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CAA WILL NOT BE IMPLEMENTED ONIONS NOW AT TEARS-INDUCING MIG 27 ROARS THROUGH THE RAHUL GANDHI DESERVES LIAR OF AS LONG AS I AM ALIVE: MAMATA RS 150/KG; IMPORTS UNDERWAY SKIES FOR THE LAST TIME THE YEAR AWARD, SAYS BJP est Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Friday said that as long as she is etail onion prices on Friday remained higher at up to Rs 150 per kg ndian Air Force (IAF) decommissions Mikoyan-Gurevich 27 (MiG-27), The BJP on Friday slammed Rahul Gandhi for his claim that the National Walive the CAA will not be implemented in Bengal. None can snatch Reven as the imported supplies have started arriving to boost the Ithe fighter aircraft that played a stellar role during the Kargil war with Population Register is a "tax" on the poor and said he is the "liar of the away the rights of the people of the country, like citizenship, the Trinamool domestic availability and check prices. In metros, retail Pakistan 20 years ago, on Friday when the last squadron of seven year" for his comments which have "embarrassed" people and his Congress supremo said at a programme here. Supporting the students' price of onion was ruling at Rs 120 /kg Kolkata, at planes roared through the skies for the last time. The fighter aircraft Congress party. Union minister Prakash Javadekar accused the Congress protest across the country against the contentious CAA, she Rs 102/kg in Delhi and Mumbai and at Rs took to the skies one last time at the Jodhpur of trying to fan instability in the country but asserted wondered why they can vote to elect a government on 80/kg in Chennai, as per the data airbase where the only IAF squadron that that people are with the government on the new turning 18 but not have the right to protest. "As long as I maintained by the consumer affairs operates the MiG 27 is based. The MiG-27, citizenship law and NPR.The NPR does not involve any am alive CAA will not be implemented in Bengal. No one ministry. In most cities, onion prices code named 'Bahadur' in India, has had an monetary transaction and its data is used to identify has to leave the country or the state. There won't be any were ruling at Rs 100/kg. In Itanagar, impeccable track record in its more than three the poor so that government welfare schemes could detention center in Bengal," Banerjee said. the bulb crop was at Rs 150/kg. decades of glorious service to the nation. reach the targeted people, he said. Govt keen on Vizag capital When Naidu walked but is not in a hurry straight into Jagan's trap elugu Desam Party chief His present strategy to cur- PNS n VIJAYAWADA N Chandrababu Naidu It is not media that will tail TDP will enable him to Tboasts of 40 years' expe- also gain the vote bank that Confusion over the location of rience in politics. Yet, of late decide the winner, it is until recently was with TDP. When new the state capital continued he has been fumbling to people. Remember, The move also leaves the field even after the Cabinet meeting respond to the strategic moves wide open for YSRCP to go in friendships are at the Secretariat in Velagapudi of YS Jaganmohan Reddy, what you are is not for large-scale poaching of struck or on Friday concluded. who succeeded him as important, but how you TDP leaders in Rayalaseema Chief Minister YS Andhra Pradesh Chief and North Coastal Andhra bonhomie Jaganmohan Reddy, who spoke Minister. are being understood regions on the ground that the ends 4 for about half an hour, Even with regard to the cru- by people is TDP is pro-Amaravati. expressed the view that cial issue of three capitals, After the expected exodus Amaravati could not be devel- Naidu could not get his party of leaders by 2024, TDP may oped by spending thousands of bigwigs to express a single was branded as 'Andhra party' not be in a position to give a crores. He told his Cabinet col- opinion. While Vizag MLA so that TDP would not have strong fight to the ruling leagues that if 10 per cent of Rs Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy chairs the Cabinet meeting on Friday. Ganta Srinivasa Rao openly any presence in Telangana. YSRCP. 1 lakh-crore required for con- supported the idea of having Acting on the same lines, Naidu must understand struction of Amaravati was cumstance that led to the gov- State and told them that at pre- Hyderabad," the Chief Minister executive capital at Jagan first announced three that it is only the party that spent on Visakhapatnam, it ernment taking such a deci- sent, it could not afford to is understood to have said. Visakhapatnam, another capitals proposal and ensured will keep things in place. He could be brought on par with sion. He is said to have con- spend over Rs 1 lakh-crore on Going by this, it appears that senior leader KE that TDP would get entangled has to protect his party first. Hyderabad. vinced the ministers that there construction of grand Capital the government is keen on Krishnamurthy welcomed set- in the controversy. Now, it is If the party is not listening to It is believed that the Chief was no need to shift the Capital in Amaravati. shifting the Capital but wants ting up of the High Court at understood that TDP is hell- him and if leaders are moving Minister briefed the Cabinet in haste. "If just 10 per cent of that to take its own time, until the Kurnool. bent on continuing the capi- on their will, he must realize ministers about the need to Jagan is learnt to have amount is spent on people of Amaravati are con- Although both are seen as tal at Amaravati. that the chances of his come- shift the Capital and his desire explained to his ministerial col- Visakhapatnam, we can have a vinced with its new plan and separate and individual opin- This will give huge oppor- back to power are remote. to affect the change by inform- leagues about the severe finan- full-fledged Capital city with their anger subsides. ions, the message that went to tunity to Jagan to limit TDP to He has to focus on strength- ing the public about the cir- cial crisis being faced by the world-class facilities like Continued on Page 3 people is that TDP itself is a Krishna and Guntur districts, ening party, rather than going Rahul Gandhi divided house when it comes which are presently seeing to Twitter or issuing press to airing opinions on Jagan's fierce protests for Amaravati. release every hour. shakes a leg proposal of three capitals.This Although it is unfair to change He has a great habit of with tribals Centre is exactly what Jagan wants to capital at this juncture, Jagan being in news every day. But in Raipur High-level committee to use to the hilt. sees bright future for YSRCP it is evenmore important to be 5 approves During the Telangana through the three capitals strategically correct. movement, TRS chief K move. As Jagan expected, It is not media that will construction of Chandrasekhar Rao had suc- Naidu walked into the trap decide the winner, it is people. look into Capital issue cessfully put all political par- straightaway. Remember, what you are is 6.5 lakh houses ties on the back foot so much It is only a matter of time not important, but how you PNS n VIJAYAWADA in the third week of January. so that they had no option before Jagan finally moves to are being understood by the The Information Minister PNS n NEW DELHI other than spelling out their Visakhapatnam and in the people is. In a tactful move to go ahead said Chief Minister YS stand on the formation of meantime, he would play all On that count, Jagan with its decision to shift the Jaganmohan Reddy wanted The Centre on Friday Telangana. Later, his efforts to his aces to paint TDP as showed that he has clear Capital and to mollify bruised decentralisation of develop- approved construction of 6.5 brand TDP as 'Andhra party' Krishna and Guntur district vision, even it is for the vote sentiments of the Amaravati ment and equal representation lakh houses under Pradhan paid off, and Naidu had to party. bank, and is being understood farmers by biding time, the to all regions. "He is commit- Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), move to Amaravati lock stock Jagan has already received rightly, going by what he has government has decided to ted to creation of the taking the total number of and barrel. Initially Naidu was solid support from done till date. constitute a high-power com- Legislative Capital in houses being funded under forced to extend his support to Rayalaseema and North mittee to study the GN Rao Amaravati. Even the GN Rao the scheme to over one crore. Telangana and then his party Andhra regions. — KRISHNA PRASAD Committee and Boston Committee wants the govern- Addressing a press confer- Consultancy Group (BCG) Perni Nani ment to continue the develop- ence, Union Housing and No deaths due reports and make recommen- ment activities that are taking Urban Affairs Minister dations on the issue. panel has already submitted its place in the region. The farm- Hardeep Singh Puri said in Rajnath calls to rail This was disclosed by report to the government, the ers of the region should come the next three-four months, State govt may go for CBI accidents in Information Minister Perni BCG will its report on January forward for discussions by the ministry will sanction all off visit to pvt 2019 Nani during his media briefing 3. Later, the government will calling off their agitation," the the 1.12 crore houses, a tar- 5 after the Cabinet meeting on take its final decision during minister said. get set by the Central govern- probe into insider trading, Friday. While the GN Rao the Assembly session to be held Continued on Page 3 ment. varsity after other irregularities objections n n PNS VIJAYAWADA n Subcommitte says Naidu, PNS CHENNAI coterie bought lands in The Cabinet Subcommittee Defence Minister Rajnath Scribes face wrath of angry farmers Amaravati region before that went into the irregularities Singh has cancelled his par- PNS n VIJAYAWADA The farmers were Interestingly, most of the and allegations of insider trad- announcing capital ticipation in a convocation learnt to have attackers were women. They ing in the capital region has n Cabinet gives nod for ceremony at a private univer- In a shocking incident, repre- condemned the attack which submitted its report to the Panchayat elections sity here on Saturday, after sentatives of four electronic resorted to the did not even spare a woman Government which will take 'pro-Hindu' outfits objected media channels, including one attack as they are journalist. Meanwhile, legal opinion before referring it n Wakf Board building to be to the university's decision to woman journalist, were angry over the Information Minister Perni to the law enforcement agen- constructed at Rayachoti confer honorary doctorate attacked when they went to said if a complaint was lodged cies. Briefing the media after on noted Tamil lyricist Unemployment cover BJP president Kanna television channels with the police, the govern- the Cabinet meeting here on n Machilipatnam port to be Vairamuthu. top worry for Lakshminarayana's 'Mouna calling the agitators ment would look into the issue Friday, I&PR Minister Perni constructed with state According to BJP Deeksha' at ‘paid artists’ and take appropriate action Venkataramaiah (Nani) said government funds spokesperson S G Suryah, urban Indians Uddandarayunipalem in after investigation. that the Cabinet Subcommittee Singh has "cancelled" his visit, 8 Amaravati region on Friday. The farmers were learnt to on insider trading in the capi- "honouring the sentiments of The journalists sustained seri- people, who claimed to be the inmates from coming out. have resorted to the attack tal region had found several The Subcommittee report Tamils & Tamil Nadu." TODAY ous injuries in the incident. farmers, attacked them, caus- Journalist Deepthi and camera- angry over the channels for irregularities and unfair prac- stated that a company owned "Honouring the sentiments According to reports, jour- ing serious injuries to them. man Suresh of TV9 and calling the agitators ‘paid tices that took during the pre- by family members of TDP of Tamils & Tamil Nadu, we ALMANAC nalists belonging to TV9, Maha With this, the journalists Vasanth of Maha TV were artists’. BJP president Kanna vious TDP government. supremo N. Chandrababu are hearing that the Hon. Month & Paksham: TV, I News and NTV were packed up and headed towards injured in the incident. The car Laxminarayana, TDP chief N The State government would Naidu was involved in the Defence Minister @rajnaths- about to take record the visu- Velagapudi where they were was totally damaged in the Chandrababu Naidu con- take legal opinion and then purchase of lands in July 2014, ingh ji has cancelled his visit Paush & Shukla Paksha als and sound bytes of the BJP again subjected another attack. boulder attack on it. The demned the remarks against refer the matter to either Lok and all details of the registra- to confer Doctorate to Panchangam president when they were sud- The protesters broke the glass- injured mediapersons were protesting farmers and also the Ayukta or go for a CBI or CB- tions were available. #Vairamuthu," he said on his Tithi : Dwititya: 11:10 am denly accosted by a group of es of a TV9 car and prevented admitted to hospital. attack on the TV channel staff. CID inquiry, he said. Continued on Page 3 Twitter page. Nakshatram: Uttara Ashadha 06:44 pm Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start any important work) No one will be stripped Rahukalam: 09:32 am- 10:55 am Amaravati alone can develop AP, says Naidu Yamagandam: 01:39 pm – 03:02 pm PNS n VIJAYAWADA experience. If we take up devel- Reminding that works were Varjyam: 11:01 pm- 12:45 am, Naidu said opmental programmes and taken up in Amaravati at a cost of citizenship, says Shah Gulika: 06:48 am - 08:10 am Asserting that Amaravati will Amaravati as capital create wealth, it will serve as a of Rs 9,000 crore, Naidu said PNS n SHIMLA Good Time: (to start any important work) always remain the 'People's city could generate source of income," the former the TDP government had gone Capital', TDP supremo N enough revenue for Chief Minister said. for the land pooling scheme Union Home Minister Amit Amritakalam: 12:00 pm - 01:41 pm Chandrababu Naidu on Friday Stating that Hyderabad city only to complete Amaravati Shah here on Friday hit out at Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:55 am - 12:39 pm rebutted the State government's the comprehensive generated 65 per cent of construction as a self-financed the opposition Congress, claim that spending thousands development of all Telangana State's revenue, project. accusing the party of mislead- VIJAYAWADA of crores to develop it was not the 13 districts in the Naidu said Bengaluru, Chennai Farmers had given 33,000 ing people over the amended feasible. and Mumbai had turned into acres of land voluntarily, he Citizenship Act. Maidan here to mark the sec- WEATHER State Forecast: Partly Cloudy Reacting to I&PR Minister sources of income for their said, and claimed that packages He also clarified that the ond anniversary of BJP gov- Temp: 31/21 Perni Nani's press briefing on respective States. agreeable to farmers were legislation had no provision to ernment in the state. Humidity: 65% Cabinet's decisions, Naidu said "The Jaganmohan Reddy extended. take away citizenship. "I challenge Rahul Baba Sunrise: 06.44 Amaravati could generate State government, he said the ing the future of the State into government had been delaying “Apart from this, Rs 2,500 "The Congress and compa- that let me know if there is Sunset: 05.50 enough revenue for the com- ministers were creating confu- darkness. the issue of Capital for the past pension was provided to the ny is spreading rumours that even a single line in the Act Current Weather Conditions prehensive development of all sion with contradictory state- "Do they know how to cre- seven months," he said, adding farmers who joined the land Muslims may lose their citi- regarding the withdrawal of Updated December 27, 2019 5:00 PM the 13 districts in the State. ments every day. He expressed ate wealth? They are pointing that the five crore citizens of pooling scheme,” Naidu said. zenship," said Shah during at anyone's citizenship. Coming down heavily on the concern that they were push- at my 40 years of political AP should think about it. Continued on Page 3 rally at the historic Ridge Continued on Page 3 VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | DECEMBER 28, 2019 vijayawada 02

PROTESTS AGAINST THREE CAPITALS CONTINUE CAPSULE Chaitanya Varshini Devineni leads rally, held takes charge as FSO VIJAYAWADA: A Chaitanya PNS n VIJAYAWADA n Varshini took charge as Forest Umamaheswara said, Settlement Officer (FSO) for Tension prevailed for some "Where is the need to Krishna and West Godavari time at Gollapudi on the out- shift the capital? Who districts on Friday. On the skirts of Vijayawada on Friday has given the State occasion, Chaitanya Varshini when former minister government to take calls on District Collector Md Devineni Umamaheswara Rao such a decision? Imtiaz at the camp office. was arrested while leading a Amaravati is a self- Chaitanya Varshini was posted rally from the NTR Statue in financing project, Top four destinations as FSO during the recent shuffle the village to the Durga tem- which does not of deputy collectors. Collector ple in Vijayawada in protest Imtiaz gave a sapling to the require funds from against setting up of three cap- any external source" newly appointed FSO and itals in the State. congratulated her. He told to to explore in 2020 A large number of protesters, n The senior TDP leader discharge duties with including women, farmers and wondered why the commitment and focus on youth, took part in the rally, PNS n NEW DELHI afforestation. The Collector State government had Indonesia's most visited island refuses to lose its which was foiled by the police. unveiled the new plan wished her all success in the A war-like situation prevailed on n A large number of n A war-like situation prevailed For travel enthusiasts and peo- charm for the travellers. Awarded as the World's days to come in her career. at a time when all the the Vijayawada-Highway on protesters, including on the Vijayawada-Highway on ple, who are looking to head Legislative, Executive Best Travel Destination in 2017, the island covers the stretch between Gollapudi women, farmers and the stretch between Gollapudi out for a long-haul vacation in and Judicial functions One person dies in and Durga temple with TDP youth, took part in the and Durga temple with TDP the upcoming year, the experts the holiday interests of all kinds of travelers. of the government workers and the police prepar- rally, which was foiled by workers and the police have suggested some top des- bike-tractor collision ing for a showdown. were being carried out tinations where they can have Whether it is natural attractions, cultural richness the police preparing for a showdown VIJAYAWADA: One person died, Addressing the protesters smoothly in Amaravati fun. or gastronomic adventures, the island has multiple another sustained serious before flagging off the rally, EGYPT spots to experience them all injuries and a child escaped Umamaheswara said, "Where is unhurt in a road accident when a the need to shift the capital? require funds from any exter- Legislative, Executive and would be intensified further if Egypt has just topped the tractor collided with a bike on Who has given the State gov- nal source." The senior TDP Judicial functions of the gov- the government took a decision UK's Independent newspa- hot travel destination in 2020- a marvellous combination of the bypass road on Thursday. ernment to take such a deci- leader wondered why the State ernment were being carried out against continuation of per's list for 'top countries to Paytm Travel leisure, adventure, spiritual According to reports, Reddy sion? Amaravati is a self-financ- government had unveiled the smoothly in Amaravati. Amaravati as the only capital visit'. With the new Grand BALI awakening and a happening Basha of Valmikipuram village ing project, which does not new plan at a time when all the He warned that the agitation of the State. Egyptian Museum located near nightlife, all in one island - married off his two daughters to the Pyramids of Giza, opening Indonesia's most visited Dharamveer Singh Chouhan, Bawajan (24) and Chand Basha in 2020, where there will be island refuses to lose its charm Zostel (22), natives of Basinikonda 30,000 never-before-seen for the travellers. Awarded as JAPAN village in Madanapalle mandal of Coastal Bank Egyptian artefacts, this will be the World's Best Travel Chittoor district. After the VMC staff told to keep a big draw- Anthony Lim, Destination in 2017, the island Japan will be another trend- wedding, both brothers moved donates Rs 8L to Insight Vacations and Luxury covers the holiday interests of ing destination in the New Year to Valmikipuram, along with Gold all kinds of travellers. Whether because of the 2020 Olympics their families, and used to work Akshaya Patra AUSTRALIA it is natural attractions, cultur- but what people will be seek- in a lorry shed in Madanapalle. public toilets clean al richness or gastronomic ing for is the opportunity to go As usual, they started for their Foundation Apart from having a pletho- adventures, the island has mul- deeper into Japan. From the work on their bike, along with PNS n VIJAYAWADA ra of natural and manmade tiple spots to experience them dynamic cities to the majestic Chand Basha's second son Syed tourist attractions, Australia all. With its extravagant tem- temples and scenic landscapes, Mohammed, who is 10-year-old, Vijayawada Municipal will also be hosting the T20 ples, never-ending coastline, Japan is an amazing showcase on Thursday morning. When Corporation additional com- Cricket World Cup in 2020, some of the world's best of the juxtaposition of modern they reached halfway of their missioner (general) K which will make Australia, a retreats and party spots, Bali is and traditional cultures. journey, the bike collided with a Shakuntala on Friday instruct- tractor. With the impact of the ed the maintenance staff of collision, Chand Basha died on public and community toilets the spot and Bawajan sustained to keep them clean. Hard work severe injuries, while 10-year-old As part of Swachh Call to students to be Syed Mohammed escaped Survekshan-2020 and to obtain vital for unhurt. The injured was rushed a better rank for the VMC, the to the Madanapalle Government additional commissioner made responsible citizens Hospital. After providing first aid, a field visit of toilets and uri- success: he was shifted to Chennai as the nals in the city. She visited ESI told them to educate the people Later, she inspected the condition was critical. On Road and the government hos- on how to use and keep the toi- buildings allocated for Ward to protect environment Collector receiving information, police pital and inspected the main- lets clean. She also inspected the Secretariats at Nagarjunanagar reached the spot, registered a tenance of toilets. sanitary vending machine and and Ramchandra Raonagar case and took the tractor driver She instructed the staff to told the workers to wear gloss- and gave a few suggestions to into their custody. keep the toilets hygienic and es and mask while at work. officials on it. PNS n VIJAYAWADA

To mark the 20th anniver- sary of Coastal Bank, the bank on Friday has donat- ed Rs 8 lakh to Akshaya Coldwave grips north India PNS n VIJAYAWADA Patra Foundation for buy- ing a delivery van under PNS n NEW DELHI n Doctors suggest CSR activity for delivering Krishna District Collector precautions to beat mid-day meals to school- Md Imtiaz inaugurated As the coldwave has gripped the chill children. exhibition-cum-sales entire north India, doctors B Venu Gopala Reddy, organised by Nalanda suggest precautions to be taken n Amarinder Malhi, a MD & CEO of Coastal Degree College here on to keep one safe and healthy. senior resident doctor at Bank, handed over keys of PNS n VIJAYAWADA commissioner, VMC, spoke Friday. The exhibition Amarinder Malhi, a senior AIIMS, said: "Most the van to Vamsidhara Dasa, on the need to protect showcased articles made by resident doctor at AIIMS, said: patients are coming with vice-president of Akshaya The Department of MBA of resources and best utilisation the students organised as "Most patients are coming with Patra Foundation, Andhra Loyola Institute of of such resources. She 'Swarna Convention'. complaints of upper respirato- complaints of upper Vijayawada unit. Engineering and Technology explained how solid waste can Speaking on the occa- ry tract infection (URTI), lower respiratory tract On the occasion, Venu (ALIET) organised an aware- be created as Waste sion, the Collector appre- respiratory tract infection infection (URTI), lower Gopala Reddy thanked the ness camp on 'Solid Waste Management Parks. She ciated the articles made by (LRTI), hypertension, stroke respiratory tract customers and staff for Management' on Friday emphasised the importance of the students and compli- and myocardial infarction." infection (LRTI), reaching this milestone and organised in association with Reduce, Reuse and Recycle mented them for distribut- He said: "In order to save hypertension, stroke and shared the bank's vision to Vijayawada Municipal (3R) of waste management. ing 1,000 cloth bags asking oneself from these diseases, it myocardial infarction" reach Rs 10,000 crore busi- Corporation and Academy of She inspired students to be to people to shun plastic is important to keep yourself ness mark within the Gandhian Studies (AGS) as responsible citizens for pro- carry bags. The warm. People should drink n According to Malhi, most next decade to become the Wellbeing out of Waste tecting the environment. The Collector appreciated four to five glasses of lukewarm Talking about the arrange- prone to illness during the win- affected people in this preferred bank and the (WOW), a Corporate Social awareness camp woke up the the students for their gen- water every day. Use oil heaters ments that the hospital has ter and require extra care. cold wave were coming pride of Andhrites, being Responsibility initiative of spirit of love and care for erosity of giving the money instead of conventional heaters made to accommodate more For morning walkers, doc- from Uttar Pradesh and the only commercial bank ITC. mother earth and students collected by the sales of because they leave the atmos- patients, keeping in view the tors have a word of caution: Bihar. "We are receiving in AP headquarters in Speaking on the occasion, promised themselves to be articles to Flag Day fund, phere dry. But primarily keep increased number of patients "Walk in the morning, but most patients from Uttar Vijayawada. the State Project Coordinator, the persons with ISR which reflects patriotism yourself warm by covering due to severe cold conditions, after sunrise when it becomes Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal He briefed the unique AGS WOM, U Hema (Individual Social and social responsibility. your body with warm clothes, the doctor said: "We arranged a little warmer."According to services being offered by the Maheswari, introduced the Responsibility) from their He also lauded the col- gloves, caps and socks." extra blankets, bedding and the Meteorological Department Pradesh and Punjab, bank like customer-service mission of the foundation in home to society. lege management for con- According to Malhi, most heaters to serve more patients." this cold wave was going to per- who are mostly children, with local flavour, extended creating healthy environment. Director Rev A Francis ducting social service affected people in this cold Since the coldwave was sist for some more time. "It is infants and elderly business hours up to 6 pm, She introduced the concept of Xavier, assistant director Rev activities. He said to come wave were coming from Uttar severe, doctors were suggesting a long spell, very unique in people" customer-friendly products 1-4-5 to the students. She said J Chiranjivi, Rev M Anand, up in life discipline is very Pradesh and Bihar. "We are precautions and care to be nature, and would affect entire like monthly income deposit that everyone should think a principal Dr O Mahesh, MBA important and to be suc- receiving most patients from taken, especially for the elder- northwest India," Rajendra and Kalyanamasthu. minute before throwing waste HoD Dr T Subba Rayudu, cessful in life, hard work Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal ly and the chronically ill Jenamani, senior scientist at the es to five or six days. But this General Managers D into the dustbin and spend extension coordinator A and commitment are Pradesh and Punjab who are patients. India IMD said. year, since December 13, the Jagapati Raju, N Sambasiva four hours to create five volun- Rajesh, students of MBA and essential. Principal M mostly children, infants and According to doctors, elder- He added: "Normally a spell temperature continues to dip.... Rao, KAV Raman, staff and teers per week to save nature. Civil Engineering participated Anuradha, staff, students elderly people." ly people and infants are of severe cold weather stretch- This is unique." customers were present. K Sakunthala, additional in the event. and others were present.

VIJAYAWADA BULLION RATES GOLD ‘Indian women prefer men aged 30-40 for extramarital affairs' ` 39,010 (10 gm) PNS n NEW DELHI first, Mumbai and Kolkata is Out of this 12 per cent the ` n n The report also showed that 100 While Bengaluru on second and third positions, majority are women (18 per SILVER Uttering the word sex is a ranked first, Delhi ranked fourth in the followed by Delhi and Pune. cent of the overall communi- ` 46,600(1kg) taboo in the country earlier, Mumbai and top fifth 'unfaithful' cities in The most relevant thing ty Vs six per cent of men). ` 300 but now, it seems people are Kolkata is on the country and subscribers about Delhi is that the ratio The company also revealed opening up, but in a differ- second and third from Delhi represent the 18 men:women is 65:35, that only three per cent of ent way. Though, crime positions, followed per cent of Gleeden's which is the highest percent- married subscribers selected CHICKEN related sexual offences are on by Delhi and Pune community in the country age of women Vs men com- 'homosexual' as their sexual RATES `/KG the rise, still some men and pared to the country's average orientation and one per cent women are having illegal (70:30). 'bisexual'. Dressed/With Skin `184 relations. In this backdrop, men are 'open to everything' mostly between 12 pm and Women from Delhi are Despite the numbers Without Skin `210 extramarital dating app data and mostly look for 'any- 3 pm, during lunch break, also the most active online being lower in India than in Broiler at Farm `127 indicated preferences of men thing exciting', while Indian and between 10 pm and and spend in chat over two other countries of the world, and women for having ille- women are more cautious midnight, when the spouse hours daily. They are aged the company did witness an gal relations. and mostly prefer 'virtual' is distracted or asleep, the between 30 and 40 years and increase of same sex encoun- EGG Indian women prefer men exchanges, according to the company said. they seek mostly men with the ters during the past six `/ aged between 30 and 40 as data revealed on Friday. The report also showed highest income, such as doc- months (+45 per cent), RATES 100 partners for extramarital Indian users prefer to con- that Delhi ranked fourth in tors, dentists, higher-up man- which means that after the HYDERABAD 450 affairs, while men mostly pre- nect from their smartphones, the top fifth 'unfaithful' cities agers and chartered accoun- abolition of the Section 377 VIJAYAWADA 462 fer women partners aged and they favour the app Vs in the country and subscribers tants. Overall, 12 per cent of people feel freer to express between 25 and 30, shows the mobile website, it said. from Delhi represent the 18 subscribers are married peo- their sexual preference and VISAKHAPATNAM 470 data from the extra-marital They spend on chat on an per cent of Gleeden's commu- ple looking for an extramar- to pursue homosexual or RETAIL PRICE `4.62 (IN VIJAYAWADA) dating app Gleeden. average of 1.5 hours, split in nity in the country. ital exchange with a person of bisexual encounters outside As per the kind of relation, three visits, and connect While Bengaluru ranked the same sex. their wedlock.

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CAPSULE Notification for panchayats 21 lakh beneficiaries identified Harsha Kumar indisposed in for distribution of house pattas Rajahmundry Jail polls to be issued soon PNS n AMARAVATI VIJAYAWADA: Former Congress PNS n VIJAYAWADA n The State government has so MP Harsha Kumar, who was in Krishna District Collector Md Imitiaz said that the far identified 21 lakh beneficia- Rajahmundry Central Jail fell ill Elaborate arrangements should ries for house site pattas and on Friday, and was taken to a notification for be made as per the Election seven lakh for house con- hospital. He has been treated in conducting elections in ICU. However, full details are yet Commissioner guidelines, as struction. The verification was the notification for the 970 grama panchayats, done by volunteers at the to be disclosed, and the health 9,927 wards will be bulletin is awaited. It may be Panchayat Raj and local body Village Secretariats. elections will be announced issued soon and 23.25 Speaking to the media here recalled that Harsha Kumar was lakh voters would cast arrested by the police two weeks soon, said District Collector on Friday, Minister for ago for allegedly defaming Md Imitiaz. their vote Housing Ch Sri Ranganatha judicial staff. He has been in The Collector and Joint n Raju said, "The Revenue Collector Dr K Madhavilatha Reservation will be Minister and I have toured exile for 75 days, while he was decided as per the on his way to Rajahmundry, the on Friday took part in the nine districts. The target is to police arrested him and workshop attended by Zilla population of wards and get 12 lakh houses sanc- produced him before the 7th Parishad, Panchayat Raj and ZPTCs as per the tioned by the Central govern- Additional Court in Revenue Department officials. guidelines framed by the ment before March 31, 2020. Rajahmundry. Later, he was Speaking on the occasion, Election Commission and He said that Chief Minister shifted to Rajahmundry Central the Collector said that the should be completed by master trainers and they would the process should be YS Jaganmohan Reddy was Jail. His supporters criticised the notification for conducting December 30, he said. train the other officers at the completed by December keen on distributing house police and govt for acting elections in 970 grama pan- JC Madhavilatha said that field level. 30, he said site pattas for the poor by Minister for Housing Ch Sri Ranganatha Raju against political vengeance chayats, 9,927 wards will be the elections will be held in 22 Nuzvid sub-collector Ugadi and the works would against the opposition parties. issued soon and 23.25 lakh vot- ST, 217 SC, 285 BC and 446 Swapnil Dinakar Additional n JC Madhavilatha said that be completed before dead- n Minister for Housing Ch Sri n The minister said They accused the police of illegal ers would cast their vote. unreserved gram panchayats in Joint Collector the elections will be held line." Ranganatha Raju said, "The that the Central Reservation will be decided the districts and the reservation K Mohan Kumar, Zilla He said that 3,75,225 hous- arrest on false charges. in 22 ST, 217 SC, 285 BC target is to get 12 lakh houses government has Meanwhile, Harsha Kumar's as per the population of wards process should be done careful- Parishad CEO Suryaprakash, es were sanctioned to the State and ZPTCs as per the guide- ly at the field level. She said that DPO G Aruna, Machilipatnam and 446 unreserved by the Central government sanctioned by the Central sanctioned Rs followers have expressed gram panchayats in the government before March 31, 11,302 crore and the concern over his health. lines framed by the Election a few officers were identified RDO Khajavali, MPDOs and through the Government of Commission and the process and were given training as others were present. districts India Central Sanctioning and 2020. He said that Chief State government Monitoring Committee Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has sanctioned Rs (CSMC) and so far, 7,53,527 was keen on distributing 4,742 crore for this houses were sanctioned by the house site pattas for the poor prestigious project Central government. 'This was by Ugadi and the works would of constructing Keto, intermittent Kanna blames TDP, YSRCP highest by any State in the be completed before deadline" houses for the poor country,' he said. The minister said that the Central government has fasting top ‘weight governments for capital mess sanctioned Rs 11,302 crore are on the fast track in all dis- The construction of houses and the State government tricts. would start in January," he PNS n AMARAVATI has sanctioned Rs 4,742 crore "In the urban areas, one added. loss diets' in India for this prestigious project of cent would be given for the Explaining the budget BJP State president Kanna constructing houses for the construction of the houses. details of the project he said PNS n NEW DELHI cause serious complications. Lakshminarayana alleged that poor. Land acquisition and About 28 lakh beneficiaries that Rs 50,000 crore to Rs Long working hours and the TDP government had done land filling works in the were identified under this pro- 70,000 crore would be spent on When it comes to diets for sleep deprivation owing to real estate business with the existing government lands ject in urban and rural areas. this project. reducing weight, the two binge watching shows on lands pooled in from farmers regimens that captured the streaming services are the and the government lands for imagination of Indians in top two social trends that which the Centre had given 2019 were the high-fat, low- adversely affected the fitness permission for use in capital Govt keen on carbohydrate ketogenic diet levels of Indians in 2019, construction. High-level panel to and intermittent fasting diet, showed the survey based on Speaking to mediapersons at Vizag capital but reveals a survey by domestic responses from 500 nutri- Uddandarayunipalem where health and fitness app tionists and trainers across he observed 'Mouna Deeksha' look into Capital issue is not in a hurry HealthifyMe. the country. on Friday, he said the present Continued from Page1 Intermittent fasting diets Easy access to packaged YSRCP had was selling the Continued from Page1 would be built here. But not fall generally into two cate- food and food delivery ser- capital citing the mistakes BJP State president Kanna Lakshminarayana observes ‘Mouna Deeksha’ at even a proper approach road A close look at the CM's gories: daily time-restricted vices are the other two social committed by the previous Uddandarayunipalem on Friday in protest against the government’s proposal for If at all the farmers of was constructed for the tempo- words points out that he is of feeding, which narrows eat- trends that had a big impact government. setting up of three capital cities Amaravati region had to stage rary Assembly and the the opinion to prepare all ing times to 6-8 hours per on people's health. The other "People did not expect a dharna or an agitation, it Secretariat by the previous stakeholders for the inevitable day, and so-called 5:2 inter- diets that drew people's Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan lands given by farmers. Stating n "People did not expect Chief should be done in front of for- regime, he said. shifting of the Capital. He mittent fasting, in which attention were vegan diet Reddy will cheat the State like that the capital was not Minister YS Jaganmohan mer chief minister N At least 10,000 employees of would take time to do this by people limit themselves to and carb cycling diet. this," he said. He said while the Jaganmohan Reddy's fiefdom Reddy will cheat the State Chandrababu Naidu who had the Secretariat had approached trying to convince the people one moderate-sized meal Vegans do not consume TDP government had to make an announcement on like this," he said. He said pooled in 33,000 acres of land Chandrababu Naidu and asked about the need to change the two days each week. meat, fish, dairy, or eggs employed some people to talk it even before the GN Rao while the TDP govt had in the region but had not even him to build houses for them location of the Capital in view This diet is suitable for and primarily include all non-sense about the capital, Committee was out, he found employed some people to developed 1,000 acres of land. near the Secretariat with bank of the financial crunch faced by those looking for fat loss, plant based foods. While the YSRCP government was fault with the YSRCP organi- talk non-sense about the Had Naidu completed the cap- loans, which was not conceded the State. In the meantime, the especially when a person is this can be good for people competing with it in aggravat- saing celebrations in capital, the YSRCP govt was ital construction during his by the former chief minister. government would constitute a involved in a consistent with allergies or intoler- ing the situation. Visakhapatnam. competing with it in regime, this situation would not Why because Naidu did not committee of MLAs hailing workout routine. ances, it can lead to nutri- Lakshminarayana said the He said BJP would not tol- aggravating the situation have arisen. "While he claimed have any plan to build a perma- from Krishna and Guntur dis- Ketogenic diet is primar- tional deficiencies, especial- Centre had put the map of erate the move to shift the cap- that Rs 1.09 lakh crore was nent capital here. All his hench- tricts who would directly talk ily designed for people with ly protein and vitamin B12. Andhra Pradesh capital on ital to Visakhapatnam from n Lakshminarayana said the needed for the project earlier, men had bought the lands in to the farmers. epilepsy but is now being Carb cycling, a dietary the political map of India. Amaravati. Depending on the Centre had put the map of now he is saying that it is a self- the capital region through The panel would explain to used for other conditions as approach that involves The Centre had released funds Cabinet, BJP would chalk out Andhra Pradesh capital on financed project," he said. insider trading through a the farmers the dire financial well, including weight loss, planned increases and for developing all regions of its future course of action. the political map of India. With 1.09 lakh crore on world-class capital was project- situation and blame the mess polycystic ovarian disease decreases in carbohydrate the State. The farmers had "YSRCP leaders are the The Centre had released hand, the priorities could dif- ed and promised to the people on the previous government (PCOD), acne, endurance intake on different days, is donated lands for the capital descendants of Birtain who funds for developing all fer, he said and opined that the of the state only to fool them. which had failed to build even athletes and also for other popular among body- project and the Centre had studied in English whereas regions of the State. The government would spend The minister said not a sin- a single permanent structure nervous disorders. It cannot builders, fitness competitors waived the income tax for we are the children of Barat farmers had donated lands money on welfare sector for gle permanent structure has during its five-year tenure. be used as a long term diet and certain athletes who are them. Matha who studied in Telugu for the capital project and Aarogyasri, fee reimbursement, been built here. That too it was Steps may be initiated to for weight loss as it is very looking to increase muscle He alleged that Jaganmohan medium," he said replying to the Centre had waived the irrigation projects, Polavaram, projected that roads were con- extend a 'worthwhile' com- rigid and too much fat can mass and shed body fat. Reddy was ready to sell the a question. income tax for them water grid, housing and other structed at a cost of Rs 46 crore pensation in addition to the such schemes. Whether to sac- per kilometer. Similarly, tenders return of the lands to farmers. rifice these schemes for a dream were called for a never-before The government would also city was also discussed at financial foreclosure of Rs pursue insider trading and try ‘CM keen on Kamalapuram devt' length during the Cabinet 50,000 crore for the construc- to tighten noose around the Govt according priority to roads: Perni Nani meeting, he said. If Naidu real- tion work in the region. People TDP's neck, forcing it on the PNS n MACHILIPATNAM he inaugurated the CC Road work is done the construction PNS n VIJAYAWADA with the Chief Minister in the ly thought it to be a self- of the state and especially the back-foot over the Capital works at Gandhi Vidyalayam in will start immediately. recent meeting, he positively financed project, he could have farmers of the region were issue. The government is of the Minister for Transport Perni Division No. 36, which was left The minister further stated Kamalapuram MLA P responded and immediately raised Rs 1.09 lakh crores by deceived in the name of the view that that the farmers' agi- Venkataramaiah (Nani) has said incomplete. The road work is that Rs 40-lakh road works Ravindranath Reddy said that sanctioned the schemes. The selling the 33,000 acres of land. capital, the minister said. tation would fizzle out after that the government is giving estimated to cost Rs 3.07 lakh. will be taken up in various Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan MLA recalled that the late Chief The farmers should ask Naidu He said Chandrababu Naidu these initiatives. top priority to develop roads in On the occasion, he said wards, including Ward Reddy is keen on the develop- Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy why he did not do that and had had given priority to boost the The government would also cities, towns and villages in the that parks are developed for the Secretariats. ment of Kamalapuram con- had initiated steps for the devel- he done that they need not have estimates to loot the government take care to ensure that there State for good connectivity. people's recreation and asking Former municipal chairman stituency by allocating more opment of Kamalapuram con- taken up the agitation now, the exchequer. He had even looted would be no legal hurdles for The minister on Friday laid those places for house sites is not Sk Silar Dada, municipal engi- funds. Speaking after laying stituency during his tenure as he minister said. at the village level by forming shifting of the Capital. The gov- the foundation to CC Road correct. He said that all eligible neer Trinadhbabu, divisional foundation stones for develop- had allocated adequate funds, It is a fact that Chandrababu Janmabhoomi committees. Had ernment is likely convene an works at Mudustambala Centre beneficiates will get house sites engineer Gupta, former coun- ment works in Kamalapuram now his son Jaganmohan Reddy Naidu had deceived the farm- he really thought of a world-class Assembly session after the in the 37th division at an esti- and pattas in January. He said cillor Suribabu and others were town on Friday, he said that also showing interest to devel- ers of Amaravati region that a capital, who was there to stop Sankranti festival and take a mated cost of Rs 3.24 lakh. Later, that if the foundation of any present. when he discussed the problems op Kamalapuram. world-class dream capital him, asked the minister. decision on Capital shifting. Amaravati No one will be Govt may go for CBI Violent protests rock Amaravati stripped of alone can PNS n VIJAYAWADA citizenship: Shah probe into insider trading, develop AP, Violent protests rocked Continued from Page1 Amaravati on Friday even as a crucial meeting of the Don't misguide and divide other irregularities says Naidu Andhra Pradesh Cabinet was people over the CAA," he underway to take a decision added. Amit Shah said he want- Continued from Page1 tioned the reservation details; Continued from Page1 on the three-capital propos- ed to ask the minorities, espe- 6.77 percent reservation for al. cially Muslims, to look into the "Details of all the buyers of STs, 19.08 percent for SCs, 34 The entire world is study- A thick security blanket CAA, which was now available land on the peripheries of the percent reservation for BCs. ing this unique model," he was thrown around 29 vil- on the government website. "Go capital region, ahead of the The Cabinet also approved to claimed. lages as farmers intensified through the Act. No one will announcement of the capital run 341 permanent agriculture "If there is no money, the protest over the lose citizenship," he added. The in December are with the purchase centres in the state how could you get so many Jaganmohan Reddy-led gov- Union minister said the CAA government. The names throughout the year. facilities here? Why can't ernment's proposal to devel- would provide citizenship to the include those who held high It also approved purchase of YSRCP leaders govern the op Visakhapatnam and minorities who faced religious positions in the previous gov- turmeric, onions, chili and State from here itself? If Kurnool as the capital cities persecution in Pakistan, ernment. They include minis- millets that do not meet the there is no Assembly, where in addition to Amaravati. Bangladesh and Afghanistan. ters, their relatives, workers, minimum selling price. will they hold the sessions? Police sealed roads leading Pakistan failed to implement and drivers. The transactions The Minister said that the Was the Cabinet meeting on towards the State Secretariat (Left) A woman weeping while taking part in protests in the Capital Region on Friday against the government for its proposal to the Nehru-Liaquat pact to pro- took place six months before Cabinet approved allocation of Friday held in a graveyard?" at Velagapudi, where the set up three capital cities and relocating the capital city from Amaravati (right) A protestor pleading with a cop during the protest tect religious and other rights of December 2014, when the six acres of land at a cost of Rs Naidu asked Chief Minister was presiding the minorities, Shah said, proposed capital was revealed," 1 lakh per acre to Central He said Hyderabad is a over the Cabinet meeting. ing the protest at constituted by the govern- Chief Minister N adding that it prompted the Venkatramaiah said. Institute of Plastics city that bears his stamp. "If Three policemen were Uddhandarayunipalem vil- ment last week submitted its Chandrababu Naidu, will Narendra Modi-led BJP gov- He said that the Cabinet Engineering & Technology we had thought that injured when protesters pelt- lage where Prime Minister report, recommending devel- have only State Assembly ernment to table the legislation also approved the purchase of (CIPET) at Surampalli in Hyderabad and ed stones in Velagapudi. Narendra Modi had laid the opment of three capitals. and Raj Bhavan. in Parliament. Amit Shah also new 108 and 104 vehicles; Rs Krishna district. Secunderabad were Hundreds of protesters came foundation stone for the cap- As per the panel's recom- Amaravati farmers are up attended the ground-breaking 71.48 crore was allocated for It also approved the setting enough, would Cyberabad onto the roads despite pro- ital in 2015. mendations, the administra- in arms against the proposal ceremony of projects worth the purchase of 412 new 108 up of the Wakf Board in have come into being?" he hibitory orders imposed Three media persons were tive capital will come up in as they had given 33,000 over Rs 13,500 crores in Shimla. ambulances and Rs 60.51 crore Rayachoti and construction of questioned and said while under Section 144. injured when protestors Visakhapatnam while High acres of land for building the The HP government had to buy 656 new 104 vehicles. the Machilipatnam Port with land was available in Men and women squatted attacked a car with sticks and Court will be in Kurnool. capital. signed MoUs worth over Rs This would be done before the State government's funds. Hyderabad, the govern- on the roads, demanding stones. BJP state president Amaravati, conceived as They alleged that shifting 93,000 crore during the two-day March 31, 2020. The Cabinet also approved ment had to pool land from that Amaravati be retained as Kanna Lakshminarayana was the world-class city during the capital functions to Himachal Rising Global The Cabinet also gave its RITES to prepare the Detailed farmers in the case of the full-fledged capital. leading the protest in the vil- the previous Telugu Desam Visakhapatnam and Kurnool Investors' Meet at Dharamshala nod for the Panchayat elec- Project Report (DPR) for con- Amaravati. Violence also broke out dur- lage. A committee of experts Party government by the then will harm their interests. in November. tions in the state and men- struction of the port. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | DECEMBER 28, 2019 04

BLOWING HOT AND COLD n Tech expertise extended across Telangana state in 2019 n Cops earn praise for When new friendships are struck or faster response time, BONHOMIE ENDS solving cases

elangana State Chief Minister K the idea mooted by KCR on linking Godavari and t was during a also Chandrasekhar Rao had never hidden the Krishna rivers by constructing a special project in Tech-savvy TS cops a Mahbubnagar DRC critic-ised T fact that he preferred the present Andhra Telangana. Curiously, Jagan made a statement on Imeeting in 2012 that the Revanth Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy linking of Godavari and Penna rivers in AP. This led rivalry between DK Aruna and Reddy's over TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu. He to a frost between the two, and going by recent A Revanth Reddy, both hailing uncle and step ahead of criminals had openly expressed his wish that the YSRCP events, it appears that the gap between the two from the district, became former won the 2014 elections. However, the TDP came Chief Ministers is increasing by the day. The latest intense. Aruna was in the Union elangana has improve road safety in the to power and N Chandrababu Naidu became the spanner in the works came in the form of Congress at that time and Minister S. emerged as a role state and have been in talks first Chief Minister of residuary Andhra Pradesh. statements on bifurcation issues by AP officials. Revanth Reddy in the TDP. Jaipal Tmodel for other with the Tamil Nadu police When the 2019 elections season began, KCR The extent of the distance between the duo can be During the meeting, Revanth Reddy states in the country, with that brought about a dras- again made statements in favor of gauged by the fact that KCR failed to greet Jagan Reddy alleged that the alleging that the police force in India's tic reduction in fatalities Jagan. As expected, Jagan won and on the latter's birthday, though the government insulted the the latter youngest state competing over the past years. became the Chief Minister of AP. AP Chief Minister showered opposition MLAs by not was creating with the best in the world. "We are working on a From then onwards, the bonhomie praises on the Telangana police following protocol. A heated argument ensued, in problems for her by inviting his Already ahead of others in project and will be imple- between KCR and Jagan following the Disha accused the open. At one point of time, Revanth Reddy nephew into the party. Despite Aruna's resistance, leveraging technology, the menting it soon in police force is setting new Telangana as well. grew even more 'encounter'. said: 'Aruna would commit Revanth Reddy joined the Congress. The evident. benchmarks with its initia- Everything will be first suicide if I opened my differences between the two continued but later, tives for improved policing, tried in Hyderabad and While KCR attended mouth'. they patched up and Revanth Reddy attended a the oath-taking better interface with people then implemented across From then on, dinner hosted by Aruna. Both Aruna (from and service delivery. the state" added Jitender. ceremony of Jagan, Aruna Gadwal) and Revanth Reddy (from Kodangal) the AP Chief Minister According to Additional Telangana leads all other KCR + intensified her lost the Assembly elections. Aruna joined the Director General of states in the country in reciprocated by attending REVANTH+ criticism of BJP before the Lok Sabha elections and lost to Telangana Police, law and terms of using technology the inauguration of JAGAN DK ARUNA Revanth the TRS candidate from Mahbubnagar order, Jitender IPS, said for policing, said an official Kaleswaram project. Blame Reddy, and contesting on BJP ticket. However, Revanth that several of the technol- from Cyber Crimes police. The YSRCP chief also did her best to Reddy won the Lok Sabha elections from ogy devices introduced in “Mobile Security Check attended two meetings it on block him when Malkajgiri constituency. Interestingly, Aruna is the past three years are Device, can be easily held on bifurcation he sent feelers to trying get the post of BJP state president and yielding results. attached to any Android issues at the Pragathi emotions join the while Revanth Reddy is eyeing the TPCC chief “Many of our initiatives mobile phone or tablet. Bhavan. Jagan praised or political expediency, Congress. She post. like TSCops, Dial 100, About 30 police stations in cashless e-challan and oth- the city, including the three leaders too have ers were extended through- police commissionerate out the state in 2019. They have the Automatic relationship were only implemented in Fingerprint Identification he rivaly between Komatireddy brothers and charge general problems Hyderabad earlier. The System. The Automatic TPCC chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy reminds secretary RC response time of Dial 100 Fingerprint Identification T one of the famous 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons. Khuntia has also improved radical- System server automatical- Sometimes their criticism of each other is so severely RASAMAYI ly. In the city, the response ly matches the finger harsh that it makes the listeners cringe, and saying that KOMATI + is as fast as 5 minutes, scanned of suspects and sometimes, they patch and leave observers the party will + GANGULA whereas in districts it's 10- helps the police identity shocked. Only uncertainty thing is certain about not survive if UTTAM 15 minutes," said the offi- criminals and their case this rivalry. both continued cer. He said that the com- history," said the official. Munugode MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy in their posts. He mand control centre might CCTV cameras too ahve launched a scathing attack against Uttam Kumar also criticised Rahul take some time to establish helped cops solve cases Reddy several times and his criticism reached its Gandhi while showering as the groundwork and sooner than ever before. peak after the Congress party suffered continuous praises on Prime Minister he contract for the background works are in From the sensational defeats in the elections held in the state. At one Narendra Modi. Kaleswaram canal created a the process now. Disha case to the numer- point of time, Rajagopal Reddy criticised Uttam It was clear that Rajagopal Reddy had planned to T fissure between two TRS Expressing optimism ous kidnaps that were and AICC in- join BJP and his criticism was part of his MLAs Rasamayi Balakishan and Gangula equations. However, both Eatela and Rasamayi started indirectly criticizing their rivals. about the coming year, he averted, CC cameras have parting shots. Kamalakar so deep that it could be used to said that they are trying to helped crack the cases. However, he had to rethink on his plans of supply water. Before the differences Both continue to remain at loggerheads with joining the BJP, as that meant attracting developed, Gangula and Rasamayi were on Gangula though the trio belongs the Anti-Defection Law. Nowadays, he has very good terms. Both had expressed their to the erstwhile stopped criticising the party and Uttam. anger at the then Karimnagar collector Sarfraz district Rajagopal Reddy's brother Komatireddy Ahmed regarding protocol. However, the Karimnagar. Venkat Reddy too used to criticise Uttam canal contract issue turned them into bitter but stopped before the Assembly enemies. After the issue, Rasamayi Balakishan elections. Interestingly, Venkat Reddy started moving closely with another MLA helped Uttam win the Nalgonda Lok Eatela Rajender, avoiding Gangula. Meanwhile, Sabha seat. Venkat Reddy also won the Gangula was appointed BC Welfare Minister. Lok Sabha elections from Bhongir Rumors began doing rounds that Chief Minister K though he lost Assembly elections from Chandrasekhar Rao made Gangula a Minister to his own constituency Nalgonda. keep Eatela Rajender in check and balance the Metro on growth

The concert scene track, chugs into in Hyderabad seems to be at an all-time The year Hyd IT corridor high with several yderabad Metro has redefined the However, it's not a cushy ride all the way for way people commute in 2019. L&THMRL. The death of a 27-year-old L national and H Be it avoiding traffic in the rains, or Mounika due to a chunk of concrete falling on set the tune scorching summer heat, or endless wait for her at the Ameerpet Metro rail station in international artistes RTC buses, the Metro has been a solution for September was a shocking taint on its repu- most of the problems. It is no surprise that tation. After Mounika's death, rumours against expressing their eople in the country tance of the Hyderabadi audi- Pranati Khanna, entrepreneur the ridership shot up from 2.2 lakh in March the Metro started doing rounds, but today are willing to tr- ence in terms of variety in and artiste. to 4 lakh in October. Hyderabadis were not swayed by the fake news interest to perform Pavel far to listen to their music taste and genre. “Popular and high-end Metro train operations between Ameerpet and patronised the service in larger numbers. favourite bands, musicians, DJs “The audience in Hyderabad venues are preferred both the and the IT hub of Hitec City stretch However, this in the city, writes or to watch their favourite is evolving. Given the rise in aw- audience and the performer of Metro Rail Corridor-III com- spurred L&THRML to dance troupes perform. areness and also the availabili- equally. This space to be able to menced in March and the Raidurg sta- launch stringent checks Anushka This is being seen not only in ty of several online streaming come forward and perform gi- tion was officially inaugurated by Trains are and ensure safe travel cities like Mumbai, Bang- services, the audience in Hyd- ves the performers a significant Minister K T Rama Rao in November. available for citizens. Pradeep alore and Goa that were erabad is now warming up to boost and helps in reaching a For the first time in the country, and Additionally, earlier considered ‘hip’, the idea of Indie music and mu- larger audience,” says Sofiya. perhaps in the world, Hyderabad practically Hyderabad pollution led but also Hyderabad. sicians of various genres who The city now has several Metro Rail has created an all-women every 3 to 4 to several snags with The city is now being perform worldwide. Indepen- popular venues coming up all managed station "Taruni passengers being forced seen as a ‘concert venue’ dent artistes are all the more over, including Cafe Heart Cup Madhuranagar", catering to the needs minutes and to walk on the tracks to and performers are popular and in the limelight Coffee, Hard Rock Cafe, Tabula of women. the frequency reach the station after warming up to it. today,” says Sofiya Sujad, a well Rasa, and Prism ranking as the During RTC strike, the number of is increased the trains ground to a Large crowds at music known event manager. best concert venues in town. people who opted for the Metro halt following 'carboni- concerts, at one point of time “Independent music and Gachibowli stadium, Rajiv zoomed by about 70,000 per day. during peak sation' of the tracks. considered a Western phe- musicians based here in the city Gandhi stadium, LB Nagar sta- Trains are available practically every hours. There HMRL MD NVS nomenon, are now a regular are on the rise, and Hyderabad dium are just a few of the 3 to 4 minutes and the frequency is Reddy said, feature in India, and Hyderabad is making space for them by many larger arenas used as increased during peak hours. There are 4,000 “Hyderabadis have is no different. This trend is welcoming troupes like Sofar performance venues in the city. are 4,000 parking slots for two-wheel- parking slots taken to Metro quite attributed to the fact that the Songs who exclusively create In- “Hyderabad definitely shows ers and about 500 available for cars at well. It is gradually music scene is thriving in the die music and often do covers promise as a concert venue,” all stations. for bikes changing the way country, and young consumers as well and more often than not, says Pranati Khanna, a jazz and Despite this, feeder services have Hyderabadis commute. are eager to explore it as a new skip genres. However it's true rock musician from the city been launched from all the metro sta- Women and youth have experience. that budding original artistes in who is also part of the rock tions that the commuters can avail by paying opted for Metro in a big way. Our passenger In 2019 itself, we witnessed the city do have to face hurdles band 'Spell Check'. just Rs 15. IT companies welcomed Metro into number has crossed 4 lakh in 2 years where- several artistes perform in the before they can establish them- “It is still a budding city in Hitec City to an extent that most of the com- as it took 6 years in Bengaluru and Chennai city, and Hyderabad being on selves. Nevertheless, the oppor- terms of the concert scene, this panies are running feeder services. has not even touched 1 lakh even after 5 years. the tour itinerary of bands such tunities and places to perform for performers means that it About 14 lakh smart cards have been sold Many more facilities and features will be added as Afrojack or singers asa Arijit in the city are not limited any- ranks among fresh territories. so far and every day, about 2.2 lakh passen- to Hyderabad Metro in 2020.: Singh, rappers Gully Boy and more. While there’s definitely This comes with its own bene- gers use them to travel. This is about 60 per For the year to come, Metro authorities are Divine and several others. scope for better audience recep- fits. The newer the territory, the cent of the overall rid- looking at launching the JBS to CBS corri- A factor that plays a key role tivity for original artistes, the better the prospects of finding ership. dor by Jauary-end. is the rise of independent musi- rising number of performance sponsors, fresh audience and Furthermore, cians and the growing accep- venues is an added bonus,” says more,” she says. to improve accessibility, L&THMRL introduced app- based and QR based ticketing shortly. It will be similar to getting inside a movie theatre by showing the ticket on one's mobile phone. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | DECEMBER 28, 2019 nation 05 SHORT READS No deaths due to rail accidents in 2019 MP: 15-year-old raped PNS n NEW DELHI were injured and 23 were killed in bus, three arrested l Safest year for train passengers when the Kalinga Utkal Express RAJGARH: A 19-year-old bus Indian Railways has recorded derailed. In 2018-2019, 106 helper has been arrested for zero passenger deaths in rail were injured. allegedly raping a 15-year-old accidents in 2019, making it the It was also during this peri- girl inside a bus in Biaora town national transporter's safest od that 59 people were killed of Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh year in history, according to and about 100 were injured district, police said on Friday. official data. While railways when a train ran into a crowd The police have arrested Raju witnessed staff deaths during of spectators who were stand- Ahirwar for allegedly raping the the last year, there were no pas- ing on the tracks watching the minor, and two others, senger deaths in the last 12 Dusshera festival in Amritsar. including the bus driver, for months, the data revealed. Railways, however, main- abetting the crime, an official In 2018-19, railways record- tained that this incident did not said. The incident occurred in ed 16 death, 28 deaths in 2017- come under the umbrella of the intervening night of 2018 and 195 deaths during train accidents as the spectators Wednesday and Thursday, 2016-2017. were "encroaching". when the victim was returning While between 1990-1995, In 2019-20, there were no Rahul Gandhi shakes to her village after meeting her an average of more than 500 accidents involving passenger brother in Indore, Suthalia accidents took place every year, trains, but some derailments of police station in-charge with around 2,400 deaths and goods trains have occurred so a leg with tribals in Raipur Mukesh Gaud said. Ahirwar 4,300 injured in those five far. While 33 passengers were allegedly raped the girl inside a years, a decade later between injured in the past 12 months, stationary bus at Biaora bus 2013-2018, an average of While railways witnessed except the deaths of a few PNS n RAIPUR Minister Bhupesh Baghel also joined him. The nation- stand, while bus driver Kadir around 110 accidents took place staff deaths during the last year, there employees, no passenger deaths welcomed Rahul Gandhi, al tribal dance festival will Khan (25) stood guard outside every year which killed around were reported. Some of the rail Former Congress President who inaugurated the three- see tribals from 25 states of the vehicle, Suthalia police 990 people and injured about were no passenger deaths in the last accidents that occurred this Rahul Gandhi on Friday par- day festival. the country participating in station in-charge Mukesh Gaud 1,500 people, according to data year included the derailment of ticipated in the opening cer- Rahul Gandhi joined a the festival. said. After the incident, the girl available. Railway train acci- 12 months, the data revealed 11 coaches of the Seemanchal emony of the three-day tribal group while they were Apart from this, artists reached Suthalia police dents (consequential) includes Express, the derailment of the National Tribal Dance performing the 'Gaur dance'. from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, station at around 2 am on collision, derailment, fire, level Chhapra-Surat Tapti Ganga Festival here and shook a leg He danced with the tribals Thailand, Uganda, Belarus Thursday and reported the crossing accidents and other While in 2017-2018, till March, come down over the years. In Express, fire in the Hyderabad with the tribals. with a 'mandar'. Chief and Maldives will also be crime, he added. miscellaneous accidents. While there were 73 accidents, the first 2016-17, 365 people were Deccan-New Delhi Telangana Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel participating. calculating the casualty due to time the railways achieved a two injured in various train acci- Express Pantry Car and an a train accident, the number of digit figure, the figure between dents including the derailment accident involving two trains ‘Understand the persons killed are taken into April and December 15 in 2018 of 15 coaches of the Ajmer- which collided with each other chronology': Priyanka account. The casualty is further was 45. Sealdah Express on December in Telangana in which 16 pas- categorised into death of railway In 2014-15 there were 50 28, 2016, in which 44 were sengers were injured and ‘NRC, NPR attack on takes dig at Amit Shah passenger, railway staff and accidents at unmanned level injured. This was also the year motorman was killed. NEW DELHI: Congress leader others. crossings, in 2015-16 it was, 20 when the Hirakhand Express Railways said they had been Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Railway does not count run in 2016-17, 10 in 2017-18, derailed injuring 68. In 2017-18, able to achieve zero deaths on poor, like demonetisation’ Friday took a veiled dig at over deaths as deaths in railway three in 2018-19 - 3 and zero in 195 people were injured, with a tracks in 2019 because of a slew Home Minister Amit Shah over accidents. Railways has steadi- 2019-20. The number of injured major accident in Khatauli in of measures that have been PNS n RAIPUR his "understand the chronology" ly improved its accident figures. in these accidents have also Uttar Pradesh where 97 people undertaken over the last year. Whether NPR or remark on the National Register Likening the National NRC, it is a tax on Traffic snarl on of Citizens and Citizenship Population Register (NPR) poor people of the Amendment Act and said and the National Register of country. You understand Jammu-Srinagar "youngistan will not budge". Muslims Citizens (NRC) with demon- Her sharp attack at Shah Indian techies pen etisation, Congress leader demonestisation. It was a tax National Highway comes amid massive protests take out Rahul Gandhi on Friday said on poor people. Go to banks across the country against the these exercises are "tax" on the and give your money but do PNS n JAMMU Citizenship Amendment Act protest march poor, who will suffer the same not withdraw money from which the Congress is also open letter against CAA way they did after the note your account. Entire money Heavy traffic jams were wit- opposing, alleging that it is against CAA ban in November 2016. nessed on the Jammu- unconstitutional and PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n AJMER (RAJ) He was talking to reporters went to the pocket of 15-20 Srinagar National Highway discriminatory. "Understand at the airport here after rich people. This (NPR or at Nagotra toll post on the chronology... First they will A grouping of Indian and Large number of Muslims, attending the inaugural func- NRC) is the same thing Friday as authorities did promise you two crore jobs. Indian-origin professionals including khadims of the tion of the National Tribal — RAHUL GANDHI not allow fresh kashmir- Then they will form working with tech giants like Ajmer dargah, took out a Dance Festival. Congress leader bound traffic due to bad government. Then they will Google, Uber, Amazon and protest march against the "Whether NPR or NRC, it weather, triggering protests destroy your universities. Then Facebook have written an open amended Citizenship Act is a tax on poor people of the by drivers. they will destroy the country's letter against the new reli- here on Friday, demanding a country. You understand people are asking how will "Everybody is informed constitution. Then you will gion-based citizenship law and rollback of the controversial demonestisation. It was a tax they get jobs, Gandhi said that the highway is closed. protest. Then they will call you the planned national register of law. They also burnt an effi- on poor people. Go to banks although the economy earlier No vehicle in any circum- a 'fool' but youngistan will not citizens, terming them as "fas- gy of Deewan Zainul Abedin and give your money but do grew at nine per cent, it has stances will be allowed to budge," she tweeted in Hindi. cist". They urged business Ali Khan, the spiritual head of not withdraw money from now declined to four per cent, move towards Kashmir", a Shah, ahead of the Lok Sabha leaders like Sundar Pichai, the dargah, accusing him of your account. Entire money that too if measured through policeman carrying a polls in April, had reportedly Satya Nadella and Mukesh misleading Muslims on the went to the pocket of 15-20 a new technique. microphone announced at said, "Aap chronology samajh Ambani to "take a stance and issue of the amended rich people. This (NPR or "But if we measure the the Nagrota traffic check- lijiye (please understand the publicly denounce the fascist Citizenship Act. "The Centre NRC) is the same thing," he growth rate through the old post. chronology). He had reportedly acts by the Indian govern- should repeal the Act, which said. He was responding to a method, then it will just be However, a traffic police said first CAB will come, then ment". The letter by is an attack on the Preamble query on the Centre's claim 2.50 per cent. Poor people are official at traffic police con- NRC and not just for Bengal 'TechAgainstFascism' on and Twitter have played a key those of their employers. of the Constitution. The gov- that the NPR has no link with asking that after robbing them trol (TPCR) said there is a but for the entire country. online publishing platform role in providing a platform to "The CAA, 2019 combined ernment should also say that NRC. "Poor people will have of their entire money, what traffic jam on the highway Medium also urged the lead- people to voice their opinion with the NRC, is a deeply anti- the NRC (National Register of to go to officers and show have they got (in return)," he but the highway is open for ers to refuse to shut off the against and in favour of the Muslim scheme that will cre- Citizens) will not be imple- their documents and give said. traffic. Over 1000 vehicles Internet at the "government's CAA. "We - engineers, ate greater statelessness and mented (countrywide)," bribe. They will have to give Hitting out at Prime have been stranded at vari- whim" and to ensure that con- researchers, analysts, and global disparity for Muslims, Sarwar Chisty, a khadim of bribe if there is a slight mis- Minister Naredra Modi, he ous places. When the high- tent moderation is not skewing designers - of the technology growing worse with India's the dargah, said. take in their names. Crores of said, "It is being talked about way will reopen, the bus and pro-government. industry, unflinchingly con- economic decline and climate Slogans such as "long live rupees will be pulled out of in the world that India is reel- truck drivers will be allowed This comes at a time when demn the fascist Indian gov- change," the letter said. communal harmony" were the pockets of the poor and ing under violence; women to move towards Kashmir, thousands of Indians across the ernment and the brutality it It pointed out that with raised by the protesters. The will be given to the same 15 are not allowed to roam freely the policeman said. country are protesting the enacts on citizens. The state- record high unemployment march started from the dar- people. This is the truth. It is on roads and the unemploy- As a result of the stoppage amended citizenship law and sponsored brutality against levels, plummeting growth, gah and concluded at the an attack on the people," he ment rate is at a 45-year high. of vehicles, heavy jam of ‘Armed forces have the planned National Register protestors must stop immedi- and rising farmer suicides, collectorate, after passing said. But PM Narendra Modi is not vehicles is seen on the high- utmost respect for of Citizens (NRC). On sever- ately," the letter said. such "ultra-nationalist and through the crowded dargah Asserting that the poor able to understand it." way for several kilometers. al occasions, these protests These employees — who diversionary tactics are bazaar. Chisty alleged that the human rights laws’ turned violent and have left claim to be located across San attempts by the Indian govern- dargah deewan misled NEW DELHI: Army chief around 20 dead and several Francisco, Seattle, London, ment to mask over its incom- Muslims by stating that the General Bipin Rawat on Friday injured in clashes with the Israel and Bengaluru — added petence" over the biggest amended Act was not against Thousands gather at Jama said the armed forces had the police. WhatsApp and social that the opinions expressed are socio-economic crises in the them, adding that therefore, utmost respect for human media platforms like Facebook their own and do not reflect country. his effigy was burnt. rights laws and they not only ensured protection of human Masjid to protest against CAA rights of the people of the country, but also of its Marching protesters stopped at PM's residence PNS n NEW DELHI adversaries. He was addressing the interns and senior officers PNS n NEW DELHI could not be blamed for vio- Braving cold weather, hun- of the National Human Rights lence and arson during the dreds of people gathered out- Commission (NHRC) on the Hundreds of people with their protest. They raised slogans of side the iconic Jama Masjid in topic of "Preserving Human hands tied marching towards 'Tanashahi nahi chalegi' and Old Delhi on Friday to protest Rights in Times of War and Prime Minister Narendra carried posters of Babasheb against the amended citizen- Prisoners of War" at the Manav Modi's residence to demand Ambedkar and Aazad. ship law. Adhikar Bhawan here, officials the release of Bhim Army chief "We have tied our hands and Congress leader Alka Lamba said. "The Indian armed forces Chandra Shekhar Aazad and to are protesting so tomorrow and former Delhi MLA Shoaib are much disciplined and have protest the amended they do not attack us and lie Iqbal were among those who the utmost respect for human Citizenship Act were stopped that we were not protesting joined the demonstrations. rights laws and international in the way by police on Friday. peacefully," said Majid Jamal, Lamba hit out at the central human rights laws. The Indian Amid heavy security one of the participants in the government, saying "unem- armed forces not only ensure arrangement and drone sur- protest. Former chairman of ployment is the real issue in the protection of human rights of veillance, the protesters includ- the National Commission For county, but you (PM) are try- our own people but also of ing Bhim Army members Minorities Wajahat Habibullah ing to put people in a queue for adversaries and deal with the started from Dargah Shah-e- stopped by police at a barricade They participated in the said the new law is against the NRC, as it was done during the voice of democracy for the ernment cannot become dicta- prisoners of war as per the Mardan in Jor Bagh in the en route the PM's residence at march with their hands tied, basic principles laid down in demonetisation". country and for the torial and impose it agenda on Geneva Conventions," Gen. national capital and were Lok Kalyan Marg. saying they did it so that they the Constitution. "It is very essential to raise Constitution. A central gov- people," she said. ‘Jana Gana Mana' inspired countrymen to stay united’ Bedi is woman without PNS n KOLKATA session of the Congress. On conscience: Narayanasamy Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 24, 1950, the first stan- PNS n PUDUCHERRY strides in several key sectors. West Bengal Chief Minister Jana Gana Mana was first sung on this day in 1911. za of the song 'Bharoto Bhagyo To buttress that statement, Mamata Banerjee on Friday Over the years, our National Anthem has united us & inspired Bidhata' was adopted by the Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy referred to the said that the national anthem Constituent Assembly of India Narayanasamy on Friday said Department of Personnel and 'Jana Gana Mana' has inspired the nation. The song is composed by Rabindranath Tagore. as the national anthem. the Lieutenant Administrative Affairs of countrymen to stay united. He is our pride Tagore's 'Amar Sonar Bangla' Governor Kiran Bedi the Central government Remembering Rabindranath was adopted as the national is a woman without which had come out Tagore, the Nobel Laureate, anthem by the Bangladesh a conscience as she with an official report who penned 'Jana Gana Mana', protesting against the partition our pride," Banerjee tweeted. government in 1971. is allegedly adopt- stating that among the first sung on this day in 1911, of Bengal showed people 'the "Through his protests in Banerjee has been protesting ing a revengeful Union Territories, Banerjee also referred to way'. "Jana Gana Mana was first 1905, for united #Bangla, he against the contentious attitude against the Puducherry has Tagore's 'Amar sonar Bangla' sung on this day in 1911. Over has shown us the way," the Citizenship (Amendment) Act elected government. 'notched the top rank in that was written to protest the years, our National Anthem Trinamool Congress supremo (CAA) and the proposed NRC Addressing a press governance, public health, against the partition of Bengal has united us & inspired the wrote on her Tweeter handle. stating that the country is fac- conference here, he said the human resources development by the British in 1905. nation. The song is composed 'Jana Gana Mana' was sung ing a new crisis in which divide Territorial government, under sector and in maintenance of She said Tagore's way of by Rabindranath Tagore. He is for the first time at the Calcutta and rule is the law. his leadership, had made rapid law and order and security. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | DECEMBER 28, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Time for change With no milestone achievements in ensuring gender parity, a radical shift in attitudes is needed Halted at Madrid ear 2019 was one of mixed fortunes in COP25 once again highlights the dark future of the green planet. Given the attitudes of the Yterms of gender equal- ity and fluidity both for women and the LGBTQ Trump administration and Jair Bolsonaro, no significant progress is likely in the near future community. While there were a few wins, there was hardly any forward move- ment towards parity because of the propensity of our policymakers to take one step forward and two steps back. But for judicial intervention, there is hardly any movement for women in the country and the LGBTQ community. Both stand discriminated against and are on the fringes of society. The year saw the undo- ing of some major advances in LGBTQ rights, which took place in the last decade. In a major step towards gender equality, in 2014, the Supreme Court had recog- nised transgender people as a third gender and upheld their fundamental rights as guaranteed under the Constitution. It also gave them the right to self-identi- HIRANMAY KARLEKAR fication of their gender as male, female or third-gender. In another landmark judg- ment in 2018, the top court decriminalised same-sex consensual relationships. he outcome of the United Nations’ Climate Change Put together, both verdicts laid the foundations for expanding the citizenship rights Conference, also known as COP of the LGBTQ community. However, this year, legislative reforms failed to keep 25 (25th United Nations Climate pace with the path shown by the apex court. Though the passage of the Transgender Change Conference), held in MadridT from December 2 to 13, has dis- Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, has been a big step forward, it remains appointed many. It produced a bland, plat- ambiguous on many counts. For instance, while the Act gives every transgen- itudinous statement re-emphasising with der person the right to self-perceived identity, it stipulates a lengthy bureaucrat- “serious concern the urgent need to address the significant gap between the ic process for the issuance of a certificate of identity that, too, through a District aggregate effect of Parties’ mitigation Magistrate. To be identified as a male or female, one will have to go through a efforts in terms of global annual emissions hugely-expensive and painful surgery and then get the certificate revised. This, of greenhouse gases by 2020.” It simulta- neously added that it “stresses the urgency instead of providing the community with protection, leaves it at the mercy of of enhanced ambition in order to ensure corrupt, biased and insensitive doctors and District Magistrates. It is also unclear the highest possible mitigation and adap- whether applying for such a certificate of identity is a must and will those, who tation efforts by all Parties.” COP 25’s failures were primarily in two already possess identity documents, have to apply for the certificate again? Also, areas. One was its inability to frame rules the Act does not put in place any “clear” procedures in case of denial of the governing the operations of carbon trad- certificate, leaving the door open for costly and time-consuming litigations. Most ing, which owes its origin to the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. Deferred to this year by people from the community can ill-afford this because our society, with its inher- the last year’s conference, COP 24, it has ent biases, has denied them the dignity and opportunity of education and jobs. been shelved for the next climate confer- Without these two essential tools that will equip them for an economically inde- ence, COP 26, to be held in Glasgow in December next year. The second was its pendent life, there is hardly any hope for their emancipation and uplift. The Act failure to make any progress towards also keeps mum on the vital issue of reservation in jobs and discrimination in achieving meaningful emission cuts. the workplace and right of parenthood. The glaring deficiencies make the legis- One must first look at the carbon trad- lation counterproductive, unresponsive and incapable of meeting the needs of ing since deliberations over it were sup- arate market. Equally, instead ed by allegations of corruption them didn’t observe the finalised in COP 26. Even if posed to be a principal feature of the con- of reducing emissions domes- and the fundamental claim requirements of JI on ‘addition- these are, the wider question of the marginalised community. ference even before the latter began. It owes tically, an industrialised that it does not really help in ality’ as they would probably whether the carbon trading While economic opportunities for women are extremely limited at 35.4 per its origin to the Kyoto Protocol, which came country or a company could reducing emission levels. have happened anyway, and I system actually helps in reduc- cent, with just 13.8 per cent being able to break the corporate glass ceiling and into force in 2005. Dividing countries into offset its high levels of GHG Particularly under focus have would even doubt the physical ing emission levels remains, developed and developing ones, and recog- emissions by investing in green been Joint Implementation existence of some of these pro- with the critics pointing out that make their place on company boards, the pay packet taken home by them is nising that the former were responsible for ventures through what the Projects. The rules provide jects.” He was further quoted to it primarily helps the develop- just one-fifth of that of a man in a similar position. Economic independence for the current level of greenhouse gas (GHG) Protocol identified as Joint that an industrialised country have added, “I would say that ing countries to maintain their women is an ongoing battle as only one-quarter of women, compared with 82 emissions through more than 150 years of Implementation (JI) projects must invest in a project, which many of them were fake.” high emission levels without industrial activity, it mandated that the 37 and, thereby, earn Emission would not otherwise have come According to The Guardian making any significant contri- per cent of men, engage actively in the labour market and constitute merely 30 industrialised nations plus the European Reduction Units from the about and not in ones that were report, Russia and Ukraine bution to reducing — or even per cent of professional and technical workers. Despite the Modi Government’s Union cut their emission levels to targets latter. to happen anyway. The allega- were the two biggest beneficia- containing — emission levels in Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao initiative, only two-thirds of women are literate as com- for GHG emissions for the first compliance The question arises: What tion is that the latter has been ries of the JI system. Not sur- the developing countries. period from 2008 to 2012. Developing is a carbon credit? It is a per- the case in an alarming num- prisingly, JI markets in the This once again under- pared to 82 per cent men. Discrimination against the girl child begins from the countries, numbering 100, and including mit or a certificate, issued by a ber of instances. two countries have received lines the fact that global womb itself as is evident by the dismal sex ratio with just 91 girls being born India and China, were asked to con- Government or a regulatory As early as August 24, particular attention. The warming can only be mitigat- for every 100 male child. Access to nutrition and healthcare has also not been tribute by investing in projects designed to body, allowing a country or an 2015, a report in The Guardian Guardian report quotes a ed by implementing the Paris lower emissions in their countries. organisation to burn a certain by Arthur Neslen referred to source with regulatory experi- Climate Agreement’s goal of spared from the age-old biases. Men get a better deal in a country that believes Developed, industrialised countries specified amount of hydrocar- the findings of the Stockholm ence in Ukraine’s JI market as keeping the global tempera- in the concept of shakti and worships goddesses and puts Mother India on a undertook to reduce their annual hydro- bon fuel over a specified peri- Environment Institute that the saying that as the 2000s ture rise this century to well pedestal. Ironically, in a country that was run by a woman for 20 years, today, carbon emissions by an average of 5.2 per od. Each carbon credit is val- Joint Implementation scheme dragged on, JIs increasingly below 2OC above pre-indus- cent, representing 29 per cent of the ued against one tonne of hydro- was so open to abuse that came to be seen by market par- trial levels and to pursue political empowerment of women remains low with just 14.4 per cent represen- world’s GHG emissions, by 2012. All carbon fuel. three quarters of the allowances ticipants as “a corruption efforts to limit the tempera- tation in Parliament. In fact, the Women’s Reservation Bill, that seeks to reserve countries were required to draw up nation- As the commitment peri- under it lacked environmental mechanism.” ture increase even further to 33.33 per cent seats in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for women, is one al emission reduction targets, called od of the Kyoto Protocol ended integrity. As a result, around Clearly, the rules and reg- 1.5OC. It is also important to Nationally Determined Contributions in December 2012, parties to it 600m tonnes of carbon were ulations for carbon trading achieve the Agreement’s goal of the country’s longest pending legislations. As a nation we also failed to learn (NDCs), which they had to submit regu- met in Doha, Qatar, and wrongly emitted under the need to be reformed substan- of enhancing the ability of our lessons from the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case. The `2,264-crore Nirbhaya larly to the United Nations Framework amended it, fixing new emis- UNFCCC-administered Joint tially to rule out corruption and countries to deal with impacts Fund remains grossly underused at a dismal 11 per cent (`252 crore). Poor Convention on Climate Change (UNFC- sion reduction targets for the Implementation (JI) scheme. ensure transparency in transac- of climate change. CC). The protocol laid down that instead period 2013 to 2020. The Doha The institute’s paper, which tions. Matters have been further Unfortunately, no progress spending of the fund reveals the lack of political will and the cavalier attitude of of reducing its own emissions, a polluting Amendment, as it was called, was corroborated by United complicated by the issue of was made in these directions the men in power. Calls for criminalisation of marital rape also remained unheard company or country could buy carbon was, however, never ratified Nations officials, and parts of whether carbon credits earned in Madrid and given the atti- in a male-dominated society. However, in a small step in the right direction, the credits from another that had reduced its and was superseded by the which were published in Nature before the Paris Climate tudes of the Trump adminis- Supreme Court in a recent judgment criminalised non-consensual sex with a carbon footprint. Industrialised countries Paris Climate Agreement of Climate Change, states that an Conference can be used in the tration and leaders like Jair could do so through the Emission 2015. Article 6 of the Paris estimated 80 per cent of JI pro- period after it came into force. Bolsonaro, the President of wife between 15-18 years of age. One major achievement of the Modi Government Reduction Purchase Agreement, while a Climate Agreement provides jects were of low environmen- Not surprisingly, the rules con- Brazil, no significant progress in 2019 was the coming into effect of a new law, the Muslim Women (Protection Clean Development Mechanism gave for international cooperation tal quality. The Guardian dis- tinue to be subjects of discus- is likely in the near future. of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, which criminalised triple talaq. But much more developing countries carbon credits in the and carbon trading. patch quotes one of the authors sion and, judging by the (The writer is Consultant form of Certified Emission Reduction Unfortunately, the issue of of the report, Vladyslav progress thus far and the inter- Editor, The Pioneer, and needs to be done to ensure gender equality. Let’s hope for a better year ahead. Units, which were bought and sold in a sep- carbon trading has been cloud- Zhezherin, as saying, “Many of ests involved, are unlikely to be an author) Unfair selection S O U N D BITE Without taking people from I don't like violence. Whether As neighbour to both India They (TMC) will create trouble. Former Indian star spinner Harbhajan Singh has stirred every religion, every caste, any side left side or right and Pakistan, we call on We will create trouble. This is tribals, Dalits and side, just don't do violence. both sides to exercise the character of Bengal’s poli- a hornet’s nest by questioning team India selectors backwards together, the Don't destroy property, restraint and refrain from tics. You (journalists) also look hen it comes to turban-wearing economy of the country don't do that, be away taking actions that will for news. That’s why we allow superstar spinners who played for cannot be run. from violence. escalate tensions. people to create trouble. WIndia’s cricket team making a fuss Congress leader Actor Chinese official BJP leader about the selection process, one usually thinks —Rahul Gandhi —Akshay Kumar —Geng Shuang —Dilip Ghosh of former India captain and current bête noire of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Bishan Singh Bedi. So when one heard L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR that it is the more contemporary Harbhajan Singh who has raised his voice, questioning Defusing tensions Change is coming, slowly Dhoni's comeback the Indian selectors, it came as a surprise. While Harbhajan Singh has never been shy of draw- Sir — This refers to the editori- he humiliating defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party Sir — It is heart-warming to ing attention to himself, his altercation with al, “Row over NPR” (December (BJP) in Jharkhand isn’t surprising. The Prime know that former Indian crick- 27). The faux pas on the Assam TMinister had held around 10 election campaigns in et team skipper Mahendra Singh Andrew Symonds during a Test match against Australia and with pacer S Sreesanth National Register of Citizens the State and Union Home Minister and BJP president Dhoni has accomplished his during an IPL match are notorious. But he has usually been supportive of the (NRC) had the Government err Amit Shah had addressed the people on at least seven glorious 15 years in internation- in haste over its subsequent and occasions. All the rhetoric concerning the abrogation of al cricket. With an unconven- cricket establishment. His attack on the selectors came on behalf of Hyderabad contradictory narrative on the the special status of Jammu & Kashmir, the construc- tional batting technique, new- batsman Suryakumar Yadav, who, as Harbhajan acknowledges, is having a great National Population Register tion of the Ram temple, the criminalisation of instant triple fangled wicket-keeping expertise season with his State team and for the Indian developmental sides India A and (NPR)-NRC. It must be said that talaq and the implementation of the Citizenship and fearless captaincy, Dhoni India B. The spinner, whose post-cricket career as a commentator is not taking the Government counted on this (Amendment) Act was rejected by the people of the State. changed the face of Indian crick- miasma to look for electoral It is clear that these issues cannot overrule the local ones et and took the team to new flight, asked why Yadav was ignored while a rather nebulous “others” are being leverage in the upcoming when it comes to the State polls. The results show yet heights in the international given chance after chance. Assembly elections. again that the image of Narendra Modi as a BJP mas- arena. He also became a role Is there favoritism among the cricket selectors? This is rather an obvious Assam, however, has long cot has its limitations in spite of his popularity. the BJP, which introduced the dubious system of elec- model for countless youngsters been vehement over the prima- The main reason for the BJP’s recent defeats in sev- toral bonds instead of wiping out corruption. It has failed across the nation. question. Selectors have always tended to favour players whom they have cy of the Assamese ethos in any eral States seems to be the party’s growing arrogance at stopping poverty-stricken farmers from committing Dhoni has always been a known for years. The fact is that such favoritism has always existed and until political prescription. The net following its massive victory in the general elections. With suicide. Moreover, the state of the economy is growing strong pillar of the Indian crick- the selection process is made transparent, nothing much will change. Very result is a nationwide reaction, the loss of Jharkhand, the BJP now governs only 35 per worse. The fact that the tribal voters have turned against et team. Despite being a small with each section interpreting cent of India’s landmass, whereas in 2017, its domin- the party in significant numbers is also telling. It is an town boy, he made it evident often with sportspersons, the rigours of the top level of the game are actu- the same page to its own under- ion extended to 71 per cent. It is time for the party to opportune moment for the Opposition to unite against that nothing can restrain an ally different from lower tiers. Many of the best domestic players in cricket standing. The feverish attempts introspect. Instead of trying to belittle the Congress and the Modi-Shah regime and form a people-friendly, cor- individual from achieving great- have not made the transition to the international game. A lot depends on the at translation by every stake- Jawaharlal Nehru or Pakistan all the time, the BJP should ruption-free Government. ness in life if one has a genuine holder can be toned down, if not focus on delivering on its promises such as the creation Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee passion and a strong will to do mental state. Selectors need to have a “feel” for a player and often give chance be subdued, only when the of jobs and detecting black money. It is ironic that it was Faridabad so. Since he has not played for to a player, who they believe, has a higher chance of success in the long run, Supreme Court gives its ruling team India for the past six a longer run at the game. They did just that with Virat Kohli almost a decade on the Citizenship Amendment months, one hopes that he Act (CAA). We have seen how Police State quell the protests against the during the pro-democracy makes a sturdy comeback soon ago and one doubts any Indian cricket fan questions that decision today. Things a simple referendum over Brexit Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Hong Kong earlier this in international cricket. will always seem unfair towards one player or another but as long as the Indian has tied up a nation with four (CAA), with Uttar Pradesh top- year. That the current scenario is Tushar Anand team keeps succeeding, questioning the selectors ought to be frowned upon. centuries of vintage democracy Sir — It is really disquieting that ping the list. being equated with an authoritar- Patna in knots for three long years. the Indian Government has shut This situation is eerily remi- ian regime is not a healthy sign. They will make mistakes now and again but on the whole, their overall suc- R Narayanan down the internet in various niscent of the blackouts carried Adrian David Send your feedback to: cess is what should be measured. Navi Mumbai parts of the country in order to out by the Chinese Government Chennai [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | DECEMBER 28, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Unlock the power POINTCOUNTERPOINT THE RSS CONSIDERS THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF HINDUS ARE THE MAJORITY COMMUNITY BUT THERE of partnerships INDIA AS HINDU SOCIETY, IRRESPECTIVE OF ARE ALSO BUDDHISTS, MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, JAINS PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL RELIGIONS AND CULTURE. AND DALITS. ALL OF US ARE UNITED AS INDIANS. It’s time like-minded organisations come together —RSS CHIEF —UNION MINISTER to forge collaborations that can catalyse public MOHAN BHAGWATS RAMDAS ATHAWALE health and expedite healthcare transformation, say SITA R BUDARAJU and RAJNI WADHWA he vision of a sustainable and equitable world hinges on robust human capital. Knowledge, skills and health, which Tenable people to realise their full potential as productive members of society, are collectively termed as “human capi- The dawn of a new era tal.” When nations invest in areas, including health, nutrition and education, they build a wealth of human capital. A study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation found that Slowly but surely, India has manoeuvred its way through digital transformation. It must build on this nations with greater improvements in human capital tend to have faster growth in per capita GDP. Health is an important barom- success and the communication revolution to a new level for the creation of a vibrant economy eter as well as means for human capital. While India has made significant improvements in health over the last decade, there are areas that still need targetted interventions. For instance, neonatal health. India loses about 7.47 lakh newborns every year. There is also a stark interstate variation in neonatal health. While Kerala has achieved single-digit neonatal mortality rate (NMR) of five deaths per 1,000 live births, there are States, which still lose over 30 newborns for every 1,000 live births. Although India has made strides in improving maternal mortality ratio (MMR) — from 556 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 130 in 2014-16 — there is still a long way to go UTTAM GUPTA to combat the wide interstate variation. While Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have already achieved the tar- aving missed the first and second get of less than 70 deaths per 1,00,000 live births (as envis- industrial revolution of the 19th and aged under the third SDG), some States need intensive efforts early 20th century (courtesy the sub- to reach the SDG target. jugation of India to colonial rulers of MMR is one among a total of 17 SDGs adopted by the United those times) and even the third tech- Nations to transform society. A baseline report and SDG index Hnology-driven revolution (this one was primarily launched by the UN System in India and the Government gave due to the “protectionist” and “inward-looking” the country an overall score of 58, while noting that there are Government policies, which were not conducive to wide variations between the States. The value of the score indi- embracing technology), India is at the forefront of cates the average performance of the State/UT towards achiev- leading the fourth industrial revolution — a digi- tally driven one —with speed and scale. ing the 13 SDGs and their respective targets. To put it in per- The digital revolution calls for a shift from spective, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala lead the index, with a mechanical and analogue electronic technology to score of 69, followed by Tamil Nadu at 66 and Andhra Pradesh, digital electronics, which began in the late 50s and Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra, all with a score of the late 1970s with the adoption and proliferation 64. With a little over a decade to go to meet the 2030 dead- of digital computers and digital record-keeping, GIVEN THE HUGE line, goals are still achievable if there is wholehearted commit- which continues till the present day. The last five SIZE OF THE ment and effort. It has to be a shared responsibility, a tri-sec- years have seen massive proliferation of affordable NATION, tor collaboration between the Government, the private sector mobile phones, increase in the penetration of the VASTNESS IN and civil societies/non-profit organisations because the SDGs internet and the explosion of data use from a mere TERMS OF BOTH are common goals for all. Synergistic partnerships will prove 0.2 GB a month to 11 GB. This was possible due to the mammoth investment in telecom infrastruc- DEMOGRAPHY to be the key driver or catalyst to drive transformation and help ture, exponential growth of mobile factories with- AND GEOGRAPHY, us reach those goals. in the country, expansion of telecom services (with THERE ARE Recent history witnessed some powerful examples of suc- prime focus on data services) and the adoption of MILLIONS OF Unified Payment Interface (BHIMUPI), ing farmers’ data viz, land size, crop groups (SHGs) and village panchayats cessful collaborations between Government and development new technologies, which are many times more effi- PEOPLE, WHO with over 600 million transactions a grown, soil status and fertiliser use. All among others. Money should come from partners. The National Polio Surveillance Programme (NPSP), cient and cost effective. This was in turn spurred STILL REMAIN month (January 2019), is the interoper- of these need to be put on digital record. the State or Central budget and, thus, Zila Swachh Bharat and Swasth Bharat Prerak programmes, by an enabling policy environment that included UNCONNECTED able backbone that connects all banks There is also a need to create a technol- ensure that the service providers, includ- Karnataka Integrated Tele-medicine and Tele-health Project, Urban “change horses in midstream.” For instance, under AND THOSE with the consumers. ogy-driven financial architecture for has- ing BSNL, are not made to foot the bill. Slum Health Care Project in Andhra Pradesh and Mission the New Telecom Policy (NTP), 1999, service CONNECTED ARE True, India has seized the opportu- sle-free transfer of money into the ben- Sixth, in the process of conducting Indradhanush are good examples of how multi-sectoral com- providers were allowed to switch over to the pay- FACED WITH nity and taken the lead in the digital rev- eficiary’s account. Unfortunately, the businesses, digital companies generate mitment and collaboration can lead to a significant impact from ment of license fee as a percentage of their annu- olution. However, given the huge size of exercise has not even begun. data on millions of customers. This has al revenue. QUALITY ISSUES. the nation, vastness in terms of both Third, India needs at least three to raised three major concerns viz, protec- the ground up. We have many lessons to learn and findings to Digital infrastructure now forms the bedrock THIS MAKES IT demography and geography, there are mil- four telecom service providers so as to tion of data; rights of citizens to priva- implement from these past experiences. of unprecedented growth of start-ups in sunrise CLEAR THAT lions of people, who still remain uncon- maintain delivery of “quality” services at cy; and national security. Considering Today, the private sector has increasingly become a valu- industries viz, online retail commerce, retail bro- THERE ARE nected and those connected are faced with “affordable” price (considering the grow- that the e-commerce landscape is dom- able partner in addressing crucial healthcare and development kering, food delivery, ride-hailing, digital aggrega- MASSIVE quality issues. This makes it clear that there ing needs, we should be aiming at six). inated by multinationals such as Amazon issues. According to the India Philanthropy Report, 2019, by tion of service providers such as plumbers, clean- CHALLENGES are massive challenges when it comes to Unfortunately, today, the telecom indus- and Walmart, concerns are heightened Bain and Company and Dasra, private Indian philanthropy grew ers and painters among others. Consequently, India WHEN IT COMES enacting the kind of changes that are nec- try is at the brink. One major player, due to cross-border movement and at 15 per cent per year between 2014 and 2018 and even out- has now emerged as the third largest start-up ecosys- TO ENACTING THE essary in order to make a digital leap to Vodafone-Idea, has already hinted at sharing of “sensitive” data with third par- paced public funding growth. Also, the CSR budget outlays of tems in the world, right behind China and the US. KINDS OF the fourth industrial revolution. All stake- closing the shop if the Government does ties, including foreign Governments. domestic corporations and contributions of corporate charita- It offers huge scope for generating employment and CHANGES THAT holders, including the Government and not provide relief. There is an urgent The Government has adopted a ble trusts, combined, grew at 12 per cent during this period. income. The success of the Modi Government’s service providers, must be prepared to need to pull it back. multi-pronged way to address these con- “financial inclusion” programme is predicated on ARE NECESSARY address the loopholes. The service providers themselves cerns, which includes the issuance of exec- While increased financial aid is a welcome sign, it is not enough. the use of the Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-mobile phone IN ORDER TO First, economic growth, which need to do a lot. They began well by utive orders (for example, last year, the With their expertise, resources, reach and experience, the pri- (JAM) trinity. This platform is used for direct trans- MAKE A DIGITAL slowed down to five per cent and 4.5 per pledging to avoid predatory tariff cuts. Reserve Bank of India ordered all payment vate and development sectors can accelerate the strengthen- fer of subsidy and other benefits to the beneficia- LEAP TO THE cent during the first and second quar- This should be sustained (the regulator companies to transfer data to India with- ing of India’s health systems together. When philanthropies and ry’s account. This scheme has helped save thousands FOURTH ter of the year, needs to be revived and will have to play a role expected from it; in six months); enactment of a law on data corporates forge coalitions, their impact can be synergistic and of crores of rupees by plugging leakages. This, how- INDUSTRIAL accelerated to eight per cent in order to it has not done so far). The Government protection; the roll out of a policy on FDI exponential. Some examples of effective collaboration include ever, would not have been possible in the absence REVOLUTION fulfil the dream of a $5 trillion econo- may provide some relief by way of a cut in e-commerce market place and regula- the India Health Fund, which is focussed on strengthening India’s of a robust digital architecture. my by 2025. A “robust” and “healthy” in Spectrum Usage Charge (SUC) from tions for the conduct of MNCs on these ability to fight and eliminate tuberculosis and malaria. Similarly, The Government has made effective use of tech- digital infrastructure will be very crucial existing eight per cent to say five per cent platforms. However, care must be taken under the Healthy India Alliance, organisations working on NCD nology to empower the farmers by distributing dig- to achieve this target. It is equally and a reduction in Goods and Services to ensure that our digital initiatives and issues in India have come together to catalyse multi-sectoral itally-enabled 140 million soil health cards, which important to realise the vital goal of dou- Tax (GST) as well. However, it must not innovation, especially, the start-up ecosys- action to enhance quality of life. have all the information about the nutrient status bling farmers income. go for a complete bailout as that could tem, are not haemorrhaged. We also need of the soil and provides information on what fer- Second, substantial augmentation of destabilise its budget. to remember that if India goes too far in Despite these efforts, there is still a huge scope for alliances tilisers and other inputs are needed to improve soil the existing infrastructure will be nec- Fourth, while implementing revival insisting on “data localisation”, “setting up that focus on strengthening Government health systems. It is health and its fertility. The Government also essary for the Modi Government to plans for BSNL and MTNL, efforts must local office” and the “handing over the high time like-minded organisations came together to forge part- launched the National Agriculture Market (NAM), achieve its ambitious financial inclusion be made to ensure that they remain self- data key to regulators”, then this can trig- nerships that catalyse public health. Such mergers can bring a pan-India electronic trading portal, for farm pro- programme and at the same time ensur- financed and the impact on the budget ger retaliation from the US, the EU coun- in the professionals, technology, expertise, capital and research duce for the creation of a unified national market ing effective implementation of welfare must remain minimal. This can be done tries and others, thus affecting billions of prowess that can expedite health sector transformation. And for agricultural commodities. Payments of wages schemes. For instance, under the only if the sale plan of their land and other dollar exports from Indian IT and IT- this need not be restricted to Indian companies. Global firms, under MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi Rural Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi assets is vigorously carried forward. enabled service companies. which have a huge market in India, too, need to participate in Employment Guarantee Scheme) are also being (PM-KISAN), which promises to enroll Apart from reaching out to remote Finally, India needs to carefully devel- this process. The national development story will remain incom- done through the Aadhaar Payments Bridge (APB) 140 million marginal farmers within its areas, where private firms may not go, op its approach to taxation of digital trans- plete till we invest in building robust human capital, strength- using the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) model. fold, only 70 million have been enrolled their continuation is necessary from actions (and how the Government can The digital architecture has also helped mil- so far. The Government has not even “security” and “strategic” perspective. make OECD agree to our ideas on the en health systems and delivery at the last mile. lions of consumers and traders in facilitating ease reached the half-way mark yet. Fifth, the Government must come out subject) as in the years to come, this will (Sita Rama Budaraju is a public health consultant for Tata of payments and business. The Government has The proposal to pay fertiliser sub- with a comprehensive policy on “subsi- be a major source of revenue. Trusts and Rajni Wadhwa is head, programme management also given a boost to indigenous digital payment sidy through the DBT system requires dising” digital services under its welfare (The writer is a New Delhi-based unit, ASMAN) mechanism. The Bharat Interface for Money- monumental efforts in terms of collect- schemes to empower farmers, self-help policy analyst.) Harness AI power to transform healthcare To address the twin problems of diagnosing cancer early and to treat it at a fraction of the cost, the field of Artificial Intelligence must be explored disease burden faced by the country. Vector- haps is the only way forward in ensuring sur- The tech community has recognised the kickstart early treatment, thereafter enabling Perhaps the biggest barrier to the injec- borne diseases, such as that of Malaria, have vivability. But diagnostic services for cancer impact that AI can have in healthcare with tracking of disease progression. In oncolo- tion of these solutions in public health sys- steadily decreased over the last three decades are scant, the procedures tend to be expen- open source community and medical estab- gy as well, AI may be able to diagnose patients tems lies in proving generalisability and on but the incidence of lifestyle diseases, cate- sive and invasive. The problem India faces is lishments actively building data-sets to spur earlier and more accurately than doctors can, ground efficacy of these applications. Some gorised as non-communicable diseases or two-fold: We need to diagnose cancer earli- innovation. Detection of lung nodules and with the tools they currently have. AI algorithms make it impossible to re-trace NCDs, such as diabetes and hypertension, has er and do it at a fraction of the cost. Artificial their classification into benign and malignant Applications of AI in oncology go beyond the steps involved in the algorithm reaching increased manifold in the same period. Intelligence (AI) may just be the answer. growths using CT scans formed the problem image recognition as well. a decision, a problem which is referred to as Increasingly, cancer’s share in NCDs has Field image recognition, a sub-part of AI, statement of 2017 Kaggle Data Science With the healthcare industry increasing- “black box problem.” This problem might pre- VIVEK YUKTI increased in the past few years. The age-stan- has the ability to read and point anomalies. Bowl, an international competition in the field ly adopting the practice of maintaining dig- vent us from weeding out biases and can ELURI SHARMA dardised rate of cancer is estimated to be 97 Many companies have come forward and of machine learning. Responses to this itized health records, referred to as Electronic result in unwitting and malicious problems. per 100,000 people. Treatments are prohib- developed AI-enabled radiology tools that resulted in models with promising accura- Health Records (EHR), AI is increasingly har- Biases may creep in through other mecha- n 1910, the then US President, William itively expensive and out-of-pocket expen- predict cancer at an early stage. Existence of cy ranging from 85-90 per cent. AI can also nessing these digital records using natural lan- nisms, such as training the AI model on non- Howard Taft, had claimed that “within five diture is highest among any ailment, with a high number of digitised images in radi- successfully segment the lung tumors based guage processing techniques to analyse data representative datasets. Regulations, which Iyears, cancer will have been removed from about 40 per cent of cancer cases being ology makes it a ripe field for AI exploration. on volumes and offer an insight into triag- and predict the development of diseases. mandate and set parameters for datasets that the list of fatal maladies.” More than a cen- financed through borrowings, sale of assets Emergence of algorithms with the capabili- ing cases for doctors and radiotherapy treat- Marriage of EHR and AI find applications not AI algorithms are trained on, are required to tury later, we are yet to understand the intri- and contributions from family. ty of analysing digital images to individual ment planning. Whether these algorithms can only in disease prediction but also in disease prevent any such biases. An ecosystem that cacies of the disease. Cancer refers to a class In 2014, the ratio of the number of oncol- pixel level has opened the possibility of detect- be deployed on field, after refinement, is a monitoring, decision-making and drug rec- supports infusion of AI into regular practices of disease where previously healthy cells mul- ogists to the number of cancer patients stood ing features imperceptible to the human eyes. question the medical community and the ommendation. The use of EHR-enabled AI, needs to be developed as well. As it stands, tiply abnormally and spread or “metastasise” at 1:2000, a far cry from the 1:100 ratio of high MIT’s AI lab and Massachusetts General Government needs to answer. to provide better services to the patients, is public healthcare systems are fragmented and to other parts of the body. When this income nations such as the US. With 11.5 Hospital (MGH) have created a new deep- AI may, perhaps, already be better than already underway in India. are not interoperable. While a few standards growth impairs the normal functions of lakh new cancer patients being registered learning model that can predict from a mam- human doctors in a few, very specific tasks. As it stands, there is ample evidence to do exist, the healthcare industry is yet to adopt organs or systems, it can lead to death. Cancer every year in the country, the healthcare sys- mogram if a patient is likely to develop breast Taking the conversation outside oncology, prove that AI will make diagnosis and treat- them in a holistic manner. Adoption of indus- is not a single disease but a grouping of hun- tem is reeling under overburdened workforce cancer as much as five years in the future. NTT Data, a Japanese technology firm, part- ment of cancer cheaper, more accurate and try wide standards along with clear mecha- dreds of diseases, which share common fea- and inadequate infrastructure. In 2018 alone, Identifying subtle markers in breast tissues nered with Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital accessible to all. A few start-ups and health- nisms and guidelines for use and certifica- tures. This means that any cure must be spe- 7.8 lakh people succumbed to the disease. that can act as precursors to malignant and Research Center in Pune to test the effi- care institutions are well underway at mak- tion of AI and AI-enabled medical devices cific to the particular sub-class to be effec- Cancer takes time to present itself, which tumors, years in advance, is a breakthrough cacy of its AI diagnosis support solution. The ing this promise a reality. With advances in will be necessary in order to make sure AI tive. This, along with the fact that curing can- means it is usually diagnosed at an advanced that supports physician’s clinical decision. model was able to detect 56 emphysema cases, technological infrastructure and burgeoning solutions for cancer become ubiquitous. cer ultimately means removal of unwanted stage. This inevitably means that the disease Niramai Health Analytix, a startup headquar- a lung condition that causes difficulty breath- research in AI, we can begin to expect path (Eluri has led digital transformation pro- growths of parts of our own body, make it is tougher and more expensive to treat. Early tered in Bengaluru, has developed an AI-led ing, while normal diagnosis without AI breaking changes in oncological care. But lack jects in the pharmaceutical industry. Sharma incredibly hard to treat. diagnosis, coupled with prompt treatment, diagnostic platform that uses thermal image detected 17 cases. These AI detected cases of clear regulations, quality data and a dis- is a software professional. Both are with the Cancer is of particular concern for especially in the case of common cancers such processing and ML algorithms for reliable and showed signs of mild or moderate levels of parate public health system are impediments International Innovation Corps, Chicago India. There has been a tectonic shift in the as breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, per- accurate breast cancer screening. emphysema, which gave early findings to to large-scale deployment of these solutions. 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"The company's ruption, crime and violence, and violence, jump seen for the humble major plants have declared poverty and social inequality, poverty and social 'daily consumable bulb' and December 28, 30 and 31 as and climate change are the tomato, potato also become Costlier vegetables slowly pushed retail non-working days due to other issues worrying Indians, inequality and costlier as crop damages and inflation, which had remained well business slowdown across the survey - What Worries the climate change,"it disruptions stoked supply within the Reserve Bank's comfortable sectors", the city-based TVS World - by research firm Ipsos added crunch. Group company said in a filing found out. Albeit for a brief period level of 4 per cent during most part of to the stock exchanges. India bucks the global trend urban Indians polled are most "The survey shows that some during monsoon and after- 2019, peaked to more than three-year Several automobile firms, of pessimism as 69 per cent worried about unemployment of the other issues worrying and social inequality are the wards, retail price of tomato including Maruti Suzuki India urban Indians feel that the or joblessness and it has seen Indians include financial and top worries for global citizens went up to Rs 80 per kg. high of 5.54 per cent in November Ltd, Hero MotoCorp Ltd had country is on the right track a further surge of 3% in political corruption, crime and followed by unemployment, Though trailing behind in also announced non-working compare to 61 per cent global November (when the survey violence, poverty and social crime and violence, financial the price race, potato joined its Reserve Bank's comfortable in November last year to boost days for their factories in the citizens who feel their country was conducted) from the pre- inequality and climate and political corruption and buddies of the 'TOP' priority level of 4 per cent during most production and processing of past due to the slowdown in is on the wrong track. vious round of October," said change,"it added. healthcare, the survey pointed grouping, selling for as high as part of 2019, peaked to more these three commodities to the automobile sector. "At least 46 per cent of the survey. On the other hand, poverty out. Rs 30 a kg in retail market for than three-year high of 5.54 check price volatility in these sometime in December due to per cent in November. key kitchen staples. supply disruptions before Tomato, Onion, Potato For most part of 2019, the moderating to the current (TOP) have been accorded government was successful in Nalco to revisit level of around Rs 20-25 a kg. 'TOP' priority by central gov- price control but the party Vistara partners with Nelco Costlier vegetables slowly ernment in 2018-19 Union seemed to have lost the sheen expansion pushed retail inflation, which Budget and a Rs 500 crore later in the year, thanks to plans had remained well within the Operation Greens was okayed 'TOP' and other food items. H G Infra shares for inflight data services PNS n NEW DELHI zoom 11 pc as co PNS n NEW DELHI BHEL bags highway project State-owned aluminium Vistara has partnered with company Nalco is looking to commissions NEW DELHI: Shares of H G Tata group company Nelco revisit its expansion plans, Infra Engineering zoomed for inflight data services, which Chairman and Managing almost 11 per cent on Friday renovated 60 after the company bagged a are expected to be rolled by the Director Sridhar Patra said full service carrier shortly, on Friday. highway project worth Rs 522 MW unit in HP crore in Haryana from the according to a senior govern- He however refused to give PNS n NEW DELHI National Highways Authority ment official. details as the plans have to be of India (NHAI). The Nearly five years after start- put before the board. company's scrip rallied 10.35 ing operations, Vistara -- a "We are revisiting (our State-run engineering firm per cent to Rs 269 on the joint venture between Tatas expansion plans)...Whatever BHEL on Friday said it has BSE. On the NSE, it jumped and Singapore Airlines -- is long-term plans you make, commissioned the first reno- 10.91 per cent to Rs 269.80. also likely to be the first you cannot project for 10 or vated 60 MW unit of NHPC's H G Infra has been declared L- domestic carrier to provide While airlines can offer both voice and 15 years... because all the fac- NMDC says talks 180 MW Baira Siul hydro 1 (lowest) bidder by NHAI for inflight connectivity within tors do not support in that project in Himachal Pradesh. construction of proposed India. data connectivity under the 'Flight and manner," Patra said on the Baira Siul is the first hydro Rewari bypass (NH-11) as Telecom Secretary Anshu Maritime Connectivity Rules-2018' sidelines of a mining summit underway for extension station of state-run hydro feeder route in Rewari district Prakash said required spec- notified by the government in December organised by CII. power giant NHPC to have in the state of Haryana...on trum has been allocated for the "We have to been taken up for compre- hybrid annuity mode purpose. 2018, data connectivity is expected to remodify...Whatever bottle- of Donimalai mine lease hensive Renovation & amounting to Rs 522.02 crore, "Vistara has tied up with necks were there, we have Modernisation (R&M). be offered first, Prakash said n the company said in a filing to Nelco and they have taken removed almost all," he said. PNS NEW DELHI Director (Production) P K "BHEL has successfully ren- the BSE on Thursday. transponder space from ISRO Last year, the company Satpathy said, "High-level dis- ovated and modernised one (Indian Space Research were also unavailable. Top (OTT) and make had said it was all set to invest State-owned NMDC on cussions are going on. ...we are unit of the 3x60 MW Baira Organisation)...they had come While airlines can offer both WhatsApp calls," he noted. over Rs 30,000 crore over the Friday said production from hopeful that in the coming Siul Hydro Power in Himachal to us for spectrum allocation voice and data connectivity Regarding inflight wi-fi ser- next four years to launch a its Donimalai mine in future...one month, 15 days it Pradesh," a BHEL statement which we have done. And under the 'Flight and Maritime vices, Prakash said the tariffs number of new projects and Karnataka will resume soon as can happen any time. All said. BHEL had won the order they will be launching these Connectivity Rules-2018' noti- are not regulated by the gov- undertake major expansion discussions at the higher level ground work has been done for R&M of three units of the services very shortly," he said. fied by the government in ernment. programmes. were underway for extension and logically we are on the hydro power station located in When contacted, a Vistara December 2018, data connec- "It is for them to decide what The projects under execu- of the mining lease. right track. So there is no point Chamba district of Himachal spokesperson said, "we have tivity is expected to be offered tariff they will charge. I sup- tion include 1 MTPA capac- The Donimalai mine, with for state government to with- Pradesh amidst stiff compet- Allahabad Bank not finalised this yet," referring first, Prakash said. pose it will be an add-on ser- ity 5th stream alumina refin- a capacity of seven million hold our extension of lease." itive bidding. The R&M of the to launch of the services. "There can also be voice but vice that the airlines will offer ery in the existing complex at tonnes per annum (MTPA), Satpathy was speaking on other two units is under vari- shares jump 11 pc An email sent to Nelco seek- voice is not happening right in relation to their competitors Damanjodi at an estimated was mired in controversy over the sidelines of Mining ous stages of execution. on capital infusion ing comments did not elicit now. Still data is as good as but whether they will charge or cost of Rs 5,540 crore which renewal resulting in the can- Summit organised by the CII. BHEL's scope in the project any immediate response and voice, because once you have not charge, is their decision," is expected to be completed cellation of lease last year, Stating that the production comprises design, manufac- NEW DELHI: Shares of the company's spokespersons data you can use Over-The- the Telecom Secretary said. by April 2021, it had said. which subsequently suspend- from mine would be resumed ture, supply, replacement and Allahabad Bank on Friday jumped 11 per cent after the ed the production from the soon, he said that "discussions commissioning of critical parts company said it will get a mine. (on extension of lease of the of turbines and auxiliaries, fresh capital infusion of Rs On likely extension of block) were going on at the governors, generators and con- Donimalai mine lease, NMDC higher level". trol and monitoring. 2,153 crore from the ‘India ranks 47th out of 56 countries government in the current financial year. The scrip climbed 10.98 per cent to Rs 19.70 on the BSE. At NSE, it in housing price appreciation; rates up Govt ups capital infusion advanced 10.98 per cent to Rs n 19.70. In terms of traded PNS NEW DELHI "Slow sales, high inventory volume, 4.58 lakh shares of and lack of liquidity with devel- the company were traded on India ranks 47th in the world opers have restricted rise in in IOB to Rs 4,360 cr BSE and over 71 lakh shares in terms of appreciation in home prices," the report said. n on NSE during morning trade. housing prices as rates grew by The regulations imposed by PNS NEW DELHI crore in UCO Bank in line The Department of Financial only 0.6 per cent during July- the government to ensure with what was announced in Services in a letter on September quarter over the accountability in the system Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) August this year. Thursday conveyed the year-ago period on slow such as the Real Estate on Friday said it will get a fresh Both the lenders are under sanction for release of the demand, global property con- (Regulations and capital infusion of Rs 4,360 the Prompt Corrective Action fresh capital infusion fund of sultant Knight Frank said. Development) Act, 2016, crore from the government in (PCA) framework of the Rs 2,153 crore, Allahabad India stood at 11th position Goods and Services Tax Act the current financial year for for release of Rs 4,360 crore Reserve Bank. Bank said in a regulatory in the April-June quarter of and the Benami Transactions meeting regulatory require- towards contribution of the IOB has reported widening filing. The capital infusion is 2019 with a 7.7 per cent year- (Prohibition) Amendment Act, ment. central government in the of net loss to Rs 2,253.64 crore towards contribution of the on-year rise in home prices. 2016 have laid the foundation In August, the finance min- preferential allotment of equi- for the quarter ended central government in the Knight Frank released its lat- for a healthy end-user market. istry had announced a capital ty shares (Special September 30, 2019. preferential allotment of equity est report -- Global House As per the data, Hungary infusion of Rs 3,800 crore in Securities/Bonds) of the Bank The bank had registered a shares of the bank during the Price Index Q3 2019 -- that leads the index this quarter the state-owned lender. This during 2019-20 as loss of Rs 487.26 crore in the financial year 2019-20 as the tracks the movement in main- tistics. The report ranked India idential real estate prices, with with 15.4 per cent annual price has now been increased by Rs Government's investment," year-ago period. In the June government's investment, it stream residential prices across at the 47th spot among the 56 a marginal 0.6 per cent year- growth, followed by 560 crore. IOB said in a BSE filing. quarter of the current financial said. 56 countries and territories countries/territories tracked, on-year (YoY) rise in home Luxembourg at 11.4 per cent "The Bank has received vide Besides, the government has year, it had posted a loss of Rs worldwide using official sta- in terms of appreciation in res- prices. and Croatia at 10.4 per cent. letter dated December 25, 2019 approved infusion of Rs 2,142 342 crore. Bengal cooperative Auto industry drives into 2020 with hopes of turnaround PNS n NEW DELHI 2020 will be an "To get respite from this banks lent Rs 36,000cr interesting year with BS- additional cost pressure, SIAM Battered by an unprecedented has submitted to the govern- slowdown, the Indian auto VI getting implemented ment to lower GST rate for in last 5 years: Mitra industry is desperately pin- and entirely new platforms being vehicles to 18 per cent from 28 ning hopes on the next finan- available in the market per cent and also introduce an PNS n KOLKATA cial year for a turnaround, RAJAN WADHERA incentive-based scrappage pol- banking on a host of new and SIAM President icy for vehicles," Wadhera said. West Bengal Finance Minister upgraded models slated to Both these submissions, if Amit Mitra on Friday said the make their way to the market. implemented, will surely sup- cooperative banks in the state The industry's hopes are Manufacturers (SIAM) expects According to him, the sector port quicker recovery for the have lent Rs 36,000 crore in also in line with expectations things to turnaround in 2020- is expected to start reviving auto sector, he added. the last five years and urged that the economy would final- 21. from the second quarter of the Wadhera's optimism is the lenders to extend the ser- ly come out of the slump, "2020 will be an interesting next financial year but it will be shared by India's largest car- vices in rural areas. Amit Mitra drawing people back to the year with BS-VI getting imple- visible from the third quarter maker MD & CEO, Maruti In a bid to bring unbanked showrooms. Yet, the challenges mented and entirely new plat- of the fiscal. Suzuki India Limited MD & areas under the institutional the cooperative movement" of transition to stricter emis- forms being available in the "Implementation of BS-VI CEO, Kenichi Ayukawa, who is credit network, the state gov- in the state. sion norm BS-VI from BS-IV began from the last festival sea- The steep drop in sales market," SIAM President Rajan norms will mean clearing of all also "hopeful that 2020 will be ernment will provide space Under the 'Krishak and compliance to new safety son and continuing unabated caused operational hardships Wadhera said. old inventory, building up new a better year for us and indus- inside panchayat offices so Bondhu'scheme, a farmers' norms thereby making vehicles till date. for many companies and pro- inventory and making available try and approach it with opti- that banks can set up branch- welfare programme, the state costlier are lurking around the From two-wheelers to cars duction plans had to be re-eval- But what gives the new BS-VI compliant vehicles mism". es, he said. has disbursed Rs 601 crore in sector. and heavy duty trucks, all seg- uated through the year. The industry hope? in the market, which will give Yet, Ayukawa has a note of "Total lending by coopera- 2018, benefiting 39 lakh farm- With India's flagship motor ments of the sector were in the sector, including dealerships "The Indian economy is some upside to the production caution. tive banks in the state stood at ers and sharecroppers, he said. show the biennial Auto Expo red. Such has been the impact and auto components, wit- expected to revive early next and sale," Wadhera noted. "On way forward, it is real- Rs 36,000 crore in the last five The West Bengal govern- round the corner, the auto of slowdown that the industry nessed around 3.5 lakh people year, which along with the low However, with vehicle cost ly tough to predict the turn- years," the minister said. ment has extended Rs 430 sector is treating the show as is expected to close 2019-20 losing jobs due to the down- base of last year and availabil- going up by 8-10 per cent due around but the long term story Speaking at the 'Samabay crore so far this year under the the launching pad of revival, with a decline of 13-17 per cent turn. Despite hard times, all ity of newer models should to technology ramp up, indus- for Indian automobile industry Mela' here, Mitra said there is scheme, helping 27.4 lakh cul- having been through an in wholesale dispatches as com- hope is not lost. Industry body support growth in the auto sec- try fears that it could further continues to be promising," he a need to "deepen and extend tivators, Mitra said. unprecedented slump, which pared with last financial year. Society of Indian Automobile tor," Wadhera said. lead volume loss. said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Saturday December 28, 2019 THE WORLD ON HER SHOULDERS

Kritika’s children A story

for ages — ritika Ann “It all started when I was go abroad and study. I ended without a break. The work I home a trophy or an award I Matthew has 10 years old. I was never up in Switzerland where I do — be it modeling, body- first put it in their hands. It Ann Kritika always on her own inclined towards academics studied Culinary Arts in building, or participating in is such a memorable path since child- and I used to look for ways European Cuisine. I realised other sports — all require a moment for me.” Mathew — K hood. Apart from to get out of the class, and that cooking gave me the strict diet plan and a proper She also credits her coach It is important for people to see being branded as before I knew it, I was taking same sense of comfort and exercise. Doing all this while Shaju VD for her success. “It that there is always an speaks to one of the fittest women in part in various kinds of freedom that sports did. But being a single parent with wouldn’t be possible if my Karnataka, she is also a sports and began doing well in India there is not much three kids is definitely coach didn’t stand by me and opportunity for a person to ANUSHKA model, an athlete, a body- in them. I took part in reception for European cui- demanding. Getting back to most importantly, he pursue their passion and goal. builder, a lifestyle coach, a almost every sport be it sine. So I took a break to my normal routine after each believed in the dream I had. PRADEEP nutritionist, a chef and more. Volleyball, Throwball or look for other opportunities. pregnancy is tough, but it is He never gave up on me,” she People go on for decades She has several commenda- Basketball. I even participat- It was around this time I dis- my passion and hence there says. without realising where their about how she tions to her name including ed in national-level competi- covered modeling as a career are no two ways to it.” “It is important for people passion or interest lies. One a Gold in national powerlift- tions and eventually took to and things fell into place.” “Arnold Schwarzenegger is to see that there is always an manages to ing in 2019 and being the athletics after my Class 10,” She quotes inventor Henry also someone I look up to. It opportunity for a person to should be unafraid to look for second-runner up in she says. Ford when asked about how might sound strange as he is pursue their passion and one's passion. Believe that you Olympia India 2019. She also “Freedom is what I was she juggles career and family, someone that people believe goal. People go on for juggle has the distinction of bag- looking for when I partici- “‘Whether you think you can only boys look up to. But his decades without realising can and be who you are meant motherhood ging five Gold medals for pated in every track and field or you think you can’t, you’re dedication towards his body- where their passion or inter- to be India in athletics on various event that came in my way,” right.’ This is my mantra,” building is extraordinary and est lies. One should be International platforms. In says Kritika when asked she says. She adds, “I work that definitely inspires me,” unafraid to look for one’s and body an exclusive conversation about the drive behind her out about six to seven hours she says. She credits her suc- passion. Believe that you can KRITIKA ANN MATTHEW with The Pioneer, Kritika passion. “After schooling, I a day and I have been doing cess to her father and elder and be who you are meant to building muses on her journey so far. also got the opportunity to that for a whole year now son. “Every time I bring be,” she concludes.

here was caste Laga, starring Sonam Kapoor divide, women in the lead role, was one of empowerment and the first major Bollywood T class schisms but productions to deal with also everyday homosexuality though there problems like bald- was some criticism that the ing and India’s obsession with film approached the topic in a fair skin in a year that saw Bollywood goes ‘social' stereotypical manner. several Hindi films straddle On a somewhat lighter box office success and cere- vein, Gone Kesh and Bala bral content too. For Bollywood, 2019 was the year of socially relevant films that straddled box office focused on how premature So, if 2019 was the year of hair loss can make a person Bala, it was also about Article success with hits like Bala, Article 15, Gully Boy having cerebral content the subject of ridicule. In a 15, Saandh ki Aankh and year where there were one too Gully Boy. many movies focusing on the Some sparked meaningful One of the biggest money runs a coaching centre for education. accused of sexual harassment subject, these two stood out. conversations and there were spinners of the year was Kabir underprivileged students in Though the film was by a former junior, the movie Bala also dealt with preju- many others which barely Singh, slammed by some as his home town, put the spot- plagued by controversies after was a box office success. dices about dark skin through scratched the surface. misogynistic and watched by light on the importance of its director Vikas Bahl was Off the mainstream track, the character of Bhumi Of the lot, the biggest many others. But director Soumitra Pednekar. But the ‘brown face’ grosser was Zoya Akhtar’s Bollywood offered a Ranade remade of the character was deemed Gully Boy, starring Ranveer counter narrative the 1980 film offensive by many, undoing Singh as a young man from with the progressive Albert Pinto Ko the very prejudice that the the slums of Mumbai chan- Saand ki Aankh. Gussa Kyon Aata movie wanted to address. nelising his anger through Taapsee Pannu Hai, epitomising Gone Kesh, starring Shweta street rap. The film, also star- and Bhumi the common man’s Tripathi as an aspiring dancer ring Alia Bhatt, was a sharp Pednekar featured anger in the face of diagnosed with alopecia, a co- view on the class divide that in the film, a biopic social, political and ndition where she starts los- separates the rich and the on multiple award cultural rot. ing hair rapidly, also offered poor in the country and how winners “shooter The film, star- the message about inner those, without means, are dis- dadis” Chandro and ring Manav Kaul beauty. couraged from dreaming big. Prakashi Tomar of and Nandita Das The year came to an end There was also Anubhav Haryana. in pivotal roles, did with Rani Mukherji’s Marda- Sinha’s Article 15, which According to not make any ani 2 and Good Newwz, one offered a critical look at deep- actor Richa Chadha, waves at the box highlighting the incidents of rooted casteism in Indian films have the office. brutal sexual assault and the society. Inspired by stories power to change “A writer should other a light hearted take on from the Hindi heartland, the perception. write what he/she IVF. film, seen through the eyes of “Films are a pow- feels deeply about, Writer duo Garima Parihar an idealistic police officer erful tool. But it is what moves and Sidharth Shivpuri, who played by Ayushmann not the responsibili- her/him profound- have penned scripts such as Khurrana, sparked a debate ty of cinema alone ly, no matter the Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and on casteism. to change the soci- genre or plot. Batti Gul Meter Chalu, believe Khurrana, who was a part ety. It is the duty of Fortunately, that’s 2019 was a fruitful year for of both Article 15 and Bala, our elected repre- what we’re begin- ‘socially relevant’ films. which revolved around pre- sentatives and citi- ning to see with “From films on caste divide mature hair loss and the zens of this country films that deal with (Article 15) to the ones on impact on self-confidence, to do their bit,” social concerns. It ‘vanity’ (Bala) there’s a spec- credited viewers for accepting Chadha, who shows that writers trum that Bollywood covered issue-based movies. appeared in Article are allowing their this year. While most of them “We have always had 375, a film on false social conscience only scratched the surface, a artistes who are socially rape cases that to influence their few managed to take the issue responsible. It’s just that films some denounced as creativity. It’s a head on...,” said Parihar. which were off-centre, which problematic, told wonderful trend,” “The recent success of were named as parallel cine- PTI. noted writer Mardaani is a sign that films ma are doing well now which Hrithik Roshan Anjum Rajabali can channelise the anger of a is a great change. And I owe starrer Super 30, a told PTI. common man and make us a this change to the audience,” biopic on Bihar’s Ek Ladki Ko little more aware as a society,” Khurrana told PTI. Anand Kumar, who Dekha Toh Aisa added Shivpuri. — PTI 10

Vijayawada Saturday December 28, 2019 what’s brewing?

TV actor Brad Pitt, Aniston Kushal Punjabi ‘love they trust commits each other' ormer Hollywood much more than it was the past couple Brad Pitt and few years now that they’re both Jennifer Aniston’s single.” rekindled friendship “They’ve realised what’s suicide F is blossoming and important in life and since they wildest dreams would I have they are enjoying shared so much love for each elevision actor Kushal thought that you will bid your final having “each other’s back”. other it’s such a nice thing for Punjabi, who was recently goodbye to life in a way that will The exes, who divorced in them both to have this kind of Ishq Mein 2005 after Pitt had hooked up close friendship again.” seen in Hum Tum, send a chill down our spines every Marjawan and time we think of you. Kushal with actress Angelina Jolie, have “They trust each other and T has allegedly committed Punjabi you will be missed forever. met again at Aniston’s holiday love the fact that they have suicide at his home in Hope and pray you are in a better party at her home in Los someone who has their back, Mumbai. He was 37. place. Still can’t believe you’re gone. Angeles, reports mirror.co.uk. especially in Hollywood where There are several reports claiming Gone too soon,” he wrote in his This time, it has been report- trust and real friends are at a that the actor was found hanging at post. ed that they are looking to minimum.” his place in Pali Hill. It is also To Karan’s post, actor Vikaas rebuild their friendship. The two actors married in claimed that a suicide note was Kalantri commented: “So right A source told Hollywood Life: July 2000 but within five years found from his residence. However, brother. Cannot even imagine him “They’ve built their bond and they split. Pitt shares six chil- an official word from the police is being depressed. Always smiling and rekindled their friendship so dren with Jolie. awaited. happy. But I guess you are right that Before committing suicide, the happiest people are the saddest Kushal shared an image of his son inside.” on his Instagram story with a heart Kushal came into limelightZor Kaafter winning the reality show emoji. , and went on to do reality Actor Karanvir Bohra on Friday Jhatka Fear Factor, Paisa shows such as shocked everyone when he and Jhalak Dikhhla announced the news of Kushal’s Bhari Padega death with a heartfelt post on his Jaa. He also worked in movies like Instagram. Lakshya, Kaal, Salaam-e-Ishq,and Crazy Dhan “Your demise has shocked the hell Dhana Dhan Goal out of me. I’m still in denial, Kushal Cukkad Family. Punjabi. I know you are in a happier place, but this is unfath- omable. The way you lead your life really Saif's Ole ole to inspired me in more ways than one....but what was I to know,” he wrote, added, “Your be recreated in zest for dancing, fit- ness, off-road biking, fatherhood and above all that, that smiling Jawaani Jaaneman face of yours, your happy-go-lucky nature ctor Saif Ali Khan is have worked on quite a few your warmth all that all set to give his fans songs. This one also written by was such ingenuity. I’m some ’90s nostalgia him keeps the fun element of gonna miss you so as he will be recreat- the song alive as the original.” You A ing his hit song Ole The original song was sung by much #Kushlani. will always be remem- ole from movie Yeh Abhijeet Bhattacharya. bered as a sad guy who Dillagi. The revamped version, Speaking of Jawaani lived a full life.” which has been composed by Jaaneman, it is directed by Nitin Actor Karan Patel’s Tanishk Bagchi and sung by Kakkar and marks the acting social media post hint- Yash Narvekar, will feature in debut of Pooja Bedi’s daughter ed at Kushal’s struggle Saif and Tabu-starrer upcoming Alaia F. with mental health. film Jawaani Jaaneman. The film is presented under “RIP my brother. On the making of the new the banner on Pooja Guess it’s true when track, Tanishk said: “It’s a fresh Entertainment, Black Knight they say, The happiest new version, but have kept the Films and Northern Lights Faces hide the Most feel and vibe as the original. Films. It will hit the big screen saddened Hearts”. Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist) and I on January 31, 2020. Seeing your spirit and zest for life, never in my

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Vijayawada Saturday December 28, 2019 tollywood SHARWA and SAM TO SPEARHEAD MAHASAMUDRAM

ilmmaker Ajay actor had told the director interest to be At last, the Bhupathi’s long that he can begin with the Maha again. leading man wait to begin pre-production work in The film will F work on his sec- January. According to a most likely be ond project, well placed source close to her second and lady of Mahasamudram, the unit, the actor didn’t assignment in will finally end next sum- even propose a single 2020 after Mahasamudram mer. The film was mired in change to the script and Ashwin controversy earlier this lauded Ajay for drafting a Saravanan’s have been September when Ajay watertight plot. Tamil-Telugu decided to snap ties with “Ajay will begin filming thriller,” adds the finalised. Ravi Teja who initially gave by April-end and the actor source. his nod to play the leading will join the sets mostly by Major portions role. With the Mass May-end or early June,” of NAGARAJ Maharaja failing to allocate said the source. Mahasamudram, a dates to the project despite Another exclusive devel- love story set in the GOUD writes taking a strong liking to opment that The Pioneer backdrop of smug- the content, Ajay resumed has learnt is that Samantha gling, will be shot about how his search for other actors. Akkineni will be the lead- in Visakhapatnam. To this end, we hear that ing lady in the film. Ace cinematogra- filmmaker he has recently narrated “Samantha was one of pher V.S. Gnana the script to actor the first among the cast Shekar will helm the Ajay Bhupathi Sharwanand who was who agreed to join the camera, while impressed by it right away. team after the script was Chaithan Bharadwaj will managed to The narrated to her early this render music. year. She liked the story The film has scope for breathe life into and her role as Maha in another A-lister in a lead particular. But when the role and Ajay will initiate his long- project went to Ravi Teja, the casting process soon. Aditi Rao Hydari was When Ravi Teja was the awaited project signed on for Maha’s part. lead, Siddarth hopped on Now since Sharwanand is board as the second male the lead, Ajay has gone lead. It remains to be seen back to Samantha and the whether Sid is still on actress has evinced her Ajay’s mind.

Shaurya hopes to Rahul Vijay's shed his lover boy tag fan boy moment ctor Naga real life and people close to me Shaurya, who know that. I have been a rough ctor Rahul Vijay Siruthai Siva. His popular thought it would happen. In has penned the guy since childhood. I’ve been can’t contain his fight master dad, Vijay, man- fact, sometime back, on the story of his looking at action scripts for some- excitement. It was aged to set up the rendezvous sets of my next film, College A next, time now but since my lover boy a his lifelong dream as he had worked with Siva Kumar, I had asked Prabhu Aswathama, image didn’t permit me to work to meet Superstar earlier for his Telugu films garu, who plays my father in said that he is extremely on such scripts I’ve decided to Rajinikanth and it with Gopichand. the Tamil version of the film, satisfied with the output. turn story writer. The movie Chalo finally became a reality earli- “I met Amitabh Bachchan if he can help me meet Rajini “Recent atrocities was also a step in that direction. I er this week at the Ramoji ji as a child. I even have a sir once. He was gracious against women that wrote it but didn’t feel the need to Film City when he learnt that photo with Chiranjeevi garu enough to agree to give me occurred in New Delhi take credit for it. With the Thalaivar was in town but I never managed to meet that opportunity the next and Mumbai drove me Aswathama, I will completely shooting for his next with Rajini garu until now. I never time I was in Chennai. But I to pen the story of move away from the lover boy didn’t feel like troubling him. Aswathama. It talks tag,” he asserted. So when I got to know Rajini about women’s safety. He further informed that his sir was in town, I was deter- The film will not dis- cameraman Manoj Reddy, who mined to have my fan boy appoint anyone. I’m works primarily in the US, has put moment,” a visibly excited sure my parents will be faith in him. Describing editor Rahul told The Pioneer. proud of it. I was extra Gary as one of the strongest pillars He admitted he was too cautious penning it, especially of the film, he said that his pres- awestruck to strike a proper after my last film Nartanasala ence on the sets helped him conversation with the Robot flopped,” he said. He was speaking reduce the number of shoot days. star. “He received me with his at the teaser launch of the film in “I discovered that a good editor on trademark namaste and said Hyderabad on Friday. sets will be handy to a producer,” hi. As I shook hands with He added that the film, which he stated. him, I was moved to tears. marks the directorial debut of Produced by Usha Mulpuri He saw that and smiled. The Ramana Teja, is another attempt under Ira Creations, Aswathama picture I posted on Twitter from him to shed away his lover will battle it out with Anushka- tells the story. Barely a word boy image. “I’m not a lover boy in starrer Nishabdam on January 31. came out of my mouth as I met him. Even when he asked me what I do, I could only stammer before I could tell him I am an actor. Later, ere is the my family too meet him first look of where dad recalled the time H Superstar when he was the stuntman Nagarjuna’s on the sets of Rajini’s film First look next with writer Basha. I felt so positive meet- Ahishor Solomon. ing him. He is my favourite Titled Wild Dog, it actor along with Tarak will see him in the (NTR) anna,” R a hu l , w h o i s role of an NIA offi- shooting for Black & White cer Vijay Varma. As currently, concludes. reported by The — NG Pioneer earlier, the film went to sets in the Old City 10 days ago. The first schedule has been New beginnings for wrapped up. “Excited to be part of a true life inspired drama CHIRU-KORATALA film after a long time. Playing a NIA offi- fter more than two location owned by Chiru in cer!! New age tech- months of its Kokapet, where a significant nicians and new launch, Megastar chunk of Sye Raa format film mak- A Chiranjeevi’s Narasimha Reddy was ing. One never untitled film also shot. To begin from stops learning!! with Koratala Siva will January 2, the shoot 2020 IS GOING TO go in front of the cam- will go on for some BE EXCITING!!! eras early next month. time before the unit @MatineeEnt Earlier efforts to take retires for Sankranti. #WildDog (sic),” the film to floors twice The filming will gather tweeted Nag on have failed as Chiru pace after Sankranti as Friday, after unveil- couldn’t ace the look Koratala is planning to ing the first look. A that Koratala had wrap up the complete joint production desired of him. But, the shoot by June-end or July. venture between latest is that the director and Touted to be a signature Niranjan Reddy the actor did a wardrobe test at Koratala film where there will be an and Anvesh Reddy, the Annapurna Studios underlying social message, the film is a the film has dia- recently and are happy with joint production venture between logues by Kiran the results. A team of styl- Konidela Production Company and Kumar, while ists flew down from Matinee Entertainments. Acharya is the Goodachari Mumbai and designed the rumoured title. Trisha will be paired cameraman look of the Megastar. opposite Chiru in the film, while Mani Shaneil Deo is Massive sets for the film Sharma will render the tunes. It is being the cinematog- have been erected at a considered for a release in August. rapher. VIJAYAWADA | SATURDAY | DECEMBER 28, 2019 sport 12 DELHI IN LINE FOR FULL POINTS PTI n NEW DELHI

shant Sharma was a picture of com- mitment while leading the injury-rid- Iden Delhi attack with an eight-wick- et match haul to all but ensure an outright victory against Hyderabad on the third day of the Ranji Trophy group A encounter at Arun Jaitley stadium on Friday. Having dismissed Hyderabad for 69 in the first innings, Delhi were handi- capped by Pawan Suyal’s injury but that didn’t deter Ishant from sending down 19 overs, grabbing 4 for 89 in the visitors’ total score of 298. Ishant finished with a match-haul of Railways Himanshu Sangwan celebrates after completing his five- 8 for 108 in 29 overs. wicket haul against Mumbai during Ranji Trophy game PTI Needing 84 to win, Delhi were 24 for no loss in the second innings and Bengal’s Ishan Porel celebrates after taking wicket are just 60 runs away from full of Andhra’s wicket-keeper batsman KS Bharat PTI points. If they win by 10 wickets, Mumbai collapse the team will also walk away with first innings and Andhra need to score a bonus point. another 30 to avoid follow-on. At a time when the Indian On a breezy winter morning, Andhra to 10-wkt loss pacers’ workload management has had their backs to the wall with Porel dis- PTI n MUMBAI become a focal point and top stars missing skipper Hanuma Vihari (23) and only want to bowl a specific number of in-form Ricky Bhui (0) off successive ailways created the biggest upset in this season so overs in red-ball games to get into the deliveries to finish the day with figures Rfar, after they defeated domestic giants Mumbai by groove, the veteran of 96 Test matches of 3 for 35. 10 wickets within three days in their Elite Group B toiled hard, bowled those extra overs and Porel's new ball partner pace partner match at Wankhede stadium. also encouraged young Simarjeet Singh Mukesh Kumar accounted for 2 for 36 but After bundling out Mumbai for paltry 114 on the (3/80 in 19.4 overs). Andhra rode on Gnaneshwar’s dogged 45 opening day, Railways riding on skipper Karn Sharma’s Once Suyal was out of the attack with not out off 145 balls to see unbeaten 112, grabbed a crucial 152-run first innings a groin strain, Ishant had no option but Ranji Trophy through the day. lead. Then Railways pacer Himanshu Sangwan (5-60) to bowl those extra overs and he started Live from 9:30pm IST “The ball was moving took five wickets, as Mumbai were bundled out for 198 in earnest, trapping right-hander Himalay HOTSTAR both ways and I was enjoy- in their second essay, after Test specialist Ajinkya Agarwal in-front and then breaching ing my good form and Rahane failed miserably in the second innings as well. Bavanaka Sandeep’s (0) defences. rhythm. We all are young so there was a For the 41-time domestic champions skipper To give him respite, even Nitish Rana lot of positivity and we bowled our hearts Suryakumar Yadav (65 off 94 runs) and experienced had to bowl the seam-up stuff. There were out,” Porel said. Aditya Tare (14 off 47 balls) tried to rally the innings times, when Ishant pitched it short but “However I could have bowled well with their 64-run stand before Shardul Thakur (21 off whenever he looked to pitch it up, he was in the last spell. I tried to bowl pace and 31 balls) along with Akash Parkar (35 not out), ensured a handful. was off the mark.” that Mumbai avoided an innings defeat. It was opener Tanmay Agarwal (103 With Parkar’s knock, Mumbai could at least set a off 154 balls), who was primarily respon- SERVICES WIN VS TRIPURA 47- run target. For Railways, openers Devdhar (27 not sible for thwarting Delhi's bid for an NEW DELHI: Diwesh Pathania returned out) and Pratham Singh (19 not out) overhauled the innings victory along with some rear- with a match haul of eight wickets, while target in the 12th over, with all 10 wickets to spare. guard action from Tanay Thyagrajan (34) Poonam Poonia had a hat-trick in his five- The Railways’ win is more special, as 42 overs were and Mehedy Hasan (71). for as Services routed Tripura by eight lost on the first two days. Tanmay and Tanay shared a 93-run wickets in Elite Group C match. Mumbai will next play Karnataka at the BKC stand after Hyderabad were reduced to Pathania claimed 3/27 to return ground from January 3. 97 for 6. with a match-haul of 8 for 63, while Railways coach Harvinder Singh said his team has Hasan then used the long-handle to Poonia hogged the limelight with his hat- defeated Mumbai for the first time. help Hyderabad avoid follow-on. trick as he ran through the lower-order “We are very happy, for the first time in history, However, all they could manage in the en route to his 5/26 to skittle out Tripura Railways have defeated Mumbai. The credit goes to the end was 83-run lead which certainly won’t for 84 in their second essay. boys, who played very well,” said Harvinder. be enough. Resuming the day on 16 for one with Mumbai skipper Suryakumar Yadav said Railways 31 runs in arrears, Tripura hardly showed outclassed them in all the departments. POREL BAGS THREE any fight and failed to negotiate the three- “We could have applied better in the first innings, KOLKATA: Bengal speedster Ishan Porel seam attack being bundled out in 43.5 getting 60-70 runs more would have helped us,” he blew away the Andhra middle-order with overs with Poonia dismissing Harmeet noted. Former India batsman Vinod Kambli tweeted, his triple strike as Andhra were reduced Singh, Rana Dutta and Abhijit Sarkar off “Mumbai team ni masta dabba ghatla (Mumbai played to 110 for 7 on the third day of group A successive deliveries. badly). Very poor from the team. Disappointed to see encounter. Chasing a paltry 38, Services lost two @ShreyasIyer15 &@ImShivamDube not being a part Only 46 overs of play was possible on wickets for six runs inside four overs but of the Mumbai set up for this game when the inter- the day due which has effectively robbed opener Abhijit Salvi (23 not out) and national game is 5 days away. Would like to see the best Bengal a chance to get an outright win Arun Bamal (nine) ensured that there was team playing when possible. #Ranji Trophy.” Mumbai with a day left. no more hiccups taking the team home did not play India players Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Bengal were all-out for 289 in their Hyderabad’s Tanmay Agarwal plays shot during his 103-run innings against Delhi in Ranji Trophy group A game at Arun Jaitley stadium PTI in 11.1 overs. Dube. Aus take charge ‘Rise of Indian pacers highlight of 2019’ against Black Caps PTI n NEW DELHI has been the highlight for me this year,” he added. AFP n MELBOURNE eteran Indian pacer Irfan Their combined average of VPathan says the country’s rise 15.16 is the best for any team’s pace ustralia snatched two early as a fast-bowling powerhouse is, for bowlers in a calendar year (with Awickets to leave New him, the highlight of the year while minimum 50 wickets). Zealand facing an uphill battle former batsman VVS Laxman Laxman, on the other hand, felt to stay in the second Test on picked the away Test triumph over India beating Australia in their own Srikkanth, Anjum to get Friday as they chase the home Australia as his “favourite moment” backyard took the cake. team’s 467, built on the back of of 2019. India beat Australia 2-1 in the Lifetime Achievement Awards a gritty 114 from Travis Head. The trio of Umesh Yadav (23), four-match series, which began in NEW DELHI: Former India captain and member At the close on day two, the Ishant Sharma (25) and December 2018 but ended in of the 1983 World Cup winning team Krish Black Caps were 44 for two with Mohammed Shami (33)picked 81 January 2019. Srikkanth will be the recipient of this year’s pres- Tom Latham not out nine and wickets in Tests this year, averaging “It’s been a very good year for tigious CK Nayudu Lifetime Award given by the Ross Taylor on two as a series less than 20. Indian cricket but being a Test BCCI. defeat looms. The only other time when cricketer, my dream always was to Former India women’s captain Anjum Captain Kane Williamson three pacers of the same team beat Australia in Australia but I was Chopra is the co-recipient of the lifetime lasted only 14 balls, skying a averaged less than 20 for over 20 not able to achieve that in my achievement award for the year 2019. James Pattinson delivery to wickets in a calendar year was 1978 career” he said. The BCCI Annual Award function will be wicketkeeper Tim Paine on with Ian Botham, Chris Old and “I’m so glad that this Indian held in Mumbai on January 12 ahead of the first nine while Tom Bob Willis claiming the honours for Umesh Yadav & Mohammed Shami pose with Freedom Trophy after India beat SA in Tests AP team under Virat’s (Kohli) leader- ODI against Australia on January 14. Australia vs New Zealand Blundell, called Live from 5:30am IST their side. fast bowling line-ups that we have old ball it didn’t matter,” Pathan told ship has beaten Australia for the “Srikkanth and Anjum will be conferred up for the out-of- SONY SIX NETWORK “This year we saw India’s fast seen. We saw the intent with which Star Sports. “I have really seen the first time in their own backyard with the Lifetime Achievement award for their form Jeet Raval, bowlers bowl beautifully for the they bowled, they came in, bowled growth of Indian cricket especial- which is my favourite moment of contributions to Indian cricket. Everyone in was out to Pat Cummins for 15. country and it’s been one of the best hard-swinging deliveries, new or ly in terms of fast bowling which Indian cricket in 2019,” he added. BCCI feels that they are perfect choices for the The visitors need to win to award,” a BCCI source said. square the three-match series Travis Head celebrates after hundred CA Srikkanth inarguably is one of the biggest after crashing by 296 runs in the scoreboard.” Ganguly’s 4-nation names to have come out of Tamil Nadu crick- opening day-night clash in It was a patient innings et stable apart from another former India skip- Perth. from the 25-year-old, who Pacers dominate in Centurion Test per S Venkataraghavan and Ravichandran Australia looked in com- scored his only other century ODI tourney idea Ashwin. He represented India between 1981 to plete control at tea on 431 for (161) against Sri Lanka in AFP n PRETORIA South Africa vs England 1992. five, but they then collapsed to Canberra. After reaching his ton ‘innovative’: CA CEO Live from 1:30pm IST The 60-year-old Srikkanth played 43 Tests, be all out for 467 within nine he began hitting out and final- ernon Philander led a SONY SIX NETWORK scoring 2062 runs with two hundreds and 12 overs of the restart. ly fell to a Wagner full toss, slic- PTI n MELBOURNE Vrelentless South half-centuries. Skipper Paine departed for ing it to Mitchell Santner. African bowling perfor- Kagiso Rabada (three for However, it was ODI cricket where he was 79 seven balls after tea, with He was ably supported by ricket Australia chief executive mance before England 68) and Anrich Nortje a trailblazer, way ahead of his time hitting those Mitchell Starc gone soon after the impressive Paine, who CKevin Roberts has termed fought back on the second (two for 47). audacious hook shots off fast bowlers without for one. Head, Cummins and played an array of shots to BCCI President Sourav Ganguly’s day of the first Test at Wicketkeeper Quinton wearing a helmet. Nathan Lyon rapidly followed notch his seventh Test half-cen- idea for a four-nation ‘ODI Super Centurion’s SuperSport de Kock equalled the His crowning glory certainly was the top with Neil Wagner (4-83) and tury off just 72 balls. The 35- Series’ as “innovative” but stopped Park on Friday. South African Test record score of 38 in the Prudential World Cup final Tim Southee (3-103) doing the year-old had a golden opportu- short of giving any commitment. Philander took four by holding six catches, a in 1983 against a fearsome West Indies attack damage. Australia started the nity to score a maiden ton, but Ganguly had said India will for 16 in 14.2 overs as feat which had been comprising Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, day at 257 for four with Steve he blew it, out lbw to Wagner lock horns with England, Australia South Africa appeared to accomplished six times Andy Roberts and Michael Holding. Smith on 77 and Head not out after a review. and one other top cricketing side have taken control by before — on four occa- He also scored a half-century against 25. Head came into the match That brought Starc to the in an annual ODI series starting bowling out England for sions by new head coach Pakistan in the Benson and Hedges World under pressure after a lean crease, but he lasted just three 2021. After a recent meeting with 181, a first innings lead of Mark Boucher. Championship of Cricket final in 1985. spell, but silenced his critics with balls before spooning a Southee Ganguly in London, England and 103. But England struck England collapsed Srikkanth retired in 1992 after the World only his second Test century, delivery to Williamson at mid- Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has hard at the start of the sec- from a promising position Cup in Australia and New Zealand and then reaching three figures off 222 off. Cummins and Lyon man- said it was open to discussions on ond innings. South Africa at 142 for three, England from 2009-12 served as the chairman of nation- balls. aged just one run between the matter. were 72 for four at the lost their last seven wick- al selection committee. “It’s very nice to contribute. them with Pattinson left not out “I think it’s an example of the close, an overall lead of ets for 39 runs. But wick- England's batsman Jofra Archer is bowled by Vernon Philander AP It was the Srikkanth-led committe that It’s pretty cool to score a Boxing 14. innovative thinking coming out of 175 on a pitch which has ets continued to fall when selected the Indian squad for the 2011 World Day hundred, nice to get my “I thought we kept fighting, the BCCI with Sourav Ganguly as proved difficult for bats- South Africa batted again. Zubayr Hamza was the fourth wicket before Cup. The 42-year-old Anjum is considered to opportunity,” said Head, adding kept trying and that is one of the president,” Roberts said. men throughout. James Anderson, who dis- caught by wicketkeeper Du Plessis, who had be one of India’s finest batswomen before Mithali that Paine counter-attacking great characteristics about this “In his very short time, only a Philander, 34, who missed Dean Elgar with Jos Buttler down the leg hooked a fired-up Archer Raj. A left-hander, Anjum played 12 Tests scor- when he came in helped. team, we keep giving every- couple of months, we have already has announced he will the first ball of the match side before Elgar was for six, was caught at long ing 548 runs. “It helped that Tim came thing,” said Wagner. seen India commit to and host a retire from international on Thursday, again caught behind for 22 off leg when he played anoth- Anjum also played 127 ODIs in which she out and struck the ball as well “A tough day, but full cred- day-night Test in Kolkata, so a bril- cricket at the end of the claimed a wicket in his Jofra Archer's second ball er hook shot. Van der scored a hundred and 18 fifties. She also played as he did, it definitely took a lot it to the Australian batsmen. It’s liant result there. And now a sug- four-Test series, produced first over when Aiden to reduce South Africa to Dussen survived to the 18 T20 Internationals. of pressure off me. But credit to almost like they’ve been a step gestion around the Super Series, a master class of control to Markram played around 29 for three. Van der close on 17 not out, with She was a part of the Indian XI that played New Zealand, at times it was ahead of us, they showed a lot another potential innovation,” he complement the strike his pads and was leg Dussen helped captain nightwatchman Anrich in the Women’s World Cup final against difficult and they stemmed the of patience and clear plans.” added. power of fast bowlers before wicket. Faf du Plessis add 33 for Nortje. Australia in 2005. PTI