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NITHYA LIKELY TO PLAY A SUPPORTING ROLE IN SHYAM SINGHA ROY { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com GURGAON BUILDING TILTS DUE TO RUSSIA OPPOSITION LEADER IN JAL SHAKTI MINISTER +VE, APEX RUSSIA TO PARTNER WITH INDIA HEAVY RAIN, RESIDENTS FLEE COMA AFTER ‘POISONING’ COUNCIL MEET MAY BE PUT OFF FOR PRODUCING COVID VACCINE

he residents of a four-storey house in Gurgaon have been moved out he Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was in intensive care he August 25th Apex Council meet will have to be postponed once ussia is looking for a partnership with India for Tafter the building tilted following heavy rain. The building in Sector 46 Tin a Siberian hospital on Thursday after he fell ill in what his Tagain as Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekawath has Rproducing COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, Kirill has been vacated, the police told news agency ANI. Gurgaon near Delhi, spokeswoman said was a suspected poisoning. Navalny, a 44- tested Covid-19 positive. The Minister mentioned on his Twitter handle Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment the Millennium City with multiple malls, high- year-old lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner who is that he tested positive and got himself admitted to hospital on the Fund (RDIF), said on Thursday. Addressing an online rises and offices of multinational companies, among President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics, was advice of doctors. He asked all those who met him over the last one press briefing, Dmitriev said several nations are has been severely challenged in two days of being treated in a hospital in the city of Omsk after he week to go for tests and stay isolated at home. Gajendra Singh interested in the production of the vaccine from countries heavy downpour. The area where the building is lost consciousness on a flight to Moscow and his was to chair the Apex Council meeting scheduled initially for in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. "The production located was severely flooded after yesterday's plane made an emergency landing. His spokeswoman August 5 in which Telugu States Chief Ministers K of the vaccine is a very important issue. Currently, we are looking downpour, according to the police.Earlier Kira Yarmysh wrote on Twitter that Navalny had been Chandrasekhar Rao and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy were for a partnership with India. We believe that they are capable of producing the Thursday, a part of the major road in near the placed in a coma on a ventilator and that tests were supposed to participate to discuss issues concerning Gamaleya vaccine and it is very important to say that those partnerships to busy IFFCO Chowk in Gurgaon caved in. being carried out. projects being constructed on Krishna and Godavari rivers. produce the vaccine will enable us to cover the demand that we have," he said. AP patients pick Hyderabad Double whammy for farmers: hospitals for Covid treatment Crop loss and no insurance! L VENKAT RAM REDDY n HYDERABAD

Hundreds of patients from AP districts throng corporate hospitals The continual spells of heavy rains across Telangana over the NAVEENA GHANATE themselves admitted to corpo- corporate hospital in Banjara past one week have dealt a n HYDERABAD rate hospitals in Hyderabad. Hills said, “Just today I saw a double whammy to farmers Moreover, some of the AP patient from Nandyal, anoth- Want Covid19 across the state. Although Gangwar calls What if testing rates are high? hospitals are referring patients er from Kurnool; and this has treatment? crops over an extent of 5 lakh for total Treatment counts, no matter in critical condition to been the case for the past two acres have been damaged, costs. This seems to be the Hyderabad. weeks. Not just me, even my farmers are not in a position to digitalisation of refrain of many Covid-19 A doctor colleagues in other private ask no bill or claim crop insurance as the Labour Bureau patients in Andhra Pradesh working in hospitals shared the same with state government had scrapped who are opting for private a big regard to patients coming from insurance PM Fasal Bima Yojana with hospitals in Hyderabad when Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, HYDERABAD: No Bill and No effect from this Kharif season aged crops over an extent of 5 The worst-affected districts it comes to treatment. Kurnool”. insurance has become norm for abruptly without introducing lakh acres, including that over include Mulugu, Bhupalapally, Private hospitals in Rambabu from hospitals in City for providing its own version of crop insur- an extent of 2 lakh acres Warangal urban, Warangal 8 Hyderabad are witnessing Rajahmundry said, treatment for Covid19. To avoid ance scheme promised earlier. washed away completely. The rural, Jagangoan, Kothagudem, an influx of Covid-19 “We brought our rel- the wrath of government and As per preliminary esti- crops washed away includes Mahabubabad, and Siddepet patients from the neigh- ative from media scrutiny, private hospitals mates of the state agriculture paddy and cotton in 1.70 lakh districts. bouring states, particu- Rajamundry to in the city are asking people to department, heavy rains over acres and other crops over larly Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad and got pay in Cash, reducing the cost if the past one week have dam- 30,000 acres. 2 Due to the lockdown, him admitted to they don't seek bill and are not initially the Telugu Continental admitting patients with states witnessed Hospital. We tried insurance. An admin from a reverse migration; to get a bed in a cou- private hospital in Hyderabad on CBI books yet, now ple of private hospi- condition of anonymity said, IMD issues red patients are tals in Rajahmundry "We don't get margin at the Hyd-based Elite largely pre- and Vijayawada. rates specified. ferring to get 2 2 alert for 20 districts Infra in Rs 26 cr AT 23RANK IN SWACCH SURVEKSHAN PNS n HYDERABAD Jayashankar Bhupalpally, bank fraud DST to set up Tech Mulugu, Warangal (urban and PNS n HYDERABAD The India Meteorological rural), Mahabubabad, Innovation Hub at Department (IMD) Bhadradri Kothagudem, Sleuths of the Central Bureau issued a red warning Khammam, Nalgonda, of Investigation have booked IIIT Hyderabad Hyd is ‘Best Mega City’ in country for the state on Suryapet, and Jangaon. a case against the directors of Thursday, predict- A red warning is a Hyderabad-based Elite Infra Naidu bats for PNS n HYDERABAD TS stands 8th in Swachta among states with <100ULBs ing “heavy to very sign of massive Projects Private Limited representation of heavy rain with flooding/water Company for allegedly women in legislature The International Institute PNS n HYDERABAD extremely heavy logging in diverting funds to the tune of of Information Technology rain” at isolated many parts Rs 26 crore. (IIITH) here on Thursday Hyderabad has been awarded places in 20 dis- of low The city branch of the said it has been selected for with "Best Mega City in Citizen tricts of lying areas CBI has registered a case 5 setting up a Technology Feedback" under 40 Lakh pop- Telangana. in the dis- against directors B Nagi Innovation Hub (TIH) on ulation category in the Swachh Red alert tricts of Reddy and B. Narsimha data driven technologies Survekshan 2020. Telangana is has been Telangana. It also Reddy under 120 B, 420, with a Rs 110 crore fund- at 8 the rank in Swachh issued for indicates massive falling of 406 (criminal conspiracy, ing from the Union among the states which have Adilabad, trees and electric poles over cheating, criminal breach) Department of Science and less than 100 ULBs. Also Komaram different roads, leading to of the Indian Penal Code Technology (DST). Hyderabad secured 23 posi- Bheem, Nizamabad, Nirmal, total collapse of transport in and 13 (2) r/w 13 (1) (d) of The National Mission tions in Swachh Survekshan Kamareddy, Jagtial, Rajanna the some areas of the districts the Prevention of on Interdisciplinary Ranks as against 35 in 2019. Sircilla, Mancherial, for some hours to a few days. Corruption Act. Cyber-Physical GHMC in Swacch Survekshan Peddapalli, Karimnagar, 2 2 Systemsunder the DST has ranking is ahead of Greater Mayor Bonthu Ram Mohan credited the civic staff and public representatives' chosen the IIITH for Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, cooperation for Hyderabad's record on the sanitation front establishing the hub which and North and South Delhi will play a pivotal role in Metro Cities. progress from January 2019 till different innovations and developing and promot- While Indore is ranked as December 2019 under Swachh practises, including Green Concerned over numbers: ing data-driven technolo- cleanest city for fourth time, Bharat Mission Urban (SBM- Kiosk, India's first exclusive gies and artificial intelli- Vijayawada and U) covering 4,384 cities. The Dog Park and Twin bins gence and machine learn- Vishakapatnam are among the Union government released made from Recycled Plastic ing across the country, it top ten cities. Swachh these rankings on Thursday. and the Feed the Need initia- Governor on CCMB study said in a release. Survekshan - 2020 rankings GHMC was also appreciat- tive. Kavitha quietly 2 are based on an assessment of ed for implementation of 2 PNS n HYDERABAD challenging the Telangana Governor Tamilisai BJP urges Guv to social media Soundararajan on Thursday seek Centre's games of BJP expressed concern over the Rahul Gandhi sounds Air fares to go up estimates of a new study that at least six lakh people in the intervention Govt to charge higher aviation security fee from Sept 1 city may have been infected by Hyderabad: Former Telanganga 4 ‘dire warning’ on jobs coronavirus. BJP president Dr K Laxman has PNS n NEW DELHI Making the air travel slight- Concerned on the num- requested Governor Tamilisai PNS n NEW DELHI ly costlier, the officials said the bers.Congratulations Soundararajan to send a report to The Civil Aviation Ministry ASF for domestic flyers will be @ccmb_csir for your efforts to the Union Government on the TODAY Rahul Gandhi predicted that has decided to charge higher increased to Rs 160 from Rs study the problems in depth, last stressed the need to con- happenings in the state with India will not be able to give aviation security fee (ASF) 150 starting next month, and she tweeted, tagging a report duct adequate numbers of regard to Covid-19, highlighting ALMANAC jobs to its youth in the com- from domestic as well as inter- international passengers will on the findings of the study COVID-19 tests in the state, how the state government has Month & Paksham: ing days as he attacked Prime national passengers from pay 5.2 USD instead of 4.85 based on harvested sewage saying eradication of the virus been "hiding facts and misleading Bhadrapada & Shukla Paksha Minister Narendra Modi's September 1, senior govern- USD as the ASF from samples in the city. would be difficult without suf- all the central government teams visiting the state". Panchangam policies at a virtual press con- ment officials said on September 1. Soundararajan, a medical ficient testing. ference today. The crisis would Thursday. doctor herself, had on Tuesday Tithi : Tritiya: 11:02 pm 2 2 2 hit home in the next six-seven The reason, he Nakshatram: Uttara Phalguni: 09:29 pm months, he said, reminding explained, was that Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start that "the media had made any important work) fun" of his prediction earlier those who would Rahukalam: 10:45 am – 12:19 pm this year on the coronavirus. provide jobs in the No proof of Covid relapse in recovered patients Yamagandam: 03:26 pm – 05:00 pm "India will not be able to unorganized sector provide employment to the PNS n PUNE Dr Swapnil Kulkarni, a chest patients who have recovered as Varjyam: 06:20 am – 07:46 am, had been finished It is difficult to youth. This is obvious. It has say there is specialist at the pulmonology this test detects remnants of the 12:00 am – 06:31 am never happened in 70 years by the economy. Doctors and clinical investiga- department of Mumbai-based dead virus in the body, Gulika: 07:37 am - 09:11 am that our country is unable to tors involved in treating coro- relapse in KEM Hospital, said there is no Kulkarni said. Good Time: (to start any important work) give jobs to the youth," the vide jobs in the unorganized navirus infection have claimed recovered definitive evidence of re-infec- Dead articles or remnants of Amritakalam: 02:59 pm – 04:26 pm Congress leader said. sector had been finished by the that there was no evidence of patients as some tion in recovered patients. the virus are harmless and Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:54 am – 12:44 pm "The media made fun of me economy. the disease recurring in people "There were reports from take one or two months to get when I warned the country "90% employment is in the who have recovered from it. signs post- China earlier this year about cleared from the body, HYDERABAD that there will be heavy loss unorganized sector. Small However, Dr Giridhar Babu, recovery can be recurrence of the infection, Kulkarni said, adding that due to COVID-19. If you industries, farmers... PM Modi who is part of ICMR's research confused with but no further information there is no clarity on whether WEATHER don't believe me, don't listen destroyed the system. You will task force on Epidemiology was received on that and other these tests come out positive Forecast: Light drizzle to me. Today I am saying that see companies fall one after and Surveillance, said it is dif- Covid symptoms. than that there were no reports because of re-infection or due Temp: 24/22 our country won't be able to the other. Micro, Small and ficult to say confidently where of relapse," said Kulkarni, who to presence of old remnants. Humidity: 95% give jobs. If you don't agree Medium Enterprises or not there is relapse in recov- coronavirus has caused new we are seeing there is no re- has been treating COVID-19 Apart from this, the percent- Sunrise: 06.00 am then wait for six-seven (MSMEs) will be destroyed ered patients as some signs infection in a recovered patient, infection so when we say that patients in Pune. age of false negatives and pos- Sunset: 06.37 pm months," Rahul said. after the moratorium peri- post-recovery can be confused he said. is happening only in India There have been cases itives is quite high in RT-PCR Current Weather Conditions The reason, he explained, od," Rahul said. with COVID-19 symptoms. "We are up against evidence then it maybe something new," wherein results of RT-PCR tests, Kulkarni said. Updated August 20, 2020 5:00 PM was that those who would pro- 2 One has to establish that the from all over the world where Babu said. test have come out positive for 2 HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | AUGUST 21, 2020 hyderabad 02 Heavy rains lashing Warangal district Hyderabad continues to PNS n WARANGAL URBAN report lower covid cases Heavy rains lashed erstwhile Warangal district once again PNS n HYDERABAD Karimnagar was the worst tres. However, the authorities during the past 24 hours inun- affected district with 101 new have not provided a break-up dating several low- lying areas. The number of Covid-19 cases cases, followed by 91 in of the tests. Age-wise COVID Knee-deep water is flowing in Telangana reached 97,424 Warangal Urban, 67 in positive details show 65.9 per on roads in the city. The vehi- on Thursday as 1,724 more Nalgonda and 61 each in cent of those who tested pos- cle riders have faced difficulty people tested positive while 10 Nizamabad and Siddipet. itive were in the age group of on account of knee-deep water more deaths have taken the toll During the last 24 hours end- 21 to 50 years. Being a suscep- flowing on roads. to 729. Health officials said the ing 8 p.m. Wednesday, 1,195 tible age group, authorities Minister for Panchayat Raj case fatality rate in the state people had recovered from have urged them not to go out and Rural Development stood at 0.74 per cent as com- Covid, taking the number of unless absolutely necessary. Errabelli Dayakar Rao urged pared to the national average recoveries to 75,186. The state's They were advised to strictly the people living in the low- of 1.91 per cent. Of the fatali- recovery rate now stands at exercise precautions like wear- lying areas and dilapidated Konareddy tank bund breaches ties, 53.87 per cent had 77.17 per cent as com- ing face masks and maintain constructions to vacate their Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Errabelli Dayakar Rao during comorbidities. Of the pared to the national social distancing. PNS n WARANGAL URBAN houses and take shelter at the his visit to Warangal on Thursday to vacate the villages immedi- new cases, 395 were average of 73.64 per Among Covid positive relief centres set up by the gov- ately. reported from cent. cases, 24.4 per cent were ernment as rains are likely to flood waters. He advised them occur in most places of The tank bund of the Minister E Dayakar Rao and hotspot Greater The number of above 51 years. Nearly 10 per batter for three more days. to call the helpline in case of Telangana in the coming four Konareddy tank near local MLA A Ramesh have vis- Hyderabad. The active cases in the cent were below 20 years. He along with Government emergency. He directed the days. The Meteorological Wardhannapet town in the ited the tank to oversee the sit- number in the state stands at Officials said 65.10 per cent of Whip Vinay Bhaskar, Warangal officials to shift the victims to Centre here has forecast rains district has breached inundat- uation. Meanwhile, vehicular state capital 21,509, including those who tested positive were East MLA Narender, GWMC the relief centres and provide in many places of the State till ing 4000 acres of paddy fields traffic on the Warangal- declined compared 15,076 who were in male while the remaining mayor Prakash Rao, Collector food and water. August 24 and is expecting not on Thursday. As the Aakeru Mahabubabad highway was to Wednesday but the home/institutional isola- 34.90 per cent were female. Rajiv Gandhi, GWMC Meanwhile, the Upper air much of a change afterwards rivulet, which is the source of halted as the water was flowing infection in the districts tion. The number of tests in According to the media Commissioner Pamela and cyclonic circulation over because of a chance of yet water for the tank, is overflow- over the road. On the hand, saw an upward trend. the state crossed eight lakh release, of 20,396 beds in gov- officials, visited Mysaiah Nagar, Southeast Bay of Bengal and another low pressure trough ing for the last several days due Nallabelli mandal recorded The districts surrounding with 23,841 tests during the ernment-run hospitals, 17,949 Ramannapet, Santhoshimatha adjoining Southwest Bay of around August 23. to heavy rains, the tank filled 13.64 cm rainfall followed by the state capital reported a lit- last 24 hours. The health beds were vacant. Gudi locality, Bhadrakali Gudi Bengal extending up to 7.6 km As per the IMD forecast, to its full capacity and Shayampet mandal with 13.42 tle over 300 cases. Medchal authorities have conducted The authorities added 23 locality and Mulugu road in the above mean sea level tilting heavy rain to very heavy rain breached. Following this, the cm. The Pakhal Lake in the dis- Malkajgiri district reported 8,21,311 tests till now. The more private hospitals to the city on Thursday. The Minister southwestwards coupled by a to occur at isolated places in officials have asked the resi- trict is also overflowing from 105 new cases while samples tested per million list of private facilities treating reached out to the flood vic- trough, light to moderate rain the districts of Adilabad, dents of the nearby villages, the weirs due to heavy inflows Rangareddy saw 169 new population is 22,122 against a Covid patients. As many as tims by a boat through the or thundershowers are likely to Kumram Bheem and Nirmal. Konapuram and Kothapally, into it. cases. Sangareddy, another dis- daily testing target of 5,600 as 155 private hospitals treating trict which share borders with per the World Health COVID have 8,641 beds and Greater Hyderabad, reported Organisation (WHO) bench- of them 4,655 beds were 45 new cases. According to a mark of 140 per million per vacant. According to the media release by the office of day. The results of 968 samples media release, the state has Corticosteroid use in Covid the Director of Public Health are awaited. more than 800 containment and Family Welfare, new cases As many as 16 government zones with the highest 129 in were reported from all 33 dis- and 23 private laboratories Ranga Reddy district, fol- tricts. Three districts reported were conducting RT- lowed by 101 in treatment: Word of caution new cases in the single digit. PCR/CBNAAT/TRUENAT Mahbubnagar, 81 in Gadwal PNS n HYDERABAD abused by quacks over the Outside Greater Hyderabad types of tests while there were and 80 in Rajanna Sircilla. decades and this is a well and its surrounding districts, 1,076 rapid-antigen tests cen- "Dexamethasone, a lifesaving known fact. Side effects of drug for the severely ill Covid- Dexamethasone and other 19 cases, news is doing the Corticosteroids such are rounds all over social media Prednisolone and IMD issues recently. But the drug has no Methylprednisolone are weight Double whammy proven role what-so-ever in gain, water retention, easy red warning... The water level at 11 am reached 45.80 feet with the discharge of 10,90,482 mild, asymptomatic or doubt- bruising, elevated blood glu- cusecs of water on Thursday at Bhadrachalam Pushkar Ghat ful COVID cases or in preven- cose, delayed healing of Continued from page 1 tion of COVID illness as on other inflammatory condi- wounds and increased risk of for farmers: Crop... today, said Dr Ravi Sankar tions. They are also used to various infections, high blood Red warning also indi- Erukulapati, senior treat corticosteroid deficiency pressure, thinning of bones Continued from page 1 to compensate farmers in case cates that reservoirs over- Water level in Godavari Endocrinologist, Apollo and in some cases of sepsis." and fractures, muscle weakness, of crop loss due to natural flow/great danger levels Hospitals, Jubilee Hills. "It is important to remem- glaucoma, cataracts, stomach Green gram was sown by calamities, pest or insect attack reached and agricultural Explaining about the drug, ber that whilst corticosteroids ulcers, mood swings and psy- farmers extensively in the state -- for four years. The premi- lands will be river starts rising again Dr Ravi said, "Dexamethasone can be lifesaving and can aid in chosis, steroid dependence, and this Kharif season due to the um amount used to be shared submerged/crops damaged. belongs to a group of medica- treatment of many ailments sometimes even death if higher MSP of Rs 7,196 per by farmers, the state govern- A yellow warning was PNS n KOTHAGUDEM warning level and reached 43 tion called Corticosteroids when used by qualified doc- abruptly stopped after pro- quintal it commands. It was ment, and the Centre. The issued on Friday for these 20 feet, which was the first warn- (which are hormones) and are tors, they can cause very seri- longed unsupervised usage. sown in nearly 1.50 lakh acres. farmer's share of the premium districts indicating massive The water level in river ing level, on Wednesday commonly used for various ous side effects and have to be Hence, it is important to refrain However, 90% of the green was deducted automatically at water logging/flooding in Godavari at Bhadrachalam in 10pm. With the first warning medical ailments such as asth- used strictly under medical from self medication with gram crop, mostly in harvest the time of the disbursement many parts of low-lying areas the district was increasing remaining in force the district ma, allergies, skin problems, supervision only," he added. Dexamethasone or any corti- stage, was damaged due to of crop loan. Later, the state in the districts of Telangana, again with the heavy rainfall in administration was on full certain arthritis and many "Corticosteroids have been costeroid," Dr Ravi concluded. heavy rains. government used to contribute severely affecting surface and its catchment area since alert and all the flood duty The state government had its share, based on which the rail transport. Wednesday night. The water officers told to monitor the sit- implemented the Centre's Centre used to contribute its The state received average level at 11 am reached 45.80 uation, said the District Fasal Bima Yojana -- designed share. rainfall of 37.2 mm, against feet with the discharge of Collector MV Reddy. On the CBI books 8.6 mm normal on 20 10,90,482 cusecs of water on other hand, Kinnerasani pro- Concerned over August. The state's highest Thursday at Bhadrachalam ject was receiving huge inflows Hyd-based... rainfall was recorded at 153.4 Pushkar Ghat, Central Water in view of heavy rains lashing mm in Ghanapur Mulugu Commission officials said. the district after a day's break. Continued from page 1 AIR FARES TO GO UP.. mandal, Jayashankar district. It might be noted that the The officials lifted 12 gates to numbers: Guv... Continued from page 1 the ASF last year too. The avi- The state's cumulative rainfall water level receded from third discharge 60,000 cusecs of Continued from page 1 The Elite Infra Project ation sector has been signifi- from 1st June to 20th August warning level to below second excess water downstream. Company, established in 2009 Airlines collect the ASF cantly impacted due to the 2020 was 777.6 mm, against The state's COVID-19 tally BJP urges Guv at Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad is from passengers when they travel restrictions imposed in normal 523.0 mm with devi- stood at 97,424 as of engaged in civil construc- book their tickets and then India and other countries in ation of 49%. Wednesday night with the to seek ... tion/infrastructure projects give it to the government. view of the coronavirus pan- In Hyderabad,during the DST to set up Tech Innovation capital city continuing to like road constructions, The ASF is used to fund the demic. All airlines in India last 24 hours, highest rainfall remain the hotspot, account- Continued from page 1 bridges and excavations. In security arrangement at air- have taken cost-cutting mea- of 34.8 mm recorded at Hub at IIIT Hyderabad ing for a lion's share of the 2012, the directors had ports across the country. sures such as pay cuts, leave- Balapur (Circle No. 8, cases. Conducted by the CSIR- Laxman addressed a letter to applied for a loan of Rs 5 The ministry had increased without-pay and others. Chandrayangutta). Continued from page 1 port student start-ups and CCMB and CSIR-Indian the Governor in this regard on crore from the Bank of support incubatees as well as Institute of Chemical Thursday. Congratulating the Maharastra and subsequent- IIITH was the only institu- initiate international collabo- Technology (IICT), the study Governor for taking initiatives ly, in the same year, the cash tion outside of the Indian rative projects. saidon Wednesday said there as the constitutional head of credit was enhanced by Rs Institutes of Technology (IITs) Even as the hub set up is still may be at least six lakh peo- the state, Laxman said that the 13.50 crore. Two years later, Hyd is ‘Best Mega City’ in country and the Indian Institute of underway, a special initiative ple in the city who have been concern that she had it was further enhanced to Rs Continued from page 1 Science (IISc) in the initial list around COVID-19 has already infected by coronavirus but a displayed to address the 15.50 crore. National ranking Greater Zahirabad 31 of 17 selected TIHs, the release started at the institute. large number of them could be pandemic, notwithstanding the nvestigators found that the Mayor Bonthu Ram Mohan Hyderabad 23 Gadwal 38 said. As part of the RAKSHAK asymptomatic and need no wilful obstacles created by a directors of the company had said that With the co-operation National ranking ( 1 lakh to 10 Boduppal 42 TIH-Data will be a single effort by the DST, a project to hospitalisation. section of the government entered into a criminal con- of public representatives, citi- lakh population) Wanaparthy 51 point source for all data driven curate and compile data sets In a joint effort, CCMB machinery, was spiracy with unknown per- zens and with the efforts of Karimnagar 72 Zonal ranking ( 25,000 to technologies on mobility, that can be used to address and IICT harvested the sewage commendable. The state sons of the banks and sanitation workers the Nizamabad 133 50,000 population) healthcare, systems, buildings, COVID-19 related solutions samples of different STPs in government had been showing defrauded the bank inten- Hyderabad city secured good Zonal ranking Huzurnagar 9 and India-specific problems. around diagnostics and treat- the city to estimate the num- criminal apathy towards tionally and availed credit rank in the performance of (50,000 to one lakh) Shadnagar 15 It will support projects in ment protocols have com- ber of potentially infected containing Covid. In all facilities by mortgaging the sanitation . Siricilla 16 Medak 24 parameters — testing, tracing, the domain areas of TIH to menced. individuals as those infected properties having no proper Medchal was awarded 1st Siddipet 27 Kalwakurthy 26 academic, R&D institutions Prof P J Narayanan Director by SARS-CoV-2 shed virus treating, it had failed title. “The company had mis- place in the "Cleanest City and industry and other fund- IIIT said, This is a great not only through nasal and miserably. No government appropriated the funds and (Population between 25,000- Karim Nagar from Telangana zen-led Initiative ( Population ing agencies, participate in achievement for the institute oral routes but also through hospital was fully equipped to cheated the bank to the tune 50,000) South Zone" category. for winning in the "Best citi- > 1 Lakh)" category. international projects, sup- to be selected as a TIH. faeces. tackle the virus. of Rs 26.86 crore’, CBI said.

HYDERABAD ‘Media mocked No proof of Covid relapse in... BULLION RATES AP patients choose Hyd hospitals... my Covid Continued from page 1 to show it in the culture of GOLD the virus in the laboratory ` 55,460 (10 gm) Continued from page 1 Hyderabad from neighbouring "Several recovered patients and it requires BSL 3 level states. An official said, warning’:... come for follow-up, but we lab facilities." ` 130 Since we didn’t want to Want Covid19 treatment?ask no bill... “Moderate to critical patients Continued from page 1 have not come across any The phenomenon can be SILVER waste roaming around there, Continued from page 1 high in Covid19 cases and it is from Andhra Pradesh and a few case of recurrence with confused with post-COVID- ` 68,950 (1kg) we moved him to Hyderabad.” not profitable". from border districts of The Reserve Bank of proper symptoms," Kulkarni 19 symptoms such as weak- ` 950 Some of the patients are We charge a minimum However not many patients are Karnataka and Maharashtra are India had announced a said. Babu, of the ICMR ness, breathlessness and poor even seeking help of the TRS Rs50000 per day for food, bed coming forward to lodge their coming to Hyderabad for treat- moratorium on loan repay- research task force, said, "In oxygen saturation which government and celebrities and treatment of Covid19 for complaints over cash payments ment purposes. Some of them ment to commercial banks order to establish that the may continue for some time CHICKEN when it comes to billing. A mild to moderate case. This has or rejection of insurance cover. are in government hospitals as and non-banking financial virus has infected a recov- in recovered patients, Babu RATES `/KG Khaji Ishtiyaq said, “We to be in cash payment". The U Jagan, President of Telangana well. While some have moved to companies until the end of ered patient again, we have said. brought my mother Rasheeda admin added, "Many hospitals Private hospitals Public Hyderabad, many are non- August to help companies Dressed/With Skin `1466 Begum after the hospital in initially faced the issue of problems solution Association natives. Typically, they are com- amid the country's fight Without Skin `167 Andhra Pradesh advised us to rejection of claims due to lack has raised this issue with IRDA ing by private vehicles and many against COVID-19. Broiler at Farm `101 take her to Hyderabad. She is of clarity from patients' side. on Thursday. He said, "Private times need oxygen or ventilator Many businesses have not suffering from coronavirus, Also, many companies don't hospitals are not accepting support. This has been the case been badly hit by the but she has a serious health pay for PPE kits, surgical insurance policies during this always”. It may be mentioned extended lockdown to slow EGG issue. She is in Medicover equipment, masks, face shields pandemic situation and it has here that several politicians have the virus spread. Hospital near Secretariat particularly disposals. The become an unbearable situation also been infected with coron- In a tweet on RATES `/100 Hyderabad. We are seeking usage of these has become for common people.” avirus in Andhra Pradesh, Wednesday, he said some HYDERABAD 375 financial assistance to ensure including Azmath Khan, two crore people lost their VIJAYAWADA 404 she recovers”. Balineni Srinivasa Reddy, jobs in the last four months Another patient, Vishnu admitted to Apollo hospitals tance of Rs 10 lakh for treat- Vijaysai Reddy, Ambati and asserted that the "truth VISAKHAPATNAM 415 Potluri from Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. Since I am the only ment”. A senior official also con- Rambabu, among others, who about unemployment" can- RETAIL PRICE `4.00 said, “I am suffering with coro- earning person from my fam- firmed that a lot of critical took treatment in various private not be hidden from the (IN HYDERABAD) navirus, pneumonia and was ily, I am seeking financial assis- patients are being moved to hospitals in Hyderabad. country.

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IN BRIEF COVID IMPACT JNTU announces SCR employees take Millions struggle to make a living tentative NAMRATA SRIVASTAVA Admin manager at Unify ‘Sadbhavana Day pledge' n HYDERABAD ALARMING TREND 18.9 crore salaried Indians have lost Technologies Pvt Ltd said, TSCET dates n The officers and staff of TS UNEMPLOYMENT jobs since April; Telangana "After working there for years, PNS HYDERABAD South Central Railway took Since the lockdown was I was told on May 4 that my last 'Sadbhavana Day Pledge' on announced, several companies RATE IN 2020 unemployment rate day of working was April 30. Jawaharlal Nehru Thursday. At SCR across sectors have taken to job January 5.5 stands at 9.1 per cent When I called to ask, they Technological University, Headquarters, the pledge was cuts, along with salary reduc- as of July, 2020 spoke to me very rudely. Since Hyderabad on Thursday administered by Gajanan tions and leave without pay. February 8.3 there are no jobs available at announced that Telangana Mallya, General Manager, Even after the Centre and State this time, and I have financial State Common Entrance South Central Railway to the government asking various March 5.8 commitments, I am forced to Test (TSCET) is tentatively officers and staff of General companies to avoid mass lay- deliver groceries at people's scheduled to be held on Administration Wing. The offs, several people throughout April 6.2 home to make ends meet." August 31, 2020. The tests pledge reads as follows:- "I take this solemn pledge that I will the nation have lost their liveli- The data published by will be conducted in morn- work for the emotional oneness and harmony of all the people of hoods. As per the latest reports May 34.8 CMIE also show that around ing and afternoon session India regardless of caste, region, religion or language. I further released by Centre for 68 lakh daily wage earners lost and through online mode on pledge that I shall resolve all differences among us through Monitoring Indian Economy June 15.5 their jobs during this period. behalf of Telangana State dialogue and constitutional means without resorting to violence". (CMIE), 1.89 crore people have However, the associations Council of Higher Education The birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Late Rajiv Gandhi lost their jobs since April, with July 9.1 working with workers from (TSCHE). The exams will be on 20 August is observed as "Sadbhavana Diwas" every year. around 50 lakh jobs lost last unorganised sector feel differ- conducted with respect to all month. ently. As per them at least 40 the pandemic guidelines. Telangana's unemployment lakh workers from the unor- The entrance exams are rate as of July 2020 is at 9.1 per ganised sector have lost their scheduled in 56 test centres Ashok Leyland to work with cent. Many IT companies, livelihood in Telangana alone. with 52 test centres in despite the government order- employees during the lock- "Recently, Deloitte let go Karnataka. Hence, most com- Manchireddy Rajender Telangana and 4 test centres ing no layoffs, did terminate down. They even threatened 10,000 employees without the panies have not thought twice Reddy, Telangana Lorry Andhra Pradesh. From TS T Govt in training drivers many employees overnight. these people to not raise voice, others getting to know about it. before abandoning the employ- Owners' Association working CET 2020 training and Sharing details, Vinay Kumar or they will give negative feed- It's a horrible condition. ees." president said, "Telangana awareness programs will be elangana State Planning Board Pyaraka, Founder and back about them during their However, the authorities are Unfortunately, many has approximately 20-25 lakh conducted in online mode TVice-Chairman B Vinod Kumar said that the state government has been President of Information and background check while join- just mute spectators. At the employees are not even given cabs/lorries/trucks/buses, for the rural candidates making arrangements to pave the way Technology Employees ing other companies. Hence, so start of pandemic, KTR had a notice period before the which support the livelihood appearing for the exams to for golden future of the youth by Association, says, "Companies, many of these people didn't issues a letter to all the IT com- companies terminate them. of roughly 50 lakh people - create awareness and prac- getting them trained in driving on the including Cognizant and even come forward to talk panies to not lay off. However, Sharing his story, Venakata including the workers' fami- tice the procedures for state of the art modern simulators. Capgemini laid off hundreds of about their issues." no GO was passed, unlike Ramana Kumar, a HR and ly.” appearing CBT. He had a meeting with the driving head of Ashok Leyland Col Mohammad Ali at his official residence in Banjara Hills. The Ministers Ashok Leyland has deputed its driving head in response to a TSCHE invites students Encroachments lead to letter addressed to it by Vinod Kumar. Ali handed over a letter to Vinod Kumar expressing the company's willingness to work with launch plasma the state government. TRS Malkajgiri Lok Sabha incharge Marri to register for DOST Rajasekhar Reddy took initiative and called on Vinod Kumar along donation drive dip in Osmansagar level with Mohammad Ali. Vinod Kumar said that the light, heavy n n motor vehicle driving training would be given using modern PNS HYDERABAD PNS HYDERABAD n technology. Plans are being prepared to impart training in driving The authorities PNS HYDERABAD heavy vehicles used in irrigation, agriculture, transport The Telangana State Council of also announced Home Minister Mohammed departments and the SCCL. Higher Education invited all that from this year, Mahmood Ali on Thursday Inflows into Osman Sagar at the intermediate students to the inaugurated a plasma dona- Gandipet on the city outskirts online platform DOST - admissions for tion campaign initiated by the are poor in spite of heavy Degree Online Services, TSBTET 2 Diploma Hyderabad City Security rains lashing the city for the Telangana - for the academic Courses (DHMCT Council (HCSC) in associa- past one week. Water level in Zystus Nutraceuticals year 2020-21. DOST facilitates tion with the Hyderabad City Osman Sagar did not rise by at students to join undergraduate and D-Pharmacy) Police. least one feet. However, the products to boost immunity courses like B.A., B.Com, B.Sc, will also be Health Minister Eatala Himayat Sagar is comparative- BBA, BCA and BBM. DOST conducted through Rajender said the State gov- ly better as water level in it yderabad-based healthcare offers a single window for ernment has been creating increased by two feet. Hcompany Zystus Nutraceuticals, seeking admission into any of DOST several platforms for people Encroachment of land is launching its immunity boosters the UG courses in any of to come forward and donate obstructing inflow channels called Zys-Co-Vir™ and Zys-Co- the state Universities, smart phone. ITE&C plasma for Covid-19 patients. into the reservoirs that supply Min™. Zys-Co-Vir has been including department has He appreciated the efforts of drinking water to city is stat- formulated on a recommendation Osmania, come up with an the Hyderabad City Police for ed to be the cause for the poor by India's Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Kakatiya, innovative solu- starting the plasma dona- inflows. Six canals that empty Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). It was initially developed as Telangana, tion called Real- tion platform. The main the flood water into the reser- "Ayush Kwath" as suggested by the AYUSH Ministry to boost Palamuru, time Digital objective of the programme voir from 84 villages in the immunity against Covid-19. Zys-Co-Vir and Zys-Co-Min will be Mahatma Authentification is to create awareness among vicinity of the reservoirs have Encroachment of daily from Gandipet, while 26 available as oral sugar-free suspensions (100ml and 200ml) and Gandhi and of identity for an citizens on the need to donate been blocked by construction million litres are being drawn as mouth melt tablets (strips of 10). They are convenient and Sathavahana. easy, convenient plasma to Covid-19 patients. of farm houses, villas, develop- land obstructing from Himayatsagar daily to easy to take, do not require water, are sugar-free and good to The authorities and correct authen- To enroll oneself for the ment of real estate ventures, inflow channels provide drinking water to the taste. Unlike other vitamin C and multivitamin tablets, Zys-Co-Min also announced that tification of citizens' donation, those interested construction of engineering into the reservoirs residents of the city. The tablets have a combination of vitamins, minerals and herbs, containing from this year, admis- identity without the student can register on donateplas- colleges, other educational upper reaches of the two vitamin C and D3, zinc, and ginger extract. The liquid formulation sions for TSBTET 2 Diploma visiting any Mee Seva centre. ma.hcsc.in or call on 94906- institutions and godowns. that supply water reservoirs - Sankarpalli, contains vitamin C, Vitamin B, zinc, amla, piperine, and curcumin. Courses (DHMCT and D- Starting August 24, 2020, stu- 16780. City Police In a joint survey by Revenue to city is stated to Vikarabad, Moinabad, Pharmacy) will also be con- dents can apply for DOST Commissioner Anjani and Panchayat Raj Department, be the cause for Mominpet and so on - ducted through DOST. through T APP Folio, the m Kumar said once a person 5,000 encroachments have been received 15 per cent more TSCHE aims at seat allot- Governance platform of registers with the website, a identified but did not take the poor inflows rainfall than normal. UoH faculty selected for ment to the students by vari- Telangana government. They team working 24×7 at the steps to remove them. As a If the two reservoirs are full ous Universities will be done will need to provide details such control room would connect result, inflows from upper with water, daily 60 million by October 8, 2020. Presence- as name, date of birth, interme- the prospective donor with reaches of reservoirs are not 1,737.1 feet as against gallons of water can be drawn J C Bose Fellowship less authentification facility for diate hall ticket number and the recipient and facilitate the finding their way into the reser- 1,763.5 feet. from them to quench the rof. Dayananda Siddavattam, students As part precaution click a selfie. The artificial donation of plasma. "The voirs. The FRL of reservoir at Last year, the water level thirst of the people of the city, PSenior Professor at the against Covid-19, TSCHE plans intelligence-based liveness City Police personnel are Gandipet was put at 1,790 feet. stored in the two reservoirs including those who live in Department of Animal Biology, a presence-less and contact-less check to ensure that the selfie donating plasma to needy As on Tuesday, the water level during the corresponding the old city, the Hyderabad University of Hyderabad, has been authentification facility for stu- uploaded is from a live person donors and have set an exam- in it touched 1,754 feet mark. period was higher. Two mil- Metropolitan Water Supply selected for the highly prestigious JC dents for DOST through a and not an old one. ple in the society,” he said. Similarly, the Himayat Sagar has lion litres are being drawn and Sewerage Board said. Bose Fellowship by Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Needs serious The JC Bose fellowship is awarded Wakf Board issues advisory for Muharram to active scientists in recognition of renovation! n their outstanding performance. The fellowship is scientist-specific PNS HYDERABAD handed over to the participants The managements guidelines to prevent spread of and very selective. The JC Bose Fellow will receive a fellowship in the religious gatherings and Covid-19 pandemic. "It is nec- amount of Rs. 25,000/- pm and a research grant of Rs 15 lakh TS Wakf Board has issued no community food camp were asked to essary that we follow the guide- per annum and is provided initially for a period of 5 years. The guidelines to be followed dur- should be organised. display the number lines and accordingly organise fellowship can be extended beyond five years based on ing the Muharram month The managements of various of persons who matam, majalis and other cus- performance during the first five year tenure. Prof. Dayananda's advising the community to Aashoorkhanas were asked toms. Ensure all precautions areas of research include Molecular Microbiology, Environmental adhere to them in view of to display the number could be are taken in view of the current Microbiologydand Regulation of Gene Expression. Prof. the Covid-19 pandem- of persons who accommodated situation," he said. Dayananda has been selected for many National & International ic. For the first time in could be accom- during a particular However, the guidelines Awards and honours which include Fellow, National Academy of recent years, the modated during have no specific mention of the Sciences, Allahabad, India (NASI); Fellow, Indian National Science Board advised the a particular reli- religious programme Bibi-ka-Alam procession cre- Academy, New Delhi, India; Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, organisers of the gious pro- ating confusion among the Bangalore, India; Andhra Pradesh Scientist Award-2008 - by The 'sabeel' (water camp) gramme. It also Shia community as several State Council of Science and Technology, Government of AP. not to put up the asked the man- Dr Syed Nisar Hussain groups of mourners and other Clay Ganesh camps. Instead, they agement to take up Hyder Agha, president, Shia people participate in it. The were asked to ensure water regular sanitation at Ulema o Zakireen and mem- Bibi-ka-Alam standard is idols flown packets or bottles are distrib- the premises and advise ber of TS Wakf Board, asked installed on the first day of the Parts of roof plaster in cardiology uted at the gatherings. It also senior citizens and children to the community to adhere to Islamic month of Muharram at DMO room in Osmania General stated that food and cooked stay away from the gatherings the guidelines issued by the the Bibi ka Alawa in to UK Hospital crashed on Thursday. items should be packed and as a precautionary measure. Wakf Board and follow the Dabeerpura. PNS n HYDERABAD

This Ganesh Chaturthi, Lord Ganesha has chosen Edu infra needs strengthening, say professors Hyderabad International Airport to travel to the PNS n HYDERABAD teaching and learning method- Queen's England. On the eve ‘Working population ologies to align with the chang- of Ganesh Chaturthi, GMR Eco-friendly Ganesha ready for distribution in Hyderabad on Thursday Many debates and talks have ing work force needs." Hyderabad Air Cargo been revolving around the is expected to total He concludes, "The vision (GHAC) has successfully changes in higher education in two-thirds of the for the Universities would be handled the export of the India since the release of total population by therefore to strive to be a eco-friendly idols of Lord This Vinayaka Chaturthi, National Educational Policy, dynamic University which Ganesha to the eagerly await- 2020. Explaining the salient the year 2025 and responds to the different stake- ing devotees in the UK. Close features of the policy, Prof V this would also holders with a global outlook to 200 idols of Lord Ganesha go eco-friendly: Mayor Venkata Ramana, Professor result in higher and local approaches to gain- were airlifted to London from and former Dean, School of ing knowledge, skills and atti- Hyderabad in the past one PNS n HYDERABAD persons. Speaking on the Management Studies, aspirations’ tudes. Provide transformative week. This is the first time occasion, the Mayor said in University of Hyderabad and education that nurtures out of that Ganesha Idols were Mayor Dr Bonthu Rammohan order to promote concept of Vice-Chairman, Telangana development and employment box thinking and develops exported to the UK from appealed the citizens to cele- eco-friendly, clay idols are State Council of Higher coupled with opportunities in creative and innovative minds Hyderabad. The idols were of brate Vinayaka Chaturthi fes- being distributed. As part of Education, Hyderabad reviews general courses account for minuscule when compared to the areas of Innovation and with a focus on improving varied sizes - the smallest tival in an eco-friendly man- promoting eco-friendly con- NEP. nearly two-thirds of the total the global average. Further, Entrepreneurship." quality of life of the people. being of 6 inches with the ner while distributing clay cept, from GHMC side about "India's working population enrolment, whereas, the enrol- the educational infrastructure "A careful analysis of the Undertake interdisciplinary largest going up to 2 feet in Ganesh Idols in the GHMC 50,000 clay Idols distributing is expected to total two-thirds ment in professional courses is in India needs a further required skills for students to high-impact research and height. Head Office. to the people through of the total population by the growing at 20 per cennt strengthening to meet the prepare for successful careers innovation. Also, they should The recently re-com- The Mayor along with Corporators in all divisions in year 2025 and this would also CAGR," he shares, adding, "A growing number of students in their respective fields along provide an open mind and menced services of British Standing Committee Member GHMC in co-operation with result in higher aspirations growing education and train- who are aspiring to seek edu- with what skills the potential facilitating administrative setup Airways under the air trans- Swapna, Corporator Mamatha PCB. HMDA is also distribut- and an increased demand for ing sector will be possible only cation in the different employers are deemed to be which is governed by trans- port bubble carried the Addl.Commissiners Rahul ing 50,000 clay idols of Lord skill labour with adequate edu- by having talented graduates to Universities. It is needless to say important for the future is parency and creation of an Elephant God, also known as Raj and Krishna distributed Ganesha from designated cation and training. The gross help facilitate the supply and that by investing in Higher very essential in the current ecosystem of sharing and the 'Vignaharta' (one who the clay idols of Lord Ganesh points to the citizens and enrolment in Higher Education demand. The present invest- Education we can create new context. Broadly, Universities developing strategies for the removes obstacles) to the to the GHMC staff and media through mobile vans. is around 25 per cent and the ment in Higher Education is path ways for human resource need to rethink about the development of the University." United Kingdom. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | AUGUST 21, 2020 hyderabad 04

Arrangements TS tops country with maximum Kavitha quietly challenging in place at Assembly drinking water tap connections the social media games of BJP PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD The Assembly authorities are Telangana tops the list of tap PNS n HYDERABAD taking all precautionary mea- connections given for drinking Former MP K sures to keep the novel water in rural areas, according Is TRS leader, first woman Coronavirus at bay. As the to the Union Ministry of Jal parliamentarian from Kavitha's social Monsoon Assembly session is Shakti. Over 98.31 per cent of Telangana and Chief Minister media handles on scheduled to begin from tap connections in the state pro- K Chandrasekhar Rao's daugh- September 7, the authorities vide potable drinking water ter taking a leaf out of the book Twitter, Facebook are setting up state-of-the under Mission Bhagirtha. of departed BJP senior leader and Instagram art thermal screening equip- Telangana has 54,37,739 total Sushma Swaraj to stay vibrant are at the centre ments in and outside the rural households as on April on social media platforms to Assembly and Council 2020 while 53,44,878 tap water take on the BJP at its much- of an exercise premises. Council chairman connections have been report- vaunted games? aimed at ensuring Gutha Sukhender Reddy, ed till August 16, 2020. The The answer is in the affirma- that no request Assembly speaker Pocharam remaining 91,777, which means Goa ranked second with UP ranked 29 and covers only tive if one observes closely how Srinivas Reddy, Legislative 1.69 per cent of households, do 89.05 per cent connectivity 4.49 per cent of households with the former MP from goes unattended Affairs Minister V Prashanth not have tap connections. The while Puducherry ranked third tap water. Meghalaya ranked last Nizamabad, currently in polit- Reddy on Thursday visited data covers the rural households. with 87.02 per cent tap water at 32 with only 10,968 households, ical hibernation, has been qui- Swaraj, who had earned the cuing a native of Telangana Assembly and took stock of Andhra Pradesh ranks 13th connections. Along with which is 1.86 per cent of the etly and tirelessly giving a moniker of being social from Saudi, saving the lives of Telangana State natives strand- the arrangements. The trio with 34.62 per cent rural popu- Telangana, in the above two households having drinking water tough fight to the saffron party. media's 'most millennial Indian people with no access to help ed in other states and coun- visited Assembly, media, vis- lation having drinking water tap states too, drinking water tap tap connections. West Bengal Being in home isolation away leader', Kavitha has struck a during lockdown to actively tries. She has helped people by itors gallery, speaker chamber connections. Out of 95,66,332 connections cover more than 80 ranked 31st with only 3,30,682 from the constituency has chord with young and old retweeting and requesting for financially supporting the and examined the seating rural households, only 33,12, per cent households. households, that is 2.03 per cent, given her leeway to do certain alike with her round-the-clock immediate help for COVID dreams of natives, including arrangement. 262 have tap connections. Being the most populated state, having water tap connections. productive experiments that social media presence, helping patients. one who was about to let go of not many mainstream politi- nature and ready wit. Kavitha's social media han- his admission in IIM-Ranchi. cians have tried. She launched Kavitha has responded pos- dles on Twitter, Facebook and In fact, going a step further a campaign titled tively to a flood of requests, Instagram are at the centre of than Sushma Swaraj, Kavitha “ThankYouWarriors” that has including those for bringing an exercise aimed at ensuring has not limited herself to ‘Evening clinics' to tackle seasonal diseases created quite a stir online. back Indian students stranded that no request goes unat- responding to appeals and Apart from reaching out to abroad, making arrangements tended. Her Twitter handle engagements made via social PNS n HYDERABAD tricts, the DH said. "Swine flu corona warriors, she is focused for a Gulf migrant to attend the @RaoKavitha, which is about media. Her persistence is seen cases are likely to come in on constantly celebrating the last rites of relatives and so on. to cross 1 million follower also through her existing Free Health Minister Eatala September, so we are making achievements of her con- Most of the requests were mark, is open to SOS calls and Meal Programme that has only Rajender on Thursday said the necessary arrangements," stituents. made on Twitter. They varied appeals. expanded over time and helped that in view of onset of season- he said. Rapid kits needed for Like the former External from making arrangement for A la late Sushma Swaraj, she in mitigating the miseries of al diseases, decision has been dengue were asked to be made Affairs Minister Sushma food in foreign countries, res- has helped thousands of those in distress. taken to start 'Evening Clinic' available. It was suggested that under GHMC limits. The Health Minister Eatala Rajender during a review meeting on Thursday a Fever Survey be continued for Minister directed that doctors every household. It was sug- be made available at Basti Thursday. Corona Expert special care in tribal areas. gested that medical camps be Saidi Reddy Dawakhanas every day from 4 Committee Members Dr. Officials explained to the set up in every village. It was KCR, Jagan have secret pact: Revanth pm to 7 pm and give the nec- Karunakar Reddy, Dr. Minister that people are like- directed to immediately recruit deletes tweet essary medications. Gangadhar participated. ly to be affected by malaria, the required staff and doctors PNS n HYDERABAD The Health Minister held a Minister directed the dengue, chicken pox and viral in an outsourced manner. after uproar meeting with Medical Health Director of Health, Dr. fevers. While Asifabad, All teaching hospitals and PNS n HYDERABAD TPCC working president and Secretary Rizvi, Family Welfare Srinivasa Rao, to collect sam- Bhadrachalam and GHMC hospitals under the Telangana Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Commissioner Wakati Karuna, ples for blood tests and link are most effected with malar- Medical Council were asked to Reddy on Thursday took pot- DME Dr Ramesh Reddy, DH them to Telangana diagnostics ia, dengue is more prevalent in allocate beds for Corona as well Following backlash, TRS shots at the Andhgra Pradesh Dr. Srinivasa Rao, TSMIDC to ensure results. Minister GHMC, Khammam, as all seasonal diseases and MLA from Huzurnagar Chief Minister Jaganmohan MD Chandrasekhar Reddy on advised authorities to take Karimnagar and Warangal dis- other ailments. Shanampudi Saidi Reddy on Reddy and alleged that his Thursday deleted the tweet Telanganga counterpart is get- criticizing Governor Tamilisai ting commissions from the 2015 ENCOUNTER Soundararajan. On projects being constructed in Wednesday, the TRS MLA Andhra Pradesh. He alleged Saidi Reddy accused her of that KCR, who supposed to "acting as a BJP president". behave like watchdog, is behav- Malkajgiri MP Revanth Reddy submitting a memorandum to the chairman of Owaisi urges state govt to The Huzurnagar MLA's com- ing like a dacoit. Krishna River Management Board on Thursday ments come in response to Earlier, TPCC working her criticism of the TRS gov- president and Malkajgiri MP the then government of lages by lifting water from ernment's handling of the A Revanth Reddy submitted a Andhra Pradesh had sanc- Bodpur balancing reservoir implement NHRC order Covid-19 crisis. BJP Mahila memorandum to the chair- tioned a project vide GOMS which is a balancing reservoir PNS n HYDERABAD state government to pay com- Morcha activists staged man of Krishna River No 69 I&CAD Dt 23 May, 2014 under Lift I of RBLISP with an pensations to the families of protest programme at Gun Management Board request- for providing water for estimate cost for Rs 1,450 crore AIMIM chief Asaduddin Viquar Ahmed, Syed Amjed Park demanding the Chief ing to include Narayanpet- Irrigation. The then govern- rupees. "KCR is showing Owaisi and MBT leader Ali, Mohmmed Zakir, Minister K Chandrashaker Kodangal Lift Irrigation ment sanctioned Narayanpet- regional discrimination and Amjedullah Khan have Mohammed Haneef and Izhar Rao to tender apology to the scheme in Apex council agen- Kodangal Lift Irrigation delaying the Narayanpet- Govt creating demanded the Telangana gov- Khan who were killed on April Governor. Mahila Morcha da and early steps to be taken Scheme for providing irrigation Kodangal Lift Irrigation ernment to implement orders 7, 2015 at Alair, Nalgonda chief Geetha Murthy up regarding the GO No 69 of facilities to drought prone areas Scheme. The Narayanpet- hurdles to Ganesh of the National Human Rights district while being taken from demanded the Chief Minister I&Cad of major Irrigation of Narayanpet and Kodangal Kodangal project had already Commission (NHRC) to com- the Warangal Jail to Nampally to suspend MLA Saidi Reddy dated 23 May, 2014. constituencies in Mahbubnagar secured the necessary clear- Chaturthi: Sanjay pensate the families of the court in Hyderabad. for making derogatory In the memorandum, district including drinking ances and it would also be eco- five undertrials who were Khan recalled meeting then remarks against Governor. Revanth Reddy mentioned that water facility to the en route vil- nomically viable," he said. PNS n HYDERABAD gunned down by the police in NHRC Chairperson Justice an alleged encounter in 2015. KG Balakrishnan during his BJP state unit president Bandi Hyderabad MP Owaisi visit to Hyderabad on April 21, Sanjay on Thursday made it hoped that the state govern- (AIMIM) had repeatedly 2015 and represented the mat- clear that Hindus would not ment will comply with the raised this issue in the ter. He said all the five men Centre distorting history, alleges Congress keep mum if restrictions are NHRC award on the Alair Telangana Assembly. shown as accused in three imposed on celebration of encounter. He tweeted that by The Majlis Bachao Tehreek cases, including the killing of PNS n HYDERABAD try by reducing taxes, encour- Hindu festivals and charged an order dated July 29, the (MBT) has also demanded two home guards were later aged modernisation of indus- the TRS government of NHRC directed compensa- implementation of the NHRC acquitted by the court. The Telangana Pradesh tries and promoted higher for- becoming a puppet in the tion of Rs 5 lakhs within four order and the arrest of all the Senior advocate Congress Pradesh (TPCC) eign investments in the econ- hands of the MIM. weeks to the kin of those policemen involved in the Mohammed Osman Shaheed leaders paid rich tributes to for- omy. He was the architect of The Hindus are ready to killed in the encounter. Owaisi encounter. MBT spokesman had lodged a complaint with mer Prime Minister Rajiv digital India and father of celebrate all festivals on a said the MLAs of All India Amjedullah Khan welcomed the NHRC over the 'fake Gandhi on his 76th birth Information Technology and grand scale in tune with the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen the NHRC order directing the encounter'. anniversary on Thursday. Telecom Revolution of India'. ideals of eminent freedom TPCC president and Nalgonda Uttam also recalled the ser- fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak, MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy, vices rendered by Rajiv Gandhi he said adding that the BJP along with CLP leader Bhatti in strengthening rural India would successfully face the Govt failed Vikramarka, ex-CLP leader K and championed the cause of TRS Government conspiracy Jana Reddy, ex-PCC presi- Panchayati Raj system through against Ganesh festival cele- to plan ahead: dents V Hanumantha Rao and the 72nd Constitutional brations. If the state govern- Ponnnala Lakshmaiah, MLA Amendment. He said Rajiv ment did not relent, the Bajrang Dal Jagga Reddy, AICC Secretary A Gandhi proclaimed the Hindus are prepared to go to Sampath Kumar, Hyderabad Panchayati Raj institution as jails, he said adding that the HYDERABAD: Bajrang Dal state Congress M Anjan Kumar and the third tier of the govern- TRS is creating an atmosphere president Subhash Chander on others paid floral tributes to ment after the Center and the where the people are not able Thursday sought to know from Rajiv Gandhi at his statue in TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy and other senior leaders paying floral States. He believed in moral- to celebrate their festivals. the state Government as to why Somajiguda. They also paid tributes to Rajiv Gandhi at his statue in Somajiguda on Thursday based politics and therefore, The TRS government it failed to plan celebration of floral tributes to Rajiv Gandhi's introduced the Anti-Defection offered biryani, kaju and pis- Ganesh Festival in city knowing portrait at the Gandhi Bhavan. of his regime through a unique nation building exercise. He Law. Rajiv Gandhi as prime tachchio to Muslims during fully well that the city celebrates Speaking on the occasion, style of administration. He also promoted Science and minister also announced the holy month of Ramadan the festival on a grand scale. The Hindu community peacefully Officials released 10 gates of the project to discharge 2,75,240 cusecs to the Uttam said that Rajiv Gandhi reminded that it was Rajiv Technology at a large scale and National Policy on Education at the height of the lockdown Nagarjuna Sagar project became the Prime Minister of Gandhi who empowered the inculcated scientific temper (NPE) in 1986 to modernise is not allowing the Hindus to celebrated Sri Rama Navami, India at the age of 40 years in youth by granting voting rights among all citizens. He intro- and expand higher education offer at least lemon rice to Holi, Hanuman Jayanti very difficult circumstances to the people of 18 years of age duced large scale reforms to programmes across the coun- deity during Ganesh festival celebrations peacefully in spite and left an indelible impression so as to involve them in the boost the technological indus- try. celebrations. of Covid-19 threat. Srisailam project full, Rajiv Gandhi revolutionised TS HC talks tough on encroachments officials lift 10 gates PNS n HYDERABAD transgenders in the state with- PNS n SRISAILAM being discharged through education system: Shabbir out insisting on them to pro- Srisailam project is put at PNS n HYDERABAD The Telangana High Court on duce ration cards. A division On account of heavy rains 3,45,899 cusecs. Chief Thursday took a serious view bench of the HC comprising in upper reaches of Minister YS Jaganmohan Paying rich tributes to former of alleged encroachments of the Chief Justice of the state Srisailam project, there are Reddy is likely to visit Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi various lakes in Nirmal district. Justice RS Chauhan and Justice heavy inflows into the pro- Srisailam project on Friday. on his 76th birth anniversary It directed the Nirmal district B Vijaysen Reddy also direct- ject. In all, 10 gates of the on Thursday, former Minister Collector to personally visit all ed the state government to cre- project were lifted to dis- NSP gates to be lifted today Mohammed Ali Shabbir said the lakes spread across the dis- ate special wards in all the gov- charge 2,75,240 cusecs to Meanwhile, the irrigation that it was Rajiv Gandhi's trict and ensure fixation of Full ernment hospitals for extend- the Nagarjuna Sagar pro- authorities will lift the crest vision that turned India into a Tank Level (FTL) area, deter- ing Covid-19 treatment to the ject. gates of Nagarjuna Sagar powerful nation. mination of buffer zone and transgender community from In all, 30,400 cusecs are project gates at 11 am on Shabbir Ali said that Rajiv Gandhi motivated everyone in demarcation of the lakes to the state. being released through Friday by a height of five feet Gandhi introduced a new edu- the country to adopt non-con- protect them from illegal The petition was filed by right bank canal project to discharge water from the cation policy in 1986 with an ventional methods to achieve encroachments. It warned that damage of Jafur tank or tank. He also urged the HC to city-based transgender and and 40,259 cusecs through project to downstream pro- aim to inculcate the scientific growth. He said it was because it would summon the district Kurranapet cheruvu in Nirmal issue directions for the re- social activist Vyjayanti the left bank canal power jects. On account of this, the temper and boost technology- of initiatives taken by Rajiv Collector before it seeking his district of the state. The peti- construction of kotha Kota Vasanta Mogili, a native of projects. The inflows into police have imposed restric- based education in the coun- Gandhi that today India gets explanation If its direction to tion was filed by legal praction- Cheruvu which has already Attapur from the city. In his the project are measured as tions on the visitors to the try. He said the policy was so counted in the list of power- him was not implemented er K Anuj Kumar Reddy, a res- been destroyed by the petition, Vyjayanti urged the 4.43 lakh cusecs. project site. comprehensive and inclusive ful nations. Shabbir Ali within the three weeks. It later ident of AN Reddy colony encroachers. HC to also allow them to The water stored in the In view of the Covid-19 that it completely changed slammed the BJP government adjourned the matter to from Nirmal town. In his peti- apply for social security pen- project reads as 883.80 feet threat, the Nandikonda the mindset of all Indians and at the Centre and alleged that September 10 for further hear- tion he urged the HC to direct ‘Distribute 10 kg rice to sions under Aasara pension as against the FRL of 885 municipality adopted a res- they started adapting technol- Prime Minister Narender ing. A division bench of the the state government to take transgenders’ scheme, free gas cylinders, feet. The maximum stor- olution urging the visitors to ogy and innovation in all Modi and his team were try- HC passed these orders while action against the land grab- The Telangana High Court waive off electricity bills for six age capacity is put at 215 not to reach the project site spheres of their lives. Right ing to dilute the education pol- dealing with a Public Interest bers and realtors who are on Thursday directed the state months, provide adequate tmc. Currently, the water to catch glimpse of the spec- from computerisation to icy with a hidden agenda of Litigation (PIL) filed against destroying the tank bed of government to provide 10 kg amount of security to all the stored in 208 tmc. The tacle of water flowing out of telecommunication, Rajiv saffronisation. the alleged destruction and land of the Jafur Cheruvu rice free of cost to all the transgenders in public places. total quantity of water is the project magnificently. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | AUGUST 21, 2020 nation 05 SHORT READS Space sector reforms not aimed Modi govt destroyed unorganised economy: Rahul at privatising ISRO: Sivan PNS n RAIPUR PNS n BENGALURU "In fact, the activities Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the The recently announced space of ISRO are going to Narendra Modi government of Bedi wants central sector reforms are not aimed at increase and ISRO will decimating the unorganised privatisation of Indian Space be able to better economy, comprising farm- experts to oversee Research Organisation (ISRO), utilise its resources in ers, labourers and small busi- Covid management its Chairman and Secretary in the taking up develop- nesses, in the last six years of PUDUCHERRY: Lieutenant Department of Space, K Sivan its rule, and said that the asserted on Thursday. mental as well as country will not be able to gen- Governor of Puducherry Kiran capacity building acti- Bedi on Thursday requested the The space agency also stated erate jobs in the coming peri- Centre to depute an expert team that the draft on the proposed vities of the govern- od as a result of that. to oversee the management of space activity bill is almost final ment, rather than the Addressing via video confer- COVID-19 in the Union Territory. and it will soon be placed before routine production encing the foundation stone- minister Rajiv Gandhi. states), we work to balance the "The management of the the Union Cabinet for approval. activity," he added laying ceremony of the party's "India has two kinds of unorganised and organised pandemic situation in Union "When space sector reforms were offices to be built in 22 districts economies. One is an organ- economies. The unorganised Territory requires expertise of announced by the government mental as well as capacity build- ities through encouraging poli- headquarters of Chhattisgarh, ised economy, wherein there economy acts as a shock the Centre. I appeal to the there were many misconcep- ing activities of the government, cies and a friendly regulatory sector has been increasing world- he said that although the unor- are big companies, while the absorber in adverse situations. Central government to urgently tions like it would lead to privati- rather than the routine produc- environment. wide and it is a healthy trend, as ganised economy generates 90 other one is unorganised econ- "If the country's unorgan- depute an inspection team to sation of ISRO. It is not. Again tion activity," he added. Also, the New Space India it increases diversity. per cent of the country's omy, in which there are farm- ised economy is secured and review the management, and again I'm repeating it is not The Union Cabinet on June 24 Limited (NSIL), a PSU under the In India too space sector star- employment, the Modi gov- ers, labourers, small shop own- strong, it can absorb any kind includingcomprehensive and the privatisation of ISRO," Sivan approved participation of the pri- Department of Space, will tups are taking developmental ernment destroyed it through ers and millions of poor peo- of shock and cope with diffi- optimum use of existing said. Addressing a webinar on vate sector in the entire range of endeavour to re-orient space activities in both launch vehicles various moves like demoneti- ple," he said. cult situations. Our mother resources, as people are "Unlocking of India's Potential in space activities, including plan- activities from a "supply driven" as well as in satellites, he said. sation and implementation of "Prime Minister Narendra and sister keep money at their suffering," she said. As to why Space Sector," he said the whole etary exploration missions. model to a "demand driven" However, there was no mech- "wrong GST". Modi has been attacking the home, because it works as a she wanted a central team, the aim of reforms is enabling the It had said, the newly-created model, thereby ensuring opti- anism available in the country to Gandhi stressed the need to unorganised economy for the shock absorber," he added. former IPS officer said, "It is my private players to carry out the Indian National Space mum utilisation of our space extend technology and infra- restore the balance between the last six years. He did this "Farmers, labourers, small responsibility as an admini- space activities which is other- Promotion and Authorisation assets, it had said. structure support to them. Also organised and unorganised because this sector has money and medium business have strator to inform the Centre of wise being done by ISRO. Centre (IN-SPACe) will pro- Noting that the space sector there was no regulatory mecha- economies for the welfare of and Modi ji wanted to trans- been decimated as a result of the situation." Bedi said she had, "In fact, the activities of ISRO vide a level playing field for pri- reform introduced by the gov- nism to control the private sec- the country. fer it to big businessmen," demonetisation and extreme- on August 16, in a letter sent to are going to increase and ISRO vate companies to use Indian ernment is going to be a "real tor activities, so an institutional The event was organised Gandhi alleged. ly complex GST decisions by the Puducherry Chief Minister V will be able to better utilise its space infrastructure, by hand- game changer", Sivan said private mechanism has been created as on the occasion of the birth "Wherever there is a the Centre," the Congress Narayanasamy, who is also resources in taking up develop- holding industries in space activ- sector participation in the space part of reform. anniversary of former prime Congress government (in the leader alleged. chairman of the territorial Disaster Management Authority, that "We should follow chief scientist of the World Health Naidu bats for representation Record 9.18 lakh covid daily tests, BJP's Rathore writes against Organisation Soumya Swaminathan's advice that the government be advised by a of women in legislature senior team of medical experts cumulative tests reach 3.26 cr Tharoor over Facebook row as was the case in the neigh- PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI Thursday. bouring state of TN did." PNS n NEW DELHI He is also a member of the Vice President M Venkaiah India's Covid After BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, committee which Tharoor Naidu on Thursday pitched for With a record 9,18,470 tests party member Rajyavardhan heads. He said he has written a Cong councillor held in adequate reservation for been being done in a day, the recovery rate Singh Rathore has shot off a let- letter to Lok Sabha Speaker CPI-M activist murder women in Parliament and cumulative tests conducted so nears 74 pc ter to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in this regard. state legislatures and urged all far for detection of COVID-19 against Shashi Tharoor for Rathore, a former Union KAYAMKULAM: A Congress NEW DELHI: Recoveries among Municipal councillor has been political parties to arrive at an in India have reached 3.26 speaking in public about his minister, said the IT committee early consensus on the issue. crore even as the national pos- COVID-19 patients in the coun- intention to summon members have no issue arrrested for allegedly helping try surged to 20,96,664 on an accused, who stabbed to He said the country's itivity rate has fallen below 8 Facebook officials on "summoning progress will be hampered if per cent, the Union Health Thursday, pushing India's reco- without discussing whosoever the com- death a CPI(M) activist here on very rate to 73.91%, while only August 18 night, to escape, women are not empowered Ministry said. the matter first in mittee feels needs politically. With constantly increasing more than 9 lakh COVID tests 0.28 per cent people of 6,86,395 the parliamentary to be summoned police said on Thursday. active cases are on ventilator Kayamkulam resident Siyad Naidu also expressed con- important issue. testing numbers, there has been in a span of 24-hours on committee the for the protection cern over reports of neglect An official statement said a commensurate fall in the pos- Wednesday and it is poised to support, the Union health mini- Congress leader of the rights of cit- Tharayil,34, a fish merchant, stry said. Of the active cases of was attacked by motorcycle- and abuse of the elderly, say- the vice president observed itivity rate, the ministry said. see an exponential increase heads. "Issuing izens of our coun- ing the "completely unaccept- that it was "unfortunate" that "Although higher number of towards its resolve of testing 10 coronavirus infection, 1.92 per statements as to who try" but added that borne assailants who hacked cent are in ICU and 2.62 per him to death and injured two of able trend" must be checked the proposal was pending for tests will push the positivity lakh samples daily. would be summoned the matter should be and noted that it is the sacred a long time. rate initially, but as the expe- The cumulative tests con- cent on oxygen support. The and what would be the discussed in the panel his friends. Police said Tharayil country's case fatality rate has was returning home after duty of the children to take He made these remarks rience from several states and ducted so far for detection of agenda of the meeting is first. Following a report in the care of the aged members of while releasing reports on UTs has amply depicted, it will coronavirus infection in the further declined to 1.90 per cent, absolutely uncalled for and is Wall Street Journal which handing over food to a local it said. Recovery of 20,96,664 quarantine centre when prime their families. 'Status of Sex Ratio at Birth in eventually lower when com- country has increased to patients has been made possible violative of the procedures of the claimed that Facebook refused accused Mujeeb and Shafeeq, "We must also ensure ade- India', and 'Elderly Population bined with other measures 3,26,61,252. Expanded diag- because of effective implemen- Lok Sabha. The proclivity of the to apply hate speech rules to cer- approached on a motorcycle quate reservation for women in India: Status and Support such as prompt isolation, effec- nostic lab network across the tation of the policy of testing IT committee chairman to speak tain ruling party politicians, and hacked him to death. "We in Parliament and all state leg- Systems', brought out by the tive tracking and timely clini- country and effective mea- aggressively, tracking to media first undermines the Tharoor had spoken about sum- have arrested a Municipal islatures and I urge all politi- Indian Association of cal management," it stated. sures to facilitate easy testing comprehensively and treating functioning of the committee ming the company's officials councillor for helping the cal parties to arrive at a con- Parliamentarians for Population India for the first time con- have given a substantial boost efficiently, the ministry said. members and the committee before the committee due to the accused to escape after the sensus at the earliest on this and Development. ducted a record number of to the present numbers. itself," Rathore told reporters on "serious nature" of allegations. crime. He also failed to inform the police about the incident. The search is on for the rest of Delhi Police the accused," police said. ED records statement of director Rumi Railways says 29K-30K died due to head constable Many places in UP lashed by rains Jaffery in Sushant death PMLA case arrested for trespassing, untoward incidents' in 3 yrs LUCKNOW: Many places in PNS n MUMBAI killing man PNS n NEW DELHI eastern and western Uttar Pradesh were lashed by rains The Enforcement Directorate PNS n NEW DELHI The Railways Thursday said on Thursday, the (ED) on Thursday recorded the around 29,000-30,000 deaths meteorological department statement of film maker Rumi A head constable of Delhi occurred due to trespassing and said. Thunderstorm Jaffery in connection with a police was arrested after he shot other untoward incidents on its accompanied with lightning money laundering case probe dead a 28-year-old man with his premises in the past three years, occurred at isolated places over linked to the death of actor service pistol on Thursday after the Niti Aayog raised ques- state, it said. Light to moderate Sushant Singh Rajput, officials morning following a quarrel tions over its zero fatality claim rain or thundershowers said. between them, officials said. in the last fiscal. occurred at many places over They said Jaffery reached the Surender (47), posted at Railway Board Chairman VK western Uttar Pradesh and at a central probe agency's office at Shahbad Dairy police station, Yadav's clarification came days few places over eastern Uttar Ballard Estate here around 11:30 has been dismissed from service after Niti Ayog CEO Amitabh RRSK (Rashtriya Rail zero in 2019-2020 and so far this Pradesh, the department said. AM. The director's statement, as ing at his home in a Bandra local- Showik, Rajput's manager following the incident, they Kant took note of the Railways' Sanrakshan Kosh). It should be year as well, he said. Moderate to severe per sources, is being recorded ity here on June 14. Early this Samuel Miranda and Shruti said. The incident took place claim and questioned the relia- ideally recorded officially," the We keep records of deaths due thunderstorms accompanied with regard to his reported plans week, the agency had recorded Modi and unknown persons near a hotel in Budh Vihar area bility of the data, pointing out government think tank CEO to trespassing like when people with lightning is very likely to of directing a movie with the late the statement of Rajput's father accusing them of cheating and on Thursday morning, when that over thousands deaths occur said in a letter to Yadav. come on the tracks and are run occur at isolated places over actor and the finances involved K K Singh in this case. abetting his son's suicide. Surender was returning home in Mumbai suburban section In a press briefing Thursday, over or people standing on the the state on Friday, the MeT in this upcoming project. The father had on July 25 filed The Bihar police had lodged after finishing his night shift, every year. "I would like to draw Yadav said the Railways keeps a footboard of trains or hanging department said. Rain or Jaffery has earlier been ques- a complaint with the Bihar Police a criminal FIR based on the com- police said. The head constable your attention to the fact that record of all the deaths that occur out of trains. In the last three thundershower is very likely at tioned by the Mumbai Police in Patna against Rajput's friend plaint. The ED case under the was coming back in a car along many of these deaths are caused on its premises under three sep- years, around 29,000 to 30,000 many places over eastern Uttar which is probing the death of the and live-in partner Rhea criminal provisions of the with another man named by people falling overboard or arate heads -- consequential people have lost their lives due Pradesh and at a few places actor under the accidental death Chakraborty, her family mem- Prevention of Money Laundering Deepak Gehlawat, who runs a from the platform on to the accidents, trespassing and unto- to either trespassing or untoward over western Uttar Pradesh on report (ADR) procedure. bers including mother Sandhya Act (PMLA) has been filed on gym in southwest Delhi's tracks. Hence, this should not be ward incidents. It is true that con- incidents. This data will be given Saturday and Sunday, it said. Rajput (34), was found hang- Chakraborty and brother the basis of this FIR. Dwarka Mor, police said. excluded from the purview of sequential accidents were indeed to Niti Aayog, he said. Gmail services being restored, Scientists dispel coronavirus mutation fears, clear for all in near future: Google say ‘Malaysia strain' no cause for concern PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI "We saw it happening The strain with the D614G mutation, dubbed the 'G clade', Google on Thursday said its The mutant form of the novel in April and it eventu- became widely prevalent in India Gmail service has been restored coronavirus reported from ally dominated many even as far back as April, agreed for some users and the outage Malaysia as being “10 times countries. It is new Kumar Somasundaram, profes- issue will be resolved for all more infectious” is not a concern for Malaysia but is sor of Microbiology and Cell affected users "in the near for India as it is widely prevalent Biology at the Indian Institute of future", hours after the popular here and isn't any more virulent not a new mutation," Science (IISc) Bangalore. emailing service faced a global than the strain originating in the senior scientist at The ‘G clade”, or variant, cur- disruption since this morning. Wuhan, say scientists. Kolkata's CSIR-Indian rently makes up about 70-75 per Some users faced issues like The D614G strain of the virus cent of the cases in India, he said. inability to log in, add attach- was discovered in Malaysia from Institute of Chemical In June, Somasundaram's ments and receive messages, a cluster, including a restaurant Biology said team published a study in the but the company is yet to owner returning from India, the journal Current Science, specify a reason for the outage. all users in the near future. ify details around how many country's Director General of world. "We saw it happening in ease. Ray said even a highly infec- analysing hundreds of samples of On Thursday morning, G Please note this time frame is users were impacted and their Health said in a Facebook post April and it eventually dominat- tious and transmissible variant of The study said this mutant -- the virus in India. Suite status dashboard - which an estimate and may change". locations, data from this week. His assertion that it ed many countries. It is new for the virus might actually have a in which a molecule ‘aspartic "Back in April, if 100 patient provides performance infor- The company has provided DownDetector (which pro- was "found to be 10 times more Malaysia but is not a new muta- lesser ability to cause disease in acid' (denoted as D) is replaced samples were analysed in India, mation on various Google ser- multiple updates on the mat- vides outage updates on various infectious and is easily spread by tion," the senior scientist at humans. by another building block 40-50 per cent of them had the vices - said the company was ter in the past few hours stat- online platforms) showed users an individual super spreader" cre- Kolkata's CSIR-Indian Institute of In July, a study in the journal ‘glycine' (G) -- had quickly taken G clade virus. If you look at those investigating reports of an ing it is investigating the issue from various parts of the globe, ated a flutter but scientists here Chemical Biology said. Cell by scientists, including Bette over as the dominant strain analysed in June, almost 95 per issue with Gmail. and that there is disruption in including India, were affected. dispelled fears and said there is While some reports claim the Korber from the Los Alamos across the world soon after it first cent are G clade… cumulative- In its latest update at 1510 sending e-mails, Meet record- Users, in various posts on nothing to worry about. mutation is capable of enhancing National Laboratory in the US, appeared, and grew more rapid- ly if you add up all the samples hours, the company said: ing, creating files in Drive, DownDetector, said they were According to virologist the infectivity of the virus, this is noted that a variant of the novel ly in lab-grown cells. This muta- that have been analysed over the "Gmail service has already posting message in Google facing issues around logins, Upasana Ray, the mutation may not well established and also does coronavirus, dubbed 'D614G', tion is part of the spike protein months, the G clade makes up been restored for some users, Chat, among others. adding attachments and have just been reported in not necessarily indicate more vir- can infect more lab-grown cells that the novel coronavirus uses 70-75 per cent of the cases in and we expect a resolution for While Google did not spec- receiving messages. Malaysia but is not new for the ulence or harmfulness of the dis- than other strains. to enter host cells. India," he explained. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | AUGUST 21, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Gaps online A survey by NCERT reveals flaws in digital classrooms that could Uniting Sikhs build inequities in our knowledge society if not addressed now he pandemic may have expanded the scope of dig- The tragedy of the community is that it has no leader who can carry forward the legacy of ital education, helping schools evolve in record time, Tdevelop modules of remote learning and keep both its Gurus. Followers do not understand historical perspective or geo-political games students and teachers involved and invested. But it has also showed up flaws that have widened the digital divide, privileging students with amenities and disempowering those without it. This would then defeat the very pur- pose of online classrooms as a powerful tool to democ- ratise the knowledge society. A survey by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has shown that at least 27 per cent students do not have PRASHANT TEWARI access to smartphones or laptops to attend online class- ho wants es. Another 28 per cent students and parents said power outages and irregular supply of Khalistan? The electricity were major disruptors. Yet others pointed out significant challenges like poor native Indian Sikh community in knowledge in using devices and teachers not being well-versed in online methodologies. Punjab has What is worrisome is that this survey doesn’t map the challenges in rural India and just Wabsolutely no interest to discuss the includes students, parents, teachers and principals from Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodyaya subject even in routine life. The Sikh diaspora, attached with the main- Vidyalas and CBSE-affiliated schools. In other words, it roughly covers the urban and semi- land, too, has no interest in this issue. urban areas where about a third of the students are currently disadvantaged. So imagine But some disgruntled groups, the fate of students in the countryside. Other findings include students preferring textbooks prompted by foreign funding, are running a futile campaign to raise over e-books, the untapped potential of television and radio in broad-basing the reach of the subject without any support classrooms and the lack of enriching debates and discussions between teachers and stu- from credible places. And a misguid- dents. The most significant finding was about the difficulty in teaching practical sciences ed section of the Sikh diaspora has planned an unofficial vote on state- in the online format, those which require lab experiments, and even mathematics, the lat- hood in 2020. The Sikh communi- ter requiring “interaction, continuous support, monitoring from the teacher.” Of course, ty in India is the most progressive the interactive participation in a classroom, the competitive spirit of a peer group, the play- and prosperous one in the country. ful robustness of physical activities and a participative group culture have been larger unlist- Its members have proudly represent- ed high offices — that of the ed casualties. But the key takeaway is the absence of quality access to education for all. President and the Prime Minister, This brings us to the need for empowering every student with affordable infrastruc- the Army General, top bureaucrats, ture. Most students in lesser privileged homes or even slums rely on their parents’ devices, technocrats and State heads. Independent India, which com- mostly mobile phones, for studying. An industry report estimated that 71 million children, prises 80 per cent Hindus, has aged between five and 11, access the internet on devices of their family members. Patchy showered tremendous love and network issues pose a challenge as many students in slum clusters struggle to find a sig- respect to the two per cent Sikh involved in recent anti-India now. Doesn’t mean we operate ty. The so-called vote by the SFJ, ignores historical facts. He has community residing here. It can be protests in the US, the UK and together. Saeed is my ideal per- therefore, remains a non-starter been blindfolded to read the nal range that would allow them to log in. Even internet connectivity is erratic across the a unique case to study anywhere in Canada, which have been indi- son. (sic).” in mainland Punjab. script written by Pakistan and sweep of middle India, making continuous streaming a severe challenge. It is at times like the world wherein an overwhelm- rectly sponsored by Pakistani While several ISI chiefs in the Secessionists have ignored destabilise India. Likewise, a tiny this one wishes that India had taken full advantage of its Educational Satellite (EduSat). ing majority of the population has agencies. Singh warned that fail- past have been vocal supporters certain historical facts from the section of the affluent, well- voluntarily offered respect and posi- ing to oppose the separatist SFJ of the Khalistan movement, Partition in 1947 to 1984. For accomplished but confused Sikh Launched in 2004, it had a life span of seven years but it died out in 2010 before we could tion to the almost dismal-sized could set a dangerous precedent including former Army General that, we have to revisit Punjab’s diaspora leaders are distorting the use even 10 per cent of its capacity. Similarly the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) minority. for any country; this could be Hamid Gul, the Pakistani deep history. In the later part of the image of the community by their platform of the Government, known as SWAYAM, and a bouquet of direct to home (DTH) Of course, there are differences seen as a covert support to an State seems to have now 15th century, Sikhism had been actions and ignoring the history of opinion and governance disputes organisation that freely propa- embarked on the K2 (Kashmir proclaimed by Guru Nanak as a of the great Khalsa. educational channels, all of which cover content from pre-school to doctoral studies, are within the family but the two com- gates secessionist activities. and Khalistan) strategy with a new monotheistic religion that The tragedy of the Sikhs is not able to fill the gap they were expected to in the present crisis. Although a large num- munities have integrated well Weeks ahead of the formal new-found hate and vengeance. rejected both Hinduism and that they have not found a leader ber of secondary students are watching Channel 27 and senior secondary students are enough to be bifurcated by vested opening of the Kartarpur A part of this hatred stems from Islam and rapidly gained follow- worthy of carrying forward the foreign interests. A desperate Corridor between India and the fact that diplomatically, ers. Perceiving the growth of the legacy of their illustrious Gurus watching Channel 28, the viewership is minuscule in comparison to their potential. The Pakistan, led by the Inter-Services Pakistan in 2019, New Delhi had Pakistan has failed to gather Sikhs as a threat, Mughal author- since Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) conducts classes for students Intelligence (ISI), has put much at shared a 23-page dossier about global momentum against India. ities began to persecute them. Present-day leaders have no up to high school, from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm on weekdays. The channel is available free stake to abet the Khalistan move- Khalistani anti-India propagan- Post the abrogation of Article 370, And in 1606 Sikh leader Guru intellect to understand the histor- ment since Operation Blue Star. da led by Gopal Singh Chawla. terror groups in Kashmir have Arjan Dev was executed by ical perspective and current geo- on cable networks, over the internet and DTH all across the State. And it is downloadable. There are Western interest groups, An asset of the Pakistani intelli- been at their weakest in the last Mughal emperor Jahangir, appar- political games where they are So this could be a template to follow. Of course, all this would mean nothing if the teach- too, that are based in the US, gence agency, Chawla is the for- three decades. ently for helping prince Khusrau. being used as pawns. We are still ers continue to be under-prepared. They are under-equipped not just in handling technol- Canada and the UK, which are mer general secretary of the The SFJ argues that Punjab Sikhism split into two move- trying to get over the fallout of the ogy but in their communication strategies in a disembodied classroom. How do they mon- putting in lopsided efforts to flame Pakistan Sikh Gurudwara is “currently occupied by India” ments: One led by Guru Arjan misrepresented leadership of the fire so as to keep our progress Prabhandhak Committee and and vows to organise a non-bind- Dev’s son Guru Hargobind, who Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. Now itor individual students and take care of their emotional quotient? How do they hold the in check. At the same time, they are president of the Punjabi Sikh ing vote — both in Punjab and began to regard his father as a another “visionary”, Gurpatwant attention of the class when they are muting computer microphones while talking to each keeping the Indian Government in Sangat. He is a well-known 20 countries where the Sikh martyr. He became more politi- Singh Pannu, wishes to lead the student and addressing his/her queries individually? How do they literally hand-hold them good humour to balance a new Khalistan proponent, who often diaspora exists — on an indepen- cal and militaristic and started Sikhs by carrying forward the emerging world order. spews venom against India in his dent Khalistan. The group has organising armed rebellions legacy of Bhindranwale. No one through, for example, art classes and other demonstration-based lessons? Only a few Lately, even the once sympathet- speeches and supports terrorism not disclosed how it will be able against the Mughals. The other has divided the Sikhs more than institutions have the depth of resources to develop interactive apps for their students. Besides, ic countries have decided to come in Punjab. to organise the vote in India or was led by Guru Arjan Dev’s Bhindranwale. He has also poi- in the absence of a school library, it is up to the teacher to pull out references, some of up with a clear policy of not support- In October 2018, in a tele- how it will establish its represen- older brother Prithi Chand, who soned the minds of our youth, ing Khalistan. Canada rejected it, phonic interview, Chawla had tative legitimacy. focussed on peace and non-vio- who have limited understanding which do not exist in a standardised format online. For parents, online classes have made saying, “Canada respects the sover- confessed to having knowledge of In Punjab, the State lence and rejected uprisings. The of our faith and history but feel an additional time demand in their busy lives, particularly among those who have their eignty, unity and territorial integri- the role of the Khalistanis in the Government has traditionally Sikhs first raised their weapons angry due to the attack on the children in primary schools. They have now become home facilitators, helping the child ty of India and the Government of killing of RSS leaders in Punjab. been dominated by either the against the Mughal empire under Golden Temple. Canada will not recognise the “The killing of the RSS leaders Congress or the Shiromani Akali Guru Hargobind. The 10th and It is high time that this dis- with online processes. But there is a behavioural and social downswing to all of this. Much Punjab 2020 Referendum.” Punjab will continue in Punjab. RSS lead- Dal — a conservative, Sikh- the last Guru, Guru Gobind gruntled group sheds violence of the current tech-based module, which is expected to continue even after the pandem- Chief Minister Captain Amarinder ers are our very first target. We majority, pro-autonomy Punjabi Singh, organised Sikhs into a mil- and anti-India activities. For ic, is further strengthening the child’s dependencies on devices. Also, in the absence of Singh said that the categorical stand don’t want any interference of the party that is currently not striv- itary sect called the Khalsa in what its leaders are selling is an taken by the Justin Trudeau RSS in our gurdwaras or in ing for independence, despite the 1699 against the Mughal emper- illusion. The glorious sacrifice socialisation and an organic upbringing, they are losing out on their life skills and connect Government on this issue is exem- Punjab.” On being asked about fact that in past times, some of its or Aurangzeb. Guru Gobind made by the Sikh community for with nature. School is the child’s primary sensor of the outside world and this inward- plary. He hoped that other nations the support of globally-designat- leaders and factions had been Singh was formally installed as their motherland is unparal- looking, self-learning method may distance him further from his/her kind. Of course, these and Governments, too, would come ed terrorist and chief of the ter- secession proponents. Now the leader of the Sikhs at the age leled. The contribution made by out against the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), ror group, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Amarinder Singh has emerged as of nine. His four sons died dur- this community towards nation- isolationist boundaries can be broken when the pandemic ebbs but that doesn’t mean we a US-based group, which was Hafiz Saeed, Chawla said: “I the tallest nationalist leader, who ing his lifetime — two in battle building remains second to none. can’t make online classes a vibrant virtual reality experience going forward. banned by India as a terrorist have had relations with Hafiz has the support of the entire State and two executed by the Mughal (The writer is Editor-in-Chief organisation last July. It has been Saeed and they continue even and the Indian Sikh communi- Army. Unfortunately, Chawla of Opinion Express) For Sushant’s sake S O U N D BITE The CBI probe is expected to end all conspiracy theories The Covid-19 pandemic has For actors like me, the journey He (Obama) spied on my Dhoni had this speciality that highlighted the importance of has been so miraculous that campaign and got caught. he was building the team and about his mysterious death and its politicisation diversification and resilience we ourselves can’t believe it. Why did he refuse to his own performance was opefully, Sushant Singh Rajput will get all the grace of supply chains as well as the All the films we have been a endorse slow Joe until it also world-class. You can see and dignity he deserves following his untimely relevance of the concept of part of, we’ve struggled very was all over, and even the players he was creating, strategic autonomy. hard to make it. then was very late? they are still No 1. Hdeath beyond the ruthless politicisation and blame games that have happened over two months now. But Foreign Affairs Minister Actor US President Pakistani cricketer —Manoj Bajpayee —Donald Trump a young celebrity’s mysterious death has always sparked —S Jaishankar —Kamran Akmal conspiracy theories and this one has been no excep- tion. How could a “hero” go in an “un-hero” like man- ner unless foul play was involved? So yes, he deserves L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR a closure and his honour as an actor/social entrepre- Real empowerment Maharashtra, too, have already neur restored. The Supreme Court has ended the polit- India will have to reorient its US policy promised policies to give jobs to ical and jurisdictional row between the Bihar and the domiciles. What the Maharashtra governments and police forces and paved Sir — While it is welcome that enator Kamala Harris’ nomination as the vice-pres- Governments have to make sure the Government is considering idential candidate of the Democratic Party came is that there are enough jobs the way for a CBI probe to clear doubts around his death. For his sake, we need to know increasing the legal marriageable Sas a bolt out of the blue for US President Donald going around in the first place. if he indeed committed suicide because of depression, because he couldn’t handle the age of women, it must not be for- Trump. He called her “nasty,” “the meanest” and “dis- Along with the public sector, the marginalisation by Bollywood’s incestuous and self-serving royalty or because he was gotten that crimes against them respectful.” In a web ad, Trump campaign called her organised private sector has wit- have seen a stupendous rise in “phony.” A narrator even said, “He (Joe Biden) is hand- nessed job losses, pay cuts and battling financial problems. What was initially reported as suicide — and duly confirmed recent times. According to data, ing over the reins to Harris while they jointly embrace manpower rationalisation in by the autopsy report given by qualified doctors, who are expected to know what they are a woman was raped every 15 the radical Left,” an oft-repeated charge against the pandemic-hit times. Promising doing — quickly turned into a murder conspiracy involving the actor’s family, embezzled minutes in 2018. Democrats, now used fiercely against Harris. However, jobs to the locals is no solution These numbers are alarm- voters are not buying into such pitches as most opin- for unemployment. money, black magic, an allegedly exploitative live-in partner, a political bigwig, Bollywood ing. My parents, albeit mistaking- ion polls suggest it is an uphill task for the incumbent N Sadhasiva Reddy mafia and nepotism, insider-outsider debate, a media circus and what not. But above all, ly, feel that if a girl child is mar- President to reduce the wide trust deficit between him Bengaluru this tragedy was weaponised by political parties to settle scores among themselves, using ried as early as possible, then she and the Democrats. would not be vulnerable to sex- The ruling dispensation in India, too, is faced with Sorry state of affairs his starry aura. What else explains the fact that a TV channel, known to speak for a nation- ual violence and abuse. In fact, challenges that are linked to the vice-presidential nom- remind Kashmiris that they are not alone in the world. al party, has been running a 24X7 coverage on the conspiracy theories while blanking out such women are more likely to inee's personality, ideology and affirmations. Born to We are keeping track of the situation.” This view — other human concerns? If the “intrepid” channel wanted to expose the plight of struggler face emotional as well as physi- an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, Harris was more importantly the emphatic assertion that “the need Sir — This refers to the editori- and “outsider” actors in Bollywood, why did it not discuss other suicides by TV actors cal abuse given their vulnerabil- free to identify herself with the Indian-Americans or to intervene if the situation demands” — has rattled al, “Locals first” (August 20). The ity. In over 140 countries across African-Americans. She chose to be known as the lat- the BJP-led Government. Yet, there’s no denying that sons of the soil theory after Sushant’s death? Or were they not viewer-worthy? the world, the lower age limit for ter and calls herself a Black woman. A commentator Harris will be the inspirational force on India-related announced by the Madhya For Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has been roundly criticised for his han- women to get married is 18, by added, “In fact, even the non-Black part of her ances- policies in the Biden establishment. The US, under Pradesh Chief Minister will set dling of the pandemic and the floods, the case of a “son of the soil” exploited in far away which time they have not even try has been billed more as South Asian than Indian them, will be quite different and India will now have a dangerous precedent if imple- completed their education. or Hindu.” It is also perceived — a view that is not to re-orient its strategy and approach to continue to mented. If every State adopts this Mumbai couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. Since the aam Bihari considers Unless women are empowered altogether unfounded — the “Hinduphobia” in India be heard. criterion, then it will lead to Sushant his “hero”, Sushant was iconised as “the pride of Bihar” though none of these and can access all opportunities makes her “Hindu identity a liability” in America. On Haridasan Rajan social disharmony and national politicians are known to have had an association with him. If anyone has any illusions accorded to men, their condition the clampdown in Kashmir, she said, “We have to Kozhikode disintegration. What is worse is will continue to be the same. that the Congress party, too, sup- about their intent, watch them falling over each other to claim they were the first to push NR Ramachandran ports this. for a CBI probe. As for the BJP in Maharashtra, it spares no effort to pull down the Shiv Chennai al, “Locals first” (August 20). Singh Chouhan that all sion in the light of the Assembly Partha Sena-led alliance Government on some pretext or the other. In Sushant’s case, its troll army Retrograde step That identity-based politics is Government jobs in the State bypolls in the State, it has creat- Via email gaining traction is reflected in the would be given to the locals. ed a controversy and could prove is playing up an alleged association his girlfriend had with Sena scion Aaditya Thackeray, announcement by Madhya Though Chouhan’s statement is counter-productive. States like Send your feedback to: raking up more falsities than proof. Where is the right to grieve and peace in all this? Sir — This refers to the editori- Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj being seen as a political compul- Andhra Pradesh and [email protected] HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | AUGUST 21, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Let’s reimagine POINTCOUNTERPOINT NO ONE IS INTERESTED IN THE OPINIONS OF SOME THANK YOU, NASEER JI. I AM USED TO THIS BUT urban spaces HALF-EDUCATED STARLET WHO DECIDES TO TAKE IT WOULD YOU SAY THIS TO ME IF I WERE PARKASH UPON HERSELF TO GET JUSTICE FOR SUSHANT. PADUKONE OR ANIL KAPOOR’S DAUGHTER? Indian cities need to get back their village —ACTOR —ACTRESS architecture in urban spaces, stitched together with smart technology and community wisdom NASEERUDDIN SHAH KANGANA RANAUT A bamboo bridge to growth

KUMARDEEP BANERJEE A social warrior couple picked a remote village, Lavada in Melghat, as their home and decided to make o you remember the first month of the nationwide lockdown? Besides hoarding rations and essentials and in between end- bamboo the medium of economic regeneration of local tribal communities. They have not looked back Dless Ludo sessions, cooking, cleaning and web series, there was a moment most families looked forward to in the evenings. And that was stepping out on the balcony/terrace and being under an open sky. Meanwhile, a constant train of humanity could be seen traversing on foot by the side of the road, carrying most of their belong- ings. Starkly different though these two scenarios may be, the one factor uniting them was the need to find comfort in a space called home. Remember, the migrant labourers and everyone else in the city occupied the same commercial and public space, walked the same neighbourhood lanes and perhaps rested a bit under the same trees, before the lockdown. Yet, struck by a pandemic, the only pre- vention for which is social distancing, both longed for their share of MOIN QAZI comfortable spaces. One chose to find it under an open sky, the elghat is a forest tract nestled in the Satpura other by moving out of the concrete jungle to a destination that would range in eastern Maharashtra. It is inhab- offer them their own open space. If humans love to look up (literal- Mited by indigenous people like the Korkus, ly and metaphorically) during a crisis, isn’t it time to reimagine/redesign Gond and Bhilalas, who are bravely defending their our cities and make them more liveable? verdant world against the ravages of modern com- Indian cities are home to nearly 500 million people, out of which merce. Melghat has been in the news for several half are densely packed in unorganised, shabby, semi-permanent years for its lethal malnourishment, which had been structures called slums. The stories of their lives captured in films claiming lives of hundreds of children year after year. The social landscape has now bloomed like the sur- and documentaries reveal the unhygienic conditions of common toi- rounding lush forest and tribals now enjoy better lets, bathrooms, overflowing sewage and safe drinking water issues. social indices. The harbinger of this change is the It is these visuals of dirty/dingy slums which prevented many of us work of an impressive range of social warriors, who from getting back our house helps, even after the lockdown was have helped build resilience of local communities. lifted. In our hearts we know that no matter how high our fences or Sobered by recurring disasters, the people, too, purified the air in our homes, a city resident’s life is hopelessly have honed their instincts and have taken charge enmeshed with that of a slum dweller living in the underbelly. of their lives. Among the people who are leading Therefore, we need to redesign cities beginning from the slums. this revolution is a home-grown social crusader cou- The Narendra Modi Government has created a new Jal Shakti Ministry ple, Sunil and Nirupama Deshpande. with the stated aim of providing tap water to 18 lakh rural house- An opportunity arose in the 1990s for the Deshpandes to make social service a calling. holds. While this is commendable and is generating employment Melghat was declared a severe malnutrition zone for many, including many migrant labourers who returned to their in 1993, following the death of 500 children, and villages, yet the urban drinking water supply remains mostly out of the region soon became a challenging arena for IN A WORLD the purview of this scheme. In a city like Delhi, it is disheartening development workers. It was in this sombre envi- WHERE to see thousands queue up daily on the main roads with contain- ronment that Sunil’s social chromosomes fired his SOCIAL ers to collect drinking water from tankers (even though the Delhi imagination to do something useful. ISSUES ARE Government’s tanker scheme has ensured free water for slum That vision had been years in the making. He PROLIFERATING dwellers). A similar sight can be seen outside common taps in was always stirred by a desire to do more with his AND WHERE Mumbai or Chennai slums. life and that of others. When his enterprising wife GOVERNMENTS of which might be limited to the bamboo culture, to create and drive change sus- also highlight the material’s natural beau- Linked to water is the issue of treating urban sewage. Most esti- Nirupama, herself finely honed in a social mould ARE LOOKING ladders used in construction. He is vig- tainably on the ground. ty and its versatility. and an academically-trained social worker, nudged orously promoting bamboo craftsman- The bamboo kendra undertakes One of the most successful initiatives mates suggest that roughly 50,000 million litres per day (MLD), out INWARD him to follow his heart, Sunil turned his back on INSTEAD OF ship by integrating traditional skills with training, research, organisation and of the Deshpandes is the concept of eco- of the nearly 62,000 MLD of sewage generated in urban India, lands his urban upbringing and decided to pursue his pas- modern needs, making the craft a vehi- design development and so far, 5,000 trib- friendly bamboo rakhis. Aptly named untreated in rivers, lakes and other water bodies. It means nearly sion: Empowering the tribals. OUTWARD, cle of emotional, aesthetic and econom- al youth have been trained here. A “Shrushti Bandha” — to signify the 80 per cent of sewage generated in urban India ends up without any “Giving up city life was inevitable…not that it HOPE COMES ic fulfilment. Sunil’s experiment merges whopping 150 items are made here, the human bond with nature — these rakhis disinfection or filtration, polluting 75 per cent of our water bodies! was appreciated by everyone, but my mind was FROM traditional and contemporary creativity. most popular being rakhis (wrist bands) use wafer-thin bamboo shavings cut Even if we forget about the pandemic and need for cleanliness and made up,” recalls Sunil. The mission resonated with SOCIAL Tribal areas typically face several and coasters. “We are unable to make fur- into stars, triangles, pyramids, and so on, infection-free surroundings, think about the life-threatening substances both of them and germinated their dormant social ENTREPRENEURS developmental impediments: Small land niture as the power supply is meagre and as a base, which is then combined with we have been consuming through the fish caught from these waters seed. The couple picked a remote village, Lavada WHOSE holdings; low savings and capital forma- means of transportation don’t exist.” The other locally-sourced decoration mater- and the food grown in fields irrigated from these water sources. in Melghat region, as their home and set upon a COMMITMENT tion; limited market access; low levels of couple is also focussing on agriculture and ial. It would be good to be reminded at this stage that the lifelong romance with tribals. They decided to make AND CREATIVITY human development; paucity of resources plantations. The duo has also taken up a “It is a simple technique that uses bamboo the medium of economic regeneration of like skilled labour, reliable power supply, project for building bamboo bathrooms ordinary tools. Five days of training can Government’s commendable efforts since 2014 to make India Open ARE DRIVEN local tribal communities and founded Sampoorna BY A PURPOSE connectivity, transport and a young pop- for women. get any tribal to produce beautiful rakhis,” Defecation Free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Mission have yield- Bamboo Kendra in 1996. It was followed by an arti- ulation alienated from farming and other They have established a village says Sunil. The centre has been produc- ed results. An estimated 60 per cent of India’s population is now sans’ cooperative, Venu Shilpi Industrial Cooperative FAR BIGGER rural occupations. They need solutions knowledge centre where students are ing more than one lakh rakhis and of ODF and follows basic hand washing hygiene through smart cam- Society, in 1998 with just 15 tribals. The society is THAN tailored to their needs and contexts. The taught traditional and cultural knowledge this, 50,000 have been exported to the UK, paigns and monetary rewards. To an extent, this has checked the the marketing platform of the bamboo production THEIR causes of rural distress are manifold and to ensure that they live a successful prac- the US, Canada, Australia and Singapore. spread of the pandemic. However, the challenge of untreated sewage centres, which have now increased to 37 sites across OWN the root cause is lack of skills and econom- tical life in co-existence with the environ- “About 450 adivasis work for three is urgent and needs to be brought under the same umbrella scheme the country. As many as 450 tribal families are IDENTITIES ic opportunity. As a consequence, the ment. No student is awarded a degree or months, using the simplest of tools and for clean, healthy cities. dependent on the society for their livelihood. youth is migrating to cities. a certificate in this institution, they are produce about 50,000 rakhis. Each per- The third aspect of urban planning, which needs to be redesigned, When I first came in contact with Nirupama, Filial piety has been a tenet of tribal only imparted knowledge and for free. son earns between `150 and `500 per day is that related to our work, exercise and recreational spaces. Many I was heading my bank’s State operations in values, helping to ensure that traditions Their skill is their strongest credential for depending upon the number of rakhis of the readers (now sheltering at home for five months) are crav- micro-finance and she was a frontline campaign- are passed down from one generation to livelihood employment. Gram Gyanpeeth produced,” says Sunil. er of the self-help group (SHG) movement in the next. While this sense of familial duty or ‘rural university’ has nine ‘gurukuls’ It has been a long, arduous trek for ing for access to an office infrastructure, with trustworthy bars, restau- Maharashtra. I realised that the couple’s moment has ensured the survival of local tradi- where students learn art and crafts like the Deshpandes, whose small sapling has rants and gyms near their houses. Clearly, the commercial spaces of epiphany was an inevitable milestone. Sunil was tions, so far it’s not clear if it’s going to be pottery, stitching, making of bamboo, grown into a banyan tree. They have or office blocks of tomorrow are unlikely to be pockets of dense ener- introduced to bamboo craft by another acclaimed enough. Times are changing and not all stone, metal and leather handicrafts. encountered several challenges but their gy and vehicular traffic congregation. Urban India’s place to work bamboo enthusiast Vinu Kale. The main benefit of young people want to take over their par- Later, these skills can be used to earn a determination has sustained them and the (as also reflected in global trends of work from home approvals by bamboo is its amazing strength and enhanced aes- ents’ old jobs, nor is it easy to attract new livelihood. tribals they work for. In a world where major companies) will and should shift closer to home. This would thetics as compared to wood, metal and steel. The people to enter these trades. Sunil’s inter- Sunil is engaging the students at both social issues are proliferating and where be a key to deciding which are the next smart cities as the residents structure of bamboo, with its long tubular fibres, vention has been able to reignite this bond the craft and philosophical level. The tra- governments are looking inward instead would seek world-class office spaces, healthcare facilities, reputed densely packed and bonded with starch, gives it and now the youth is enthusiastically on ditional spirit of creative work in tribal of outward, hope comes from social entre- elementary and secondary-level educational institutions and most amazing durability. board his mission. communities is rooted in bold experimen- preneurs whose commitment and creativ- of all, a healthy and clean underbelly within four kilometres of their Wherever it is available, bamboo is much Sunil and Nirupama understand tations, open and limitless interactions, ity are driven by a purpose far bigger than cheaper than higher-grade timber. There are a num- that interventions for regeneration of the collaborations and dialogues. Sunil has their own identities. dwelling spaces. This is likely to have a major impact on vehicular ber of positive attributes of this grassy material. Since tribal economy cannot be played out in tried to retain this flavour in the knowl- Most revolutionary solutions were pollution and urban mobility along with public transport and real estate it has a unique rhizome-dependent system, bam- the same way that society perceives the edge systems at his centre. evolved by people who looked at the prices. This shift in city spaces is also likely to be the biggest push boo is among the fastest growing and most adapt- poor: Desperate citizens who need to be The artisan is not only a repository familiar landscape with fresh eyes and for the ‘vocal for local’ campaign by Modi as people would like to able materials on the planet. It can grow up to 24 rescued by the elite. of a knowledge system that was sustain- believed that expertise was sterile with- employ locals and buy many services generated from households inches in a day or more. Sunil decided to use it to “We have to understand the local able but is also an active participant in its out passion. The Deshpandes saw promise in the locality. Indian cities need to get back their village architec- bring prosperity to the tribals. His attempt was to challenges to improve their composite re-creation. The artistic achievements of where others saw hopelessness. That has ture in urban spaces, stitched together with smart technology and push the possibilities of the material, primarily its livelihoods,” avers Sunil. According to these craftsmen are contextualised with made all the difference. community wisdom for a new Bharat. inherent tensile strength, and bring it out of its cast him, it takes local entrepreneurs, empow- objects and art works that encapsulate (The writer is a well-known (The writer is a policy analyst) of a rudimentary material, the urban conception ered to adapt easily to the nuances of local bamboo’s long-standing appeal. They development professional) Renewable energy sector powerless post pandemic A drop in demand means that India is now staring at a two to three GW loss of capacity addition FOREIGN EYE

accompanied by construction delays, sector, which is now plagued by one for renewable energy, not just for bingers of good news for margin- tracks but has also adversely impact- made worse by the poor financial shortage of funds and capital, espe- India but globally, too. Riding on a alised communities while providing ed the Government’s ‘Make in India’ condition of distribution companies cially debt capital. rather strong performance in 2019, a sustainable alternative to fossil initiative. (DISCOMS), has ensured that India Moreover, the financial crisis the IEA was expecting a similar run fuels. But all this now seems to be in The conditions in the renewable is now staring at a two to three looming in the distribution business, this year. jeopardy unless urgent structural power sector are still evolving and Gigawatt (GW) loss of capacity too, needs urgent addressing if fur- In the US for instance, the on- changes are envisaged in the renew- the impacts are still being identified PUTIN WILL HELP addition this year. These conditions ther deterioration is to be avoided. shore wind power generation was able energy sector. These changes and evaluated. Therefore, it is the have been exacerbated by constraints The cash-strapped DISCOMS are at expected to peak this year, while must account for the recession in the right time for the Government to TRUMP AGAIN KOTA SRIRAJ in debt financing. the centre of the storm as they are China was poised to witness a rush economy and the fact that people are undertake necessary diagnostics on The import of this has not been unable to pay renewable power pro- in completion of solar and wind not spending money the way they the sector and carry out urgent The US Senate Intelligence lost on the Government, which ducers. Analysts suggest that the power projects as the feed-in-tariffs used to before the pandemic hit an remedial measures that can help it Committee’s report on he pandemic’s impact will announced a `90,000 crore liquidi- losses of DISCOMS may double to (FITs) were scheduled to be phased already sluggish economy. back on its feet. Russia’s interference in the remain etched in our collective ty package in May for the power sec- $15 billion, further deepening the out this year. These factors will help in design- Many experts feel that the 2016 election states that the Tmemory for ages as virtually all tor. But unfortunately, the implica- cash crunch. India, on the other hand, was ing what could be the toughest and renewable energy sector needs more Donald Trump campaign aspects of human life and develop- tions for the renewable energy sec- This will increase the stress on positioned to make critical progress most complicated chapter in India’s than just subsidies and other promo- ment have been affected by it, tor are now driven by waning power the entire system, which is already in the process of achieving 175 GW transition from fossil fuels to renew- tional measures. The requirement “sought to maximise” the including the renewable energy sec- demand in the face of these difficult facing unequal competition from growth in wind and power energy by able energy. Consumer response to now is for deep-rooted structural impact of leaks of tor. The COVID-19 lockdowns have circumstances. The stimulus pack- fossil fuel-driven power that is eco- 2022. But none of this happened. In electric vehicles in Delhi, post the lat- changes in the Indian renewable Democratic documents by ensured that renewable energy pro- age may prove to be too little and too nomical and in surplus. As it is entre- fact, the IEA estimated that 2020 est Electric Vehicle Policy, would energy guidelines and strategies. WikiLeaks, knowing the jects have either stopped or are late to secure the sector and safe- preneurs are wary of choosing would witness a three per cent prove to be a big learning curve for The success of these changes will be behind schedule. For a sector that guard the progress made till date. renewable power production as a growth of biofuel production, which, the sector. evident in future when India is able Russian military intelligence was already fighting for viability in Riding on these bleak condi- sustainable business and the current too, did not materialise. One of the major aspects that the to not only put back on track its agency was behind it. Putin a fossil fuel-driven economy, the tions, the BTI has revised the base conditions are not helping in mak- Many of India’s ambitious Government must attend to imme- renewable energy targets but is able is again seeking to aid contagion is proving to be a death capacity addition estimates from 43 ing the sector lucrative for securing renewable energy targets have a diately is the availability of labour. to provide people with dependable, Trump in the November poll knell. GW to 35 GW for solar power and future investments. social welfare theme to them. These This has been impacted severely due viable and sustainable alternative to and Trump will welcome any According to a recent report by from 15 GW to 12 GW for wind According to the estimates of the renewable energy projects not only to the migration of labourers to their fossil fuels, too. consulting firm Bridge to India power. The BTI has also highlight- International Energy Agency (IEA), mean well for the environment but hometowns and villages. This has not (The writer is an environmental help. (The Washington Post (BTI), a sharp drop in demand, ed the problems that are rife in the this year was expected to be a record also have the potential to be the har- only stopped various projects in their journalist) editorial) HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | AUGUST 21, 2020 money 08 Banks sanction Rs 1L-cr Govt plans further stake Gangwar calls for concessional loans total digitalisation PNS n NEW DELHI sale in IRCTC, invites bids The Finance of Labour Bureau Ministry on PNS n NEW DELHI ment of public sector under- Thursday said banks takings and another Rs PNS n NEW DELHI have sanctioned over The government is planning to 90,000 crore from stake sale Rs 1 lakh crore con- sell part of its stake in Indian in financial institutions. Union Minister cessional loans to Railway Catering and Tourism So far in the current fiscal, Santosh Kumar Kisan Credit Card Corp (IRCTC) in the current the Department of Gangwar on (KCC) holders to fiscal, and has invited bids Investment and Public Asset Thursday called for help farmers meet from merchant bankers for Management (DIPAM) has total digitalisation financial require- managing the sale process. not been able to sell stake in of the Labour ments during the cultural sector from "The GoI intends to disin- any CPSE as the coronavirus Bureau to expand COVID-19 crisis. the shock of vest a part of the paid up equi- outbreak has impacted equi- its outreach. As on August COVID-19, it said, ty capital of IRCTC out of its ty markets. However, through The minister 17, 1.22 crore a special saturation shareholding through 'Offer for Bharat Bond ETF-II, the gov- made the remarks KCCs have been drive is underway Sale (OFS) method of shares by ernment has garnered sub- while launching the new logo & Occupational Safety and sanctioned with to provide conces- promoters through the stock scription worth Rs 11,000 of the Labour Bureau, a wing Health and Working the credit limit of sional credit to exchanges' as per Securities crore for 'AAA' rated bonds of the labour ministry. Conditions have already been Rs 1,02,065 crore, farmers through and Exchange Board of India ment has to lower its stake in railway stations and trains in of CPSEs. Gangwar asked the Bureau introduced in the Lok Sabha. and this will go a long Kisan Credit Card. (Sebi) Rules and Regulations," the company to 75 per cent. India, was on the stock DIPAM Secretary Tuhin to increase its outreach by Once these Codes are enact- way in reviving the rural As part of the Rs 20.97 lakh DIPAM said while inviting Shares of IRCTC closed at exchanges in October 2019. Kanta Pandey had last month way of total digitalisation of its ed, India's ranking on 'ease of economy and accelerating agri- crore Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Request for Proposal (RFP). Rs 1,346.65 apiece on the BSE, The company had raised Rs said restrictions on interna- processes and use of Data doing business' will go very cultural growth, the ministry Package, the government in The merchant bankers will down 1.20 per cent over its pre- 645 crore through the IPO. tional travel due to COVID- Analytics & Artificial high and India will be a dream said in a statement. May had announced the provi- have to submit their bids by vious close. IRCTC OFS will help the 19 pandemic have put brakes Intelligence in its day-to-day destination for investment, he This reflects an increase of Rs sion of concessional credit of Rs September 10. IRCTC, the only entity government inch forward in on strategic disinvestment operations, a labour ministry added. 12,255 crore, over Rs 89,810 2 lakh crore which is likely to The government currently authorised by Indian Railways meeting the Rs 2.10 lakh of CPSEs, like Air India and statement said. The Labour Bureau should crore sanctioned to 1.1 crore benefit 2.5 crore farmers, holds 87.40 per cent stake in to provide catering services to crore disinvestment target. BPCL, but completing the He further said that to collect data in seamless way for KCC holders as on July 24. including fishermen and dairy IRCTC. To meet Sebi's public railways, online railway tickets Of this, Rs 1.20 lakh crore transactions remains a prior- increase the Bureau's out- this necessary provisions in In an effort to buffer the agri- farmers. holding norm, the govern- and packaged drinking water at will come from disinvest- ity of the government. reach, more regional offices Codes and the rules will be will be opened in the country. provided to give statutory The minister also said the powers to the Bureau, he stat- century-old 44 Labour laws ed. CAPSULE are being subsumed in four The newly launched logo RBI suggests action Equities tumble amid global selloff codes, out of this the Wage represents that the Labour Code is already enacted and Bureau is a data-based organi- other three codes on Social zation dealing in data related plan to promote as Fed minutes stoke recovery fears Security, Industrial Relations to workers and work.. PNS n MUMBAI financial education The Sensex crashed 394 points PNS n NEW DELHI choices leading to their finan- while the Nifty closed below Sensex tanks 394 points cial well-being," according to the 11,350-level on Thursday, Axis Bank launches The Reserve Bank of India NSFE. in tandem with a global selloff (RBI) on Thursday came out To achieve the vision of cre- after the US Federal Reserve's on global selloff hiring initiative ‘Gig- with a '5-Core Actions' ating a financially aware and gloomy economic outlook a-Opportunities' approach for promoting finan- empowered India, NSFE has spooked investors across the PNS n MUMBAI NEW DELHI: Axis Bank has cial education, which among laid down strategic objectives, world. plans to employ nearly 1,000 other things include develop- like inculcate financial litera- A sharp depreciation in the Domestic equity people under its new hiring ment of relevant content for cy concepts among the various rupee and profit-booking after benchmark Sensex initiative 'Gig-a-Opportunities', school children and adults, sections of the population the recent rally further plunged 394 points on a model devised to attract community participation and through financial education to weighed on domestic bourses, Thursday, tracking a skilled talent that can work with collaboration among various make it an important life skill, traders said. Asian shares retreat after Fed massive selloff in glob- the bank remotely, from stakeholders. and encourage active The BSE Sensex, which al markets after US anywhere in the country, The 'National savings behaviour. opened on the back foot, minutes bring reality check Fed's gloomy econom- according to a company Strategy for Among the stayed in the negative territo- ic outlook spooked official. This hiring model Financial other strategic ry throughout the session, TOKYO: Asian shares with the elevated prices, it had investors across the comprises two working Education objectives are before closing at 38,220.39, slipped Thursday after sobri- likely been an excuse to take world. (Fundamental), Anand Rathi. patterns, first is full-time 2020-2025' encouraging down 394.40 points or 1.02 per ety set in on Wall Street, and some profit off the table as The BSE Sensex ended The Fed's minutes showed permanent job and the second (NSFE), participation in cent. the US Federal Reserve min- well,” said Jingyi Pan, a mar- 394.40 points or 1.02 per cent again that policymakers are is based on the duration of a released by the financial mar- On similar lines, the broad- utes laid out challenges for the ket strategist with IG. lower at 38,220.39. The broad- finding it difficult to forecast project. "Our idea is that Gig RBI, has sug- kets to meet er NSE Nifty slumped 96.20 economy amid the coron- “Most notably, Fed minutes er NSE Nifty slumped 96.20 the path of the economy, would be large jobs. We gested a multi- financial goals and points or 0.84 per cent to fin- avirus pandemic. from the July FOMC meeting points or 0.84 per cent to which will depend greatly on wanted to make it as effective stakeholder-led objectives, developing ish at 11,312.20. Japan's benchmark Nikkei had reflected officials' views 11,312.20. what happens with the coro- as a normal job would have approach for creating a finan- credit discipline and encour- HDFC was the top laggard 225 dropped 1.0 per cent to on the pandemic weighing HDFC was the top loser in navirus. been for anyone both in terms cially aware and empowered age availing credit from formal in the Sensex pack, shedding finish at 22,880.62. South heavily on the economy and the Sensex pack, shedding During the afternoon ses- of being content with the job or India. financial institutions as per 2.35 per cent, followed by Axis Korea's Kospi plunged 3.8 per posing risks to the medium- over 2 per cent, followed by sion markets briefly attempt- what people learn from their The five Cs, outlined by the requirement, and improving Bank, Bharti Airtel, M&M, cent to 2,272.08. Australia's term outlook,” she said. Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, ed to bounce back from day's jobs...over the next one year, strategy paper, are: Content, usage of digital financial ser- Titan, Reliance Industries, S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.8 per cent The central bank has been M&M, Reliance Industries, lows but the strength failed to we will add 800-1,000 people Capacity, Community, vices in a safe and secure ICICI Bank and IndusInd to 6,120.00. Hong Kong's one of the main pillars prop- ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank sustain as profit booking by working through this model Communication and manner. Bank. Only five index con- Hang Seng lost 1.9 per cent to ping up the market after it and Titan. traders was seen, he said. and that is the minimum I am Collaboration. Managing risk at various life stituents finished with gains - 24,714.19, while the Shanghai slashed short-term interest On the other hand, NTPC, "Traders also remained con- saying," Rajesh Dahiya said. Strengthening financial stages through relevant and - NTPC, ONGC, PowerGrid, Composite fell 1.1 per cent at rates to their record low and ONGC, PowerGrid and Tata cerned with the World Bank's inclusion in the country has suitable insurance cover and Tata Steel and HCL Tech, 3,370.85. essentially promised to buy as Steel were the gainers. report stating that it is likely to been one of the important plan for old age and retirement spurting as much as 6.87 per “The latest Fed minutes many bonds as it takes to The Indian market opened project a steeper contraction in developmental agendas of through coverage of suitable cent. Global markets reeled had been one to offer a real- keep markets running on a negative note following India's economy than the 3.2 both the Government of India pension products are the other after US Federal Reserves' ity check for markets, though smoothly. subdued Asian markets which per cent it had forecast for the and the four financial sector key objectives laid down in the minutes of its July meeting were impacted by the US current financial year," he regulators (RBI, SEBI, IRDAI document. underscored the dangers of the Federal Reserve's cautious added. Bourses in Shanghai, and PFRDA). "Update content of financial COVID-19 pandemic to the ic outlook as well as the financial and another round of losses, view of the economy, US- Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul "Financial literacy supports education in school curricu- American economy. Federal system. "Most sectoral indices similar to today, can bring in neg- China tensions and new clus- ended with heavy losses. the pursuit of financial inclu- lum for students of classes VI Open Market Committee mem- were in the red, with the banking ativity into the markets," said ters of coronavirus infections, Stock exchanges in Europe sion by empowering the cus- to X", said action plan for bers said the pandemic poses index leading the losses. Investors Vinod Nair, Head of Research at said Narendra Solanki, Head- also witnessed robust selling in CMA CGM India tomers to make informed NSFE (2020-25). "considerable risks" to the econom- are advised to remain cautious Geojit Financial Services. Equity Research early sessions. appoints Atit Mahajan as MD NEW DELHI: Shipping and INFOSYS’ SET OF SERVICES TO logistics company CMA CGM Cipla, Stempeutics to launch Retail inflation for farm, Group on Thursday said it has ACCELERATE CLOUD JOURNEY appointed chartered accountant Atit Mahajan as its PNS n BENGALURU munity leverage, enterprises Stempeucel for CLI treatment rural workers drops new managing director for can rapidly launch solutions India operations. CMA CGM IT major Infosys Ltd on and create business models to PNS n NEW DELHI over a period of twelve years, PNS n NEW DELHI mum increase in the con- started its operations in India Thursday launched Infosys meet changing market needs breakthrough treatment is sumer price index numbers for in 1989 and it has a network Cobalt, a set of services, while complying with the Pharma major Cipla on designed to address the root Retail inflation for farm and agricultural labourers was of 27 offices. "The CMA CGM solutions, and plat- most stringent global, Thursday said it is collaborat- cause of the disease at an rural workers eased to 6.58 per experienced by Meghalaya (15 Group, a world leader in forms that it said regional and industry ing with its partner affordable cost, it noted. cent and 6.53 per cent, respec- points) and for rural labour- shipping and logistics, is acts as a force mul- regulatory and secu- Stempeutics Research to The companies, however, tively in July this year on ers, it was experienced by pleased to announce the tiplier for cloud- rity standards," it launch the latter's cell therapy did not share any details account of lower prices of Jammu & Kashmir and appointment of Atit Mahajan powered enter- said. product Stempeucel for the about the price of the drug. certain food items, the labour Meghalaya (14 points) main- as the new managing director prise transforma- Enterprises can treatment of critical limb "Obtaining DCGI ministry said on Thursday. ly due to rise in the prices of for CMA CGM India," the tion. leverage the full ischemia (CLI) in India. sclerotic peripheral arterial approval for Stempeucel is Inflation based on CPI-AL milk, meat goat, fish dry, bidi, company said in a statement. Infosys Cobalt potential of the cloud The company's partner disease, it added. an important and historic and CPI-RL (Consumer Price vegetables and fruits and bus Mahajan has an extensive helps businesses eco system and Infosys Stempeutics Research has "Under the agreement milestone for Stempeutics. It Index-Rural Labourers) stood fare etc, the statement said. industry experience and redesign the enterprise and Cobalts community of business received regulatory approval by signed between the two com- is a strong recognition for at 7.16 per cent and 7 per cent, On the contrary, the maxi- strong leadership abilities in also build new cloud-first capa- and technology innovators to the Drug Controller General of panies, Cipla has received Stempeutics for its sustained respectively in June. mum decrease in the CPI Indian shipping & logistics bilities to create seamless expe- drive increased business value, India (DCGI) for the launch of exclusive rights to market and excellence of scientific and Inflation based on food numbers for agricultural sectors, it said. Mahajan is a riences in public, private and the company said. Stempeucel in India, Cipla distribute the product in India clinical work and under- index of CPI-AL and CPI-RL labourers and rural labourers qualified Chartered Accountant hybrid cloud across PaaS, SaaS, With Infosys Cobalt, enter- and Stempeutics said in a joint by leveraging its expansive scores our global leadership recorded at 7.83 per cent and was experienced by Tripura (- with a qualitative experience of and IaaS landscapes, the prises can have ready access to statement. distribution strengths across in allogeneic, pooled MSC 7.89 per cent, respectively in 8 points) and (-5 points), 18 years in Strategy, Finance Bengaluru- headquartered IT a growing portfolio of over 200 The product is indicated the country," the statement technology," Stempeutics July 2020, according to a respectively mainly due to fall and Cost Management company said in a statement. cloud-first solution blueprints, for the treatment of CLI due to said. MD & CEO Manohar BN labour ministry statement. in the prices of rice, meat goat, function, the company said. "With Infosys Cobalts com- it said. Buerger's disease and athero- Developed by Stempeutics said. Amongst states, the maxi- fish fresh/dry etc. Volvo Trucks launches Robust framework to address need for skilled workforce PNS n NEW DELHI Entrepreneurship will identify Responsibility (CSR) funding by skilling them and builds tractor-trailer combination existing Qualification Packs for skill development efforts in their competencies up to glob- To address the need for skilled and develop new Qualification the port and maritime sector. al standards," Pandey said. PNS n NEW DELHI a comfortable cabin along with workforce in ports and mar- Packs - National Occupational The MoU was signed in the According to Mandaviya, a superior clutch free driveline, itime sector, the government is Standards, aligned with the presence of Minister for Skill "the partnership will provide Volvo Trucks on Thursday that enables effortlessly driving working on effective imple- National Skills Qualification Development and better prospects to our candi- announced the introduction of for about 20 hours with a set of mentation of training modules, Framework for various job Entrepreneurship Mahendra dates who are committed in the its tractor-trailer combination, drivers," VE Commercial assessment and certification roles in the sectors as per the Nath Pandey and Minister of development of ports and mar- specially curated for express Vehicles MD & CEO Vinod process of candidates. existing demand of ports and State for Shipping itime sector. Additionally, this cargo movement in India in Aggarwal said. He further said The Ministry of Skill maritime unit. The collabora- (Independent Charge) and will open opportunities with- partnership with logistics play- telematics, an integral part of these Development and tion will provide a pathway to Chemicals & Fertilizers in India and in the internation- er Delhivery. trucks, ensures that exhaustive Entrepreneurship and the existing and retired employees Mansukh Mandaviya. al coastal lines for our work- Volvo and Delhivery had data is captured, analysed and cor- Ministry of Shipping have of institutions under Ministry "Maritime transport is a crit- force." Under the partnership, tested together to deploy Volvo rection happens throughout the signed a Memorandum of of Shipping to work as assessor ical segment that propels the Ministry of Shipping will facil- FM 4x2 tractor trailer long haul journey. "The reduced delivery Understanding (MoU) on or trainer basis the training economic development of our itate implementation of activ- truck for express operations, time helps customers to fulfil Thursday to this effect. ing with the rapidly changing and the certification process of under relevant courses. country. This strategic partner- ities related to skill develop- allowing speedy delivery and their business goal of delivery to "With this collaboration, world and lead to port led pros- candidates, with focus on The Ministry of Skill ship with the Ministry of ment and upgradation not only cost efficiencies of services. their customers in the shortest ports and maritime sector will perity," a release said. skilling and building quality Development and Shipping is also derived from through its own institutions "Turn-around and efficiency is possible time, substantially witness the harnessing of The partnership will help in manpower in the shipping sec- Entrepreneurship will also the same motto. It is aimed in and autonomous bodies but the focus in these trucks. The reducing order cancellations," innate talent imbibed with the effective implementation of tor. The Ministry of Skill assist in mobilizing of private the direction in which our ini- also through the involvement Volvo FM420 4x2 solution has Agarwal said. skills which will help in deal- training modules, assessment Development and sector and Corporate Social tiatives support our workforce of the private sector. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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dow of time, inactive commitment of cast to outdoor issues, every film comes with its own unique moments of stress. Often, things don’t go as planned but as directors, we need to have the ability to impro- THE NEW, RAW & RUSTIC vise on the spot and my crew have always been sup- portive of it.” I had numerous scripts in OTT drama - Metro Kathalu my bag but I wanted to enter “It’s an emotional, drama piece of work with a sense the Tollywood film industry of pain. An amalgamation of anthology set out to nar- with a thriller so I did. My DIRECTOR TO LOOK OUT FOR rate an unpretentious look of the lives of the urban cast. I hope it acclaims a lot of positive reviews.” debut film had a binding The raw & rustic trend in Tollywood Characterisation of cast screenplay with strong Director Karuna Kumar of OTT v/s Cinema war characterisations and “There have been stupendous and successful rus- “It’s all the influence of reality. Actor’s vision, con- meaningful songs. Despite Palasa 1978 fame has just tic films across film industries, which made me focus fidence, assertions about the art of acting, romanti- “OTT isn’t bad news for theatres at all. Both have more on the realism genre. All my backdrops are as cism, etc., come from their real-life experiences and their separate privileges, OTT is indeed becoming going through unprece- released his latest film titled real as they can be. My recent film that released on emotions perhaps. It’s commendable that they a popular platform but nothing can beat the cine- dented times, the movie aha thrives on urban culture. As a new-age direc- behave realistically under imaginary circumstances matic experience of enjoying movies in a theatre. collected terrific response Metro Kathalu, which is tor, my fascination with raw films has been success- ensuring consistency of their performances. I have Both mediums, for now, are holding on to their exclu- fully demonstrated through my movies. There are captured quality actors who are great at expressing. sivity and serving the same type of content with a from all the film industries. garnering applause from too many stories to tell about belonging to a small We are fascinated by the nuances of human nature purpose having different consumers. Humans are town, you just need an eye for it. Take Palasa 1978 and that tends to create an artistic craft social animals and they are definitely KARUNA KUMAR for instance, it’s a theme-driven film extensively shot ultimately.” going to come back to hang around Tollywood superstars and in realistic locations, which is why it has been in theatres with family and peers, applauded for its authentic approach.” it’s only a matter of time. OTT and fans alike. OTT has its doors Meaningful songs in films films coexist.” “We shot a folk song with actress Nakshatra wide open with even in that encompasses the traits of accustomed cin- Ecclesiastical responses ematic settings to bring familiarity. The cultur- Tollywood bringing the “I had numerous scripts in my bag but I wanted al appeal in every frame of the song gives orig- to enter the Tollywood film industry with a thriller inality while watching the film on celluloid.” magic of the big-screen onto so I did. My debut film had a binding screenplay with strong characterisations and meaningful songs. your smartphones. Karuna Despite going through unprecedented times, the Strains during a movie collected terrific response from all the film shoot Kumar, with films like Palasa industries. My favourite being Pa Ranjith garu’s appreciation for my film — a successful director “The success of a film 1978 and Metro Kathalu to famous for his Dalit-centric genres who has also man- project can be tenuous aged to bring bold conversations onto the table, his sometimes, you have his credit, has his fans words of encouragement filled me with pride. to deal with some Apart from films like his, I also like how movies like common on-set prob- Gangs of Wasseypur were filmed. They’re not weak- lems that might arise awaiting more such authentic hearted but explosive stories in its true cinematic out of nowhere. experience, something that I drew some inspiration From managing films. In an exclusive chat from.” props, permits, The Pioneer injuries, a with 's SHIKHA short Skill of being a new age director win- DUGGAL, the director talks “Directing a full-fledged cast is complex yet mul- tifaceted. You are constantly observing, hinting at big- about his latest anthology ger curiosities on set. A movie is an art form, hence, there is no particular route to become a successful that's based on a book by film director — everybody has their unique ideas along with their struggles. I believe in focussing on Mohammed Khadeer Babu my craft, that’s all.” Hyderabad boy is World's fastest human calculator n some news that’ll make us prodigy, Bhanu says, “Records come and go. Hyderabadis proud, Neelakanta I do not like personal pride. I want to build Barely 20-years-old, Hyderabad- Bhanu Prakash emerged the fastest a community of Mathematicians and human human calculator in the world! He calculators.” based Bhanu Prakash won the I is the first Indian to win the Bhanu has already set up his coveted title, yes, start-up ‘Exploring Infinities (EI)’ first-ever gold for India in the Hyderabad’s very own Shakuntala which is working with the Devi. Government of Telangana and to bet- Mental Calculation Barely 20-years-old, this ter the skills of kids studying in Hyderabad-lad, a graduate in Government Schools. He has World Maths from St Stephen College, reached out and engaged over Delhi, won the first-ever gold 10,000 students in the past couple of Championship for India in the Mental years. “I founded the start- Calculation World Records come up to boost up children’s at Mind Sports Championship at Mind and go. I do not like cognitive development and Sports Olympiad in personal pride. I want to to popularise mental arith- London this week. Bhanu metic with novel games Olympiad in beat 30 participants from build a community of through workshops and 13 countries including UK, Mathematicians and human courses in schools,” he London this Germany, UAE, France, calculators. I founded informs. Through EI, Greece, Lebanon among Bhanu and his team week. He tells others, to reach the top in Exploring Infinities (EI) reached out to different his very first attempt. start-up to boost up educational institutions, us about his Such a feat is not new for children’s cognitive trained them in speed and the mathematical wizard cognitive ability develop- start-up, awards, who, when he was all of 5 development and to ment by harnessing infinite when enrolled himself for popularise mental potentials of the human Meena Kumari's goals and more... the SIP Abacus program. arithmetic with novel brain through gamified He honed his skills enough learning modules on to win several titles, break games through workshops mobile apps. Bhanu has records, and set his sight on and courses in schools courses like, “Math more challenging things Wizard” and “Turn on the life to be subject in the world of computer in you” which Mathematics. He makes children pick up had completed 9 levels of Abacus, a unimaginable Grand Masters program offered by speeds in just a of web series SIP Academy until now, and matter of went on to win the months of he life of late leg- on the gifted actress for whom International Abacus structured endary actress Meena the term ‘Tragedy Queen’ was Champion'13 and brain train- Kumari is set to be the coined. We are not in any hurry,” National Abacus ing. subject of a new web said Kaur. Champion ‘11 & Bhanu is T series. Meena Kumari is celebrated for ‘12. also a 4 times Based on Ashwini her roles in many Bollywood TEDx Speaker Bhatnagar’s biography of the classics including Sahib Bibi Aur and has been invited iconic star, “Mahjabeen As Meena Ghulam, Pakeezah, Mere Apne, by various global institu- Kumari”, the series is produced by Baiju Bawra, Dil Apna Aur Preet tions in 17 countries to Prabhleen Kaur. Details of cast Parai, Dil Ek Mandir and Kaajal. share and teach “how to and crew are yet to be Talking on the project, Ashwini amplify human brain’s efficien- announced. The makers subse- Bhatnagar said, “I am delighted cy” where he shares his secrets quently plan to make a feature to collaborate with a production and tools that he developed. He reg- film on the subject too, after the house like Prabhleen’s, which Bhanu ularly holds workshops, seminars, and web series. is known for creating pathbreak- says he enjoys training for corporates and students on par- “It is a dream comes true ing content. The book is possibly public speaking, story- allel thinking, partitioning thought analyti- for me as nothing is more the first authentic portrayal of the telling, and cricket beside his love for cal and critical thinking. Bhanu says his beautiful and larger than life legendary actress from a neutral numbers and wants ‘Mathematics to be biggest influence is the great Indian mathe- than the name Meena Kumari. viewpoint.” a sport’!. He loves how several coun- matician Srinivasa Ramanujan and other ‘God resides in detailing’ is Meena Kumari died at the tries have started defining Mathematics ancient Indian mathematical geniuses like the mantra that guides us, and age of 39 on March 31, 1972. as an Art and not a science. Bhanu, him. a subject of this magnitude Thirty-three of those years were who has 4 world records and 50 Asked what his goals are, he says, “My warrants research. The best dedicated to her eventful acting Limca Book of Records to his credit, vision is to eradicate math phobia through our names from vintage Hindi film career. The web series will says he wants his records to be broken school interventions, student engagement, journalism have been hired to encompass all aspects of her car- soon and be challenged. Some of his improve cognitive abilities in students through provide authentic research. We eer, controversies and comple- world records include ‘Power arithmetic learning, help students explore infi- intend to start with a web series xities that shrouded the enigmat- Multiplication Record’ and ‘The Super nite capabilities of the human brain, make and then move onto a feature film ic persona of the actress. Subtraction Record’. math fun and promote brain games as a struc- On how he feels beings a math tured sport.” 10

Hyderabad Friday August 21 2020 what’s brewing? SUSHANT, SARA Angelina Jolie and Brad were ‘totally in love' during Kedarnath Pitt's custody battle promotions: Actor's friend turns messy again uring promotional friends, family and even his staff, friends, family and staff knew ctor Angelina Jolie has therefore decided to look into judge activity of their 2018 Samuel added, “Sara along with about it. asked for the judge oversee- Ouderkirk. film Kedarnath, Sushant head genuine respect for Sara had shared an Instagram ing her divorce proceed- A source close to Jolie explained to D Sushant Singh Rajput everyone in Sushant’s life...be it post on July 24, the day A ings with Brad Pitt to be Vanity Fair, “Angelina’s team was kept and Sara Ali Khan family, friends and even staff. I Sushant’s last film Dil removed, citing a conflict in the dark about matters that should were in love with each wonder whether Sara’s decision to Bechara released. of interest. The judge, have been disclosed. Any attempt to other, claims Samuel Haokip, a break up with Sushant right after Sharing a photo of according to Jolie, has vested finan- suggest otherwise is only to distract friend of the late actor. Sonchiriya’s box office perfor- Sushant along with cial interests with Pitt’s lawyer. from behaviour that violates the rules Samuel took to his verified mance was due to any pressure by her father Saif Ali US Weekly quoted a source as of ethics for judges.” Jolie’s attorney Instagram account on Thursday to the Bollywood Mafia.” Khan, who has played saying that Pitt isn’t pleased with Samantha Bley DeJean added in a open up on the love story between Commenting on Samuel’s post, a cameo role in the this, especially after the couple had statement, “As is set forth in the filing, the Kedarnath co-stars, a film that Pavitra Rishta director Kushal film, Sara had writ- been on their way to amicably all my client is asking for is a fair trial marked Sara Ali Khan’s debut in Zaveri, who was a close friend of ten: “The only two resolving their years-long custody based on facts, with no special favours Bollywood. He also speculates the late actor, wrote: “Someone gentleman that battle for their kids. “Brad says extended to either side. The only way whether the Bollywood Mafia had to say it! More power to you have spoken to Angelina has gone way too far this litigants can trust the process is for played a role in causing their bro.” me about Sartre, time...He’s left with no other option everyone involved to ensure that there break-up after the release of From Samuel’s post and Van Gogh, but to dig in and fight back-hard,” is transparency and impartiality.” Sushant’s 2019 release Sonchiriya, Kushal’s comment on the same, it telescopes and the source said. which failed at the box office. seems the relationship between constellations, The couple, who were legally “I remember the time during Sushant and Sara was not a very guitars, the divorced in 2019, separated in 2016 Kedarnath promotions... Sushant hushed-hushed affair as his Northern after more than a decade together. A source close to Jolie and Sara were totally in love...they lights, cricket, They have six kids. “The individuals were inseparable... So pure and Pink Floyd, hurt most by Jolie’s transparently tac- explained to Vanity Fair, childlike innocence. They both The actor's friend also Nusrat Saab tical gambit are the parties’ own chil- “Angelina’s team was kept had tremendous respect for each and acting dren, who continue to be deprived of other which was so rare to see speculates whether the techniques. a final resolution to these custody in the dark about matters nowadays in relationships,” Bollywood Mafia played This is to issues,” Pitt’s lawyers said in a state- that should have been Samuel wrote in an Instagram the last thing ment. post. a role in causing their you two have Jolie’s legal team responded in a disclosed. Any attempt to Talking about how much break-up after the in common- statement to US, saying, “any delay in suggest otherwise is only respect Sara had for Sushant’s release of Sonchiriya #DilBechara.” these proceedings is due to [Pitt’s to distract from behaviour team’s] zealous attempt to create an unrecognized special exception for that violates the rules of their client’s benefit.” According to a ethics for judges” ctor Amitabh Page Six source, Jolie was “con- Big B to resume Bachchan is preparing cerned that something untoward to return to work after was happening” with the pro- recovering from the ceedings KBC shoot after A coronavirus recently. and Amitabh wrote in his blog on Wednesday that the shoot recovering from of Kaun Banega Crorepati is approaching, and will be conduct- Covid-19 ed with great attention to safety. He wrote, “Lots of prep and presentation for the starting of KBC promo shoots and the KBC itself .. detailed protocol of how its all going to be done with maxi- mum safety precautions.” Amitabh had worked on KBC during lockdown, and had dis- missed those who questioned if it was safe to do so. "So yes I worked .. got a problem with that .. keep it to yourself then .. damned if you pour it out here in this locked in condition .. sufficient precaution as much that could be taken was taken .. and what had been scheduled for 2 days, was completed in one day .. starting 6pm .. ending a short while NOW !!” wrote Amitabh in his blog in May. Amitabh had previously expressed concerns about being able to work in a post-Covid world, where the government of Maharashtra (in a now overturned decision) had imposed restrictions on actors above the age of 65 working. The actor has a diverse slate of films lined up. He will appear in Jhund, Chehre and Brahmastra. 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fter roping in Sai Pallavi, the makers of Shyam Singha A Roy, starring Nani, are now considering signing Nithya Menen for a key supporting role. Besides Pallavi, who will be the film’s female face, the Nithya story has scope for two other actresses in signif- likely to play a icant roles. “Director Rahul Sankrityan is keen on Nithya to do one role. While it may not have the supporting role in duration of Pallavi’s, it does have its own impor- tance in the context of the narrative. As Nithya is Shyam Singha Roy someone who doesn’t dif- ferentiate between lead- PRAVEEN SATTARU AND ing and supporting turns as long as the role has something for her and drives the story forward, the director and his pro- PRASANTH VARMA ducer S Naga Vamsi are confident of her par- ticipation in the film. They are plan- ning to meet her soon with the TEAM UP FOR A SHOW script,” chips in a source close to the n an interesting development, The Pioneer has production house. Scriptsville, a learned that new-age directors Praveen Sattaru The source adds and Prasanth Varma are joining forces for a that for the creative group high-concept web show, which is likely to roll other role, I soon. Scriptsville, a creative group which Rahul is look- which Prasanth heads, has penned the story for the ing at a new show, which will be quite a departure from the shows that profile. Prasanth have emerged out of Telugu language until now. “The show An has plenty of drama and will unfold as a thriller; it’s pep- intense heads, has pered with scientific fiction elements as well. It is poised love story, to break many clichés for a Telugu show. In terms of cre- Shyam penned the ative ideas, scale and budget, this will be the biggest show Singha from Telugu. It is being written for the past 18 months,” Roy will story for the a source close to the development confirmed to us. be filmed across The source added that while Prasanth will serve as the Hyderabad and show, which show creator, negotiations are in full-swing with PSV Kolkata predomi- Garuda Vega director to man the director’s chair. nantly. It will go in will be quite a “Praveen has been travelling with the show’s front of the cameras content for the past couple of months and his after Nani wraps up departure from script concerns have been taken into account Tuck Jagadish. Anirudh by Scriptsville. He liked the content and Ravichander, who has the shows that shared a similar creative vision for the show composed music for like Prasanth but is yet to sign on the dot- Nani’s earlier films like have emerged ted line. The producers are hoping that the Jersey and Gang formalities with him will be wrapped up by Leader, will be the the end of this week,” the source noted. tunesmith, while out of Telugu Further, we’ve understood that the show cinematographer will be made for streaming giant Hotstar. still needs to be language until “It will consist of eight-ten episodes, with finalised. each episode running into 35-40 minutes. — NG now, finds There will be season 2 as well. The cast- ing process has been initiated,” the source NAGARAJ concluded. GOUD The cat-and-mouse game Trinadh Rao to direct between mine and Sudheer's Ravipudi's script part drove me to : Nani ith his plans of taking V F3 to floors later this roduction house Sri Venkateswara Creations year failed due to coron- and actor Nani on Thursday announced that W avirus outbreak, Anil their upcoming film, V, will stream on Ravipudi, who is fresh off Amazon Prime Video from September 5. from the massive success P Directed and written by Mohana Krishna of Sarileru Neekevvaru, has silently Indraganti, the film also stars Sudheer Babu, worked on a full-length comedy Nivetha Thomas and Aditi Rao Hydari. drama which requires two A-list “I personally enjoy watching gripping action-thrillers and V is one such title actors and actresses' to headline it. that delivers thrills, drama and fast-paced action. The cat-and-mouse game between Like his earlier projects, this one too Sudheer Babu’s and my character is what drew me will be produced by Dil Raju. the most to this project,” said Nani. Interestingly though, the director “I am very excited about the global premiere of V will not be calling the shots, as the THE MOVIE — the movie marks my 25th in the film industry, I responsibility has been assigned to MARKS ITS could not have asked for a bigger tribute to my fans Trinadha Rao Nakkina. and supporters, than to have V available to watch any- A source says, “The untitled film GLOBAL time, anywhere on Prime Video, across 200 countries will be on the lines of acclaimed PREMIERE ON THE and territories. Interestingly, the movie marks its glob- writer-director Jandhyala’s films like al premiere on the same day as my debut movie (Ashta Nalugu Stambhalata and Rendu Rellu SAME DAY AS MY Chamma) release — September 5,” he added. Aaru. Ravipudi is also penning the V is an action thriller about a cop (played by dialogues and screenplay for the DEBUT MOVIE, Sudheer Babu) falling in love with a crime writer. project. As of now, the frontrunners SEPTEMBER 5, When everything is going great, his life turns upside to front it are Sai Tej and down when a killer (Nani) challenges him with a puz- Bellamkonda Sreenivas.” SAID NANI zle to solve. The source adds that the project will only roll when both Sai and Sreenivas complete their present and future projects. Rana takes up #GreenIndiaChallenge Nakkina too has a Ravi Teja project ctor Rana lined up. Daggubati who Arecently tied the knot with Miheeka Bajaj accepted the Green India challenge by Prabhas and plant- ed three saplings at Chay in varied Ramanaiudu studio, Hyderabad on Thursday. He thanked Prabhas get ups for making him a part of Green India ike his earlier film Manam with Naga Chaitanya where Challenge initiated by the actor was seen in a role with dual shades, Vikram RS MP Joginapally Kumar’s Thank You will see the actor experimenting with Santosh Kumar. his looks once again. According to reports doing the Rana asked all his L rounds, Chay will be seen in at least three get ups at dif- fans, Daggubati fami- ferent stages in the film. It is the reason why the actor has ly fans and nature decided to not do other films until he completes this one. It is a lay- lovers to participate ered character which will challenge the actor in Chay, it is said. in Green India chal- Meanwhile, shedding some light about Thank You, Vikram, speak- lenge. He further stat- ing to us recently, said that it’s a story that needs to be told now. “It ed that who ever would resonate with the audience at various levels. That said it’s not tagged him with the a message-oriented film but has an undercurrent of something which picture of planting is wonderful. It got me connected to the story in the first place. It has saplings, he would got all mainstream elements — humour, drama, romance and a lit- retweet it as a part of tle bit of action,” the director, who is developing the story along with his contribution in BVS Ravi, had said. carrying forward the Dil Raju is producing Thank You under his Sri Venkateswara Geen India Challenge. Creations, while Anup Rubens is tipped to compose music. HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | AUGUST 21, 2020 12 Farmer uses helicopter to Harris’s mentions her NASA’s ‘Aurora meets MP man cycles 105-km Most airlift injured cow ‘Chithis’; creates buzz airglow’ over Earth image for son's exam farmer in Switzerland decided to get his cow airlifted as the amala Harris thanked her chithis (aunts in English) at the The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) often n the absence of public transport, a 38-year-old man travelled on Read Abovine was walking with a limp. He got the cow airlifted by a KDemocratic National Convention as she accepted the gives the residents of Earth a peek of outer space and recently it Ia bicycle for 105 kilometers, carrying his son, to ensure he does

NEWS helicopter from a mountain in Swiss Alps as he did not want to nomination for vice president. Tamilians across the globe saw captured two atmospheric phenomena, aurora and airglow, not miss his Class 10 boards supplementary exam in Madhya risk further injury to the animal. A video of the incident shows the the hashtag #Chithi trend on all social media platforms and together in a stunning photograph. In a post on its official social Pradesh. Though Shobhram, who paddled the cycle, is himself cow suspended in the air as it is airlifted in the air has surfaced joined the bandwagon. While people are googling what chithi media account, NASA shared the picture on World Photography illiterate, he says he understands the importance of education and online. The video has gone viral on social media, garnering over means, many Twitter users of Tamil origin shared a photo of Day clicked by an astronaut on the International Space Station, did not want his son to waste one year by missing the 6.2 lakh views. Netizens appreciated the farmer for caring about Radikaa Sarathkumar's Chithi, a popular Tamil serial. At the showing the moment when aurora met airglow above the Earth supplementary paper. With no public transport available due to the cow. One user said, "Dang. Airlifting your cow is true love. That convention, she said, "Family is my husband Doug. Family is before dawn on March 16. Captioned "Aurora, meet airglow," the the COVID-19 lockdown and hardly any money, Shobhram poor cow must have been scared out of her mind.... worth it if our beautiful children, Cole and Ella, who as you just heard, post also explained the phenomena. "Wavy green, red-topped decided to take his son on a bicycle to Dhar town, some 105 km they were able call me Momala. Family wisps of aurora away, so that he can appear in Class 10th boards supplementary to make her is my sister. Family is my borealis appear exam conducted under the Madhya Pradesh government's "Ruk more best friend, my nieces to intersect the Jana Nahin" scheme. The scheme gives an opportunity to comfortable." and my godchildren. muted red- students to clear those subjects which they were unable to pass Another wrote, Family is my uncles, my yellow band of in the first attempt. "No means of transport, including bus, were "I love people aunts and my chithis." A airglow as the available due to the prevailing coronavirus situation. But if I had who love Twitter user shared a station passed missed this opportunity, then my son's one year would have gone animals!" A poster of Radikaa's just south of waste. Therefore, I decided to take him for the examination on a third user Chithi serial and wrote, the Alaskan bicycle," Shobhram said. commented, "Trending in the US of A Peninsula. The rising Sun, behind Earth's limb at the time of this "Awe that's so now! (sic)." Another photo, adds a deep blue to the horizon. Light from cities in cool and Twitter user jokingly British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, joins starlight to dot the caring.." wrote that Raadika's early morning skyscape." NASA also explained that though they Someone posted, "The cow looked pretty brave! That's great!" Yet chithi brought tears to appear similar, aurora and airglow are formed by different another added, "You can see it's not putting weight on it's rear left his eyes. He wrote, "There was once a famous #Chithi called processes. "Airglow is the emission of light from chemical leg. Surprised the bovine was so calm." In February, a ski resort in #Radhika in Tamilnadu, the only Chithi that brought tears to interactions between oxygen, nitrogen, and other molecules in France used a helicopter to move 50 tonnes of snow downhill for it my eyes (sic)." Chithi is a colloquial Tamil word used to call a the upper atmosphere. Auroras, stem from interactions between to stay open after an exceptionally mild winter left its slopes bare. mother's younger sister or paternal uncle's wife. solar energy and Earth's magnetic field," the space agency said. Great ‘Serge’ of Gnabry Europa final: Resurgent AP n LISBON Robert Lewandowski added a later head- champions met in the final. er, giving that duo a combined 24 The loss for Lyon, in its first Inter or Sevilla’s record he Champions League final will Champions League goals this season, Champions League semifinal in a decade, PNS n NEW DELHI finally be a meeting of champions part of Bayern’s total haul of 42. cuts out the last route back into European again. PSG as a team only has 25 goals in the competitions next season. he Europa League trophy is the heaviest of all TBayern Munich made sure the title competition this season. After only finishing seventh in the cur- TUEFA silverware, weighing in at a sturdy 15kg, match will live up to the competition’s “We will look to organize our defense, tailed Ligue 1 season and being beaten in something Sevilla know all too well. They’ve lift- name by beating Lyon 3-0 on Wednesday, but we know our biggest strength is putting the French League Cup final by PSG, Lyon ed it five times, more than any other club in his- setting up a final against Paris Saint- our opponents under pressure,” Bayern will be out of Europe for the first time since tory: back-to-back in 2006 and 2007 back when Germain. coach Hansi Flick said. the 1996-97 season. the tournament was known as the UEFA Cup, and It’s the first time in 22 years that the In 35 games since Flick was promot- Back on the field where it knocked out a ‘three-peat’ in 2014, 2015 and 2016. This Friday final will feature two teams who qualified ed to manager in November after Niko Manchester City on Saturday, Lyon was night in Cologne, the Nervionenses are going all as domestic league champions. Kovac’s firing, he won 32 of them to steer made to pay for the squandering its oppor- out for number six. Lyon wasted a couple of early chances Bayern from fourth place in the tunities to take the lead after finding more and Karl Toko Ekambi hit the right post. Just a minute after the post denied It won’t be easy though, going up against a tal- and was then overwhelmed by the clini- Bundesliga, to German Cup glory and into space in the Bayern defense than “I don’t think we can have any regrets Lyon the opener, Gnabry brushed aside ented Inter Milan side featuring stars such as cal Bavarian powerhouse, the competition’s a first continental final since lifting the Barcelona, which was thrashed 8-2 on ... Because we had two big chances,” Lyon several challenges as he cut in from the Lautaro Martínez, Romelu Lukaku and Diego highest-scoring team which was coming European Cup in 2013. Friday. goalkeeper Anthony Lopes said. “We right and powered in a shot into the top Godín. The Italians know what it’s like to win this off an 8-2 win over Barcelona in the quar- Sunday’s game at Benfica’s stadium Memphis Depay hit the side netting could have been 2-0 up. In these top-level corner in the 18th minute. title too, having won it three times (1991, 1994 and terfinals. will be the first time since Real Madrid in the fifth minute with only goalkeeper matches you pay for not taking your “The first couple of minutes we strug- 1998). In fact, only Sevilla have won it on more Serge Gnabry netted twice before faced Juventus in 1998 that two domestic Manuel Neuer to beat from a tight angle chances though.” gled a little bit,” he said. occasions. Both sides are in excellent form, with Sevilla undefeated since the coronavirus pause by winning nine and drawing five of their 14 fixtures SINGLES since action resumed and with Inter Milan hav- FATI, FERRAN, GARCIA LEAD SPAIN SQUAD KXIP, KKR, Royals land in UAE Liverpool begin title ing lost just once since the restart, picking up 11 Madrid: Barcelona's teenage forward Ansu Fati and wins and five draws along the way. This saw Inter Milan finish second in Serie A, new Manchester City signing Ferran Torres were n among six debutants in the Spain squad coach Luis PTI DUBAI while Sevilla also secured Champions League foot- Enrique unveiled on Thursday for next month's UEFA defence against Leeds ball for next year by finishing fourth in the final Nations League matches against Germany and ajasthan Royals, Kings XI LaLiga standings. n Ukraine. Real Sociedad midfielder Mikel Merino, RPunjab and Kolkata Knight AFP LONDON United until 2021 with the Red Sevilla’s defence has been key to their strong Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon and Real Riders on Thursday arrived in Devils visiting Anfield on finish to the domestic season and Madrid forward Oscar Rodriguez, who spent last the UAE for the IPL beginning eeds’ first Premier League January 16 and Liverpool head- their run to the Europa League season on loan with relegated Leganes, were also September 19, setting the ball Lgame for 16 years will see ing to Old Trafford on May 1. final, conceding just once included in the 24-man squad. rolling for an event that many Marcelo Bielsa’s men trav- All sides were guaran- since the continental restart: thought would not take place el to defending champions teed by the football author- a penalty in their 2-1 semi- YOUSUF APPOINTED BATTING COACH FOR HPC amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Liverpool, while ities to have at least 30 days final win over Manchester Karchi: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday Royals and KXIP landed in Manchester City and off between the two seasons United. Much credit should appointed former skipper Mohammad Yousuf as the Dubai via a charter flight, which Manchester United will after the late finish to the go to Moroccan goalkeeper batting coach of its National High Performance Centre will be the norm this IPL due miss the opening weekend 2019-20 campaign. Bono – Sevilla’s keeper in in Lahore. Yousuf, who has scored 7,530 Test and to the ongoing health crisis. A and support staff will be tested BHAJJI WILL JOIN LATER to give them extra time to Chelsea and Wolves will cup competitions this sea- 9,720 ODI runs in a career spanning from 1998 to little later in the evening, every fifth day of the tourney. Chennai Super Kings on recover from a late end to the start their seasons on Monday son – and centre-backs 2010, will head the list of coaches, which already Kolkata Knight Riders arrived All three teams posted pic- Thursday announced that vet- 2019-20 season. (September 14) after they too Diego Carlo and Jules boasts of Mushtaq Ahmed as the spin bowling in Abu Dhabi, their base for the tures of their players and sup- eran off-spinner Harbhajan In what will be the most were involved in European com- Koundé. In addition, consultant and will be joined by former wicketkeeper tournament. port staff before departure. The Singh will not be boarding the eagerly awaiting mathes of petition into August. coach Julen Lopetegui has, Atiq-uz-Zaman & tear away fast bowler Mohd Zahid. The players, who were Royals squad was fully covered flight with rest of squad on the new campaign, City Leeds are back in the top- since arriving last summer, already tested multiple times in protective gear. Friday to UAE due to personal and Liverpool are sched- flight for the first time since installed a possession-based U-117 WC PLAYER BORIS TESTS COVID +VE before departure, will now Defending champions reasons and instead join his uled to meet on the week- 2003-04, but could not have system at the club, helping to New Delhi: India's 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup team undergo a six-day isolation Mumbai Indians, Chennai team within two weeks. ends of November 7 at the asked for a tougher start, on keep the ball away from their member Boris Singh Thangjam on Thursday tested period with testing on day 1, 3 Super Kings and RCB will “Harbhajan will not be Etihad and February September 12 against opponents’ most dangerous positive for Covid-19 in a first such case involving an and 6. If they clear all the tests, arrive in the UAE on Friday travelling with the team to 6 at Anfield. the champions who forwards. active footballer. The 20-year-old Boris, who had they will be eligible to enter the while the the other two teams, Dubai due to personal rea- Jurgen Klopp’s have not lost a league played as right back in two of India's three matches in tournament’s bio-bubble and Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi sons. He is expected to join the men do not face game at Anfield in Europa League final the U-17 World Cup, has been placed under start training. Capitals, will land over the squad in two weeks,” a CSK offi- traditional rivals more than three Live from 12:30am IST quarantine in Manipur. Subsequently, the players weekend. cial said on Thursday. Manchester years. SONY TEN 2 & 3 NETWORK OLY CHAMPION AYAKA TAKAHASHI RETIRES Tokyo: Japan's Olympic badminton champion Ayaka Takahashi will not defend her doubles crown with Misaki Matsutomo at next year's Tokyo Games after ‘Eng, Aus players won’t require quarantine in UAE’ announcing she will retire at the end of the month. The 30-year old cited the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics as one of the reasons for her decision to PTI n NEW DELHI ing match. erwise missed in case of a six-day step away, saying her body might not hold up for “It is very clear from BCCI quarantine. another year. PL-bound players from England SOP that each and every player The eight teams had initially Iand Australia will not be required has to go through quarantine (in pressed for a three-day quarantine THAPA, 9 INDIANS RETAINED BY CHENNAIYIN to undergo a six-day quarantine in UAE). However, the players from for their players to start training Chennai: Two-time Indian Super League champions the UAE to enter the tournament England and Australia would earlier, but the BCCI did not agree Chennaiyin FC on Thursday confirmed the bubble as they will be coming from already be in a bio-bubble as they to that. participation of star national team mid-fielder Anirudh a controlled environment, RCB would be playing the series there,” As per the UAE Government, Thapa and nine other Indian players for the upcoming chairman Sanjeev Churiwala said on said Churiwala. players from both countries will season of the tournament. ISL 2017-18 winner Thursday. “If they continue to remain in need to furnish Covid-19 negative Thapa, who joined the club as an 18-year-old in 2016, Royal Challengers Bangalore that bio-bubble and we can send test certificates issued no more is currently on a multi-year contract and is set for his have in their ranks Aaron Finch and a charter plane then they are as than 96 hours before departure. fifth campaign in the Chennaiyin jersey. Moeen Ali, who will be busy in a secure as other players. Churiwala hinted that even bilateral series comprising three “But they will have to go for the South Africa players due to HYDERABAD FC, BVB ANNOUNCE NEW P’SHIP T20s and three ODIs, before the IPL. through Covid testing procedures take part in the IPL, a charter flight Hyderabad: SL franchise Hyderabad FC on Thursday The limited overs matches are after landing. It will be more will be organised. entered into a new two-year partnership with German slated to be held in England from stringent in their case. There will Updating on RCB’s foreign football giants Borussia Dortmund and at the heart of September 4 to 16. be no compromise on safety,” players’ arrival, he said: “South this association will be youth development. Borussia Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described MS Dhoni as the embodiment of a new India The IPL starts on September 19 added Churiwala on the eve of his Africa players will arrive on where family name does not make one’s destiny in a letter to the enigmatic former captain, who Dortmund will focus on building and supporting HFC and, in all likelihood, all the English team’s departure to the UAE. August 22, September 17 for on its academy structure as well as guiding the Indian retired from international cricket last week. Dhoni shared the letter on his Twitter page on and Australian players will land in If things go as per plan, then England and Australia players, Sri Thursday thanking the PM for the appreciation which read “An Artist, Soldier and Sportsperson club on coach education. The partnership will also the UAE via a charter flight on the players will be available for Lanka on September 1. There include BVB's expertise in technology to drive what they crave for is appreciation, that their hard work and sacrifice is getting noticed and innovation, enhance connectivity between the clubs, September 17, making them avail- their respective team’s opening could be slight change in this appreciated by everyone.Thanks PM @narendramodi for your appreciation and good wishes” positively grow and expand its fan base. AGENCIES able for their respective team’s open- game, which they would have oth- schedule,” he said. Bryan twins not in US Open entry list Leave no stone unturned: Root’s message to teammates 2 SA players test Open with Jack Sock when Bob was recovering from hip surgery. AFP n SOUTHAMPTON Test till next summer and “leave no “We feel extremely lucky to have virus positive The US Tennis Association stone unturned.” got the opportunity to play right now,” PTI n JOHANNESBURG announced its women’s and ngland captain Joe Root said on “My message to the guys today said the 29-year-old. men’s doubles fields, including EThursday he wants his players to was quite simple really,” he said at his “At the start of the summer, we wo players of the South African men’s cricket wild cards. give it their all in the third Test with eve of match press conference. were dreading the thought of not see- Tteam have tested positive for Covid-19 and will Three-time US Open cham- Pakistan which gets underway this “We don’t know when the next ing any international cricket.” miss a specially-arranged culture camp, the coun- pion Kim Clijsters and playing week as it could be their last for a time is that we’ll play Test cricket. Root paid tribute to both the try’s cricket board said on Thursday. partner Hailey Baptiste received while. “Let’s make sure we leave no Windies and Pakistan for agreeing to Cricket South Africa (CSA), though, did not AP n NEW YORK a wild-card entry in doubles to England lead 1-0 and have to stones unturned and we give every- tour and having to live in a bubble to disclose the names of the two players. go along with the one she got for avoid defeat at the Ageas Bowl on thing to each other and the badge reduce the risk of them getting the The board had conducted 50 tests on players ob and Mike Bryan were not singles as she makes her Grand Friday to seal what would be their first going into this last game. virus. “Credit to both touring teams and support staff before the team’s culture camp in Bon the entry list released Slam comeback. series win over Pakistan in 10 years. “I fully expect everyone to give for coming over and giving us that Skukuza from August 18 to 22. The camp, for men’s doubles at the US The tournament It would make it a perfect sum- everything over the next five days and opportunity to play, and to both focussing on the team’s “identity, environment and Open, possibly signaling begins singles competi- mer having beaten the West Indies 2- make sure we give ourselves the best boards,” said Root. performance goals”, features 32 players. the end of the 42-year-old tion August 31, and dou- 1 earlier in the season. chance of finishing the series 2-0.” “It’s been amazing to be a part of “The testing is in line with fulfilling the organ- American twins’ record- bles on September 2. The England’s next scheduled Test Root, who missed their only Test this experience. Hopefully we can isation’s obligation and commitment to control the breaking careers. doubles fields are being cut series is in India in the new year but defeat of the summer in the first clash have a great finish to it. spread of the virus,” the CSA said. The Bryans won five of from 64 to 32 teams for women the coronavirus pandemic may make with the West Indies due to becom- “There’s been some really excit- “There were no replacements made for the two their 16 Grand Slam doubles and men this year to reduce the that impossible — playing it in the ing a father, said even playing with- ing games and I think it’s made for players who tested positive. All those unable to titles together in New York, number of people on-site UAE could be a possibility. out spectators beat what he feared some entertaining viewing at times.” attend the camp will join the proceedings virtual- most recently in 2014. because of the coronavirus pan- However, Root says the players might happen at the beginning of the (3rd Test Day 1, Live from ly.” The two players will miss the camp as they have Mike also won the 2018 US demic. should perform as if this is the last season. 3pm onwards at Sony Six) sent into isolation as per the protocols.