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SKN CLIMBING HIS WAY TO SUCCESS { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com PM SHOULD HOLD ‘PETROL KI BAAT' JUDGE RECUSES FROM HEARING MAMATA’S SC TELLS CENTRE, STATES TO FILE REPORT VARDHAN, POKHRIYAL, GOWDA, JAVADEKAR, INSTEAD OF ‘MANN KI BAAT': MAMATA NANDIGRAM POLL PLEA, IMPOSES RS 5L COST ON ORDER TO FILL VACANT CIC, SIC POSTS RAVI SHANKAR QUIT AHEAD OF RESHUFFLE engal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed ustice Kausik Chanda of the Calcutta High Court Wednesday he Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and states ealth Minister Harsh Vardhan, Education Minister Ramesh Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "making a mess of the recused from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata to file status reports in four weeks on compliance with its 2019 Pokhriyal "Nishank" and Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister D V Bcountry's economy" and urged him to hold 'petrol and vaccine JBanerjee's petition challenging the election of BJP's Suvendu Tverdict for time-bound filling up of posts of Information HSadananda Gowda were among several Union ministers who ki baat' instead of 'Mann ki baat'. Referring to the proposed Union Adhikari from Nandigram, while imposing a cost of Rs 5 lakh for the Commissioners at CIC and state panels under the Right to Information resigned on Wednesday ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in the evening. Cabinet reshuffle, the chief minister, during manner in which the recusal was sought. Act. In an important verdict on transparency Besides Vardhan, Pokhriyal and Gowda, a press meet here, said the removal of Releasing the election petition of Banerjee, law, the apex court had come out with a slew Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar, Minister of Babul Supriyo from the council of ministers Justice Chanda said that he was doing so in of directions on February 15 and ordered that State for Education Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of shows that "they (BJP government) have order to thwart at the outset attempts by the selection process to fill vacancies at the State for Women and Child Development also lost it even before the arrival of their trouble-mongers to keep the controversy Central Information Commission and State Debasree Chaudhuri, Minister of State for Jal end" in 2024. Noting that none of the letters alive. "A deliberate and conscious attempt Information Commissions should begin two Shakti Rattan Lal Kataria and Minister of State she wrote to the PM evoked any response, was made to influence my decision before months before they arise and the search for Environment Babul Supriyo also resigned. Banerjee said despite appeals for Jagdeep the recusal application was placed before committee should select people of eminence Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Dhankhar's removal as governor, nothing me for judicial consideration on June 24," from various fields and not be limited to Thaawarchand Gehlot had resigned after he was done about it. Justice Chanda observed. bureaucrats. was made Governor of Karnataka on Tuesday. PM Modi carries out major overhaul of Cabinet; Legendary actor Dilip Kumar dies at 98 Kishan gets promotion; 12 ministers exit PNS n MUMBAI Dilip Kumar, India's enduring film legend through the decades, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday 43 ministers take oath after prolonged illness, his family 36 new ministers joined the govt and doctors treating him said. He was 98. 7 ministers promoted The actor, known to generations of film-goers as tragedy king' for his portrayal of the brooding, intense PNS n NEW DELHI romantic in classics such as Mughal- e-Azam and Devdas , had been In a major overhaul, Prime Minister admitted to the Hinduja Hospital, Narendra Modi on Wednesday a non-COVID-19 facility in Khar, brought in Sarbananda Sonowal, since last Tuesday. Narayan Rane and Jyotiraditya He passed away due to pro- Scindia in the Cabinet while drop- longed illness at 7.30 am, Dr Jalil ping as many as 12 ministers Parkar, who had been treating would get better. The Hindi cinema including Health Minister Harsh Kumar, told PTI. veteran, the last of the golden troi- Vardhan, IT and Law Minister "With a heavy heart and profound ka with Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand, Ravi Shankar Prasad and I&B grief, I announce the passing away was admitted to hospital last month Minister Prakash Javadekar. of our beloved Dilip Saab, few following episodes of breathlessness. Fifteen Cabinet ministers and 28 minutes ago. We are from God and He was then diagnosed with Ministers of State, comprising new to Him we return," family friend bilateral pleural effusion, a build-up faces and those elevated, were Faisal Farooqui posted from the of excess fluid between the layers of sworn in at a ceremony held in the actor's Twitter handle at 8.01 am. the pleura outside the lungs, and Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Kumar, who was married to underwent a successful pleural aspi- Bhavan. While most of the mem- Eye on 2022 polls, actor Saira Banu, had been in and ration procedure. bers took oath in Hindi, a few of Mandaviya gets Health portfolio, Kiren Rijiju Law out of hospital the last one month them took it in English. seven new and his family had hoped that he 2 This is the first reshuffle in the number of key portfolios -- including health, law, handle the Youth Affairs and Sports ministry. Meenakshi ministers from UP Council of Ministers by Prime AInformation and Technology and railways -- have gone to Lekhi brings with her a strong background of articulation and Minister Modi since he assumed new ministers and junior ministers who got a promotion in interest in India's civilization and culture, the government LUCKNOW: Seven ministers from charge for a second term in May Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers that said. Accordingly, she will be the Minister of State in External Uttar Pradesh were sworn in at 2019. underwent a reboot today. Mansukh Mandaviya has been Affairs and the Culture Ministry. Parshottam Rupala will Rashtrapati Bhavan Wednesday, all Kishan thanks PM, An extensive and protracted given the charge of the crucial health ministry. In addition, he handle the Dairies & Fisheries portfolio. Hardeep Singh Puri picked with an eye on next year's review was carried out by Modi and would retain the Ministry of Chemical Fertilizers. Ashwani will be the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Housing assembly polls in the state. Of the the BJP top brass through a series Vashnav has been given the charge of Railways and IT and Urban Affairs. Pashupati Paras has been given the Food seven newly inducted ministers ministry. The crucial law ministry has gone to Kiren Rijiju. Processing portfolio. The Environment, Forest and Climate Amit Shah for elevation of meetings with ministers ahead of from UP, Anupriya Patel heads BJP Jyotiraditya Scindia has been given charge of the Civil Change and the Labour and Employment ministries have ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) and was a PNS n HYDERABAD Wednesday's big exercise. These aviation ministry, which was once handled by his father gone to Bhupender Yadav. G Kishan Reddy will handle the previously held key posi- meetings were also held in the wake minister in the first Narendra Modi tions in the BJP. Madhavrao Scindia. Anurag Singh Thakur has been given Culture, tourism and Development of the North Eastern government. The rest are from the of widespread criticism of the charge of Information and Broadcasting. Additionally, he will Region portfolios. Thanking Prime "I express my deep Central government's handling of BJP. Anupriya Patel, Pankaj Minister Narendra sense of gratitude to the the COVID crisis. Chaudhary and B L Verma are from Modi for elevating him Hon'ble Prime Minister Rane, 69, a Rajya Sabha MP and Development and Entrepreneurship; Minister of State (Independent Odisha Ashwini Vaishnaw, Rajya the Other Backward Classes, which asUnion Minister, G Shri Narendra Modi for a former Maharashtra chief minis- and Sports and Youth Affairs under Charge) for Power and Union Sabha MP from Bihar and JD(U) BJP leader in UP say make up 50 Kishan Reddy on the trust reposed in me. ter, was the first to take oath. Prime Minister Modi Minister of State for Commerce & leader R C P Singh, Lok Sabha MP per cent of voters in the state. Wednesday said he would I will sincerely make an After Rane, Sonowal, former Congress-turned-BJP leader Communications in the earlier from Bihar's Hajipur Pashupati Three others -- Kaushal Kishore, sincerely make an endeavour endeavour to live up to his Assam chief minister, took oath in Jyotiraditya Scindia, a Rajya Sabha UPA government. Kumar Paras, were also sworn-in as Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma and S P to live up to the PMs expectation- expectations and that of my peo- English. The 58-year-old leader has MP from Madhya Pradesh, also Lok Sabha MP from Tikamgarh Cabinet ministers. Singh Baghel -- are from the sand that of the people. The ple, he said in an official commu- earlier served as Union Minister of took oath as a Cabinet minister. The in Madhya Pradesh Virendra Scheduled Castes category. 2 Secunderabad MP, who was nication. State (Independent charge) for Skill 50-year-old leader was Union Kumar, Rajya Sabha MP from 2 sworn in as Cabinet Minister, had 2

DOUBTS ON HUZURABAD BYE ELECTION Newly appointed TPCC president Rainy week for A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday Ousted nurses took charge from Uttam Kumar Hyderabad Reddy amid much fanfare and BJP wants early poll but TRS not keen enthusiasm in the party. stage dharna PNS n HYDERABAD SNCN ACHARYULU the Huzurabad Assembly seat, the charges of the Huzurabad assem- PNS n HYDERABAD Roads in many areas were inun- n HYDERABAD ruling Telangana Rashtra bly seat. dated again as rains lashed Samithi ( TRS) prefers max- According to latest information, Hundreds of nurses who had Hyderabad on Wednesday. The After the Uttarakhand imum delay in the con- the TRS leadership is expecting the been drafted for Covid-related city witnessed more than usual episode, political par- duct of the bye- election. bye-election in October or duties in Government hospitals rainfall due to stratus clouds. A ties in the state have According to political November. The TRS leadership has on outsourcing basis but removed relatively poor start of the mon- their own doubts circles, if the Election decided to withdraw the party forces from service without notice tried soon in July is likely to be com- over the timing of Commission conducts from the Huzurabad constituency. to lay siege to Pragathi Bhavan pensated in the wet spell between the Huzurabad bye- the bye-election to the The TRS leadership feels that if the here on Wednesday as part of 07th and 14th July. election by the Huzurabad Assembly bye election is conducted in October their protest. 2 Election Commission. seat immediately, it would or November, it will be advantage to As many as 1,640 outsourced The EC has postponed be advantage to BJP and them as the sympathy on nurses, who were removed from the MLC elections from the if the panel delays it, the Eatala Rajendar and his service on Tuesday without any TODAY Assembly quota in both Telugu advantage would go to graph would gradually prior notice, expressed their ire in states. TRS. come down. front of Pragathi Bhavan. The ALMANAC In Telangana, there are only 120 The ruling TRS lead- The TRS' survey on aggrieved outsourced nurses from Month & Paksham: voters and in Andhra Pradesh 176 ership is of the view the Huzurabad Revanth takes charge as PCC president across the State had gathered in Jyeshtha & Krishna Paksha voters (including nominated that the Election Assembly seat sug- phases at the Chief Minister's PNS n HYDERABAD Panchangam MLAs). Due to the second wave Commission may con- gested that the image tirelessly over the next two years Camp Office. of Covid -19, the Election duct the Huzurabad of Eatala was waning to defeat the ruling TRS and The protesting nurses Tithi : Chaturdashi 29:16 Commission postponed these elec- bye-election in July or and his staunch followers Newly appointed Telangana bring the Congress to power. expressed their anguish that the Nakshatram : Mrigashirsha 20:58 tions. August. The TRS leadership were inclined to join TRS. PCC president Revanth Reddy Reddy, Lok Sabha member from government, Time to Avoid : Time to Avoid (Bad While the Bharatiya Janata Party has appointed Ministers, local 2 took charge on Wednesday and Malkajgiri, 2 2 time to start any important work) (BJP) wants early bye-election to MLAs, senior party leaders as in- urged party workers to work Rahukalam : 1:58 pm - 3:36 pm Yamagandam : 5:51 am - 7:28 am Canadian firm to help create Rs Varjyam : Nil Cyber crimes become nightmare for TS cops Gulika : 9:06 am - 10:43 am Good Time : (to start any important work) G RAVI KIRAN In the year 2020, when compared 740 cr lab space in Genome Valley n HYDERABAD IPS official of I-G rank to to 2019, there was almost a 75% ML MELLY MAITREYI to develop about one million sft of Amritakalam : 11:12 am - 12:59 pm head the department soon increase in cyber crimes. The n HYDERABAD lab space in the cluster. Abhijit Muhurtham : 11:55 am - 12:47 pm With cyber crime becoming a Police acknowledge that this is a The Genome Valley in nightmare for the Police of criminals. Enquiries revealed that dangerous sign and attributed it to Ivanhoé Cambridge, Hyderabad is India's first HYDERABAD Hyderabad under all the three cyber criminals have been chang- increased internet usage due to a global real estate and largest cluster for life WEATHER Commissionerates, the authorities ing their mode of operation from Covid situation. subsidiary of science R&D and clean have decided to appoint an IPS offi- time to time, posing newer chal- Of late, fake Facebook IDs are Canadian institu- manufacturing cluster Forecast: Thunderstorm cial of I-G rank as head of the lenges to the police. Cyber crooks being created, with crooks asking tional fund manag- housing more than 200 Temp: 27/22 department. are not leaving any social media for money via Messenger. Even, er Caisse de dépôt et life sciences companies. Humidity: 94% As of now, cyber wings are func- platform. They are entering every fake IDs of police officials have placement du Québec The state government has Sunrise: 5:47 am tioning in all the Police Stations and platform and cheating people active ticularly those in which many of the been made. Many people have (CDPQ), announced its taken various initiatives to Sunset: 06:54 pm the police have been conducting on the platforms. Except for a few cyber criminals are operating from become victims of these criminals. entry in the Genome Valley strengthen the cluster. Current Weather Conditions educational campaigns to prevent cases, the police under cyber wing other states like Uttar Pradesh, here and has committed to invest Updated JULY 07, 2021 5:00 PM people from falling prey to cyber are unable to solve most cases, par- Uttarakhand, Jharkand and others. 2 of USD 100 million (Rs 740 crore) 2 HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | JULY 8, 2021 hyderabad 02 State High Court asks DME to file State govt websites to be unavailable for two days affidavit over dismissal of nurses PNS n HYDERABAD 2010 and Go-Live from 2011. upgraded UPS installation has NAVEENA GHANATE The Departments of Health, in educational institutions had each child orphaned due to and the mentally handicapped In Data Center various govern- become need of the hour. The n HYDERABAD Education, Police, Prisons, been vaccinated. Vaccines were Covid. to the high-risk list and vacci- Telangana State Data Center ment departments has hosted existing UPS at SDC has Child Welfare as well as GHMC being provided at 11 centers for Lawyers said the exams were nate them. has planned a scheduled main- their applications. The SDC - become aged and the present The Telangana High Court on submitted reports to the High the benefit of students going being conducted offline even The Central Government tenance activity which is Information Technology power backup mechanism is Wednesday directed the Court. abroad, he said. though classes were taking has sought two weeks' time to unavoidable to install the newly Infrastructure is heart of the unable to sustain for a long Director of Medical Education Director of Public Health Telangana DGP Mahender place online. The High Court submit details on corona treat- upgraded UPS. During this state for rendering services to period during the fluctuations. (DME) to file an affidavit on Srinivas Rao said that the state Reddy submitted a report to the once again made it clear that it ment drugs. The Centre said it activity, all the Telangana gov- G2C and G2G and the avail- In this context, the SDC the dismissal of 1,640 nurses. government was vigilant about High Court stating that 87,890 could not interfere in the mat- had set up a committee to add ernment websites and online ability of the services is one of operator and UPS - Original The High Court directed the the Delta Plus variant and that cases had been registered ter of examinations. corona drugs to the emergency services will not be accessible the key parameter and utmost Equipment Manufacturer has DME to submit details on fill- there was no evidence that the against those who did not wear The Director of Health said list. from 9.00 pm on Friday to 9.00 important for day to day IT proposed and recommended ing of vacancies in the Delta Plus was more dangerous masks between 20 June and 5 there were proposals to increase The High Court ordered pm on Sunday. operations. In order to ensure the SDC down time keeping in Department of Health. than the Delta variant. There July, and fines amounting to Rs. the fines against errant hospi- submission of Sero Surveillance Government of Telangana the services are continued with- view to adhere the safety norms. The direction came from a was no Delta Plus variant cases 52 crore had been imposed on tals. The DH said the Central Report. The Court on State Data Centre (SDC) locat- out any interruption to The government has exam- two-member bench comprising registered in the state and the the offenders. Clinical Establishment Act Wednesday asked the State ed at TSIIC Centre, Gachibowli, Government of Telangana and ined the proposal and decided Chief Justice Hima Kohli and state was ready to face it. He One dose for 6,127 inmates, would also be adopted soon. Government to file a status Hyderabad was built during public on a long run, the new to perform the activity. Justice B Vijaysen Reddy that said that the all arrangements two doses for 732 had been The High Court directed report on the steps taken by the heard a petition related to coro- were being made to face the completed, the prisons depart- that the process of adoption of Statutory Committee formed navirus situation in the state. third wave of coronavirus. ment submitted. Another 1,244 the Central Act should be com- under the Disaster Advocate Chikkudu Prabhaker Oxygen supply to all beds in inmates are to be vaccinated. pleted expeditiously. The High Management Act on the anti- Ousted nurses informed the court that a large government hospitals would Devasena, Director of School Court also ordered that coun- Covid measures being taken up Kishan thanks PM... number of nurses were disen- be completed in a month, he Education, presented the online seling be given to those who in Telangana. Continued from page 1 vided state of AP and also gaged even as the state was said. teaching guidelines. A nodal had recovered from corona. It The High Court adjourned Telangana. stage dharna fighting the pandemic. About 1.40 lakh-strong staff officer had been appointed for ordered to add the paralyzed the next hearing to August 11. He also thanked Union Reddy joined the BJP dur- Continued from page 1 Home Minister Amit Shah ing its inception in 1980 and for his guidance and support. started as a Yuva Which ought to have treat- Reddy also expressed grat- Karyakartha. ed them in a humanitarian itude to all the senior leaders In due recognition of his manner for their services to Rainy week for... Revanth takes charge as... and BJP President J P Nadda. unflinching commitment Covid -19 patients for over "I will now have a two fold towards the party and his one and a half years under Continued from page 1 normal. Even though the Continued from page 1 farmers and also those who now faces the uphill task of strategy - To strengthen the compassion for people, he the most trying situation Southwest Monsoon has been sacrificed their lives for the for- rejuvenating the party in the hands of Narendra Modi ji to rose to the level of National without caring for their own As per Skymet weather fore- weak over Telangana, the rain Took charge from outgoing mation of Telangana. state by taking on the ruling contribute to his dream of President of the BJYM, in safety, behaved in a unilat- cast, "Hyderabad is likely to activity was due to two troughs. president N Uttam Kumar He urged party workers to TRS, led by K Chandrasekhar building a #NewIndia. 2002. eral and heartless manner. have moderate to heavy mon- IMD Director Naga Ratna said, Reddy at Gandhi Bhavan, the work tirelessly for the next two Rao and an ambitious BJP. I shall actively contribute He further played an essen- They vented their anger at soon showers over the next 7 "The north-south trough from state Congress headquarters, in years to defeat the TRS and Congress suffered successive to the development of tial role in the separate police personnel who pre- days -- between 07th and 14th north interior Karnataka to the presence of AICC incharge bring the Congress to power. electoral defeats in Telangana Telangana in a manner that Telangana movement and vented them from repre- July. Rains could be more south interior Tamil Nadu of Congress affairs in Assembly elections are due though the UPA government the aspirations, vision and rejuvenated it by conducting senting their woes to the intense and widespread with across south interior Karnataka Telangana, Manickam Tagore in Telangana in 2023. granted statehood to the region dreams of our martyrs are 'Telangana Poru Yatra' for 25 Chief Minister. Some of isolated pockets having very extending up to 0.9 km above and a number of other senior Seeking to strike an emo- in 2014. realized, he said. days during which he them wept, bemoaning that heavy downpours on 11th, mean sea level has become less leaders. tional chord, he said it is the Revanth Reddy, a popular Reddy was elected as a addressed 333 meetings. they had no other option but 13th, and 14th July. These marked. Despite this, another Hundreds of party workers culture of Telangana people to leader in TDP before joining Member of Parliament to the He displayed leadership to commit suicide if the rains may be vigorous enough North-South trough runs from thronged the venue on the remember somebody forever the Congress, rose through the 17th Lok Sabha in 2019 from instincts since childhood, Chef Minister did not to complete the monthly nor- north Odisha to Telangana at occasion and later participat- for providing just a glass of ranks ever since he was elect- Secunderabad Constituency, drawing inspiration from respond to their issue. mal quota. This will also break 1.5 km and across interior ed in a rally led by Revanth water to drink. ed as a Zilla Parishad Telangana. Lokmanya Jayaprakash Tension prevailed for the jinx of making a poor start Odisha. Due to the presence of Reddy from the famous He then went on to ask if it Territorial Constituency He was earlier a three- Narayan, who was the mascot some time when the nurses in the 1st week of July". two troughs, thunderstorm Peddamma temple here, where is not the responsibility of the (ZPTC) member in 2006, fol- time MLA and BJP floor in the fight against demanded the government As per IMD, excess rainfall warning will be witnessed apart he offered worship in the people of Telangana to express lowed by his election to Leader in Telangana and Emergency and Corruption. to take them back into ser- was witnessed on Wednesday in from light to moderate rainfall morning. their gratitude to Congress Legislative Council in 2007 and (undivided) Andhra Pradesh Reddy, hailing from Ranga vice and warned that their Kumaram Bheem 12.4mm, over Telangana with heavy rain- He also offered prayers at a president Sonia Gandhi for Legislative Assembly in 2009, assemblies. Reddy District of Telangana agitation would continue Hyderabad 9.8mm, fall in isolated places". dargah at Nampalli in the city realizing the decades-old 2014 and Lok Sabha in 2019. He also served as BJPs State, was born in a middle- till the government conced- Mahabubnagar 7.6mm, Nirmal IMD issued weather warn- before reaching Gandhi dream of a separate state. In the wake of his appoint- state president in the undi- class farmer's family in 1960. ed their demand. 7.5mm and Suryapet 4.4mm. ing with heavy rain very like- Bhavan. Revanth Reddy is known for ment as PCC chief, he may Except for these places, the rest ly to occur at isolated places in Addressing the gathering, his strong opposition to the come under attack from the of the state had largely deficient Adilabad, Asifabad, Manche- Revanth Reddy hit out at TRS ruling TRS and an aggressive ruling TRS as he faces allega- rainfall on Wednesday. State rial, Nirmal, Nizamabad,Jagtial, president and Chief Minister K style of functioning. tions over his role in the so- Average Rainfall on 07-July2021 Sirsilla and Kamareddy districts Chandrasekhar Rao for 'letting With his appointment as the called cash-for-vote scandal Canadian firm to help create... was 2.2 mm against 5.1 mm of Telangana from 8-11 July. down' unemployed youth, PCC leader in Telangana, he of 2015. Continued from page 1 Commerce & IT, Narasimha ership position in life sci- Reddy, Vice Chairman & ences sector. Leadership of Iavnhoe Managing Director, Telangana Ivanhoe Cambridge and BJP wants... Cambridge and Lighthouse Industrial Infrastructure Lighthouse Canton aspire to PM Modi carries out major overhaul Continued from page 1 Canton- Chanakya Corporation Limited, and contribute to the growth of the Chakravarti, MD and Head, Shakthi Nagappan, Director, R&D sector and allied So, if the bye-election is Ivanhoe Cambridge India, Hare Life Sciences & Pharma, LifeSciences infrastructure delayed, maintenance of party Krishna, Sr Director, Ivanhoe Government of Telangana, also over a period of time in of Cabinet; Kishan gets promotion... workers would become diffi- Cambridge India, Shilpi attended the meeting. Hyderabad, the release added. cult for Eatala. Meanwhile, Chowdhary, CEO, Lighthouse Ivanhoe? Cambridge's "This new investment in MN Continued from page 1 BJP leaders are worried over Canton and Sanket Sinha, investment in MN Park is in Park, Hyderabad allows us to the delay in the conduct of the Head, Asset Management, line with its global strategy of reinforce our conviction in life Kiren Rijiju, R K Singh, bye-election. At present, the Lighthouse Canton; and Head, focusing on sectors that fos- science real estate, a key focus Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Eye on 2022 polls, seven new ministers... people of Huzurabad are sore MN Park Portfolio, made this ter innovation and long-term area of our diversification strat- Mandaviya, Parshottam Continued from page 1 at TRS leadership over the announcement on Wednesday growth fundamentals. "This is egy into high growth, innova- Rupala, G Kishan Reddy and Eatala episode. If the bye-elec- in a virtual meeting with one of the first such transac- tion-focused sectors", com- Anurag Thakur were elevated Ajay Kumar is the lone Brahmin in this batch of ministers from the state. There was speculation tion is conducted immediate- Minister KT Rama Rao. tions by a pension fund in life mented Chanakya Chakravarti, to the Cabinet level. earlier that Jitin Prasada, a Brahmin face of the Congress who recently joined the BJP, may be ly, Eatala will get sympathy KTR, in a press release sciences real estate segment in Managing Director, India, at Bhupendra Yadav, who has given a ministerial berth. But with Ajay Kumar, the state's Terai region also gets representation. votes. If the bye-election is issued later, said that he was South Asia and shall set a Ivanhoé Cambridge. "We antic- been serving in the BJP organ- Barring Rajya Sabha MP B L Verma, the new ministers are from the Lok Sabha. A regional balance delayed, people will forget delighted to announce the benchmark for the sector in ipate that India and Hyderabad isation as a general secretary, is maintained. Anupriya Patel (Mirzapur) and Pankaj Chaudhary (Maharajganj) are from eastern Eatala episode and the TRS entry of Ivanhoe Cambridge, India. According to the offi- will further cement its position was also sworn-in as a Cabinet Uttar Pradesh. From western UP, Baghel represents Agra and Rajya Sabha MP B L Verma hails from can manage to get local lead- Canada in Genome Valley. cial release, an investment of in the global life science arena minister. Budaun. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, who represents Jalaun is from the Bundelkhand region. Ajay ers into the party fold, accord- Jayesh Ranjan, Principal this nature in Hyderabad rein- in the post pandemic world", he As many as 28 Ministers of Kumar represents Khiri parliamentary constituency in Terai and Kaushal Kishore is from ing to BJP leaders. Secretary, Industries & forces the state capital's lead- added. State took oath including seven Mohanlalganj, adjacent to capital Lucknow. BJP leaders say that the OBCs constitute about 50 per from Uttar Pradesh which goes cent of the voters in the state and the Scheduled Castes make up 20 per cent. Anupriya Patel, a to polls next year with the BJP minister of state at the Centre from 2016 to 2019, has been jockeying for a separate ministry to seeking a second term there. solve problems faced by the OBCs. Legendary Pankaj Choudhary, Anupriya Patel, Bhanu Pratap cyber crimes become... actor Dilip Singh Verma, Kaushal Kishore, Ministers of State at the cere- Earlier, four senior Union also resigned. Continued from page 1 MODES OF CYBER CRIMINALS S P S Baghel and Ajay Kumar- mony were Bhagwanth Khuba ministers -- Prasad, Javadekar, Social Justice and n Getting OTPs from the victims and stealing money from bank accounts - all Lok Sabha MPs from (Karnataka); Kapil Moreshwar Vardhan and Education min- Empowerment Minister Under the guise of portals deal- Kumar dies n Creating fake IDs on Facebook and asking for money via Messenger Uttar Pradesh -- took oath as Patil (Maharashtra); Pratima ister Ramesh Pokhriyal Thaawarchand Gehlot had ing in matrimony, some are n new Union Ministers of State. Bhoumik (Tripura); Subhas "Nishank" -- were among 12 resigned after he was made connecting with families in a Interacting via Instagram and then demanding money at 98 B L Verma, a Rajya Sabha MP Sarkar (West Bengal); Bhagwat ministers who resigned on Governor of Karnataka on search of a match for their girl using the honey trap Continued from page 1 from Uttar Pradesh, was also Kishanrao Karad Wednesday ahead of the cab- Tuesday. or boy. Criminals have interac- n Contacting through matrimonial sites and obtaining sworn-in as a Minister of (Maharashtra); Rajkumar inet reshuffle. Prasad and Javadekar, who tion with them for almost 10 loans in the name of victims without their knowledge He was discharged after five State. Ranjan Singh (Manipur); MPs Besides these four, had been the face of Cabinet days. They then try to get huge days only to be admitted to the Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Bharati Pawar (Maharashtra), Chemicals and Fertilisers briefings announcing key amounts from them. Some n Sending links to steal PIN numbers of apps like GPay, hospital again. Shobha Karandlaje, MPs from Bishweswar Tudu (Odisha) Minister D V Sadananda Cabinet decisions on several obtain loans in the name of Phone pe and others. Kumar, born Yousuf Khan Karnataka; Darshana Vikram and Shantanu Thakur (West Gowda, Labour Minister occasions in the past few years, users, after collecting their and often known as the Jardosh from Gujarat; New Bengal) Munjapara Santosh Gangwar, Minister of were present at the swearing- details like PAN and Aaadhar tacting those men in the guise on social media. Nehruvian hero, did his first Delhi Lok Sabha MP Mahendrabhai (Gujarat), John State for Education Sanjay in ceremony here after resign- number. Many unsuspecting of girls and swindling them via When contacted, Cyberabad film Jwar Bhata in 1944 and Meenakashi Lekhi; Annpurna Barla and Nisith Pramanik Dhotre, Minister of State for ing as ministers. Vardhan was users of these portals share their phone itself. In a few cases, Commissioner V.C.Sajjanar his last Qila in 1998, 54 years Devi (Jharkhand), A (West Bengal); and BJP's Tamil Women and Child also present at the ceremony. OTPs and lose their money. they are posting videos of said: "The victims in the cyber later. The five-decade career Narayanaswamy (Karnataka); Nadu state president L Development Debasree With this reset, Modi has On Instagram and other nude women and asking men crimes are mostly educated. included "Mughal-e-Azam", Ajay Bhatt (Uttarakhand), Murugan. Chaudhuri, Minister of State brought in young faces and has platforms, cyber criminals are to do the same. Later that video They have to use their com- "Devdas", "Naya Daur", and Chauhan Devusinh (Gujarat), At least 16 entrants to the for Jal Shakti Rattan Lal Kataria also given representation to targeting boys or men looking will be sent to men and then mon sense. If people are aware "Ram Aur Shyam", and later, were also sworn in as MoS. Council of Ministers are first and Minister of State for various social groups and for a relationship with any sin- criminals will demand money of their wrongdoings, cyber- as he graduated to character Others who took oath as time MPs. Environment Babul Supriyo regions in the reshuffle. gle woman. Criminals are con- to prevent spreading the videos crime can be avoided. roles, Shakti and Karma .

TS CS Somesh plants saplings Kishan is blue-eyed boy to BJP top guns SNCN ACHARYULU allotted important divisions four Telugu Desam Rajya including G Venkata Swamy CHICKEN n HYDERABAD such as Jammu and Kashmir, Sabha members joining the were not able to become the RATES `/KG at KBR Park left wing extremism, counter BJP. Union Cabinet Ministers. PNS n HYDERABAD Union Minister G Kishan terrorism and cyber informa- Kishan Reddy was elevated When PV Narasimha Rao Dressed/With Skin `160 Chief Secretary Somesh Reddy is emerging as a key tion security. Later he was as Union Cabinet Minister served as the Prime Minister, Without Skin `200 Kumar visited KBR National person in the administration allotted Women's Safety and within two years after work- Venkata Swamy expected the Broiler at Farm `130 Park and participated in and the "blue-eyed boy" of Judicial divisions. ing as Union Minister of cabinet berth as he was very Haritha Haram programme Union home minister Amit Kishan Reddy worked in state. close to him. But, PV here on Wednesday. He Shah and Prime Minister the BJP's youth wing Yuva After S Jaipal Reddy from Narasimha Rao did not fulfill EGG planted saplings on the occa- Narendra Modi. Morcha, was state Bharatiya Congress, Kishan Reddy from Venkata Swamy's wish. RATES sion and went around the Kishan Reddy has created Janatha Party president, and Telangana has become Union With his hard work and `/100 walking track in the park and a record by taking oath on held other posts too and had Cabinet Minister, where the sincerity, Kishan Reddy has HYDERABAD 474 enquired about the facilities Wednesday as the first Union a good rapport with the BJP senior leader and present become blue-eyed boy to BJP VIJAYAWADA 524 being provided to visitors. Cabinet Minister from party's top guns Modi and Haryana Governor Bandaru top guns. The defeat from The officials briefed the Chief Telangana from Bharatiya Shah. Dattatreya couldn't become Amberpet Assembly VISAKHAPATNAM 557 Secretary about the activities Janatha Party. He has accompanied Modi the Union Cabinet Minister. Constituency in 2018 elec- RETAIL PRICE `4.74 taken up in the park as part As a Home Minister of on foreign and domestic During the Congress tions had become boon to (IN HYDERABAD) of forest rejuvenation. State Kishan Reddy he was tours. He played a key role in regime, political stalwarts Kishan Reddy.

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410 families No clarity yet on start of to get 2BHK houses today PNS n HYDERABAD digital land survey in TS All is set for Thursday to usher in a new dawn for 410 ML MELLY MAITREY Opposition parties in families from economically n HYDERABAD Telangana targeted the TRS weaker sections as they will government for its failure to act be given brand new homes of Though it is close to three in time to stop Rayalaseema LI their own. In two different weeks since the high-level project that could be detri- locations in the city, these committee of officials selected mental to the interests of South families will be handed over 20 agencies after due process to Telangana, the sources said. new double-bedroom hous- take up the pilot project of dig- Since that controversy is yet ing units built under the ital survey of agricultural lands, to die down, the government State government’s Dignity Telangana Chief Minister K apparently did not want to stir Housing Scheme. Chandrasekhar Rao is yet to another hornet's nest with the These housing units built give his go ahead for the sur- digital survey given the unre- with Rs 35.15 crore are locat- vey to commence. solved land disputes. Once the ed in Secunderabad and It is at the instance of the digital survey is taken up, the Musheerabad Assembly con- Chief Minister that the exercise government should be pre- stituencies. TS plans to increase godown to select the agencies was taken ing of boundary stones at the The high-level committee of pared to resolve the disputes to The housing societies built up by the Department of field. The exercise would also officials who selected 20 agen- the satisfaction of both the par- in Musheerabad are Sai Survey, Settlements and Land give a sense of security to the cies to take up the survey in 27 ties, sources said. Charan 2BHK Housing capacity to one crore tonnes Records by inviting an landowner that his or her villages in the State said once It is said that out of 46 lakh Colony comprising 108 flats Expression of Interest for the rights are protected. launched, it could be complet- survey numbers in the State, and T Anjaiah Nagar 2BHK PNS n HYDERABAD it. All the State warehouse The additional capacity of pilot project. However, sources said that ed in a month's time. over five lacked Tippon Housing Colony with 35 flats. corporation's godowns were godowns is required in view of KCR is keen on digital sur- without resolving the existing Asked about the delay, records/maps. Tippon records The houses will be inaugu- Agriculture Minister Niranjan functioning with 102 per cent significant increase in the vey to secure the land parcels complaints in pattadar pass- sources said they have done are missing for several parcels rated by Minister Talasani Reddy has said that the state efficiency, he said. yield of food grain production of farmers with geographical books about survey numbers, their part of the work and it of lands in some villages whose Srinivas Yadav. government of Telangana has At the time of formation of because of irrigation facilities coordinates so that no one can errors and sometimes differ- was for the Chief Minister to values are high and without Deputy Speaker Padma set a target to construct Telangana, the State had only and encouragement given to tamper with the survey num- ences over the extent of land take a decision on commenc- them, it would be difficult to Rao is scheduled to inaugu- godowns to reach overall godowns with a capacity of the agriculture sector by the bers, extent of the land or shift and ownership details, con- ing the digital survey. The resolve border disputes. Digital rate the houses in the capacity of one crore tonnes. four lakh tonnes. The TRS gov- Government. the boundaries between land- ducting the digital survey may original plan was to start the survey without settlement Secunderabad Assembly seg- Addressing a meeting of ernment added 25.4 lakh At present as the existing holdings of individual farmers give rise to a new set of prob- digital survey using modern would not serve the intended ment. While the SC Bose Telangana Warehouse tonnes capacity by construct- capacity of godowns is not suf- as well as land belonging to lems. The purpose of the dig- technology once the lockdown purpose of eliminating land Nagar 2BHK Housing Corporation 15th board meet- ing new godowns. Chief ficient, the crops had to be various departments like rev- ital survey is also to reconcile was lifted. disputes. Colony comprises 60 flats, the ing here on Wednesday, he said Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao stored in Rythu Vedikas and enue, forest etc. the geographical coordinates Sources said that in the last The government allotted Rs Chilkalguda Dhobighat that at present all types of has given instructions to con- cotton mills, he said. The idea is once the digital with the pattadar passbook three weeks, the government 400 crore for the survey but a 2BHK Colony has 207 flats. godowns have a capacity of struct new godowns to add The meeting was attended land survey is done and geo- data uploaded in the Dharani was occupied with Krishna decision has to be taken and The government has built 65.4 lakh tonnes. The State another 40 lakh tonnes capac- by Warehousing Corporation graphical coordinates are portal but any difference in the water related disputes with guidelines be issued on how to shops in these societies so Warehouse Corporation has ity and officials were asked to Chairman M Samel, MD given, it would eliminate land passbook and actual land Andhra Pradesh and some of do both survey and settlement that the revenue generated godowns with a capacity of allocate lands across the State Jitender Reddy and Directors disputes which occur due to details could lead to fresh ten- the illegal projects being taken by the government officers from them could be utilised 2.93 lakh tonnes and govern- for the new godowns to reach RR Agarwal, Ajay Jadu, tampering of records or shift- sions in villages. up by the neighbouring state. vested with such powers. for maintaining the lifts. ment has transferred lands for the target. Muthuraman and others. ‘DILIP SAHAB NO MORE' 2 nabbed for intl Tributes pour in from investment scam city for Tragedy King PNS n HYDERABAD in three to four days on his investment of Rs 5,000, they PNS n HYDERABAD dent Asaduddin Owaisi also Two men were arrested in said. condoled the death of the leg- connection with an interna- The complainant said he Telangana Chief Minister K. endary actor. "Shahenshah-e- tional cheating racket that was asked to visit and make an Chandrasekhar Rao has Jazbaat Dilip sb is no more. He induced people to invest account on a website, a senior mourned the death of well- was a great human being & it'll online in wine and spice trade police officer said. The money known actor and Dadasaheb be hard to ignore his absence," and duped them of Rs 25 he invested was deposited by Phalke Awardee Dilip Kumar tweeted the Hyderabad MP. crore, police said on accused persons in four sep- (Yousuf Khan) and said this Asaduddin Owaisi also Wednesday. arate accounts of different has led to a great void in the recalled that he had the oppor- The men arrested have been companies, he said. Indian film industry. tunity to meet him in 1996 identified as Kondala Subash, On July 1, raids were con- The chief minister recalled when he'd come to Hyderabad 31, a resident of Secunderabad ducted and Subhash, who was the great and long services to inaugurate Owaisi Hospital in Telangana and Nagaraju one of the directors of Golden rendered by Dilip Kumar as an & Research Centre. Karmanchi, 31, a resident of Mark Technologies Private actor for several decades to the Actor-turned-politician Gurgaon in Haryana, they Limited, was arrested from Indian film industry. He con- Chiranjeevi said an era has said. Several Indian SIM cards Secunderabad and veyed his condolences to come to an end in the Indian being used in this racket were Karmanchi, who was in touch members of the deceased film industry with the death of found active in China, police with Chinese nationals and actor's family. KCR’s son and Dilip Kumar. said. also operated the bank Minister KT Rama Rao has "Deeply Saddened by the According to the police, a accounts, was arrested from also condoled the death of passing of LEGEND complaint was received where- Gurgaon, Deputy Dilip Kumar. "He has inspired #DilipKumar Saab. One of the CELEBRATIONS ERUPT in the complainant stated that Commissioner of Police generations of film actors GREATEST Actors India has he met a person, Soo Yeon (Southeast) RP Meena said. across the various streams of ever produced, an Acting A Revanth Reddy's charge-taking ceremony saw fanfare and enthusiasm in the party. The Park, allegedly a South Korean Thirty mobile phones, seven Indian cinema. Thank you Institution & a National event was marked by enthusiasm among party workers at Gandhi Bhavan, the headquarters national, on a dating app. laptops, 50 SIM cards, six for all the memories sir," Treasure. Enthralled the of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee. Revanth Reddy, who reached the party He was promised huge debit cards, among others, tweeted Rama Rao. world for several decades. office in a huge rally, took charge from outgoing chief Uttam Kumar Reddy. Amid chanting returns on his investment, were seized from Karmanchi All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul May his soul Rest in Peace," of Vedic hymns by priests, Uttam Kumar Reddy handed over the charge to Revanth Reddy and initially more than 20 per- and Subash's possession, they Muslimeen (AIMIM) presi- he tweeted. who was appointed to the top post. cent returns were given to him said. KTR WRITES TO UNION FINANCE MINISTER Bride-to-be dies Officials, residents unite to rejuvenate Achari Kunta after a portion of IT Minister seeks moratorium on PNS n HYDERABAD iNaturewatch NGO is provid- ing the knowledge and exper- To mark the Municipal tise to implement the project. slab falls on her repayment of loans till March '22 Corporation's ten-day 'Haritha The project aims to restore PNS n HYDERABAD Haram', government officials local bio-diversity of plants, PNS n HYDERABAD MSMEs, it will be justified if affected, he said. and the community residing birds and insects. In a biodi- A woman , who reportedly the loans availed by the "Though the Government of around Achari Kunta lake versity survey at the lake from was shopping for her wed- IT Minister KT Rama Rao has MSMEs are given a moratori- Telangana did not put any came together to plant saplings March 2021, there were sight- ding, died after a concrete represented to the Union um till March 31, 2022 with- restrictions on industrial activ- in the restored bunds and ings of 4 species of butterfly portion of slab in a shopping Finance Minister Nirmala out any accrual of interest ities during the recent second along the pathway of the lake and19 species of birds and a complex collapsed on her in Sitaraman for measures to during the moratorium period, wave of the pandemic, the as a part of the larger project species of the spider. Kukatpally on Tuesday night. support the MSME sector in he said. restrictions in surrounding to rejuvenate the lake. As a part of the project, the The incident occurred Telangana including morato- Moratorium on loans will states had a major impact on This will create a positive woodland that is being nur- when the victim, identified as rium on loan recovery till provide a big relief to the the functioning of the indus- impact on the city's environ- tured shall benefit the envi- Roja, 25 was waiting on the March 31, 2022. MSMEs and can help them get tries in Telangana," he point- ment. The plantation is focused ronment. The lake has been first floor of the multi-storied In a letter to Minister, KTR back to normalcy, he said and ed out. on local species of trees, grass cleared of waste accumulated building. A concrete portion said, “While the incidence of highlighted that Hyderabad The MSME sector faced and shrubs that will help over years of neglect. The lake of the slab on the third floor Covid is declining sharply in and surrounding districts, are challenges in procurement of absorb water and strengthen pleasing green cover for resi- vicinity of the lake. restoration includes creating a broke off and fell on Roja. She the country and the chances of major hubs for manufacturing raw materials and sending out the bunds and slopes, which dents to walk and exercise. A plant nursery has been secure boundary area that is suffered bleeding injuries on a modest economic recovery for the past five decades, with finished products to their cus- also provides much-required Trees will trap dust and harm- created to support the planta- protected for trees, shrubs, the head. The locals shifted may be possible towards Q4 of a predominance of MSME tomers. Another reason for the green cover of trees and shrubs. ful carbon dioxide and help tion. DCB Bank has launched walkers, and prevents illegal her to a nearby private hos- the year, the MSME sector still industries. But due to pan- slowdown of industrial activ- Trees, shrubs and grass over reduce the hot summer tem- the project as part of its cor- disposal of waste in the water pital, where the doctors requires support." Given the demic-induced restrictions ities was the shortage of labor the months and years create a perature in the immediate porate social responsibility. body. declared her brought dead. seriousness of loss of business and disruptions since last year, that typically would come to and declining revenues of the the MSMEs have been badly Telangana from other states. Youngster sets ‘Green cover increased to 28 pc T'gana logs 772 fresh Youth arrested on himself on fire in TS, thanks to Haritha Haram’ Covid cases, 7 deaths near checkpost PNS n MEDCHAL MALKAJGIRI municipal corporation at a PNS n HYDERABAD Covid rapid tests of which test terrorism charges cost of Rs 1.6 crore, for con- results of 1,193 samples were PNS n HYDERABAD As per the reports, Tanvir PNS n HYDERABAD Home Minister Mohmood Ali struction of a government Telangana has reported 772 awaited. A total of 748 indi- had a close friendship with his has said that the green cover in school in the division-1 of the new Covid infections and viduals have recovered with a A youngster identified as roommate and was involved in A young man attempted to Telangana has increased to 28 civic body, for CC roads in fifth seven fatalities on Wednesday recovery rate of 97.58 per Tanvir, 38, of Ranjal Base in terrorist activists. The Saudi immolate himself on the per cent from 23.4 per cent on and 17th division and under- taking the number of deaths to cent on Wednesday. Bodhan was arrested by Police have arrested these two main road at Jubilee Hills account of the implementation ground drainage development 3,710 and the total number of So far, a total of 1,93,85,126 Counter-Intelligence sleuths youngsters for their involve- checkpost on Wednesday. of Telangana Ku Haritha works. positive cases to 6,29,054. Covid-19 tests have been con- a few days ago on suspicion ment in terrorist activities. The man, identified as Haram since 2014. He called Malla Reddy, addressing The number of active cases ducted in the State out of that he was involved in ter- Tanvir was released after one- Kalyan, 25, from AP, was upon one and all to plant gatherings, said that Rs 10 in TS, as on Wednesday was which 6,29,054 have tested rorist activities, based on the and-a-half-years after he got a depressed and doused his saplings to reach the goal set by crore sanctioned to resolve 11,472. On Wednesday, positive and 6,13,872 persons information given by the bail. Tanvir disappeared from body with petrol, after which Chief Minister K drinking water crisis in authorities conducted 1,10,141 have recovered. Intelligence Bureau. Saudi Arabia and reached he set himself ablaze. Locals Chandrasekhar Rao to increase Jawahar Nagar municipal cor- The arrest came to light in Bodhan, his native town. and passersby rushed to his the green cover to 33 per cent. poration. The works would connection with the NIA con- Following an alert from the rescue and shifted him to the He was speaking in con- commence shortly. ducting searches in the house Saudi police, the IB and Osmania General Hospital, nection with taking part in MLC Surabhi Vani Devi, of two LeT suspects in city. Counter Intelligence sleuths where he is being treated. third phase of Pattana Pragathi Joint Collector Narsimha According to police, Tanvir picked him up, sources said. The Jubilee Hills police, and seventh phase of Haritha Reddy, Additional Collector has gone to Saudi Arabia ear- Meanwhile, there is a sus- who doubted whether it was Haram in the state in Jawahar John Samson, Mayor of lier leaving the family in India. picion that Tanvir is one of a murder attempt, are learned Nagar Municipal Corporation Malla Reddy planted saplings Jawaharnagar Kavya, deputy In Saudi, he shared a room three siblings who have been to have recorded Kalyan's on Wednesday. in Jawahar Nagar. Later, they mayor srinivas, Medchal con- with a Pakistani national, who arrested in Dharbanga blast statement, in which he said As part of the programme, laid foundation stones for lay- stituency TRS leaders took is believed to be an ISI agent. case from Hyderabad. he had set himself on fire. he along with Labour Minister ing BT Road in Jawahar Nagar part in the programmes. hyderabad 04 HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | JULY 8, 2021 TRS MLA Danam Nagender, Sprinkling method of paddy driver get 6-month jail term PNS n HYDERABAD travelling in a car behind him, later obstructed and argued farming in 3,000 acres in Medak A Special Court here on with him. Wednesday sentenced a ruling They were taken to a local PNS n MEDAK Telangana Rashtra Samithi police station by police where (TRS) MLA and his driver to later Nagender, who was then District Collector S Harish six months of simple imprison- a minister in united Andhra said on Wednesday that the ment in connection with a case Pradesh also reached. sprinkling method of paddy registered against them in 2013 Nagender was then with the farming was being implement- for assaulting a man. ruling Congress party. ed in 3,000 acres in Medak dis- The judge of the Special According to the prosecu- trict during the rainy season Sessions Court for trial of tion, on Nagender's instigation, and farmers could reduce the MPs/MLAs found Danam Raju beat up the two-wheeler investment cost from Rs 8,000 Nagender, TRS MLA from rider causing simple injuries to to Rs 10,000 per acre and Khairatabad here and his dri- him after which he filed a com- overcome the problem of ver C Raju guilty under IPC on them, Special Public plaint based on which a case labourers for planting paddy section 323 (voluntarily caus- Prosecutor G Narayana said. was registered against sowing. ing hurt) and sentenced them According to the prosecu- Nagender and his driver. The Collector said under the to undergo simple imprison- tion, in 2013 a two-wheeler The court suspended the sprinkling technique, the fields ment for a period of six rider had stopped his vehicle operation of the sentence for take little water and get an out- and encourage the small farm- price and the farmers were also months. The court also at a traffic signal in Banjara one month to enable them to put of 25 to 30 quintals per ers. He said the agriculture very happy, she said. imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each Hills area and Raju who was appeal in a higher court. acre. Moreover, one person extension officers should She said one agriculture ‘Make everyone part could sprinkle paddy seeds on encourage farmers to shift to extension officer was given six acres. red gram, cotton and other for every 5,000 acres and they Harish along with Medak commercial crops as an alter- are creating awareness among of Pattana Pragathi' MLA Padma Devender Reddy, native to paddy by mingling the farmers on changes that are Two persons arrested Zilla Parishad Vice- with them. They should tell the coming in the agriculture sec- PNS n MEDAK ing the greenery. Everyone Chairperson Lavanya Reddy farmers that there is a good tor and modern farm tech- should plant saplings and also and District Agriculture market facility for these crops niques and Rythu Vediaks are Medak MLA Padma take responsibility for pro- Officer Parusuram Nailk par- and make them follow the built to discuss unitedly on the Devender Reddy suggested tecting them. The plantation for misusing ID proofs ticipated in the paddy seed- changing trends. The agricul- farming issues. the officials make everyone should be taken up keeping PNS n MEDCHAL MALKAJGIRI share the code if he got any sowing using the sprinkling ture scientists should extend She said the age-old practice part of the Pattana Pragathi future expansion of roads. work order. He also gave technique in 16 acres of a field the research fruits by giving of the sprinkling method is and Haritha haram pro- Despite greenery, it will reduce The Rachakonda Cybercrime Ahmed his PAN card and owned by a farmer Suribabu in suggestions, the Collector said. being implemented now. Since grammes to make Medak global warming and create a police on Wednesday arrested Aadhaar card details. Balanagar cluster in Medak MLA Padma Devender there are plenty of marketing town clean and green. swatch environment and the New TPCC chief two persons on charges of "Ahmed and Singh then mandal on Wednesday. He Reddy wished that the fields opportunities for farmers as As part of the Pattana children would get a golden impersonation and misusing got together and got a work felicitated farmer Suribabu for should be filled with greenery Medak district has close proxim- Pragathi programme, the future. She said with people's Revanth greeted ID proofs and personal cre- order. However, the victim by choosing to go for the sprin- in the Medak district and Chief ity with Hyderabad, the farmers MLA planted saplings in the active participation, the per- PNS n PATANCHERU dentials of a person and cheat- this time had decided not to kling technique in the previous Minister KCR strongly believed should prefer to raise horticulture 12 th ward along with centage of trees has gone up ing him. sell his company or share cre- Yasangi season. that the country would flour- crops, vegetable and fruit Collector Harish, Municipal and air pollution has come Gali Anil Kumar, Congress The arrested persons were dentials, and also cancelled his Speaking at a meeting orga- ish only when the farmer was orchards. vice-chairman Chandrapal, down in the past phases of party in-charge of Medak Syed Nisar Ahmed, 40, from GST number for the firm," nized in this connection, happy. Hence, he introduced Later, the MLA stepped into Commissioner Srihari and Haritha Haram. Parliament constituency on Chandrayangutta and Thakur police said. However, Ahmed, Collector Harish said the small 24-hour free power, irrigation the paddy fields of farmer ZP vice-chairman Lavanya Later, she laid the founda- Wednesday congratulated A Singh, 29, from Malkajgiri. who had already invested and marginal farmers may water, fertilizers, seeds supply Nagaiah and sprinkled paddy Reddy. tion stone for a CC road at Revanth Reddy, who took According to the police, Nisar around Rs 25 lakh for the hesitate to adopt new tech- and investment assistance, seeds while joining hands with She said the state govern- Rasheed colony at Rs 5 lakh. charge as TPCC new presi- Ahmed met the victim while work, met a CA in Pune and niques in farming and hence, Rythu Beema and other the women labourers and singing ment has taken up the Haritha She called upon the people to dent at Gandhi Bhavan in he was working as a sub-con- got another GST number in big farmers should come for- schemes for farmers. The gov- folk songs along with them. Haram programme in seven be aware of seasonal diseases Hyderabad. tractor for a reputed constr- the name of the same firm ward and kick start the revolu- ernment was purchasing the Earlier, Collector harish and phases to control the environ- and ensure the prevention of Gali Anil Kumar attended uction firm in December 2013, using the victim's ID proof and tionary changes in the agricul- yielding produced by the farm- MLA Padma Devender Reddy mental degradation by increas- water stagnation. the charge-taking ceremony and both became friends and other credentials. ture sector to infuse confidence ers by paying the supporting planted saplings in the village. of Revanth Reddy held in worked in the firm till 2018. "They also forged his PAN Hyderabad on Wednesday. When Nisar Ahmed was card using Singh's photo and Speaking on the occasion, trying to get a 'Vendor Code' also fraudulently opened mul- Anil Kumar said the people for his company in Pune, the tiple bank accounts on the vic- lost faith on the TRS govern- victim informed him that he tim's name and carried out Unauthorised drones BJP stages dharna against ment and the next Congress already had one in the name business transactions," an offi- government is going to take of his firm 'Akhiladeswari cial said. Following a com- flying in Srisailam corruption in panchayat over the state. Infra Projects' and offered to plaint, the police said. PNS n NAGARKURNOOL project area, Devasthanam, town area five days ago and are PNS n MULUG The movement of unautho- inspecting vehicles on the tem- Lok Adalat to be held on July 10 rised drones atop Srisailam ple premises and the main road. The activists of Bharatiya temple, dam and its surround- They are questioning the people Janata Party (BJP) staged a sit- ing areas for the past one found suspicious and releasing in programme in front of the PNS n MAHABUB NAGAR week caused a commotion them only after taking their panchayat office at Mulugu on among the officials in the details. Even the temple trust Wednesday demanding a The legal cases which can be wake of the alerts by the intel- board members noticed two probe into corruption that is resolved with the consensus of ligence authorities over the drones without any lights and taking place in Mulug pan- both the parties could be com- possible threat. chased them using another chayat for the past two years. pleted through the Lok Adalat On receiving the information drone. The temple staff said the BJP mandal president scheduled on July 10, Principle on the suspicious movement of drones disappeared in the forest Immadi Rakesh led the dhar- District Judge and District drones, the police officials from area. The police suspected that na programme. Chintalapudi at instead of their elected wives, idents Jeenukala Krishnakar Legal Services Authority Kurnool and other adjoining some miscreants camped in the Bhaskar Reddy, district BJP the BJP leader said a petition Rao and Rai Kanti Parama Chairperson S Premavathy districts have formed into teams forest and are operating drones president alleged that develop- was submitted to the District were present on the occasion. said on Wednesday. with five SIs and 100 police per- in the vicinity of six km. ment works worth Rs 3 crore Collector. Donti Reddy Rakesh Reddy, Addressing a press confer- sonnel and taken up combing Since flying of flights and heli- were taken up and the officials Bharatiya Janata Party senior Surender, BJP mandal Leaders ence at the District Legal operations in the temple copters on the skies of temple have ignored the quality stan- leaders Thakkalapelli Devender Koyila Kaviraju, Ojjela Kiran, Services Authority building Mahabubnagar district and the regard. Among these cases, there premises, project area and also sanctum sanctorum was prohib- dards. The road drainages and Banala Rajkumar Annapareddy Bikani Rajasekhar Ashok on the court premises on litigants could resolve their cases are pre-litigation, cases pending in the town. People complained ited, the police are investigating CC roads were substandard. Pramod Reddy Rao, district Kishan Rao Balaji Yuva Morcha Wednesday, she said the at their nearest places. in courts and civil cases. First that about 2-3 drones made whether it was provocative He demanded that the higher general secretary Ramesh, dis- district Leaders Sani Kommu National Lok Adalat will be Around 30,769 compound- Additional District Sessions rounds in the sky atop the action by the terrorists or the act officials should audit the works trict vice-president Anugu Harish Reddy, Ajmera Kishore conducted as per the guide- able cases are pending in the Judge T Raghuram, Family Srisailam house, Mallamma of some childish people. The and take action against the Ravinder Reddy, district secre- Nayak, Jinkala Shravan, Reddy lines of the State Legal Services combined district of which 2,373 Judge/eighth Additional District Kanneeru, EO residential area, police acquired three sophisticat- contractors and officials tary Karra Sambashivareddy, Ranjit Gummadi Laxman, Authority adhering to total cases have been identified to and Sessions Judge Vasanth, Peter House and other places. ed drones to detect and capture responsible. district office-bearers Challuri Praveen Kanukula Avignash Covid rules. resolve through Lok Adalat, she senior Civil Judge and District The police stepped up vigi- the drones flying around the Stating that husbands are Mahender, Kommireddy and others participated in the She said there are 26 bench- said, adding that notices have Legal Services Authority secre- lance activities in the Srisailam temple. ruling the roost in the panchay- Narasimhareddy, Morcha pres- dharna. es in the combined already been issued in this tary N Venkatram were present. Lightning claims five lives in Adilabad district ‘State is transforming PNS n ADILABAD ning at Nipani village in was killed by lightning at dal in Nirmal district. locks died on the spot and Laxmi and Bhandari as Haritha Telangana' Bheempur mandal on Vankulam village in Rebbena Dailewar Madhav Rao, 60- four others had minor Sangeeta, laborers received In one of the worst days of Tuesday evening. Her moth- mandal in Kumram Bheem year old died after being injuries after being struck minor injuries when they PNS n MAHABUB NAGAR praised that the RTA office the recent history of erstwhile er Shobha and farmer Chitta Asifabad district when he struck by lightning at Kollur by lightning at Kuchulapur were engaged in some agri- was shining with greenery as Adilabad district, lightning Devika belonging to the same was taking up some farm village in Thanur mandal of village in Boath mandal of culture activity at Bharampur Minister for Excise and Sports the officials have developed claimed five lives of farmers village sustained injuries in activity in his field on this district on Wednesday. Adilabad district when he village in Talamadugu man- Dr V Srinivas Gowd said the plantation as a practice every and farm labourers in differ- the mishap. They were shift- Wednesday. In the third He was grazing his cattle at was engaged in tilling of Boja dal of Adilabad district on Telangana State was going to year. ent parts of the district in the ed to Rajiv Gandhi Institute instance, Vijay, another 35- his agriculture field at the Reddy's farm on Wednesday. Wednesday. It may be noted transform into a 'Haritha Stating that trees are crucial past 24 hours. of Medical Sciences (RIMS), year farmer died and his wife time of the incident. He is survived by two daugh- that seven farmers had lost Telangana' in future in the for the environment, the In the first instance, Yapala where condition of Devika sustained injuries when light- In yet another incident, ters and a wife. Four others life to thunderbolts occurred country. Planting saplings as Minister said the state had suf- Ellamma (30), a daily earner was stated to be critical. ning struck them when they Karam Laxman (38), a farm received minor injuries in the at different places in erstwhile part of the Haritha Haram fered many setbacks before and widow, died on the spot In the second incident, were in their agriculture field hand employed by a farmer incident. Adilabad district on June 30, programme at the RTA office Telangana state is formed with after being struck by light- Borkut Pathru (40), a farmer at Vittalpur in Kuntala man- Boja Reddy and two bul- In the meantime, Wadgure 2015. here on Wednesday, he drought and without rains. MA director inspects avenue Drastic hike in LPG price worries common men plantation in PNS n SANGAREDDY n LPG price hiked by When the poor and the mid- Rs 25 for domestic, Gadwal dle-class people are unable to Rs 84 for PNS n GADWAL bear the LPG price hike, the commercial Central Government has Dr N Satyanarayana, increased the price of the gas purpose per Commissioner and Director cylinder once again. cylinder of Municipal Administration Overburdened by the fuel on Wednesday inspected the prices, the common people n LPG price rose to avenue plantation and third are unable to face the gas price Rs 297.50 in just 15 phase Pattana Pragathi and hike with the shock given by months A SARITHA K SWAPNA P KISHAN RAO Haritha Haram parks at the Centre. The people allege Gadwal. that the oil companies are con- that they are unable to know time. Keeping the financial sumer from Patancheruvu Satyanarayana compli- tinuously raising the prices Rs 887 with a hike of Rs 25 for the real price of the LPG. burdens of the people, the came down heavily on the mented the Haritha Haram and it is better to go back to the an LPG cylinder. A Saritha, a housewife from LPG prices shall be brought government for a continuous programme being imple- traditional system of firewood The gas cylinder price was Medak says it is unfair to down, she added. increase in the LPG prices. mented in Gadwal town stoves. hiked seven times in the past 15 international crude oil prices When the subsidy was increase LPG prices when the Another housewife K When people felt that the exist- and underscored the need The Oil marketing compa- months and the price of the have come down. Both the fuel deducted from the consumers, people are suffering by losing Swapna from Jogipet con- ing price of LPG was too high for involvement of people in nies have decided to increase LPG cylinder during the last prices and prices of essential the price of LPG was below Rs jobs with the lockdown demned the LPG price hike by to bear, the government is the programme to make it LPG cylinder price to Rs 25 for August was just Rs 589 and it commodities are rising high 500. Whether there was a rise induced by the coronavirus. It Rs 25 when the people are fac- repeatedly increasing the price a success. District Collector domestic purposes and Rs 84 jumped to Rs 887 now. The oil throwing the common people or drop in prices, the subsidy became very difficult to run the ing it difficult to maintain the without considering the finan- Sruthi Ojha, Additional for commercial cylinders when companies were hiking the into despair. When the corona amount used to get credited house. It is horrible for the gov- household expenditure with cial conditions of the common Collector Sriharsha, RDM the people are facing hardships price ranging from Rs 25 to 50 pandemic was devastating, the into the bank accounts of the ernment to increase the prices the impact of the corona pan- people. It is not fair on the part A Srinivas Reddy, with skyrocketing prices of every month. The price of the common man was facing consumers. Now, the subsidy indiscriminately while promis- demic. The prices should be of the government to allow the Municipal chairman BS essential commodities. The gas is hiked Rs 100 at a time the severe hardships with an amount was not being credit- ing subsidies to the people. It's reduced immediately, she oil companies to raise the price Kesav and others accompa- common people are in dismay. last December. However, it abnormal increase in gas and ed into the bank accounts as certainly the failure of the gov- added. as per their whims and fancies, nied him. Now, each consumer has to pay came down to Rs 10 though the fuel prices. earlier. The consumers flayed ernment to increase Rs 25 at a P Kishan Rao, a LPG con- he fumed. nation 05 HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | JULY 8, 2021

Bengal Budget FY 22: Govt grants road Out on bail, gangster shot dead in Baby elephants under treatment for tax waiver, stamp duty rebate Bathinda Herpes in Kerala rehab centre stable he West Bengal government on Wednesday 39-year-old gangster was shot dead here on hree baby elephants at the rehabilitation waived road tax on passenger transport Wednesday allegedly by his former private centre for pachyderms in Kottur here, who Tvehicles and offered a rebate on stamp duty Agunman, police said. The gangster, Kulbir Twere showing symptoms of Herpes viral as it tabled a Rs 3.08- lakh- crore Budget in the Singh Naruana, was facing more than 15 cases and infection are stable now, the wildlife department assembly for fiscal 2021-2022. Presenting the was currently out on bail. The accused has been said on Wednesday. Two elephant calves at the Budget, state industry minister Partha Chatterjee, identified as Mandeep Singh, alias Manna, they said. centre have succumbed to the infection in the last who had placed the vote-on-account in the House Singh had gone to meet Naruana at his home in 10 days with the most recent being on Tuesday. on February, said the government has decided to Naruana village here to sort out some differences After the death of the first calf -- a one-and-a-half extend the one- time exemption of motor vehicle between the two. They had tea together, the police year old female named Sreekutty -- on June 28, a tax for the period starting July 1, 2021 to said. After some time, the accused called Naruana to postmortem was carried out and it revealed December 31, 2021. The government has also his SUV and allegedly fired five shots at him, killing infection by Herpes virus. By then four other proposed to reduce stamp duty by two per cent him on the spot, they said. Singh also ran over an baby elephants were displaying symptoms of the INDIA CORNER for registration of deeds, while circle rate was aide of Naruana, who was nearby, with his SUV while infection and medicines were administered to slashed by ten per cent. Chatterjee presented the budget as finance minister Amit Mitra is trying to flee. However, the accused was arrested by the police not far from the crime spot, they them via IV,but one of them -- a six year old male named Arjun -- died on Tuesday. The indisposed due to ill health. Talking about the student credit card scheme, launched on June added. Another aide of Naruana sustained gunshot injuries in the incident and has been remaining three continued to be under treatment and one of them - a male calf named 30, the minister said that interest rate of four per cent will be charged as a part of hospitalised, the police said. Singh also sustained gunshot injuries and is undergoing treatment Kannan -- was in a slightly more serious condition, the department had said. Kannan's subvention, while the rest will be borne by the government. The budget speech was further at a hospital, they said. "We have arrested the accused," district police chief Bhupinder Singh condition has now stabilised to some extent and the calf was walking around a bit, critical of the rise in fuel prices in the country. Virk said, adding that the weapon used in the commission of the crime has been recovered. Thiruvananthapuram Wildlife Warden J R Ani told PTI. Centre robbed SC seeks expert committee It is ‘distribution of the people of their savings: Pilot report on aircraft fumigation PNS n JAIPUR PNS n NEW DELHI spoils of power': Cong Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday The Supreme Court has direct- PNS n NEW DELHI power and defectors adjust- the nation to the brink of "Progress and peace and took on the Centre over the ed the Centre to submit the ment programme," he told poverty after turning away harmony have been thrown issue of inflation, alleging report of an expert committee Ahead of a major reshuffle of reporters. from its responsibility in the into the dustbin of history that it is not bothered about which was asked to ascertain the Union Council of "Overall, this cabinet Corona epidemic," he asked. and the present prime minis- people's problems and whether spraying insecticides Ministers, the Congress on expansion is not a perfor- If performance and gover- ter would be remembered as robbed them of their sav- or fumigation to ward off Wednesday said the exercise mance appraisal. It is only a nance were the criteria then an autocrat, who decimated ings. mosquitoes in aircraft was was not driven by perfor- means of serving the interests the first person to be sacked India's economy, who Pilot said people are harmful for passengers. mance or governance but of their allies and not for the should be Modi as he has ensured India was pushed stressed due to price rise A bench headed by Justice D meant for "distribution of country. But when will there brought the government and into an abyss of unemploy- but the Union government Y Chandrachud passed the the spoils of power" and be an appraisal of PM Modi's the entire country to a stand- ment and who ensured that has failed to control it. order after Additional Solicitor "adjustment" of defectors. performance who brought still, he said. India's strength as the super During the coronavirus General Aishwarya Bhati Congress chief spokesper- power of the 21st century was period in other countries, informed that as a result of the son Randeep Surjewala said grossly undermined," the money was put into peo- outbreak of the COVID-19 Justice M R Shah, said. World Health Organisation. if the cabinet expansion was Congress leader alleged. ple's pockets so that they pandemic, the expert commit- The apex court, which was The apex court had direct- to be done on the basis of per- Surjewala also said if per- could run their homes tee which was to submit its hearing pleas against the ed the expert committee to formance then the prime formance and governance whereas the Centre robbed report in pursuance of the National Green Tribunal's ban enquire into all relevant aspects minister should have been the were the criteria, Defence people of their savings, the November 29, 2019 and on spraying of disinfectants bearing upon the need for first one to be removed for his Minister Rajnath Singh, former Rajasthan alleged February 7, 2020 orders could and pesticides in aircraft, had disinsection of aircraft as a failures in providing gover- Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a sit-in organ- not complete its work. earlier said that it was not in measure designed to control nance. and Finance Minister ised by the Mahila "Additional Solicitor favour of a blanket restriction the spread of vector borne dis- He also said the finance Nirmala Sitharaman too Congress here. General has sought two and may allow it on some eases. minister, home minister and should be sacked, citing their "We will continue to agi- months' time to complete the routes where mosquito prob- “The committee shall look, the defence minister too failures to tackle the border tate till the Centre does not exercise.The proceedings shall lem was prevalent after the if any, for disinsection of air- should have been axed as they standoff with China in east- take steps to reduce infla- now be listed on September 7, committee submits its report. craft. The recommendations failed in their respective roles. ern Ladakh, the continued tion," Pilot said, adding 2021. The Union of India The ministry of health and made by WHO and the best "The present cabinet problems of naxalism and ter- that the government is act- shall apprise the Court of the family welfare had told the top practices followed internation- expansion is not performance rorism and rising cases of ing stubborn and has noth- report of the Expert court that spraying of disinfec- ally. The impact of disinsection or governance driven, but is mob lynching, and the poor ing to do with the problems Committee in the meantime," tants was not harmful and it was on the health and safety of pas- a distribution of spoils of economic condition. of the common people. the bench, also comprising in accordance with guidelines of sengers and crew. TMC minister Delhi's NO pollution Karnataka to prepare 5.2 magnitude cycles 38 km to 2 earthquake Assembly over increased by 125 pc : Study Mekedatu project plan hits Assam PNS n GUWAHATI petrol hike PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n BENGALURU the Supreme Court with regard to the Mekedatu scheme. An earthquake of 5.2 magni- PNS n KOLKATA Delhi recorded an increase of Karnataka Chief Minister B S The Chief Minister is going tude hit Assam on Wednes 125 per cent in NO2 (nitrogen Yediyurappa has directed offi- to convene a meeting this day morning with tremors West Bengal's Labour dioxide) pollution between cials to prepare the action weekend. We will discuss with being felt in neighbouring Minister Becharam Manna April 2020 and April 2021, plan for the Mekedatu project legal experts about the neces- Meghalaya and northern cycled a distance of 38 km according to a Greenpeace at the earliest, which is vital for sary approvals required and parts of West Bengal, besides Prez accepts from his home in the India study which analysed the state, Home, Law and how to proceed further," he Bangladesh. Hooghly district to reach the NO2 concentrations in India's Parliamentary Affairs Minister said. Emphasising that the A National Center for state assembly in protest as eight most-populous state cap- Basavaraj Bommai said here on project is important for the Seismology report said the credentials the petrol price crossed the Rs itals. Wednesday. state, Bommai said it will play quake was recorded at 8.45 100-mark in Kolkata. NO2 pollution has increased This weekend Yediyurappa a key role in Cauvery water am, having an epicentre at from Envoys Manna, the TMC MLA in all the eight capitals studied will hold a meeting with legal management in future. Goalpara in Lower Assam at from Singur who rose to – Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, NO2 is a dangerous air pol- severely impact people's health experts and technical experts This will be a parallel dam a depth of 14 km. of 4 nations prominence with the agita- Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, lutant that is released when fuel at all ages, affecting the respi- on preparing the action plan to supply water during a water The place of occurrence tion against the Tata Nano Jaipur and Lucknow – but is burned, as in most motor ratory and circulatory systems for the project, Bommai told crisis. The Mekedatu project was 71 km north of Tura in PNS n NEW DELHI factory in late 2000s, was Delhi has seen the “most dra- vehicles, power generation, and the brain, leading to an reporters. has become a bone of con- Meghalaya and the tremors accompanied by a few party matic increase” during the and industrial processes. increase in hospital admis- "There is only a miscella- tention between Karnataka were felt there too. President Ram Nath Kovind workers. period, the report said. Exposure to NO2 can sions and mortality. neous application pending in and Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday accepted cre- He left home at 8 am and dentials from the envoys of reached the assembly build- Thailand, Romania, ing in Kolkata around 12.30 Kazakhstan and Turkey in a pm to attend the ongoing ses- virtual ceremony, according sion. ‘Relating Giloy to liver damage misleading’ Hizbul commander to a Rashtrapati Bhavan state- "Steep rise in fuel prices is ment. the latest failure of the PNS n NEW DELHI of herb TinosporaCordifolia herb Guduchi or Giloy has Those who presented their Narendra Modi government. (TC), commonly known as been used in Ayurveda since credentials were Pattarat Petrol price crossed the cen- The AYUSH Ministry on Giloy or Guduchi, resulted in long. The efficacy of TC in killed in encounter Hongtong, Ambassador of tury-mark in Kolkata and Wednesday termed as "mis- liver failure in six patients in managing various disorders is PNS n SRINAGAR several terror crimes. A big the Kingdom of Thailand, we are protesting against leading" and "disastrous" to the Mumbai. well established," it said. success," Inspector General of Daniela Mariana Sezonov this," he told reporters. traditional medicine system of In a statement, the ministry "After analysing the study, it A top Hizbul Mujahideen Police, Kashmir zone, Vijay Tane, Ambassador of India a study relating Giloy to said it feels that the authors of was also noticed that the commander was killed in an Kumar said in a tweet. Romania, Nurlan liver damage, noting that the the study failed in placing all authors of the study have not encounter with security forces Security forces had launched Zhalgasbayev, Ambassador herb has been used in needful details of the cases in analysed the contents of the in J&K Kupwara district on a cordon-and-search operation of the Republic of Ayurveda since long. Indian National Association for a systematic format. herb that was consumed by the Wednesday, police said. at Pazipora-Renan in the Kazakhstan, and Firat Sunel, Refuting a media report the study of the liver, the min- "Apart from this, relating patients. It becomes the respon- "One of the oldest & top com- Handwara area of the district Ambassador of the Republic based on the study published istry said it did not take into Giloy or TC to liver damage sibility of the authors to ascer- mander of HM #terror outfit Wednesday morning following of Turkey, it said. in the Journal of Clinical and account other studies that talk would be misleading and dis- tain that the herb consumed by Mehrazuddin Halwai @ Ubaid information about the presence The president conveyed Experimental Hepatology, a about the efficacy of the herb. astrous to the Traditional the patients is TC and not any got neutralised in #Handwara of militants there, the police his good wishes to the envoys peer reviewed journal of the The study mentions that use Medicine system of India as other herb," the statement said. #encounter. He was involved in said. on their appointment. HC seeks report from Central govt on Covid control measures to be strengthened: Govt PNS n NEW DELHI cases each in the week ending analysed by the state," Bhushan July 4. Namsai district has said. availability, imports of black fungus drug Ramping up testing and vacci- shown an increase in the num- In Manipur, he said two of nation, healthcare infrastruc- ber of deaths (four deaths in the 16 districts (Bishnupur PNS n NEW DELHI ture planning and effective the week ending July 4 com- Kangpokpi) are showing a rise clinical management are pared to one in the week end- in the number of fresh cases The Delhi High Court among the measures to be ing June 13). for four weeks. Wednesday asked the Centre focussed upon in nine states For Assam, he said although "Bishnupur has shown an to file a status report on avail- reporting a surge in COVID- the state has shown a decline increase in the number of ability of Liposomal 19 cases, the health ministry in the number of new cases, deaths in the last four weeks Amphotericin B, used for treat- said on Wednesday. four of its 33 districts have (June 7-July 4). Imphal East ing patients of black fungus In a letter to the states -- shown an increase in the fig- and Imphal West had 17 and which primarily affects those Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, ure for the last four weeks and 28 deaths respectively in the who have recovered from Manipur, Kerala, Meghalaya, 29 districts have reported over week (June 28-July 4). Imphal COVID-19. Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura and 100 new cases in the week East, Imphal West and A bench of Justices Vipin Sikkim -- the ministry has ending July 4. Thoubal districts had more Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh highlighted the areas of con- among the measures to be The state has shown almost a Jorhat (22 deaths from June than 100 new cases in the week asked the Centre to also indi- cern. taken by these states. 12-per cent increase in the 28-July 4 compared to 16 from ending July 4 with a weekly cate the status of quantities of medicine currently, to which are preparing for the third Stressing that there is a need In Arunachal Pradesh, he number of cases reported in June 7-13) and Sivasagar (15 positivity rate of more than 10 Liposomal Amphotericin B the amicus curiae submitted wave of COVID-19, we need to to strengthen the collective said it is a point of concern that the last four weeks. Twelve dis- deaths from June 28-July 4 per cent," the official said. actually imported and the out- that there is no shortage cur- see the arrangement for it.” efforts to curb the spread of the the state has a weekly positiv- tricts are showing an increase compared to seven from June He said although Kerala has standing supplies and also its rently as the number of The court also asked the virus, Union Health Secretary ity rate of 16.2 per cent (Jun 28- in the number of new cases 7-13) districts showed a rise in shown a decline in the number domestic production. patients have gone down. government to deal with the Rajesh Bhushan said ramping July 4), which is continuously over the past four weeks," the number of deaths in the of new cases, two of its 14 dis- The report shall be filed by But the issue is whether the issues in terms of urgency and up testing and vaccination, increasing for four weeks. Bhushan said. last four weeks. tricts have shown an increase the Central government with- medicine would be available in first take up the aspects which healthcare infrastructure plan- "Nineteen of the 25 districts Changlang, East Siang, "Charaideo and Golaghat in the figure for four weeks. All in a week, the court said. sufficient quantity when the are more urgent, like availabil- ning, following Covid-appro- are reporting a positivity rate Lohit, Papum Pare, Tawang have reported a positivity rate districts have reported more The court inquired whether need would arise, he said. ity of medicines and buffer priate behaviour and effective of more than 10 per cent, and Upper Subansiri districts of more than 10 per cent, than 200 daily cases in the there is any shortage of the The bench observed, “If we stock of oxygen. clinical management are which is a cause of concern. reported more than 100 new which is emphasised to be week ending July 4, he added. 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www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION BJP faces incessant The monk India and the US back the Dalai Lama’s right to choose his successor, a fact that irks China woes in South India KUMAR CHELLAPPAN he autonomous region of Tibet is a sensitive spot for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative is the spearhead project of The lack of cohesion among the local cadres and the absence of trustworthy This inroads into Eurasia through this region, and neighbouring Xinjiang. Tibet also reminds China of the bitter fact that the Dalai Lama lives in exile in India even as Tibetans State leadership plague the party’s fortunes in Kerala and Tamil Nadu continue their struggle for independence. India touched that sensitive spot the other day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with the Dalai Lama he BJP must traverse light years before it could on the latter’s 86th birthday. He made it known openly through a tweet. It was Modi’s have its rendezvous with first conversation with the Tibetan spiritual leader after 2014, at least one that is acknowl- victory in States like TamilT Nadu or Kerala. No doubt, edged publicly. Two days earlier, Modi greeted President Joe Biden on the Independence the Hindutva party’s four nom- Day of the United States. Both are in contrast to the Prime Minister’s silence on the CCP’s inees entered the precincts of the centenary celebrations on July 1. The message was obvious in the context of the ongo- Tamil Assembly piggy riding on ing border standoff between India and China and the the shoulders of the AIADMK, a political outfit which could latter continuing to drag its feet on total disengagement. complete its five-year tenure as However, Modi wishing the Dalai Lama “a long and the ruling party only because of healthy life” carries its own meaning in the context of the tacit support provided by New Delhi. China’s repeated threats that the Tibetan leader’s suc- State BJP chief L Murugan cessor cannot be anointed without its approval. India had said in August 2020 that his has so far not waded into the succession affair and, party would win at least 60 seats for the first time, may have let it be known that it has in the Tamil Nadu election. When the party settled to contest the Tibetan people’s interests in sight on the subject. 20 seats under the leadership of Beijing is yet to officially respond to the conver- the AIADMK in the 2021 sation, but its irritation can be gauged from its past Assembly election, Murugan said his mission was to make sure that responses. In 2011, for instance, scheduled talks the BJP has double-digit repre- between China and India were deferred possibly over New Delhi’s refusal to cancel an sentation in the House. Thanks international religious conference the Dalai Lama was scheduled to address. A Foreign to the support extended by the Dravidian major, the BJP entered Ministry spokesperson obliquely commented, saying that China opposed any country the House after a gap of two offering a platform to the Dalai Lama. Reports of the Dalai Lama feeling indisposed always decades. triggered a mention in the Chinese State media about Beijing’s role in finding a succes- The BJP national leadership’s dream of making the lotus bloom sor. In 2020, President Donald Trump confronted China on this issue by bringing in the in Kerala not only fell flat this Tibetan Policy and Support Act that stated that only the Dalai Lama can have control time too but the party saw the over the process of finding his reincarnation. China retaliated by bringing out a white lone representation withering leaders who could be project- tion. The Tamil Nadu BJP Tibet Since 1951: Liberation, Development and Prosperity away into oblivion. The run-up ed as the Chief Minister. This Factionalism and activists always complain that paper — “ ” — in which it referred to the 2021 Assembly election in is in stark contrast to the groupism are the major issues the State leadership is vertical- to the “Imperially Approved Ordinance for Better Governance of Tibet” promulgated in the State was dominated by the array of leaders in the CPI(M) retarding the growth of the ly split, with one faction known 1793 that stipulated that the “reincarnation of the Dalai Lama and other grand Living BJP. K Surendran, the 50-year-old and the Congress that include BJP in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. for its pro-DMK stance and the Buddhas had to follow the procedure of ‘drawing lots from the golden urn’, and the select- president of the Kerala unit, heli- youngsters like Mohammed The CPI(M) might have other rooting for the AIADMK. hopped from Kasaragod in north Riyaz, AN Shamseer of the degenerated to a certain extent There are no pro-BJP elements ed candidate would be subject to approval by the Central Government of China”. The to Konni in south (he was the CPI(M) and K Sudhakaran but one should not forget the in Tamil Nadu BJP itself, say the questions about reincarnation turn controversial with easing passing birthday even as lone candidate in the State to con- and VD Satheeshan of the popularity enjoyed by leaders party activists. The situation is India and the United States share similar views on the Tibetan leader’s right to choose test two constituencies) and Congress. No one in the Kerala like Pinarayi Vijayan, MV similar in Kerala, with half the boasted of forming a BJP has wide acceptability Govindan, P Jayarajan and leadership known for pro- his successor. The Prime Minister’s tweet is in sync with India’s place in Tibetan affairs Government once the party wins among the voters. the likes who built the party CPI(M) stance and the other and its current relations with China. 35 MLAs of its own in a House Though Kerala has repre- THE BJP’S TOP with sweat and blood. The half acting as the Congress loy- with an effective strength of 140. sentation in the Union Council Congress, despite its poor alists. The how, when and with whom of Ministers, it is an aberration. LEADERSHIP IS showing in north India, con- The standard explanation PICTALK were questions the party chief The Minister entered the Rajya tinues to be a strong outfit in given by the BJP’s State lead- kept as “State secret”. Sabha through the UNAWARE OF THE Kerala. One need not research ership after each election is: In the end, the BJP drew a Maharashtra Legislative deeply to find out why former “There was large-scale vote blank despite fielding some of the Assembly and was sworn in as INHERENT party president Rahul Gandhi transfer between the LDF and best names in Kerala’s social life a Union Minister, which can at WEAKNESS OF chose Wayanad to contest the UDF to get the BJP candi- like the legendary E Sreedharan best be termed a backdoor from. Does anyone remember dates defeated.” They don’t and Dr Jacob Thomas, the former entry. The Minister concerned THESE UNITS. the name of his rivals in the like to see the reality in the eye: super cop known for his fight and the party’s State chief 2019 Lok Sabha election from It is not one or 100 votes get- against corruption. have formed a caucus not to THERE ARE NO the constituency? ting transferred. It is impossi- The BJP’s national leadership allow the emergence of an More fireworks could be ble to shift thousands of votes is unaware of the inherent weak- alternative leader. The BJP LEADERS WHO expected from Kerala, Tamil belonging to one party to ness of the Kerala unit. There are faces the ignominy of its State COULD SELL THE Nadu and the Union Territory another or vice versa without no leaders who could sell the chief being summoned by the of Puducherry units of the BJP the concurrence of the people. party to the voters. The party’s Kerala Police for interrogation PARTY TO THE in spite of the COVID-19 Whom are you trying to dreams of coming to power by for his alleged role in trans- lockdown and restrictions. deceive but yourself, sir? The large-scale poaching will not porting `3.5 crore unaccount- VOTERS The BJP’s South Indian dreams voters are not members of the yield results as voters in this part ed money and also for alleged- are likely to turn into night- Animal Farm conceived by of the land are choosy as well as ly threatening a rival candidate mares unless the party’s high George Orwell. politically conscious. The reality at Manjeswaram in Kasaragod command zeroes in on honest, (The writer is a senior is that there is not a single indi- to withdraw from the race dur- efficient and dynamic per- journalist.The views expressed vidual in the current crop of BJP ing the 2021 Assembly elec- sons as its leaders. are personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE

MAMATA CASE JUDGE RECUSES, FINES HER The resignations Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik pays his tribute to Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar at the Puri beach PTI Sir — Justice Kaushik Chanda of the Women empowerment needed of the Union Calcutta High Court on Wednesday Health Minister recused himself from hearing West Bengal world that would honour, respect and reward and the MoS Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s petition women. But more than 25 years later, it is yet Health are a can- The master that challenges the Nandigram election to see the light of the day. Right from getting did confession that the Modi results, in which Suvendu Adhikari was equal wages to having a say in making laws, they Government has utterly failed in Dilip Kumar, who inspired actors from Amitabh to declared elected from the constituency. are discriminated against. Women have no say managing the pandemic. The High Court judge also imposed a fine in family matters, leave alone on national mat- Shahrukh, has taken his final bow on the world stage of `5 lakh on the Chief Minister because ters. The respect women enjoyed a few decades Senior Congress leader of the manner in which the application for ago is conspicuously absent in today’s society. — P Chidambaram he doyen of the Hindi silver screen, Dilip Kumar, has faded away. That his craft has recusal was sought. Moreover, women are widely seen as been given so many epithets with so many adjectives in so many languages itself The judge said he had no personal his has reference to ‘Gender parity is a objects of sex. The crime graph against women We will have a inclination to hear the petitioner’s case and bears witness to the fact that all the superlatives in any one particular language were mirage as challenges remain’ (July 7). is shooting towards north each successive year. more proportion- T no hesitation in taking it up either. It is his TWomen, the weaker sex as they are called, The prosecution rate is not commensurate with ate system of test, insufficient to sum up his talent. Around the time Dilip was acting prolifically, only the inim- constitutional duty to hear a case assigned face challenges from all quarters in this male- the number of crimes committed. Women are trace and isolate. itable Motilal Rajvansh (who played the effervescent Chunni Babu as the perfect foil to by the Chief Justice. Directing that the dominated society. Only the right to safety and capable of doing things as well, if not better, as Those that have Dilip’s brooding and melancholic Devdas in Bimal Roy’s amount of `5 lakh as fine be deposited peace at home, and a job outside, are not suf- their male counterparts, but they remain neglect- been double with the Bar Council of West Bengal with- classic of 1955) could be said to be a natural actor par ficient to solve their woes. Women are really not ed. They are politically, economically and sexu- jabbed, we can take a different in two weeks, he said that such calcula- safe at home; they get threats from in-laws and ally exploited. In our country, the Bill regarding approach. excellence. Other than that, Dilip was peerless. Of course, tive, psychological and offensive attempt relatives in one form or another. The cases of 33 per cent women’s reservation is yet to see the UK’s Health Secretary comparisons will always be made regarding the poten- to seek recusal needs to be firmly repulsed. sexual torture and dowry harassment are on the light of the day. Society should shed this discrim- — Sajid Javid tial and success of the Golden Triumvirate of Dilip Kumar, As Justice Chanda has released the rise. The less said about the domestic violence ination against women. They should be treated petition from his court, the matter will Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor. But as you can’t really com- that occurred in the midst of the pandemic, the with respect and equals. They need empowerment Extremely sad to now be referred to Acting Chief Justice better. The Beijing Declaration had in 1996 laid in all fields of human activity. Will it materialise? lose my most pare apples to oranges, each one of these three had a Rajesh Bindal for assigning it to a differ- out a new vision and new mission to create a Sravana Ramachandran | Chennai affectionate broth- distinct style and, resultantly, a clearly divided base of ent Bench. On June 24, Mamata Banerjee er in the industry. mass following: Dev was a city slick, Raj was a sim- had filed a plea in the court seeking the Jannat naseeb recusal of Justice Kaushik Chanda from ly flung the Speaker’s chair from the podi- “good people” happy in the Capital. ho, hamare Dilip pleton and Dilip represented the hopes and aspirations her case. Banerjee claimed that Justice um, besides electronic equipment like By adopting this policy, the revenue Sahab ko. of the generation of the Socialist-Nehruvian era. While Chanda was an active member of the BJP computers, keyboards and mikes on the generation will of course improve. desk of the presiding officer. The top court Indirectly speaking, the Delhi Dev was busy nodding his head at nubile nymphets to till his appointment as the Additional Veteran actor Solicitor General of India in 2015. suggested that such members should be Government has fulfilled the longstand- — Dharmendra set their hearts aflutter, Raj was trying to crack the intricacies of this complex world. Therefore, since the election of a BJP can- prosecuted under the Prevention of ing demand of wine makers which However, on an altogether different planet, Dilip was busy championing for the issues didate was challenged in Banerjee's plea, Damage to Public Property Act. means that the Kejriwal Government has He (Neymar) of social equality as seen from the eyes of the bourgeois and the hoi polloi, as record- she feared his judgment would be biased. In Karnataka, a similar incident had agreed to play the puppet in the hands wanted me to be occurred recently. The Deputy Speaker of of private players. ed in Naya Daur, Ganga Jamuna, Aadmi, Madhumati and Daag, et al. Of course, his Bhagwan Thadani |Mumbai there too. Now we the Legislative Council, SL Dharmegowda, By not interfering in the retail liquor are more thrilled repertoire wasn’t limited to the dark, brooding roles. He had fun in Ram Aur Shyam, was manhandled in the House. Annoyed trade, the Kejriwal Government is giv- UNRULY BEHAVIOUR ON HOUSE FLOOR than ever in Bairaag by the unruly behaviour, he committed ing undue freedom to private liquor search of a trophy. (a triple role, the first such attempt at the time), besides the solid character Sir — The Supreme Court has taken a roles in the later years in Shakti, Karma and Saudagar. He also holds the record for suicide. Unless deterrent punishment is entrepreneurs who will promote the serious view of the unruly behaviour of the inflicted on those who create chaotic con- addiction of alcohol. Argentine footballer winning three consecutive Filmfare Best Actor awards, mustering them in 1955, 1956 lawmakers in Parliament and Assemblies. ditions in the Houses, such incidents Subsequently, the crimes against — Lionel Messi and 1957. No other actor has attained such feat in the history of Hindi cinema. The The court has not taken a kindly view of would continue uninterrupted. women will multiply. The cases of drunk “original Khan” of Hindi filmdom had a body of work so varied and embellished (from the ruckus created in 2015 in the Kerala KV Seetharamaiah |Hassan driving are also likely to increase. It Our MLAs and Assembly by the LDF lawmakers. seems that the Delhi Government is less MPs are with us. Jwar Bhata in 1944 to Mughal-e-Azam and ending with Lal Qila in 1998) that Dilip was This expression by the apex court has UNCONCERNED ABOUT MORAL STANDARDS They have faith concerned about maintaining social and in the party and chosen to play the lead role in David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia (1962) but he declined come in the context of hearing petitions Sir — This refers to ‘New excise policy moral safety in the Capital and more in relating to a criminal case lodged in con- cheers some, worries others’ (July 7). The leadership of citing pending commitments. The role was finally essayed by Omar Sharif. Ranking filling up its coffers from liquor sale. Sonia Gandhi nection with the ruckus inside the Kerala Kejriwal Government has brought good Yugal Kishore Sharma |Faridabad with the world’s greatest actors like Marlon Brando, Toshiro Mifune and Marcello Assembly on March 13, 2015, during the news for the tipplers that bars in hotels, and Rahul Gandhi. Mastroianni, Dilip Sa’ab would always be remembered for his heart-broken drawl: “Kaun Congress-led UDF’s rule. The LDF mem- clubs and restaurants can be operated till Send your feedback to: Bihar Congress chief kambakht bardaasht karne ko peeta hai?” bers, then in the Opposition, had alleged- 3 am. But this decision is not making the [email protected] — Madan Mohan Jha HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | JULY 8, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN Did India err in reposing FIGHTING ESCALATES IN AFGHANISTAN too much faith in IAS? DEEPAK KUMAR JHA The US is leaving the country without achieving its major strategic aim of ending terrorism in the region Why should the revenue department or telecom department be headed by an IAS officer and not a revenue officer or an IT department officer?

ndia’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel said that the JL KOUL JALALI Indian bureaucracy is the steel frame of the Indian administrative he US forces have vacated the Bagram Air Base near Kabul as Isystem. Sadly, over time, the British lega- part of the process of withdrawal from Afghanistan before 9/11, cy of administration gained more Tthe 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Centre strength and power, alienating the and Pentagon. However, the withdrawal is near complete even though administrator from the administered some troops will remain till September. The 2001 attacks had prompt- masses. The government of the day ed the USA and its NATO allies to launch a war to remove the Taliban always saw an advantagein its presence regime in Afghanistan and eliminate the Al-Qaeda led by Osama Bin penetrating every district in the form of an officer of the Indian Administrative Laden then in Afghanistan under Taliban protection. US-backed forces Service (IAS). entered Kabul after the Taliban was forced out of power. In December As the maxim goes there are only the same year, US forces bombed Tora Bora caves where Osama Bin three seats of acclaimed real power in Ladin was hiding but he crossed over to Pakistan. Unexpectedly, in India - PM (Prime Minister), CM May 2003, the USA prematurely declared an end to its combat oper- (Chief Minister), and DM (District ations in Afghanistan. With the US troops’ withdrawal on course, fight- Magistrate). The latter, vested with ing has escalated between the Taliban and the Afghan National Army. both revenue as well as administrate powers, is also called District Collector. Over a thousand Afghan security personnel have so far been forced It was a British design of convenience by the Taliban to flee to neighbouring Tajikistan. The Taliban report- to drain away wealth from India through these agents of theirs. The rest of the bureaucracy was required to assist them in servile obligations. This culture of servile submission to an IAS by other members of the bureaucracy continues to date resulting in a demoralized and weakened bureaucracy. The craving for this coveted service has its genesis in the Indian feudal men- tality where each one dreamt of attain- THE IAS ing a regal stature and the masses addressing them as “Mai Baap” or My HEGEMONY of marks, the 1000 officers except Leaving these complex units in audit the performance of officers Lord. NEEDS TO BE the 150 are allotted subjugated inexperienced hands is a gamble. and reassess their potential, at least It is a general notion today that Civil EXPOSED AND positions in the services. Therefore, the DMs should be once every five years. The batch of Services is the most difficult but pres- REDUCED. THE These Group B officers are officers with at least two decades 1000 officers should be re-tested tigious competitive exam. It follows a 5000-ODD IAS required to report to and submit of service. Experienced hands are on various administrative parame- process of elimination rather than tal- OFFICERS ACROSS themselves before officers who needed in the field and not in ters that mayinclude written edly control a third of 421 districts. Once the Americans leave, Kabul ent determination. After three stages of THE COUNTRY were in the race with them a few ministries where there is no examinations and an interview by could also fall to the Taliban. The US is leaving Afghanistan without elimination, the system selects around years ago. Is this not class dis- dearth of experience and knowl- an independent board. The rank 1000 officers who are all equally talent- FORM SUCH A crimination? Where did we go edge. and assignment of the officers achieving its major strategic aim of ending terrorism in the region. STRONG ‘TRADE In 2003 too when it was in a far better position to completely elim- ed. Gradually, however, a class divide wrong? The British left us with a The IAS hegemony needs to should be revised according to emerges among them. The top 150 offi- UNION' THAT NOT flawed and discriminatory be exposed and reduced. The their performance. Care should be inate the Taliban and terrorism, it surprisingly shifted its focus to the cers who get the highest marks proba- EVEN THE administrative structure. In those 5000-odd IAS officers across the taken to ensure that their assign- invasion of Iraq, leaving the Taliban free to regroup itself. It does not bly because of doing well in languages PRIME MINISTER days the British were the rulers country form such a strong “trade ments are compatible with their appear that theUS fully considered the pros and cons of its actions like Sanskrit, Pali or Persian become an CAN SHAKE and they owed their allegiance to union” that not even the Prime educational qualifications. in 2003; the same is true for the withdrawal decision. elite class, supposed to be omniscient ITS NETWORK. the Crown. They had no love lost Ministercan shake its network. This way, the Prime Minister and competent to administer any place for India. The country was essen- These officers have become arro- need not look to the private sec- In 2019, then President Donald Trump announced the decision THESE OFFICERS to withdraw American troops from Syria and Afghanistan. It was wide- or sector in the country. tially a hunting ground for gant over time and even a junior tor for lateral entry of talent into This is probably why Prime Minister HAVE BECOME resources, just like other colonies. IAS officer will not report to a the bureaucracy. Instead, the ly criticised within the US and outside for its unwillingness to main- Narendra Modi once said in Parliament ARROGANT This colonial administrative senior bureaucrat who is not an Department of Personnel and taina minimumoffensive presence till terrorism is fully rooted out. The that the same “Babu” cannot fly a plane OVER TIME structure continued even after IAS, however smart and knowl- Training (DoPT) should be asked US failed to realise that after the indoctrination of the Taliban in and run a chemical industry at the same Independence. edgeable the latter may be. This to look at its own talent pool so ‘madrasas’ to turn them into a fighting force, Pakistan itself turned time. He meant that you need special- A young IAS officer of around arrogance gets bolstered by the that only those IAS officers who into a bastion of terrorism. It wanted the Taliban to remain intact not ized people for different sectors. It is 30 years is made a District bureaucratic structure where the upgrade their skills regularly go to only to cater to pan-Islamism but also to turn Afghanistan virtually possible to find such men among the Magistrateand asked to take all secretaries of all departments or the top of the scale while those into its backyard against India. Public opinion too in Pakistan was band of 1000 officers, but not after the decisions in a district. He or she any sensitive and powerful posts who fail the assessment test should system straightjackets them in various has merely four to five years of are occupied by and earmarked for lag behind. Only the threat of los- against the American war effort in Afghanistan. When criticised for services silos — IRS, IPS, IRTS, India work experience and yet is sup- IAS officers only. ing their status will encourage the aligning with the west in the war, then Pakistan President General Parvez Audit, Indian Ordinance, etc. An offi- posed to know everything from Why should a revenue depart- IAS officers to work hard for the Musharaf reportedly stated that had he not done so, the US might cer with a chemical engineering back- land revenue to taxation to the- ment or and telecom department assessments. The bureaucracy have taken action against Pakistan too. Failure to understand terror- ground could well be handling audit and criminal code and hundreds of be headed by an IAS officer and would gradually benefit from such ism and its dynamics in its proper perspective gave a further fillip accounts much to his dislike. Acts that are used in routine gov- not a Revenue officer or an IT professional competition among to radical Islam and the growth and the emergence of more terror- The divisive system pits one set of ernance. It is too much to expect department officer? The power officers. ist outfits. It prolonged the war in Afghanistan and further consoli- officers against another because of an from such a junior officer. inthe Indian bureaucratic system It is time to rethink the IAS- irrational system of selection. The top What is the way out? Over flows from the Cabinet Secretariat centric bureaucracyif at all dated Pakistan as a terrorist bastion with State patronage and at the 150 officers in a batch get into the IAS. 700 districts are the core admin- where the Cabinet Secretary is Indiawants to nurture public ser- cost of billions of dollars provided by America to it in the name of The rest are collectively known as (The writer is Special istrative units of the country. invariably an IAS officer. Naturally, vice-oriented officers. With the the fight against terrorism. Ultimately this also helped in the emer- Group B. In other words. even though Correspondent, The Many are large and diverse all government departments are current dispensation being strong- Pioneer, New Delhi. gence of IS and a Caliphate. Obviously, it will not be wise to leave the officers qualified after taking the The views expressed enough to be mini-Indias with also headed by IAS officers, con- willed, itdoesnot look so daunting the field, again, completely open for terrorists.The Taliban believesthat same exam, faced the same interviews, are personal.) elected municipal corporations tinuing their hegemony. a task. The choice is between now with the US bound to leave the country, negotiations need not be taken and secured nearly the same percentage and own tax revenue bases. It is necessary to periodically or never. seriously. The pullout can lead to further escalation in terrorism. The aim should be to ensure that the gains made in Afghanistan in estab- lishing an elected democratic government and curbing terrorism do POINTCOUNTERPOINT not fritter away. The focus may again shift to the United Nations to see that terrorism is eliminated and democratic structures become DIDI IS THE MOST CREDIBLE SECULAR LEADER. AS WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT HIS RESIGNATION FROM THE stronger in Afghanistan. Had the world body itself been reformed and SHE HALTED THE BJP’S COMMUNAL WAVE IN CONGRESS? ANYONE CAN JOIN ANY PARTY; I HAVE made fully representative, it would have been in a far better position BENGAL, SHE WILL...IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. NOTHING TO COMMENT HERE. torise to the task. — PRANAB MUKHERJEE’S SON AND CONGRESS EX-MP — WEST BENGAL CONGRESS CHIEF (The writer is a journalist, former IIS officer, and producer. The ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY views expressed are personal.) India needs hi-tech gadgets to counter drone attacks The Jammu attack is a watershed in asymmetric warfare and underlines the need for capabilities to deter, detect and neutralise such threats wo drones allegedly gy will have to be deployed to systems are a “potential threat” frequencies to jam the mobile signal between the Airports Authority of India from across the border tackle this threat and to make to vital installations and sen- unmanned aerial vehicle.A drone and the pilot, and forces among others. A drone gun Tdropping IEDs on the sure we are able to detect sitive locations and a “compat- top government official said the drone to the ground before and sky fence looks feasible Indian Air Force's technical drone presence in time.Use of ible solution” is required to DRDO has transferred the it can cause any damage. This solutions and are being recom- airport in Jammu is worri- drone technology by non- counter them. technology for the production Australia-designed weapon mended to the government for some. Two other drones were state actors represents a major Chief of defence staff of its anti-drone system to has an effective range of two consideration, a senior official spotted over Kaluchak and VASUDEVA jump in the way insurgency is General Bipin Rawat on June Bharat Electronics Limited kimometres. Another solu- in the security establishment Ratnuchak military stations in PK playing out. The attack is a 28said that the three services, (BEL). “DRDO has written to tion to block a lethal drone is said. Jammu in the night of June 27. watershed in asymmetric war- the Defence Research the three services and the sky fence system that uses The Advanced Test High An alert has been sounded at fare and underlines the need tional radars or electro-optic Development Organisation informed them that the anti- a range of signal disruptors to Energy Asset (ATHENA), is all military stations to thwart for armed forces to build capa- payloads that uses thermal (DRDO), academia and other drone system is available,” he jam the flight path and prevent another weapon under analy- such attacks. Counter-mea- bilities to deter, detect and neu- imaging.Once identified, you stakeholders were working said. them from entering their tar- sis. It works by firing a high- sures, including snipers and tralise such aerial threats. can launch a kinetic energy together to develop technolo- India has an estimated get location. energy laser beam on a rogue jammers, are already in place Drones represent three weapon against the drone or gy to counter the threat from over six lakh rogue or unreg- A Bengaluru-based private drone resulting in its complete at the forward bases. kinds of risk: privacy risk (ille- jam it or confuse it by jamming drones at the earliest. ulated unmanned aerial vehi- company, BEML, and destruction in the air.However, Pakistan-backed terrorist gal surveillance), penetration its GPS. Israel’s Iron Dome and He said DRDO has cles (UAVs) and security agen- Electronics Corporation of this is a very costly technolo- groups and the Inter-Services risk (drones are used to gath- other missile systems act with- already achieved some success cies are analysing modern India Ltd (ECIL) among oth- gy and is being currently test- Intelligence have been using er intelligence), and security in seconds. Detection and and even demonstrated its anti-drone weapons like ‘sky ers showcased the latest tech- ed by the US army, officials drones to smuggle arms, risk (to attack installations, action will happen at a very fast anti-drone technology. It has fence’ and ‘drone gun’ to nology available in this domain said. A ‘skywall 100’, is the ammunition and drugs across (The writer is Retired Senior smuggle contraband).In Syria, pace but it will take some time developed the ability to disable counter terror or similar sab- to the participants of a nation- ground version of the ‘drone the border into J&K and Professor, International Trade ISIS has been using drones to to gain that kind of capability. or shoot down hostile drones. otage bids by these aerial plat- al conference attended by rep- catcher’ and it works by bring- and Member, Vivekananda Punjab, but never have drones International Foundation, drop payloads from the sky An official blueprint pre- Its anti-drone system has a forms. resentatives of the Indian Air ing down an UAV using a been used before for attacking New Delhi. The views and so is the Taliban in pared by central agencies states range of two to three kilome- A drone gun is capable of Force, the Central Industrial parachute that is hurled a military base. expressed are personal.) Afghanistan. Drone detection that unregulated drones, UAVs tres with radar capability to jamming the radio, global Security Force, Directorate through a net from 100 meters Counter-drone technolo- can be RF-based or by conven- and remotely-piloted aircraft pick up the drone and then use positioning system (GPS) and General of Civil Aviation, and distance.’ HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | JULY 8, 2021 Money 08 Sensex ends above 53K Indian IT industry to post strong recovery with 11% revenue growth in FY ’22: Crisil PNS n mark for the first time MUMBAI Indian IT industry PNS n MUMBAI The Indian IT industry will stage a “strong recovery” in revenues will see Equity benchmark Sensex 2021-22 with a revenue growth jumped 194 points to close at of up to 11 per cent, ratings double-digit growth a fresh record on Wednesday, agency Crisil said on tracking gains in index heavy- Wednesday. in ’22: Azim Premji weights HDFC twins, Tata The recovery will be led by Steel and ICICI Bank. increasing outsourcing and PNS n MUMBAI Closing above the 53,000 accelerating digital transforma- mark for the first time, the 30- tion services mainly in sectors Wipro founder-chairman share BSE index jumped 193.58 such as banking, financial ser- Azim Premji believes the points or 0.37 per cent to vices and insurance (BFSI), Indian IT industry revenues 53,054.76. healthcare, retail and manufac- will grow in double digits in Similarly, the broader NSE turing, it said. in revenues in FY21 versus 40 them being digital deals across the current financial year. Nifty rose 61.40 points or 0.39 As per Nasscom, the IT ser- per cent in FY20) will also help verticals. Throughout the pandem- per cent to its fresh record peak vices industry grew 2.7 per IT services players maintain The revenue growth in ic, which saw lockdown mea- of 15,879.65. cent to USD 99 billion in healthy operating margins. 2021-22 will be almost 4 per- sures to curtail the spread of Tata Steel was the top gain- 2020-21. The wider industry “With customers focussing centage points more than the the virus, the information er in the Sensex pack, rallying and Tech Mahindra were ket participants as we saw Tokyo ended in the red, while including e-commerce, busi- on optimising costs, outsourc- growth of 6 per cent in last fis- technology industry has kept over 4 per cent, followed by among the laggards. some hectic activity in small- Shanghai was positive. Equities ness process management and ing of IT services is seeing a cal year and similar to the 10 the world running and has Bajaj Finserv, IndusInd Bank, "Markets bounced back er private sector banks," said S in Europe were trading with global back offices had grown steady rise globally. The pan- per cent growth logged over also adapted to the changes, HDFC, Nestle India, Asian into the positive terrain in Ranganathan, Head of gains in mid-session deals. 2.3 per cent to USD 194 billion demic has opened up addi- fiscals 2018-2020, the agency Premji said, speaking at an Paints and Sun Pharma. afternoon trade led by metal Research at LKP Securities. Meanwhile, international oil in last fiscal year, as per the tional opportunities in digital said. BFSI, which accounts event of the Bombay On the other hand, Titan, stocks. Cabinet reshuffle today Elsewhere in Asia, bourses benchmark Brent crude rose 1.64 industry lobby. Industry stal- services due to surge in remote for 28 per cent of IT service Chartered Accountants' Maruti, Reliance Industries created interest amongst mar- in Hong Kong, Seoul and per cent to USD 75.75 per barrel. wart Azim Premji, the founder working, e-commerce and revenue, will clock 13-14 per Society on Tuesday evening. chairman of Wipro, also automated services,” Crisil's cent growth in this fiscal year, As per Nasscom, the IT expected a double-digit growth senior director Anuj Sethi up from FY21's 9 per cent rise industry revenues stood at Reliance Infra gets on Tuesday. said. He added that deal wins due to rising share of digital USD 194 billion in FY21. The Government brings Dept of Public Crisil said higher business by Indian players have expand- transactions, continued regu- lobby group has ceased giv- shareholders’ nod levels, and more profitable ed by 20 per cent year-on-year latory compliance and data ing estimates of the topline to raise up to Enterprises under Finance Ministry digital deals (45 per cent share in 2020-21, with 80 per cent of security, it said. growth a few years ago. Rs 550.56 crore PNS n NEW DELHI (Lok Udyam Vibhag)" as per the the day. PNS n NEW DELHI Cabinet Secretariat Finance Minister Nirmala MONEY MATTERS The government has notification dated Sitharaman in her Budget 2021- Rupee declines 7 paise to Reliance Infrastructure Ltd brought Department July 6, 2021. 22 had announced a big-ticket on Wednesday said its share- of Public Enterprises The gazette privatisation agenda, including close at 74.62 against USD B Medical Systems to provide holders have approved raising (DPE) under the notification privatisation of two public sector funds up to Rs 550.56 crore Finance Ministry issued said banks and one general insurance PNS n MUMBAI through issuance of shares on in a bid facilitate its these rules company. cold chain to back vax drive a preferential basis. ambitious disin- may be called As part of the divestment The rupee weakened by 7 uxembourg-based The funds raised would be vestment pro- thestrategy for the financial sector, paise to end at 74.62 (provi- medical refrigeration utilised for long-term gramme. Government of the government has decided to sional) against the US cur- Ldevices firm B Medical resources, for general corpo- Earlier, DPE was India (Allocation go for a mega initial public offer- rency on Wednesday as a Systems on Wednesday said rate purposes and to fund part of Ministry of Heavy of Business) Three ing (IPO) of Life Insurance stronger dollar and rising it has signed a pact with future growth, the company Industries and Public Hundred and Sixty First Corporation of India (LIC) and crude oil prices weighed on online pharmacy 1mg to said in a regulatory filing. Enterprises. Amendment Rules, 2021. residual stake sale in IDBI Bank investor sentiment. store and transport COVID-19 "The shareholders of Reliance "Ministry of Finance (Vitta "They shall come into force at during the financial year begin- Forex traders said the rupee opened at 74.60 per dollar. It vaccines for the latter's Infrastructure… through Mantralaya), after the sub-head- once," the notification said. ning April. is trading in a narrow range hovered in a range of 74.59 to immunisation drive across postal ballot, have approved ing (v) Department of Financial With the addition, this will be The government has budget- ahead of the release of the 74.79 during the day before the country.Under the with overwhelming majority, Services (Vittiya Sewayen the sixth department under the ed Rs 1.75 lakh crore from stake minutes of US Federal Open ending at 74.62 against the agreement, B Medical Systems will support 1mg's COVID-19 the raising of funds up to Rs Vibhag), following sub-heading Finance Ministry. sale in public sector companies Market Committee meeting. greenback. On Tuesday, the vaccination campaign across metros and tier 1 cities.1mg has 550.56 crore by preferential shall be inserted, namely:- (vi) The rejig comes ahead of and financial institutions during At the interbank foreign rupee had settled at 74.55 secured several thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses and has allotment," the filing said. Department of Public Enterprises Cabinet expansion slated later in 2021-22. exchange market, the rupee against the US dollar. signed up with several corporates, residential societies, and local clinics for the nationwide vaccination campaigns, B Medical Systems said in a statement.Under the collaboration, B Medical Systems is supplying ultra-low freezers and transport boxes to 1mg for the storage and transport of COVID-19 vaccines, it said."The cold chain Fitch cuts India growth forecast to 10%, infrastructure set up by 1mg is commendable and we are extremely proud to be supporting 1mg in their nationwide COVID-19 says rapid vaccination to support revival vaccination campaigns. PNS n NEW DELHI most comparable 'BBB-' peers Tata expands Dark Edition because it does not expect a Fitch Ratings on Wednesday structurally weaker real GDP cut India's growth forecast to growth outlook. However, range to include Altroz, Nexon 10 per cent for the current fis- there is a risk that India's ata Motors on Wednesday cal, from 12.8 per cent estimat- medium-term growth could said it has expanded its dark ed earlier, due to slowing suffer if the business and con- Trange with the launch of JSPL output jumps 20 pc recovery post second wave of sumer activity were to experi- Altroz, Nexon and Nexon EV dark COVID-19, and said rapid ence scarring from the editions in the country. The vaccination could support a COVID-19 pandemic. Altroz Dark range is priced from sustainable revival in business The agency estimates India's Rs 8.71 lakh, the Nexon trims in June qtr; sales up 3 pc and consumer confidence. medium term growth potential begin from Rs 10.41 lakh, while PNS n NEW DELHI cent to 1.61 MT from 1.56 MT In a report, the global rat- at about 6.5 per cent. the Nexon EV is tagged at Rs a year ago. ing agency said the challenges Stating that vaccination is 15.99 lakh. The auto major has also introduced a revamped dark Steel maker Jindal Steel and "JSPL continued to report for banking sector posed by the key for business revival and edition of Harrier with price starting at Rs 18.04 lakh (all prices ex- Power Limited (JSPL) on strong production in the first coronavirus pandemic have business and revenue genera- economic activity from stalling relief measures would only showroom Delhi). The auto major had first introduced the Harrier Wednesday posted a record 20 quarter of FY22… marking a increased due to a virulent sec- tion in FY22," it said. to levels similar to those dur- provide interim support, Fitch Dark edition in August 2019, and since then has received great per cent growth in its steel out- record first quarter production ond wave in the first quarter of Fitch believes that rapid vac- ing 2020, but disruption in sev- said the low vaccination rate response for the version, prompting it to add other models in the put to 2.01 million tonnes and second highest quarterly the financial year ending cination could support a sus- eral key business centres has makes India vulnerable to fur- range as well. "The dark range is not only about the colour theme, it (MT) in April-June quarter of production ever," the state- March 2022 (FY22). tainable revival in business slowed the recovery and dent- ther waves of the pandemic. adds various elements to enhance sportiness and premiumness of the ongoing fiscal. ment said. The company also "Fitch Ratings revised down and consumer confidence; ed Fitch's expectations of a "Only 4.7 per cent of its 1.37 the product. Almost 30-35 per cent of Harrier sales are now coming The company had produced said its production during the India's real GDP for FY22 by however, without it, econom- rebound to pre-pandemic lev- billion population was fully from the dark edition trims. "So, we have now decided to add the 1.67 MT of steel in same of quarter was slightly impact 280bp to 10 per cent, underlin- ic recovery would remain vul- els by FY22. India's economy vaccinated as of July 5, 2021... concept in Altroz, Nexon and Nexon EV," Tata Motors Passenger period of financial year 2020- due to conscious decision by ing our belief that renewed nerable to further waves and contracted 24.4 per cent in This poses risks to the Vehicles Business Unit (Head Marketing) Vivek Srivatsa said. 21, JSPL said in a statement. the company to divert oxygen restrictions have slowed recov- lockdowns. June quarter of 2020. prospects of a meaningful and During the quarter under towards saving precious ery efforts and left banks with It said localised lockdowns Fitch views India's rebound sustainable economic recov- review, its sales rose by 3 per human lives. a moderately worse outlook for during the second wave kept potential to be better than ery," it added. Mahindra restructures farm China fines Chinese nationals step down from equipment business in Turkey Sebi levies Rs 23L fine on 16 entities ahindra & Mahindra Ltd internet giants on Wednesday announced PNS n NEW DELHI leading advice, recommending Paytm board ahead of planned IPO Ma restructuring of its farm purchasing the company's tightens control PNS n NEW DELHI equipment business in Turkey Markets regulator Sebi has shares to induce unsuspecting PNS n BEIJING under which its arm, Erkunt imposed a total fine of nearly investors to buy the scrip and All Chinese nationals on the Traktor Sanayi A.S. (Erkunt) will Rs 23 lakh on 16 entities for thereafter offloading a large Companies including inter- board of digital payments firm acquire the agriculture violation of market norms number of shares in the sec- net giants Alibaba and Paytm have been replaced by machinery business from while dealing in the scrip of ondary market pursuant to Tencent were fined US and Indian citizens, while another subsidiary, Hisarlar Timbor Home Ltd. such misleading recommenda- Wednesday by anti-monop- there is no change in the Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Hisarlar). On the other The entities entered into tion. oly regulators in a new move existing shareholding, accord- hand, the company will exit from Hisarlar, with its wholly-owned off-market transactions with- The modus operandi to tighten control over their ing to a regulatory filing of the subsidiary, Mahindra Overseas Investment Co (Mauritius) Ltd out making the payment of included the off-market trans- fast-developing industries. company. (MOICML), together with Erkunt selling their entire stake of 94.3 considerations within the of Timbor Home between fer of shares of Timbor Home China's leaders worry Alipay representative Jing to be directors of the compa- per cent in Hisarlar for Turkish Lira 6.6 million (around Rs 5.6 timeline as stipulated under April 2014 - May 2015, 21 enti- by certain promoters of the about the dominance of its Xiandong, Ant Financial's ny, as per the regulatory doc- crore) to a group of Turkish individuals. "As part of the restructuring the Securities Contracts ties who were allegedly con- company to other connected biggest internet companies, Guoming Cheng, and Alibaba ument. of its subsidiaries in Turkey, Mahindra Group will exit Hisarlar's Regulation Act (SCRA). nected and had allegedly acted entities and in turn, the con- which are expanding into representatives Michael Yuen According to a source, metal fabrication business. While, Erkunt will acquire the In another investigation in concert as part of a scheme nected entities sold the shares finance, health services and Jen Yao (US citizen) and Ting Paytm now has no Chinese agricultural machinery business of Hisarlar, including select related conducted by Sebi in the scrip to plant unsolicited and mis- in the market. other sensitive areas. Hong Kenny Ho have ceased nationals on its board. assets, intellectual property (IP), and brand use rights." M&M said. Gold prices fall to Rs 46K/10 GNPAs of banks to improve in FY ’22 on higher recoveries gm, silver tumbles by Rs 762 PNS n MUMBAI ance sheets and performance of various regulatory and policy The credit provisions for old in the national capital financial institutions in India measures such as the morato- the banks moderated to 2.5 per on Wednesday dipped The banking system's gross has been much less than pro- rium on loan repayment, cent of advances in FY21 com- Gmarginally by Rs 29 to Rs non-performing assets are set jected earlier, but a clearer pic- standstill on asset classification pared to 3.7 per cent in FY20, 46,903 per 10 gram reflecting an to decline to at least 7.1 per cent ture will emerge as the effects and liquidity extended to bor- even as the core operating overnight fall in global precious by March 2022, as against 7.6 of regulatory reliefs fully work rowers under Emergency profits improved with the cost metal prices, according to HDFC per cent at FY21-end, a domes- their way through. Credit Line Guarantee Scheme curtailment measures. Securities. In the previous trade, tic rating agency said on The rating agency said the (ECLGS) had a positive impact “Within the sector, the turn- the precious metal had closed at Wednesday. fresh NPA generation declined on the reported asset quality of around was remarkable for Rs 46,932 per 10 grams. Silver The NPAs will go lower on to Rs 2.6 lakh crore or 2.7 per lenders. public sector banks, which also tumbled Rs 762 to Rs 68,560 per kilogram from Rs 69,322 per higher recoveries and cent of advances in FY21 com- “In the absence of standstill reported profits after five con- kilogram in the previous trade. In the international market, gold was upgrades, and also faster cred- pared to Rs 3.7 lakh crore or 4.2 on asset classification, we secutive years of losses and trading higher at USD 1,805 per ounce and silver was flat at USD it growth, Icra said, adding that per cent in FY20 and added expect the fresh NPAs genera- with NNPAs at lowest levels 26.33 per ounce. "Gold prices were supported by weaker dollar and the fresh accretion to the NPAs that the same will be higher in tion to be higher, however, we seen over last six years (3.1 per fall in US treasury yields," according to HDFC Securities, Senior will be higher in FY22 due to decline to 6.9-7.1 per cent and come at 7.6 per cent and esti- FY22. The headline asset qual- also expect the recoveries and cent as on March 31, 2021), Analyst (Commodities), Tapan Patel. Navneet Damani, VP – the absence of any regulatory 1.9-2.0 per cent respectively by mated it to rise to 9.8 per cent ity numbers of banks do not upgrades to improve in FY22,” Icra expects the public sector Commodities Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, "Gold dispensations like moratori- March 31, 2022,” it said. in FY22-end under its base- reflect the underlying stress on it said, adding that the first half banks (PSB) to remain prof- prices hover around three weeks high after breaching the USD ums. The Reserve Bank's financial case assumptions. the income and cash-flows of of the ongoing fiscal can see itable going forward,” its vice 1,800 level in the previous session, amidst volatility in the dollar as “….the GNPAs and NNPAs stability report had said the RBI Governor Shaktikanta the borrowers impacted higher accretions due to the president for financial sector market awaits the release of minutes from the US Federal Reserve's (net NPAs) are expected to GNPAs at March 2021 had Das had said the dent on bal- because of COVID-19 and second wave of the pandemic. ratings Anil Gupta said. June policy meeting." Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Thursday July 8, 2021 MAKING LEARNING FUN AND FUNCTIONAL “When a kid sent in a voice note asking if houseflies can walk Making ‘school- upside down, the episode that deals with this from-home' a question is pre- sented in a fun and holistic rather imagi- native way journey is the with quirky and buzzy mission of a synthesizer sounds rem- team from iniscent of the sounds Hyderabad that made by insects. All in all it makes for is ensuring a good listening and learning expe- children enjoy, rience,” informs Pranay Rajaputi, who cur- understand, and rently heads the department of music at O!wonder. His experi- retain what ence as a composer in the ad jingle industry really comes they're learning. through in these scores. Another section of stories They talk to from India’s varied heritage and culture comprises Hindi folk The Pioneer's tales and mythology. These sto- Inspiring YouNick ries are enriched by an amalga- RACHEL mation of orchestral music and Indian ethnic instruments. The DAMMALA end result is an experience that content all the way makes kids want to immerse themselves in stories. The scores ick aka gles Nick and his fam- the years. about this novel run the gamut from Latin BeYouNick, ily faced before he Creating YouNick American music to the string well known ever thought of start- content that has the initiative. instruments of ancient India for creating ing content creation. audience shook is and everything in between. n waves with Nick explains the Nick’s ultimate objec- ave you ever won- The listeners of O!wonder are his content simplicity behind his tive in his content cre- dered if fish sleep, or will be happy to feature their good pair of headphones, not just in India but across the across social media content creation jour- ation journey. why bees are impor- voicenote and answer their they’re bound to whet your world. It currently gets listeners platforms, released his ney by saying, Nick concludes tant, or why rain- question in a new episode! appetite. The music is rich, on Spotify and Apple music ‘Creator Spotlight’ “Moments like these saying, “I’ve come so h forests need to be There is no denying that diverse and apt. The music in from North America, Europe, video for YouTube make you feel so good far but it would not conserved? If you ‘school from home' has taken a the story on Amazon rainforest Asia and Africa. Originals where he about yourself like have been possible have, then O!wonder will be toll on kids today. The past aca- really transports you in your For adults or parents, this app shared a glimpse into you’ve achieved some- without my team. 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My the world of science, technolo- holistic growth and develop- endearing, nuanced and lively. age of mindless and vacuous video lays down Nick’s The idea of putting journey was never gy, engineering, mathematics, ment of a child has taken a Pranay Rajaputi The music is largely global and entertainment, this app is one of YouTube journey his humorous person- intentional but it hap- art and culture are transformed back. At a time like this, indi- has strong elements of world those rare finds on the Indian since 2014, from his ality out on the inter- pened to me. For me into insightful stories for kids. It viduals came to form O!wonder kids in this one-of-a-kind novel music,” shares one of the market. So if you’re a parent or first-ever video gain- net came into place it’s about acting, writ- is, in a way, a blend of learning that is definitely doing wonders. idea. “While these are audio founders. a ward and you’d like your child ing 3 million views to after Nick worked odd ing and producing a with fun, and education with The stories from O!wonder only stories, the scripts are elab- Doctor Hooper stories have a to be entertained not by inane, performing at the jobs to support his video and I’m in love entertainment. What’s more? If are not just any bog-standard orate without being turgid or strong tech and electronic vibe. but intelligent content, then it’s YouTube FanFest to family. His mom and with the process. A kids have a question on some- stories, they have enough appeal stodgy. 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The video and highlighting his I’m glad that I am one doctor Hooper from O!wonder entertainment so as to not bore anyone listening to them on a flies is a fine example of that. expand. also unfolds the strug- hard work throughout of them.” Exercise, food choices key to manage diabetes

almost every household and has slowly emerged as a pandemic. What are the early signs of diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic lifestyle metabolic disorder with multidimensional risk factors. Early detection of diabetes is essential for the early initiation of the treat- ment and prevention of How to manage blood complications. body organs. sugar levels? eating junk food. Include The early symptoms of The complications associ- green leafy vegetables and diabetes include: ated with diabetes develop We must understand that whole grains in your diet ¬ Frequent urination slowly, but they can be diabetes is not an end. instead. ¬ Increased thirst debilitating or sometimes Usually people get appre- Take small portions of ¬ Increased hunger life-threatening. hensive when they are diag- the meal in small intervals. ¬ Blurred vision Some of the common nosed with diabetes, but Avoid eating large servings ¬ Fatigue and tiredness. complications seen in most with proper care one can of food. ¬ Tingling and numb- patients include: easily manage diabetes. The Avoid smoking cigarettes ness in hands and feet ¬ Cardiovascular dis- important steps include: and consuming alcoholic ¬ Urinary tract infection ease, with increased risk of Exercise regularly. beverages. Take your medi- ¬ Genital infection cardiac stroke, heart failure. Exercise at least 30 minutes cines regularly as advised ¬ Restricted movement ¬ Paralysis leading to every day. Include cardio by your doctor. of the shoulder weakness in the upper, exercise like brisk walking Regularly monitor your ¬ Dark discoloration of lower limbs and face. and jogging in your daily blood glucose levels and skin in axilla, neck, and ¬ Nerve damage that can exercise regime. frequently get checked for elbow cause tingling or numbness Keep a check on your complications by consulting ¬ Unexplained weight and loss of sensation weight. Obesity increases your doctor. loss ¬Urinary tract infection, one’s chances of developing You can easily keep your ¬ Slow healing of Pyelonephritis, renal fail- complications associated blood sugar in control by wounds ure, chronic kidney disease with diabetes. And, it is making healthy food choic- ¬ Hazy appearance of ¬ Decreased vision, also challenging to manage es, scheduling daily physi- iabetes is a can lead to increased glu- checked regularly, especial- there has been a surge in urine blindness blood sugar levels in obese cal activities, and regularly chronic metabolic cose levels in the blood. ly if you are above 40 years. the number of people diag- What are the common ¬ Hearing loss people. Avoid sitting in one monitoring blood glucose disorder in which Uncontrolled blood glucose Also, do not worry if you nosed with diabetes. India complications associ- ¬ Foot infections, ulcers, place for long as sedentary levels. the body cannot levels can affect heart, kid- get diagnosed with diabetes now houses the second- ated with diabetes? amputation of toes lifestyle is one of the most ( The writer is Dr. d produce or ney, brain, eye, blood ves- because with proper care, highest number of people Depression important risk factor for Chintala Venkata Rakesh, ¬ respond to sels, nerves, and other body you can keep diabetes with diabetes in the world Uncontrolled blood sugar ¬ Loss of memory, development of diabetes. MD, DM, Endocrinologist at insulin. The inability of the organs. So it is necessary to under control. after China. Diabetes has levels cause damage to the ¬ Urinary problems, Avoid eating fried and Sanjeevani Hospital, body to respond to insulin get your blood glucose level For the past few years insidiously infiltrated blood vessels, nerves, and bowel disturbances processed food. Also, avoid Vijayawada.) 10

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Hyderabad Thursday July 8, 2021 tollywood T-TOWN SKN CLIMBING HIS MOURNS DILIP WAY TO SUCCESS

K RAMYA SREE “After entering the Telugu case if we have a difference cinema world, I worked as a in opinions, we always go for KUMAR'S PRO to Allu Arjun, a voting system, the majority reenivas popularly Ramcharan, Ravi Teja and gets the win. Since we have known as SKN other star actors and I turned been friends before we even was introduced to producer with Maruthi’s got into the industry we DEMISE S the Telugu cinema directorial venture Ee Rojullo never faced any major issues with Ee Rojullo and worked as a co-producer amongst ourselves, and we and made a mark for to films like Bhale Bhale are all performing under the himself as a successful Magadivoy, Mahanubavudu guidance of producer guru producer with Taxiwala. and more,” shares the young Allu Aravind garu.” On his birthday on producer. Sharing his bond with Wednesday, the pro- “I set a target to do at least director Maruthi Rao, ducer spoke at three projects in a year. Sreenivas says, “Maruthi and length about his Fortunately I have six pro- I were introduced to cinema ongoing and jects for this year in my hand with Ee Rojullo. If he had upcoming projects, due to Covid. This is keeping directed 9 films so far, I have life in the indus- me extremely busy and I been the co producer and try, and more. don’t know if I should be producer to six of his films. SKN worked happy that I have my hands He has always been a part of as a journalist full or fret about this busy me.” with TV9 schedule,” says the producer The producer is keeping and that’s who is currently working as a himself busy with both the- how he co-producer for Maruthi’s atrical films and OTT pro- was directorial Pakka Commercial jects. But does he find any intro- starring Gopichand and difference between the two duced Raashi Khanna, along with or that OTT will take over to the another film with the UV theatres? SKN explains, “Be it Telugu creations. OTT or ATT, nothing can cine- He also has two films with beat cinematic experience. ma. the Colour Photo director There are a few films that are whose details will be revealed meant to be watched in the- soon. atres, but because of Covid, Apart from this he also OTTs are thriving now, and has a few films in the due to a few financial crises, egendary actor Dilip Kumar passed pipeline with director many are opting for OTT away on Wednesday morning. He Rahul, VI Anand, Karun releases over theatres. I can was 98. Several actors from film Kumar and a few others surely say without theatres industries of south India took to with aha, Zee5. there is no stardom. L social media to pay tribute. The producer along with I feel we should first Megastar Chiranjeevi took to Maruthi Rao is also start- release films in theatres, fol- Twitter and wrote: “An Era comes to an END ing a banner called Mass lowed by OTT release.” in the Indian Film Industry. Deeply Saddened Movuew Makers to He further adds, “When by the passing of LEGEND #DilipKumar Saab. encourage newbies and theatres opened after lock- One of the GREATEST Actors India has ever provide content to web down, Telugu audiences produced, an Acting Institution & a National based platforms. returned to big screen like Treasure. Enthralled the world for several Not many know that earlier. Vakeel Saab’s opening decades. May his soul Rest in Peace.” SKN is good friends with results is a good example. Actor Prakash Raj, who has also worked in Maruthi Rao, Bunny Vasu, Krack, Jathi Ratnalu, Solo several Bollywood films, tweeted: “A legend… UV Vamsi before he Brathuke So Better films fared an Inspiration… thank you for living a won- entered the tinsel town. extremely well at the box derful life #DilipKumar ji… RIP.” Sharing about his friend- office. This shows the pas- Actor Venkatesh Daggubati tweeted: “Dilip ship, he says, “Bunny Vasu, sion of movie lovers in the Kumar Sir is no longer with us! He was and Vamsi and I have become Telugu states.” always will be a legend. His legacy will contin- producers with hit films. The producer wants the ue to live in our hearts! My heartfelt condo- We all work and think in government to recognise cin- lences to his family and friends #ripdilipku- sync. We never faced any ema as an art rather than just mar.” creative differences. In an industry. “Dililp Kumar saheb. A career that teaches many actors like me a standard and commit- ment to maintain in their performance. Truly one of the greatest actors of India leaves us today but leaves us with a treasure trove of his brilliance through his acting” tweeted Kamal SIDDHU Haasan. There is no industry Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty tweeted: “The legend bids Adieu. For JONNALAGADDA'S me it's a personal loss, we started our career from you at #FTII Thank you for all those without stress: Taapsee wonderful timeless performances. Rest In NEXT WITH Eternal Peace sir.” Actor Siddharth tweeted: “One of the great- ctress Taapsee the world to judge. So, it something in return of est actors the world has ever known has left SITHARA Pannu says becomes slightly more that unconditional love us. A giant tree has fallen. I pray for the soul there is no stressful, but everyone we get from the audience of legend #DilipKumar sahab. I also pray industry with- knows about it when they is a price we pay. That today’s generation learns about and celebrates PRODUCTION A out competi- get into it.” attracts stress and it’s a him. He is forever.” ithara production, which is not tion and stress She agrees it is a part part of every competitive Young Tiger Jr NTR also wrote, “Dilip only known for producing a today. and parcel of an actor’s industry,” the actress said. Kumar Saab’s contribution to the growth of series of movies but for its mak- Talking about life in life. “It’s not like some- “There is competition Indian cinema is priceless. Rest in Peace sir. ing of a diversified set of films, Bollywood being fast- body forced us into it. We in every industry. There You will be missed.” S launched the starting of its new paced and how it takes a were aware of the fact is no industry without Actress Hansika Motwani tweeted, “Waking movie (Production No. 9), star- toll on an actor, Taapsee that we will be in front of competition and stress up to such a sad news , Heartbreaking news to ring Siddhu Jonnalagadda. shares, “It is a very com- the camera and people today,” summed up begin the day, RIP #DilipKumar sahab ??End Star director Trivikram started the film petitive industry, just like would want to know Taapsee Pannu, whose of an era… Heartfelt condolences to the fami- with the clap at the puja. The head of the other industries. Just that more and more about us, latest film Haseen ly.” Actor Kichcha Sudeepa said, “The world ‘Harika and Hassine creations, our competition comes in so we were aware of that Dillruba released on hailed him as the greatest actor of all time,a S.Radhakrishna (Chinababu) handed the front of the camera for when we entered. So, Netflix recently. brilliant orator and an epitome of unaffected script to the film director. With Siddhu simplicity.He will remain an inspiration to Jonnalagadda playing the lead actor in the many generations of actors and an enigma to film, Tamil actor Arjun Das will play a sig- me.Legends live forever!! RIP DilipKumarJi.” nificant role. It is his first time in the “We lost a legend today.. Deepest condo- Telugu industry. This film is introducing lences to Sairabanu ji.???? May God give her Shourie Chandrasekhar T. Ramesh as the the strength to face this incredible loss. director. #RipDilipKumarSahab,” actress Raashi Khanna The movie is a love story set in a village said. background. The movie director has made Legendary actor Dilip Kumar had been it clear that the story will touch on various admitted to the PD Hinduja Hospital on June sensitive aspects of Love. 30 for a variety of age-related health issues. The movie, which began its puja ceremo- His funeral took place in Santacruz on ny at the office today, will start its regular Wednesday. shooting in August. The other characters in the film will be announced soon. “I never pick a character, I pick a narrative” fter the success of onist in Allu Arjun’s Pushpa. with solid presence of mind. I his Malayalam film He added: “Some sequences give it to my writer and direc- Joji, actor Fahadh have had an impact but no tors who walk me through the Faasil is ready to such incident worth sharing." part,” added Fahadh, who will A bring another Fahadh says the narrative again be directed by Mahesh intense story to the of a film, and not an individ- Narayanan in Malik after C U audience with Malik. But the ual character, matters to him. Soon. actor knows how to shake off “I never pick a character, I Talking about Malik, the intensity and grimness of pick a narrative. I never func- Fahadh says that the film has his characters, once pack-up tion looking at a character. I all elements to entertain. happens. need to be excited by the nar- “The film talks about the “Rarely I think about work rative. 30 years of stories of the com- at home. On days when I It doesn’t matter how big or munity. It’s a packed narrative think of work at home, such long or what the character is. for entertainment. There is characters keep you awake For me, the connect I strike is politics, there is love, there is and thinking all the time. It narration of the story to the revenge and everything. We shouldn’t happen because an audience, and how my char- have not made any one thing actor should be just responsi- acter is pitched to the audi- loud. There is a bit of every- ble about performing in front ence,” said the actor. thing,” he says about his of the camera and not behind “If you look at my films, upcoming film, which will the camera,” Fahadh says who mostly all of them are author- stream on Amazon Prime will be seeing a strong antag- backed. I just need to be there Video on July 15. HYDERABAD | THURSDAY | JULY 8, 2021

first half was drama in front of goal, although Italy’s Donnarumma made shortpasses Italy beat Spain one crucial save to deny Dani Olmo in the 25th minute. VIRUS EMERGENCY IN TOKYO Spain had enjoyed the better of TOKYO: The Japanese Government plans to on penalties the game but Italy went ahead on the impose a virus state of emergency in Tokyo hour thanks to a goal of the highest during the Olympics, meaning spectators to reach Euro quality. A move that started with could be barred from venues. Donnarumma’s throw out saw Insigne play Immobile in behind. TORCH RELAY SCRAPPED 2020 final Immobile was thwarted by TOKYO: The Olympic torch relay has been Aymeric Laporte’s tackle but the ball scrapped on Tokyo's public roads and it fell to Chiesa and he picked his spot will be replaced by private flame-lighting in the far corner of Unai Simon’s goal ceremonies, officials said on Wednesday. on his right foot. Spain reacted by sending on JESUS OUT OF FINAL Morata and Gerard Moreno, and just RIO DE JANERIO: Brazil striker Gabriel as Italy looked to be seeing out the Jesus is out of the Copa America final victory, Morata was the man who got because of a red card he received during the leveller. his team's 1-0 quarterfinal win over Chile. After collecting the ball midway inside the opposition half, Morata SHAFALI, SNEH NOMINATED played a one-two with Olmo as he NEW DELHI: India's teen batting sensation cut through the defence and slotted Shafali Verma and all-rounder Sneh Rana in. It was a deserved equaliser, and were nominated for for ICC women's AFP n LONDON Spain had a spring in their step going ‘Player of the Month' award for June. into extra time, but they could not taly beat Spain 4-2 on penalties take that into the decisive shoot-out. NEUER TO REMAIN CAPTAIN after a 1-1 draw in a magnificent MUNICH: Bayern Munich's new head coach IEuro 2021 semi-final at Wembley ‘OUTPLAYED ITALY’ Julian Nagelsmann has confirmed Manuel on Tuesday, as Jorginho converted Spain captain Sergio Busquets Neuer will remain the club's captain next the decisive kick to take the Azzurri said the team will return stronger season and backed embattled winger Leroy through to the final of a tournament after gaining vital experience dur- Sane to prove his critics wrong. AP in which they have been the out- Italy players celebrate after winning the Euro 2020 championship semifinal match against Spain at Wembley stadium in London on Tuesday ing their run to the Euro 2020 semi- standing side. bench to equalise with 10 minutes of first kick in the shoot-out. tie. these powerhouses had met. finals. HOCKEY LEGEND KESHAV DIES They were not always on top in normal time left. The Italians celebrated at the end “I have to thank the players Spain won the first two of those “It’s a shame, we would’ve have KOLKATA: Two-time Olympic Gold medal- this game though, with Spain the bet- No further scoring in extra time with a large contingent of their UK- because they believed right from day meetings, but the last two have now liked for our tournament not to end winning hockey legend Keshav Datt died on ter side for long spells of an epic con- meant penalties again for Spain, who based supporters, and a team that has one that we could do something gone to Italy. today but that’s football,” Busquets Wednesday due to age-related ailments. test before Federico Chiesa, the had beaten Switzerland in a shoot- been rejuvenated under Roberto incredible,” said Mancini. “We haven’t “It is not a sad night for me by told Radio Marca. Juventus forward, gave Italy the lead out in the quarter-finals. Mancini continues to dream of win- yet done everything we need to any means,” said Spain coach Luis “The team was very good, we KOHLI RETAINS 5TH SPOT with a fabulous finish an hour into They had also beaten Italy on ning a first European Championship though, there is still one step to go.” Enrique. “We can go home knowing were the better team for almost the DUBAI: Indian skipper Virat Kohli retained a match watched by a crowd of penalties at Euro 2008, but this time title since 1968. It is nine years since Spain we competed and were among the whole match. We can be proud, I his fifth position while KL Rahul gained one almost 58,000. misses from Dani Olmo and then Now unbeaten in 33 games, they mauled Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 best teams.” feel pride for my teammates. spot to be in sixth place in the latest ICC The much-maligned Alvaro Morata saw Spain give up the advan- go through to Sunday’s final to face final in Kiev to win a third consec- Everyone was making Italy T20I rankings. In the ODI rankings, Kohli Morata, who was dropped from the tage they had been handed when either England or Denmark, who utive major tournament, and this was HERO & VILLAIN favourites, but we showed we’re and vice-captain Rohit Sharma remained in starting line-up here, came off the Manuel Locatelli failed with the meet in Wednesday’s second last-four the fourth consecutive Euro in which What the game lacked in the better.” the top five. Agencies SL cricketers sign tour contracts NZ to stage nation-wide Mace Colombo: Senior batsman announce that 29 from National Duties, owing considering retirement. He is Angelo Mathews on Wednesday players, out of the 30 to personal reasons, until expected to make a formal tour to celebrate WTC victory pulled out of the upcoming members nominat- further notice.” announcement of his intentions Auckland: The victorious Black Palmerston North, Wellington, limited-overs series against India ed by the Cricket Sources, however, said in a few days. Caps squad will carry its ICC Christchurch, Dunedin and citing personal reasons as Sri Selectors to be con- that Mathews, the seniormost What the SLC did on World Test Championship Mace Invercargill throughout the week Lanka Cricket announced that sidered for the among the current crop of Wednesday was to offer con- on a week-long, nationwide so that members of the public 29 of the 30 players short-listed White-Ball Series players, and Test captain tracts on the basis of each tour, tour of the country, starting July have an opportunity to be pho- for the assignment have signed against India, Dimuth Karunaratne a source said. 26, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) tographed with the unique tro- their contracts. have signed the were excluded from the “There will be no annual said on Wednesday. phy and collect autographs and The 34-year-old Mathews Tour Contract,” contracts that were contracts as the immediate need Kane Williamson and com- a team poster. was not a part of the squad that said the SLC in a offered on Wednesday was to sign players for the series pany won the inaugural WTC The nationwide tour will toured England recently and last statement. morning. against India,” he said. The final, beating India by eight involve selected players and played the Test series against “A n g e l o An unhappy source said that all players who wickets in Southampton in a support staff assembling at each Bangladesh in April. The India Mathews, who was Mathews has had previously refused to sign thrilling contest last month. of the cities on the route. series comprising three ODIs included in the respec- reportedly writ- contracts did sign them on The tour is set to start in The Black Caps squad and and as many T20s begins here tive 30-member squad, ten to the SLC Wednesday after they were given Whangarei on July 26 and will support staff are currently in on July 13. requested Sri Lanka administration a July 8 deadline. PTI cover Auckland, Tauranga, managed isolation and will be “Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to Cricket to relieve him stating that he is Hamilton, New Plymouth, released on Saturday. PTI Keeper Martinez takes Ashwin could play county game Pak ‘never thought’ of calling off Stokes wants Argentina in Copa final for Surrey before England Tests Eng tour after virus crisis: Babar Poms to enjoy Cardiff: Pakistan captain Babar AFP n LONDON AFP n PTI n Eng vs Pak (1st ODI) BRASILIA national team, having previ- LONDON Ashwin, who is on a break Azam on Wednesday said his Live from 5:30 pm IST ously lost in three Copa finals in the UK like the rest of his side had given no thought to tand-in captain Ben Stokes oalkeeper Emiliano and the 2014 World Cup final. remier India spinner R India teammates after the calling off their tour of England SONY SIX NETWORK Shas urged England’s new GMartinez was the hero as For once he wasn’t his coun- PAshwin could play a First- World Test Championship despite the coronavirus crisis care of the safety and health of one-day squad to “enjoy” their Argentina defeated Colombia on try’s main hero, although he did Class game for Surrey as early final, has played for that has forced the hosts into all the squad members. unexpected chance against penalties to set up a dream Copa create the opening goal for as July 11 ahead of next month’s Nottinghamshire and selecting a new squad for the England may be the 50-over Pakistan and play with “a America final against Brazil on Lautaro Martinez on seven min- Test series against Worcestershire in the past. upcoming ODI series. world champions, but Pakistan smile on our face”. Tuesday. Argentina stopper utes, before Luis Diaz equalized England if he is If he is able to get the visa England named an entirely will be up against an unfamiliar Stokes had originally been Martinez saved three penalties just after the hour mark. able to get his for Surrey’s game against revamped 18-man party on side in the series opener at left out by England original in the shoot-out after a bruising In the shoot-out, goalkeep- work visa in Somerset at The Oval, Ashwin Tuesday, with the returning Ben Sophia Gardens. “We know squad to continue his recov- 1-1 draw in Brasilia. er Martinez three times dived to time. will get valuable match prac- Stokes as captain instead of most of them but there were a ery from a finger injury suf- Hosts Brazil beat Peru 1-0 in his left to save penalties from tice before the five-Test series Eoin Morgan, after three of couple of new faces in the fered while playing in the Monday’s first semi-final mean- center-backs Davinson Sanchez against India starting August 4. their players and four support squad,” Azam said. Indian Premier League. ing their star forward Neymar and Yerry Mina, as well as mid- The Oval will host staff, tested positive for Covid- “We sat together with the But the star all-rounder will line up against Lionel Messi’s fielder Edwin Cardona. the fourth game of the 19 on Monday. Thursday, if Pakistan had analyst and worked on them, we was parachuted in as captain Argentina on Saturday. And although Rodrigo India-England series. Meanwhile, the rest of the thought of abandoning a tour have seen footage of their coun- in place of fellow World Cup- Two years ago a Brazil team De Paul skied his penalty A report in England party involved in the 2- that also includes three T20Is, ty matches and we can’t take any winner and regular white- missing the injured Neymar for Argentina, Messi — ESPNcricinfo claimed 0 ODI series win over Sri Lanka said: “No, we didn’t think about player playing for them lightly. ball skipper Eoin Morgan of knocked out Argentina in the who finished with blood that “both parties were forced to self-isolate. it, it didn’t come into our minds “I know a few of them hav- the England squad featuring semi-finals before winning their seeping visibly from his (Ashwin and Surrey) That meant they were ruled at any time. ing played in the (English coun- nine uncapped players and ninth Copa title on home soil. left ankle — was amongst are confident it will be out of the three ODIs against “The PCB (Pakistan Cricket ty) T20 Blast and those we don’t several surprise recalls. For Messi, 34, time is run- the scorers to give them a 3-2 done in time for the Pakistan as well. Board) and ECB (England and know we have researched their One consolation is that all ning out to win a first major victory on spot-kicks. match starting July 11”. Azam, asked ahead of the Wales Cricket Board) have performances. We are expecting of England’s new group of international title with his first ODI in Cardiff on assured us that they will take good cricket tomorrow.” AFP players and staff, including head coach Chris Silverwood, who was meant to be taking a break during the Sri Lanka and Pakistan ODIS, have test- Liton, Mahmudullah ed negative for Covid-19. Djoker into 10th Wimbledon semi-final “Situations like these are so rare and such a fluster, I AFP n LONDON Women’s semi-final the ninth game which was rescue Bangladesh would say you have got a Live from 6:00 pm IST enough for a two sets lead. chance to represent your orld number one and Djokovic had spent three AFP n HARARE country so let’s do it with a Wfive-time champion STAR SPORTS SELECT 1 & 2 hours fewer than the muscular smile on our face and just Novak Djokovic reached his heart, body and soul and have Fucsovics in getting to the last- angladesh recovered from enjoy it as much as we can as 10th Wimbledon semi-final on been devoted to it since I was eight and his freshness showed Btwo difficult situations to a group,” Stokes told a confer- Wednesday with a straight-sets four,” he added. when he crucially broke in the finish the first day of the one- ence call on Wednesday. win over Marton Fucsovics of “Sometimes things do look first game of the third set and off Test on 294 for 8 in Harare. Stokes admitted he was Hungary. surreal for me but I try to live then fought off two break points Zimbabwe, who dominated the stunned by the timing of his Djokovic, chasing a record- in the moment and take in the sixth. first two sessions by reducing England return, given team equalling 20th Grand Slam every opportunity I the visitors to 132 for 6, conced- management had indicated title, won 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and will have on the court. DENIS IN LAST 4 ed the early advantage by they wanted him to continue now face Denis Shapovalov of “Going for histo- Canada’s Denis thrusting a slow period upon working his way back with Canada for a place in Sunday’s ry is a huge inspira- Shapovalov reached them in the post-tea Durham. final. tion for me, let’s his first Wimbledon session. They took two Zimbabwe vs B’desh “It was the last call I was It was 34-year-old keep it going.” semi-final by beating late wickets, notably Live from 1:00 pm IST expecting, late in the evening,” Djokovic’s 100th career grass Djokovic raced Karen Khachanov 6- removing Liton Das on FANCODE APP he said. Spoons (Chris court win as he made the last- into a 5-0 lead in the 4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in 95, but couldn’t quite Silverwood) straight up asked four of a major for the 41st time. first set on Wednesday an engrossing tussle that put the finishing touches as the Bangladesh batsman Mehidy Hasan me the question ‘Can you “It was a solid performance, before 29-year-old Fucsovics lasted 3hrs 26 mins. day’s play was called off after 83 Miraz, left, comforts fellow batsman come and do it?’. I started extremely well and got on the board. The 22-year-old, who is overs amid fading light after. Litton Das after he came out for 95 AP “After the call happened didn't do many things wrong in The world number 48, bid- also into his first Grand Slam After Blessing Muzarabani seventh wicket. my wife sent me a screenshot the first five games,” said ding to become the first semi-final, is the first Canadian and Victor Nyauchi put them in Das would rue playing one of an article saying ‘England Djokovic. Hungarian man since 1948 to man to reach the last four at trouble, the visitors were too many pull shots against aren’t going to rush Ben “One break of serve in the make the semi-finals at Wimbledon since Milos Raonic brought back to life with a 138- Donald Tiripano shortly before Stokes back’. It’s one of these second and third set was Wimbledon, saved five set in 2016. run seventh wicket partnership the second new ball was avail- situations that’s an example of enough to clinch the victory. Novak Djokovic leaves the court after defeating Marton Fucsovics AP points. Shapovalov could be joined between Das and able. He was caught at the ‘if you don’t laugh you’ll cry’. But credit to Marton for fight- majors more than once with his 1969, and only the third in his- However, the rearguard in the semis by a second Mahmudullah. Against fine-leg boundary after crossing “But it was like when I ing and hanging in there, he second French Open victory tory, to complete a calendar action was too late to prevent Canadian as Felix Auger- Zimbabwe it was Bangladesh’s his previous Test best score of came back for Durham a bit had a great tournament.” last month. Grand Slam of all four majors. the champion edging ahead. Aliassime plays Matteo first century stand — and the 94. Tiripano trapped Mehidy earlier, my job needed me to Djokovic became only the Now he is halfway to “I’m aware of certain stats, The top seed broke for the Berrettini in the match follow- highest by any pair at the Hasan Miraz lbw off the next do something, so I had to third man to capture all four becoming the first man since I love this sport with all my only time in the second set in ing his on Court One. Harare Sports Club — for the ball. stand up and do that.”