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SHORT TAKES PM MODI INAUGURATES ‘RASHTRIYA SWACHHTA KENDRA’ LET TERROR MODULE BUSTED No flight ops New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) that celebrate roles of women, IN J&K, SIX ARRESTED at M’luru Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleanliness warriors among airport in inaugurated a special project others in India’s fi ght to make on Saturday that is close to his cleanliness an acceptable is- rain: Official heart -- the Rashtriya Swach- sue in our regular discourse. hata Kendra, which is an in- To make it interesting, there is Mangaluru, Aug 8 (UNI)The teractive experience centre a selfi e zone as well as games state-run Mangaluru inter- on Swachh Bharat Mission. available that revolve around national airport at Bajpe He watched a short video on cleanliness. Jal Shakti Minister in coastal Karnataka does ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ as journey of India’s fi ght with Mahatma Gandhi to PM Modi. Gajndra Singh Shekhawat was not allow flight operations well as saw a display where the cleanliness from the time of The centre has different wings also present. while it rains owing to poor Jammu, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) Six are in contact with a Pakistani visibility thereby prevent- persons were arrested after a handler named Haroon alias ing planes from skidding, Odisha BJP Union Minister who endorsed terror module of the proscribed Khubaib (Mohd Amin Batt) an official said on Saturday. terrorist outfi t Lashkar-e-Taiba who remained as a district “As our airport is also built MP tests (LeT) was busted by the Jammu commander of LeT in Doda on the hillside with a table- ‘papad’ to boost immunity against and Kashmir Police. and exfi ltrated to Pakistan in top runway, flight opera- positive for The police said that an FIR 2007,” the police said. tions are not allowed during Covid-19 tests positive was registered on July 9 af- The police said that during heavy rains, as visibility will COVID-19 New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) of Medicine at AIIMS, as per ter a team of the Special Op- the questioning of the six ar- be poor and chance of skid- that though he was asymp- Union minister Arjun Ram sources. erations Group (SOG) of the rested persons, it has surfaced ding on the runway is more,” tomatic, he had gone for the Meghwal, who had recently Meghwal, who is the Ju- Jammu Police apprehended that they received money Mangaluru airport manager COVID-19 test on Friday. endorsed an indigenous “pa- nior Minister for Parliamen- Mubashir Farooq Batt, a resi- amounting to Rs 12,19,704 V.V. Rao told IANS. Manga- luru is about 360km west of “Following advice from pad” brand claiming that eat- tary Affairs, Heavy Industries dent of Doda district in J&K through different means on dif- the Karnataka capital Ben- Sambalpur and Bargarh col- ing the “papad” will help fi ght and Public Enterprises, re- and a BSc Nursing student in ferent occasions as part of this galuru. Rao’s observation Bhubaneswar, Aug 8 lectors as well as doctors, I the deadly coronavirus, on cently made headlines after Kharar near Chandigarh, with module. came in the light of an Air (UNI)(IANS)Odisha BJP MP kept myself in home isola- Saturday tested positive for he claimed that a particular a consignment of 1.5 lakh In- The police said that they were India Express Boeing 737 Suresh Pujari has tested tion. Currently, I am doing Covid-19. brand of the ubiquitous Indi- dian currency notes concealed also instrumental in recruiting from Dubai crash landing positive for coronavirus, well,” Pujari added. “Meghwal was admitted an snack, ‘papad’, had a role in a tiffi n Box. LeT terrorists Abid Ahmed Bhat at the Kozhikode airport in officials confirmed on Sat- Odisha has recorded 1,643 to the All India Institute of in boosting the immunity and The police said that dur- who was killed and Jamal Din neighbouring Kerala on Fri- urday. new COVID-19 cases and 12 Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at antibodies that could help ing the investigation of the who has surrendered. day night after skidding on Pujari, Lok Sabha mem- deaths in the last 24 hours, around 10 a.m. after he com- cure COVID-19. case, the SOG Jammu appre- The police said that on Au- the table-top runway amid ber from Bargarh constitu- the health department said plained of diffi culty in breath- A video of the minister en- hended fi ve more suspects gust 5 on the disclosure of heavy rains, claiming 18 ency, has kept himself in on Saturday.The total tally ing,” a doctor told IANS. dorsing ‘Bhabhiji papad’, involved in the module. They Tariq Hussain Mir, the SOG lives, including its 2 pilots. home isolation after testing in the state now stands at However, his condition is which he called a health sup- have been identifi ed as To- Jammu recovered three more positive for the virus.Taking 44, 193, while the death toll said to be stable now. He is Neeraj Nishchal, who is a plement, had gone viral on qeer Ahmad Batt, Asif Batt, a tiffi n boxes from his house, in- Bharat grows to Twitter, Pujari informed has reached 259. receiving treatment under professor at the department social media. surrendered terrorist and ex- cluding Indian currency worth Special Police Offi cer (SPO) Rs 40,700 which he received as at 3X of India in J&K Police, Khalid Latief consignment on different occa- 61,537 Covid 19 cases in past 24 hours with 933 deaths Batt, Gazi Iqbal and Tariq sions from Pakistani handlers in FMCG Hussain Mir.“All the accused as part of this module. India remains the third worst-hit country with a total of 20,88,611 cases so far. New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI)Bharat is outpacing India in FMCG New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) people were discharged from in last 24 hours. The cumula- GLOBAL COVID˨19 CASES TOP growth trends with demand While a total of 61,537 people various hospitals and quaran- tive samples tested up to Au- in the rural areas at three tested positive for Covid-19, tine centres. The recovery rate gust 7 is 2,33,87,171. 19.2 MILLION times the national average in another 933 lost their lives stands to 67.98 per cent. So far total operational June. Nielsen has revised the AS OF SATURDAY MORNING, THE TOTAL to the deadly virus in the last The total death because of laboratories reporting to In- forecast for the FMCG sector NUMBER OF CASES STOOD AT 19,295,350 AND 24 hours in the country, the Covid stands at 42,518. Maha- dian Council of Medical Re- for the financial year 2020 to Ministry of Health and Family rashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra search are 1,396. There are THE FATALITIES ROSE TO 719,805. flat compared to its earlier Welfare said on Saturday. Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi and 936 numbers of government forecast of a growth of 5-6 per India remains the third Uttar Pradesh have recorded laboratories and 460 private cent. As per Nielsen Q2 2020 worst-hit country with a total the highest number of cases laboratories. Out of 1,396 lab- FMCG growth snapshot data of 20,88,611 cases so far. and have all crossed the one- oratories, real-time RT PCR for for the FMCG sector, rural ar- The ministry stated that so lakh mark.The government COVID-19 is being carried out eas grew three times of the all India numbers in June. While far 14,27,005 people have re- covered from the deadly virus and in the last 24 hours 48,900 has conducted 5,98,778 tests in 711 laboratories. the national growth numbers were at 4.5 per cent, rural In- dia grew at 12.5 per cent with BJP turns heat on Sushant's therapist, alleges urban areas at a miniscule .04 per cent. For the quarter, money laundering, visa misuse April-June, growth was in neg- ative territory at 17.1 per cent of psychotherapist Susan clinic, verify her client list therapist Susan Walker Mof- or the national average while Walker Moffat, who allegedly and go through her financial fat, which seeks to influence rural fell much less at 11.2 per shared the details of the late records to find out if she has the direction of the police cent while the decline was actor's mental health with been part of any money laun- investigation," said Shelar in more pronounced in urban the media. dering ring."I have received a complaint to the Mumbai Washington Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) lowed by Russia (875,378), areas at 20.4 per cent. Accord- New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) The BJP leader, who is also representation from mental Police Commissioner; the The overall number of global South Africa (545,476), Mexico ing to Nielsen, lower COVID In a new twist to the Sushant an advocate, not only sought health professionals with re- Joint Director, CBI; the Joint coronavirus cases has topped (469,407), Peru (455,409), incidence, government stim- Singh Rajput case, BJP MLA action against her for violat- gards to the Sushant Singh Director, ED; the Chief Com- 19.2 million, while the deaths Chile (368,825), Colombia ulus and agricultural impetus and former Maharashtra ing confidentiality but also Rajput investigation and the missioner, Income Tax; as have increased to over 719,000, (357,710), Iran (322,567), has boosted rural sentiments. Minister Ashish Shelar has urged probe agencies to ob- improper conduct of Su- well as to an IPS officer in the according to the Johns Hop- Spain (314,362), the UK Some of the measures include raised questions on the role tain CCTV footage from her shant Singh's mental health Mumbai Police. kins University. (310,667), Saudi Arabia Rs 40,000 crore increase in al- As of Saturday morning, the (285,793), Pakistan (282,645), location of MGNREGA, 116 total number of cases stood at Bangladesh (252,502), Italy districts of UP, Jharkhand, MAHA SEES NEW DAILY COVID HIGH, TALLY CROSSES HALF MN MARK 19,295,350 and the fatalities (249,756), Turkey (238,450), Odisha, MP, Rajasthan & Mumbai, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) With minutes and a staggering 534 deaths. rangabad, and Yavatmal, and rose to 719,805, the Univer- Argentina (235,677), France Jharkhand, included in the a new high of 12,822 cases, new cases every hour. Mumbai's deaths -- again one each in Satara, Latur, Os- sity’s Center for Systems Sci- (235,207), Germany (216,196), ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhi- Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally However, the state recov- in the 50-plus range -- took its manabad, and Akola. ence and Engineering (CSSE) Iraq (144,064), Philippines yan’ - to ensure opportunities on Saturday shot past the half- ery rate rose to 67.26 per cent, toll to 6,751, while the number The MMR (Thane divi- revealed in its latest update. (122,754), Indonesia (121,226), to the migrant-labourers as million mark, while the state while the current mortality of cases increased by 1,304 to sion) saw its toll shooting up The US accounted for the Canada (120,901) and Qatar per their skill set, upskilling saw 275 more deaths, health rate stood at 3.45 per cent. 122,316. sharply by 137 to 10,629, while world’s highest number of (112,383), the CSSE fi gures of three lakh migrant workers offi cials said. On Saturday, 11,081 recov- There were also 17 deaths 3,744 new cases took its tally infections and fatalities at showed.The other countries with short-term programmes Saturday's tally surpasses ered patients returned home, in Raigad, 14 in Palghar, nine to 263,619. 4,940,939 and 161,328, respec- with over 10,000 deaths are and Rs 1 lakh crore agri infra- the previous peak of 11,514 taking the total number of dis- in Kolhapur, eight each in Pune district's total cases tively, according to the CSSE. the Mexico (51,311), UK structure Fund. for farm gate cases on Thursday.The total charged patients to 338,262. Nashik, Dhule, and Sangli, have now reached 109,988, Brazil came in the second (46,596), India (41,585), infrastructure for farmers. A good monsoon and higher number of cases now stands ment said that of the total cas- Of Saturday's fatalities, Pune seven in Solapur, six each in with the death toll increasing place with 2,962,442 infec- Italy (35,190), France (30,327), sowing of crops have aided at 503,084, and the death toll es, 147,048 are active.Accord- again notched the highest Jalna and Nagpur, four in Rat- to 2,633, while Thane district tions and 99,572 deaths.In Spain (28,503), Peru (20,424), the rural sector. at 17,367 - both highest in the ing to Saturday's fi gures, there deaths, at 67, followed by nagiri, three in Beed, two each had 103,642 cases with 2,961 terms of cases, India ranks Iran (18,132), Russia (14,698) country. The Health Depart- was one death roughly every 5 Mumbai's 58, and Thane's 48 in Ahmednagar, Jalgaon, Au- fatalities, as on Saturday. third (2,027,074), and is fol- and Colombia (11,939). EDIT 2 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 9 SUNDAY, AUGUST, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES Great psychic vulnerability, we must also 9 SUNDAY, AUGUST, 2020 listen to our ‘outsider’ selves

Unlock feelings “Other-ism” has been part of the Six simple sentences that human semantic arsenal for ages. illustrate the pit-stops of a of fear or remorse Here, I propose a new variant of this bogeyman narrative are: The concept more suited to our fast-paced, bogeyman is coming to get you. kill-by-scattershot-meme times — He will snatch from you your during Unlock . namely, “Bogey-ism”. The idea of “the freedom, health, well-being and all other”, it goes without saying, has your birthright securities. He will The coronavirus pandemic and the pandemic-induced caused wars, genocides and recurrent destroy who you are, your precious, lockdowns world-over have forced people to stay indoors epidemics of fear, hate and violence intrinsic selfhood. He will turn you - prompting a global socio-economic imbalance. This for pretty much all the long arc of our into your dreaded other. But I have has led to adverse implications including unprecedented species memory. Indeed, many socio- your back and will save you from exodus, massive loss of lives and jobs, among others biologists hold that the cognitive this monstrous scarecrow. Trust in things. The implications act as fodder for negative processes of “othering” have been an me, then, my dearly beloveds. thoughts to keep clouding the mind. Feelings of guilt, evolutionary constant across cultures. Modern nation states are self-blame, labelling oneself with negative tags, feelings It seems a plausible hypothesis, ideologically structured and so, it of remorse and plummeting interest in recreational then, that an investment in creating follows, are their scarecrows. As a activities or involvement with peers and family members, narratives of otherness enabled uncontested modern exemplars of bogey” is a sub-type of the ancient consequence, we are quite familiar etc., are some of the behavioural changes that many are societies to form strong, sustaining such a strong-willed philosophy of and baggy concept of “the other” that with a huge array of bogeys: going through amid this pandemic. self-images in prehistory as well as toleration in the political sphere. works especially well as a rhetorical Communist, capitalist, terrorist, You might feel guilty because there are many people history. Certainly, epics everywhere I want to argue, however, that we tool in virtual, mediatised contexts. fascist and anti-national bogeys; out there who are unemployed or struggling for daily would have lost their stuffing ages ago may need to imagine today a more According to Frankfurt, “truth” is religious bigot and godless atheist meals, yet you still have a job to take care of yourself. This if they did not have Ravana as a foil nimble and less portentous cousin no constraint on a person seeking bogeys, gendered bogeys and guilt can be because someone dear to you has been ill to Rama, Spartans to scale the Trojan of Levinas’ “primordial” Other, to persuade or woo others through alien sci-fi bogeys; virus, druggie, with Covid-19 whereas you are healthy. People also feel walls or the repeated confrontations one more suited to the current words; he can say more or less population explosion and universal guilty if they cannot comfort their loved ones who have between Liyongo, the eponymous communication technologies that anything he likes if not bound by legal corruption in the developing died battling the virus or any other ailment. The feeling hero of the great Swahili epic, and obviously include the ubiquitous oath. Bullsh****ng is not lying; rather, world bogeys. Individuals such as, of remorse can pop up at any time of the day and even his vindictive brother, Mringwari, 24X7 cycles of “breaking news”, it is semantic leverage. Now, how let’s say, AOC, Greta Thunberg, amplify feelings of shamefulness about our basic actions. to reinforce notions of a good “self” swathes of social media chatter, about bogey-ism as a “disruptive” Kangana, Sonia, Mayawati or These emotions might come all of a sudden while you versus its evil “other”. The survival full-Monty exposures to the spout- form of other-ism? Mamata can also be prone to being are watching TV or scrolling through social media in the value of myths is precisely their ability mouths of opinion gurus, and so forth. Bogey-ism, as I see it, has portrayed as scary threats to a comfort of your home or lounging on your cosy sofa. to push otherness as a limit concept, The psychological impact of these at least the following half-a- posited “way of life”. At this point The drawback with guilt is that it can make you feel as the penumbra boundary of an hosts of jumping-jack stimulations dozen features: One, it derives though, I must emphasise that it overwhelmed but unable to act on it at that very moment. enlightened selfhood. via simulations is still unclear, but its emotional energy from the is certainly not my case that these While undergoing this state, we find it difficult to help More recently, when two world there is little doubt that they have primal emotion of fear; two, it bogeys — and countless others — ourselves, let alone others. We feel we are not able to wars brutally broke the spine of the physically affected the circadian requires a mythic narrative space are all false or bogus. What can provide others help to cope with their suffering. We 20th century in half, decolonisation, rhythms, the sense of location and in which the teller can quickly be a more real threat that fascism ourselves to suffer from an emotion and take its toll on us. mass migrations and the redrawing body space of at least half the world’s locate a “scarecrow” enemy, or totalitarian thought in any What does it mean to have the feeling of remorse? of national borders followed in short population. It stands to reason, then, usually conjured up via a simple democracy striving to preserve its Given that everybody is facing the brunt of the pandemic order. As a result, old insider-outsider that our long-standing perceptions of stereotypic word or phrase; three, it freedoms? COVID-19, likewise, has and its effects like job losses, financial distress, more and distinctions were dumped and otherness have also been influenced invariably infantilises its narrative proven to be a massive attested more people are exhibiting mixed emotions driven by everyone was suddenly a “designated by these mass-scale global changes in hearers; four, and relatedly, its danger in almost all the world’s frustration, sadness, anxiety and stress to name a few. For other”, as evidenced in wartime classics the perceived proximity, the mobile attitudinal stance is protective nations. How then can we possibly some, fear of remorse may also be experienced. such as Albert Camus’ L’Etranger intimacies, of the “other”. Hence, and “patriarchal”; five, it thrives include it in a list of “bogeys”? Although the world is slowly trying to adapt to the or The Outsider. Meanwhile, the just as the Princeton philosopher in the polarised environment of My point here is that the seeds of current challenges with various countries unlocking from philosopher Emmanuel Levinas Harry Frankfurt suggested in his populism; and finally, six, it is bogey-ism are only planted when the stringent lockdowns in a bid to restore economic articulated an “ethics of the other” in 2005 bestseller that “bulls**t” was mostly immune to “truth-hood” we start calling COVID-19, for activities in a phased manner, the notion of fear and which the Other epitomised what he a particular variety of the blanket but can be dissipated, vanquished example, the “China-virus”, letting feeling of remorse persists among scores of people called “the primordial phenomenon noun “lie” that most aptly described or diminished by exposure to it drag a whole people in its wake, globally given the traumatic events that they have faced of gentleness”. Gandhi, Martin a substantial part of US public the luminous rays of reason, or when we infantilise Thunberg as in the recent months. What are the different kinds of Luther King and Nelson Mandela are discourse, I want to suggest that “the scepticism, irony and irreverence. an “autistic child”. remorse that may be overlapping? Guilt is an emotion that can be felt from a lot of things that we do normally daily. It is a very powerful and a normal human response. We feel guilty about something when we don’t do something we must also listen to our ‘outsider’ right, sometimes when our actions are out of moral and ethical values. Sometimes we feel guilty about current situations wherein we feel we are being unproductive. There are different kinds of guilt: selves,Great psychic vulnerability Rational Guilt: sometimes if we behaved inappropriately or said an inappropriate thing we undergo Rational Guilt. “Other-ism” has been part of the the following half-a-dozen features: We feel and in this case there is a need for change of human semantic arsenal for ages. One, it derives its emotional energy behaviour. Irrational Guilt: here the situation is out of our Here, I propose a new variant of this from the primal emotion of fear; hands, as a human we cannot control the situation - so concept more suited to our fast-paced, two, it requires a mythic narrative we have guilty feelings about it and it saddens us. kill-by-scattershot-meme times — space in which the teller can quickly Survival Guilt: which is evident in the current situation. namely, “Bogey-ism”. The idea of “the locate a “scarecrow” enemy, usually It is basically, an emotional response exhibited by people other”, it goes without saying, has conjured up via a simple stereotypic who have survived during the times of traumatic events caused wars, genocides and recurrent word or phrase; three, it invariably whereas others have suffered or died. This was the type epidemics of fear, hate and violence infantilises its narrative hearers; four, of guilt seen in people during a war and Holocaust where for pretty much all the long arc of our and relatedly, its attitudinal stance is there was a traumatic event and others have died. Also, species memory. Indeed, many socio- protective and “patriarchal”; five, it in the current situation of Covid-19, we have seen a lot biologists hold that the cognitive thrives in the polarised environment of survival guilt, feeling bad about having their jobs and processes of “othering” have been an of populism; and finally, six, it is working comfortably from home, whereas many are poor evolutionary constant across cultures. mostly immune to “truth-hood” and jobless; out of 10 only 3 are working. There are a few It seems a plausible hypothesis, but can be dissipated, vanquished mothers and parents feel guilt for working from home then, that an investment in creating or diminished by exposure to the and working round the clock and hence have not been narratives of otherness enabled luminous rays of reason, scepticism, able to take care of their kids. societies to form strong, sustaining irony and irreverence. Another form of guilt can be seen in healthcare self-images in prehistory as well as Six simple sentences that illustrate professionals who have to go to work during this history. Certainly, epics everywhere the pit-stops of a bogeyman narrative would have lost their stuffing ages ago which the Other epitomised what he that our long-standing perceptions of are: The bogeyman is coming to get if they did not have Ravana as a foil called “the primordial phenomenon otherness have also been influenced you. He will snatch from you your Printed, Published and Owned by Buchi Babu. Vuppala, Printed to Rama, Spartans to scale the Trojan of gentleness”. Gandhi, Martin by these mass-scale global changes in freedom, health, well-being and all at. Meera Offset Printers. No. 104. V.R. Pallai Street. Triplicane, walls or the repeated confrontations Luther King and Nelson Mandela are the perceived proximity, the mobile your birthright securities. He will between Liyongo, the eponymous uncontested modern exemplars of intimacies, of the “other”. Hence, destroy who you are, your precious, Chennai- 5, Published from: No. 31 (Old) No. 58 (New) Nagappa hero of the great Swahili epic, and such a strong-willed philosophy of just as the Princeton philosopher intrinsic selfhood. He will turn you Mudali Street. Pudupet, Chennai-2. his vindictive brother, Mringwari, toleration in the political sphere. Harry Frankfurt suggested in his into your dreaded other. But I have Editor. Buchi Babu Vuppala. to reinforce notions of a good “self” I want to argue, however, that we 2005 bestseller that “bulls**t” was your back and will save you from this RNI.No.TNENG/26176/2008. versus its evil “other”. The survival may need to imagine today a more a particular variety of the blanket monstrous scarecrow. Trust in me, value of myths is precisely their ability nimble and less portentous cousin noun “lie” that most aptly described then, my dearly beloveds. 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NATION 3 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 9 SUNDAY, AUGUST, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad LadyPunjab Hardinge govt withdraws staff stage state protest police over 13 districts with 14% Covid deaths to salarysecurity dues of ‘outspoken’ MP advance ICU beds, oxygen stocks New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) ContractualChandigarh, workers Aug of the proached the par- New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) The and high confirmation per- 8Centre-run (UNI)(UNI)The LadyPunjab Hardinge ty’s leader in the Union Health Ministry on Sat- centage among the health care governmentMedical College has (LHMC)de- on House, Ghulam urday directed 13 districts in- workers were also addressed, cidedFriday protestedto withdraw at the hos- Nabi Azad, to seek cluding Delhi, which reported the officials added. thepital’s state gate police against secu- non-pay- central security, 14 per cent of the COVID-19 The health ministry officials rityment of ofCongress salaries MPin the last and as is the norm death toll, to advance the pre- also emphasized the need to Partaptwo months. Singh Bajwa, the latter could have paredness for critical clinical ensure monitoring asymptom- whoAbout has been70 workers slam- raised sent his request to infrastructure in their hospi- atic cases under home isola- mingslogans his against own party’s the hospital salaries for months. ished at thea rapid Union pace. Home The tals.These districts, which also tion with particular focus on statemanagement government, on various is- “During the lockdown, we AICCTU Ministry.appeals to However,the jus- account for nine per cent of the physical visits/phone consul- aftersues, anincluding assessment their pend- were asked not to come and tice-lovingfor andsome democratic reason, total active cases, were asked to tation daily. showeding salaries. that heThe had employ- for two months we didn’t people ofthe DelhiHome to Ministry stand ensure availability of ICU beds, Besides, the ministry reit- virtuallyees of Lady no Hardingethreat had receive any salary. But even firm againstchose the not attacks to discuss on oxygen supply etc. after assess- Howrah, Kolkata and Maldah admission to the hospitals. erated to state authorities to perception.recently returned He was, to work after we joined back and the peoplethe and matter ensure of their Ba- ment of the current caseload in West Bengal; and Delhi. “They were advised to en- attend the virtual sessions by infollowing any case, an ordergetting from the started working in covid participationjwa’s in threat the struggle percep- and the estimated growth rate. As per the ministry officials, sure timely referral and hos- AIIMS, New Delhi, which hap- centralDelhi High security Court. di- The con- wards, we didn’t receive any to save thetion country,” with the he said.state The directions came in a these districts also reported pitalization while ensuring the pen twice a week on Tuesdays tractual workers were alleg- meeting held between top offi- low tests per million and high rectly accorded to rity componentsalary. So wewas had of to the raise Congress our lead-A weekgovernment, ago, dozens ofwhich ag- availability of ambulances with and Fridays where a specialist edly terminated earlier. voice,” said Sudha, one of grieved protesters had gath- cials of the health ministry and confirmation percentage, es- zero tolerance for refusal,” the him by the Union not considered good, ership. was a clear devia- team of doctors guides about “Even during the pandem- the protesters. Meanwhile, ered outside the LHMC, a district officers of the thirteen pecially Lucknow, Kamrup statement by the health minis- effective clinical management Home Ministry. particularly when the In fact, the Union tion from the norm ic, the attitude of both the Surya Prakash, the President dedicated Covid-19 facil- districts. Metro, Thiruvananthapuram try read. of COVID-19 patients in the Disclosing this, an Rajya Sabha MP had, Home Ministry had followed in such Centre and the state govern- of AICCTU, who was present ity, and protested against The districts which have and Alappuzha. A surge has The states were advised to ICUs through tele/video con- official spokesper- by opting for cen- not even consulted cases, the spokes- ment regarding the salaries at the protest, blamed the the hospital administra- been given the directions to been observed in the daily new address several issues leading sultation. son said on Saturday tral security, shown the state government person said. He said and security of the employ- government for their negli- tion. They said that over 75 ramp up the ICU beds, oxygen cases in these four districts, the to a high rate of mortality and “It will help to reduce the that the state police that he had no faith to gauge the threat that Bajwa had ac- ees in many hospitals in Del- gence over the issue. Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) at supply etc. are Kamrup Metro officials added. active COVID-19 cases. The is- case fatality rate,” the direc- security provided to in the state police. perception, which is tually been getting hi has not been right,” said “Since the beginning of the hospital were “illegally” in Assam; Patna in Bihar; Ran- Several issues critical to re- sues of low lab utilisation, i.e. tion read. The State authorities Bajwa had become According to the usually done before enhanced security a statement by the All India August, the campaign has asked to leave from August chi in Jharkhand; Alappuzha ducing case fatality rate were less than 100 tests per day for were advised to ensure that redundant since he spokesperson, con- providing central se- from the Punjab Central Council of Trade been carried out by the onwards. and Thiruvananthapuram in discussed during the meeting RT-PCR and 10 for others; low State Centers of Excellence and had got personal se- trary to claims made curity to any person. Police all this time, Unions (AICCTU), which workers and employees of However, the Delhi High Kerala; Ganjam in Odisha; in view of incidents reported tests per million population; other hospitals participate in curity directly from by Bajwa, the central Bajwa, as Rajya way beyond what also took part in the protest. different sectors. But the Court had dismissed their Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh; 24 from a few districts where pa- decrease in absolute tests from these virtual sessions regularly Home Minister Amit security he had got Sabha MP, may he was entitled to as The workers alleged that government is not listening. termination after hearing the Paraganas North, Hooghly, tients died within 48 hours of last week; delay in test results; to improve clinical practices. Shah. A mixed secu- was not at the behest have simply ap- a Rajya Sabha MP. they have not received their Labour laws are being abol- matter on July 31. Youth Congress to launch ‘rozgar do’ campaign from August 9 16 worst-hit districts asked to ramp up New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS)(UNI) youth in India are unemployed apathy of the government undertakings. Amid the economic crisis in and are committing suicide ev- towards the younger genera- The IYC national media in- the country due to the Covid-19 eryday due to the ever-rising tion and unregulated sectors, charge Rahul Rao slammed testing, ensure ambulance for all pandemic, the Indian Youth levels of unemployment. And at least 12 crore people have the government’s move of de- Congress (IYC) will launch a sadly, the central government lost their jobs so far,” he said. monetisation and faulty imple- nationwide ‘Rozgar Do’ (give has completely ignored the “Keeping this in mind, we mentation of the GST and said, employment) campaign for un- voice of the youth.” have decided to raise our voice “First demonetisation, then employed youth from August 9. Targeting the Narendra against the government’s apa- the wrong implementation According to the IYC the Modi-led government at the thy at the district and assembly of GST and decisions like the ‘rozgar do’ campaign will be Centre, he said that it came levels,” he added. unthoughtful lockdown by the launched by IYC chief Srinivas to power by promising jobs to Another IYC leader Varun Modi government ruined the B.V. and its main objective is two crore people every year. Pandey said that the central country’s economy.” Rao said to raise the voice of the youth “Accordingly, 12 crore people government is constantly millions of youth are unem- against unemployment. should have received employ- snatching employment op- ployed due to the inefficiency Speaking about the cam- ment in the past six years, in portunities from the younger of the Modi government and paign, the IYC chief said “To- contrast, due to the misman- generation by privatizing the its incapability to provide em- day, over 30 crore employable agement of Covid-19 and the railways and other government ployment. Aviation Ministry, DGCA were forewarned in

New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) and Virudhnagar in Tamil bidities, pregnant women, The Union Health Ministry Nadu; and Hyderabad and the elderly and children. 2011 about dangers in Kozhikode runway advised 16 districts in four Medchal–Malkajgiri in “Following the Contin- New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS)(UNI) Bhushan of the DGCA. Rao which was submitted to down in ICAO Annex 4. This states reporting Covid mor- Telangana. uum of Care approach, as Precious lives have been lost “It is a dangerous situation, the civil aviation authorities. fact was known to the DGCA tality above the national The Ministry also said sincere containment and in the Air India Express run- especially in wet conditions. In the letter, he blamed the team that has been conducting and state’s average to ramp that these districts account surveillance efforts have a way mishap on Friday eve- The Runway No. 10 should not AAI. “There has been no effort inspections and safety assess- up testing and ensure avail- for 17 per cent of the total bearing on the case mortal- ning, but the Ministry of Civil be permitted in view of the on the part of the AAI to rec- ments during the past several ability of ambulances with active cases. They are also ity, states were advised to Aviation, the Director General lack of Runway End Safety Ar- tify the safety infringements years. Have they considered the target of zero refusal. It reporting high number ensure optimum capacity of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and eas (RESA) and the terrain be- that Arun Rao pointed out in the dangers involved? Has will reduce case confirma- of fresh cases daily. The utilization of testing labs, the Airports Authority of India yond the end of the runway,” 2010,” Ranganathan wrote. the DGCA or the airlines laid tion percentage in the area, confirmation percentage increase tests per million (AAI) had been alerted about Ranganathan had forwarned The airlines have main- down any operational restric- the ministry has said. of these districts are also population and reduce con- the dangers associated with in what appears to be both a tained that all their pilots have tions or special procedures,” The Ministry on Friday relatively high as they are firmation percentage, in the runway of the Kozhikode warning and a premonition. completed the Approach and Ranganathan had asked. said that the higher num- conducting low tests per addition to ensuring timely airport as far back as in 2011. “All the flights which land Landing Accident Reduction He even alluded to the ber of Covid-19 mortality million population, the availability of ambulances The civil aviation authori- on Runway 10 in tailwind con- (ALAR) training and the Flight Mangalore incident. “The reported in these districts ministry added. with target zero refusal,” ties were alerted about the ditions are endangering the Standards Directorate (FSD) Air India Express incident in are a “cause of concern,” The districts were advised the ministry said. dangers associated with the lives of all on board,” Ranga- appears to be satisfied with Mangalore should have alert- as deaths due to the Coro- to ensure that the adviso- They were also advised Kozhikode runway by Captain nathan had written. the response. ed the AAI to make the run- navirus rose to 42,518 on ries, guidelines and clinical to analyze availability and Ranganathan, Member Ops- “I understand that Runway “In spite of the dangers, if way conditions safe. We have Saturday. treatment protocols issued need for projected beds and CASAC (Civil Aviation Safety 10 ILS is being used on a trial the crew accepts a landing in brought up the issue of the The 16 districts are by the Health Ministry be oxygen, and plan in a timely Advisory Council, a govern- basis at Calicut. Some of the wet and tailwind conditions, RESA during the initial CA- Ahmedabad and Surat in adopted and effectively manner. The ministry also ment-appointed air safety crew members are even ac- their concept of ALAR is poor,” SAC sub-group meetings. We Gujarat; Belagavi, Benga- implemented to reduce the pointed out to them that “it panel) in a letter dated June cepting VOR approaches on he wrote in the letter. had specifically mentioned luru urban, Kalaburagi and mortality among Covid-19 was critical to ensure good 17, 2011. Runway 10. The reason is the “Calicut runway does not that declared distances for Udupi in Karnataka; Chen- patients and other pre- infection prevention and The letter was addressed lower minimia than Runway have the minimum RESA on both runways have to be re- nai, Kanchipuram, Rani- ventable deaths among all control practices to control jointly to Naseem Zaidi, Civil 28,” he had said in the letter. one end and no RESA on the duced in order to comply pet, Theni, Thiruvallur, sections of the people, par- infection among the health- Aviation Secretary and Chair- In the letter, he referred to other. The runway strip is just with the ICAO requirement,” Tiruchirappalli, Tuticorin ticularly those with comor- care workers”. man, CASAC, and Bharat an inspection report by Arun half the minimum width laid he had warned. Kozhikode plane crash: CISF men in forefront of Pilot of crashed AI Express flight rescue mission earlier flew MiG-21s in IAF New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS)(UNI) overshot the runway near gate Assistant Sub-Inspectors Ajit number 8. Soon after the trag- New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS)(UNI) skidded off the runaway at Singh and Mangal Singh of ic incident, Ajit, in-charge of Captain Deepak V. Sathe, the “table top” Kozhikode air- the CISF prevented the loss the CISF patrolling team, and who was among those killed port leaving at least 16, of the of many lives with their quick Mangal, posted on duty near when the Air India Express 190 people on board, dead in- response following the crash the crash site, alerted the con- plane he was piloting crashed cluding the pilots. The plane of an Air India Express flight trol room and guided the CISF in Kerala’s Kozhikode on Fri- plunged 35 feet into the valley at the Calicut International rescue team to the site. day, was a former Indian Air below, as it landed on its sec- Airport on Friday evening. The Rajesh Ranjan, DG, CISF, Force officer, who flew the ond attempt amid heavy rain Central Industrial Security has appreciated the efforts of other agencies. In the mean- operation, the CISF said, add- MiG-21 fighter aircraft with on Friday. Force (CISF) said that had the the CISF officers. In recogni- time, the CISF said, around 40 ing that a National Disaster 17 Squadron (Golden Arrows) Force Training Academy, had According to the Director- two officers not reacted quick- tion of their efforts, he has an- CISF personnel led by Deputy Response Force (NDRF) team in Ambala. taken premature retirement ate General of Civil Aviation, ly, the loss of lives could have nounced an award for them. Commandant Kishor Kumar also reached the spot at about The squadron saw action from the IAF, shifted to civil- Air India Express AXB1344, a been much more. Their message was passed to A.V. reached the spot and 10 p.m. and rescued two pas- in the 1999 Kargil war and ian flying and joined Air In- B737 aircraft, with 190 people The flight IX-1344 from the CISF control room, which started evacuating the passen- sengers who were stuck be- has been recently resurrected dia. onboard, landed on Runway Dubai to Calicut carrying 184 in turn informed the Air Traffic gers amid heavy downpour. tween the seats in the plane. with induction of multi-role In one of the worst air di- 10 amid visibility of 2,000 passengers and six crew mem- Control (ATC) tower, the Air- Later, AAI officials along The CISF personnel were Rafale jet fighters, built by sasters witnessed in Kerala, metres in heavy rain, but bers made a crash landing at port Authority of India (AAI) with the police and the dis- divided into different teams to France’s Dassault. the Air India Express flight, overshot and nose-dived into the Calicut International Air- Fire Wing, senior officers of the trict authorities reached the cordon off the area and con- Sathe, who had also served returning from Dubai under the valley and broke into two port on Friday evening and CISF, district authorities and spot and helped in the rescue duct the rescue operations. as an instructor at the Air the Vande Bharat mission, pieces. SOUTH 4 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 9 SUNDAY, AUGUST, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad VijayanPregnant bursts woman out saved at media by delay for Gloom deepens at Kerala landslide inthe getting second fitness day runningcertificate site; 24 bodies dug out so far Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9 (UNI)For(UNI) the second day in ing frantic calls from Thiruvananthapuram, Aug Area residents said at least “A function was slated to collapsed. There was no succession, Kerala Chief Min- their relatives in home- 8 (IANS)(UNI) As the confirmed 43 persons were still miss- be held on Friday regard- way to escape. But then, ister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sat- town Kozhikode in the death toll in the landslide ing. The search operation ing her pregnancy. So, we we decided to break free urday lashed out at the media evening. in Kerala’s Idukki district was continuing despite in- all went to sleep early on through the roof tiles and after facing a spate of ques- “All were asking if she climbed up to 24 with the clement weather. Thursday night. I woke up managed to come out,” re- tions on the role played by gold was on the flight. We had recovery of five more bod- “I do not know why I in the middle of the night to called Murugesan who is smuggling case prime accused failed to inform relatives ies on Saturday, the gloom should live now -- I have lost find myself lying stuck in a convalescing in a hospital Swapna Suresh in a key project that her trip was post- deepened as the loud wails both my sons. While one of mound of mud as our home in Idukki district. of his government. poned,” Ummar said. of a survivor Manjula rent them has been taken out, collapsed. I was stuck there Revenue Minister E Chan- The latest revelation to Jasleena said both of the air when her son’s body the other still lies under the for several hours before I was drasekheran and Electric- come out from the Customs’ them are still in shock af- was dug out of the debris. debris. They were studying pulled out. I have lost every- ity Minister MM Mani, who questioning of Suresh is that ter watching the news of On Saturday, the body of in a college and had come thing,” Deepan lamented. hails from the district, vis- she had received a sum of Rs the crash on TV. her son Dinesh was among home due to the coronavirus But there were tales of ited the spot where rescue 1 crore, as commission from is taking up this for some oth- want me“Feel to tell sad the dirtyseeing things all the five retrieved from un- pandemic. And now, they providential escapes too operations are on. an agency, in Vijayan’s signa- ers” who are out to wreck his that happenedthe visuals. in While that weoffice. are der the debris. As the men, are gone; why should I live?” amid the tales of sorrow. “Rescue work will con- ture “Life Mission” project. government. A sectionthanking of the God, media we wants are who were toiling to dig out wailed Manjula. She now has Murugesan, who runs a tinue till the last missing This Dubai/Kozhikode,venture aims to provideAug 8 toAs say a media that personshe needed asked awhy fit- toalso portray praying my for government all those who in the victims, were taking only her husband to share small canteen at the spot person is found,” said Chan- the(IANS) homeless Dubai-based their own Ijaz dwell- Um- heness enjoys certificate when he to is praisedboard theby suchare suffering.a manner.” Do not know Dinesh’s body to a waiting her grief with. where four rows of houses of drasekheran. ing,mar either and directly his seven-month- through the theflight. media, but cannot accept what“This to is say also and a way how of to using ex- vehicle, Manjula wept in- Deepan, who survived the a tea estate once stood, con- While the Kerala govern- governmentpregnant wife or through Jasleena spon-are left probing“There questions, was a delay the inChief get- professionalismpress our feelings,” by she the said. me- consolably. tragedy and is awaiting a siders himself lucky to have ment has announced an ex sors.stunned In response, at their Vijayan narrow said es- Ministerting that responded: since it was “Yes, a Friday this dia...The this couple is the wrongfeel Jasleena’s way...” The landslide had oc- surgery at a hospital in Iduk- escaped death. gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to thatcape, he willfor shefind was out slatedabout tothis be is(weekend because thatin theis politics UAE) andand tripWith got this,postponed Vijayan because abruptly of curred about 30 km from ki district, broke down as he “When I woke up on hear- the bereaved families, Prime buton added the Air that India this Express was a proj- flight thisdespite is part making of a political all efforts, con- it endedthe ‘lucky’ the expectedpress conference new ad- the popular tourist destina- said that he had lost his par- ing a loud sound... the room Minister Narendra Modi ectthat funded crashed by aat UAE-based Kozhikode spiracycould intonot whichbe obtained,” a section ofhe anddition left, to saying their thatfamily, the timewhich is tion of Munnar on Thursday ents and wife who was over that I was staying in along has announced Rs 2 lakh for charityon Friday organisation. evening, leaving at thesaid. media also is a part. up.comes On Fridayafter a also, five-year-long he lost his night. seven months pregnant. with my son and wife had each family. Howeverleast 18 passengers as questions and crewon “DoConsequently, you want meJasleena’s to tell coolwait. on questions about the thismembers point increased, dead. Vijayan howtrip thewas previous postponed Chief and Min- the goldJasleena smuggling has case, now accusing got a againUmmar lost his said cool he and was said in of-it istercouple (Oommen did not thinkChandy) any wentmore anew section booking of the and media is to to reach have wasfice “unfortunate when Jasleena some called media him aboutabout doing it till they things. began Do receiv- you anKozhikode agenda of on “removing Sunday night. him”. K’taka takes crowdsourcing route Goa oppn MLA questions to draw cycling maps in B’luru Bengaluru, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) Kar- mark the routes on the map ing an event called CycleDay. tiveness,” said the official. The shortening of Mopa airport runway nataka’s Directorate of Urban and DULT will put layers such Starting 2020, it has taken up Bengaluru Smart City and the Land Transport (DULT) has as ward boundaries, transit sta- bicycle infrastructure planning civic body will take up these Panaji, Aug 8 (IANS) wherein the aircraft over- By the end of the fourth invited city cycling enthusiasts tions, parks, lakes and schools. as a priority initiative and is plans for implementation. Hours after an Air India Ex- shot the runway. Shocking- phase, its passenger han- to mark the routes where they GPS Visualiser, Mapunity committing resources for this Identifying five use cases, press flight crashed in Ker- ly, the Goa government in dling capacity is expected prefer cycling lanes, consider- Draw, Google Maps or any purpose. the department is consider- ala, an opposition MLA in July resolved to reduce the to be 13 million. ing cycling picking up traction tracking tool like Strava, map- Teaming up with the city ing Purple Line as a cycling Goa on Saturday expressed length of the runway at the The first phase of Mopa during Coronavirus and also myride can be used for mark- civic body, the department is route to work, Red Line as concern over a July deci- proposed Mopa Airport! airport was scheduled to for being a socially distanced ing the routes. working to set up 34 km of pop- school routes, Orange Line as sion to reduce the length of Goemkars can decide what be operational in Septem- personal transport option, an “We will keep this crowd- up bicycle lanes on the outer transit routes, Green Line as a runway at the upcoming is going on under the pres- ber this year, but litigation official said on Saturday. sourcing effort open till August ring road between Silk Board Rejuvenate Routes and Blue Mopa greenfield airport in ent government!” Sardesai in the courts has caused “Bicycling has picked up 14. If your area is not covered in Junction and Lowry College Line as neighbourhood shop the coastal state. tweeted. considerable delay. traction in Bengaluru city dur- this cycling district it will open Junction near K. R. Puram. routes. Former Deputy Chief The Goa government A total of 18 persons were ing this Covid crisis. As a so- up as soon as the plans and “DULT has planned to cre- Cyclists can look at the map Minister and Goa Forward had taken the decision to killed when an Air India cially distanced personal trans- budget for the Cycling District ate cycling districts in phases to see if their area falls in and party MLA Vijai Sardesai comply with the statutory Express flight carrying 190 port option, it is by far the best 1 is completed and submitted which will extend to the rest around the identified cycling questioned the Cabinet de- operational standards as passengers crashed after option for distances that can- for implementation,” he said. of the city over time. The first district, observe points of inter- cision to reduce the length per the parameters of the landing at the Kozhikode not be covered by walk,” said a DULT has been at the fore- cycling district spanning ap- est such as work, school, reju- of the Inauguration runway from 3,750 toof LiftsInternational at Shivamogga Civil Aviation Railwayairport runway station, in bad DULT official. front of mobilizing people to proximately 25 plus wards will venate and last mile for transit, 3,500 metres. Organisation. weather. Initiating #Mapyourcyclin- take up cycling as preferred complement this Pop-Up Bi- mark them and upload, con- “Lastnewly night, added we saw passenger re- In its amenitiesfirst phase, the at air- ArasaluGoa StationChief Minister and groute campaign, the depart- mode of transport for the past cycle Lane on outer ring road tributing to the crowdsourcing ports of a devastatingdedication crash of port'Museum is expected Malgudi' to cater toPramod the nation Sawant has con- ment has asked cyclists to six years, including organis- (ORR) and enhance its effec- initiative. at the Kozhikode airport to 4.5 million passengers. doled the deaths. TwoDestruction disasters of in a 48 heavily hours seized has affected plant Let’s not speculate; wait for (Destruction).…Kerala badly: Kurnool Governor District SP DGCA report on crash: Puri

Kurnool,Kozhikode, Aug 8 Aug(IANS) Ker- dead. Around 50 people resid- two pilots andof a804 crew cases member have beenvictims business, will behe handeddid not wantover 8(Correspondentala Governor Arif Mohammedap ing in four tea estate lines are have died. Amongregistered the against dead Natsaraare to in the to relatives.lose lakhs ofWe rupees have andan- news).Khan Natsara, who arrived District hereSP with missing after a portion of a 14 senior citizensconnection (seven with themen raids nounced by go aninto ex-gratia further paymenttrouble. DrChief Fakkirappa Minister PinarayiKaginelli Vijayan huge hill came down on them. and 7 women)local andpolice four stations, chil- exciseof Rs Excise10 lakh to Superintendentthe families of saidand that a few strict of measureshis cabinet col- And on Friday night an dren. 149 of andthe injuredSEB police passen- across thethe deceased,Shri Sudhakar, while theAdoni cost in- of haveleagues been on taken Saturday, to curb expressed Air India Express flight from gers are in variousdistrict hospitals,and 12,297 23 litersthe entirecharge treatment DSP Shri of allVinod the liquordeep smuggling. sadness at the tragedy Dubai skidded off the runway of them haveof beenseized discharged, Natsara.On injuredthe Kumar, will Dishabe borne Police Stationby the Natsara,after visiting who thehad injuredbeen at the at Kozhikode airport and fell while the conditionoccasion, ofthe 21 isdistrict se- State.SP DSP If need Shri be, Venkatramayya, the State will heavilyMedical seized College in hospital.6 sub- into a 35 feet deep gorge, leav- rious,” said Vijayan.said, “Some people againare Atmakur come to theDSP help of Shriall if divisions“In the pastacross 48 hours,the Kerala ing 18 dead and several others One passengerchoosing of the illegal ill-fated ways thereto Venkatrao,is a need,” Nandyalasaid Vijayan. DSP districthas seen in the two last tragedies few days, and this injured. flight has testedmake Covideasy money positive and are“I willShri take Chidanandareddy,this opportunity washas arrested affected on the Saturday state very bad- Vijayan said Prime Minis- and the resultsgetting of allstuck the othersin cases to of thank Don eachDSP Shrione Narasimhawho came inly. Kurnool I got a suburb call from under the Presi- ter Narendra Modi called him are awaited.Natsara smuggling alongto the Reddy, rescue Exciseof the passengersDSP Shri Kozhikode, Aug 8 (IANS)(UNI) Union cluding two pilots and a cabin thedent supervision who has of Districtconveyed his soon after learning about the “The pilotwith and Natsara,co-pilot andKarnataka the momentJanakiram the Shri, accident CI, Babu oc- Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep crew. There were 190 people on SPdeep Dr Fakkirappa condolences,” Kaginelli said Khan.at Jagannathaccident. Ghat near The total valuea crewof themember and haveTelangana lost their liquorcurred Shri and Maheshwar it includes Reddy, locals, Shri Singh Puri said here on Saturday board. andIt Additionalwas on ThursdaySP SEB Dinnedevarapadunight “The flight were had 190destroyed people saplings on lives is andabout Air and India ruining will take their pos- lives.”airport Obuleshu, officials Shri and Shri alsoRamulu, the that there was no need to specu- Puri said: “The Centre and the Gautamisali.DSPs,that a landslide nearCIs, Munnar trampled board to death and with included the Rs. six30 crew.lakh 74session thousand of theirHe saidbodies. that From using 3 thesehealth Shri professionals,” Sudarshan Prasad, added Shri late on what happened before state government area working SEBsin Idukki and excisedistrict stations left 23 peoplehelp of policeEighteen vehicles. people including250 rupees. the To date,p.m. aonwards total vehicles the bodies for smuggling of the Vijayan. or Mallikarjuna . or during the aircraft crash at veryA limited closely on number the crash of case. Kozhikode airport in Kerala. He The black box has been recov- said all should wait for the DGCA ered.devotees Now, all Ishould wish to say visit is that gers below the age of 12 years; investigation report. let Chittoor, us not speculate Aug 8(Correspondent as a full and ‘Airline adequately insured, Rs 200,000/- to critically injured He also announced an ex gratia comprehensiveap news): District probe Collector will take Dr passenger and Rs 50,000/- to the of Rs 10 lakh for the deceased, Rs place.Narayana Once thatBharat is done, Gupta we willhas passenger who are injured in the 2 lakh for the seriously injured, looksaid into that the acase.” limited number compensation will be paid’ incident,” the airline said. and Rs 50,000 for those who suf- ofPuri, devotees holding theshould civil aviation visit Air India Express has estab- fered minor injuries in the Fri- portfolioSwayambhu since JuneSri 2019,Varasiddhi said families of those who died in the lished a passenger information day night crash. thatVinayaka when heSwamy was told in Kanipakam about the accident and to those who were centre and a toll free number has Puri arrived here this morning table-topon the occasion airport, of hethe Vinayakaimmedi- injured. been made available for family and went around the Kozhikode atelyChaviti called festival up the DGCA.on Saturday, “I was As many as 18 people, including or friends of those who may have airport. “In situations like these, toldthe that 22nd all issuesof this will monthbe looked as two pilots were killed and several been on board of the ill-fated there are things that need to be into.part I ofwon’t the likeKanipakam to speculate festival on injured in the accident. flight IX-1344. The toll free num- done -- the first one is rescue, anythingdue to asthe it will corona be inappropri- virus.On “The airline is adequately in- ber is 1800222271. For those call- then medical attention, recovery ate.Saturday, Let the probethe Swayambhu take place and Sri sured and will pay compensation ing from abroad, international of the black box; and then, or- weVarasiddi will get allVinayaka the answers,” Swamy the in accordance with applicable country code has to be added. dering a DGCA probe,” the Min- MinisterTemple added.in Kanipakam, Chittoor law at the appropriate juncture,” The Emergency Response Team ister pointed out. Division,As for any Irala“human Mandal, error” inunder the Air India Express said in a state- Members and other teams of Air The Directorate General of crash,the auspicesPuri said: “Everyof the issue District will ment. India with Air India Express team Civil Aviation (DGCA) is prob- beCollector, looked into. held Also, leta mereview tell “To provide immediate re- have already been sent to the ac- ing the cause of the crash of Air youmeeting that there with are the table-top authorities air- Chennai, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) Air In- propriate time after its Dubai- lief, as an interim compensation cident scene. All will render nec- India Express flight from Dubai portson the not justadvance in our arrangements country, but dia Express on Saturday said it Kozhikode flight crashed at Air India Express will give: Rs essary help to assist the emergen- that skidded off and fell 35-feet allfor over the the annual world. Swayambhu These airports Sri is adequately insured and would Kozhikode airport a day ago. 10,00,000/-to the next kin of the cy services and local authorities below into the valley at the end poseVarasiddi a problem Vinayaka but then Swamy landing Vari pay the compensation in accor- The airline also announced deceased passenger 12 years and to aid the passengers, the airline of the table-top runway. A total clearancesto be held are in Kanipakamgiven based from on dance with applicable law at ap- immediate financial relief to the above; Rs 500,000/ to the passen- said. of 18 people lost their lives, in- theSeptember experience 22 ofto the September pilots.” 11. OP-ED 5 9 SUNDAY, AUGUST, 2020 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad In the middle of a global pandemic, Twitter takes on Trump

By Cass R. Sunstein Trump, or if it allowed only Re- out and fraudulently signed. But social-media platforms US President Donald Trump publicans or only Democrats Twitter appended a short label, are not newspapers or maga- says a lot of things on Twitter to have access to its platform, saying, “Get the facts about zines, and they have to strike a that aren’t true. Twitter has a it would not be violating the mail-in ballots.” As a spokes- difficult balance. They cannot set of formal policies designed Constitution. person for Twitter explained, be expected, and should not to combat misleading informa- Not truth police the president’s tweets “contain be asked, to take down every tion. This week, Twitter applied Nonetheless, Twitter has potentially misleading infor- falsehood that appears on their its policies to two of Trump’s good reason to allow some- mation about voting processes platforms. tweets, in which the president thing like a free-for-all. Its and have been labelled to pro- But it is legitimate for them made misleading claims. whole purpose is to permit vide additional context around to adopt neutral policies that Trump responded with a plenty of diverse people to say mail-in ballots.” are designed to educate and threat: Republicans feel that plenty of diverse things. That’s It should be clear that Twit- inform users about misinfor- Social Media Platforms totally its business model. And if it’s ter’s approach was fully in mation, or about potentially silence conservatives voices. providing a public service, as I line with its current poli- misleading material. We will strongly regulate, or believe that it is, it should not or that “walking outside is be true, and linking to sources cies and also that it was quite There is an irony here. Trump close them down, before we favour any particular side. It enough to disinfect you from that correct the record. If the mild. Twitter did not remove rightly emphasises the value can ever allow this to happen. should certainly not appoint the coronavirus.” Twitter will potential harm is sufficiently Trump’s tweet. of freedom of speech, and The threat had an immediate itself as the truth police. not allow that either. severe, a tweet might be re- It did not say that it was false. even though Twitter is uncon- effect on the stock of Twitter At the same time, the compa- It doesn’t try to remove every moved. Indeed, it did not even declare strained by the First Amend- Inc.; it fell dramatically after- ny has to draw some limits, and falsehood, but it also doesn’t That is the background for that it was misleading. It said ment, he is correct to say that ward. it does. Suppose that someone want its platform to be used to the current controversy. In two publicly that it was only “po- the company should respect To understand the contro- tweets that the presidential compromise public health. So tweets, Trump said that voting tentially misleading.” Its small that value. versy, we need to step back a election will be held on Nov. 5 in narrowly defined circum- by mail is likely to create a sig- label informed people how to At the same time, a central bit. Social-media platforms this year (it will actually be held stances, it will remove material nificant increase in fraud. One “get the facts.” It is perfectly purpose free speech is to en- such as Twitter, Facebook and on Nov. 3), or that people will that it considers harmful. said this: acceptable for a newspaper or sure an informed public. With YouTube are not subject to the not be allowed to vote unless This month, Twitter an- There is NO WAY (ZERO!) magazine to correct the record respect to misleading tweets, US Constitution at all. they are at least 30 years old. nounced an updated approach that Mail-In Ballots will be about public officials — to say, Twitter’s policy promotes that The First Amendment, which Twitter does not allow that. to misinformation in general. anything less than substan- for example, that President value — which means that it guarantees freedom of speech, Or suppose someone says Its basic approach consists of tially fraudulent. Mailboxes Bill Clinton misled the pub- should be praised, not threat- applies only to the government. that “social distancing is not labels — warning people that will be robbed, ballots will be lic about his relationship with ened. If Twitter denied a platform to effective” to combat Covid-19, what has been tweeted may not forged & even illegally printed Monica Lewinsky. Gulf News Paying for coronavirus crisis has become the new crisis in EU

European Hamelin might live happily Europe’s economy suddenly came to debt level across the EU stood at 84.2 ever after this pandemic. a screeching halt. per cent at the end of the third-quar- Oh, if only that were so: Enter the The new €500 billion plan would be ter of 2019, or at 86.1 per cent for the frugal four and their wicked plans to to get the economy of the EU – com- 19 states that use the euro as a com- undermine a fairy tale ending. Aus- bined the market of some 500 million mon currency. tria, Sweden, Denmark and the Neth- people is the third-largest economy in By contrast, Italy’s debt to GDP ra- erlands stand in the way of today’s the world – back up and running and tio stands at 137.3 per cent compared modern-day Macron-Merkel Marshal more robust for future challenges. to a far more manageable 59.4 per plan for European recovery. Throughout, the Netherlands has cent for the Netherlands. Spain, with ADVERTISING been at the forefront in opposing a debt-to-GDP ratio of 97.9 per cent Promote health. Save lives. Serve easy terms and cheap loans, either as and hard hit by coronavirus is stand- the vulnerable. Visit who.int supported predominantly by the eu- ing with fellow sufferer Italy, cheer- Macron-Merkel plan rozone’s bailout fund – the European leading the way for the Berlin and The cornerstone of the Macron- Stability Mechanism – in April, or Paris plan. Merkel plan allows for that €500 bil- now under the Macron-Merkel plan The frugal four set out their prin- lion to be issued to hard-hit EU na- As things stand now, the Euro- ciples in a policy document, warning tion states. The money would be pean Commission – the cabinet-like that any financing had to be based on raised by the European Commission structure that oversees the day-to- loans, potential debt couldn’t be mu- borrowing on capital markets and day operations and budget of the EU tualised and funding was a temporary would be used to support EU spend- – is leaning towards the Paris-Berlin “one-off” step for two years and with ing through grants rather than loans plan, but Commission President Ur- an explicit sunset clause. to national governments. Loans have sula von der Leyen is still putting the In essence, they believe that if there By Mick O’Reilly who pays the piper calls the tune. of to be repaid. Grants don’t. final touches to its proposal that will is going to be a prolonged and sharp Ahh rats! The fleas they carried in the Black Death plague across Asia While to cost of borrowing that €500 hopefully be able to bridge the gap contraction post pandemic, individ- their fur were the cause of the spread and Europe in the 14th century, kill- billion is relatively cheap now on in- between the two EU heavyweights ual states should be responsible for It’s the tale of a German town over- ing some 50 million. And since then ternational markets, the frugal four and the frugal four. their borrowing and spending – not run by rats until they are led away by rats are considered vermin – popula- believe that the money should be Opposing big spending the EU as a whole. a mystical musician. As the tale tells rised in folklore in The Pied Piper of doled out in loans – and will need to As far as the governments in The As with most European crises, this it, when the local citizenry refused to Hamelin and published in English in be paid back. Hague, Vienna, Copenhagen and latest apparent impasse for the bloc pay that Pied Piper he destroyed the 1605. With German Chancellor An- The €500 billion is in addition to an- Stockholm are concerned, grants are will likely be resolved over hours of town’s future by leading the children gela Merkel and French President other €540 billion previously agreed anathema, they generally oppose big negotiation in backrooms of Brus- away as they danced to his merry Emmanuel Macron early last week by EU finance ministers in the second spending and are dead set any plan sels before the EU leaders will engage tune. proposing a €500 billion (Dh2.01 tril- week of April, with that initial tranche that might leave EU member states in marathon talks at a summit, then Yes, a medieval tale, but still one lion) plan to take the EU out of this of assistance going to support mem- mutually responsible for member striking a convoluted compromise with a moral that holds true now pandemic, you would be forgiven for ber states, companies and workers as states’ debt. that few will like but all can live with. in our current era of pandemic: He believing the citizenry of today’s pan- the coronavirus crisis took hold and According to Eurostat, the average Gulf News Newsmaker: John Hume — Man who brought peace to Ireland

By afforded the crowded send-off his re- only ticket out of bone-chilling and nascent civil rights movement in the the same regiment opened fire on un- Single-handedly John Hume almost markable life deserved — but his place back-breaking poverty that pervaded province, a movement that drew in- armed civilian protesters, murdering kept the Irish chocolate industry in in the hearts of many and in the pages the divided city. He won a scholarship spiration from events in the southern 14, Hume gave part of his meagre salary profit, devouring Crunchies and Twix of history remain etched indelibly. from the local St. Columb’s Secondary United States. to pay for victims’ funerals. bars like nobody’s business. He might And for those who are alive today School to the Roman Catholic seminary The three decades of ‘the Troubles’ He was equally scathing of IRA vio- have been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, because of the peace deal he worked and university of Maynooth, to the west sprang from the Northern Ireland gov- lence, believing in the socialist values but he still believed the bubbles of air in tirelessly to secure — the Good Friday of Dublin. Any inclination of continu- ernments to suppress opposition to its of his Social Democratic and Labour Aero bars made them less harmful to his Agreement and the peace process that ing onto the priesthood and its vow of state-sanctioned sectarianism where Party would only make things better waistline. A bit of blarney perhaps, but has followed over the past 25 years. celibacy went out the window when he some 60 per cent were protestant and for all. “You can’t eat a flag,” he often he was a man of words and a man true A towering figure may his future wife, Pat. enfranchised, the remained catholic noted. to his word, a man who single-handedly He was a towering figure who helped They both graduated and returned to and suppressed socially and adminis- A votary of peace too did more to end decades of sectar- define Irish nationalism of the main- Derry to begin teaching careers. But the tratively. He was the first to articulate a vi- ian and political violence in Northern stream — not the violent and blood- city was gripped by sectarianism which As violence spilled over, Hume took a sion that only the two communities in Ireland — the longest-standing terror- stained republicanism of the Provi- ensured that protestant homeowners leading role in confronting both police, Northern Ireland could find a way for- ist campaign in Europe that claimed sional Irish Republican Army and its had the right to vote in local elections army and security forces on one side, ward, and that the province should also 3,600 lives and injured 36,000 more — political wing of Sinn Fein that waged and secured public housing on the and republican elements on the other refine the relationship between the re- than others of his era. a three decade campaign of violence east side of the River Foyle, its Roman who were eager to escalate into full mil- public of Ireland and the UK. Hume died on Monday, aged 83, after against Northern Ireland unionism, Catholics deprived of economic and so- itary and violent confrontation. Hume was stubborn, often an out- a long battle with dementia. How sad loyalists who believed the past and fu- cial opportunity, voting rights and poor On one of many notable occasions, cast, often shunned, for his belief in that such a cruel disease would rob him ture of the British-governed province housing. Hume, with wisps of his curly black building trust and bridges based on a of the memories of a remarkable life lay in the United Kingdom. Pawn shops or loan sharks were the hair blowing in a stiff and rainy wind, shared future, decided by the ballot box preaching non-violence, tolerance and Hume was a man of humble begin- only means of finance open to many, confronted British paratroopers in full and not the bullet. His car was burned understanding in a corner of Ireland nings, his father a riveter on Derry’s with Hume first rising to prominence combat gear, telling the commanding out, his home firebombed. numbed by brutality, social injustice, docks, his mother a seamstress in a in the city for organising its first credit officer in full glare of television cam- After direct rule was implemented economic deprivation. city shirt factory. They lived in a simple union. eras: “You might govern us, but you from London, Hume turned his atten- He was laid to rest on Wednesday in two-bedroomed terraced home with an Rise of a political star are not here with our consent.” He was tion to running as a Member of the Eu- his native city of Derry. Coronavirus outside toilet, where Hume was quick It also whetted his appetite for elect- hosed with purple dye and promptly ar- ropean Parliament in 1985. restrictions too meant that he was not to learn that education would be the ed politics, taking a leading role in the rested. Indeed, in January 1972, when Gulf News INTERNATIONAL 6 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 9 SUNDAY, AUGUST, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad ‘CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN TRYING TO INFLUENCE US PREZ ELECTION’ Washington, Aug 8 (IANS)(UNI) A US policies, “increase discord” ligence chief however added adding they Russia and Iran:According to was seeking to “denigrate” pre- television.”Meanwhile, Iran is top US intelligence offi cial has in the country “and undermine that it would be “diffi cult were how- Evanina, China “prefers that sumptive Democratic nomi- trying to “undermine US dem- warned that China, Russia and the American people’s confi - for our adversaries ever “primar- President (Donald) Trump, nee Joe Biden’s candidacy and ocratic institutions”,Trump, Iran were trying to infl uence dence in our democratic pro- to interfere with or ily concerned” whom Beijing sees as unpre- other members of a perceived and “divide the country” ahead the upcoming American presi- cess”, the BBC quoted William manipulate voting about China, dictable, does not win re-elec- “anti-Russia ‘establishment’”. of the vote by spreading disin- dential election scheduled to Evanina, head of the National results at scale”.Many tion”, and has been “expand- Evanina added that some formation and “anti-US con- be held on November 3, ac- Counter-intelligence and Se- countries “have a ing its infl uence efforts” ahead other actors linked to Rus- tent” online.The development cording to an offi cial statement. curity Center (NCSC), as say- preference for who of the voteRegarding Russia, sia “are also seeking to boost comes amid claims by Trump Foreign countries are trying to ing in the statement released wins the elec- the intelligence offi cial said President Trump’s candidacy about the dangers of mail-in or sway voter preferences, change on Friday.The counter-intel- tion”, he said, in the statement that Moscow on social media and Russian postal ballots. ASEAN CAN OVERCOME ‘Corruption reaches new high in Afghan COVID˨̉̑ PANDEMIC: DUTERTE govt’s financial institutions’ on the bloc’s 53rd founding an- been stronger”.Duterte noted niversary.Duterte added that the that ASEAN is now the fi fth larg- Kabul, Aug 8 (IANS)(UNI) Cor- implementing the law, the ghan government towards pandemic is an opportunity for est economy in the world, driv- ruption has reached new Anti-Corruption Criminal combating corruption in the Southeast Asian region to be ing growth and development in highs in the Afghan govern- Justice Center has failed to the Brussels Conference- more resilient. across the region. ments fi nancial institutions, apply its commitments to -they remained limited only “Bouncing back from the pan- According to Duterte, ASEAN despite pledges to fi ght it, combat corruption,” said to changing the procedures demic appears to be a daunting “is at the centre of mechanisms according to watchdogs. Maiwand Rouhani, the head and laws. Manila, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) Philip- task. But if pursued with friends, promoting peace and stability On Friday, offi cials from of the secretariat of the Inde- Until now, no signifi- pine President Rodrigo Duterte the burden is shared and trans- in our rapidly changing regional the Afghan Chamber of Com- pendent Joint Anti-Corrup- cant change has occurred Saturday expressed optimism formed into an opportunity to environment”. merce and Investment (ACCI) tion Monitoring and Evalua- in curbing corruption, rule that the 10-member Associa- create a more resilient Southeast “More importantly, ASEAN said that the government has revenues.“Extortion and the tion Committee (MEC). of law or in improving the tion of Southeast Asian Nations Asian region,” he said. is moving closer to becoming failed in its anti-graft strategy, involvement of strongmen Integrity Watch Afghani- lives of the people,” said (ASEAN) can overcome the CO- “With a deeper sense of com- one politically cohesive, eco- reports TOLO News. have increased, the govern- stan (IWA) has said that Naser Taimoori, a research- VID-19 pandemic through joint mon purpose, we will continue nomically integrated and so- They said that in recent ment does not bother to con- despite the government’s er at the IWA. efforts.“We are confi dent that to work together as one ASEAN cially responsible community,” years the allegations of cor- front them, the most danger- numerous commitments Also, a number of lawmak- the ASEAN way of partnership and strengthen partnerships Duterte added.The Philippines ruption against high level ous thing is that sometimes to the international com- ers in Afghanistan’s Wolesi and mutual aid will help us over- with friends within and out- is a founding member of ASEAN government offi cials have there has been the involve- munity to combat corrup- Jirga (the lower house of come the COVID-19 pandemic side the region.”Though the which also comprises Brunei, increased despite President ment of high level offi cials, tion, no practical action parliament) have said that and move forward with our com- challenges remain, Duterte Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Ashraf Ghani’s pledge to even at the level of minister,” has been taken to fight the the government has failed munity-building endeavors,” said ASEAN’s “commitment to Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, not tolerate the plundering said Khan Jan Alokizay, the trend.“The commitments to comply with its commit- Duterte said in a brief statement community-building has never Thailand and Vietnam. of the country’s assets and head of ACCI.“In the area of which were made by the Af- ments to fi ghting corruption. TURKISH EX˨US NSA BRENT SCOWCROFT PASSES AWAY RESUMES Washington, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) tinguished individuals to serve long career of distinguished ser- called Scowcroft “kind, wise, Brent Scowcroft, a two-time US as Assistant to the President vice to our country.“As a retired generous, and brilliant”, adding ENERGY National Security Advisor (NSA) for National Security Affairs,” Air Force general, he gave sound that he was the “gold standard for Presidents Gerald Ford and Xinhua news agency quoted in- and thoughtful advice to several for National Security Advisors, George H.W. Bush, has passed cumbent NSA Robert O’Brien as presidents. He was an especially a valued mentor and peerless EXPLORATION away at the age of 95.“We are all saying in a White House state- important advisor to my father -- public servant.”Born in Utah in deeply saddened by the pass- ment on Friday.Condoling his and an important friend.”Susan March 1925, Scowcroft was a IN EASTERN ing of Lieutenant General Brent death, former President George Rice, who was the NSA for for- graduate from the US Military MEDITERRANEAN Scowcroft, one of the most dis- W. Bush said: “This patriot had a mer President Barack Obama, Academy, and he later earned a Ph.D. in international relations from Columbia University. WH REJECTS DEMOCRATS’ OFFER FOR $̊TN COVID˨̉̑ RELIEF PACKAGE Washington, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) negotiations over the next to secure a bipartisan agree- The White House has rejected COVID-19 relief package.“We ment to put children, families an offer for a $2 trillion COV- remain committed to con- and workers fi rst,” they said. ID-19 relief package proposed tinue negotiating and reach- US employers added 1.8 by Democratic leaders. ing a fair agreement with the million jobs in July, and the As part of a closed-door Administration, but we will unemployment rate dropped meeting with White House not go along with the meager to 10.2 per cent amid re- offi cials Thursday, Demo- legislative proposals that fail opening efforts, the Bureau crats offered to cut their $3.4 to address the gravity of the of Labor Statistics reported trillion proposal by $1 trillion health and economic situa- Friday.“The latest jobs report Ankara, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) Turkey if Republicans would agree to tion our country faces,” Pe- shows that the economic re- has resumed energy exploration increase their roughly 1-tril- losi and Schumer said earlier covery spurred by the invest- activities in the eastern Medi- lion-dollar package by the take down a trillion, if you WH offi cials, reports Xinhua lion and $2.4 trillion.Pelosi Friday in a joint statement ments Congress has passed terranean Sea, President Recep same amount, House Speaker add a trillion in’. They said news agency.That strategy, and Schumer are expected following the release of the is losing steam and more in- Tayyip Erdogan said. Nancy Pelosi said on Friday absolutely not,” Pelosi told effectively trying to split the to meet with White House July’s job report.“We call vestments are still urgently “We have resumed the drilling at a joint press conference reporters, adding she would difference between the two chief of staff Mark Meadows upon the White House’s ne- needed to protect the lives activity,” Xinhua news agency with Senate Minority Leader make the offer once again sides, would result in legisla- and Treasury Secretary Ste- gotiators to join us once again and livelihoods of the Ameri- quoted Erdogan as saying to re- Charles Schumer.“’We’ll as part of negotiations with tion costing between $2 tril- ven Mnuchin to continue at the negotiating table today can people. porters after Friday prayers. He added that Turkey had sent Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa, a GUN VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN SWEDEN MARK Deforestation in Brazilian Turkish seismographic research and survey vessel, to the area for Stockholm, Aug 8 (IANS)(UNI) Gun an increase in empty cartridge that purpose. violence has been on the rise in cases left at the crime scene. On Amazon grows by 34.5% On Thursday, Egypt and Sweden in recent years, according average, there were six in 2011 Brasilia, Aug 8 (IANS)(UNI) which monitors the fi res in June, the highest Greece designated an exclusive to researchers. and up to twelve in 2018, so it is Deforestation in the world's largest forest by level for the month in 13 economic zone between them According to Swedish police doubled,” said Sturup. Brazilian Amazon satellite, said that 1,654 years. in the Mediterranean Sea with statistics, 42 people were killed Damage from the violence has increased 34.5 per cent square km of forest were Overall, there were an agreement signed in Cairo, and 120 wounded in 334 reported also increased.“We also see an between August 2019 destroyed in July, less 6,803 fi res, a rise of 28 allowing them to maximize the shootings in 2019, Xinhua news escalation in the severity of the and July 2020, with a than that in the same per cent.The fi gures use of available resources in the agency reported. violence. In 2011, there were four total of 9,205 square km period last year, reports came at a time when the zone and tap the oil and gas re- In the fi rst half of this year, 20 Police, said on Friday.Sturup injuries per victim. of forest destroyed. Xinhua news agency. Brazilian government is serves there. people have been killed and 56 has investigated murders and at- In 2018 it rose to eleven gun- On Friday, tThe This is the fi rst time in receiving harsh criti- Referring to the latest agree- wounded in 163 shootings. tempted murders in Stockholm shot wounds.“We are now ana- National Institute for 14 months that destruc- cism from the interna- ment, Erdogan blamed Greece “We see an increase in mur- during the period from 2011 to lyzing the figures for 2019 and Space Research (INPE), tion in the Amazon tional community for its for not keeping its promises re- ders and attempted murders in 2018, when cases where auto- 2020 so far, and the preliminary which calculates de- recorded a monthly alleged lack of com- garding drilling activities in the criminal environment in Stock- matic weapons were used had figures show that the trend with forestation using the decline.Meanwhile, the mitment in combating region, describing the deal as holm,” Joakim Sturup, research- increased by 50 per cent.“During automatic weapons continues,” Real-Time Deforesta- world's largest rainfor- the destruction of the “worthless”. er and analyst with Stockholm the same period, we also see said Sturup. tion Detection System, est also witnessed 2,248 Amazon. Italy passes $29bn stimulus package for COVID-19 recovery Rome, Aug 8 (UNI)(IANS) The rized by Parliament on July 29, workers, businesses, and lo- put in temporary redundancy sure to help businesses and rules and rescheduling of fi s- Italian cabinet on Friday has reports Xinhua news agency. cal institutions overall,” Conte schemes.Companies access- employment in the less-de- cal and social contribution passed a new decree contain- The fresh resources rep- told a press conference after ing the schemes, however, will veloped southern regions was payments for workers across a ing new supportive measures resented the third economic the meeting on Friday.“The have to put on hold any cut to delivered, providing for a 30 period of two years.A specifi c worth 25 billion euros ($29 bil- provision aimed at supporting latest data by ISTAT (the Na- their workforce in the same per cent cut of social contribu- non-repayable fund was set lion) to address the COVID-19 the economy, which has been tional Institute of Statistics) period.In addition, employ- tion payments to companies aside “to support businesses emergency and encourage severely hit by the lockdown showed consumption has ers calling back workers, who for all of their employees (and based in the historic centres economic recovery. measures imposed to curb the partially resumed in June al- were put on redundancy in not just for new hiring) starting of 29 cities across Italy that are The decision on the ex- coronavirus.A fi rst 25-billion- ready, and this was possible the previous months due to from October 1.Among other particularly devoted to inter- tra spending had been taken euro decree had been passed also thanks to the previous the COVID-19 crisis, will be al- provisions, the package in- national tourism,” Conte said by Prime Minister Giuseppe in March, and a second worth measures delivered.”The new lowed a 100 per cent cut of so- cluded extra funding for public in the press conference, not Conte’s cabinet in a previous 55 billion euros in May.“The stimulus measures contained cludes an 18-week extension cial contribution payments for schools reopening in Septem- specifying the total amount of meeting on July 23 and autho- decree aims at supporting in the 103-article decree in- of public funding for workers four months.A specifi c mea- ber under anti-COVID safety the fund. OWNER PUBLISHER PRINTED BY BUCHI BABU, VUPPALA, PRINTED BY. THANMAYEE PRINTERS #17-1-469/A/42/23, ADARSH NAGAR, SAIDABAD, HYDERABAD-59, PUBLISHED FROM: #17-1-469/A/42/23, ADARSH NAGAR, NEAR UNIQUE GRAMMER SCHOOL, SAIDABAD, HYDERABAD-59, T.S.EDITOR. BUCHI BABU VUPPALA. RNI.NO.APENG/29225/2009. E-MAIL: [email protected] SPORTS 7 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 9 SUNDAY, AUGUST, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad Tendulkar, Sehwag lead Happy birthday Roger Federer: Bumrah’s action makes it difficult for wishes after Chahal Swiss great turns 39 his back to hold up, feels Akhtar Zurich, Aug 8 (UNI)Twenty- 2003 Wimbledon to the 2020 New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI)Former announces engagement time Grand Slam champion Australian Open, Federer, Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Roger Federer turned 39 on Nadal and Djokovic have Akhtar felt that Jasprit Bumrah Saturday. The Swiss has been won 56 out of the 67 Grand will find it difficult to sustain at the top of his sport for nearly Slam titles. It was in 2016 that himself in all formats of the game two decades, first breaking Federer dropped out of the due to his unique action. Bumrah into the top 10 of the world top 10 for the first time since averages in the early 20s in all rankings in October 2002 and entering it after pulling out of formats of the game and has 68 becoming number one for the the 2016 Rio Olympics and the wickets in Tests alongwith 104 in first time in February 2004. rest of the season to recover ODIs and 59 in T20Is. “Bumrah Federer turned professional in from a knee injury. has a difficult action. He cannot 1998 and holds the record for titles at the grass court Grand It came at the back of a play in all formats,” said Akhtar on most consecutive weeks spent Slam. He is also one of eight drought of four years without Aakash Chopra’s Youtube show at the top of the rankings (237) men and one of five in men’s a Grand Slam, leading to many Aakash Vani. “It is his braveness and the most weeks as world singles to have achieved a to speculate that Federer’s that he showed his skills in New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI)Fabled no.1 in total (310). He has also Career Grand Slam. For much illustrious career may finally Test matches. He is a very hard opening pair of batting greats won 20 Grand Slam singles of the early 2000’s, Federer’s be coming to an end. He only working guy and is very focused. Sachin Tendulkar and Virender titles, the most in history for dominance was almost went on to gain a second win He knows where he wants to go. bowler in the world when India Sehwag joined hands once again, a male player and holds the unquestioned. The entry the next year, winning the But will his back support him. Till beat Australia Down Under in the this time to bless Yuzvendra record for reaching the most of Rafael Nadal and Novak Australian Open after coming when will his back withstand that 2018/19 series. However a stress Chahal after the India leg-spinner number of Grand Slam finals Djokovic into the picture led into the tournament with a much load. It had to break down.” fracture to his back had led to him announced his engagement with (31). to a rivalry between the three ranking of 17. He beat arch- Bumrah burst into Test cricket being ruled out of what would choreographer and YouTube He is the most successful that has continued well into rival Nadal, who himself was with sensational performances have been his maiden Test series personality Dhanashree Verma. player of all time in the twilight years of their coming back from career- in the 2018 series in South Africa in India ahead of the South Africa Chahal also announced the Wimbledon, having won eight respective careers. From the threatening injury troubles. and was being called the best fast series in 2019. news on social media. “We said “Yes” along with our families #rokaceremony,” he said in his Eng v Pak 1st Test: Woakes, Buttler lead hosts to thrilling 3-wicket win caption to a picture of the couple from the ceremony on his social Manchester, Aug 8 (UNI) Woakes’ bat off the two-over old their respective half centuries. in consecutive overs against Pakistani shoulders drooped. But lifted some of the pressure that the media handles. “Congratulations Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler led second new ball that went between When Pakistan captain Azhar Ali Buttler and Woakes off Yasir and the twist came in the very next hosts may have been under with @yuzi_chahal & Dhanashree! England to an extraordinary three- the Pakistani slip cordon to the pulled his field back to restrict the Shadab respectively. Eventually, over with Buttler missing a reverse a four off the second ball he faced Wishing you both all the best wicket win over Pakistan in the boundary to bring up the winning flow of boundaries, the batsmen Mohammad Rizwan’s chatter from sweep off Yasir and the ball hitting against Shadab Khan. for the new innings,” Tendulkar first Test between the two sides at runs. It was Buttler and Woakes’ started taking more singles and kept behind the stumps indicated that his pads. The fielding side went up Pakistan took the new ball as wrote on Twitter. “Waah @yuzi_ Old Trafford on Saturday. Finding counter knock that stopped the the pressure on the fielders. Pakistan were looking to see out the in appeal and the umpire raised his soon as it was available and it was chahal! Aapda ko avsar mein themselves at 117/5 while chasing Pakistani charge in the second The 100-run stand between the old ball but the steady flow of singles finger. Buttler took one of the three Shaheen Afridi who took it first badal daala. Congratulations,” a target of 277, Woakes and Buttler’s session. The visitors looked capable pair came up in 123 balls but then as meant that England’s deficit kept reviews England had left. The delay up. He came closest when Woakes Sehwag said in a tweet. ballistic 139-run stand for the of finishing the match within the the required runs went below 50, the reducing with each passing over. it took for the producers to load up inside-edged an outswinger onto “Mubarakaaaa,” replied former seventh wicket brought England first hour of the third session when run rate also went down. With that, With three overs to go for the the ball tracker after checking for his pads but that was followed India all-rounder Irfan Pathan on right back into the chase. England captain Joe Root, Dom the visitors started getting chances second new ball, Buttler gave an an edge didn’t help the collective by a no-ball, two runs and then a Chahal’s Twitter post. “Congrats Woakes hung on after Buttler’s Sibley, Ben Stokes and Ollie Pope all as well with Yasir getting an edge off impetus to England’s cause with a tension at Old Trafford and once it boundary by Woakes straight down brother. Wish both of you well,” dismissal throughout the see-saw fell in a short period. Woakes that bounced just in front of six off Shadab deep into the stands did come up, it upheld the umpire’s the ground. In the next over, Yasir’s former India opener Aakash final proceedings on Day 4. At the The pair continued their rampage Babar Azam at second slip. behind cow corner. England’s call and Buttler had to walk on 75 full delivery hit Broad on the toes Chopra also replied to Chahal on end, it was an outside edge off after Tea and both soon raced to Azhar then burnt two reviews deficit went into the 20s and the off 101 balls. Broad, who came next, plumb in front of the stumps. Twitter. Indian Premier League franchises Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians also wished Chahal. “Congratulations guys! Birmingham 2022 AIFF opens Indian club licensing Personal advise to Yuzi from the Kings: Surrender to the Queen, system for 2020-21 season otherwise checkmate only!” CSK launches competition to replied to Chahal’s tweet. New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI)The club prescribed fee for AIFF academy allow,” AIFF said. In the interest find mascot designer licensing administration of All accreditation for the 2020-21 of applicants who have submitted India Football Federation (AIFF) season is Aug 8.AIFF had said the application form and London, Aug 8 (UNI)Birmingham 5.“Birmingham 2022 will embrace has distributed the Club Licensing that the decision was taken after prescribed fee within the above- 2022 has launched a competition and champion youth, diversity, Application Pack (CLAP) to all the closely monitoring the situation mentioned timeline, the deadline for finding a child who will humanity and pride in the region clubs who are eligible to undergo in the country in the wake of for fulfilment of all formalities and design the official mascot for the and the Commonwealth, and we’re the Indian club licensing process the COVID-19 global pandemic completion of submissions for Commonwealth Games that will thrilled to invite children across for the 2020-21 season.Clubs will and in line with public health the AIFF academy accreditation be held in the city in two years. The the UK to create our mascot,” said have to confirm their intention to precautions and associated 2020-21 has been extended mascot will be ‘a global icon for the Birmingham 2022 chief executive undergo the Indian club licensing lockdowns adopted by the central to August 15, AIFF further Games’ and should ‘represent the Ian Reid.“The Games will be a true process for the 2020-21 season and state governments in the announced.“We are cognizant identity, heritage, and culture of the celebration of world-class sport and by submitting the signed copy of country. “We are cognizant that that the COVID-19 situation is Commonwealth Games, Birmingham any other person involved in the culture and aims to leave a lasting the club licensing agreement on the COVID-19 situation is still still developing and will continue and the West Midlands.’ competition or the organisation positive impact. or before July 24, said AIFF in a developing and will continue to follow government advice to The competition is open only to of the Birmingham 2022 “Our mascot will become an statement.The AIFF had earlier to follow government advice to keep the situation under review. children who are residents of the Commonwealth Games or relatives international icon for the Games, and announced that it had decided keep the situation under review. We will explore different options United Kingdom aged between 5 of such a person are not eligible to this is a great opportunity for children, that the deadline for clubs We will explore different options for completing the accreditation and 15 years. “Staff members or submit an application,” it said.The parents and teachers nationwide to and academies to submit their for completing the accreditation process when the conditions relatives of Birmingham 2022 or closing date for entries is August take part. application form along with the process when the conditions allow,” AIFF said. Subrata was everywhere against Australia in 2011, says Cahill

New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI) he is second to none.” remember the game so vividly. feel like you’ve been friends the Socceroos won that match international media. up to the Indian dressing room Everton legend Tim Cahill has “The title ‘Spiderman’ that He was everywhere. In the end, with him for 15 years. When he 4-0 (and Cahill scored a “Seven years after that game after the game and asked the lauded Subrata Paul’s work he got in the game against us we shared a chat and we still was with us at Jamshedpur FC, brace), it was Paul who earned he came to Jamshedpur to play latter to swap shirts with him. ethic and commitment which and obviously all the games talk about the game when we he used to take care of everyone international acclaim after that in the ISL. When he joined the “We had lost the match. But he believes enabled India’s that he played in 2011 Asian are together,” Cahill’s message from the senior boys, to the game, for the stunning saves camp and we met each other later he came into our dressing veteran goalkeeper to stay at the Cup was because he was on the read. junior boys, the kitman, and all that he had pulled off. and shook hands, Tim said to room. I was taken aback when top of his game all throughout. top of his game because of his Subrata described Cahill as others,” Paul said. On meeting Paul for the me, �I remember you, mate.’ he wanted to swap shirts. In a live chat with AIFF TV work ethic. I was lucky enough a down-to-earth person, who Before they played for first time in seven years after I was really lucky to have played Generally, I don’t swap shirts featuring Paul, Cahill sent to have played with him in takes care of everyone in and Jamshedpur FC in the Indian the game, Cahill instantly alongside him,” said Paul. because I hold the national in a message from Australia Jamshedpur. He was always around the team. Super League (ISL), Paul and recognised the man who Aussie goalkeeper Schwarzer, team jersey in high esteem. saying: “Off the park, one working tirelessly, before and “Tim’s dedication is Cahill had met each other when had guarded India’s citadel who was at that time playing for But when a global star like him of the best things about after training, always,” Cahill incredible. But what makes him India faced Australia in their and delivered a performance Premier League side Fulham, came up to swap shirts, I was him is his commitment and said. “For all the youngsters, great is that he is such a down- opening game of the 2011 AFC only to be nicknamed was so captivated by Paul’s on cloud nine,” Paul said in the professionalism. In the game, I think he is a great example. I to-earth guy. He’ll make you Asian Cup in Qatar. Although �Spiderman’ by the performance that he walked live chat. Baden, Vilnius to host beach US OPEN RESTRICTIONS MAKES PARTICIPATION RISKY: THIEM volleyball this summer New York, Aug 8 (UNI)Austrian in the US Open or not this year. World No.3 Dominic Thiem said Djokovic said that the upsurge in Luxembourg City, According to FIVB, the as the FIVB aims to ensure that the restrictions that are in cases in the US does not spell well Aug 8 (UNI)The FIVB Strandbad in Baden is one the safe return of beach place for players in this year's US for the US Open."I still haven't and European Volleyball of Austria's most popular volleyball events.Baden Open makes it extremely risky to decided whether I will play in Confederation (CEV) have destinations for beach had been due to host one of participate in the Grand Slam. the US Open. The upsurge in confirmed that a mens volleyball teams and has the three events scheduled The US Open is set to be held from registered Covid-19 cases in the and womens 1-star event been home to several for the second stage of August 31 to September 13 amid US and New York in particular will be taking place from prestigious international the CEV Continental a slew of restrictions on player are not playing into the event's August 20 to 23 at the competitions over the Cup, but these were all movements and the number of hands," he said.Former World Strandbad venue in Baden, past decade.The Baden postponed until the spring people that accompany them to No.1 Andy Murray however said Austria, while international 1-star event will take place of 2021 in light of the global the venue and on court."Three or that he will be taking part. "I would competition will return to almost two and a half coronavirus pandemic. four people must be allowed. It go and play provided that we are Vilnius, Lithuania with a weeks after the completion Meanwhile, the Lithuanian would be extremely risky to travel given the assurance that it'll be 1-star event of their own of the 1-star World Tour Volleyball Federation (LTF) without your own physio. You in an interview with Krone.Earlier said that he is undecided on safe to go," Murray was quoted as from September 10-13. stop in Ljubljana, Slovenia has confirmed. need a coach on-site," Thiem said World No.1 Novak Djokovic had whether he wants to participate saying by Daily Mail. ENTERTAINMENRT 8 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 9 SUNDAY, AUGUST, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad

VIDYUT JAMMWAL : FRIENDSHIP IS THE ONLY CEMENT engali actress Anin- ANINDITA BOSE OPENS UP ON WORKING dita Bose, who plays THAT HOLDS THE WORLD TOGETHER B a pivotal in the up- IN WEB SERIES 'MAFIA' free-spirited.This unforgettable coming web series "Ma- an ensemble cast? "Stand- story about friendship will defi - fia", says a big reason why ing out or being overshad- nitely trigger a lot of emotions. she was enthused to take owing is never my point of All of us shared a great bond on up the show is because concentration.I prefer to the set, which translates natu- she has loved playing the be part of the process in rally on screen.""Gully Boy" game Mafia since she was the group. For instance, famed Vijay Varma mentioned: a college kid. 'Mafia' is a show about six "It is a story of four notorious "I have been playing Ma- friends.My character Neha criminals and time will test their fia since my college days. has to be part of the group, friendship. That's how the nar- So, it holds a sense of nos- the sync between all the rative of the fi lm is shaped. The talgia, takes me to those characters has to be there timing with Friendship Day is happy days. When the sto- not only in the script but perfect!" ry was narrated to me by also in my performance. The story of the Tigmanshu (creators) Rohan Ghose) So the idea was never to ith their next fi lm that holds the world together. Dhulia fi lm is set in North In- and Arirta (Sen), it really outshine my co-actors," "Yaara" scheduled ‘Yaara' is a story of friends dia, shows the rise and fall of a intrigued me. That apart, she replied. Wfor a July 30 release, growing up together and their group of four friends who rustle this is the first time I have She added: "What to mark World Friendship Day, journeys." operations across the Indo-Ne- got a chance to be part of a was challenging for me, actors Vidyut Jammwal, Amit Amit added: "The fi lm is ex- pal border. physiological thriller," An- though, was the fact that Sadh, Shruti Haasan, Vijay tremely close to my heart. It Sharing her experience of indita told IANS. Neha is quite transparent Varma, Kenny Basumatary and gives a new meaning and out- working with Dhulia, Shruti About the show, she lets in the beginning. Sanjay Mishra are excited. look to what describes a bond said: "Tigmanshu sir has been a on: "It is a mystery drama story of each character is Dhanania, Isha M. Saha She is the most black- Talking about how he values between friends. The characters fantastic guiding force through- that turns into a physi- unveiled, another game and Madhurima Roy in and-white character friendship in life, Vidyut said: are really living their true self out. This is a tale that will take ological thriller, and it in- begins.""Mafia" also fea- pivotal roles.Is it tough for among the others, who are "Friendship is the only cement in the movie and everyone is you on an emotional ride. volves six friends. As the tures Namit Das, Tanmay an actor to stand out amid all quite grey.

CENTRE MOVES SC TO MAKE IT PARTY TO RHEA'S PROBE TRANSFER PLEA SRIDEVI

he Centre has moved by Bollywood actor Rhea it a party in this case. The CBI inquiry into the case. He the Mumbai Police must STARRER 'MOM' an impleadment ap- Chakraborty, for transfer of Department of Personnel had submitted before Justice submit its records of inves- Tplication in the Su- investigation in the case con- and Training, which issued Hrishikesh Roy that the no- tigations done so far. "We TURNS THREE preme Court, seeking to be nected with death of Sushant the notifi cation for the CBI tifi cation for the Central Bu- want to know what Mumbai made a party to the plea, fi led Singh Rajput from Bihar to probe, said it is a necessary reau of Investigation probe police have done so far," said ate Bollywood super- Mumbai.The Centre said party in the case.On August will be issued soon, prefer- Justice Roy.The counsel for star Sridevi's last fi lm BRAD PITT the impleadment is in the 5, Solicitor General Tushar ably by the end of the day.In the Maharashtra government L"Mom" turned three interest of justice and would Mehta informed the Su- the last hearing on the mat- opposed the CBI probe and years on Tuesday. The fi lm not cause prejudice to any preme Court that the Centre ter, the top court, in its order, argued that it is the Mumbai BOARDS of the parties in the transfer has, in principle, accepted gave three days to all parties Police that is authorised to petition, fi led by Rhea, and the recommendation by the to put on record their respec- investigate under the CrPC. 'BULLET urged the apex court to make Bihar government to order a tive stand. It also noted that Counsel also said that the Bi- TRAIN' KIARA ADVANI MIRA TO SHAHID : MAKES MOST OF EVERY SUNSET I FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU MORE EVERY DAY ctress Kiara Advani has Kiara's new Instagram image the love of my life be my been soaking in the mel- sees her enjoying the sunset at a best friend.Thank you for Alow sun lately, going by swimming pool. everything, for being my released on July 7, 2017. her latest social media post. "Making the most of every strength and for walking Sridevi's husband, producer sunset ," she captioned the im- through everything to- Boney Kapoor, tweeted: "How age, which currently has over 1.3 gether, hand in hand. I time fl ies.....it's 3 years since million likes on the photo-shar- love you," she wrote. the release of Mom. Will ing website. Mira and Shahid got always be remembered for Kiara has several films lined married in 2015 in Delhi the National award winning ollywood super- up in the coming months. She and had their first child, performance of @SrideviBKa- star Brad Pitt will stars in the comedy film "Indoo daughter Misha, in 2016. poor. And the entire cast and Hbe leading David Ki Jawani". Two years later, their teams stellar performance Leitchs upcoming assas- She will also be seen opposite second child, son Zain, and hard work." sin action thriller "Bullet Sidharth Malhotra in "Sher- was born. Directed by debutant Ravi Train".Based on the popu- shaah", which is based on the In her post, Mira also Udyawar, the fi lm revolves lar Japanese book "Maria life of Param Vir Chakra recipi- reminded Shahid how around Sridevi, as a mother Beetle" by Kotaro Isaka, ent army captain Vikram Batra. ctor Shahid Ka- beautiful family. There's wives are always right. who sets out to avenge a "Bullet Train" is about a She has also has "Bhool Bhulai- poor's wife Mira nobody I'd rather be on "You make me laugh crime committed against group of hitmen and assas- yaa 2". A Rajput has penned this journey called life like no one else. her teenage step-daughter. sins with confl icting mo- The film is a follow-up of a note for her hubby on than you my love. And more often than "Mom" was Sridevi's fi nal tives on a train in Tokyo, "Bhool Bhulaiyaa", directed by their fifth marriage anni- I fall in love with you not I'm laughing at you. fi lm before her death in Feb- reports hollywoodreporter. Priyadarshan and released in versary on Tuesday. more every day. Please don't forget. ruary, 2018.Sridevi posthu- com. 2007. The original film was an "5 years, 4 souls, 3 " And I'm the luckiest Wife is always right. mously won a National Award The project is being ton- homes, 2 babies and 1 girl in the world to have And the three golden as Best Actress for her role in ally described as "Speed", the Keanu Reeves-starrer SIDHARTH MALHOTRA HONOURS KARGIL HERO VIKRAM BATRA ON HIS ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY set on a bus, meets "Non- Stop", the Liam Neeson ctor Sidharth Mal- making his Hindi debut with lived with him, his family about his heroic stories thriller set on a plane. hotra, who will soon this film,” he added. Sidharth or have known him person- from newspapers and arti- According to sources, Aplay Kargil hero will bring Batra's story alive ally, you feel an immense cles. When you meet people Pitt will be essaying the Vikram Batra on the big in the film "Shershaah". The kind of pressure. First, you who have lived with him, role of American hitman screen, has paid a tribute to film chronicles the story of hope to do justice to his his family or have known named Ladybug.The script the martyr on his 21st death Captain Vikram Batra, who personal life and family,” him personally, you feel an is being written by Zak anniversary."Salute to the sacrificed his life for the said Sidharth.”It’s some- immense kind of pressure. Olkewicz with Leitch over- Indian army for their undy- country in 1999.The proj- thing that is very close to First, you hope to do jus- seeing revisions. ing service to the nation and ect is special to Sidharth. my heart. Maybe in the tice to his personal life and The project is a con- To our Kargil hero #Vikram- "If I had the means then the future (he will produce family," said Sidharth."It's tained thriller, which Batra who laid down his life Vikram Batra film would films)," the "Student of the something that is very close means it can be shot on a today, 21 years ago," Sid- have been produced by me Year" actor had earlier told to my heart. It's like a passion contained set -- falling in harth tweeted on Tuesday. but because it is made on IANS.The Kargil hero was project. It's being directed by sync with the health re- It’s like a passion project. such a massive scale and I posthumously awarded the Vishnu Varadhan, who is a strictions in the Covid era. It’s being directed by Vishnu am not well equipped (he Param Vir Chakra, India's prolific director from south. The studio plans to shoot Varadhan, who is a prolific is not producing it). When highest war-time gallantry He is making his Hindi debut the movie later this year. director from south. He is you meet people who have award."Everyone knows with this film," he added.

tell you in person! DEEPIKA CALLS HUBBY I Love You! #happybirth- day,” Deepika wrote the im- age, which currently has a RANVEER CENTRE OF whopping 2.5 million likes on the photo-sharing website. HER UNIVERSE Deepika and Ranveer started dating while fi lming “Goliyon n her latest Instagram post, is seen making a champagne Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela” in Deepika Padukone has toast. Along with the picture, 2012. The two were later seen Iturned on the mush factor she left a love note.”The light sharing screen space in “Ba- for hubby Ranveer Singh, who of my life. The centre of my jirao Mastani” and “Padmaa- turned 35 on Monday. universe. I wish you good vat”.The couple tied the knot Deepika posted a black and health and peace of mind in in 2018 at the picturesque Lake white picture where the couple abundance.As for the rest, I’ll Como in Italy. THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES GGreaterreater HyderabadHyderabad 9 SUNDAY, AUGUST, 2020 PAGES-8 Proactive policies needed to attract investments into country: Minister KTR

Hyderabad Aug 8: IT one of the largest pools profi tability to farmers, and Industries Minister K of technology workforce technology for digital ed- T Rama Rao on Saturday across the globe and had ucation, online retail, and made a strong pitch for gained a signifi cant lead robot deliveries. proactive policies to at- in the industry over the Pointing out that 5G will tract investments into the last two decades. “The play a very critical role, country, particularly in pandemic acts as a perfect Rama Rao said India was these pandemic times. platform to strengthen very well capable of devel- “Bold reforms are the our position in the sec- oping a cost-effective and need of the hour for the tor,” he said, adding that swiftly deployable 5G so- country, and we need to with a median age of lution. “This is crucial and design proactive policies 26.8 years, India had the will go miles in strength- to encourage companies youngest workforce in the ening our position as a to invest in India,” the world which will play an technology leader in the Minister said, in his key- important role during this world,” he added. The note address at the on- phase of acceleration. Minister also stated that line session on ‘Reinvent- The Minister, highlight- Telangana had already ing Technology in India ing the three “Is” mantra, fast-tracked the imple- – Combining the Best of said: “What India needs mentation of several use Local and Global Talent, today is innovation, infra- cases-based on advanced Innovation and Capital’ introduced a best in class technology in a way nev- The Minister, who has structure, and inclusive technologies such as AI, held as part of CII Indi- Electric vehicles policy on er seen before and has been consistently saying growth.” He also spoke Drone, Blockchain, and aAt75 Summit. Thursday, Rama Rao said: helped accelerate our ap- that the country should about the importance of Cloud. IT and Industries Stating that the Telan- “The disruption caused proach towards remote position itself to tap the use of technology in vari- Principal Secretary Jayesh gana government had, as by Covid-19 pandemic working and implementa- potential in the post Co- ous sectors such as the Ranjan was also present a step in this direction, has forced us to embrace tion of digital solutions.” vid period, said India has agritech sector to increase during the session. Covid curve may flatten by Sept-end in TS, say Health officials Hyderabad Aug 8: The ongo- the end of August, the outbreak (DME), Dr. K Ramesh Reddy, tals, right from primary health ing Covid-19 pandemic curve could weaken in Hyderabad. At also had a word of caution for centres to tertiary hospitals in could fl atten out and end in the moment, cases are rising in the general public, as these the State. We expect private Hyderabad by the last week of districts such as Rangareddy, drugs are still classifi ed as ‘in- hospitals in Telangana also August and in Telangana by Medchal and Warangal. Based vestigational therapies’ by the to follow the same protocols the end of September, health on our estimates, we are hop- Ministry of Health and Fam- and guidelines for standardi- authorities said on Saturday. ing that by the end of Septem- ily Welfare and there were still sation of treatment,” Dr.Rao Director of Public Health Dr G ber, the Covid-19 pandemic question marks over their ben- said. To build the confi dence Srinivasa Rao at a media inter- would have run its course in the efi ts for Covid-19 patients. of general public, the State action on Saturday said: “There State.” Senior health offi cials “We have established clear- has stocked close to 25,000 are encouraging signs, as Co- said that all efforts were being cut treatment protocols and Remdesivir injections in all vid-19 positive cases are on the made to control the fatality rate guidelines on treating Co- districts. “These drugs are not decline in areas under GHMC. due to Covid-19 and expensive been stocked in all the district Dr. Srinivasa Rao along with vid-19 positive patients at all meant for all and yet, we have Our estimates suggest that by drugs such as Remdesivir have hospitals in the State. However, Director of Medical Education levels of government hospi- acquired 25,000. 9 SSUNDAY,UNDAY, AAUGUST,UGUST, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 2 POLICE CONDUCTED RAIDS AT Advanced glycation end-products HMDA UPPAL AND APPREHENDED 40 MEMBERS impair renal function

Hyderabad, Aug.8 (UNI): Glucose is an es- Dr. Anil Pasupulati’s group in the School of Life Sci- sential nutrient for the cells, however excess glu- ences, University of Hyderabad (UoH) in collaboration cose in the human body is implicated in several with Dr. Bhanuprakash Reddy at the National Institute complications and dam- age to various organs of Nutrition (NIN) to investigated the role AGEs in dam- including the kidney. It aging the podocytes in the kidney which serve as gate- is known that diabetic patients have elevated keepers to prevent protein loss into the urine. blood glucose levels. In a recent study, Dr. Anil Pasupulati’s group ids and forms several signaling is necessary Interestingly, inhibition in the School of Life Sci- toxic molecules known only during embryogen- of Notch signaling pre- ences, University of as Advanced-Glycation esis and this signaling vented AGEs mediated Hyderabad (UoH) in End-products, popularly remains inactive in adult podocyte damage and collaboration with Dr. known as AGEs which kidneys. prevented proteinuria. Bhanuprakash Reddy at can alter the structure It was shown that el- This study shows that the National Institute of and function of biomol- evated blood AGEs, and AGEs impose undesir- Nutrition (NIN) to inves- ecules. Glycated hemo- HbA1c (glycated hemo- able effects on human tigated the role AGEs in globin, commonly re- globin) correlate with biology, particularly they damaging the podocytes ferred to as HbA1c, is a activation of Notch sig- impair renal function. in the kidney which serve good example of AGE. naling in podocytes from Furthermore, drugs that as gate-keepers to pre- AGEs are believed to ab- diabetic patients. Injec- inhibit Notch activation vent protein loss into the errantly activate cellular tion of glucose-derived could be a treatment op- urine. They have report- signal transduction and AGEs into mice also re- tion for patients with dia- (TSIT BUREAU ) on Saturday Uppal police conducted raids at HMDA Uppal and ed that glucose-derived implicate pathology of sulted in the activation of betic nephropathy. surrounding areas and apprehended as many as (40) respondents and booked AGEs activate diabetic complications Notch signaling in podo- This work is published 2 cases against riders, (7) boozing cases, (20) MV act cases and (11) without Excess glucose non- including diabetic cata- cytes. Podocytes in which in the British Medical mask cases. Summoned the respondent parents and made counseling by Y. enzymatically reacts ract, retinopathy, and Notch signaling gets acti- Journal-Diabetes Re- Narasimhareddy ACP Malkajgiri SHO N. Ch. Rangaswamy, SI N. Jayaram and staff with proteins and lip- nephropathy, they said. vated detach from glom- search & Care (BMJ- Notch eruli and are lost into DRC). Rajkishor, the lead signal- the urine. Since enough author of this study is a In forthcoming election BJP will prove: B.Janardhan ing in number of podocytes fi nal year Ph.D. student the are not there to prevent working in Anil’s labora- Reddy Chevella parliamentary incharge podo- protein loss, these AGEs- tory at the School of Life cytes. injected mice developed Sciences, University of TSIT bureau Notch signifi cant proteinuria. Hyderabad. Hyderabad,August 8::BJP Senior leader and chevella parliamentary constituency in charge B.Janardhan Reddy LB Nagar MLA Sudhir Reddy, said that in the forth com- ing general elections BJP will kin tested positive prove its capacity on Thursday in marpally mandal BJP man- TSIT BUREAU dal branch offi ce inaugurated Hyderabad, Aug.8): TRS MLA from along with the district unit LB Nagar segment Sudhir Reddy president Mr,Prasad Rao be- and his family members were test- fore that beside the bus stand ed positive for Corona, according unveiled the party fl ag ,after to information. Sudhir Reddy wife, wards Janardhan Reddy ad- two sons and a cook were report- dressed the media Presided edly tested positive. Several lead- by Banne Mallesh Yadav of parliamentary seats in this particular after pressur- In this programme District ers of the TRS and other parties are family members, drivers and gun- Janardhan Reddy said that in telangana state. ized and involvement of the president Prahalada Rao ,Na- falling victims to corona positive men and staff. The doctors suggest- the last general elections KCR He added, Union government covid test tional council member Mad- and recovered so far in the state of ed home isolation for them. Sudhir exhibited over enthusiasm to BJP leader said that in the have been increased he said hava Reddy,State Executive Telangana. The MLA who has been Reddy and family members are gain sixteen out of sixteen par- telangangana covid cases He suggested to the party work- member shivaRaj,District active in development programs for now under monitor by the doctors. liamentary seats but confi ned day by day blooming but not ers strengthen the party cadre secretary pandu,offi cial rep- quite some time in LB Nagar seg- They are likely to be recovered soon to nine parliamentary seats even curb measures handling assured that will available to resentative srikanth,Rajender ment is infected with the Covid-19. as bring treated for the Corona. The BJP gained four seats he said by the government to hid- each and every party worker Reddy,Rameshwer The doctors conducted tests and state is witnessing steep rise in pos- and proved the effi ciency and ing the covid cases in lower twenty four hours available Reddy,Raghupathi found them to have infected with itive cases with reverse migration of also in the forth coming elec- scale cases are registering not to resolve any sort of prob- Yadav,women executive vi- the corona. With this the doctors people from Hyderabad to villages tion they will grab lion share doing full-fl edged tests. In lem if it is come to his notice mala conducted similar tests to MLA and districts. 9 SSUNDAY,UNDAY, AAUGUST,UGUST, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 3 Health lessons for Telangana govt school students

Hyderabad Aug 8: Govern- cording to officials, the schools ment run and aided schools must undertake sanitisation in the State will soon have a and disinfection on a regular ‘School Health Programme’ basis covering all areas of the aimed at ensuring the health of campus besides ensure airflow students and preventing dis- in indoor space. eases among them. The schools are also asked As part of the programme, to ensure basic wash facilities, health promotion activities, separate washrooms for girls health screening and preven- and boys, handwash stations, tive services besides documen- and safe drinking water facili- tation of health-related data ties. They were also asked to will be taken up. Students will ensure availability of essen- also be imparted appropriate tials like soap, hand sanitiser health education. or chlorine solution, and other According to the minutes of disinfection and the cleaning a recent meeting of the Proj- material in the school. ect Approval Board (PAB) of “This time, the School Samagra Shiksha for the aca- Health Programme, e-learn- demic year 2020-21, school ing and Covid-19 safety and health promotion activities department. The programme prevailing situation, e-learning female, in every school will security measures have been are to be implemented in all will be implemented once is being promoted. Training be appointed as ‘Health and incorporated into the PAB. In government and government- schools reopen after the gov- programmes for elementary Wellness Ambassadors’. These view of the prevailing situa- aided schools with close coor- ernment issues a notification and secondary schools will be teachers will be trained by the tion, e-learning is being pro- dination between the Ministry for the same. State officials conducted online this year. health department to transact moted. Training programmes of Health & Family Welfare, were asked to include health For 2020-21, a total of Rs 2,285 health promotion and disease for elementary and secondary Department of School Educa- sessions in the time-table and crore has been approved to- prevention in the form of in- schools will be conducted on- tion & Literacy, MHRD and in the regular curriculum for wards Samagra Shiksha which teresting activities for one hour line this year. For 2020-21, a the State School Education de- classroom teaching. “This includes 60 per cent share every week. total of Rs 2,285 crore has been partment. time, the School Health Pro- of the centre and 40 per cent In view of the Covid-19 pan- approved towards Samagra The PAB meeting was con- gramme, e-learning and Cov- State government’s share,” of- demic, the schools were also Shiksha which includes 60 per vened by the Department of id-19 safety and security mea- ficials said. To implement the asked to take up the sanitisa- cent share of the centre and 40 School & Literacy with offi- sures have been incorporated health programme, two teach- tion programme under the per cent State government’s cials of the School Education into the PAB. In view of the ers, preferably one male and composite school grant. Ac- share,” officials said. TS to roll out grievance redressal Depressed Couple From Telangana’s system through social media Khammam Takes Poison In Kodaikanal HYDERABAD Aug 8: De- the police after the couple did Hyderabad Aug 8: Writ- a common platform and uniform number. “The the call centre. The staff at pressed by financial distress not venture out of their house ing a letter to officials or ensure that grievances in proposed citizen call cen- the call centre will focus and coronavirus pandemic in- for well over two days. The po- making a telephone call all forms and modes are tre will provide a griev- on complaint or grievance duced unemployment, a cou- lice, who forced their way in- to the call centre for re- addressed in an effective ance management sys- registration, information ple from Khammam district in side, found both Gopikrishna dressal of grievances will manner. Tenders have tem wherein grievances gathering on implementa- Telangana committed suicide and Nandini dead with a sui- soon be a thing of the been already invited for that are received through tion of the schemes or re- in Kodaikanal of Tamil Nadu. cide note lying by their side. past. The people of the the Centralised Citizen email, online, call centre, dressal of the grievances, The two consumed poison to In the note, they cited crip- State can now simply post Call Centre and Grievance SMS and other means, obtaining suggestions or end their lives, the police said. pling financial state and job- their grievances on social Redressal System which is are logged into the griev- feedback from the citizens The couple, Bojadla Gopi- lessness as a result of the media platforms or send likely to go live within the ance redressal system. A for better functioning, and krishna and Evuri Nandini, COVID-19 pandemic as the a message through What- next two months. separate application for also pursue the issues with had been living in Kodaikanal reason for their extreme step. sApp and tag the officials Official sources said the grievance redressal sys- the officials concerned for as part of their professional In a heart-rending narration of concerned to get their dedicated, fully equipped tem is also being devel- timely action. “The calls commitments. Gopikrishna their tale of woes, the couple problems resolved. and integrated call cen- oped which will be pri- registered with the Citizen hailed from Mangalagudem of stated in the note that they After introducing tre is being established marily mobile based and Helpline shall be routed to Khammam Rural mandal. The don’t have money even to re- the e-Office system for to receive and answer integrated with the call the official concerned who two had been working in an IT charge their mobile phones. transparent and speedy calls from the public on centre,” a top official con- will have to resolve the is- firm in Kodaikanal. The two Both the wife and husband functioning of govern- various issues relating to firmed to Telangana To- sue within a stipulated time were in a relationship and later apparently lost their employ- ment departments, the services of various gov- day. Further, citizens can frame. The departmental got married before migrating ment under the impact of the IT Department is now ernment departments of track the status of their heads and other top offi- to Kodaikanal. According to coronavirus lockdown in the making efforts to create the State through a single complaints by contacting cials. news reports, locals informed country. 9 SSUNDAY,UNDAY, AAUGUST,UGUST, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 4 ‘Better management of Covid is saving lives’

Hyderabad Aug 8: Despite the going-up across the country but we We first started focussing on ac- daily rise in the number of Covid-19 are now able to manage the disease quiring knowledge about the dis- cases across the country, health well and are able to bring back sick ease. Our 13-member ICU team care workers especially senior doc- patients to normal and reduce the was led by pulmonologist and in- tors attending to Covid positive number deaths. tensivist Dr Chandana Reddy. patients directly are now able to At the beginning in March and The team essentially comprised manage the disease properly, which mid-April during the lockdown, senior pulmonologists and phys- played a major role in reduction of there were no established proto- ic who started to get themselves fatalities due to the virus in India, cols to deal with Covid-19. Lot of educated and study the disease. says Managing Director of Star people were dying with the disease As more information related to Hospitals, Dr Gopichand Mannam. in countries like Spain and Italy and Covid-19 came through various The renowned cardiothoracic the pandemic was starting to get in- sources including personal con- surgeon and Padma Shri awardee, tensive in the United States. tacts, published and unpublished who has done more than 25,000 Not many medications were study papers from China, South Ko- heart surgeries, while interacting available at that time and steroids rea and Singapore initially and later with ‘Telangana Today’ points out were not fully studied. Even the from western countries, our under- that better management protocols pathology of the disease like what standing of the diseases started to for Covid-19 patients are enabling to save the lives of Covid positive medical conditions. is the cause of the illness was not improve. On establishing a Covid doctors across Telangana to save patients. There will be a bit of strug- Rest of the patients, despite hav- known. Today, despite rapid spread block Luckily, we have two blocks lives of even critical patients with gle with Covid-19 positive patients ing symptoms and even suffering a of the disease, we have more under- and we had the intention to make severe Covid-19 symptoms. who have delayed their treatment bit of damage to the lungs, are re- standing of the disease and what is the B Block of Star Hospitals as an On disease pathology and have serious comorbid condi- covering in Telangana, which is a the cause for serious illness? We exclusive Covid block and also de- A vast majority of the health care tions like diabetes, hypertension, great positive development for all know it very well and that’s helping velop a Covid-19 laboratory. We al- facilities in Telangana are now able heart ailments or other pre-existing of us. The number of cases might be all of us. ready had an RT-PCR.

Telangana Ku Haritha Haram: ̎̍ per TSRTC rides high on parcel, cent target met Hyderabad Aug 8: With Telanga- cargo services na receiving more than the average rainfall, the progress under the sixth phase of “Telangana Ku Haritha Ha- Hyderabad Aug 8: The Telanga- ram” has only got better, with over na State Road Transport Corpora- 65 per cent of the targetted 30 crore tion’s efforts to increase its revenue saplings planted. While Kamareddy are yielding results with its recently topped the list overshooting the launched parcel, courier and cargo target set for districts by more than services (PCC) evoking an encourag- 10 per cent, the Civil Supplies De- ing response from customers. partment too crossed the target set Introduced on June 19, the PCC for departments. As per the For- services are being used for freight est Department’s report on Satur- transport, with the fi rst phase of the day, Kamareddy district saw 74.55 services made available from 147 bus lakh saplings being planted (i.e stations across the State including the 110.27%), followed by Warangal Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, Jubilee Rural 60.89 lakh saplings (105%), Bus Station and Rathifi le bus station in Medchal 97.74%, Bhadradri 97.73%, the city. According to offi cials, the fi rst Nizamabad 91.43%, Jagitial 85.88%, day of parcel and courier services had Yadadri 84.02%, and Mahbubnagar registered a revenue of Rs.15,000. This 80.73%. On the other hand, the has steadily grown to reach Rs.7 lakh GHMC area registered the lowest a day. Earlier, the RTC used to earn plantation at 29.63 per cent while Rs.2.3 lakh a day from private players the HMDA area improved its per- through these services. formance compared with July’s by KCR Directions cial Offi cer, Krishna Kanth, said the have 150 cargo transportation vehicles be charged as per the weight of the achieving 49.60 per cent, mainly be- Following the directions of Chief parcel and courier services were being and also 50 mini cargo vehicles,” said a parcel. Earlier, the charge for a parcel cause of the shortage of personnel Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to dispatched mostly in ordinary, express senior offi cial. weighing less than 10 kg was Rs.50 for with many preoccupied with coro- devise strategies on expanding par- and deluxe buses. At present, RTC is doing door deliv- a distance of 75 km. In the new fares, navirus-related works. Warangal cel, courier and cargo services, RTC “Once the interstate buses resume ery and pick up from select locations, if the parcel weight is between 0 and (Urban), Peddapalli and Nalgonda had begun working on improving services, our revenue could go up to which will also be extended to more 5 kg. it will be charged Rs.20 and if it are the other districts that achieved these services. It is now looking at ex- Rs.15 lakh a day,” he said. “We are places in the coming days. is between 6 kg and 10 kg, it will be less than the district average. Gov- panding services in parcel booking by currently operating parcel and courier Fares revised charged Rs.50. The charges of intra ernment departments that come contacting government departments, business at 147 bus station locations Recently, the RTC revised the fare and inter-state courier services have under the miscellaneous category non-governmental organisations and and will soon expand the business chart and divided it into 0 to 5 kg and also been reduced considerably, of- achieved 299.78 per cent. private companies. TSRTC’s PCC Spe- with 300 agents. In addition to this, we 6 to 10 kg categories. The fares will fi cials said. 9 SSUNDAY,UNDAY, AAUGUST,UGUST, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 5 Neha Dhupa reacts after Suchitra Krishnamoorthi calls her Karan Johar's bestie Actress Neha Dhupia has re- wife and mother and I have the acted to allegations by actress deepest regards for women Suchitra Krishnamoorthi that who can acknowledge that. she is a sycophant and the new #strongwomensupportstrong- best friend of fi lmmaker Karan women." Earlier, levelling her Johar. Suchitra had levelled the allegation, Suchitra had tweet- charges on her verifi ed Twitter ed: "Peeps its not #nepotismin- account. Responding to Suchi- bollywood one shld aggravate tra's charges, Neha tweeted against but chamchagiri. I mean on Saturday afternoon: "Dear how did #nehadhupia suddenly ma'am, this is possibly the get all these talk shows except most distasteful and disgrace- that she is #karanjohars new ful tweet I have ever read (trust bestie and #femina Missindia me I have read a lot) to reduce 2002!! - shes no blood rela- a friendship of many years, that tive or star kid is she." Suchitra you know nothing about speaks had posted another tweet on volumes of you and the time you Saturday clarifying her previ- have at hand. I am proud to be ous tweet. She wrote: "I knew i self-made... a proud daughter, would get trolled. Big B to Abhishek Bachchan: Welcome home Bhaiyu

Amitabh Bachchan is ecstatic afternoon I tested Covid-19 at the news of son Abhishek fi - NEGATIVE!!! I told you guys nally getting discharged from I'd beat this. thank you all for hospital after almost a month. your prayers for me and my Big B took to Twitter on Sat- family. My eternal gratitude to urday to welcome Abhishek the doctors and nursing staff home. "Welcome home Bhaiyu at Nanavati hospital for all that .. GOD IS GREAT," tweeted Am- they have done. THANK YOU!" itabh Bachchan from his veri- tweeted Abhishek Bachchan on fi ed account on Saturday after- Saturday, to confi rm his dis- noon. charge. "Abhishek tests negative for Amitabh and Abhishek Bach- CoviD .. discharged from Hos- chan had tested positive for Co- pital .. on his way home ..GOD vid- 19 on July 11 and had been IS GREAT.. thank you Ef and admitted to hospital. While Big well wishers for your PRAYERS," B was released on August 2, Ab- wrote the veteran actor in a hishek underwent treatment for separate tweet, addressed to another week till he tested nega- his fans. Big B's tweet came as a tive. Meanwhile, Aishwarya Rai response to his son's announc- Bachchan and daughter Aarad- ing on Twitter that he is getting hya were also hospitalised with discharged from hospital. the virus and discharged after a "A promise is a promise! This few days. 9 SSUNDAY,UNDAY, AAUGUST,UGUST, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 6 SUSHMITA SEN: 'AARYA' IS A PERSONAL WIN or Sushmita Sen, "Aarya" a character with many layers. In sea- didn't really help me grow a whole lot. is not just a professional son one we haven't even scratched the "So I never really discovered Sushmita choice, but a personal win. surface of the character and we have in a film. These 10 years made me an F"'Aarya' is a personal win. 5 seasons written. You can't imagine observer of life. While filming 'Aarya', It is amazing how much it has taken what's to come after." "For the first I had to no longer portray or project. I for me to transcend layers of disap- time in my career, and I say this with had to be. We were not allowed to use pointment and pat my own back and immense pride and love, when I look glycerin to cry or cut to add any sweat remind myself 'apna time aayega'," at 'Aarya' as a whole, it is very difficult and a feel. Every emotion had to be Sushmita said. for me to choose one scene. I have too portrayed then and there and the best The actress made her comeback with many moments in it that I sit there way you could reach the emotion was "Aarya", which delves into how organ- and I forget it's me and I say I love this to feel it," she said during a conversa- ised crime and betrayal run deep in a Aarya. She has got so many things that tion in "IMDb On the Scene". Directed family. It is about how her protagonist I have and so many things I wish I had. by "Neerja" fame filmmaker Ram Mad- Aarya is pulled into the narcotics busi- Aarya is not just a performance but a hvani, "Aarya" is an official adaptation ness when her family is threatened. soul," she added. Asked what were the of the popular Dutch crime drama "Pe- Talking about the success of the show, things she discovered about herself noza". The show is written by Sandeep she said: "The universe conspired for while making "Aarya", Sushmita said: Srivastav and Anu Singh Choudhary, this show to come my way. The script, "Every time I went on the set and es- and also features Namit Das, Jayant ace director Ram Madhvani and his sayed a character, it was a lot of pro- Kripalani, Sohaila Kapoor, Sugandha amazing team is a soul connect for me. jection rather than feeling. The kind of Garg, Vishwajeet Pradhan and Manish We think alike on many levels. Aarya is commercially inclined projects I did, Chaudhary.

Sunny Leone: Ayushmann Khurrana: I have been 'Another a cycling enthusiast all my life day in Covid ctor Ayushmann Khurrana is deter- paradise' mined to stay super fi t during the pandemic and has taken up cycling. AHe says he has been a cycling enthu- siast all his life. Ayushmann, who is currently in Chandigarh, said: "Maintaining fi tness is an extremely important aspect today, given the cri- sis we are engulfed in. We will need to fi nd our own fi tness regimes to stay fi t because it is very important. So, since I'm in Chandigarh spend- ing time with my family and parents, I decided to take up cycling." For Ayushmann, his cycling time is adding a much-needed balance to his daily routine. "I have been a cycling enthusiast all my life but my work schedule always pre- vented me from doing this. I am loving doing Actress Sunny Leone seems to be this now because it is not just helping me stay romancing the season of pandemic. fi t but it is also giving me the alone time to focus While most people continue to on things, ponder about life, and plan my way struggle to come to terms with the forward," he said. He added that cycling alone is realities of a year overburdened quite a meditative experience for him. "I can fo- by Covid-19, natural calamities, cus on one thing at a time and close those loops and fatal accidents, Sunny asserts in my head," he said. she is living in paradise -- only, it However, Ayushmann admits that he can't wait is "Covid paradise" for her. "Hello to be on the sets again and resume shooting my people! Another day in Covid his back-to-back fi lm projects. "I can't wait to paradise!! Blah!! Love ya!" she wrote start shooting and I'm missing being on the sets on Instagram, with a picture where bigtime. I'm ready to start shooting multiple she is seen sitting in a car. On Fri- things. As soon as the production teams fi gure day, Sunny and her husband Daniel out and lock on the safest ways to start work, I Weber took their three kids -- Nisha, will be back on the sets!" Noah and Asher -- to the fi re sta- tion to teach them about fi re safety. 9 SSUNDAY,UNDAY, AAUGUST,UGUST, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 7 There are currently 18 candidate vaccines in key clinical trials

New York, Aug 8(UNI) There infectious diseases, has expressed are currently 18 candidate vac- his concern over the sudden spike cines in key clinical trials globally of COVID-19 cases in the country, but despite encouraging prelimi- warning of the risk of a greater nary data coming from some re- outbreak if the latest surge is not search labs, a Covid-19 vaccine is controlled. India on Friday re- nowhere near while new corona corded the highest single-day cases are mounting in several spike of 20,903 cases, pushing the countries including in India. No total tally to 6,25,544. The death vaccines have yet started their count rose to 18,213. In China, large and critical Phase-III trials the military has received approv- in the US. Drug maker Moderna's al for using a Covid-19 vaccine Phase-III trial which was suppos jointly developed by its research ed to start from July 7 "will likely unit and CanSino Biologics Inc. start at the end of the month or The phase-I and phase-II clini- the beginning of August," reports clinical development and at-risk pharmaceutical major Moderan rolled and additional enrollment cal trials of the Ad5-nCoV were the CNN, citing an investigator manufacturing to maximize the is not far behind. WHO Chief Sci- of 10,000 participants is planned conducted in China. However, working on the Moderna vaccine opportunity for the rapid pro- entist Soumya Swaminathan said for the clinical trial. The ChAdOx1 the critical phase-III trials are yet candidate. duction of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine AstraZeneca's coronavirus vac- nCoV-19 vaccine has been li- to bear positive results. The US, Researchers at University of Ox- to prevent COVID-19 disease," cine candidate is currently the cenced to AstraZeneca. The sud- however, remains hopeful to have ford, however, said this week they the researchers wrote in a pre- most advanced vaccine in terms den surge in corona cases has left a Covid-19 vaccine available by have vaccinated 8,000 people in print paper repository which is of development. the scientifi c community gasping the end of the year or early next the UK as part of a Phase-III trial. yet to be peer-reviewed. US vac- AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vac- for fresh answers. The US Centers year. "FDA has given authorisa- Another Covid-19 vaccine can- cine maker Inovio also said this cine candidate, developed by for Disease Control and Preven- tion to proceed with clinical tri- didate called BNT162b1, being week that it's vaccine candidate researchers from the Oxford Uni- tion (CDC) on Thursday reported als for four separate vaccines and developed by US pharmaceuti- already has shown some positive versity, will likely provide protec- a new single-day record of CO- we've seen a number of vaccine cal giant Pfi zer and German bio- early data in a Phase 1 trial. After tion against the disease for one VID-19 cases in the US at 54,357. developers come forward -- dou- technology company BioNTech, saying that the world may have a year, the British drug maker's More than 2.7 million COVID-19 ble digit numbers -- so we have a has delivered some early positive Covid-19 vaccine within one year, CEO told Belgian radio station cases have been reported in the lot of different, if you will, shots data. "These clinical fi ndings for the World Health Organisation Bel RTL. The vaccine developed US with the fatalities surpassing on goal with respect to vaccines. the BNT162b1 RNA-based vac- (WHO) said late last month that at the Oxford Jenner Institute is 128,400, according to a tally by That's good news," US Food and cine candidate are encouraging UK-based AstraZeneca is leading currently on trial in the UK, where Johns Hopkins University. An- Drug Administration (FDA) com- and strongly support accelerated the vaccine race while US-based over 4,000 participants have en- thony Fauci, the top US expert in missioner Dr Stephen Hahn said. NASA wants SLS rocket boosters for 6 more Artemis missions

Washington, Aug 8 (UNI) NASA to make purchases as the details Center in Huntsville, Alabama. is taking steps towards build- of the full contract are fi nalised "The letter contract allows us ing Space Launch System (SLS) within the next year. to buy long-lead materials in solid rocket boosters to support Northrop Grumman is the cur- time for manufacturing boosters as many as six additional fl ights, rent lead contractor for the solid for the fourth fl ight." for a total of up to nine Artemis rocket boosters that will launch The twin solid rocket boosters, missions. the fi rst three Artemis missions, which are mounted on the side of The US space agency on Mon- including the mission that will the SLS core stage, will produce day said it will provide initial land the fi rst woman and next more than 75 per cent percent of funding and authorisation to man on the Moon in 2024. the thrust for each SLS launch. aerospace and defence technolo- "This initial step ensures that The boosters were based on the gy company Northrop Grumman NASA can build the boosters design of the space shuttle solid to order long-lead items to sup- needed for future Space Launch rocket boosters but include a fi fth port building the twin boosters System rockets that will be need- segment to produce the extra for the next six SLS fl ights. ed for the Artemis missions to ex- power needed to send the larger Under this letter contract, with plore the Moon," said John Hon- SLS rocket to space. "We're ready a potential value of $49.5 million, eycutt, SLS Program Manager at to process and stack the boosters Northrop Grumman will be able NASA's Marshall Space Flight for the Artemis I mission. 9 SSUNDAY,UNDAY, AAUGUST,UGUST, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 8 Telangana Reports ̊,̊̍̎ AP School Syllabus To Be Lessened New COVID-̉̑ Cases, By ̋̈-̌̈ Pc: Education Minister AMARAVATI Aug 8 As schools are set to reopen on September Crosses ̏̏,̈̈̈ Mark 5, the Andhra Pradesh educa- tion department has now de- cided to condense the syllabus by 30-40 per cent. Education minister Adimulapu Suresh said that the redesign will be undertaken considering the number of working days that are available. Speaking to a leading daily, he said that as already 90 days out of 222 working days have school students, and have to have online classes. As it is passed, and said that there launched Vidya Varadhi vehi- diffi cult for both teachers and would be no changes made cles to conduct classes across students to complete the en- in the pattern of the exams or the state. We understand that tire year’s syllabus in just six question paper format. "We as per the government’s de- months, we decided to con- have given syllabus-related cision, students in private dense the syllabus," Suresh HYDERABAD Aug 8: toll due to the dangerous (GHMC) region reported workbooks to government schools have not been able said, as quoted by the daily. The number of corona- coronavirus increased to 464 cases and it is fol- virus cases are increasing 615. A total of 1,091 peo- lowed by Warangal Ur- in Telangana. It has been ple have been discharged ban with 187 cases. There three days in a row where in the last 24 hours and are 138 coronavirus posi- Cyber crooks trap the state has added more now 54,330 people have tive cases in Medchal dis- than 2,000 cases. In the been recovered. The re- trict whereas Karminagar last 24 hours, a total of covery rate in the state is registered 101 cases. healthcare workers 2,256 coronavirus cases at 70.09%. In the last 24 hours, a have been reported in Currently, there are total of 23,322 samples Hyderabad Ag 8: Even while ex- Desk App and Inkwire App among Telangana taking the 22,568 active coronavi- for coronavirus have ploiting the fear of Covid-19 among others onto their phones so that they caseload to 77,513. rus cases in Telangana. been tested in the state. the public, fraudsters have now be- could fraudulently access their mo- According to the health A total of 15,830 people The total number of CO- gun training their guns on health pro- bile phones and withdraw money bulletin released by the are in either home or VID-19 samples tested fessionals including doctors, nurses from their bank accounts. state on Saturday re- institutional isolation till date is 5,90,306. In- and other emergency staff as well. “Sometimes fraudsters are send- ports that 65.6% of men where about 84% were dia recorded more than The situation, which has seen sev- ing phishing links to their targets and and 34.4% of women asymptomatic. Out of the 60,000 coronavirus cases eral health professionals lose lakhs cheating them to the tune of lakhs of have been affected by total 2,256 fresh cases, in the last 24 hours and of rupees from their accounts, has are busy in treating Covid-19 patients, rupees,” a cybercrime offi cial said. the coronavirus. With 14 the Greater Hyderabad the total cases crossed prompted Cyberabad Police Com- these cyber fraudsters are exploiting Cybercrime experts said a separate new fatalities, the death Municipal Corporation the 20 lakh mark. missioner VC Sajjanar to ask people the pressure on them to make them SIM card should be kept for all bank to have a separate phone number for share their bank and card details. The transactions and that the account de- Former MP, Senior Yellaiah (78) became the ed positive for coronavi- bank accounts and cash transactions. victims, who are unaware of the trap, tails should not be shared with any- latest political personal- rus on July 29th. Yellaiah According to offi cials, ever since the end up losing their money,” Sajjanar one. “The caller usually pretends to Congress Leader ity to succumb to CO- was a seven-time MP, lockdown began, there has been an said, adding that most of these cyber be a bank representative or someone Nandi Yellaiah Dies VID-19. He breathed his having been elected to increase in complaints lodged with fraudsters were found to be based in from the bank’s technical team. In Of COVID-19 last at 10:30 am on Satur- the Lok Sabha four times the Cyberabad Cybercrime police sta- Jamtara district of Jharkhand. Offi - most cases, the caller sounds profes- day at Nizams Institute of besides two stints as a tion related to ‘Know Your Customer’ cials said the fraudsters were instruct- sional and provides a convincing rea- HYDERABAD Aug 9: Medical Sciences (NIMS) Rajya Sabha member. A frauds, with the victims being mostly ing victims to download different son for calling the customer. After giv- Former MP and veteran where he was being treat- leader from the old guard doctors and healthcare professionals. remote access applications like Team ing a false sense of security, the caller Congress leader Nandi ed since the time he test- of the Congress party. “As doctors and health personnel Viewer – Quick Support App, Any tricks the victim.

representative from the Chief AP Govt Begins Process To Increase Ministers Offi ce will be mem- bers of the Committee to study Number Of Districts From 13 To 25 the restructuring of Districts in Andhra Pradesh while the Prin- AMARAVATI Aug 8: In order up to the district reorganisation A six-member commit- cipal Finance Secretary will act to bring administration closer plan. It was one of the election tee headed by Chief Secretary as the Convener, as reported by to people and to improve lives promises of the ruling YSR Con- Nilam Sawhney was consti- a news agency. The committee of people, the Andhra Pradesh gress to turn each parliamen- tuted on Thursday to study has been asked to submit the government on Friday has be- tary constituency into a new the various aspects involved. report within three months. gun the process for reorgan- district by dividing the existing Chief Commissioner of Land Chief Minister YS Jagan Mo- ising the districts in the state one as the present districts "are Administration, General Ad- han Reddy has directed offi - from 13 to 25. The state cabinet large in size and have become ministration Secretary (Ser- cials that the process should be had last month given a thumbs unwieldy to administer." vices), Planning Secretary, a completed by March 31, 2021.