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&('&(  ( &+&& )  & %(,& ,(& (  ( & , ,%&& (  ')- ./ '0/% $%12 3!456 Telangana corona caseload going from bad to worse %% '3!' #8 %95            +%!% Chief Minister, Chief Secretary nationwide lockdown in con-   Somesh Kumar issued orders tainment areas till June 30.    +%!% Ranga Reddy, which recorded to 2,698, comprising 2,264   The Telangana government on    on Sunday which came into Following the Centre's 40 cases. Of the total 199 fresh locals and 434 non-locals Sunday extended the lock-    effect immediately, continu- orders extending lockdown in Going by the pace at which cases, 196 pertain to locals and (migrants, deporters, foreign     down till June 30 in contain-    ing the lockdown in con- containment zones and Covid-19 positive cases are the rest three pertain to returnees).   ment zones, while lifting    tainment zones till June reopening prohibited activities mounting in Telangana, it migrants. While 1,188 patients restrictions on inter-state 30. in a phased manner in areas appears that the much-talked At 10, Medchal are currently under-    movement of people. Certain What has come as a outside containment zones, about curve, instead of flatten- is another district going treatment in   restrictions currently in   major relief to the State decided to extend cer- ing, seems to taking a fright- that has recorded hospitals, as many force in non- containment   stranded tain orders concerning lock- ening turn. cases in double- as 1,428 patients zones would continue till  ! people is the down, currently in force in For, at 199, the number of digits. The other have been dis- "# June 7.  "    decision of the areas outside containment fresh Covid -19 cases hit a new districts with new charged upon recov-  Chief Minister K  # $     government to zones, till June 7, though with peak in TS on Sunday even as corona cases on ery till date. Chandrasekhar  remove restrictions on modifications. the state reported five deaths Sunday include The Centre has airlift- announced the extension    inter-state movement of Restrictions on movement of in the last 24 hours, taking the Khammam (9), ed 458 deportees so far and of the lockdown after persons. As per the persons (other than for access- death toll to 82. Mahabubnagar (3), Jagityal (3), were quarantined in govern- holding discussions with Government Order, no sepa- ing emergency medical care) The GHMC area alone Medak (3), Warangal Urban ment quarantine centres across Chief Secretary Somesh herate permission will be will continue from 9 PM to 5 accounted for 122 cases, the (2), Suryapet (1), Nirmal (1), the state. Of them, 212 tested Kumar, DGP Mahender wanted required for such inter-State AM. No shops, establishments, highest single-day spike so Yadadri (1), Jangaon (1). positive so far. Similarly, 192 Reddy and other senior the night-time movements. except hospitals and pharma- far. With this, the total number migrants have tested positive officials in the backdrop of the curfew to be imple- The Telangana Government cies, will be allowed to remain This city is followed by of cases in Telangana increased till date. Centre issuing new guidelines mented firmly from 9 PM to 5 on May 18 had extended the open after 8 PM. In respect of on the COVID-19 lockdown. AM. Shops would be allowed lockdown in the State till May containment zones, provisions KCR instructed the officials to remain open only till 8 PM. 31 with certain relaxations. of lockdown order, which are concerned to strictly imple- There won't be any restrictions However, on May 30, the currently in force, also stand #$"  ment the lockdown in the on inter-state travel. Union Home Ministry issued extended till June 30. containment zones. Likewise, As per the directions of the guidelines extending the  ' $  ;$"8 %= >% $ #     ()    Govt for phased reopening #!%#  Authorities of Sri     temple on        +%!% are of schools between July 1-15 likely to     A low-pressure area that has allow dar-    +%!% Subsequently, schools will tion. Orders are likely to be formed between the south- shan from reopen for upper primary issued in this regard. eastern and east-central June 8, The state government is con- classes. Schools are likely to Cleaning, sanitation Arabian Sea is likely to inten- though  sidering phased reopening be reopen for primary class- sify into a deep depression with some of schools, with the tentative es only towards the last week Teachers are required to within the next 24 hours, Met restrictions. dates being July 1 or July 15. of July or in the first clean schools and sanitise them authorities said here on With the Centre's Unlock At a high-level review week of August. with the support of the gram Sunday. The deep depres-  # "  7   4! 8(  #9# 7  1 paving the way for reopen- chaired by Education However, panchayats. The meeting also sion is likely to become a " " ;     #"( "     ing of shrines and further eas- Minister Sabita Indira Reddy, teachers are like- discussed funding schools cyclone and may hit the ing of the lockdown norms, many of the participants ly to be asked to through local bodies. north Maharashtra and TTD chairman YV Subba reportedly pointed out that report for work As for Rangareddy, Medchal Gujarat coast by June 3. Reddy inspected the certain other states have put from June 12 and Hyderabad districts, a Under its influence, a Jagadish, Uttam Vaikuntam Queue Complex the reopening of schools on onwards -- the proposal to implement shift trough will be formed from atop Tirumala Hills on the backburner. Still, the actual reopen- system in schools having a Chhattisgarh to Lakshadweep Sunday. He gave instructions consensus was to initially ing day of greater number of Islands encompassing the to officials pending resump- reopen schools for Classes schools students was Telangana, Rayalaseema and spar in open tion of darshan at the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th in July after suggested at the south-central Karnataka Tirumala shrine, which nor- in case there is let-up in summer meeting. regions.    +%!% $ %& mally teems with devotees fresh corona cases. vaca-     ! around this time of the year. Heated exchanges between '   As things stand, TTD may Power Minister G Jagadish     allow darshan for devotees Q/ %#$%" $!" '%# Reddy and TPCC chief Uttam    from June 8, while limiting   Kumar Reddy were left a     their numbers initially to Turmoil over preparatory meeting on regu- 7,000 per day, which trans-   0 %3 6  ;;% 3%R lated cultivation policy recent-     lates to 500 per hour. During    ly mooted by the State      the first three days, only TTD     %) lage head. "Merely uttering such Government held at Nalgonda     employees may be allowed to    TPCC chief post wrong words in the absence of district collectorate office on have darshan. For the next 15 The Punjab and Haryana High any public view does not show Sunday in chaos. days, residents of Tirumala . ) .&/%    %       Court has ruled that the use of any intention or mens rea (the The war of words began Reddy and others also in and would be given   +%!%        & the casteist words during a intention or knowledge of when the Nalgonda MP asked attendance. The Minister sat permission to have darshan of ''     (&   phone call, away from public wrongdoing that constitutes part the Minister to clarify whether silently when Uttam spoke, but the deity. After assessing the With the Congress high com- view, does not amount to an of a crime) to humiliate the com- loans of farmers were waived when the Minister began emerging situation, residents mand, for reasons best known    %     )*  offence under the SC/ST Act. plainant who besides being or not. speaking, Uttam raised the of Chittoor district are likely  to it, refusing to intervene and & +'' '     % Justice Harnaresh Singh Gill Sarpanch, belongs to Scheduled The argument turned so loan waiver issue. to be allowed to have darshan. take stock of the affairs of the       (&   passed the order on May 14 on Caste community. "It would not intense that at one stage, The Minister reminded that The darshan tickets would Telangana Congress, the party a plea challenging the framing of thus, ipso-facto, constitute acts of Jagadish Reddy told the MP he did not interrupt when the be allotted online in line  leaders in the state are leaving     , -    charges against two persons commission of offence, which that he was a nobody. TPCC chief was speaking and with time slots. Similarly, the    ! " no stone unturned to show . %  & &  from Kurukshetra who alleged- are capable of being taken cog- The meeting began on cor- said: “I listened respectfully allotment of rooms in guest       their domination and grab ly made casteist remarks over nizance under the SC and ST dial enough terms, with local when you are speaking. houses would be done online.  ,  %         ! " # key party posts. mobile phone against their vil- Act, 1989," said the judge. MLA Kancharla Bhupal   The result is that with each   /   0102 ##  $  #%# passing day, the Grand ! $ " &   #'($ * Old Party is losing #"%#' '+ #   image publicly, the On Sunday, the #    * infighting is internal differences CIC raps official for denying data on migrants  !  " - #K/0 # spreading outside in the party lead- the four walls of ership came out  " ( ' " % #K1# the party offices in public yet again,            ) $* "  1#K# and dirty linen is and reminded one ,#! #2/# being washed in and all that the post     %) an April 8 circular of the CLC, Nayak then filed a complaint ,'#"% '   #    * public. of TPCC chief is more directing its regional office to under the Right to Information The bone of con- important to these The Central Information count within three days every (RTI) Act before the "$# !  " -#K0# tention is the leaders than public Commission has pulled up an labourer stranded after the Commission. Sarna said the -#*# $ " 1/ #K1# TPCC chief post, issues. official for "callous and casual" imposition of the countrywide bench is conscious of the fact and every Sangareddy response in denying data on lockdown on March 25 to that under Section 18 of the RTI    Congress leader MLA T Jagga stranded migrant labourers combat coronavirus. Act directions for disclosure of   worth his salt is Reddy once again under the RTI Act, and asked Nearly a fortnight after the information is not warranted. out to grab it. brought the issue the Labour Ministry to upload CLC circular, Nayak had filed However, she said, keeping 3 !     Groupism is rife, into public domain, on its website as much data as an RTI application seeking to in view the extraordinary cir- 4#51 the party is beset with saying that he would do possible on them. know the state-wise names of cumstances that necessitated &# 06 it. whatever it took to ensure Information Commissioner districts from which data about the complaint, it was prudent %1- # The High Command, on its that the High Command does Vanaja N Sarna came down the stranded migrant workers to consider Nayak's query in 1# part, is exacerbating the ill will not give the post to Malkajgiri heavily on the Central Public Commissioner (CLC) who has stranded migrant labourers. were received. But he was told the letter and spirit of the RTI        by unduly delaying a decision MP A Revanth Reddy. Information Officer (CPIO) told RTI activist Venkatesh The CPIO gave the response the officer did not have any Act.     on the issue.  of the office of Chief Labour Nayak that it has no data on despite Nayak having quoted data.   +$# ) #,-././  ' '%%&( , %(' ' Q !"#$   C# %06(3!$  he common man is fac- collecting going strictly by the unavoidable rise in the num- ing a lot of troubles meter. Their refrain is: "We  ber of new positive cases of Twith autowallahs and were confined to our resi- Covid-19 due to easing of    +%!% on the part of the state govern- cabbies who are having a dences for the last two lockdown, the flip side to it is ment to levy special cess and field day in the absence of months. This is the time for   quite reassuring for home- Cancellation of licences of 30 interest on it at a time they are RTC buses on Hyderabad us to earn money". They turn makers and career-oriented wine shops (A4) has become a in deep trouble because of the roads. Their inherent 'drive' to a deaf ear to commuters' women. bone of contention between loss of business during the squeeze Covid-19-hit people pleas that they too were con- The relaxations also mean the owners of wine shops and lockdown period and sought is resented. Habituated to fined to homes with reduced domestic helps can be back to Excise Department authori- stay orders on the implemen- demanding 'extras' and doing pay packets. media channels. Those do the chores and demanding ties. While the liquor shops cry tation of the orders. kirikiri to extract more than pressing their demands are household jobs in many hoarse calling it as a victimisa- The court did not grant stay what the meter shows (pre- Protest venues in corona staging indoor demonstra- places where the authorities tion measure for moving High orders but asked the Excise suming they have it in work- times tions and posting pictures are trying to bring back nor- Court objecting to imposition Department not to collect ing condition!), these Covid-19 has changed the and videos on social media malcy after 65 days. That of interest on cess on old interest on the cess for four autowallas are beating their way people register their platforms. These newer apart, days of door delivery of stocks of liquor, the Excise weeks and told it to act accord- own records of sorts in deter- protests, at least for the short forms of protests may con- food ordered online are back. Department authorities are ing to the court's final verdict. mining fares. They no longer term. It has given scope for tinue as long as Covid-19 It is OK if RWAs insist on ruling out any vendetta against Commenting on the decision, negotiate. Autowallahs have newer methods of assem- remains a clear and present thermal screening of domes- the liquor shops and clarify the Excise Department said the nerve to look down upon bling and staging protests. danger. tic help. that they cancelled licences of that 21 dealers taking recourse those who urge them to be Assembling these days is the shops on charges of viola- to legal action was no problem reasonable. They are collect- nothing but zoom confer- Relief after more than two Contributed by Kolishetty tion of the Excise Department have been asked to sell liquor the shops have been asked to to the department all. However, ing double or even triple the encing. Protests have been months Venkateshwarlu, P V Kondal orders: not reopening bars at the revised rates. In the pay Corona cess to the depart- the excise officials said that fares which they ought to be opted also through social Notwithstanding the Rao and Ch Pradeep during lockdown period. name of Corona special cess, ment. they would honour the court The wine shop owners the liquor prices have been Some liquor shop owners verdict and at the same time alleged that their licences have revised upwards by 16 per paid the cess, while some oth- explain the court the circum- been cancelled for no fault of cent. ers refused to pay. To collect stances leading to levy of the //$ 0 theirs. They vow to fight it out However, the Excise the cess, the Excise cess. The excise authorities in courts. It may be recalled Department on May 5 verified Department has imposed said that no action was con- Production of honey more ;;#3# ;$444 that all liquor shops remained the stocks in liquor shops to interest for the period the cess templated against the 21 wine shut from March 22 to May 6 find out the stocks in wine was not paid, according to shop dealers and also nine oth- Contined from page 1 because of the lockdown. shops when the shops were orders issued by excise com- ers who were also found vio- than doubles in a decade While allowing the liquor closed on March 22. Since the missioner Sarfraj Ahmed. lating lockdown rules. They "In doing so, the shops to function from May 6, liquor shops have been selling Owners of 21 liquor shops claimed that they are working    +%!% SGD 53.52, HKD 09.74, CHF Kishangunj, Mukthyargunj, Commission invokes section the government hiked the the stocks with the shops prior challenged the orders in court as per the excise rules and as 78.52, AUD 50.36 and JYen Risala Abdullah, Mir Alam 25(5) of the RTI Act and prices of liquor. The licencees to March 22 at revised prices, contending that it was not fair per the excise laws. Amidst continuous bickering 0.70. At home, though the Mandi, Dilsukhnagar, issues an advisory to the between the US on the one authorities have permitted Kukatpally, Bowenpally, respondent authority to main- side and China on the other, the shops to remain open, General Bazar and Alwal tain a robust and dynamic the yellow metal remained due to COVID-19 fear there witnessed good arrivals. Most website for placing all data  # # Q,;#$" buoyant during the week are no buyers. Added to this, of the commodities, includ- related to migrant workers Govt for phased ended Saturday. the gold and silver prices ing chillies, coriander, therein as and when it is '$#%;$" -% #;# ( Consequently,New York have taken a quantum jump, turmeric, tamarind, methi, received from different gold touched US$ 1,726.30 thereby keeping potential mustard, rice, wheat,jowar, Regional Heads," she said. '  C $ ( R (per oz) while silver also customers at bay. Except the maize, ragi, garlic, ginger Sarna quoted from orders reopening of schools... moved up in tandem and marriage season buy- etc; either remained steady or of the Supreme Court, High    +%!% Contined from page 1 necessary, teachers' associ-    +%!% closed at $ 17.84. Platinum ers, there are no buy- moved within narrow mar- Courts and Home Ministry's ations will be taken into and palladium closed at ers in the jew- gins. Common pulses such press briefings in her detailed With Chief Minister K The idea of conducting confidence. Government Chief Whip Rs.28,000 (per 10 gms) and ellery market. as tuar dal, moong dal, direction. At this point, she Chandrashekhar Rao keen on digital classes and teaching At the meeting, it was Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar laid Rs. 45,212 (per 10 gms) Standard urad dal and masoor said, it is necessary for the improving sanitation by through cable TV was moot- agreed to conduct the foundation stone for the respectively. gold(24 carats) dal recorded a margin- CPIO to put his best possible clearing garbage, construc- ed at the meeting. In fact, Intermediate second year construction of road and Other economic parame- appreciated by al appreciation in the efforts to collect this data tion debris and weed, officials online teaching is no alterna- classes from July 15. The drainage works at an estimat- ters remained upbeat vis-a- Rs.110 and range of 2 per cent from different Regional Heads concerned will take up a tive to classroom instruc- Intermediate Board offi- ed cost of Rs 30 lakh in the vis Rupee. Crude oil closed closed to 3per cent, and place them on their web- massive sanitation drive tion. So, online teaching cials also submitted a report 30th division (Enugula at Rs.2,574 (per barrel), while atC. .)C while edible site immediately even if it is across the State from should be limited to higher to the chair. The consensus gadda) in the city on Sunday. Brent Crude closed at oils, sugar and done in a piecemeal manner. Monday. The programme is classes, it was felt. was that there should be no He said the government Rs.37.61. Copper MCX was Rs.48,800 (per 10 gms). vanaspati remained "It is also necessary to contin- aimed at taking precaution- There is no substitute to curtailment of the syllabus was working to complete the quoted at Rs.410.15 (per kg). Ornamental gold too, moved unchanged. Now, some sweet ue to update this data from ary measures against spread direct teaching at primary for Intermediate classes. It ongoing development works Gold MCX stood at up in tandem and was quot- news. In the last 10 years, the time to time as additional data of seasonal diseases and also and upper primary levels, was agreed that the lost at the earliest for the benefit Rs.46,666 (per 10 gms) and ed in the range of Rs.44,630 country has witnessed a is received from various quar- bringing about a visible participants opined. working days could be of the city dwellers. “On one Silver MCX at Rs.50,096 (per - 44,730 on the closing day. growth of 242 per cent in the ters," she said. Underlining impact in the overall appear- Observing physical distance made up through online hand, the government is kg). Sensex and Nifty 50 Silver (0.999) recorded an production of natural honey, that the RTI application raised ance of both urban and rural in rural areas was no big deal, classes. Special Chief checking the spread of the closed at 32,424.10 and appreciation of Rs.200 and which is a healthy substitute a very important issue, Sarna areas, in the next eight days. participants reportedly told Secretary education Chitra Coronavirus with the lock- 9,580.30 points respectively. closed at Rs.48,550 (per kg). of sugar. Its export during the said the Commission is not While an action plan has the Minister. The authorities Ramachandran, down, on the other hand, CM The foreign exchange mar- said period also recorded an convinced with the fact that been already chalked out for of the Education Department Commissioner for Collegiate K Chandrashekhar Rao and ket also remained firm dur- COMMODITIES increase of 265 per cent. when a letter is issued by the majority of ULBs for taking are understood to have sub- education Navin Mittal, IT Minister K T Rama Rao ing the week. The foreign During the week, the sen- Now with the additional Chief Labour Commissioner up various activities over the mitted a report to the min- Intermediate Board Secretary are asking the officials to take exchange rates vis-a-vis timent in principal wholesale financial support offered by to collect the data on migrant next one week, the rural local ister on the way forward in Sayyad Umer Jaleel, School up the development works,” Indian Rupee were: US$ commodity markets in the the government, the export is labourers, who are seriously bodies have been instructed case coronavirus persists. Education Department he said and added that the 75.62, Euro83.87, GBP93.22, twin cities was strong. Rythu likely to touch 35,000 tonnes, affected by the pandemic, to conduct field visits fol- A final call would be senior authorities, MLCs and government is committed to SR 20.11, KD 244.81, Bazars and the markets locat- thus replacing Russia from then how it is possible that no lowed by a meeting to finalise taken upon a review of the MLAs took part in the meet- beautify the historical UAED20.56, CAD 54.85, ed in Begum Bazar, the fifth place. action was taken whatsoever. the Action Plan. situation after 15 days. If ing. Warangal city. Turmoil over TPCC chief post Jagadish, Uttam spar in open Contined from page 1 truth in the argument that the Gandhi to name anyone they coverts and they stay with Congress had lost elections in wanted as TPCC chief, and AICC general secretary in- Contined from page 1 said but I didn’t disturb you.” “I have some doubts about Telangana due to present continue with him or her for as charge RC Khuntia,” he said.       N While Uttam sat down, the Revanth Reddy. I will speak to TPCC Chief N Uttam Kumar long as they wanted. The MLA said that he wold Is there any mistake from        Minister continued: “This is Revanth Reddy about these Reddy. Uttam has immense good- take the fight to the govern- my side?”       not a debate. This is not doubts and not to the media,” “Revanth Reddy’s followers will with Rahul Gandhi and ment as Chief Minister K Undaunted, Uttam insisted Assembly. This is not he said making it clear that he spread the propaganda on Sonia Gandhi, Jagga Reddy Chandrasekhar Rao goes to that the Minister clarify !     Parliament”. will take his decision “political- social media that Uttam failed said, going on to added that town claiming credit for even whether the TRS government   When the Minister proceed- ly” if the High Command to ensure the victory of his wife switching to other parties was a single project, forgetting the had indeed waived off farm ed to say that he has the right names the MP for the TPCC Padmavathi Reddy in a weakness among MLAs. fact that the Congress con- loans. to say whatever he wanted, chief post, without consulting Huzurnagar byelections. But “Why does Uttam need to structed several projects. To this, the Minister Chhattisgarh state. Paddy there “You are speaking without Uttam told him not to raise his him. Revanth Reddy himself cam- step down as TPCC chief? He He said that his daughter T responded:“Not Rs1 lakh. The costs Rs 1,000. I will send you decency.” Uttam again said, voice. Jagga Reddy minced no paigned in 20 constituencies should continue till the 2023 Jaya Reddy has no interest in one and only government how much you want…” “Continue your speech with It was then the Minister words saying: “I am also in the stating that he will make the elections. About 20 leaders politics, but he brought her into across India is the Telangana To this, Uttam responded by decorum.” said: “Why you are speaking race for TPCC chief post. Congress candidates win the would compete for the post if public life as a precautionary government that waived off Rs saying that the Chhattisgarh Jagadish Reddy countered by again? After all, what are you?” However, I will support the Assembly elections. The fact is, the High Command removes measure. 17,000 crore. Sonia Gandhi’s government was purchasing saying:“Those who lack decen- From then on, it was a slang- candidature of anyone — be it that Revanth Reddy too lost Uttam,” Jagga Reddy opined. “The TRS government trou- own state Uttar Pradesh does- paddy for Rs 2,500 per quintal. cy are telling me to maintain ing match, with both question- Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, from Kodangal. What do his He alleged that there are bled me a lot in the past. My n’t have adequate power till “Continue your speech with decorum. I told you when you ing the other’s credentials, with Damodara Raja Narsimha, V followers say to that?” he asked. TRS coverts in Telangana daughter will come onto the date. Farmers (there) are com- decorum,” the TPCC chief obstructed me that you are Jagadish Reddy giving a part- Hanumantha Rao, D Sridhar Jagga Reddy said that it is the Congress. “TPCC general sec- road if the government resorts mitting suicide. Phone calls are said. senior leader and not to disturb ing shot: “You have no right to Babu or others.” prerogative of AICC president retaries—Harkara Venugopal to political vendetta,” Jagga made from (Congress ruled) To this, the Minister said: me. I wrote everything that you question me”. He said that there was no Sonia Gandhi and Rahul and Faheem are government’s Reddy claimed. #$"  @ $ 444 % & '  

Contined from page 1 '  so as to make them healthier the States will work in tandem none other than the President and short of 'Sab Ka Sath, Sab  +%!% day by day, socially, culturally, that would serve the lofty pur-       of India. The TMC- led govern- Ka Vikas and Sabka Vishwas'. At , at the foot of the economically and politically. poses of unity and integrity. For        ment also did not cooperate seven hills, only those who Hailed as a masterpiece,our On the other hand, the Union the initial four decades, every-        with the central government's TS financial assistance have token would be allowed. Constitutioncan rightly be is vested with such powers thing went on smoothly as the         high-level team of experts dur- to lawyers After checking devotees at called as the most ideal basic which are considered essen- governments of different    ing COVID-19 pandemic. The In a humanitarian gesture by Alipiri and at the steps route, statute in the world, thanks to tial for better co-ordination political parties hon- Aam Admi Party chief has the Telangana government, the devotees would be the visionary members of the with the States and between ourably recognised 'the     had the audacity to declare about 15 thousand advocates allowed to climb up the Seven Constituent Assembly, who, the States,besides to ensure big brother's role', of the publicly that he was an "anar- and advocates' clerks have been Hills. The TTD has laid down after painstaking efforts safety and security of Union govern- chist". The left-ruled Kerala sanctioned financial assistance that devotees should wear bestowed such a model piece of the country. In fact, ment and it blood between the two. victory over Balakot air-strike government too has not left any of Rs.10,000 and Rs.5,000 masks and gloves. the expression of people's wish. the makers of the did not do any The antagonism between and scrapping of Article 370 in opportunity to oppose the deci- respectively. Earlier, Chief It is a dynamic Constitution in Constitution took it harm. Consequently, the Union and the States, of Jammu & Kashmir did not find sions of the Union government Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao the sense that it has been for granted, may be in there was an all-round late, has been growing rapidly. favour with the opposition- as could be seen during CAA had announced the grant of Rs amended over 100 times dur- good faith or due to development of differ- Ever since the assumption of ruled States. The senseless agitation and COVID-19 pan- 25 crore, of which Rs.15 crore ./ '0 ing the past 70years just to keep sheer idealism, that %% ent States making the central power by the BJP-led opposition of Congress-Left demic. Last but not the least, has been released for the said abreast of geo-political and cordial and harmo- Union government NDA in the year 2014, the and one/two Member of comes in the reckoning the purpose. Considering the pre- /% $%1444 socio-economic changes with- nious relationship will    stronger day by day. opposition-ruled States turned Parliament parties to the CAA- Maharashtra government, sent COVID-19 situation, this in the country. It has seen many exist between the States However, in subsequent more hostile towards the Union NPR-NRC is a testimony of which has made a mountain monetary assistance will provide Contined from page 1 ups and downs, and faced and the Union result- years fissures developed government. In fact, they fol- mental bankruptcy of the out of a molehill with regard to succuor to the needy lawyers' bravely all the challenges and ing into an all -round and bal- among the body politic and lowed a policy of undeclared opposition leaders. Otherwise, providing train facility to and their clerks' families. While In exercise of powers con- grabbed the opportunities to anced growth of all States. occasionally the voices of dis- non-cooperation. Opposition how could they justify the act migrant labours to return to the gesture is welcome, it would ferred under the Disaster keep it up to date. They also were under the sent erupted. Overthe years, to Triple Talaq legislation, lev- of opposing duly passed CAA their native places. Indeed, the have been better if the State gov- Management Act 2005, the The Constitution basically impression that there would such voices have become loud- elling false and baseless charges by Parliament and adopt a res- country needs to be saved ernment would have also con- Chief Secretary directed all envisagesa scheme under not be a time when a tug-of- er and deafening. At times, the of corruption in the purchase olution in the Assemblies of from a piquant situation and sidered the vows of other voice- departments, Collectors, which the provincial power is war situation would arise Union opposed the States' of Rafale military aircraft are their own States opposing the the politicians of all hues need less professionals and self- District Magistrates and balanced with that of the power between these two very impor- moves while at another time just a tip of the iceberg when same? Similarly, the West to learn that they are there employed persons such as phar- Commissioners, to strictly of the Union. The Provinces or tant components of gover- States opposed that of the it comes to such pre-planned Bengal government has open- because the people have blessed macists, architects, doctors, implement the fresh lockdown States enjoy a good deal of nance. Indeed, they were of the Union. History is replete with moves to hamper the spirit of ly shown disrespect to the them to be there and not the plumbers, electricians,washer- orders with immediate effect. independence and autonomy view that both the Union and examples which created bad federalism. Even the military State Governor appointed by vice-versa. This is the long men, barbers, masons etc.

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The association alleged in   1-     41-4* Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad the petition that the officials . - . 4 . /.* .@ and nearby areas as well as sev-    +%!% &   of Municipal Corporation -. 1.4 44 - -   eral other districts of Telangana, adopted negligent attitude in 44   - 2- - 5 inundating roads and low-lying Sale of Tirupati Laddu ! shifting the street dogs and   2 4  6 . areas and throwing traffic out prasadam which commenced pigs from the living areas. 1 4  . . 1-4    of gear in the city. in Hyderabad on Sunday The association said that  4- - 4.  *: !  ! . 1 4 .5- Residents felt relieved from evoked good response as near- the girl named Angoth Baby, -12 1- 1  . the blistering sun and hot winds ly 55,000 laddus were sold.  ' O P daughter of poor parents- < !    "  2 ""  '=8*>$73   # "  8     8      41 -.4  . 1.1 as the weather started cooling Tirumala Tirupati Angoth Holy and Sangeetha,  "   !  > 42 -  -  14 1 from morning. Strong gales Devasthanams (TTD) had * + died of street dogs attack. The 1421 2  2- 1-5 4 that accompanied rain uproot- arranged the sale of laddus at    association also alleged in its ed trees at a few places. $ !    The trough from Chhat- Balaji Bhavan, Himayathnagar petition that the private hos- 4 4  . 1 -.    4 1-<=>72. 81 " Several low-lying areas inun-       ! tisgarh to Lakshadweep area from 10 a.m. onwards. pitals failed to provide suit- -.- 4 1- 6 -5 dated causing inconvenience to across Telangana, Rayalaseema, Even before the officials able treatment in time by  1.- 141 4*  2 people following rain water      south interior Karnataka and could make arrangements for making them have rounds  4 14-1 .- entering their homes. Power Kerala at 0.9 km above mean commencing sale of laddus, buy the laddus. Nearly 55,000 around various hospitals 1 1 - 4 -. 4 4 supply has been interrupted for sea level persists, it said. serpentine queue of devotees laddus have been sold," said while the girl was suffering    4  . -4 2- some time. rainfall of 61 mm. Several parts much needed relief to people The low pressure area is very was witnessed at the venue. TTD Assistant Executive with serious injuries.  141 4 1-4-  5 Vehicle riders have been fac- of the city received 20 to 50 mm reeling under heatwave condi- likely to concentrate into a Unmindful of the summer Officer U Ramesh Association honorary pres- ing difficulties as water logged rainfall. tions. depression over east-central conditions that prevailed in There is no limit on the ident Achyutha Rao alleged at several places on city roads. Traffic went haywire in busy Heavy rains were experi- and adjoining south-east the morning hours and rains number of laddus a devotee that the girl died due to neg- & 5; ;2 At many places hoardings were areas like Banjara Hills, Madan enced in Ghatkesar mandal of Arabian Sea during the next 24 that lashed from afternoon, can purchase and officials ligence of doctors. He urged dislodged with the impact of the Tank, Mehdipatnam, Toli Medchal district. According to hours and likely to intensify fur- devotees turned up in large offered as many laddus as the HRC to direct the ;3  45; gales. Teams of Greater Hyder- Chowki, Madhapur, Panjagutta, India Meteorological Depart- ther into a cyclonic storm dur- numbers for buying the lad- sought by the devotees. Municipal Administration 5 924 abad Municipal Corporation Ameerpet, Begumpet, Abids, ment (IMD) officials in ing the subsequent 24 hours. dus, which were offered at Rs However, devotees were Principal Secretary to extend swung into action to remove Koti, Secunderabad, Uppal and Hyderavad, the rain in the state The IMD officials warned the 25 per laddu. "The response requested to come wearing Rs 10 lakh to the family of the AB9 91.  4 1 . fallen trees and clear stormwa- LB Nagar as rain continued for was due to low pressure area people against venturing out as has been good. Despite the masks and ensure physical girl as an ex-gratia besides 244- 12  14 - ter channels. over two hours. Several districts over south-east and adjoining there is possibility of the city heat in the morning and rain distancing at the venue while directing action against the   -  21- South Hastinapur on the city in Telangana also received the east-central Arabian Sea and experiencing heavy to very in the afternoon, devotees purchasing the laddu private hospitals responsible  .   - 5! - * outskirts received maximum pre-monsoon rain, providing Lakshadweep area. heavy rains. turned up in large numbers to prasadam, he said. for the death of the girl.  11641    1 12 - %  2*   14 -   --  1-. <2..-1 -5  AB ! #  (!%)%*+,-!  2 4 .4  4244- 44 ..-1 -  -  -  -. . -  1- 21 * 44 .    " ## .#"/ 15 -- 1 .   21 5! 4 .1- 12 -1. .   !    +%!%  *!    +%!%     -*  - *  4  4 - 116 . -.1 24  Eight IAS officer trainees of    Panic has gripped post-grad-     -12 .1  4  5 2019 batch who are attached *   uate (PG) students of   *     -@-    to Telangana cadre complet- Osmania Medical College  -.4 -. 1  4 16 ed an orientation training $    (OMC) as three of them test-     12 - 4-   .  programme conducted by Dr +   ed positive on Saturday. !   1.5 MCR HRD Institute here on While one of them was a first- Sunday. They completed their      year PG student from gynae- .'- /  training at Lal Bahadur cology, who had been work- Shastri National Academy of   ing at the Government     D !  #  Administration in Mussoorie.   ** Maternity Hospital in    The trainee officers have Petlaburj, the others were 8  20 been attached as Assistant    !    " ## "  ; # "" ( ;      final-year PG students from Collectors (under training) Officer Trainees to learn and general surgery and orthope- tested positive for Covid-19.  !  for 50-week period, to the perfect the art of man-man-  ( & &   dic specialties. The mess has now been shut districts of Khammam, agement in order to improve The orthopedic PG stu- and the students are being    +%!% Nagarkurnool, Kamareddy, their productivity. dent had been home for two provided food from the col- Yadadri Bhongir, Siddipet, Several serving and retired  *  +   months and had visited the lege canteen. The first Covid-19 case in Nalgonda, Karimnagar and IAS officers including retired campus recently for signa- "We will decide on the hos- Yacharam was reported when Rajanna Sircilla. They will IAS officer and former tures from the HoD. In all, tel's closure by Monday. As of the 13-month-old baby of a report for duty in their Government Advisor AK nearly 40 primary and sec- now, the guidelines do not call police constable working with respective districts on Goel, Principal Secretary K    ! ondary contacts of each of for the shutting of the hostel. the Armed Reserve Wing, Monday. Ramakrishna Rao and Dr them have been traced. However, a decision will be was tested positive. According On the concluding day of MCR HRD Institute Speaking to the media, taken soon. The exams are to sources, since the past the orientation training pro- Additional DG Harpreet    +%!% Administration KT Rama Rao, toes present there and removed Director of Medical scheduled as per the MCI three days, the child was suf- gramme on Sunday, the Singh, apart from several Mayor Bonthu Rammohan on the water in them. Education Dr Ramesh Reddy, orders before June 30," said fering from fever and minor Institute Director General eminent persons addressed For the fourth consecutive Sunday toured the Naubat Rammohan asked everyone informed that a worker at the Dr Shashikala, Principal of health issues. "However, as the (DG) and Special Chief the IAS officer trainees as Sunday, people participated Pahad Colony in Birla Mandir to remove the stagnant water college's hostel mess has also Osmania Medical College. fever did not subside, they Secretary BP Acharya said part of the training pro- in large number in the 'Every area of the city and took part present in the premises of were taken to Niloufer hospi- that their attachment to the gramme. Sunday at 10 am for 10 min- in the awareness programme their houses, offices, business tal, where her samples were districts, with the District The programme was aimed utes' drive aimed to eradicate held there by the Entomology establishments once in a week tested and it was found to be Collectors as their mentors, to expose the IAS officer mosquitoes and larvae. Department of the GHMC to to check the breeding of mos- positive" sources said. As the will enable them to under- trainees to the unique fea- Several Ministers, elected check the mosquito menace. quitoes. He said that the sea- child is still on her mother's stand the dynamics of admin- tures of Telangana State in representatives, officials and As part of the programme, sonal diseases would compli- feed, the child along with her istration at ground level in its terms of its economy, culture, others spent 10 minutes at 10 he went round an exhibition cate the matters further since mother were shifted to true and total frame of refer- land, people, and innovative am on Sunday at 10 am to put up at Ambedkar Youth the country is already afflict- Gandhi hospital, while her ence. He called upon the IAS schemes, among others. empty stagnant water which Association building and ed with the Coronavirus. father and both grandparents could help the mosquitoes showed the stagnant water The Mayor inaugurated the and her maternal grandpar- causing dengue to breed. stored in plastic, wooden, iron larvicide spraying machine ents who stay in the next In response to a call given by goods, air coolers, on the roof provided by the local house, shifted to a quarantine Minister for Municipal top and the larvae of mosqui- corporator. facility and their samples were also collected for testing. According to sources, the family belongs to > #!% Chowdarpally village of 7 " 8@ ! "    8    Yacharam. The girl's father is #  ; now deputed to a police sta-    +%!% further orders. Meanwhile, the TSBIE can download their hall tick- tion in Rachakonda commis- A fresh date will be will conduct intermedi- ers from the website 0%$ %'#; sionerate. Meanwhile, a 38- Telangana State Board of intimated in the due ate second-year https://tsbie.cgg.gov.in. year-old constable working Intermediate Education course of time. Geography Paper-II and The Board asked all the    +%!% with SR Nagar police station (TSBIE) on Sunday said, con- As per the academ- Modern Languages parents, students, principals in the city and residing in sidering the Covid-19 pan- ic calendar, the reopen- Paper-II exam on June 3 of junior colleges to wait for the Sooner or later the Hyderabad Secunderabad with his fam- demic situation, the date of ing of all the junior col- from 9 am to 12 noon at the further orders as conducting Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) ily was tested positive for the ! 8 AB 88! " $! C  8 A  reopening of all the junior leges for the academic year centres as per schedule notified the classes now would increase is likely to resume its activi- virus. !  8!  C #+B!  > colleges is postponed until 2020-2021 is June 1, 2020. earlier. Students concerned the Coronavirus cases. ties as the government is eas- ing lockdown restrictions to gradually open the sectors for public one after the other. As ( '  ' !'') 0*#%#"!)12#" the Coronavirus positive cases are increasing with each pass-    +%!% ing day in twin cities, the peo-  *  !        +%!% near the Outer Ring Road. ple are worried about travel Fruit and vegetables are wash- !   ,,  Praveen obtained license on on Metro train. able and often come in their *    -   , The Hayathnagar Police of Padmavathi's name to sell veg- Considering the situation, own compostable wrapping Rachakonda, in a joint opera- etable seeds. They were sup- the HMRL authorities are designed by nature. Yet we !   tion with LB Nagar Special ported by the other associates planning to implement mea- choose to display them in plas- Operations Team and the agri- for marketing seeds. sures to safeguard the public tic trays, tie them with plastic culture department raided a However, this year instead of from Coronavirus. The mea- strings, cling-wrapped in strings that are tied for leafy each day ending up as non- spurious cotton seeds packing selling vegetable seeds, they sures also include introduc- another layer of plastic. vegetables and in other gro- biodegradable waste as a bur- unit in Bacharam village on the planned to sell spurious cotton tion of lifts that can be oper- Plastic packaging or wrap- ceries at various rythu bazaars, den on the environment," city outskirts and arrested Vanasthalipuram while seeds to farmers there by ated by pressing button with ping can make it more conve- shops and pushcarts," said Lubna Sarwath added. three persons on Sunday. Praveen Kumar, managing cheating them for easy money, leg. The mechanism was nient for us to grab and go. But Telangana state General These strings also end up Officials seized 1.5 tons of director of Akshara Seeds from the police said adding that they introduced in the lift at the the costs of servicing that Secretary of Socialist Party Dr through sewage drains and spurious seeds and other mate- Sahara Estates in packed these seeds in sachets Metro Rail office in lifestyle are high, for people as Lubna Sarwath. clog up the drains. As most of rial, all put together worth Rs Vanasthalipuram, his wife and labeled them with various Koyambedu in Chennai. The well as the environment. The plastic strings come storm water drains are con- 22 lakh from their posses- Padmavathi and Ramesh, a brand names," said the police, officials are planning to intro- Our food system has creat- under one-time-use plastic nected with sewage and other sion. The arrested persons resident of Chittoor district in adding that they had no valid duce the same in Hyderabad ed an anonymous chain that is that is banned. It is non- wastes, these end up in all our were identified as M Devender , were license to manufacture or sell too. inaccessible to us, the eaters. psychological barrier between biodegradable waste. water bodies, lakes, rivers. Reddy, 52, trader from Sai absconding, according to the cotton seeds. And it's disconnecting us from us and what we eat. "When we map to track the This would curb the dirty Nagar in Vanasthalipuram, G police. "Praveen Kumar along Following a tip-off, the tea- our food, its origin and, ulti- "It's time to break down route of this plastic string, it mess and once implemented in Sagar Reddy, 30, a supervisor with Devendar Reddy and ms raided the godown and mately, nature. Plastic and this barrier and reclaim a vital ends up as waste in dustbin Telangana state, it can be from Munugodu in Nalgonda Padmavathi established the caught Devender, Sagar and packaging are a symbol of this relationship with our food. once it is opened by public. implemented though out the and M Venkat Reddy, 20, a firm three years ago locating its Venkat while packing spurious disconnection - a physical and We urge you to ban all plastic Imagine crores of such strings country. degree student from godown at Bacharam village cotton seeds.  +$# ) #,-././  /

survey conducted by the Agovernment seems to have arrived at a decision that a ,  '''  ' majority of farmers are in favour of regulatory farming in Telangana. This is a good no buyers, and if needed buy, variety is good for diabetes cultivated in the same extent Cluster-wise farmers' con- augury. The government the price was beyond reach.     patients and experts have rat- of land this year too. Cotton ferences to create awareness which has already announced The state government has      ified it as sugar-free rice. The should be increased to 70 lakh among farmer about the reg- its policy in favour of this, will made several attempts to bring     ! Glycemic Index percentage is acres from the 53 lakh acres ulatory farming methods are obviously stand in support of in a much desirable change in low in Telangana Sona variety. last year. Likewise, red gram being organised to explain the farmers. the farm sector, and it is still !        American journals state that should be cultivated in 15 vision of government. Agriculture will be abun- working in this direction.      this rice is healthy. Hence it is lakh acres from the 7 lakh Since it was decided that dantly benefited through reg- The State government is  "    # desirable to go for it. acres last year. crops as identified by the gov- ulatory farming leading to solving problems faced by the There is demand for Soya bean, turmeric, chilli, ernment would be cultivated, creation of over Rs 1 lakh- agriculture sector one by one   groundnut, red gram, oil palm vegetables and other such seeds of the crops identified by crore of wealth and also a - major irrigation projects are in the market. We should crops would be cultivated in the Seed Regulatory Authority wealthy farmer. being completed and water identify other such crops and the same extent of land. set up by the government The existence of Telangana would be plentiful by next words of KCR, that the prac- of the population, market then decided the extent of land Farmers producing variety of henceforth would be sold. and its 65 lakh farmers is farming season. There is round tice of every farmer preferring demand, export opportuni- that can be used to grow these seeds should continue their Against this backdrop, there dependent on agriculture. This the clock quality power supply. the same crop should be done ties etc. would be taken into )  /% (   crops. efforts. should be a change in the use unorganised sector was total- Chief Minister K away with. The main reason consideration. The future of ) *+ ) ,  -+ There is a scarcity of fruits It is felt that maize cultiva- of fertilisers and pesticides. ly neglected in undivided AP Chandrasekhar Rao has reiter- why farmers are not getting agriculture should be promis- and vegetables in the State. It tion is not beneficial during Since farmers have no prop- as a result of which farmers ated time and again that much competitive price for their ing. Farmers should be able to The scenario is such that requires a deep study on what the monsoon and hence er knowledge on the matter, suffered tremendously. more needs to be done to produce is that a majority cul- earn profits by selling quality even those who prefer sowing percentage these can be culti- should not be cultivated dur- they are trusting the traders and Agriculture faced a crisis. improve the lot of the farmers tivates the same crop. produce in the world market, paddy opt for the coarse vari- vated. There should be an ing the season, but during using fertilisers and pesticides. After Telangana state was by making agriculture not Henceforth, the department wants the CM. ety, as the cultivation period is attitudinal change among the Rabi. Those cultivating maize Farmers are to be educated and formed, thanks to umpteen only remunerative but highly of agriculture will suggest the Previous governments did less. However, a majority of the farmers to cultivate crops that during the monsoon should informed about the correct welfare measures taken by the profitable. This would ensure kind of crop to be grown in a not bother about the agricul- people prefer only the fine are in demand and which are switch over to cotton and usage of fertilisers and pesti- government, the situation has that Telangana is shaped into particular field in a regulato- ture sector. Farmers used to variety rice. Now that we have in tune with eating habits of grams. cides in moderate quantities improved. the Rice Bowl of India. ry manner. The department cultivate crops according to water facility for irrigation, the people. It's desirable if the farmer is and their benefits. They should Traditionally, the farmer It was with this goal that will also identify the suitabil- their convenience. Since every- famers should opt for fine During last monsoon, cautious about paddy and cul- also be informed that crops has always been at crossroads KCR has envisaged the new ity of soil for a particular crop one cultivated the same crop, variety paddy. paddy was cultivated in about tivate those varieties that have which used more fertilisers with regards to his product. If Agriculture Policy. for a better yield in a given sea- there was every likelihood of Telangana Sona rice is 40 lakh acres in the state. It's demand in the market like the will not have any demand in the he wanted to sell, there were This presupposes, in the son. The food needs and habits price drop. developed by scientists. This proposed that paddy should be Telangana Sona. international market. ,$0#"# % = !  !  -!  . 3## H  /,  ',  '%" '$%% % ;$%# .  !$ !  ! ;) $  $        +%!% ment on regulated cultiva-    +%!% tion. He demanded the gov-    #) #(+ became MLA. But, recently '    %)!% Telangana BJP chief Bandi ernment to release guidelines Human rights activist Prof Narayana Reddy has been play- Sanjay Kumar on Sunday on regulated agriculture Hargopal on Sunday said Groupism among the followers ing an active role in the  1$ Members of a State level alleged that the state govern- immediately and made it clear that the onus of bringing of the MLA Jaipal Yadav and Assembly constituency and got 2* 3  experts committee carried ment is not in a position to that the BJP has its action plan Revolutionary Writers' MLC Kasireddy Narayana Kadtal MPP Kamli Motya Naik 14 5 6 out an aerial survey to inspect extend Rythu Bandhu and if the government takes deci- Association leader Varavara Reddy in Kalwakurthy of Congress and vice-MPP the locust situation in hence it is imposing restric- sions which do injustice to Rao to Hyderabad from Assembly constituency of Anand join the TRS in his pres-     Adilabad and Nirmal on tions by stating that the farm- farmers. Mumbai jail squarely rested Rangareddy district came to ence. Pained at the develop- *   Sunday. They flew along the ers have to cultivate crop as Meanwhile, criticising the with the Union Minister of fore through protests. The ment, followers of MLA have border of Telangana and suggested by the government. inability of the two Telugu State for Home G Kishan political differences between been questioned Narayana   ! Maharashtra and along "The Chief Minister States to submit Detailed Reddy. He termed entrusting the two leaders are not fully Reddy on enrolling the  Penganga to check the possi- deceived the farmers by assur- Project Reports (DPR) of pro- Varavara Rao case to the open but its echoes are being Congress leaders into the TRS bility of entry of locust ing that his government would .    posed irrigation projects to the NIA was undemocratic. felt. Allegations and counter without informing the swarms into erstwhile implement loan waiver     Krishna and Godavari River He demanded G Kishan allegations between the follow- Assembly constituen- Addressing media at Adilabad district. scheme. The government has Management Boards, he said Reddy for steps to make fam- ers of the two leaders have cy boss of the party, the TRS office, the The committee comprising to reveal the details of the loan !7   the respective State govern- ily members speak with become viral in the district the MLA. MLA said that poli- Dr SJ Rahman, principal sci- waiver scheme implemented     ments should take up projects Varavara Rao immediately political circles. The party rank The MLA's tics is not business entist and entomologist of comprehensively since 2017,"  *  that have allocations as per through video conference and file are apparently divided camp followers and advised the Prof Jayashankar Telangana he said. law. mode. Since his family was between the two leaders on held a press meet politicians to work State Agriculture University, Sanjay said that there is no  ! In a statement, the very much concerned over account of the groupism being and found fault with a service atti- Dr R Sunitha of CIPM, truth in the state govern- Karimnagar MP pointed out deteriorating health of practised by the two leaders. with the style of tude. He said that he Warangal CCF MJ Akbar, ment's statement that that both the Telugu States Varavara Rao, he should be Their groupism came to the functioning of the has been striving hard for Mancherial Collector Bharati Telangana is number one in grains concerned, he stated. were playing to the gallery immediately shifted to fore if the recent incidents are MLC. In this backdrop, some development of the constituen- Hollikeri and Ramagundam procurement of grains. "The Making it clear that the without bothering about the Hyderabad and wanted Chief any indication. The political leaders of TRS, including cy soon after his election as the Police Commissioner V procurement of food grains in BJP is not against the regulat- actual allocations as per the Minister K Chandrasekhar atmosphere in Kalwakurty has Amanagallu Municipality divi- MLA and making officials Satyanarayana assessed the the state is still going on. How ed farming, Sanjay demanded law. "While the Telangana Rao to intervene in the mat- escalated with press meets sion of TRS convener Vassula work without disappointing terrain and identified possi- can FCI make a statement the government to provide government complained to ter. Underlining the role addressed by both the groups, Jangaiah, remained aloof from the people. He claimed that he ble places from where the when the procurement process fertilizers and seeds free of cost KRMB about the Andhra played by Varavara Rao dur- protests, criticism, statements, the MLA's group and drew is using his authority as an locust swarms could enter the is still going on," he said. as assured in the past. He Pradesh government's pro- ing the course of freedom allegations and counter allega- closer to the MLC's group. MLA without causing pain to State. Later, at a review meet- Bandi asked the govern- asked Chief Minister, who posed expansion of struggle, he recalled how tions and so on. Leaders of Around the same time, any other elected people's rep- ing, Dr Rahman said the ment to reveal as to how the says the farmers wouldn't get Pothireddypadu head regula- Chandrasekhar Rao called other political parties and those Amanagallu MPP Anita Vijay resentative. government was taking stock government will dictate the Rs 10,000 after removing tor on river Krishna, the AP on Varavara Rao at a prison who are politically neutral are inched closer to the MLC He breathed fire on some of the situation of locust farmers without conducting investment amount, to explain government complained to while the latter was undergo- observing various develop- group a few days ago. The leaders, without naming the swarms. He urged the farm- soil tests. The government as to how he would expect Rs GRMB about the additional ing prison term. He con- ments taking place in the dis- MLA group, noticing all these leader, accusing them of vitiat- ers not to believe in rumours has to implement regulated 1 lakh benefit from each acre. lifting of a third TMC under demned filing of cases against trict keenly. developments, is angry with the ing the atmosphere in being spread on social media farming only after announcing He alleged that FCI chairman Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation all t hose who subscribed to Jaipal Yadav and MLC rival group. Kalwakurty. platforms. the remunerative prices to the and KCR have internal agree- Scheme (KLIS)," he said. democracy in Telangana. Narayana Reddy aspired for the The followers of MLC have The MLA claimed to have Kalwakurty ticket of the TRS in been alleging that the MLA has distributed essential commodi- the last Assembly elections. In been cautioning the officials ties and vegetables among the race, Jaipal Yadav got the against inviting the MLC to the 10,000 families with an expen- -! % ticket and won the election and government programmes. diture of Rs 20 lakh.   8 C$      %% 345!!"% GA(B4B Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday directed the officials concerned to fast    ) % track the first phase of Underground Drainage Minister for Energy G Jagadish System (UGD) works in Reddy on Sunday accused the Gajwel, Pragnapur, Congress leaders of causing Mutrajpally and Kyasaram vil- obstruction to the state govern- lages within 15 months. He ment's efforts in encouraging was speaking after laying a farmers take up profitable cul- foundation for the UGD at tivation. ;;#3# ' Rajeev Park in Gajwel. 3 !4&  7      "8   8   "  He alleged that the Congress Speaking on the occasion, $  "# 7 @  C @    does not want farmers to get !%%0$ 3! the Siddipet MLA said that the remunerative price for their state government has decided 89   ! * * produce. The Minister was that this was not new, the ;"#($  to build an UGD in the town !    4   5 addressing a series of awareness Minister pointed out that KCR at a cost of over Rs 100 crore programmes in Nakrekal, drew up plans to make the    !(!  in the first phase. An addition- 4    .   Nalgonda, Munugode farmer the king the day when al Rs 47 crore will be spent on Assembly constituencies of the movement for statehood to With two persons testing the second phase of UGD. Nalgonda district on Sunday to Telangana was launched. positive for Covid-19 in "Gajwel is witnessing rapid necting Gajwel with on par with Singapore since sensitise farmers on profitable The government is providing Shakti Nagar locality in development following the Secunderabad. Stating that the village had got multiple cultivation. Objective of the power to agriculture sector Mahbubnagar town and efforts of Chief Minister K the Gajwel was having development works. Rao has awareness programme is to round the clock. He also Amisthapur village of Chandrashekar Rao. Works Integrated Office Complex, said that they were taking up sensitise farmers on regulated recalled how KCR is imple- Bhootpur mandal, Minister on Tank bund and outer ring Integrated Market, Mahathi the UGD works considering agriculture and help them fix menting Rytu Bandhu and Rytu for Excise V Srinivas Goud road for Gajwel town will be Auditorium, Parks, separate the next 100 years' needs. MSP for their produce. The Bima schemes to benefit farm- inspected the two villages completed soon," the Minister education hubs for men and He said that the construc- Congress leaders who are out ers. In continuation with the on Sunday, in addition to vis- informed. women, and Government tion of the UGD will protect to disrupt the awareness pro- good work done by the CM, he iting Vepur village of He further informed that Hospital, Harish said that the people from mosquitos, gramme with their unsavoury is now promoting government Hanwada mandal, where a Railway safety authorities will Sangapur village, which was flies and other menaces remarks should spell out their regulated agriculture to enable person who was admitted to soon visit to check the new merged in Gawel-Pragnaur besides controlling the spread policy on government regulat- farmers decide the remunera- Osmania General Hospital railway line being laid con- Municipality, was developed of the diseases. ed agriculture, he said. Stating tive price for their produce. tested positive for Covid-19. 477 @  ; ##;   9#  " M#  #N Srinivas Goud monitored  " ##;# "  "   8     the sanitisation and other lockdown measures that were 0  &.1(23  taken up by the district administration to contain 6-*#"!% the spread of the virus in    +%!%      those localities. He said that self-discipline and self-isola- %!)%! )%%4- Telangana Pradesh Congress !7   * tion were the only tools avail- Committee president N Uttam  ! *    able with the people to pro-    +%!% February this year, long before Kumar Reddy slammed the tect themselves from coron- the imposition of lockdown TRS government over farmers' avirus. Former Minister Mohammed due to Coronavirus. issues. He accused the govern- mented. He pointed that the Bandhu was erratic as nearly 50 He instructed officials to Ali Shabbir alleged that Chief As against the Budget esti- ment of being insensitive to the TRS government took charge per cent of farmers did not get keep a track of who were Minister K Chandrashekhar mates for 2019-20 of total farmers' problems. for the second term in October the investment support for the entering villages and the Rao was punishing the gov- receipts of Rs 1.37 lakh crore, Finding fault with the Chief 2018 and not a single rupee of just concluded Rabi season monitoring mechanism to ernment employees and pen- the actual revenue was just Rs Minister for claiming that the crop loans have been waived off although the sowing for Kharif contain the spread of Covid- sioners for his own wrong eco- 1.15 lakh crore by the end of Telangana State alone was till today. He said that the gov- season was about to begin. 19 in rural areas. He appealed nomic policies and misman- February 2020. This includes procuring the farmers produce, ernment has recently Further, Uttam said that the to the people to follow phys- agement. borrowings of Rs 26,559 crore. he reminded that the Congress- announced that crop loans of Rs State government's claims on ical distancing while waiting Shabbir Ali, in a statement As per the Comptroller & led UPA government had set up 25,000 would be first waived off. procurement of agriculture pro- in queues at grocery stores, on Sunday, said that the KCR Auditor General of India the IKP centres for the procure- However, he said even this duce were false. banks, medical shops and government has pushed the (CAG) report, the fiscal deficit ment of the farmers produce. 4 ! 8 #9# 7       " ##( "  assurance was not yet imple- He also alleged that the crop other establishments and Telangana State into deep was of Rs 26,599 crore. Meanwhile, during the meet- mented fully. Quoting the offi- insurance was non-existent in instructed officials to take financial crisis and a huge debt Business was as usual in the ing on State Government's new confrontation with Power Minister to clarify as to when cial figures provided during Telangana while TRS govern- stern action against those trap. "Telangana had a huge first three weeks of Agriculture Policy in Nalgonda Minister Jagadish Reddy over the promised crop loan waiver the meeting, Uttam said that the ment was boasting about Rythu who violate lockdown rules. revenue deficit by the end of March. on Sunday, Uttam had a direct the farmers' issues. He asked the of Rs 1 lakh would be imple- implementation of Rythu Bima scheme.  +$# ) #,-././  : .;  &$' %0% %0 #'%$# 4! Q,  +"    2(  % # (  '#     %) A day after the Narendra     %) !   Modi-led NDA government patted itself on the completion From Hollywood to Haridwar, 7  3! of first year of its rule in the people have taken serious note '7  2 <  second term, Congress leader of the benefits of yoga amid the   !  Kapil Sibal on Sunday took a coronavirus health crisis, jibe at Modi, saying that even '355 9  (5 5 Prime Minister Narendra !! ! the "Bahubali Prime Minister 9 5 65  Modi said on Sunday, noting  **7   could not face the coronavirus that it is good for "communi-   pandemic and pushed the (5 5 43< ty, immunity and unity". country into more distress". / %(=  .1 4 In his monthly "Mann ki    The senior Congress leader . 12    -. Baat" radio address, the prime      lashed out at the Centre for 1.1-'- D*4  - minister also urged people to     what he called "mishandling of #% )1"3)%%;**  *"!) 2 -4  1141- participate in an online yoga a pandemic that forced people :,!) ;9!" 1--. 4  .  41 competition being organised into a crisis". "During the lock- 4 214 4*4 -  1. by the Ayush Ministry. lives, the awareness about their online videos, he said. ticipate. To participate, people down crisis, people helped #2%"%"%%%!"!<*% )1"3;  6 .14   He said during the ongoing health is also continuously on "Truly, yoga is good for will have to make a three- each other. After March 24, the 9!"!3! '* !%!% 1 4- 6  -. - health crisis, he spoke with the rise. community, immunity and minute video and upload it. government had to subside its        . 5:-.  114 4 many world leaders. "I would "During the present Covid- unity," he said. He said during "In this video, you have to divisive agenda; prior to the  2 - 1 - * 2 . like to share a secret today- I've 19 pandemic, it is being the present health crisis, yoga perform yoga or asana, that lockdown, the government 124   99- .-  observed that during deliber- observed from Hollywood to has become all the more you usually do and also tell agenda was only on polarisa- Sibal said that people walk- Minister not looking them in - E22 - ations between world leaders, Haridwar that, while staying at important as the novel coron- about the changes that have tion," he said. Sibal cited ing on the roads to their native their eyes," asked Sibal.  F-  -. 21. 4 a lot of interest is evinced in home, people are paying seri- avirus affects respiratory sys- taken place in your life through National Population Register, states are a testimony of the He also asked the govern-  64. 1-65 $ yoga and Ayurveda. Many ous attention to yoga. People tem. Yoga has various yoga," he said. Citizenship (Amendment) Act government's "apathy" as many ment to come clean on the    -*1.  6 . leaders asked me if yog and everywhere want to know "pranayams" that strengthen The prime minister also and misuse of Unlawful people have lost their lives due standoff and tell the people 14   2  2*: Ayurved could be of help in more about yoga and along the respiratory system, he referred to the World Activities (Prevention) Act to starvation. The Congress about the real picture. Even 141-  .52 this calamitous period of coro- with it Ayurveda and adopt it pointed out. Environment Day being against activists and said while leader alleged that the Prime Rahul Gandhi had earlier made -4 1.  .  navirus," he said. as a way of life," he said. The Ayush Ministry has observed on June 5. The theme the Union Home Minister stat- Minister has not able to handle the demand. He also lashed out 1 1- 4  :"1--  . Referring to the Many people who had never started its International Video this year is Biodiversity. ed in Parliament that the the migrant crisis. at the Solicitor General over his  -. - -*- . 'International Yoga Day' on practiced yoga, have either Blog competition titled 'My "This theme is especially amended UAPA will be used "Nepal is looking in our eyes 'vultures and prophets of  -. - 214 E::)1164 June 21, he said as yoga is get- joined online yoga classes or Life, My Yoga' in which people pertinent in the current cir- against terrorists only but just and there is the standoff with dooms' comments during a SC .  14* ting integrated with people's are also learning it through from across the globe can par- cumstances. the opposite was happening. China -- why is the Prime hearing. F 1141-5-     . 4  1 -4"%9AB*  -/1  214 41  5 /'%;%$ " 056  /1( $0#3% )116- 1 .11. 1 2 1- D *:1.4 .5 0%/ 3#   -/ 7 -1 #1 2>5 45 2? "%%# ( ( ; 3$# 8   :3 832    (!     %) '# 6%' ' )(+A The Apex Council meeting All the terrorist camps and    (  = (  6 -. of the Mumbai Cricket around 15 launch pads in 142-4    Association, scheduled to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Police in Sukma district of   /$4  -.12  be held online on Monday, (PoK) "are full", according to Chhattisgarh have busted a 2-4 2    4 has been deferred as the top army commander Lt Gen country-made weapons fac-  4 .14 1"%9AB5 chances to organise a meet B S Raju, who anticipates an tory in neighbouring   /* 1 .  -. . :%2%*!%" which officials can attend in increase in infiltration attempts Malkangiri district of Odisha, 2 - 1 4   - 1- person, have improved. from across the border this and arrested a Maoist sympa- &.  4* -.  41 The central government summer to replenish the thiser who was operating it to  2   - 12 3%%)# has announced that sever- diminishing terrorist cadres in supply the arms to Naxals, @  -- .   4. - al lockdown restrictions Jammu and Kashmir. police said on Sunday. -  5  $44  will be lifted on June 8. In an interview to PTI, the depleting cadres, as the lations has been swift, hard and The action was taken based 4 2  1 1-2-   )#!!)14,"% The Apex Council meet Lieutenant General Baggavalli window for infiltration is also punitive". on the inputs provided by a 4 4"%9AB14 was scheduled to form an Somashekar Raju asserted that restricted to the summer sea- He also spoke about the Naxal identified as Madvi  .12          %) The locust attack lasts for ad-hoc Cricket the back of terrorism has been son only," Lt Gen Raju said in Army's counter-infiltration Joga (40), who was arrested 1- .   -- * several days and affects a large Improvement Committee. "virtually broken" and that an e-mail interview. grid being fortified which, from Gadiras police station 2-4 $4% 4 6 Attention is being paid to area, he noted. A Council member told Pakistan is unable to "digest" "All the terrorist camps and along with, "our effective area of Sukma on Friday,  2 4 .5  4 .2 . new inventions to counter the Be it at the level of the cen- PTI that meeting could be that Kashmiris are experienc- around 15 launch pads in response to ceasefire viola- Sukma Superintendent of 1 -. -4 1 locust attack in various parts tral government, the state gov- held after June 8 after the ing peace and an improved law Pakistan-occupied Kashmir tions has left Pakistan helpless Police Shalabh Sinha said.  .   - 4-4 6 4 of the country, Prime Minister ernments, agriculture depart- "unlock" guidelines come and order situation. are full. These terrorist cadres in furthering their agenda." Acting on a tip-off about 1--.  -. 4 -6  Narendra Modi said on ment or the administration, all into effect. Lt Gen Raju took over the are desperate to infiltrate with An NDA alumni from the the movement of the wanted -41 1-* 14 *  4   *4 .5 2 Sunday and noted that it is a are involved using modern Apart from forming ad- reins of strategically located the help of Pakistani Army." 1984-batch, Lt Gen Raju, who ultra Joga near Rasavaya vil-    4 2-4 - reminder that a small creature techniques to not only help the hoc Cricket Improvement XV Corps in Srinagar on Stating that Pakistan has earlier served as the Brigade lage, a team of police raided  4    1 -2 -5 can inflict great damage. farmers but also lessen the loss Committee, the Apex March 1. consistently been aiding and commander along the Line of the spot on Friday and appre- -2 1"%9AB 4 4- "On the one side where accruing due to this crisis, he Council was to decide the on "The back of terrorism is vir- abetting infiltration for more Control (LoC), and later led hended him, he said. (  6 -. 44 -1HDB* eastern India is facing cyclonic said. AGM date and discuss about tually broken. Because of the than 30 years now, the gener- the "Victor Force", a counter- A muzzle-loading gun was  <<21  1  4- calamity, on the other many "Attention is being paid to 2020-21 cricket season. successes in eliminating terror- al said there have been sever- insurgency group of the Army recovered from the posses- 14 5 parts of the country have been new inventions, and I am sure Cricketing activities in ists operating in the hinterland, al ceasefire violations (CFVs) that looks after the militancy- sion of Joga, who was an affected by locust attacks. that together not only will we Mumbai have come to a we expect cross-border infiltra- by Pakistani army to support hit south Kashmir region, also active as a member of These attacks again remind us be able to battle out this crisis grinding halt as it is one of tion to increase in the summer the infiltrating terrorist groups, sent a clear message that those Maoists' Katekalyan area of the great damage this small that is looming on our agricul- the worst affected cities by season to make up for the dead but added such designs have having any evil design "against committee and carried a BB5  5  creature can inflict," he said in tural sector, but also manage the deadly COVID19 pan- terrorists. I anticipate more and been frustrated as "our befit- our country" should shun such reward of Rs 5 lakh on his  929  :4 5 his 'Man ki Baat' radio address. to salvage our crops," he said. demic. more attempts to replenish ting response to ceasefire vio- ambitions. head, he said.   65  (=   / 4 - 1 -2 - 4  -. . &   (=4##;I  ! "" 8   Q1- / "2+!  .  1 2 -1    41 2 4*-.4 4 -..12 4  1-42 4     %) principal seat, that is Delhi, in  ' ) '- <=5  * terms of the statutory provi-    1-4    -  The Delhi High Court will hear sions. The plea said Kumar has . . .1.   member (judicial) challeng- and as a member of Company According to Aiyar, the  1 1   4 1 ing the transfer orders issued Law Board before being a A new book "The Gated country's ability in dealing   1  by the National Company Law member of the NCLT and Republic" presents an interrog- with complexities and scale has 1-- 1-45 . 41 Tribunal acting president in since he was not a high court ative view of the history and not "resulted in creation of . . .1-1 1 41 April and May. judge, he was not eligible to be future of private India at a time capacity for transformative    -.12 The plea, filed by Rajasekhar appointed as president, partic- when the COVID-19 pan- change". .12 4  1-42 44- VK, member (judicial) seeking ularly, when Justice Rajesh demic has highlighted the "Truth be told, our many 1A?=-4 21- 5 to set aside the order transfer- Dayal Khare, a retired high need for effective public poli- governments - central, state -4 1-4    -  ring him from NCLT Mumbai court judge, was available and cies to ensure the provision of and local - have flailed and -11  1-- 1- to Kolkata bench, is listed for illegal. Rajasekhar was appointed functioning as member (judi- basic, essential services to all failed in delivering basic gov- .4 1--  . 

    %)    , disguise for smokers because it !9%,#92!%49#1 has given them an opportuni- As the world has changed follow-     ty to quit smoking and switch    (! Corporation (BMC). Eligible ing the coronavirus pandemic,    to healthy habits to fight their doctors and nurses should apply so has the tobacco consumption !  cravings. Smoking has become Maharashtra Medical Educa- for it online," he said. behaviour. It is interesting to a style statement among the tion Minister Amit Deshmukh Meanwhile, Deshmukh has know, especially on World No-  *   youth. It has negative impact on Sunday said that doctors and also directed Vice Chancellor of Tobacco Day on Sunday, that 37 ** !  on respiratory, cardiac and nurses will be hired on honorar- Maharashtra University of per cent of people in India con- - ;  overall health. I have observed ium basis for COVID-19 treat- Health Sciences (MUHS), Dilip sidered lockdown as an oppor- that during lockdown, people ment in Mumbai. Mhaiskar, that students who tunity to quit smoking.    *, have opted for other forms of The decision has been taken have passed their MBBS exam- In a survey conducted by   #= *  stimulation, such as yoga and to ensure that there is no short- inations in February 2019 and Indus Health Plus, a preventive    exercises." age of medical staff for treatment completed their one year intern- healthcare company headquar- Dr Gupta said: "Those who of COVID-19 patients in the city, ship be provided temporary tered in Pune, it was found that >< *   have been facing withdrawal he said in a statement. graduation certificates. He said 37 per cent of the respondents females and 61 per cent males consumption due to increased   ! symptoms, they are taking help Mumbai has so far recorded needs for treatment of patients. that with the certificate, they can mentioned that lockdown is a between the age group of 30- cost of cigarettes by the retail- !*  # ,/:  of nicotine gums and other the highest number of COVID- "They will be paid Rs 80,000 register themselves with the good opportunity to quit 45 years. The sample size of the ers and shopkeepers. Also, medically prescribed drugs. If 19 cases among all the cities in per month. Apart from doctors, Maharashtra Medical Council. smoking, while 42 per cent said survey was 837 and the time- smokers found cigarettes a person quits smoking for the country. Its tally of patients physicians will also be hired on If this happens, nearly 4,000 that it helped them to reduce frame was May 8 to May 29. unavailable. While 39 per cent work from home and house- more than a month, his/her till Saturday night was 38,442, honorarium basis. Anaesthetists doctors can provide medical consumption. The respondents of the sur- of males and 25 per cent of hold chores, social distancing, chances of leaving it forever can while the number of deaths was and intensivists will be paid Rs service in the present COVID- It was a three-week con- vey were from metros along females succeeded in reducing and for a few people, it was due increase significantly." 1,227. Registered doctors below two lakh per month. Qualified 19 situation, he said. About sumer survey to understand with tier-II cities of tobacco consumption in any to free time. Dr Preeti Shinde, Cardiac 45 years of age, who do not suf- nurses will be hired for Rs 4,000 students have cleared the the smoking behaviour and Maharashtra, Karnataka and form. However, the survey also Speaking to IANS, Dr Radiologist at Pune's Sahyadri fer from any medical ailments 30,000 per month. "The honorar- MBBS exam of November 2018 patterns of the people during Madhya Pradesh. revealed that 32 per cent of Sanyam Gupta, Radiology Hospital, told IANS that tobac- and have completed their intern- ium will be paid by the and the results were declared in the lockdown. Out of the total The survey revealed that 68 smokers increased smoking Resident at Medanta hospital, co consumption decreased ship, will be hired as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal February 2019. respondents, 39 per cent were per cent of smokers reduced due to the stress of managing said, "Lockdown is a boon in during the lockdown. +$# ) #,-././ *  >      1165 12I. 1-  F % 1-  -4  25 12I. 1- I C> %% $;# 1+     '   R! / *   !  ''  &     P   Q          '  -. 9    1-4  11 141 . 2 .     & &      9    '         1 - 1- 425O42 1 %  1 6        ' &      &             & P  Q P Q      ;  -                  ';              &              '6   &       &                &      ' "!* &.$ .  & 8  S       &   ome back-channeling P  Q          &    and rethinking               P Q '6   & between Nepal’s rul-             ing party and the Opposition (despite   &  4            Sthe Nepali Congress agreeing        &        '@  to support the amendments)             54       has deferred the Constitutional Amendment Bill to sanctify the       '6            country’s new map. This has           9             created an opportunity for it to     9   '   8  S  &   return to diplomacy. It’s for the first time that Nepal has altered S&   &    9$          the geography of its map. Its  /    4 -$7    '6     PS Foreign Minister “summoned”     Q             the Indian Ambassador and its Prime Minister even used P7 8  Q            '/  unkind words for us. New                   Delhi, too, was high-handed: It                   9     dragged its feet in giving a date for talks, announced a tarmac            ' S& P Q    road to Lipulekh Pass while the  P  'Q Army Chief, who is the hon- #   &    &      '  &  orary General of the Nepal ing from Tinker Pass in the matic notes. India announcing the new map, especially at the between the two countries to              &        Army, made unwarranted west to Chhayangthap in the the black-topping of the road height of a pandemic, is unwise. maintain status quo till nego- comments on Nepal’s internal east. These posts were vacated to Lipulekh Pass in May Both sides need to cool off. tiations help resolve the border  ';      &  &       affairs, too. This certainly is not in 1969 under pressure from reignited protests at a time Any adverse and escalato- dispute. India had initially said                     the civilisational bonding that the communist lobby in the when the power struggle in the ry steps will also undermine the it would resume Foreign &     &  9'.         & defined relations between India palace. Conspicuously, ruling Nepal Communist Party long-standing and embedded Secretary-level dialogue mech- and Nepal. The Kalapani dis- Kalapani and Lipulekh Pass (NCP) peaked. Army-to-Army relations, anism after the COVID-19     '3                pute has to be settled political- were not part of the border sur- It was only with Chinese which were initiated by King emergency. After Nepal issued  &   S &           ly, too. Any further delay will veillance scheme and, therefore, intervention that Prime Tribhuvan and his son, King its new map and Oli’s intemper-           &'           only widen the trust deficit. there was no question of India Minister KP Oli was able to Mahendra, for modernising ate reference to India in In my 60th and counting vacating them. Trade between retain his seat. Adept at using the RNA. The Chiefs of the two Parliament, New Delhi has    &     &  &      treks from Mahakali to Mechi India and China across ultra-nationalism for India- Armies are honorary Generals urged Kathmandu to create a  &   ' &   &   &(#8  since 1959, I have come across Lipulekh Pass started in 1954 bashing and reviving his polit- in each other’s armies, an positive atmosphere for dia-   $;             & 9    scintillating names of villages and an agreement in 2015 rat- ical stock, Oli published a new unprecedented exchange of logue. After deferment of the and places: Chisopani, ified the border trade. map of Nepal, incorporating military honour started by the Bill, New Delhi says it is open  '      '%  $   S    Tatopani, Ratopani, Jumlepani, Kalapani has a spiritual claimed areas. He wants a legendary Field Marshal Sam to engaging to solve border  &   &   &         Pokhripani and also the con- and strategic value since it is the national consensus on the legit- Manekshaw in 1969. Gorkha row.              '8   tested Kalapani, not Kalopani. gateway to Kailash Mansarovar, imacy of the new map through soldiers from Nepal have The media on both sides In India, Kalapani is a curse dominates Lipulekh Pass and a Constitutional amendment. served the Indian Army with should call a truce. On       S '   &       and is associated with banish- can monitor the People’s The Bill should pass muster as valour during all the wars post- Wednesday afternoon, Nepali    '    &        &&   ment, jail or exile. Still, it has Liberation Army (PLA) camp the Government needs just independence, winning high TV channels were playing   & S       +)  &  9  6 been the bone of contention at Taklakot. It appears in nine lawmakers to secure a two- gallantry awards. More than patriotic music centred on between India and Nepal for Nepal’s official and tourist third majority but that will 40,000 Gorkha soldiers serve Kalapani and showing clips of  '      &    &    5 many years and for maps and its adverse military damage irreparably India-Nepal the Indian Army and another its legendary military prowess   '$   &  &         &   Kathmandu, it denotes an area possession is a highly emotive relations, which have been on 1,50,000 ex-servicemen are that extended the Himalayan    $;    )*+?)* & & &  of 335 sq km, encompassing issue. Twenty-six years of field the mend since 2015 following privileged by unique welfare Kingdom from the rivers Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh Pass reconnaissance by a joint tech- the economic blockade. services in Nepal that are not Chenab to Teesta, inducing )*+A+?'/    & & ,-             and Kalapani. For it, the source nical boundary committee and Nepal has deployed its available to other soldiers in fears of “Greater Nepal.” Nepal’s      &         &        of the Mahakali river, which negotiations since 1997 have armed police force on the west- India. These are 22 district sol- decision to put on hold the sec-   '6    &       &    delineates its western bound- failed to find a mutually- ern border near Kalapani with dier boards, two pension pay- ond Constitutional     8  &         '8     ary, is Limpiyadhura. acceptable solution. Protests the Nepal Army building a new ing offices along with the Ex- Amendment Bill is a prudent For India, Kalapani is the in Nepal over Kalapani started road to Tinker Pass. These servicemen Contributory step welcomed by India that P     Q            P  8  Q origin of the river near where in the mid-1990s when a com- developments, coupled with a Health Scheme (ECHS), has averted a showdown.         &&    military posts have existed munist Government was in parliamentary resolution to Kendriya Vidyalayas and Already, strained India-Nepal  '0&  && &     &    since the mid-1960s and from power. It has since become a reclaim all land and the numerous other assistance and relations are too precious to be where the Indo-Tibetan Border political football. Constitutional Amendment grants projects. Gorkha remit- damaged by territorial nation-      &               Police (ITBP) patrols regular- India’s new map in Bill are likely to escalate ten- tances are upwards of 15,000 alism. Foreign Secretary Harsh    & '6    &&      6 ly up to the Lipulekh Pass. November last year, after the sion. The beneficiary from this crore (NC), almost one-third of Vardhan Shringla must call up BC*     2      4  &      When King Tribhuvan invited nullification of Article 370 in diplomatic stand-off will only Nepal’s total remittances of $8 his counterpart Shankar Das the Indian Military Mission in Jammu & Kashmir, showed be a third country with whom billion. Bairagi and break the ice.  &       ./'6  &&      1952 to Nepal, besides training Kalapani in Uttarakhand with- troubles along the India along India-Nepal relations are at (The writer, a retired Major     ';       $       the Royal Nepal Army (RNA), out any change in the bound- the Line of Actual Control a tipping point due to map- General, was Commander IPKF          '@  &&     it had established, according to ary with Nepal. It was very (LAC) are mounting. Nepal’s making and the political row it South, Sri Lanka and founder border expert on Nepal, BN much similar to the old map. political class must realise that has generated is at the height of member of the Defence Planning       &     '6    Shreshta, 18 border check- But this triggered countrywide the move to unilaterally alter, a pandemic. Nepal’s new map Staff, currently the Integrated &      P   Q  &  & ' posts on the Tibet border start- protests and exchange of diplo- validate and internationalise has broken the agreement Defence Staff.)  3#  3! ;  6 ' ? & 14 /. 2 -41 1 1  .4 - - 4- 49 O  6-  1.1-  -. O41  4 -   1  41- 5 4 1 "11- 4* 11 - 4 -. 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It  "11- 4 -. 2 * -  1- 2 - cate the death toll will contin- 0       1  was surprising to note that over -.-1   11 44  44 . ue rising in the next weeks. 91 lakh migrants have been sent -1   4 144  1-5"44   9 The Indian Government 2 &&        # &  #     ' back to their home States since 44 4 - -   1-* 4- 22 9 must be complimented for 3&    &              May 1. Arranging basic screen- 4  4 - 1  1 * 4   115 making it clear to China that it &  S    '(   &   4          ing facilities for the safety of pas-  - 41-14 241. 4 1 44- 49 would not settle for anything sengers in trains has been a - -. - -. - 2.41 "11- 4 less than the withdrawal of its   ./   +**4          ' Herculean task. Besides, the  -. 2 4   4  - 141 1- -. troops from the LAC. New /   5 & &6        ,7 migrants need not just protec-  5 . 2 1  14 4 . 1-9 Delhi must stand firm.           , tion from the pandemic but - 4 2411 444- 42  5*  4 SC Agrawal jobs, too. 412  121. 1    4 -.-  14 Delhi 8                   By the Government’s own  -1-1  -. -1 21 41-5 44 1 14 -. 645  --1 1.     %      &  & &         admission, we simply do not   4 . 1 1 44   .9 1  12 - 4 11 1-   -  45      &            ./'   have data on the migrant work- .  4919 41- -.45 4 2  14- .1 2 . 1 2-     ers. This reason is often cited 2 * -4 1. 4- 1  1- -. 11 44 4 -1111.4 41  -               &   by officials for their failure to L. 2 -M   242 . 14 2 215    2- 5 -  *4  -44  1-  Sir — India has done well to           #        provide generous cash relief in  "11- 41 6.1- 4 1-4  144 -6  - 1 611 44 -. not pay heed to US President    '        &      the economic package to the 2  . 142 . 1  1-11 L2  9  4 - 2   5 Donald Trump’s offer to medi- migrant workers. It is wel- 1 445M%1- 4   - 4 .14  49   35 ate between India and China to              &     '39  come that several States are set-  . 41  - 4 1-1- 4*1 4 - 9  end border standoff. It is always      & & :        ting up migrant commissions. wiser to settle burning issues       ;    &    P 'Q This will not only capture data with China amicably and indi- 3    S      '   &    on the number of workers but   screens on children are known.   vidually without bringing in an also generate employment for Besides, the poor have been left outsider or introducing        ; /     /       workers. State Governments out of the ambit of online learn- irritants. It is better for India to                     must ensure that they provide Sir — With the easing down of ing due to the digital divide. A Sir — New Delhi was right to strengthen ties with China '                9      adequate wages, a safe work lockdown norms, life is limping classroom environment pro- reject US President Donald with sobriety of mind. environment, a sound skill back to the new normal. But vides equal learning opportuni- Trump’s offer to mediate Prakash Saini PQPQ    '6     7>8+?   development ecosystem and schools and colleges remain ties. Schools and colleges must between India and China. Via email &     S      '1&    universal social safety coverage. closed. Online education system reopen with caution. Instead, Trump must focus on   88 ; !        &  ' Sravana Ramachandran has become the norm. The side Sritoma putting his own house in order Chennai effects of long exposure to Via email first with regard to China.   23:35 2D;4*934 +$# ) #,-././   @     A 4;16 , & *4;6& * (& & ) /.   & ( '& & & &  . / &(   & & & & ,  & - -   (  & '(&   ' & %  ( /(%%   (  %(* /  &   %%* &( (  ( & &( %    & &     (&* (,,('%& &(  & / /(%% & &  &(*  -   44  4 6- 41-  L ( & L (  %(P   .  24 4     44  . 6  % &  '  , 1- 414.-   -. 2  ;<= '  "*,4.$6'B$6 (&  ! !  '      &   &       &      ' 5    &     '    '       5D;@E              '/               &               CA'"         '8          &         5       &'6         &  5                 &&           '7&                     ' %           0!4.$5 $D$ 3                  5      '           very war brings death and destruction in its              & wake. It also opens windows of opportunities  '7    &       Efor those who seek it. Though the global war            '/ on the COVID-19 is by no means over it has brought a host of opportunities with it. So, do we Indians     &          continue to remain in the abyss of poverty or do we  '     &    take a plunge into the new world that is opening         &       up? It needs to be remembered that in the past, India             was a leader in manufacturing. As per William  '%        &     Dalrymple’s book The Anarchy, in 1608, India “was             '  producing about a quarter of global manufactur-     S     ' ing; indeed in many ways it was the world’s indus- /          trial powerhouse and world’s leader in manufactured             textiles.” Whatever happened thereafter is history        & &  '  and during the British rule, India lost the leader- ship role in manufacturing. We missed the Industrial              '6 Revolution and it had a telling effect on impover-  &     5      ishing India.            Thankfully, we did catch the train of Digital &  ' Revolution but the gains were not inclusive enough 3 & 55 5     to pull us out of poverty. The opportunity that the              COVID revolution is presenting needs to be ( N#      '     grabbed with everything that we have. As Prime %*O "           Minister Narendra Modi put across to the country, "  F         & his vision of “Atma nirbhar (self-reliant)” India and  %&  '      &  rolled out financial packages to support the vision, Identification of the weapon/equip- most significant one. This applies equal- ed. Excellence/innovation needs to be many opportunities could open up, particularly in () ment/platform: Based on the threat per- ly to both, i.e. platforms made by large honoured and rewarded. Even individual            ' defence production. "%% ception and a long-term integrated plan, industries or smaller sub-systems manu- interests of scientists, where applicable, in              India is one of the biggest arms importers in   each weapon/equipment/platform is to be factured by MSMEs. Technology must relation to patents must be respected.              '8   the world. In 2013-2017, India topped the list as it "(+ decided. This is an important process, drive the equipment to be unfailingly com- Clauses of national security, where desir-            accounted for 12 per cent of the world’s arms ))* needing strategic perception and long- bat-effective, be it a platform like the air- able can be enunciated.          &  imports. The US was the highest arms exporter ""()%! term capability development and would craft carrier, an aircraft, main battle tank; Manufacturing Ecosystem: With     &   S     ' amounting to 34 per cent of the global share. Even N(()% be in the realms of the armed forces, with or a small part like the magazine of a rifle; the “Make in India” friendly packages 8              Netherlands, which is 79 times smaller in size than ( inputs from sources as desired by them. each needs combat-worthy technology. announced by the Government, includ-       &     India, was the tenth-largest exporter of arms, N(5 The process also includes formulation of Fortunately, India has enough tech- ing items that cannot be imported, both    &  ' accounting for 2.1 per cent of the global arms "(+ General Service Qualitative Requirements nology experts in this field but their exper- large industrial houses and MSMEs have                 exports. Surely, a renewed Make in India will pro- (GSQR), which need to be realistic while tise needs to be harnessed in a highly an unprecedented opportunity. However, vide the country with unparalleled benefits. Self- ()%!&  meeting the operational requirements of organised manner. to compete, their standards have to be real-            '     reliance in defence could have the best advantages  the armed forces. A conducive ecosystem needs to be ly world-class. For long-term success, the     &      for India, as, besides the economic benefits that will % I am reminded of the days when I was created, wherein they can contribute to manufacturing capabilities need to be      &  ' accrue, it will also result in strategic independence, % serving in the Siachen glacier, in one of national security as a matter of pride, while upgraded where required, to supply fail-          &    which is a key ingredient of national security. "% the most challenging posts, in 1992. their individual aspirations are also taken proof combat equipment. Promising        ' Threat perception is mostly what drives force )) Since our post was on an ice-wall and was care of. There is also a need to harness manufacturing units, including start-ups,             structuring and weaponisation. With the break-up (!% partially under enemy observation, the Indian technology experts who may have could be provided appropriate efficiency   S     '8        of the USSR, the threat perception reduced signif- helipad was located some distance away. moved to the US/Europe or other coun- and output-based support. F  S       ' icantly and it was possible for some European Due to the restriction of the valley width tries, giving them the option of repatriat- Operational Maintenance and            /   nations to scale down their armed forces. However, as also very limited availability of landing ing, including those who may have lost Logistics: In the varied terrain conditions                  in the Indian context, the perceived threat from the ground, only the smallest helicopter, the their jobs in the current situation. that Indian Armed Forces operate in, Northern and Western neighbours does not appear Cheetah (French Allouette engine) could Alternatively, they could work on a pro- including a major portion in high altitude                  ' to be reducing in the foreseeable future. While the fly there. In its first sortie, with full fuel ject basis in India. An opportunity can and super-high altitude areas, opera- 3   &        5     spectrum and type of conflict that may manifest can load, all that it could carry was either one thus be created for them to “give back” to tional maintenance and logistics would  &      ' be debated, what is of importance is that the pre- man without his equipment or his equip- their country which, in a large number of play a significant role. In situations where               paredness has to be long-term in the interest of over- ment or a jerrican (20 litres) of kerosene cases, would have given them basic edu- feasible, the original equipment manufac-          5    ' all national security. oil. cation to achieve success. turer could take on the responsibility of       F  S      Though there has been indigenisation in the I wondered at that time as a young There are, of course, products utilis- logistics and sustenance. The design of the   ' field of defence production for the last decade, its Major, that, whereas a sizeable portion of ing very high-end technology, which weapon/equipment must take into con- 6         output has obviously not been as desired. Also, in our army is deployed in high altitude and may not be readily available. There is a sideration the requirements of field main-          terms of quality, there have been instances of the super high altitude areas, why is it that we need to acquire such technology leverag- tenance in extremely challenging situa-                product not being suitable for combat conditions. don’t have an Indian helicopter to meet our ing India’s other strengths. For the long- tions and terrain. One can take the case of the INSAS rifle with prob- operational requirements? term success of “Make in India,” such bor- The 21st century has presented India     & '         lems of moving parts and magazines. Time taken Through “Make in India,” we can rowed/acquired technology cannot be an with an unique opportunity, which could             for developing a product is also important — as in achieve to get what we need for our oper- answer. Dedicated investment must be fulfil the requirements of inclusive growth     &  &    ' the case of MBT Arjun. ational conditions and not what some made on R&D of short and long-term as well as meet many other existing chal- 8&           Indigenisation for defence is simply not “Made other country wants to sell, which could defence equipment requirements, taking lenges. Through ‘Make in India’, the              in India” or “Manufactured in India.” To be success- be quite unrelated to our requirements. No advantage of the technology experts of the country gains strategic independence, the  '            ful, “Make in India” has to include the entire process other country would be fighting wars in entire country, on a project basis. Such industry makes progress, jobs are creat-              and this includes: Identification of the weapon or the varied terrain and other conditions research projects and their byproducts ed and most importantly the soldier gets                  equipment or platform to be manufactured; tech- that prevail along our borders. could also be utilised for civilian purpos- indigenously-manufactured equipment           ' nology; design; patent/IPR and related issues; Technology and Design: For the suc- es, in the long-term. meeting world standards. D#     + $   ,- .    E manufacturing ecosystem and operational mainte- cess of “Make in India,” the process of tech- Patent/IPR: All existing patent/IPR (The writer is former Director-General nance and logistics. nology and design would probably be the rules/regulations must be fully implement- of the National Cadet Corps) 1 '7    &3"%"=#"%)%! !)%%9 %**# %9>:""=#"%)%!'! '*** E3% !"%9! )"* %%)%!>

the term “judicial activism” is much sion-making process whereby judges Dr Waseem was writing when judicial activism, prioritising not only The Supreme Courts of Israel and judges and some trial judges did not older but it was not used as frequent- allow their personal views about pub- Chaudhry Iftikhar was the country’s policy over precedent but also out- Brazil are also seen as dealing in judi- hold back in castigating “corrupt ly as it is being now. lic policy to guide their decisions. Chief Justice (CJP), brought back to comes over processes. The populist cial populism, even though they politicians” in the media and gained The American attorney Keenan Other critics have claimed that it this position by a “lawyers’ movement” judge is unbound by precedent and haven’t yet said much on the COVID- significant popularity. This encouraged Kmiec writes that the first time the intrudes in the workings of the exec- against the Pervez Musharraf regime procedure, interpreting away any con- 19 pandemic. The Brazilian professor their populist style. term “judicial activism” was used was utive and legislative branches of the that had ousted him on charges of cor- stitutional limitations on what the of law, Diego Werneck, published an This scenario is remarkably sim- by the US historian Arthur Schlesinger Government and disturbs democrat- ruption. judge can and cannot do.” insightful essay, exploring why judicial ilar to how the higher judiciary evolved Junior in 1947. But since he was a ic order. On the former CJP’s style of judg- Indeed, a lot has been written on activism mutates and becomes judicial in Pakistan after the 2007 lawyers’ staunch liberal and supporter of the But there are also those, such as ing, Dr Waseem says: “Confrontation judicial populism in Pakistan since the populism. According to Werneck, movement and then again, after the Democratic Party, one can conclude he the US professor of law Brian between the executive and judiciary return of Chaudhry Iftikhar. Saqib courts have traditionally been targets 2014 protests held by Imran Khan’s ,C$ $4.$ was vaguely criticising the Supreme Tamanaha, who says that an absolute- under him led to speculation about the Nisar, who was CJP from December of populists who criticise them for PTI. But Dr Waseem adds another Court judges who had initially over- ly objective interpretation of law is imminent collapse of the democratic 2016 till January 2019, was also being elitist and bureaucratic. To dimension to this. He writes that when udges rule on the basis of law, not turned the many unprecedented eco- impossible and, therefore, a judge’s per- system. The use of judicial review by described by many as a populist counter this, especially in an era of elected representatives clash in devel- public opinion.” This take on the nomic policies outlined by President sonality and/or views are bound to him was widely criticised as an attempt judge. Only recently, when the current rampant populism and unabashed oping countries, non-elected State Jrole of judges by the former Chief Franklin Roosevelt to address the influence his/her judgments. to encroach on the territory of the leg- CJP, Justice Gulzar Ahmad, ordered populists heading governments in institutions are invited by both to Justice of the US, Warren Burger, was economic depression in the US in the The debate around the idea and islature. The court’s pursuit of public the Sindh Government to allow the various countries, Werneck writes mediate. In the past, the military taken as a maxim across the world. 1930s. act of judicial activism is now decades interest litigations through frequent suo opening of shopping malls in Karachi that courts have begun to preserve used to be that sole mediator, despite However, in the last decade or so, Ever since the 1950s, there have old. But many commentators are of the motu actions taken in a populist — when the number of COVID-19 their authority by adjusting their deci- the fact that it often ended up getting things in this context seem to have been at least seven well-known cases view that, instead of aiding the judi- mode led to brinkmanship on the part infections were on the rise — critics sions to trends in public opinion. rid of both the bickering parties. gone the other way. Now, one often in the US which experts have described ciary to come to a middle-ground, of the judiciary. However, the court’s of the decision explained it as populist Werneck then adds: “By adopting the Waseem then adds that, ever since the hears terms such as “judicial populism” as being influenced by judicial judicial activism has broken away and pursuit of judicial reform relating to and even ill-informed. populist vocabulary, the courts claim time of Iftikhar, the judiciary, too, has and “judicial activism” used in com- activism. But even though some of sprinted towards populism. Eight speedy justice and accountability of the But is judicial populism squarely to represent and vindicate current been approached by politicians to set- mentaries and political rhetoric. In these judgments have been hailed as years ago, the Pakistani academic and higher judiciary remained far from sat- a Pakistani phenomenon? Not quite. majority sentiment against what are tle scores against opponents. But, the none of the two books by Justice bold and timely, the idea of judicial author Mohammad Waseem more- isfactory.” A similar decision was delivered by the perceived as corrupt politicians.” more this happens, the more space the Burger that I read did he even once activism has largely been criticised by than-hinted that judicial activism in In order to explain what a “pop- Supreme Court of the US State of Werneck writes that this can be executive and the legislative lose, mention any of the two aforemen- law experts and many sitting govern- Pakistan was transforming into “judi- ulist” judge is, SOAS University of Wisconsin. The US has the highest triggered by general discontent or a because the judiciary now believes it tioned terms. There is thus enough evi- ments. The Black’s Law Dictionary, one cial populism” in his essay for the 2012 London’s Yasser Kureshi in an essay for number of COVID-19 cases and protest movement. He gave the exam- represents the people’s will and inter- dence to suggest that “judicial pop- of the most used law dictionaries in the edition of the Journal of Contemporary Dawn writes: “The populist judge deaths. So it was understandable that ple of the mass 2015 protests in Brazil, ests more than the politicians. ulism” is a current coinage. However, US, explains judicial activism as a deci- South Asia. embraces a more aggressive form of this decision was roundly criticised. during which its Supreme Court (Courtesy: Dawn)  +$# ) #,-././  E

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Canada, France, Germany, gural address at the Annual from the debt segment -.1  1- 4 1-1 1  March 2021, due to depressed  1 4   Italy, Japan, the United Session of the Confederation of D ! !  between May 1-29. This 1 64 1  .1 valuation amid COVID-19 Kingdom and the United Indian Industry (CII) to mark    *9  *  translates into a cumulative 122   2-- 5 pandemic. The government   '? States. Trump singled out 125 years since its inception in net outflow of Rs 7,366 crore .  12 - 12 4411-   aims to garner Rs 90,000 crore Russia, Australia, South 1895, sources in the industry  8'C !      in May.   1 -2 -4  .  from the listing of LIC and ? Korea and India as possible chamber told PTI. This could be attributed to 2  -  1 441 stake dilution in IDBI Bank additions. The day-long virtual event the attractive valuation of  1-1 1 1 641 out of total the disinvestment The leaders of the world's on the theme 'Getting Growth CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Various rating agencies and the Indian equities after the 122   2-- 1-'- target of Rs 2.10 lakh crore Ltd (BPCL) by over a month major economies were slat- Back' will also witness partic- SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar, economists have projected a sharp correction this year AA5: 4 -. . . during the current fiscal. to July 31. The government ed to meet in the US this ipation from top corporate Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO sharp fall in GDP growth for and significant depreciation   1 1 12  - Finance Minister Nirmala currently owns 100 per cent in year, but the coronavirus honchos like Piramal Group and CII President-Designate India this fiscal due to the of Indian rupee against USD,  114  - Sitharaman while presenting LIC, while it holds around a outbreak has hobbled those Chairman Ajay Piramal, ITC Uday Kotak and CII President COVID-19 crisis and the sub- which provided FPIs a rather 21  ."122 1 the Budget 2020-21 had 46.5 per cent stake in IDBI plans. Ltd CMD Sanjiv Puri, Biocon Vikram Kirloskar. sequent lockdown. good entry point, he added.     41.     -. announced stake sale in LIC Bank. The sources said, the . . I 122 -.1- through an initial public offer government will have to cut  -2  4  -- 1 in the current financial year. down its expected realisation  1-2  1.11  -. Given the prevailing market from stake dilution of both Q4 02% !*.)%?%% 441   .2  4*44 4- situation, it seems to be diffi- LIC and IDBI Bank even if the 1  1- 4 1-11 64 cult to do the LIC stake sale in market condition improves. 1  .14  1 1 *: the current fiscal as the situa- So, selling them at low val- &  R %@!1!=%%"!"%)! 1.- 1 -1   tion is not conducive, sources uation would be an imprudent 2 21 -.21  1  said. Besides, they said, there decision, they added. 2-45 192 2  will not be a matching appetite Besides valuation, the     %) back. In 2019-20, the Indian     %) ulator had conducted an inves-  -   4    4 for the mega issue of LIC in sources said, listing of LIC economy grew by 4.2 per cent, tigation into the movement of 12.  2 -41 the present market condition. involves a lot of regulatory The Indian economy is on the slowest in 11 years. Markets regulator Sebi has BoR shares between May 7, 1-12   4 -.  Due to COVID situation, clearances and more impor- course for a full-year contrac- Commenting on the GDP imposed a penalty of Rs 3 crore 2010, and May 18, 2010. This  4* 4  42-4 41 the government recently for tantly amendment to the LIC tion this fiscal, as recovery data, Rao said, "Headline on five entities, including former period, which was prior to the 1 * -. 1 2 -. the second time extended the Act itself. Market participants prospects from COVID-19 growth was firmer than con- promoters, in the case of alleged announcement of an agreement -   45  21  . deadline for bidding for pri- had already termed the listing related disruptions remain sensus, but was constrained by insider trading in the shares of between the dominant share- 122  41   vatisation of India's second- of insurance behemoth LIC as "clouded", according to DBS data collection issues, includ- erstwhile Bank of Rajasthan. holders of BoR and ICICI Bank 194 ..- 1 441 biggest oil marketing compa- IPO of the decade akin to the Bank India economist ing unavailability of earnings Bank of Rajasthan (BoR) is Ltd for a merger, witnessed 4 44 1-.41  1-5 ny Bharat Petroleum Corp Saudi Aramco listing. Radhika Rao. for many sectors. This keeps now merged with ICICI Bank. considerable price and volume The comments came amid the door open for downward The penalty has been movement. During the probe, the release of key data that revision to this growth rate". imposed on Rohit Premkumar jointly and severally by them, the Sebi found that Gupta had trad- showed India's GDP growth Stating that the 2Q20 Gupta, Navin Kumar Tayal, regulator said in an order. ed in the shares of BoR on the tumbling to 3.1 per cent in the (April-June) will provide a Jyotika Sanjay Tayal, Advik Tayals were dominant share- basis of unpublished price-sen- A  ! #+" March quarter -- the slowest clearer picture of the eco- Textiles & Realpro Pvt Ltd and holders of BoR at that time. sitive information with regard to pace since the global financial nomic slump during the lock- Kulwinder Kumar Nayyar, and To check possible violation of negotiation of merger between  "   !  crisis more than a decade down, Rao said. the amount needs to be paid insider trading norms, the reg- BoR and ICICI Bank.    #)# ABA    Q  '   R A section of industrial power  ?  consumers has taken a legal     %) >/ F    recourse against the utilities in  !       West Bengal after their plea for Majority of the consumers in relief on the fixed charges     %) India want to buy from locally     among other demands in the sourced items going forward    lockdown was rejected, an In efforts to strengthen qual- that reflects the trust built by  *  official said. The West Bengal ity of auditing activities, char- kiranas during the lockdown, Electricity Regulatory tered accountants' apex body according to a survey.    Commission had also paid no ICAI will develop a frame- Consumers in the country are heed to their demands, when work for audit quality indica- also not rushing to stock grocery they approached the regulator, tors that will also help Indian in their homes, according to the hension, which are at the core the high-tension power con- audit firms and auditors to survey titled 'Deloitte Global of their decision-making. This, sumers claimed. According to C    !   compete globally. ICAI State of the Consumer Tracker'. in turn, will also steer consumer them, Union Minister of State !     *   President Atul Kumar Gupta It said that spending pattern of product companies to build for Finance and Corporate said that currently quality of the consumers has changed their new strategies around Affairs Anurag Thakur has    !  9 audit is not being bench- over the past six weeks with 55 sales and marketing," he said. come in support of the indus- marked, and the focus is to per cent respondents, of the down," it said. sumers in the country have an For the survey, consumers over tries during a recent interac- have customised audit qual- 1,000 participated, are willing to Further, 64 per cent of con- intention to own a new vehicle, 18 years were invited to com- tion with the consumers. so that a temporary relief can Re-Rolling Mills' Association ity indicators. The ICAI has spend a lot more on less discre- sumers in India stated that they the report said. Commenting on plete the questionnaire via e- The minister suggested that be extended. of India chairman Vivek also decided to open a Centre tionary items like groceries, will buy from brands that have the survey highlights, Anil mail. It is fielded in 13 countries the West Bengal government The state governments such Adukia said. for Audit Quality at Jaipur. and 52 per cent on everyday responded well to crisis. Talreja, partner and consumer (targeting 1,000 individual should allow deferment of as Maharashtra, Punjab, The fixed charges are an The plans assume signifi- household goods. On mobility, it said majority industry leader, Deloitte India, responses per country/wave). payments for at least six Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh amount that consumers pay cance against the backdrop of "Seventy-two per cent con- consumers want to limit the use said it gives a pulse of the con- The countries include India, months as the Centre has have offered some benefits to monthly to stay connected to the government proposing sumers want to buy from local- of public transit and 70 per cent sumer behaviour and trend Australia, Canada, China, and already provided Rs 90,000 their industrial consumers and grid, while the variable charges changes in the existing regu- ly sourced items going forward wants to avoid ride-hailing during these challenging times. France. The time period of the crore to the state- owned announced rebates on load- are calculated on the basis of lations to enhance audit inde- which goes on to show the trust options altogether. "It gives a reflection of the survey was between April 19 power distribution companies, factor in electricity bills, Steel units consumed. pendence and accountability. built by Kiranas during lock- Similarly, 79 per cent con- heightened consumer appre- and May 16. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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As a standard procedure, brought about behavioural we will disinfect guest lug- changes in people, this is gage with the prior permis- likely to change the way peo- sion of the guests. Upon ple travel in general. Needless arrival, we will not be provid- to say, health, safety, and ing any cold towels to wel- hygiene will take priority come guests; no welcome over everything else. While aarti and tika either — going our hotels will assure the forward, a sanitizer shot for guests a completely safe envi- the guest's hands is the best ronment, it is imperative for welcome to the hotel, and the us as individuals, to be mind- same at every restaurant. ful of personal hygiene. We will continue to do Washing hands regularly, not temperature checks at the stepping out without masks entrance of the hotel. Face and gloves, minimum con- masks and thermometers will tact of hands on the face are a be readily available for guests few measures we must ensure on request. as citizens to combat these During check-in we will difficult times. With guide- request the guests to complete lines laid out by expert bod- a self-health declaration form ies as well as detailed guide- lines from Accor, visitors must ensure they adhere to these.

B      !   ?/    !   AJ? ,     Like any other industry, the F&B sector has also been      hit by the ongoing pandemic. Having said that, many !0 !  restaurants and hotels started ?/. , home delivery and take-a- way services which were  !' appreciated and accepted by the customers. This is testi-  :% to pick up. There is always mony to the fact that guests light at the end of the tunnel trust their favourite diner in 5  and our F&B teams are all terms of providing hygienic prepped to welcome guests food. Moreover, guests are ,! '!:9 back. waiting to go back to restau- rants to enjoy meals while, of  '   .     course keeping in mind *  ! social distancing norms. The !     , only challenge we foresee is  !  the standards of cleanliness   '     and hygiene a restaurant will provide. The F&B sector will '    Consumers will be extra have to instill the confidence cautious in terms of deciding amongst guests that stringent '!: ! where to go and what to eat. cleaning protocols are being They will be dining at places followed and the safety of that are cleaner and hygienic. customers is a priority. If the   They would want to eat guests have trusted us with ''  homegrown and local pro- the food being delivered at duce and would definitely be avoided. Restaurant sitting C?2  / C? to declare their state of health; their doorstep, we are sure more inquisitive about the will have fewer tables to whether they have come into they will come back as and   whole process of preparing a occupy, and in-room contact-   C@ @ )/ C@ ,@2 , contact with any person sus- when we’re open. dish. Local and authentic less services will be promoted .2 > 2C? pected of the COVID-19; and :   food will see more takers and without any extra cost their past travel patterns the .    transparent kitchens will be involved. The hustle-bustle of ) @@42  ,C>) last 14 days. We will be  !   >/?(/44   appreciated. More important- the reception area will be C?  //26 @ A encouraging e-check-ins and **  ! ly, they would want to see the reduced and we all will / /)/C? an e-card will be sent on the    ! >  6 efforts in terms of cleanliness always notice social distanc- guest’s email requesting an +  of the kitchen and dining ing being maintained in pub-  @C> 2 B/  instant acknowledgment of +0  areas. lic spaces. We foresee social the same over email. No As mentioned, some of our distancing being followed in physical cards will be taken or restaurants had initiated food = @(   B !   restaurants and cafes as well. industry will soon rebound trolled to a great extent and used for pre-authorisation to delivery and take-away ser-     AJ? , The tables at our restaurants like it always does after any this will directly restrict large avoid contact. vices. One of the interesting   .   *   will be placed at a distance crisis. The ongoing spread of gatherings. We are adapting In the initial phase, we elements we added was the  and we will ensure a safe dis- COVID-19 has taken the and adjusting to new mea- anticipate that guests may opt DIY food kits. To replicate tance of at least one metre world by storm, however, on sures for our guests and for in-room dining and the restaurant charm, we pro-  *! F&B is a big-ticket item in between tables and between the upside, a gradual recov- employees. In our hotels, restrict the use of an elevator vide every element which our revenue segments and seats. The limit of the num- ery in the travel business detailed and wide-ranging to avoid human contact as goes into a dish, and guests =   has evidently, taken a step ber of guests in the area will prospects may be anticipated health and safety measures much as possible. have to just put the ingredi- back. In view of the evolving be based on the maximum ahead of July-August. Food are being implemented. Lobby furniture will be ents together and enjoy the   situation related to COVID- allowed. deliveries and take-a-ways While there will be no flaws reduced so that the number meal. We also share the 19 and its impact on hotel At Accor, an exhaustive had already begun a few in the services, everything of guests in any waiting area directions to follow to create 5@,! operations, it is imperative checklist is being prepared weeks ago, and we are hope- will have a shield to it. At does not exceed the permit- the final dish as well as the that we prepare ourselves for for the Restaurant ful our guests will be willing Accor, we always had strin- ted limit and social distanc- time frame for consumption. the new way of working and Operations in F&B Service to come back as soon as the gent measures of hygiene and ing will be emphasised. Every Pullman & Novotel, New    The ongoing pandemic has adapt and have evolved oper- across the board for Luxury, lockdown eases. cleanliness, just that we are elevator entrance at every Delhi Aerocity, and KooX at !! ! not left any sector untouched ating procedures in place. midscale, and the economy now looking at everything in floor will have a toothpick Novotel Chennai Chamiers   , B   *, and has impacted several Pre-COVID days, every- hotels.    !!  a detailed manner. dispenser or ‘use your elbow’ Road are offering very inter-   , lives. Having said that, we are one enjoyed lavish buffets In a recent announcement, signage to press the buttons. esting DIY Kit options.  *  **,     * hopeful and positive about service, however, the new Accor has declared a new Additionally, our guests    . !      ! the future. Take the example normal calls for a few         partnership with insurance B !   will see all our employees !   of China, they are almost two changes. New buffet proto- company AXA, to offer including the restaurant staff - B      !  *    *  months ahead of us in terms cols will be followed and ! The world will continue to guests access to medical sup-      members sporting branded !   of recovery and their domes- overcrowding during peak practice social distancing port at its 5,000 hotels world- trendy masks, once the lock- tic market has already started restaurant hours will be We are confident that the until the pandemic is con- wide. As this pandemic has down is lifted. 9  (   )

SHIKHA DUGGAL women and children. Rangasthalam in extreme con- gained and that it’s an achieve- mances.” She feels finding a Apart from original shows and ditions amid hot summers, ment. good script is like looking in a films, there is live entertain- .     only my director had the ener- minefield, every scene should ment too. “Certainly video he’s an actress,   gy to vibe with the actors so .   just move forward with some streaming platforms have businesswoman, a he could bring out the best in    *  drama for an explosive audi- made it convenient for binge- philanthropist, Samantha believes an actor us. Yet, while a film is being ence. watchers, but going out of  dutiful wife, is the one who fully represents shot it’s beyond ‘must trust the Each time going by the roles our homes to socialise in a responsible daugh- the character they are playing, vision of director only,’ as our which she has played previ- .     * theatre will continue to ter-in-law, and with immense conviction to cinematographer was one of ously, she chooses something  !  remain a social fabric in what not! The southern engage their audiences. The the few technicians who didn’t different challenging herself to India. I don’t think it’s the superstar is currently con- industry seems very glam- just come to the sets saying be a role model for budding Samantha says her next role death knell for a theatrical fined to her home with hus- orous from the outside world ‘what’s the scene’, but mastered actresses across the country. in an upcoming project is a experience this soon,” she band Naga Chaitanya amid but it’s too good to be true, she everything else on his own,” She continues to say, “A well- negative one and the most dif- believes. the lockdown and that’s when says. The actress began her tells the actress. Citing written, multi-dimensional, ficult one yet. She watched a she decided to make the most career from a contractual job Rangasthalam as a great exam- and a demanding script is lot of real footage yet had a of this time. The Jaanu of modeling and ended up ple over the importance of what I tend to look for. hard time portraying a nega- actress was part of a webinar being one of the most sought- technicians to not just an actor Ultimately, I don’t want my tive role on screen. While hosted by Annapurna College after actresses down South. but the whole film, she theatre audience to be bored Samantha is making headlines of Film & Media over her “Usually when I am on the explains from with the same for playing a negative role, her journey of films she has been sets, by the third day, my background look or fans seem equally excited. B 2# 2 a part of. “This is my first director and I tend to create a scores, art perfor- #     ever webinar and I am glad to relationship of profundity direction, cin- ;    #  "! wear flip-flops to it,” she without any prerequisites of ematography,   * laughs heartily. Winner of acting or performances,” adds etc. how the  A   8 > Nandi and Filmfare awards, Sam. whole The superstar’s nearing  #  A P  the Tollywood industry has lot debut on the OTT platform #    ! been a huge part of her life, . * with Family Man Season 2 where she has given many   7 makes her feel both mediums ;;     genuine and authentic per-  * hold their own exclusivity  #   formances. Alongside her   I with their own formats 8 # !> acting career, she had also  attached to it. Content is the begun a charitable trust king, and now Over The Top called Pratyusha Support to “I remember when I platform is providing opportu- deliver medical support to was shooting for nities for wider distribution.  P   Hyderabad Monday June 1 2020 3 +  2 1  ! 

he COVID-19 pan- of worship. There is no go every instance, have emerged With a few big-ticket releas- operations and follow the strong relationships with our demic has brought ahead for cinema halls in the smarter and stronger. We are es already opting for pre- globally prevalent cinematic retail partners and we are us all together at an coming weeks, but Malls are looking at the post COVID- miers on the OTT plat- windowing pattern as it has assessing the situation in real  unique never seen set to see some footfall from 8, 19 phase as another evolu- forms, what challenges are done wonders in terms of time and responding to the before juncture. June as they get the clearance tion with new processes and movie theatres facing in the revenues for the content cre- requests that we have With the “new nor- to open their doors to cus- protocols, and we are sure current scenario? ators and other stakeholders, received by engaging with mal” being social distancing tomers. that we will take it into our “First of all, we want every- as it offers the creators an them individually. We will and unprecedented hygiene “To begin with, the malls stride. We have used the one to understand that this is opportunity to extract the work with them to come to protocols, the way we watch will start its operation in phas- lockdown phase to deter- not a Multiplex Vs OTT sce- best from all available medi- an appropriate solution movies and spend our time at es as per the prescribed guide- mine various scenarios and nario. All we expect the con- ums,” opines Alok Tandon. which is of mutual interest the shopping malls, is set to lines. Resumption or restora- work out robust plans for tent creators to do is to and sustainable in the long change forever. tion of normal footfalls is sole- ensuring hygiene as well as release their content in the- What the coming few term. What matters most Among the most affected ly dependent on containment distancing,” states Tandon. atres, followed by digital plat- months look like for the now is to reflect on these new sectors of the economy in the of Covid-19 virus. Going for- Adding, “We will remain forms, like it has been hap- multiplex industry? changes and plan ahead — so times of the pandemic have ward, if zero cases are report- completely respectful pening so far in line with the that we all can make a suc- been the movie theatres and ed from the city, state and towards the concerns of our globally prevalent windowing “Cinemas, since inception, cessful comeback.” shopping malls. With zero country, the footfalls will get guests, and also understand pattern. Every phase in the have been the biggest con- Adding, “Our focus will footfall, paucity of cashflow, restored in no time. The grad- that their faith and confi- cinema value chain has its tributors to the ‘experience now be on consumer safety the industry looks at resilience ual opening-up of the multi- dence in our preparedness own significance, and with economy’ for the past 100 and providing them the best during diffcult times. The plex and dine-in restaurants on preventive measures will the theatrical/ cinema hall years, and will continue to do experience of shopping in the ongoing economic slowdown, and cafes will further help in play a key role towards the phase being the most value- so forever. There is no doubt favorite entertainment medi- ue to delight our patrons mall. We have been working made worse by the Covid-19 driving footfalls and trading,” same. We are looking at the generating phase, we expect that COVID-19 has chal- um, which is cinemas. We across the country,” Tandon closely with our retail part- pandemic, is set to cull Indian maintains Manoj K. Agarwal, “new normal” soon going the windowing pattern to be lenged the passion for cine- have complete faith that the rounds up. ners and the industry at large media and the entertainment Chief Executive Officer, back to the “old normal” followed. Towards this, the ma which is prevalent in our same age-old passion of the and have drafted SOP’s which industry's revenue by 16 per- Viviana Mall, Thane. which resembles gangs of Multiplex Association Of country. Cinema-lovers have movie lovers will make them The Tale of the Retail: include every minute details cent - or Rs 25,000 crore - to “We have been preparing friends and families turning India had come out with an remained under-served on come out in huge numbers Winning the confidence for sanitisation such as door Rs 1.3 lakh crore this fiscal, ourselves well over for the past up in huge numbers, heavy appeal to the content cre- entertainment for this period, and throng cinemas. We are from the shoppers handles, wheelchairs, bench- said a report by Crisil in two months and are geared up hustle and bustle in the lob- ators. We had also urged the and we know that they are also sure that the signature es, carts etc. along with March this year. to open our malls, as per the bies, and the loud cheers in producers and studios to wait yearning to step out, socialise INOX experience would “To mitigate the disruption placement of sanitiser sta- “The COVID pandemic has government directives. We the auditoriums.” for the theatres to resume and get entertained via their come to the fore and contin- caused by this crisis, retailers tions across all our malls. We left a massive impact on the will be instituting temperature will need to devise strategies are also embracing in tech- cinema exhibition industry, checks at all entrances and set- for the “now”, “next” and nology for providing real not just in our country, but ting up protocols for main-   , & .  &11-  114 46 .1  1 4  -4-  4  “beyond”. While they need to time foot traffic, real time across the globe. Operations taining social distancing such  &   --  -. -.2 464 -. .4 - - *  1 manage their costs through notifications on safety and are shut, movie releases are as a safe distance of minimum  &   operational improvement and cleanliness, booking of time getting deferred, and therefore 1 meter from other customers .4- - 46 .1 4  -.4 4 4-    by evaluating the store port- slots, golden hours to visit inflow of cash has entirely and staff, not more than 3-4 , %% /= 1 . 45   5 ./ -4 4    folio, they also invest in ser- our malls which our con- stopped. The industry has customers being allowed to    - 9   .  -1  11 vice, experience, and omni- sumers can experience very faced various crises in its his- enter the elevator at a time   4     (4 14-  4 channel to serve the new soon on DLF Malls ‘Lukout’ tory, but what it is going (however, no of passengers 2 4 45   14 1. .414   6 -  25 consumer. As retailers react APP.” through currently could not will be determined depending  - 1    44  4 - .1- - 1&Q!4  45  -- 116- 21. 4 to fluidity of the “now” they “What we foresee, fashion be envisaged at any point, but upon the size of elevator like also need to build resilience and F&B will open in a limit- at the same time, we are cer- in DLF Cyberhub our lifts will  -4 1-41 6  1 445  64    1  1  22 .1 for the “next” when demand ed way. Movie halls and chil- tain that the cinema exhibition work for 2 pax at a time due to 116-  -.11.  .1241.  4 4*  1  4 4-  starts getting restored and dren entertainment will open sector would script a remark- size constraint), for escalators 1. - 5 1. 5 think “beyond”. They should later. We are initially looking able turnaround, as we know one customer will be allowed 4 - .     1.- .  2 46* map a strategic journey to at re-opening the mall that we are backed by the after 3 steps roll over, perma-  " 6 2   1 4 15  1 1 4 -.  1 4 14 financial resilience at the between 12:00 pm - 9 pm so unshakeable passion of the nent distance markers will be  21 4*4  4 4- -. 1 14 -4 5 4 . .-4  same time plan for longer- that consumers feel safe to Indian cinema lovers,” says placed in the lifts, so people  term implications on their come in during that time. Alok Tandon, CEO — INOX don’t exceed the required  - 4 -.  44 1-. 11. 2 -- *  -* operating model owing to Our consumer research tells - 2441-4 -. Leisure Ltd. capacity,” Pushpa Bector,  -1-9- 4 4    4  '(% (& '(  shift in external environ- us that consumers now will With Unlock Phase 1 Executive Director, DLF 4114 14.1 ment. Speed and agility come to the malls with the  219 -4 4  .4-  .  5  expected to start from the the Shopping Malls. -11  will be key levers of success purpose and decision to shop first of June, expect to see - 1 24 45 %   -- 1 and retailers will need to or eat. We will attract serious   &11- .4 - - 42 - 14* -. more relaxations; the states, The industry is in line with   - 44 1-4  .1241. adopt a FASTER approach shoppers to the malls. And however, are united in their the “new normal” post pan-   -   44    1. 1.- 1 both to navigate the crisis hence, our efforts will be to  6 1 1-4  .1  . 5 push to continue with curbs of demic   - - 4- 1 4 -. ‘now’ and to plan for the win our consumers’ inter-state transportation, “Cinemas have seen -. 1221-  45   241. . 2  1-45 ‘next’ and ‘beyond’,” says a confidence and bring them malls and cinema halls, educa- through a lot of difficult   411245 report by I back to our malls,” suggests tional institutions and places phases in its history, and at Bector states, “We have Pushpa Bector. FUN

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egastar Chiranjeevi and his daughter-in-law Upasana escaped an attack by a swarm of honey bees at Domakonda, Kamareddy district on Sunday. Going into the details, the actor’s family was in Domakonda to participate in the final rites of Upasana’s paternal grandfather and former IAS officer Umapathy Rao Kamineni, who passed away four days ago due to age-related complications, when a storm of bees surfaced out of nowhere. While the other attendees scurried for cover, Chiru’s security personnel kept the bees at bay by frantically wav- ing hands. He was rushed to safety later. The bees report- edly left the place 15 minutes after they first interrupted the funeral proceedings. '*  Chiru’s PR team issued a statement, saying that it’s a minor issue and that the megastar and Ram Charan are or the past several wallahs like Devi Sri Prasad, defaulters in the last five-six something to do with the lat- safe and unharmed. years, it has been a Puri Jagannadh, Harish years and penned a fictional ter’s red-hot streak of late). C 7 ritual for Mahesh Shankar, Anil Sunkara, social drama laced with The last time Ala Babu to unveil the Sampath Nandi and Maruthi action. “Obviously, the signa- Vaikunthapuramlo music  first look of his too went gaga over the first ture Parasuram humour will director composed music for 5&4. 68 films, teasers or look poster. be in abundance. He’s also a Mahesh-starrer was way  start new ventures Sarkaru Vaari Paata marks presenting Mahesh in a back in 2014 for Aagadu. PS on his father superstar Mahesh teaming up with romantic avatar,” t h e s ou rc e Vinod will be the director of .& $C& 4 couple of weeks after Vyjayanthi Krishna’s birthday on May 31. Parasuram for the first time. adds. cinematography. Movies announced a film with On Sunday, as his father The project got the actor's On the technical front Prabhas earlier this February; turned 77, the actor took to nod last year and it was to though, there’s a major $3 ;6$1 buzz that Deepika Padukone his social media pages to offi- roll after he wraps up with change. Gopi Sundar was ini-  would be playing the female lead cially announce the title and Vamshi Paidipally's project. tially attached to the pro- hile discovering new activities during lock- has swirled around, only for it to first look of his next with However, he was unhappy ject as a tunesmith down, actress Sonal Chauhan decided to try die over time. Adding fuel to fire now is the Parasuram. “Here it is!!! with the script of Paidipally, but he made way her hand at sketching. She had posted her first Bollywood beauty’s latest Instagram story. #SarkaruVaariPaata later advancing Parasuram’s for SS sketch, titled Maa, on Mother’s Day, dedicat- Uploading a poster of Ashwin’s acclaimed Blockbuster start for another film. “My long wait to direct Thaman  ing it to all the mothers in the world. Then she work Mahanati, she asked her fans to ‘watch hattrick @ParasuramPetla Superstar Mahesh Babu garu (guess decided to sketch something close to her it now’. She also tagged the director in the @MythriOfficial has just ended!!! Overjoyed it heart: Lord Shiva. post, which he acknowledged by calling it ‘a @14ReelsPlus and eagerly waiting to be on has “This is actually the first time I tried my hand cool notification to wake up to’. Knowing @MusicThaman (sic),” the the sets... It’s a dream come at sketching and I never really believed that I the way film industries operate, Deepika’s superstar posted on Twitter true! (Sic),” an excited had it in me to be able to sketch. I used to post is a certainly a give-away that she is along with a first look poster. Parasuram posted on Twitter. see other people’s sketches and always considering Prabhas’ film if not already Fans immediately took a This is the director’s first big- wonder how talented they were and how signing it, industry insiders believe. An fancy to the poster and title. gie with a star of Mahesh’s they did what they did,” Sonal said. official confirmation though is awaited What immediately got their repute. “However, in the last one year many from the production house. attention besides Mahesh’s While story details regard- a times when I looked at people or The untitled film, a pan-India brand new hairdo and a ring ing the film are under wraps, objects, and if I saw shadow on them affair, is a sci-fi drama and will to ear and a Re 1 coin tat- we’ve learnt that the director or some kind of reflection I’d wonder roll in the first half of next tooed on his neck. Industry- drew inspiration from bank that if I were to paint or sketch them, year. Right now, Prabhas what could I do to differentiate the needs to complete his shadow from the other part, with the on-sets film with use of pencil shading or use of differ- Radha Krishna. ent colours. Or how I could highlight Close to 45 per facial features,” she added. cent of the still- “I’m very happy that I discov- untitled film's ered this about myself, it gives shoot has been me immense happiness and wrapped satisfaction to make some- up, with thing from scratch and it’s 90 days extremely therapeutic,” she of shoot stated. left includ- ing the songs.

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shok Galla, who is making remember dancing to it during annual song? “We haven’t met him personal- his debut with Sriram functions in my school and college. ly due to the prevailing conditions Adittya’s next, has grooved With Ashok being grandson of but I was told the song reached him  for his grandfather Krishna garu, we thought for his and he appreciated it. I’m waiting to Krishna’s iconic number maiden film it will be a nice song. hear it from him personally as the Jumbare Jujumbare What we put out is just a small peek. song is one of his most popular Jumbarahi from Yamaleela, glimpse of There is more exciting stuff lined up ones,” he notes. which was unveiled as a tribute to the in the film,” the director tells in his The as-yet-untitled film, legend on his birthday Sunday. Unlike trademark josh. which tells the story of a the current tradition, the song hasn’t Adittya adds that Ashok was up to young man’s journey been remixed but the original number, the task. “He was really excited to towards his goal, co-stars composed by SV Krishna Reddy, was groove for the song. He recreated Nidhi Agerwal, Naresh, used. The rights were officially Krishna gari’s expressions and man- Jagapathi Babu, Satya acquired by film’s production house nerisms to a tee. Prem Rakshith has and Archana Amara Raja Media & Entertainment. choreographed it. There’s one more Soundarya. Explaining the reason behind recre- song…,” he points out, before stopping — NG ating the old song, Adittya tells us, himself to divulge more, as the film is “Jumbare Jujumbare was my child- only 50 per cent through. hood favourite song of Krishna garu. I So, what did Krishna made of the +$# ) #,-././ * <

,  " )%!" 5!&Q R orussia Moenchengladbach Brouted Union Berlin 4-  6  ? 1 on Sunday to go third in the  2-   Bundesliga with French strik- er Marcus Thuram scoring twice and taking a knee in 4  #I; !  I" ; !     "8  8!2   ,  !  protest at the death of an unarmed black man in the it 4-1 on 81 minutes when he talanta coach Gian Piero United States. beat Union goalkeeper Rafal AGasperini on Sunday "Marcus has made the Gikiewicz. slammed as ‘awful’ the new rule point. He has set an example After the final whistle, which now allows teams to against racism that we all the Gladbach squad celebrat- make five substitutions in a support," Gladbach coach ed in front of terraces filled match instead of three. Marco Rose said of Thuram's with cardboard figures of fans. “Five subs? Terrible. The protest. There were 15,000 cut- game is distorted,” Gasperini First-half goals by mid- outs on the terraces at told Gazzetta Dello Sport. fielder Florian Neuhaus, who Borussia Park with home sup- “We become basketball. bagged Gladbach's 3,000th porters paying 19 euros ($21) There may be ten new players on goal in the Bundesliga, and each to have their image at the the pitch at the end.” Thuram put Gladbach 2-0 up game as fans remain shut out FIFA has made the tempo- at the break when he headed to prevent the spread of the rary change to ease the physical home unmarked at the far COVID-19 virus. strain on players, who are Champions League berth in post. After a 3-1 defeat to returning to a congested period Italy. “I don’t like football with- The 22-year- Leverkusen last weekend, and of games after a lengthy break out fans either, but it’s the only old French striker a goalless draw with relega- due to the coronavirus pandem- way to start again,” he continued. then took a knee tion-threatened Werder ic. But it could favour the bigger “During the first day of the on the Borussia Bremen on Tuesday, this was clubs, such as Juventus, who Bundesliga I zapped, I could not Park turf, imitat- an important win for have deeper squads and better follow. Borussia-Bayern, on the ing NFL star Colin Gladbach. players ready to come off the other hand, was a good game. Kaepernick. It lifted them to third in bench. “I saw many technical errors "No explana- the table, but RB Leipzig can “Who’s the genius who even from important players — tion needed," take their place if they win at claims that injuries can be avoid- in an empty stadium it is more wrote Borussia Cologne on Monday. ed?” continued the former Inter difficult to stay focused.” Moenchengladbach on the On Saturday, reigning Milan coach. Sampdoria coach Claudio club's official Twitter account. champions Bayern Munich “On that basis? Better to Ranieri, however, hailed five It was the latest show of opened a 10-point lead with a change players from one game substitutions “a great thing” as Bundesliga solidarity with the 5-0 thrashing of Fortuna to another. his side battle relegation. current protests sweeping the  ! " ; !  ! ; 8  8 !  ;      8 ! " ; ! 8            8 +  " # ! B Duesseldorf with the league's “How can you be allowed to “The heat and matches close United States. top-scorer Robert change your engine halfway together carry a risk for players,” Schalke's US midfielder George Floyd, 46, died in neck. left unmarked. Alassane Plea then Lewandowski netting twice. through the Grand Prix. It takes said the former Leicester City Weston McKennie wore an Minneapolis during an arrest Just after the break in Gladbach pulled away grabbed a goal of his own for Later Sunday, second- away from the show.” manager. armband in Saturday's defeat by a police officer who pinned Gladbach, Union's Swedish when Thuram added his sec- Gladbach, having set up placed Borussia Dortmund Serie A returns on June 20 “When there are three to Werder Bremen bearing the him to the ground for sever- striker Sebastian Andersson ond after pressing the Union Thuram's first, when he fired can trim Bayern's lead if they with Gasperini’s side in fourth, games a week the stress will be words "Justice for George". al minutes by kneeling on his pulled one back after being defence. home off his left foot to make win at bottom side Paderborn. and battling for the final considerable.”   R   - &- "8    #    ; !!       '  (   " buy the on-loan forward, caps for Argentina, but %1-O6-1   4  12 12C (= Real Madrid left-back Marcelo said that the two clubs announced also holds an Italian pass- he common perception the players ‘can’t wait’ to get back to playing reg- on Sunday. port, has signed a four- Tmight be that Mahendra ular football. Icardi joined PSG year deal until June 30, Singh Dhoni does not show a lot  64 1-   2 -214 “We had never gone so long without being able this season and impressed 2024. of emotion on the field and is to train out on the pitch and our desire to play foot- with 20 goals in 31 games, Given the current Captain Cool. But on Sunday, the ' (= Mahendra Singh lockdown, I don’t know where ball has been growing ever since we stopped. Now before the Ligue 1 cam- economic situation the iconic former India captain’s Dhoni’s wife Sakshi on Sunday these things come from. I just we’re close to getting going again and we can’t wait,” paign was stopped and French champions suc- wife Sakshi said that Dhoni is said the iconic former India don’t know,” Sakshi said. Marcelo told Real Madrid’s official website. his club crowned cham- ceeded in reducing the fee always emotional about the captain has had virtually no Sakshi had previously rub- “It’s been different to what we’re used to. We pions because of the coro- “to under” 60 million game as it is his love. presence on social media dur- bished rumours of the veteran have to take the positives from it and now we’re navirus pandemic. euros ($66 million), as While talking about Dhoni ing the Covid-19 induced lock- wicketkeeper-batsman’s retire- used to the routine; it’s not like it used “Paris Saint-Germain opposed to the 70 million getting emotional after leading down and therefore the sudden ment from international crick- to be but everything’s good. We’re all are delighted to announce euros initially requested, Chennai Super Kings to their trends about him hanging up et following the Twitter trends. healthy, the training sessions have ,   the signing of Mauro according to the French third Indian Premier League title his boots baffles her. “Its only rumours ! I been fantastic in recovering our Icardi on a permanent and Italian sports press. in 2018, Sakshi said during an A hashtag, namely understand Lockdown has rhythm. “Having not touched a ball aris Saint-Germain deal, following the strik- Inter Milan thanked Instagram Live chat on CSK’s now too much into Call Of Duty #DhoniRetires, recently started made people mentally unsta- for so long, when you go back out Phave signed Argentina er’s loan from Inter Milan Icardi “for the six seasons official handle: “Mahi (Dhoni’s and PlayerUnknowns trending on social media but ble ! #DhoniRetires .. Get a life on the pitch you’ve lost your international Mauro during the 2019-2020 he spent with us and pet name) is always emotional Battlegrounds (PUBG).” soon, it became apparent that ! (sic),” Sakshi had written on touch a bit, but now we just can’t Icardi from Inter Milan season,” the French club wish him the best for his about cricket. It’s his love.” Sakshi also joked that only it was just another false Twitter. wait to start playing games,” he on a four-year deal after said in a statement. future professional Rajasthan Royals (RR) along she can pick up a fight with ice- rumour. However, just a few min- added. IANS taking up the option to Icardi, who has eight career”. with CSK were making a come- cool Dhoni who last turned out “He has had zero presence utes after posting the tweet, she back to the IPL after a two-year for India during their loss to on social media during this deleted it. ban. Sakshi also revealed how New Zealand in the 2019 World the avid gamer in Dhoni helps Cup semi-final. they wanted. Mahi about cricket, I go away.” 5  & the veteran wicketkeeper-bats- “Nobody picks up a fight “Mahi has always kept his Sakshi also said CSK has man relax. with him. I am the only one,” she door open. It has been like that always been a family to them. “Video games are a stress smiled. Sakshi also revealed since 2010 (when we got mar- “It is nice to be part of the buster for him. He has a think- that Dhoni has always kept his ried). People come...we chat family. They take the sport as ing brain which doesn’t rest. So door open during tours and sometimes till 3-4 in the morn- sport and there are no hard feel-  +7-+ video games help him and he is players could walk in any time ing. When they come to talk to ings.” ets and win matches for the team unless you guys want to provoke me and get me banned,” Ishant, known for his dry 1     ! sense of humour, said. He was speaking to teammate Mayank Agarwal during a ' %  = A group of 13 Sri Lankan crick- The governing body said “members tak- podcast, Open Nets with Mayank, and eters, comprising mainly bowlers, will ing part in the camp, will not be allowed to aired by bcci.Tv. resume training on Monday following the leave the hotel premises or the practice venue When Agarwal asked about his coronavirus hiatus, the country’s cricket to attend personal matters during the train- now-famous facial gesture to the former 4  64!   board said on Sunday. ing period”. Australian captain, the senior speedster Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a state- The South African Government has also said that the sole aim was to upset Smith’s ment that a “selected squad of 13 members allowed non-contact sports, including crick- &(   %) rhythm. 14 . 4  - will undergo a 12-day Residential Training et, to return to play, a decision hailed by “I was trying to upset Steve Smith’s Camp at the Colombo Cricket Club”. Cricket South Africa (CSA) acting CEO e has been phenomenal in the last rhythm. We knew if we could get that &(  #" “The players taking part in the camp Jacques Faul as a “big boost”. Hfew years and India pacer Ishant wicket, we would have a better chance represents a general squad chosen from He said the Covid Steering Committee Sharma simply believes that it has to do of winning. Virat doesn’t mind aggres- akistan’s head coach-cum-chief selector across all formats, and primarily consist of will meet on Monday to draw up a proto- with him “enjoying his cricket”. sion. He is an aggressive captain and only PMisbah-ul-Haq has backed Babar Azam to bowlers, as they need more time for ‘con- col covering the return to training and play- The 31-year-old, who is India’s thing he will tell is ‘just get me the wick- succeed as the national team’s ODI and T20 cap- ditioning’ before going into active compe- ing. “At this stage these regulations apply senior-most cricketer in the current set- et but make sure you don’t get banned’.” tain despite former batting coach Grant Flower tition,” the statement said. only to professional cricket and our next step up with 97 Tests, said that he wouldn’t Ishant, who was a part of the pace expressing concerns over his ability to handle the The coaching and support staff oversee- will be to draw up a protocol covering the probably like to sledge Steve Smith dur- quartet during the 2018-19 historic pressure that comes with the job. ing the training of the players will consist return to training and playing and submit ing the next tour of Australia, unlike the series win in Australia, still cherishes the Misbah said the 25-year-old Azam has shown of a four-member unit. All the players will it to SRSA for approval. 2017 home series game in Bengaluru feat. he is capable of dealing with the expectations. strictly adhere to the health regulations “Both our national teams and our where his facial expression became a “I have been on for tours to Australia “Making Babar captain of the T20 team last imposed by the Government. ensure the safety of every individual involved franchises will in due time be given the green meme. (since 2007-08) and I know how tough year was a tester really. We wanted to see how he The SLC said it has “taken all required in this exercise, and has formulated a set of light to return to training.” “I am in that phase of my career it is. Having heard all these years that we will respond to the challenge and how it will affect measures in consultation with the Ministry procedures to adhere, during the camp peri- Faul, however, said no one will be forced where I am enjoying my cricket and more don’t win in Australia, you have that his batting,” Misbah said in an interview. of Sports and the Ministry of Health to od and before”. to resume training. PTI I enjoy, better it is. I will take more wick- eagerness and urge to win.” “But all of us agreed that he handled the pres- sure well and if anything the responsibility of being captain only made him show more responsibili- ty as a batsman,” he added. 0"*    95=  6>/  Azam was given leadership of Pakistan’s ODI team earlier this month. Flower, who worked with the Pakistan team if it is held at all amid the coronavirus &(   %) WFI Assiatant Secretary Vinod she (directly) got the Khel as batting coach from 2014 till after last year’s pandemic — and described to The Tomar said. Ratna that time. Now she wants World Cup, expressed concerns about Azam’s Associated Press by a high-ranking orld Championship “We still have time till June the Arjuna award as well,” the capability to captain in two formats and be the official at the Grand Slam tournament. WBronze medallist Vinesh 3. But most likely the names will source said. team’s best batsman as well. “All of this is still fluid,” Stacey Phogat is set to be nominated be sent tomorrow (Monday),” If WFI goes by perfor- “He’s got a good cricketing brain but there’s Allaster, the US Tennis Association’s for Khel Ratna for the second he added. mance, it will not send Sakshi’s a lot of politics in Pakistan cricket and a lot of pres- chief executive for professional tennis, year in a row while Rio Olympic A WFI source said Sakshi, name because better perform- sure from the public,” Flower was quoted as say- said in a telephone interview on Bronze winner Sakshi Malik who has been struggling badly ers like Deepak Punia and ing by Stats Perform News. Saturday. “We have made no decisions wants to be in contention for of late, has sent her application Rahul Aware stand a better “If you start losing, it’s one thing being the best at all.” the Arjuna award, although for the Arjuna. She had got Khel chance to get the award as they batsman but that will put pressure on your bat- With that caveat, Allaster added she is already a recipient of Ratna in 2016 along with gym- will compete with brilliant ath- ting skills and it can all come tumbling down pret- that if the USTA board does decide to country’s highest sporting hon- nast Dipa Karmakar and shoot- letes from other disciplines. ty quickly. go forward with the Open, she expects our. er Jitu Rai. Also sending his applica- “We’ve seen with great players in the past the it to be held at its usual site and in its Vinesh, who is the lone Recently she lost twice to tion to WFI for the Arjuna is pressures that captaincy can bring, but some play- usual spot on the calendar. The main woman wrestler to have quali- young grappler Sonam Malik, Sandeep Tomar, who was a ers get better and if he gets better than the world    +# draw is scheduled to start August 31. fied for the now-postponed who stopped the elite athlete strong candidate in the 57kg is his oyster. Time will tell,” he added. “We continue to be, I would say, Tokyo Olympics, had missed from making the cut even for before the rise of Ravi Dahiya, However, former Pakistan captain Misbah said harter flights to ferry US Open 150% focused on staging a safe envi- out on the honour last year with the Asian Olympic Qualifiers. the 2019 World Championship Azam’s batting has already scaled a different level Ctennis players and limited ronment for conducting a US Open at fellow grappler Bajrang Punia It will be interesting to see Bronze medallist. during the tour of Australia last year. entourages from Europe, South the Billie Jean King National Tennis getting the prestigious award. Delhi. if WFI sends her name since While application have to “That is why we decided to also give him the America and the Middle East to New Center in New York on our dates. It’s She has been consistent in “We will send Vinesh’s 2019 World Championship be filled by the athletes, it is the responsibility of leading the ODI team. I think he York. all I wake up — our team wakes up — the last three years, winning application on Monday for Khel Silver medallist Deepak Punia national federation which has to is ready for the challenge and he should thrive as Negative Covid-19 tests before thinking about,” Allaster said. Asian Games Gold in Jakarta. Ratna. She will be a strong con- (86kg) and very-talented Rahul recommend names for the the team’s top batsman as well.” travelling. Centralized housing. Daily “The idea of an alternative venue, She qualified for the Tokyo tender. But we have not yet Aware (61kg, non-olympic cat- sports awards to the ministry. Misbah didn’t agree with Flower’s assertion temperature checks. an alternative date ... We’ve got a Games by winning a Bronze at decided on Arjuna award appli- egory) have also sent their The athletes can still send of politics in Pakistan cricket and pressure from No spectators. Fewer on-court responsibility to explore it, but it does- the World Championship in cation because we have received applications for the Arjuna. their applications if their form the public. “The way I look at it, being a top bats- officials. No locker-room access on n’t have a lot of momentum." Nur Sultan in 2019. many applications. The WFI “She had no achievement is endorsed by their state unit man he is best suited to lead the team by exam- practice days. An announcement should come Early this year, she won a President will have a look and before the Rio Games, so her or a former national awardee — ple and this would make it easier for him to also All are among the scenarios being from “mid-June to end of June,” Bronze at the Asian decide whose application is to name was not sent for Arjuna. Arjuna, Khel Ratna, Dhyan take strong decisions and for the team to follow considered for the 2020 US Open — Allaster said. Championship, held in New be forwarded to the ministry,” Since she won a Bronze in Rio, Chand or or Dronacharya. him,” Misbah said.