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AROUND 20 ASSAM CONGRESS-AIUDF US WARSHIP CARRIES OUT NAVIGATION QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S HUSBAND INDIAN COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN US CANDIDATES ‘SHIFTED’ TO JAIPUR OPS OFF LAKSHADWEEP, INDIA OBJECTS PRINCE PHILIP PASSES AWAY AGED 99 AFTER 4-YR-OLD GIRL SEEN CRYING n a sudden and unexplained move, ndia on Friday said it has conveyed concerns rince Philip, the husband of Queen n Indian couple was found dead at around 20 candidates of the opposition to the United States over a US Navy ship Elizabeth II and the longest-serving their home in the US after neighbo- ICongress-AIUDF alliance in the Icarrying out a freedom of navigation Proyal consort in British history passed Aurs saw their four-year-old daug- Assam assembly polls were Friday operation in the Indian exclusive economic away on Friday aged 99, Buckingham hter crying alone in the balcony of flown to Jaipur, where they were lodg- zone. The Ministry of External Affairs said Palace announced. In a statement issued their house, family sources said on ed in a hotel on the city's outskirts, US Navy ship John Paul Jones was on behalf of the 94-year-old monarch, the Friday. Some reports said the couple Congress chief whip in the Rajasthan continuously monitored transiting from the palace said that Prince Philip - the Duke of died of an apparent stabbing in their Sssembly said. The leader of the Persian Gulf towards the Malacca Straits. Edinburgh, died peacefully at Windsor North Arlington apartment. The man Congress Legislature party in the Assam India's reaction came after the US Navy, in Castle on Friday morning. 'It is with deep apparently stabbed and sliced his wife assembly, however, dismissed media an unusual move, announced that one of its sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has in the abdomen, a report said. The bodies reports to this effect and claimed all party ships conducted patrols in the Indian EEZ this announced the death of her beloved husband, His of Balaji Bharat Rudrawar (32) and his wife contestants were present in the state. A majority of the week, without seeking consent from India. "We have conveyed Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,' the palace Arati Balaji Rudrawar (30) were found at their Garden Terrace contestants who landed at the Jaipur airport were taken to a our concerns regarding this passage through our EEZ to the statement read. Further announcements will be made in due apartment in the Riverview Gardens complex of North Arlington hotel on the Delhi highway on the outskirts of Jaipur. government of USA through diplomatic channels," the MEA said. course, the statement added. borough in New Jersey which has just over 15,000 residents. Why Rahul Gandhi not Telangana has vaccine Ahead of CMs’ poll tours, Covid yet taken vaccine?: BJP sufficient for 7 days cases spike in Nalgonda, Chittoor PNS n NEW DELHI Shortly after Rahul Gandhi's letter Centre expected to send another 3.5 - 4 lakhs doses PNS n HYDERABAD to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on what he calls the "catastroph- NAVEENA GHANATE Ahead of the bypolls in Nagarjuna Nalgonda district is ic" impact of vaccinations "at a n HYDERABAD Sagar and Tirupati, TS Chief among the top four snail's pace", the BJP hit back with Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and a question -- "Why has Rahul Telangana State has reached a his AP counterpart Y S districts which Gandhi not yet taken vaccine?" milestone by vaccinating 1 lakh Jaganmohan Reddy will address the reported spike in In a series of tweets, Union people per day. At this pace, the public on April 14. However, the Telangana on Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad existing vaccines will suffice for two districts under which these slammed the Congress MP using only 7 more days. constituencies fall have reported Friday. As many as descriptors like "arrogant" and Lessons from Nature Officials said that 7 lakh doses massive spikes in Covid cases. 88 persons were "ignorant" and also called him a to tackle COVID-19's of the vaccines, Covaxin and Nalgonda district is among the infected with Covid failed part-time politician. Covisheild, were available in the top four districts which reported "India is not facing vaccine Second Coming state. The central government spike in Telangana on Friday. As on Thursday -- starvation but Shri Gandhi is fac- would send another 3.5-4 lakh many as 88 persons were infected highest single-day ing attention starvation. Why has doses of vaccine in the next three with Covid on Thursday -- high- districts in the state. Rahul Gandhi not yet taken vac- days, they added. was relatively less compared to that est single-day spike for the district spike for the district Both the ruling parties want to cine? Is it an oversight or he does- 2 Officials said that the Centre was of northern states. since the onset of the second wave. since the onset of end the high-voltage campaign n't want it or has he already taken being kept informed of details of On Friday, 96,385 persons took KCR will be addressing the con- the second wave with the Chief Minister's address. one in many of his undisclosed vaccine stocks. While ruling out the first dose, while 6,501 took the stituents at Halia on April 14, with Both the bypolls have been neces- trips to foreign locations but does- scarcity, they said that allocations second dose of vaccine for protec- the party expecting a gathering of sitated by the deaths of sitting n't want to disclose," Mr Prasad could still be improved. tion against Covid; in total, at least 1 lakh citizens. cases, with 465 positive cases MLA and MP of ruling parties TRS tweeted. Rahul Gandhi had won- So far the state has vaccinated 1,02,886 took shots on Friday. Likewise, in Andhra Pradesh, recorded on Wednesday. From (Nomula Narsimhaiah) and YSRCP dered in his letter whether vaccine about 17.83 lakh people from the Director of Public Health Jagan will hold a public meeting at 296 to 465, the district saw a mas- (Balli Durgaprasad) in Telangana exports were an "oversight" to gain available 25 lakh doses of the vac- Srinivas Rao said that these num- Renigunta in Chittoor district on sive jump in Covid positive cases and Andhra Pradesh respectively. publicity at the cost of citizens. cines. Sources, however, alleged bers showed the awareness among April 14. Chittoor district has been in one day. In fact, it is the highest that the allocation of vaccines to TS the public on getting protected. reporting an increasing number of number of cases reported across 2 2 I-T, corporate tax Party launch on July 8, says Sharmila mop -up exceeds Don't serve customers ML MELLY MAITREYI Addressing an impressive gath- n HYDERABAD ering at her ‘Sankalpa Sabha’ at the Rs 9.45 lakh cr in FY21 sans masks: TS police Khammam Pavilion Grounds, Venkaiah tells nations Declaring that Telangana State Sharmila said that 18 years ago, her PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n HYDERABAD world over to needed a party that would question father late YS Rajasekhar Reddy the ruling TRS on its omissions started his Praja Prasthanam Income tax and corporate tax col- The Telangana police on Friday ‘keep off Kashmir’ and commissions on behalf of Padayatra on the same day from lections at Rs 9.45 lakh crore in the requested shops and other com- people, YS Sharmila Reddy on Chevella in Ranga Reddy district. fiscal year ended March 31 exceed- mercialestablishments to not serve Friday said that she would launch “It was an unusual programme ed the revised target by 5% but customers who come without her party on July 8 and the same where he interacted with poor, were 10% lower than the direct tax masks in view of the rapid increase day, its name, flag and agenda collections in the previous year, tax in COVID-19 cases. 5 would be declared. 2 department head said Friday. Police across the State have The government had projected Rs been told to coordinate with all 13.19 lakh crore from direct taxes in stakeholders in the local commu- the budget for 2020-21 presented on nities such as residents' welfare February 1 last year. This was before associations, officials at the vil- Textile major to set Telangana reports pandemic took roots; and post it lage/ward-level to ensure strict pummelling the economy, the target implementation of the mask-wear- 2,478 new Covid - called revised budget estimate - was ing rule, said Director General of lowered to Rs 9.05 lakh crore. Police (DGP) M Mahender Reddy up unit in Sircilla Park cases, 5 deaths Central Board of Direct Taxes in a press release. (CBDT) Chairman P C Mody said Strict enforcement measures, kirana shops and petrol pumps, Signs MoU with TS Industry, IT Depts push toll to 1,746 his department has exceeded the including prosecuting repeat among others, have been told to revised estimate (RE) despite issuing offenders by registering specific not allow the entry of people PNS n HYDERABAD substantial refunds in the 2020-21 fis- cases, will be undertaken," the without masks, the DGP was quot- cal (April 2020 to March 2021). DGP said. ed as saying in the release. Textile major Gokaldas Images, P 2 The owners of malls, wine engaged in garment manufactur- 2 shops, pubs, hotels, restaurants, 2 ing and export of clothing and apparel, has entered into an agree- ment with the Telangana govern- ment to set up its unit in the State. Fitch Solutions It entered into a Memorandum SCR electrifies 750 track KMs in FY’ 20-21 sees RBI holding of Understanding with IT and Industry Departments in the pres- PNS n HYDERABAD kms. This includedManoharabad trains. interest rates ence of respective officials and Gajwel (31 kms) and Jaklair It is running regular trains in Industry Minister KT Rama Rao at South Central Railway (SCR) has Makthal (11.5 kms) in Telangana. almost all the directions, includ- Pragathi Bhavan here on Friday. electrified a total length of 750 Gajanan Mallya, General ing important destinations like The company will start its track kilometres during the finan- Manager of SCR, said the zone New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, 8 activities in the Apparel Park Gokaldas Images MD Sumir cial year 2020-21. accorded priority to theenhance- Chennai, Bangaluru, coming up in 65 acres at Podduru Hinduja met Minister KT Rama The total length of the electri- ment of infrastructure during the Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, in Sircilla. Already basic facilities Rao and explained his invest- fied track included 612. 7 kms of pandemic period also. Nanded, Aurangabad, Pune and TODAY have been provided at the Apparel ment plan, which would provide new electrified sections and 137.1 SCR is presently running 180 Tirupati, he said. Park. Once the Apparel Park is direct employment to about 1,100 kms of double and triple lines, an originating reserved trains on an SCR operated 120 kisan rails ALMANAC ready, Sircilla, along with its people and 75 per cent of that official press release said on average per day to serve the needs from the zone to various parts of power loom industry, would would be for women. Friday. of passengers duly observing the the nation andtransported 39,561 Month & Paksham: make a mark in the textile and SCR completed construction COVID-19 pandemic protocols tonnes of agricultural produce Phalguna & Krishna Paksha apparel sectors. 2 of new lines for a length of 42.5 on the station premises and in during the fiscal year. Panchangam Tithi : Chaturdashi: 06:02 am (Next Day) Nakshatram: Purva Bhadrapada: 06:46 am Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start As migrants flee cities, Covid surge likely in villages Man gets widow any important work) Rahukalam: 09:12 am – 10:44 am n PNS NEW DELHI spread the virus to India's smaller Yamagandam: 01:49 pm – 03:22 pm towns and villages. The second pension, for 12 years! Varjyam: 05:14 pm – 06:59 pm India reported another record num- surge has already been faster than the ber of new COVID-19 infections on first, which peaked in September last VASIREDDY RAVICHANDRA ows, for decades. Names of these Gulika: 06:07 am - 07:39 am Friday and daily deaths hit their year with 97,000 cases a day. n GUNTUR pension schemes have changed Good Time: (to start any important work) highest in more than five months, as The world's second most-popu- with the government and Amritakalam: 03:43 am – 05:28 am it battles a second wave of infections lous country reported 1,31,968 new For the past 12 years, a Qasim was now getting Rs and states complain of a persistent infections and 780 deaths on Friday certain Qasim from 2,000 per month under Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:52 am – 12:42 pm vaccine shortage. - the biggest daily increase in fatal- Yeddupenta village of YSR Pension Kanuka. Evoking memories of the last ities since mid-October. Most of the Dhone mandal in Qasim was sanctioned HYDERABAD national lockdown when tens of cases again came from Maharashtra. Kurnool district had the pension in 2009 WEATHER thousands of people walked on foot India's overall caseload has swelled been receiving a under the ID 113529781. Forecast: Partly cloudy back to their homes, hundreds of to over 1.3 crore - the third-highest monthly pension sanc- Since then there was no Temp: 36/23 migrants in badly affected Mumbai after the United States and Brazil - tioned by the State verification by officials and Humidity: 43% packed into trains as bars, malls and and total deaths to 167,642. India's Government for widows. things went on smoothly till Sunrise: 06:03 am restaurants have again been forced rant in Mumbai's suburb. said Mr Puri, 31, as he waited to total number of infections inched The catch is that Qasim is a male. the time Qasim migrated to Guntur Sunset: 06:31 pm to down shutters. One of those flee- "There is no other option for me board a train back to his village in closer to Brazil's 1.32 crore. Successive governments had in search of work. Current Weather Conditions ing was Surender Puri, who recent- except to return because cooking is the country's east. been giving pensions to several cat- Updated april 09, 2021 5:00 PM ly lost his job as a cook at a restau- the only skill I brought to Mumbai," The fledgling exodus could also 2 egories of people, including wid- 2 HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | APRIL 10, 2021 hyderabad 02

hallmark of thriving cities Ais dense networks of humans, buildings, and so on. However, as the past one year Lessons from Nature to tackle COVID-19's Second Coming has shown, dense networks also make cities more vulner- and termites spread their own tion of patients, and vaccina- homes. The trick is to break the link able to infection. feces in their nests to benefit Younger members live more safely on tion of every known or sus- This surveillance-contain- between infected and healthy Social insects (e.g. termites, from its microbiological prop- the inside and care for the brood and the pected contact around them. ment method would create a clusters and isolate the super- honeybees, ants) live in high- erties. Second, there is a The procedure sealed off out- ring of immunity around each spreaders. ly dense nests as well, and are change in the behavior of nest queen. What is notable is that insects breaks from the rest of the infected person. Wherever people and the frequently subject to viral and dwellers in the interests of the with similar roles interact mostly with population". The virus would not be virus have come in contact fungal attacks. The way they entire colony. each other in a highly modular way Thus, combining Nature's able to spread beyond the more randomly, build a ring of handle outbreaks of diseases When a disease-carrying experience with our own expe- social network. Managing the immunity around infected provides some useful lessons organisms attacks, healthy rience of handling epidemics network would prove to be a victims as was done in Africa for tackling COVID-19. members pick spores and The logic is that a modular Such insects are deployed to in the past leads to the follow- more effective tactic and allow when vaccines were scarce. Professor Ruth DeFries at mites off their sick nestmates pattern enables clusters of form a protective wall around ing strategy to tackle the for more efficient deployment This would have to be done Columbia University, in her and honeybees flap their wings unexposed insects at the cen- the queen. Second Coming of COVID- of vaccine stocks, rather than by local officers, who are book "What Would Nature in synchrony to create heat in ter to remain disease-free. Thus, dynamic networks 19. mass vaccination of the pop- expected to be aware of the Do? A Guide for Uncertain order to kill the pathogens. Fourth, their social net- enable the insects to survive DR. SAMEER SHARMA Activate hundreds of thou- ulation. local network's structure and Times" discusses time-tested Third, they allocate tasks to works adapt to prevent the pathogen attacks despite living sand of pulse polio health Specific activities are: iden- decide on who to immunize strategies deployed by Nature different members of the nest. spread of the disease. 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CM’s largesse to pvt teachers Telangana reports 2,478 new Covid Continued from page 1 cases, 5 deaths push toll to 1,746 The trade establishments have also been directed to display PNS n HYDERABAD signage to this effect on their to cost govt Rs 42.57 crore premises as required under the Telangana reported 2,478 fresh National Disaster ML MELLY MAITREYI deposited directly into the COVID-19 cases, the highest Management Act, the release n HYDERABAD beneficiaries’ bank accounts single day spike this year, push- said. In a separate release, the from April 20 to 24. ing the tally to over 3.21 lakh, DGP said the Police A day after the decision of the Similarly rice would be dis- while the toll rose to 1,746 with Department shall reach 95 Chief Minister tributed to the beneficiaries five more fatalities, the state per cent-level of vaccination K.Chandrasekhar Rao to through fair price shops dur- government said on Friday. for all its police personnel, extend financial assistance and ing these days, the Minister Greater Hyderabad including Home Guards, in 25 kg of fine rice free of cost to said and added that the scheme Municipal Corporation the next one week. provide some succor to the would continue till the schools (GHMC) accounted for the The special police units, teachers and non-teaching staff would reopen. most number of cases with 402, including Telangana State of private schools, who had BC Welfare and Civil followed by Medchal Malkajgiri special police, training insti- been facing hard times due to Supplies Minister G.Kamalakar (208) and Nizamabad (176), it tutions, CID, intelligence, temporary closure of schools, told the Collectors that suffi- said in a bulletin, providing greyhounds and octopus, Ministers Sabitha Indra Reddy cient stocks of rice were avail- details as of 8 PM on April 8. COVID-19 tests in a single day. The recovery rate in among others, have been and Gangula Kamalakar held able at all mandal level stock The total number of cases Cumulatively, over 1.07 crore Telangana was 94.63 per cent, asked to complete vaccina- a meeting with District points. Collectors could also stood at 3,21,182 while with samples have been tested. The while it was 91.2 per cent in the tion in their respective units Collectors on the required use the rice distributed to the 363 patients being cured, the samples tested per million pop- country. by next week, it said. action plan. schools two months ago. He total recoveries were at ulation was over 2.89 lakh, the According to a separate Chief Minister of the State Education Minister Sabitha for 1.45 lakh private school and wanted the Collectors to wanted Collectors to work out 3,03,964. The state has 15,472 bulletin said. release, nearly 15 lakh people K Chandrashekhar Rao on Indra Reddy, Civil Supplies teachers and staff would cost utilise the database available a system for those beneficiaries, active cases and 1,01,986 sam- The case fatality rate in the in the state have received their Thursday instructed officials Minister G Kamalakar Rao the exchequer about Rs 42.57 with the education depart- who did not have a ration card ples were tested on Thursday. state was 0.54 per cent, while it first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to impose Rs 1,000 fine on along with Rajiv Sharma, chief crore every month - Rs.29 ment in respect of private so as to ensure that no genuine This is the first time that the was 1.3 per cent at the nation- while over 2.83 lakh got their people who do not wear advisor to government, held a crore towards financial aid of schools and take utmost care in beneficiary was left out. state conducted over one lakh al level. second shot also as of April 8. masks. video conference with the Rs.2000 and Rs.13.57 crore identifying the beneficiaries. For distribution of rice, Rao wanted the DGP to District Collectors of all the 33 towards 25 kg of rice. She said Education depart- 3,625 tons of paddy worth instruct the police depart- districts here on Friday. Thanking the Chief Minister ment would send a link to all Rs.13.57 crore was kept ready. ment to strictly enforce the They said Corona pandem- for the humanitarian decision the districts through which the Chief Advisor Rajiv Sharma Ahead of CMs’... mask rule, a press release had ic had impacted every sector. to help teachers and staff of pri- data should be uploaded asked the District Collectors to Textile major to set said quoting Rao. The schools in the state contin- vate schools, Sabitha Indra between April 10 and 15. take up an intensive drive to Continued from page 1 The Chief Minister had ued to remain closed impact- Reddy said that about 1.45 lakh Scrutiny and grievance redres- vaccinate all frontline workers urged all those aged above 45 ing the lives of teachers and teachers and other staff were sal would be done from April in the State during the course up unit in Sircilla... With second wave of to get vaccinated. staff. The assistance announced working in the private schools 16 to 19 and amount would be of next four days. Coronavirus spreading at a Continued from page 1 already recognized textiles as scorching pace, it is a double- one of the priority sectors edged sword for both the rul- Sumir said that the required and launched several pro- ing parties. On the one hand, training would be imparted for grammes for its development. they have to retain the seat; As migrants flee... I-T, corporate tax mop-up... women drawn from the vil- Apart from providing basic while, on the other hand, they lages surrounding Sircilla in facilities, the government was are responsible for ensuring Continued from page 1 iour," Health Minister Harsh Continued from page 1 Rs 12.06 lakh crore. After taking apart from revival of the econom- association with the Telangana ready to provide training. So that Coronavirus doesn't Vardhan told a news conference, out the refunds of Rs 2.61 lakh ic activity, despite the difficult government. The company far manufacturing of cloth spread due to their meetings. The government blames the explaining the unexpected spike. Direct tax collections, which crore, the net mop up stood at Rs times, that we will be able to meet had been in the apparel field, had been the main component resurgence mainly on crowding He denied on Thursday there consist of income tax and corpo- 9.45 lakh crore. There has been the current targets as well, Mody particularly in readymade in the textile sector in the State and a reluctance to wear masks was any shortage of shots for the rate tax, in 2019-20 fiscal was Rs a 42 per cent growth in the refund added. ICRA Chief Economist clothes manufacturing, for and, with the entry of as businesses had nearly fully groups eligible for vaccination, 10.49 lakh crore. As per the pro- issuance. Net direct tax collections Aditi Nayar said the direct tax col- over four decades and they Gokaldas a beginning would Why Rahul not yet reopened since February, only to with more than 4.3 crore doses visional figures released on Friday, for the FY 2020-21 have shown lections appear to have contract- had decided to expand their be made in the readymade and be partially shut down again as in stock or in the pipeline. India collection in 2020-21 is Rs 9.45 an upswing, despite the inherent ed by a modest 3.5 per cet in company activities in view of ready-to-wear garments sec- taken vaccine?: BJP case have galloped. has been inoculating about 40 lakh crore. The target for current challenges brought on by the March 2021, suggesting the back- the investor-friendly policies tor. He hoped that once the Continued from page 1 "Casual Approach" lakh people a day, though only fiscal has been set at Rs 11.08 lakh COVID-19 pandemic on the ended release of refunds. of the Telangana government, company started its activities, Election rallies, where politi- to those aged over 45 and health crore. The collection for just economy, a finance ministry "Regardless, with direct and he said. many more apparel companies "Was the export of vaccines cians including PM Modi and and front-line workers. concluded 2020-21 fiscal was 5 statement said. indirect tax collections exceeding Gokaldas supplies its textiles would come to Telangana. He also an oversight, like many Home Minister Amit Shah have But several states, which are per cent higher than the RE, but A lot of measures have been the Revised Estimates, we expect to global brands. From their assured all cooperation other decisions of the govern- greeted hundreds of thousands not ruled by the BJP, have disput- was 10 per cent lower than the taken to ease compliance burden the fiscal deficit to be limited to proposed unit in Sircilla, required from the state gov- ment, or an effort to garner of supporters, most of them not ed the minister's claim and said mop up in 2019-20. and provide better taxpayer ser- Rs. 17.0 -17.2 trillion for the just- ready-to-wear textiles would ernment to help the company publicity at the cost of our wearing masks, continued this they were rationing vaccines as During the 2020-21 fiscal, the vices, Mody said, adding that this concluded fiscal. With the con- be supplied to prominent start its activities soon. own citizens," he had said. week despite the record surge in the central government was not net corporate tax collection stood got reflected in the tax collection traction in direct taxes in FY2021 brands in America and Industry Principal Secretary The letter was seen to cases. "We all know that it's refilling stocks in time. at Rs 4.57 lakh crore, while net for last fiscal. limited to 10 per cent, the growth Europe. Jayesh Ranjan, Textile underscore Maharashtra's because of the casual approach Rahul Gandhi, the face of the personal income tax was Rs 4.71 He hoped that same spirit in target for FY2022 as per the Rama Rao, expressing his Department Secretary Sailaja complaints of a vaccine short- that has been adopted unfortu- main opposition Congress party, lakh crore. Rs 16,927 crore came tax collection would continue in Budget Estimates is now around happiness over the company Ramayyar, TSIIC MD age crisis and its charge that nately by the society and some blamed the Modi government from securities transaction tax the current financial year. 17 per cent, only modestly high- coming forward to expand its Venkaya Narasimha Reddy the state was not allotted sort of laxity everywhere in fol- for exporting crores of vaccine (STT). The gross direct tax col- Transparent and fair taxation er than the projected nominal activities from Telangana, said and other officials were pre- enough vaccine shots com- lowing the discipline of the doses instead of focusing on lection in the last fiscal stood at system gives us the confidence, GDP growth," she added. the State government had sent at the meeting. pared to its population size. COVID- appropriate behav- immunisations at home. Man gets widow pension... Party launch on July 8, says Sharmila Continued from page 1 Assistant’s office to catch a HYDERABAD glimpse of Qasim. BULLION RATES Continued from page 1 Congress and BJP – which were She said there was no com- ers and unemployed are contin- On April 4, he approached the For the officials, it was a all the pieces of the same cloth. Sharmila, who parison between the rule of YSR uing unabated,” she said. Welfare Assistant at nightmare. The incident has GOLD Weaker sections, farmers, Asserting that their party targeted the ruling and KCR. While YSR planned “So I chose April 9 to put my Chittapuram in Vinukonda put a big question mark on ` 47, 460 (10 gm) women and students and saw would not be subservient to any Pranahita -Chevella irrigation first step into politics towards constituency for pension. The other pensions too and officials their hardships and understood other political party, she categor- TRS for neglecting project with Rs 38,000 crore to bringing back 'Rajanna Palana' Welfare Assistant received the began to wonder how many ` 560 their aspirations and laid the ically said “Our party is needed the aspirations of irrigate 16 lakh acres, KCR, in Rajanna's pro-poor, pro-people shock of his life upon seeing more such pensioners are there SILVER foundation for his welfare rule to question the ruling party the name of redesigning it, rule'. We are going to reinstall Qasim’s pension card and in the state. According to ` 72, 100(1kg) that endeared him to people of which used people during the different sections jacked up the estimate to over YSR into Telangana State,” asked, quite sarcastically, how sources, an inquiry is on, even ` 1200 every region. As people's welfare Telangana movement and now of people Rs1 lakh-crore. No one could Sharmila said. he was qualified to get a pen- as one set of officials are busy was at the core of his adminis- sidelined all those leaders who dare question the ruling party She said she would not com- sion meant for widows. tracing who sanctioned the tration, he remains alive in the strove for the separate State”. including farmers, and the State has become a slave promise on the interests of Qasim fumbled. The matter pension to Qasim and how it CHICKEN hearts of people in Telangana Asserting that she is daugh- unemployed youth to 'Kalvakuntla' family, she Telangana and would fight was soon brought to the notice escaped attention for so long. RATES `/KG even 12 years after his death,” she ter of Telangana as she grew up alleged. against irrigation projects if of higher officials. Officials say that since the said. and was educated here and and women groups YSR’s Jalayagnam was they deprived the State of even As word leaked that a male amount sanctioned in 2009 Dressed/With Skin `241 Sharmila, who targeted the gave birth to her children in the announced that planned to irrigate one crore one drop of water. had been drawing pension for was so meagre, the ministeri- Without Skin `274 ruling TRS for neglecting the State, she said: “I will definitely her party would be acres, Aarogyasri to extend cor- She urged unemployed youth widows for over a decade, al staff might have overlooked Broiler at Farm `166 aspirations of different sections fight elections and whether I win porate healthcare to the poor, fee not to commit suicide and she people thronged the Welfare the mistake. of people including farmers, or lose, I will work to serve peo- launched on reimbursement scheme to let would sit on fast in Hyderabad unemployed youth and women ple.” July 8, the birth every poor student pursue the from April 15 for three days and EGG groups announced that her Sharmila who started her course of his or her choice, four later in districts, her party sup- anniversary of YSR RATES `/100 party would be launched on July speech with 'Jai YSR and Jai per cent to reservations to porters and leaders would 8, the birth anniversary of YSR. Telangana' slogans, said she has minorities, weaker sections observe relay hunger strike till HYDERABAD 401 Responding to remarks that immense respect for the housing scheme were all meant the Telangana government VIJATYAWADA 393 she was an arrow released by Telangana movement but under achieved for the self-respect of for the welfare and progress of issued notifications to fill all the some political parties, she said the rule of K Chandrasekhar Telangana people was now get- people. vacant posts. She asked youth VISAKHAPATNAM 505 she was the arrow released by Rao, the fruits of their own State ting crushed under the feet of a “But in today's Telangana, not to lose hope as they would RETAIL PRICE `4. 01 the people aiming at the main did not reach the people of feudal lord at Pragathi Bhavan, every section of society remains get jobs and Rajanna’s welfare (IN HYDERABAD) parties in the State– TRS, Telangana. The State that was she quipped. in despair and suicides of farm- rule would come back again.

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COVID CASES SURGE Doctors demand quarantine leave ANUSHA PUPPALA staff in the peak of second n HYDERABAD wave". Dr Naresh, another senior With the rise in Covid cases resident doctor, said, Doctors, healthcare staff there is increased working "Healthcare staff is getting vac- hours without any quarantine cinated and cases are also (Top) Film producer Dil Raju enjoying the movie facility, says Telangana Doctors’ increasing at the same time, but (Left) A theatre at RTC crossroads where ‘Vakeel Saab’ is being screened, Association. if everyone gets Covid in the demand transport toTIMS flooded with Pawan’s fans on the first day of the movie’s release According to Telangana hospitals, working staff will Doctors’ Association, every- decrease, which will indirectly PNS n HYDERABAD due to surge in Covid cases here and due to lack of trans- one is under stress due to lack increase the burden on remain- the doctors and other health- port many healthcare workers of manpower in the peak of sec- ing healthcare staff and decrease Doctors and other health- care staff are again demand- are not turning up as TIMS is Pawan Kalyan mania hits city ond wave. They demand that the effective management of care staff on Covid-19 duty at ing that transport facility be situated far away and hardly the government recruit more Covid patients. Working with Telangana Institute of Medical provided to TIMS staff as it's a few can travel in their own healthcare workers, doctors, 50 per cent of staff is better in Sciences and Research far away from the city. vehicle". nurses, paramedical staff and the hospitals and government (TIMS), Gachibowli, suffer One of the doctors said, "Many have to travel with Vakeel Saab’s release sanitation workers and re- should give circular for quar- due to lack of transport. "Apart from recruiting more through multiple modes and implement quarantine rules. antine period as like they did According to the TIMS staff, healthcare workers, doctors, chances of we getting affect- PNS n MEDCHAL/MALKAJGIRI at Siva Parvati theatre in due to Covid and also IPL Dr Jahangir, Vice President- last year and provide quality many healthcare workers are nurses, paramedical staff and ed will also increase. At least Kukatpalli, film producer Dil matches commencing from Health Care Doctor Reforms PPE kits for the safety of health- not turning up at TIMS as it’s sanitation workers, the gov- during this surge in Covid Festive atmosphere was wit- Raju witnessed the film along the same day. Association (HRDA), said, care staff". very far. Doctors alleged that ernment should also provide cases the government should nessed at all theatres screening with the fans. The audience were spotted "Quarantine leave was removed "Cases are spurting like any- it's difficult to manage transportation facilities like provide transport because Pawan Kalyan’s mega flick hit- An enthusiastic Dil Raju by not wearing masks. stating reduced Covid cases. thing and with daily increase in increasing Covid-19 cases before to peripheral centres the cases will spurt till June ting the screens after a gap of was seen hurling papers and Moreover, the theatre owners Now the cases are increasing cases we will become sick and with lack of staff, so they like TIMS and basic food and July in a similar way as three years – Vakeel Saab. The amused himself. The multi- appears to have thrown Covid again and most of them are test- when we become Covid posi- demanded that the govern- facilities like before". it did last year. It’s totally ok matinee idol’s fans were seen plexes have sold tickets at rules to winds. ing positive. So, increased work- tive, who will take care of us and ment provided transporta- Another doctor said, even if they charge minimum decorating Pawan’s cutouts higher prices ranging between On account of increasing ing hours without any quaran- our families," questioned Dr tion. "Everyday we are travelling Rs 10-15 as people are ready with flowers and bursting Rs 70 and Rs 150, while single- Covid cases, the Vakeel Saab tine is leading the doctors to Arundhati, one of the senior All the Covid warriors, around 80-90 km to reach to travel in those buses. crackers at theatres in screen theatres have increased attracted less number of audi- increased exposure. Now, it’s resident doctors. including doctors, nurses and TIMS. Other hospitals are Sanitation workers, patient Rangareddy, Medchal districts the ticket fare by Rs 50 to Rs ences even on the opening day high time that the government She further added, "We, too, other staff, were given trans- close to the centre of city so care staff are worst affected besides the theatres in 100. when compared to other films implement quarantine rules need quarantine at TIMS and port facilities since May/June they are not facing much because of lack of transport Hyderabad. The ticket booking applica- released during the past three for all healthcare workers. The officials should mandatorily 2020 in the Telangana State. hurdles to reach their respec- as they hardly earn in the People were seen crowding tion shows that only 70-80 per months. government should also recruit start quarantine leaves for doc- Reportedly, because of tive hospitals as many means range of Rs 8,000 to Rs at film theatres and nearby cent of the tickets are booked. People who bought tickets more healthcare workers, doc- tors and other healthcare staff reduced Covid admissions of transport are available, but 10,000. So how can they areas, amidst Covid scare. The The major films during the but could not attend theatres tors, nurses, paramedical staff on Covid duties. We do six the transport facilities were TIMS is quite far from the spend Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 morning and matinee shows first-week end show an occu- are seen selling their tickets and sanitation workers as lack hours morning shifts with PPE removed from all the gov- city. This is the ongoing thing for transport every month," witnessed hectic activity by pancy rate of 90-100 per cent. between Rs 300 and Rs 1000 of manpower is increasing kits and we attend night duties ernment hospitals. However, and sisters are also in deficit the Doctor said. youngsters. However, the film advance on the ticket selling platform stress among the healthcare for about 8 to 10 hours. At the benefit show screened booking was rated a bit slow http://tickettransfer.in/ City Lights ‘No dearth of Covid vaccine’ No trace of those who make PNS n HYDERABAD Dial 100 receives n “Prime Minister Union Minister of State for Narendra Modi took fake identity cards: Police 227 complaints Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy Covaxin and I took HYDERABAD: The Cyberabad Domestic Violence Immediate stated that it was not possible Covishield. Both PNS n HYDERABAD ernment officers require special operations teams and Response Teams (Dial 100 Teams) received a total of 227 to win over Corona pandem- vaccines are working identity cards for flashing law and order police annually complaints in March. Officials said the complaints were received ic without the contribution of well. The vaccine is The police nab imperson- them at various places. In keep tight vigil on such fake from women through different means including the Director-General the people. He urged the peo- ators committing various fact, these fake identity cards certificate rackets and nab available free of cost Control Room, direct calls, and local police stations. All complaints ple to follow all corona pre- frauds using fake identity are not made by them but them. In fact, these criminals have been acted upon and disposed of on merits. The issues dealt cautions. He said that the in government cards but are not able to trace procured by them at the put fake stamps of universi- included domestic violence, neighbour issues, harassment, eve- Centre took all measures to see vaccine centers. The those who make these fake behest of some others who ties, colleges, vocational teasing, property issues, petty fights, and nuisance on roads. Of there was no dearth of vaccines government has set identity cards of a police down load identity cards institutions on the certifi- them, FIRs were booked in five cases. Six dedicated teams were anywhere. He said that the up a Covid vaccine officer, OSD to CM, army from internet and incorpo- cates. But, the police arrest assigned to Women and Children Safety Wing in June last year to Centre took all steps to see centre in Gandhi major ands so on. In fact rate necessary changes and those who fake the rubber focus on the protection of women and children from domestic there weren’t any loopholes in Hospital,” Kishan those who prepare the fake get the fake card laminated. stamps. But, there was no violence. Each team is led by an Assistant Sub-Inspector or head shifting the vaccine to various Reddy said identity cards should be sub- The criminals grease the action on those who fake the constable and supported by one police constable and a woman places. He said that two com- er, should not behave negli- jected to same punishment as palms of the internet shops identity cards of top ranking police constable. The team works round-the-clock. Domestic panies were producing the gently thinking that covid that of those who fake the to get these fake identity officials. Violence Immediate Response Teams urged women facing vaccine in India. could be completely gotten possible doses to vaccinate rubber stamps of various cards. In fact, identity cards A retired DSP from the domestic violence, teasing, stalking, or any other atrocity to Kishan Reddy visited the rid of after taking the vaccine, the people of India, he said. prominent personalities. But to police and government city who wished to remain approach them. Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad he said. There is a need to cre- Kishan Reddy said, “Prime this is not happening for officials are issued by their anonymous said that faking on Friday and examined the ate awareness on Tika Utsav Minister Narendra Modi took reasons best known to the respective government identity cards attracts the Covid vaccine and treatment among the people, he stressed. Covaxin and I took Covishield. police department. departments. Knowing this same penal action as that of ‘Digital transformation is centres. Speaking on the occa- Kishan Reddy said that Both vaccines are working Recently several fraudsters very well, some shops, lured faking rubber stamps. But sion, Kishan Reddy said that Serum, Bharath Bio Tech had well. The vaccine is available with the help of fake identi- to easy money, are faking the the police are not taking the key driver for IT growth the vaccination process had been producing vaccines won- free of cost in government vac- ty cards have tried to derive identity cards. same action that they take on HYDERABAD: Cognizant Technology Solutions, India,Chairman and been going on speedily across derfully. These two companies cine centers. The government benefit from 2BHK houses, The job seekers obtain those faking rubber stamps and Managing Director,Rajesh Nambiar on Fridaysaid, "The COVID- the nation. He asked the peo- were exporting vaccines to 58 has set up a Covid vaccine cen- cheated women in the name fake certificates from others against those who fake the 19 pandemic has widened the divide between digital natives and ple to take the Corona vaccine countries, apart from catering tre in Gandhi Hospital. The of marriage and the unem- especially criminal gangs for identity cards. Had the police legacy economy companies which are struggling to shift to afull dig- following the suggestions of to the country’s needs. The Centre had set up the Covid ployed promising them gov- the sake of jobs, visas and taken action against the fake ital operating model. Addressing the second edition of Biz Summit- the government. The people Centre had been maintaining patients wards. There is no ernment jobs and so on. marriage. The task force, identity card makers, the 2021 virtually, organised by the Hyderabad Software Enterprises who took the vaccine, howev- the availability of as many as dearth of vaccine,” he said. Fake police officers and gov- CCS, cyber crime police, fraudsters can be reined in. Association (HYSE) with a theme, 'Expanding Growth Horizons in the new normal', Nambiar said as more organisations look to become more digital, more quickly, the digital transformation is COVID IMPACT going to be the key drive growth for the IT industry. With digital moving beyond technology and into the heart of business operating models and processes, expanding growth horizons, including for SMEs,will be about deepening and broadening new-agecapabilities Labourers left to fend for themselves required to realise agile, data-driven and automated process with an PNS n eye on accelerating innovation and enhancing customer experience, HYDERABAD n ers’ wages did not increase. Male he added. There were over 10 lakh casual workers in the GHMC workers get a daily wage of Rs Daily wage workers are not able prior to the pandemic as against seven lakh currently 700, the female worker gets Rs to get enough work to make both as nearly one-third of the workers, who left Hyderabad 600 and mason gets Rs 800 per One dies in mishap ends meet for them. While half for their native place during lockdown did not return day. There is work for only 15 HYDERABAD: One died and another was seriously injured when of them get work, the remaining days a month. As a result, many the car they were travelling hit a road median at Langar Houz in half would have to go without workers have been sustaining the early hours of Friday. According to available information, the food. This is attributed to the There were over 10 lakh casu- search of work. But, according with the most basic food or no car which was being driven at a high speed rammed a road construction sector did not al workers in the GHMC prior to to a survey, only 3.5 lakh are able food at all. At some places, Rs 5 median near pillar 100 near Langar Houz. In the impact of the recover fully from the Covid-19 the pandemic as against seven to get jobs, while the rest of them meals is coming to the rescue of TCS to help Ericsson to crash, the man driving the vehicle died in the car itself while his impact. lakh currently as nearly one-third have to wait for jobs, according the workers. co-passenger was injured. Passersby who noticed the accident The labour adda at Uppal of the workers, who left to CITU leader Easwar. A painter of Suraram informed the police. and Yousufguda and many more Hyderabad for their native place A labourer of Uppal area, Lakshman has said that he is across the city have reported the during lockdown did not return. Sujata, said that one day she gets doing whatever work that comes operate digital workplace reduced presence of labourers There are over 2,500 labour work and not able to find it the his way. At one time, he used to there compared to their presence addas in the city, including the other day. Life has become coat houses with paint on a PNS n HYDERABAD Hyderabad. This new com- TSW, TTWR Sainik Schools’ with the workers waiting at these ones at Chikkadpally, Ashok arduous for her. Even making contract basis. Now, he has to mand centre, powered by the places prior to the pandemic. Nagar, Yousufguda, Malkajgiri, both ends meet has become look out for jobs waiting at the Tata Consultancy Services TCS’ Business 4.0 thought applications date extended Those who could not get Ramanthapur, Uppal, very difficult. The school fee of labour adda. joined forces with Ericsson to leadership framework and its HYDERABAD: The Telangana Social Welfare (TSW) Sainik School, work, buy Rs 5 meals and return Gowliguda, Amberpet, Bala her children was defaulted affect- Sattayya of Uppal said that his help the latter build and oper- Machine First Delivery Model Rukmapur and Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential (TTWR) Sainik home. At some labour gathering, Nagar, Kukatpalli Housing Board ing their education. She finds no family would be happy if he can ate its cloud-based R&D dig- (MFDM) based automation, School, Ashok Nagar, have extended the online application date for places availability of this meals Colony, Qutubullahpur, support coming to her from find some work as the family will ital workplace. Ericsson chose will help accelerate Ericsson’s admissions into 6th class (CBSE) and Intermediate first year (MPC). service is not there. In fact, con- Secunderabad, Maredupalli, anywhere. have something to eat. TCS as its partner for its R&D and product develop- Interested SC, ST, BC, BC-C, minority and other eligible students can struction activity is going on Tirumalagiri, alwal, After the lockdown, the petrol Otherwise, the family members R&D environment transfor- ment environment. apply for the academic year 2021-2022, online till April 14, by paying Medchal, Medipalli, Uppal, Chandrayanagutta, costs and also the prices of have to contend themselves with mation initiative that will “We take pride in part- an application fee of Rs. 100. For more information and application, Qutubullahpur and Mehdipatnam, LB Nagar, Hayath essential commodities have some chutney or the other. He enable anytime-anywhere nering with Ericsson in this log on to www.tswreis.in or tgtwgurukulam.telangana.gov.in. Rajendranagar areas. At some Nagar, BN Reddy Nagar and so increased. Transport charges had to pay Rs 6500 per month as secured access and automat- strategic R&D workplace Interested candidates may also dial 9121174434 / 180042545678, places, the construction activity on. Daily over seven lakh work- have been doubled. In tune with house rent, as against Rs 5000 ed availability of the devel- transformation, which fur- toll-free. did not pick up. ers congregate at these places in the changing prices, the labour- earlier. opment environment for ther strengthens the long- Ericsson’s global R&D teams. standing relationship between TCS will leverage its strong our two organisations. contextual knowledge of Engineering environments Ericsson’s R&D and IT envi- are very complex with het- 159 tri-services officers get degrees ‘CCTVs efficient tools ronments coupled with exper- erogenous infrastructure, spe- tise in automation and cloud cialised tools and demand PNS n HYDERABAD enabling officers to make in technologies to support glob- for customised engineering informed decisions to bridge to solve cases quickly’ ally distributed teams with services, making it challeng- As many as 159 tri-services the execution gaps in their on-demand, zero-touch and ing to digitally transform officers, including officers from future assignments and will PNS n HYDERABAD urged the citizens and public rep- remote provisioning. such environments,” said V friendly foreign countries, have also facilitate lateral and diver- resentatives to install more cam- Further, TCS is launching Rajanna, global head, successfully completed the gent thinking to avoid straight- As part of community policing, eras in their respective areas. a state-of-the-art 24×7 Technology Business Unit, Higher Defence Management jacketed thought. CDM, Minister for Labour Malla Reddy Pointing out that one CCTV cam- Command Centre at TCS. Course (HDMC) at College of Secunderabad, is a premier and Rachakonda Police era is equal to a hundred police Defence Management (CDM), tri-services institution Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat officers, Mahesh Bhagwat said Secunderabad where Air Chief acknowledged as Centre of on Friday inaugurated 136 around 1.25 lakh CCTV cameras Marshal RKS Bhadauria, Chief Excellence for imparting train- community CCTV cameras at have been installed in Rachakonda of Air Staff, on Friday presided defence release here said. a Certificate of Advance Course ing • in Defence Management Keesara and Ankireddypally vil- limits. Citing the examples of over the valedictory function. The International partici- in Management by All India to the future leadership of lages. The total cost of the pro- detection of a two-year-old kidnap The Chief of Air Staff also pants include 12 officers from Management Association Armed Forces. HDMC is a ject, which is around Rs 30 case in Saroornagar in 30 hours felicitated the graduating Afghanistan, Bangladesh, (AIMA). flagship programme of CDM, lakhs, was taken care of by local and saving innocent auto drivers officers on the occasion. Bhutan, Kenya, Maldives, Saudi During the valedictory Secunderabad, and is pitched donors at Keesara and the GP from serious allegations of kidnap These officers will soon be Arabia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. address, the Air Chief high- at the directional and concep- funds at Ankireddypally. and rape of a student, the taking up challenging com- Participant officers were award- lighted that qualitative acumen tual level with a focus on Speaking on the occasion, Malla Commissioner shared how mand and staff assignments ed a degree in Master of reinforced by quantitative application of management Reddy underscored the need for CCTVs were proving to be effi- in Armed Forces of the Management Studies (MMS) rationale acquired during the tools and techniques at oper- CCTV cameras for effective main- cient tools for the police to solve respective countries, a from Osmania University and course will manifest in ational and strategic level. tenance of law and order and cases quickly. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | APRIL 10, 2021 hyderabad 04 KCR directs all depts to Police clueless on Maoist strategy SRINIVAS KARENGALA The Maoist party officially n JAYASHANKAR - declared that the ambush led to BHUPALAPALLY death of four Maoists. But, expedite vaccination drive how did they die? The Maoists The police are not able to fath- ambushed the security forces in om the reason for the Maoists “U” formation from the ML MELLY MAITREYI tion. After April 15, every offi- demanding peace talks. They hillocks and killed several n HYDERABAD cer and employee coming to are scratching their heads jawans. Why did four Maoists office should have taken vac- unable to decipher what is die in spite of implementing a All the government depart- cine and they should wear going on across the mind of fail-proof strategy? It seems like ments dealing with frontline masks and observe Covid these revolutionaries. a mystery. employees have stepped up norms. What could be the strategy The plausible answer to this efforts and issued action plans Panchayat Raj Secretary behind the Maoists advocating is, the injured jawans firing on to district level officials to get Sandeep Kumar Sultania held peace talks with the govern- Maoists display the arms and ammunition seized from the police after an the Maoists when the latter the employees of all levels vac- a video conference with Chief ment? Why the Maoists are exchange of fire approached the bodies of cinated. Executive Officers of all dis- harping on peace talks? Are Jawans. After Prime Minister tricts, District Panchayat they backtracking on their rev- grip on the forest area in Maoists behaviour attributing On the close heels of releas- Narendra Modi’s video confer- Officers and DRDOs and olutionary path? Are they wor- Dandakaranya region yet they it to security forces penetrating ing CoBRA jawan Rakeshwar ence with Chief Minsters of issued instructions that all the ried about losing grip over the are harping on peace talks. A into the Maoist strongholds. Singh, within a span of few States and Union Territories on zilla parishad chairmen, party cadres? month ago, the Maoists After the ambush in the for- hours, the Maoists kidnapped Thursday, Chief Minister n staff and officers should be ZPTCs, Mandal Parishad pres- It may be recalled that the expressed their preparedness to est areas on Saturday, Union four women, including a health K.Chandrasekhar Rao held a Govt departments administered vaccine. idents, MPTCs, sarpanches, Maoists are running a parallel indulge in peace talks with gov- Home Minister Amit Shah workers’ trainer, on Thursday review meeting and instructed step up efforts to Lokesh Kumar also held a ward members, Panchayat Raj government in their strong ernment. Most recently, they toured Chhattisgarh and also evening from Kamakanar area all the department officials to vaccinate all frontline video conference on Friday department employees, holds called Krantikari Janatana again raked up the peace talks visited the CRPF camp at under the limits of Gangalur speed up the vaccination pro- personnel by April 14. with Zonal Commisisoners NREGS , SERP employees Sarkar. issue. Basaguda in the Maoist strong- police station limits in Bijapur gramme in the wake of grow- and said at any cost vaccination should be administered vac- For over one and half During the ambush held in hold. district. ing number of corona cases in process for GHMC employees cine in the next four days. decades the Maoists became a the forest areas of Chhattisgarh During the visit, Amit Shah The Maoist party did not the State. Lokesh Kumar instructed his and officers and workers Of 65,108 persons under hard nut to crack for state on April 3, the Maoists kid- said that the security forces are issue any statement giving rea- As police, health, sanitation department that vaccines should be completed by April the PR department were iden- governments and the Centre. napped a jawan and owned the penetrating into the Maoist- son for their action. The police and Panchayat Raj employees should be administered to all 15. Arrangements should be tified for vaccination, so far They have been ruling the responsibility for the kidnap affected areas and are ready to of two Telugu states and that of are among the frontline work- the GHMC employees from made for vaccination at the 21,849 were administered vac- areas in thick jungles, and declared that the abduct- penetrate deep into the strong- Chhattisgarh are scratching ers, the Heads of these depart- sanitation workers to senior Urban health centres or hospi- cine and the remaining should Dandakaranya region nestled ed was safe in their custody. holds. This raises the question their heads not able to under- ments held video conference officers and staff to achieve 100 tals closer to their zonal offices. be covered by April 14. At the between tall mountains. The They also released a photo- of whether the parallel govern- stand the strategy behind the with their district level officers per cent vaccination by April The details of vaccine admin- mandal level, MPDOs should governments have been spend- graph of him to the media and ment being run by the Maoists kidnap. The Maoists not own- and emphasised about speed- 15. istration should be uploaded in take responsibility as the Nodal ing crores of rupees to weed out demanded the government to is shrinking? ing responsibility and not issu- ing up vaccination and follow- The Chief Minister called the Covid portal. In the officer and at district level, the Maoists deploying thou- send mediators so that they On the other, the greenery in ing any statement on the fate of ing Covid appropriate behav- Lokesh Kumar on Thursday GHMC area, about 30,000 additional SPs, ZP CEOs, sands of security forces in jun- could safely release him from forest areas has disappeared the abducted is fuelling many iour without fail. night and directed him to front line workers were work- DPOs, DRDOs should take gles. custody. during the summer and the for- doubts in the minds of the Greater Hyderabad ensure that all the sanitation ing and not even one person responsibility to ensure univer- However, the security forces' Union Ministry of Home est looks like plain areas. police. Municipal Commissioner workers and administrative should be left without vaccina- sal vaccine coverage. strategies seem to be not work- Affairs, acting with tact, Raking up the issue of peace On one hand, the Maoists ing against the Maoists barring announced a nine-member talks could be a ploy to wean advocate peace talks and on the initial success. There were team of mediators including the government to stall comb- other, they resorted to the kid- EXTENDING SUCCOUR TO PRIVATE TEACHERS many instances the security seven journalists and two social ing operations. napping of women. The police, Offiials told forces bore the brunt of the workers. Following fruitful To make it difficult to decode suspecting a surprise action by Maoists' attack. results, the Maoists released the their strategy by the govern- the Maoists, have stepped up to set up 200 The police are not able to do CoBRA jawan Rakeshwar ment, the Maoists ambushed vigil in the Maoist-affected anything, it appears, in the Singh safely. the security forces to prove areas. Edu Minister asks Collectors forest region where there is This has triggered a debate their abilities. Yet, they brought The people living in border paddy purchase Abuzmad hills are located. why the Maoists are demand- the issue of peace talks with the areas of Telangana and centres Their success is not complete. ing for peace negotiations. government, a section of the Chhattisgarh are worried over to ensure transparency The Maoists who have full Some try to reason the people opine. what is in store for them. PNS n JAYASHANKAR / BHUPALAPALLY PNS n PEDDAPALLY stocks of rice with it. Each pri- vate teacher would receive 25 Revanth demands District Collector Krishna Education Minister Sabita kg of rice without fail. Aditya on Friday asked offi- Indra Reddy has asked District Moreover, the Rabi crop is Rs 5,000 per cials to take steps to set up Collectors to make the govern- going to be procured soon. He 200 paddy procurement cen- ment programme to extend said that the civil supplies tres in the district by third relief to private teachers a department would supply 25 month aid to week of April as rabi paddy grand success as Chief kg of rice through recording of is almost ready for harvest- Minister K Chandrasekhar iris or through OTP in their private teachers ing. Rao took a decision to help the own town or city. He asked the officials to private teachers out of human- Principal advisor to govern- PNS n HYDERABAD issue tokens to the farmers to itarian grounds as the schools ment Rajiv Sharma asked the bring their paddy to the pro- remained closed to protect district collectors to speed up TPCC working president and curement centres to enable children from the second wave the vaccination programme Malkajgiri MP A Revanth them to comply with Covid of Covid-19. and administer the vaccine to Reddy has demanded that the regulations. Addressing District accounts of the beneficiaries all those who have 45 years of government grant Rs 5,000 to He asked them to ensure Collectors through video con- from April 20. She reiterated age and above. At the same private teachers, lecturers that there are paddy cleaners, ference mode on Friday, she that the whole process should time, he asked the collectors to and Vidya volunteers instead tarpaulins, gunny backs, elec- said that the government be conducted transparently ensure that the frontline work- of Rs 2 000. tronic weighing machines in decided to extend a cash incen- giving no room for any mis- ers received the vaccine. He said that the govern- the procurement centres. He tive of Rs 2000 and Rs 25 kg of takes. She asked the authorities Peddapalli District Collector ment announced Rs 2,000 is asked them to alert the trans- rice to each private teacher and to record the bank account Dr Sangeeta Satyanarayana no way helpful to them as port contractors to avoid other personnel in the recog- numbers and their Aadhaar said, quoting the 2020 records NREGS workers are getting any inconvenience to farm- nised schools. Card numbers so that the that there are 2075 private Rs 150 per day. ers. Stating that the decision Government would be able to teachers and 25 other person- On Friday, Revanth He asked the officials to was unprecedented in the help them. nel are working in 179 recog- Reddy visited the residence Four TRS MLAs should be provide drinking water and country, she asked the official Gangula Kamalakar said nised private schools. He of deceased private teacher other amenities for farmers at to implement it transparently that KCR is the only Chief would verify their details and Ravi Kumar at Hill Colony the procurement centres. He and successfully. She asked Minister who has soft corner send full details to the govern- in Nagarjunasagar and con- assured the officials and staff officials to gather informa- for the private teachers and ment. soled the family members. disqualified, demands Uttam at the procurement centres at tion about teachers working in said that the government Additional collectors In a letter to Chief Minister all levels of procurement recognised schools and other would benefit them without Lakshmi Narayana, education- K Chandrasekhar Rao, PNS n HYDERABAD past two MLAs of Congress would be vaccinated against personnel from April 10 to 15 fail. al officer AD Ramulu Naik, Revanth Reddy stated that Uttam Kumar had been disqualified from Covid-19. Joint Collector and scrutiny the applications In Telangana, the area under Peddapalli MEO Surender and the suicide of Dalit private Telangana Pradesh Congress the Assembly for no rhyme or Kurakula Swarnalata was also from April 16 to 19 and cred- various crops increased and other officials were present at teacher Ravi Kumar couple Committee president and Reddy said that reason. “Now the TRS MLAs present. it the cash benefit in the bank the government has enough the video conference. is heart rendering. Nalgonda MP Capt. N Uttam as per the have brought disgrace to the Kumar Reddy on Friday state by getting involved in demanded that the Chief information he the drugs scandal. Why did Minister disqualified four had with him the Chief Minister not dis- ‘Expedite land MLAs, who had allegedly names of the qualify them? It is a shame on Three Town PS to come up in Siddipet been involved in a drugs the government,” he said. scandal, from the Assembly. four MLAs of He said that it had become acquisition PNS n SIDDIPET have to go to Gajwel to meet three-town police station. Addressing the media, along TRS were not a habit of the Chief Minister, ACP. Because of these prob- Harish Rao directed Police with AICC official spokesper- ministers and MLAs to in SCCL area’ With the initiative of Finance lems, the three-town police Commissioner Joel Davis to son Dasoju Sravan and included in the humiliate the people. He said Minister T Harish Rao, Siddipet station has been set up. take steps to set up the new Telangana Fishermen drugs case that the Chief Minister had PNS n PEDDAPALLY Three Town police station is All villages coming under police station between Ponnala Congress Chairman Mettu likened the women of going to function here in two or Siddipet rural police station and Bakri Chepyala villages on Sai, he said that the Bangalore Nalgonda district to dogs District Collector Dr three days, according to a GO and those of Rangadampalli, Rajiv Rahadari in two or three police had recorded the state- leaders have also been help- when they tried to give a rep- Sangeetha Satyanarayana has issued by the state government Mittapalli, Yellupalli, days. He also asked District ment of a prominent busi- ing TRS in this regard. resentation on Podu lands directed officials to expedite on Wednesday. Bakrichepyala, Nancharupalli, Collector Venkatram Reddy to nessman, who said that four “If BJP was not colluding cultivation. resolution of the pending Harish Rao, commenting on Ensaanpalli, Ponnala, Kista identify suitable land adjacent MLAs of TRS were involved with the TRS, why had it not He said that people of land acquisition and R&R the GO, said that the three-town Sagar, Tadkapalli and to the Rajiv Rahadari to build in the drug scandal. been bringing pressure on Telangana, particularly voters issues in the Singareni police station was sanctioned to Bogguloni Banda come under the police station. He said that as per the the Karnataka government of Nagarjuna Sagar Assembly Collieries area. the city keeping in mind the the new police station limits. The police station will have information he had with him to take up action against the constituency where a by-poll He was reviewing the land population increase and the Harish Rao thanked the CM for Also Velgatur under a CI, two SIs, three ASIs, six names of the four MLAs of four MLAs,” he wanted to was being held, should under- acquisition in the Singareni needs of maintaining the law the gesture. The SUDA limits Rajagopalpet police station, head constables, 43 constables. TRS were not included in the know. stand how the TRS govern- area. and order. were stretched up to Duddeda. Duddeda, Darga Bandaram, Harish Rao said that the city drugs case. He said sources in He made it clear that abuse ment had been indulging in The Collector said that the During the CM’s visit to the Moreover, new integrated Ankireddypalli, Domalapalli has One Town, Two Town and Bengalureu had informed of drugs by the four MLAs misrule with arrogance of same procedure would be city in December last, Harish Collecorate, police commis- under Kukunurpalli police sta- Siddipet rural police stations. him that the MLAs had taken was perfect ground for dis- power and money being on followed to acquire land Rao urged the CM to sanction sionerate, IT Tower, industrial tion limits and Kammampalli, The new addition of Three drugs in the party being held qualification of MLAs from display. He urged tribes of across the state. a Three Town police station to hub have been set up. Under the Rampalli, Sirisinagandla and Town police station will take there. He alleged that the Assembly. He said that Nagarjuna Sagar not to give A cut-off date would be Siddipet as there is no a single limits of the rural police station Marpadaga villages under policing services to people clos- Telangana Rashtra Samithi they would meet the their vote to TRS candidates. fixed and compensation police station up to a distance many urban areas are included. Toguta police station limits, er. Besides maintaining the law had colluded with the Governor of the state and He said that minister Malla would be provided to all who of 90 km on Rajiv Rahadari The people of Duddeda come Siddipet Medical Colelge, and order, the police station Bharatiya Janata Party leaders submit a memorandum in Reddy was caught red hand- are eligible under the R&R towards Karimnagar. The CM under the limits of Surabhi Medical Colege come would be able to extend better and had been trying to cover this regard. ed while asking for the bribes package. complied with the request. Kukunurpalli police station and under the jurisdiction of the services to people. up the case. Telangana BJP He reminded that in the on tape. TSRTC slammed for resuming bus services to Maha Police arrest TRS trying to win NS bypoll rowdy sheeter PNS n BODHAN Maharashtra state Kotagiri, Earlier, daily 10-12 services by distributing money: VH The medical tests being conducted on Bodhan and Rangel mandals. were operated to these towns PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD said that Congress candidate K The TSRTC resuming its bus Nanded, a district headquarters and villages, but the TSRTC is Jana Reddy would win the elec- services to some Maharashtra passengers entering Telangana from other town is just 80 km away from operating only half of the ser- The South Zone Task Force, Senior Congress leader V tion if the elections were held villages from Monday last at a states at Salura check-point indicate that Salura village in Bodhan man- vices since Monday. along with the Rein Bazaar Hanumantha Rao alleged that the impartially as the people were time Covid-19 cases are on the daily scores of passengers test positive for dal. There were bus services to police, arrested a rowdy TRS leaders were trying to win with Jana Reddy, however, the rise in that state has drawn flak Nanded is the district head- Nanded and Deglur from sheeter on charges of illegal Nagarjuna Sagar by-election with TRS leaders were trying to pur- from all sections of society. Covid, causing concern for the people quarters of Maharashtra, about Telangana and also cab and possession of deadly weapons the help of money and hence they chase the votes with money. Maharashtra has been con- living in border villages. 80 km from Salura village in passenger auto-rickshaw ser- here on Friday. The arrested were distributing money and Addressing the media at sistently reporting thousands of the BodhanMandal. vices. person was identified as Shaik liquor indiscriminately. Gandhi Bhavan on Friday, VH cases almost daily and some of In the same district, Biloli, The medical tests being con- Sohail (25) workiing at a He alleged that the Election questioned the DGP Mahender the border villages in Telangana on movement of people with- that state from March 24 last Deglur, Kondalwadi, ducted on passengers entering swimming pool an a resident Commission didn't bother about Reddy as to how the police gave reported many testing positive in the towns and cities. year, started playing to various Dharmabad towns and sever- Telangana from other states at of Yakuthpura in the Old it and the police had been unilat- permission to YS Sharmila to for the Covid-19 because of the Strangely, the RTC has opted to destination in the neighbour- al villages share borders with Salura check-point indicate City. Police said Sohail, who is erally extending their support to hold a public meeting amidst the impact from neighbouring operate bus services to various ing state from April 5. Telangana. Many people from that daily scores of passengers an active rowdy sheeter of the ruling party. He said that the threat of coronavirus. He asked state. As a result, curfew is places in the state. Many border villages in these places visit bordering test positive for Covid, causing Rein Bazaar police station, was Election Commission had to the police to tell as to how they being imposed in that state and The TSRTC bus services, Nirmal district of Telangana villages in Telangana and vice concern for the people living in found moving suspiciously ensure that the elections were gave permissions to Sharmila's there were strict curbs placed which remained suspended to share borders with versa. border villages. and was detained. held in a democratic manner. He road shows. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | APRIL 10, 2021 nation 05 Young getting infected in current Venkaiah tells nations world over to ‘keep off Kashmir’ wave of Covid in Delhi: Experts PNS n JAMMU PNS n NEW DELHI Ganga Ram Hospital here have cases count had stood above Jammu and Kashmir is an tested positive for COVID-19 5,000. integral part of India, and the More young people, especially in and five of them were hospi- The highest single-day spike country is capable of solving its the 30-50 age bracket who go out talised. Many of them had taken in Delhi till date -- 8,593 cases - own problems, Vice President for work, are seemingly getting both doses of Covishield vaccine, - was reported on November 11, M Venkaiah Naidu said here infected by COVID-19 amid its hospital sources said on while on November 19, the city Friday, asking other nations to current wave in the national cap- Thursday. recorded 131 COVID-19 deaths, "confine themselves to their ital, say experts. Delhi Health Minister the highest single-day fatality domestic problems" rather While the country is going Satyendar Jain had recently told count till date. than giving unsolicited advice through the second wave of reporters that it seems younger Richa Sareen, Consultant, to India. COVID-19, Delhi is reeling population was getting afflicted Pulmonology and Critical Care On his first Jammu and under the fourth wave of the more by the coronavirus in the Medicine, Fortis hospital here, Kashmir visit since the August (IIM) here. make comments on the inter- pandemic, with cases escalating fourth wave of the pandemic said, "Given the pace of spread, 2019 abrogation of Article The convocation for two nal affairs of another country at an unprecedented rate. here. it definitely seems there is a dif- 370, he said, without naming batches wre held together as or any other country." Some doctors say that the rea- Delhi recorded 7,437 fresh ferent variant in circulation and any country or individual, the 3rd was postponed due to In his nearly half-an-hour son for a large number of peo- cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, it is more infectious than the pre- some people from the neigh- the coronavirus pandemic. speech, he said, "We all believe ple getting infected this year vis- the highest single-day surge this vious one". bourhood always try to create Union minister Jitendra in democracy and civilization. a-vis last year could be that the year, while 24 more people died She said more younger people problems and disturbances Singh and J&K Lt Governor If you are really civilised you "virus has mutated" and the due to the coronavirus infection, were getting infected as they are because they do not want Manoj Sinha also attended the are not expected to interfere in current strain is more infectious taking the death toll to 11,157, going out, socialising, partying or India to progress. function, during which degrees the affairs of any other coun- that the one in circulation pre- according to the city health travelling, which increases the "My advice to some friends were awarded to 148 MBA try. I am very clear about it." viously. department. chance of getting infectedwhile the who are trying to give unasked graduates who successfully He said this part of the "The younger population goes consultant at Apollo Hospitals Chatterjee, who is a COVID The positivity rate also elderly are preferring to stay advice to us in between and completed their courses. country is very beautiful and out and works, uses public trans- here. survivor, said doctors in their 40s mounted to 8.1 per cent from 6.1 indoors and most of them have make commentaries to confine "My dear youngsters, where so are the people who need to portation and hence, has more The doctor, however, said the and 50s and other healthcare per cent a day before, amid a been vaccinated. themselves to their domestic you are studying is an integral have peace. chances of coming in contact number of deaths is still much workers, much younger, say in massive spike in cases in the span Delhi government on Tuesday problems. We are capable of tak- part of India," the vice presi- "Peace is the prerequisite for with others. Many people are still lower, compared to what was 30s are getting infected in the of the last few weeks. imposed a night curfew in the ing care of our own problems and dent told the students. "And we progress. If you have tension, not wearing masks or maintain- recorded during the previous current wave, despite most of This is also the first time that national capital from 10 pm to they need not worry about us," he are of the opinion we are capa- you cannot pay attention. This ing social distancing, which has waves in Delhi in June, them having received the two over 7,000 cases have been 5 am till April 30, after reports said, addressing the 3rd and the ble of solving our problems. has to be understood by one contributed to the rise in cases," September and November last vaccine jabs. reported in a day this year. that many people were holding 4th annual convocation of the No country for that matter has and all. That is why peace is said Suranjit Chatterjee, a senior year. Thirty-seven doctors at the Sir On preceding two days, the parties and social gatherings. Indian Institute of Management any business to interfere or very much required," he said. INDIA CORNER COVAX expects to deliver doses MP: 11-day 'yagna' against Puducherry Shah knocks on COVID-19 begins at Ujjain temple clamps night to nations despite reduced supply doors in Mamata's gainst coronavirus curfew PNS n UNITED NATIONS optimizing their production abegan at the PNS n PUDUCHERRY processes in the early phase of the famous The COVAX vaccine facility rollout, as well as increased demand own backyard Mahakaleshwar Amid increasing coro- expects to deliver COVID-19 doses for COVID-19 vaccines in India temple in Ujjain navirus cases here, a to all participating economies that COVAX expects to deliver doses to PNS n KOLKATA city of Madhya night curfew would be have requested it in the first half of all participating economies that Pradesh on enforced from April 10, the year despite reduced supply have requested vaccines in the first On a door-to-door election- Friday morning. said Puducherry availability as well as increased half of the year, the release said. eering drive, Union Home The temple is Lieutenant Governor demand for the jabs in India, According to its latest supply Minister Amit Shah on Friday dedicated to Lord Tamilisai Soundararajan according to the World Health forecast, COVAX expects to deliv- went around the city's Shiva. "Seventy- on Friday. Organisation. er at least two billion doses of vac- Bhabanipur assembly con- seven Hindu Announcing mea- The COVAX facility, which is a cines in 2021. In order to reach this stituency, considered to be a priests took part sures to check the con- global initiative to ensure COVID- receiving vaccines funded through goal, the COVAX facility will con- backyard of West Bengal Chief in the yagna," tagion, she said mask- 19 vaccines are available worldwide, the Gavi COVAX Advance Market tinue to diversify its portfolio fur- Minister Mamata Banerjee. leaflets asking people to vote temple's compliance would be has now delivered life-saving vac- Commitment (AMC). ther, and will announce new agree- Shah was here to drum up for the saffron party. assistant administrator and public relations officer R K Tiwari told PTI strictly enforced any vio- cines to over 100 economies since COVAX aims to supply vaccines ments with vaccine manufacturers support for actor-turned-BJP 'Kamal chinho me vote over phone. The Shree Mahakal Temple Management Committee has lation of which would making its first international deliv- to all participating economies that in due course, the WHO release candidate Rudranil Ghosh, a dijiye' (cast your vote for lotus organised the yagna with an aim to cast out COVID-19, for public good attract a fine of Rs 100. ery to Ghana on February 24, 2021. have requested vaccines, in the first added. political newbie fielded from symbol), Shah was heard and healthy environment, he said. "It will go on during the day time and Addressing reporters So far, more than 38 million half of 2021, despite some delays in An additional two billion dollars the south Calcutta area which telling the residents with fold- all the coronavirus-related guidelines will be followed," he said. Temple at the Indira Gandhi doses across six continents, supplied planned deliveries for March and is required this year to finance and has a sizeable Gujarati popu- ed hands. administrator and additional collector Narendra Suryavanshi was present Medical College by three manufacturers, April, a news release from the secure up to a total of 1.8 billion lation. Bhabanipur which has a when the yagna began. Hospital after inaugurat- AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and World Health Organisation donor-funded doses of vaccines. Women were seen welcom- sizeable Gujarati population ing a special camp to the Serum Institute of India (SII) (WHO) said on Thursday. COVAX is also working to secure ing him by blowing conch was Chief Minister Mamata vaccinate hotel workers, have been delivered. Of the over 100 Despite reduced supply availabil- additional sourcing of vaccines in shells and applying 'tilak' on Banerjee's pocket borough till 36 more die of Covid in UP, she said. economies reached, 61 are among ity in March and April the result of the form of dose-sharing from his forehead as he visited she decided to switch to 9,587 more infected: Official the 92 lower-income economies vaccine manufacturers scaling and higher income countries. homes and handed over Nandigram for this election. ttar Pradesh Friday reported 36 more fatalities due to Ucoronavirus infection and 9,587 No plan to stop or curtail train Unnao rape new cases, raising the Covid-19 Lalu's bail petition death toll to 9,039 and the case tally to 6,63,991, a senior official convict’s wife said.There are 48,306 active cases services, trains to be increased and while 6,06,646 patients have hearing postponed to contest recovered so far in the state, PNS n NEW DELHI Additional Chief Secretary (Health) PNS n RANCHI polls Amit Mohan Prasad told The railways on Friday said reporters.Among the active cases, 22,904 people are in home isolation, there is no plan to curtail or The Jharkhand High Court on PNS n LUCKNOW 835 in private hospitals and the rest undergoing treatment in stop train services and assured Friday deferred by a week the government hospitals, he said.The state has so far has tested over 3.63 passengers that trains will be hearing in bail petition of Former MLA and crore samples, including over 1.97 lakh on Thursday.. Over 81 lakh provided on demand amidst jailed RJD president Lalu Unnao rape convict people have been administered the Covid-19 vaccine in the state. It reports of migrant workers Prasadin a fodder scam case. Kuldeep Singh Sengar's includes over 69 lakh who have got the first shot and over 11 lakh who rushing to their hometowns, The bail prayer in the wife will be contesting have been administered both doses, Prasad said. reminiscent of the days follow- Dumka treasury casewas post- the Uttar Pradesh pan- ing the coronavirus-triggered poned for April 16 by Justice in jail pending bail in the chayat polls on a BJP lockdown. Aparesh Kumar Singh after the Dumka treasury case. He has ticket. Maharashtra: Health official A number of officials, CBI sought time to file its reply already acquired bail in three The BJP has made her a including Railway Board alarm. We can run trains trains will be provided on on the matter. other cases of the multi-crore candidate for the district held for bribery in Latur Chairman Suneet Sharma, immediately on demand if demand," Sharma said. Prasad's lawyer Kapil Sibal rupees fodder scam. panchayat member from n assistant General Manager, Southern there is any rush. This rush is The Railway Board chair- appearing through video- con- Prasad is presently recuper- Ward No. 22 of Fatehpur superintendent in Railway John Thomas and the normal during the summer man also ruled out the need ferencing argued that the cen- ating at AIIMS New Delhi Chaurasi, according to a Athe Latur district chief public relations officers season and we have already for a COVID-negative certifi- tral probe agency was deliber- where he was airlifted in list released by state surgeon's office was (CPROs) of the Northern and announced trains to clear the cate to travel by train. ately delaying the matter as it January last. party chief Swatantra held by Maharashtra Central Railways, reached out rush," he said. He said the railways has not wanted to keep his client in the Devashri Mandal had filed Dev Singh. Anti Corruption Bureau to the media to deny reports With the number of received any communique yet jail "due to political reasons." Prasad's bail application in the Kuldeep Sengar was for allegedly of an exodus of migrant work- COVID-19 cases on the rise, from Maharashtra to stop or Accepting CBI counsel plea High Court saying that the awarded life sentence by demanding and ers to their hometowns via a sudden surge in passenger curtail the movement of trains for more time, the court RJD chief has completed half a Delhi court on accepting a bribe of Rs trains. movement at railway stations in view of the rising number directed it to submit its of the sentence in the case so December 20, 2019 for 8,000, an official said Sharma assured the pas- was reported from across the of coronavirus cases. counter-affidavit on the mat- he should be allowed bail. raping a 17-year-old girl on Friday. Abhimanyu sengers that there is no dearth country. Many travellers, Thomas appealed to the ter in the next three days and The plea also cited poor health in Unnao. Dhondiba Surwase of trains and the railways is speaking to the media, said the public not to believe in the put the matter for hearing on condition of septuagenarian After his conviction, (51) demanded the ready to put them into service fear of an imminent lock- rumours doing the rounds of April 16. Prasad. Sengar's membership as bribe from a man who needed to get his parents' medical bills of on a short notice. down was the reason behind social media regarding over- The case relates to illegal On February 19 last, the an MLA was cancelled. over Rs 3 lakh cleared, said ACB deputy superintendent Manik Bidre. "There is no plan to curtail their trips. crowding at railway stations. withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore court had rejected bail to Sangeeta had earlier The man filed a complaint with ACB on April 8 and Surwase was or stop train services. We will "There is no shortage of He urged them to avoid shar- from the Dumka treasury in Prasad as he had falled short held the post of the dis- held while accepting Rs 8,000 in a trap on Thursday evening, he run as many services as trains for those who want to ing old videos and false reports 90s in Bihar. by 17 days to complete half of trict panchyat chairper- said. He has been charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act required. There is no cause for travel. I assure everyone that on social media platforms. Prasad continues to remain his sentencing. son. and MIDC police was probing further, the Deputy SP added. MP: Locals block road over Interim relief from HC 3rd Antarctic ice shelf area at collapse risk unavailability of remdesivir PNS n NEW DELHI and potentially avoid signifi- ngry over not being able cant sea level rise. to get remdesivir for rape-accused scribe Over a third of the Antarctic's They noted that when melt- Ainjections, people on ice shelf area may be at risk of ed ice accumulates on the sur- Friday blocked the road in PNS n NEW DELHI documents to be given by the collapsing into the sea if glob- face of ice shelves, it can make front of a medical store in man and file a status report and al temperatures reach four them fracture and collapse Madhya Pradesh's Indore The Delhi High Court Friday listed the matter for further hear- degrees Celsius above pre- spectacularly. city, police said. According to granted interim protection from ing on April 16. industrial levels, according to Previous research has given eye-witnesses, families of arrest to a Mumbai-based televi- Hiremath, represented a study. the scientists the bigger picture COVID-19 patients queued sion journalist in a rape case pro- through senior advocate Kapil The research, published in in terms of predicting up at a store in dava vided he joins the police investi- Sibal, has approached the high the Geophysical Research Antarctic ice shelf decline. (medicine) market in the gation. court after his earlier anticipato- Letters journal, found that 34 However, the new study uses morning hours, and blocked Justice Mukta Gupta issued ry bail plea was dismissed by a per cent of the area of all the latest modelling techniques the main road in frustration, notices and sought responses of trial court here on March 12. Antarctic ice shelves -- around mous A68 iceberg in 2017 -- as "When they collapse, it's to fill in the finer detail and when a poster outside the Delhi Police and the complainant The 22-year-old woman in her half a million square kilometers one of four ice shelves that like a giant cork being removed provide more precise projec- shop read "remdesivir not available". "After being misguided, some woman on journalist Varun complaint alleged she was raped -- including 67 per cent of ice would be particularly threat- from a bottle, allowing tions. people protested at the main road for a while. We convinced them to Hiremath's plea seeking anticipa- by Hiremath at a five-star hotel shelf area on the Antarctic ened in a warmer climate. unimaginable amounts of "The findings highlight the move away," inspector Rajeev Tripathi of Sanyogitaganj police station tory bail in the case. in Chanakyapuri on February 20. Peninsula, would be at risk of "Ice shelves are important water from glaciers to pour importance of limiting global said. The owner of the medical store did not open his establishment as "Petitioner be not arrested till The counsel for the 28-year- destabilisation under such a buffers preventing glaciers on into the sea," Gilbert said. temperature increases as set the consignment of remdesivir had not arrived, the official said. "I came the next date of hearing subject old man claimed before the warming scenario. land from flowing freely into The researchers noted that out in the Paris Agreement if to the shop around 6 am and stood in a queue waiting for it to open, as to him joining the investigation court that that there had been a The team also identified the ocean and contributing to limiting temperature rise to we are to avoid the worst con- the owner had given a coupon to my father on Thursday and assured as and when directed," the high history of previous sexual rela- Larsen C -- the largest remain- sea level rise," said Ella Gilbert two degrees Celsius rather sequences of climate change, him that he will get the injection the next day," said Aman Gadbadi (21), court said. tionship between the accused and ing ice shelf on the peninsula, from the University of Reading than four degrees Celsius including sea level rise," said who desperately needed the injection for his mother. It asked the police to verify the the complainant. which split to form the enor- in the UK. would halve the area at risk, Gilbert. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | APRIL 10, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Hypocrisy is very Tightening the screws It might be a good idea for the CBI and the NIA to work in tandem for unravelling the Vaze maze much alive and well DEEPAK SINHA he two independent agencies — the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) — will likely discover many common nodes Tand leads during their probe related to Maharashtra’s former Home Minister Anil In all spheres of life around us, every day we see leaders Deshmukh and suspended cop Sachin Vaze. The probes by these premier agencies will probably converge at several points and it would only serve the purpose of justice if both these agencies work in consonance. Extending this logic, the constitution of a com- indulging in acts of abject pretence and insincerity mon team — drawing officials from both these agencies — may also be considered aving been slaves for to investigate the cases that are inter-related. Collecting evidence, recording statements the better part of a and zeroing in on the culprits would become easier in a joint probe. In the latest devel- millennia, we tend opment, two CBI teams reached the NIA office to to have a heightened instinctH for survival that is best record the statement of Vaze, who is in the latter’s reflected in our hypocritical custody. Also, a special NIA court allowed the CBI behaviour. It is no surprise to access the “extortion” diaries belonging to Vaze then that, by and large, our and Vinayak Shinde, both suspended policemen. In adherence to principles, rules and regulations is inversely a startling revelation, Vaze had alleged in a four-page proportional to the impact that letter to the special NIA court that State Transport they might have on our lives, Minister Anil Parab of the Shiv Sena had asked him preferring them to be applica- to initiate talks with a Trust for a “`50-crore settle- ble only to others and not us. Take Prime Minister ment” to close an inquiry. The Minister also asked Narendra Modi’s attitude Vaze to identify fraudulent contractors listed with the towards the alarming spike in BMC and demand at least `2 crore from 50 of them, COVID cases. He is unable to the letter claimed. see the dichotomy of, on the one hand, publicly berating The letter mentioned an alleged “`2 crore demand” by Deshmukh after NCP chief State Governments and citizens Sharad Pawar considered cancelling Vaze’s reinstatement, and alleged that someone for not adhering to basic pre- “very close” to Deputy CM Ajit Pawar asked Vaze to collect `100 crore a month from cautions, while simultaneously illegal gutkha sellers. Earlier, Vaze had said he was being made a scapegoat. These alle- rushing off to address election rallies. Rallies that are conduct- gations are indicative of the fact that not only Deshmukh but several other dirty fish in ed with tens of thousands of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government seem to be neck-deep in corruption. On the attendees without masks, other hand, Deshmukh — who tendered his resignation on “moral grounds” only after packed together like sardines. the Bombay High Court directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into corrup- The truth is that not just falling victim to the virus. While the Supreme the world both tolerance and him or his associates are being They and their families are in Court’s emphasis on gender universal acceptance. We tion allegations against him — got no respite from the Supreme Court, which dismissed hypocritical but other politi- effect being sacrificed on the issues is to be applauded, it believe not only in universal his as well as the MVA Government’s petition challenging the Bombay High Court’s order. cians as well, regardless of party altar of greed and personal would truly have credibility toleration, but we accept all The Maharashtra developments resemble a Bollywood potboiler on the underworld, por- affiliations. All those associat- aggrandisement. and value if its own actions religions as true. I am proud traying the nexus among politicians, corrupt officials and criminals. But unlike the movies ed with the ongoing State elec- Undoubtedly, it also reflects were consistent in this regard. to belong to a nation which which have heroes fighting the corrupt system, the Maharashtra saga has none. However, tions are guilty of such irre- poorly on the intellectual, By some accounts, there are has sheltered the persecuted sponsible behaviour. This non- administrative and profes- only two women judges and the refugees of all reli- with the CBI and the NIA tightening the screws, one hopes that several other influential sensical behaviour has been sional abilities of the Election among the 34 that constitute gions and all nations of the names in the MVA Government would be exposed. Corruption has become the hall- aggravated by the utter lack of Commission which can the Supreme Court and it has earth.” mark of the State Government, which is a coalition of the NCP, Congress and the Shiv political will on the part of lead- come up with no better SADLY, WHILE had only eight women judges Despite the fact that Sena. The Opposition has often alleged that the Centre uses these agencies to target ers across the country in their method to conduct elections THEY MAY WELL since its inception. Modi sees himself as a devot- refusal to stop religious and cul- other than stretching them to Even the military has not ed follower of the Swami, he adversaries and settle scores; nevertheless, it doesn’t take away from the fact that the tural events, be it events like eternity. BE, OR BECOME, been able to avoid this per- has never let compassion or Uddhav Thackeray-led Government arguably has many black sheep whose rightful place Holi or the Kumbh. Of course, politicians and RENOWNED nicious trend and its leader- empathy get in the way of is behind the bars rather than in the Assembly. Their fear that they would Government officials are the ship seems to have lost its realpolitik. For all intents be held responsible if they cur- easiest to point fingers at, but POLITICIANS, ONE way in this regard. By stating and purposes, we are now tailed mass gatherings is not others too are as much to THING THEY WILL that China has not occupied involved in an intense zero PICTALK difficult to understand because, blame for the hypocrisy that our territory in Eastern sum game where the winner in their view, their career and abounds. The Supreme NEVER EVER BE IS Ladakh, despite knowing it takes all and losers are shown reputation as politicians are at Court, for example, has well that we can no longer the door; where only the stake. Sadly, while they may recently pointed to the delay LEADERS. THAT patrol areas up to our claim ends matter, not the means. well be, or become, renowned in giving women permanent REQUIRES THE lines, the Army chief has low- What he and those who fol- politicians, one thing they will commissions in the military, ered his image and credibil- low him have yet to realise is never ever be is leaders. That blaming it on systemic bias BACKBONE TO ity. In addition, he has caused that all this can only get you requires the backbone to take within the Ministry of TAKE DIFFICULT grievous damage to the so far and at the end of the difficult decisions, sometimes at Defence. While there certain- Services’ reputation. day you have no choice but great personal cost, when the ly is some truth in what it DECISIONS, The reason for where we to pay the piper. occasion so demands. says, it is a complicated issue, SOMETIMES AT are today is not very difficult (The writer is a military Obviously, the most affect- especially the impact of to diagnose. Interestingly, in veteran, who is a Visiting ed are not just those attending women in combat roles. GREAT PERSONAL 1893, Swami Vivekananda Fellow with the Observer such gatherings, who may be More importantly, the mili- COST, WHEN THE while addressing the first Research Foundation and there “voluntarily”, but public tary’s only job is to win wars World’s Parliament of Senior Visiting Fellow with servants compulsorily co-opted and keep us safe and it is by OCCASION SO Religions meeting at Chicago The Peninsula Foundation, for duties such as crowd control no means an equal opportu- DEMANDS said: “I am proud to belong Chennai. The views expressed and security, who are now nity employer. to a religion which has taught are personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE The Baisakhi celebrations in full swing at a wheat farm in Amritsar PTI Amid growing cases GOOD DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT of COVID-19, the Sir —It’s good that the Supreme Court has Vaccine shortage is serious issue lack of vaccines dismissed a plea filed by former is a serious issue. Maharashtra Home Minister Anil cause of worry. In some States like Andhra By putting own In low spirits Deshmukh, challenging the Bombay High Pradesh and Bihar, however, the current countrymen at risk, is Court’s order that had allowed a prelim- stocks are for less than two days. it right to export COVID vaccines? inary CBI probe against him. The apex However, there is also good news. Congress leader The migrant workers are making their way back Johnson & Johnson is in talks with the Indian court also dismissed a similar plea filed by —Rahul Gandhi to villages after local curbs were announced the Maharashtra Government in the same Government to begin a clinical trial of its sin- case. gle-dose COVID-19 vaccine in the country, the With these oughly around this time last year, millions of migrant workers and their families Delivering its order, the Supreme company has said. The US drugs and health- dictators (Turkish — with their young ones and meagre belongings on their heads and shoulders Court said the people involved in the mat- care giant's vaccine is currently approved for President Recep — started a long, weary walk back to their native places after the Government ter do require to be investigated by an inde- use in the United States, the European Union Tayyip Erdogan), R and other nations, including Thailand and one must be clamped a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. As the pendent agency. “What has been direct- ed by the High Court is a preliminary South Africa. honest in industries shut operations, they were forced to go back inquiry, and we are not inclined to inter- The news comes as some parts of India expressing one's diverging ideas because they couldn’t afford to pay for food and rel- fere,” the court said. Deshmukh resigned face a shortage of vaccine supplies just as the and views about society. atively higher rent in the cities, especially in the absence not because of his morality but he was hat we may land into serious trouble in country of 1.3 billion battles a second wave Italian Prime Minister of COVID-19 infections. India's Government, of any regular inflow of income. Their trudge was made compelled by the circumstances. His res- the coming days can be gauged from the — Mario Draghi more tragic as several of them died on their journey ignation came hours after the Bombay Tdata collated from the Union Health however, has said there is no shortage of the High Court ordered a CBI probe into the Ministry which shows that the States have on shots. Since Johnson & Johnson's vaccine I only actually eat real back owing to fatigue by walking under the scorch- allegations of extortion against him, in an average just over five days’ vaccine stocks has already been approved by the US regu- food because I have ing sun since all forms of public transport had also what is the most high-profile casualty so remaining at their current levels of vaccina- lator, a small bridging trial on about 1,000 par- to, right now. My been ordered off the roads. To this day, a significant far in the sensational Sachin Vaze-Antilia tion, and an additional week's supply is in the ticipants would be enough before it is given dream is to only eat percentage of these hired hands has not rejoined their explosives case. The high-voltage events in pipeline. Despite India manufacturing the vac- the approval to manufacture the vaccine in desserts, ever. It's a Maharashtra started with the discovery of cines and supplying these to other countries India. goal. When I get really workplace, either because the industries they worked an explosives-laden vehicle outside the res- across the globe, such a situation is a real Sean Colin Young | New Delhi old, I'm going to start in haven’t yet become fully operational or they are still idence of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, taking a lot of vitamins. scared and scarred by last year’s sudden clampdown gathered momentum with the alleged except announcing a “strict lockdown” the IPL extravaganza has seen many Actor that brought the wheels of their already-mundane life murder of the man in possession of the car, over the weekends. The Government has episodes and, this time round, the sec- — Catherine Zeta-Jones and who had reported it stolen, Mansukh also enforced a night curfew in the State ond wave of COVID-19.With such to a grinding halt. Worse, the few who had dared to Having missed match venture back to the big cities for want of employment opportunities in the hinterland, Hiran, and took a surprising turn with the from 8 pm to 7 am daily when only essen- obscene amounts of money, this has arrest of a politically connected assistant tial services will be allowed to function. become the norm. All are waiting for the practice for much of are again rushing back as local curbs and night curfews in several States have again inspector of police Sachin Vaze in the However, private and public transport will big event and everyone wants to play in last year, we have to spawned in them the fears of a total shutdown. explosives case. continue to operate but rickshaws, taxis the IPL if it is held twice in six months. cash in on the The bitter experience of the abrupt March 2020 lockdown has undeniably played a Maharashtra’s Maha Vikas Aghadi and private vehicles can run with only 50 The game of cricket is a religion. The IPL opportunities we get. It is good for us that huge part in their decision to return quickly to their native places before any restrictions (MVA) Government, in an attempt to per cent seating capacity. extravaganza has become hotter during manage the fallout, transferred Mumbai Further, newspaper printing and dis- the summer months and the floodlights we are tested against a tough on travel are announced. Now, since migrant workers play a key role in the manufac- Police Commissioner, with Deshmukh tribution can continue, provided the ven- will add to the already hot stadiums. The opponent like Argentina. turing sector, their hasty departure has dealt a severe blow to the small and medium clearly articulating that the move was dor is vaccinated. The Pimpri-Chinchwad IPL is nothing but a glorified way of mak- India men's hockey captain industry owners who are yet to level their losses accrued from the shutdown that extend- prompted by his mismanagement of the Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has ing easy money and the gentleman’s game — Manpreet Singh ed across most of last year. The trend is worrisome also because a second reverse case. A miffed Singh wrote to the chief decided to keep all inoculation centres in of cricket is brought into disrepute. The migration would likely result in surplus labour in the rural areas while creating manpow- minister, alleging that Deshmukh instruct- its areas closed due to a shortage of doses. IPL 14 is commencing as a Friday feature It is not possible to ed Vaze to run an extortion racket. The BMC on Thursday released a state- and television sets are ready to show the implement the Sixth er scarcity in the urban and industrial centres. The logical conclusion would be a depressed Abhishek Singh | Varanasi ment, saying it had around 50,000 doses big event to the cricket lovers across India Pay Commission at demand, more people pushed into poverty and an increase in the rate of unemploy- left for Friday. and the world. this point in time. So, ment. A hint of confirmation of this trend has come with the announcement of the Central MAHARASHTRA BACK TO SQUARE ONE Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai GK Ramani | Mumbai I request you once again to come and Railway to run special trains from Mumbai — which is among the worst hit regions — Sir — With Maharashtra witnessing an increase in the daily COVID-19 cases, the IPL EXTRVAGANZA HAS BECOME HOTTER join the duty. to places where a significant number of migrant labourers in the nation’s financial cap- State Government was left with no option Sir — The slam-bang league is back and Send your feedback to: Karnataka CM ital come from, including Gorakhpur, Patna, Darbhanga and Danapur. [email protected] — BS Yediyurappa HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | APRIL 10, 2021 07

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN India-Pakistan peace THE SCOURGE OF FOREST FIRES GAURIE DWIVEDI Precious forest resources, including the carbon locked process is far from dead in biomass, are lost due to forest fires every year Right now, peace looks elusive, but the peace process does not. By all aspects, it is clear that the process is thriving and may succeed in thrashing out some of the differences ne does not need to be a rocket scientist to know Pakistan Prime Minister Imran OKhan has robbed whatever little credibil- VK BAHUGUNA ity civilian Governments in his country have, with his multiple policy flip-flops. Just like one he forests in Uttarakhand are in the grip of a massive fire these does not need to be an astute political pundit to days; so much so that apart from destroying the rich bio- know Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not like Tdiversity, it has killed four villagers and injured a forest guard former PM Rajiv Gandhi in wanting to leave con- during fire-fighting operations. Forest fires have become a recur- tentious border disputes to the “wisdom of the next generation”. If anything, PM Modi has ring phenomenon in the State and every year thousands of acres enough political capital to push through a res- of forests are engulfed by the raging inferno. Fires are a common olution. Amidst the contrast in the two civilian feature in forests all over the country and sometimes the controlled leaderships of the hostile neighbours, how does burning of forest floor is used as a management tool to promote one read the current India-Pakistan situation? conservation by the foresters. The ecological impacts of forest fires Is there any prospect of peace, given that even are disastrous for the biodiversity and the forest hydrology. The baby steps like trade and resumption of sport- ing ties are not possible in the vitiated atmos- forest department of Uttarakhand is failing year after year on pre- phere? There are reasons to assume a positive vention and control of the forest fires and prima facie it is gross movement will take place in the India-Pakistan negligence at all levels in dealing with the threat due to misman- ties, for three clear reasons. THE agement, coupled with the shortage of resources. First, the Pakistani economy cannot contin- HAPPENINGS The incidents of forest fires globally are increasing every year. ue the status quo — of next-to-nothing trade with IN AFGHANISTAN India. Islamabad is on its 13th loan from the — KEENLY In India through the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiome- International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the ter sensor data (MODIS) of the Forest Survey of India (FSI), 37,059 WATCHED economy is battling a crippling inflation. Adding BY ISLAMABAD — to Pakistan’s economic woes is its surging MAY HAVE wheat imports. After years of being self-suffi- A BEARING cient, Pakistan is now being forced to import wheat to feed its people. Even if one discounts ON THE any comparisons with Bangladesh — which is INDIA-PAKISTAN growing at an impressive eight per cent with CONUNDRUM. higher Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and four IF SOME times more forex collections — Pakistan’s econ- REPORTS ARE omy needs help. TO BE bearing on the India-Pakistan ceasefire) on Kashmir in return for has been the usual response. It is not for nothing that the Pakistani Army BELIEVED, conundrum. If some reports are to continuing its important position Likewise, Pakistani Army’s insti- chief spoke about geo-economics in his much THE WITHDRAWAL be believed, the withdrawal of the in determining Kabul’s future? tutional legitimacy has been cen- talked-about speech on March 18. No amount OF THE US US forces from Afghanistan could The answer to this is clear, but tred on the need to wage a war forest fires were detected during 2018. Precious forest resources, of jingoism can cover up for the present econom- FORCES FROM pave the way for a multi-nation its implementation will be decid- with India to “solve the Kashmir including the carbon locked in biomass, are lost due to forest fires ic woes of Pakistan. The Pakistani Army under- AFGHANISTAN UN team to oversee that the ed by the fate of ‘informal’ talks issue”. If PoK becomes a Pakistani every year, which adversely impact the flow of goods and services stands this even more, given that it is one of the COULD PAVE THE nation does not fall into chaos. It between India and Pakistan. province, the pressure from from forests. key stakeholders in the economy. If it were not WAY FOR A would be logical to assume New Nevertheless, it will be an impor- domestic constituents will be so The FSI website showed 3,23,414 fire points across the coun- for its obsession to ‘checkmate’ India, would the MULTI-NATION UN Delhi’s inclusion in the same, tant choice to make for all deci- intense that both the sides will not Pakistani economy — with its excessive defence since the US has always favoured sion-makers in Pakistan (which be able to make any forward try, detected through satellite during February 1- April 8, 2021, TEAM TO OVERSEE spends — be in such a mess? Opening up trade THAT THE NATION India to play a larger role. Such an may or may not include Imran movement, lest they be termed a while Uttarakhand alone accounted for 1,31,61 fire points. More with India will be the first set of the baby steps DOES outcome would be least desirable Khan). “sellout”. Given these complexities, than 80 per cent of the forest fires are man-made and caused by that are needed towards any normalisation. But NOT FALL INTO for Islamabad since it will under- Third, in July, some elements there is high chance that these the villagers, and the rest are due to natural factors like intense more importantly, it will be vital for fixing CHAOS. IT WOULD cut its geo-strategic importance in the Pakistani Army and the negotiations — being held behind heat wave, lightning and friction in vegetation. The best strategy Pakistan’s economy. BE LOGICAL TO and reduce its bargaining power civilian Government will rake up closed doors and outside the for forest fire control is in its prevention with mobilisation of The worst of Pakistan’s economic mess is yet ASSUME with the US. the issue of integration of Gilgit- purview of formal diplomatic to present itself, in the form of large payouts to It would not be out of the ordi- Baltistan and the Pakistan-occu- channels — would expedite any resources, specially the local village communities, the Van NEW DELHI'S China. China has invested heavily in the China- INCLUSION IN THE nary to assume that some of the pied Kashmir (PoK) as the fifth outcome. Panchayats and Joint Forest Management. The forest fires can thus Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is a vital part backchannel lines of communica- and sixth provinces. Imran may India and Pakistan are not be effectively prevented and controlled, provided the State SAME, SINCE THE of its Belt and Road Initiative. China is a rent- US HAS ALWAYS tion may include Afghanistan and not be able to resist the temptation doomed to live in hatred, hostili- Government and the forest department have the commitment for seeking country, not an aid-granting friend. And the role both India and Pakistan to be seen as similar to Modi (post ty and tension. Despite false starts sooner than later, China will extract its pound FAVOURED INDIA would play in it. After all, Pakistan -abrogation of Article 370). This and multiple attempts by India — taking timely action. With the FSI now coming up with real-time TO PLAY A LARGER monitoring of forest fires through satellite-based messaging to the of flesh from Pakistan for the large amount of — which now has diminishing will quite naturally invite a strong which have been followed by ter- funds it has invested in the strategically-locat- ROLE returns from its Kashmir rhetoric response from New Delhi, since ror attacks by Pakistan — Modi Divisional Forest Officers, it should be easy for the field staff to ed country. In fact, the few sane voices in the — has not been able to successful- the incumbent dispensation has may be keen to move ahead. control the forest fires, provided that they have cleaned the for- Pakistani establishment must be wondering what ly rake up the support of global spoken about the will and deter- Right now, peace looks elusive, but est fire lines in time before the commencement of the fire sea- would have been Islamabad’s relations with powers on the issue of abrogation mination to reclaim both these the peace process does not. By all son, in the month of November, and have in place an early warn- Beijing if the former was not focused only on of Article 370. On the contrary, areas. If such a situation does arise, aspects, it is clear that the process ing system and a fire management plan in operation. its India hatred. It would have had normal ties Islamabad stands to gain signifi- it will limit the flexibility that can is thriving and may succeed in with China and not become its vassal State — cantly by leveraging its role in be shown by the Indian side or its thrashing out some of the differ- The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, only because it sought to undermine New Delhi. Kabul post-US exit. So will Imran Pakistani counterpart to move ences. A peaceful solution does Uttarakhand Government, and the State Governments all over India In the process, though, it has become heavily The writer is a senior Khan (or his military bosses) want beyond the usual irritants. not need to decide the fate of the must accept responsibility for their gross inaction. They must take indebted to Beijing. As the payments would start, journalist and Visiting to risk a larger play in Afghanistan Since August 5, 2019, the most complex geo-political prob- so would Pakistan’s economic headaches. Fellow at the United Services by holding onto the Kashmir Indian Government has made its lem of the subcontinent right control of enforcing the preparation of the forest fire management Institution of India. The plan, risk assessment maps of the vulnerable areas and establish Second, the happenings in Afghanistan — views expressed are personal. issue? Or would they choose to stance clear — “all future discus- away; it needs to demonstrate the the early warning systems in each division before the month of keenly watched by Islamabad — may have a show some positive gestures (like sions will now be only on PoK” will to do so. November. The Centre had already released to all forest depart- ments of the country the Compensatory Afforestation Fund POINTCOUNTERPOINT Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) funds to the tune of more than `50,000 crore. Did the forest department earmark the CAMPA fund for divisional-level fire-fighting plan, and what is I REQUEST THE MAHARASHTRA THE STATE CAN ACHIEVE THE FEAT the role of officers and the Ministers in filling up the vacancies of GOVERNMENT TO DOUBLE ONLY IF THE CENTRE ENSURES AN forest guards and other related ranks? The question is what has THE RATE OF VACCINATION. UNINTERRUPTED SUPPLY OF VACCINES. been done by the Uttarakhand Government to prevent forest fires? (The writer is Chairman, Centre for Resource Management — UNION MINISTER — MAHARASHTRA HEALTH MINISTER and Environment. The views expressed are personal.) PRAKASH JAVADEKAR RAJESH TOPE With law for healthcare workers, reforms continue unabated The Act makes a significant shift from the doctor-led model to a more care-accessible and team-based model. It will transform the healthcare scenario he National to. Please recall those days mid of the entire healthcare The Act would regulate ifications for all these profes- framework for standardised Commission for Allied and remember the people system. and leverage the qualified sions. education and training. But Tand Healthcare who took care of you and According to studies, the allied and healthcare work- A National Allied and in India, there was an Professions Bill, 2020 who brought you out of your role of doctors, undoubted- force and ensure high-qual- Healthcare Advisory absence of a regulatory (NCAHP Act) has been illness. You may remember ly critical, varies between ity multidisciplinary care in Council to advise the nation- framework and lack of stan- passed by Parliament after a the name of the doctor. You 25 to 50 per cent in the entire line with the vision of the al commission with repre- dardised education curricu- long and anxious wait, par- may remember the name of healthcare chain. A wag said universal health coverage sentation from all the States lum as well as training for ticularly by the health profes- ASWAL the hospital. But do you also “doctor is next to God, nurse moving towards a more care is provided under the Act to these allied and healthcare sionals. The Act provides DEVENDER SINGH remember the name of the is next to the doctor and the -accessible and team-based enable adequate representa- professionals, a void now for regulation and mainte- persons who took your blood pharmacist is closest to the model. The Act would tion from all the States and removed. nance of standards of educa- samples, gave you physio- patient”, but there are many reform and regulate this Union Territories. Further, Also, the Act makes a tion and services by allied therapy, took your X-ray, others who are as vital and entire sector in order to give each State will have a sepa- significant shift from the and healthcare professionals, advised you on what you integral to this chain. In these professionals their due, rate State Council with four doctor-led model to a more assessment of institutions, should eat, checked your fact, these professionals are increase their employment autonomous Boards pertain- care-accessible and team- maintenance of a Central eyesight, assisted your doc- the bedrock of the complex The Act is a paradigm shift opportunities and, more ing to undergraduate educa- based model. The NCAHP Register and State Register tor or surgeon, looked into healthcare system. in healthcare delivery as it importantly, enhance their tion, post-graduate educa- Act, 2020, is a landmark and creation of a system to microscopes and bid you a After enacting the recognises the specialised dignity by recognising their tion, assessment, rating, legislation which will go improve access, research and farewell with a smile. Who National Medical skills and contributions of true worth, within the coun- ethics and registration. down in the history of development. are these people?” Commission Bill, 2019 — more than 56 types of the try and globally. The Act While doctors, nurses, den- healthcare revolution in Union Minister for They are varied health which was fiercely contested allied and healthcare profes- envisages the establishment tists and pharmacists in India. It will transform the Health and Family Welfare professionals — the lab tech- by a large body of medical sionals. The nation, nay the of a Central statutory body India are regulated through healthcare scenario and Harsh Vardhan explained The writer nicians, physiotherapists, practitioners, another trans- world, has witnessed the as the National Commission their respective regulatory make a paradigm shift in the the reasons and objects of the is a former radiographers, dieticians, formative piece of legislation, invaluable contribution of for Allied and Healthcare bodies, the allied and health- ministration of the entire Bill: “I would say that most Additional Secretary, record keepers, optometrists, the NCAHP Act, has been these professionals during Professions. care professions are still healthcare system and make of you must have paid a visit Lok Sabha. X-ray technicians, and many enacted which covers a wide COVID-19 as the frontline The commission will unstructured, and unregu- it efficacious. Apparently, to a hospital at some point of The views expressed more, who are a critical part range of healthcare profes- health workers who risked frame policies and stan- lated. India is on the course of time in your life and I wish are personal. of the healthcare system and sions which were unrecog- their lives every day fighting dards, regulate professional Globally, most of the wholesale health sector not, but you might have had the foundation of the pyra- nised or unregulated to date. the pandemic. conduct and prescribe qual- countries have a regulatory reforms. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | APRIL 10, 2021 Money 08 Sensex sheds 155 points; Fitch Solutions sees RBI holding Crude oil interest rates through FY22 futures rise government bonds in April- on spot Nifty slips below 14,850 June, taking another step towards formalising quantita- demand tive easing. PNS n NEW DELHI "As such, we at Fitch Solutions have revised our Crude oil prices rose forecast for the RBI to keep its by Rs 16 to Rs 4,454 policy repurchase (repo) rate per barrel on Friday as on hold at 4 per cent over the participants widened course of FY22 (April 2021 their positions on firm March 2022), from our view of spot demand. a 25 basis point cut previous- On the Multi ly," it said. Commodity Fitch Solutions also revised Exchange, crude oil its inflation rate forecast to an for April delivery average of 5 per cent in FY22, traded higher by Rs up from 4.6 per cent previous- 16, or 0.36 per cent, at PNS n NEW DELHI announcement of the G-SAP ly, due to elevated inflationary Rs 4,454 per barrel in will also achieve a similar pressures. 6,838 lots. Fitch Solutions sees RBI keep- effect, if not even be more The elevated inflation Analysts said rais- ing benchmark interest rates effective than a rate cut on cap- "underscores our expectation ing of bets by partici- unchanged during the fiscal to ping the increase in bond for the RBI to keep its policy pants kept crude oil March 2022 following its deci- yields," it said in a note. rate on hold", it said. prices higher in sion to buy Rs 1 lakh crore of The Reserve Bank of India Government bond yields futures trade. government bonds. (RBI) held its policy repur- have trended higher since the Globally, West "We had initially expected chase (repo) rate unchanged at Union Budget announcement Texas Intermediate another policy rate cut to 4 per cent at its monetary pol- in February, given the govern- crude oil fell 0.15 per arrest the rise in government icy meeting on April 7. ment's substantial market bor- cent to USD 59.51 per bond yields since the Union In addition, the RBI rowing plan of Rs 14.3 lakh barrel, while Brent Budget announcement in announced a secondary mar- crore. The RBI had already been crude traded 0.27 per February. ket government securities buying government bonds in the cent lower at USD "However, having an explic- acquisition programme (G- secondary market and held Rs 3.1 63.03 per barrel in it bond purchase guidance SAP 1.0), committing to buy lakh crore worth of bonds in New York. from the RBI following the up to Rs 1 lakh crore worth of FY21. Rupee slips for 5th straight session, PNS n MUMBAI ding around 3 per cent, fol- ments," said Binod Modi, Head Further, recent weakness in the lowed by UltraTech Cement, Strategy at Reliance Securities. rupee may also aggravate Equity benchmark Sensex NTPC, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, While financials remained a investors' concerns and down 15 paise at 74.73 against USD dropped 155 points on Friday, IndusInd Bank, Reliance drag, pharma stocks witnessed adversely impact FPIs flows, he tracking losses in index heavy- Industries, L&T and HDFC strong buying due to expecta- added. PNS n MUMBAI 74.75 against the greenback said Jateen Trivedi, Research weights ICICI Bank, Reliance Bank. tions of improvement in sales Elsewhere in Asia, bourses and traded in the range of Analyst at LKP Securities. Industries and HDFC Bank On the other hand, Sun volume in the backdrop of in Shanghai, Hong Kong and The rupee fell for the fifth 74.53 to 74.96 during the day. He noted that "74.75 is now amid largely negative cues Pharma, HUL, Tech Mahindra spike in new coronavirus cases, Seoul ended in the red, while straight session and settled 15 The rupee finally ended at maintained as resistance for the from global markets. and Dr Reddy's were among he said, adding IT stocks Tokyo finished with gains. paise down at 74.73 (provision- 74.73 against the American rupee. Going ahead 74.75 - The 30-share BSE index the gainers. remained in focus ahead of Top stock exchanges in al) against the USD on Friday currency, registering a fall of 15 75.25 range can be seen with ended 154.89 points or 0.31 per "Domestic equities traded results next week. Europe were largely trading on as rising COVID-19 cases, paise over its previous close. the weak trend for rupee". cent lower at 49,591.32. range-bound with continued He stated that continued a negative note in mid-session weak domestic equities and On Thursday, the rupee had India registered a record Similarly, the broader NSE selling pressure from financials. sharp rise in coronavirus cases deals. strengthening American cur- settled at 74.58 against USD. "Rupee traded weak yet single-day spike of 1,31,968 Nifty slipped 38.95 points or Further, weak cues from Asian in the country and resultant Meanwhile, international oil rency weighed on investors' This is the fifth straight ses- again as the weak trend contin- new cases on Friday, pushing 0.26 per cent to 14,834.85. markets and concerns of sharp mobility restrictions are benchmark Brent crude was sentiment. sion of loss for the domestic ues on the back of government its infection tally to 1,30,60,542, Bajaj Finance was the top rise in COVID-19 cases across expected to weigh on investor trading 0.27 per cent lower at At the interbank forex mar- unit, during which it has seen spending on vaccines and while the death toll increased loser in the Sensex pack, shed- the country weighed on senti- sentiment in the near term. USD 63.03 per barrel. ket, the local unit opened at depreciation of 161 paise. treatment of Covid patients," to 1,67,642. MONEY MATTERS TKM’s customisable Don’t hike prices of non-urea Aluminium service package futures fall Gold climbs Rs 97; silver fertilisers: Centre to firms on low declines Rs 275 PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI old prices gained Rs 97 Gto Rs 46,257 per 10 Car manufacturer Toyota The Centre on Friday directed demand gram in the national capital Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on fertiliser companies not to PNS n NEW DELHI on Friday supported by Friday launched a pre-paid, increase the maximum retail rupee depreciation, customisable service package price (MRP) of non-urea fer- Aluminium prices on according to HDFC for its customers. tilisers such as DAP and asked Friday fell by 75 paise to Rs Securities. In the previous Under the Smiles Plus offer- them to sell at old rates. A direc- 184.95 per kg in the trade, the precious metal ing, customers can avail of tion in this regard was issued to futures market as partici- had closed the day at Rs 46,160 per 10 gram. In contrast, silver benefits, including flexibility of fertiliser companies in a high- pants trimmed their posi- dipped Rs 275 to Rs 66,253 per kg, from Rs 66,528 per kg in the service location, protection level meeting on Thursday in tions amid a weak trend in previous trade. "Spot gold prices for 24 karat in Delhi were up by Rs from service price hikes apart "With the introduction of the wake of an increase in the spot market. 97 supported by rupee depreciation," said HDFC Securities Senior from savings on service cost this exclusive package, we domestic retail prices of non- On the Multi Analyst (Commodities) Tapan Patel. The rupee depreciated 17 paise and usage of Toyota genuine intend to cater to our cus- urea soil nutrients in line with increase the price of DAP, ister separately tweeted that Commodity Exchange, alu- to 74.75 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday. parts and recommended ser- tomers with services that the global market. MoP and NPK and fertiliser "Giving priority to the interest minium for delivery in April vices, TKM said in a state- match their evolving expecta- Retail prices of non-urea fer- companies agreed with it," of the farming community, declined by 75 paise, or 0.4 ment. tions," he added. tilisers such as di-ammonium Minister of State for Chemicals there won't be any increase in per cent, to Rs 184.95 per kg Commenting on the initia- Soni further said with the phosphate, Muriate of Potash and Fertilisers Mansukh prices of fertilisers". in 2,079 lots. Analysts said Airtel Payments Bank tive, TKM Senior Vice help of unique programs like and NPK are decontrolled and Mandaviya told PTI. In view of the sharp rise in cutting down of positions by President Naveen Soni said the Smiles Plus, TKM intends to are determined by manufac- The fertiliser companies global prices of raw materials, participants on easing announces‘Rewards123' all new 'Smiles Plus' service fortify its existing bond with turers, while the Centre gives have been asked to sell the domestic fertiliser companies demand from consuming package is in-line with TKM's customers and enhance their them fixed subsidies each year. complex fertilisers at old rates. and cooperatives have industries in the physical irtel Payments Bank on endeavor to meet our cus- experience by providing "...The GoI had called a "Farmers will continue to get increased the retail prices of market mainly kept alu- AFriday announced its new tomers' enhanced require- world-class services that high-level meeting and direct- DAP, MoP and NPK nutrients DAP and other complex fer- minium prices lower here. savings account 'Rewards123' ments and mobility needs. Toyota is globally reputed. ed fertiliser companies not to at old rates," he said. The min- tilisers. that offers benefits and value to customers when they transact digitally using the bank account. Customers can get 'Rewards123' at an annual fee NEI forms JV with Amsted to Rajeev Khushu is Soybean futures of Rs 299 and avail benefits ranging from certain cashback per month on payments for rise on fresh bets prepaid recharges, post-paid, broadband, landline, and NEW DELHI : Soybean DTH bill payments, load money benefits and shopping produce railway bearing seals IESA chairman prices on Friday went up rewards. Other benefits include zero minimum balance, by Rs 93 to Rs 6,505 per and free Platinum Online Mastercard Debit Card. PNS n NEW DELHI National Engineering supplying products in India as PNS n BENGALURU InstrumentsIndia (TI), as the quintal in futures market Industries and Amsted Seals well as to international markets. Chairman for the year 2021-22. as traders created fresh CK Birla group firm National will collaborate their diverse The joint venture will market India Electronics and Khushu has over two decades positions tracking posi- Engineering Industries Ltd on expertise and experience to its products with the brand Semiconductor Association of industry experience. He also tive spot demand. On the McDonald's to operate 24/7 Friday said it has formed a develop a greenfield project name 'NBC-Brenco' and also (IESA), the premier body rep- has a long association with National Commodity and joint venture with Amsted located at Solitaire Industrial plans to add automotive seals resenting the Indian Electronic IESA and has been a part of sev- Derivatives Exchange, soy- Seals, a global leader in sealing Park Bagru in Jaipur, and products with metal fabri- System Design & Manufact- eral of its initiatives including bean for April delivery for contactless delivery solutions and cutting-edge Rajasthan, the company said in cation in the future, it added. uring (ESDM) industry, appo- Electr-opreneur parks, rose by Rs 93, or 1.45 per metal fabrication to manufac- a statement. The company, however, did inted Rajeev Khushu, Director Semiconductor Fabless cent, to Rs 6,505 per quin- estlife Development, which oper- ture railway bearing seals in With an installed capacity of not disclose investments in the Corporate Affairs and Govern- Accelerator Lab, and Intelligent tal with an open interest of Wates McDonald's restaurants in India. 20 lakh seals per year, it will be new facility. ment Relations atTexas Electronics Readiness Indicator. 29,645 lots. southern and western region in India, on Friday said the quick service brand's restaurants will operate 24/7 for contactless delivery from select stores in Mumbai. "In wake of the new restrictions announced to J&J in talks with “India Inc. must consider Digital curb the spread of COVID-19 infections in Maharashtra, Westlife Development Ltd owned McDonald's restaurants will operate 24/7 for contactless McDelivery from select stores in Mumbai," Westlife Development said in a regulatory filing. The brand will further be India for trial of Ethics framework for digitalisation’’ doubling up on its convenience channels of McDelivery, takeaway and On-the-Go as the state has announced new set of restrictions to PNS n BENGALURU technologies like artificial intel- arrest the mounting COVID-19 cases, the company added. single shot vax ligence, big data, cloud, IoT India Inc. must consider and more in a big way. PNS n NEW DELHI 'Digital Ethics framework' for "However, the need of the responsible digitalisation, hour is to relook at the business Zaid crops sowing up 16.49 Global healthcare major Johnson according to a study by Deloitte operations layered on digital & Johnson is in discussions Touche Tohmatsu India LLP touchpoints with the lens of pc so fa this year: Govt with the Indian government to (DTTILLP) together with ethics, given biases might arise he total area sown to zaid begin a clinical trial of its single- COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Bangalore Chamber of in the due course, owing to a T(summer) crops has dose COVID-19 vaccine in the India, subject to local regulato- Industry and Commerce faster response time to an increased by 16.49 per cent to country, the company said on ry approvals," Johnson & (BCIC). issue," he said. 67.87 lakh hectare so far this Friday. Johnson India spokesperson said The study emphasised on an Societal pressure to do "the year and maximum coverage The US Food and Drug in an email reply. Johnson & immediate need for India Inc. right thing" now needs a care- has been under paddy, accord- Administration has already Johnson's vaccine can be stored to introduce and adopt a ful consideration of the trade- ing to Agriculture Ministry data. approved Johnson & Johnson's at refrigerator temperatures. "Digital Ethics framework" that based interface, and prolifera- "These biases can be a threat offs involved in the responsi- Zaid, also called grishmkal COVID-19 vaccine that works "At Johnson & Johnson, we would ensure a holistic view of tion of data bring numerous to the reputation and trust ble usage of technology, Jain crops, are sown between with just one dose for emergency remain fully focused on bring- ethics, and govern every digi- risks such as biased decision- towards stakeholders, as well as said, adding, its interplay February-June, the intervening period between Rabi (winter) harvest use in February. ing a safe and effective COVID- tal intervention in the transfor- making processes being trans- cause operational risks," it said. becomes vital to managing and Kharif (monsoon) sowing. "Zaid crops are grown in a 30-90 "We are in discussions with 19 vaccine to people around the mation journey of a business. ferred to machines or algo- Partner, Deloitte India, data privacy rights while days window period between rabi harvest and kharif sowing. The the Government of India with world, if authorised for use by An accelerated pace of dig- rithms at the development Vishal Jain, said the pandem- actively adopting customer government is promoting zaid crops to help farmers earn additional the objective of starting a bridg- local health authorities", the ital transition, consumption stage by humans, a Deloitte ic compelled businesses and analytics for personalised ser- income," Agriculture Commissioner S K Malhotra told PTI. ing clinical study of our Janssen spokesperson said. of goods and services via app- statement said on Friday. consumers to embrace digital vice. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Saturday April 10, 2021

Technology has allowed retailing companies to service their CHANGING THE customers more effectively through enhanced innovation and FACE OF FITNESS! R&D Hyderabad as a feeling. Pradeep Rudra, Extremely fond of the sea- tomer satisfaction and sonal mangoes that arrive in bringing down costs simul- a celebrity summer here, that is his taneously. source of sugar-rush once in Inventory manage- fitness expert a while! Further elaborating ment about how did the city help talks to The him progress in his career, he Manual management of had all comforting things to The dawn of retail inventory has always Pioneer’s say like, “The city welcomed proven to be a very expen- me with open arms when I sive and tedious process for came back from Australia to businesses. With the dawn SHIKHA start my entrepreneurial ven- of digitisation, technology tures in fitness and hospitali- digitisation can allow retail keepers to DUGGAL ty. I tasted success early on monitor inventory through and then one day out of the he relentless surfeit of livestock invento- its procurement cycle while about his blue I was offered to audition advancements in ry, commence electronic extending hands-on data for a role. If it wasn't for technology and transactions and extend for official perusal. fitness studio, Hyderabad I am not sure if digital innova- digital marketing tools like Managing inventory has my acting career would have t tion have pro- electronic receipts to the become a lot easier and is making taken off or not. I knew no pelled a new age customer. A POS system is costing companies quite one in the city when I moved in the retailing industry. a must-have for every less due to reduced effort Tollywood to Hyderabad — had no Retailing players are con- retailer who aspires to and time. Now, store man- friends and built it from the stantly evolving their oper- impart a new-age seamless agers have a better idea of debut, how scratch! While training at ational frameworks as new- buying experience to cus- what consumers demand ‘F45’, an actor’s son spotted age technological enhance- tomers. The latest POS aids more and which goods the Hyderabad me and asked me to come ments continue to redefine in a smooth and stream- store is running short of. and audition, that’s when I the way businesses engage lined transaction by By leveraging technology, welcomed him bagged a role for an unre- the market and customers. instantly collating con- store inventory manage- leased movie called Ksheera From product formulation sumer data and showcasing ment has become more Sagara Madhanam which is to designing and retailing, the entire stock of all the streamlined and the poten- with open arms expected to release soon in technology is transforming floors. It also allows cus- tial for theft has also and his love for theatres. I wanted more of it every aspect of the retail tomers to confirm a trans- reduced. so I formally trained in the- sector. It is imperative for action from anywhere on- Price audit atre to hone my craft, met a companies to adopt the lat- shop and view offerings the city and lot of production houses on est technological systems to through handheld comput- Similar to inventory my own and some through improve work productivity ers, printers, and scanners. management, price audit- more… contacts I had made as a fit- and stay at par with inter- This has substantially ing was also a lengthy and ness entrepreneur and now I national standards and boosted overall customer expensive process for retail hile a few hit the am doing four Telugu and 1 competitors. experience as before, some companies. Price auditing gym to stay fit, Tamil film. I feel acting is a Technology has seeming- people would depart with- is an essential business some work out to gift I got from being in ly revolutionised the way out buying anything due to aspect for warranting that transform their Hyderabad!” retailing businesses operate. long queues at the counter. companies are not over- w body into a per- Stating the certitude that Earlier, people would spend pricing or underpricing Contact-free fectly toned Hyderabad is that mother hours queuing up at stores their customers. physique. In the last few that opens her hands to cra- and sifting through a wide Technological optimisa- Technology has trans- years, fitness has gained dle anything and everything array of products. Now tion in the retailing sector formed this time-consum- tremendous popularity that the kids want. There are with the advent of various has also offshoot the rise of ing process via automatic among the masses. It has multinational companies, digital technologies and contactless payment mech- price checks whenever seen the demand for gyms developing brands, it’s a place customers becoming tech- anisms. These touchless products are counter- going up. Looking at the of many firsts such as IKEA, savvy, brick and mortar payment modules utilize scanned. This leads to bet- trend, it wouldn’t be wrong to for me to experience the ings and big toys spotted in he had built himself went Starbucks, and Zara. retail outlets must adapt to RFID or NFC technology ter and accurate pricing, say that fitness has become a atmosphere of this beautiful the plush lanes of Hyderabad down the drain once he was “Hyderabad is a new lease of the shifting winds and that allows buyers to view saves time, and increases part of everyone’s lifestyle. city.” kinda intimated Pradeep ear- charmed by the people life for me. After having sur- embrace the technological or purchase items directly brand reputation through One of the celebrated and “In order to set up my fit- lier. He had his apprehen- around. Nothing felt lovely vived a terrible accident in evolution. The customers, due to their smartphone enhanced customer service. emerging names from the fit- ness centre in the midst of sions on the top of a moun- for him like packing up for Australia, my priorities had too, expect no less from devices. This tech upgrade The use of price auditing ness industry, Pradeep this city, I went through a lot tain! Especially, regarding his new life to start over in a changed from chasing money their preferred retailers. has removed the contin- technology has proven to Rudra, a celebrity fitness of struggles including sleep- how’s he going to survive in new city with the passion he to chasing peace and happi- While online shopping is gency of passwords or PINs be a boon for the retailing expert has what you need to ing on the floor surrounded the metropolitan town and was into! The city has trick- ness. What better than to be certainly gaining vast popu- and has made the checkout industry. get you back on top of your by dust while the centre was then build a fitness brand on led down in his life to the able to do what you enjoy larity and is fast becoming process way more conve- Technology has been the game always. under construction. After its own that needed to be expanse that even in such and be able to make a career a global trend, a consider- nient and smooth. transforming power for At the moment, the trainer leaving a very high-end job known to every A-lister from unprecedented times with an out of it. My life can be able percentage of people Accelerated transactions countless industries that is hitting the gym in in Australia, I came to Tollywood. extensive lockdown hammer- divided into before still prefer buying goods through advanced POS and have boomed phenomenal- Hyderabad for a few years Hyderabad with a lot of With all these questions in ing us daily, he found his Hyderabad and after from offline retail stores. contactless payments natu- ly on its account. It has and ensures that every celeb hopes only so that I can be mind, he moved back to consolation place and that’s Hyderabad. So in these sec- Albeit, in an innovated rally translate into made business operations fits into those fashion pieces. one of the shift-makers in the Hyderabad only to change the top of his water tank on ond innings Hyderabad avatar. Though the pan- increased sales margin for far more agile, nimble, Be it Rashmika Mandanna, lifestyle changes of the num- the face of fitness in the city. the terrace. The whole lock- embodies hope, peace, and demic acted as a growth retailing companies. seamless and precise. It has Vijay Deverakonda, or Raashi ber of people I can come The very vital thought that down Pradeep could be seen happiness for me,” he con- catalyst for the online retail Friendly shops allowed retailing companies Khanna, Pradeep has had across! I had Delhi and was looming in his head was working out there while cludes the interview with sector, physical retail stores to service their customers those experiences, which Gurgaon as well in my mind of acceptance nonetheless all watching the sunset bringing abundant love and admira- are also witnessing a brisk Remember getting more effectively through many of us just dream about. but my gut instinct brought the wrong impressions that him, even more, closer to tion for the town. rise in football as things exhausted while struggling enhanced innovation and Pradeep, a native of me here, I opened my first slowly return to normalcy. to reach the transactional R&D. Kurnool, came to Hyderabad fitness studio in Jubilee Hills Let’s see how technology counter or not getting the The pandemic, too, has leaving his well-paid job in and it was a massive success. is fast disrupting the indus- required help during article further spawned the prefer- Australia, only to change the With such a tremendous wel- try with the growth of selection. Technology ence for contactless pay- face of fitness in the city. come, I went onto prosper state-of-the-art digital retail resolves this predicament ment modes and digital “For all the kids growing in another venture and that was software, automated pur- through the arrival of cus- buying experiences. Retail the gateway of Rayalaseema, in the F&B industry,” shares chasing, electronic transac- tomer-friendly self-help players who capitalise on migrating to Hyderabad was Pradeep. tions, etc. kiosks. These intelligent the technological surge the next dreamy step. I liter- While the odds of making POS automated kiosks have would surely benefit mas- ally tortured my mum to the shift may be decent, it’s shepherded the onset of IT sively than those who fail to send me to Hyderabad and not a leap to take lightly. The A cutting-edge ‘Point of technology in the retail do so. she tried all the possible jacks massive multi-storeyed build- Sale’ system enables retail- industry. They are highly (The writer, Nilesh Gupta, ers to speedily view a vast efficient in enhancing cus- is the Director, Vijay Sales.) Keep your watchlist ready for the weekend Ben Falcone. Starring Melissa this series will take you back McCarthy this movie show- in 1953 with a family who cases how a woman develops recently migrated to a new the process to give superpow- home and surroundings only ers to regular people aka the for things to start getting mango people. 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This Without Remorse is set to good horror series to binge- calm. Created by Malcolm film with the franchise. The cal thriller directed by Steve already worrying about film revolves around the US release on April 30, 2021, watch this weekend then Spellman, starring Sebastian series has intense 6 episodes Lightfoot based on the novel scrolling through endless Tom Clancy’s Without navy and how they uncover exclusively on Amazon Prime Them is a new show released Stan and Anthony Mackie, which will keep you right on by the same name launched movie lists, don’t. For we Remorse is an American an international conspiracy Video. yesterday on Amazon Prime The Falcon and The Winter the edge of your chair and in 2017. Starring Eve have made your weekend action-thriller based on a while seeking justice for the Thunder Force (Netflix) Video. Them is an American Soldier was released in elevate your adrenaline rush. 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Hyderabad Saturday April 10 2021 what’s brewing? PRIYANKA CHOPRA IS A PRESENTER AT 74TH BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS Akshhatha

l riyanka Chopra Jonas is one of the presenters at the upcoming 74 British Academy Film p Awards, which will take place on April 10 and 11 at Royal Albert Hall. The actress, who is currently in London, took to Instagram Stories to repost from the official BAFTA Instagram page, announcing the news. “So honoured and excited to be pre- senting at the #EEBAFTAs this Sunday!” she wrote. The category she will present, EE BAFTA, represents the Rising Star Award that honours new talent. Earlier called Orange Rising Star Award, it is now designed as EE owing to commercial rea- sons. Other presenters this year include Phoebe Dynevor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cynthia Erivo, Hugh Grant, Richard E.

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Hyderabad Saturday April 10 2021 tollywood 11th Hour will set standards for Telugu OTT content: Praveen Sattaru plotting for it. Will Aratrika manage Won’t work on a project PARVATHANENI RAMBABU to save her company? 11th Hour tries to show how dif- ficult it is for a woman to head a ctress Tamannaah Bhatia business when all her contempo- that has no purpose: SV will be making her digital 11th Hour that raries are rooting for her fall. It debut with also shows that entrepreneur- has begun streaming on ship is a male-dominated sec- A Aha. The web series, which Krishna Reddy tor and a woman needs to was helmed by director Chandamama prove herself every step of the Praveen Sattaru of way to make others understand Kathalu fame, is said to be, in the her worth. Accomplished Telugu director’s own words, a ‘slow burn, The director is all praise for filmmaker SV Krishna intense and mature corporate drama.’ the Baahubali actress’ skills. The series is inspired by Upendra 8 Hours, in “Her character has great Reddy, who is known Namburi’s 2017 book scope in the series. It is filled which the protagonist faces a multi- with dialogues and varied for his remarkable layered high stakes boardroom chal- emotions. We never went lenge that unfolds over one night. overboard with any of the Telugu films, is Talking about how the script and scenes, we added just what making his debut on the film came to be, the actor says, was necessary and the rest “Producer Pradeep Uppalapati wrote 11th Hour. When is for you to see. Tamannah Telugu television. The the initial script for carried the show on her Pradeep approached me with the shoulders and we’re both ace director speaks story, he asked if I was interested in happy with how the prod- The working on a script not written by me, uct has turned out,” exclusively with I said ‘why not, if the contentAha is great.’ Praveen speaks of the lead Pioneer K RAMYA I loved the story, after which actress. ’s greenlit the series and Tamannaah was Talking about the subject SREE about his roped in.” The makers realised that of the film, Praveen says, the story had a lot of variations and “It’s a true blue women-cen- furture projects, TV plot twists and so would suit best to tric film, a subject that is the be a web series with major cliff-hang- need of the hour. About how debut, and more… ers than a film. feminism is viewed these fter missing in action for The filmmaker, who has films like days, I’d say, women are only long, senior directors Guntur Talkies, PSV Garuda Vega and fighting for their rights and seem to be making a come my way. I don’t want to let go other such films to his credit, has not to stomp down on men. comeback to give a differ- of any opportunity that will connect never worked for such a genre and 11 If the former were the case, a ent dimension to their me to the audiences. Hence, my stint was excited to take up this project. “ a few decades later, we’d work. in acting and composing, otherwise, Hour sets a standard in the Telugu have men fighting for their Accomplished Telugu filmmaker direction is what my heart beats for.” OTT forum. It’s mature, intellectual, rights.” SV Krishna Reddy, who is known He who terms Art itself as a genre and unique in its own way,” the direc- Praveen’s next is an for his remarkable Telugu films like that he loves the most made a mark tor shares. action drama starring Yamaleela, Ugadi, and more, is mak- on Telugu cinema with his romcoms 11th Hour is a story that unfolds in Nagarjuna Akkineni and ing his Telugu TV debut with the like Mayaodu, Gatothkachudu, just over 12 hours. Aditya Group of Kajal Aggarwal in lead roles upcoming season of Drama Juniors. Vinodam, Subhalagnam, Companies, headed by Aratika Reddy while Tamannah has her hands Explaining how it feels to debut as Mavichuguru, Athade Oka Sainyam, (Tamannaah) is on the verge of liqui- with projects in Telugu, Tamil and a judge, the veteran director tells us, Hungama, and Pellam Oorelithe, etc. dation. Nearly half a dozen men are Hindi in her kitty. “It feels wonderful to be back in the When asked which of his films he’d all set to bring down Aratrika and are limelight with this show. Children remake, if given an opportunity, and these days are extremely hardwork- whom he would cast from the cur- ing and are open to learning, which, rent generation actor, he says, “I according to me, is a wonderful would love to remake Rajendrudu thing for someone to have. I love Gajendrudu. Since it has an animal Khiladi teaser to Dil Raju’s their attitude and they are way in it, I’m sure people will love to mature for their age and I feel watch it on screen. In the current lot pleased to judge this show and its of actors, I feel Nani or Allu Arjun contestants.” can do justice to the character. I be out on April 12 Romance, drama, sentiment — all already made a sequel to Yamaleela fanboy had a different definition during the and converted it into a TV series. ass Maharaja Twitter. celluloid era. The director is famous Similarly, I have done a film called Ravi Teja is cur- It is known news that the for his films that are a mix of all of Aahvanam that I made in English as rently busy with Krack actor and Ramesh these. His films were enriched with well. It is a subject everyone can his upcoming Varma earlier worked moment emotions that would leave people relate to, and it will perform well in M action-drama together for the film Veera glued to the screens like bees are to the theatres.” Khiladi in which that turned to be dud. ctor and at the big screen dur- honey. For the masterpieces of quin- “I utilised the time I got during he will be essaying a dual Despite that, Bengal Tiger politician ing the introductory tessential experimental filmmaker the lockdown, to give my best in my role. The movie helmed by fame Ravi Teja gave Ramesh Pawan scene of Pawan Kalyan SV Krishna Reddy whose forte is to next film. Earlier, I was not into Ramesh Varma has Varma another chance. a Kalyan in the movie. Helmed mix mythology, family sentiment writing dialogues or scripts. During Meenakshi Chaudhary of Ramesh Varma had two hits made his by Venu Sriram and and comedy, have changed the the lockdown, I started writing dia- Out Of Love fame, and in his career which were comeback jointly backed by Dil dynamics of Telugu cinema. logues and I discovered something Dimple Hayathi of Eureka remakes — Ride, a remake with Vakeel Saab after Raju and Boney The ace director says he is ready new in myself. It felt nice to know fame, as female leads. The of a Korean film and three years. The film Kapoor, the film with a new subject that will be hilar- that I wrote all the scenes myself,” he film is being backed by Rakshasudu, a remake of opened to jam-packed Vakeel Saab also has ious and that he is awaiting the shares when asked how he Satyanarayana Koneru, pre- Ratsasan, starring halls yesterday, thanks Anjali, Nivetha producers’ to take the film to spent his lockdown. sented by Jayanthi Lal Gada, Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas. to the mass following Thomas, Prakash Raj the sets. Sharing what he and music scored by Devi On the other side, Ravi Teja Pawan Kalyan has in and Ananya Nagalla in Krishna Reddy, who is an wants to do next, he Sri Prasad. is going to work with the Telugu states. It is the crucial roles. The actor, director, and com- says, “I don’t want to Now according to the lat- Trinadha Rao Nakkina for known that Dil Raju, film is a remake of the poser, says direc- do films that have no est update, the makers of an upcoming film #RT68, who is a PK fan him- Hindi blockbuster Pink tion is what he meaning. My every film Khiladi are to unveil the which will be backed by self, has produced the that Amitabh loves the most. “I should convey a mes- teaser of the Ravi Teja-star- Abhishek Agarwal and TG film. He left no stone- Bachchan and Taapsee don’t want to sage. I cannot do a rer on April 12, at 10:08 am. Vishwa Prasad under the unturned to express his Pannu in lead roles. leave any kind film without a This news was confirmed by ban ner of Abhishek excitement to work Recently Dil Raju of opportuni- proper sto- Ramesh Varma himself, by Agarwal Arts and People with Pawan Kalyan. revealed that he had ties that ryline or sharing a post and poster on Media Factory banners. The actor’s fanboy seen Pawan Kalyan’s a mes- moment in the theatres craze in the theatres sage.” yesterday went viral. during his movie Tholi Like any other crazy Prema and that his fan, the producer was dream finally came spotted whistling and true with the screening throwing colour papers of Vakeel Saab.

Love Story release postponed he makers of Naga Chaitanya cols. Speaking to the media, the film’s and Sai Pallavi-starrer Love director Sekhar Kammula said, “The film Story announced that they were is completed and came out well. We were postponing the release of the excited to release it. Over the last few t film, owing to therising Covid- days, we have been discussing the situa- 19 cases in Telangana and tion regarding coronavirus. Cases are ris- acrossIndia. The film was earlier sup- ing across India and on the date we posed to release on April 16. A new announced, April 16, cases may still be release date is yet to be finalised, but on the rise.” sources that the makers are considering “It’s a film that everyone should watch. a May release. Speaking to reporters, We spoke to distributors and other stake- Naga Chaitanya said, “Unfortunately, holders and thought it is best to postpone coronavirus cases are becoming worse it for now. We are ready for release and over the last few days, so we decided that we will do it as soon as possible. As soon this is not a good time to release the as things get a little relaxed and some film, as health is priority. I believe in the normalcy returns, we will release the content of the film and even if we release film. We have a good film in hand, so we late, the content will always prove suc- will wait for the right time to release it,” cessful.” he added. In the film, Naga Chaitanya, The actor urged the public to wear who plays a middle-class young man in masks, ensure physical distancing and the film, has picked up the Telangana follow all other Covid-19 safety proto- dialect for his part. HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | APRIL 10, 2021 CAPTAIN’S CALL 12

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PLAYER RUNS 1. Chris Lynn (MI) 49 2. Suryakumar Yadav (MI) 31 3. Ishan Kishan (MI) 28 Harshal’s 5 restrict MI PLAYER WKTS 1. Harshal Patel (RCB) 5 2. Washington Sundar (RCB) 1 Patel’s maiden fifer helps RCB keep Mumbai big-hitters under control & set 160-run chase 3. Kyle Jamieson (RCB) 1

IANS n CHENNAI MOST SIXES 1. Chris Lynn (MI) 3 ace bowler Harshal Patel’s Padikkal, de 2. Ishan Kishan (MI) 1 five-wicket haul (5/27) Phelped Royal Challengers 3. Suryakumar Yadav (MI) 1 Bangalore (RCB) restrict Kock sit out Mumbai Indians (MI) to 159/9 in the opening match of the IANS n CHENNAI SUMMER Indian Premier League here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium he ongoing Covid-19 pan- MOTION PICTURE on Friday. Tdemic hurt both Mumbai After MI looked set for a big Indians (MI) and Royal total halfway through the Challengers Bangalore (RCB) innings, cruising to 86/1 in 10 teams, forcing them to drop overs, RCB pulled back by get- their first-choice openers in ting rid of Suryakumar Yadav (31 this season’s IPL opening match off 23 balls) and Chris Lynn (49 on Friday night. off 35 balls) in quick succession. While South African wick- Patel, the right-arm pacer etkeeping-batsman Quinton de who plays for Haryana in domes- Kock missed out for Mumbai tic cricket, ran through the mid- Indians, Royal Challengers dle-order. He got rid of danger- Bangalore were forced to pick a ous hitters Ishan Kishan, Hardik replacement for their opening Pandya, Kieron Pollard and batsman Devdutt Padikkal, who Krunal Pandya besides tail-ender was a find for them last season. Marco Jansen to put the brakes “Quinny (Quinton de Kock) on a strong MI batting line-up. is in quarantine, so he isn’t Yadav looked set for a big available. Lynn will make debut,” score but RCB’s new recruit Kyle said MI skipper Rohit Sharma Jamieson got him edging to ahead of the tournament open- wicket-keeper AB de Villiers off er. a ball that bounced a bit. “Padikkal has been recom- Lynn was out caught and mended rest,” said Sharma’s ENROUTE: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s English recruit Jason Roy bowled by Washington Sundar as counterpart from RCB, Virat poses for photo as he boards flight to leave for India and take he looked to go for a big hit but Kohli. part in IPL-14 @SunRisers instead lobbed it up high in the While de Kock has just air. arrived India from South Africa GREAT TO HAVE BHUVI BACK: WARNER That was the third wicket after playing the second ODI SRH captain David Warner on Friday said the return of down at 105 in 12.5 overs. There against Pakistan on April 4, senior India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar will strengthen were still 43 balls left and MI had Padikkal had tested positive for his side which is already quite balanced in all their power-hitters in the dugout. Covid-19 before clearing it with departments. “Our team is pretty balanced and there However, Harshal Patel got into a negative test and joining the are going to be some selection headaches which is the act and ran through the mid- team. always good,” Warner said. “It is great that Bhuvi is dle and lower order. back. He has had a fantastic series against England. We He deceived Hardik Pandya have a lot of depth in bowling and firepower in batting.” with a slow full toss, got Ishan African Marco Jansen to com- Kishan with a yorker, had Krunal plete a fifer. BEHRENDORFF REPLACES HAZLEWOOD Pandya caught at deep mid- Brief scores: Royal Challengers Australian fast bowler Jason Behrendorff will replace wicket and then also had Kieron Bangalore (C Lynn 49, S Yadav compatriot Josh Hazlewood in the CSK squad after the Pollard caught in the deep. He 31, I Kishan 28, H Patel 5/27) vs latter pulled out of the IPL. Behrendorff, a left-arm then bowled IPL debutant South Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Harshal Patel celebrates with his teammates after he takes wicket of Mumbai Indians batsman during 2021 IPL opening game @IPL Mumbai Indians. pacer, has featured in 11 ODIs and seven T20Is for Australia so far. This is his second IPL stint after having represented Mumbai Indians in 2019. NZ TRAVEL BAN COULD AFFECT KIWIS Mayor Sadiq wants to bring New Zealand's travel ban from India starting Sunday could impact its cricketers playing in the IPL and force Master vs Apprentice them to fly straight to the UK for the two-Test series against England in May-June, followed by the World Test Championship final. Captain Kane Williamson, Pant ready to pip Dhoni on his captaincy debut IPL matches to London pacers Trent Boult and Kyle Jamieson are among the 10 New Zealand players taking part in the IPL. VENUE: WANKHEDE STADIUM, MUMBAI PTI n LONDON es and a busy cricket calendar. KEY PLAYERS But Khan is determined to JHYE TO DEAL PRESSURE WITH SMILE RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN eeking re-election next month, stage matches of the immensely The T20 format can be unforgiving for the bowlers and HEAD TO HEAD Punjab Kings Australian pacer Jhye Richardson plans to Being a senior pro, his role will SLondon’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has popular T20 league in his country’s Matches 23 vowed to work with cricket author- capital city and also sees plenty of deal with high pressure situations in his maiden IPL be to assist skipper Pant and with a “smile” before his delivery stride. A smile before Chennai Super Kings ities and bring IPL matches to the benefits should his plans turn into provide early breakthroughs 15 British capital after the Covid-19 reality. “I will never stop banging the starting his run up worked for him in the Big Bash Delhi Capitals 08 pandemic has subsided. drum for investment in our city and League, where he ended up as the leading wicket-taker, RAVINDRA JADEJA Khan expressed his optimism bringing the Indian Premier League and he feels sporting a grin even after he is hit for a six after the successful hosting of NFL to London would not only guaran- should help him deal with the extreme pressure that The Indian all-rounder’s 3D LAST YEAR’S MATCHES comes with playing in the world's biggest T20 league. skills will be vital to CSK’s (National Football League) and ally placed to host IPL matches. tee a home crowd for every coun- Major League Baseball (MLB) “The absence of Live crowds at try but boost tourism and generate chances Delhi Capitals defeated PUNTER EXPECTS RIGHT ATTITUDE Chennai Super Kings by 44 matches in London. elite competitions has been hard for much-needed revenue to help get “This is part of my plan to build many sport-loving Londoners but our capital back on its feet,” Khan For Ponting facing a team like CSK, with a proven PNS n NEW DELHI runs at Dubai a better London after the pandem- I know we can build a better, more said. record, is always a tough challenge and he expects the “right attitude” from each and every member of his Delhi Capitals defeated ic,” Khan said in a press release. open and prosperous city after the NFL has a ten-year agreement n his first match as Delhi Capitals skipper, “I know Londoners are hungry pandemic and see our capital con- to play matches at Tottenham side. “Although we've got a slightly different squad, we IRishabh Pant will be up against his mentor Chennai Super Kings by 5 to see more of the likes of Virat firmed as the undisputed sporting Hotspur’s new stadium. expect to play better as a group and achieve some and talismanic former Indian captain wickets at Sharjah Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh capital of the world.” The IPL has been held outside better results. So, for us, CSK is just game one. We Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Pant and, with two of the world’s Taking IPL to England will pre- India in the past, with South Africa need to approach it with the right attitude and play well. Kings in the IPL clash at Wankhede stadium greatest cricket grounds in Lord’s sent its own set of challenges, hosting it in 2009 and the UAE last “Hopefully, win that game and move onto the second in Mumbai on Saturday. 590 and The Kia Oval, London is ide- including timing of hosting match- year amid the pandemic. game. But we know that we'll have to play well to win.” In a battle between the past and present of Indian cricket superstars, both teams will look to start the new season on a positive note. Mahendra Singh Dhoni who Last year Delhi ended as runners-up while CSK finished second from the bottom. scored 590 runs at an average of For Delhi, apart from Pant, the onus will 32.77 in 24 innings of 26 Zidane hopes more Clasicos for Messi & Ramos be on the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and in-form matches for Chennai Super Kings AFP n Prithvi Shaw to give a good start. And to com- and Rising Pune Supergiants MADRID Real Madrid vs Barcelona “We have been very good pliment the Indian openers there’s Steve recently, consistent,” he said. Smith’s and Marcus Stoinis in the middle. against Delhi Capitals, needs just inedine Zidane on Friday Live from 12:30am IST “And not just with the ball, Man Utd on course for semis But they will miss the services of South 10 runs to become sixth batsman Zsaid that he hoped Lionel FACEBOOK we have improved defensively AFP n MADRID African Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje on to score over 600 runs against Messi and Sergio Ramos won’t too. We know that regardless of Saturday. The pacer duo is currently serving have played their last Clasicos Atletico Madrid, whose defeat what we have done up to now, anchester United defeat- six-day mandatory quarantine. Delhi Capitals come the end of the season, with at Sevilla last Sunday allowed we will have to Med Spanish club Also, the positive corona test has doubts over the futures of the their rivals to move within play well Granada 2-0 in the first leg of already ruled out Axar Patel. Barcelona and Real Madrid touching distance of the sum- tomorrow.” their Europa League quarter- In the absence of these three, 1479 captains ahead of a huge La Liga mit. final tie in Spain on Thursday, Chris Woakes is likely to lead encounter. Madrid are three while Arsenal conceded a the pace attack. While Both players’ contracts are points behind their city stoppage-time equaliser in a Ravichandran Ashwin will head Shikhar Dhawan who made up at the end of the campaign rivals in third, while sec- 1-1 draw at home to Czech the spin department. and Messi is yet to commit to a ond-placed Barca are a champions Slavia Prague. On the other hand, Chennai 1479 runs at an average of new deal with Barca after try- point closer, meaning a Marcus Rashford raced will be bolstered by the return of 38.92 in 47 innings of as many ing to force an exit last summer. win for either side at on to a long ball sprayed Suresh Raina, who opted out of matches, needs 21 runs to When asked if Saturday’s Valdebebas will upfield by Victor Lindelof to last year’s edition due to clash in the Spanish capital knock Atletico off fire United in front at Los At Emirates, Arsenal’s Covid-19 related restric- become the fourth would be the last of the pair’s the top for the Carmenes on 31 minutes poor league form under Mikel tions. He will bat at No batsman to score over careers at Spain’s top two clubs, first time since against a team enjoying a Arteta has left the Gunners 3. 1500 runs for Delhi Madrid coach Zidane said: “I December after brilliant debut European cam- with the Europa League as His return will hope not”. ruthlessly chip- paign. their only hope of silverware give more stability to Capitals in IPL “Sergio is not going to play ping away at what Bruno Fernandes con- this year, but the 2019 run- the Super Kings mid- Faisel Features tomorrow. It’s sad, but I really was a 10-point verted a late penalty after he ners-up were denied victory dle-order which has hope that he will stay here,” the lead in February. was caught off the ball by Yan at the Emirates following a the likes of Amabti partner Faf du Plessis at the Frenchman added of the injured Zidane, Eteki, with the Portuguese 94th-minute header by Tomas Rayudu, MS Dhoni. top. 35-year-old. whose team midfielder’s spot-kick squirm- Holes. Robin Uthappa In Moeen Ali, Zidane also said that he impressed in a 3-1 ing agonisingly through the Nicolas Pepe had come had a good domes- Ravindra Jadeja, Sam hoped Messi woud remain at Champions League hands of Rui Silva. off the bench to give Arsenal tic season with Curran and big buy Barca for the good of Spanish win over Liverpool However, Solskjaer will be the lead four minutes from Kerala in the Vijay Krishnappa Gowtham, CSK has football, joking “let him stay at this week, appeared without the suspended trio of time, only for Holes to nod in Hazare and he is good all-rounders. Barcelona — he’s doing very confident ahead of a captain Harry Maguire, Luke at a corner and extend Slavia’s expected to get And ever-improving Shardul well there!” crucial fixture in his Shaw and Scott McTominay unbeaten run to 22 games, the nod ahead Thakur, who can also bat, and Barca and reigning champi- attempt to retain for the second leg at Old having already knocked out of Ruturaj Deepak Chahar will lead the pace ons Madrid are both trying to his team’s league Trafford next week. Leicester City and Rangers. Gaikwad to attack. chase down league leaders title.