by arrang- ic policies of BJP Government at privatise 5,100 routes till further down heavily on select IAS and work to protect the collectorates in the rural ing police pickets in front of all the Centre. Shabbir Ali said that hearing on Monday. officers saying some IAS interest of people are will- Telangana districts on Friday. the district collectorates. In the division bench of High "Over a dozen major deci- officers have turned cham- ingly peddling the lies and The protests were spearhead- Warangal urban and Warangal Court headed by Chief Justice sions of TRS Government have chas for CM K presenting false affidavits in ed by senior leaders in many rural districts, several village R.S. Chauhan admonished the been reversed by the High Court Chandrasekhar Rao bringing the HC to protect the inter- districts who alleged that the level cadres were taken into officials for suppressing the facts in the last five years. Instead of disgrace to the coveted ser- ests of the CM. Cases should 'anti-people policies' of both custody when they moved in to on RTC dues and payments. learning from mistakes and tak- vice. He demanded charges be booked on Finance the State and the Central gov- Forrmer PCC Chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah adressing the protest at Warangal storm the collectorates. Since the officials were repre- ing corrective measures, KCR against the officers who have Principal Secretary, ernments were only burdening Meanwhile, many student senting the Chief Minister, entire became habitual of facing court's been repeatedly presenting Transport Department the commoners. ed the TRS regime in the state accused the demonetisation leaders of the SFI, AISF and blame goes on KCR for forcing wrath for wrong decisions," he wrong affidavits and lying to Principal Secretary, GHMC In Warangal, the protest was and accused Chief Minister, K. move - undertaken three years PDSU and RTC workers were the officials to furnish incorrect said. Earlier, addressing the the High Court in case of Commissioner for lying to addressed by former PCC Chandrasekhar Rao, of going ago on November 8 - for arrested when they tried to information. "The remarks 'Maha Dharna' at Kamareddy, TSRTC for contempt of HC in case of TSRTC hear- Chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah. against the people in the name throwing the middle class into head for the March of made by the High Court were Shabbir Ali elaborated on the court. ings. Even their fellow IAS The former minister of the of restructuring policies. The disarray. "The TRS regime in Tankbund that was slated for quite serious and unprecedent- economic failures of BJP Govt at " KCR has lost all values officers are miffed with these undivided Andhra Pradesh Congress leader criticised the the state is anarchy's rule," she Saturday. In anticipation of ed. KCR has no moral respon- the Centre and TRS Govt in and stooped so low that for officials for repeatedly pre- state came down heavily on the stand of the TRS government alleged. Bhadrachalam legisla- the protests, police pickets sibility to continue on the CM's Telangana. He said that Prime the first time in the history senting false affidavits to Central government and on the RTC stir and asserted tor Podem Veeraiah and were installed in various man- post and he must immediately Minister Narendra Modi's of India, High Court has HC on the behest of KCR," alleged that the NDA govern- that his party would stand District Congress President of dals of Bhadradri- step down," he demanded. Government was solely respon- pulled up a state government said Ravula Sridhar Reddy ment is taking the country into with the workers. Warangal Naini Rajender Koththagudem, Nizamabad, He pointed that in 1964, the sible for the economic slowdown for lying and filing false affi- speaking in Hyderabad on an uncertain future. The During the protest, former Reddy also addressed the gath- Kamareddi and Khammam then Chief Minister Neelam which pushed almost all sectors davits. KCR should feel Friday. Congress leader also lambast- minister Konda Surekha ering. In Jangaon, the Congress districts. Sanjiva Reddy had resigned vol- into crisis. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 9, 2019 nation 05

SHORT READS LITIGANTS GIVEN FULL ACCESS TO COURT ROOMS AYODHYA CASE LAWYERS' STRIKE ENTERS Clerics, priests ask people TH to respect SC verdict 5 DAY IN NEW DELHI PNS n LUCKNOW PNS n NEW DELHI Clerics and priests here have CJI Gogoi meets UP appealed to people to honour Lawyers at all the six district the Supreme Court's verdict on chief secretary, DGP; courts here continued to boycott the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri work for the 5th consecutive day Masjid dispute and respect reli- takes stock of security on Friday with advocates and gious sentiments. NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of personnel staff of the bar asso- The judgment in the case is India Ranjan Gogoi Friday held a ciations doing the security expected to be pronounced meeting with Uttar Pradesh checks of the people entering the before Chief Justice of India chief secretary and director premises. Bar associations of Ranjan Gogoi retires on general of police and took stock district courts said the situation November 17. " W e of security arrangements ahead is calm in all these courts — Tis should all respect the judg- of the verdict to be pronounced Hazari, Saket, Patiala House, ment. We should exercise The judgment in the of any religion must honour and next week in the politically- Rohini, Karkardooma and restraint and not hurt religious respect the judgment of the sensitive Ayodhya land dispute Dwarka — although lawyers are sentiments of any community," case is expected to Supreme Court." case, sources said. They said continuing to observe com- Imam of the Lucknow Eidgah "We have full faith in the judi- the meeting was held in the plete strike in the national cap- Maulana Khalid Rasheed be pronounced ciary and the Constitution of chamber of CJI for around one ital following clashes with the Firangi Mahali said. He said an before Chief Justice India. We will stand with the hour during which UP Chief police. Litigants are being all-religious meeting was recent- judgment of the apex court. Secretary Rajendra Kumar allowed to have full access to late himself, while another advo- ly organised at the Islamic of India Ranjan People should talk about devel- Tiwari and DGP Om Prakash courtrooms and proxy counsels Bar associations of district courts said the cate climbed atop a building in Centre here to discuss several Gogoi retires on opment of their homes, cities, Singh apprised him about the assisting them in the matters, the situation is calm in all these courts — Tis Hazari, the premises. aspects before the judgment. state and nation and not be security arrangements made to associations said. Saket, Patiala House, Rohini, Karkardooma and Chauhan further said that bar "The Ayodhya case is the November 17 swayed away by religious senti- maintain law and order in the "Normalcy has returned in all Dwarka — although lawyers are continuing to members have not been called biggest and most sensitive case ments," he said. Priest at state. No further detail about the the courts. Lawyers are observ- observe complete strike in the national capital yet for a meeting with the for- of independent India. Hence, it and repose their faith in the the Dakshinmukhi Hanuman deliberations was made available. The judgement on the ing full strike though. We have following clashes with the police mer judge of the Delhi High is the responsibility of every cit- Constitution and the judiciary. Mandir in Hazratganj Sarvesh Ram Janambhoomi-Babri deployed two lawyers and two Court, appointed to hold a judi- izen to honour the verdict and Spokesperson of the All India Shukla said, "My only appeal to Masjid title dispute was members of the personal staff of cial inquiry into the clash maintain peace," Mahali said. Shia Personal Law Board (AIS- the people is to honour and reserved on October 16 after a the Bar to look after the securi- Two days later, an on-duty igants access the court premis- between lawyers and police at He appealed to all clerics to PLB) Maulana Yasoob Abbas respect the judgment of the SC marathon hearing of 40 days. ty of the court's premises," said policeman was allegedly es, citing security reasons. Tis Hazari court on Nov 2. tell Muslims "not to feel afraid said ,"Every person irrespective in the case." The judgement is likely to be advocate Jaiveer Singh Chauhan, thrashed by advocates outside The same day, during the "Justice (Retd) S P Garg has pronounced before Nov 17 as Secretary of Delhi Bar Saket Court. On November 6, protest at Rohini district court, not called the Bar members yet Justice Gogoi's tenure as the Association of Tis Hazari court, the lawyers had closed the main one lawyer had taken off his for a meeting. We will coop- CJI comes to end on that day. where the clash first broke out gates at Patiala House and Saket clothes and poured kerosene on erate fully in his enquiry," on November 2. district courts and did not let lit- his body threatening to immo- he said. Some Indian herbs have Kashmir's only media facilitation centre Don't know why therapeutic properties non-functional Delhi's air quality ‘very poor', Guv not calling PNS n NEW DELHI SRINAGAR: Kashmir's only There is substantial evidence in media facilitation centre has single largest ayurveda that suggest some been non-functional since herbs have a range of important Thursday due to snowfall in the drastic decline unlikely for 3 days party: Pawer therapeutic properties in pre- valley which has disrupted the PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n MUMBAI venting progression of chron- power supply. The Internet ic kidney diseases, expert said services at the media centre, Delhi's air quality was "very With the impasse on govern- at an ongoing Satisfied at established by Jammu and poor" on Friday, but no drastic ment formation in Science event in Kolkata. Kashmir government in the decline is likely in the next Maharashtra continuing even At the India International empowering wake of abrogation of Article three days as strong winds are a fortnight after Assembly Science Festival, experts from 370, are down leading to expected to blow in the region, poll results, various streams of traditional problems for journalists who the government's air quality NCP chief systems of medicine such as There are some Indian people: PM have not been able to file the monitoring and forecasting ser- Sharad unani, ayurveda, yoga and herbs that possess a PNS n NEW DELHI stories. The officials of the vice SAFAR said. After a brief Pawar panchkarma deliberated on range of important department of information and relief, the national capital's air on how herbs can be effective in therapeutic properties Empowering people, espe- public relations which has been quality plunged to the "very Friday prevention and management of in preventing cially women, has been one of operating the media centre said poor" category again because of said kidney ailments. progression of chronic the most satisfying efforts of there is some technical snag high humidity due to light rain why With limited options for kidney diseases, his tenure, Prime Minister due to snowfall and efforts are on Thursday. wasn't the treatment of the kidney disease Narendra Modi said on on to restore the services at the Executive Director of "Isolated drizzle, cloudy governor in allopathy being available, AIMIL Pharma Sanchit Friday, asserting that the sup- earliest. Landline and postpaid weather and calm winds pre- Isolated drizzle, ozone and organic aerosols. calling the single they claimed that herbs could port from people cutting mobile phone services were Sharma said vented boundary layer growth cloudy weather and An AQI between 201 and 300 largest party. slow the disease's progression across regions, languages, age working across the valley, but all and led to the accumulation of is 'poor', 301-400 'very poor' and Pawar said he was not aware and offer relief from its symp- groups and occupations has Internet services continued to local emissions (on Thursday)," calm winds 401-500 'severe'. An AQI above why Governor Bhagat Singh toms, along with careful diet about the effectiveness of sci- given his government a man- remain suspended since August SAFAR said. Delhi experi- prevented boundary 500 falls in the severe plus cat- Koshyari was not inviting the and exercise. Substantial entifically validated herbal for- date "unseen for decades". 4 — hours before the Centre enced "slight secondary partic- layer growth and led egory. A change in the wind BJP, which emerged as the sin- amount of evidence exist in mulation, a syrup (Neeri KFT), Modi was responding to announced the abrogation of ulate formation in the early direction to northwesterly and gle largest party winning 105 ayurveda which suggest that based on medicinal plants like tweets from Ray Dalio, the Article 370 and bifurcation of hours (on Friday) but (it) could to the accumulation stubble plume intrusion is seats in the October 21 there are some Indian herbs punarnava whose diuretic, anti- founder of investment man- Jammu and Kashmir into two not multiply much", it said. of local emissions expected by November 9. Assembly election, to stake that possess a range of impor- inflammatory, anti-oxidant and agement firm Bridgewater Union territories. Secondary particles are products (on Thursday) Though the predicted wind claim to form government. tant therapeutic properties in possible antibacterial and car- Associates, who praised the of complicated atmospheric direction is favourable for fire Union minister Ramdas preventing progression of diotonic effects are well known. prime minister as "one of the Maha govt impasse: reactions between primary par- plume transport, strong winds, Athawale on Friday met Pawar chronic kidney diseases, "By virtue of such properties, best, if not the best, leaders in ticles, such as particulate matter, presence of other factors such as favourable for efficient ventila- here "to seek his advice" on Executive Director of AIMIL this drug initiates early recov- the world". Dalio also posted Ministers Tawde, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen sunlight and moisture. tion, are likely to blow in the ending deadlock over gov- Pharma Sanchit Sharma said. ery of kidneys from different the video of his short inter- Bawankule meet Gadkari dioxide directly emitted by stub- Examples of secondary par- region in the next three days, ernment formation in Sharma, one of the speakers diseases and facilitates regen- view of Modi on "meditation, MUMBAI: Two Maharashtra ble burning and vehicles, in the ticles include sulphates, nitrates, SAFAR said. Maharashtra. at the session, spoke in detail erative repair," Sharma said. the world, and India". ministers and BJP leaders who were denied tickets for the last month's Assembly polls on Friday met their senior party Cyclone ‘Bulbul' to make colleague and Union minister Work begins on new Pamban rail bridge linking TN Nitin Gadkari here. Higher and landfall between WB and B'desh PNS n RAMESWARAM Technical Education minister The new bridge would help the railways n Vinod Tawde and Power and PNS KOLKATA ment erosion, he warned. Excise Minister Chandrashekhar Work on a new Pamban rail operate trains at higher speed, carry more According to Das, Kolkata Bawankule met Gadkari at the bridge over the sea connect- weight and increase the volume of traffic Cyclone 'Bulbul', which has was expected to experience latter's Worli residence here. ing this holy island to the between the mainland Pamban and intensified into a very severe heavy to very heavy rainfall mainland in Tamil Nadu got cyclonic storm, is likely to with gusts of up to 70 km per Maha minister Sambhaji Patil Rameswaram, thronged by devotees from Nilangekar, who is considered off to a start on Friday, offi- make landfall between West hour on November 9 and 10. close to CM Devendra Fadnavis, cials said. across the country, officials said adding the Bengal and Bangladesh in the The weatherman said the was also present when Tawde A 'bhoomi pooja' (ground work would be completed in two years early hours of Sunday, bring- severe cyclonic storm, which and Bawankule met Gadkari. breaking ceremony) was per- ing in its wake heavy rain and lay centred 600 km south of However, what transpired during formed to mark the inaugu- gusts of up to 135 kmph in the Kolkata on Friday morning, the meeting was not ration of the construction of the country. Arrangements middle portion to allow pas- coastal areas, the Met depart- was expected to intensify fur- immediately known. Tawde and work on the bridge to be have been made to carry on sage of ships and steamers. ment said. The storm might ther by Saturday and move Bawankule were denied tickets built by the Railway Vikas the construction work even The Scherzer span in the cause damage to kutcha hous- northwards. by the BJP for the Oct 21 Nigam Limited, a publlic sec- eral highway and railway pro- Rameswaram, thronged by during the rainyseason, an existing bridge is operated es, power and communication "Thereafter, it is very likely assembly polls. The state is in tor unit. jects. devotees from across the official said. All equipment manually to allow ships while lines and roads in parts of the to re-curve northeastwards the midst of an impasse on govt The foundation stone for The new bridge would help country, officials said adding required for the work have the proposed facility would state, Regional Met Director G and make landfall between formation with saffron allies the 2.05 km-long bridge was the railways operate trains at the work would be complet- been brought to nearby have electro-mechanical con- K Das said, advising people in Sagar Islands of West Bengal BJP, with 105 seats, and Shiv laid by Prime Minister higher speed, carry more ed in two years. Pamban. trolled systems which will be vulnerable areas to stay and Khepupara in Bangladesh Sena, with 56 seats, refusing to Narendra Modi in weight and increase the vol- The Southern Railways The new bridge would have interlocked with train control indoors. across Sunderban delta during agree on sharing the chief Kanyakumari in March this ume of traffic between the operates trains from 101 piers with a vertical lift systems, officials have said It might also uproot trees, the early hours of November ministerial post for 2.5 yrs each. year when he dedicated sev- mainland Pamban and Rameswaram to various parts facility to open and close the earlier. ruin crops and cause embank- 10," Das said. ‘Pak to charge $20 fee even on Efforts being made to paint me with ‘saffron' PNS n CHENNAI Attempts were being made to paint both opening day of Kartarpur Corridor’ Superstar Rajinikanth on Friday himself and Thiruvalluvar with saffron, the PNS n NEW DELHI corridor on Saturday will also said the BJP has not invited him have to pay the USD 20 fee. to join the party, but insisted veteran star said referring to the recent In a U-turn, Pakistan has con- However, it was not imme- efforts were being made to controversy surrounding the Tamil saint-poet veyed to India that it will charge diately clear whether the fee will paint him with "saffron", the ide- the USD 20 facilitation fee from also be charged from those ological colour the national each pilgrim using the travelling in the official 550- party is associated with. will get trapped," he said with a Twitter handle written a couplet Kartarpur Corridor to visit the member official jatha or dele- He accused a section of media big laugh. Later, when reporters from Thiruvalluvar's classic Gurdwara Darbar Sahib on gation, they said. and "some persons" with mak- raised the matter with him for "Thirukkural," questioning the Saturday, sources said. Notwithstanding a chill in ing such attempts. a second time, Rajinikanth said use of education if the Almighty Pakistan Prime Minister bilateral ties over Kashmir, India The BJP said it has never "some people, some media--they was not worshipped. Imran Khan last week and Pakistan after tough nego- claimed the actor was willing to are trying to colour me as a BJP Tagging the couplet, the saf- announced that no fee would be necting the Dera Baba Nanak tiations signed an agreement last join the party, while the DMK man." "But definitely it is not fron party targeted the Dravidar charged from the pilgrims on shrine in India's Punjab with month, paving the way for the said it was not aware whom the true," he said. Asked if it Kazhagam, DMK and the Left the opening day of the corridor Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in inauguration of the Kartarpur actor was signalling to with his was the media or BJP that parties for allegedly deriding on November 9 and on Sikhism the Narowal district of Corridor on November 9, ahead statement on being painted with veteran star said referring to the tation has been made to him. painted him in saffron colour, he God and for berating believers founder Guru Nanak's 550th Pakistan's Punjab province, will of the 550th birth anniversary saffron hues. On Thursday, recent controversy surrounding "No offer has been made said "some persons." While any and questioned "what is the use birth anniversary on November be thrown open to the pilgrims of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Rajinikanth met reporters twice the Tamil saint-poet. (from BJP to join the party).. party could be happy if he joins of their education." Also, the 12. The Pakistan Foreign Office on Saturday with India and Nanak Dev. within a span of few hours to When asked about senior definitely not," he said. it, only he should take a call on party had posted a picture of had confirmed on Thursday the Pakistan set to hold separate The agreement will allow talk on issues including his BJP leader Pon Radhakrishnan's "Attempts are being made to the matter, the actor said, adding Thiruvalluvar in saffron robes waiving of the fee for the inau- ceremonies to mark the occa- 5,000 Indian pilgrims daily to being "painted" with saffron. recent meeting with him and the paint me with BJP colour.. try- "but it is wrong to say they are with sacred ash on his forehead, gural day and November 12, cit- sion. Sources said Pakistan has visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Attempts were being made to former's repeated assertions that ing to paint me with saffron like dependent on me." with the issue leading to a spat ing Prime Minister Khan's conveyed to India that people where Guru Nanak spent last 18 paint both himself and the actor should join the party, Thiruvalluvar was done with.. On November 1, the BJP's between the BJP and the DMK remarks. The corridor, con- travelling through the Kartarpur years of his life. Thiruvalluvar with saffron, the Rajinikanth said no such invi- Neither Thiruvalluvar nor me Tamil Nadu unit had on its and other opposition parties. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 9, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Why the pact soured As Fadnavis resigns to head a caretaker Govt, the Sena cannot The cross of valour see the BJP bombarding its space of Marathi championship his has been a classic case of consti- tutional propriety being overridden by Three Victoria Crosses for Second Fifth Gorkhas are a reminder of unparalleled Tpolitical impropriety. Maharashtra is staring at an unprecedented political crisis, action that prevented the Japanese army from reaching India where two pre-poll alliances have sought a mandate and one of them, the BJP-Shiv Sena combine, even has the people’s faith with a good enough majority but cannot agree on terms of governance. BJP Chief Minister-elect Devendra Fadnavis resigned his post, claiming failure to work out a power-shar- ing agreement and expressing “hurt” at Sena’s barbs and “lies” over the last few days. While many thought that the Sena’s demand for a rotational chief min- istership was an attempt to drive a hard bargain, given the BJP’s depleted sin- ASHOK K MEHTA gular strength of 105 in a House of 288 compared to 2014 when it still had a minority government with 122 seats, nobody had bargained for a complete break- hree Victoria Cross-winning actions of a single unit along the Tiddim- down. Even Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said he would snap ties if called a TBishenpur-Imphal road and one “liar” again. Hurt pride for intransigent, power-hungry parties, mockery of a peo- unknown British Sergeant and seven soldiers ple’s verdict. So the State is looking at a politically convenient coalition or President’s in a trench along with others at Garrison Hill in Kohima during World War II prevented Rule. The BJP is just as arrogantly silent in the face of Sena’s insistence on shar- the Japanese from reaching India. The twin ing the top post. Although it has emerged on its own with some props of its ally thrusts of an overstretched Japanese Army, over the years, it is either plain dissatisfied or wondering if power-sharing would one aiming for Dimapur and the other Netra Bahadur Thapa Imphal, were thwarted in the spring of 1944. diminish the unifying leadership of Devendra Fadnavis, a man who has the bless- This remarkable recovery of the British ings of its ideological anchor RSS and a proven administrator. Despite being a Indian Army, decimated in the first Burma non-Maratha, he is the one who pushed quotas for Marathas, soothed Dalit anger War, across the Sittang river and in full retreat chased by the Japanese is encapsulated in and despite problems, had got a working relationship going with the Sena. But Field Marshal Slim’s book Defeat Into Victory. the BJP needed the Sena for numbers, its Operation Kamal or breaking parties The casualties were crippling. The leftovers too discredited now and too fratricidal if tried on its 30-year-ally. It is flummoxed of 2/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), which this time because the Sena isn’t blinking. If it gives in to sharing chief minister- had taken 400 casualties, their strength down to half at 400 all ranks, and 1/3 Gorkha Rifles ship with a greenhorn like Sena scion Aditya Thackeray, it would dilute its per- reduced to 200 all ranks were amalgamated sonality plank as a winning strategy; hence its dilemma. As far as the Sena is into 5/3 GR with the Commanding Officer concerned, this is the best time to pick up the pieces of its personality cult, shat- from 2/5 GR. The debacle astride the Sittang river tered ever since the death of its founder Balasaheb Thackeray. Grandson Aditya occurred on February 23, 1942 when in a is now an elected member of the House and the party feels that over the years maze of confusion, the Sittang Bridge was Gaje Ghale The Victoria Cross Agan Singh Rai of being subsumed to the BJP, he is the face around which the Marathi manoos blown off, leaving many non-swimming Gorkha battalions on the wrong side as they and pride can coalesce and arm Sainiks as the best defenders of their State. were forced to conduct a fighting withdraw- post. Six men sent with ammu- action, the battalion returned to Distinguished Service Medals. This is in the tradition of a new Marathi resurgence and reclaiming the legacy al. It was along this axis that Second Fifth nition were brought down but these very hills, chasing Naga In the post-independence of Chhatrapati Shivaji, one that, much to its discomfort, has also been appro- fought three VC actions preventing the Thapa fetched the ammunition and Kuki insurgents instead of wars, the Second Fifth won sev- Japanese from outflanking Bishenpur and and continued fighting by Japanese, who have built a war eral Mahavir and Vir Chakras, priated by Fadnavis smartly by way of renaming and building statues. All lead- reaching Imphal. Kohima stemmed the counter-attacking the Japanese monument to their dead in one Shaurya Chakra and hun- ers in Maharashtra harp on federalism and not kowtowing before the Centre as northern Japanese sweep at Garrison Hill who had entered his post. The Bishenpur. No Infantry battal- dreds of other awards. In Congo a sales pitch and a young Aditya could represent that fiery hope for the Sena. where the unknown British Sergeant, the last Japanese swarmed the post but IN THE POST- ion has ever won three VCs in a with UN in 1962, it fought the to die in his trench, etched on a stone in his not before Thapa held the post, INDEPENDENCE single campaign, earning the first Chapter 7 military operation This is the reason why despite a paralysis of governance, Uddhav has been tour- blood, the epic epitaph: When you go home, virtually last man last round. title “VC Battalion.” In the bat- against Katangese gendarmerie ing villages hit by unseasonal rains and drought as an honest and concerned tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, Thapa was found khukuri in WARS, THE SECOND tle of Imjin in Korea, 1 winning gallantry awards. The representative of the people. Meanwhile, the cosmopolitan Aditya is seen as part we gave our today. hand and dead Japanese by his Gloucester Regiment won two two VCs, Gaje Ghale and Agan The rejuvenated Burma Army was back side with a cleft skull. For his val- FIFTH WON SEVERAL VCs in April 1951, both by Singh Rai, accompanied the of Sena’s rebranding exercise to generate traction among the youth, present a advancing to Tiddim to keep Japanese forces our, tenacity and leadership, he MAHAVIR AND VIR British officers. The biggest col- unit though VC awardees were more progressive face and bury its reprehensible past involving Valentine’s Day at bay. The first VC action fought by Second was awarded the VC posthu- CHAKRAS, ONE lective award of VCs was 28 in forbidden entering operational diktats or digging cricket pitches. But being one of the BJP’s first allies, the Sena Fifth on May 26, 1943 was at Basha Hill East mously. the Second Relief of Lucknow areas. In Dehradun tomorrow, under the untested leadership of the never The recapturing of Mortar SHAURYA CHAKRA Siege during the 1857 War of the battalion will commemorate cannot synchronise with new partners, even if it goes around with a shopping been under fire, Havildar Gaje Ghale, and Bluff and Water Picquet next Independence. At Rorke’s Drift, belatedly the platinum jubilee of bag. In fact, right now it appears as a spoiler in its best time so far. his platoon of raw recruits. Ghale was morning, June 26, by Naik Agan AND HUNDREDS OF 2/24 Foot won seven VCs in the VCs and 133rd Raising Day, Truth be told, the BJP-Sena marriage has survived a rocky 30 years with tasked with capturing Basha Hill, which was Singh Rai and his company OTHER AWARDS. IN 1879 during the Zulu War. tracing its origins to Abbottabad counselling services. Yet despite knowing each other too well and with the great- heavily defended by the Japanese with a net- bagged the third VC. In an epic Another epic small unit bat- on November 10, 1886. Busloads work of machine guns. Undaunted, Ghale led infantry action, Rai rushed up CONGO WITH UN IN tle was fought by Second Fifth in of veterans with their families est convergence of ideologies, they have been more frenemies than allies. In a series of attacks and despite suffering mul- with his section towards Mortar 1962, IT FOUGHT Waziristan in March 1937 near have arrived from Nepal to 2009, the Shiv Sena had contested 160 seats against the BJP’s 119 in the tiple wounds, pressed on the attacks unre- Bluff and found his men pinned THE FIRST CHAPTER Damdil at Number 11 Picquet. rejoice their battle feats and Assembly. This has reversed in 2019 with the BJP gaining clout and develop- lentingly. He was awarded a Victoria Cross down by a 37 mm gun in the Naik Nandlal Ghale with six remember the many Bahadurs, for unsurpassed bravery, courage and lead- jungle. Displaying daredevilry, 7 MILITARY men and a signaller were man- no longer among them. Over the ing a matrix of its own, particularly around the aura of Prime Minister Narendra ership. It is reported that two Japanese offi- Rai charged at the gun and ning this post. The picquet was next 48 hours, the zest, spirit, Modi, somebody whom Balasaheb himself had defended post the Gujarat riots. cers of Major General rank were killed in the silenced it but fire from Water OPERATION connected by telephone and tenacity and even revelry shown The only way Shiv Sena could rescue its territorial importance was by taking a week-long battle to stop Japanese advance. Picquet had to be silenced also. AGAINST could signal SOS with a very in Dehradun will be no less than Fast forward to June 25, 1944 for the sec- In another fit of battle madness, light pistol and signalling lamp. the raw courage and guile dis- moral high ground and embarrassing the BJP from within. It has been strident ond VC action. The Japanese advance to Rai assaulted the machine gun KATANGESE The warlord, Faqir of Ipi, who played by the venerated elders in its campaign on building the Ram temple at Ayodhya. It has been harsher Imphal had to be checked. Second Fifth was bunker, holding up their GENDARMERIE ruled the frontier badlands, was at Bishenpur and Basha Hills. than the Opposition in criticising Fadnavis, the latest being on his failure to save deployed around Bishenpur gateway to advance. His company broke the opposed to foreign troops. Ipi’s The battalion motto Imphal. Three outlying posts — Water Japanese defences and swiftly WINNING thugs swarmed the post, killing Kafarhunubhandamarno jati the Aarey forests, and the Central Government too. And it keeps on reminding Piquet, Mortar Bluff and BP Piquet — cov- recaptured Water Picquet. two sentries and wounding all (better to die than be a coward) the BJP that it became its first ally when nobody was keen to touch it. Both have ering the road and Silchar Track came under Wresting Mortar Bluff by Rai fol- GALLANTRY six of the defenders who engaged is fired by battle cry Ayo been fighting over policies since. But the hard facts are that both need each other attack. These had to be held at all cost. Mortar lowed so quickly on the epic AWARDS in hand-to-hand fight with bay- Gorkhali. Bluff was reinforced by Subedar Netra defence by Thapa as to make it onets and khukuris despite (The writer is a retired Major to remain in power. The Sena has used the BJP in the initial years to bubble up Bahadur Thapa with 41 bravehearts who “one battle.” Rai won the Victoria injuries. The tribals fled as General of the Indian Army and the Hindutva pride and wrest a State that had been seen as a sure bet of the withstood intermittent Japanese attacks. Cross. Never before have two Second Fifth prevented the loss founder member of the Defence Congress. The BJP still needs it to break through and appear reliably magnan- Hopelessly outnumbered and running out VCs been won in a single action of Number 11 Picquet. The six Planning Staff, currently the of ammunition, Thapa rallied the survivors in less than 24 hours. Precisely defenders won two Indian revamped Integrated Defence imous. Both need each other to control the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal calling for red on red artillery fire on his own 70 years after the Bishenpur Orders of Merit and four Indian Staff) Corporation (BMC). Besides, can they let down the people of a State? S O U N D BITE Airline blues Recently, the attitude of the Hitting 3-4 sixes in an over or Every claim made by the I want to write a book of Proposals to sell Air India have been heard for over Government and those European Union towards poetry. I also want to write a scoring 80-90 runs off 45 three decades now but this time the Govt is serious hailing it as a slayer of all our country film script, want to balls is an art that I haven't evils has been turned on its has been far from direct and even seen Kohli pull off as hen it comes to Air India and the issue head. DeMon was a disaster. constructive. produce some day. regularly as Rohit (Sharma). of privatisation, opinions are strong- ly divided. Some feel that the govern- Congress leader Turkish President Actor Former cricketer W — Priyanka Gandhi —Recep Erdogan —Ayushmann Khurrana —Virender Sehwag ment has no business being in the airline busi- ness and Air India’s continued dependence on taxpayer money for its very survival is evidence that it should be sold off to the highest bidder L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR who can turn it around. Others say that the Political games expected to work in harmony, main reason for Air India continuing to being two important pillars of the depend on the taxpayer is because of poor Sir — This refers to the report Why can’t our States cooperate? justice system. The ugly showdown management decisions in the past and if it could get rid of the massive loans it “BJP-Sena Govt formation locked his refers to the article “Act or will suspend you, SC between the two in the national in Maha stalemate” (November tells Punjab Chief Secretary” (November 7). In the end, Capital and in other parts of the has to service, it would actually be marginally profitable. Several divisions of the 8). With the Maharashtra Tit was the Supreme Court (SC) that came to the res- country has exposed them to pub- airline already are fairly profitable. One rationale for the latter reasoning is that Assembly’s term expiring today cue of the common man and issued an order to end stub- lic ridicule and scorn, and more any potential buyer of Air India would want the government or public sector banks and Chief Minister Devendra ble burning, which is one of the causes for the deterio- worryingly a loss of faith in these Fadnavis resigning, time is run- rating air quality in Delhi-NCR. institutions. It is a common com- to take a slight haircut on the loans any which way. So if the government was ning out for the formation of a The apex court asked the Chief Secretaries of Punjab, plaint that advocates, who are to do so, it would serve the same purpose. The latter would make for a com- new Government in the State. It Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (UP) to incentivise small and defenders of the law, often become pelling argument if only there was a guarantee that any future government would is an extraordinary crisis in the marginal farmers by offering `100 per quintal to those a law unto themselves and demand politically and financially impor- who have not burnt their biomass yet. Giving the Chief immunity as a matter of right even not saddle the airline with massive loans while potentially taking huge kickbacks. tant western State and the parties Secretaries an earful for failing to curb stubble burning when they are in the wrong, lead- That has been the case with aircraft purchases, lease agreements, contracts for involved in the political game are in their States, the SC also ordered the three States to ing to skirmishes with the police. all sorts of products and even staffing. And it is for that very reason that Air India not yet done with their manoeu- bear the cost of hiring machines for disposing the farm It is a sad day when the law is bro- vres. The prospects of a BJP-Shiv residue responsibly. The three bureaucrats were present ken by those charged with uphold- has to be saved from its worst enemy, the Government. Sena alliance Government any- in the court on Wednesday as they had been summoned of Delhi-NCR, especially asthma patients, infants and the ing it. This is converse to the standard argument that many people make but it is time soon look bleak as both par- by the court. The Bench, comprising Justices Arun Mishra elderly. While ensuring that farmers stop burning crop Arif Mahfooz the truth. Government intervention has impacted Air India for the worse ever since ties refuse to blink first. and Deepak Gupta, asked the Punjab Chief Secretary to residue, the State Governments must educate them about Bengaluru Smelling blood, the Shiv Sena list the steps the State planned to take to address the prob- its harmful effects. This will indeed produce good results Shocking move it was forcibly nationalised in the 1970s. As for national obligations in transport- had challenged the BJP to go lem. “We will send you back suspended. It is a question in the future as the enlightened community will start dis- ing passengers to remote destinations, clauses still exist for every airline as does ahead and form the Government of life and death for crores of people. They suffer from posing the stubble after the harvest in an environment- Sir — It was shocking to learn that the fact that each and every commercial aircraft that flies the flag of India with if it had the numbers. In Shiv diseases such as asthma and cancer because of all this. friendly manner and even make money by selling the bio- the Maharashtra Chief Minister an Indian registration can be requisitioned at the time of a national emergency. Sena’s words, the “BJP returned We outrightly reject the suggestion of allowing stubble mass to big industries. The latter use it as fuel or as raw quit his post as all efforts to bring empty-handed from the Raj burning on certain conditions,” the court told him. It is material to make products like the Swedish home décor Shiv Sena to the talks table failed. Privatising Air India might finally allow it to flourish in the manner it always should Bhavan.” most unfortunate that the States have not been able to chain Ikea. Understandably the Sena chief is have and give Indians an airline they can be proud of. Air India has taken sev- Sadly, the two parties that got end crop residue burning and allowed the situation to get TK Nandanan enraged at being called a liar by eral strides towards improving itself over the past decade but it can take many the mandate after contesting the out of control, without giving a thought to the residents Kochi Fadnavis. However, in all this the elections in alliance drifted fur- people of the State are the losers more and to do that, it needs fresh ideas, capital and need to be released from ther apart by the day, creating as governance is on hold. its indentured servitude to the Government. Privatising Air India should not be more uncertainty about reasons why viable permutations ing but watch helplessly as their Sad day for the law Akash Vikram seen as benefitting the taxpayer, it will be benefitting Air India. If its Udaan scheme Government formation. and combinations have not leaders make a mockery out of Noida Divergent ideological proclivities emerged and the State and the their decision and choice. Sir — This refers to the editorial has proved anything, then it can develop sustainability as a strong regional car- and positions of parties across the electorate that voted decisively for G David Milton “For the sake of law” (November Send your feedback to: rier, too, with a multiplier effect and stick to profitable international routes. political spectrum are some major the saffron alliance can do noth- Maruthancode 7). Lawyers and the police force are [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 9, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Breaking down POINTCOUNTERPOINT I AGAIN WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT WAS NEVER IT IS UNACCEPTABLE IF THE CM TELLS PEOPLE THAT barriers DECIDED THAT THE CM'S POST WILL BE SHARED. THERE SON OF BALASAHEB THACKERAY LIED. WHEN FADNAVIS WAS NEVER A DECISION ON THIS ISSUE. SAID THIS, I DECIDED NOT TO HOLD ANY DIALOGUE. The fall of the Berlin Wall did not automatically lead —FORMER MAHARASHTRA CM —SHIV SENA CHIEF to the benign reunification of Germany. It created DEVENDRA FADNAVIS UDDHAV THACKERAY the opportunity for positive change There is always a solution GWYNNE DYER he fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years ago on Saturday, was one Instead of cribbing about stubble-burning polluting the air in Delhi-NCR, we of the best parties I ever went to, and certainly the longest. But Twhen I finally sobered up, it was also quite frightening, because need to work together to develop out-of-the-box solutions for a better tomorrow nobody knew what was coming out of the box next. There had been scary moments in Germany during the Cold War, of course, with Soviet troops in the eastern part and troops from practically every Western country in the western part, but a divided Germany had become part of the landscape. For many people on both sides, in fact, it was a quite satisfac- tory landscape. As François Mauriac once said: “I love Germany so much I’m glad there are two of them.” For the older generation of Europeans, Germany had always been the problem (two World Wars), and the post-1945 division of the country was a kind of solution, since it kept foreign troops in both VIBHA DHAWAN parts of Germany. They weren’t formally occupation forces any more, but they served as a sort of guarantee nevertheless. And now, in November 1989, that solution was collapsing. he Supreme Court (SC)-mandated On a brief visit to Moscow just weeks before the Wall came Environment Pollution Prevention and down, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told Mikhail Gorbachev, TControl Authority (EPCA) had recently the Soviet leader: “We do not want the reunification of Germany. It declared a public health emergency in Delhi- would lead to changes in the (post-1945) borders that would under- NCR in light of the air pollution reaching mine the stability of the entire international situation.” extremely hazardous levels. All construction activities in the region were put on hold, Indeed, Thatcher added, Gorbachev should ignore any state- schools were closed and many offices even ments to the contrary by the West. The NATO alliance might have asked their employees to work from home. In had to make pro-reunification statements to keep its German part- addition, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi ner happy, but the other members didn’t really want to abandon the Government also started its vehicle rationing post-war settlement and “de-communise” Eastern Europe. But she odd-even scheme for private automobiles to was wrong about that. Most of the senior politicians in what was reduce pollution from vehicular emissions. not yet called the European Union (EU) understood that German reuni- The hazardous spike in air pollution has fication was a risk that had to be accepted. There was a new German health effects such as burning in the eyes, generation in charge and you had to trust them. Western Europe’s breathlessness, headache and reduced resistance leaders also understood that ‘de-communising’ eastern Europe might to cold and lung infections, apart from long- term problems such as asthma, cancer, emphy- finally deliver the free and democratic Europe that should have fol- sema, chronic bronchitis and other respirato- lowed the victory over Hitler in 1945, and they had the steady sup- ry problems. port of the senior President Bush in both those choices. But it real- Can we blame all of this on the burning ly was a gamble, and it might all have gone wrong. of rice straw in the neighbouring States of A reunited Germany could once again have used its wealth, num- Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (UP) bers and central position to seek domination over Europe, as it had alone? While all the attention is on the air qual- done under both the Kaisers and the Nazis. The countries of Eastern ity and its monitoring in Delhi-NCR, we should Europe, freed from Russian rule, might have ended up as a string not ignore what is happening on ground zero, of squabbling tinpot dictatorships, as most of them did when they where the actual activity of crop residue burn- in loss of fertility and micro flora of the soil. uated carefully while deciding on subsidies for first got their freedom after World War-I. The main reason it didn’t ing is taking place. What about the health of Not only that, the deposition of particles on IN TERMS OF popularising new technologies that could lead the farmers and their families who are burn- leaves lowers the rate of photosynthesis, fur- to sustainable agriculture. This also needs to all end in tears was the EU, a more comprehensive version of the ing the biomass on their land? ther affecting carbon dioxide fixation and oxy- LEVERAGING be looked at while planning crops to ensure existing European Economic Community that was negotiated in 1990- On a cumulative basis, perhaps pollution gen release. It also inhibits crop growth and LEARNINGS FROM their suitability to a particular area. 92 and declared in 1993. Creating the EU (and giving it a common due to agriculture residue burning is just four productivity, thereby encouraging use of fer- Furthermore, multi-disciplinary research currency, the euro) provided a structure big and strong enough to per cent but burning of rice straw in the two tilisers in future crop cycles, hence leaving OTHER must be initiated for use of the crop residue as contain a united Germany and not be dominated by it. It also saved to three weeks before winters and the flow of behind an ever-larger ecological footprint. raw material for energy generation by indus- the former “satellite countries” of Eastern Europe from a potential- wind in a particular direction plays havoc with Farmers are aware of these ill-effects, but the RICE-PRODUCING tries that are dependent on coal as a source of ly ugly fate. The EU countries had all the things that Poles, Slovaks the air year after year. restricted availability and the high cost of alter- COUNTRIES, ONE fuel right now and composting. While avail- and Bulgarians longed for: Prosperity, personal freedom and democ- The annual ritual of burning the post-har- natives force them to go down the stubble burn- ability of time-efficient alternatives to uproot racy. And although it is not a charitable institution, the EU decided vest ‘stubble’ of the paddy crop to clear the fields ing route. EXAMPLE AT THE straw from fields solve a part of the problem, to let the Eastern European countries join, provided that they also for harvesting wheat in early November must The need of the hour is to provide farm- technologies for the disposal of the residue need be treated with urgency. According to the ers with financially viable alternatives. Farm FOREFRONT IS to be developed and commercialised to provide became law-abiding and relatively uncorrupt democracies. So that’s Union Ministry of Earth Science’s air quality machinery that can quickly uproot rice straw FROM CHINA, a complete solution. exactly what they did. monitor, the smoke from the farms can be must be provided. This can be done either Selection of efficient microbes for fast The fall of the Berlin Wall did not lead automatically to the benign responsible for as much as 44 per cent of Delhi’s through Government subsidy or investment in WHERE THE STRAW degradation of the paddy crop residue can pro- reunification of Germany. It created the opportunity for positive change, air pollution. The main reason for burning of agricultural infrastructure and developing vide farmers compost that can reduce require- but making it happen took clear thinking and hard political work. The paddy straw is its high silicon content that entrepreneurial models for employment gen- IS USED AND ment of chemical fertilisers for the wheat crop happy outcome in Eastern Europe was not some quirk of fate either. makes it unfit to be used as animal fodder. eration through renting of machines to farm- REUSED TO ITS that follows. It can also be used as organic fer- It was the product of social engineering on an international scale. Further, its density is very low, thus making ers. The capacities of custom hiring centres also tiliser for production of organic crops, thus pro- There is no “German question” today. It has been solved. The storage difficult. need to be aligned to the local needs. Both State MAXIMUM viding farmers an incentive to shift to such economies of Eastern European countries are far bigger than they Many potential solutions have been dis- and Central Governments should provide POTENTIAL. practices. were 30 years ago (four times bigger for Romania, six times for Poland) cussed, including restricting paddy cultivation funding for such initiatives. In terms of leveraging learnings from other in the northern States. In fact, a part of the The agronomic practices followed in rice ONCE OFF THE rice-producing countries, one example at the and average incomes are catching up. In 1990, Poles earned only problem has been the policy change which cultivation must change. The debate over rice forefront is from China, where the straw is used a quarter of what Germans did; now it’s almost two-thirds. There postponed rice cultivation till June. cultivation in north India, while several years FIELD, THE RICE and reused to its maximum potential. are some problems with populist/nationalist regimes in Poland and In an attempt to control depleting ground- old, is now of paramount importance given the STRAW IS USED Once off the field, the rice straw is used Hungary at the moment but they are still far better there politically water, a notification was issued by the Punjab water scarcity and depleting water tables. It is for large scale (approximately three million kg) than it ever was before 1989. It’s better everywhere — so why is Government in 2008 that pushed back rice now time to realise the gravity of the situation FOR LARGE SCALE of mushroom production. Post the mushroom the United Kingdom, the second-biggest member of this organisa- planting in fields to June to coincide with the and adopt quick but well thought out measures. cultivation, it is put to use for cultivating insects tion that has put an end to centuries of war and tyranny in Europe, monsoons reaching North India. As a result, Area selection based on principles of sustain- MUSHROOM to feed the fish. Thus, the waste becomes an now planning to leave the EU? paddy is harvested right before sowing of ability should be undertaken. Furthermore, a PRODUCTION. POST important raw material for other remunerative Because the English don’t get it. Britain is an island that hasn’t wheat. Farmers have a very small window of careful selection of varieties and technologies activities. The use of paddy straw in making been successfully invaded for almost a millennium, so they don’t less than two weeks to harvest their rice crop needs to be undertaken scientifically consid- THE MUSHROOM particle boards has also been successfully and prepare the land for sowing of wheat. Due ering the regional variances. Technologies attempted by many countries. Coming back to realise that the EU is primarily about preserving democracy and keep- to the restricted availability of farm machin- such as direct seeded rice (DSR) should be pop- CULTIVATION, IT IS India, efforts at research and development ing the peace. They think it’s just an economic deal and a lot of them ery, it is very difficult for them to uproot paddy ularised. Further, investment in technologies PUT TO USE FOR stages have been initiated with Dutch collab- believe (mistakenly) that they can get a better deal elsewhere. They straw from their fields post-harvest. The result such as sub-soil irrigation must be promoted oration. As citizens of a responsible nation we are, as Napoleon allegedly remarked, “a nation of shopkeepers.” is unabated burning of the biomass that could as it helps reduce the use of water, fertilisers, CULTIVATING too all need to work together to develop out- (Actually, it was Adam Smith who said it first.) A nation of shop- have been left to turn to mulch in the fields weedicides and so on. of-the-box, sustainable solutions for a better keepers who haven’t even noticed that their shops are closing down. itself if the farmers had more time between har- Another aspect which does not get enough INSECTS TO FEED tomorrow for all stakeholders — within the (Gwynne Dyer’s new book is ‘Growing Pains: The Future of vests. attention is natural resource accounting. THE FISH fields and without. Democracy and Work’) The ill-effects of crop residue burning go Distorted water pricing for agriculture and the (The writer is Distinguished Fellow and beyond air pollution. Crop burning also results amount of fertiliser subsidies should be eval- Senior Director, TERI) Odisha needs community-based care for children Malnutrition is a public health emergency in the country. With less than four years remaining for the POSHAN Abhiyaan to end, it continues to remain a major burden for poor States

As a result, the State is largely Programme and Mid-Day Meal the State to improve its malnutrition management for acute malnutrition health to their child. Awareness gen- poverty-stricken and backward, (MDM) programme and National situation. (CMAM) has been successful. eration among community mem- leading to high rates of malnutri- Rural Employment Guarantee How can Odisha further its A 2019 evaluation done on the bers should actively be taken up tion, poor health and hunger among Programme have not generated the efforts? In Odisha, the community performance of the NRCs in Odisha regarding infant and young child the people. desired impact on curtailing hunger workers, like the Accredited Social says, “Frontline workers, health feeding (IYCF) practices.” Malnutrition is majorly a socio- and malnutrition either. Health Activists (ASHA), workers in the community and In totality, there is still a window cultural problem and has the poten- So what is Odisha doing about Anganwadi Workers (AWW), and public health centres should be of opportunity for Odisha to fight CHANDRAKANT PANDAV tial to create major setbacks for it? Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM) trained and given hands-on train- malnutrition. Nevertheless, Odisha India. According to a 2019 study by As a response to the growing play a central role in screening and ing to measure the weight, Mid- alone cannot do it. Perhaps a nation- Dr Mayadhar Panda, “Malnutrition malnutrition situation in the last identification of children with SAM, Upper Arm Circumference al guideline on community-based t is no surprise that one of the can result in adverse physical, cog- decade the Central Government mostly while conducting the Village (MUAC), weight-for-height Z- management of severe acute malnu- poorest States in the country is nitive and/or emotional results in released the National Nutrition Health and Nutrition Days scores (WHZ), and check for oede- trition can show the way to Odisha Ialso battling malnutrition, espe- the short-term as well as in the long- Strategy in 2017. The following year, (VHND) sessions. These commu- ma in children aged 1-59 months”, to reverse the harm of undernutri- cially in rural areas. As per the term health and well-being of an in 2018, the Prime Minister nity workers play a key role in help- echoing the importance of using the tion and promote longevity among National Family Health Survey, individual. Its deleterious effects on launched the National Nutrition ing reach that last SAM child in the frontline workers for early detection malnourished children. We need to four (NFHS-4), the total number of the socio-economic development Mission (NNM), also known as rural areas of Odisha. of SAM at the community level. act now, before the sun sets on the children under five in Odisha suf- and health of the society are well POSHAN Abhiyaan, with an over- While the NRCs have been The recommendation from the horizon for these children with fering from severe wasting, better recognised, and undernutrition is arching goal of reducing child and effective in treating children with 2019 evaluation further adds, “The SAM. Only then will we be able to known as Severe Acute taken to be an indication of a soci- maternal malnutrition. Similar to complicated SAM, their cumulative process of identification and refer- achieve the major milestone of the Malnutrition (SAM), has increased ety’s wellbeing.” most States in India, Odisha follows Minister, Samir Ranjan Das said, efficiency may be in question. ral of SAM children from the com- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable from 5.2 per cent to 6.4 per cent in In parallel, Odisha’s diluted the facility-based management “We are doing well on nutrition but Scientific evidence shows that munity to NRC needs to be further Development. the last 10 years. The children public accountability, poor access approach to treat children with the challenge is still very tough. almost 90 per cent of SAM cases are strengthened for early referral. (The writer is a Member, belonging to the Scheduled Tribes and control over food and livelihood SAM, better known as the Nutrition Under the leadership of Chief uncomplicated and can be treated During the Village Health and National Council for India (23 per cent) and Scheduled Castes entitlement programmes like Rehabilitation Centre (NRC). Minister Naveen Patnaik, we will at the community level. States like Nutrition Day session, mothers/ Nutritional Challenges, POSHAN (17 per cent) are the worst victims Targeted Public Distribution Recently, during the POSHAN surely achieve the goal of a malnu- Rajasthan, Maharashtra and caregivers are also to be provided ABHIYAN and president, ICCIDD, of perpetual poverty and marginal- Programme (TPDS), ICDS Month celebrations in Odisha, the trition-free Odisha”, indicating the Jharkhand, to name a few, are some counselling and support to address India. He is former Head, CCM, isation. Supplementary Nutrition School and Mass Education willingness and commitment of examples where community-based the reasons for poor nutrition and AIIMS, New Delhi.) VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 9, 2019 money 08

CAPSULE SEBI CHIEF ON ‘EVEN GOD CAN'T CHANGE NUMBERS’ REMARK Moody's cuts India outlook ‘Ask Almighty or Nilekani’ PNS n MUMBAI do, we are doing. Whatever is ly need to come forward and to ‘negative', Govt counters the outcome you would know," increase the visibility in the Sebi chief Ajay Tyagi on Friday Tyagi noted. market and this is something PNS n NEW DELHI Backing its other ratings for said a probe is on into the On Wednesday, Nilekani which can be done and I think India, the agency said it esti- Infosys matter and quipped asserted that the company it should be done and we have MRF Q2 net down Global rating agency Moody's mates that the country's growth one needs to ask either Nandan operates with the highest conveyed this to the govern- Investors Service on Friday slowdown is in part long-last- Nilekani or God on the IT integrity, and that "even God ment also," the Sebi chairman 18 pc at Rs 229 cr cut India's outlook from 'stable' ing. However, the Finance major chairman's assertion can't change the numbers of said. NEW DELHI: Tyre major MRF to 'negative' reflecting increas- Ministry rejected the claim, about even God can't change this company". Further, Tyagi said that not on Friday reported 17.73 per ing risks to the country's eco- saying: "India continues to be the company's numbers. When asked whether any many companies are coming cent decline in consolidated nomic growth and the gov- among the fastest growing Under fire in the wake of information has been shared forward to list despite getting net profit at Rs 228.96 crore ernment's failure in addressing major economies in the world, whistleblower complaints with American regulator SEC approvals from the regulator. for the quarter ended long-standing economic and India's relative standing about alleged accounting laps- since Infosys is also listed in While noting that issues September 30, 2019. The institutional weaknesses. remains unaffected. IMF in es at the country's second the US, Tyagi declined to worth over Rs 25 lakh company had posted a profit The government however, their latest World Economic largest software exporter, elaborate saying it is crore are pending, of Rs 278.29 crore for the said that India continues to be Outlook has stated that the Nilekani had said processes at a confidential Tyagi said, "after year-ago period, MRF said in a among the fastest growing Indian economy is set to grow the company are so strong that correspondence a year the IPO regulatory filing. Revenue major economies in the world, at 6.1 per cent in 2019, picking even God cannot change the between two approvals from operations stood at Rs and its relative standing up to 7 per cent in 2020. As numbers. regulators. lapse. And I 4,007.63 crore as against Rs remained unaffected. BSE Sensex tanks 330 pts India's potential growth rate "You have to ask him or you Meanwhile, am talking 3,946.77 crore in the same Sensex was down 168.17 points remains unchanged, assess- can ask God," Tyagi told Tyagi said about which period a year ago, a growth of at 10.45 a.m. MUMBAI: Equity benchmark BSE Sensex tumbled 330 points on ment by IMF and other mul- reporters when asked about his there is a are still valid 1.57 per cent. Total expenses Moody's only adds to the Friday, tracking losses in IT, FMCG, metal and energy stocks after tilateral organisations contin- view on Nilekani's comments. need for not have not during the second quarter growing list of global agencies, Moody's cut India's credit rating outlook citing growth concerns. ue to underline a positive out- Speaking on the sidelines of increasing the yet hit the were higher at Rs 3,760.80 including the Reserve Bank of Despite trading on a weak note though the day, the 30-share Sensex look on India." an event organised by industry flow of issues market". core as compared to Rs India, that have downgraded briefly turned positive to hit a fresh intra-day high of 40,749.33. It, "The government has under- body CII here, Tyagi said Sebi in the market and Tyagi also 3,649.87 crore in the year-ago the India growth story for the however, pared all gains to end 330.13 points, or 0.81 per cent lower taken a series of financial sec- is probing the matter and that that compliance hinted that a lot of period, it added. The same reasons. Fitch Ratings at 40,323.61. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty plunged 103.90 points, tor and other reforms to he has nothing to say on the with minimum share- bias is towards the company's board has declared and S&P Global Ratings still or 0.86 per cent, to end at 11,908.15. Top losers in the Sensex pack strengthen the economy as a allegations at pre- holding norms by state-run banking side and asserted that an interim dividend of Rs 3 hold India's outlook at 'stable'. included Sun Pharma, Vedanta, ONGC, TCS, HUL, ITC, NTPC, Asian whole. The government has sent. entities would be of help. Sebi is also an important insti- per equity share for the Moody's also affirmed India's Paints and Infosys, shedding up to 4.23 per cent. On the other hand, also proactively taken policy "Investors According to him, 45 of tution which is 27 years old financial year ending March Baa2 foreign-currency and Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, Tech Mahindra decisions in response to the should the 91 listed government- now. 31, 2020. The board has also local-currency long-term issuer and HCL Tech rose up to 3.76 per cent. Moody's Investors Service global slowdown. These mea- draw controlled entities are not Trust, faith and transparen- approved raising of up to Rs ratings. Baa2 is the second-low- cut country's credit rating outlook to negative — the first step sures would lead to a positive their own meeting the requirement cy and disclosures are needed 102 crore by way of issuance est investment grade score, and towards a downgrade, saying the government has been partly outlook on India and would conclu- to have a free float of 25 for all the financial sector par- of non-convertible debentures the agency said it could down- ineffective in addressing economic weakness, leading to rising risks attract capital flows and stim- sions. per cent. ticipants to succeed, on private placement basis in grade the nation if fiscal met- that growth will remain lower. Following the news, domestic equities ulate investments. Whatever "Such companies actual- he added. one or more tranches. rics deteriorate materially. turned volatile and retreated from record peaks. The Indian rupee "The fundamentals of the we have Warning that India could be also depreciated 33 paise to 71.30 against the US dollar intra-day. economy remain quite robust to heading for a debt trap and with inflation under check Investors should draw their own conclusions. recessionary phase, the agency recent years, to be resolved April and June, its weakest pace and bond yields low. India Whatever we have to do, we are doing. Whatever said it doesn't expect the cred- quickly. since 2013, as consumer continues to offer strong is the outcome you would know it crunch among non-bank At a six-year low, India's demand and government prospects of growth in the — AJAY TYAGI, Sebi chief financial institutions, the main economy grew only 5.0 per spending slowed amid global near and medium term," the source of consumer loans in cent year-on-year between trade frictions. Finance Ministry add. Indian Bank, Muthoot Microfin Orient Green EXPIRY OF MINING LEASES OF 329 PRIVATE MINES ‘Prudent sign MoU FM Sitharaman takes CHENNAI: Q2 profit up spending, Public sector Iron ore supply to steel- Indian Bank on crying kids in stride higher revenues Friday said it has 5% at Rs 37 cr signed a memorandum of PNS n NEW DELHI to allay fears’ understanding with Muthoot makers to be disrupted PNS n SINGAPORE Microfinance to serve micro, at official function Orient Green Power small and medium enterprises. PNS n FARIDABAD Company Ltd (OGPL) post- PNS n NEW DELHI The worries over India's eco- "Under the memorandum of ed 5 per cent rise in consol- nomic growth outlook will be understanding, the bank and Some may not like wailing idated net profit at Rs 37.33 With the mining leases of 329 over if fiscal consolidation the non-banking finance kids, but it didn't seem to both- crore for the quarter ended private mines slated to expire takes place by prudent spend- company will jointly lend to er Finance Minister Nirmala September 30, 2019. on March 31, apex mineral ing and higher revenues the MSME borrowers," the Sitharaman, who was the chief The company's net profit body FIMI believes that iron through privatisation bank said in a statement. guest at the passing out parade in the year-ago period stood ore, a raw material used in receipts, along with a wider Indian Bank general manager- of Internal Revenue Service at Rs 35.49 crore, a BSE filing steel-making, will be the worst tax base, Singapore's DBS MSME Sudhakar Rao (IRS) officers on Friday. said. hit from the move. Bank said on Friday. exchanged documents with The event was attended by Total income during the The 329 mines, including Encouragingly, cyclical Muthoot Microfin deputy CFO the officers passing out as the quarter stood at Rs 135.12 48 operative and 281 non- growth momentum is getting Praveen T in the presence of 69th batch of IRS (Customs and crore as compared to Rs operative ones, are spread a hand from reduction in the bank's managing director Central Excise), along with 149.76 crore a year ago. across 10 states, Federation of rates and surplus liquidity and CEO Padmaja Chunduru their family members. "Unusual weather condi- Indian Mineral Industries conditions, wrote Radhika recently. The proceedings began and day when those children join tions and inconsistent wind (FIMI) said. current capacity is of about 100 seven in Odisha, six each in Rao, Vice Senior President a few children in the audience the next set of pass outs," she patterns prevailing across the "Raw material for steel million tonne. Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, and Economist at DBS in were heard crying, while some said as the audience broke into country have resulted in industry, iron ore, would be the When India is looking to two in Rajasthan, one in Singapore. talked on, even as the parents an applause. lower wind generation by worst hit, since out of 329 achieve this target, the blues in Himachal Pradesh will also Looking past the transient tried hard to calm them. "A special mention of the 558 lakh units. The lower mines 232 are of iron ore iron ore mining will be a expire. Majority of non-oper- spike in inflation, there is Attempts by organisers also families that have come with turnover due to reduced gen- alone - 24 operative and 208 major roadblock for steel pro- ative iron ore mines are in Goa room for monetary authori- seemed to fail as the children children, its just the right thing eration has been more than non-operative iron ore mines," ducers, he rued. which has a blanket ban on ties to provide more support continued with their act, and for to do. It's an occasion for fam- offset by improved REC real- FIMI Secretary General R K The mining leases of 48 mining. this year, added Rao in com- some time it did seem like mat- ilies for the young minds and izations and reduced finance Sharma said in a statement. operative mines - 24 in Odisha, Besides iron ore, the mining ments on Moody's Investors ters may be going out of hand. for every member to feel very costs," Managing Director S "Things are not that simple six each in Jharkhand and leases of 21 mines of man- Service downgrade of India's No Cabinet decision However, as Sitharaman took proud that after a very rigorous Venkatachalam said. as the government might be Karnataka, five in Gujarat, ganese, 14 of bauxite, 23 of economic outlook to negative stage, she sought to reassure the course, the member of the thinking. It is going to be a three in Andhra Pradesh, two limestone, four of chromite, from stable. yet on BPCL anxious parents saying that family is passing out to serve the panic situation for a lessee if it in Rajasthan, and one mine two of graphite, one of garnet Better growth is necessary disinvestment bringing children to such events nation," she said. is not able to retain the each in Himachal Pradesh and and 32 of other minerals will to lower overall public debt MUMBAI: State-owned Bharat was the "right thing to do". She added that this was mine.....On one side steel indus- Madhya Pradesh - will expire expire on March 31. levels, which are currently Petroleum Corporation Ltd "In whatever faint way, it will motivation that no child - how- try is looking to produce 300 on March 31, 2020. "FIMI does not understand above medium-term targets, (BPCL) has not received any be in their minds and serve as ever young he or she may be - plus million tonne and here we Mining leases of 184 non- the logic behind such dis- Rao said, noting that Moody's official communication from a motivation for the generation should be kept away from. have a situation where supplies operative mines in Goa, 42 in crimination. For captive mines outlook change reflects con- the government on a proposal next... So I don't want anyone Unperturbed by the distrac- of raw material are bound to get Karnataka, 12 each in the expiry is March 31, 2030 cerns over growth outlook to privatise it, a top official to feel guilty if their children are tion, Sitharaman delivered her disrupted for a long period," Jharkhand and Madhya and for non-captive mines it is and anticipated fiscal slip- said. There is a possibility of making noise. I only wait for the full speech. Sharma said adding that the Pradesh, nine in Maharashtra, March 31, 2020. page. government selling its 53.29 per cent stake along with management control in oil marketing and refining firm for about USD 10 billion (around Pak may remain on FATF Grey List beyond Feb 2020: Report Govt should explore Rs 70,900 crore). "As far as the privatisation issue is PNS n ISLAMABAD Hammad Azhar, the minister concerned, BPCL has not been The FATF retained Pakistan on the Grey responsible for economic affairs Israel, Brazil models for told anything officially so far. I Pakistan may remain on the List and warned the country of action for its division, was quoted as saying by have not got any idea of any Financial Action Task Force's failure in combating money laundering and Dawn newspaper on Friday. other information about any Grey List beyond February 2020 He was speaking at a meeting onion storage: Ficci concrete proposal from the for money laundering and ter- terror financing. The decision was taken of the National Assembly's government side," BPCL ror financing due to its "risk pro- after a 5-day plenary of the FATF held in Standing Committee on Finance PNS n NEW DELHI duced onions can be damaged director (finance) N file", according to media reports. Paris in October and Revenue. in some areas in periods of high Vijayagopal told reporters on Pakistan was placed on the He said that some countries India, which is currently wit- rainfall due to non-availability Friday. He said the Cabinet is Grey List by the Paris-based had been removed from the nessing a spike in retail onion of appropriate post-harvest yet to take a decision for Financial Action Task Force on the Grey List and warned the plenary of the FATF held in Grey List after just 80 per cent price up to Rs 100/kg on tight storage facilities, it added. disinvestment of BPCL. "The (FATF) in June last year and was country of action for its failure Paris in October. compliance while Pakistan was supply, should explore low- "Many factors have con- decision can be taken at the given a plan of action to com- Black List with Iran and North in combating money laundering "Pakistan faces greater chal- being pressurised to ensure 100 cost modern technology mod- tributed to the run-up in onion level of the Cabinet plete it by October 2019, or face Korea. and terror financing. The deci- lenges than many other coun- per cent compliance with the els from countries like Israel prices this year. ...However, the committee and that has not the risk of being placed on the The FATF retained Pakistan sion was taken after a five-day tries because of its risk profile,” action plan. and Brazil for storing the com- seasonal price and arrival pat- modity, industry body Ficci said tern of onion, could give some on Friday. directions to strategise a sus- The government's Tomato tainable policy in future," the FDI IN E-COMMERCE SECTOR Onion Potato (TOP) scheme Ficci said in a report sub- announced in the 2018- mitted to the govern- 19 Budget was expect- ment. To address Retailers' body is ‘cautiously optimistic’ on implementation ed to address the the current onion problem of surplus crisis, Ficci said PNS n KOLKATA discounting, he alleged. in producing areas, the government Department of Industrial Policy and Pointing at e-marketplace but the scheme has should focus on With the government tightening Promotion (DIPP) under Ministry of operators, Rajagopalan said, I not taken off, it a long-term the rules for foreign direct believe India has a huge poten- said, adding that solution includ- investment in e-commerce sec- Commerce and Industry had issued tial for marketplaces and they the government ing studying the tor, Retailers Association of clarifications in December last year must follow law of the land. should provide rail- Israel and Brazel India (RAI) is "cautiously opti- pertaining to FDI rules in the e- He further said, "E- way rakes for reducing models and making mistic" on its effective imple- Commerce will only grow in transportation cost. investment in low cost mentation. commerce sector India and already 50 per cent of Ficci stated that ad-hocism in modern technology for storing Department of Industrial our members are selling online. export bans had serious reper- onion. Policy and Promotion (DIPP) (for e-commerce sector) in PN- The Centre had not extend- We require more such market- cussions and there was a need "In Israel, onions are stored under Ministry of Commerce 2, compared to PN-3 guidelines, ed the timeline for enforcing the places." to remove onion from the in open ventilated warehouses and Industry had issued clarifi- issued in 2016. It explains the new rules from February 1, Brick-and-mortar retailers purview of the Essential with continuous forced air- cations in December last year FDI provision 2019 and also asked companies claimed that their businesses Commodities Act and under- ventilation through a stack of pertaining to FDI rules in the e- better and plugs some loop- to file audit reports by have been hit by predatory pric- take agriculture marketing sets in bulk or bulk bins. commerce sector. enforced properly," the associa- remains a "challenge", he said holes for misuse, Rajagopalan September 30. ing and deep discounting by the reforms to facilitate direct pur- Adoption of such measures "We are cautiously optimistic tions CEO Kumar Rajagopalan adding that the reatailers' body said. DIPP clarified that the FDI Domestic retailers made sev- e-commerce companies and chase from the farmer in a will help in storage of onions about the implementation of said. E-marketplace players like has seen "some action on imple- rules pertaining to e- com- eral complaints about misuse of had sought a level playing field. transparent way. Onion, being with innovative methods dur- press note (PN) 2. The rules are Amazon and Flipkart also come mentation". merce have not allowed foreign FDI by some e-commerce com- We are not calling for a law or high in water content, is a del- ing the bumper production just perfect and offer level play- under the regulations, he has "I don't think the Centre has investment in the inventory- panies engaging into back door a ceiling on minimum price that icate commodity to store. Up to seasons and reducing the fluc- ing field for us, if the laws are said. However, enforcing the law changed the spirit of FDI rules based model. multi-brand retailing and deep- can be charged. 40 per cent of the total pro- tuations in the onion prices. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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TAKING KALAM'S DREAMS AHEAD ou have to dream before your dreams come true, is a saying by Following Dr Kalam's footsteps, Hyderabad- late Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, for- mer President of India, Bharat based Phani is not only helping students Y Ratna awardee and aerospace scientist. Dr Kalam’s words inspired many youngsters to achieve new find the right career but is also caring for heights in various fields and motivated them to help the needy. To fulfill Kalam’s dreams the needy, finds V SATEESH REDDY into reality, Hyderabad-based Phani start- ed an organisation called Yuva Thirang in Thirang Foundation.” Prime Minister Narendra 2014 and has been organising various Till date, he has guided more than a lakh Modi to inaugurate the activities like free career counselling and students across Telugu states choose the same.” He said that the more. He is also an active member of the right career through free counselling. Even Kalam Centre aims to pro- South Indian chapter of the Kalam Centre, before starting Young Thirang, Phani mote innovations, especial- which was started by Srijan Pal Singh, a for- worked on women issues like eradication of ly in governance and social mer Officer on Special Duty and Scientific child marriages in the Telugu states and enterprises, improve youth Adviser for Dr Kalam. Phani said that work- reported the same to social activist, Sunitha participation in national and internation- ing with the Kalam Centre is an honour for Krishnan, who runs the NGO Prajwala that al developments and improve access to him and under the guidance of Srijan Pal fights atrocities against women. education and knowledge in all sections Singh many volunteers have been transform- He shares, “Through the Kalam Bharath of the society. ing government schools by setting up project, more than 500 interns and volun- About his upcoming projects in libraries there. teers adopted 260 government schools in Hyderabad, Phani says, “Currently, we Speaking to The Pioneer, Phani Kumar, Telangana and have created a thorough cur- are focussing on the sanitation work- who also calls himself Phani Kalam, to erad- riculum on various modern courses like ers of the GHMC. Even though icate the classification of caste and creed for Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and their lives depend on collecting raw his work, says, “Since my childhood, I was more. All the interns and volunteers spent garbage, they don’t have health interested in social work. In 2014, I did a 15 weeks with the schools, set up libraries insurances to save themselves from youth programme in Hyderabad where I and distributed sports kits that were various diseases that arise from met Dr Kalam and shared my views. Kalam acquired by crowd funding.” their hazardous work. We are sir advised me to start an organisation in He adds, “We are planning to set up striving hard to provide them Telangana for the youth. His encouraging libraries in as many as 2,020 schools in health insurances by talking with words are the reason to start the Young Telangana by the year 2020 and will request the municipal authorities.”

ccording to a recent report November 10 and will be uploaded by the UNICEF, 31 million on social media the next day. “I A orphan children in India believe that films are powerful tools are most vulnerable to get trapped that influence people to do the right in child labour, sex trafficking, thing,” says Alex. depression and crime, simply Detailing the route map of the because they lack the safety and care campaign, Alex says, “Creating of a loving family. “The Apnao cam- short films is the first step. After paign seeks to make India a place that, we create content for the web- where orphans and abandoned chil- site where we provide ideas to peo- dren can have a family, a safe envi- ple on how to help the orphans and ronment, an education, a future and, vulnerable children that they come most importantly, a childhood,” across. Simultaneously, we engage said Alex Ganta, one of the founders people globally on social media. The of the campaign that is going to most important step is to bring begin its activities in Hyderabad on together people who are interested November 10. in adoption and those who are in “The idea behind Apnao first need of a home. This is will be done came to us in November 2017 at a in collaboration with various NGOs, global meeting of thinkers and counselling centres and govern- child care advocates discussing a ment agencies.” world without orphans. Upon fur- He shares, “Our responsibility as Films are tools that motivate ther deliberation, we felt that there adults is to ensure that children has to be a paradigm shift in the enjoy their childhood and are pro- people through compelling thought process. We concluded that tected from abuse. Apnao provides the best way to bring about that ideas and resources for adults to ful- stories. Alex Ganta plans to change is by telling powerful stories fill this responsibility towards the through thought provoking short vulnerable children around them. use this as a stepping stone films,” Alex told The Pioneer, adding Going forward, we will make more Films that that the launch of the Apnao cam- compelling short films and other to help orphan children find paign in Hyderabad will begin with content that will help bring aware- the premiere of the first of four short ness among people about the value safe homes by spreading films they made on this subject. of children, their need for a family, The four short films of Apnao are the need for their safety and secu- awareness about their loss #itooneedafamily, #safetyismyright, rity, and about their rights to edu- #iamachildtoo and #brokenbutnotde- cation. That is what Apnao is all of childhood and innocence feated. The first film, #itooneedafam- about - family, security and a child- ily, will be premiered at the Heart hood for every child.” drive change Cup Coffee, Kondapur, on -VSR 10

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n unspecified number of smart TVs man- ufactured by Samsung will lose native A support for Netflix next month, the com- panies said in an announcement this week. Older Samsung smart Netflix app-installed — or available for — Samsung smart TVs manufactured in 2010 and 2011 (C and D lineups) — and likely sold for many years after that — will stop functioning TVs to lose Netflix December 2, Samsung alerted customers this week. In a statement, a company spokesperson said these TV models were sold only in the U.S. and Canada. In its statement, the top smart TV manufac- support next month turer advised affected customers to look for a game console, streaming media player, set-top box or other devices that still support the Netflix app to continue their binge-watching sessions. A Netflix spokesperson cited technical limi- tations for the change. “We’ve notified all impacted members with more information WhatsApp about alternative devices we support so they can keep enjoying Netflix uninterrupted,” the per- son added. It’s unclear how many people are impacted by launches this change. A Netflix spokesperson said “a small number” of TVs were affected. Samsung has been the top smart TV vendor worldwide for sever- al years, according to several estimates. Catalogs for The development comes weeks after Netflix alerted several Roku customers that they, too, will lose access to the streaming service on small businesses December 1. Roku 2050X, Roku 2100X, Roku 2000C, Roku HD Player, Roku SD Player, Roku n a bid to make it easier for small business- XR Player and Roku XD Player are the stream- es to connect with customers and grow, ing devices that will lose access to Netflix. Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Thursday introduced the “catalog feature” for business- i es, which use the “WhatsApp Business app” to share information about their prod- potify’s simple podcasting suite, Anchor, ucts and services. is introducing a new feature designed to The feature is being rolled out for both Android and S help creators promote their podcast: trail- iOS in India, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, the ers. On the Anchor app for iOS and Android, UK and the US. It will be rolled out across the world podcasters will now be able to create a dedicat- soon. ed trailer for their podcast that combines an Spotify makes “Catalogs are a mobile storefront for businesses to introduction and some background music, showcase and share their goods so that people can eas- then turns it into an animated video that can be ily browse and discover something they would like to shared across social media and the wider web. buy. Previously businesses had to send product pho- The trailer will also be made available with- tos one at a time and repeatedly provide information in the podcast’s RSS feed, where it's marked with — now customers can see their full catalogue right with- the “trailer” episode type. podcasting easier in WhatsApp,” the company said. Anchor had already offered a way for users This, according to WhatsApp, makes business own- to mark episodes of their podcast as a trailer ers look more professional and keeps customers within the app, but the new feature makes it sim- to get started, and that includes promotional $340 million. And its investments in podcasts, engaged in the chat without having to visit a website. pler to create a trailer through a more integrat- tools like this. which have also included the acquisition of pod- For each item in its catalogue, a business can add ed experience. However, many professional podcasters still cast network Parcast, have been starting to pay information, including price, description and product For example, when you push the button to view Anchor as a sort of entry-level product and off. code. WhatsApp hosts these catalogues to save storage record, you have one minute to turn to more advanced audio editing suites to The company reported in July its podcast space on the phones of both businesses and users. introduce your podcast — and craft their shows. But over time, these extra, audience had doubled in size since last year. In a warning will flash when that handy features could help Anchor to earn a place October, it said the number of podcast listen- minute is about to be up. in podcaster’s workflow, even if it's not their end- ers on its service grew 40 per cent from the prior When you’re satisfied to-end solution. quarter, and it now had 5,00,000 titles hosted on CATALOGS ARE A MOBILE STOREFRONT with the recording, Podcasting has become an important ver- its platform. FOR BUSINESSES TO SHOWCASE AND you can then tical for Anchor's parent company Spotify can monetise podcasts in two ways, browse through Spotify, which led to it acquir- as with music — through ads and by pushing SHARE THEIR GOODS SO THAT PEOPLE Anchor free ing both Anchor people into premium subscriptions. It now has CAN EASILY BROWSE AND DISCOVER library of back- and Gimlet ear- 113 million paying customers and 248 million ground music, lier this monthly actives. And once Spotify’s users are SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUY which is organized year for subscribed to a number of podcast shows, they’re by mood — like adven- more likely to stay with the service. In addition, turous, calm, dramatic, podcasts don’t come with the licensing costs cheerful, energetic, funky, associated with record label deals, which Spotify chill, etc. Or you can opt to go also surely likes. without music, if you prefer. Anchor's new trailers feature is live now And if you already have a voice on both iOS and Android. recording saved elsewhere, you can import it into Anchor to use as your trailer. There are other options today for cre- ating podcast trailers, like those from ser- vices like Wavve, Headliner, or Audiogram, for example. But Anchor’s goal is to be the one- stop-shop for everything a new podcaster needs FUN TIME

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Vijayawada Saturday November 9, 2019 tollywood Avasarala's film school on wheels While there are many who wish to learn, only a few can really teach. The best guru is someone who can impart knowledge gained from years of experience. NAGARAJ GOUD talks to Srinivas Avasarala about his aim to teach filmmaking

rinivas Avasarala has come a long gramme is to see, if down the way from his debut, Ashta lane, it can produce writers Chamma, that came out more who can raise the bar by S than 11 years ago. After emerging delivering quality content in as a popular supporting actor, the Telugu on a constant basis. actor also managed to switch The other reason, he says, tracks to filmmaking with Oohalu “Things are changing in Gusagusalade and Jo Achyutanananda, which the industry. In the last received critical and commercial acclaim. two to three years, many Making use of his versatility and love for innovative ideas have acting and writing to good use, Avasarala is become films and planning to start a touring film school in none of them are Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, through native to our cul- which he will introduce screenwriting to film ture. Everybody enthusiasts. thinks innovative “Many people don’t know where to start and filmmaking it takes them a long time to figure out a means aping the method by which they can learn. I’ll start by west. One of my teaching them the craft which will provide a assistant direc- launch pad. Writing, like other craft, can be tors doesn’t learnt by one’s own efforts, but without the speak a word basics, one can’t build words to form the right of English but sentences. So I’ll cover the basics in a three- he shared a day programme that will be taught in Telugu,” couple of he tells The Pioneer in an exclusive interview. ideas with He will be launching the programme in me that can Rajini, Kamal summer after he wraps up his present assign- potentially ments, which includes completing Nootokka become great Jillala Andagaadu, which he spearheads as an films. I want peo- actor, and later wrapping up his directorial, ple like him feel con- unveil statue of Palana Abbai Palana Ammai with Naga fident that Telugu cin- Shaurya. He intends to charge a nominal fee ema doesn’t require the for the programme, which he will announce knowledge of other lan- next year. Depending on how the programme guages to produce great sto- Balachander goes he might pick the best ones and show- rytellers. I think one can still case their work. be rooted to his culture and lan- ctors Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth on Friday jointly “The first criteria would be to see how guage and make films that the unveiled a bust of late filmmaker K. Balachander, at the much potential they have,” he insists, adding world would sit up and notice.” A former’s office in Chennai on Friday. K. Balachander was that over the course of his career in Tollywood, Avasarala is also planning to conduct instrumental in shaping the careers of both Rajinikanth and he had met many who said that they can write acting seminars as well. “I don’t think we Kamal Haasan. Both these Tamil veterans worked with good dialogues for films but have only writ- can teach acting in three days. We have to Balachander in over 20 films. ten novels. figure out a way. There is no point giving aspi- On the career front, Kamal “The programme will mold them to write rants just a glimpse of acting. What we want Haasan is currently working on for the screen. Once they are ready they can to do is to give them something that they can Shankar’s Indian 2. The film, a explore within that zone without being too lit- hold on to even after the programme. I’m still sequel to the 1996 superhit erary or getting caught up with the dialogues. in discussions with an acting teacher about Indian, marks the return of the The programme will define the boundaries of it. If I find suitable cinematography and edit- actor as a nonagenarian vigi- screenwriting,” he shares. ing experts, we will have a programme for lante, Senapathy. He says that one of the objectives of the pro- those subjects too,” he signs off. Indian 2, which will hit the screens in 2021, also stars Siddharth, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh and Priya Bhavani Shankar. The team of Indian 2 had Srinath will become a recently completed an action sequence shot on a budget of Rs 40 crore in Bhopal. The team big director: Adith Arun also briefly shot in Gwalior before wrapping up the second he first look of madcap comedy, Thagithe schedule. The next schedule Thandana, featuring Adith Arun, Saptagiri and will be in Madhya Pradesh from T Madhunandan, was unveiled on Thursday November third week. Kamal evening in Hyderabad. Directed by Srinath — who has Haasan also has the Tamil polit- written Naveen Chandra and Nivetha Thomas-star- ical thriller Thalaivan Irukkindran, which is rumoured to be a rer, Juliet-Lover of Romeo — the film, a joint produc- sequel to Thevar Magan, in the pipeline. tion venture between J. Vinod and V. Mahesh, is a Meanwhile, reports emerged earlier this week that the actor crime-comedy. Except for some patchwork and a song, has signed Kaithi director Lokesh Kanagaraj for a new project the film’s shooting has been wrapped up. which will take off next year. Adith said, out of the 16 films he had done so far, 13 have been with newcomers. “Luckily all my films always had good titles and Thagithe Thandana falls in that category. The movie is interesting and funny. I'm proud to have worked with Srinath and he will become a big director. He has directed the film very well. Also, the producers have completed the film in Darshi to voice six months despite having no prior experience in the industry. They are genuine film lovers,” Adith said. Srinath said the film tells the story of three young- sters who land in a problem under the influence of Olaf in Telugu alcohol. How they come out of it is told in a comical way, he added Also featuring Satyam Rajesh, Ravi Varma, Prabhas Sreenu, Sameer, Frozen 2 Prabhakar and Vishnu in supporting roles, the film has music by Shravan Bharadwaj. opular comedian Priyadarshi Pulikonda would lend his voice for the role of Olaf in Disney’s Telugu P dubbed version of Frozen 2. This development comes close on the heels of the Hollywood studio managing to get Nithya Menen on board to voice for Elsa, The Disney princess Uri on ice. stunt director Commenting on voicing the endearing Olaf, an excited Priyadarshi said, “Being an extremely adorable snowman and Virata Parvam one of the most-loved characters of the franchise, voicing for for Olaf was a no-brainer for me. It is quite an exciting opportunity to be dubbing in Telugu and bringing such he makers of Virata Parvam 1992, starring Rana a charming character closer to home. I’m more than Daggubati and Sai Pallavi, have signed on Stefan thrilled to be associated with Disney India and I hope T Richter to compose the film’s stunts. Stefan had pre- that the audiences enjoy the fun-spirited character in viously worked in Bollywood films like Don 2 and Shivaay. Telugu as well.” His work in Uri: The Surgical Strike, this year’s box-office While the first film mostly dealt with Elsa try- smash, received high praise. As Virata Parvam boasts of ing to suppress her powers out of a deep fear many encounter sequences between cops and naxals, that she wouldn’t be able to control them, the director Venu Udugula has decided to rope him in. The queen saved the day in the end by embrac- director hasn’t shot any important action bits as his lead- ing who she is. The 2015 short Frozen Fever ing man, Rana, is yet to join the set. But, we hear that the showed a little bit of Elsa’s new attitude second half of next month or early January has been towards her powers after learning reserved for the action sequences. how to use them for good. The “As Rana is recovering from an ailment, Venu wants sequel will see Elsa take her to take it slow when he begins shooting with the actor them to the next level. The early next month before proceeding with the action stuff. movie will hit screen on Stefan has been given the brief to keep the action real yet November 22. pulsating,” said a source. Venu has completed close to 40 per cent of the film until now and from next month, he intends to wrap up the whole film in 40 to 50 days over multiple schedules. Pockets of Warangal and other districts of Telangana will ACTRESS NITHYA host the next leg of filming. MENEN WAS RECENTLY Set in the 90s, the film, a love story, sheds light on the Maoist movement, specifically the moral dilemma that SIGNED UP BY THE prevailed back then. It is a joint production venture HOLLYWOOD STUDIO TO between Suresh Babu and Sudhakar Cherukuri. VOICE FOR ELSA VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 9, 2019 sport 12

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ndian off-spinner Washington Sundar feels tweakers have a huge Irole to play in T20 cricket even though they are most susceptible to being hit all over the park in the SPIN THE WHEEL shortest format. Sundar’s assertion came after Washington feels calm & composed spinners play big role in T20s the second T20I against Bangladesh, which India won by eight wickets on Thursday night. The spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal (2/28) and Sundar (1/25) ‘Don’t need played a big role in stemming the run flow after Bangladesh got off to a bright start by reaching 60 for no loss in seven overs. muscles to “Spinners definitely have a big Rishabh Pant, right and Sanju Samson return after practice session AP role to play in the shortest format of cricket because they take the pace off the ball. Sometimes pitches can give little assistance to the spinners as hit sixes’ well,” Sundar said at the post-match Keep it simple press conference. PTI n RAJKOT In fact, it was Chahal’s double Sangakkara advises Pant to keep breakthrough in the 13th over that washbuckling Indian bats- helped India restrict Bangladesh to Sman Rohit Sharma says things simple and work on weakness a sub-par 153 for 6, which the hosts good timing, and not big mus- chased easily to level the three- cles, is what is essential to hit- PTI n NEW DELHI match series. ting the kind of massive sixes “It’s all about knowing what to that he strikes. ri Lanka legend Kumar Give Pant do, knowing where the batsmen is Hero of India’s win on SSangakkara has advised going to hit you and other small, Thursday, the stand-in skipper under-fire Rishabh Pant to keep time, he'll be small things. Obviously it is impor- was on ‘Chahal TV’, an inter- things simple while batting as tant to keep things simple and be view-based show conducted well as keeping if he wants to fine: Ganguly calm and composed. You can get hit by Yuzvendra Chahal for the regain his lost confidence after badly in a few games but that hap- BCCI’s official website. a string of failures. PTI n KOLKATA pens in this format of the game,” he “You don’t need muscles to Despite a resounding start added. hit sixes, even you (Chahal) to his Test career with hundreds BCCI president Sourav Sundar heaped praise on senior can hit them,” the stand-in in England and Australia, Pant Ganguly on Friday firmly pro Chahal, saying the Haryana skipper told Chahal, who broke of late has been struggling to backed the struggling Rishabh bowler is an “asset” for any team as into a chuckle at the sugges- hold on to his place in the Indian Pant, calling the wicketkeep- he knows the art of picking up wick- tion. team, courtesy poor form both er-batsman a “superb player” ets in the middle overs of a T20 game. “In any case, sixes are not with the bat and behind the who will mature slowly and do “It is very important to be hon- just about power but also tim- stumps. just fine. est, especially for someone (like ing, head should be still, posi- “It’s important for him The 21-year-old is endur- Chahal) who can bowl in the middle tion should be good. All this (Pant) to keep things simple and ing a woeful run of form and overs and change the dimension of will ensure that you hit sixes,” understand his weakness. Once has struggled to make an the game. he explained. he is able to work on these areas, impact. But Ganguly sup- We have seen him (Chahal) Sharma’s knock on he needs to strategise and plan, ported him. doing that in ODIs and T20 as well. Thursday night was studded because for him right now he “He’s a superb player. Give He comes in the middle overs, takes with half a dozen maximums, needs to keep things simple and Rishabh Pant time, he will be 2-3 wickets and changes the game including three consecutive in not be under pressure,” said the fine,” the former India captain completely,” the lanky off-spinner the 10th over. 42-year-old Sangakkara. said when asked if India is from Tamil Nadu said. Asked whether he was tar- “It’s also important for missing Mahendra Singh “He (Chahal) is very experi- getting six consecutive sixes, someone to talk to him on his Dhoni’s safe hands behind the enced in this format and knows Sharma said, “I was keen but batting and keep him off the wickets. what to do to get wickets in the mid- once I missed the fourth I pressure and let him be free with “He will mature slowly, dle overs. We have seen him being thought I will take singles. I his game,” he said during the you have to give him time. very successful in the powerplays as was trying to hit without mov- Cricket Live show on Star Sports. India played really well last well. He is definitely an asset for any ing.” Sangakkara felt Pant needs night.” team. Sharma also stressed on the to be “neat and tidy behind the “The way he (Chahal) changes need for one batsman to hold stumps” as the youngster has important to be neat and tidy his pace and he knows what the bats- the innings like he did here. been struggling in the ongoing behind the stumps which will man will try and do and which bats- Washington Sundar chats with skipper Rohit Sharma at the end of Bangladesh innings during second T20 match in Rajkot on Thursday Sundar/Twitter “It was important for T20I series against Bangladesh give him confidence and put man is going to hit where. Different someone to play long because also. him in a better position to help batsmen will have different plans but way in that game we would have won. to watch him (Rohit) bat. If he plays when one batsman plays for In the first T20I match his captain in calling for he is very clever. He is very calm and But I think in this game we won con- like this then it is a treat for anyone “Hitting 3-4 sixes in an over long, then he can take the against Bangladesh in New reviews,” said the former Sri composed under pressure,” added vincingly. We can expect a similar in the stadium. Certain boundaries team home. I am happy with Delhi, Pant coped criticism for Lankan captain who was a clean Sundar. track in Nagpur,” he said. he hit were unbelievable,” he said of or scoring 80-90 runs off 45 myself and more importantly bad DRS calls. In the second customer behind the stumps The 20-year-old is confident of Sundar also lavished praise on his skipper. balls is an art that I haven’t with the team,” he said. game at Rajkot on Thursday, the throughout his illustrious career. India winning the three-match series stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma, “I also think from a bowlers’ even seen (Virat) Kohli pull “We were under a bit of 22-year-old stumper once again “If you are looking at the at the final T20 scheduled to be whose 43-ball 85 ensured an easy point of view. There were a few balls pressure because we had lost found himself in a spot when he World Cup it’s important for played in Nagpur tomorrow. chase for the home team, saying the which Bangladesh had bowled and off as regularly as Rohit the first match but we did missed out on an easy stumping him (Pant) to understand what “We have just lost one game (in right-hander is a treat to watch executed really well, but Rohit (Sharma).” everything that was required. chance off leg-spinner his role is in terms of helping his Delhi) and that was also a close game. when in full flow. Sharma, as usual, was on-song,” Obviously we can always do Yuzvendra Chahal to hand Liton captain with the right informa- If a couple of things had gone our “I had the best seat in the house Sundar signed off . — VIRENDER SEHWAG better,” he added. Das a life. “As a wicketkeeper, it’s tion.” AFP n PERTH Malan, Morgan blast Mahmudullah blames uthless opening pair Aaron Finch and RDavid Warner ran riot as Australia rout- PERFECT 10 batsmen for defeat ed Pakistan by 10 wickets in Perth to wrap England to big win up their Twenty20 series 2-0 on Friday in Aus crush Pak by 10 wickets in 3rd T20, win series 2-0 PTI n RAJKOT emphatic fashion. AFP n NAPIER also an England record. After restricting the visitors to 106 for “The message is always angladesh captain Mahmudullah blamed eight, Finch (52) and Warner (48) whacked whirlwind century by the same, play aggressively Bmiddle-order collapse as one of reasons five sixes and eight fours between them as ADawid Malan in a record- and back yourself,” Malan behind his team’s defeat in the second T20, say- they raced to the finish line without loss. breaking stand with Eoin Morgan saw said. ing the visitors failed to measure the momentum The home team won in Canberra by England crush New Zealand in the Between them, the two of the game while batting. seven wickets, thanks to a brilliant 80 not fourth Twenty20 by 76 runs in left-handers hit 13 sixes and “I don’t think we need to change much but out by Steve Smith, and were on track to also Napier on Friday to level the series 16 fours with Mitchell Santner there are few areas in the game, especially when triumph in Sydney only for rain to save the with one game remaining. and Trent Boult the only New we are batting, which we need to rectify. We have visitors. Malan was unbeaten on Zealand bowlers to escape with missed the momentum, we could have got 170. Their victory in Perth has them on an 103 at the close of the a run rate below 10 an over. We were 102-103 after 12 overs, so we should have impressive eight-game winning streak in the innings with Morgan out New Zealand started their run got 170-180,” he said. short format as they build towards the T20 in the final over for 91 as chase at a fast clip reaching 54 in “Losing a few wickets in the middle overs cost World Cup on home soil next year. England posted an impos- the fifth over when Martin Guptill us and these are the areas we need to look on. The “Really proud of the boys with the way ing 241 for three and was dismissed for 27 and wickets openers gave us a very good start and that was a we applied ourselves in the last couple of then rolled New Zealand fell regularly after that. 180-plus wicket. The wicket was very good to bat weeks. Each time we turn up at training, we for 165 with 19 balls Only Tim Southee (39) and on. are improving ourselves and that is very remaining. Colin Munro (30) offered any “It was the momentum of the game that we important,” said captain Finch. The overwhelm- further resistance while Matt needed to understand. We should have under- “We are growing as a team and hope- ing victory set up a Parkinson took four for 47 for stood the threats we faced at that particular time, fully some big things to come.” winner-takes-all finale England and Chris Jordan finished but we didn’t recognise those things and fell short In contrast, Pakistan are struggling and in the fifth and final with two for 24. of those runs,” the Bangladesh skipper admitted. have now lost five of their last six. game in Auckland tomorrow. Malan is only the second Mahmudullah squarely put the blame on his Despite the poor run, which included Malan’s 48-ball century England player to score a T20 cen- batsmen for not putting up a winning total on a an embarrassing 3-0 home series defeat to was the fastest T20 hun- tury after Alex Hales, who need- Australian players pose with the winners trophy after they beat Pakistan in the third T20 CA/Twitter fine Rajkot wicket that offered good carry and an under-strength Sri Lanka that cost dred by an Englishman, ed 60 balls to reach his hundred. bounce. Sarfaraz Ahmed the captaincy, they remain good team. We have learnt a lot from this After being sent in to bat at the Perth his 182-run stand with It was a much-need confi- “I think if you have more than 40 dot balls number one in the rankings. series and we’ll take the positives and come Arena, Iftikhar Ahmed’s 45 was the only Morgan is the highest by dence booster for England who in a T20, you have less chance of winning the But their cricket chiefs will be worried back hard in the next series,” said skipper resistance by Pakistan in a repeat perfor- an England pair and the won the first match in the series match. We played 38 dot balls there. Maybe that’s about the two Tests against Australia to Babar Azam. mance of poor batting against quality 241 total is an England and were then well outplayed in the okay, but there will definitely be opportunities to come, starting this month in Brisbane. “As captain, I learnt a lot personally too, bowling, led by Kane Richardson who took record. next two. improve,” he said. “Very disappointed, but we lost to a but there’s a long way to go.” three wickets. Morgan’s 21-ball 50 is “But our batsmen had to take more respon- sibility. The goal was to get a good score but we couldn’t do that. It is the failure of our batsmen.” Chasing the 154-run target, India rode on skipper Rohit Sharma’s Amla open to help young SA batsmen Bairstow recalled brilliant 43-ball 85-run knock and the Bangladesh IANS n NEW DELHI Speaking about it, the have played over the years. something I enjoyed (bat- one supporting the team it as injury cover skipper said it is former skipper said that the In terms of us getting back, ting) and I enjoy getting was disappointing that we hard to stop his he crisis in South long-term plan is to get definitely, this involved with young bats- lost. I know that the players AFP n LONDON Twenty20 in Auckland on Indian counter- TAfrican cricket is no back to helping the young men and that was always my tried their best and India Sunday. Denly has not part when he is on longer a secret. If there were batters and give back to the intention, to be involved,” he were the better team. We ngland have recalled played since he damaged his song. doubts of a void being cre- game. But he feels this is a revealed. had our moments, but EJonny Bairstow for their right ankle ligaments in “If Rohit ated with the exit of the stal- phase that every team goes Coming to the Test couldn’t match up to do it two Tests against New training two weeks ago, (Sharma) is warts like AB de Villiers and through when rebuilding series loss to India, Amla for long enough. As a crick- Zealand later this month as although he did practise in having a Hashim Amla in the batting after the retirement of admitted that as a former et fan it was a bit sad but cover for the injured Joe the nets on Thursday and good time, I department, they were con- the senior players. player and a cricket lover it knowing the South African Denly, a team official said the spokesman said they think it is really firmed after South Africa’s “I have just retired and was indeed sad to see the team, the one we have been on Friday. Bairstow, a 69- were “hoping that he will be hard to stop him. crushing defeat at the hands while we were playing we isProteas lose without a fight. involved with over the years, Test wicketkeeper-batsman fit to play” in the pre-Test When he is batting of India in the recently con- did try to help out the kids. But he once again reiterat- these type of setbacks gen- who was initially omitted warm-up match against a brilliantly and if he is in cluded Test series. In terms of youngsters com- ed that it is all about learn- erally sees the South African from the squad, is already in New Zealand XI at the end a good mood, you While pundits have ing in, you can have one or ing from setbacks team come back strongly. New Zealand with the of next week. never know what he is lamented the decline, Amla two guys lead the team. like the teams There is no team in the England squad playing in England’s red-ball spe- up to. But if we could feels it is a matter of time The South African team of South world that goes through the five-match T20 series cialists arrived in Auckland have got 175-plus, we before the Proteas come does have experience, Africa have victories all the time. There ahead of the Tests. this week and will join the could have given back strongly. In fact, he is you have Quinton de in the past. are times when things will An England spokesman rest of the squad on ourselves a bit of a willing to return and help Kock, Faf du Plessis as “Yes, be difficult and this is just a said the 30-year-old will Monday. The first Test chance to defend,” the young batsmen in the well as Kagiso obviously difficult time for South now stay on in New starts in Tauranga on said Mahmudullah. team in a coaching role. Rabada. These guys for any- Africa,” he explained. Zealand after the final November 21.