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SHORT TAKES ANOTHER PROOF OF HOOLIGANISM IN INDIA SEES HIGHEST SINGLE˨DAY SPIKE IN 24 HOURS, 5 SHOT UP : RAHUL ON KANPUR FIRING IN THE NATIONAL OF 20,903 COVID˨19 CASES TSIT BUREAU criminal Vikas Dubey TSIT BUREAU cases, India’s coronavirus in the country in the last 24 8,178 fatalities while Tamil CAPITAL, ONE New Delhi, July 3 : Con- and his gang sprayed New Delhi, July 3 : India tally has risen to 6,25,544 hours, taking the number of Nadu has 98,392 coronavi- SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES gress leader Rahul Gan- them with bullets in reported the highest ever cases of which 2,27,439 pa- deaths due to the infection rus cases in the state inclu- dhi on Friday raised Kanpur. single-day spike of 20,903 tients are active cases while to 18,213.As per the Health sive of 1,321 fatalities.Delhi questions about the Chief Minister Yogi COVID-19 cases in 24 hours 3,79,892 patients have been Ministry, Maharashtra — has reported 92,175 cases TSIT BUREAU safety of the common Adityanath has ex- on Friday, said the Union cured/discharged/migrated. the worst-affected state so far inclusive of 2,864 pa- New Delhi, July 3 : At least people in Uttar Pradesh pressed grief over the Ministry of Health and Fam- 379 more deaths due to from the virus — has a total tients succumbing to the five persons sustained bul- after eight policemen incident and offered his ily Welfare.With these new COVID-19 were reported of 1,86,626 cases including virus. let injuries in the national were shot dead in Ut- condolences to the fam- capital after gunmen tar Pradesh's Kanpur ilies of the deceased.A opened fire in three sepa- district."Another proof families of the deceased massive search opera- THERE IS DOWNWARD TREND OF CORONA CASES rate incidents within 24 of hooliganism in Ut- police personnel and tion has been launched hours. One of the victims tar Pradesh. When the wished a speedy recov- to nab Vikas Dubey. succumbed to the injuries police are not safe, how ery to those injured. The police are also IN DELHI : ARVIND KEJRIWAL while four are still battling will the public be?" Ra- Eight police personnel, using electronic surveil- tinues, and that the vaccine is dis- for life in various hospitals. hul Gandhi said, quot- including a circle offi- lance. The police have covered as soon as possible," said In the first incident, two ing a news report.He cer, were shot dead and recovered cartridges of Kejriwal.The Chief Minister also al- sisters were shot by two also extended his heart- six policemen seriously AK-47 from the site of luded to the prediction of 60,000 ac- boys in South West Delhi's felt condolences to the injured when a local the incident. tive cases made during the re-open- Kapashera on Thursday ing of the city a month ago. "But evening. The two girls aged there are only 25,000 active cases in 15 and 13 received bullet MODI MOURNS DEATH OF ̉̑ SIKH PILGRIMS Delhi today. This is the result of the injuries in the stomach and sustainable efforts of all the two crore leg respectively. One of the IN PAKISTAN ACCIDENT people of Delhi, governments, and boys was annoyed after New Delhi, July 3 pray that those injured the society." On June 23, the capital the girl's family allegedly (UNI) Prime Minister recover at the earliest. had witnessed the highest single-day scrapped the engagement Narendra Modi on Fri- The Sikh devotees were peak of 3,947 cases, but the number with him. It was then that day condoled the death travelling from a gurd- has come down steadily since then. he decided to barge into of 19 Sikh pilgrims in wara in Lahore to Pe- Delhi witnessed 2,373 new cases on the house of the girl with an accident involving shawar in the bus when Thursday and kept its daily tally be- his friend and shoot her. a passenger bus and it was hit by the train New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) Delhi governments."There is a downward low 3,000 the whole week. The turn- Both have been nabbed train near Lahore in thoughts are with their en route to Lahore from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on trend in Delhi, but it does not mean around came after several meetings and the two girls are bat- Pakistan’s Sheikhupura families and friends in Karachi.Hospital au- Friday said that there is a downward that we will not do anything to ad- were held between the Central and tling for life in a hospital. district.“Pained by the this hour of grief,” he thorities said most of the trend of the coronavirus cases in dress the situation. We have to be State government offi cials in mid- The second incident was tragic demise of Sikh tweeted.The Prime Min- around 60 injured were the national capital due to the con- prepared for all situations. I pray to June after cases recorded a sharp reported from Delhi's Ro- pilgrims in Pakistan. My ister said that he will in critical condition. certed efforts of Delhiites and the God that this downward trend con- and sustained spike. hini where in an alleged case of mistaken identity gunmen shot dead the son of a retired Delhi police ASI SONIA WRITES TO PM OVER NEET QUOTA FOR OBC STUDENTS on Thursday night. The de- ernment to extend reservation Backward Classes, since 2017, quota being fi lled through the mission to educational in- 93rd Constitutional Amend- ceased was identified as for OBC candidates in the all- OBC candidates lost over National Eligibility cum En- stitutions, including private ment and is a barrier to access Nitin Dalal. "Nitin Dalal, India quota for medical and 11,000 seats in all-India quota trance Test (NEET) in state/ institutions, whether aided to medical education for the son of a retired Delhi po- dental seats to state/UT medi- due to non-implementation UT medical education institu- or unaided by the state, other deserving OBC candidates. lice Assistant Sub Inspec- cal institutions. of OBC reservations in state/ tions. than the minority educational Under the all-India quota, tor was shot dead by some Sonia Gandhi said in the UT medical education institu- She said that the 93rd Con- institutions. 15 per cent, 7.5 per cent and unknown persons. They letter that reservation for OBC tions," she wrote in the letter. stitutional Amendment envis- But denial of reservations 10 per cent seats are reserved came in a Santro car. Nitin New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) In- candidates under the all-In- The interim Congress Presi- ages special provisions for the to OBCs in state medical in- for SC, ST and Economically was driving his brother's terim Congress President So- dia quota is restricted to the dent drew the Prime Minis- advancement of any socially stitutions under the all-India Weaker Section (EWS) can- car when he was attacked. nia Gandhi has written a letter Central institutions only."As ter's attention in the matter of and educationally backward quota, being administered by didates, respectively, in both Neeraj, elder brother of Ni- to Prime Minister Narendra per the data compiled by the denial of reservation to OBC class or for Scheduled Castes the Government of India, vio- Central and state/UT medical tin, is in the property busi- Modi, urging the Union gov- All India Federation of Other candidates under the all-India and Scheduled Tribes in ad- lates the very objective of the education institutions. ness." said DCP Rohini PK Mishra. MUMBAI, KONKAN LASHED BY HEAVY RAINS ; TRAFFIC HIT Choreographer Saroj Khan passes KERALA REPORTS RECORD Mumbai, July 3 (UNI) In areas in the city and suburbs, water fl ow into the Arabian Sea, away after cardiac arrest at 71 211 CORONA CASES the current season's fi rst ma- hindering traffi c fl ow, said the BMC teams had opened up jor downpour, rain lashed BMC Disaster Control.Flood- several manholes in different Bollywood choreographer 1.30 a.m., family sources Thiruvananthapuram, July vast areas of Maharashtra's ing was reported in Cuffe Pa- parts of the city. Though Mu- Saroj Khan passed away said. The last rites were 3 (UNI) Kerala Chief Min- coastal Konkan, including rade, Bhulabhai Desai Road, lund, Bhandup and Powai also after a cardiac arrest on performed at Malad burial ister Pinarayi Vijayan on Mumbai, since early Friday Worli, Dadar, Parel, Byculla, received good rain, there were early on Friday. She was 71. ground. Few members of Friday said that 211 more morning, hitting road traffi c Sion, Chira Bazaar, Masjid no reports of any disruptions Khan was diabetic and had her family were allowed at coronavirus cases -- the movement in several parts of Bunder and surroundings. of normal life so far. There complained of breathing the burial owing to social highest ever registered in a the city, offi cials said.Heavy In the suburbs, waterlogging were at least 24 incidents of problem last month, follow- distancing norms. Khan won single day -- were recorded showers, often accompanied districts.Most parts of south was reported in Andheri forc- major or minor tree crashes in ing which she was admitted the National Award thrice in in the southern state. "Of by thunder, were witnessed in Mumbai received substantial ing closure of the subway, and the city, and 3 minor incidents to Mumbai's Guru Nanak her lifetime. In 2003, she the new cases, 138 are re- Mumbai and the suburbs, be- rain and accompanied by a vehicle movement had slowed of house collapses, besides 9 Hospital. Over the past few sues, though she had tested received the honour for the turnees from abroad, 39 sides Thane, Palghar, Raigad, high tide of 4.41 metres, there down in Borivali, Malad and Jo- complaints of electrical short- weeks, she had been expe- negative for Covid-19. She song "Dola re dola" in "Dev- returness from within the Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg was in waterlogging at several geshwari areas.To speed up the circuits. riencing multiple health is- breathed her last at around das", picturised. country, 27 local infectees, six CISF personnel, and one air cabin crew," said Vijayan. "... besides cities, villages are also now re- GLOBAL COVID˨̉̑ CASES TOP ̉̈.̐ MN porting positive patients. So far, 4,961 cases were Washington, July 3 (UNI) Spain (250,103), Italy detected, including 2,098 The overall number of global (240,961), Mexico (238,511), positive cases at present. As COVID-19 cases has increased Iran (232,863), Pakistan many as 1,77,011 persons to over 10.8 million, while the (217,809), France (203,640), are in isolation, including deaths have soared to more Turkey (202,284), Saudi Arabia 2,894 in various hospitals," than 520,000, according to the (197,608), Germany (196,370), the Chief Minister said. Vi- Johns Hopkins University. South Africa (168,061), Ban- jayan expressed concern As of Friday morning, the to- gladesh (153,277) and Canada over social discrimination tal number of cases increased (106,643), the CSSE fi gures against corona patients. "In to 10,842,615, while the fa- showed. Kottayam, we had a case talities stood at to 520,785, the world’s highest number of and 61,884 deaths. The other countries with wherein a family who ar- University’s Center for Sys- infections and fatalities with In terms of cases, Russia over 10,000 deaths are the UK rived from Bengaluru was tems Science and Engineering 2,739,230 and 128,743, respec- ranks third (660,231), and is (44,080), Italy (34,818), France THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES looked down upon by even (CSSE) revealed in its latest tively, according to the CSSE. followed by India (604,641), (29,878), Mexico (29,189), other family members. update. Brazil came in the second Peru (292,004), the UK Spain (28,368), India (17,834) Team salutes ‘real orld heroes’ who is performing there duties The US accounted for the place with 1,496,858 infections (285,268), Chile (284,541), and Iran (11,106). during coronavirus lockdown. EDIT 2 4 SATURDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES A safety net, post Covid: We need to provide minimum 4 SATURDAY, JULY, 2020 China has long income for poor and vulnerable In the post corona crisis situation, 42.89 crore. Making available a mini- per cent of GDP) in 2020-21. It may programmes could be lower as it is a undermined India’s India has to address many problems, mum of Rs 4,000 annually as a cash be noted that this estimate includes demand-based programme. This is of which two stand out. First, the im- transfer to all of them will cost Rs 1.72 the current expenditure of generat- happening even now. Second, on cash provement of our healthcare system lakh crore — 0.84 per cent of GDP. This ing around 50 days of employment in transfers, some women, particularly manufacturing and and second, the need for the institu- is in addition to the income from an rural areas which is already commit- from richer classes, may voluntarily tion of a scheme to provide minimum expanded MGNREGA as given below. ted by the government. Therefore, the drop out of the scheme or alterna- IT sectors income support to the weak and vul- The cost of the scheme to the govern- proposed additional expenditure for tively, we can provide that everyone nerable groups. In this article, we ad- ment will be less if the well-off women 150 days of employment in both rural receiving cash transfer must declare The year 2020 will go down in history as one where dress the second issue. There has been choose not to take the cash transfer. and urban areas would be Rs 1.91 lakh that her total monthly income is less lives were changed by the Chinese-origin COVID-19 considerable discussion on universal The second and third approaches crore (0.94 per cent of GDP) as wage than Rs 6,000 per month. In addition, virus. This is also the year the world at large and In- basic income (UBI) in recent years. It are expanding MGNREGA in rural ar- expenditure and Rs 2.48 lakh crore it may be noted that the government dia reset their relations with China because of its is true that a universal scheme is easy eas and introducing an employment (1.22 per cent of GDP) as total expen- is already incurring a total expenditure actions. For decades, China has grown and profi ted to implement. Feasibility is the critical guarantee programme in urban areas diture on wages and materials. In oth- of Rs 67,873 crore on MGNREGA. from the world, with little or no scrutiny. It has sup- question. The Congress had suggested respectively. At present, MGNREGA is er words, the additional expenditure The feasibility of raising an addi- ported states with ties to terror and its technology NYAY to help the poor. The problem availed of only for 50 days of employ- needed for our proposal is Rs 1.9 to 2.5 tional Rs 4.2 lakh crore is not an easy with non-universal targeted pro- ment, although the Act guarantees 100 lakh crore, around 1 to 1.22 per cent of one. Some analysts have suggested sector is based on illegally stealing and proliferating grammes is the problem of identifi ca- days of employment. One way to help GDP. that we can remove all exemptions in technologies from the West. So, the belated waking tion. Narrowly-targeted programmes the poor and informal workers is to Apart from expanding rural MGN- our tax system and that would give up of the world to the threat China poses is a good will run into complex problems of strengthen it. We have two proposals REGA, we are proposing a nation-wide enough money. Apart from the diffi - thing. In India, post the Galwan treachery, there is identifi cation and give rise to exclu- here. The fi rst is to increase the num- urban employment guarantee scheme culties in removing all exemptions, tax a determination to redefi ne the economic relation- sion and inclusion errors. ber of days under the scheme from to improve livelihoods. The design can experts advocate removing exemp- ship with China. For China, the good times in India In order to avoid the identifi cation 100 to 150 in rural areas. The second be slightly different from MGNREGA. tions so that the basic tax rate can be began some years ago when the Congress govern- problem, we have three proposals is to introduce an Employment Guar- In urban areas, employment can be reduced. Perhaps, out of the Rs 4.2 ment threw open the Indian markets and consum- which meet the objective of provid- antee Act in urban areas and provide provided to both unskilled and semi- lakh crore which is needed, Rs 1 lakh ers to it. China started ratcheting up huge trade sur- ing a minimum basic income to the employment for 150 days. In 2019-20, skilled workers as there is demand for crore can come out of phasing out of pluses, currently over $50 billion annually. As our poor and vulnerable groups in both the government spent Rs 67,873 crore the latter workers also. The fi rst pro- some of the expenditures, while an- exports remained fl at, imports from China steadily rural and urban areas. These are: for providing 48 days of employment posal of providing cash transfers to other Rs 3 lakh crore must come out surged — displacing Indian manufacturers and jobs. One, give cash transfers to all women to 5.48 crore of rural households. Out women above 20 costs Rs 1.72 crore of raising additional revenue. Some of above the age of 20 years; two, expand of this, the wage expenditure was Rs (0.84 per cent of GDP). The total cost the non-merit subsidies, another item After laying low the Indian manufacturing sector, the number of days provided under 48,762 crore. on MGNREGA for providing 150 days of expenditure, can be eliminated. To China’s next focus was on the IT sector. India is MGNREGA and three, have a national The government has increased the of employment in rural areas and the conclude, in the post-COVID-19 situ- poised to become one of the world’s largest connect- employment guarantee scheme in ur- per day wage rate from Rs 182.1 in cost for 150 days of work for the Ur- ation, we need to institute schemes ed economies as internet penetration approaches ban areas. In all the three proposals, 2019-20 to Rs 202.5 in 2020-21. Using ban Employment Guarantee Scheme to provide a minimum income for the one billion. It is a major market for smartphones. there is no problem of identifi cation. this wage rate, we estimate the expen- is around Rs 3.21 crore in a year (1.58 poor and vulnerable groups. For this There is a huge strategic economy developing around A combination of cash transfers and diture for 150 days of employment to per cent of GDP). The total cost of the purpose, we propose here cash trans- the ecosystem of digital consumers, the internet and an expanded employment guarantee 5.48 crore households in rural areas three proposals would be Rs 4.9 lakh fers for women, increasing MGNREGA smartphones. As start-ups and innovation fl our- scheme can provide a minimum basic and 2.66 crore households in urban crore or 2.4 per cent of GDP. A person from the present 100 days of work to ished under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision income. On the proposal of cash trans- areas — together they account for 33 working in MGNREGA and in the ur- 150 days in rural areas and the intro- of Digital India, Chinese investors quickly cornered fers, one way of doing it will be to give per cent of total households in the ban programme can get Rs 30,000 if duction of 150 days of work as an ur- a major stake in 18 out of India’s top 30 Unicorns. it to all women say above the age of 20. country. As shown in the table, the to- 150 days are provided. It may be not- ban employment guarantee scheme. The total investment is small — about $3 billion over This is an easily identifi able criterion tal wage expenditure for 150 days is Rs ed, however, that the total expenditure This will cost around 2 per cent of GDP because the Aadhaar cards carry the 2.47 lakh crore (1.21 per cent of GDP) of the proposals could be lower due to and will help the poor, informal work- the last fi ve years — but due to weak privacy and age of the person. The female popu- while total expenditure (wages and two reasons. First, the number of days ers, including the migrant workers, data protection regulations, these investments give lation above the age of 20 is around materials) is Rs 3.21 lakh crore (1.58 availed by the employment guarantee signifi cantly reducing poverty. China a disproportionate infl uence in this strategic part of our economy. A recent report states: “Chinese funding to Indian tech start-ups is making an impact disproportionate to its value, given the deepening Multiple localised actions on LAC hold penetration of technology across sectors in India. These are investments made by nearly two dozen Chinese tech companies that have funded 92 Indian key to keeping PLA in check start-ups. China is embedded in Indian society, the economy, and the technology ecosystem that infl u- The talks between the Indian ences it.” China had it pretty good not just in India Army and PLA commanders ini- tially seemed to offer potential for a but around the world. I have long argued — much phased disengagement of forces on before the COVID shock — that the free-pass to the LAC. Considering the reported China in technology was dangerous for democra- PLA build-up in their areas of in- cies. The internet and the technologies around it terest, it is early to predict whether emerged out of labs, universities and garages in the this will lead to de-escalation. It is West. For many years, it has been obvious that state likely the mobilisation, infrastruc- actors in China were engaged in organised technol- ture development and heightened ogy spying and proliferation at its source. The lack of operational readiness of the forces intellectual property laws and general contempt for will continue till winter. international law in China made it diffi cult for Chi- It is becoming clear that localised nese companies or individuals to be held account- tactical actions have enormous po- able until the recent Huawei prosecution in the US. tential to create strategic effects. However, in an India-China con- This effectively put a brake on the Chinese ambition text, localised tactical actions have to control and shape the future of the internet. It’s had a disproportionate strategic worth remembering that in 2010-2011, China moved impact only when there were a se- the UN to wrest control away from the multi-stake- ries of such actions. The impact of holder non-governmental organisation, ICANN, to a the Nathu La 1967, in which over UN organisation called UN-CIRP staffed with gov- 400 soldiers were killed in action on ernment nominees. Guess who supported China’s both sides, had a larger impact only efforts? India. It took my raising the issue in Parlia- because the PLA attempted to open ment and public outcry to get the then government a second skirmish-area around Cho to back off. The institutional capture of the WHO by La and failed. It is widely believed China shows how easy it would have been for it to that the winter snows prevented the control the internet if its UNCIRP attempt had been PLA from opening a second front during the 1971 war. What is also open but did not lead to any tangi- PLA is wishful thinking. India will fashion that was followed in yes- successful. But China has overplayed its hand one likely to have influenced the PLA ble outcomes. need to respond at multiple places teryears wherein the armed forces time too many. Two factors are driving national be- not to intervene would have been The violent skirmish around Pa- to send a strong message. were told, “your job is over, now havioural change from India. First, China’s treach- the chastening experience at Nathu trolling Point 14 in the Galwan Val- While the window for a limit- leave it to the diplomats”. erous conduct in Galwan means its current posture La and Cho La. ley on June 15 was a classic tactical ed conflict remains wide open, it However, should a window ap- of having friendly relations with India — already In 1986-87, the swift envelopment level revenge operation by troops of is important that both countries pear for a transformative strategy undermined by its support for Pakistan-based ter- of the Chinese camp at Wangdung 16 Bihar, following the loss of their plunge back into the battle against to resolve the boundary problem, rorists — is no longer tenable. China is no longer a and India’s subsequent buildup in commanding officer. Emboldened COVID-19, more so India, which we must build on a politico-dip- trusted nation or economic partner. areas that they had left vacant till by the restraint and lack of any kind has less wiggle room than China to lomatic-military-intelligence then in the Zimithang Valley and of intrusive or armed response from tackle multiple crises. That the In- framework for negotiations. Three the heights of the Hathungla Ridge, India following the widespread dian military leadership at the corps of the four structures mentioned Printed, Published and Owned by Buchi Babu. Vuppala, could have been the well-spring change in status quo by the PLA in and divisional commander level has (diplomatic, military and intel- Printed at. Meera Offset Printers. No. 104. V.R. Pallai Street. of all the border agreements and the Galwan Valley, Hotsprings area been extensively engaged so far in ligence) must have faith in one Confidence Building Mechanisms and Pangong Tso, 16 Bihar’s re- the negotiations is something that another and commence parallel Triplicane, Chennai- 5, Published from: No. 31 (Old) No. 58 (CBMs) that have evolved since. It sponse was completely unexpected is a little different from the past and negotiations at the operational (New) Nagappa Mudali Street. Pudupet, Chennai-2. was not one action, but a series of by the PLA. Exposed to “dirty fight- indicates an evolution that was long level, feeding into political discus- Editor. Buchi Babu Vuppala. aggressive actions by the Ind that ing” since its experiences with the needed. Modern warfare demands sions as they continue at the apex convinced the PLA of the futility of LTTE in the late 1980s, most infantry that soldiers have negotiating skills level. Only then can the cobwebs RNI.No.TNENG/26176/2008. continued intrusions into the area. units of the Indian Army are famil- too. Hopefully, this also indicates a be removed from the very basic Administration Office : No.18 B, Alikulam Shopping The Depsang, Chumar and Doklam iar with the vagaries of brutal close growing realisation in the Modi gov- issues such as rolling out maps, Complex, More Market, Chennai - 600 003. face-offs, again localised and tacti- combat during counter-terrorist ernment that all the instruments of demarcation, delineation, threat cal in nature, had the two nations and counter-infiltration operations statecraft must operate in parallel perceptions, and the possibility of Registered Office : No. 31 (Old) No. 58 (New) engaged in a series of meetings that in J&K. However, to imagine that a and in pursuit of a common strate- give-and-take across the several Nagappa Mudali Street. Pudupet, Chennai-600 002. kept strategic communication lines single tactical action will deter the gic outcome, and not in a sequential disputed areas. NATION 3 4 SATURDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad Accepted int'l award in Advani-Joshi allotted bungalows Italian marines case, end proceedings, SC told on security grounds: Govt

New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) The Centre before it and before any other court. New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) 1997, so she was allotted got government accom- has informed the Supreme Court that it "The Tribunal upheld the conduct of The ruling party and the government accommoda- modation on the instruc- has accepted the international tribunal Indian authorities with respect to the opposition have been at tion. But now she is not tions of the Ministry of award in the killing of two India fisher- incident and highlighted the material loggerheads ever since getting SPG protection. Home Affairs on the ba- men by Italian marines and asked it to and moral harm suffered by the Indian the central government On giving government sis of threat perception. close the matter pending before it for fishermen on board the St. Antony on ordered Congress General accommodation to senior Both of them also have eight years. The tribunal ruled for the 15 February 2012. It held that the ac- Secretary Priyanka Gan- BJP leaders Lal Krishna Z-plus security. The Ur- trial of marines in Italy, while holding tions of the Italian Marines breached dhi Vadra to vacate the Advani and Murli Mano- ban Housing Ministry has India is entitled to payment of com- India's freedom and right of navigation government bungalow al- har Joshi, the Centre has asked Priyanka to vacate pensation in connection with loss of under UNCLOS Article 87(1)(a) and lotted to her in New Delhi. said that the Cabinet the Lodhi Road govern- life, physical harm, material damage to 90," said the Centre, citing salient fea- The Congress is accusing Committee on Accommo- ment bungalow within property and moral harm suffered by tures of the award. the government of adopt- dation has decided to give a month or by August 1. the captain and other crew members of However, the international tribunal ing double standards with Advani and Joshi govern- Besides, she has also been fishing vessel 'St. Antony'. found that the immunities enjoyed by regard to the Gandhi fam- ment accommodation as asked to pay the outstand- The Centre, in the application filed the marines operate as an exception ily. In such a situation, the an exception based on se- ing rent of Rs 3.46 lakh for in the top court, said: "The applicant to the jurisdiction of the Indian courts government has issued a galow. This amended law service. According to this curity threat perception. the bungalow. The Minis- (Union of India) states and submits that and, hence, preclude India from exer- clarification. came into force in Sep- rule, government accom- Based on this rule, Advani try has said in the notice the Republic of India has taken a deci- cising its jurisdiction over them. The government said tember 2019. modation cannot be al- can live in a government that due to withdrawal sion to accept and abide by the Award It also rejected Italy's claim to com- that on the basis of the It has also been said by lotted on the basis of se- bungalow for his lifetime, of SPG security, she can- passed by the Tribunal which would pensation for the detention of the Public Premises Amend- the government that ac- curity other than to those while Joshi is entitled to a not live in a government have the bearing on the continuance of marines. "India being a party to the ment Bill 2019, Priyanka commodation is provided who are SPG protected. government bungalow till bungalow now as per the present proceedings before this court." UNCLOS, in accordance with the pro- has been ordered to va- for a specified period to Priyanka had been get- June 25, 2022. rule. In an official release, In March 2017, the apex court had visions of the UNCLOS and the Rules cate the government bun- those who are in public ting SPG protection since Advani and Joshi have the Ministry has said that passed an order where it directed the of Procedure agreed by the Parties, parties to place on record the award the Award is final and without ap- passed by the Arbitral Tribunal consti- peal and shall be complied with by tuted under the United Nations Con- the parties to the dispute (Article 11, Study reveals why early marriage unsafe for young adults vention on the Law of the Sea (UN- Annex VII, UNCLOS)", said the Cen- New York, July 3 (UNI) netic susceptibility) is an and moderates genetic acerbate risk for alcohol genetic predispositions CLOS). The Centre submitted that on tre's application, placing the award Want to get married at a increased likelihood of de- influences on alcohol out- use among individuals that have been observed August 24, 2015, the International Tri- on record before the apex court. On very young age? Kindly veloping a particular dis- comes. But previous stud- with a higher genetic pre- for marriage later in adult- bunal on Law of the Sea (ITLOS), on the February 15, 2012, two Indian fisher- take note. Researchers ease based on a person's ies generally focused on disposition," said study hood," Smith added. The request of Italy, rendered an order pre- men aboard the Indian fishing vessel, have found that early genetic makeup. The cur- older adult samples. author Rebecca Smith study involved a sample of scribing provisional measures, which St. Antony, were allegedly killed by marriage may lead to un- rent findings, published in "We found that mar- from the Virginia Com- 937 individuals in a datas- stated that Italy and India shall both two Italian marines aboard the Italian safe drinking behaviour in the journal Development riage was not uniformly monwealth University in et of people who reported suspend all court proceedings. tanker 'Enrica Lexie' off the coast of young adults with a higher and Psychopathology, fol- protective against alcohol the US. "Thus, early mar- heavy episodic drinking On August 26, 2015, the apex court, in Kerala. The Indian Navy intercepted genetic predisposition. low previous research that misuse. In fact, we found riage does not have the and marital status be- view of the pendency of the issue before the Italian tanker and detained the A genetic predisposition found marriage protects that early marriage (i.e., same protective benefit tween ages 21 and 25. The ITLOS, stayed the proceedings pending two marines, triggering an interna- (sometimes also called ge- against risky alcohol use by age 21) seemed to ex- in terms of attenuating findings showed . Delhi govt launches e-learning After Surjewala's 'Tughlaki portal for school children Farman' barb, Railways clarifies New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) Af- New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) lum. This will include digital of other states. It is going to we are taking steps in the right ter Congress leader Randeep Delhi Deputy Chief Minis- QR coded textbooks, learning be a mutual sharing and en- direction. Teachers should Singh Surjewala tried to take a ter and Education Minister outcome, explanatory videos, lightening experience for all," always strive to constantly dig at the Centre by tweeting a Manish Sisodia on Friday practice questions and evalu- said Sisodia. The minister also improve and update the con- Railway Board notification on launched a comprehensive e- ation process. said that during the ongoing tent as per the needs of their 'review on policy on creation of learning portal called LEAD -- Sisodia said that through Covid-19 pandemic, a huge students," said Sisodia. In the posts', the Indian Railways has Learning through E-Resourc- LEAD, the Delhi government number of students and their last five years, the education clarified. It said that it will not es Made Accessible for Delhi is sharing its teaching-learn- parents have shown great in- team of Delhi government surrender any safety category -- which has more than 10,000 ing material on the digital terest in online learning. This has worked towards reform- posts required for train opera- instructional materials and platform, DIKSHA. has raised the team's confi- ing the education system in tions & maintenance. added that modern technol- various categories of posts will course content for Classes I to "It is a way for us to connect dence that children will take the national capital by taking "Surrendering of non-func- ogy has resulted in needs aris- continue as usual. No net job XII. Through LEAD, students and share our programmes advantage of e-learning re- steps to provide quality edu- tional, non-safety vacant posts ing in many new areas, thereby reduction in railways." Earlier will have access to textbooks, and experiences with the en- sources available on the LEAD cation to each child, he said, would help in creating ad- reorientation and reposition- in the day, the Congress leader study material and course tire country. The online portal portal. alluding to the Happiness ditional safety posts for new ing of resources is an impera- targeted the Centre alleging, content as per the syllabus will also enable us to learn "Education has been the Curriculum, Mission Buni- Railway Infrastructure Proj- tive. It cleared the air about "This is the "Tughlaki Farman" of the CBSE, NCERT and the from the teaching-learning top priority of the Delhi gov- yaad and Entrepreneurship ects being developed at fast recruitment stating, "All on- of the Modi government.1. 50% Delhi government's curricu- experiments and experiences ernment and I am proud that Mindset Curriculum. speed," it said. The Railways going recruitment drives for of railway posts are over. 2.

Ahmed Patel asks ED, Home and a question mark who in Gujarat Govt gave New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) He economic, urban and indus- With his painting titled 'Car- Having recently completed a feel that video has the abil- benefits to Sandesara has always believed that a trial growth of Indian cities. pet', being shown at Vadehra new work to be exhibited in ity to transform our day-to- specific geographical location The artist, whose work has Art Gallery in Delhi as part South Korea this month, the day documentation to a time New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) working under some pres- may not contain the identity been part of major biennales of the show 'A Mind of One's artist is also working on sever- capsule. Multiple dimensions After being grilled thrice sure as no proof has been we possess, despite the fact across the world including Own' (on till July 19), which al film projects. For someone and complex ideas can be ex- in a week by the Enforce- found against him despite that we 'belong' there. No Venice, Singapore and Kochi shows an apartment building who started working in video pressed through this medium ment Directorate personnel answering 128 questions. wonder, New-Delhi based believes that he has always in the form of a carpet, the art- art in early 2000's, when it was very effectively." over alleged links with the This is the third time the ED multimedia artist Gigi Scaria been a curious observer of cul- ist adds, "This is a fusion of two still at a nascent stage in India, While talking about his work Sandesara group, promot- questioned Patel under the has always considered himself tural and religious exchanges thoughts, my interest in archi- Gigi, who has been an artist- 'Expanded' that had photo- ers of Sterling Biotech, the Prevention of Money Laun- a perpetual outsider. in this country. tectural spaces and the illogi- in-residence at the Ian Potter graphs of refugee camps from Congress treasurer has hit dering Act (PMLA), 2002. "Our identity as individuals And for him, history, an- cal habitats built by the urban Museum of Art at the Univer- around the world, the conver- back at the agency. Patel Earlier he was first ques- has a collective sense of be- thropology and philosophi- logic. A carpet welcomes you sity of Melbourne (2012) says sation comes to the images in a tweet said, "Thank you tioned on June 27 and then longing. Yes, that realisation cal/ theoretical discourses of to the madness of this urban that the moment he started of migrant workers walking officials of Director ED for on June 30. "I was asked may not hit early on, but all contemporary times never fail logic, where your existence with video, he did not paint or home post the lockdown an- coming to my house thrice." 128 questions based on al- the travelling and displace- to fascinate. "An urban settle- is permanently in the state of sculpt for five years. nouncement. Insisting that it He added that "I answered legations but yet no proof ment for reasons beyond our ment in my mind is a laborato- dizzy." "Remember, the mi- "I experienced a certain was a forced evacuation ow- each of their 128 questions was found against me. The control eventually assert that ry to observe all these different grant labour was not nostalgic, freedom. My thought pro- ing to urban apathy, the art- but they failed to answer agency was satisfied by my we are not stand-alone enti- areas of interest. Environmen- it was not that they felt safer cesses also started changing ist, admitting that he enjoys my one fundamental ques- replies but the questioning is ties." tal concerns hit me ever since back in their home towns or drastically. I was handling the human interaction more than tion." He posed a query to a result of political vendetta. Adding that differences of I experienced the river Ya- villages. Just that they were re- camera, editing, sound and all his "creative loneliness", adds, the probe agency and asked I don't know under whose cultural, economic, religious muna in Delhi. And I believe minded by their own masters the preparations for shooting "Remember, the migrant la- "Who in the Gujarat state pressure they are working," and hierarchical positions in the ability and power of a and the state, that they have on my own. Certainly, that was bour was not nostalgic, it was govt was responsible for Patel told mediapersons. Pa- have a huge role to play, but visual, which can transform no role to play when the state an empowering experience, not that they felt safer back in bestowing multiple ben- tel said he is ready to answer all these factors restructure to our thoughts by its sheer pres- machine is temporarily shut which also led towards some their home towns or villages. efits, privileges and honours more questions. While the create an alternate self with ence. My attempt is to take down -- 'We are not respon- unexpected outcomes." Just that they were reminded on the Sandesara group?" Congress has also defended mobility of its own, he says, the viewer through a multi- sible for your existence'. Yes, Adding that there were by their own masters and the Earlier on Thursday af- the party treasurer, party "This self might reorient itself layered conceptual under- the state can be indifferent to many challenges in terms of a state, that they have no role to ter hours of grilling by the spokesperson Abhishek after a certain lived experi- standing when they look at my its own citizens in crisis. This video art practitioner includ- play when the state machine is Enforcement Directorate Singhvi said on Thursday ence." artwork. I would say migration may give us enough thoughts ing understanding the medi- temporarily shut down -- 'We personnel on links with the that the BJP is not able to Gigi, whose practice mani- is the root of our civilizational to evaluate the idea of identity um as well as presenting that are not responsible for your fugitive Sterling Biotech digest the defeat it suffered fests in painting, sculpture, existence. If we have to talk and belonging. Migrant labour to an audience who is not ex- existence'. Yes, the state can promoters, Congress trea- in 2017 at the hands of Pa- photography and film, is about ourselves we must tell has become a 'universal' citi- posed to a different discourse be indifferent to its own citi- surer Ahmed Patel said the tel. Frustration and political known for highlighting the the story of our journey." zen in the most tragic way." being a struggle, he says, "I zens in crisis. financial probe agency is vendetta is writ large. SOUTH 4 4 SATURDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] (H.O) Hyderabad CM YS Inaugurates AP outsourcing Diesel Loco Shed-Visakhapatnam employees corporation manufactures currency sanitisers Amaravati, July 3 (UNI): sourced employees after in- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister augurating the corporation. Visakhapatnam Jul 3: Diesel has fulfi lled one more promise Speaking on the occasion he Loco Shed-Visakhapatnam is the made to the people of the state said that scores of contract biggest loco shed in Asia for its in one year of his rule. He has employees of the state came to holding capacity and for mainte- launched the AP Corporation him and shared their problems nance. To combat the spread of for outsourced services. The with him. He also said that the pandemic virus infection, Diesel Chief Minister has inaugurated employees told him that their Loco Shed stood ahead in sev- the offi ce through video con- employers had cut off their sal- eral inventions like preparation ference from his camp offi ce at aries after promising to pay full of thousand of liters of hand sani- Tadepallygudem. dependent organisation to of jobs, has come up with the and added that the employees tizer for utilization of staff, Masks, The Chief Minister who prevent the corruption and ir- prestigious corporation. The had also told him that they paid Sanitizing Tunnel, Leg operated thought of establishing an in- regularities in the recruitment CM spoke to some of the out- bribes to get the jobs. (hands free) hand wash booths, sensor based hand sanitizer dis- pensers etc. Now it has come out G. Suneel Kumar said. tion. Working of the equipment: A with the latest Ultra Violet radia- This equipment works on the passenger has to place the reser- KCR initiative for forest tion based disinfection sanitizers principle of Ultra Violet radiation vation form and currency notes in for Currency notes, papers and emitted from a Germicidal UVC the tray, the railway staff pulls the Tools. “Railways deals with trans- lamp that kills up to 99.9% of most tray into the UVC light provided in rejuvenation : Indrakaran action of currency notes at Pas- viruses, airborne bacteria and the box and presses the push but- senger Reservation Counters, Par- mold spores by destroying nucleic ton switch that makes UVC light Hyderabad, July 3 (UNI): taking up Haritha Haram for forest rejuvenation the Raigiri- I . The two urban cels offi ces in addition to cashless acids and disrupting their DNA, to glow for 10 seconds along with Forest Minister A. Indra- sixth phase for green cover Minister added. Yadadri parks were developed in transactions for hassle free servic- leaving them unable to perform the buzzer indication. Just after karan Reddy today stated expansion The Yadadri has about 37 forest blocks the manner that the people es. There is also a paper transac- vital cellular functions. Using this completion of 10 seconds both that entire Telangana is Temple being developed with an area of 11,733.706 who would visit them would tion in the form of receipts, tick- technology DLS, Visakhapatnam UVC light and buzzer stops work- turning with initiatives of by the KCR Government on Hectares which is about recognize the importance of ets, fi les etc. It is the need of the fabricated the sanitizers. ing and the green light will glow Chief Minister, K Chan- par with Tirumala Temple 3.8% of geographical area, the trees and protection of hour to have sanitizers to check Timer Based Currency Sanitizer indicating sanitization is com- drasekhar Rao. he claimed. and 16 blocks are in Met- the forests. the spread of the pandemic CO- fabrication has a wooden casing pleted and ready for another op- He started Anjaneya Soon the Yadadri Tem- ropolitan region. Of the Earlier, the minister has VID-19 infection at various vul- of the sanitizer box, one 4W UVC eration. Thereafter, railway staff Aranya and Narasimha ple will be inaugurated for 16 blocks with an area of also participated in ground nerable locations. To cater to the light is fi xed on the roof/top of the pulls the tray towards him/her Aranya Urban forest parks public with all facilities and 2,874.96 Ha in metropoli- breaking ceremony of For- need, the guidance of Divisional box facing downward, one slid- and collects the money and puts near Yadadri temple in infrastructure, Indrakaran tan area, the10 blocks are est department offi ce build- Railway Manager, Waltair Chetan ing tray is provided in which the the reservation tickets & change, Bhuvangiri district here Reddy has said.. Entire Ya- proposed as Urban Forest ing. Rajya Sabha member Kumar Shrivastava and monitored currency is put for sanitization, if any, into the tray and repeat the along with MLA Lingaiah dadri Temple and district is Parks and 6 blocks as con- Badugula Lingaiah Yadav, by Senior Divisional Mechanical having sliding facility to move in process before pushing it towards and offi cials here. going to adorn greener look servation areas Urban For- Principal Chief Conservator Engineer (Diesel) Santosh Kumar both directions and timer circuit the passenger. This machine can On the occasion, the with parks the minister said. est Parks. The minister said of Forests (PCCF) R Shoba, Patro, the fabrication of the UVC to switch off UVC light after 10 also be used for sanitizing mobile minister said that KCR tak- The people can enjoy the Narasimha Abhayaranyam Additional PCCFs Lokesh, sanitizers is done at Diesel Loco seconds after pressing the push phones, wallets and any other en steps for forest rejuve- urban forest parks to relax was developed in 97.12 hec- Jaiswal and Chandrasekhar Shed, Visakhapatnam with in- button switch and provided with a items which fi ts inside the tray. nation. He stated that the with families he said. The tors in Rayagiri-II . Anjaneya Reddy and others were also house available sources,” Senior green LED which indicates equip- However, they are required to be TRS Government has been government offered budget Aranyam in 56.65 hectors in attended the programme. Divisional Commercial Manager ment is ready for another opera- sanitized on both sides. CM should warn CMO against indulging Haritha Haram at GITAM

in news leaks: Krishna Sagar Hyderabad, July 3 GITAM President M. tion will contribute to Science Principal Prof. (UNI): Telangana ku Bharat, GITAM Pro water conservation. G.A.Rama Rao, School Hyderabad, July 3 (UNI): Sagar Rao said that the BJP this week, has unsettled lakhs reverse migration will also Haritha Haram Pro- Vice-Chancellor Prof. During the last fi ve of Architecture Direc- Telangana BJP demands worried that daily wage earn- of people in GHMC area. lead to massive job loss gramme is observed N.Siva Prasad, Resi- Haritha Harams, GI- tor Prof. G.Sunil Ku- today demanded that Chief ers, labour, auto drivers and BJP feels, this reverse and income support to the on Friday at GITAM dent Director DVVSR TAM plated several mar, GITAM School of Minister K Chandrashekhar other occupational migrants exodus to rural areas trig- daily wagers and migrant Deemed to be Univer- Varma and others plants in and around Humanities and Social Rao instruct CMO to not in- from Telangana districts and gered by the confusing labour. BJP strongly con- sity, Hyderabad Cam- planted mango sap- the campus and re- Sciences Prof. Na- dulge in manufactured news from neighbouring states are statements from CMO is demns the irresponsible pus, to create aware- lings in the premises. ceived ‘Best Haritha gendra, Estate Offi cer leaks, which are creating returning back to their homes quite dangerous. It can messaging being promoted ness about saplings They have opined Harm’ awards from DVA Mohan, faculty of massive confusion in general in panic since two days. The shift COVID19 cases trans- by TRS Government, liter- plantation among the that trees are essen- the hands of CII and various departments public in the state. news leak planted in media by mission to rural Telangana ally playing with lives and students, GITAM Au- tial for improving the Governor. Students and others have come In a statement here, BJP CMO about a possible lock- which is currently almost livelihoods of lakhs of poor thorities have taken oxygen levels and Affairs Director Prof. specially to take part in Chief spokes person Krishna down in Hyderabad starting free of infection. This panic people of the state. up this an initiative. increased planta- A.Sreeram, School of the sapling plantation. Coca-Cola partners with United Way Renu Desai Accepts Green India Challenge, Mumbai to provide PPE and hygiene Plants Sapling Along With Her Daughter

HYDERABAD Jul 3: Ac- spread the message to save na- aid kits to the frontline warriors during tress Renu Desai has taken up ture and protect the environ- the 'Green India Challenge' ment. We have to plant trees COVID-19 Outbreak thrown by anchor Uday Bha- to save nature for the future. nu and planted saplings at a As part of the challenge, an- Hyderabad, July 2 rial and other areas. The delink Central Mine Plan- blocks to private com- park in Jubilee Hills here on chor Udaya Bhanu had nomi- (UNI) Coal production strike might result in pro- ning and Design Institute panies. The TRS party- Friday. "Everyone of us is ac- nated me, I have decided to in Telangana's Singareni duction loss of nearly two Limited (CMPDIL) from affi liated TBGKS is also customed to apartment cul- plant saplings along with my Collieries Company Ltd lakh tonnes. The com- the CIL, and the proposed on strike today. We de- ture. In the olden days, people daughter," Renu Desai said. (SCCL) came to a halt on pany is estimated to suffer amendments to labour mand that this privatisa- had enough space where they She went live on Instagram to Thursday as miners began a loss of over Rs 50 crore. laws. The day-long protest tion move be rolled back," would live in independent capture the planting of a sap- a three-day strike called Employees' unions, SCW by the TBGKS affi liated tweeted Kavitha, who is houses. We had seen our el- ling along with her daughter, by various unions to pro- (AITUC), SCMLU (IN- to the ruling Telangana daughter of Chief Minister ders growing trees in the spac- day's generation has very little and their signifi cance. So, I Aadhya. The pictures went vi- test against the Centre's TUC), SCE&W (HMS), SCE Rashtra Samithi (TRS) was K. Chandrashekhar Rao. es that were available. But to- knowledge on growing trees am accepting this challenge to ral on social media. decision to privatise the Union (CITU), SCMKS held across the state, with The main fear among mines. (BMS) and GLBKS Union workers demanding the workers with regard to the Nearly 50,000 employ- (IFTU) joined the strike. Union government roll- privatisation of coal mines ees struck the work in all The unions demanded back its decision. TBGKS is about their future and as Five Employees Of CM KCR's the mines spread across that the government im- honorary President and to how private companies six districts of Telangana. mediately withdraw its former MP Kalvakuntla will function, as against a While the national trade decision to permit com- Kavitha demanded the public undertaking. Offi cial Residence Pragathi Bhavan unions have called for mercial mining in the Coal Central government to The privatisation move, a three-day strike from India Ltd (CIL) and SCCL roll back its decision to of according to TBGKS lead- Thursday, the Telangana blocks. privatise coal mines. SCCL ers, will also adversely im- Test Positive For Coronavirus Boggu Ghani Karmika The Centre has put up is the largest public sector pact Singareni coal mines Sangham (TBGKS), the for auction 41 coal blocks company in Telangana. It in Telangana, which is HYDERABAD Jul 3: Five Earlier, Telangana Deputy biggest and recognised belonged to the CIL. The is owned by the state gov- a government-run pub- employees working in Telan- Speaker Padma Rao Goud union in Singareni, sup- unions now fear that the ernment and the Centre lic undertaking. Taking gana Chief Minister K Chan- and Telangana Home Minis- ported the strike for only government may auc- on a 51:49 equity basis. It a swipe at Prime Minis- drasekhar Rao's offi cial resi- ter Mahmood Ali have tested one day. tion the coal blocks of registered a record pro- ter Narendra Modi., they dence Pragathi Bhavan have positive for COVID-19. The production in all SCCL too in the future. duction of 64.41 million wondered how this move tested positive for COVID-19 Three other Telangana underground mines in They have demanded the tonnes in 2018-19. The is "an act of Aatma Nirbhar on Thursday, July 2. Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Bhadradri Kothagudem management stop weak- company earned a net Bharat". SCCL is the larg- According to reports, the MLAs also tested posi- district came to a halt ening the coal industry profi t of Rs 1,765 crore. est public sector company employees have undergone tive for the virus. Jangaon while operations in open by permitting discrimi- "Today across the nation, in Telangana. It is owned coronavirus tests after they MLA Muthireddy Yadagiri cast mines were also af- native outsourcing in thousands of coal mine by the state government developed COVID-19 symp- Reddy, Nizamabad Urban fected. Production was the CIL and SCCL. They workers are on strike de- and the Centre on a 51:49 toms, and were found infect- the entire Pragati Bhavan bers for the past four days. MLA Bigala Ganesh Gupta also hit in almost all the sought the withdrawal of manding the Central gov- equity basis. It registered a ed with the virus. building. CM KCR is current- However, the state govern- and Nizamabad Rural MLA mines in Ramagundam, proposals for e-auction ernment to roll back the record production of 64.41 Medical and health offi - ly staying at his Gajwel house ment has not made any of- Bajireddy Govardhan con- Bhupalapally, Manche- of 50 coal blocks, bid to decision to auction coal million tonnes in 2018-19. cials immediately sanitised along with his family mem- fi cial statement over this yet. tracted coronavirus. OP-ED 5 4 SATURDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] (H.O) Hyderabad FOURTH OF JULY: AMERICANS MUST FIRST TRY AND LIVE

“I’m proud to be an American,” comes to free speech, stretching it to that rights are, in their very nature, an the song goes, “where at least I know cover not just speaking from atop a exemption from the law a “get-out-of- I’m free.” But the United States has sidewalk soapbox but also, for exam- jail-free” card not so unlike the fake the world’s highest per capita prison ple, marketing drugs to physicians. laminated cards many antimaskers population. It is the only state in the This kind of absolutism comes at a have been brandishing. Western hemisphere that executes its cost. When rights are perceived as ab- It finds expression today in the rhet- citizens. One hundred fifty countries solute, judges can get nervous about oric of “all lives matter” and in the provide a right to a free education in declaring them. The US Supreme failure of many to see any distinction their national constitution. Not ours. Court laid those anxieties bare when between antimasking and antiracism Is America special? it denied the right to an education in protests. “Where’s my exemption? I One-quarter of the world’s constitu- 1974, worrying openly that such a right have my rights.” tions provide a right against disability might portend a right to food or shel- This feels like madness in the middle discrimination. Ours doesn’t. Germans ter. of a worsening pandemic, but allow me have a constitutional right to feed pi- The court in 1987 rejected a right to to propose a truce. geons in a public square or to ride avoid execution based on proof of ra- Telling someone they have no right horses in the forest. We don’t. cially biased prosecution and sentenc- to breathe free air won’t get us far. It Many of the world’s constitutions ing practices, reasoning that recognis- feels arbitrary, and it is. Instead of permit citizens to claim rights against ing such a right “throws into serious continuing the ceaseless tit-for-tat of private companies. Good luck with question the principles that underlie “I have rights!”/ “No, you don’t!” we that here. Europeans have a right to be the entire criminal justice system.” should instead begin to develop a lan- forgotten on the internet. We wish. Lacking constraint guage of moderation when it comes to Americans are obsessed about rights, Americans speak a robust language rights. AMERICA’S OBSESSION WITH RIGHTS MAY BE KILLING and yet our Constitution and our courts of rights but lack the language of We can concede that an arbitrary are rather sparing in granting them. constraint, of moderation, common masking law, one that, say, required PEOPLE IN CORONAVIRUS These phenomena turn out to be re- in other countries, that would allow masks only on weekdays or only for lated. The American rights fetish runs courts and the rest of us to be less anx- men, would violate our rights. But peo- By Jamal Green the Constitution. But there is no US deeper than it does wide. We might ious about declaring the kinds of rights ple also have a right to go food shop- The scenes appear daily on social federal, state or local law or constitu- not have that many rights, but when it that justice actually demands. ping without the risk that an unmasked media, taking on the familiarity of rit- tional provision that gives Americans comes to the ones we do have, we step Don’t blame the framers of the Con- person transmits a deadly disease. ual. a right to an unmasked taco order. on the gas. We don’t just claim a right stitution, who well understood that How this conflict is resolved isn’t A red-faced customer breathes con- Americans have no constitutional to bear arms we carry assault rifles into rights had inherent limits. Rather, for me to decide, or for you. We have temptuously in a waitress’ face, or tries right to get a haircut or to dine in at the statehouse. this absolutist posture toward rights democratic institutions to reconcile to muscle past a green-aproned clerk. Applebee’s. We don’t just have a right against reflects the bitter struggle against Jim our rights, through law. They’ve been asked to wear a mask and Many Americans seem impervious racial discrimination but a right to Crow in the 1950s and 1960s, which But first, we need to see each other they don’t like it. “I have my rights,” to this truth. We imagine ourselves dismantle college affirmative action defined in the popular culture what it as rights bearers and as equal citizens they say. cloaked in rights, even when we have programs designed to combat racial meant to have constitutional rights. who disagree with one another but who Claiming rights is a national pas- very few compared with many other inequality. But it’s been too easy to jump from must figure out a way to live together. time. Rights are solemn citations to modern democracies. We are especially dogged when it this brutal history to the conclusion Gulf News COVID-19 MAY CHANGE HOW PEOPLE EAT AND HAVE FUN By Stephen Mihm Nothing was discarded. After boiling The casserole had made its debut dur- Due to coronavirus the global econo- vegetables, cooks would save the water — ing the economic depression of the 1890s my remains in the woods. Recovery de- “vegetable liquor” — to use in soups and and returned again during World War pends on bringing the new coronavirus sauces. Likewise, vegetables left uneaten I. But the Great Depression elevated it under control, yet each day brings record on the first round would be puréed, com- to culinary stardom. Casseroles could numbers of new cases in some countries. bined with other rejects and presented be bulked out with the previous week’s Little wonder people are making anx- anew. Housewives often resorted to cam- meals, and no two were ever alike. ious analogies to the Great Depression. ouflage to conceal this regifting. Cooks in the 1930s also sought out sub- If these comparisons have merit, we A common strategy was to hide left- stitutes for meat, creating various vege- may be in for some lasting changes. It’s overs beneath a generous helping of tarian versions of meat loaf — including conventional wisdom that the Great De- “white sauce,” a condiment made from peanut loaf, bean loaf, even lima-bean pression created a generation of penny- condensed milk, butter, salt, flour and loaf. Naturally, these loaves often came pinchers, but it wrought more subtle water. generously dressed with white sauce. transformations as well — in the way It was a rare dish in the 1930s that Most cooks kept up their Depression- people cooked and in how they spent didn’t include a generous helping of this era habits into the 1950s. If you look at their leisure time. wonderworking sauce. And what of all postwar recipes, you can see how closely The evidence from the 1930s suggests the leftover white sauce? It would end they resemble those from the 1930s. Pro- that life hacks made during hard times up in soups, as did most things at some cessed foods and weird casseroles main- have a funny way of outliving the crises point. tained their grip until the 1970s and ‘80s. that beget them. Something similar may Combining disparate ingredients Spending leisure time be underway today. As historians have noted, attempts The Great Depression had even more Changed culinary habits to combine disparate ingredients from enduring effects on how Americans spent Consider, for example, what happened nearly empty pantries lead to strange their leisure time. Suddenly, people had to the US culinary habits in the wake of the mash-ups. Corned beef salad, for in- more of it, whether they wanted it or not. Depression: Wasting food became a dead- stance, featured gelatin, canned peas, And they aimed to fill it as cheaply as ly sin, and leftovers that might previously lemon juice, cabbage and other odds and possible. THERE IS ALREADY A HUGE UPTICK OF INTEREST IN have ended up in the garbage or down the ends. Gelatin enabled cooks to bind all Consider how sociologists Robert and drain found their way into new dishes. sorts of disparate ingredients into a jig- Helen Merrel Lynd described the lifestyle AT-HOME LEISURE ACTIVITIES “You can make the more expensive gly blob. changes in Muncie, Indiana — which the roast last longer by padding the menu,” Mass-produced processed foods also Lynds referred to as “Middletown.” Dur- yards, adding furniture, outdoor grills white-collar workers, were challenging declared one cheery advice columnist in made their debut in the Great Depres- ing the Depression, the white middle- and vegetable and flower gardens. All of card games such as contract bridge. By The Washington Post in the 1930s. She sion: condensed soups, canned meats and upper-class families stopped host- this “sheltering in place” allowed people 1931, some 20 million Americans, about counselled recycling the roast into meat and other staples. These novelties saved ing formal dinners or meeting friends at to entertain themselves at home. a fifth of the population, played bridge. and vegetable pie, meat loaf or stuffed time, money and cooking fuel. And they the country club and instead prepared People began playing Monopoly and People in the working class preferred peppers and then heating the remaining could be used in combination with other cheap, informal buffet suppers at home. other complex board games. Cheaper poker and blackjack. scraps in gravy to serve on biscuits. ingredients to create casseroles. They also rediscovered their own back still, and enormously popular among Gulf News REFUSING TO WEAR A MASK IS RECKLESS

A review of hundreds of studies in people wore masks. The implication is around. Vice President Mike Pence ear- The Lancet medical journal found that that inconsiderate Americans unwill- lier eschewed masks but now says that “face mask use could result in a large ing to wear them could in the next few wearing them “is just a good idea.” reduction in risk of infection.” An ar- months kill thousands of their neigh- Sen. Marco Rubio urged, “Just wear a ticle in Health Affairs found that state bours. damn mask.” Rep. Liz Cheney tweeted mask mandates, which cover about “We need to do everything we can a photo of her father, former Vice Pres- half the population, may have averted to increase mask usage,” said Kate ident Dick Cheney, wearing one, with more than 230,000 coronavirus infec- Grabowski, an epidemiologist at Johns the hashtag #realmenwearmasks. Good tions. Hopkins University. But she added: for them! Sen. Marco Rubio urged, “Just For one study this year, reported in “People shouldn’t see masks as a silver wear a damn mask.” Rep. Liz Cheney Clinical Infectious Diseases, research- bullet. They’re not going to be 100% ef- tweeted a photo of her father, former ers placed hamsters with the coronavi- fective at preventing transmission.” Vice President Dick Cheney, wearing rus in cages next to those without the So even with masks, we also need dis- one, with the hashtag #realmenwear- virus, and found that when surgical tancing, hand-washing, contact tracing masks. Good for them! masks were used as a barrier between and bans on large assemblies. I’m also But Trump has resisted. Republicans the cages infections plunged by more a big believer in more widespread sew- talk a good game about “personal re- than half. age testing to provide an early warning sponsibility,” so it’s time for Trump Or take a lesson from East Asian that the virus is in the neighbourhood. to display some — and to call on his countries, where mask-wearing is To be sure, we need more research, supporters to wear masks as well. As more common as a sign of courtesy, and masks vary in effectiveness. N95 we celebrate our independence, this is that have managed to contain the vi- respirators work very well — so much how they can show patriotism, protect rus. Dr. Kwok-Yung Yuen, an infectious so that they make breathing difficult. the economy and save the lives of their diseases specialist at the University of Disposable surgical masks are more neighbours. THOUSANDS OF LIVES IN THE US COULD BE SAVED IF Hong Kong, told me that a crucial rea- comfortable though less protective, The White House press secretary, son for Hong Kong’s success against and cloth masks are reusable but less KayLeigh McEnany, deflects questions MORE PEOPLE WORE MASKS COVID-19 (less than one death per effective. about Trump and masks by insisting million inhabitants, compared with Masks protect your neighbours, but that mask-wearing is simply a “per- By Nicholas Kristof gested that he perceives that masks are 385 per million in the United States) is a new Goldman Sachs report finds that sonal choice.” The White House press As the coronavirus rages out of con- for wimps. that 97% of Hong Kong residents wear expanding mask mandates could also secretary, KayLeigh McEnany, deflects trol across much of the United States, Trump may now be switching gears, masks. help the US economy. questions about Trump and masks by Americans are acting curiously helpless. for he told Fox that he’s “all for masks” Sign of responsible civility “A national face-mask mandate insisting that mask-wearing is simply a Here’s the simplest of steps we could and would wear one if he were “in a Hong Kong, like some Asian coun- could potentially substitute for re- “personal choice.” take: Wear a face mask. tight situation with people.” tries, distributes masks free. The Unit- newed lockdowns that would other- No, it’s not. Refusing to wear a mask In the United States, mask-wearing He shouldn’t waste time: He should ed States should do the same, for the wise subtract nearly 5% from GDP,” is no more a “personal choice” than is lags, particularly among men, com- tweet a photo of himself in a mask cost is negligible compared with hospi- Goldman Sachs said. “The economic drinking all evening and then stum- pared with some other countries. A poll and call on supporters to wear masks talisation. benefit from a face-mask mandate and bling into your car and heading down finds that many American men regard as well. Refusing to cover one’s face is A University of Washington comput- increased face-mask usage could be the road. In a time of plague, shunning the wearing of face masks as “a sign reckless, selfish behaviour that imper- er model suggests that 33,000 Ameri- sizeable.” a face mask is like driving drunk, put- of weakness,” and President Donald ils the economy and can kill or endan- can lives could be saved from COV- #Realmenwearmasks ting everyone in your path in danger. Trump’s refusal to wear them has sug- ger innocent people. ID-19 between now and Oct. 1 if more Republicans seem to be coming Gulf News INTERNATIONAL 6 4 SATURDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] (H.O) Hyderabad Pelosi urges expansion of US sanctions against Russia Pak PM launches initiative to Washington, July 3 (UNI) Armed Forces would be O'Brien stressed again on protect, promote national parks The United States should better served if President Wednesday that Trump protect, govern and manage restore sanctions against Trump spent more time had not been briefed on 15 national parks ecologically,” Russian intelligence and reading his daily briefing and this "uncorroborated said Khan, adding that out of defence sectors, House less time planning military intelligence," adding that these national parks nine will Speaker Nancy Pelosi said parades and defending relics "no one had been tougher be new while six others were after being briefed by top of the Confederacy." on Russia than Trump announced previously but were intelligence officials on the The White House, however, since the end of the Cold never protected. Russian-Taliban bounty accused the Democratic War. " He told the launching intelligence. Party of politicizing this issue. The New York Times Islamabad, July 3 (UNI) ceremony that the initiative will Pelosi said at a press White House Press Secretary reported on Friday that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran benefit future generations and briefing on Thursday that the Kayleigh McEnany said Trump had been briefed Khan launched an initiative to almost 5,000 direct jobs will be White House had previously Tuesday that "Democrats on the intelligence that preserve nature by protecting generated related to these parks asked the Congress to should come forward in Russian intelligence units and promoting 15 national in the initial phase. "take out the sanctions on President Donald Trump's CIA Director Gina Haspel good faith ... and you have secretly offered bounties to parks in an effort to increase According to the prime Russia that pertained to the handling of US-Russia earlier in the day briefed a the Democratic Party Taliban-related militants the country’s forest cover. minister, the national parks will intelligence and the defence relations. "This is at the same group of senior lawmakers politicizing this information, for killing coalition forces The prime minister on be opened for the public once sectors, the very sector that time as the White House was from both parties, known which I think is absolutely in Afghanistan during US- Thursday inaugurated the the government has finalized is accused of possible threats aware of this threat to security as "Gang of Eight," on the disgraceful." Taliban peace talks. Protected Areas Initiative which the guidelines for tourists. on our men and women of our men and women in Russian-Taliban bounty Top US officials The report also said is part of his government’s Advisor to the Prime Minister in uniform", Xinhua news uniform, the President was intelligence. continued defending the that the National Security Green Stimulus vision launched on Climate Change Malik Amin agency reported. still flirting with the idea of In a joint statement administration's response Council discussed this issue earlier this year to increase Aslam said one of the purposes "We must restore those having Russia be part of the following the classified to the intelligence as well at an interagency meeting in forest cover and create jobs of the project is to rebuild the sanctions and we must act G8 in total opposition to the briefing, Pelosi and Senate as Trump's dealing of late March, while the White amid the COVID-19 pandemic, pandemic-hit economy and upon them," she added. wishes of the other members Minority Leader Chuck US-Russia ties. National House thus far has not taken Xinhua news agency reported. stimulate sustainable green Pelosi also criticized of the G8." Schumer suggested "our Security Adviser Robert any actions to respond. “The government will growth. Kim Jong-un calls for ‘maximum alert’ against COVID-19 50 injured in fireworks factory Pyongyang, July 3 (UNI) among officials, and violation North Korean leader Kim Jong- of the rules of the emergency un has called for "maximum anti-epidemic work as this explosion in Turkey alert" against the coronavirus work takes on a protracted to the area, according to pandemic, during a politburo character," it said. press reports. The NTV meeting of the ruling Workers' North Korea claims to have broadcaster noted that three Party, warning that premature no coronavirus infections, of the injured are in critical easing of anti-virus measures but it has taken relatively condition. Kerem Kinik, will lead to "unimaginable swift countermeasures since president of the Turkish Red and irretrievable crisis," state January, such as closing Crescent, urged people who media reported on Friday. its border and toughening live close to the explosion It was the second time in quarantine criteria. area to close their doors and three months that the North Experts said that the North windows to avoid the smoke, has convened a politburo relations, an apparent complacence or relaxation on appears to be placing its noting that the chemicals in meeting to discuss the indication that Kim might be the anti-epidemic front, and priority on tackling domestic the smoke can badly affect COVID-19 pandemic. That focusing on internal unity, rearrange and practice stricter issues, such as the fallout from Ankara, July 3 (UNI) 50 people have so far health, Xinhua news agency suggests North's situation rather than external issues, anti-epidemic effort," the the COVID-19 pandemic. At least 50 people were been rushed to the nearby reported. could be serious, though amid lingering fears about Korean Central News Agency "The immediate concern for injured in an explosion at a hospitals. The Disaster and Pyongyang claims there has the global pandemic, Yonhap said. North Korea must be resolving fireworks factory in Turkey’s Kaldirim stated that there Emergency Management not been a single case. news agency reported. Kim also made "sharp issues related to people's northwestern province of were 172 people inside the Authority announced that The meeting held on "He stressed the need criticism of inattention, daily lives," Yang Moo-jin, a Sakarya on Friday. factory, which contained 110 the incident should be Thursday included no to maintain maximum onlooking and chronic professor at the University of Citing a statement of tons of explosive material. considered as an industrial mention of inter-Korean alert without a slight self- attitude getting prevalent North Korean Studies, said. Sakarya Governor Cetin Over 60 ambulances and accident, and no radiation Oktay Kaldirim, the state- two helicopter ambulances source has been detected at UN chief warns of impacts of COVID-19 on peace and security run TRT broadcaster said have been dispatched the factory.

United Nations, July 3 result of the severe socio- elections raise complex diplomacy, he said. provisions. (UNI) UN Secretary-General economic fallout of the crisis. legal, political and public The pandemic also “Given the speed at which Antonio Guterres reminded Trust in public institutions health challenges. Difficult highlights the risks of pathogens spread in an the Security Council of the is being eroded further in as they are, such decisions bioterrorist attacks, and has interconnected world, we multi-faceted implications of places where people perceive are best made on the basis already shown some of the must ensure that all countries COVID-19 on international that authorities have not of broad consultations with ways in which preparedness have resilient and appropriate peace and security. addressed the pandemic all stakeholders, to avoid might fall short if a disease capacities to respond quickly “The COVID-19 pandemic effectively or have not been fueling political tensions or were to be deliberately and robustly to any potential continues to profoundly affect transparent about its impact, undermining legitimacy, said manipulated to be more global and deliberate peace and security across the said Guterres. As pre-existing Guterres. virulent, or intentionally biological event,” he said. globe,” he told the Security grievances and vulnerabilities COVID-19 has also made released in multiple places Meanwhile, stigma and hate Council on Thursday. “The become more accentuated abuse, seek shelter and access Many countries have had to diplomacy more challenging. at once, he said. “So, as we speech are on the rise. And an risks are diverse.” and entrenched, the potential justice, he said. consider how to move ahead Mediation can be a very consider how to improve our epidemic of misinformation The consequences can for instability and violence In some countries, fragile with elections slated for 2020 personal endeavor, an response to future disease online has run rampant, said be seen even in a number only grows, he warned. peace processes could while trying to manage the almost-tactile reading of threats, we should also Guterres. Another risk for the of countries traditionally The pandemic is be derailed by the crisis, health crisis. In the Central a person or a room. With devote serious attention to long term is the shifting of seen as stable. But the exacerbating gender especially if the international African Republic, there are movement restrictions preventing the deliberate use resources away from gender impacts are particularly inequalities, as women make community is distracted. In tensions due to attempts to limiting such contacts, and of diseases as weapons.” equality initiatives, education apparent in countries already up the vast majority of the other places, conflict actors, use the pandemic as a pretext with online discussions often He called for the universality and other economic sectors. experiencing conflict or sectors most affected. There including terrorist and to postpone the holding of the only alternative, it can be and strengthening of Indeed, this could have emerging from it -- and may has been an alarming spike in violent extremist groups, see elections planned for the end harder to establish the trust the Biological Weapons intergenerational impacts, soon engulf others, he said, gender-based and domestic the uncertainty created by of the year, he noted. and nurture the willingness Convention, which lacks an including on women’s rights Xinhua news agency reported. violence, and it is increasingly the pandemic as a tactical Decisions on postponing to compromise that are oversight institution and and participation in political Tensions are rising as a difficult for victims to report advantage, he said. or indeed proceeding with at the heart of preventive contains no verification and peace processes, he said. France expressses concern over Hungary will not allow entry French PM Edouard Philippe, of non-EU citizens: PM government resign tense situation in Libya Paris, July 3 (UNI) French phase of his presidency with Xinhua news agency reported. The Prime Minister Edouard a refreshed cabinet to inject Paris, July 3 (UNI) French French Foreign Minister and France agree on this council recommended the lifting of Philippe presented the new life into his administration Foreign Minister Jean-Yves expressed his country's approach," the statement travel restrictions for residents of demission of the government to to meet economic, social and Le Drian has expressed concern about the current added. The French Foreign Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, President Emmanuel Macron, health challenges, Xinhua news his country's concern tense situation (in Libya), Minister expressed his Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, the French presidential palace agency reported. over the current tense stressing that France's country's rejection to New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, announced on Friday morning. “The new phase entails situation in Libya, stressing efforts are aimed at foreign interference of South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Philippe “assures, with the new goals of independence, importance of Libya's achieving stability in Libya, all kinds and sources in and Uruguay. The council also members of the government, reconstruction, reconciliation security and stability. Le and that the interests of the Libya, Xinhua news agency Budapest, July 3 (UNI) Hungary recommended that residents of the dealing of affairs until and new methods. Behind Drian made his remarks Libyans, Libya's neighbors, reported. will not allow citizens from non- China be allowed to travel to the the government is formed,” that there will be a new team,” during a telephone call and Europe lie in Libya's Serraj highlighted European Union (EU) countries, EU, subject to confirmation of said Elysee Palace in its press Macron said. “I will have to with Libya's UN-backed security and stability," the the recently discovered except for Serbia, to enter the country reciprocity. While highly anticipated, statement. make choices to lead the new Prime Minister Fayez statement said. mass graves in the city of in wake of an EU recommendation, the council’s recommendations are A new Prime Minister will be path.” Macron remained Serraj on Thursday, where "Le Drian called for Tarhuna, as well as the Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. not legally binding, since border named in the coming hours, reticent about the future of the two officials discussed speeding up achievement deadly booby traps and Orban on Thursday spoke in control is still its member states’ reported local BFMTV channel. Philippe and the main figures the latest developments of a cease-fire that would landmines in the south of a video message posted on his competency. The prime minister also In an interview with regional that would comprise his in Libya, according to allow a return to the the capital Tripoli, stressing Facebook page, after the Council of said that his government decided newspapers published late on executive staff. Meanwhile, a statement issued by political track through the need to bring those the European Union (EU) adopted to restore the use of the mandatory Thursday, Macron, cornered by speculation is mounting over the Prime Minister's the efforts of the United responsible to justice, the a recommendation to lift entry corridor for transiting traffic across local election blows and fierce the entry of environmentalists information office. Nations and its central statement said. restrictions for residents of some Hungary. opposition to his reforms, into the government following "During the call, the role, adding that Italy The UN Support Mission third countries starting Wednesday, “Travellers passing said he would ensure a new their big success.

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New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) Fast HAVE ALREADY bowler Mohammed Shami SHAMI GETS BOWLING PRACTICE AT HIS FARMHOUSE is back in the nets, albeit lockdown and had previously cricket amid the coronavirus a fast bowling attack that is together.“We surround Virat STARTED not within the setup of the tweeted a video of him pandemic.“Using saliva is a considered among the best in Kohli and ask him to make the national team. Shami tweeted sprinting with his dog. habit now. Replacing it with contemporary Test cricket. decision,” Shami said. PREPARING FOR a video of him bowling in his He had earlier said that it an external substance like It includes Ishant Sharma, “But he normally says, hometown in Uttar Pradesh. will take at least a month to wax or Vaseline is going to Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav ‘don’t get me involved in AUSTRALIA TOUR, “Quality practice session get used to not using saliva be difficult. We’ll need to and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. all this; you decide among at my farmhouse all brothers at all on the ball. The usage assess how well the external Commenting on who bowls yourselves, I don’t have an SAYS KULDEEP together,” said Shami in his of saliva for shining the ball substance works and will need with the new ball, Shami issue.’ That is the kind of fun caption to the video.In the has been banned by the at least a month to get used to says, it’s often a difficult we have in our team meetings. video, Shami can be seen International Cricket Council it. Otherwise it’s a guaranteed choice, especially when the I let the other two start. I have bowling in good rhythm. He (ICC) temporarily so as to fine on us bowlers,” Shami told first-choice trio of himself, no objection to bowling with a has been able to find outdoor space to train during the ensure the safe resumption of ESPNcricinfo.Shami is part of Ishant and Bumrah play semi-new ball.” ̊̈̊̈ Indian Open golf tournament ZIDANE cancelled due to COVID-̉̑ WANTS MESSI

health and well TO STAY being of all players, officials and spectators IN LALIGA is of paramount importance." AMID EXIT The tournament was New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) New Delhi, July 3 in consultation with originally scheduled Indias left-arm unorthodox (UNI) The 2020 Indian the European Tour, to take place from race with just five matches RUMOURS spin bowler Kuldeep Yadav Open golf tournament sanctioning partner March 19 to 22 at the to go this term. impossible. It’s a decision has revealead that he has has been cancelled for the competition. DLF Golf and Country Earlier, Messi’s boyhood exclusively made by him already started preparing for due to the COVID-19 "It was a very difficult Club in Gurugram. On Madrid, July 3 (UNI) growing tensions within the club Newell’s Old Boys’ and his family. We have the Australia tour, scheduled pandemic, the Indian decision but the right March 11 however, Putting his rivalry aside club. His current deal runs vice-president Christian to have the best possible to take place towards the end Golf Union (IGU) one under the present the European Tour with Barcelona, Real till 2021. D’Amico had stated that context to help make a of the year. announced on Friday. circumstances of the and the Asian Tour Madrid manager Zinedine “I don’t know what will there remains a chance decision,” D’Amico was India are currently The tournament, ongoing pandemic," said in a statement the Zidane has said he wants happen but we hope not that the six-time Ballon quoted as saying by TNT scheduled to play three T20Is which was originally IGU Acting President decision to postpone star forward Lionel Messi to because he is in this league d’Or winner might end Sports as per Daily Mail. against Australia in October. scheduled to be held and former vice-chief the tournameny stay at the Catalan Giants and we want the best up finishing his career in “When Maradona Then in December-January, in March, was initially of Army staff, Lt. Gen. was made following amid rumours linking in this league,” Zidane Argentina. came to Newell’s, nobody both teams will contest in postponed to later part Devraj Anbu said in a consultation him with a move away said after Real’s 1-0 win Messi joined Newell’s thought that he would the four-Test series where of the year following statement. between the two and from the club.According over Getafe on Thursday as a six-year-old before come either. I hope to do India will look to defend the the outbreak of novel "With no likelihood the tournament's to Spanish outlet Cadena night, as per Goal.com. moving to the famed something similar with Border-Gavaskar Trophy. coronavirus. of any respite in the title sponsor Hero SER, Messi has stopped Barcelona find themselves Barcelona youth academy Leo. Obviously, that’s not After that, both teams will The IGU said that foreseeable future, MotoCorp Ltd. contract negotiations with four points behind Real La Masia at the age of to be selling smoke. It’s a take on each other in three- the decision was made safeguarding the "All parties Barcelona amid reports of Madrid in the LaLiga title 14.“I don’t know if it’s difficult topic. match ODI series. “Sometimes taking a break helps refresh the mind. We’ve HAMILTON UNVEILS NEW HELMET IN SUPPORT OF ‘BLM’ MOVEMENT had three-four months off now, so when we start again, Spielberg, July 3 (UNI) had announced black-liveried equality above all, and just 1, everybody here needs to to try harder, because it’s still it will be a fresh start, like a Reigning Formula One cars for the 2020 season as really continuing to solidify be held accountable and be a big issue that the world is new innings. I feel this is the champion Lewis Hamilton the world champions aim to that message,” Hamilton said open to educate themselves, fighting, 60 years later after time to push myself because has unveiled a new helmet make a visual stand against in a video uploaded on his be open to understand why Martin Luther King was a lot of people are not able to in support of the ‘Black Lives racism and for diversity.Apart Twitter handle. the movement is happening, fighting for it. practice,” Kuldeep said while Matter’ movement for the from the ‘Black Lives Matter’ “We currently now have and why around the world “That’s what it’s about. I speaking to Deep Dasgupta upcoming season which message, Hamilton’s latest the mic, and people are we need to keep pushing for kept the purple from what I in the third episode of begins with Austria GP. He gear also has ‘Still We Rise’ starting to listen. We’ve got equality,” he added.“Because planned to start this season, ESPNcricinfo’s Cricketbaazi. wore the helmet in the first message engraved on the the opportunity to really push it’s not good enough. Even if it’s my favourite colour, and “That can give me an edge. practice session on Friday. back of the helmet which is whole reason my helmet has that message and really hold someone says to you we’ve yeah, I hope that you get to A break is very important. Hamilton’s customised predominantly black in colour changed colour, the suit has, people accountable.“Brands been doing something or see it when I’m in the car,” he You learn from whatever helmet comes after Mercedes with shades of purple.“The and also the car, it’s all for and the teams in Formula we’ve been trying, they need further said. happened in the last year about planning your bowling. World Athletics freeze two Russia GAUFF CAN CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE panels over unpaid fine BETTER, FEELS NAVRATILOVA

London, July 3 (UNI) dream.“She’s (Gauff) just so Legendary tennis player Martina poised on and off the court. She Navratilova heaped praise on was just really brought up with 16-year-old America sensation great qualities and it shows Coco Gauff for her powerful how she plays, it shows how speech at a ‘Black Lives Matter’ she’s active now politically,” protest recently. Navratilova said on BBC Radio Gauff had delivered a strong 4’s Today programme.“I smile message last month during a so much when I see the reach demonstration at Delray Beach titles during the course of her that she already has now and in Florida in the aftermath of illustrious career, stated Gauff she will have in the future. George Floyd’s death at the wants to change the world for She’s one of those people that hands of a Minneapolis police the better and her immense can change the world for the personnel.Navratilova, who following at such a young better and she seems to want to won 18 Grand Slam singles age can help her realise that do that. Hosting AFC Asian Cup 2022 will AIU bans Kipsang for four years for Paris, July 3 (UNI) World RusAF by 1 July are $5 million these processes will be put give us extra motivation, anti-doping violations Athletics has announced (fine) and $1.31 million on hold until the council that it will stand down both (reinstatement conditions meets at the end of July to says Bala Devi Nairobi, July 3 (UNI) Olympic bronze the Doping Review Board & verification criteria costs ensure World Athletics is medal-winning distance runner Wilson (DRB) and the Russian incurred from June 30, 2019 not incurring additional New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) tournaments (AFC U-16 Kipsang on Friday was banned for four Taskforce as it has not to March 31, 2020, including costs that may not be Indian women's football team Championship 2016, FIFA years for anti-doping violations by the received the payments due legal & CAS costs; task reimbursed,” it added. forward Bala Devi feels that U-17 World Cup 2017, FIFA Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). from the Russian Athletics force costs; doping review World Athletics President, the announcement of India U-17 Women's World Cup The AIU stated that Kipsang had violated Federation (RusAF), nor board costs, and lysenko Sebastian Coe, said: “We hosting the AFC Asian Cup 2021) that India will be the whereabouts clause as many as four any information on when investigation costs).“Both recognise these are difficult 2022 has further motivated hosting, Bala feels that a times between April 2018 and May 2019 the money may be paid, the Russian Taskforce and times, but we are very her to remain at peak fitness lot has indeed mobilised and has been handed with a backdated despite reminders and the DRB have, in good faith, disappointed by the lack of as and when she can hit the on the football front in the ban."The World Athletics Disciplinary correspondence with the moved forward in a number progress made by RusAF in training ground once again. country."As a footballer, you Tribunal has banned long-distance federation, the deadline of of areas such as the process terms of the requirements The mercurial Indian really can't ask for much runner Wilson Kipsang of Kenya for four which was July 1. to recruit two independent set in March.” striker is quietly working bigger platforms than to play years with effect from Jan. 10, 2020 for “...World Athletics will experts to work alongside “The serious allegations away at her own fitness at a World Cup and an Asian whereabouts failures and tampering by stand down both the Doping RusAF and its Reinstatement of breaching the anti- her home away from home in Cup in your own backyard," providing false evidence and witness Review Board (DRB) and Commission on a detailed doping rules resulted in a Glasgow, Scotland, where she hosts. It really is an honour said Bala. "The U-17 World testimony," the AIU said in a statement on the Russian Taskforce until reinstatement plan. new RusAF administration also awaits the restart of the to host such a prestigious Cup is a terrific platform for their Twitter handle. World Athletics’ council has “The DRB has also opened and we had assurances Scottish Premier League. tournament. It means so the young girls, and I hope Kipsang was handed with a provisional reviewed and discussed the up the Authorised Neutral and hoped that change "There really isn't a lot much for women's football they come out of it with a ban in January due to the violations. situation at their meeting Athlete (ANA) process to was on its way. However, to do as of now, apart from in India – the announcement lot more experience.""The According to the rules, three missed test on July 29-30, as set out in facilitate the granting of the experience of the train and keep yourself at has given us all that extra women's Asian Cup will be within a 12-month period results in the the decision made by the ANA status for athletes Russian Taskforce, chaired the peak of fitness," Bala said motivation."With the the biggest tournament that athlete getting suspended. council on March 12,” World returning to competition, by Rune Andersen, is that to www.the-aiff.com. "I was addition of the AFC Women's we (the senior women's Kipsang won the bronze medal at the Athletics said in a statement. in preparation for the fine this has fallen well short of really excited when I saw Asian Cup to the long list team) will play at home. I 2012 London Games while he is also a five- The payments due from being paid by July 1. Both of expectations. India were announced as the of prestigious international hope that the entire country time gold medalist at marathon majors ENTERTAINMENT 8 4 SATURDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] (H.O) Hyderabad Being an actor comes naturally KANGANA RANAUT DENIES BEING CALLED FOR QUESTIONING IN SUSHANT CASE YET angana Ranaut's social Reacting to the news piece operate."Recently, Kangana mit suicide. A person who is godfather and will be thrown halini Pandey, who media team has denied on Twitter, Kangana's team Ranaut's team shared a video a rankholder in engineering out of the industry," the ac- is all set to make her Kreports that the actress shared: "Ms #KanganaRanaut of the actress where she spoke entrance, how can his mind be tress says in Hindi in her video. SBollywood debut will be questioned by Mumbai hasn't received any such re- about Sushant Singh Rajput. weak? It can be seen from Su- Kangana in her video bashed with Ranveer Singh starrer Police as a part of the inves- quest from @MumbaiPolice "Some people are saying that shant's posts that he is clearly journalists for writing blind "Jayeshbhai Jordaar", says tigation of Bollywood actor yet, but as and when she does, people who have weak minds begging people to watch his items on celebrities without she always wanted to be an Sushant Singh Rajput's death. she is more than willing to co- get into depression and com- fi lms saying he doesn't have a taking names. actress and that it comes naturally to her. "I only wanted to be an LARA DUTTA: Parth Samthaan opens up on actress since I was a child! I have always enjoyed watch- Hunger and curiosity have kept me going his moments of depression ing people in different situ- ations. If I get really fasci- ctress Lara Dutta says and wife, and has also nated by any character, be it her hunger and curios- ventured into film pro- during lockdown onscreen or offscreen, I tend Aity about things have kept duction. She has hosted day when this pandemic is to subconsciously behave her going since time she won the various shows and also over. We are ready to face like that person and that can title of Miss Universe in 2000."I mentors Miss India con- this world again."Reacting be anything! think it's just hunger and curios- testants. In 2019, Lara to the post, actress Hina "Maybe the hand ges- ity. I don't feel like I want to be Dutta launched her Khan asked Parth to just fo- tures, maybe the walk, the limited to any one thing. I never line of beauty products cus on good things. way they talk, the way they said, I am just a beauty queen or named Arias, which is a "You are a rockstar. Just eat, the way they sigh, it just an actress.When that's done, vegetarian beauty line. focus on good things and can be the slightest of the I am always wondering now Talking about women work," Hina commented. mannerisms. So, for me, what's next can I do so, yeah, that entrepreneurs in India, Actor Arjun Bijlani sug- keeps me going," said Lara, while Lara said: "I would say gested Parth to listen to the interacting with the media when all power to women en- song "I'm losing it". Nupur Sanon global tech-hospitality platform trepreneurs out there. I "Listen 'I'm losing it', Airbnb celebrated spirit of wom- know that when Wom- and you will be rocking. en entrepreneurship at their pro- en's Day comes around, ike many others, to Instagram, Parth wrote: You know what I mean," motional event ahead of Interna- a lot of brands do a lot "Kasautii Zinda- "Yes there were moments Arjun quipped.A few days tional Women's Day in Mumbai. of activity about it. But I Lgii Kay" actor Parth of depression and sad- ago, Parth made headlines Lara Dutta won Miss Universe love the fact that women Samthaan has also faced ness during this lockdown, when producer Vikas Gup- 2000 pageant before entering have safe avenues in or- moments of depression and but that's what gives us ta called him out saying the to Bollywood.Apart from act- der to be financially in- sadness during the coro- strength to be stronger and actor was mentally harass- ing, she is a hands-on mother dependent. navirus lockdown.Taking push ourselves so that one ing him. SAIF GETS TROLLED FOR CLAIMING HE IS A VICTIM OF NEPOTISM

aif Ali Khan declared in an "Facts in country talking about being a victim of interview that he has been nowadays.. Nepotism.His mother bought Sa victim of nepotism, but Sunny Leone is Virgin him the National Award over he only ended up being a target Kejriwal is Best CM Shah Rukh Khan in Swades. of trolls on social media. He'd even tried to trivialize the "Nepotism in its purest form Rahul Gandhi Is PM Nepotism debate at an Award is something that even I have candidate Show," tweeted a user. been a victim of... CRPF kills Citizens "Congratulations #SaifA- I am not going to take names Sonam Kapoor got liKhan. You just graduated goes but somebody's dad has rung Telant from the Ananya Pandey insti- up and said don't take him, Saif Ali khan is victim tute of Struggle!!," reads anoth- unplugged take him in the movie. All that of Nepotism er sarcastic tweet. happens and it has happened Sushant Singh "I think he doesn't know the with 'Filhall' to me," Saif Ali Khan said in an Rajput was meaning of nepotism, please interview with The New Indian Depressed," tweeted someone teach him the mean- ctress Kriti Sanon's Express. ing of that #Saifalikhan," urged sister Nupur Sanon However, the comment did another user. another user. Ever since Su- Ahad made her acting not go down well with netizens. Khan: I am the victim of nepo- shant Singh Rajput's demise, debut with the music video Trolls and memes started tar- tism. Memers: Is this a joke?," the nepotism debate has be- "Filhall". Now, the trained geting the actor, who is the son reads a meme."#SaifAliKhan come a hot topic of discussion classical singer will unveil an of renowned actress Sharmila who brought the theory of on social media. Star kids are unplugged version of "Filhall" Tagore and late cricketer Man- Eugenics and Gifted Genes to facing fl ak from netizens for al- in her own voice. soor Ali Khan Pataudi."Saif Ali justify Nepotism in 2017, today legedly enjoying . The video of the song, sung by B Praak, has crossed 600 million views-mark on You- 'PALLO LATKE' FAME SINGER YASSER DESAI WANTS TO SING A QAWWALI RANDEEP HOODA’S PARLE˨G TWEET GOES VIRAL; - Tube. While its views are s still growing, Nupur is set inger Yasser Desai, soon in a Bollywood fi lm. less than a dream to lend ACTOR URGES BIODEGRADABLE PACKING - to bring out a version of the who is best known I hope makers approach my voice for such popular andeep Hooda’s Parle-G by ‘chai’ and the famous Parle- e song in her voice along with Sfor crooning roman- me with a qawwali," Yasser actors," he said.Yasser re- tweet goes viral! A biscuit G biscuits. He further said that a video to go with it. tic numbers, now wants to told .Speaking of Yasser's cently unveiled a new love which majority of Ind while the sales of Parle-G have s R "It's such a surreal feeling explore the traditional Sufi latest singing stint, he is song titled "Ranjhey Wala have been enjoying ever since gone high, one should imagine y for me. I can't believe that the devotional music genre currently garnering a lot of I Love You", which is com- they were kids; a biscuit which if the company just changed the e music video has done so well. -- the qawwali."I have not praises for his song "Band- posed by the dynamic duo now has become a memory for packaging of biscuits from plastic ll I feel honoured to bring out an done qawwali yet. I have hu tu mera" in the Saif Ali of Gourov and Roshin. many, holds no more a different to another alternative biodegrad- n unplugged version of the song tried my hand at love songs, Khan-starrer "Jawaani Asked what fans could ex- meaning for the Bollywood ac- able material. The message from s and I am grateful to everyone sad songs and party tracks, Jaaneman"."It's always a pect from him in the com- tor Randeep Hooda. Randeep Hooda has come after d who has supported me in this. but qawwali is still left. It's surreal experience working ing months, Yasser prom- Expressing his love for Parle-G the company reportedly recorded e I feel happy to add to the jour- not my favourite genre but with big stars. Not only Saif ised to give them "loads of biscuits, the Highway-actor took the best sales in the last 8 decades. g ney of 'Filhall' in my own"way," I really want to give it a try sir, I also sang for Akshay original content". to Twitter and said that his career The sales went up because people s, Nupur said. and want to do a qawwali Kumar sir in 'Gold'. It's no right from the beginning with who were under home quarantine - his theatre days has been fueled stacked their shelves. r e e. n For Advertisements and Notices PLEASE CONTACT The South india times English Daily Call: 99440072509440072509

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CM KCR Telangana: Home Minister, family condoles demise of discharged after Covid-19 treatment choreographer Saroj Khan

Hyderabad Jul 3: Chief Minister K Chan- drashekhar Rao ex- pressed heartfelt con- dolences on the demise of prominent choreog- rapher Saroj Khan. In a statement, he stated that it was a great loss for fi lm industry and Hyderabad Jul 3: Home cal reports confi rmed late minister along with over 40 prayed for her soul to Minister Mohammed Mah- last week that they were staff working with him and rest in peace. mood Ali, who was admit- positive. “Thanks to the at his residence last week. ted to a corporate hospital Almighty and for all those, Of the 40 samples, fi ve TSIT HYDERABAD BUREAU 3 JULY : OCCASION WOMEN DEVOTEES ANKALI MATHA. TEMPLE COMMIT- in Jubilee Hills after test- who prayed for us. A big more security personnel 2ND WEEK OF SAMUHIKA KUM- PERFORMED KUMKUM ARCHANA TEE PRESIDENT G.RAJARATNAM, KUM ARCHANA PUJA WAS PER- AND PRAYED TO MAHANKALI PATRON G.NIRANJAN, SECRE- ing positive for Covid-19 thank for your love and tested positive last week FORMED ON FRIDAY AT HARI- MATHA FOR GOOD HEALTH OF TARY K.DATTATREYA, TREASURER on Sunday evening was blessings,” the minister and they were asked to be BOWLI SRI AKKANNA MADANNA THEIR FAMILIES AND TO SAVE A.SATISH KUMAR, REPRESENTA- discharged along with his said. under quarantine. On Sun- PRAYER HALL WITH LIMITED WOM- THE SOCIETY AND PEOPLE FROM TIVES CHETAN SURI, S.P.KRANTHI son and grandson here on Three security person- day evening, the Minister EN DEVOTEES KEEPING IN VIEW THIS CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC. KUMAR, A.GOPAL, M.VINOD KU- Friday. nel, who were posted at tested positive. The minis- THE PRESENT CORONA VIRUS AND EARLIER IN THE MORNING AB- MAR, G.RAJU, BASAWARAJU AND IN THIS OCCASION SOCIAL DIS- HISHEKAM, SPECIAL ALANKAR, OTHERS LOOKED OVER THE AR- The 67-year-old minister, the minister’s residence ter was the fi rst to admitted TANCING WAS MAINTAINED AND ARCHANA, AARTHI WERE PER- RANGEMENTS ON THIS OCCASION. his son and grandson un- here fi rst tested positive. A to the hospital while his son ALSO SANITATION WAS DONE. FORMED TO MAHANKALI MATHA LATER TEMPLE COMMITTEE DIS- derwent treatment at the medical team immediately and grandson were admit- RAVI NARAYANA MURTHY CON- AND ALSO SOME WOMEN DEVO- TRIBUTED FRUITS TO THE WOMEN hospital after their medi- collected the samples of the ted later. DUCTED THE PUJA AND ON THIS TEES OFFERED BONAM TO MAH- DEVOTEES AND OTHER DEVOTEES. Telangana High Court voices concern over online classes for school children Hyderabad July 3: Telan- nomic viability of families with working days. Government will but you are also not forbidding gana High Court on Friday more than one child. The panel take decision after a month. The the online classes”, said the voiced serious concern about was dealing with a public in- present online classes are au- Chief Justice. Parents are un- online classes for school going terest litigation case fi led by thorised by the Central Govern- der pressure, government is re- children. The panel compris- Hyderabad School Parents As- ment guidelines which said on- quired to take a stand, stated the ing Chief Justice Ragahvendra sociation which challenged the line shall be continued and shall panel. Senior counsel, Adinara- Singh Chauhan and Justice B conduct of online classes and be encouraged. Chief Justice yana Rao representing private Vijayasen Reddy noticed three collection of tuition fee. Chauhan questioned how one school managements told the crucial factors: that 11 states in Special Government pleader, could allow online classes when ICSE and CBSE schools com- the country had stalled online Sanjay Kumar pointed out that academic year has not com- mence their academic year from classes, that studies reveal that generally June 12 is commence- menced at all. “It is self contra- March and therefore the Central it could affect the eye sight of ment date of academic year and dictory, the government stand Government allows schools to children and also about eco- 180 days is compulsory school is vague. You are not permitting conduct classes online. 4 SSATURDAY,ATURDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 2 Uppal MLA SUBASH REDDY distributes 83 UTTAM BLAMES BJP, TRS GOVTS Kalyana Lakshmi, Shaadi FOR RISING FUEL PRICES Mubarak cheques Hyderabad, July 3 (UNI): received bills which are 2-4 Telangana Pradesh Congress times higher than the aver- Committee (TPCC) President age. He said a massive pro- & Nalgonda MP N. Uttam test would be held on July 6 Kumar Reddy informed that demanding waiver of power the party would organise pro- bills for the poor consumers test against the rising prices and reduction in bill amount of petrol and diesel on July 4 for the middle class. He asked and against the infl ated elec- the party cadre to organise tricity bills on July 6. protest with black fl ags and Addressing the Congress badges. Protests will be held cadre through social media before the offi ces of elec- platform Facebook on Fri- hour-long dharnas from 11 of petrol was Rs. 30 per li- tricity fi rms in all Assembly day, Uttam Kumar Reddy ap- am onwards at Tehsil offi ces tre and diesel was Rs. 25/ltr and District headquarters, pealed to them to participate in Mandal Headquarters and when per barrel cost of crude he said. The TPCC Chief de- in both the protests in large at the municipality offi ces oil was $40. The fuel prices in manded that the State Gov- numbers while following the in towns. He asked them to the country were increased ernment waive off the elec- Covid-19 guidelines of wear- submit memorandums ad- when crude oil became cost- tricity bill for two months of ing masks and maintaining dressed to the President to lier. He said the price of crude lockdown period for those TSIT BUREAU physical distance. the Tehsildars and Municipal oil in the international mar- having White Ration Cards. Uppal MLA BETHI SUBASH REDDY distributes 83 Kalyana Lakshmi, Reddy said that the Con- Commissioners concerned. ket today stands at $40. But Further, he demanded that Shaadi Mubarak cheques to benefisheries On Friday at his camp office, gress party would organise Later, the Congress leaders the Modi Government has the present non-telescopic Speaking on the occasion, the Uppal MLA BETHI SUBASH REDDY has said protest in Mandal Headquar- should upload the video and not extended the benefi t to method of billing be replaced that the welfare schemes introduced by the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar ters, Towns and Municipali- photo clippings of agitation the common people. Instead, with the telescopic method Rao have immensely benefited the poor , He has further said that the Kalyana ties on July 4 and submit a on the social media platforms it increased the Excise Duty which would reduce the bill Lakshmi scheme pcame as a boon for the parents of the girl children since memorandum to the Presi- like Facebook, Twitter, etc., to burden the common peo- amount by almost 50% for they were given Rs 1,11,166 immediately after the marriage. In this program dent of India through the as part of the 'Speak Up' pro- ple. Similarly, he said the KCR all consumers. Singh, Pranab habsiguda corporator Bethi Swapna Reddy, HB colony corporator golluri offi cials concerned. He said gramme. Government was collecting Mukherjee to deliver talk Anjaiah, chilka Nagar corporator gopu saraswathi sadanand, and TRS lead- the protest was being organ- The TPCC Chief said that the highest Value Added Tax on PVNR on July 24 Former ers Gharki Sudhakar , bannala Praveen , Kiran Kumar Reddy ,MD Rahman,K ised at the national level on the BJP-led NDA Government (VAT) on petrol and diesel in Prime Minister Dr. Manmo- Sridhar, vinish Reddy nandikanti Shiva were presentWe urge the Chief Min- the directions of AICC Presi- was extending the benefi t of the country which boosted han Singh, former President ister to postpone the idea of demolition of Secretariat building and convert dent Sonia Gandhi. He asked drop in global prices of crude the prices of petrol and diesel of India Pranab Mukherjee, the same into a Covid-19 hospital on war footing basis," Bandulal demanded. the party cadre to conduct oil to the common man. He to Rs. 83.49/ltr and Rs. 78.69/ former union ministers P. pointed ltr today. Chidambaram and Jairam that dur- He also condemned the Ramesh and other person- Online Darshan And No Procession; Khairatabad ing the TRS Government for the in- alities will deliver lectures UPA's fl ated electricity bills charged on the life of former PM P.V. Ganesh Will Be 27-feet Tall This Year! regime in to the people for the lock- Narasimha Rao as part of 2004-05, down period. He said each birth centenary celebrations HYDERABAD July 3: Hy- the price and every family in the State being organised by the TPCC. derabad's famous Khaira- tabad Ganesh idol will not be taller than last year's which was a record 66-feet No compromise in in height. It has been a tra- dition to increase the idol's national security height by one foot every year, But this year, In view D.Guruva Reddy of the coronavirus pan- demic, the organizers have TSIT BUREAU decided to install a 27-feet Hyderabad, July 3::JP senior tall idol made of clay in- leader Daram Guruva Reddy stead of a Plaster of Paris said thatBJP is proud that India (POP) one. have facilitated an online procession. The idol will be and painted with organic has a Prime Minister like Nar- It has also been decided darshan. One can book for dissolved right at the spot colours. We will not have endra Modi, who understands that no devotees from the the puja and have darshan of its installation to adhere a procession on the 11th how to impact the morale of the other areas would be al- from their homes. The idol to both anti-coronavirus day." The devotees will Indian armed forces positively lowed to visit the venue immersion on the 11th and eco-friendly norms. have to book for an on- and takes initiatives to boost it. for the darshan of the idol day, which usually marks Chairman of the Khai- line darshan through the BJP leader praised and sa- during the 10-day festivi- the climax of the festivities ratabad Ganesh Utsav offi cial website and only lutes the armed forces of In- ties, which are obviously with hours-long procession Samithi Singari Sudarshan committee members will dia for their legendary sacri- eas near LAC is a clear and explicit going to be a simple affair, fi lled with all the religious Mudiraj said, “This time, be present for the spot im- fices since 1947 to secure the message to China, of Indian resolve given the COVID-19 guide- fervour and revelry mak- we have decided to install mersion,” he said. territorial integrity of this nation. to go any length to protect and lines in places. However, ing for a grand spectacle, a Ganesh idol, themed Last year, around 40 Guruva Reddy Asserted that secure our borders. And also no to compensate for that to will be a low-key affair. on God Dhanvantari. The lakh devotees visited the PM Narendra Modi's visit to Lada- Compromise in national security an extent, the organisers This time, there will be no idol will be made of clay venue. kh and to the frontline defence ar- He added. 4 SSATURDAY,ATURDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 3 Raj hoteliers seeking solutions to check-in to future with smile

Jaipur, July 2 (UNI) As India states have been basking in the entered Unlock 2 mode from lavish splendour here during the Wednesday, the hospitality in- Unlock 2 period. In fact, we have dustry, one of the worst-affected been engaged in community de- sectors due to the COVID-19-in- velopment and sustainability also duced crisis, has started gearing and have been asking our ven- up to revert to their earlier levels dors to provide masks and other across the country. While, hotels such commodities to ensure they in Jaipur also took a beating dur- can boost their business in tough ing the nationwide lockdown, times," said Rathore. Another but now they are preparing to get property Alila Fort also confirmed back on track. The hoteliers here to have been getting booking are busy finding solutions to greet queries for weddings. their guests with warm smiles "We are also getting queries which now seems to be covered for wedding and other travel seg- under the masks and screens ments and it seems that we will amid the pandemic. be hosting them from October," Many leading properties have said Binny Sebastian, General started getting queries for wed- Manager, Alila Fort Bishangarh. ding and individual bookings Speaking of the lockdown era, he and hence they are busy crack- said, "We used the lean period in ing ways to ensure they welcome CEO, Rambagh Palace Hotels very much in demand in present which have been solemnised training our staff to follow new their guests with an intact smile, Pvt Ltd. "Our staff has been al- times," he added. here. We are also ready to greet normal guidelines. We continued while saying 'Namaste' or 'Kham- ready trained to greet our guests "We further ensured that our our guests who have been calling developing new work procedures ma Ghani' with folded hands with warmth in their eyes. In fact, entire team stays intact during us from different corners of the and mandatory training to edu- when they check-in. "We need the lean period was utilised as a tough times following 'digital em- world in the next few months," cate and equip our team with the to ensure that the warmth and learning period by us," said Ra- pathy.' Each of our employees' said Rathore. right information and safety tips. the smile remains intact for our thore. well-being was checked no mat- As we have trained our staff, The well-being of our people re- customers as they enter into our "During lockdown, we ideated ter where they were and none of they are now hosting guests mained at the heart of our busi- property. Hence, we are order- to bring in fresh prospects and our staff were laid off. Our mag- smartly adopting all guidelines of ness. "To ensure that the team ing transparent masks which en- now, we have included an im- ic , flute players and artisans new normal, he added. remains happy and engaged, able our staff to make quick con- munity booster menu containing were duly taken care of and that Ram Bagh Palace has already we engaged in fun activities and tacts with our customers with the spinach and lemon. Our spinach is why, they now stand with us as hosted eight weddings in June participated in regular yoga and warm smile, says Ram Rathore, cocktail and citrus based food is we have opened up for weddings and the guests from neighbouring workout sessions." BJP wants J&K to get full International flights to remain suspended till July 31

statehood again: Ram Madhav New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) The Puri said that re-commence- New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) overseen party activities and Nepal. is pending." On the ques- Directorate General of Civil ment of international flight National General Secre- in from Jammu & Kashmir Madhav, on the ques- tion of restarting political Aviation (DGCA) issued a cir- services will depend on factors tary Ram Madhav is one to northeast affairs. He is a tion of restoring full activity in the valley, he cular on Friday extending the like 'border acceptance' norms of the BJP's high-profile key strategist who played statehood to Jammu & said that most of the de- suspension on scheduled com- in the arriving country and the faces. Since becoming an important role in BJP's Kashmir, said that his tained leaders have been mercial international flight op- traffic demand. spokesperson of the Rash- outreach in the northeast. party supports it. He released. Madhav said, erations to and from India till That time, he hinted at the triya Swayamsevak Sangh It is a result of his ef- said, "BJP's Jammu & "BJP wants all leaders to July 31. prospects of bilateral bubble in 2003, he has subse- forts that many states in Kashmir unit is of the act as bridges between The development comes ex- arrangements, which will al- quently been in the news the northeast where BJP opinion that statehood administration and pub- actly a week after the suspen- low some international op- not only in the country did not have a presence, should be given back lic by participating in po- sion on oversees air services erations between countries. At but also in the interna- today have BJP govern- when the time is favour- litical activities, but all big was extended till July 15. present, healthy demand for tional media as the face of ments. Madhav, 56, a na- able. We want J&K to be leaders of PDP, National The regulator said the valid- evacuation flights have been the saffron party. tive of Andhra Pradesh, restored to a full state's Conference, Congress are ity of the earlier circular has witnessed in the North Amer- At that time, he was also had an engineering edu- status. Home Minister sitting inside their hous- been extended till 11.59 p.m. ica-India sector. known as something of a cation before becoming Amit Shah himself said es. Congress leaders are IST of July 31. "However, inter- Passenger air services were global ambassador of the an RSS ‘pracharak'. In a while granting UT status not even arrested so they national scheduled flights may suspended on March 25 due RSS. After spending a long special interview to on that work would be done should answer why they be allowed on selected routes to the nationwide lockdown to time in the RSS, he was Friday, Madhav spoke to get full statehood back are not taking part in po- by the competent authority on check the spread of Covid-19, appoited National Gen- openly on issues ranging very soon. The Assembly litical activities. Political case to case basis," the circular although domestic air services eral Secretary in the BJP from Jammu & Kashmir is yet to be constituted activity will start when As- read. Last month, Civil Avia- has resumed in a phased man- in 2014. Since then, he has to the China border issue and delimitation for UT sembly elections are held." tion Minister Hardeep Singh ner from May 25. 4 SSATURDAY,ATURDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 4 SUSHMITA SEN: 'AARYA' IS A PERSONAL WIN or Sushmita Sen, "Aarya" a character with many layers. In sea- didn't really help me grow a whole lot. is not just a professional son one we haven't even scratched the "So I never really discovered Sushmita choice, but a personal win. surface of the character and we have in a film. These 10 years made me an F"'Aarya' is a personal win. 5 seasons written. You can't imagine observer of life. While filming 'Aarya', It is amazing how much it has taken what's to come after." "For the first I had to no longer portray or project. I for me to transcend layers of disap- time in my career, and I say this with had to be. We were not allowed to use pointment and pat my own back and immense pride and love, when I look glycerin to cry or cut to add any sweat remind myself 'apna time aayega'," at 'Aarya' as a whole, it is very difficult and a feel. Every emotion had to be Sushmita said. for me to choose one scene. I have too portrayed then and there and the best The actress made her comeback with many moments in it that I sit there way you could reach the emotion was "Aarya", which delves into how organ- and I forget it's me and I say I love this to feel it," she said during a conversa- ised crime and betrayal run deep in a Aarya. She has got so many things that tion in "IMDb On the Scene". Directed family. It is about how her protagonist I have and so many things I wish I had. by "Neerja" fame filmmaker Ram Mad- Aarya is pulled into the narcotics busi- Aarya is not just a performance but a hvani, "Aarya" is an official adaptation ness when her family is threatened. soul," she added. Asked what were the of the popular Dutch crime drama "Pe- Talking about the success of the show, things she discovered about herself noza". The show is written by Sandeep she said: "The universe conspired for while making "Aarya", Sushmita said: Srivastav and Anu Singh Choudhary, this show to come my way. The script, "Every time I went on the set and es- and also features Namit Das, Jayant ace director Ram Madhvani and his sayed a character, it was a lot of pro- Kripalani, Sohaila Kapoor, Sugandha amazing team is a soul connect for me. jection rather than feeling. The kind of Garg, Vishwajeet Pradhan and Manish We think alike on many levels. Aarya is commercially inclined projects I did, Chaudhary. Sushant said yes Ayushmann Khurrana: I have been to 'Dil Bechara' a cycling enthusiast all my life without reading ctor Ayushmann the script Khurrana is determined to stay super fi t during the pan- Ademic and has taken up cycling. He says he has been a cycling enthusiast all his life. Ayushmann, who is currently in Chandigarh, said: "Maintaining fi tness is an extremely important aspect today, given the crisis we are engulfed in. We will need to fi nd our own fi tness regimes to stay fi t because it is very important. So, since I'm in Chandigarh Casting director-turned-fi lmmaker spending time with my family and parents, I Mukesh Chhabra has revealed that decided to take up cycling." For Ayushmann, late actor Sushant Singh Rajput his cycling time is adding a much-needed bal- agreed to be a part of his debut di- ance to his daily routine. "I have been a cycling rectorial "Dil Bechara" without enthusiast all my life but my work schedule al- even reading the script. "Sushant ways prevented me from doing this. I am lov- had realised that my heart was set ing doing this now because it is not just help- on directing my own fi lm someday, ing me stay fi t but it is also giving me the alone and he promised me that he would time to focus on things, ponder about life, and work in my fi lm the day I decide to plan my way forward," he said. He added that make it," said Chhabra, who cast cycling alone is quite a meditative experience Sushant in "Kai Po Che", giving him for him. "I can focus on one thing at a time and his big Bollywood break. "Once I close those loops in my head," he said. knew that I was making my fi rst fi lm, However, Ayushmann admits that he can't apart from a great actor I needed wait to be on the sets again and resume shoot- someone who would understand ing his back-to-back fi lm projects. "I can't wait me, as a friend, someone who was to start shooting and I'm missing being on the close to me, someone who would sets bigtime. I'm ready to start shooting mul- stand by me no matter what during tiple things. As soon as the production teams this entire journey. I remember long fi gure out and lock on the safest ways to start ago Sushant had promised me that work, I will be back on the sets!" whenever I make my fi rst fi lm. 4 SSATURDAY,ATURDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 5 Neha Dhupia: Be kind to yourself and your body Actress Neha Dhupia says it If you're reading this, DON'T took awhile for her to be proud waste as much time as I did! and comfortable in her own Your weighing scale doesn't skin, adding that it is impor- defi ne you, you do! … #been- tant to be "kind to yourself and thruthicknthin." The actress your body". "Remember that also shared multiple pictures photo of yourself from 5 years of herself from different stag- ago that makes you feel bad es of her life to prove her point. about your current weight? She also shared a clip from Well that same person 5 years the auditions of "MTV Roadies ago had something else mak- Revolution" to talk about em- ing her feel bad about her bracing inclusiveness. In the weight. We're programmed to upcoming episode of "Roadies feel unworthy, to feel not good Revolution", Neha will also be enough," Neha said in her In- seen talking about how she stagram post. She added: "Be had put on 23 kgs during her kind to yourself and your body, pregnancy phase and was it's the only one you've got! afraid that it might cost her It took me a while to under- the show. However, she was stand this and be proud and included in the show irrespec- comfortable in my own skin. tive of her appearance. Sunny Leone recalls 'brief encounter' with Saroj Khan teaching her folk dance

Sunny Leone has shared a brief goes out to the family, close encounter with choreographer friends and to all those out there Saroj Khan, who passed away who have lost this beautiful per- following a massive heart attack son from your life. RIP Mam!" here on Friday morning. Khan was 71 and had been ad- Sunny recalled in an Instagram mitted to a Bandra hospital for a post how the late choreographer fortnight for breathing and dia- had once tried to teach her a betes problems. She was suffer- few basics of Indian folk dance. ing from multiple health issues, Along with her post, Sunny also but had tested negative for COV- shared a black-and-white pic- ID-19, and the end came around ture where the two can be seen 1.30 am on Friday. One of the discussing something. most prominent choreographers "My very brief encounter by a in Hindi cinema, Saroj Khan, beautiful patient guru who was who was fondly called as "Mas- trying to teach some basics of In- terji" in the industry, has worked dian folk dancing. Even though in over 2000 songs. Her most fa- our encounter was short I always mous collaborations were with go back to these videos to learn Madhuri Dixit (notably "Ek do from her over and over. God teen" and "Dhak dhak karne Bless your soul and may you rest laga") and Sridevi ("Hawa ha- in peace," she wrote alongside wai", "Main naagin tu sapera") the image. She added: "My heart among many others. 4 SSATURDAY,ATURDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 6 Arshad Warsi: No matter what I do, it's not good enough for box office

No matter what he does, it is never worked at the BO. Dir @subkapoor Sunday, that's the sad part. good enough for the box office, tried to make something differ- A lot of movies need time. feels Arshad Warsi. The actor took ent in the commercial space. Still For example, if 'Sholay' was to Twitter on Friday to speak his remember the iconic climax shot," released today it would not mind. He was reacting to a tweet by tweeted Joginder Tuteja.Reacting to do well, because it did not do trade analyst Joginder Tuteja talk- his tweet, Arshad Warsi wrote: "My well when it had released. It ing about the actor's film "Guddu sentiments exact... it's like no mat- is because people gave it a Rangeela" completing five years of ter what I do, it's not good enough chance, they went and saw its release date. "#5YearsOfGud- for the box office..." Arshad Warsi and realised that it is a great duRangeela - I still believe this ac- had spoken about the box office in film. It is sad that that facil- tion comedy didn't get its due. This an earlier interview with . The ity is not there anymore. One one with @ArshadWarsi @TheAm- actor had said: "The whole thing doesn't make cinema for the itSadh @aditiraohydari should have lies between Friday, Saturday and quality of cinema; films. Anushka Sharma: People have seen enough of formula

Actress-producer Anushka Sharma feels people have seen enough of formula and are done with traditional ways of storytelling. "For us, how uniquely we tell a story is extremely important and we have always tried to tell our stories as differently as possible. I have always felt that a visual trigger to storytelling is key to hold the attention of audiences today and it also allows us an unexpectedly new route to present an idea that has never been seen before by audiences," Anushka said. "Karnesh (her brother and partner in their production house) and I have always wanted to break away from tradi- tional ways of telling a story because we feel people have seen enough of the formula and are done with them." Anushka says the audience is always look- ing to immerse themselves into something new. "That's been our biggest strength. From ‘Phillauri' to ‘Pari' and now ‘Bulbbul', while we have acciden- tally created a sub-genre of supernatural feminism films, we have consciously told the story through the lens of clutter-breaking visual effects." Anush- ka's brother Karnesh is delighted that theVFX used in "Bulbbul" has been hailed unanimously. "Our focus towards visual effects to enhance storytelling is one of the reasons why these films have stood out and won the hearts of audiences. The strong visual effects in our projects have added to the surreal- ness of the stories that we intended to tell and heightened its impact," he says. 4 SSATURDAY,ATURDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 7 'Encouraging' data but Covid vax nowhere near us New York, July 3 (UNI) There infectious diseases, has expressed are currently 18 candidate vac- his concern over the sudden spike cines in key clinical trials globally of COVID-19 cases in the country, but despite encouraging prelimi- warning of the risk of a greater nary data coming from some re- outbreak if the latest surge is not search labs, a Covid-19 vaccine is controlled. India on Friday re- nowhere near while new corona corded the highest single-day cases are mounting in several spike of 20,903 cases, pushing the countries including in India. No total tally to 6,25,544. The death vaccines have yet started their count rose to 18,213. In China, large and critical Phase-III trials the military has received approv- in the US. Drug maker Moderna's al for using a Covid-19 vaccine Phase-III trial which was suppos jointly developed by its research ed to start from July 7 "will likely unit and CanSino Biologics Inc. start at the end of the month or The phase-I and phase-II clini- the beginning of August," reports clinical development and at-risk pharmaceutical major Moderan rolled and additional enrollment cal trials of the Ad5-nCoV were the CNN, citing an investigator manufacturing to maximize the is not far behind. WHO Chief Sci- of 10,000 participants is planned conducted in China. However, working on the Moderna vaccine opportunity for the rapid pro- entist Soumya Swaminathan said for the clinical trial. The ChAdOx1 the critical phase-III trials are yet candidate. duction of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine AstraZeneca's coronavirus vac- nCoV-19 vaccine has been li- to bear positive results. The US, Researchers at University of Ox- to prevent COVID-19 disease," cine candidate is currently the cenced to AstraZeneca. The sud- however, remains hopeful to have ford, however, said this week they the researchers wrote in a pre- most advanced vaccine in terms den surge in corona cases has left a Covid-19 vaccine available by have vaccinated 8,000 people in print paper repository which is of development. the scientifi c community gasping the end of the year or early next the UK as part of a Phase-III trial. yet to be peer-reviewed. US vac- AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vac- for fresh answers. The US Centers year. "FDA has given authorisa- Another Covid-19 vaccine can- cine maker Inovio also said this cine candidate, developed by for Disease Control and Preven- tion to proceed with clinical tri- didate called BNT162b1, being week that it's vaccine candidate researchers from the Oxford Uni- tion (CDC) on Thursday reported als for four separate vaccines and developed by US pharmaceuti- already has shown some positive versity, will likely provide protec- a new single-day record of CO- we've seen a number of vaccine cal giant Pfi zer and German bio- early data in a Phase 1 trial. After tion against the disease for one VID-19 cases in the US at 54,357. developers come forward -- dou- technology company BioNTech, saying that the world may have a year, the British drug maker's More than 2.7 million COVID-19 ble digit numbers -- so we have a has delivered some early positive Covid-19 vaccine within one year, CEO told Belgian radio station cases have been reported in the lot of different, if you will, shots data. "These clinical fi ndings for the World Health Organisation Bel RTL. The vaccine developed US with the fatalities surpassing on goal with respect to vaccines. the BNT162b1 RNA-based vac- (WHO) said late last month that at the Oxford Jenner Institute is 128,400, according to a tally by That's good news," US Food and cine candidate are encouraging UK-based AstraZeneca is leading currently on trial in the UK, where Johns Hopkins University. An- Drug Administration (FDA) com- and strongly support accelerated the vaccine race while US-based over 4,000 participants have en- thony Fauci, the top US expert in missioner Dr Stephen Hahn said. NASA wants SLS rocket boosters for 6 more Artemis missions Washington, June 30 (UNI) to make purchases as the details Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA is taking steps towards of the full contract are fi nalised "The letter contract allows us building Space Launch System within the next year. to buy long-lead materials in (SLS) solid rocket boosters to Northrop Grumman is the cur- time for manufacturing boosters support as many as six additional rent lead contractor for the solid for the fourth fl ight." fl ights, for a total of up to nine Ar- rocket boosters that will launch The twin solid rocket boosters, temis missions. the fi rst three Artemis missions, which are mounted on the side of The US space agency on Mon- including the mission that will the SLS core stage, will produce day said it will provide initial land the fi rst woman and next more than 75 per cent percent of funding and authorisation to man on the Moon in 2024. the thrust for each SLS launch. aerospace and defence technolo- "This initial step ensures that The boosters were based on the gy company Northrop Grumman NASA can build the boosters design of the space shuttle solid to order long-lead items to sup- needed for future Space Launch rocket boosters but include a fi fth port building the twin boosters System rockets that will be need- segment to produce the extra for the next six SLS fl ights. ed for the Artemis missions to ex- power needed to send the larger Under this letter contract, with plore the Moon," said John Hon- SLS rocket to space. "We're ready a potential value of $49.5 million, eycutt, SLS Program Manager at to process and stack the boosters Northrop Grumman will be able NASA's Marshall Space Flight for the Artemis I mission. 4 SSATURDAY,ATURDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 8 Eco-Tourism Parks Private labs in Hyderabad to be developed at all suspend Covid testing Hyderabad Jul 3: Several pri- vate laboratories in Hyderabad, towns: Forest Minister which were permitted to con- duct Covid-19 diagnostic tests, have temporarily halted the pro- cess of collecting samples from suspected patients. The ICMR had permitted 18 private laboratories and 10 government-run laboratories to conduct Covid-19 diagnostic tests in Hyderabad. However, a combination of factors appears from day one, when private lab- these laboratories have stopped to have forced private laborato- oratories started accepting swab taking new appointments and ries to halt collection of samples. samples, there was heavy rush of are urging people to enquire for Many of these laboratories have people wanting to get tested for appointments after July 10. Apart stopped Covid-19 diagnostics SARS-CoV-02. As a result, these from the heavy backlog, another following overfl ow of swab sam- laboratories ended-up accept- reason cited by private laborato- ples resulting in a backlog that ing samples that would take days ries is the need to take-up disin- Yadadri-Bhongir Jul 3: has taken up plantation in 97.12 hectors in Raya- would take days to clear. Right to clear the backlog. At present, fection of the laboratories. Forest Minister A Indra- programme in such a big giri-II reserve forest bloc karan Reddy on Friday way in the country. The with Rs 3.16 crores while said that the state gov- state government has Anjaneya aranyam in ernment was developing already identifi ed forest 56.65 hectors in Raigiri- I ICMR plans to launch lung spaces in the cities lands located near cities reserve forest bloc with and towns by setting up and towns and develop- Rs 2.83 crores. The two urban forest parks and ing urban parks in some urban parks were devel- ̉st indigenous Covid vax by Aug ̉̍ urban tourism parks in area of them, he added. oped in the manner that the available forest lands. He made it clear that ur- the people who would Hyderabad, July 3 (UNI) The In- monitored at the topmost level of director general strictly advised Speaking after inaugu- ban lung spaces would visit them would recog- dian council of Medical Research the government. "The vaccine is them to fast track all approvals rating the urban forest be created at all cities nize the importance of (ICMR) plans to launch indigenous being derived from a strain of SARS- related to initiation of the clinical parks – Anyaneeya and and towns in the state. the trees and protection vaccine for COVID-19 by August 15 CoV-2 isolated by ICMR-National trial and ensure that the subject Narsimha Forest Parks at He said that the state of the forests. The water after the completion of the clinical Institute of Virology, Pune. ICMR enrollment is initiated no later Raigiri near Yadagirigut- government has taken fall in Anjaneya aranyam trials. It has selected 13 institutions and BBIL are jointly working for the July 7, 2020. ta, Indrakaran Reddy up measures for protec- was named as Yada Sri across the country for clinical trials preclinical as well as clinical devel- "Kindly note that non-com- said that the ecological tion of forests besides water fall, he added. and asked them to initiate subject opment of this vaccine," he wrote. pliance will be viewed very seri- balance would depend taking up plantation Earlier, the minister enrollment by July 7. "It is envisaged to launch the ously. Therefore, you are advised on the area of the forest programs under Haritha has also participated in ICMR Director General Balram vaccine for public health use to treat this project on high- and green coverage area Haram. Narasimha and ground breaking cer- Bhargava, in a letter to the heads of latest by 15th August 2020 after est priority and meet the given in any area. Hence, the Anjaneeya Aranyams emony of Forest depart- the selected institutions, informed completion of all clinical trials. timelines without any lapse," he Chief Minister K Chan- were developed in Rai- ment offi ce building, them that it has partnered with BBIL is working expeditiously to added. The list of institutions in- drasekhar Rao has taken giri reserve forest area to which was taken up with Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech meet the target, however the fi nal volved in vaccine trials include up afforestation Telan- create a pleasant atmo- Rs. 1.5 crore estimated International Limited (BBIL) to outcome will depend on the co- Nizam's Institute of Medical Sci- gana Ku Haritha Haram sphere near Yadadri hill cost. Rajya Sabha mem- fast-track clinical trials of the indig- operation of all clinical trial sites ences (NIMS), Hyderabad, King to improve forest cov- shrine, which was being ber Badugula Lingaiah enous COVID-19 vaccine (BBV152 involved in this project," reads George Hospital, Visakhapat- erage area by taking up developed on par with Yadav, Principal Chief COVID vaccine). It noted that this the letter dated July 2. nam, University of Health Sci- planning of saplings as Tirumala by the state Conservator of Forests is the fi rst indigenous vaccine being Informing the institutions of ences, Rohtak, All India Institute a mass movement. No government. Narasimha (PCCF) R Shoba, Addi- developed by India and is one of the their selection as clinical trials of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New state except Telangana Aranyam was developed tional PCCFs Lokesh. top priority projects which is being sites for the vaccine, the IMCR Delhi and AIIMS Patna.

Telangana to refocus and fi ne- Concerted efforts must to flatten tune its pandemic response. Professor and Director of Cen- Covid curve: Experts tre for Health Care Manage- ment, ASCI, Dr Subodh Kan- Hyderabad Jul 3: Experts Thursday, domain specialists health response in managing damuthan felt that a temporary from diverse sectors in Hy- said that a coordinated multi- the surge of new infections lockdown in Hyderabad should derabad have called for a con- sectoral approach to improve were critical for Telangana to be used for capacity build- certed effort from all sections the present state of industries fl atten the pandemic curve. ing, creating more awareness, of the society in response to the that were impacted during the Senior orthopaedic surgeon counselling community on challenges from the Covid-19 lockdown, infl uence the behav- and CMD of Sunshine Hospi- home quarantine and helping pandemic. In a webinar on ‘Co- iour of the community through tals Dr AV Gurava Reddy felt hospital staff in dealing with vid-19: The New Reality’ organ- Covid-19 risk communication that a two-week lockdown in the pressure that comes with a ised by ‘Telangana Today’ on and sharpen the State’s public Hyderabad was necessary for large infl ux of patients.