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DELHI: KEJRIWAL SAID ON COVID-19 THREATENS TO CM KCR TO HOLD WATERLOGGING - THIS IS NOT THE EXACERBATE CONFLICT, REVIEW MEETING ON TIME TO BLAME EACH OTHER HUMANITARIAN CRISES: WHO MONDAY AND TUESDAY

SHORT TAKES PM DIALS ̏ CMS TO TRIPLE MUDER IN BJP CREATING MISCHIEF, RAHUL VERY CAPITAL: WOMAN, KNOW ‘SITUATION’ IN 2 KIDS FOUND THEIR STATES CLUBBED TO DEATH MUCH IN INDIA : CONGRESS TSIT BUREAU tioned the government TSIT BUREAU New Delhi, July 19 : over its claim that China TSIT BUREAU New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) A Amid a political slugfest did not occupy or intrude New Delhi, July 19 : 28-year-old woman and her between the BJP and into India. Prime Minister Naren- two minor children were found Congress, social me- Firing salvos at the dra Modi spoke with the murdered at their home in Ni- dia has been abuzz with government over the Chief Ministers of seven hal Vihar area of the capital on speculation that former Chinese intrusion, Rahul states over phone, here Sunday morning, police said. party chief Rahul Gan- said, "The question is on Sunday, about “situa- The needle of suspicion points dhi has left the country, why the Chinese choose tion” in their states. toward her husband who went but sources close to the this particular time to These Chief Minis- missing after the incident. The Congress leader have move. What is it about ters are Nitish Kumar bodies of Preeti and her nine- denied this, adding that India's situation that has (Bihar), Sarbananda year-old son and fi ve-year-old the ruling BJP is rattled made China act in such Sonowal (Assam), Y.S. daughter were found at their because of its failure on an aggressive way? What Jagan Mohan Reddy and other issues with residence at Shiv Ram Park in all fronts which Rahul is it about this moment (Andhra Pradesh), K. them. He talked about Nihal Vihar in the outer district. has been highlighting. of time to have the confi - Chandrasekhar Rao state-specifi c concerns A PCR call was made at Nihal When contacted the dence that they can move (Telangana), O. Pareer- with them, according to Vihar police station at around sources, they said, "Of questioning the govern- and relationship with of Actual Control (LAC) against a country like In- selvam (Tamil Nadu), Jai sources.As of today, In- 11.30 a.m., giving information course he is in the coun- ment's foreign policy. He neighbouring countries situation with China after dia?" He said that coun- Ram Thakur (Himachal dia has 3,73,379 active about the incident, DCP, Outer try. There are no fl ights slammed the Modi gov- have worsened.Rahul deaths of 20 Indian sol- tries are protected not by Pradesh) and Triven- Covid-19 cases. Tamil Delhi, A. Koan said, adding that leaving India. All this is ernment over the face-off explained the reasons diers, including an offi cer a particular way, but by dra Singh Rawat (Ut- Nadu is one of the key Preeti's husband was not found because they (BJP) are with China in Ladakh. on China selecting this on June 15 in Ladakh's a confl uence of systems tarakhand).The Prime states where Covid-19 is at the house. All three deceased disturbed by his latest He said China chose time to intrude in Indian Galwan area in a clash of foreign relationships, Minister, it’s believed, spreading rapidly.While bored bruises on their faces and videos on China. Millions this time to intrude in land.He has been critical with Chinese People's neighbourhood, econo- discussed about coro- Assam has been inun- heads, police said. A hammer- have watched."Rahul on our land as India's for- of the government over Liberation Army (PLA) my and the feeling and navirus and its han- dated by rivers, Bihar is like tool, which has been found Friday released a video eign policy, economy the handling of the Line troops. He has ques- vision people have. dling, fl ood situation facing fl ooding. in the house, is believed to have been used by the murderer as his weapon, as all injuries seems to be from a blunt object, police ̉,̊̐̌ NEW COVID CASES, said. Several teams have been Modi govt creating myth through Media formed to investigate the case ̎ DEATHS IN TELANGANA and trace the missing husband, who works in a factory. Hyderabad, July 19 (UNI) ducted so far. The tests per COVID-19 cases in Telan- million population is 4,945. on Chinese intrusion: Congress J&K REJECTS gana mounted to 43,780 with According to the health de- 1,284 more people testing partment, the state's cumu- New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) Two know from the government, jewala questioned. CLAIMS ON positive on Saturday. lative sample positivity rate days after Congress leader Ra- "in how many days status quo He said, Chinese occupa- EXPANSION OF The state also reported is 17 per cent. Sangareddy hul Gandhi raised questions ante of prior to May 5 will be tion on Indian land is unac- six fresh fatalities, taking the recorded 86, Rangareddy 68 on Indian foreign policy, Con- restored and what is the gov- ceptable and there would be 'STRATEGIC AREAS' death toll to 409. Accord- and Medchal 62.The offi cials gress Chief spokesperson Ran- ernment policy on it?" "Con- no compromise on territo- ing to the director of public said 58 new cases were re- deep Singh Surjewala alleged gress party and the citizens of rial integrity and national Srinagar, July 19 (UNI) The health, the mortality rate is ported from Karimnagar, 46 that the government is creating the country have said repeat- security."Congress party and J&K administration, here 0.93 per cent.The state saw from Nalgonda and 35 from myth on Chinese transgression edly that it is with the Armed the citizens of the country on Sunday, said there had more people recovering from Vikarabad. The state has 39 through media and the Chinese Forces and the government on have said repeatedly that it been no decision to either the infection than the new testing laboratories includ- have still occupied the Indian this issue, but it's regrettable is with the Armed Forces and transfer any new land or cases. The offi cial said 1,902 ing 23 in the private sector. territory at Depsang Plains that the government and the the government on this issue, declare areas outside can- people recovered in a single Out of 17,081 COVID beds and Pangong Tso lake and Prime Minister is creating con- but it's regrettable that the tonments or army land as day. With this the cumulative in government hospitals, still building additional army fusion through media on Chi- government and the Prime strategic. Stating that the number rose to 30,607. 15,169 beds are vacant. deployment, which is indica- nese incursions and not even Minister is creating confusion transfer, both acquisition The recovery rate of Telan- Of the fresh cases, 667 tive of an impending danger. bothering to restore status quo through media on Chinese in- or requisitions, continues gana is seven per cent higher were reported in hotspot Addressing a press conference ante", alleged Surjewala. cursions and not even bother- to be governed by the ex- than the national average at Greater Hyderabad. The here, Surjewala asked, "What is The Congress leader said ing to restore status quo ante", isting law, the administra- 70 per cent.The active CO- districts bordering the state the meaning of Defence Minis- that the confusion spread by alleged Surjewala. tion said it was "the stated VID cases stands at 12,765, capital continued to see the ter's statement that there is no the government is neither The Congress leader said policy of the government which is 29 per cent of the spike. Sangareddy recorded guarantee of resolving the issue "service to the nation nor it's that the confusion spread by to regulate and harmonize total cases reported so far. 86, Rangareddy 68 and Med- through talks and has the gov- patriotism."Surjewala posted Depsang? What is the govern- the government is neither the requirement of land by On Saturday, the state con- chal 62.The offi cials said 58 ernment accepted that it can't facts in favour of his argument. ment doing about it? Has Chi- "service to the nation nor it's the armed forces to meet ducted 14,883 tests. With this new cases were reported resolve the issue?" "Is China involved in construc- na occupied Finger 4 to 8 at patriotism."Surjewala posted the competing demands 2,52,700 tests have been con- from Karimnagar. The Congress wanted to tion at Daulat Beg Oldi and Pangong Tso lake area?" Sur- facts in favour of his argument. of development and inter- nal security." The clarifi - cation was issued to tackle the "misinformation be- RECORD SINGLE˨DAY SPIKE OF 38,902 Traffic takes a hit in Delhi after ing spread on regulating construction in 'strategic heavy rains areas' for armed forces for COVID˨19 CASES IN INDIA their operational require- Zafar Marg under railway ments." The administra- number of confi rmed cases in- bridge, Dhuala Kuan, New tion said it had recently cludes foreigners.This is the fourth Delhi Railway Station, Minto approved a special dis- consecutive day that COVID-19 Road, Guru Nanak Chowk, pensation for regulating cases have increased by more than Azad Mkt Rly Bridge, Mool- construction in "strategic 30,000. Of the 543 deaths reported chand Underpass, Central areas", required the for in the last 24 hours, 144 are from School LL Rai Marg, Modi direct operational and Maharashtra, 93 from Karnataka, Mill, Pull Prahaladpur, training requirements of 88 from Tamil Nadu, 52 from Prembadi Underpass. the armed forces. "Some Andhra Pradesh, 27 from West "WHO building located at misgivings have been ex- Bengal, 26 from Delhi, 24 from Ut- Ring Road near IP depot is pressed in the media. A tar Pradesh, 17 from Haryana, 16 under construction by the few political parties are from Gujarat and nine from Mad- NBCC. Today at about 8.30 deliberately misleading hya Pradesh.Bihar, Punjab and Ra- a.m. one bank of drain pass- people as if land is being New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) The The death toll due to the disease jasthan have reported seven fatali- New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) tempo driver died after drown- ing near WHO broke and transferred to armed forc- overall number of global India saw rose to 26,816 with 543 fatalities re- ties each followed by Telangana The heavy downpour in Delhi ing in the water logged under some jhuggis also collapsed es and entire J&K is being a record single- day jump of 38,902 ported in a day.The data updated with six deaths, Jammu and Kash- on Sunday morning brought Minto Bridge. in the water current and turned into a military es- COVID-19 cases pushing its tally at 8 am on Sunday showed that mir fi ve, Odisha and Puducherry the traffi c literally to a stand- Traffic was affected at water kept flowing towards tablishment," it said. to 10,77,618 on Sunday, while the 23,672 patients have recuperated three each, Assam, Tripura and still as reports of water-logging various places due to water- Ring Road and nearby areas total number of recoveries rose to in the past 24 hours, the highest so Kerala two each while Chandigarh, trickled from almost every part logging. The affected areas of Vikas Bhawan including 6,77,422, according to the Union far.There are 3,73,379 active cases Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand of the capital. The worst affect- are South Avenue road, Vi- IP Marg," said a senior Delhi Health Ministry data. presently in the country.The total have registered a fatality each. ed was New Delhi area where a nay Marg, Bahadur Shah police officer. EDIT 2 20 MONDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES US rush to Afghan peace, for Trump's 20 MONDAY, JULY, 2020 MARKETING ˨˨ IN THE TIMES OF reelection or for real? When the US signed the peace agree- So keen was Zalmay Khalilzad, US retary of State for South Asia, Raphel call from Washington. He walked to ment with Afghan Taliban on Febru- special envoy for the peace talks, to was among the authors of the original the far end to take the call and returned THE ROGUE VIRUS ary 29 in Doha, mutual recriminations sign a document that on current show- understanding with the Taliban in the waving his hands. "The Taliban project were obviously brushed under the car- ing he would have accommodated any mid-90s. The US, with Raphel in the is over." Apparently, Christiane Aman- Consumers and businesses are in flux, es- pet but some of these must be remem- formulations, even swear words, in lead, had spotted the Taliban as the pour of CNN had shaken up Washing- pecially during the past many months, as bered for historical record. The Taliban the pre US election agreement. Read most muscular force in Afghanistan. ton with a series of prime time features they stagger around trying to react to the were defeated in December, 2001 by a the text of the agreement and you will The game was simple. The Taliban on the excruciatingly harsh application rogue virus Covid-19. Many companies coalition led by NATO and helped by be amused. The heading to the docu- would control Afghanistan; the US of Shariah law on women. who have tentative mindsets and lean Russia, Iran, India, the Northern Alli- ment reads: "Agreement for bringing would control Taliban. TAPI, the Turk- Raphel lived to rue the telecast. "A budgets seem to have slashed marketing ance of which the "Lion of Panjshir", Peace to Afghanistan between the Is- menistan, Afghan, Pakistan, India gas strategic move had fallen victim to US communication budgets to a whimper, as Ahmad Shah Masoud was the architect lamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is pipeline, because of which Afghanistan gender politics," she told this reporter. they slide back to a cautious 'show me the and leader while he lived. not recognized by the United States as was stoked in the fi rst place, would Well, she should now reach out and demand' syndrome. Brand relationships Masoud carried his fi erce opposition a state and is known as the Taliban and then become feasible. Everyone would shake hands with Trump, Mike Pom- cannot be turned on and off. When brands to Taliban and Al Qaeda to interna- the United States of America." toss up their hats and whistle. Then, peo, Khalilzad for the hospitality they go silent in times of crisis they shouldn't tional forums. These included a fateful If the US does not recognize the as now, South Block was four square are according to a project not dissimi- be surprised if consumers forget them as address to the European Parliament Emirate, the insertion of this self- behind the US project. A slight prob- lar to the one she had launched in the well. Unless they find ways to engage and in Brussels in the spring of 2001. His defi nition of the Taliban could mean lem then was that National Security 90s. The idea was to treat the Taliban stay relevant, the current scenario can forces, much the most effective in Af- that the phraseology is not to be taken Adviser, J.N. Dixit and his coterie had as the most powerful group in Afghani- be a horror movie. They will just have to ghanistan, had picked up chatter on a seriously or is valid only up to the US declared Raphel persona non grata be- stan. Will the Peace Agreement be fol- watch demand sliding over the precipice. possible Osama bin Laden (Al Qaeda)- elections after which, well, who cares. cause she had mentioned Kashmir as a lowed up by a withdrawal of US troops? Seasoned marketers, however, understand Taliban action on the US mainland. Also, if suitable caveats were not there, "disputed territory" a statement attrib- Between conception and execution a the importance of brand building and re- On September 9, two Arabs, with pass- the position of President Ashraf Ghani uted by South Block to her friendship shadow does sometimes fall. After all, alise that their role is much more than ports forged in Brussels, approached would look comical. As it is, he is look- with Benazir Bhutto. President Barack Obama had set his generating short-term demand. Market- Masoud disguised as journalists in his ing in the region like the leader with As a journalist, lucky to be at the heart on withdrawing US troops by ing leadership will require innovation that hideout bordering Tajikistan and deto- the thickest skin. Having been tied at right place, I was witness to Raphel's July, 2011. One would take the will for is substantive, collaborative explorations nated their vests. That was the end of one ankle with rival Abdullah Abdul- Afghanistan project coming to naught. the deed in Afghanistan had Obama not and sharp insights. Those brands that an Afghan hero who had begun to be lah, Ghani cannot even hobble without Ambassador Frank Wisner had invited jumped into the Syrian quagmire, the are already strong will have significantly compared with Che Guevara, Ho Chi Abdullah's concurrence or a US nod. some of us to meet friends he was es- very next month, in August 2011. I was more leeway to explore and innovate as Minh and others in that league. This To top it all, the Taliban are scaring him corting to a holiday in Bhutan. Among in Damascus when US Ambassador to they pivot on the brand equity. The crux is was on September 9 as I have said ear- with nightmares of an Islamic Emirate his guests was Richard Holbrooke, for- Syria, Robert Stephen Ford, along with about keeping your finger on the pulse of lier. On September 11, two planes fl ew in which even a self-imposed, posh mer US ambassador to the UN and a his French counterpart spoke to pro- the consumer, understanding the stimulus into the Twin Towers. Did someone exile (like Hamid Karzai) will become fi xture in the Washington foreign pol- testers in Hama, Homs, Darra, in small and their changing life and staying tuned want Masoud out of the way because impossible. All of this will tickle Robin icy establishment. Just as the conversa- groups. The Obama administration to the beat of their pulse, staying engaged he knew too much? Raphel to distraction. As Under Sec- tion picked up, Holbrooke received a was providing communications. in conversation. Some brands have made excellent moves to contain the Covid im- pact on the brand. CADBURY Dairy Milk, SAVLON and Nestle MUNCH are notice- able. They have innovated while remain- China -- Covid unravels economic ing close to their brand values within this uncertain environment. CADBURY Dairy Milk understood the sentiments of the current situation. It built on the insight dimensions of security that generosity in tough times creates a strong emotional bond and launched The Corona pandemic caused calamity. inseparable from national security' attempts of China -- the all weath- the limited edition 'Cadbury Thank You by a new contagion -- yet another In this context, the present Sec- and it is now to be seen how it is er friend of Pakistan -- to fl ex its Bars'. In a bold innovation to their pack- virus in the form of a 'non-living' retary General of the WHO has able to negotiate with the signifi - muscles on LAC in Ladakh, Sikkim aging, they replaced the Dairy Milk logo free-fl oating protein molecule -- also been denounced by President cant economic isolation that the and Arunachal could be aimed at with 'Thank You' to creatively add a sen- hit the entire world, including both Trump as an accomplice of China Corona pandemic and American disturbing the atmosphere of peace timental dimension to the brand and have developed and developing coun- -- in no uncertain terms. A distinct hostility may land it in, during the for India. China's implicit message committed part proceeds towards health tries, affecting humans regardless fallout of the Corona pandemic is a days ahead. for India is that economic gains insurance policies of daily wage earners. of whether they were from the east perceptible shift of the global scene In the current geo-political scene alone would not add to India's se- The 'CADBURY Thank You' bars bridge or west, young or old and rich or towards a new 'Cold War' between where the US and China hold piv- curity. It may be recalled that after the gap with the unsung heroes and builds the poor. The virus did not 'attack' the US and China in which the eco- otal positions -- Russia is now just a the Doklam standoff in 2017, Presi- an immediate link between Cadbury and anybody by 'intention' -- the best nomic rather than the military con- major power much like the leading dent Xi had given charge of border generosity. That reinforces the brand's people could do, therefore, was to test is in the front. Although Prime countries of Europe besides Japan management directly to the PLA. equity. Nestle MUNCH came up with a avoid coming in its way while in Minister Modi's foreign policy fa- -- the Indo-US 'strategic partner- The Chinese had taken note of the campaign #CrunchKaAttitude. It seems to travel or at the workplace by main- voured bilateral relations with all ship' and the Sino-Pak 'military fi rm resolve of India not to tolerate build on the insight that the strength of the taining social distancing and not countries -- including the US and alliance' have in recent months any highhandedness of the oppo- youth, as they go through the Covid lock- touching a suspect surface. China -- keeping the national inter- emerged as counter balancing fac- nent at the border. The response of down stress, is in their attitude. The cam- It was not as simple, though, and ests above everything else, it is be- tors in South Asia. The fallout of India to recent acts of hostility by paign mirrors it in the brand with 'On ra- the pandemic took a huge toll glob- coming clear that the convergence Corona pandemic has accentu- Chinese patrols has to be demon- kho confidence ka crunch'. Engagingly put ally -- India just about managing to between the US and India on global ated Sino-Indian contradictions stratively fi rm so that the memory together, the storyline is peppy and makes moderate the loss of human life by matters touched a peak in the Modi that had been aggregating for some of Doklam remains in place. you smile. It helps us relate to the mischief enforcing a prolonged lockdown. regime and that the two coun- time notwithstanding the two sum- China's brazenness is India-spe- and confidence we see in youngsters and The world economy, already on tries were on the same side of the mits held at Ahmedabad and Wu- cifi c but President Xi also knows should resonate with the youth and even a weak wicket before the Corona fence on the issues of criticality of han between Prime Minister Modi that he cannot afford to create an their families. Prof. S. Jadish, Consultant crisis, took a beating -- India be- Chinese role in the saga of Corona and President Xi in 2014 and 2018 escalation or military confl ict any- and formerly of IIM Bangalore, feels, "The ing no exception. The big chal- pandemic and the present state of respectively. A process of well es- where in the present times. The re- present lockdown is an opportunity for the lenge everywhere is to set off the US-China trade relations. tablished global companies shift- sponse of President Trump in tak- brand to innovate and to make its own role process of economic recovery in a There is little doubt that the Peo- ing their operations from China to ing cognisance of the Sino-Indian more empathetic and relevant to the situa- situation of utter uncertainty about ple's Republic of China (PRC) had places outside of that country, has border situation in Ladakh will not tion. The campaign for Munch is enjoyable the resurrection of the global sup- taken important lessons from the begun in the wake of the Corona go unnoticed by Xi Jinping. India and engaging. It has all the ingredients ply chain. Societies scared into be- demise of the USSR and opted for crisis and India has made it clear -- has done the right thing in moving that can be leveraged for the lockdown coming inward-looking and locally combining a controlled opening at the policy making levels -- that it closer to the QUAD for ensuring situation and could possibly resonate with dependent entities, have brought up of the Chinese economy with a would welcome the enterprises that maritime security of the Indo-Pa- the youth because it seems to speak their down the 'demand' on which all harsher version of Democratic Cen- wanted to move into this country. cifi c region. China would not miss language. However, some creatives grab business rests. The lasting impact tralism or one party rule. It had not- At the same time, India also took the point that the Modi regime you faster than others. on such vast segments as travel, ed that the Soviet Union was strong a decision to centrally scrutinise would not accept any highhanded- tourism, hospitality, entertainment militarily but was having chinks in all portfolio investors from China ness of China in the Indian Ocean, and food has produced a crippling its economic armour. The Chinese before giving them clearance to much less on the land border. Printed, Published and Owned by Buchi Babu. Vuppala, effect on national economies and, leadership evidently tried to take do business here. It may be men- China apparently wants India to Printed at. Meera Offset Printers. No. 104. V.R. Pallai Street. because of the huge layoffs, given the economic route to becoming tioned, however, that business let Pakistan get away with the illicit Triplicane, Chennai- 5, Published from: No. 31 (Old) No. 58 rise to unprecedented human dis- a superpower against the US and houses are attuned to taking major award of territory in POK to China tress that even drew a parallel to the succeeded a great deal in this strat- decisions only on a rigorous evalu- for CPEC -- India must stick to its (New) Nagappa Mudali Street. Pudupet, Chennai-2. Great Depression. egy -- securing knowledge transfer ation of the ease of doing business opposition to the act and keep up Editor. Buchi Babu Vuppala. Further, the global economic from the West, particularly the US in a country and much will depend, the work of upgradation of the bor- RNI.No.TNENG/26176/2008. downturn has run into the 'geo- universities over the years. therefore, on the ability of the Indi- der infrastructure on our own ter- politics of the pandemic' because of Having made China the second an government to provide the right ritory, particularly in Ladakh. Our Administration Office : No.18 B, Alikulam Shopping the origin of Coronavirus in Wuhan largest economy of the world -- environ and framework of support defence forces have, in their stra- Complex, More Market, Chennai - 600 003. in China and an emerging consen- on the strength of its hold on the to the potential investors. The ad- tegic planning, covered the contin- sus in the world on the point that global supply chain -- President Xi verse economic impact of Corona is gency of a coordinated mischief by Registered Office : No. 31 (Old) No. 58 (New) President Xi's regime had deliber- has been working on military con- quite unsettling for China and since the Sino-Pak axis on our periphery. Nagappa Mudali Street. Pudupet, Chennai-600 002. ately suppressed the facts about the solidation to establish China as the that country had taken the Indian India's success against China lies spread of the contagion for its own second superpower. The BRI initia- market for granted, it would not in making a fast recovery from the reasons. President Donald Trump, tive planned by Xi Jinping was a well take kindly to India gaining from economic damage that the Corona Hyderabad : 17-1-469/A/42/23,Adarsh Nagar, who was already in a messy tug of thought out strategy of expanding this change of business scene at the pandemic had already caused at near Unique Grammar school, Saidabad, war on trade issues with China, has the Chinese area of infl uence and global level. home and, in particular, becoming Hyderabad -500059, Telangana. blamed the unprecedented trou- giving China an increasing number In the months following the abo- a part of the global supply chain in RNI NO. TELENG/2009/29225 bles of the US created by the pan- of strategic alliances based on eco- lition of Art 370 of the Constitu- every fi eld of production and ser- demic on that country and even nomic assistance and collaboration tion by India, Pak ISI had stepped vice. India should bring out the best Bangalore : 3rd Main Road- 4, L.N. Pura, raised the question of desirability in development projects -- not only up cross-border infi ltration of ter- in internal governance in the post- Bangalore- 560 021, Karnataka. of an international probe to ascer- in Asia but in other continents as rorists in J&K. Pakistan has also lockdown period- taking lessons tain if the research work in Wuhan well. China was following the new made troop movements in the from the administrative fl aws that RNI NO. KARENG/2012/43253 laboratories led to a 'man made' recipe of 'economic security being Gilgit Baltistan area. The current showed up earlier on that front. NATION 3 20 MONDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] / (H.O) Hyderabad Delhi: Kejriwal said on waterlogging - this COVID-19: Ex-DU professor Saibaba moves bail plea in HC is not the time to blame each other

New Delhi Jul 19 : Due situation became such government gives up its to the heavy rains in Delhi that a dead body was seen irresponsible attitude. The since this morning, people flowing on the road amidst Chief Minister should take are troubled by heavy wa- deep water logging. The responsibility for this and terlogging in many areas. body has been identified announce the assistance The roads are jammed due as 60-year-old Kundan. amount for the families of to flooding and vehicles He was going by car from the deceased. The govern- are not able to come out of Tata S (small elephant) to- ment should ensure that the water. Vehicles are hav- wards Connaught Place. such incidents do not recur. ing trouble in movement. His car got stuck under There are no external Chief Minister Arvind the Minto bridge due to bruises on the body. New Delhi Jul 19 Former Delhi harashtra government and other Kejriwal has tweeted af- heavy rain. He tried to get Regarding the matter, University professor G N Saibaba, respondents to file their replies ter the rains in Delhi. He the vehicle out of the wa- North Delhi Mayor Jai who is serving life sentence in a before July 24, when the court will wrote that the waterlog- ter but went deeper. It is Prakash said that such in- prison here for alleged Maoist links, hear the case. In his bail applica- ging has been removed believed that he died due cidents will continue to has filed a bail application before tion, Saibaba said his weak health from the Minto Bridge. to drowning in the mean- happen until the Delhi the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay along with comorbidities make him Since this morning, I was water has gathered it is be- each other. Everyone has time. There are no exter- government gives up its High Court, citing his weak health vulnerable to contract the coro- in contact with agencies ing pumped immediately. to fulfill their responsi- nal bruises on the body. irresponsible attitude. The and the outbreak of coronavirus in navirus infection. He is lodged at and was monitoring the Download Amar Ujala App bilities together. Wherever Regarding the matter, Chief Minister should take the jail. After Saibaba filed the bail the Nagpur Central Prison, where process of removing water for Breaking News in Hindi water is filled, we will try North Delhi Mayor Jai responsibility for this and plea seeking urgent hearing into over 150 prisoners and 40 jail staff- from there. We are keep- & He had many difficulties to remove it immediately. Prakash said that such in- announce the assistance it, a division bench of Justices Atul ers have so far tested positive for ing an eye on more such because of Corona. This Let us tell you that on cidents will continue to amount for the families of Chandurkar and Amit Borkar on coronavirus. The jail houses nearly places in Delhi. Wherever is not the time to blame Minto Road in Delhi, the happen until the Delhi the deceased. Tuesday issued notices to the Ma- 1,800 inmates while 265 police. Goa to lift lockdown; night Dubai-based Indian arts centre curfew to continue

The night curfew however will takes classical training online continue in Goa till August 10, the statement also said. A tweet from the state govern- New Delhi, July 19 ( life) When It is not just for entertainment but for he shared. The best advantage of traditional warm-up exercise for a ment's official Twitter handle said everything else fails, we turn to art self-upliftment as well. Moreover, going online? “100 percent atten- dance session. We work with a goal- that the lockdown in Mormugao and music for a healing touch, says practising Indian classical music or dance,” Sikidar concludes. As per the oriented lessons,’ Sikidar told life -- which is home to more than one Jogiraj Sikidar, a Dubai-based musi- dance helps in the development of musician, the idea is to learn these in an interview. third of the state's 1,425 active Co- cian who started the Malhaar Cen- the brain,” states Sikidar, who has beautiful Indian art forms in the “We have a lesson plan and ev- vid-19 cases -- will continue till July tre for Performing Arts to teach and won the NRI (Non-resident Indian) safety of your own home, as people ery Guru follows the lesson plan so 24. "@GovtofGoa has decided to promote Indian classical arts in the of the Year award for 2018. are mostly confined within their four that we can achieve the goal that continue #lockdown for #Mormu- Middle East. Adding, “Malhaar has successfully walls due to the pandemic. There are has been set for the student. We also goa Taluka till 6 a.m. on July 24, 2020 Touching upon his latest initiative developed a module whereby train- more than 200 families from all over encourage our students to attend for #containment of #COVID-19. to take classical training online and ing in Indian classical performing the world who are taking live e-les- lessons of other art forms to have a Formal order will be issued shortly. transcend the boundaries of both arts can be offered virtually with- sons via Microsoft Teams and Zoom holistic experience. We believe that Rest of #Goa will follow the night India and UAE, he says Indian clas- out compromising in the quality with Malhaar gurus. art cannot flourish in isolation. A Panaji, July 19 (UNI) The lock- curfew till August 10, 2020," the sical music not only heals but also of ‘taaleem’ or education. We have The centre has students of all vocalist must understand how his down in the state from July 17 to 20, Government of Goa tweeted. helps you to de-stress and generate experimented and conducted a lot ages connecting online from China or her music will be interpreted in a will end on Monday morning in all The lockdown had been imposed hope. of research to come up with a stan- to India, Bahrain, UK, Germany, particular dance or on instruments. of Goa, barring the Mormugao sub on July 17, amid a rising spate of Co- From Mumbai-based entrepre- dard module and as a result we have Canada and the US learning tradi- We believe in the art of collabora- district, which is the state's first con- vid-19 cases being detected in Goa, neurs to Delhi-based media profes- made live e-lessons more effective tional art forms and taking lessons tion and it is extremely important tainment zone, that has accounted which has attracted criticism of the sionals and several homemakers in and intense. We have adopted the in Indian classical vocal (Hindustani that budding artists learn to perform for most number of Covid-19 cases Chief Minister Pramod Sawant-led Indonesia and London, lovers and latest technologies and integrated and Carnatic). Students are learning in tandem with different art forms,” in the state, the government said in administration's handling of the learners of Indian classical music them seamlessly with the traditional Ghazals, devotional music and pop- Sikidar revealed. a statement. pandemic. can be found across the globe. Dur- arts.” Finally, elaborating how the ular Bollywood melodies. Beyond Finally, elaborating how the e- ing the Covid-19 lockdown, their e-learning module is different from voice classes, there is also training in learning module is different from Sunday morning. Kumar was from love for music brought them to- classes-as-usual at Malhaar, he said musical instruments such as Tabla, classes-as-usual at Malhaar, he said 3 hours of rains Pithoragarh in Uttrakhand and was gether at the Malhaar Centre, UAE’s that both physical and virtual les- Harmonium and Piano. In Indian that both physical and virtual les- in the capital since March this year, home-grown brand for Indian clas- sons have their own advantages. “In classical dance forms, students are sons have their own advantages. “In take 3 casualties according to a family member. His sical arts. the new module, we have very small learning Bharatanatyam, Kathak the new module, we have very small body has been sent for post-mor- Through the new learning mod- groups so that each student receives and Odissi. groups so that each student receives in Delhi tem. Two other separate incidents ule, the training hub for Indian clas- ample attention. After the lesson, we What is a session like? ample attention. After the lesson, we were reported from South East sical art forms has introduced live, provide the students with custom- “Our sessions are personalised provide the students with custom- New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) Three Delhi's Jaitpur and Amar Colony ar- e-learning sessions for both children ised audio-visual material to help and customised to meet individual ised audio-visual material to help people including a child died in eas on Sunday. "On Sunday, a per- and adults. This initiative has been them practice at home.” requirements. It is not an assembly- them practice at home.” “We also rain-related incidents in the na- son came to Jaitpur Police station taken to spread positivity and hap- “We also monitor the progress on line product and hence one formula monitor the progress on a weekly tional capital on Sunday. The first to lodge a missing complaint of his piness among people when the en- a weekly basis with the help of on- doesn’t fit all. After the initial as- basis with the help of online as- causality was reported from New son, 8, who was missing since morn- tire world is going through a difficult line assignment submissions and sessment, we assign the right Guru signment submissions and detailed Delhi area's Minto Bridge where a ing," police said. After receiving the time, says the founder. detailed feedback sessions. The re- for the student and customise each feedback sessions. The recording of tempo driver, identified as 56-year- information, SHO and other staff “There is a huge interest in Indian cording of each class is also made session as per their objective and each class is also made available to old Kundan Kumar, drowned when members started searching for the classical music across the globe. Just available to the students so they can capability. A typical session starts the students so they can refer to the his vehicle got stuck in the water boy. However, the boy was found in like Yoga, Indian classical music has refer to the instructions while they with breathing exercise for a vocal instructions while they do their ri- logged under the bridge, early on unconscious state by neighbours. been perceived as meditative music. do their riyaaz (practice) at home,” music session or a few minutes of yaaz (practice) at home,” he shared. AIIMS to begin Covid vaccine 5 tips to help clean your house during the pandemic

human trial from next week New Delhi, July 19 ( life) mal and do not allow one to minutes to quickly mop up All of us dread the process eat in the bedroom. Wash the dirt up before you call New Delhi, July 18 on 100 volunteers out of “After administer- of cleaning our house. But your bedding at least once it a day. Start with the larg- (UNI) In a major devel- a total of 375 persons.” ing the vaccine, we will it is very important to keep a week (with natural clean- est task on hand to get that opment, AIIMS Delhi will AIIMS has also set up follow up with the vol- our living space clean and ers) and change your pillow out of the way. Make sure begin human trials of In- a dedicated email and unteers through phone hygienic, especially when every six months or quar- the kitchen is free of grease dia’s first indigenous Co- phone number for the calls. They will be kept we are fighting a pandemic terly if you have allergies. and dirt before you call it vid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, volunteers to register under observation for like Covid-19. Procrastinat- Do not miss laundry day a night. This is important from next week on 100 themselves for this proj- nearly 150 days,” added ing makes the job tougher; Laundry is one of those as it doesn’t allow germs healthy volunteers aged ect. The volunteers will Rai. Volunteers willing to things that could have been things that can quickly to fester where your food between 18 and 55. have to undergo tests, register for human trials cleared in a day become a turn from a pile to a dump. resides! Instead of stock- The volunteers will be which include Covid-19 can email at ctaiims.co- huge pile within the week. However, make sure you ing them all together, keep kept under observation test and also tests for oth- [email protected]. Here are a few helpful don’t wash your clothes un- your basic cleaning sup- for a period of nearly 150 has been initiated across tor of Covid-19 vaccine er comorbidities. If found On Friday, Haryana tips, shared by The Better til you reach the maximum plies close to where you use days. Covaxin is devel- the country from July trial at AIIMS, said, “We healthy, they will be ad- Health Minister Anil Vij Home, to successfully over- capacity of the washing them. So, the toilet cleaner oped by Bharat Biotech 15 onwards, and this is will begin human trials of ministered the vaccine. had said that human trial come delaying tendencies machine - it is important to should be in the bathroom, in collaboration with the a randomised, double- India’s first indigenous According to a senior of- of a vaccine against novel and to tidy up: conserve water and energy kitchen cleaning arrange- Indian Council of Medi- blind, placebo-con- vaccine, Covaxin, on 100 ficial, recently the ethics coronavirus has begun at Start with the bedroom while keeping your home ments close to the sink and cal Research (ICMR) and trolled clinical trial on healthy volunteers aged committee has given a the Post Graduate Insti- It may sound like a small clean. laundry detergents near the the National Institute of 375 volunteers across the between 18 and 55 years. go-ahead for human tri- tute of Medical Sciences task, but making your bed Quick clean up before washing machine; so that Virology (NIV). country. Speaking to , We will ensure that none als for the vaccine, and in Rohtak. “Three sub- the first thing in the morn- bed time This can save a every time you pass by each According to Bharat Sanjay Rai, Professor of of the volunteers have AIIMS will begin register- jects have enrolled for ing helps you feel organised lot of effort in the morn- of these it reminds you of Biotech, The Phase 1 Community Medicine any comorbidities. AI- ing volunteers as per the the trial and tolerated the and fresh instantly. Keep ing. You will be amazed to the task at hand. clinical trial for Covaxin and Principal Investiga- IMS will conduct trials procedure. vaccine very well. the stuff on your bed mini- see that it takes as less as 15 ! Clean the high-traffic SOUTH 4 20 MONDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] (H.O) Hyderabad

PV Narasimha centenary CM KCR to hold review meeting celebrations to be held on July 24

Hyderabad, July 19 (UNI): TPCC will on Monday and Tuesday hold the former Prime Minister of the country PV Narasimha Rao’s Centenary Hyderabad, July 19 (UNI): 2020, during Rabi season, wise. The CM felt that all celebrations on July 24 of this month. Chief Minister K Chan- FCI had announced that these scattered wings should A meeting of the party leaders held drashekhar Rao has decided among the Paddy that they come under one Umbrella under the chairperson-ship of the par- to have an extended review have procured all over the for the effective monitoring. ty leader Dr. J.Geeta Reddy at Gandhi meetings with two impor- country, Telangana account- Hence, it was decided Bhavan took a decision to hold the cel- tant engineering depart- ed for 55 per cent. This alone that the Irrigation depart- ebrations. The meeting was attended by ments in the State on Mon- is a proof about the rapid ment would be recast into TPCC president N.Uttam Kumar Reddy day and Tuesday. strides that Telangana State 15-20 regional departments , MP A.Revanth Reddy honorary chair- On Monday afternoon, made in agriculture sector. and each one will have man of the committee V. Hanuman- said that former PM Manmohan Singh, the review would be on Ir- Telangana State is becoming one Chief Engineer as its tha Rao, vice chairmanship D.Sridhar former union ministers P.Chidambaram rigation department while as Agriculture based State. Incharge. Under the CE’s Babu Convenor mahesh Goud and MLA and Jairam Ramesh would also take part on Tuesday, it would be on For agriculture the lifeline is jurisdiction, Projects, Res- Seethakka. in the celebrations through the zoom Roads and Buildings depart- water for irrigation. Hence ervoirs, Tanks, Check dams Speaking on the occasion Uttam Ku- app. He termed Rao as 100 percent con- ment. Both meetings will be realised that there was an State government had em- there is prominence given to and others would be there. mar Reddy said that they were holding gress party leader. He said that PV had held from 2 PM on the re- opportunity to create water barked on constructing ma- the Irrigation sector. Since The CM had asked the offi- the celebrations on July 24 of the month begun his career as an ordinary worker of spective days, a statement facility in abundance. By jor irrigation projects. Tanks CM KCR understood the cials to prepare a draft pro- as it was on the same day former PM PV the party and held the posts of MLA, staff from CMO here today making plans with a com- are revived. The problem of importance of Irrigation, he posal in this regard in the addresses parliament on the first reforms minister, PCC chief , CM, union minister Under the united AP state, prehensive awareness and water for irrigation had been decided to revamp the de- last week review meeting. introduced in the country. He said that and PM. He said that they were proud Telangana region was sub- implementing them, the solved. Due to increase in partment and strengthen it. Principal Secretary (Irriga- they would make arrangements to allow to be the part of the centenary celebra- jected to a lot of injustice in Telangana State within six the availability of irrigation As on date, the Irrigation de- tion) Ranjit Kumar and CM the participation of one 1000 people in tions. He said that the family member of the field of Irrigation sector. years of its founding, had water, there is large out put partment is scattered in dif- Secretary Ms Smitha Sab- the program with the help of zoom app. the former PM PV Manohar Rao would Since Telangana region is registered many in the agriculture yields. ferent wings. It is divided as harwal have conducted a He also said that they would arrange a act as the patron of the celebrations. He between two rivers Goda- remarkable victories in Ayucut is increasing. Agri- Major, Medium, Small, IDC, workshop on revamping of big LCD screen at indira bhavan for the said that all other family members of PV vari and Krishna, CM KCR the irrigation sector. The culture has expanded. 2019- Project-wise and Packages the Irrigation Department. convenience of the participants. Reddy would also attend the celebrations. Maoists step up efforts to Vice President hails media for partnering with regroup in Telangana people in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic Hyderabad, July 19 (UNI) Mao- reached the interior villages to take New Delhi, July 19 (UNI): Vice rency to misleading myths. He noted ists appear to have stepped up their up the issues of tribals. President of India and Chairman of that masked reporters persisted with efforts to regroup in Telangana, During the exchange of fire in Ku- Rajya Sabha, M.Venkaiah has hailed unmasking the ground realities like their former stronghold, if the two maram Bheem Asifabad district on the media for empowering the people the hardship of migrant workers on incidents of exchange of fire be- July 14, five Maoist including a se- with necessary information, analy- their way home and in the process, tween police and ultras in Kumaram nior member, carrying a reward of ses and perspectives about various some of them were tested positive Bheem Asifabad and Bhadradri-Ko- Rs 25 lakh, managed to escape. The aspects of the outbreak of coronavi- and some even lost their lives. Call- thagudem districts last week are any team was led by Mailarapu Adellu rus and the COVID-19 pandemic and ing media persons as ‘front line war- indication. alias Bhaskar, Telangana State Com- partnering with the anxious people riors’ for their dedication in present- As many as 18 cadres of the banned mittee member of the CPI (Maoist). in the ongoing fight against the dis- ing the pandemic narrative, Naidu Communist Party of India (Maoist), Believed to be armed with AK-47, ease. He called media persons on the paid tributes to such spirited media including a leader escaped after the Bhaskar and his team entered from ground as ‘frontline warriors’ for their persons and offered condolences to encounters in the forests border- neighbouring Maharashtra during dedicated efforts in presenting the the bereaved families. The Vice Presi- ing neighbouring Chhattisgarh and the lockdown period, by pretending narrative of the pandemic for wider dent observed that without the pro- Maharashtra. Hundreds of security to be migrant workers. The DGP said awakening. active and missionary role played by personnel, including the person- during his visit that 500 personnel, In his Facebook post titled “Media: people and the governments for regu- the most.” He also referred to the the media, there would have been a nel from the Central Reserve Police including Greyhound commandos Our Partner in Corona Times” today, lar communication on the prepared- particular problem faced by the print vacuum in the fight against the pan- Force (CRPF) and the elite anti-Mao- were on the hunt for the Maoists. He Naidu dealt at length with the role of ness. He further said that media also media of hard copies not being dis- demic. Regarding the agenda setting ist force Greyhounds were on a hunt appealed to people not to provide media over the last few months since set the agenda for debates in the par- tributed as they were presented as the role of the media, Naidu stated that; for the Maoists. shelter to the outlaws. the virus outbreak and complimented liamentary institutions with analytical carriers of the virus. Regarding print “By highlighting various aspects of the That the police force has also taken His appeal came after police ar- the media and media persons for “ insights into various aspects of the media, Naidu said; “I follow more pandemic and documenting the same a serious note of the attempts by the rested one villager on charges of for effectively discharging their core pandemic and its impacts on different closely the print media. The amount in factual and analytical manner, the banned outfit is evident from the fact providing shelter and food to the function of informing, educating and sections of the society. of space provided for coronavirus and media has set the agenda for debates that the police chief M. Mahender extremists. Police officials of Mulu- empowering the people to cope with He referred to special communi- the unfolding pandemic, outscored and discussions on the management Reddy himself flew in a helicopter gu, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Ma- the pandemic and for being an im- cation campaigns undertaken by the even war time reporting. Innovative of the pandemic in our parliamen- to the region to review the situation. habubabad and Bhadradri-Koth- portant part of our lives during the media to promote preventive mea- product spaces have been introduced tary institutions. Media reports would During his two-day visit the police agudem districts released photos of crisis as trusted partners.” He said sures like wearing masks, social dis- and persisted with to cater to the in- be the principal sources of reference chief discussed with senior officials 18 Maoists and announced rewards that when people run into adversity, tancing, frequent washing of hands, formation hungry readers. Extensive for raising relevant issues.” Allud- the operational strategies to contain of Rs 5 to Rs 10 lakh to anyone pro- they look for information regarding healthy eating, regular exercises, spir- analyses of various aspects of the dis- ing to some comments in the media, the renewed attempts by Maoists to viding information about them. The its causes and consequences, its du- itual orientation etc. ease and its impacts still continue in a Chairman of Rajya Sabha Naidu said gain a foothold in the tribal areas. police chief said that at a time when ration and the means of coping with Naidu commended the spirit of the mission mode.” that the parliamentary scrutiny of The police higher-ups see the re- the government has taken up a lot it and it falls on the central and state media for pursuing the mission of in- Naidu, however, sounded caution handling the pandemic is on course. cent incident as a proof of the serious of development and welfare pro- governments and media to equip the forming the people despite running regarding some sections of television Naidu stated that “With the easing of bid by the Left-wing extremists cadre grammes, Maoists are seeking to cre- people accordingly. The Vice Presi- into tough time itself. He said; “with noting that they should have avoided restrictions on domestic air travel and to revive the activity since Telangana ate terror and tension among tribals dent noted that besides being a ve- the economy contracting due to re- and should, henceforth, desist from to a lesser degree on rail travel, the was carved out of Andhra Pradesh and sow seeds of suspicion. The DGP hicle of much required empowerment strictions, advertisement revenues hyping the situation as creating panic Department Related Standing Com- as a new state in 2014. The Maoists also warned that if Maoists were al- of people for taking informed actions have dried up. Scale of operations had would further destabilize the already mittees of both the Houses of Parlia- made a determined bid to revive the lowed to re-enter, development and against the spread of virus and fight- to be adjusted and a good number of anxious minds of the people. He ment have resumed their meetings activity during COVID-19 when the welfare programmes undertaken by ing the disease, media played the role media persons had to take a cut in urged the netizens to use social media this month. They have undertaken police force was busy enforcing the the state government, particularly of a chronicler of the pandemic for use the pay. But, by and large, the media for disseminating only authenticated examination of various aspects of lockdown. Some cadres crossed over for the benefit of the tribals, would by prospective histor of the pan- persisted with the mission of empow- information about the virus, the dis- management of the pandemic and its from neighbouring Chhattisgarh and be hampered. demic and as the bridge between the ering the people, when it is needed ease and its cure instead of giving cur- fall out. KTR to inaugurate Karimnagar Situation under BJP’s rule worst in Tripura: CPI-M Agartala, March 3 (UNI) people and these atrocities belonging to opposition par- IT Tower on Tuesday The opposition Communist still continued unabated. ty families were burnt down, Party of India (Marxist)-led “During the two-year rule looted or smashed. Over Karimnagar: IT and the city outskirts, and is per cent of the jobs will Left Front in Tripura on of BJP government, 13 CPI- 54 poultry farms, fish in 14 Industries Minister K T part of the State govern- be filled with candidates Tuesday said that the pre- M party leaders and workers ponds totally destroyed and Rama Rao will inaugu- ment’s efforts to take the from Karimnagar and vailing situation in the BJP- were murdered and 2,170 56 rubber gardens owned rate the Karimnagar IT IT sector to Tier 2 cities neighbouring districts, ruled state is worse than people including 203 wom- by opposition party fami- Tower on Tuesday, be- in the State to provide and 40 class four jobs the 1975 emergency period en were physically tortured lies either burnt or smashed sides inaugurating a dai- employment to local tal- will go to people from in India. CPI-M Tripura by the BJP members and during the past two years ly water supply scheme ent. Rama Rao laid the Karimnagar. BC Welfare state Secretary Gautam Das their goons and none was ar- by the BJP members and taken up at a cost of Rs foundation stone for the Minister G Kamalakar said that total lawlessness, rested,” Das, a CPI-M central their hoodlums. Over 112 110 crore, BC Welfare tower on January 8, 2018. inspecting arrangements thousands of attacks on committee member, told the vehicles were also damaged and Civil Supplies Min- Space for IT firms is al- for inauguration of IT women, opposition party media. or burnt.” The Left leader ister Gangula Kamalakar located from the second tower in Karimnagar on leaders and workers and “Fifteen more people died said that over 533 party of- announced here on Sun- floor to fifth floor. Two Sunday. Attracted by the undemocratic governance of heart attack after witness- fices of the CPI-M and other day. office spaces are kept ing one year period. Tower, the first tower to incentives offered by the has prevailed during the ing the massive widespread Left parties were either burnt Kamalakar visited empty for multinational Though officials had take off with the highest State government, 26 two-year-old BJP-led gov- attacks all over.” down, attacked and looted the IT tower and wa- companies such as HCL planned to inaugurate employees’ occupancy companies approached ernment rule in the state. Das alleged that over 1,002 or forcibly occupied by the ter filter bed to inspect and one another, a dis- the tower on January 30 rate of 30 to 40 per cent. the administration to set He said that soon after houses belonging to the op- ruling party cadres and the arrangements. The trict officer said. and February 18, it was About 400 employees will up their units in the IT securing a majority in the position CPI-M and other goons. Das said that the BJP IT Tower was built at a Spaces have been al- postponed due to munic- work at the time of inau- Tower. Of them, Memo- Assembly polls on March 3, Left parties members were government had bulldozed cost of Rs 34 crore near located to firms with a ipal elections and subse- guration. About 3,000 to randum of Understand- 2018, the BJP had launched attacked, damaged and a large number of divisional Ujwala park downstream condition to enhance quent spread of coro- 3,600 youths are set to ing (MoU) has been attacks on the opposition burnt. “Around 425 shops offices of the CPI-M and the of Lower Manair Dam in employment in the com- navirus. Karimnagar IT get employment and 80 entered into with 12 com- parties and the common and business establishments ruling party workers. OP-ED 5 20 MONDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] (H.O) Hyderabad Coronavirus: Nations unhelpful during this crisis By Abdulla Rasheed and organisations have lost mainly preferred rejecting the into account only its own inter- their government to arrange, private sector here. The UAE’s As the coronavirus crisis con- the ability to pay the costs of idea of working with half sal- ests. as soon as possible, their re- options include imposing strict tinues to grapple the world, labour. They have offered re- ary and a third category decid- In its relations with the sub- turn home because they be- restrictions on the recruitment several countries that have dundant workforce all the op- ed to return to stay with their continent, and specifically came unemployed as a result of workers from these coun- temporary workers in the UAE tions in accordance with new families, especially during this India and Pakistan, the UAE of the stoppage of most of the tries and activating the “quota” have not come up to the expec- labour laws and legislations crisis. Faced with this difficult has maintained, since its es- contracting and maintenance system in recruitment opera- tations. issued by the government of situation, and with the spread tablishment in 1971, fraternal industry, as well as medium tions. Among these countries are the UAE. Faced with this diffi- of the Coronavirus, especially relationship based on hon- and small businesses. This also includes suspend- India and Pakistan, whose cult situation, and as a result of among the expatriate labour- esty, frankness, transparency Till date the Pakistan govern- ing memoranda of understand- temporary workforce consti- the restructuring of the labour ers in the country, thousands and observance of common ment has not fulfilled the de- ing (MoU) signed between the tute the largest proportion of market and the conditions of Indian and Pakistani work- interests of the countries. To- mands of its citizens and has ministry and concerned au- the total foreign workforce, or of workers, a large part of the ers contacted their embassies day, the world is experiencing not done anything significant thorities in these countries”. about 7 million workers in the workers have decided to return and consulates in Abu Dhabi a severe crisis due to the out- for the return of thousands of In summation, the coronavi- UAE. to their home countries. and Dubai to inform their of- break of the coronavirus, and Pakistanis to their home. rus crisis has been a challeng- The crisis of the corona epi- Some have lost their jobs ficials that they decided to re- with the testimony of interna- Similarly there are several ing time for all of us but it is demic has caused a difficult and no longer have a source turn to home. tional organisations, the UAE Indian workers stranded in the only during difficult times that economic situation world over, of income. Others have found Even though this request is among the best countries in UAE, who want to make this nations must cooperate and including the UAE, where the themselves in front of the op- came from the workers them- the world that have succeeded trip back home but their con- help each other. crisis has led to a large man- tion to accept unpaid leave or selves and of their own free in fighting the epidemic. It is cerns have not been addressed. The UAE has been at the fore- power losing their jobs. half-salary leave, and a third will, they did not receive any helping most of the countries The UAE has offered to fly front of maintain cordial rela- Consequently hundreds of category has not lost their jobs positive response from the em- confronted with this crisis. stranded workers of the two tionship with all nations, in- companies in the private sector but had to give up on a lot of bassies or their governments. Despite the clarity and good- countries to their respective cluding Asian powers like India have lost tens of billions of dol- allowances and benefits and When it comes to relations will on the part of the UAE, it home countries. and Pakistan. lars as a result of the suspen- even a part of the salary. between countries there are has found the approach of cer- Sadly, the positions taken by It is time those nations re- sion of projects and the ban Whatever the reasons, the special interests and there is tain nations unhelpful during the two countries has been un- alise the importance of these imposed on labour gatherings fact a large number of work- the public interest, and the this crisis. helpful. This has prompted the ties and do not indulge in de- and work environments across ers have decided to return to UAE’s foreign policy has al- Possible repatriation UAE to consider restructuring laying tactics. Countries must the areas. their home countries. Some ways been and still takes into Last week, about 25,000 Paki- its cooperation and labour re- make plans and accept their Accordingly, many projects discovered that staying in the account the interests of other stani workers delivered an of- lations with the countries that own citizens who are stranded have halted and the private UAE without salary indefinite- countries and peoples in the ficial request to the Pakistani refuse to address the concerns in the UAE at an earliest. sector employers, companies, ly is not logical, while others first place and has never taken consulate in Dubai, asking of their citizens working in the Gulf News COVID-19: You may need to put your summer plans on hold

to keep customers 6 feet from one an- cases and find everyone who has been one with symptoms, and to begin test- other. Cashiers and waiters will wear in contact with a new patient. ing those who don’t have symptoms? masks and gloves. Apple and Google are working on And do we have a system to monitor Gatherings of more than 10 people a smartphone app that would allow potential new cases and warn people will still be banned, although the rule people who have been in proximity to they were in contact with? could eventually be relaxed to 50 _ but someone who tested positive for the None of those conditions has been movies, concerts, music festivals and coronavirus to be notified and take ap- fulfilled. sports events are out. propriate measures. “We’re not there yet,” Dr. Anthony Schools may reopen, but only if the And the economy is unlikely to Fauci, head of infectious diseases scientists are satisfied that children, bounce back, at least not quickly. The at the National Institutes of Health, who mostly seem unaffected by the vi- International Monetary Fund sees the told the Associated Press on Tuesday. rus, won’t carry it from one house to US economy shrinking by almost 6% “Maybe next month.” another. this year, its worst contraction since Even then, he added, the best that Testing will become commonplace. the Great Depression in the 1930s, and can be aimed at is “a gradual re-entry Temperature checks will be routine at it doesn’t forecast a recovery until next of some sort of normality.” entrances to buildings and aeroplanes. year. Once the relaunch begins, there will Eventually, almost everyone will be Some version of those restrictions still be plenty of problems to work out. tested. One proposal calls for every- will remain until a vaccine can be de- Global supply chains for medicine, one in the country to be tested every veloped, tested and deployed _ mid- hospital supplies and test kits will be 14 days, a massive and possibly impos- 2021 by the earliest. under strain for months. sible goal. Some employers may test President Donald Trump has framed To keep the virus down, epidemi- their workers as a condition of keeping the problem of relaunching the econ- ologists want to build a test-and-trace By Doyle McManus come out, the deaths would end and their jobs. Many employees, including omy around setting a date for a grand system that doesn’t yet exist -- many Some time soon, if we’re lucky, the baseball season would joyfully begin. anyone over 60 or with health prob- reopening. more centers for testing, plus a mas- novel coronavirus will look as if it’s be- Alas, it’s not going to work that way. lems, will be urged to continue work- I found a rough consensus on those sive effort to alert people. ing tamed. New infections and deaths, The New Normal, the coronavirus af- ing from home if they can. Some will ideas among a wide range of experts. The unresolved issues include priva- which are still rising in much of the termath, won’t feel very normal at all. choose to continue some version of Their road maps for reopening the cy (who will know if you’ve tested pos- country, will begin to recede. More people will return to work, sheltering at home in the interest of economy differ on details, but not the itive?) and civil liberties (how far can So I spent the last few days read- but not everyone. Businesses will be self-preservation. basic principles. the we go in ordering quarantine?). ing half a dozen proposals by public urged, or required, to bring only some Travel will be complicated. Foreign First is that any restart needs to be And how will we address our new- health professionals on how to end the employees back at first, to avoid too travel will be even more difficult: other based on hard data. Have infections est class difference: proximity? Will nationwide shutdown. They made for many people working near one an- countries may require proof of immu- and deaths declined for at least 14 we offer special protections to work- sobering reading. other. nity to enter or put visitors under for- days, preferably more? Can hospi- ers whose jobs require them to be near Many of us have harboured the Re-opening in stages mal quarantine. tals handle the patients without crisis other people _ bus drivers, retail em- pleasant illusion that life would return Stores and restaurants will reopen Isolating new cases standards of care? ployees, barbers and beauticians? to normal this summer: the sun would in stages, but they’ll still be required Governments will try to isolate new Are test kits available to test every- Gulf News COVID-19: Our fear, our trembling and our strength in the time of coronavirus By Simon Critchley lost and livelihoods ravaged. Metaphors the horrors of the Thirty Years’ War (in just in his imagination but constantly thought with the astonishing sentence, We’re scared. We’re on edge. We’re of war feel worn out and fraudulent. The which he was a participant) into a room in his mouth — in the food he ate and “He who has learned how to die has un- unable to concentrate. We can’t find social structures, habits and ways of life with an oven in the Netherlands to pon- the drink he imbibed. For those of you learned how to be a slave.” This is an focus. Our minds flit and float around we took for granted are dissolving. Other der the nature of certainty; others like who have taken up cooking and are per- amazing idea: Slavery consists in bond- flea-like from one update to the next. people are possible sources of conta- Boethius, Thomas More and Antonio haps drinking a little too much in your age to the fear of death. It is the terror of We follow the news, because we feel we gion, and so are we. We advance masked Gramsci, all part of this long tradition of isolation, this might sound morbid. But our annihilation that keeps us enslaved. should. And then we wish we hadn’t, and keep our distance. isolation and thought. it is not at all. Montaigne completes this Gulf News because it’s terrifying and sad. Daytime Each of us is adrift on our own ghost But what of philosophy itself? It has naps seem involuntary and fitful. Sleep ships. And it is so eerily quiet here in long been derided for its practical use- will often not descend. But when it does, New York City. Comical memes circu- lessness, its 3,000-year track record of we sometimes wake, in a mortal panic, late. We feel a moment’s mirth, share failing to solve humankind’s most pro- with hypochondriac symptoms we feel it with our friends, and then slide found problems. So how might it help to be real but we know are not; and then back into separateness, teeth slightly us through this immensely difficult mo- we feel selfishly stupid for having them clenched. A few weeks into this new ment? Can philosophy offer some form in the first place. We take our tempera- situation, the initial fever of commu- of illumination, even consolation, in ture. We wait. We take it again. It goes nication and the novelty of long phone this devastated new reality marked by on. Feelings of powerlessness and ennui calls with close or distant friends has anxiety, grief and the terrifying spectre slide into impotent rage at what is being subsided into something more som- of death? done and, most of all, what is not being bre, more sullen and altogether more Perhaps this: To philosophise is to done, or is being done poorly, irrespon- serious. We know we’re in it for the learn how to die. This is how Michel de sibly, dishonestly. long haul. But we don’t know what that Montaigne, the 16th century French es- The thought of dying alone with a might mean. sayist — the inventor of the genre of the respiratory sickness is horrifying. The Philosophers have had a long, tor- essay — puts it, quoting Cicero, who is knowledge that this is what is happen- tured love affair with social distancing, himself thinking of Socrates condemned ing to thousands of people right here, beginning with Socrates confined to his to death. Montaigne says that he de- right now, is unbearable. Lives are being cell; Rene Descartes withdrawn from veloped the habit of having death not INTERNATIONAL 6 20 MONDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] (H.O) Hyderabad

Record single-day global increase in Guterres calls for New Social Contract, New Global Deal Washington, July 19 (UNI) decades: inadequate health corona cases: WHO UN Secretary-General Anto- systems, gaps in social protec- to the tally kept by US-based nio Guterres has called for a tion, structural inequalities, Johns Hopkins University. New Social Contract and a environmental degradation, Cases are surging in sev- New Global Deal to address the climate crisis. eral US states, particularly inequality across the world. The New Social Contract, in southern states that were COVID-19 is a human trag- between governments, peo- initially reluctant to enforce edy, but it has also created a ple, civil society, business and lockdowns or mandate the generational opportunity to more, must integrate employ- wearing of masks. Florida, build back a more equitable ment, sustainable develop- Texas and Arizona have seen and sustainable world, Xinhua and the Addis Ababa Action shared more broadly and fairly ment and social protection, particularly high surges. news agency quoted Guterres Agenda on financing for devel- at the international level.” based on equal rights and op- Florida is currently the epi- as saying in his Nelson Man- opment -- agreements that ad- A new model for global gov- portunities for all. Geneva, July 19 (UNI) in the US, Brazil, India and centre of the US epidemic. dela Annual Lecture address, dress precisely the failures that ernance must be based on full, A New Global Deal, based The number of new cases of South Africa. The state recorded more than which was delivered virtually are being exposed and exploit- inclusive and equal participa- on a fair globalization, on the coronavirus rose by almost The global death toll from 10,000 new infections and 90 on Saturday. ed by the pandemic, he said. tion in global institutions, he rights and dignity of every hu- 260,000 in 24 hours -- the coronavirus also rose by more deaths on Saturday, “The response to the pan- A New Social Contract with- said. man being, on living in balance largest single-day increase 7,360 -- the largest daily in- bringing its total number of demic, and to the widespread in societies will enable young “Without that, we face even with nature, on taking account since the pandemic began, crease since May 10. cases to more than 337,000 discontent that preceded it, people to live in dignity, will wider inequalities and gaps of the rights of future genera- the World Health Organiza- The previous record rise and its death toll to more must be based on a New Social ensure women have the same in solidarity, like those we see tions, and on success mea- tion (WHO) has said. in new confirmed cases was than 5,000. Contract and a New Global prospects and opportunities today in the fragmented glob- sured in human rather than According to WHO, this is recorded by WHO just one In recent weeks, hospi- Deal that create equal oppor- as men, and will protect the al response to the COVID-19 economic terms, is the best the first time the number of day earlier. The total number tals across the state had also tunities for all and respect the sick, the vulnerable, and mi- pandemic.” way forward, said Guterres. new daily infections has sur- of confirmed cases of coro- warned that their ICUs were rights and freedoms of all.” norities of all kinds. In his address entitled Meanwhile, illicit financial passed a quarter of a million, navirus passed 14 million on at capacity and that they This is the only way that the “To close those gaps, and to “Tackling the Inequality Pan- flows, money laundering and BBC reported. Saturday, with over 600,000 were unable to accept any world will meet the goals of make the New Social Contract demic: a New Social Contract tax evasion must be prevent- The biggest increases were recorded deaths, according new patients. the 2030 Agenda for Sustain- possible, we need a New Glob- for a New Era,” Guterres said ed, he said, adding a global able Development, the Paris al Deal to ensure that power, COVID-19 has laid bare risks consensus to end tax havens is Agreement on climate change wealth and opportunities are that have been ignored for essential. Palestine offers to sign treaties with ICC Syria holds parliamentary elections over Israeli war crimes Damascus, July 19 (UNI) Vot- tions opened across the gov- cast their ballots at a polling took 200 of the 250 Parliament dence that allows it to inves- ing was underway on Sunday ernment-controlled areas on centre in the Ministry of Presi- seats, while the remaining went tigate into Israeli war crimes for Syria’s parliamentary elec- Sunday morning, reports Xin- dential Affairs. The elections, to independent candidates. committed in the Palestin- tions, the third since the start hua news agency. originally scheduled to be held The Syrian government now ian territories, mainly in re- of the civil war in 2011 and also Voters can choose between in April, were postponed twice controls around 70 per cent of gards to settlement and the as President Bashar al-Assad a total of 1,656 candidates for due to the novel coronavirus the country’s territory while large-scale Israeli aggression marks 20 years in power. the 250-seat parliament. Wear- pandemic. In the 2016 polls, ultra-radical rebels control the waged on the Gaza Strip in A total of 7,277 polling sta- ing masks, Assad and his wife the Baath Party and its allies Idlib province. 2014.” The development comes amid renewed tensions over Beijing to lower COVID-19 emergency response level Israeli Prime Minister Ben- jamin Netanyahu’s plan to Beijing, July 19 (UNI) Bei- ies will remain. told a state briefing: “The Ramallah, July 19 (UNI) official and comprehensive annex Jewish settlements in jing will lower its emergency Exhibitions, sports events whole city has entered a ‘war- Palestine has offered to sign investigation into Israeli war the West Bank as well as the response to COVID-19 from and other activities will gradu- time state’, and will suspend all agreements with the Interna- crimes, reports Xinhua news strategic Jordan Valley. level II to III starting from ally resume, the BBC quoted kinds of group activities.” tional Criminal Court (ICC) aency. It is still unclear whether Monday, a top official an- the Global Times newspaper The latest measures in the to facilitate the latter’s in- “We will work on signing the Israeli government in- nounced on Sunday. as saying. All overseas visitors province include restrictions vestigation into Israeli war treaties with the court, in- tends to follow through with The announcement was will still need to quarantine and on visits to other households crimes, a senior official an- cluding the opening of offices the plans to apply Israeli law made by Chen Bei, deputy undergo medical observation and large gatherings and mass nounced. in the occupied Palestinian over contentious territories secretary-general of the Beijing along with tests. screening in buildings where Riyad al-Maliki, Minister territories for the court and in the West Bank and to what municipal government, at a ed no new cases over the past Meanwhile, Xinjiang prov- cases have been detected. of Foreign affairs told the move the investigation com- extent. The Palestin , who press conference, reports Xin- 13 days. However some restric- ince recorded 13 new COV- Residents have been urged media on Saturday that Pal- mittees and its staff to facili- claim all of the West Bank, hua news agency. tions will remain in place. ID-19 cases on Sunday. not to leave the city unless ab- estine is ready to fully coop- tate its mission,” he said. Gaza and East Jerusalem, The development comes as A 50 per cent visitor capacity On Saturday, one official in solutely necessary and must be erate with the ICC to open an “The ICC found full evi- have rejected the idea. the Chinese capital has report- on museums, gyms and librar- the provincial capital Urumqi tested if they do so.

G20 urged to extend debt suspension through 2021 Afghanistan launches new Washington, July 19 (UNI) World the G20 to “open the door to con- COVID-19 relief package Bank Group President David Mal- sultations” about the debt overhang pass has urged the G20 member itself and effective ways to reduce countries to extend the time frame the net present value of both official of the Debt Service Suspension bilateral and commercial debt for Initiative through the end of 2021, the poorest countries. calling it one of the key factors in He noted that the debt resolution strengthening global recovery. process should be improved. “I urge you to extend the time “Looking longer term, creditors’ frame of the Debt Service Suspen- rights frequently take precedence sion Initiative (DSSI) through end over the people in the debtor coun- 2021 and commit to give the initia- tries, adding to the difficulty of debt tive as broad a scope as possible,” resolutions,” he said. Malpass made the remarks on Sat- “The international community urday at the virtual G20 Finance “For the poorest countries, pover- Bank’s large positive net flows -- needs to recognize this imbalance Ministers and Central Bank Gover- ty is rising rapidly, median incomes many of the poorest countries won’t if we are going to achieve effective nors Meeting. are falling, and growth is deeply be able to make the resulting debt debt resolutions or adjust the pro- “We’ve made a great deal of prog- negative,” he said. burdens sustainable in the medium cess in a way that encourages good ress with DSSI in a short period of “Debt burdens -- already unsus- term, Malpass noted. outcomes.” Kabul, July 19 (UNI) The Afghan the first vice president of Afghani- time, but more needs to be done,” tainable for many countries -- are “The economic repercussions Malpass also highlighted the im- government has launched a new stan. “Still there are serious dangers, said the World Bank chief. rising to crisis levels.” from the pandemic are expected portance of debt transparency, not- COVID-19 relief program as part of therefore we all need to take the Malpass said that the COVID-19 Even with these immediate steps to inflict lasting scars on growth ing that creditors need to fully as- its efforts to help households facing guidelines seriously,” said Moham- pandemic has triggered the “deep- -- a longer suspension of debt pay- through lower investment, erosion sess the debt sustainability of their economic hardship due to the ongo- mad Sarwar Danish, the second vice est global recession in decades”, ments, a DSSI scope that includes of human capital, and the retreat potential borrowers, citizens need ing pandemic. president of Afghanistan, referring and what may turn out to be “one more debt and more official bilat- from global trade and supply link- to be able to evaluate their leaders Speaking at the launch event on to the dangers of COVID-19. of the most unequal” in terms of eral creditors, participation by com- ages,” he warned. for the debt they take on, and bor- Saturday, President Ashraf Ghani In May, the government had an- impact. mercial creditors and the World The World Bank President urged rowers need to design. said that 90 per cent of the popula- nounced a free bread distribution tion in the country is living below program to the needy people in Ka- the poverty line and that the new bul and in the provinces. Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumes in Jerusalem package will cover 90 per cent of The initiative was designed to Jerusalem, July 19 (UNI) During the discussion, the as cigars and champagne households, reports TOLO News. provide aid through the city’s bak- Israeli Prime Minister Benja- judges are expected to de- from two billionaires, Hol- Based on the program, in the first eries to those in need during the min Netanyahu’s corruption termine the timetable for the lywood-based Israeli movie stage, the government will allocate lockdown. But later on, the needy trial resumed on Sunday at hearings in the trial. mogul Arnon Milchan and $86 million and then $158 million in families claimed that the program the Jerusalem District Court. Netanyahu’s trial over Australian magnate James the second phase to provide food to was compromised by corruption, The second hearing of the bribery, fraud and breach of Packer, according to a Times people across the country. said the TOLO News report. trial, which Netanyahu and trust in three different cases of Israel report. Netanyahu The first stage will cover over 1.7 According to the Ministry of Fi- other defendants in the case began on May 24. is also accused of offering to million families in 13,000 villages in nance, the bread distribution pro- were not obliged to attend, Israel’s longest-serving push legislation benefiting 34 provinces of the country. cess in the first phase cost Afs2.8 bil- is focusing on an additional leader is facing growing pub- powerful Israeli media moguls “If we collect both figures, over lion ($36 million), of which Afs1.15 time given to his lawyers to In the hearing, Netanya- coronavirus pandemic. “We lic anger over his handling of in exchange for more positive 90 per cent of the population in billion ($14.8 million) was spent in study the investigation ma- hu’s lawyer Yossi Segev asked cannot investigate witnesses the coronavirus crisis. The ac- coverage in their publications. Afghanistan will benefit from the Kabul. Based on the statistics, 38 terial, reports Xinhua news for a postponement in the be- when the witness is wearing a cusations include accepting He denies any wrongdoing, package, the second phase will cost per cent of the population in Af- agency. ginning of the trial due to the mask,” he told the judges. some $200,000 in gifts such saying he is the victim . $158 million,” said Amrullah Saleh, ghanistan was living under the pov-

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New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) and the outgoing women ENG VS WI ̊ND TEST: The Board of Control for selectors informing them Cricket in India’s (BCCI) of Karim’s constant Hope, Brathwaite steady for WI GM Cricket Operation Saba interference in selection Lunch -West Indies 118/2 (Brathwaite 41*, Hope 25*; Curran 1/23) vs England Karim has been asked to matters could have been the leave as per board insiders. final nail in the coffin.” 469/9 (Stokes 176, Sibley 120; Chase 5/172) His position has been “Saba was not invited with their effort, especially under scrutiny for a while to present the changes in the way Hope and Brathwaite and had reported on June BCCI domestic structure carried on after nightwatchman 26 that he was under the at the recently concluded Alzarri Joseph went for 32.The scanner. Apex Council meeting. pair has added 48 off 112 balls In fact, even in the Apex Instead, Rao made the and West Indies are moving Council meeting on Friday, presentation, making it cautiously towards avoiding it was K.V.P. Rao who clear what was in store. the follow-on. Good morning discussed and presented His appointment has been session for the visitors. the roadmap for domestic in scrutiny since the office Rock-solid Brathwaite cricket with the officials. bearers took over last year. We haven’t really spoken Speaking to , a BCCI The eligibility was tweaked much about Kraigg Brathwaite’s functionary said that the to suit him in a closed-door batting today, which has been former cricketer’s role has meeting between Vinod Rai top class so far. He has been been under the scanner BCCI GENERAL MANAGER SABA and Rahul Johri after the rock-solid while Joseph and ever since the current appointment process had Hope have scored the most dispensation took charge KARIM ASKED TO LEAVE commenced. boundaries of the innings. Not to say Brathwaite hasn’t - he just stroked a crunching drive SERIE A: AC MILAN IOA chief keen to release Rs 7 lakh through covers to help West Indies bring up their 100.Hope, THRASH BOLOGNA meanwhile has helped himself in grants to NSFs, SOAs to his fifth four - 20 off his 24 runs ̍˨̉, ATALANTA New Delhi, July 19 Manchester, July 19 (UNI) (Brathwaite 41*, Hope 25*), have come in boundaries. West (UNI) The Indian Olympic West Indies reach 118/2 at behind England by 352 runs. Indies have done everything HELD BY HELLAS Association (IOA) is lunch on Day 4 in Manchester They would be mighty pleased right in the session. looking to release Rs 7 VERONA lakh annual grant to State Olympic Associations Woods shrugs off back problems, cards (SOA) and National Sports Federations (NSF) who are permanent members of 1-under 71 at Memorial India's National Olympic Ohio, July 19 (UNI) American golf that’s very different from Council. golf great Tiger Woods carded a playing at home.” IOA President Narinder third-round one-under 71 at the A series of injuries had forced Batra wrote to members Memorial Tournament in steamy him to compete in just one of the Executive Council Dublin, Ohio, thus remaining tournament between August to approve the release of 11 shots behind the overnight 2015 and January 2018 and he the funds before July 29. leaders. Woods admitted that he continues to be on a comeback Batra additionally said has a lot to improve but his back trail from the back surgery that in the letter that the units Debroy who had asked NSFs and Rs 10 lakh to was feeling better. has allowed him to return to may not necessarily show the IOA to release funds SOAs, Debroy had asked “I was moving better today and professional golf. the relevant documents to help NSFs and SOAs in for "at least Rs 20 lakh" for felt like I did the first day, and “Overall I felt like I played well to receive the grants and the wake of the economic each affiliated unit. consequently I could make the today, controlled the ball well. I that they can do so "by or impact of the coronavirus IOA has been riddled passes at the golf ball like I did the hit one really bad shot there at before" November 30. pandemic. by infighting in recent first day,” Woods told reporters. and playing out here is so very three, but other than that, it was Batra's letter comes The pair had however months and Kushwaha “Unfortunately I didn’t make any different, and making sure that a pretty good, solid day,” said the in response to requests asked for a higher amount had asked the members putts today.” I stay sharp and don’t make any 15-times major winner. “The golf made by Executive to be assigned. While to set differences aside “I think that getting back into silly mistakes and dump the ball course is right where they want Council members B.S. Kushwaha had asked for and work together to help the flow and competing again and in the wrong spots or give myself it.“Now that the wind has picked Kushwaha and Rupak Rs 15 lakh to be given to units financially. playing at this level, I hadn’t done bad angles, that’s one of the up just a touch, it’s going to dry it that in a while.“Playing home things about playing competitive out a little bit more.” Novak Djokovic returns to Rome, July 19 (UNI) AC Milan Grand Prix of Spain: Quartararo storms continued their fearsome form as they enjoyed a comfortable training after recovering to pole, Marquez starts 3rd 5-1 home victory on Saturday while Atalanta were held by Jerez de la Frontera (Spain), Quartararo was setting red Hellas Verona to a 1-1 draw. from COVID-19 July 19 (UNI) Fabio Quartararo splits on his final run, but so Milan are on an unbeaten run Belgrade, July 19 to severe criticism from a (Petronas Yamaha SRT) set was Bagnaia. In the meantime, after the resumption of the Serie (UNI) World No 1 tennis number of quarters. A lot another lap record to claim P1 on there were fast crashes for A, and fresh from a 3-1 midweek player Novak Djokovic of players supported him the grid at the Gran Premio Red Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) victory over Parma. has returned to training too, with French veteran Bull de España while Maverick and Alex Rins (Team Suzuki The home side went 2-0 up after recovering from Gilles Simon criticising Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha Ecstar) -- the fastest man in after 24 minutes with Alexis coronavirus. the media for what he MotoGP) finished P2 in Q2, 0.139 Q1 -- at Turn 11, with Andrea Saelemaekers' opener and Boris saw as unfair treatment off Quartararos 1:36.705. Reigning Dovizioso (Ducati Team), also Hakan Calhanoglu's volley from Bosnjakovic, meted out to Djokovic World Champion Marc Marquez going down at Turn 2. point-blank range, Xinhua news the head when compared with (Repsol Honda Team) will launch Bagnaia took the chequered agency reports. coach at Swiss great Roger Federer. from the outside of the front row. flag in P4 to improve his time but Bologna pulled one goal back the Novak Tennis "I knew Roger would step Marquez was the first man bit back immediately with the first not position, before Quartararo before the break as Takehiro Centre in Belgrade posted up to the plate when there to attack the 55-degree track sub 1:37 lap of Q2 – a 1:36.993. showed he was the king of Tomiyasu cut inside from the pictures on his Instagram were discussions on the temperatures, but his opening Out before his rivals on run qualifying in Jerez for the second right and unleashed a curler handle of the Serbian course of the tournament, prize money of the Grand lap was marred by running wide number two, Marquez was on year in a row. that flew into the net with both going through the motions, which ended up producing Slams a while ago," he told at the Dani Pedrosa corner. song and posted a 1:36.877 to ‘El Diablo’ was 0.194 under power and precision. alongwith compatriot Filip a cluster of cases. L'Equipe. Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac dispose Quartararo from P1 as through the third split and pretty The Rossoneri restored the Krajinovic. Djokovic apologised for "But the impression Racing) made no mistake on his the duo were toing and froing much held it to the line to lay two-goal margin just four Djokovic was one of the same while announcing I have is that we lost first flyer though, the Italian going for pole. down the gauntlet. minutes into the second half several tennis players that he and his girlfriend him on the way, that the provisional P1 before Quartararo Another Yamaha was looking The maiden MotoGP pole as Ismael Bennacer burst into who tested positive for had tested positive for the representation of the slammed in a 1:37.064. Spurred deadly too in the form of Vinales position of 2020 went the way the box and placed a low-strike COVID-19 during his disease that has brought players does not matter on by his opening lap mistake, and despite being nearly two of the 21-year-old, with Vinales into the corner.Milan quickly Adria World Tour. The 17- almost all professional to him. If there is a voice the number 93 of Marquez wasn’t tenths shy of Marquez’ time making it a Yamaha 1-2 -- just rode the momentum in the 56th time Grand Slam winner sport to a standstill in that carries, it is his."I see hanging about on his second lap coming into the last split, the as it was last year with Franco minute when Ante Rebic turned attracted criticism for the most parts of the world at Djokovic like any human and snatched P1 from Quartararo number 12 had a mega final Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha in the box, and sent the ball into lack of social distancing various points of the year. being, with his strengths with a 1:37.006, before Quartararo sector and demoted Marquez. SRT) in P2 -- ahead of Marquez. the far corner. measures through the He was however subjected and flaws. BWF approves four-term limit I STILL DON’T HAVE MUCH FAITH IN THE DRS: IAN CHAPPELL New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) Former correct decision and eradicating the usual. Chappell feels the DRS on president's role Australia captain Ian Chappell the howler. So long as there are is being manipulated and needs Copenhagen, July 19 (UNI) The bringing in a vetting process for officials slammed the use of Decision a finite number of reviews, it can an overhaul. Badminton World Federation (BWF) of the BWF, BWF President Poul-Erik Review System (DRS) and stated it never be guaranteed to achieve "If I'm a player and there's going at its 81st Annual General Meeting Hoyer said in a statement."The virtual struggles to achieve the objectives those goals. to be a human hand involved in (AGM) has placed a four-term limit for AGM has allowed us to complete our for which it was created. "In its current form it's mostly the decision, I'd much prefer it was its president.It also approved changes governance requirements to host our According to Chappell, teams used to review 50/50 decisions, is adjudicated on by the umpires in to its constitution, ensuring "at least AGM every year before July 31, but also these days use the DRS as a tactic occasionally employed as a tactic, the middle," Chappell wrote."The 30 per cent of each gender on Council to deliver some important decisions to to get the upper hand during and is overused in the interests look of disdain on the face of and among the representatives from ensure we continuously improve our matches and he stated that of self-preservation. Umpiring umpire Richard Kettleborough each continental region"."I want to governance practice over time," Hoyer umpiring decisions is something decisions should never be part after three of his decisions were congratulate the membership for added.The AGM took place virtually that shouldn't be used to decide of cricket's tactical battles," he overturned early on Day two of passing the landmark vote to approve owing to the coronavirus pandemic. The the outcome of a contest. have much faith in the DRS," Ian added.In the ongoing #raisethebat the first Test between England the constitutional change to ensure decision on gender representation falls "There was a time when the Chappell wrote in his column Test series between England and and West Indies, was ample proof gender equality on the BWF Council in line with the International Olympic BCCI distrusted the DRS. I'm for ESPNCricifo."It struggles to West Indies, three reviews have of his feelings about the system at and for taking another important step Committee's target for International no longer in lock-step with the achieve at least two of the ICC's been given to per teams each that moment. to improve our governance practice by Federations (IFs) for 2020. BCCI on this because I still don't prime objectives: arriving at the innings which is one more than My sympathies were with ENTERTAINMENT 8 20 MONDAY, JULY, 2020 TThehe SouthSouth IndiaIndia TimesTimes Email : [email protected] (H.O) Hyderabad AMITABH SHARES FAMILY Varun Dhawan-Kiara Advani-Bhumi Pednekar starrer PHOTO, SAYS 'WE HEAR commercial entertainer titled 'Mr. Lele' arun Dhawan has been Varun Dhawan YOUR PRAYERS' missing from the action would be seen Vfor a few months now. collaborating with His last stint was in April with Karan Johar's Kalank, an en- Bhumi Pednekar semble cast tragic drama. But and Kiara Advani Varun already has two fi lms which would in his kitty and has signed one be helmed by more with his mentor Karan Shashank Khaitan Johar.This one is touted to be an out-and-out commer- and produced cial entertainer.Joining Varun by Karan Johar. would be two beauties of Bol- The film has lywood, Bhumi Pednekar and been announced Kiara Advani. As per a report in Mumbai Mirror, Shashank recently but got Khaitan would don the direc- it's of late. The tor's hat for the fi lm. While the Varun Dhawan- Megastar Amitabh Bachchan gratitude and thanks," Amitabh fi lm was announced a couple rer is titled, Mr. Lele. A source zeroed in on Mr. Lele as it suits hitherto.Mr. Leleis currently Bhumi Pednekar- has shared a throwback photo captioned it. Meanwhile, Am- of days ago, the makers have close to the development re- the story best."The report also in the pre-production stage. Kiara Advani with his family members Aish- itabh has been refl ecting back found the title for the same. vealed to Mumbai Mirror, say- suggests that the fi lm would be As per the source, the fi lm is warya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan on his life, decisions and the The Varun Dhawan-Kiara ing, "After contemplating sev- something with neither of the expected to go on fl oors in late starrer will be and Aaradhya Bachchan on In- consequences of his decisions, Advani-Bhumi Pednekar star- eral options, the makers have three actors have attempted February or early March. called Mr. Lele. stagram. Thanking his fans for as he recovers from the novel their prayers for him and his coronavirus in the Covid ward of family members, who have been a hospital here. diagnosed with Covid-19, he In a blog post, Big B had shared Sonam Kapoor at the 'crossroads to said "We see your love". He, his a few lines by his father, late poet son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Harivanshrai Bachchan, and journey of fulfilment' Aishwarya and granddaughter mentioned how all the time that Aaradhya are currently admit- he has on his hands right now ollywood actress in love with who I was I ted to a hospital here. In the has led him to refl ect on his past Sonam K. Ahuja meet my life partner @ throwback photo, they are seen decisions. "In the rush of life, B has shared her "fa- anandahuja.""This picture waving at their fans. "T 3598 - when did I ever get the time to, vourite portraits", which is a symbol of a crossroads We see your love .. we hear your to sit somewhere, for a while and she describes as a "sym- to the journey of fulfil- prayers .. we fold our hands .. in to think .. bol of a crossroads to the ment, that doesn't come journey of fulfilment". with work or a relationship, Sonam took to Insta- it comes with being some- gram where she shared one who doesn't need any Param Singh loves a monochrome photo- of the above to complete graph of herself. them but someone who being part of 'Haiwaan' "One of my favourite is inspired by themselves actually fulfi l the dream of his portraits, I was at my to feel complete," Sonam father, who was also a scien- most pensive, it was a captioned the image. tist. In doing that, in fi ghting Karan Johar day or two after #neer- In a recent post, Sonam with the antagonist and Jia, he jareleased, despite the has channelled her inner mystically fi nds his best friend opens about success and adulation I Madhubala. Ansh Haiwaan. There are a lot wasn't feeling ecstatic.. @ Sonam took to Insta- of confl icts which he needs to his mid-life rammadhvani said it was gram, where she shared a deal with," he said. a feeling of equanimity picture of herself dressed He doesn't relate to his char- which is good. as Anarkali from the acter though. crisis I took a year off to feel iconic 1960 film "Mu- "I like to do the right things Karan Johar opened up something better than ghal-E-Azam" played by in life. My character puts on about his personal style what I was feeling, in late legendary actress a facade in front of people. that journey in falling Madhubala. He doesn't want to show his when he appeared on true identity. So, he is this ca- chat show. sanova, who is always drunk "Not Just Supper Stars" and doesn't take life serious- along with fashion Daniel Craig's 'very emotional' goodbye ly so that people don't know designer Manish ctor Param Singh says his reality. he is enjoying playing a I don't really relate to it. ilmmaker Karan Johar says to James Bond series A"little weird" character It's just a character to me," he is going through a mid- ctor Daniel Craig has added.The actor also spoke in the show "Haiwaan". he said.It did not need any Flife crisis, and that's why refl ected on fi lm- about how he came to ac- "My character (Randhir special preparation from he has added colour and bling to Aing his last scene as cept the iconic role."I was Agnihotri) is a scientist. He Param."There was no particu- his personal wardrobe. "Manish James Bond in the upcom- completely ready to just wants to save his city and save lar preparation. We had some Malhotra has a very specifi c sense ing part of the spy franchise. go, 'That's the way I see the people of the city from a workshops because my char- of his own. He says it was very emo- Bond. You don't like it? Fair 'haiwaan'. And he wants to acter is a little weird. We also He's very fl ashy and fl amboy- tional. enough,'" Craig said."One ant as a designer but very sober "No Time to Die" will be of the biggest reasons I did when it comes to his personal Craig's fi fth and fi nal ap- 'Casino Royale' is the line, 'A sense. I think I'm going through a pearance as the British Se- vodka martini, please'. Reem Shaikh has a '3 mid-life crisis so I'm wearing a lot cret Service agent and the 'Shaken or stirred?' My re- of colour and bling. Hollywood actor revealed ply was written in the script a.m. friends circle' So, in our own ways we're that it wasn't easy when as, 'Do I look like I give a Tujhse Hai Raabta" ac- combating the age and stage we it came to saying good- f**k?' And that's it. That's the tress Reem Shaikh says are at," Karan said. bye to the movie's team, reason I did it. Because what "she has an exclusive "3 Karan opened up about his per- reports digitalspy.com."It I could not do, and what I a.m. friends circle".Reem sonal style when he appeared on was potentially a bit of an refused to do, was repeat has revealed that she does chat show "Not Just Supper Stars" anti-climax, because they emotional.""The whole was hugging each other. what had gone before. What not believe in the term "best along with fashion designer Man- usually are," Craig told Em- crew came round and gath- I tried to make a speech was the f**king point? So I'd friends". On her thoughts on ish Malhotra. pire. "Actually, it was very ered outside. Everybody and couldn't get it out," he rather have just done. friendship, Reem said: "I have had my share of bad experiences in the past when it comes to the idea of mak- ing best friends out of people THE SOUTH INDIA TIMES GGreaterreater HyderabadHyderabad 20 MONDAY, JULY, 2020 PAGES-8

Temple chief family offers Bonalu at Simhavahini Lal Darwaja temple

Hyderabad, July 19 (UNI): According to information Ran- Noted Bonalu festival was held gam will be conducted at the here at goddess Simhavahini temple on Monday followed by Mahankali temple in Lal Darwa- Potharaju offers to dance at the ja in the old city without public premises. Public were not al- participation as part of Corona lowed to attend the ritual by HYDERABAD 19 JULY L, GANDHI BHAVAN MEETING OF FMR PM LATE PV NARASIMHA RAO BIRTH CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS restrictions. Temple Committee police with barricades and traf- COMMITTEE WAS HELD. PCC PRESIDENT & MP, CAPT UTTAM, WP & MP, REVANTH, COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON GEETA REDDY, VICE Chairman J Lakshmi Narayan fic diversion in the area. As per CHAIRMAN & MLA SRIDHAR BABU, CONVENER MAHESH GOUD, HONORARY CHAIRMAN, VHR, MLA SEETHAKKA, EX MP MALLU RAVI, Goud with his family members the government has instructions CHIEF SPOKESPERSON SRAVAN, SC DEPTT CHAIRMAN PREETAM, BOLLU KISHAN, PREM LAL, VENUGOPAL ATTENDED. INAUGURAL has offered the Bonam to the to check corona virus spread, PROGRAM OF PVNR CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS ON 24 TH IN INDIRA BHAVAN. FMR PM MANMOHAN SINGH, P CHIDAMBARAM & goddess Simhavahini Mahank- the temple officials have not al- JAIRAM RAMESH WILL SPEAK VIA ZOOM APP VIDEO CONFERENCE. HON’BLE CP SMT SONIA GANDHI JI, HON’BLE FMR CP RAHUL GANDHI JI WILL BE SENDING MESSAGES. PV MANOHAR RAO WILL BE CHIEF PATRON OF THE COMMITTEE AND SPEAK ON ABOVE OCCASION. ali at the temple during morn- lowed the people. After the ritu- 2. POSTER OF CHALO MALLARAM PROGRAM OF SC DEPTT ON 26 JULY WAS RELEASED IN GANDHI BHAVAN TODAY. CHALO ing hours. Temple pujaris of- al, Goud said that due to corona MALLARAM PROGRAM IS PROTEST AGAINST ATROCITIES AGAINST DALITS IN TRS RULE. fered the rituals of the Bonalu restrictions we participated in in morning and Kalyanam in the the festival and offered Bonalu. evening. We prayed the god- We prayed the goddess to re- dess to remove virus and disease move virus and disease prob- Cleanliness can help prevent problems and enable people to lems and enable people to at- Covid-19: Indrakaran attend next year, he said. tend next year, he said. Nirmal Jul 19: Minister for For- ̉,̍̈̈ Bed COVID Care Centre est and Environment Allola In- drakaran Reddy on Sunday urged the people to keep their premises Being Set Up In Andhra Pradesh clean and follow preventive mea- sures in the wake of outbreak of ANANTAPUR July to COVID-19 patients. made available soon novel coronavirus. He cleared 19: To take care of Each block consisting without any inconve- waste plants and cleaned the sur- COVID-19 patients in of 125 beds is being set nience to the patients. roundings at his camp office as the state, a civil sup- up in the Centre and a We are setting up spe- part of ‘Every Sunday 10 am, ten plies warehouse is be- total of 180 free fabri- cial sheds to house doc- minutes’ sanitation programme ing converted into a cated toilets are being tors, medical staff and here. Speaking on the occasion, 1,500 bed COVID care set up for patients. sanitation workers. We Indrakaran Reddy requested the centre with 12 blocks In the centre, two are reviewing the prog- people to maintain their envi- at Raminepally near clinical laboratories ress of the works from rons to prevent seasonal diseases. Raptadu in Anantapur along with ECG, X-Ray time to time,” Joint “Sanitation plays a vital role in district. The works per- and blood sample col- Collector A. Siri said. keeping Covid-19 at bay, he said, portance to irrigation sector. He present. “Chief Minister K Chan- taining to the conver- lection lab are being set Recently, the world’s and urged the people to discard sought the devotees to practice drasekhar Rao proposed rede- sion are going on a war- up at the centre. largest 10,000 bed COV- unused household articles and to physical distance and to wear face signing of Kaleshwaram project footing. A total of Rs 8.50 ID care has been set up avoid stagnation of water which masks when revering the goddess. to ensure irrigation of one crore Of the 12 blocks in the crore is being spent in Delhi and is named results in breeding of mosquitos. He wanted them to wash hands acres of agriculture fields and his centre, two blocks will for the conversion of a after Sardar Vallabhai The Minister earlier released with sanitisers and soaps for cur- dream has become a reality within be allocated for wom- warehouse into a large Patel. In line with the water from an irrigation project taili ng the chain of the virus. TRS a short span of time,” he said. In- en. The sheds are being COVID-19 centre. Delhi COVID centre, at Swarna village in Sarangapur leaders K Ramkishan Reddy, N drakaran later participated in set up with all facilities “Construction work the state government mandal. He said that the gov- Indrakaran Reddy, Satyanarayana the annual Bonalu festival cel- for the doctors, staff of COVID Care Center is setting up the CO- ernment was giving utmost im- Goud and Goutham Reddy were ebrated at Nandigundam. nurses and sanitary is going on a war foot- VID care centre with staff, providing services ing. All facilities will be 1,500 beds. 2200 MMONDAY,ONDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 2 Rythu Vedikas for LED Lights Inagurated At NAGA DEVETA Temple farmers: Palla in Darulshifa By Mir Firasath Ali Baqri Tsit bureau Hyderabad, July 19 Hyderabad July 19:: BJP Telangana Minority (UNI): Telangana state Morcha Mr Mir Firasath Ali Baqri on Sunday Rythu Bandhu Samithi, Inaugurated L.E.D lights in the premises of Chairman, Palla Rajesh- Naga Deveta Temple at Jambagh Darulshifa war Reddy today said by Mr Mir Firasath Ali Baqri on the occasion of that rythu Vedikas will Annual Bonalu Festival on occasion Mr Arjun help the farmers develop Secretary Felictated Mr Baqri Greater Hyder- and benefi t. abad Municipal Corporation will be providing He laid foundation L.E.D lights. Mr Mir Firasath Ali Baqri Speaking for Rs 22 lakh Rythu ve- after the inaugurated of L.E.D street lights, en- dika at Malyala village in ergy will be saved. Naga Devta Temple Darul- Mahabubabad district. shifa Bonalu is a Dravidian traditional Hindu Later he said that efforts festival centered on the Goddess Mahankali. will be made to set up a This festival is celebrated annually once in the polytechnic college in Telangana twin cities of Hyderabad as well as the village. He appreci- credit for the same and years irrigation project in other parts of the state. It is celebrated in the ated Krishi Vignan Vedi- Rs 575 being spent to completed and waters month of Ashada Masam, in July and August. ka organisers. Rajeshwar construct 2600 Rythu given to mid Maneru In this occasion Mr Rakesh Yadav Mr P Mahen- Reddy claimed that Rs Vedikasin the state, he and lower Maneru areas dra Mr Mahesh Mr Syed Rehan Hyder Razvi 7000 cr released to give said. Reddy also said he said. Regulated farm- other Senior BJP Leaders were participated Rythu Bandhu help to that KCR git Rs 30000 ing us another plan of about 54 lakh farmers. cr loans and purchased KCR government to help Chief Minister K Chan- cotton crops from the benefi t the farmers he drasekhar Rao gets farmers. In just three said. Researchers including UoH Customs Offi cials Suspect Hyderabad Link In Kerala Gold Smuggling Case professors find fracture line in AP

Hyderabad: A team of researchers from the University of Hyderabad (UoH) in collaboration with the National Insti- tute of Oceanography, and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited have uncovered pres- ence of once repetitively active fracture line in off- shore Krishna-Godavari basin which may be a HYDERABAD: In the Hyderabad through On July 6, customs of- major coastal hazard in gold smuggling case in hawala transactions. ficials seized 30 kg gold north Andhra Pradesh. Kerala, which has caused Meanwhile, the National at Thiruvanthapuram According to the re- ripples across the coun- Investigation Agency airport through a con- searchers, the fracture try, shocking details (NIA) has arrested Swap- signment that arrived line, also called a fault Srinivas from National the coastline. In geologi- the activity was con- have now emerged. Ac- na Suresh and Sandeep on a charter flight from line in geological terms, Institute of Oceanogra- cal sense, the fracture tinuous until 0.3 million cording to latest infor- Nair, the main accused Dubai. In connection has a maximum activity phy and Dr D Saha from line borders the east- years. The researchers mation, the customs in the case. with this, customs of- focused in the vicinity Oil & Natural Gas Corpo- ern side of the offshore said presently, the frac- officials have found out Chief Minister Pina- ficials have arrested a of offshore Visakhapat- ration Limited, analysed Bastar craton between ture line is inactive and that the case also has rayi Vijayan has sacked former employee of UAE nam in AP. They opined seismic refl ection data in the Pranahita-Godavari may possibly become links to Hyderabad. Principal Secretary and consulate in Kerala. that the fracture line order to address a cause- graben in the south and active whenever the dif- According to sources, IT Secretary M Shiva- While interrogating him, may become active effect relationship be- Nagavali-Vamshadhara ferential stresses on ei- authorities suspect that sanker following alle- he revealed that Swapna again in future and turn tween the sediment load shear zone in the north. ther side of the fracture the most crucial transac- gations that the Chief Suresh, who is working in out to be a major coastal and the response of un- The study concluded line reach threshold level tions, in this case, were Minister’s Office was the IT department has an hazardous event associ- derneath heterogeneous that fracture line activ- and may turn out to be made from Hyderabad. involved in the case. The involvement in the case. ated with seismicity and igneous rocks in the Bay ity in offshore Krishna- a geohazard event in fu- The customs officials are state government shunt- Swapna Suresh was tsunami in and around of Bengal. Godavari Basin was vari- ture. The timing of future investigating the infor- ed Sivasanker soon after a Marketing officer Visakhapatnam region, They found a presence able in nature, to begin activity is not easy to pre- mation that there was a the allegations surfaced in Space Park under north AP. The research of a 300 km long frac- with, episodic starting dict, but the activity will transaction of crores of that he had links with State-IT and Infra- team comprising Prof K ture line in the offshore at about 16 million years certainly reoccur in a rupees to Dubai from the gold smuggling case. structure Limited. S Krishna and Dr M Is- region of north AP and ago and resumed at 6.8 short time in a geological maiel from UoH, Dr K about 100 km away from million years, from there sense, they added. 2200 MMONDAY,ONDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 3 ‘Trump the most divisive in century, but 1968 US election was even worse’

New Delhi, July 18 (UNI) Will tin Luther King Jr. was assassinat- and others who felt overlooked that overall, the economy will be movement - removal of statues, the 2020 United States Presiden- ed in April and Robert F Kennedy by the establishment and left a major issue in the election. changes in state flags et al -on tial Election be the most divisive in June. behind by the coastal elite made “It was a solid point for him at the election? “This is pretty in- one in the past 100 years? Donald President Lyndon Johnson their voices heard. Does this the beginning of the year. It’s a teresting. Trump has tried and Trump may be the “most divisive gave up plans to run for re-elec- category, or the Middle Ameri- major negative for him now. He tried to swing White voters back major party candidate in the last tion when a “peace” candidate, can Malaise as some choose to will be lucky if growth rises to in his direction by activating ra- 100 years” but the balance be- Gene McCarthy, got 42 per cent describe it, still feel as strongly zero per cent and unemployment cial divisions. At least so far, it’s tween the two parties has been in the New Hampshire primary. to vote in the same manner in falls below 10 per cent, and that not working. It’s not 1968 or 1988. “about as even” as in the last 70 Richard Nixon, “who got his big 2020? “The wins Trump made will still be bad for him. He may As far as we have to go, Whites’ years , says a respected US po- break in politics as a red-baiter”, in the Rust Belt were decisive, well have made matters worse racial attitudes have liberalized. litical analyst, adding that “things was the Republican nominee no question. He tapped into the for himself by pressing so hard to Perhaps even more important, are bad this year”, but 1968 was and he chose Spiro Agnew, a resentment of white working reopen the economy late in the race baiting looks like an attempt even worse. “It depends on what “clownish bully”, as his running class voters over the loss of their Spring. Given where things are at diversion when you’re worried. you mean by ‘divisive’. We have mate. George Wallace ran as a economic and social position, heading with Covid, we may well about your job or worried the most divisive major party third party candidate on a racist particularly resentment toward be in full lockdown again by the about getting sick,” Hansen said. candidate in the last 100 years in platform and chose Gen. Cur- trade. That was real. Ironically, it beginning of the campaign sea- At the bottom line, Trump’s big- Donald Trump. Partisan loyalties tis LeM(“Bomb ‘em back to the required a Republican candidate son in September. He wanted a gest asset is the loyalty of Repub- are as strong as they have been in Stone Age” as his running mate); to repudiate a bedrock principle big bounce back but he may have lican voters as this is what kept the last 100 years and the balance they won 13.5 per cent of the vote of his party. Trump’s trade war gotten himself (and us) a pro- him close enough to win some between the two parties is about and five states, Hansen pointed might have made some people longation of the pain,” Hansen close states in 2016, Hansen said, as even as it’s been in at least 70 out. feel good - take that, China! - maintained. adding: “He’s had a hard time years. On the other hand, you “Bad as things are this year, it but it really hasn’t changed any- Will the BLM movement sus- holding on to White suburban could make a good case that the doesn’t come close to 1968, in thing in any material way. “The tain till Election Day and what women in 2018 and it’s no better most divisive election in the last my view,” added Hansen, one President’s only major legislative will its impact be? now. His support among the el- 100 years was in 1968,” John Mark of the nation’s leading scholars achievement is a big tax cut for “Yes. A lot of African American derly also seems to have eroded.” Hansen, the Charles L. Hutchin- of American politics and whose corporations and the wealthy. voters who turned out for Barack “The biggest question mark for son Distinguished Service Profes- research focuses on interest And now he’s presiding over mi- Obama in the Rust Belt and the the fall is how Covid will affect sor at the University of Chicago’s groups, citizen activism, and nus five per cent GDP growth and South stayed home in 2016. The theactual voting. If conditions in Political Science Department, public opinion. over 10 per cent unemployment. stakes are pretty clear in 2020. I the South and West are as bad in told in an email interview. In It is said that Donald Trump Voters in the Rust Belt have a lot expect the Democrats to benefit October as New York, New Jersey, 1968, the American public was owes his 2016 victory to the fact more to worry about now than from higher Black turnout in key and Illinois were in May, there deeply divided over the Vietnam that working class White people, the trade balance with China,” states,” Hansen said. may be some Republicans who War, school desegregation, law particularly the ones without a Hansen explained. Linked to this, what will the im- wish they’d gotten behind mail- and order, and other issues. Mar- college education, rural voters Be that as it may, he admitted pact be of the anti-Confederate in ballots. A case for mainstreaming social and emotional learning New Delhi, July 19 ( life) High- policy makers and educationists indicates that students who par- the pandemic. A key finding from emotional factors, promoting the lighting the need to mainstream the urgent need to mainstream ticipated in SEL programmes also the report calls upon the Mem- cognitive, social and emotional Social and Emotional Learning social and emotional learning in outperformed those students who ber States of the United Nations development of children and ado- (SEL) within education systems, education systems. did not participate in such pro- (UN) to increase their education lescents.” It is also important that a new report launched on Nelson According to Dr Anantha Du- grammes, on indices of academic budgets to include training for policymakers take a “strengths- Mandela Day on Saturday, re- raiappah, Director, UNESCO achievement by 11-percentile teachers in SEL and the overall based approach” to SEL assess- views the latest research on SEL, MGIEP, SEL should be regarded points.” education system. Preliminary ment and monitoring, one in its impact on student health and not only as a remedial or preven- “Mainstreaming SEL into edu- results show an impressive return which students’ social and emo- school climate, and its transfor- tive measure for those who are cation can contribute to achiev- on investment of about 7 to 10. tional strengths and capacities are mative role in building happier particularly vulnerable to stress, ing the Sustainable Development Furthermore, preliminary results at the fore; and to not adopt stan- classrooms. but also as a long-term solution to Goal (SDG) 4 by allowing all learn- from the report show that the pro- dardised student learning assess- Launched online by the UNES- quality education. ers to be better prepared to learn ductivity loss for not spending on ments, which will pave the way CO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of “There is a confluence of re- and to help develop empathy, SEL interventions is about 29 per- for the promotion of students’ Education for Peace and Sustain- search from multiple studies compassion and a sense of soli- cent of Gross National Income. positive development. The Glob- able Development (MGIEP), and showing that students who par- darity with humanity,” he said. The report also recommends al Collective for SEL and Digital authored by over 20 experts from ticipate in SEL programmes, rela- This guide comes at a time when teacher training in SEL. “Initial Learning was also launched by eight countries, the peer-reviewed tive to students who do not, dem- due to the Covid-19 pandemic, training and professional devel- Maldives’ education minister Dr guide titled “Rethinking Learning: onstrate significantly improved over 1.6 billion learners are af- opment of teachers should in- Aishath Ali and Sri Lanka’s Minis- A Review of Social and Emotional social-emotional competencies, fected because of school closures clude introduction to the basics ter of Education, Sports and Youth Learning for Education Systems” attitudes, and behavioural ad- in over 195 countries as of begin- of brain development, of the so- Affairs Dullas Alahapperuma. The seeks to inform and impress upon justment. In addition, research ning of April 2020 at the peak of cial brain, and of the social and multi-stakeholder. 2200 MMONDAY,ONDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 4

Hrithik Roshan has time and again brought memo- HRITHIK ROSHAN rable characters to the screen. Hailed as the millennial's SHARES THAT HE IS star and sexiest actor in Asia, the actor spills the beans on MORE COMFORTABLE how he brings the many nu- ances of the diverse range of characters he has portrayed DOING CHARACTERS on-screen. All his projects, Bang Bang which swept the WHERE THE ladies off their feet to Dhoom and then, his recent fi lm WAR which yet again swooned EXTERIOR IS NOT us like never before with his phenomenal looks! Playing SOMETHING I HAVE 'sexy' takes a lot of hardwork is what comes as an added TO SELL AS 'SEXY' insight from the superstar. Hrithik shares, `I am frankly more comfortable doing char- BIPASHA MISSES 'EXUBERANCE' acters where the exterior is not something I have to sell as 'sexy'. Because it really is a lot of hard work, physically, and OF A LIVE PERFORMANCE there is a chance to get carried away by that exterior.` He fur- Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu says she is missing the energy ther adds, `I need to be extra and exuberance of performing in front of a live audience. Bipasha vigilant in each shot, to make took to her verifi ed Instagram account, where she shared a throw- sure my character is coming back picture of herself performing on stage. She said she cannot from a real place and does not wait for it to happen soon. "Miss the energy and exuberance of appear pretentious about his performing in front of a live audience... can't wait for it to happen looks when facing the camera. again soon. This picture is from one of my most memorable per- Unlike a character like Rohan formances at #iffaawards . Grooving to #DumMaaroDum #throw- from Kaabil or Anand from back," she wrote alongside the image. Bipasha's husband and Super 30 where it is just all actor Karan Singh Grover took to the comment section from his heart - that to me is easier. But verifi ed Instagram account and dropped some love emojis. The then again, the mental stimu- actress recently went down memory lane and recalled shooting lation when playing people for her 2006 release, "Corporate",which turned 14. Bipasha and like Aryan from Dhoom 2 Karan, who worked together in the fi lm "Alone", tied the knot in (2006) and Kabir from War is April 2015. On the work front, the two will next be seen sharing just unmatchable. screen space in the upcoming fi lm "Aadat". AANANYANANYA PPANDAY'SANDAY'S GGOLDENOLDEN LLEHENGAEHENGA ISIS MAJORMAJOR FASHIONFASHION GOALSGOALS

Ananya Panday has a fashion makeup was extremely dewy she has a busy 2020 with two sense which has always been and glowy and she acces- films in her kitty. Ananya had loved by all. The youth influ- sorized her look with a choker a promising 2019 where she encer made her debut in 2019 neckpiece with hair in a middle displayed her versatility and and has made a lasting impact partition and with curls. On the how she can mold herself into with two movies in 2019 and work front, Ananya Panday will any character given to her already working on her third. also be seen alongside Ishaan . On the work front, Ananya Ananya wore a Kresha Bajaj Khatter in Khaali Peeli which is Panday will also be seen along- lehenga which was completely all set to release this year and side Ishaan Khatter in Khaali covered in metal beaten se- the second film whose name is Peeli which is all set to re- quins, matte beads and glass yet to be revealed but we will lease this year and the second crystals which are intricately be seeing Ananya sharing the film whose name is yet to be sewn on to create the shape screen with Siddhant Chaturve- revealed but we will be seeing of waves. The lehenga has di and Deepika Padukone. The Ananya sharing the screen star and shell motifs running actress is currently juggling with Siddhant Chaturvedi and throughout the piece. Het between her work schedule as Deepika Padukone. 2200 MMONDAY,ONDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 5 AAT&TT&T plansplans ttoo ccutut NASA's space station programme 33,400,400 jobs,jobs, sshutshuts manager set to retire

ddownown 250250 storesstores Washington, June 17 (UNI) NASA has said its Manager of the International Space Station Pro- gramme, Kirk Shireman, is retir- ing on June 26 to take a position in private industry, marking the second high-profi le exit from the agency within a month. Shireman has been in the po- sition since 2015. Joel Montal- bano, who has served as Deputy Program Manager since 2012, will serve as Acting Manager of the International Space Station Program, NASA said on Tuesday. Shireman's exit comes barely a month after NASA's head of hu- San Francisco, June 17 ees who will be impacted by man spacefl ight, Doug Loverro, (UNI) AT&T plans to cut over the job cuts will receive sev- abruptly stepped down from 3,400 technician and clerical erance pay and health insur- his position at the agency, cit- jobs across the country over ance coverage for up to six ing a "mistake" that happened the next few weeks, the US months, according to AT&T, earlier this year. Following Lov- wireless carrier has informed CNET reported on Tuesday. erro's exit, NASA Administrator its main labour union, the The impacted retail employ- Jim Bridenstine selected Com- years of his career advancing uary 1989. "I am confi dent Joel's Communications Workers ees will receive the offer of mercial Crew Program Manager and improving human space- leadership of this program will of America. In addition, the another position at the com- Kathy Lueders to be the agency's fl ight, and doing it in a collab- continue to expand the role of company plans to perma- pany, said the report. "I want next Associate Administrator of orative way," Lueders said in a the space station as a national as- nently shutter over 250 AT&T to know where these jobs are the Human Exploration and Op- statement. set for exploration, science, and Mobility and Cricket Wireless going," said Joe Snyder, Pres- erations (HEO) Mission Direc- "The relationships he has fos- commercial use," Lueders said. stores, impacting 1,300 retail ident of CWA Local 4302 in torate. Under Shireman's lead- tered within NASA, and with our For almost 20 years, humans jobs, CWA said on Tuesday. Akron, Ohio who has been an ership, NASA partners SpaceX international and commercial have lived and worked continu- These cuts come amid AT&T technician for 25 years. and Northrop Grumman com- partners, have made the Inter- ously aboard the International devastations caused by the "From where we sit, it looks pleted more than 30 commercial national Space Station a model Space Station, advancing sci- Covid-19 pandemic. "AT&T like AT&T is pushing the work resupply missions, and SpaceX for the incredible achievements entifi c knowledge and demon- could help lead the country to low-paid contractors who launched the fi rst commercial possible through global cooper- strating new technologies, mak- toward recovery by partner- do not have the same train- crew test fl ight to the station. ation." Prior to becoming deputy ing research breakthroughs not ing with its workforce to build ing, experience, and commit- The SpaceX Crew Dragon programme manager, Montal- possible on Earth that will en- next generation networks. In- ment as CWA members. The spacecraft carrying NASA as- bano was the director of NASA's able long-duration human and stead the company is adding money they are saving goes tronauts Robert Behnken and Human Space Flight Program in robotic exploration into deep to the pain of the recession into the pockets of wealthy Douglas Hurley successfully Russia from 2008 to 2012. space. Under this unique inter- already underway," CWA shareholders looking for docked with the space station on He was a NASA fl ight director national partnership, 239 people President Chris Shelton said short-term profi ts instead of May 31. Shireman joined NASA from 2000 to 2008. Montalbano from 19 countries have visited in a statement. The employ- staying here in our commu- in 1985. "Kirk has dedicated 35 began his career at NASA in Jan- the station. TECNO launches segment-first 7-inch display, 6000mAh battery phone at Rs 9,999

New Delhi, June 17 (UNI) 16MP front camera and 16MP ing reliance on the device, on a 10-minute charge as well sales of SPARK Power 2. a great way to consolidate our Heating up the sub-Rs 10,000 quad-camera set up at the the demand for more, better as the 50 per cent of the bat- "While offl ine remains our online position." TECNO has India smartphone market, rear, even as the seven-inch features at an affordable price tery can be charged in just dominant channel, we realize invested a lot in the looks of TECNO, the global premium display with a 20.5:9 aspect point has gone up," Arijeet 1 hours' time, the company that consumers are gravitat- SPARK Power 2 as it brings smartphone brand of Trans- ratio and 90.6 per cent screen Talapatra, CEO, Transsion said. ing to the online space, and together 2.5D curved edges, sion Holdings, on Wednesday body ratio aims to make the India, said on the launch of TECNO claimed that once accordingly, we want to ramp slim bezels and a matte fi nish. launched the SPARK Power new smartphone an enter- SPARK Power 2. fully charged, users of the up our online presence with The SPARK Power 2 comes 2 that introduces two ma- tainment "tour de force". "With this new launch we new smartphone will be able unique tie-ups with e-com- with 4GB RAM and 64GB in- jor segment-fi rst features: a "In the wake of COVID-19, will fi rmly establish Spark se- to enjoy 376 hours standby merce platforms," Talapatra ternal storage, expandable up seven-inch Dot Notch display the importance of telecom- ries as the best battery smart- time, 37 hours calling, 19 said. "Flipkart is currently to 256GB. The device runs on with stereo sound dual speak- muting has increased signifi - phone series," Talapatra said. hours Internet, 155 hours the leader in the e-commerce HIOS 6.1 based on Android 10 ers and a 6000 mAh battery cantly. People's smartphones The 6000mAh battery with music, 13 hours game playing space and in the mobile cat- and an Octa-core 2.0GHz pro- with 18W Fast Charger. are now a primary medium of an 18W Fast Charger will al- and 14 hours video playback. egory, and we believe our cessor. The phone is available Priced at Rs 9,999, the work, information and enter- low customers to enjoy three The company has partnered collaboration with them for in two colour variants -- ice phone brings the power of a tainment. With this increas- continuous hours of calling with Flipkart to boost online the sale of SPARK Power 2 is jadeite and misty grey. 2200 MMONDAY,ONDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 6 Google to support Indian Microsoft's undersea data centre startups creating solutions for the new normal drives hunt for Covid-19 vaccine In addition, Fowers worked with colleagues at Microsoft to enable Microsoft employees cur- rently working from home to de- ploy the project on their offi ce computers, and worked with the Folding@home community to im- prove the ability to install the soft- ware remotely. These efforts are in addition to the contributions Microsoft is making to Folding@home via the AI for Health initiative, which re- New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) 250 Startups founders over the cently granted Azure computing Google on Wednesday expand- last two months, holding con- San FranciscoJuly 19 (UNI) no acids -- fold into structures resources to help Folding@home ed its programme for startups sults with our network of ex- Not just above the Earth, efforts determines their function and run simulations of COVID-19 pro- to support startups working on perts, mentors and VCs to help are underway beneath the sea to the Folding@home simulations teins, the company said in a state- the solutions to solve real-life solve for the immediate chal- search for a Covid-19 vaccine as can lead to breakthroughs such ment on Tuesday. challenges towards the new lenges faced by the founder an experimental Microsoft data as identifying sites on a viral pro- Fowers is the technical lead normal post COVID-19 land- community," informed Paul centre in Scotlands Orkney Is- tein that a therapeutic drug could for Project Natick, a years-long scape in India. Ravindranath G, Programme lands is processing workloads for bind to. "Folding@home was one research effort to investigate the Google for Startups has Manager, Google for Startups a global, distributed computing of the fi rst distributed comput- feasibility of manufacturing and opened applications for the Accelerator India. In addi- project to understand the viral ing groups to start working on operating environmentally sus- new batch of Google for Start- tion to the fresh call for appli- proteins that cause the disease Covid-related problems and im- tainable, prepacked data centre ups Accelerator, with a special cations, Google for Startups and design therapeutics to stop mediately came out with a bunch units. The project's Northern Isles focus on health-tech, fi n-tech, also announced the launch of them. Distributed computing of workloads that were geared data centre, which is about the edu-tech, agri-tech, retail and ‘Emerging stronger: Playbook' projects harness otherwise idle toward fi nding antibodies and size of a shipping container, has SaaS startups, the company for startups to face the Cov- computer processing power to fi guring out ways they could cre- been humming away 117 feet un- said in a statement. id-19 Challenge. "We have cap- perform specifi c tasks for big sci- ate immunizations," said Spen- der the sea in Scotland since June The next batch will com- tured the work of these last two ence research. Ongoing projects cer Fowers, a principal member 2018. Unlike commercial Micro- mence in August 2020 and months into a handy playbook include efforts to understand cli- of technical staff for Microsoft's soft datacenters that run the full the last date of applications is which we hope will benefi t the mate change, map cancer mark- special projects research group. Azure infrastructure, including June 30. This will be the fourth larger ecosystem," Ravindra- ers and fi ght infectious disease. When Folding@home announced artifi cial intelligence frameworks class of startups mentored by nath added. Beyond the Ac- The Folding@home distributed the Covid-19 related research ef- tailored to meet specifi c needs, Google, which has so far close- celerator, Google for Startups computing project was launched fort, Fowers jumped on the op- Project Natick is a research data ly mentored over 60 startups in will continue to offer support in October 2000 to simulate pro- portunity and deployed the soft- centre and its servers are generic, India to date. "We have been to startups via its partner pro- tein dynamics. ware across the servers on the similar to several thousand high- working very closely with over gramme and mentor network. How proteins -- chains of ami- Northern Isles. end personal computers. " Cosmic lighthouses to help space travellers find ways to Moon, Mars

Washington, July 19 (UNI) Just tron stars, are the extremely dense Timing and Navigation Technology The stability of the pulses allows Earth since pulsars are distributed as lighthouses have helped sailors remains of stars that exploded as or SEXTANT, is using the beacons highly accurate predictions of their throughout our Milky Way gal- navigate safely into harbor for cen- supernovas. They emit X-ray pho- from pulsars to create a GPS-like time of arrival to any reference axy," said SEXTANT team member turies, future space travellers may tons in bright, narrow beams that system. This concept, often re- point in the solar system. Scientists Munther Hassouneh, navigation receive similar guidance from the sweep the sky like a lighthouse as ferred to as XNAV, could provide have developed detailed models technologist. steady signals created by pulsars. the stars spin. autonomous navigation through- that predict precisely when a pulse "It effectively turns the ‘G' in GPS Scientists and engineers are using From a great distance they ap- out the solar system and beyond. would arrive at, for example, the from Global to Galactic," added the International Space Station to pear to pulse, hence the name "GPS uses precisely synchronised centre of Earth. Timing the arri team member Jason Mitchell, Di- develop pulsar-based navigation pulsars. An X-ray telescope on the signals. Pulsations from some neu- val of the pulse to a detector on rector of the Advanced Communi- using these cosmic lighthouses to exterior of the space station, the tron stars are very stable, some even a spacecraft, and comparing that cations and Navigation Technology assist with wayfi nding on trips to Neutron star Interior Composition as stable as terrestrial atomic clocks to when it is predicted to arrive at Division in NASA's Space Commu- the Moon under NASA's Artemis Explorer or NICER, collects and in the long term, which makes them a reference point, provides infor- nication and Navigation Program. programme and on future human timestamps the arrival of X-ray light potentially useful in a similar way," mation for navigating far beyond "It could work anywhere in the so- missions to Mars, the US space from neutron stars across the sky. said Luke Winternitz, a researcher our planet. "Navigation informa- lar system and even carry robotic or agency said on Wednesday. Software embedded in NICER, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight tion provided by pulsars does not crewed systems beyond the solar Pulsars, or rapidly spinning neu- called the Station Explorer for X-ray Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. degrade by moving away from system." 2200 MMONDAY,ONDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 7 CORONAVIRUS MAY SURVIVE FOR MANY HOURS IN AIR: RESEARCHERS

New Delhi, March 14 (UNI) In a sig- can potentially travel across far greater nifi cant fi nd, researchers now report distances. In the current study, the re- that the novel coronavirus can survive in searchers did not examine how far SARS- the air for hours in fi ne particles known CoV-2 could conceivably travel through as aerosols, and can spread quickly like the air. "More important, even if aerosol SARS. This turns the earlier thinking transmission can occur, it's unlikely to right on its head that coronavirus only be the primary force driving the current spreads from surface and is not present pandemic," Morris said. in the air, especially near health care set- The current scientifi c consensus is tings and hospitals. that most new coronavirus transmission Researchers found that COVID-19 can are via respiratory secretions in the form be detected up to 3 hours after aerosol- of large respiratory droplets on surface. ization and can infect cells throughout SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes CO- that time period, reports Live Science. VID-19, can last on surfaces potentially However, the study, posted on the scientifi c journal, and posted an updated s needed in practice to infect a human several hours, or even days, according to preprint database medRxiv, is still pre- version of the study on March 13 refl ect- being, though this is something we are another preprint published by research- liminary, because it has not undergone ing the revisions," said the report. "We looking to model in the future," study ers. at the National Institutes of Health, extensive peer-review. "The authors did still don't know how high a concentra- co-author Dylan Morris from Princeton Princeton, and the University of Califor- receive comments from one prospective tion of viable SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) University, told Live Science. Aerosols nia, Los Angeles. CAN COURTS REFORM PERSONAL LAW? BY SHREENATH A. KHEMKA tory. Women were happy to be free of limitation stood under the Hindu Marriage ith the petition in the case of a discriminatory practice, and the gov- Act 1955. Regardless, using Article 142 was Ashwini Kumar Upadhyaya v. ernment moved closer to its promise of more political than legal, simply because WUoI before the Supreme Court uniform civil rules. The court met out the the remedy was given even though the law (SC), it has become clear that court must remedy but frittered away on the legal stood otherwise. However, reforms must rule on law rather than meting out rem- position. The law remained unabashed, come from the law, not from the remedy. edies. Taking lead from the triple talaq personal law was immune to judicial ac- On the other hand, interpreting the pre- verdict, Ashwini Kumar has approached tion. The ruling in the 1951 Bombay HC cepts of religious practice has been mired the SC to declare the practices of polyg- decision was not undone as the major- in political controversy. The fi ve-judge amy and Nikah halala as discriminatory ity opinions of Justices Kurian, Nariman, Bench verdict in Shah Bano case was criti- and therefore unconstitutional. The plea and Lalit did not revisit Narasu Appa cised for reading into the religious texts. is not a new one; however, the implica- Mali. On the other hand, Justices Khehar It was argued that the courts were no au- tions are. and Nazeer made it clear that personal thority to interpret religious text, as much Religion under the Constitution is law had the same stature as Fundamen- as they were no authority on the ‘Laws of broadly split between what comprises tal Rights, therefore strengthening the Motion’. Wary to such outcry, the US Su- ‘belief’ and what comprises ‘custom’. 1951 ruling. Both these instances refl ect preme Court in Wisconsin v. Yoder was led Whilst the former is protected as a fun- personal law reforms in the country; to uphold Amish testimonies of their reli- damental right of faith and worship something which keeps coming back gious practice in a case challenging State under Articles 25 and 26; the latter as to the courts. With the current petition policy for compulsory education of chil- personal law has been immune from a before the SC, the question has been dren as being opposed to their religious fundamental rights challenge because could be struck down in a writ challenge, thrown open again. How do we reform freedom under the First Amendment. The of not being under the purview of Ar- therefore, the Shariat practice was intact. the personal law through the judicial scope for judicial enquiry is, therefore, ticle 13. A reading of Articles 25 and 26 Any question of reform was entrusted route, given that personal law is still not limited to fact-fi nding of what the com- yields the view that the right to faith and onto the legislature to enact suitable amenable to a Fundamental Right chal- munity claims to be bound by. The courts worship is subject to other safeguards of legislations to codify and reform the lenge? The splits in the triple talaq judg- must take the personal law as lex lata (as public safety and health, and therefore is personal laws. The partial success (or ment point to judicial interpretation. it is), rather than lex ferenda (as it should not absolute. ‘Personal Law’ on the other failure) of the Hindu Code was gradually Justices Khehar and Nazeer had used be). Yet these approaches do not address hand, is omnipotent. followed by reforms in the Christian and discretionary powers under Article 142 the real quandary — are personal laws im- Courts since 1951 have kept away Parsi personal laws. However, the big- to order an interim injunction, under- mune from the rule of law? In some ways, from personal law reform, arguing in gest elephant in the room was ignored standing the need for justice beyond the answer is a yes. The line of precedents the Narasu Appa Mali case that personal — the Muslim personal law; specifi - writ measures. Justice Kurian on the reaffi rms time and again that one can- law was not amenable to a writ jurisdic- cally, the glaring disparity between the other hand, interpreted the precepts of not use a writ to challenge personal law. tion. The Bombay HC was faced with a genders. An attempt by the SC in Mohd the Koran to hold triple talaq as arbi- In fact, the 1951 Bombay HC decision is, writ challenge to the Islamic practice of Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum was trary against the tenets of Islam, by stat- perhaps, the most authoritative text even polygamy as being discriminatory un- overturned by a speedy legislation of the ing that “what was bad in theology must for the SC. It stands resolute. Either it is der Articles 14 and 15. The HC held that Rajiv Gandhi government; and the judi- necessarily be bad in law.” reaffi rmed, or carefully evaded (like in the matters of marriage were covered under cial momentum was lost, until last year. In the past few decisions, Article 142 had triple talaq case); but the SC is yet to take the customs as per the Personal Law of The triple talaq judgment in Shayara been used to hold an irretrievable break- up the judgment for re-discussion. This is the Muslims which was not ‘law’ as de- Bano v. UoI was much celebrated across down of marriage to afford parties the op- the most puzzling aspect of our Constitu- fi ned under Article 13. Because only ‘law’ the nation — it gave most a sense of vic- tion to divorce even though the one-year tion. Although personal law. 2200 MMONDAY,ONDAY, JJULY,ULY, 22020020 TTHEHE SSOUTHOUTH IINDIANDIA TTIMESIMES 8 JJaggaagga RReddyeddy llashesashes ooutut aatt MMinisterinister HHarisharish

Hyderabad, July 19 (UNI): Con- his constituency but added that he touch with his constituency people gress party MLA T.Jayaprakash red- stopped visiting his constituency and had been extending all kinds dy today lashed out at state fi nance due to the Covid 19 pandemic.He of support to them. He alleged that minister and his arch rival T.Harish dared Harish rao to bring 2000 Harish rao was touring his constit- Rao for doing politics in his assem- crore for the development of his uency for every two Days to cause bly constituency Sangareddy. He constituency and to make him un- political damage to him. He said asked the minister if he would kill popular . (UNI) that corona virus was spreading the people of his constituency and Reddy made it clear that hun- fast in his constituency and added turn it into a grave yard for doing dreds of his supporters would gath- that the people of his constituency politics. er around him if he visited his con- were scared a lot about the spread He asked Rao to not visit his stituency and addd that there was a of the virus. He dared Harish rao constituency during the ongoing strong possibility of rapid spread of to bring 2000 crore for the devel- covid 19 virus pandemic. He said the virus if he visited his constitu- opment of his constituency and to that he was also capable of visiting ency. Reddy said that he was in make him unpopular . HHyderabadyderabad celebratescelebrates India’s COVID fatality rate below BBonaluonalu onon subduedsubdued nnoteote duedue toto CovidCovid 2.5%, 5 states/UTs at zero

Hyderabad, July 19 (UNI) The waza temple began early in the New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) Bonalu festival was celebrated morning with only the temple India’s COVID-19 fatality in Hyderabad on Sunday on a committee members attend- rate has fallen below 2.5 per subdued note, with devotees ing the rituals performed by the cent for the first time, mark- barred from visiting the temples priests. Endowment Depart- ing a significant dip and in view of Covid-19. The famous ment officials made the offering bringing the country in the Lal Darwaza Mahankali temple on behalf of the state govern- queue of nations with the and Akkanna Madanna Mah- ment. lowest fatality rates globally. ankali temple in Haribowli were A temple official said ‘Maha Interestingly, 29 states and out of bounds for the devotees Abhishekham’ was held in the Union Territories (UTs) have in view of the restrictions im- morning while ‘Shanti Kaly- Case Fatality Rate (CFR) posed by the authorities. Few anam’ will be performed in the lower than the national av- devotees were seen at some evening to pray for global peace. erage, says the latest report Mahankali temples in the city as The traditional procession collated by the Ministry of the government had appealed to on a decorated elephant, carry- Health and Family Welfare people to celebrate the festival ing ‘ghatams’ of Goddess Mah- (MoHFW). The CFR is pro- at their home. ankali from Akkanna Madanna gressively falling and cur- (1.48), Chandigarh (1.71), coronavirus cases on Sun- other state has come close to All the roads leading to the temple, Haribowli will not be rently it is 2.49 per cent, the Jammu & Kashmir (1.79) and day reached 10,77,618 with a such a trend. two famous temples in the old taken out on Monday as police MoHFW data said. Rajasthan (1.94) have fatality record 38,902 new cases re- Globally, over 14 million city were sealed by the police to have not given permission. Manipur, Nagaland, Sik- rates lower than two per cent ported in the past 24 hours. people have been infected prevent any gathering. Potharaju programme and kim, Mizoram along with while Karnataka (2.08) and With 543 new deaths, the with the virus and 602,656 The police had made elabo- Rangam will be held followed by Andaman and Nicobar Is- Uttar Pradesh (2.36) are in death toll stood at 26,816. have died. It has taken just rate security arrangements with the ghatam being taken for the lands have zero per cent the bracket of 2 to 3 per cent Karnataka is the new hotspot four days to climb to 14 the deployment of the City Rap- closing ceremony to the temple fatality rate while 14 states fatality rate. state nearing 60,000 cases, as million cases from 13 mil- id Action Force as a precaution- in river Musi. Five persons will and UTs have a CFR of less “This shows commend- Maharashtra remained the lion recorded on July 13. ary m easure. take the ghatam in an auto-rick- than 1 per cent. The 14 able work done by the pub- worst-hit state, with 3,00,937 The WHO warned that fresh The celebrations at Lal Dar- shaw from the temple. states and UTs with less lic health apparatus of the cases and 11,596 casualties. daily tallies are breaching than one per cent fatality country,” said the ministry, It crossed the 3-lakh mark on all records. Under the guid- rate includes Ladakh (0.09), adding it happened be- Saturday with Mumbai re- ance of the Centre, the min- Tripura (0.19), Assam (0.23), cause of focused efforts of porting over 1 lakh coronavi- istry said the state and UT Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the Centre and state and rus cases so far. It is followed governments have ramped Daman & Diu (0.33), Kerala UT governments on effi- by Tamil Nadu with a total up testing and hospital in- (0.34), Chhattisgarh (0.46), cient clinical management 1,65,714 cases, including frastructure by combining Arunachal Pradesh (0.46), of hospitalised cases. “With 2,403 deaths. The national public. and private sector Meghalaya (0.48), Odisha effective containment strat- capital, on the other hand is efforts. At the ground level, (0.51), Goa (0.60), Himachal egy, aggressive testing and projecting an uplifting trend. frontline health workers like Pradesh (0.75), Bihar (0.83), standardised clinical man- For 17 of the last 20 days, in- Accredited Social Health Ac- Jharkhand (0.86) and Telan- agement protocols based cluding 11 in a row now, the tivists (ASHAs) and Auxiliary. gana (0.93). Uttarakhand on holistic standard of care number of people recover- Nurse Midwife (ANMs) (1.22), Andhra Pradesh approach, the CFR has sig- ing from Covid in Delhi has have done a commendable (1.31), Haryana (1.35), Tamil nificantly dipped.” The data remained higher than new- job of managing the migrant Nadu (1.45), Puducherry comes when India’s total ly-detected infections -- no population.