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TAKES SHORT Self-reliant Bihar is the goal for 46.29 pc polling till 3 pm in fi rst POLLING AGENT DIES next phase of development: PM OF HEART ATTACK IN Darbhanga, Oct 28 (UNI) roadmap and alleged that phase of Bihar Assembly Elections Lambasting the opposi- the opposition harmed Bihar BIHAR’S NAWADA tion for swindling funds of by indulging into class and Patna, Oct 28 (UNI) Alto- ing to information made Patna, Oct 28 (UNI) A poll- development projects and society division and life had gether 46.29 per cent elector- available by offi ce of Chief ing agent died due to heart appropriate commission become miserable due to ate exercised their franchise Electoral Offi cer, highest attack in Nawada district from them, Prime Minister deplorable condition of law till 3 pm on Wednesday as polling of 56.95 per cent was on Wednesday during the Narendra Modi today cau- and order during their rule. polling ended in the Naxal- recorded in Chakai constitu- fi rst phase of Bihar Assem- tioned the people of Bihar Mr Modi alleged that the hit 30 Assembly constituen- ency while minimum polling bly elections, offi cials said. from such parties and ex- opposition was inclined to cies between 3 pm and 4 pm, of 38.5 per cent was recorded Krishna Kumar Singh was horted them to exercise their again landing in the list of illegal money making so while polling continued in in Sandesh constituency.In deployed at booth number franchise carefully for accel- most backward states. much so that it siphoned off 41 of total 71 seats during Ramgarh constituency, 56.3 258 at Fulma village in Hisua erating the pace of develop- While addressing a rally the funds allotted for farm- fi rst phase of Bihar Assembly per cent electorate exercised Assembly constituency when ment for a Self Reliant Bihar, here, the PM said that a self- ers’ loan waiver. The oppo- Elections. Voting picked up their franchise. In Tekari con- he complained of chest pain, a prime mission of National reliant Bihar is the prime sition fi lled its coffers with after noon as more people ing came to an end at 3 pm pm due to security reasons sistency, Congress candidate eyewitness said. He was Democratic Alliance ( NDA) goal of NDA in the next crores of rupees by selling came out of their homes to in some seats while in some as these constituencies are Suman Kumar was attacked but rushed to Sadar Hospital at and to save the state from phase of developmental jobs for money. exercise their franchise.Poll- other seats, it ended at 4 Naxalite-affected. Accord- he escaped unhurt. Nawada where doctors de- clared him dead on arrival. The eyewitnesses claimed Be wary of Chinese intent and actions, India records , PM’s effi gies burnt on Dussehra, that there was no medical staff deployed at the poll- Rajnath tells army commanders not of ‘Ravan’: Rahul ing booth to help in emer- fresh COVID cases gency situations. The ffi rst New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) De- ing about empowering the New Delhi, Oct 28 Bettiah (Bihar), phase of polling for 71 seats fence Minister Rajnath Singh force, Singh tweeted, “We (UNI) India recorded Oct 28 (UNI) Former is currently underway in 16 on Wednesday cautioned will leave no stone unturned 43,893 fresh cases of Congress President districts, in which 1,066 can- Army commanders to be to strengthen the arms of our COVID-19 during the Rahul Gandhi said on didates of different political wary of Chinese actions at Armed forces.” He expressed past 24 hours, pushing Wednesday that effi - parties are in fray. disputed borders and their his confi dence in the force the total case count so gies of Prime Minister intent during military talks. and said that he is extreme- far to 79,90,322, Health ed in the past 24 hours, Narendra Modi were The minister said this ly proud of the initiatives Ministry’s update said pushing the recoveries burnt in Punjab on MAJOR CRISIS while addressing the ‘Army undertaken by the Indian here on Wednesday. to 72,59,509 till date, Dussehra, and not Commanders Conference,’ Army in the current security Country’s COVID fa- with the discharged per- that of ‘Ravan’. He AVERTED IN BIHAR an apex biannual event that environment. “The Indian tality toll also reached centage now standing at said that burning the AS 2 IEDS DEFUSED formulates important policy Army has been successful 1,20,010 on Wednes- 90.85 per cent across the effi gy of the Prime the same. He said that are usually burnt on decisions through colle- in addressing several chal- day after 508 more lives nation. According to the Minister was sad, but in demonetisation, Dussehra, but this Aurangabad, Oct 28 (UNI) giate deliberations. Border the meantime, Singh said on lenges to the security and were lost to the highly Indian Council of Medi- the youth are angry Modi took money time in Punjab the As the fi rst phase of polling tensions with China at the social media: “Addressed the sovereignty of this country contagious virus since cal Research, there were with him. out of your pocket effi gies of the Prime got underway on Wednes- Line of Actual Control are Army Commanders’ Con- since Independence,” Singh Tuesday. There is a drop 10,66,786 tests conduct- Addressing an and gave it to fi ve Minister and industri- day in Bihar, two IEDs the main focus of delibera- ference in New Delhi today. said. “Be it the problem of in the number of active ed on Tuesday , while a election meeting in big industrialists of alists were burnt. He (cane bombs) were re- tions in this year’s four-day I’m extremely proud of the terrorism, insurgency or any cases in the country by total of 10,54,87,680 Co- Valmikinagar, Rahul the country and dur- said, “It is sad, but it covered from the Maoist- conference. Sources privy to initiatives undertaken by the external attack, the Army 15,054 in the same dura- vid tests have been con- praised Rashtriya ing the lockdown the is happening because infested Aurangabad dis- the minister’s address said Indian Army in the current has played a signifi cant tion. Currently, the pen- ducted till date across Janata Dal leader Te- business of small and the farmer is upset, trict’s Dhibra area, police Singh pointed out that talks security environment.” role in neutralising those insular houses 6,10,803 the country. The United jashwi Yadav, while medium scale busi- the youth is angry.”He said. Both were defused should be held honestly and He also said that the Min- threats,” added the minister. such cases, that account States of America is the targeting Prime Min- nessmen came to a blamed Nitish Kumar and a calamity averted. in an atmosphere of trust istry of Defence is commit- On Tuesday, during the two to 7.64 per cent of the nation with the maxi- ister Narendra Modi halt while the debts of and the Prime Minis- The IED placed under a to reach a solution. The de- ted to facilitate the Army plus two Indo-US ministerial total case count till date. mum number of COVID and Bihar Chief Min- the industrialists were ter for unemployment culvert were recovered on fence minister also hinted in their forward movement dialogue, Singh had said that Talking of recoveries, cases followed by India ister Nitish Kumar. waived. Raising the is- in Bihar and in the time by the police, Dhibra that there has been a trust on the road to reforms and India was challenged by Chi- there were 58,439 cured/ on the second spot and Rahul said that the sue of the new agricul- country, saying that police station in-charge defi cit since Chinese intent help them in achieving ad- nese “reckless aggression” discharged cases record- Brazil on third. goal of lockdown and tural laws, Rahul said people of Bihar get Pramod Kumar said. Ku- has been questionable. In vant ages in all areas. Talk- on northern borders. demonetisation was that effi gies of ‘Ravan’ jobs in Delhi. mar said prima facie it could be the Maoists who NIA carries out searches at 11 may have planned to ex- Prez orders suspension of DU VC, inquiry in Revolt in Behenji's camp, ecute a big incident. A locations in J&K, Bengaluru probe is underway. Ear- BSP MLAs join SP lier on Tuesday, two IEDs charges of misconduct, dereliction of duty New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) placed by the Maoists were New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) Lucknow, Oct 28 (UNI) In The National Investigation also recovered in Imam- President Ram Nath Kovind an unprecedented devel- Agency (NIA) on Wednesday ganj area of Gaya district on Wednesday suspended opment, fi ve legislators of carried out searches at 11 lo- that were defused later by Delhi University Vice Chan- Bahujan Samaj Party have cations in Jammu & Kashmir the Central Reserve Police cellor Yogesh Tyagi, while withdrawn their support and Karnataka, including the Force (CRPF). Thereafter, ordering enquiry into the to the BSP's offi cial can- residence of activist Khurram at the residential and of- an alert was sounded in charges of ‘misconduct’ didate, Ramji Gautam, for Parvez, in connection with its fi ce premises of Khurram all Maoist-affected areas. and ‘dereliction of duty’ the Rajya Sabha biennial probe into a case pertaining Parvez, who is co-ordinator Voting is going on in 71 against the Vice Chancellor. elections. to so-called NGOs and trusts of J&K Coalition of Civil So- constituencies in Bihar on An order in this regard was The fi ve legislators to meet Samajwadi Party raising funds in India and ciety, his associates Parvez Wednesday. issued by the President on informed the returning president Akhilesh Yadav. abroad in the name of chari- Ahmad Bukhari, Parvez Ah- Tuesday night. offi cers that their signa- This is the fi rst time that table activities and then using mad Matta and Bengaluru- 2 TERRORISTS ‘The President of India, in tures as proposers for the BSP has faced such a those funds for carrying out based associate Swati She- his capacity as the Visitor of Gautam were forged. Im- major setback, and that secessionist and separatist ac- shadri, Parveena Ahanger, KILLED IN BUDGAM the University, on consider- ment from the Education Professor PC Joshi will take mediately after informing too, from her 2019 ally, tivities in J&K. An NIA spokes- chairperson of Association ENCOUNTER ation of facts and material ministry said. In a letter to over as Vice Chancellor for the returning offi cer, the the Samajwadi Party. The person here said that the anti- of Parents of Disappeared available on record, has or- the University Registrar, the now. The Education minis- fi ve legislators -- Aslam dramatic development terror probe agency carried Persons (APDPK) and offi c- Srinagar, Oct 28 (UNI) Two dered to conduct an inquiry Education ministry said that try had asked the President Chaudhary, Aslam Raini, that rocked political equa- out searches at 10 locations in es of NGO Athrout and GK terrorists have been killed into the allegations of der- the VC has been suspended to allow an inquiry against Muztaba Siddiqui, Hakam tions on Wednesday is Srinagar and Bandipora in J&K Trust.During searches NIA in an ongoing encounter eliction of duties and lack of till the inquiry is completed, Yogesh Tyagi, after a dispute Lal Bind and Govind Jatav bound to cast its shadow and one location in Bengaluru. seized several incriminat- that started between ter- commitment and devotion since he can influence the over appointments to the -- went straight to the on the 2022 Uttar Pradesh The offi cial said that ing documents and elec- rorists and security forces to duty against him,” a state- investigation while in office. University last week. Samajwadi Party offi ce Assembly elections. searches were carried out tronic devices. at Mochua area in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, offi cials said. The fi refi ght Grand Alliance seeks Nitish’s dismissal over Munger incident between terrorists and security forces started on Patna, Oct 28 (UNI) Even as was going on. conference of the opposition’s District Magistrate and the Su- Devotees of Maa Durga were ister Narendra Modi sack the Tuesday evening and took the voting for the first phase of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) grand alliance, saying that the perintendent of Police should thrashed and fired upon. Modi government of Bihar. He said, place after security forces the Bihar Assembly polls was leader Tejashwi Yadav com- police thrashed people delib- be removed and a high-level and Nitish’s police thrashed “The Prime Minister is com- cordoned off the area and underway on Wednesday, the pared the police action in erately on Monday. “What is inquiry should be ordered un- the devotees. Young Anurag ing to Bihar today. He should launched a search opera- Mahagathbandhan (Grand Al- Munger with the Jallianwala the Chief Minister and Deputy der the supervision of a High was shot in the head. I ask if announce the dismissal of the tion on the basis of a spe- liance) sought the dismissal of Bagh incident, while the Con- Chief Minister doing about Court Judge. Congress spokes- there can be more suffering Bihar government today. If it cifi c information about the Nitish Kumar government gress demanded the dismissal this incident,” he said. “Who person Randeep Singh Surjew- than this. There is a shame- does not happen, then it will presence of terrorists. over the death of a youth dur- of the Bihar government. gave permission to the police ala condemned the incident less and ruthless government be clear that faith and culture ing a violent clash in Munger Tejashwi Yadav condemned officer to act like General Dyer and said, “The Chief Minister in Bihar today.” Surjewala is just a formula for the BJP to while immersion of Durga idol the incident in a joint press in Munger.” Tejashwi said the of the state is Nitish Kumar. demanded that Prime Min- get to the chair.” EDIT 2 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 29 THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 29 THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 2020 Govt must support No more big bucks from corporates India’s manufacturing sector The last 20 years or so brought about a complete change Though India has emerged may be hiked regularly by cent each to the country’s in the way the fi lm industry works. The corporate houses as the fastest-growing ma- states to earn more rev- GDP with the electronics invaded the fi lm industry. Some thought it would be jor economy over the past enues, driving up the costs industry employing close for the better of the industry, while the others were few years, its growth has of automobiles. The need to 13 million people, di- sceptical. Those who were happy were the ones who primarily been driven by for more global players to rectly and indirectly, and had made some reputation in the media, if not really, its services sector which invest in India The over- the steel industry having because of the work they did. And the corporate houses contributes close to 55 per arching element that could a large employment mul- wanting to make inroads into the fi lm business knew cent to the country’s GDP propel the growth of the tiplier effect of 6.8x. All of only such media made celebrities. They would be used compared to the manufac- sectors would be greater the above-mentioned sec- as the stepping stones for these prospect hunters. The turing sector whose share investments by foreign tors also hold immense ex- fi lm industry had always depended on outside source in the GDP has stagnated players. Foreign automo- port potential. Some of the for money. Initially, there was a breed called the fi lm at around 16 per cent. bile companies have con- common challenges faced fi nancers and this included some of the biggest names The government has also tributed immensely to the by these industries include with high reputation. But, there was a second rung that shared its intention of development of the indus- the lack of investment in drove a tough bargain -- 3 to 3.5 per cent pm interest turning India into a manu- try ecosystem leading R&D R&D, high taxation, and deducted at source, renewable every quarter! In such an facturing powerhouse and activities, exports, and new low innovations leading event, a producer was always keen that he released his raising the share of manu- product introductions, and to Indian products being fi lm in time before the interest for the next quarter was facturing in India’s Gross so and while manufactur- future. The Automobile In- the automotive industry introducing latest tech- incompetent in the global due. Even with this kind of dear money situation, the Domestic Product (GDP) ing forms an integral part dustry in India contributes in the US and India would nologies into the sector scenario and the Indian makers survived and the industry still managed to put to 20 per cent by 2025. of the industrial sector, its 7.1 per cent to the coun- differ signifi cantly, the In- through technology trans- market being fl ooded with out as many as 150 fi lms a year. The fi lmmakers stuck Traditionally, manu- sectoral growth has ranged try’s GDP and around 49 dian automotive industry fer. Hyundai Motors has imports. The sectors also to their work, the stars did their bit keeping their lives facturing has been given around 7 per cent. The Co- per cent to India’s manu- too has a large multiplier led in the exports of pas- require more comprehen- guarded and private and happy with their fi lm career. higher importance when vid-19 pandemic presents facturing GDP as of 2019. effect as massive amounts senger vehicles exporting sive and sector-specifi c The stars always enjoyed a great fan following among the compared to the Services a unique opportunity for It became the fi fth-largest of raw materials such as 1.45 lakh units during the policies in line with Atma movie buffs. Those were the days then watching a movie and Agriculture sectors India to present itself as auto market in 2019 with steel, aluminium, plastics, period of April-December Nirbhar Bharat with a was a bigger priority than watching a cricket match. But as a large manufacturing an attractive destination sales reaching 3.81 million and other minerals and 2019 and Toyota plans on push towards exports. actors found a rather odd kind of fans. There were people base generates large scale for manufacturing as more units. The automobile in- resources are used in the investing close to Rs 2000 The government has in- who did not want to chase stars, rather have the stars at employment opportuni- and more companies look dustry is one of the largest production of a car. crore for the development troduced measures like the their beck and call! These new fans were the underworld, ties and helps distribute to diversify their supply employment providers in Despite its huge growth of electric components production linked incen- smugglers, builders, politic , the lot. They catered to wealth among the work- chains away from China. the country and employs in the country, the auto- and technology. Daimler tive (PLI) scheme which the stars’ greed. Come to Dubai, entertain the people force in a better and more For India to become a close to 29 million people motive sector does face has invested heavily in gives incentives of 4-6 per that be, take back a colour TV and a couple of lakh as equitable manner. Many manufacturing power- across the country. some challenges which R&D and has achieved 90 cent to electronics compa- gift. Attend a bigshot’s wedding and earn appearance of India’s Asian peers with house, it needs to concen- The automotive sector contributed to the slow- per cent localization of the nies for electronics manu- fee! The fi lmmaking worked a lot on cash transactions, a higher contribution of trate on sectors that have has a large economic mul- down in the sector. products it manufactures facturing, a nearly Rs 1 and nobody cared where the money came from -- the manufacturing to GDP contributed greatly to the tiplier impact and is one of Affordability has be- in India under the Indian lakh crore fund to encour- underworld or the corrupt politic . From any source have been able to address success of manufactur- the most critical sectors of come one of the main brand Bharat Benz. age companies to manu- which made illegal money but had little use or knowledge the issue of poverty and ing in India and still hold the economy. In the Unit- hindrances to the growth The success of these for- facture pharmaceutical as to where it could be used. But in return, this new lot unemployment better immense growth poten- ed States, the auto industry of the automobile sec- eign companies also helps ingredients domestically of fi nancers turned stars and celebrities into their court than India. These include tial. These sectors include boasts one of the highest tor in India. Prices have in building a favourable by 2023, initiated reforms jesters. Business was done on the terms dictated by the Indonesia where manu- Chemicals, Pharmaceu- “employment multipli- increased due to several reputation of the country in the chemical industry underworld. They had taken fancy to overseas fi lm rights facturing has a 20 per cent ticals, Electronics manu- ers” of any industry in the factors like the shift to the as an attractive invest- to become self-reliant, and and the newly-arrived video rights. For a fi lmmaker, share of GDP, Malaysia facturing, Steel, and espe- US which means it helps stricter Bharat Stage-VI ment destination and encouraged and incentiv- overseas rights equalled one major fi lm circuit like the with 22 per cent, Thailand cially Automobile which create jobs beyond the emission norms as well resonates with the gov- ized the adoption of digital Bombay circuit and that usually was his margin. Calls with 27 per cent, and Chi- has served as a shining realm of manufacturing. as new safety regulations. ernment’s call of ‘making tools for improving effi - from Dubai dictated terms, otherwise a sharpshooter na with 29 per cent. example of success in In- In the US, the multiplier Automobiles in India are in India for the world’. In ciency in the steel sector. was always around to take a shot at a producer or a star. Though many succes- dia’s manufacturing story. effect is 8, meaning there taxed at a very high rate. addition to the automo- While the steps taken are There have been many examples of big names in the sive governments have With proper government are seven additional jobs In addition to a GST of 28 bile sector, other sectors worthy being appreciated, fi lm industry who survived such attempts while Gulshan tried to raise the share support, these sectors can in the US economy for ev- per cent, another cess on such as steel, chemicals, the government must fur- Kumar of T-Series was not so lucky. So, the corporate of manufacturing in the drive India’s manufactur- ery automaker job across cars is imposed and state electronics manufactur- ther handhold and sup- foreign companies that did business in Hollywood with country’s GDP, they have ing growth and provide manufacturer operations road and registration tax ing, and pharmaceuticals port these sectors during their satellite operation in other major metros, when been unsuccessful in doing employment to millions in and while the structure of are also added which contribute more than 2 per this diffi cult time. they entered the Indian fi lm market, it was seen as a positive sign, as something good. The two entertainment industries, the world’s most lucrative, Hollywood, and the world’s biggest, India, would do business together and complement each other. Looked rosy. The fi rst A ‘NREGA’ for artists is need of the hour attempt at the corporatisation in the fi lm industry began in late 1990s when reputed banker, Uday Kotak, felt that Covid-19 has disrupted to the new reality. Mu- -- these efforts need to Amitabh Bachchan, was a brand and a brand equity human life across the seums like the Metro- be scaled and replicated could be built around him. And Amitabh Bachchan planet like few other politan Museum of Art throughout the coun- Corporation was launched.The move spelt disaster from modern-era disasters. In in New York City now try. The government and the day it was envisaged. Even before any revenue could India, where the virus ate conduct virtual tours private philanthropists be generated, there were huge expense. An entire hotel into nearly a fourth of the and the John F. Kennedy should take the baton in a high-end Juhu area of Mumbai was rented as the country’s economy in the Center for the Perform- from ADAA and ‘Art- offi ce. A CEO was appointed and, for rest of the staff, fi rst quarter, artists and ing Arts is providing daily ists for Artists’ and take sundry clerks, errand runners, packers and dispatch men performers are among Digital Stage offerings. it to the next level. The from other companies were picked up. Making them the groups and commu- Artists of all types, from government, for its part, wear black blazers seemed to be their ID as corporate nities that have been the Yo-Yo Ma’s live stream- should launch an initia- employees. The company’s fi rst production, “Tere Mere hardest hit. From folk ing of Bach’s classic cello tive along the lines of the Sapne” (copied from the Hollywood fi lm, “Trading music in the Manga- suites to Garth Brooks Mahatma Gandhi Na- Places”) was a reasonable success. The experiment failed niar and Langa commu- free online country music tional Rural Employment so much so that Bachchan faced bankruptcy proceedings. nities in Rajasthan to the concert, have taken their Guarantee Act, or NRE- Somehow, he managed an annulment. The venture failed storytellers of Telanga- shows digital. GA, to support Indian because none of ABCL’s highly paid personnel knew na’s Kakipadagollu com- However, unlike their artists. The rural employ- what fi lmmaking and marketing were, as these existed in munity, who have been colleagues in the western ment programme, started those days. This was not the job of MBAs and marketing practising their art forms world, Indian artists, es- up in the past decade, is wizards. Filmmaking was a personal touch business. since the 12th century, pecially practitioners of credited with substan- many are unable to put the folk tradition, do not tially reducing poverty, food on the table. have such platforms to ing the pandemic. States, long support. Given the est initiative to support especially in rural India. Printed, Published and Owned by Buchi Babu. Vuppala, Printed Even in the best of showcase their talent and local governments, phil- magnitude of Covid-19 struggling artists. The As- During the Great De- at. Meera Offset Printers. No. 104. V.R. Pallai Street. Triplicane, times, a vast major- earn a livelihood. There- anthropic foundations and the devastating ef- sistance for Disaster Af- pression, the United ity of India’s artists have fore, it is important for and individual citizens fects around the world on fected Artistes, or ADAA, States set up the Civilian Chennai- 5, Published from: No. 31 (Old) No. 58 (New) Nagappa struggled to earn decent the country and the soci- stepped up to the plate healthcare, educational initiated by a group of Conservation Corps and Mudali Street. 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Those interested ‘Artists for Artists’, a vir- the Ministry of Culture, near Unique Grammar school, Saidabad, are without their key million to the National term sustenance. in supporting these art- tual performance series, could be set up to support Hyderabad -500059, Telangana. source of revenue in a Endowment for the Arts In the short term, it is ists during these transi- is also under way to raise various art forms, includ- stay-at-home world. (NEA) to provide grants important to put money tional times can help lay money to support artists ing music, performing Rni no. Teleng/2009/29225 In the United States to non-profi t art orga- in their pockets right a more solid foundation and performers. arts, sculpture, paint- Bangalore : 3rd Main Road- 4, L.N. Pura, and other developed nizations. The NEA and away. The long-term going forward after the Given the enormity ing, and even fi lms. 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NATION 3 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 29 THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad Cong compares Munger incident BJP MLA seeks Priyanka’s help in with Jallianwala firing punishing Mukhtar Ansari New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) “Why is police under BJP- The Congress on Wednes- JDU government in Bihar Lucknow, Oct 28 (UNI) ing without your or Rahulji’s day fl ayed the Bihar govern- treating Durga Ma devotees BJP MLA Alka Rai, widow of knowledge. Mukhtar Ansari, ment while comparing the like this? They are being slain MLA Krishnanand Rai, professional criminal, has Munger incident with the beaten black and blue for has written an emotional brought many families to Jallianwala Bagh massacre no apparent reason.” letter to Congress General ruin,” she said in the letter. and asked if participation in Singhvi said he wanted to Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Alka further wrote that Durga Puja festivities was a ask the reason for fi ring on Vadra, urging her not to help several like her were anx- crime in the country. worshippers, adding that “it BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari. iously waiting for Mukhtar Addressing a press con- is shameless and barbaric”. Ansari had allegedly shot Ansari to be punished for his ference here, Congress A person was killed and and killed Krishnanand Rai crimes. She asked Priyanka leader Abhishek Manu Sing- nearly 20 others, including in 2005, but was later ac- to show sensitivity and help hvi compared the incident a dozen-odd police offi cials, quitted by court for lack of her in bringing the culprit to with the Jallianwala Bagh British Indian Army troops had gone “berserk under were injured during a police evidence. He is presently said that she has been fi ght- shielding Ansari and have book. Alka Rai is a BJP MLA massacre on April 13, 1919, to fi re on unarmed civil Chief Minister Nitish Kumar baton charge and fi ring by lodged in the Mohali jail in ing for justice for the past 14 refused to shift him back to from Mohammadabad in when Acting Brigadier-Gen- at Amritsar. The Congress and chased and beat up hu- unidentifi ed persons during Punjab. years. “Your party and your Uttar Pradesh. It is unbeliev- Ghazipur, the seat that her eral Reginald Dyer ordered leader said that the police mans like animals”. the immersion. In her letter, Alka Rai has government in Punjab are able that all this is happen- husband once held. DU Vice Chancellor suspended, J&K Lt Guv denies reports on agri pro-VC asked to preside land, launches MIS for apples New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) appointments taken by the The Vice Chancellor of Del- VC and their compliance Srinagar, Oct 28 (UNI) in the history of J&K dur- hi University has been sus- with varsity norms. Jammu and Kashmir Lieu- ing September 2019 and pended on President Ram The drama has been un- tenant Governor Manoj was widely appreciated by Nath Kovind’s orders, the folding at DU since last Sinha on Wednesday as- the growers across J&K. union education ministry week with two factions in sured that no agricultural Therefore, the government said on Wednesday, amid the university supporting land would be alienated to agreed to extend it to this a major row over appoint- two registrars, two pro-vice any non-resident person year also.” The Lt Gover- ments that spawned an ugly chancellors, and two direc- and launched the Market nor said it will facilitate power tussle. tors of South Campus. The Intervention Scheme (MIS)- procurement of 12 lakh MT Following the directive of controversy erupted when 2020 for the apple crop in of apples, which will not President Kovind, the edu- Tyagi removed Joshi as pro- the Valley. Denying media only ensure profi tability to cation ministry suspended by the ministry. In a letter cal grounds will be treated VC and appointed Geeta reports to the contrary, he the apple growers but also Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tya- to the university registrar, as null and void. Bhatt, the director of the however said that for in- create rural employment gi amid a major row over ap- the education ministry said Tyagi has been on leave Non-Collegiate Women’s dustrial investment and through supplementary pointments which escalated that the vice chancellor was since July 2 when he was Education Board of the uni- employment opportuni- J&K government is making prices to the growers in the services such as packaging, into an ugly power tussle suspended till the inquiry admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS versity, in his place. ties, non-agricultural land all-out efforts to tap the po- region during COVID-19 transportation etc. since last week. The order is completed since he can hospital with an emergency Later, the education min- would be optimally utilised. tential to give a fi llip to the pandemic. He said the Union Cabi- came a day after the Presi- infl uence the investigation medical condition. The gov- istry intervened in the mat- He said that horticul- socio-economic condition “MIS is a great relief for net, chaired by the Prime dent allowed the education while in offi ce. ernment had made Profes- ter. The ministry had issued ture is one of the prior- of stakeholders in the sector apple growers. It will pro- Minister, has also allowed ministry to initiate an inqui- Professor PC Joshi, the sor PC Joshi the in-charge a written order declaring the ity sectors of J&K due to and contribute to the bet- vide a comprehensive in- NAFED to utilise govern- ry against Tyagi. On Tues- acting VC of the university, on July 17, until Tyagi re- decisions taken by Tyagi on its unique agro-climatic terment of apple growers,” surance cover against any ment guarantee of Rs 2,500 day night, the President had will continue till the next sumed offi ce. A tussle had appointments in the Execu- diversity, which makes it he said. The Lt Governor obstacle thus helping in sta- crore. The losses, if any, to permited the inquiry against VC is appointed. Besides, begun between the univer- tive Council (EC) as invalid. ideal for varied cultivation. observed that the objective bilizing the income of the be incurred in this opera- the vice chancellor who was the orders issued by the sus- sity and the education min- The ministry also over- “The horticulture sector, in of the newly launched MIS apple farmers,” he said. tion, will be shared between accused of “misconduct” pended VC Tyagi during his istry over the recent contro- turned the removal of Joshi particular, has an immense is to facilitate the stakehold- “The scheme was the central government and and “dereliction of duty” period of absence on medi- versial decisions on crucial as pro V-C by Tyagi. growth potential and the ers by providing optimum launched for the fi rst time UT administration. Gujarat Police nabs man who Cheaper onion to be Raj civic polls: CM Gehlot, LS Speaker Birla’s image at stake hurled ‘chappal’ at Deputy CM provided through Jaipur, Oct 28 (UNI) The im- age of many senior leaders in- Gandhinagar, Oct 28 and other sources.” PDS: Goa CM cluding Chief Minister Ashok (UNI) The Vadodara police “Meanwhile, through in- Gehlot, Union minister Gajen- has nabbed the miscreant side information, the police Panaji, Oct 28 (UNI) dra Singh Shekahwat and Lok who hurled a chappal (slip- found out about a person With the price of onion Sabha Speaker Om Birla is at per) at Gujarat Deputy Chief named Rashmin Patel of shooting up in the state, stake in the Rajasthan munici- Minister Nitin Patel. He was Shinor village in Karjan. Chief Minister Pramod pal polls scheduled to be held identifi ed as Rashmin Patel Rashmin Patel is believed Sawant on Wednesday in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota and the police believe he to be a Congress worker. said that the vegetable, on October 29 and November is associated with the Con- We got the information that which is an essential 1 for six corporations, two in gress. Informing the media, Rashmin was heard telling commodity in the Indian each district. hawat was elected as MP in the Sabha story and if the saffron Vadodara Superintendent someone that the mission kitchen, would be pro- Although the polls are local, Lok Sabha polls after defeating fl ag fl ies over two corpora- of Police (SP), Sudhir De- of chappal throwing at the vided at a cheaper cost via the campaigning by national Gehlot’s son Vaibhav who was tions here. Gehlot has can- sai said, “During the public SP, was entrusted with the Dy CM was successful. We the state’s public distribu- leaders have made them quite the Congress representative. celled all his meetings after rally held at Purali village task. A police complaint was arrested him (on Tuesday) tion system network. Sawant, was in the pro- interesting, enhancing their Shekhawat has a strong pres- many people tested COVID in Karjan, while the Deputy lodged according to the IPC and after confi scating his “Each ration card hold- cess of sourcing supplies signifi cance and stature. The ence on the ground during positive in CMO and CMR. Chief Minister was address- clauses, under the People’s cellphone and analysing er will be given three kg of onion via National Agri- fi rst interesting fi ght is in campaigning, however the ab- However, he has been at- ing the media somebody Representation Act and also the storage data, we found onion at the cost of Rs cultural Cooperative Mar- Jodhpur which is represented sence of Gehlot during the poll tending video conferences to hurled a chappal at him the Gujarat Police Act. We an audio clip where he was 32-33 per kg,” Sawant told keting Federation of India by Gehlot and Union minister campaigning has created a po- ensure things go smoothly in and fl ed. We immediately started an analysis of the telling one Amit Pandya that reporters at the state Sec- and the supply via Goa’s Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. litical buzz in the desert state. the state and his son Vaibhav started an investigation and video footage of the event, our plan of throwing a chap- retariat on Wednesday. PDS system would be in While Gehlot is MLA from All eyes are set to see if the Gehlot is handling matters in Kalpesh Solanki, the Dy photographs of the event pal at Nitin Patel. The government, said effect after a fortnight. Jodhpur’s Sardarpura, Shek- local elections repeat the Lok Jodhpur. Punjab stares at power crisis with Delhi’s Covid surge: Blame it coal supplies running out on laxity, pollution & festivities Chandigarh, Oct 28 (UNI) for more than 6,000 MW,” Punjab is heading towards said a senior functionary. New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) Health Foundation of India, major power outage with its In a statement two days While the spread of Cov- said that the cases are bound thermal plants facing a de- ago, Chief Minister Amarind- id-19 seems to be subsiding to increase as the combina- fi ciency of coal in wake of er Singh had sought personal nationally, its tally is bur- tion of pollution, overcrowd- non-plying of goods trains intervention of Railways geoning in the capital city ing and winter is proving to in the state for almost a Minister Piyush Goyal for consistently for the last few be a triple whammy. month now, state offi cials restoration of freight move- days. Delhi witnessed the “The viral infections thrive said on Wednesday. Most ment, which remained sus- highest single day spike till in winters. They remain sus- of the plants have been left pended even after the farm- date on Tuesday with 4853 pended for a longer time with storage of two-four days ers’ decision to partially lift new infections and 44 deaths in the air in cold weather and because of this, they are their blockade.The Chief reported. The tally in the conditions. The pollution operating at a minimal ca- Minister spoke to the Min- national capital has crossed aids the longevity to the sus- pacity. The current require- and the situation is going shut, the government is pro- ister in the light of the deci- 3.64 lakhs. versus those who were test- Paul on Tuesday. Experts pension of the virus. On the ment of electricity per day in to worsen if the coal sup- curing electricity laregely sion of the Railways to ex- Since Friday, Delhi has ed - has also increased, far- said that the situation will be top of it, the lack of social the state is 6,000 megawatts ply is not restored,” A. Venu from other state thermal tend the ban on movement been reporting over 4,000 ing above 8%. The situation challenging as the cases are distancing during the festi- (MW) and it is largely met Prasad, CMD, Punjab State units located in Rajpura, Tal- of goods trains for another cases of COVID-19 daily. suggests that the national expected to multiply in the vals is instigating the spread through purchase from the Power Corp Ltd, told the wandi Sabo and Goindwal. four days till October 29. Over the last one week, the capital is inching towards coming weeks due to pollu- further,” he explained. He national grid. media. With the state-owned “We are procuring 5,000 The decision to discon- daily positivity rate - the its third peak, as stated by tion, laxity and festivities. Dr said that the festivities have “We are left with a coal thermal plants in Ropar and MW of power from other tinue freight movement in percentage of people who the head of the national task Prabhakaran Dorairaj, Pro- played a major role in the supply of two-four days Lehra Mohabbat have been sources against the demand Punjab. test positive for the disease force for Covid-19, Dr V.K. fessor, Epidemiology, Public surge as well. SOUTH 4 29 THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 2020 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad CM’s announcement of providing pc inner reservation to students is for political reasons

Puducherry, Oct 28 (UNI) percent reservation, he said. Alleging that the announce- Mr Anbazhagan said the ment of Chief Minister V Chief Minister’s statement Narayanasamy to provide 10 that agitations will be orga- percent inner reservation to nized against Lt.Governor Ki- the government school stu- ran Bedi if she failed to give dents in Medical education her nod for the 10 per cent res- in the Union territory, is for ervation, itself prove that this political reasons, AIADMK is not meant for the benefit of CHIEF MINISTER EDAPADI PALANICHAMY HAD VIDEO CONFERENCE legislature party leader A the poor students and for his ABOUT COVID-19 AND NORTH EAST MONSOON WITH VELLORE DISTRICT Anbazhagan on Wednesday political intentions. COLLECTOR SHANMUGASUNDARAM , POLICE SUPT. SELVAKUMAR, CORPN called upon the people not to The AIADMK leader said the COMMISIONAR SANKARAN AND ALSO MEDICAL JOINT DIRECTOR YASMIN, be ‘fooled’ by this “dramatic’ Chief Minister should have DEPUTY DIRECTOR MANIVANNAN, GOVT MEDICAL COLLEGE PRINCIPLE announcement. done this by passing a bill in SELVI , GOVT. OFFICIALS ALSO IN PIC. In a statement here, Mr An- the last assembly session and bazhagan said, if Mr Naraya- by making it an act. nasamy really wanted the poor ly allowing to lose 100 MBBS school students in Medical With the counselling for Mulugu Collector directs officials and BC students to pursue seats every year, Mr Anbazha- education, as in Tamil Nadu. medical courses was to start medical education, he should gan charged. However, it was not allowed soon, Mr Narayanasamy, if re- to expedite development works have obtained 50 percent seats He said the AIADMK in the for discussion. Since, people ally concerned for the poor stu- from private medical colleges last assembly session gave a started questioning why the dents, should stop the coun- Special Correspondent as government quota. calling attention motion for Congress-DMK government is selling till the Lt.Governor’s Mulugu, October 28: District Without taking any steps in the introduction of 7.5 percent not introducing the same, Mr consent for the proposal is ob- Collector S Krishna Aditya has this direction, he is deliberate- reservation for Government Narayanasamy announced 10 tained, he added. directed the officials to expedite the development works. Partici- pating in a meeting at conference Bombay HC sets aside ED order on hall of the Wazeedu Mandal Praja Parishad Development Office on Wednesday, Krishna Aditya seizure of 2 Goa ex-CMs’ assets reviewed the progress of devel- opment works with officials and Special Correspondent oil palm and pulses instead of public representatives. Speaking completed by November 2,” he de- of the development works village- Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Oc- paddy, the Minister said CCI on the occasion, he said that the tailed and added that out of 3,451 wise, the Collector said that qual- tober 28: Minister for Transport had set up buying centers at Nel- authorities should take steps to soaking pits sanctioned in the ity in works should not be com- Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar lipaka Ashwapuram, Sujatana- complete the targets of Palle Prak- mandal, 105 structures had been promised. The review reviewed said that 250 paddy procure- gar and Karepally in the district. ruthi Vanams, Vaikunthadamas, completed and 175 are in progress the progress of works village-wise. ment centres would be set up in He suggested selling to traders if waste segregation sheds, soaking and the remaining is expected to ITDA PO Hanmant K Zendage, Ad- the district to purchase the pad- they got a higher price than what pits and individual sanitary la- be taken up and completed ex- ditional Collector (Local Bodies) dy produced in the Vanakalam CCI was buying but should take trines (ISL). Stating that the con- peditiously. The establishment of Adarsh Surabhi, Mandal Special season. Addressing the district- care of selling their cotton at CCI struction of three Rythu Vedikas in Palle Prakruthi Vanams in 22 plac- Officer and District Coordinat- level meeting on Vanakalam centers only instead of selling at the mandal is in progress and work es for 39 habitations in the man- ing Officer Vijayabhaskar Reddy, grain procurement and action by organising awareness camps Stating that the weighing ma- a lower price. is expected to be completed by dal had been completed, he said MPDO Chandrasekhar, Tehsildar plan for Yasangi crop cultiva- on OPMS and online manage- chines, moisturizers and tarpau- Directing the officials to estab- November 2, he said that the con- and warned that the contractors Sammaiah, MPP Sharadha, ZPTC tion at Kothagudem Club here ment used to procure grain and lins are ready at the purchasing lish a kiosk at each of the clus- struction of 14 Vaikuntadhamas would be blacklisted if they failed Pushpalatha, village sarpanches, on Wednesday, Ajay Kumar said cotton and clarified that 31.75 centers, he said centres would ters, he instructed the officials was in various stages expected to to achieve the target in time. He Panchayat Secretaries, Revenue that they would go ahead with lakh gunny bags had been kept start buying grains from farmers of the weighing and measure- be complete by November 15. “17 said that land should be procured Officers and others participated. a plan to buy the yield this sea- ready so far with an estimated in the first week of November. ments department to supervise segregation sheds have been sanc- for construction of double bed- Earlier in the day, District Col- son in the same spirit as they did requirement of 50 lakh gunny Advising the members of the the weighing equipment and fire tioned in the zone and 9 construc- room houses in the mandal and lector Krishna Aditya visited SS without getting them in trouble bags for purchase of grain and Raitubandhu Samiti and agricul- prevention measures at the pur- tions have been completed while steps should be taken to purchase Tadwai Mandal Tehsildar’s office in purchasing. will be procured from ration ture officials to educate farmers chasing centers and issue certifi- 8 are in various stages and the private land as there is no govern- and inspected the computers and He said that they were ready dealers to avoid shortage. on the cultivation of vegetables, cation documents. surplus works are expected to be ment land. Reviewing the progress technical equipment. Implement PMGSY rules in road AI & Machine learning Officials asked to plant 12 types course in K’nagar JITS of saplings on Waddepally tank laying works-Dayakar Rao bund in Warangal TSIT Bureau : Warangal Urban, Octo- ber-28: The panchayat raj minister, Errabelli Daya- kar Rao ordered the of- ficials of the concerned department that propos- als for road laying works had to be implemented as per PMGSY rules along TSIT Staff Reporter : an intake of 60 candidates. tect, data scientist, business with sending them imme- Karimnagar, October-28 : The JITS associate professor intelligence developer and Big diately to the Centre for The JITS (Jyothismathi insti- Jyothi Prabha and HOD of the data engineer which are most clearance. with maintaining stan- half of the works which are tute of technology and sci- department Dr. R Jagadeesan, in-demand jobs with highest Special Correspondent papaya, pineapple, mango, The minister held a dards of quality in the in different stages must ences) situated in the Karim- training and placement offi- paid computer professionals. Warangal Urban, October banana, Jammi, Maredu, aloe meeting at his residence in works. be completed as early as nagar city has emerged as the cer Vishwa Prakash, associate They also reminded that the 28: Greater Warangal Mu- vera and other saplings have Hyderabad with Secretary He directed the officials possible. The minister first private engineering col- professors Neelima, Sindusha National education policy nicipal Corporation (GWMC) been planted, she said and of the rural development to the field and monitor said that proposals for the lege to introduce new gen- and Venkateshwaran speak- had also stressed on the need Commissioner Pamela Satpa- directed the authorities to fix department Sandeep Ku- the works and should be second phase of works eration engineering course ing to the media persons in a for preparing professionals thy directed the authorities the name plates along the two- mar Sultania panchayati completed while follow- should be sent to the Cen- of CSE (artificial intelligence press meet held at the college in cutting edge technologies to make the Waddepally tank and-a-half acre bund besides raj official Satyanarayana ing the safety measures to tre immediately so, that and machine learning) code premises on Wednesday said such as artificial intelligence bund more beautiful by plant- a name plate at the entrance. Reddy, PMGSY, Chief Ex- prevent the spread of the more area is brought un- CSM from the academic year thatthe artificial intelligence and machine learning which ing 12 species of saplings rep- As part of the beautification ecutive, Sanjeeva Rao, Covid-19 virus. The min- der roads across our state. 2020-2021. course would create more was gaining prominence in resenting 12 zodiac signs. In- of the bund, she suggested the NREGS, Chief Executive, ister ordered officials to Under the third phase of The AICTE and JNTU Hy- than 23 lakh jobs in the coming the industry. The rise of new specting the Waddepally bund authorities to take up planting Hanmantha Rao and other complete works of around the PMGSY, the central derabad have accorded per- few years.The students who technologies such as artifi- on Wednesday, the Commis- of hibiscus and bamboo and officials and instructed 2,601 rythu vedikas ap- government has granted mission for the JITS to start complete B.Tech degree with cial intelligence and machine sioner made several sugges- directed the authorities to take them that all works had to proved across the state. As funds to 2,427.5 km roads CSE course (artificial intelli- CSE (artificial intelligence and learning were set to dominate tions to the authorities for immediate steps to set up rail- be completed in the pre- many of them are already at an estimated cost of Rs gence and machine learning) machine learning) were set to the industry in the coming more efficient management ing, tiles, stairs, fencing as well scribed time limit along half completed, the other 658 crore, he added. from this academic year with work as ML engineer, AI archi- years, they added. of the bund. Red sandalwood, as gazebos. Polling begins for four Legislative DRAWING & ESSAY WRITING COMPETITIONS FOR Council seats in K’taka CHILDREN BY SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY Bengaluru, Oct 28 counting of votes will be registered 7.49 per cent. On the eve of the Na- : FROM 11.30 AM TO 12.30 the 144 th birth anniver- per will be supplied by the should purchase entry tick- (UNI) Polling for the held on November 2. The election assumes tional Unity Day/ Rashtriya - ESSAY WRITING COMPETI- sary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Organizers. Children par- ets to prevent overcrowd- four Legislative Coun- According to an Elec- significance for the BJP Ekta Day on 31 st October TION Patel, also known as the ticipating in the drawing ing. A panel from South cil seats began in Kar- tion official, poll per- as it lacks a majority in 2020, South Western Rail- ENTRY FEE : FREE FOR PAR- “Iron Man of India. The day competition are requested Western Railway will evalu- nataka on Wednesday centage till 10 a.m. of the Council to pass the way will be organizing a TICIPANTS provides “an opportunity to bring their own Hard ate the drawing and essay morning amid Covid-19 Karnataka North-East crucial Bills. Much to the drawing competition for CATEGORY : AGE GROUP :- 1) to re-affirm the inherent Board, water colour, cray- writing competitions. The pandemic situation. The Teachers’ (Kalaburagi) embarrassment the rul- children up to 10 years UP TO 10 YEARS - DRAWING strength and resilience of on, pencil, colours, etc,. results will be declared and four constituencies reg- recorded at 8.34 per cent, ing BJP could not pass of age and Essay Writing COMPETITION our nation to withstand the Social distancing norms prizes will be distributed istered a little more than Bangalore Teachers’ the farm Bills and labour Competition for children 2) 11 TO 13 YEARS - ESSAY actual and potential threats will be imposed and ther- National Unity Day Rash- 7 per cent votes till 10:00 constituency registered reforms amendment between 11 to 16 years of WRITING COMPETITION to the unity,integrity, and mal screening will be done triya Ekta Divas on 31 st Oct am. Polling began at 8:00 10 per cent, Karnataka Bills in the recently held age as under: Venue : Rail- 3) 13 TO 16 YEARS - ESSAY security of our country” by museum authorities at 2020. The best three will am and will continue till South-East Graduates Legislature session as it way Museum, Hubballi, WRITING COMPETITION The theme for the drawing entry point. Parents must receive prizes and certifi- 5:00 pm. The Election (Bengaluru) constitu- could not get through Gadag Road, National Unity Day or and Essay writing comple- ensure mask protocol for cates. The drawing/essay Commission has modi- ency 7 per cent and Kar- the Upper House despite DATE : 30 TH OCT 2020 Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is cel- tion will be given to the participating wards. Entry will become the property of fied timings due to the nataka West Graduates’ getting passed in the As- TIME : FROM 10 AM TO 11 AM ebrated on October 31 ev- participants at the venue. is free for the participant; the Museum and displayed pandemic situation. The (Belagavi) constituency sembly. - DRAWING COMPETITION ery year to commemorate Drawing sheets/writing pa- accompanying guardian for public. OP-ED 5 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 29 THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad Islamophobia: Why Macron is wrong on the freedom of expression debate

By Ibrahim Shukralla That is why it was nothing but anger Anzoroz is as much of a terrorist as New It is becoming quite comprehensible in the Arab and Muslim World this week Zealand Christchurch’s Brenton Tarrant, and easy to understand now. If you insult with trending hashtags on social media Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik, or any women, you are a misogynist. If you in- condemning Macron, boycott calls, and white supremacist terrorist. The enemy is sult black people, you are a racist. If you reminding people of the “French paradox terrorism, not Muslims. If the terrorist is insult Jews, you are anti-Semitic. But here and contradictive narratives”. France, a Muslim, then the war is against a terror- is the deal, if you insult Islam, you are let us not forget, played a pivotal role in ist, not against Muslims. It is not within practicing freedom of speech. the Rwandan genocide in 1994 where an the religion to kill, this is merely the doc- This week Emanuel Macron, the estimated 800,000 people were killed, as trine of radicalism and extremism, and president of France, has shown com- well as the homicide of up to one million these two terms are not, in any way, affili- plete ignorance about history, inter- Algerians between 1954 to 1962 in the Al- ated with Islam, nor to any religion. cultural spectrums and values of tol- gerian War. The Center for Strategic and Interna- erance. As a head of state of a Western Not only that. France was part of the tional Studies (CSIS) this week said that democracy, he encouraged the display Sykes-Picot Agreement in 1916 with the 67 per cent of domestic terror attacks and of blasphemous cartoons targeting UK, which had divided and drew borders plots (so far this year) in the US have been Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon between countries of the region that is conducted by white supremacists and him, while paying tribute to Samuel known as the “Middle East” today. Much rightwing extremists. What if these terror Paty, the teacher who was beheaded of the conflicts and hurdles of this region attacks took place in France, would Ma- by an 18-year-old terrorist, Abdullakh today go back to this historical event that cron, who is often seen as a right-leaning “French paradox” and its utter contradic- Was Dieudonné right with his actions? Of Anzorov. Macron words and tone were sought influence and leverage in the re- president, have labelled the attackers as tion. In March 2015, a French court hand- course not. deeply disrespectful. gion. The same old mentality of oriental- “terrorists”? ed him a two-month suspended prison What is the difference between Macron’s Rise in Islamophobia ism is present today: a false belief that we This is the main reason why Islamo- sentence and fined him for “antisemitic remarks and Dieudonné’s? They both Islamophobia is at its peak today more are better than Easterners, we are entitled phobia has increased: Some leaders de- remarks” after the attacks on satirical made racist remarks and insults, encourag- than any time before. In the past this to control and do whatever we think is cide what version is terrorism and what magazine Charlie Hebdo. ing hate and division, but one of them has phenomenon was fanned by irrespon- right, and we are racially and naturally version can be dubbed as “mental or psy- In November 2015, the European court been punished because he insulted a non- sible individuals and entities, but today, better human beings. chological disorder,” or whether the ter- of human rights in Strasbourg ruled Islamic event, and the other will get away you see heads of state encouraging it. The only difference with orientalism rorist was only a “killer” or “attacker,” or against Dieudonné in a separate case, citing freedom of speech. What makes it The people whom we expect to keep their today is that it is better polished, wear- if they were a “terrorist, killer and attack- saying that “racist and antisemitic per- all the more worse is the fact that the latest countries united, advocate for inclusive- ing a fancy tie, and addressing audiences er,” all combined. You cannot partition formances” are not within the context orientalist, Islamophobic and racist mes- ness and tolerance, fight extremism, and with buzzwords. Democracy in many terrorism the way it serves your agenda. of freedom of speech. He was also fined saging comes from a country that likes to spread true values of democracy are sadly countries is the evident façade for ori- The French paradox 10,000 euros by a French court in 2009 lecture the world about democracy, free- spearheading the mission of disseminat- entalist actions. It is a decent cover and French comedian Dieudonné M’bala for inviting a Holocaust denier on stage. dom of expression and faith. ing Islamophobia. propagates propaganda. M’bala is the perfect embodiment of the “Racist insults,” was the court’s reason. Gulf News US Elections: Biden-Trump battle has anxious watchers in Pakistan

By Syed Talat Hussain of not doing a “damn thing” in return cries assault on democratic institutions In a few days the fractious and divi- of billions of dollars that the US “paid and gives centrality to these issues in sive Trump-Biden binary would throw them”. In admittedly oversimplistic self- its bilateral ties can change the domes- an outcome, which apart from being praise, Pakistani establishment also be- tic environment in Pakistan. A Biden electorally memorable, could define the lieves that they have made headway in presidency can also be tough on issues course of American politics for decades breaking the animosity-laden mode of that directly involve Pakistan’s estab- to come. While Joe Biden is a step ahead, the present Administration through per- lishment like the Financial Action Task swing voters change of heart or a last- sonal diplomacy which involved busi- Force requirements and also extremist minute Trump resurgence is not out of ness men like Ali Jejhangir Siddiqi. groups activities but that framework the realm of possibilities. In fact, so invested is Islamabad in the can also bring extra focus on the Kash- It is true that while, generally, the pros- Trump Administration that until some mir dispute where Biden has taken a pect of another Trump term sends shivers months ago no one thought of engaging rather strong position using the human across the world’s capitals, Islamabad isn’t with the Biden Team. This can be a costly rights framework of reference. one of them. In fact, more of Pakistan’s mistake if Biden wins. He understands There will be constants, too, regard- present decision-makers are rooting for Pakistan better than most presidential less of who wins, Trump or Biden. China Donald Trump than for Joe Biden. Donald candidates. As former vice president and is one such constant. Even though the Trump represents the kind of mindset the as a member and chairman of the Sen- Trump camp calls their opponent “Bei- Imran government can engage with — ate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden jing Biden,” the fact remains that taming swift, transactional and exceedingly short- has a long history of interface with Paki- a rising China is a bipartisan concern in term. This serves Pakistan’s immediate stan. What is more, he knows the politi- the US. As Pakistan’s closeness to China strategic interests, for example in Afghani- cal landscape quite well and has ties with becomes more pronounced in the next stan. The thinking is that we are close to former president Asif Ali Zardari and half a decade on the back of the comple- writing a quick, marketable success story former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, for tion of many Belt and Road Projects in- in this war-torn place. This is exactly what whom has a ‘positive fondness’, to use cluding infrastructure, roads, ports etc, Trump has been pushing for as well in a the words of a seasoned Pakistani diplo- Washington’s refrain that Islamabad is desperate attempt to showcase his foreign mat who served in Washington. becoming too close to Beijing for its com- policy success. Islamabad’s power brokers to get the Tal- foreign policy that Trump built with his This compounds the folly of bank- fort will surge. On the contrary, Joe Biden can bring iban on the table and start the endgame. son-in-law, Jared Kushner, may not sur- ing on Trump at the cost of neglecting The more so since Joe Biden will be to the presidency a cumbersome load of Without Trump’s personalised push, the vive the review. This makes the Pakistani Biden, who as an unwavering Democrat dealing with hawks within anxious to complex decision-making involving all thinking goes, Afghanistan’s peace pro- establishment uneasy. While they know and someone who puts high premium not let the Republicans attack them for stakeholders, which, in the past has been cess would have been stuck in the long- that the Doha Agreement on US troops on values like press freedom, central- being soft on China. The same situation the bane of Pak-US bilateral talks on Af- windedness of Washington’s power poli- withdrawal is a strong document, how ity of elected representatives and human can also emerge if Trump returns to the ghanistan. The turf wars of the various tics. many US troops will remain and how rights. The Trump Administration never presidency — super powerful and free of US departments involved in the policy This process is still work in progress, large will their footprint will be, might an cared much about the internal affairs of the constraints of the first term. He can formulation stalled quick-fixes Pakistan which another Trump term could take to issue up for debate in Washington. This Pakistan and viewed the country purely be tougher on China than before, making has been proposing for many years. the logical conclusion. On the contrary can be a new headache. from the prism of a deal on Afghanistan, Beijing a prime target of his foreign and Trump changed all of that. He wanted a Joe Biden Administration will review Also by making use of the built-in reducing everything else to irrelevance. It defence outlook. In all, Pakistan has high to drawdown and asked for a Taliban- everything Trump has done. And from transactionalism of the Trump Adminis- may not be the same under Joe Biden. stakes in who wins the presidential polls. backed graceful exit that did not look like what the Democrats have been saying tration’s approach to bilateral relations, Human rights framework of reference If Pakistanis could vote, the Opposition a retreat. Using the threat of tweeting a about this Administration, it will be a re- Islamabad thinks it has done rather well A new Administration that wants to will swing for Biden and the government total withdrawal from Afghanistan to his view as deep and expansive as Trump did building bridges with a president who engage with politicians, speaks openly will stand with Trump. principals of policy he created space for of the Obama Administration. Much of earlier was accusing it of deceit, lies and in favour of free and fair elections, de- Gulf News Trump’s COVID-19 response comes from his climate-denier playbook

By Paul Krugman Trump keeps moving the goalposts and hospitals get more money” if Coronavirus cases are keep hit- to claim success no matter how bad they say that COVID-19 was the ting records in America. Among things get. Back in February he pre- cause of death. other things, five aides to Vice dicted zero cases “within a couple All of these excuses sound very fa- President Mike Pence have tested of days.” In the spring he said that miliar to anyone who has followed positive. Hospitalisation, which it would go away when the weather the climate debate over the years. lag behind cases, are soaring. And got warmer. Lately he’s been claim- According to the right, climate deaths, which lag even further be- ing triumph because the coronavi- change isn’t happening; anyway, hind, are starting to rise, too. Put rus hasn’t killed 2.2 million people. there’s nothing we can do about it it this way: Just between now and The administration was slower without destroying the economy; Election Day, we’re likely to lose to admit that it was abjectly sur- and it’s all a hoax concocted by a almost twice as many Americans to rendering to COVID-19. But back global conspiracy of scientists, who COVID-19 as died on 9/11. in August Dr. Scott Atlas, a believer are just in it for the money. So how is the Trump adminis- in “herd immunity” — basically let- That last bit is, of course, projec- tration responding? Actually doing ting the virus rip through most of tion. No, the overwhelming scien- anything about the pandemic is ap- the community — joined the White tific consensus that we’re experi- parently off the table. What we’re House coronavirus task force. encing man-made global warming getting instead is a multilevel pub- Atlas is a radiologist with no isn’t being driven by financial in- lic relations strategy: We’re doing a known expertise in infectious dis- centives — but those who reject great job. Anyway, there’s nothing ease, and actual epidemiologists that consensus are. anyone can do. And besides, doc- like Dr. Anthony Fauci are horrified At this point, climate denial is tors are faking the numbers so they by his ideas. But Atlas, not Fauci, largely sustained by a network of Barrington Declaration, a mani- stitute’s focus has shifted to COVID Trump would take the pandemic can make more money. appears to be calling the shots right-wing think tanks supported festo on behalf of herd immunity denial. Last month, for example, seriously? Probably not. After all, These are, of course, inconsistent these days. by fossil-fuel interests; that is, that grew out of a meeting at the it published an article lauding he has always been a diehard, stories, and the smearing of health And on Sunday Mark Meadows, the “experts” claiming either that American Institute for Economic Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, conspiracy-theorising denier of cli- care workers who put their lives on the White House chief of staff, global warming isn’t happening or Research. What do we know about whose refusal to take action against mate change, and his coronavirus the line to save others is just vile. made it more or less official, saying that nothing can be done about it this institute? the coronavirus has turned her response has come straight out of But none of this should surprise us. that “we are not going to control are basically professional deniers, Well, it is, not surprisingly, linked state into what the article called “a the climate-denier playbook. This is, after all, Donald Trump. the pandemic” because it is a “con- who make a living as “merchants of to the Charles Koch Institute. And fortress of liberty and hope protect- In any case, we can predict with Also, we’ve seen this combination tagious virus.” doubt.” a perusal of its website reveals that ed from the grasps of overbearing high accuracy what he will do if the of denial, declared helplessness This came after a rally in which And COVID denial, it turns out, until recently it devoted much of its politicians.” polls are wrong, and he wins a sec- and conspiracy theorising before: Trump — who considers himself isn’t just a similar phenomenon; time to climate denial, putting out Since then, of course, South Da- ond term. He will do nothing at all Trump and company are follow- a victim because the media keep it’s being conducted by pretty articles with titles like “Brazilians kota has experienced an explosion to fight the pandemic; he will, how- ing the same strategy on COVID-19 talking about “COVID, COVID, much the same people. Should Keep Slashing Their Rain- of infections and soaring hospi- ever, try to suppress the truth about that the right has long followed on COVID” — claimed that coronavi- Atlas and other administra- forest.” talisation, and is now seeing a rapid what’s happening. And many, climate change. By now, almost rus fatalities are being exaggerated tion officials have reportedly been COVID-19 denial rise in COVID-19 deaths. many more Americans will die. everyone is familiar with the way because “doctors get more money strongly influenced by the Great More recently, however, the in- Was there ever a chance that Gulf News INTERNATIONAL 6 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 29 THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad 5 Indian prisoners repatriated after Germany’s Covid-19 serving terms, Pak court told tally reaches 4,64,239 Islamabad, Oct 28 (UNI) The you keep them for longer than Federal Interior Ministry has their sentence?” Berlin, Oct 28 (UNI) Germa- past two weeks to 1,470 pa- informed the Islamabad High “If they have completed their ny’s new Covid cases have in- tients on Tuesday, according Court that five Ind who were sentence, send them back,” Jus- creased by 14,964, taking the to the latest daily situation re- “accused and charged with es- tice Minallah added disposing national caseload to 464,239, port by the RKI. pionage and terrorism” and off one of the petition seeking the Robert Koch Institute It was about a “joint effort” “had served their sentences release of the Indian prisoners. (RKI) said on Wednesday. The in November to reduce the have been sent back to India”. “It is a crime to keep a prison- death toll in the country rose number of personal contacts, The ministry was respond- er in jail when the convict com- by 85 to 10,183, according to Spahn said in the run-up to ing to a petition filed by the pletes his/her prison term,” the RKI. the meeting of German Chan- Indian High Commission, seek- Chief Justice said, reiterating German Health Minister cellor Angela Merkel with the ing release of the five, includ- that “the prisoners who served Jens Spahn, who tested posi- minister presidents of the ing Bircho, Bang Kumar, Satish their terms should be released tive for the coronavirus last id-19 wave now, Xinhua news The number of Covid-19 federal states on Wednesday Bhag and Sonu Singh. They be released and arrangements “One of the prisoner did not from jail according to the law”. week, told local broadcaster agency reported. patients in need of intensive to discuss tougher Covid-19 were to be released from Paki- should be made for their return want to return even after com- A separate petition seeking re- SWR on Wednesday that it “When the intensive care care treatment in Germany measures to counteract the stani jail as they had completed to India,” the Indian High Com- pletion of his term. Therefore, lease and return of three more was better to break the Cov- units are full, it is too late.” has more than doubled in the spread of the virus. their term, the court was told. mission petition contested. he was deported,” the interior Indian prisoners was adjourned “Keeping prisoners in jail af- However, the Pakistan Inte- ministry report stated. till November 5. The Indian ter serving their sentences is a rior Ministry informed the high “The Ministry of Interior has High Commission mentioned violation of the rights under the court that the five Indian pris- deported five Indian prison- that there were three more citi- Japan: Oppn grills Suga over science Constitution of Pakistan,” the oners, “convicted of espionage, ers,” the ministry said in its zens, who were still present in petition prayed. “Legally, there were released and sent back to reply. High Court Chief Justice the Pakistani jail despite com- is no reason for them to be India on October 26 after com- Athar Minallah presiding over pleting their sentence. Deputy panel furore, Covid response imprisoned. Prisoners should pleting their sentences”. the hearing asked: “How can Attorney General (DAG). Tokyo, Oct 28 (UNI) welcomed by the United Japanese Prime Minis- Nations and countries Covid-19: Australia eases ter Yoshihide Suga on sharing the goal of going Wednesday faced ques- carbon-free. tions by opposition parties Edano asked Suga over issues ranging from whether he was planning from ‘stay home’ to ‘stay safe’ his rejection of scholars a shift toward nuclear Sydney, Oct 28 (UNI) Aus- and virus-related deaths for a that so many Victorian fami- Victoria, as the state comes to an advisory body to the power to achieve the goal. tralia has taken another en- second day in a row on Tues- lies have made, so many Vic- out of lockdown. “We’ll take governments coronavirus The Premier responded couraging step forward in day. Under further eased re- torian businesses have made,” the border down as soon as response. by saying the government its fight against Covid-19, as strictions, all retail businesses Premier of Victoria Daniel An- we can, but we do need to wait In their first face-off in “will not just pursue re- the worst-hit state of Victoria will reopen. Restaurants, drews said. to see what impact easing of the Diet since Suga took newable energy but all saw a further easing of a wide hotels, cafes and bars will be Andrews said more restric- restrictions in Melbourne and office in mid-September, options including nuclear range of restrictions and more able to host up to 50 patrons tions would be lifted from Victoria has before we decide Yukio Edano, the head of he did not nominate the who has jurisdiction over power.” But he also said states’ borders are on track to outdoors, 20 patrons inside. November 8. The 25-km travel exactly when that will be,” she the largest opposition, the scholars who have been the council. there is no change in the reopen. After more than three Home visits will be allowed, limit will come off and the bor- said. “The real test for NSW Constitutional Democratic critical of security and The response by Suga at country’s stance to lower months of lockdown, metro- and limits on leaving the der curbs between Melbourne wasn’t lockdown because it’s Party of Japan, criticized anti-conspiracy legislation the Diet drew sharp reac- its reliance to nuclear politan Melbourne will move household will be lifted. and regional Victoria will be easy not to spread the virus the Prime Minister’s deci- enacted under his prede- tion from members of the power as much as pos- from the second step to the Weddings, funerals, reli- removed, allowing intrastate when everyone is confined to sion to keep six govern- cessor Shinzo Abe. House of Representatives, sible. third step of restrictions while gious ceremonies also had travel again. “We want to their home or has limited mo- ment critics off the Sci- Suga reiterated it was forcing its chairman to call Asked about the govern- regional Victoria continues in their attendance caps in- reach Covid normal by Christ- bility,” she said. But once you ence Council of Japan as made based on “a compre- for silence several times. ment’s understanding on the third step with further eas- creased, as did outdoor fitness mas and right now, we’re on ease restrictions and people “illegal” and asked him to hensive and panoramic” The Prime Minister de- the need to help medical ing of restrictions from Tues- training sessions and public track to do that,” he said. On start moving around again, clearly explain the reasons standpoint. The govern- livered his policy speech institutions struggling fi- day midnight, Xinhua news pools. “These are big steps. Tuesday, New South Wales that’s the real test.” NSW re- behind the decision, the Ja- ment understands that it at the start of an extraordi- nancially amid the coro- agency reported. We have all given a lot. I’m (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejik- corded two locally acquired pan times reported. does “not necessarily have nary Diet session Monday, navirus pandemic, Suga The whole state recorded so proud and impressed and lian flagged the possibility to cases on Tuesday, both were Suga, however, declined to name (all) members as vowing to achieve net zero vowed to provide neces- zero new Covid-19 infections humbled by the contribution ease border restrictions with linked to known cases.. to give details on why recommended,” said Suga, emissions by 2050, a move sary support. US Prez polls: Republicans need electoral Time for full-scale push to votes from toss-up states & lean Dem states revitalize economy : Moon Seoul, Oct 28 (UNI) South New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) Electoral Votes, Colorado (9), (100%) electoral votes from Korean President Moon Jae- Democrats in the US are sit- Maine (2) and Virginia (13). the Toss Up column plus 22 in on Wednesday declared ting pretty with 290 electoral The lean democrat column votes from the Lean Demo- a full-fledged policy drive votes while Republicans have has 7 states with 78 Electoral crat column. There are 13 for the clear recovery of the 163 electoral votes and would Votes. These include Arizona Solid Republican states with country's economy, coupled need votes from the toss up (11), Michigan (16), Minneso- 77 Electoral Votes includ- with the firm stabilization of states and the Democrat ta (10), Nebraska 2nd CD (1), ing Alabama (9), Arkansas the Covid-19 situation here. column in the Presidential Nevada (6), New Hampshire (6), Idaho (4), Kentucky (8), In his parliamentary speech elections. As per the Cook Po- (4), Pennsylvania (20) and Louisiana (8), Mississippi (6), on the state budget, Moon litical Report of 2020 Electoral Wisconsin (10). Nebraska (2), Nebraska 1st assured lawmakers that the College Ratings, Democrats There are five toss up states CD (1), Nebraska 3rd CD (1), government would create a have 188 electoral votes from with 85 Electoral Votes in- North Dakota (3) Oklahoma record high budget, proposed 14 states in the Solid Demo- cluding Florida (29), Georgia (7), South Dakota (3), Tennes- for 2021, with a focus on cre- will put its priority on a quick engines, especially in digital crat column in California (55), (16), Iowa (6), Maine 2nd see (11), West Virginia (5) and ating jobs, reinvigorating the and strong economic recov- and environment friendly Connecticut (7), Delaware (3), CD (1), North Carolina (15) Wyoming (3). The likely Re- economy and winning the ery," the President said re- sectors, a project to cost a to- Washington DC (3), Hawaii York (29), Oregon (7), Rhode categories and would need 0 and Ohio (18). Republicans publican are 7 states with 48 fight against the coronavi- garding the direction of the tal of around 160 trillion won. (4), Illinois (20), Maine 1st Island (4), Vermont (3), and electoral votes from the Toss have to do hard work as they electoral votes of Alaska (3), rus, Yonhap news agency re- government's fiscal opera- Moon said South Korea CD (1, Maryland (10), Mas- Washington (12). Democrats Up column, the report said. have 163 electoral votes in Indiana (11), Kansas (6), Mis- ported. tion plans. He emphasized is proving to be a country sachusetts (11), New Jersey have 290 electoral votes in In the likely Democrat col- the Solid, Likely and Lean souri (10), Montana (3), South "It's time to operate full- the importance of maintain- "strong in crises," as it has (14), New Mexico (5), New the Solid, Likely and Lean umn there are 3 states with 24 categories and would need 85 Carolina (9) and Utah (6). scale measures to invigorate ing and creating jobs, saying done better so far in both our economy to put it on a it is a starting point for an virus control and economic normal track starting next economic recovery, as well as stimulus than many other Khalilzad calls for urgent reduction year," he said during the an- the most important issue as- countries. S.Korea to reach net nual address at the National sociated with people's liveli- South Korea's economy, Assembly. Moon described a hoods. the fourth largest in Asia, of Afghanistan violence zero emissions by 2050 clear economic recovery and He cited the Korean ver- grew in the July-September Kabul, Oct 28 (UNI) US “Too many Afghans are dy- dying at a high rate, and re- a win in the antivirus fight as sion of the New Deal aimed period mainly on a rebound Special Representative for ing, Khalilzad said, reiterating gional spoilers are using Af- New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) It’s the first time that the "two rabbits" that South Ko- at transforming the nation in exports after having con- Afghan Reconciliation Zal- that “the sides urgently need ghans as cannon fodder for South Korean President Korean government officially rea should catch at the same into a "pacesetting" economy tracted for two consecutive may Khalilzad has said he an agreement on a reduction their illegitimate objectives.” Moon Jae-in announced on pledged to go carbon neutral time without fail. via job creation and the de- quarters, according to the returned to Afghanistan ‘dis- of violence leading to a per- He said that “Afghans need to Wednesday that the gov- by 2050. Previously, the rul- "First, (the government) velopment of future growth Bank of Korea. appointed’ that despite com- manent and comprehensive pivot to development instead ernment will reach net zero ing Democratic Party includ- mitments to lower violence, it ceasefire.” of destruction, stability in- emissions by 2050, follow- ed it in their general election the death toll surged to 1,166,193, the Univer- has not happened, referring Khalilzad reiterated that stead of chaos, forgiveness in- ing a similar announcement platform last April and law- Global Covid-19 sity’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering to a recent surge in Taliban “the window to achieve a stead of vengeance, compro- from Japan and China. makers reached a resolution (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.The US is the attacks as well as civilian and political settlement will not mise instead of inflexibility.” According to the World for it last week, all of which cases top 43.9mn: worst-hit country with the world’s highest number Afghan forces casualties in stay open forever,” adding Khalilzad departed for Oslo Bank, in 2019, Korea ranked had failed to be developed Johns Hopkins of cases and deaths at 8,777,038 and 226,691, re- the country. that “intransigence and a re- on Monday, said the US De- as the world’s 12th largest into a policy, though. spectively, according to the CSSE. India comes in The Defence Ministry on fusal to abandon animosity, partment of State in a state- economy. As of 2019, it is also The announcement comes Washington, Oct 28 (UNI) The overall num- second place in terms of cases at 7,946,429, while Tuesday said the Taliban embrace fellow citizens, and ment on Tuesday, adding that the world’s seventh largest after mounting criticism on ber of global coronavirus cases has increased to the country’s death toll soared to 119,502. The staged attacks and other ‘vio- agree on a formula for politi- in Norway, he discussed in- emitter. East Asia’s three larg- the country’s lack of climate over 43.9 million, while the deaths have surged to other top 15 countries with the maximum amount lent activities’ in at least 22 cal cooperation/competition ternational coordination and est emitters are accountable action, especially as it is one more than 1,166,190, according to the Johns Hop- of cases are Brazil (5,439,641), Russia (1,537,142), provinces over the past 24 underpin the ongoing war.” support of the Afghan peace for more than 30 per cent of of the three largest coal finan- kins University. As of Wednesday morning, the France (1,244,242), Spain (1,116,738), Argentina hours, Tolo news reported. Khalilzad said: “Afghans are process. the total global emissions. ciers in the world. total number of cases stood at 43,907,193, while (1,116,609), Colombia (1,033,218). OOWNERWNER PPUBLISHERUBLISHER PPRINTEDRINTED BBYY BBUCHIUCHI BBABU,ABU, VVUPPALA,UPPALA, PPRINTEDRINTED BBY.Y. 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IPL WORLD’S BEST TOURNAMENT: GANGULY Ishant to be fit for Seoul Peace Australia tour: Report Prize for IOC OVER THE MOON WITH RATINGS report in ESPNCricinfo said president that the National Cricket New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) BCCI the opening week of the Academy (NCA), headed Thomas President Sourav Ganguly has ongoing IPL edition saw a 15 per by ex-India captain Rahul been overwhelmed with the cent growth in viewing minutes Dravid, has in a letter to Bach response which the ongoing as compared to 2019. The IPL the BCCI said that Ishant is edition of the Indian Premier 13 has already witnessed many expected to start bowling League (IPL) is getting in terms thrilling clashes with matches from November 18. of viewership and ratings. The being decided in Super Overs. After getting injured in the IPL 2020 edition was initially “There have been so many IPL, Ishant went to the NCA scheduled to be played in March Super Overs, we recently to undergo treatment.“The but following the outbreak of witnessed a double super over, NCA, however, has pointed the novel Coronavirus, it was we saw Shikhar Dhawan’s out that Sharma would need postponed indefinitely. batting, we saw Rohit Sharma, to play at least one practice Later after months of we saw all the young players New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) match before he is declared deliberation, the Board prior to the tournament, we not surprised with the feedback. and we witnessed the comeback Ishant Sharma, who had ready to bowl in the Tests,” New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) of Control for Cricket in were contemplating, whether This is the best tournament in of KL Rahul’s KXIP from the to pull out of the Indian the report added. International Olympic India decided to stage the this can happen or not, what the world,” he added. bottom of the table,” said the Premier League due to a left The injury-prone fast Committee (IOC) president tournament in the United Arab will be the ultimate result of The opening week of the BCCI President. “You will get internal oblique muscle tear bowler, who has played Thomas Bach on Monday Emirates from September 19 to the bio-bubble and will it be tournament was watched by everything here! I can bet you in his rib cage, is likely to be 97 Tests and taken 297 received the prestigious November 10. “Unbelievable successful,” Ganguly said while 269 million viewers, 11 million that the IPL has been a smashing fit for India’s first Test against Test wickets, will become Seoul Peace Prize, the IOC and I am not surprised at all. speaking on Star Sports Cricket more per match compared to success this year, in terms of the Australia in December. only the second India pace said in a statement. When we were discussing with Live show. “We decided to move the like period of last year’s ratings, the number of people The first Test is scheduled bowler to play 100 Tests Bach joined the ceremony Star (official broadcasters of the ahead with our plan, because edition. According to a BARC- who have watched the game,” to be held in Adelaide from after Kapil Dev.This was virtually from Lausanne, Dream11 IPL 2020) and all the we wanted to bring normalcy Nielsen report titled ‘Television he added. The league stage of December 17 although there Ishant’s second injury in with the award being people concerned - if we have in everyone’s lives and wanted Viewership and Advertising the tournament is scheduled to has been no official word 2020. He had hurt his ankle collected on his behalf by to do it this year and one-month to bring the game back. I am Consumption of IPL-13 2020’, end this week. from Cricket Australia yet.A in February this year. the former UN Secretary- General, His Excellency Ban Ki-moon. Hockey players resume The Seoul Peace Prize Hyderabad stay afloat after comes with a USD200,000 sports activities in Assam, prize, which Bach will donate to the Olympic Rashid, Saha star in win Refuge Foundation and Manipur Dubai, Oct 28 ( / net run-rate than DC. three other social charities. back in the game, as per a Hockey GloFans) Leg-spinner Each team plays 14 league “This prize belongs to India media release. Rashid Khan returned his matches each and the top the entire IOC and all of The players and the coaches of best ever Indian Premier four teams will qualify the Olympic Movement. the state member unit are currently League (IPL) figures of for the playoffs. Delhi’s Without their tireless work building towards their next domestic three wickets for seven decision to field backfired and all the support of so tournament - a test event in the first runs and Wriddhiman as even their most lethal many from all around the week of November." Saha smashed 87 off just guns - speedsters Kagiso world, these achievements We are delighted that our hockey 45 balls to guide SunRisers Rabada and Anrich Nortje for peace through sport players have resumed sports Hyderabad (SRH) to an -- struggled to stop the could never have been Guwahati, Oct 28 (UNI) Hockey activities. Staying away from the emphatic 88-run win over flow of runs. The duo along accomplished,” Bach said. players in Assam and Manipur pitch for a long time is difficult for Delhi Capitals (DC) on with the other bowlers was Congratulating Bach, have resumed sports activities in any sportsperson and therefore we Tuesday, and stay in race put in by DC on winning afloat. They have now brutally hammered by the Prime Minister of the accordance with the Ministry of are ecstatic that we have found a for the playoffs. the toss. Then, Warner moved a spot ahead in Warner (66) and Saha (87) Republic of Korea, Chung Home Affairs' (MHA) guidelines way to resume sports activities by Credit is also due to pressed into service seven the points table, to sixth, as SRH posted a mammoth Sye-kyun, said: amid the Covid-19 pandemic. following the SOP and guidelines birthday boy and captain bowlers and all, except with 10 points while DC total. Defending the “President Bach In Assam, approximately 100 provided to us by Hockey India," David Warner 66 off 34 himself, bagged at least a slipped a place, to third, total, the SRH bowlers played a fundamental players have resumed limited sports Tapan Kumar Das, General Secretary balls and Manish Pandey wicket to help bundle DC but they are equal on bowled exceptionally well, role in transforming the activities. The players, who belong Assam Hockey said. who scored an unbeaten out for 131 in 19 overs for points (14) with toppers especially Afghanistan’s Olympic Winter Games to the U-16 and U-19 age group, "We have to ensure that we don't 44 off 31 balls to take their their biggest defeat of the Mumbai Ind and Royal Rashid, who impressed PyeongChang 2018 into the are focussing on basic drills and are push our players too hard. They have team to 219 for two wickets season. Challengers Bangalore, with stunning figures of Peace Olympics, putting slowly and steadily finding their feet to move forward steadily," he added. in 20 overs, after they were The win has kept SRH thanks to their superior 4-0-7-3. them beyond all political tensions as a symbol of hope.” Pak vs Zim: All players, support personnel test negative for Covid-19 Ki-moon, who collected the award on behalf of Rawalpindi, Oct 28 (UNI) have returned negative. The interact with each other and he will be the third umpire Bach, highlighted the All Pakistan and Zimbabwe tests were conducted on move freely within the bio- for the second T20I.The ICC creation of the first Refugee players have tested negative Monday as part of the PCB's secure bubble," it added. has appointed Javed Malik as Olympic Team at the for Covid-19 ahead of the Covid-19 Protocols following The ODIs will be played on match referee for the series. Olympic Games Rio 2016. limited-overs series which the assembling of the two sides October 30, November 1 and 3 As per the ICC's interim “It was an unprecedented begins Friday at the Pindi in Islamabad," the Pakistan while the T20Is will be played playing regulations, Aleem and monumental event in Cricket Stadium. Cricket Board (PCB) stated in a November 7, 8 and 10. and Javed will be the ICC- modern Olympic history. "A total of 107 Covid-19 tests, media release on Tuesday. Aleem Dar has been assigned appointed match officials. The I still vividly remember conducted on the players and "All 107 participants have on-field duties in five of the PCB has appointed umpires the cheers as the Refugee player support personnel of now entered the bio-secure six matches. He will stand in Ahsan Raza, Asif Yaqoob, Team entered the stadium. Zimbabwe and Pakistan sides bubble in a five-star luxury all the three ODIs as well as Rashid Riaz and Shozab Raza It was a truly inspiring as well as the match officials, hotel and are now allowed to the first and third T20I, while for the series. moment,” he said. ASIAN ONLINE CHESS Serena’s daughter not to take ISL: Mumbai City FC secure loan CUP: INDIAN MEN, WOMEN lessons from her mom move midfielder Cy Goddard TEAMS ENTER FINAL “The lady has no idea that it’s my daughter Mumbai, Oct 28 (UNI) Mumbai academy, Goddard represented While the men beat Kazakhstan so we’ll see how that goes.” City on Tuesday announced the Spurs at the U-18, U-21 and 2.5-1.5 and 3-1, the women’s signing of English-born Japanese U-23 levels before leaving the side posted 3.5-0.5 and 4-0 New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) midfielder Cy Goddard ahead club in 2017. A move to Italy wins over Mongolia. Three-year-old Alexis of the Indian Super League (ISL) followed for Goddard where the Olympia Ohanian Jr, 2020-21 season. The 23-year-old youngster signed for Serie B side on the top board in daughter of tennis legend joins the Islanders on a season- Benevento Calcio on a three- both his matches. In Serena Williams, is picking long loan from Italian club year deal in 2018. the first match, India up tennis but would not Benevento Calcio. In search of more playing rode on Adhiban’s win be taking her first lessons “I’ve heard plenty of great time, the midfielder moved to Chennai, Oct 28 (UNI) while Nihal Sarin, SP from her mother. This was things not just about India but Cypriot club Pafos FC on loan B Adhiban and R Vaishali Sethuraman and K confirmed by the 23-times the Indian Super League as well. for the 2019/20 season. Goddard shone bright as the top- Sasikiran drew their Grand Slam mother.“The When an opportunity to come is also a youth international for seeded Indian men and games.In the second lady has no idea that it’s to Mumbai City came by, I was Japan and has worn the Japanese women teams entered match, Adhiban, Sarin my daughter so we’ll see eager to come to India, showcase national colours at the U-16 and the finals of the Asian and Sethuraman won how that goes,” Serena said my talents here and develop my U-17 levels in the past. “I am Nations (Regions) Online their respective games on her Instagram Story. game,” said Goddard. “I am really pleased to have a great chess championship but Sasikiran suffered Before her big lesson, aware of the philosophy we talent like Cy in our squad. He has with victories over a defeat at the hands of Olympia watched some have here with coach Sergio developed from a young age at a Kazakhstan and Denis Makhnev. film of her mom playing Lobera and it fits right with the top-level club like Tottenham and Mongolia respectively on Aus vs Ind: the US Open, though she way I like to play football. It’s even at his young age, he brings a Saturday.While the men Melbourne, Oct 28 (UNI) The upcoming Boxing prefers cartoons, according unfortunate that we have to play lot of valuable experience along beat Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5 Day Test between Australia and India during the Boxing to baseline.com in these unique conditions away with his skill,” Lobera said. “Cy and 3-1, the women’s Border-Gavaskar Series is all set to have crowd at Day Test “I’m not a pushy mom, from our fans, but I am prepared has the potential to grow and side posted 3.5-0.5 and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).This comes but I know how I like to give everything it takes to become an influential player 4-0 wins over Mongolia.B following the announcement from the head of at MCG all technique,” Serena said. help the club and give our here at Mumbai City and we’re Adhiban notched up government in the Australian state of Victoria Daniel set to have “So I’m going to make supporters good memories,” he looking forward to what he can important victories Andrews in which he eased Covid-19 restrictions sure she’s good at teaching added.A product of English club offer to the squad,” he added. over Rinat Jumabayev following a sharp decline in the number of infections. 'crowd' Olympia some techniques.” Tottenham Hotspur’s youth ENTERTAINMENRT 8 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 29 THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 2020 Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad Shraddha as Nagin gets mixed response from netizens

oon after Shraddha Ka- have been mixed, with memes by Narcotics Control Bureau the past. “You are real life na- of sushant fans... you lost your Nagin. Absolutely no one see poor was confi rmed as the featuring and targeting Shrad- in a drug-related case recently. gin who defamed sushant by respect,” wrote a user. Trolling “Well... Now ppls are evolv- this stupid concept movies,” Sheroine of the three-fi lm dha going viral. While fans have Yet others criticised Bolly- saying he only procured drugs the actress, another user wrote: ing but seems like bollywood commented another user. franchise based on the superhit praised the actress saying she is wood saying it lacks creativity and you are all so good... Lost “#ShraddhaAsNagin becomes is still believe in such a non TV series Nagin On Wednes- suitable for the role, many oth- because the concept of Nagin respect on you after that.. may fi rst nagin related to drugs. Na- sense story. That’s why we are A user criticised: “Innovation day, the hashtag #ShraddhaAs- ers are not convinced. Some and the shape-shifting serpent be your PAID PR gives you gin = maal hai kya...” “Instead of not getting any Oscar awards... in bollywood is rare. #Shrad- Nagin started trending on have even raked up the issue has been a subject on fi lm and positive reviews.. not a single spitting poison, this Naagin will Hollywood producing Aveng- dhaAsNagin is rotten stuff.” Twitter. Responses to the news of Shraddha being summoned in TV shows several times in percent of love from millions spit drugs,” trolled another user. ers and Bollywood producing

itya started seeing that girl as he ADITYA ROY told Mumbai Mirror, “Maybe, PRIYANKA TEES I didn’t know how he felt.”He OFF AT GOLF KAPUR REACTS added to his defense, “And only around eight months after that, COURSE, SAYS TO RANVEER I did start seeing her." 'PRACTICE Talking about spending lock- SINGH'S down with the family he said, MAKES PERFECT' “I was supposed to go down to CLAIM OF the farmhouse for just the week- riyanka Chopra end, but ended up staying in the Jonas has shared a STEALING HIS middle of nowhere for 90 days.” Pvideo that captures He went on to say, “Actors her playing golf. In the In- GIRLFRIEND are happy because we can now stagram video, Priyanka is go under the radar.I put on my seen attempting a shot at he live-wire of Bolly- Dhupia Show that Aditya Roy RANVEER SINGH AND mask and my helmet and no a driving range. wood, Ranveer Singh, Kapur, whole was his class- ADITYA ROY KAPUR one knows it’s me.”While Aditya "In between ‘shots' Twho is currently busy mate in college, had stolen WERE CLASSMATES reacted to it as he said Ranveer was Roy Kapur has fi lms like Ludo #PracticeMakesPerfect. with multiple projects, said his girlfriend during that peri- DURING THEIR dating that actress-hostess but after and Ahmed Khan's untitled ac- Thanks for your help @ three years back in Neha od.Now, the Sadak 2 actor has COLLEGE DAYS. eight months of their breakup, Ad- tioner under his belt, Ranveer thlpntzk," she captioned Singh is currently gearing up the image, where she is for the release of '83, which is seen dressed in an all- scheduled to release during the black outfi t paired with BIGG BOSS 14 : WILD CARD ENTRANT KAVITA Christmas weekend. white gloves.Priyanka Ranveer's wife Deepika is recently joined a host of KAUSHIK HOPES TO ADD NEW TWIST also playing reel-life better half Hollywood stars includ- igg Boss 14 wild card am. I think I'm a fun person. feels that even if she indulges in in the fi lm as she portrays the ing Kate Winslet and Kea- entrant Kavita Kaushik I'm a funny person. I like to an argument or tiff, she would character of Romi Dev. Talking nu Reeves as a narrator of Bfeels housemates of the tease people. That's my nor- add something new to it."After about Deepika Padukone com- the upcoming series, "A ongoing season are not being mal nature. In fact people get watching the show this year, ing on board, director Kabir World Of Calm". real, and copying popular con- offended saying that it gets too I feel the contestants are try- Khan told us, "I think the back- Winslet and Pri- testants of the previous seasons. much." "Honestly, I come from ing to copy contestants of the ground, the fact that her dad, yanka have joined the Kavita says she plans to bring a a small town and I have been previous seasons. I hope I am Prakash Padukone was a sports previously-announced twist in the plot with her entry teased a lot, so that is what I able to get something new. ‘Bigg superstar, that infl uenced her celebrities Mahershala on the house. Asked what side have learnt. That is what I do Boss' is known for its seasons very strongly. It wasn't because Ali, Idris Elba, Oscar of her personality the viewers but in a good way and not a and its contestants. Iss baar surr Deepika had agreed to do the Isaac, Nicole Kidman, would witness on the reality mean way. I hope my humour nahi bethe hain, main umeed fi lm that I wrote the role. Deep- Zoe Kravitz, Lucy Liu, show, Kavita told : "I can works. I hope it gels with peo- karti hun ke mein naya surr laga ika liked the role, and that's Cillian Murphy, and talk about the kind of person I ple," she added.The actress paungi. why she agreed to do the fi lm. Reeves, reports deadline. RISHI KAPOOR, IRRFAN KHAN, SUSHANT TRIBUTES AT INDIAN FILM FEST MELBOURNE

ate actors Rishi Kapoor, some fi ne men who did some in- who is director of IFFM.Irrfan "The Illegal"."I had a ball of a Irrfan Khan and Sushant credible movies that resonated Khan passed away on April 29 time working on it and there was LSingh Rajput will be hon- with everyone. It was important after battling neuroendocrine this specifi c scene in the climax, oured at the ongoing edition for us to celebrate their memory. tumour. A day later, on April which I was so thrilled about. of Indian Film Festival of Mel- We handpicked some great fi lms 30, Rishi Kapoor lost his battle When I shot for the movie, a few bourne (IFFM) . for our audience so that we relive with leukaemia.Sushant was years ago, it was solely because The organisers of the festival a little bit of their lives with them. found dead in his residence on the subject spoke to me at a per- will screen the Irrfan Khan-star- Their loss to the fi lm indus- June 14. The Central Bureau of sonal level. It is a much-need rer "Song Of Scorpion", "102 Not try is irrevocable but the magic Investigation (CBI) is currently conversation in today's times Out" starring Rishi Kapoor, and of their movies will continue to probing his death. The 11th edi- with the visa restrictions on the Sushant Singh Rajput'-star- entertain generations hereaf- tion of IFFM, which will run till South As has become a topic rer "Kedarnath.""Artistes live on ter," said Australian-Indian fi lm- October 30, will also screen the of much debate and discussion," through their legacy. These were maker Mitu Bhowmick Lange, Shweta Tripathi Sharma-starrer Shweta said.

DISHA PATANI, RAJKUMMAR RAO, ARJUN KAPOOR ANANYA PANDAY : to dub for The Boys in Hindi I want to explore and grow ing to watch Antony Starr as Homelander -- an infuriatingly ver since Ananya takes, I am okay with it. I Instagram handle to share complex character that every- Panday made her am blessed that I already a dolled up picture of her- one loves to hate. I hope that Edebut with SOTY 2, got love from audiences, self adorning an elegant the audiences like what I have she has been the talk of and only hope to get more attire in shades of pink and done with my voice for Home- the town. She has shown in upcoming fi lms. Its a very brown. lander." remarkable variety in her long journey, I am excited Ananya’s sartorial "The character of Billy work with only three films for it". choices have always been Butcher, much like the series, and is going up the graph She has become a fan's ahead of the curve. She has a unique charm and an im- with her every project. favourite especially after can be seen pulling off any pressive character arc. Billy's Fans have loved her in Khaali Peeli, where much outfit with glam. ollywood stars Di- by Antony Starr) and Disha will wild sarcasm and his alluring all her characters. The to everyone's surprise Here, the actress is seen sha Patani, Rajkummar be Starlight's (Erin Moriarty) ruggedness spoke to me and I roles she played helped Ananya handled a very gazing into the camera, BRao and Arjun Kapoor voice in Hindi."Dubbing for can't be more excited to voice her explored different different role and that too while she strikes a pose will be voicing for the Hindi the character has been such a this delightfully-vexed vigilan- genres and show us a new with complete justice to it. with utmost perfection.On dubbed version of the super- fun experience and I hope the te," Arjun said. side of herself.In an inter- The young star who rose the work front, she will next hero satire, The Boys.Arjun will audience is able to enjoy ‘The "The Boys" is a fun and ir- view with a leading publica- to fame in no time with be seen alongside Deepika lend his voice for the character Boys' along with my character reverent take on what happens tion, the Khaali Peeli speaks her work, has signed a deal Padukone and Siddhant of Billy Butcher (essayed by and her journey in the same when superheroes -- who are about her courage towards with signifi cant brands af- Chaturvedi in Shakun Ba- Karl Urban in the original ver- way I did," Disha said.Talk- as popular as celebrities, as in- her work. She says, "I want ter each movie.While her tra's untitled and a Pan- sion), Rajkummar will lend his ing about the dubbing stint, fl uential as politic , and as to explore and grow, and birthday countdown be- India fi lm Fighter opposite voice for Homelander (played Rajkumar said: "It is fascinat- revered as Gods . if that means making mis- gins, the diva took to her Vijay Deverakonda. JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ GIFTS CAR TO STAFF MEMBER ON DUSSEHRA acqueline Fernan- the staff member a car hearted and loving," the ture on dez has a grand but didn't know when it source added.In a video Instagram, where she is share any details about J idea for a Dusseh- would be delivered. posted on social media, seen in a police attire. her "fun project" in the ra present. She has So, Jacqueline arrived we see puja being per- In the image, the actress post.The actress recent- gifted a staff member donning the uniform of formed on the set, be- holds a coffee mug and ly celebrated 46 million a brand new car."On a traffic police inspector cause the car was deliv- flashes a grin. followers on Instagram the occasion of because she was on the ered at the set. "How was everyone's by sharing topless pic- Dussehra, Jacqueline set of her film," a source Jacqueline also shared Sunday?? Fun project tures. Jacqueline will be surprised a member said. a sneak peek from an coming up soon! #my- next seen with Salman of her staff who has "Jacqueline had gifted upcoming fun project on happyplace," she cap- Khan in "Kick 2". She been with her since a car to her make-up ar- her latest social media tioned the image, which also has "Bhoot Police", she made her debut in tiste previously. She is post.On Sunday night, currently has 969K likes. which features Saif Ali Bollywood, she gifted known for being kind- Jacqueline posted a pic- Jacqueline did not Khan and Arjun Kapoor. THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES Greater Hyderabad 29 Thursday, October, 2020 Pages-8 Government restored normalcy in flood hit areas under GHMC in a week: KTR Special Correspondent tee consisting of chief en- (TSIT Bureau) gineers of the departments of GHMC concerned, Hyderabad, October 28: Water Board and HMDA Minister for Municipal Ad- members have been di- ministration and Urban rected to submit a report Development (MAUD) KT within 15 days. Of the 192 Rama Rao said that the gov- tanks in GHMC, 14 tanks ernment had taken mea- were damaged by the re- sures on a war-footing basis cent rains, while six ponds to restore the normalcy in were reported to have been the flood-hit areas in Hy- breached. He said all the derabad in less than a week. damaged ponds/tanks A high-level review meeting would be repaired immedi- was held this evening on the ately with GHMC funds of restoration and relief mea- Rs 41 crore. sures taken in the suburban Ten special teams for municipalities along with waste disposal in Musi the city of Hyderabad. The minister said ten spe- Principal Secretary, Mu- cial teams have been formed nicipal Administration Ar- to remove large-scale un- vind Kumar, GHMC Com- named waste in the Musi missioner Lokesh Kumar, River with the heavy water Director, Municipal Ad- that came with the lifting of ministration, Satyanaray- the Himayat Sagar gates. ana, GHMC, Water Board, Restoration of power South Zone Power Distribu- including proper support- tation programmes for the should be completed imme- the Azampura Bridge was supply in record time tion Company, Hyderabad ing photographs,” he said next ten days. The officials diately,” said Municipal Min- causing serious problems The minister said the pow- Metro Rail and senior of- and added 1572 areas in the were ordered to remove ister KTR. Rs 204 crore funds in the Old City and that the er supply in the city, which ficials and engineers from city were severely affected the accumulated garbage, have been sanctioned to un- construction of the bridge was disrupted due to heavy departments such as the by the rains, of which 230 dump in the drains, re- dertake the construction of should be completed on a rains and floods, had been Musi River Development at- colonies and bastis were move the nameless waste the roads. “Of them, Rs 80 war footing. “Rs 68 crore restored on a war footing. tended the meeting. “Four completely submerged. and carry out disinfection crore would be spent on the has been allotted and these With the exception of just lakh people were severely He said that the city was programmes. Disinfection construction of CC roads,” he works should also be un- four distribution transform- affected by the heavy rains transporting about 5,500 programmes were carried said and added that the work dertaken immediately,” he ers in the city, 221 transfers and floods in Greater Hy- metric tonnes of municipal out by the Department of should start soon with funds added. Special Committee have been restored, he said derabad, each of which cost waste every day through Entomology with 64 vehicle allocated for the construc- for Strengthening of Hus- and added that TSSPDCL tens of thousands of rupees. GHMC, while removing mounted vehicles, 1,000 tion of box drains at a cost of sain Sagar Lake and Bund had suffered a loss of Rs 3.5 Rs 400 crore has been re- two and a half to 10,000 sprayers and 843 naphtha- Rs 298 crore. Canals: KTR announced crore. He said the water leased and Rs 300 crore has metric tonnes of waste ac- lene sprayers. Reconstruction of that a special committee board had resolved more been disbursed to three cumulated massively due to Road restoration Azampura Bridge with Rs headed by the Irrigation than 900 complaints and 3 crore lakh people till date. In ad- these rains.Rama Rao said works on a war footing Department ENC would be was providing 520 MLD of dition, 37,000 dry ration kits that nearly 18,000 metric Repairs of roads and fly- KTR said that the gov- set up to propose measures water to the city people ev- are being distributed. Those tonnes of waste had been overs severely damaged by ernment had released Rs 3 to strengthen the Hussain ery day, and added that 130 affected by the rains and moved in the last four days rains and floods should be crore for the construction Sagar lake embankment, colonies in 15 municipalities those who have not been alone. GHMC Sanitation, carried out on a war footing. of the entire Azampura which is the lifeblood of in the Greater Suburbs were compensated should in- Entomology and EVDM of- “Repairs of 99 km of internal bridge, which collapsed due Hyderabad, and to repair submerged. Of these, relief form the concerned GHMC ficials have been directed roads and 83 km of CRMP to heavy floods. The Minis- the canals leading into the and restoration work is in officials to provide details to carry out intensive sani- roads at a cost of Rs 52 crore ter said that the collapse of Hussain Sagar. A commit- full swing. 529 WEDNESDAY, Thursday, AUGUST,October, 2020 2020 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 22 Raising Hands Society Congress will win in Dubbaka People are donated Dashara gifts ready to teach a lesson to TRS: Gudur

(TSIT bureau) providing relief to them to GHMC WORKERS Hyderabad, October during the Covid-19 pe- 28::Telangana Pradesh riod. He said the govern- Congress Commit- ment miserably failed tee Treasurer Gudur in providing support to Narayana Reddy on the people to face the Wednesday said that unprecedented crisis. Congress would win the Narayana Reddy said bye-election in Dub- that the government has baka Assembly Constitu- failed in providing the ency with the support infrastructure to face the of the Dubbaka voters. situation arising out of In a media statement, he the Covid-19 pandemic to said that voters of Dub- the frontline warriors and baka are ready to teach in hospitals. The disease a befitting lesson to the was not added to Arogya ruling Telangana Rashtra Sri Scheme and due to Samithi in the bye- poll among the people against leadership of Telan- this lakhs of people have by defeating its candi- the TRS government gana Congress incharge faced financial problems. date. He made it clear and the development Manickam Tagore and He said that the govern- that voters of the constit- being done by former TPCC president N Ut- ment also did not provide uency would vote in favor MLA Cheruku Muthyam tam Kumar Reddy. any help to the farmers of Congress candidate Reddy in the constitu- The TPCC Treasurer who suffered losses due to Cheruku Srinivas Reddy. ency would ensure hands said that former minis- the recent incessant rains. He said that though the down victory to Congress. ter Cheruku Muthyam He said that enumeration TSIT BUREAU TRS and BJP, which are Narayana Reddy said Reddy has developed of crop loss was not taken On Wednesday Raising Hands Society donated Dashara considered to be two that people have been Dubbaka Assembly Con- up and no aid has been gifts (Groceries) to GHMC Sweeping Workers sponsored faces of the same coin, defeating the ruling stituency by providing provided to the farmers. by Marripalli Venkatesh TRS Senior Leader Organizanised are enacting dramas, party since the election building to the schools, He criticized that the rul- by M.Rajesh Prajapathi Supreme Court Advocate OBC the Congress candidate to Graduate Constitu- -self-help groups, ensur- ing party has neglected the Central Committee National Secretary, Mukunda Radha Cheruku Srinivas Reddy ency by causing the win ing laying of roads in the interests of the people and Ward member Santosh Raj and S. Ramesh Speaking on the would win the election. of Congress candidate rural areas and others. it did not take any steps occasion leaders said we cannot forget the services rendered He said that though the T Jeevan Reddy in 2019. He made it clear that the to stop implementation by GHMC employees during pandamic time and recent BJP and TRS are trying to They would continue people are vexed with of the new farm acts be- floods, as the ghmc staff is busy in their duties during floods show the people that they this practice in the Dub- the misrule of Chief Min- ing enacted by the Centre. and they even not able to spend time with their families are competing with each baka by-election also. ister K Chandrasekhara The government agreed to Raising Hands Society wish these ghmc employees celebrate other, in fact they have He said that Con- Rao. He said that people purchase the maize only the festival with joy. So Raising Hands Society distributed been helping each other. gress would win the were angry for the fail- after the Congress has groceries to them. He said that resentment by-election under the ure of the government in brought pressure. Loans should extend the EMI Maritime Realm by one year until Dubaka Assembly seat should be financial progress is consolidate given as a gift to Sonia Gandhi who has Tanugula Jitender Rao

(TSIT bureau) given Telangana.MRR Unity of Press andMedia (TSIT bureau) National General Secretary Hyderabad, Oct 28::TPCC Tanugula Jitender Rao said spokesperson Mogulla the loans should be extend- Rajireddy held a house- ed for one year till finan- to-house campaign in cial progress is achieved. Makharajpeta village in Speaking on the occasion, Chegunta Mandal on Jitender Rao said that due Wednesday as part of to the Corona disaster, the the Dubaka bye-election Supreme Court should ex- the past as they are unable campaign.Speaking tend the EMI moratorium to pay the loan EMI to the on the occasion, TPCC on loans to the Central distressed people who are spokesperson Mogulla Government to the RBI for stuck in a debt trap no mat- Rajireddy said that Congress a seat will increase but if not to let their games go development, Cheruku another two years. Mil- ter what the loss of lives.So candidate Cheruku Congress wins the people's on. He Urged that the Srinivas Reddy, said he would lions of crores of rupees the Supreme Court asked Srinivas Reddy, son of questioning voice will win. Dubaka Assembly seat vote for hand symbol and have been written off, Jitender Rao to take deci- former Minister Cheruku He saidTRS and the BJP should be given as a gift win with a huge majority and He said. Loans EMI suicides sions with the central gov- Muthyamreddy, should be are trying to buy the votes to Sonia Gandhi who has send the questioning voice to can occur as a result of farm- ernment and RBI in hu- supported in the Dubaka with corrupt money and given Telangana.Congress the assembly.He pleaded the ers committing suicide in manitarian perspective. bye-election.If TRS wins have appealed to the people candidate for Dubbaka voter in his campaign. 529 WEDNESDAY, Thursday, AUGUST,October, 2020 2020 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 23 Hyd hospital uses novel implant PD act against leaders, middle men for heart valve replacement if take money 2 BHK : Talasani Hyderabad, Oct 28 (UNI) (TAVR), which uses this implant, are amongst the innumerable Hyderabad, Oct.28 ment will impose Doctors at a private hospital in is usually performed on aged advantages it presents,” said (UNI): nimal Hus- PD act against the Hyderabad have successfully patients whose arteries are rigid Saratchandra. bandry Minister Ta- leaders and middle performed a sophisticated yet and tortuous and flexibility as- The patient with a prior his- lasani Srinivas Yadav men if they proved short duration heart valve im- sumes great significance. The tory of heart attack four months today warned that in looting people plant on a 74-year-old woman implant is retractable, a salient ago. She underwent an emer- middle men or local the minister warned. suffering from severe aortic feature, considering the op- gency angioplasty at Virinchi leaders will face PD The chief Minister K valve stenosis. The procedure portunity to appropriately re- Hospital and recovered well Act for forcibly col- Chandrasekhar Rao was performed five days ago deploy in instances of less than from it. However, she was also lecting money from has offered these two by Saratchandra, Senior Con- ideal placement. According to diagnosed as having Aortic poor with regard to bedroom houses for sultant Cardiologist at Virinchi doctors, it is priced at half the valve stenosis due to severe nar- 2 bedroom houses the poor for self re- Hospital. He used the novel imported devices are available rowing of the valve, with cor- in Jiyaguda or at any spect. There are re- Hydra Aortic Valve. The patient for and will be a great relief for responding symptoms and was place. Srinivas Ya- ports of middle men has recovered well and has Indian patients, who struggle to advised to undergo TAVR proce- dav urged people and leaders luring since been discharged, the doc- meet the high medical costs. dure, 3 months later. need not to give a the poor and taking tor said. The Aortic Valve has the The device is gaining tremen- “This is a critical heart con- single paise to anyone for the government vision. money on 2 BHK units. If critical function of letting blood dous popularity abroad too due dition in which one of the main the housing facility. He There are reports that that is correct they will face flow from heart to other parts of to its advanced technology and valves of the heart that helps distributed 139 units of 2 middle men are looting serious action Srinivas Ya- the body. Hydra Aortic Valve, cost advantage. It has already maintain the unidirectional Bedroom houses among people in Jiyaguda and dav warned. Our aim is to the indigenously developed been given the CE mark and is flow of the blood to the body, beneficiaries at Gode Ki they will face PD act, he give free the housing facil- heart valve, has multiple ben- being used in European coun- becomes stiff and hampers Khabar area near Nam- warned. They should not ity to the poor the minister efits and was recently approved tries. “This new device is both functioning in full capacity. If pally in old city here. Later give money to such people said. The KCR government for patient usage. The device is medical fraternity and patients left untreated this condition he told media persons that who come to lure he add- offers permanent shelter flexible, hence can seamlessly friendly, has several advanced can result in recurrent loss of there are still 192 units un- ed. The government offers to the poor to make better track along tortuous and stiff features making it the prime consciousness, heart failure, der construction. These free of cost these houses living. MLA Raha Singh vessels, especially in the aged. option for TAVR. Being In- stroke and sudden death,” the 2 BHK units will be given for the poor who should Collector Mohanthy were Trans Aortic Valve Replacement dian made and less expensive doctor said. free to needy people as per keep in mind. The govern- present. Andhra police rescues Hyderabad Telangana corona cases surge to 1,481 doctor from kidnappers Hyderabad, Oct 28 (UNI) Telan- family welfare, 1,451 people re- Hyderabad, Oct 28 gana on Wednesday reported covered from the virus during the (UNI) Police in Andhra 1,481 new COVID cases, taking 24-hour period that ended 8 p.m. Pradesh rescued a doc- the state’s tally to 2,34,152. After Tuesday. tor on Wednesday, who reporting daily count of less than The state’s recovery rate im- had been kidnapped by 1,000 for three days due to fewer proved to 91.78 per cent as against five burka-clad persons tests, the cases surged to over the national average of 90.7 per from his hospital in Hy- 1,400 as the authorities conducted cent. The total number of active derabad. The doctor was 40,081 tests. cases stands at 17,916 of which kidnapped on Tuesday. The authorities had drastically 14,883 are in home or institutional Behjas Hussain, 58, was reduced the number of daily tests isolation. During the last 24 hours, rescued by police in An- due to week-end and Dussehra 40,081 samples were tested in 18 antapur district after holidays and this had led to a big government-run laboratories, 46 intercepting a car on drop in number of cases. Four private laboratories and 1076 Rap- Hyderabad-Bengaluru deaths during the last 24 hours id Antigen test centres. According highway in the early pushed the death toll to 1,319. to officials, 37,237 samples were hours of Wednesday, po- The fatality stands at 0.56 per cent tested in government-run labora- lice said. was not clear. They ap- the kidnappers, who rounding from all sides, against the national average of 1.5 tories and 2,844 in private. Of the Police also arrested a proached the Cyberabad were speaking Marathi. the vehicle along with per cent. Officials said the per- total samples 17,635 were primary kidnapper while three police, which registered Later, he was handed one accused by name centage of deaths due to Covid-19 and 4,809 were secondary. The cu- others managed to es- a case and formed spe- over to a four-member Sanjay was caught on hot was 44.96 while the remaining mulative number of tests mount- cape.The physician, who cial teams to rescue the team with Bolero and pursuit, while three oth- 55.04 had co-morbidities. Greater ed to 41,55,597. Samples tested is also into real estate victim. The Cyberabad the team was asked to go ers ran towards nearby Hyderabad reported 279 new cas- per million population ratio rose business, was kidnapped police had also alerted to Bengaluru/Shimoga. fields,” police said. The es. Medchal Malkajgiri recorded further to 1,11,649. The daily test- from his hospital at Kis- all check posts around The kidnappers had de- victim’s hands and legs the second highest number of cas- ing target for the state is 5,600 matpur in Rajendranagar Hyderabad and in neigh- manded Rs 10 crore as were tied. He has been es at 138 followed by Rangareddy per day as per the World Health on the city outskirts bouring Andhra Pradesh. ransom in Bitcoins. An- rescued. The police sus- (111), Khammam (82), Nalgonda Organisation (WHO) benchmark by five burka-clad per- According to the police, antapur police said they pect that some persons (82), Bhadradri Kothagudem (79), of 140 per million per day.Out of sons. After the kidnap, after the kidnapping, tried to intercept the car w ith whom the doctor Karimnagar (79) and Suryapet 2,34,152 total positive cases so his family received a the doctor was kept in a at Anantapur but they might be having financial (47).According to the daily media far, 70 per cent (1,63,906) were as- voice message on mo- room in an undisclosed escaped towards Kana- or property issues could bulletin released by the office of ymptomatic while the remaining bile phone but the audio place in Hyderabad by ganapalli. “After sur- have kidnapped him. the director of public health and 30 per cent (70,246). 529 WEDNESDAY, Thursday, AUGUST,October, 2020 2020 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 24 Bihar man gets death for Andhra police rescues Hyd killing 9 in Telangana doctor from Hyderabad, Oct 28 (UNI) A the Garib Rath train to Vi- court in Telangana’s Waran- sakhapatnam on March 6, gal district on Wednesday but during the journey, he kidnappers sentenced a man to death for bought butter milk and af- killing nine migrant work- ter mixing sleeping pills, Hyderabad, Oct 28 (UNI) check posts around Hyder- ers by throwing them into a served it to Rafiqa. After she Police in Andhra Pradesh abad and in neighbouring well after mixing sedatives in fell asleep, he strangulated rescued a doctor on Andhra Pradesh. Accord- their food. her and threw the body from Wednesday, who had been ing to the police, after the The court verdict came the train near Nidadavole kidnapped by five burka- kidnapping, the doctor was five months after the shock- in West Godavari district of clad persons from his hos- kept in a room in an undis- ing incident as First Addi- Andhra Pradesh. pital in Hyderabad. The closed place in Hyderabad tional District Court mag- The accused got down doctor was kidnapped on by the kidnappers, who istrate found 24-year-old from the train at Rajahmun- Tuesday. Behjas Hussain, were speaking Marathi.Lat- Sanjay Kumar Yadav guilty dry and returned to Waran- 58, was rescued by police in er, he was handed over to of the gruesome killings and gal. When Nisha and her hus- Anantapur district after in- a four-member team with sentenced him to death. The band enquired about Rafiqa, tercepting a car on Hyder- Bolero and the team was police investigations had re- he said she had reached her abad-Bengaluru highway in asked to go to Bengaluru/ vealed that to hide the mur- them one by one and threw Bihar and Mohammed Sha- village and would come back the early hours of Wednes- Shimoga.The kidnappers der of a woman with whom them into the well, about keel (40), a native of Tripura. later. When Maqsood’s fam- day, police said. had demanded Rs 10 crore the Bihar man, had a live-in 100 metres away from a go- Yadav, who was also working ily threatened to approach Police also arrested a as ransom in Bitcoins. An- relationship, Sanjay Yadav down of a gunny bag mak- at the gunny bag unit, de- the police, he hatched a plan kidnapper while three oth- antapur police said they committed nine more mur- ing unit where the family of veloped a relationship with to eliminate all of them. ers managed to escape. tried to intercept the car ders by throwing the victims a migrant worker from West Nisha’s niece Rafiqa (37), On May 20 when Maq- The physician, who is also at Anantapur but they es- into a well at Gorrekunta vil- Bengal and two Bihari youth who had come from West sood’s family was celebrat- into real estate business, caped towards Kanagana- lage near Warangal town on were living.Another migrant Bengal with three children ing Shabaaz’s birthday, he was kidnapped from his palli. “After surrounding May 20. Police on May 25 from Tripura, who was also after separation from her came to their house and hospital at Kismatpur in from all sides, the vehicle arrested Sanjay Yadav, who present in the building, was husband and was employed mixed sleeping pills in the Rajendranagar on the city along with one accused by confessed to killing the nine also murdered. Police had in the same factory. Yadav food prepared at home. As outskirts by five burka-clad name Sanjay was caught people, including six mem- recovered the bodies Mo- had taken a room on rent two Bihari youth living in the persons. After the kidnap, on hot pursuit, while three bers of one family, by mixing hammed Maqsood Alam and was living with her. Af- same building had seen him his family received a voice others ran towards nearby sleeping pills in their food (55), his wife Nisha (48), ter Rafiqa admonished him at Maqsood’s house, he went message on mobile phone fields,” police said. The vic- and then throwing them one their sons Shabaaz Alam (20) for trying to sexually exploit to their room and mixed sed- but the audio was not clear. tim’s hands and legs were by one into a nearby well. and Sohail Alam (18), daugh- her daughter, he hatched atives in their food to wipe They approached the Cy- tied. He has been rescued. As all the victims were se- ter Bushra Khatoon (22), a plan to kill Rafiqa. He in- out the evidence.Shakeel, a berabad police, which reg- The police suspect that dated after having their food Bushra’s three-year-old son, formed Maqsood’s family native of Tripura who had istered a case and formed some persons w ith whom laced with sleeping pills, all from West Bengal, Sriram that he is taking her to West come to Maqsood’s house special teams to rescue the doctor might be having the accused put each per- Kumar Shah (26), Shyam Bengal to talk to her elders at the latter’s invitation, too the victim. The Cyberabad financial or property issues son in a gunny bag, dragged Kumar Shah (21), both from for marriage. They boarded became Yadav’s victim. police had also alerted all could have kidnapped him. Six AR constables suspended Telangana corona cases surge to 1,481 Hyderabad, Oct 28 (UNI) ery rate improved to 91.78 for handcuffing farmers Telangana on Wednesday per cent as against the na- Vijayawada, Oct 28 (UNI) Six remand till November 7. On the next reported 1,481 new COVID tional average of 90.7 per Armed Reserved constables were day, the farmers were handcuffed cases, taking the state’s tally cent. The total number of suspended by Guntur district Su- and taken to Guntur sub-jail in a bus. to 2,34,152. After reporting active cases stands at 17,916 perintendent of Police Vishal Gunny The police act of handcuffing the daily count of less than 1,000 of which 14,883 are in home for handcuffing farmers recently. Mr farmers drew flak from all quarters. for three days due to fewer or institutional isolation. Gunny also issued charge memos Meanwhile, Telugu Desam Party tests, the cases surged to During the last 24 hours, to an RI and RSI in this regard on National President and former Chief over 1,400 as the authorities 40,081 samples were tested Wednesday. Minister N Chandrababu Naidu con- conducted 40,081 tests. in 18 government-run labo- Police registered cases against 11 demned the act of handcuffing the The authorities had dras- cent. Officials said the per- (82), Bhadradri Kothagudem ratories, 46 private labora- farmers for preventing some outsid- farmers over a trivial case. tically reduced the number centage of deaths due to (79), Karimnagar (79) and tories and 1076 Rapid Anti- ers going to Amaravati to hold agi- Mr. Naidu wondered how the of daily tests due to week- Covid-19 was 44.96 while Suryapet (47). gen test centres. According tation supporting shifting of capital innocent farmers could be treated end and Dussehra holidays the remaining 55.04 had According to the daily me- to officials, 37,237 samples city from Amaravati to Visakhapat- in such an inhuman way in a state, and this had led to a big drop co-morbidities. Greater Hy- dia bulletin released by the were tested in government- nam. The police registered cases which was being ruled by persons in number of cases. Four derabad reported 279 new office of the director of pub- run laboratories and 2,844 against them under SC/ST (Atroci- accused in criminal cases. From deaths during the last 24 cases. Medchal Malkajgiri lic health and family welfare, in private. Of the total sam- ties) prevention Act and arrested sev- the beginning, the ruling YSRCP hours pushed the death toll recorded the second highest 1,451 people recovered from ples 17,635 were primary en of them on October 24. They were was harassing and persecuting to 1,319. The fatality stands number of cases at 138 fol- the virus during the 24-hour and 4,809 were secondary. produced before the court in Nara- the farmers and filing false cases at 0.56 per cent against the lowed by Rangareddy (111), period that ended 8 p.m. The cumulative number of saraopet which sent them to judicial against them. national average of 1.5 per Khammam (82), Nalgonda Tuesday. The state’s recov- tests mounted to 41,55,597. 529 WEDNESDAY, Thursday, AUGUST,October, 2020 2020 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 25 Synchrony signs MoA with UoH to help fund India’s first blockchain project Seven held for kidnapping

Hyderabad Oct 28 (UNI) Synchrony, a premier con- Hyderabad doctor for sumer financial services company, signed a Mem- orandum of Agreement Rs 10 cr ransom (MoA) with the Univer- sity of Hyderabad (UoH) Hyderabad, Oct 28 (UNI) to help fund India’s first Cyberabad police on Wednes- blockchain project for pro- day arrested seven persons viding financial services to for kidnapping a city doctor farmers across the country. for Rs 10 crore ransom. Hours The project aims to after the doctor was rescued make revolutionary chang- by police in Andhra Pradesh’s es in the Agri financing sec- duce the costs for marginal vices based blockchain for Anantapur district, Cyber- tor in India by introducing farmers who cannot access a group of farmers in Tamil abad Police Commissioner disruptive technology to loans from formal chan- Nadu, associated with V.C. Sajjanar announced the help with financial resil- nels of lending. The project SEEDS NGO (Farmers Pro- arrest of seven accused while iency, Synchrony said in also aims to provide Ar- duce Organization). six others, including the main a release here. Farmers in tificial Intelligence based The blockchain will be accused, a relative of the doc- India can face challenges tools to project future cash built between farmers, tor, are absconding. in Hyderabad and Pune. He, other ‘escort team’ headed in accessing funds due to flows of farmers. With bet- SEEDS, and their primary Behjat Hussain, a 56-year- along with Mubashir Ahmed by Puneet of Udupi in Kar- factors such as income ter monitoring and more lender Sammunati Finan- old dentist, was kidnapped alias Khaled, who was his nataka. His team comprised uncertainty and problems accurate cash flow predic- cial Services (a leading from his clinic in Kismpatpur business partner in Austra- Sanjay, Siri and Prithvi, who with monitoring asset uti- tions, the project hopes to Agri-based value chain under the limits of Rajen- lia, hatched a plan to kidnap all hail from Udupi. The job of lization in remote villages. improve the lenders’ trust financing NBFC in India). dranagar police station on the doctor for a ransom to the second team was to shift This blockchain project and reduce the cost of bor- NIRMAAN.ORG, NGO, will Tuesday. make easy money. Mubashir, the abducted victim to the can bring all the parties rowing to marginal farmers coordinate the project. He was rescued by the po- through Musthafa, took a flat safe location in Karnataka till together – from farmers with no collateral for bor- “Through our partner- lice at Anantapur early on on rent from the doctor at they receive the ransom from to financing experts in rowing. Professor Vijaya ship with the University of Wednesday when a four- Bandlaguda and kept a close the family. On the basis of the supply chain together Bhaskar Marisetty, Profes- Hyderabad, we are help- member team of abductors watch on the movements of information provided by Ra- to simplify the exchange sor of Finance, University ing to push the technology was taking him to Bengaluru the victim through house- heem, Sumit, Akshay, Vicky of information and pay- of Hyderabad, who is the boundaries to help farm- in a car. While one abductor keeper Mohammed Raheem. and Salman, wearing burkas, ments, the release said. head of the project, and has ers reach their financial was arrested, the remaining They joined hands with barged into clinic, threat- This three year public- been working with farmers goals,” said Mr Andy Pon- managed to escape. Ganesh alias Guniya of Pune, ened the doctor and tech- private partnership in- during the last three years neri, Senior Vice President Sajjanar said the police and through him, hired other nician with toy pistols, and cludes a grant from Syn- and has extensive insights and Business Leader, Syn- cracked the case within 12 accused Sumit Chandrakanth tied the technician’s hands chrony to UoH for the into the problems faced by chrony India. Welcoming hours with the cooperation Bhosale, Akshay Balu Vairek- and mouth. They took the project which will focus farmers and lenders in the the university’s first CSR by their counterparts from ar and Vicky Datta Shinde, all victim to Yellamma Banda of on leveraging the block- country. funded project, UoH Vice- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka residents of Pune. The main Kukatpally where they kept chain technology to help Dr. Varsha Mamidi, Fac- Chancellor Professor Appa and Maharashtra. Accord- accused also joined hands him till late night and sent lenders provide financial ulty member, Machine Rao mentioned that “Such ing to police, main accused with Imran and his brother Ir- a voice message to the fam- assistance to farmers with Learning, University of innovative models will Musthafa, who is a relative fan who hail from Kukatpally ily members demanding the no collateral and fixed as- Hyderabad, is a co-inves- help in bridging the gap of the victim’s wife, had re- in Hyderabad. They formed huge ransom. They threat- sets. The main objective of tigator in developing the between industry and aca- turned from Australia after two separate teams for execu- ened to kill the victim’s wife, the project is to find ways blockchain. This will be demic institutions. incurring huge losses and tion of their plan, one for ab- father and kids if the required on how technology can re- India’s first financial ser- University of Hyderabad started real estate business duction of the victim and the amount is not paid. Recovery, restoration of cyber data underway, says Dr Reddy’s

Hyderabad, Oct 28 (UNI) Pharma “As of date, our investigation has 32 per cent quarter on quarter but ment drugs including the vaccine partnership, RDIF shall supply 100 major Dr Reddy’s on Wednesday not ascertained if any data breaches down 30 per cent year on year. It candidate Sputnik V.” million doses of the vaccine to Dr said that recovery and restoration of in the incident pertain to personally also reported revenues of Rs 4,897 The Drugs Controller General of Reddy’s upon regulatory approval all applications and data is under- identifiable information stored in crore, up 11 per cent QoQ and 2 per India. on October 17, granted per- in India. In another development, way following the last week’s cyber- the company’s systems. Recovery cent YoY. “During the quarter we mission to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Dr. Reddy’s announced that Parag attack. “On 22nd October 2020, we and restoration of all applications saw gradual recovery in the market for conducting Phase 2/3 human Agarwal will be joining the Company experienced an information security and data is underway. All critical demand across India, Russia and clinical trials of Russian Covid-19 as Chief Financial Officer on Novem- incident and consequently isolated operations are being enabled in a other markets after a low demand vaccine candidate, Sputnik V, in In- ber 2. The Board of Directors at their the impacted IT services. This inci- controlled manner,” it added. Dr in Q1 FY 21, although the demand is dia. This vaccine has been developed meeting on Wednesday approved dent involved a ransom-ware attack. Reddy’s had said immediately after yet to fully recover to pre-Covid lev- by Russia’s Gamaleya Institute and his appointment effective December We promptly engaged leading out- the cyber attack that it did not fore- els,” Dr Reddy’s Co-Chairman and funded by Russian Development In- 1, 2020. In a career spanning over 33 side cybersecurity experts, launched see any major impact on its opera- MD, G.V. Prasad. The company also vestment Fund (RDIF). Last month, years, Agarwal has held several lead- a comprehensive containment and tions due to the incident. launched Covid-19 treatment drugs Dr Reddy’s and RDIF had entered ership positions, contributing signif- remediation effort and investigation Meanwhile, for the second quar- Avigan (Favipiravir) and Remdesivir. into a partnership to conduct clini- icantly to the financial performance to address the incident,” said the ter ended September 30, Dr Reddy’s “We further strengthened our devel- cal trials of Sputnik V vaccine and its of his organizations. With over 10 Hyderabad-headquartered firm. reported profit of Rs 762 crore, up opment pipeline for Covid-19 treat- distribution in India. As part of the years of working experience. 529 WEDNESDAY, Thursday, AUGUST,October, 2020 2020 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 26 Katrina Kaif invests in beauty Bollywood Actor Katrina Kaif and strength. 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With the up- demic interrupted our lives, the shift scale in IT sector, non-IT sectors are to remote working has not just al- also likely to get triggered positively tered the place where we work from once a strategic plan is into action. but also its criteria for execution Reshaping of industry standards and manner of implementation. is also likely to lead decentralisa- The radical change is also driven by tion of jobs from urban clusters to the transition in the client’s expec- smaller towns. The changes intro- tations as per modified customer duced by hiring professionals will expectations. Abhishek Agarwal, not be limited to the preliminary Senior Vice President, Judge India phase but throughout the course of explains the new hiring trends in operations. Seminars, workshops, IT industry:Redefined job profiles research and development, would are demanding professionals with be of the nature which are flexible multi-disciplinary skills who believe and accessible by all with scope to in outcome with the scale of growth accelerate diversified capabilities and automation in organisations. It in all the participants.Apart from is a golden time for leaders to push this, tools needed for addressing the their boundaries, and for newbies to digital gap in countries like India, it acquire more than usual responsi- This shift in the outlook of indus- the largest employers globally and, bounce back with hiring activities, opens a segment for IT professionals bility. As we move forward in a cul- tries makes the role of hiring panel with data becoming the new capital reaching 60 percent of its pre-COV- who are open to the idea of train- ture where applications are devel- more crucial as they would have to to invest in, Data analysts, consul- ID levels. The influx of investments ing and leading by example. These oped for even the smallest need of widen their horizon between tra- tants, app developers and software coming in for automation and BFSI unprecedented times have proven the tech-savvy users, the industry is ditional and newly created class of managers are going to be playing sector are bringing acceleration to to be the right reinforcement for open to innovators who have a keen professionals. A balance has to be an inevitable role right from the in- IT job profiles in India. With impres- developing clusters of individuals, eye for untapped delivery areas and derived at, for ensuring stability and ception of any business. Owing to sive track records and large enter- who are not just good at performing can utilise limited resources avail- long-term growth of the organisa- this emerging need in the market, prise accounts, the Indian IT firms cross-industry and within their areas able judiciously. tion. The IT sector has been one of IT has been one of the few sectors to are outstanding their performance of expertise but can go. 529 WEDNESDAY, Thursday, AUGUST,October, 2020 2020 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 27 71% of Ind expect firms to fast-track digital initiatives: Report Bengaluru, Oct 28 (UNI) the societal role of companies the only challenge that leaders About 71 per cent of Ind ex- is changing. have to grapple with. They also pect companies to accelerate The report reveals that while need to listen and respond to digital initiatives, said a new a string of crises has affected all customer demands for empa- report on Wednesday which facets of life, including a funda- thy and understanding, inno- showed the many ways cus- mental shift in how customers vative products and services, tomer engagement is changing connect with brands, factors and a fundamental rethinking amid crises. like empathy, personalisation, of the role of business in soci- The Indian customers es- convenience, and digital trans- ety. “Connecting customers at timate 60 per cent of their formation are the keys to cus- various touchpoints -- digital, interactions with businesses tomer relationships. As these human, or other -- to gain a take place online this year, same customers reevaluate the holistic understanding is the compared to 47 per cent in role of business in society, the first step on the path to resil- 2019, said the report by lead- notion of stakeholder capital- iency and growth,” Afshar said. ing Cloud software company ism is increasingly factored The global report is based on Salesforce. In India, 94 per into purchase decisions. insights from over 15,000 con- cent of customers said how a “Regardless of who they sumers and business buyers company acts during a crisis market, sell, or provide service across 27 countries, including demonstrates its trustworthi- to, businesses are navigating a 650 respondents from India. In ness, according to the fourth a holistic understanding is the across 27 countries, including landscape they couldn’t have India, 94 per cent of customers edition of Salesforce’s “State of first step on the path to resil- 650 respondents from India. In imagined at the beginning of said that Covid-19 has elevated the Connected Customer” re- iency and growth,” Afshar said. India, 94 per cent of customers this year,” Vala Afshar, Chief their expectation of digital ca- port. “Connecting customers The global report is based on said that Covid-19 has elevated Digital Evangelist at Salesforce, pabilities and 95 per cent said at various touchpoints -- digi- insights from over 15,000 con- their expectation of digital ca- said in a statement.“A massive the societal role of companies tal, human, or other -- to gain sumers and business buyers pabilities and 95 per cent said shift to digital channels isn’t is changing. Kangana does not know ground reality: Goa line producer

he controversy surrounding ground realities.“No one knows tertainment Society of Goa (ESG), a the alleged indiscriminate the ground reality. Kangana government agency which oversees dumping of PPEs and other Ranaut does not know any- film-shoot related regulation, is- unsegregated garbage, by a thing about what is hap- sued a show cause notice to Borkar. productionT crew hired by Karan Jo- pening here. This is The notice had said that norms of har’s Dharma production, for a wrong. She is spoiling garbage disposal were not followed, shoot in a Goa beach village last Goa’s name,” Borkar while disposing non-biodegradable week, continued to brew on told a press confer- waste, which included PPE gear used Wednesday. A day after Kan- ence in Panaji on in the film shoot.Borkar said that the gana Ranaut highlighted Wednesday. “...there shooting for the Dharma Produc- the issue on Twitter, are efforts to defame tion film starring Deepika Padukone, claiming that careless us. We do not know was being carried out in a villa in the dumping of garbage why, maybe be- beach village of Nerul in North Goa harms the environ- cause Dharma and the daily collection of garbage ment, Goa-based Production was dumped at a site designated by line producer Dil- is involved the local village Panchayat author- ip Borkar, who or Karan Jo- ity. “The garbage was disposed of by had been hired har’s name a local contractor appointed by the by the Karan Jo- is involved,” village Panchayat every day. Only on har production Borkar said. Sunday, he failed to do so, after which firm, said that The con- the photos went viral,” Borkar said. the national troversy The controversy went viral after Rana- award win- erupted nut on Tuesday uploaded photos of ning actress after photos the littered garbage bags on Twitter. did not know of garbage “Movie industry is not a virus just for bags indis- the moral fibre n culture of this nation criminately but it has become very destructive and dumped by the harmful for the environment also, @ film productionPrakashJavdekar ji @moefccAsee this crew went viral on disgusting,filthy,irresponsible behav- social media, fol- iour by so called big production hous- lowing which es, pls help Folded hands,” Ranaut the En- said in her tweet. 529 WEDNESDAY, Thursday, AUGUST,October, 2020 2020 THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES 28 BJP cheated Telangana people : Harish Rao Revanth Reddy not a leader, Hyderabad, Oct.28 development, he charged. (UNI) : Upping the ante Despite many reminders may join BJP : KTR says against the BJP leaders Modi government has ig- for their rhetoric on the nored to accord national ruling party on develop- status to our irrigation Congress leaders to quit ment, Finance Minister, T projects. We have been Harish Rao today accused seeking the same for ei- Hyderabad, Oct.28 (UNI) : the saffron party of cheat- ther Kakeshwaram or TRS working president and IT ing Telangana people. Palamur Ranga Reddy Minister, K Taraka Rama Rao He urged Dubbaka peo- projects and the Modi today made sensational re- ple to reject the opposi- government is unready to marks that Congress MP, A tion parties in the by polls head to our requirements, Revanth Reddy is not a leader. as they come to segment he fumed. During his informal chat with only during the elections. Harish Rao also hit out media persons at TRS party of- Harish Rao conducted The BJP is talking to set up try, he claimed. KCR gov- at the Congress leaders fice Telangana Bhavan here, he a poll campaign at Ap- motors at farm wells and ernment also offers Rs 5 like Utham Kumar Reddy predicted that Revanth Reddy is pannapally in Dubbaka collect power bills. While lakhs ex-gratia to the kin and others for making to switch over to BJP soon. In a segment with the TRS the TRS government un- if the farmers die of any vague charges. He asked freewheeling talk, the minister candidate Sujatha and der KCR leadership of- reason the minister clari- whether the Congress said that Revanth Reddy is not appealed people to elect fers 24 hours free power fied. These two national ruling states offer rythu at all a leader. The Congress her for more develop- to farmers. So do we parties are coming in the bandhu and rythu bhima MP does not have mass follow- Congress are likely to switch ment. The BJP has to- need these motors or free way of development and schemes being imple- ing or people support, KTR has loyalties to other parties like the tally deceived Telangana power he asked the gath- you cannot trust them for mented in Telangana. said. Earlier, Revanth Reddy TRS and the BJP . A few more people and they cannot ering and decide to whom duping always. KCR has The people in Dubbaka was in the Telugu Desham leaders from the Congress are ask for votes in Dubbaka they vote for. Besides that achieved Telangana and will vote for the TRS to party of Chandrababu Naidu expected quit it to join others. polls. Chief Minister, K the KCR government of- taken up several welfare continue legacy of late and now in the Congress party, While some may prefer to join Chandrasekhar Rao has fering Rs 10,000 per acre schemes like no other Solipeta Ramalinga Red- he reasoned. And the Congress the BJP he added. There are affection on the segment to each farmer and it is states. The BJP regime dy who vouched for con- MP may soon change over to many leaders to jump to the while the BJP and the only done by KCR as no at the centre is not giving tinuous development he the BJP, KTR said. KTR hinted saffron party or others after the Congress are of no use. where else in the coun- financial support to state added. that a few more leaders in the polls, he felt. Man tipsy, falls asleep AP CM directs officials to ensure on bike in Hyderabad on Tuesday in ine- farmers get MSP briated condition. He parked his bike by the roadside and Vijayawada, Oct 29 (UNI) lection Centers, Cold Rooms fell asleep. Cyber- Andhra Pradesh Chief Min- for Storage, Custom Hiring abad Traffic Com- ister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy Centers, Primary Processing mand and Control directed the officials to ensure Centers, Assaying Equipment, Centre observed that no crop is purchased less Janata Bazaars, Bulk Milk Cool- the man on CCTV than Minimum Support Price ing Units, Cattle sheds and aqua and alerted police (MSP) and the payment should infra in select villages, Procure- station concerned. be completed within ten days ment Centers and e-marketing. “Booking of every of the purchase. During a re- The Chief Minister also drunken drive case view meeting with the officials stressed on strengthening the is prevention of a on theCMAPP and e-marketing security and payment gateways potential road ac- held here on Wednesday, the along with delivery logistics cident. Cyberabad Chief Minister stressed that no and ensuring smooth transac- Traffic Command farmer should incur any loss tions between buyer and seller. and Control Cen- and instructed the officials to After placing an order, the crop Hyderabad, Oct 28 tre observes in CCTV a take immediate action on re- should reach the buyer in 3-4 (UNI) Traffic police in man sleeping on his bike ceiving any alert of farmers sell- days without any hassles. The Hyderabad found an ine- on mid road and alerts ing their crops below the MSP State has signed MoU with briated man asleep on his Madhapur Traffic Police,” and ensure they get remunera- in 10 days of the crop purchase tablished across the state , as it Amul and other companies to bike on the road in the tweeted Cyberabad Traf- tive price.He stated that infor- and display the MSP of the was estimated that 1,09,24,524 provide employment opportu- busy IT corridor of Mad- fic Police. According to mation about the MSP for crops crops at RBKs. He told the offi- metric tonnes of crops will be nities to women and increase hapur.According to Cy- police, on examination, should be made available at all cials to take required measures harvested in this Khariff. Dis- their income. Minister Kurasala berabad Traffic Police, the his Blood Alcohol Con- 10,641 RBKs on a daily basis and in procuring paddy, groundnut cussing the setting up of Mul- Kannababu, Special Chief Sec- man was found sleeping tent (BAC) reading was directed the officials to moni- and cotton that were damaged tipurpose Facility Centres at retary Poonam Malakondaiah, on his Honda Active on found 334 mg/ 100 ml of tor the remunerative prices of in recent rains at a remunera- Rythu Bharosa Kendras, it was Special Commissioner for Mar- the road nearIKEA under- blood. He was booked for crops and review them if there tive price and safeguard farm- estimated that Rs.9093 Crore is keting Pradhyumna, Special pass.Satyanarayana, an drunken driving and also is any price fall. The Chief Min- ers. The officials informed the required to set-up a total of 13 Commissioner for Agriculture office boy, was returning for driving without docu- ister told the officials to ensure Chief Minister that 5812 crop facilities. They include Ware- Arun Kumar, Special Secretary from a bank at Gachibowli ments. farmers get their payment with- purchase centres have been es- houses, Drying Platform, Col- for Marketing Y Madhusudan .