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THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I WEDNESDAY I 11 NOVEMBER 2020 WEATHER WORLD 11 TABLOID Max: 29.6OC | SPORTS|14 Min: 12.8OC RH: 34% Kamala ready to Tokyo plans test Playing your Rainfall: Nil reshape US history events for Olympics cards right Forecast: Partly cloudy sky. Mist likely. Max/Min temperature 30/14 ºC deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 83 No. 313 Established 1938 | 24 PAGES | `6.00 COVID-19 C UNT CASES DEATHS Modi magic wins Bihar (+49,010) (+587) 86,34,341 1,27,581 covid19india.org Nitish’s JD(U) slips to third position; RJD single largest party, MIM wins five seats STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS SREEPARNA CHAKRABARTY (+ 1,267) (+4) with agency inputs TS: 2,52,455 1,385 NEW DELHI, NOV. 10 BJP defeats TRS, wins Dubbak Modi’s appeal The BJP-JD(U)’s Nation- (+1,886) (+12) al Democratic Alliance S.A. ISHAQUI I DC inched towards hitting HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 AP: 8,46,245 6,814 the majority mark in the Bihar Assembly and The BJP’s M. Raghunan- CASES AROUND THE WORLD to rural poor forming the government dan Rao stunned the fan- after a hard-fought elec- cied TRS at Dubbaka in a 5,15,37,959 tion in which 31-year-old manner much suited for a Tejashwi Yadav’s Rasht- T20 cricket match, snatch- DEATHS riya Janata Dal emerged ing the bypoll by a narrow 12,73,806 as the single-largest margin in the last rounds helped Nitish party with 76 seats on of counting. COUNTRIES, Tuesday. The TRS, which was dis- YOJNA GUSAI | DC AREAS WITH 216 At the time of going to cussing its margin of vic- NEW DELHI, NOV. 10 CHIRAG MADE CASES press, the final results tory, lost by about 1,470 worldometers.info/ were not out, but the votes, one of the rare times Plagued by “anti-incum- coronavirus trends foretold the fate of the party has lost a byelec- bency” sentiment against NITISH BIGGEST many. The NDA was tion. To place things in incumbent chief minister leading in 123 seats, one perspective, the TRS had Nitish Kumar, the BJP ASTROGUIDE more than the magic won the seat in 2018 with a strategised its election LOSER IN BIHAR Sarvari; Dakshinayana mark in the 243-member 67,000-vote margin. campaign heavily around SANJAY BASAK | DC Tithi: Nija Ashwayuja Bahula Assembly. The BJP The BJP’s tally goes up its star campaigner Prime NEW DELHI, NOV. 10 Ekadasi till 12.37 am (Thursday) seemed to be the gainer to two in the Assembly Minister Narendra Modi’s Star: Purvaphalguni till 6.27 am in the alliance with a with this win, the other popularity. The ‘Modi If there’s a major loser in (Wednesday); Uttaraphalguni till lead in 72 seats, while the MLA being T. Raja Singh. vote-bank’ helped the BJP the keenly fought Bihar 4.23 am (Thursday) JD(U), which was lead- It was a sweet comeback to tide over the “anti- elections, it is Nitish Varjyam: 1.02 pm to 2.29 pm ing in just 43 seats, was for Raghunandan Rao, incumbency” mood again- Kumar. Bihar’s wily old Durmuhurtam: 11.37 am to down from its 71-seat once a TRS politburo Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay with party workers celebrate the victory of the st the Bihar government fox, who always came out 12.22 pm position in the 2015 state member, who had stood party candidate Raghunandan Rao in the Dubbak bypolls on Tuesday. — P. SURENDRA and also overshadowed on top, was ambushed by Rahukalam: 12 noon to 1.30 pm elections. third in the 2014 and 2018 ‘big brother’ JD(U) by bag- the Bharatiya Janata HIJRI CALENDAR While the Mahagathba- Assembly elections, and ging more seats. Party, which used Lok Rabbi-ul Awwal 24, 1442 AH ndhan had a total tally of capped one of the most Mr Modi, according to Janshakti Party chief PRAYERS 113, the Congress was aggressive BJP campaigns HARISH TAKES BJP poll strategists, help- Chirag Paswan as its Fajar: 5.16 am leading in just 19 seats, in recent times headed by BJP win to echo ed in changing the narra- “Shikhandi” to cut Nitish Zohar: 12.10 pm while the Left parties TS unit president Bandi tive of the Bihar polls in Kumar to size. looked set for a resur- Sanjay. Raghunandan Rao BLAME; KTR TO NDA’s favour. BJP poll Asar: 4.06 pm gence with a lead in 11 described the victory as a strategists relied heavily ■ Full report on Page 7 Maghrib: 5.47 pm seats. The RJD contested referendum on the rule of in local elections COURSE CORRECT on the ‘Modi vote-bank,’ Isha: 6.57 pm 144 seats, the Congress Chief Minister K. which includes beneficia- SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.19 AM 70, and Left parties 29. In Chandrashekar Rao DC CORRESPONDENT DC CORRESPONDENT ries of the Modi govern- SUNSET TODAY 5.41 PM the NDA, the JD(U) con- The Congress’ Cheruku HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 ment’s flagship schemes RJD’S TEJASHWI MOONSET 2.52 PM tested 115 seats and the Srinivas Reddy was a dis- — cash transfer in Jan MOONRISE 2.07 AM BJP 110. The AIMIM won tant third. The BJP won The electoral victory at Finance minister T. Dhan accounts, Garib four seats and was lead- 38.47 per cent of the votes, Dubbak will rejuvenate Harish Rao said he took Kalyan scheme, free LPG FORCED CONTEST ing in one. the TRS 37.82 and the the BJP ahead of a slew of complete responsibility under Ujjwala, DBT sche- COUNTER POINT A majority of the exit Congress INC 13.48 per urban local body polls, for the TRS’s loss in the mes — and most impor- polls had on Saturday cent. with state unit president Dubbak byelection. He tantly free ration during ON BJP, JD(U) projected that the Maha- The shock for the TRS Bandi Sanjay taking an had led the campaign for and post-Covid-19 lock- NAYEAR AZAD I DC gathbandhan will have began in the early rounds aggressive line against the ruling party. down. Women and youth PATNA, NOV. 10 an edge over the NDA. It when Raghunandan Rao the state government and TRS working president constitute a sizable chunk seemed that the pollsters established a slim lead. highlighting the Hindu Raghunandan Rao K.T. Rama Rao said the of this vote-bank. The NDA on Tuesday got the Bihar results TRS candidate Solipeta agenda. Dubbak verdict would BJP poll managers give emerged as a likely win- wrong once again. Sujatha recovered some The BJP will fancy its flag on the Golconda fort. serve as an eye-opener for credit to the Modi vote ner after the closely con- The day saw many see- lost ground and even chances in the elections to The Dubbak victory will the party. “It has alerted bank for the party’s stun- tested Bihar Assembly saws with trends flipping surged to the lead. In the the Hyderabad and also make the BJP a more us to be more cautious in ning performance in the elections — the first amid several times during the last rounds, however, Warangal municipal cor- attractive option for the the coming days,” Rama 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The the coronavirus pandem- day as the Election Raghunandan Rao clawed porations as well as at disgruntled leaders in the Rao said. Prime Minister himself ic. Political analysts said Commission began the back and never let go. Siddipet, the bailiwick of TRS and other parties. Stating that the party addressed a dozen rallies, that it was Tejashwi counting of votes which According to the T. Harish Rao. The Dubb- Though the result will accepts the verdict, Rama including those where Yadav’s “ten lakh job went past midnight Election Commission, the ak win is also being seen have no impact on TRS’ Rao said, “In the coming Nitish Kumar shared dais promise” and aggressive Tuesday because of a BJP secured 62,772 votes, as the first step towards dominance in the Assem- days, we will analyse the with him, and wrote an campaign against the staggering increase in TRS 61,302 and the the 2023 Assembly polls bly, it will give hope of reasons for the party’s open letter to the people of NDA which made the con- the number of EVMs on Congress 21,819. which the BJP believes it dethroning the party. failure and take correc- Bihar seeking votes for test for Bihar Assembly account of the Covid pan- can win: Sanjay said after tive measures.” the incumbent CM. tough. demic. ■ Page 4: Seizure of cash Tuesday’s victory that the ■ Page 2: BJP to become Initial feedback reach- spurred BJP campaign BJP will hoist the saffron prime oppn in GHMC polls ■ Full reports on Page 4 ing the BJP had indicated ■ Full report on Page 7 ■ Page 3: RJD, Left seek that there was a simmer- SHORT TAKE recount in many seats ing anger against the sushashan babu, over var- BJD EMERGES TEMPERATURE ious issues including the BIHAR TALLY Covid-19 lockdown and Scindia decimates Congress in MP recent flood, prompting INVINCIBLE IN IN CITY 6° C Party Leads+Won the BJP to focus its cam- GRAND ALLIANCE 110 DC CORRESPONDENTS ASSEMBLY BYPOLLS into a prestige fight Chhattisgarh seat went to paign around the PM and BELOW NORMAL NEW DELHI/BHOPAL, NOV. 10 between Kamal Nath and the Congress. In Hary- Central schemes. ODISHA POLLS T.S.S. SIDDHARTH I DC RJD 75 Gujarat 8 BJP himself. The Congress had ana’s Baroda seat, the “In the caste-riddled AKSHAYA KUMAR HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 Cong 19 The BJP on Tuesday won Karnataka 2 BJP to win 27 of the 28 seats if it Congress’ Indu Raj Narwal Bihar, Narendra Modi SAHOO | DC CPI(ML) 12 byelections in 11 states, Telangana 1 BJP had to displace the BJP defeated the BJP’s created another caste of BHUBANESWAR, NOV. 10 Cool winds, the Northeast- CPI 2 heading for victory in 40 of and return to power in the Yogeshwar Dutt by 12,300 the poor and marginalised MP 19 BJP; 9 Cong erlies, flowing over the CPI(M) 2 the 56 Assembly seats that state, which it could not. votes. This was a prestige which transcended the Odisha’s Biju Janata Dal state are resulting in the went to the polls, with new Manipur 4 BJP; 1 Ind Of the seven Uttar battle for former CM limits of caste and com- (BJD) proved that it was sudden dip in temperature. NDA 125 BJP entrant Jyotiraditya UP 6 BJP; 1 SP Pradesh Assembly seats Bhopinder Singh Hooda. munity. It is a silent vote- invincible as it won the In Hyderabad, the minim- BJP 74 Scindia ensuring the party for which counting contin- In Karnataka too, both bank but is the most vocal two Assembly seats that um temperature on Tues- remains in power in Chhattisgarh 1 Cong ued Tuesday, the BJP Bengaluru’s Rajarajesh- supporter of Modi,” said went to elections follow- day plunged to 12.8º Celsius. JD(U) 43 Madhya Pradesh, where it Haryana 1 Cong managed to retain six wari Nagar and Sira in MP Rakesh Sinha. ing the death of two This is 6ºC below normal for HAM 4 won 19 of 28 seats. These Jharkhand 1 Cong; while one went to the Tumakuru district were In the state where the incumbent lawmakers. this time of the year. Even VIP 4 seats had fallen vacant 1 JMM Samajwadi Party. won by the BJP, with the JD(U) is considered as the The party headed by CM colder temperatures were after Mr Scindia quit the Nagaland 1 Ind; 1 NDPP Jharkhand and Chhattis- party winning in Sira for ‘big brother’, the BJP out- Naveen Patnaik wrested recorded elsewhere in TS OTHERS 8 Congress and joined the garh brought some cheer the first time. In Gujarat, performed it both in the Balasore Sadar seat — 7.1ºC at Kohir in AIMIM 5 BJP with his followers, Odisha 2 BJD to the Congress and its the BJP made a clean terms of strike rate and which was represented by Sangareddy LJP 1 that led to the fall of the allies. The two seats in sweep in the bypolls, number of seats won. the BJP and retained the Kamal Nath government congratulations to his Jharkhand were won by necessitated after many While the JD(U) contested Tirtol seat. ■ BSP 1 Full report on Page 3 Ind 1 in the state. party’s “winners”, with the Congress and its ally Congress MLAs resigned on 115, the BJP contested Mr Scindia tweeted his the contest in MP turning JMM, while the lone during the RS polls. on 110 seats. ■ Full report on Page 8 6 killed, 3 injured in Five star show Modi gives an earful to accident on ORR Xi on other’s sovereignty DC CORRESPONDENT number DL5 CE 5176. “We SRIDHAR territorial integrity,” PM during the summit that HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 are suspecting that it could KUMARASWAMI | DC Modi said. was chaired by Russia be a van which hit their vehi- NEW DELHI, NOV. 10 The Prime Minister President Vladimir Putin. Six people were killed and cle, going by some parts delivered the message in It was the first time Modi three others were injured in found at the accident site. In a veiled message direct- Hindi in the presence of came face to face with the a hit and run accident on the The victims were all carpen- ed at China and Pakistan, Chinese President Xi Chinese President, albeit Outer Ring Road at Mutha- ters by profession. The three Prime Minister Narendra Jinping and Pakistan in virtual mode, since ngi near Patancheru on early survivors were rushed to Modi on Tuesday said con- Prime Minister Imran Sino-Indian military ten- Tuesday. An unidentified hospital. Their condition is nectivity can be strength- Khan during a meeting of sions began this summer. vehicle hit their MPV from said to be out of danger by ened only if nations the eight-nation Shanghai In another oblique mes- the left and drove away. the duty doctors,” he said. respect each other’s sover- Cooperation Organisation sage aimed at Pakistan, The nine men were heading The deceased were identi- eignty and territorial (SCO) Council of Heads of Modi said it was unfortu- to Nagpur from Bengaluru, fied as Kamalesh Lohare, integrity. State. The meeting was nate that attempts are on their way home in Hari Lohare, Pramod Buher, “India believes that to held in the virtual format. being made to unnecessar- Jharkhand. Police investiga- Vinor Buher, Pawan Kumar deepen connectivity, it is Modi shared screen ily drag bilateral issues tion is on to identify the vehi- and another person from Players of the Mumbai Indians team pose with the IPL trophy at the Dubai Internatio- important to move for- space with the Chinese into the SCO agenda cle that hit their multi-pur- Bangladesh had not been nal Cricket Stadium after winning the title for the fifth time on Tuesday. Mumbai beat ward by respecting each President and the which violated the group- pose vehicle (MPV) bearing identified, said the police. Delhi by five wickets in a one-sided final. — BCCI ■ Full report on Page 13 other’s sovereignty and Pakistani Prime Minister ing’s charter. CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020 pg 2

SHORT TAKES BJP TO BECOME ‘TRS knew it will lose, started a PRIME OPPN IN GHMC POLLS a false propaganda against BJP’ IREDDY SRINIVAS REDDY ing Telangana statehood From Page 1 I DC DC Exclusive were put at stake by the HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 eighth Nizam KCR. By The BJP leaders felt that the stood that the funds were winning the elections, the win in Dubbak, which had We have repeatedly said diverted. Knowing that the BJP will keep a check on more votes in the rural areas, that we are the alternative BJP will win, the TRS corrupt persons and put has erased the tag that it is an to the TRS. Results like tried to mislead the people. them behind bars. urban voter-based party. the one at Dubbak will be The TRS losing Dubbak repeated in all the elec- There were allegations Did your arrest at ahead of the Greater tions, said Bharatiya that BJP candidate M. Siddipet and your subse- Hyderabad Municipal Janata Party (BJP) state Raghunandan Rao had quent deeksha help you Corporation (GHMC) elections president Bandi Sanjay, bribed voters, and the in winning public sym- will encourage BJP cadres to who aggressively cam- police even recovered pathy? believe that they can emerge paigned for the Dubbak money during searches. It is my responsibility to as the main opponent to the byelection and earned a What do you have to say fight if my party candi- ruling party, and replace the Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy addresses the media in Hyderabad on Tuesday after surprise victory for the to this? date is harassed by the rul- Congress as the principal BJP won the Dubbak Assembly by-election. — DC party. The icing on the Was the money found in ing party by using the Opposition party. cake for Sanjay, appointed Bandi Sanjay Kumar. the candidate’s home? No! police. When I wanted to The saffron party lost its TS unit president earlier The TRS gave the money visit Siddipet, I was deposit in 100 of the 117 seats this year, must have been BJP is the alternative in to the police who planted arrested despite being a in the Assembly polls held in Union home minister Telangana, which the peo- it there. If they have the state party president. I December 2018, and won only Kishan: Win is fight Amit Shah call to congrat- ple have proved by giving guts, they should prove will not fear anyone. I will one, pulled off a surprise in ulate him. Speaking to us a victory in Dubbak. that the money belonged fight back with the party the 2019 Lok Sabha elections Sanjay over the phone, Despite facing a lot of to Raghunandan Rao. The and cadre's support. I by winning four seats — Shah, the former BJP troubles, our hard work BJP does not need to dis- protested against the ille- Adilabad, Karimnagar, president, congratulated paid off well. tribute money. We won gal arrest. Instead saying Nizamabad and party leaders and cadre because we have the pub- that I gained sympathy, it Secunderabad. against TRS misrule who worked for the victo- Top TRS leaders includ- lic support. can be viewed as the peo- The general election helped ry of party candidate M. ing Chief Minister K. ple understanding the push up the BJP vote share Raghunandhan Rao. Chandrashekar Rao, Can we assume that the harassment of the ruling from seven per cent in the Says people were disgruntled, wanted change Since his surprise victo- K.T. Rama Rao and T. BJP has become party. Assembly polls to over 19 in ry as MP from Harish Rao said that the stronger by winning the 2019. Since then, the party has IREDDY SRINIVAS REDDY ● KISHAN REDDY said Kishan Reddy thanked the Karimnagar last year and BJP was lying on the byelection? How much money would been projecting itself as an | DC the Dubbak victory would people of Dubbak for sup- especially after his eleva- matter of Central funds. A. We are already you think the TRS has alternative to the TRS. HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 leave have its impact on porting to the BJP, and tion as TS BJP president, Why didn’t the people stronger. We won four Lok spent in Dubbak? After Sanjay, a staunch work- congratulated the cadre Sanjay has led a no-holds believe them? Sabha seats and now we It is a habit for the TRS er of the RSS taking over, the The BJP’s victory in the entire state. who worked hard for the barred campaign against They did not disclose the have won another to bribe voters. The state unit began targeting the Dubbak is the beginning victory. the TRS which has gal- funds given by the Centre Assembly seat. By win- Dubbak people realised TRS and its ally MIM. of the establishment of here after the party’s sur- Party vice president vanised the cadre. His and diverted the money ning the byelection, we this and gave a thumping Besides, Sanjay has is roping dharma and good gover- prise victory. D.K. Aruna said that the protests following the cash but they levelled allega- have got the key from the victory to the BJP. Harish in leaders from the dominant nance in Telangana state, The minister said that in Dubbak elections were seizure at the party candi- tions against the BJP. We public. You will see the Rao tried to save his min- Reddy and Munnuru Kapu minister of state for home any election, the candi- proof that the people want date’s house are seen as proved that the Centre has BJP winning the GHMC ister’s post. They spent communities to consolidate G. Kishan Reddy said here date would be given prior- change in the political sit- one of the turning points funded the state govern- elections. None can stop `5,000 for each vote and the party base. on Monday while hailing ity. “However, the victory uation. She said only the of this election. ment’s pensions, sub- the BJP wave, including had a target of spending In recent times, party leaders the victory of party candi- of the candidate and the BJP is the alternative to sidised rice and other wel- KCR. We dedicate this vic- `100 crore. However much have indicated that several date M. Raghunandan victory of the party can- the TRS in Telangana Sanjay spoke exclusively fare schemes. When KCR tory to Telangana mar- the TRS is willing to leaders in the Congress, par- Rao. not be separated,” he said. state, which can fight with with Deccan Chronicle just made demeaning com- tyrs. The sacrifice of thou- spend, the people are not ticularly from the Reddy com- Kishan Reddy said the BJP candidate M. the government to defend minutes after it became ments, the people under- sands of martyrs in secur- ready to trust them. munity, are looking at the BJP Dubbak victory would Raghunandan Rao and the people. She alleged clear that the BJP had pre- for their political future. leave have its impact on party activists had fought that the TRS had lost the vailed in the neck-and- The state BJP president fur- the entire state. The victo- against injustice and faith of the people, who neck battle. Excerpts: ther stated that the party’s ry would help the BJP in exposed the ruling party’s were looking to the BJP to central leadership had strong- the GHMC and MLC elec- mistakes which is why form the next govern- How is the BJP taking ly backed the strategies of the tions, he told the media they had triumphed. ment. Dubaka’s victory? How state unit to dethrone the TRS was this success possi- in 2023. ble? Sardar Vallabhbhai ● THE TRS losing Dubbak Patel won independence ahead of the Greater Leaders pay tributes to Patel for Hyderabad by ending Hyderabad Municipal the Nizam’s rule. In the Corporation (GHMC) elections DC CORRESPONDENT mer MP G. Vivek and he did not have permis- same manner, KCR is rul- HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 other leaders paid tribute sion to hold a rally. The ing Telangana now and will encourage BJP cadres to at the statue of Sardar senior BJP leaders replied the BJP will keep a check. believe that they can emerge Telangana state Bharatiya Vallabhbhai Patel and the that they were going to Under the leadership of as the main opponent to the Janata Party (BJP) presi- Martyrs Memorial at pay tribute to the martyrs Prime Minister Narendra ruling party, and replace the dent Bandi Sanjay Kumar Gunpark, after the party’s of the separate state. They Modi, the country is mov- Congress as the principal along with party vice victory at Dubbak. were then allowed ing ahead and people have Opposition party. president D.K. Aruna, for- Police told Sanjay that through. confidence in the BJP. The Party workers celebrate BJP’s victory in the Dubbak bypoll. — P. 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SHORT TAKES VOTER DISSATISFACTION PAVED WAY FOR BJP WIN NARENDER PULLOOR the coming Assembly said that people saw COLLECTOR OF Raghu: Byelection was a | DC elections in 2023. Niza- the true colours of the NIZAMABAD, NOV. 10 mabad district is ruling TRS in ASIFABAD always an experimen- Telangana state. The surprising victory tal lab for the BJP as People believed in the TRANSFERRED of the BJP in the its candidates won the TRS leadership when referendum on KCR rule Dubbak byelection has MP, MLA and the Telangana state was DC CORRESPONDENT boosted the morale of municipal cha- formed. But it was mis- KOMARAM BHEEM ASIFABAD, party cadres across irperson’s posts from used by family rule. NOV. 10 Sarcastically ‘thanks’ police’ for aiding in his Dubbak victory Telangana state, espe- here. “We observed dissat- cially in undivided Speaking to Deccan isfaction among the Komaram Bheem and DC CORRSPONDENT to the BJP candidate’s aides lesson to the Chief Minister, Nizamabad district. Chronicle, BJP state voters for the TRS in Asifabad district collector, and relatives. he said. He recounted how Party leaders are in a executive committee the Dubbaka byelec- Sandeep Kumar Jha who held HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 Striking a more serious the TRS had harassed him jubilant mood and are member Dhanpal tion campaign”, he office for nine months, is note, Raghunandan Rao said and his family and said the hoping for victory in Suryanarayana Gupta said. transferred. P.S Rahul Raj is M. Raghunandan Rao, win- the victory was not his election outcome was the posted as the new collector of ner of the Dubbak bypoll, alone. Union minister of best reply he could give Asifabad. mockingly dedicated his vic- state G. Kishan Reddy, BJP them. Among political circles, the tory of Siddipet police com- vice-president D.K. Aruna, Responding to the taunting news is that the TRS MLA's missioner Joel Davis on TS party president Bandi question — “where is the and other TRS district leaders Tuesday. The official had led Sanjay, MPs D. Arvind and BJP” — often posed by TRS were behind his transfer. It is a the raid on the Bharatiya Soyam Bapu Rao, former leaders during the cam- message, to officials who Janata Party (BJP) candi- MLA Babu Mohan and other paign, Raghunandan Rao refuse to endorse their unlaw- date’s relatives’ houses mid- leaders who campaigned for said: “The BJP a kilometre ful and illegal activities, of the way through the campaign, him had all contributed to from Gajwel (The CM’s con- power they hold. and reportedly unearthed the victory. stituency), 2 km from On numerous occasions, dif- hidden cash. He said that he would Sircilla (represented by K.T. ferences between the collector Speaking to the media at develop Dubbak and serve Rama Rao) and 1 km from and the TRS leaders on vari- the counting centre at the people in good faith. Siddipet (T. Harish Rao’s ous issues came to the fore. Siddipet after his victory, Raghunandan Rao Assembly seat). M. Raghunandan Rao. The TRS leaders had gone to Raghunandan Rao sarcasti- described the victory as a “With the boost received in the extent of pressurising the cally thanked the Hyderabad referendum on the rule of Dubbak, the BJP will work collector to get their things and Cyberabad commission- The Hyderabad and Chief Minister K. hard to win power in the 2023 done but, Sandeep Kumar Jha ers for their help in his vic- Cyberabad police had seized Chandrashekar Rao. Assembly elections,” did not bow to the pressure. tory. money allegedly belonging The Dubbak result was a Raghunandan Rao said. Even government officials from some departments had differences with the collector. Some employees staged a pro- VICTORY COMES AT test, alleging that the collector behaved rudely with them, BJP winner was in TRS increased their work burden THE RIGHT TIME, and did not give them leaves. politburo, got Asad bail FEEL BJP WORKERS RJD, LEFT SEEK PILLALAMARRI DC CORRESPONDENT part in the Telangana Interestingly, SRINIVAS | DC RECOUNT IN HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 statehood movement Raghunandan Rao in 2013, ADILABAD, NOV. 10 under the leadership of when he was TRS Medak MANY SEATS Madhavaneni Raghunan- TRS president K. district president, moved It Dubbak victory has boosted the dan Rao, 52, who dealt a Chandrashekar Rao and the district Principal and morale of the BJP cadre and it’s From Page 1 rare defeat to the was selected to the TRS Sessions Court seeking second-rung leaders. They believe Telangana Rashtra Samiti politburo. bail for Owaisi. This move that the Dubbak victory has come Late in the evening, the RJD (TRS) in the Dubbak Raghunandan Rao was of Rao at that time was at a time when the party needed a shared a purported list of win- byelection on Tuesday, has suspended from the TRS significant as the TRS has boost. ning candidates from as many a more interesting back- on allegations of meeting been strongly opposing Celebrating the party’s victory, as 119 seats, claiming the ground than many politi- Telugu Desam chief N. the MIM for its stand BJP leaders and activists burst returning officers had already cians. Chandrababu Naidu in against Telangana state- crackers and distributed sweets at congratulated its candidates He started his career as May 2013. He joined the hood. various places in erstwhile on their win, but the Election a news contributor to a BJP and contested the The bail was in a case Adilabad district. BJP leaders say Commission was now refusing vernacular daily but also Assembly elections from pending against that this victory will go a long way to issue certificates claiming rose to be in the politburo Dubbak in 2014 and 2018 Asaduddin Owaisi, his and the BJP will try to replicate it they’ve lost. A delegation of the Telangana Rashtra as well as the 2019 Lok brother Asaduddin and 20 in the next elections in the state. including RJD and Congress Sabha and also represent- Sabha election from others for their alleged BJP senior leaders Jogu Ravi, leaders visited the Election ed MIM president Medak. involvement in obstruct- Lala Munna, district secretary Commission office in Patna Asaduddin Owaisi in Raghunandan Rao born ing the collector and other Venugopal, Payal Sharath, Akula and demanded a recount in court. in March 1968 in the erst- officers who were alleged- Pravin, Soma Ravi, and others many constituencies. In 2001, Raghunandan while Medak district and ly demolishing a mosque participated in the victory cele- The CPI(M-L) too sought a Rao ventured into politics did his BSc from Siddipet at Muttangi. brations in Adilabad town. recount in three seats. The by joining the Telangana Degree College. He later Raghunandan Rao suc- BJP leaders and activists also Left parties, which were lead- Rashtra Samiti (TRS) completed his LLB from ceeded in getting bail for celebrated the victory in Utnoor, ing in 19 seats for most part of which had just been Osmania University and the MIM chief. The case Neredigonda, Jainad, Bela and the day, were down to 11 in the formed. He took active began practicing law. later ended in acquittal. Sirikonda, Nirmal, Kagaznagar evening. Asifabad, among others. In a letter to the Election Commission, the CPI(M-L) demanded a recount of votes in Bhorey, Arrah and Daraundha Assembly con- stituencies citing “dubious counting practices”. The letter said that the CPI(M-L) candidates “have been shown to be defeated in very narrow margins, follow- ing some worrying violations of counting norms”. The letter alleged that in Bhorey, JD(U) candidate Sunil Kumar, a former additional director general of police, “commands a lot of clout in the administration” and that a local JD(U) leader “was seen entering the counting hall — which is illegal and prohibit- IT minister K.T. Rama Rao speaks to the media at Telangana Bhavan on ed”. Tuesday. — S. SURENDER REDDY The Election Commission, which held three press briefin- gs on Tuesday and was likely to hold another one late at night to declare the final Dubbak bypoll defeat results, responded to the RJD’s allegations saying that accord- ing to an order dated May 2019, “in places where the margin of victory is less than the total an eye-opener: KTR number of postal ballots rejected as invalid, it is S.A. ISHAQUI | DC mandatory to reverify rejected HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 HARISH RAO, WHO LED CAMPAIGN ballots. The reverification should be mandatorily video- TRS working president graphed.” A majority of the K.T. Rama Rao on FOR BYELECTION, OWNS UP LOSS exit polls had on Saturday pro- Tuesday said the DC CORRESPONDENT tion, the TRS govern- jected that the Tejashwi Yadav- Dubbak verdict would HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 ment and he himself led Mahagathbandhan will serve as an eye-opener would continue to serve have an edge over the NDA. It for the party. “It has Finance minister T. the people of the Dubbak seemed that the pollsters got alerted us to be more Harish Rao said that he constituency and play a the Bihar results wrong once cautious in the coming took complete responsi- key role in its develop- again. days.” bility for the TRS’s loss ment. The results threw up many Stating that the party in the Dubbak byelec- The minister thanked interesting turns in state poli- accepts the verdict in tion. He had led the cam- the people who voted for tics with a weakened Nitish favour of the BJP in paign for the ruling the TRS as well as party Kumar and a strengthened Dubbak, Rama Rao said party. activists who strove for BJP. It remains to be seen minutes after it became He told the media, that victory during the whether Mr Kumar, who is clear that the TRS had despite losing the byelec- campaign. seeking a fourth term as chief lost: “In the coming minister, heads the next gov- days, we will analyse we win, we don’t get win, Rama Rao said, ernment in Bihar. the reasons for the overwhelmed, and when “We did the same, but The massive drop in the party’s failure at the we lose we will not be the public sentiment JD(U)’s seats and vote-share hustings and take cor- disillusioned.” was in favour of BJP.” could largely be attributed to rective measures.” He declared that the Rama Rao thanked the the Chirag Paswan-led LJP Addressing a press TRS government will voters who had voted which was, late in the evening, conference at Telangana continue with its wel- for the party and leading in one seat. The party, Bhavan, Rama Rao said: fare and developmental finance minister T. which had walked out of the “We have emerged vic- programmes with Harish Rao, who led the NDA in Bihar just ahead of the torious in several elec- renewed vigour. Dubbak campaign, polls, has dented the JD(U)’s tions and byelections Maintaining that the party cadres, MPs, chances by putting up candi- since the formation of aim of any party con- MLAs and MLCs for dates against it and not the Telangana state. When testing the election is to their hard work. BJP. If the NDA manages to main- tain its majority, then there is no question of any post-poll formation. Party workers get new zeal However, in case it fails to reach the magic mark, then RAVINDRA SESHU | DC The party leaders in The voters’ self-pride the field is open and the KHAMMAM, NOV. 10 Khammam Municipal won. The TRS trio - Mahagathbandhan is likely to Corporation will use the KCR, KTR, and Harish approach Mr Owaisi’s AIMIM The rank and file of the win in the coming cor- Rao faced a blow in the for support. BJP are on cloud nine poration elections. BJP election.” The BJP will In such a scenario, it would after party candidate, Khammam district win the KMC elections. be difficult for AIMIM as it Raghunandan Rao won president, Galla Saty- He said, “The TRS gov- cannot be openly seen to be the Dubbak bypoll. Tho- anarayana said, ernment, particularly aligning with the NDA and ugh the BJP is weak in “Dubbak elections was minister for transport P. would have to either support Khammam district, between the self-pride of Ajay Kumar, made the the Grand Alliance or abstain Dubbak win gives a the voters, and the ego mistakes in Khammam in case of a show of strength ‘new josh’ to the party of Chief Minister K. done by the TRS leaders on the floor of the Assembly. leaders and workers. Chandrasekhar Rao. in Dubbak.” CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020 pg 4

IN BRIEF Grandson of 7th Auto driver held Owaisi elated at victory in for burglary Nizam wants fair Hyderabad:The Chandra- Bihar, eyes W. Bengal polls yangutta police arrested an autorickshaw driver who was share of funds involved in a burglary Refutes allegations of helping BJP win by contesting in Bihar elections reported earlier this month. BALU PULIPAKA | DC lion (`307 crore) by the time The accused, Mohd Zameer, ATHER MOIN I DC Madhya Pradesh, but backward regions of party too. Though we MIM does not benefit the HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 the judgment was delivered 23, of Noorinagar at HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 what happened there? I India. I wish to thank the fielded Kushwaha Sahab BJP and its allies, last year. Chandrayangutta, had deca- contested in Jharkhand people of Seemanchal as our CM candidate, we sources said. Continuing his battle for Najaf Ali Khan contends mped with gold and silver Delighted with the out- and could not win a sin- and will get justice for have exceeded our The MIM, which had what he calls his fair share that the judgment by the ornaments and cash from a come of the Bihar gle seat,” Owaisi said. “I India’s most backward expectations.” won Kishanganj in a of the £35 million of Nizam’s court in UK was based on an house at Jahangirabad when Assembly elections, MIM will contest Bihar, region. There are no edu- Contrary to criticism bypoll last year, won from funds, Najaf Ali Khan, a invalidated certificate that the house owner was away. president Asaduddin Ow- UP and West Bengal. In cational institutions and that the MIM candidates Amour, Kochadhaman, grandson of the seventh was presented by Mukarram Zameer was nabbed on aisi indicated that his democracy, the voter the area is always affect- divide Opposition votes Jokihat, Baisi and Nizam Osman Ali Khan, is Jah which recognised the Tuesday. “He was ques- party will enter the elec- is supreme. No one can ed by floods. Our MLAs and help the BJP, the Bahadurganj, where it hoping that the Centre will latter as the eighth Nizam tioned on suspicion, during toral fray in West Bengal hold the voters will try to solve these MIM defeated NDA can- had fielded Akhtarul do its part by taking note of of Hyderabad. Khan which he admitted to com- next year. The MIM won hostage.” problems. I would like to didates — one each from Iman, Muhammed Izhar what he called a ‘violation of contends that the certificate mitting the crime. He was five seats in Bihar, Asked if the MIM thank my allies Upendra the BJP and JDU and Asfi, Shahnawaz Alam, the Indian Constitution’ by was rendered invalid after produced before a court and according to the latest would join hands with Kushwaha and Vikassheel Insaan Party Syed Ruknuddin and two other grandsons of the the Andhra Pradesh High remanded in judicial data on the Election the RJD to form govern- Mayawati,” he said. — apart from two RJD Anzar Nayeemi, respec- Nizam, Mukarram and Court in 1968 and the Delhi custody,” said the Commission website. ment in Bihar, Owaisi He said he would go to nominees. tively. However, Kishan- Muffakam Jah. High Court in 1969 quashed police. Speaking to the media, said that the decision the places where the In other seats where the ganj MLA Qamrul Hoda It may be recalled that last it as it was found to be in vio- Owaisi refuted the alle- will be taken only after MIM did not succeed and MIM fielded candidates, lost the election. year, the High Court of lation of Articles 363A sub- gation that by contesting final results are declared. try to find out what went it did not halt the win- MIM workers celebrat- England and Wales ruled in stituting Article 366 Clause the election the MIM had “Our fight is for the wrong. “I addressed 65 ning chances of other ed the party’s victory out- favour of India and (22) of the Indian HC ASKS WAKF TO indirectly helped the BJP development of Seema- gatherings for candidates secular parties except at side Owaisi residence in Mukarram and Muffakam Constitution which ended and its allies. nchal (eastern Bihar) of Kushwaha Sahab’s Raniganj. This showed Shastripuram and burst Jah in the case relating to recognition to the pre- EXPLAIN INACTION “We did not contest in which is one of the most party, for BSP, and for my that the presence of the firecrackers. whom the money belongs to. Independence rulers or their The case relates to the successors. ON LAND GRAB deposit of £1 million belong- Khan says he was unaware ing to the Nizam in 1948 in until July this year that the DC CORRESPONDENT SPECIAL COURT the National Westminster invalid certificate was pre- HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 Bank. The bank subsequent- sented in the UK courts and Congress says, ‘We found good ly froze the funds following by presenting it, Mukarram The Telangana High Court TO HEAR an objection from the and Muffakam Jah, violated summoned the Wakf Board Nizam to the transfer of the the Indian Constitution. Chief Executive Officer on JAGAN’S PLEA money by Nawab Moin The Centre should take November 16 to explain the team players in the Battlefield’ Nawaz Jung, the then action and defend the inability of the board in pro- DC CORRESPONDENT finance minister, to Habib Constitution, he said, and tecting Wakf properties, main- DC CORRESPONDENT ● IT IS NOT for want of and a growing, if not at with what it managed in HYDERABAD, NOV.10 Ibrahim Rahimtoola, the hoped that this would cause ly land belonging to grave- HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 trying. Senior party lead- times belligerent, BJP, Dubbak. then high commissioner of the UK court verdict to be yards. ers, led by Telangana Tagore’s Tweet said it It is not for want of try- A special court dealing Pakistan in the United reopened and that justice Despite several warnings What does a party that Pradesh Congress all. He called his party ing. Senior party lead- with Enforcement Direc- Kingdom. will be done to him and other from the court that the Wakf loses an election do? Committee president N. leaders and workers, ers, led by Telangana torate (ED) cases against India, Pakistan, and the descendants of the Nizam Board authorities would face Look for silver linings “brave soldiers” who Pradesh Congress AP Chief Minister Y.S. two grandsons of the Nizam who are fighting for their severe action for delaying pro- on an otherwise dark Uttam Kumar Reddy “worked hard to con- Committee president N. Jagan Mohan Reddy lay claim to the funds which legal share of the vast tecting properties, officials day. This is the position practically camped in the vince the people of Uttam Kumar Reddy regarding investments increased in value to £35 mil- inheritance. had failed to lodge cases that the Telangana state constituency, high-profile Dubbak about our agen- practically camped in into the Jagathi Group, against encroachers. Congress found itself in leaders were made in- da for them.”Tagore also the constituency, high- on Tuesday said it would According to a report, there on Tuesday after its can- charges of said, “We fought the bat- profile leaders were hear all the accused were 723 graveyards in the didate Cheruku Srinivas different mandals to tle bravely. We fought made in-charges of dif- before it took a decision BADANGPET CCTV GHMC area of which 86 had Reddy was left as a focus on mobilising vot- Fakenews (sic) & Money ferent mandals to focus on the matter of trial. been encroached upon. The bystander, watching a ers for Congress. power.” on mobilising voters for The court has to decide Wakf Board could only issue wildly swinging prize Then came the silver Congress. if it should hear the INAUGURATED five FIRs against the encroach- fight unfold between the sidelines. lining. “We found good For once, the party’s cases filed by the CBI and Hyderabad: Education ers. The books of Wakf Telangana Rashtra Even on this bleak team players in the leadership did not the ED simultaneously minister P. Sabitha Indra records also do not clearly Samiti’s Solipeta Tuesday, Manickam Battlefield (sic),” he scramble to offer an or separately. Jagan Reddy and Rachakonda show how many notices were Sujatha and Bharatiya Tagore, the All India wrote. Team building, in explanation for its poor Mohan Reddy has police commissioner, issued to the trespassers. It Janata Party’s M. Congress Committee a party riven by dissent showing in Dubbak. The requested the court to Mahesh Bhagwat inaugu- was unclear what was the out- Raghunandan Rao in general secretary in- and distrust among its message was, this was hear the ED cases after rated 100 CCTV cameras come of the issuance of which Rao emerged the charge of Congress in state leaders, has been OK, expected, and in the verdict is given in the in three colonies of notices. winner in Dubbak. Telangana state, found one of his avowed aims some ways, nothing out CBI cases. ED counsel Badangpet Corporation as Srinivas Reddy was left some hope. With a man- ever since he took of the ordinary for the opposed the argument part of the expansion of at the third spot, watch- date to whip the party charge of the Congress party which had been at and submitted that the the Group CCTV network. POLICE ing the developments into some shape in in the state. The message the receiving end from court should hear the At a cost of `14.5 lakh, the along with his party’s which it can take on the was that for now, the the voters for the past six cases simultaneously. On network at Gayatri Hills EXCHANGE FIRE senior leaders, from the well-entrenched TRS Congress will make do years. the other hand, V. community hall, Badang- Vijayasai Reddy, auditor pet limits was created. WITH MAOISTS and member of Parlia- — INN ment, through his coun- Hyderabad, Nov. 10: In Dubbak bypolls counting sel sought discharge as exchange of fire took place an accused in the FIRs between a group of Maoists filed by the CBI in the and police personnel in a for- Jagathi Group cases. He est area of Jayashankar submitted that the audi- Bhupalpally district on tor is not liable for the Tuesday, police said. the acts of companies. According to a senior police official, based on information on presence of Maoists in the Pedhampet forests, police par- MUTATION FEE SET ties began combing the region. Members of the banned Maoists opened fire on the per- FOR LAND IN sonnel, who retaliated. Following the firing, the GRAM PANCHAYATS Maoists escaped, the official said, adding no casualties Hyderabad, Nov. 10: The occurred on both sides. Police government issued searched the area following orders setting 0.1 per cent information that Maoists with of the registration value an intention to create law and of the transferred proper- order problems and extort ty or `800, whichever is money from businessmen and greater than the mutation contractors, were moving in fee, for non-agricultural the forest area, the official properties. This brings said. uniformity in the collec- Police seized a .303 rifle, tion of mutation fee in all eight kit bags, kitchen items gram panchayats. The and other articles from the decision was taken to scene. As many as 20 police facilitate the immediate parties were searching for the mutation of non-agricul- escaped Maoists. The region tural assets through the has seen an increase in Maoist Officials count the votes cast for the Dubbaka Assembly bypoll at Siddipet on Tuesday. Following Covid Dharani portal. activity in recent times. norms, there were fewer tables per room. Also, the Election Commission had set up more polling booths to There was no particu- — PTI prevent crowding. This slowed the counting somewhat. lar procedure prescribed for the fixation of the mutation fee in the gram panchayats, according to the orders. As per the current practice, each gram panchayat fixes its Seizure of cash by cops Focus on ‘black spots’ own mutation rates which vary between vil- OBITUARY lages. Through the spurred BJP campaign Dharani portal, the to catch drunk drivers instant mutation of a From Page 1 ● non-agricultural proper- THE ARREST of Sanjay by ● the Siddipet police and his sub- DC CORRESPONDENT THIS LATEST rule drives like before due to ty will be carried out in HYDERABAD NOV. 10 the pandemic. For now, the gram panchayat The byelection was a triangu- sequent protest at Karimnagar of cancelling driving lar contest till the police seized licences for repeat off- we are targeting suspi- records automatically cash from a close relative of further intensified the war The Cyberabad traffic cious people, who flout along with registration BJP nominee Raghunandan between both parties and is police, which witnessed icences came into traffic rules and stop- of the said property. Rao. The BJP sharply ramped believed to have put the chal- two fatal accidents in effect on October 1 ping them to check Elsewhere, minister up its campaign, taking on the lenger ahead. the last two days, will be and is only being their blood alcohol K.T. Rama Rao said that TRS and ultimately winning. ● focusing on ‘black implemented in drunk count,” added the offi- the government was The arrest of Sanjay by the THE TRS accused the BJP of spots’ to catch drunk cial. committed to granting creating law and order issues driving cases, said Siddipet police and his subse- drivers. Officials said Vijay Kumar, DCP, Hyderabad traffic ownership rights to all quent protest at Karimnagar and using unaccounted money. that the drunk driving police officials said that deserving low and mid- M. KRISHNA further intensified the war The BJP had targeted the TRS checks will be stricter Cyberabad traffic they were preparing dle income groups with- D.O.D: 11.11.1982 between both parties and is over development and jobs and and those who are police. The Cyberabad standard operating pro- out charging any fee. Inserted by: believed to have put the chal- strongly highlighted that it was caught will get their commissionerate has cedures to be adhered to He said ownership M. Ranappa, M. Ganesh lenger ahead. the BJP-led NDA government at driving license sus- 124 black spots or during the checking. rights had been given to (B/2021/D00080) The TRS accused the BJP of the Centre that was funding pended for six months. accident-prone areas. “Once done, our person- the residents in 15 to 16 18th DEATH ANNIVERSARY creating law and order issues Second time offenders nel will be briefed and colonies in Uppal. and using unaccounted money. some of the state’s vaunted will have their license sensitised about the The minister assured The BJP had targeted the TRS welfare schemes. revoked. Act. It is up to the law SOPs and the checks the 40,000 inhabitants of over development and jobs and This latest rule of can- enforcement agencies will resume shortly,” Jawaharnagar and sur- strongly highlighted that it Harish Rao who was the lead celling driving licences to decide the scale of said the official, adding rounding areas that the was the BJP-led NDA govern- campaigner for the TRS. The for repeat offenders implementation. As of that the traffic police government would issue ment at the Centre that was Chief Minister held two offi- came into effect on now, it’s only for drunk will be studying the pattas. A special pro- funding some of the state’s cial meetings in districts adja- October 1 and is only driving cases,” said the SOPs adopted by their gramme will be organ- vaunted welfare schemes. cent to Siddipet, where Du- being implemented in official. Due to Covid counterparts in ised and the pattas would The issue of the Centre’s con- bbak is located, to send a mes- drunk driving cases, restrictions, checks other states before be released by Chief tribution hotted up so much sage to voters, observers said. said Vijay Kumar, DCP, against drunk driving finalising. Minister K. Chandra- that Chief Minister K. Chandr- The byelection held on Cyberabad traffic were halted. Speaking “Several issues have shekar Rao, he said. Sri K. BALRAJ (Addl. S.P. Retd) ashekar Rao joined battle and November 3 was necessitated police. The Cyberabad about the checks now, to be taken care of like You are always in our memories and ● PREVIOUSLY, there hearts, we miss your love and warmth threatened to resign if the BJP by the death of TRS MLA commissionerate has the DCP said that they setting the ambush, but know you are always looking and could prove its charges. This Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy, the 124 black spots or acci- were paying attention safety of the traffic was no particular proce- blessing us. From Above was countered by Sanjay’s own husband of Sujatha, in August. dent-prone areas. to errant drivers for police personnel, avoid dure prescribed for the By: Wife: K. Uma Balraj, challenge of a debate. Around 82 per cent voter “The rule was intro- overspeeding, jumping gathering of motorists, fixation of the mutation Sons and Daughter, Sanjay and Raghunandan turnout was recorded. duced as per Section 206 signals and driving in confiscating and detain- Daughters-in-law, Son-in-law, fee in the gram panchay- Grand Children: Jahanvika, Anika, Arjun Rao also countered the chal- There were 23 candidates in and sub section 4 of the opposite lanes. “We are ing the vehicles etc.,” ats, according to the (S/2021/D00809) lenge of finance minister T. the fray. Motor Vehicle (MV) unable to conduct the added the official. orders. 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SHORT TAKES Salar Jung museum WOMAN KILLS 3 Jawaharnagar gets WtE plant DAUGHTERS, ENDS KTR says biggest plant in South India will generate 19.8 megawatts reopens for visitors ATHER MOIN I DC Dr Nagender Reddy said LIFE BY SUICIDE T.S.S SIDDHARTH | DC ● IN 18 MONTHS, the HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 that Tuesday saw more than Hyderabad, Nov. 10: A 32- HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 government is looking to 400 visitors arrive for a day year-old woman allegedly inaugurate another After remaining closed to at the museum. “Though killed her three daughters by There would be minimal 28MW WtE plant at the visitors for nearly eight this is much less than the throwing them into a lake in or no stench spreading dump yard. months, Hyderabad’s Salar normal turnout, we hope Jogulamba Gadwal district on from the Jawaharnagar Jung Museum reopened on that after Diwali the number Tuesday and then ended her dump yard from now on, erate power. “As for the Tuesday with Covid-19 of visitors will increase. On life, police said. said minister K.T. Rama existing waste in the restrictions. Though the day normal days, more than The incident happened in Rao. Garbage at the dump area, the government saw far fewer visitors than 2,000 visitors used to arrive Mallapur village of KT Doddi yard would be incinerated would spend `148 crore to used to visit the museum in while on holidays the num- mandal at around 2 pm, police to generate power, while take up capping works,” pre-Covid-19 times, authori- ber used to jump to 3,000 and said adding the girls were aged the legacy trash would be said Rama Rao. ties said they were satisfied on weekends it used to be up 10 years, three years and 11 covered up. The minister In 18 months, the gov- with the numbers. to 5,000,” Dr Nagender months. was speaking after inau- ernment is looking to ina- Museum director Dr A. Reddy said. Based on preliminary inves- gurating the 19.8 MW ugurate another 28MW Nagender Reddy said, “We He said that he expected tigation, a police official said waste-to-energy (WtE) WtE plant at the dump have taken all possible pre- the footfall to increase when the woman, who was “addict- plant at Jawaharnagar, on yard. Another 15 MW cautionary measures to con- more people begin travelling ed” to alcohol, initially pushed Tuesday. He said the peo- WtE plant is coming up at tain the Coronavirus. Visit- and full train services her elder and second daughter ple of the GHMC limits Dundigul, he told the aud- ors will not be allowed in- resume that will bring more into the lake after tying them are indebted to the resi- ience at Jawaharnagar. side without masks and they visitors to the city and its with a towel to their waist and dents of the Jawahar- For the future, the gov- have to maintain distance attractions. later jumped into it along with nagar area who had put ernment plans to decen- while viewing the exhibits Dr Nagender Reddy also her 11-month-old baby. up with the stench of the tralise waste manage- and artefacts. Visitors were said that visitors who arrive All the four bodies were city’s refuse for years. ment. For doing so it has asked to maintain distances without masks can purchase retrieved and the exact rea- The plant, the biggest identified two sites, at while sitting on the benches. one at the ticket counters. sons behind the incident were plant in South India, will Lakdaram and Pyaren- In the canteen, food items He appealed to the visitors Minister K.T. Rama Rao inaugurates the 19.8 mw waste-to-energy plant at still not known, police said. use close to 12,000 tonnes agar, far away from the and tea are being served in to maintain distance and The woman's husband was of garbage per day to gen- city, Rama Rao said. Jawaharnagar in Hyderabad on Tuesday. — S. SURENDER REDDY disposables.” use masks. working in a nearby field at the time of the incident, the official said. A case was regis- tered. — PTI BAN ON BATHING KCR assures Pets dread sound of diwali IN TUNGABHADRA PUSHKARAM `50L for slain crackers, say owners SANJAY SAMUEL DC CORRESPONDENT PAUL I DC KURNOOL, NOV. 10 jawan’s family HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 Police dogs brave In a surprise decision, Kur- DC CORRESPONDENT ● IN AN OFFICIAL With Diwali just round the nool collector G. Veerapandian HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 release, Rao said one corner, animal rights has announced that bathing in member of Mahesh’s activists and pet owners loud festive noise the Tungabhadra River will Chief Minister K. are a worried lot. The loud not be allowed during the Chandrashekar Rao on family would be sound of firecrackers is DC CORRESPONDENT receive before they gradu- pushkaram. People will be Tuesday announced offered a government enough to give repeated HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 ate to actually become a allowed to only perform pujas financial assistance of job, based on the quali- nervous breakdowns to 'police dog'. Many dogs are on the banks of the river. `50 lakh to the family fication, besides a dogs and cats, while birds Diwali can be an extre- also trained to sniff for The decision has stunned of an Army jawan from house site to the kin. and even cattle feel the mely stressful time for explosives. devout Hindus who are hoping Nizamabad district after effects of the festival dogs. But there are some Meanwhile, the Lake to perform Karmakandas for who was killed in an the martyr. that fills the city with canines that do not care Police, who keep an eagle their ancestors and propitiate anti-terror operation in Earlier, expressing noisy celebrations with even if a large blast takes eye on the goings-on in their souls on the auspicious Jammu and Kashmir. shock over the death of the bursting of firecrack- place right in front of and around Hussainsagar occasion of pushkaram that The jawan, Ryada Mahesh, Chandra- ers. The worst-hit are the their noses, or rather in during weekends, said come only once in 12 years. Mahesh, was killed shekar Rao said he strays, mostly dogs as well their vicinity. These are their mounted police gets Pushkaram is scheduled to along with three other would be remembered as cats that normally the police dogs, well-trai- to take a break for three start from November 20 and Army personnel, inclu- in history as the one prowl the city’s streets. ned to remain calm and days during the Diwali cel- will end on December 1. ding an officer, and who sacrificed his life Anupama Tirumalasetty, follow instructions of ebrations. Shower baths will, however, three militants at the for the country and the an animal lover, is worried their handlers, even in The Lake Police station be provided near the Pushkar Line of Control in state government about her community dogs stressful circumstances. house officer B. Dhanal- ghats, so that the devout can Machil sector of would stand by and (strays) during this upco- A police department offi- axmi said that the horses bathe before participating in Jammu and Kashmir support the family. ming festival. She takes cial said taking explosions of the Mounted Police the rituals. on Sunday. In an official release, care of about a dozen dogs in their stride as well as wing, get jittery during Ramnath, a resident of Venk- The body of Mahesh Rao said one member in Engineers Colony in various other challenging Diwali as the animals are ataramana colony, said the dis- was later received at of Mahesh’s family Yellareddyguda, where she situations forms part of skittish around explo- trict collector had initially Hyderabad. Governor would be offered a gov- lives. “Dogs panic, they the training the canines sions. announced that due to Covid- Dr Tamilisai Sounda- ernment job, based on hide under the parked cars 19, entry of children below 12 rarajan and TRS MLC the qualification, or find some hideouts. years of age and adults above K. Kavitha among oth- besides a house site to They stop eating food. The 50 years of age will be banned ers paid tribute to the kin. bursting of crackers scare at the Pushkar ghats. He then them the most.” SCR: Do not carry announced that there will be Anupama added: “The an E-ticketing system as in hearing of dogs is far TTD to monitor those having more than humans and bath at the Pushkar ghats. But when crackers are set off, crackers in trains now, the bath has now been even my heart misses a entirely banned. beat. Just imagine what DC CORRESPONDENT dangerous material in TDP district president these poor creatures go VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 10 trains or at stations to Somisetty Venkateswarlu said through.” enable the railway author- by not allowing people to have “Diwali is the most trau- South Central Railway on ities to initiate action. a dip in Tungabhadra, YSRCP matic period for animals. Tuesday issued a travel The Railway Protection government is playing with While we cannot provide advisory to rail passen- Force have formed quick sentiments of Hindus. He said shelter and safety for all gers in view of Diwali not reaction teams with plain- about 50 lakh people are animals, we can at least to carry inflammable or clothes personnel at expected to have a dip in spread awareness and explosive materials and important stations to keep Tungabhadra during the 12- appeal to the people to cel- firecrackers in trains as it watch on passengers car- day pushkaram. The decision ebrate this Festival of would endanger the safety rying suspicious parcels. not to allow bath in the river is Lights with lights and not of passengers and railway Sniffer dogs have also insensitive on the part of the with firecrackers. We can assets. been pressed into service government, particularly celebrate it by lighting In a release issued, SCR for the purpose. The rail- when `200 crore have been lamps and respect the lives said that transport of dan- way authorities intensi- sanctioned for the of the animals,” according gerous goods was prohib- fied CCTV monitoring. pushkarams and works taken to Gowri Vandana from ited under Section 67 and The security personnel up accordingly. the Association for Ani- punishable under will take up checks to pre- mal Shelter and Rescue Sections 164 and 165 of vent transport of fire- Aid.She added: “There are Railways Act, 1989. crackers and explosive DOMESTIC TRAFFIC some people who tie crack- The SCR requested the materials in trains and at ers to stray dogs set them passengers to alert rail- railway premises. SCR PICKING UP AT off causing burn wounds way staff or call the secu- sought cooperation from on the dogs and practically rity helpline 182 in case all the rail passengers to TIRUPATI AIRPORT scare them to death. We they find firecrackers or ensure safe and hassle free see incidents of such cru- any other suspicious or travel. AVINASH P. elty every year.” SUBRAMANYAM | DC According to Dr TIRUPATI, NOV. 10 Madhusudhan, assistant get severely disturbed by fireworks,” Dr Madhu- director of the animal hus- the bursting fire crackers. sudhan said. Domestic air passenger traffic bandry department, fire- Typically, during the Mohd Isaq and his sister at Tirupati International crackers are stuff of Diwali period, their milk are worried about their Airport is showing gradual nightmares for animals output falls, we also notice Saint Bernard dog and recovery, with passenger foot- (Top) Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan and and birds. “The sudden gastrointestinal problems Persian cat. “Both the pets falls increasing from 6,811 in (Below) TRS MLC K. Kavita pay floral tributes to rise in pollution affects among cattle. Sometimes, will be scared of the crack- June to 22,322 in September. the martyred jawan Ryada Maheshwar at the Air birds as do bright lights. pregnant cattle also suffer ers. They hide under the The figure, however, indicates Force Station, Begumpet, on Tuesday. Cows and buffalos are also sudden abortions because cot and they stop eating,” an overall decline of 64 per- among the animals that of the stress induced by Isaq said. cent on a year-on-year basis owing to Covid-19 pandemic. The number of flights oper- ating has increased to 310 in September from 168 in June. This too indicates a year-on- Play safe with year decline of about 59 per cent. According to a report of Airports Authority of India fire crackers, (AAI), domestic air passenger traffic showed a gradual recov- ery in September, registering a growth of 23.3 per cent over advise doctors August, while the aircraft movement marginally DC CORRESPONDENT need to be cautious increased to 11.5 per cent. HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 while they are burn- Incidentally, flights in India ing crackers.” had remained grounded for Doctors of the L. V. Dr. Muralidhar said about two months between Prasad Eye Institute it is always better to March and May, as part of have advised people used shatter-proof Government of India’s meas- bursting crackers dur- glasses when bursting ures to curb the spread of ing the Diwali festival crackers. Children Coronavirus. Domestic air to adequately protect should be allowed to services, however, had their eyes from being burst crackers only resumed in late May, with damaged due to stray under the supervision flights operating with only crackers. of elders. Always keep third of their total capacity, Speaking to Deccan water near the place which subsequently increased Chronicle, Dr. of burning crackers. in a phased manner. Muralidhar Ramappa In case of major Number of flights operated senior cornea consult- burns, putting out the from Tirupati Airport in May ant at L. V. Prasad Eye fire, wrap the victim stood at 18, with only 916 pas- Institute, said, “We in a clean bed sheet, sengers. Air traffic gradually see many cases of and rush him to a hos- increased during the subse- damage to eyes due to pital,” the doctor quent months. fire crackers. People added. CITY/AP DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020 pg 6

SHORT GENERAL TAKES HOLIDAYS - 2021 Nip in air triggers respiratory woes OCCASION/FESTIVAL DATE FORUM WANTS New Year Day 01-01-2021 HAJ TAKEN OFF Those suffering from respiratory problems, diabetics, cardiovascular are worried Bhogi 13-01-2021 Sankranti/Pongal 14-01-2021 TAX FILING RULE KANIZA GARARI | DC PRECAUTIONS TO BE FOLLOWED: HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 CITY MINIMUM Republic Day 26-01-2021 DC CORRESPONDENT ● Extra care must be ● Virus norms during Keep homes ade- Maha Shivaratri 11-03-2021 HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 The sudden dip in tem- taken for the elderly, quately ventilated perature has been found TEMPERATURE Holi29-03-2021 The Forum of Muslim to increase and aggra- children, pregnant and avoid dust. Good Friday 02-04-2021 Chartered Accountants has vate underlying respira- women, those suffering ● Exercise at home if fests are important FALLS TO 12.8ºC urged home minister tory disorders and pre- from disabilities both possible, at least 5 Babu Jagjivan 05-04-201 Mohammed Mahmood Ali to existing lung diseases physical and mental. DC CORRESPONDENT ● T.S.S. SIDDHARTH | DC days a week. ● WITH DIFFERENT Ugadi 13-04-2021 persuade the Centre to extend like asthma, chronic ● HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 qualities and types of HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 Flu shots are ● exemption from filing income- obstructive pulmonary Keep yourself masks in the market, Dr BR Ambedkar’s 14-04-2021 tax returns (ITR) to the Haj pil- diseases and bronchitis, advised according to hydrated, sleep well Festivals are for celebrat- Cool winds, the Birthday grimage. according to experts. the doctor’s ing and a time to rejoice people are being asked Northeasterlies, flowing and maintain hygiene. Sri Rama Navami 21-04-2021 In a representation to the The minimum temper- recommendation. but with the threat of to check on the safety over the state are minister, the forum said the ature has dropped below Covid-19 around, experts and certification resulting in the sudden Eid Ul Fitr 14-05-2021 Centre had introduced a provi- 13º Celsius in some say that maintaining aspects for better and dip in temperature. In (Ramzan) sion in the Income-Tax Act places, against the norm social distance, hygiene Hyderabad, the mini- higher protection. Following day of 15-05-2021 that mandates every person of 17º C. In 2018 the tem- and masks is important mum temperature on (Ramzan) undertaking foreign travel, perature had fallen to TS registers 1,267 to stay safe. Tuesday plunged to 12.8º where expenses on travel 13.7ºC and in 2016, 12.4ºC. Many people who are be used. It is important Celsius. This is 6ºCelsius Eidul Azha (Bakrid) 21-07-2021 exceed `2 lakh, to file the ITR This early reduction in venturing out for shop- as masks used without below normal for this Bonalu 02-08-2021 even if his or her income is temperature has raised ping have to take extra regularly washing can time of the year. below the exemption limit. concerns for those suf- fresh Covid cases care and experts have lead to infections. Even colder tempera- Indipendence Day 15-08-2021 The Forum said every year fering from respiratory recommended the use of With emotional exhaus- tures were recorded Shahadar Imam 19-08-2021 about 2 lakh Muslims perform disorders, diabetics and DC CORRESPONDENT declared recovered from double-layered masks. tion and fatigue from the elsewhere in the state — Hussain (R.A) 10th Haj, which require travelling cardiovascular and skin HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 the disease – 1,831 – on Wearing a surgical mask prolonged pandemic, it is 7.1ºC at Kohir in Moharam Saudi Arabia and costs more diseases. Due to the cold Monday took the total first and a fabric mask on noted that some people Sangareddy, 7.3ºC at than `2 lakh. It was in 1997, outside and wind move- Telangana state on recovered cases to top of that is being sug- are ignoring masks. Marpalle in Vikarabad Sri Krishna Astami 31-08-2021 that the then finance minister ment, many people keep Monday recorded an 2,32,489. The department gested for those who While it is very natural, and 8ºC at Bheempoor in (as per Srivaishva introduced this provision but doors and windows at increase in Covid-19 said there were 18,581 come in contact with doctors say that this emo- Adilabad — according to Agamam) the government had provided home tightly shut. They cases that corresponded active cases of whom more people. tional exhaustion is one the TS State Vinayaka Chavithi 10-09-2021 an exemption for Haj pilgrims. do not open them even with an increased num- 16,499 were in home and Scientists and doctors of the main reasons for Development Planning When this law was re-intro- during the afternoon. ber of tests, compared to other isolation centres. have time and again the Coronavirus to strike Society. Mahatma Gandhi 02-10-2021 duced by the NDA govern- This leads to poor the smaller number of The Greater pointed out that masks back. “There are cold winds Jayanthi ment, it did not provide an ventilation leading to cases and fewer tests on Hyderabad area contin- are the best vaccine Dr Santosh Kraleti, pu- originating in the north Bathukamma 06-10-2021 exemption to Haj journeys to allergic diseases due to Sunday. ued to retain its strangle- against Covid-19. blic health specialist, and from the northeast. Starting Day Saudi Arabia. the dust. Indoor pollu- According to the health hold on being on top in Wearing masks properly said, “We saw a spike in These winds are causing Mahmood Ali spoke to Union tion also rises due to this department, the state the state with respect to especially in public cases in August as there the minimum Vijaya Dasami 15-10-2021 minister of minority affairs reason. recorded 1,267 Covid-19 the daily number of new places is most important. were social gatherings temperature to drop. Following Day of 16-10-2021 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and It has been noted that cases on Monday with Covid-19 cases, reporting Sanjeev Swamy, inven- due to marriages. Winter will set only in Vijaya Dasami informed him about the appre- the influenza group of 42,490 tests conducted, 201 infections on tor and founder of Despite the protocols of the first week of hensions of intending Haj pil- viruses get a longer time and four more deaths Monday. The neighbour- Livinguard AG, who has only 30 or 50 people the December,” A. Sravani, Eid Miladun Nabi 19-10-2021 grims and requested him to to stay inside homes in taking the total cases so ing districts of designed scientifically numbers were high and meteorologist with the Deepavali 04-11-2021 sort out the issue with the case of poor ventilation far to 2,52,455 and the Hyderabad, Medchal- approved masks, says, that led to spread of the Indian Meteorological ministry concerned. systems. Dr A. Raghu fatalities to 1,385. Malkajgiri and Ranga “Studies have shown that virus. Similar congrega- Department (IMD) here, Kartika Purnima 19-11-2021 Mahmood Ali said that if nec- Kanth, senior consultant For Sunday, the depart- Reddy, continued their wearing certified masks tions are expected in the told Deccan Chronicle. /Guru Nanak Birthday essary, the state government pulmonologist at ment had reported 857 trend of reporting cases guarantees protection. months of November and She said that there are Christmas 25-12-2021 would address a letter to the Medicover Hospitals, cases after conducting in the triple digits at 109 When people move out December due to the fes- chances of light rainfall Centre on the matter. said. “Extreme tempera- 23,806 tests. and 104 new Covid-19 and there will be interac- tive season. If the safety in some parts of the state Boxing Day 26-12-2021 tures allow the viruses to The number of people cases respectively. tion with people, wearing protocols are not fol- in the next two-three Note:- 13th February, 2021 (Second stay suspended in the air research-proven masks is lowed properly there will days. It was unlikely that Saturday) is working day in lleu of public AAROGYASRI COVER for a longer time. important.” again be a spike in the city would holiday declared on 1st January, 2021 Droplets of moisture chilly early mornings is which makes it difficult With different qualities cases.” experience these rains. SOUGHT FOR make the virus light- not possible for many. for the heart to pump and types of masks in the Medical journals have Tuesday’s minimum weight and there is more Many people are found to blood. The chances of market, people are being recorded that the second temperatures were way OPTIONAL KIDNEY DONORS deposition in the lungs. exercise less but eat stroke also increase as asked to check on the and third wave of lower than the lowest If the person has the pre- more in winter, which the ability of the blood to safety and certification Sapnish Flu recorded temperature recorded HOLIDAYS-2021 VADREVU SRINIVAS | DC existing condition of a causes a rise in obesity coagulate increases and aspects for better and more deaths in 1919 as this month last year: n OCCASION/FESTIVAL DATE KAKINADA, NOV. 10 disease, the damage to conditions.There is also leads to clots,” Dr Anand higher protection. people were fed up with November 24, 2019, 11.2ºC Kanumu 15-01-2021 the lungs is found to an increase in heart said. Masks need to be the safety protocols. was recorded in Shabad Requests are being received more.” attacks, said Dr J. Anish The elderly, those suf- washed in cold water Medical experts believe of Ranga Reddy district, Sri panchami 16-02-2021 from poor and middle-class Those suffering from Anand of Apollo fering from co-morbid once a week. The types of that due to the emotional according to data record- Birthday of 26-02-2021 patients undergoing kidney cardiovascular diseases Hospitals. “Due to the conditions and children masks used by people exhaustion the same is ed by the TS hazrath ali (r.a) transplantation that treatment need to take extra care, cold weather, arteries have to take extra care in have clear-cut instruc- going to be repeated in Development Planning of organ donors too be includ- as walking outside in the become constricted winters. tions of how long it can the case of Covid-19. Society. Shab-e-meraj 12-03-2021 ed within the ambit of Dr YSR Shab-e-barat 29-03-2021 Aarogyasri Scheme. (general holiday Aarogyasri covers expenses in view of holi) incurred on transplanting a kidney into patients from Helpline set up for Swachh roads Tamil new year's day 14-04-2021 donors. However, post trans- (dr. B.r.ambedkar's plantation; donors also require birth day medical treatment for a period Mahaveer jayanthi 25-04-2021 of six months. Aarogyasri does forest fire threats not provide for treatment of Shahadat hzt ali (r.a) 03-05-2021 donors. Middle class and poor DC CORRESPONDENT people have been Juma-atul-wada 07-05-2021 patients maintain that it will HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 given rights to work in be unfair on their part to ask forest areas under the Shab-e-qader 10-05-2021 donors to pay for treatment With fires in forest areas Record of Forest Rights Basava jayanthi 14-05-2021 themselves, that too when they being a constant threat, Act.” (general holiday in have come forward to donate a particularly in the ‘fire Tuesday’s meeting dis- view of eid-ul-fitr vital organ. season’ that begins in cussed the preparedness (ramzan) Says M. Tripura of Kakinada, January, the forest for prevention of forest “As is, it is very difficult to get a department has set up a fires and readiness of Buddha purnima 26-05-2021 kidney donor. The medical bill new helpline for people the field staff to tackle Ratha yathra 12-07-2021 for providing medicare to do- to provide information if high and medium vul- nor itself ranges from `1.5 lakh they notice any threat. nerable fire prone areas Eid-e-ghadeer 29-07-2021 to `2 lakh, spread over a period The decision to set up after receiving fire alerts Parsi new year's day 16-08-2021 of six months. Many patients, the new helpline was from Forest Survey of who belong to below poverty taken at a meeting of the India. 9th moharram (1442h) 18-08-2021 line and middle class, are una- state level monitoring Officials were told to Varalakshmi vratham 20-08-2021 ble to bear expenses for the do- committee on forest fire take up fire prevention nor. Thus, the government sh- prevention and manage- activities like creation Sravana purnima 22-08-2021 ould cover under Aarogyasri ment here on Tuesday. and maintenance of fire /rakhi purnima medical expenses incurred on In the 2020 season, the lines, removal of fire Arbayeen 29-09-2021 donors also,” Tripura stated. state received 13,226 hazardous material, There are also pleas alerts from the Forest intensive patrolling by Durgashtami 13-10-2021 from patients that Aarogyasri Survey of India which staff and base camp Maharnavami 14-10-2021 should cover multi-diseases uses two satellites to watchers and also when a patient undergoes monitor forest fires involve local villagers to Naraka chaturdhi 03-11-2021 treatment. For example, across the country. keep the forests safe Yaz dahum shareef 16-11-2021 when a patient goes in for car- According to a senior from fires. diac-related surgery, s/he may forest department offi- R. Shobha, Principal Birthday of hzt. 19-12-2021 face other complications, such cial, of these alerts, Chief Conservator of Syed mohammed as renal issues. In such cases, 12,442 were found to be Forests, who chaired juvanpuri mahdi hospitals authorities maintain inside reserve forests, the meeting, released Huge pothole created as a result of continuous showers in Kukatpally main road poses threat to motorists, ma'ud (a.s) in Hyderabad on Tuesday. — R. PAVAN that expenses related only to many of them near vil- a new dedicated helpline, Christmas eve 24-12-2021 cardiac issues will come under lages and fields close to No. 9803338666, to receive Aarogyasri. Patients will have forest boundaries. information relating to to pay for treatment of other The official said of fires and illegal diseases from their pocket. the 12,442 alerts, 3,213 activities that are Such patients too have were of controlled burns noticed by people in the appealed to Chief Minister Y. S. and advance operations forests. HC wants clarity on sada bainamas of pre-’14 Jagan Mohan Reddy to extend by forest department This number, she said, Aarogyasri to cover multi-dis- staff, activities that are will function as an addi- VUJJINI ularisation of sale of agri- PIL of Shinde Devidas, a Rules, 1989 and Pattadar ownership or change eases within an individual taken up every year to tion to the regular crime VAMSHIDHARA I DC cultural land parcels farmer from Kuntala man- Passbook Act, 1971. records based on their dis- when he undergoes treatment reduce combustible control toll free help HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 through sada binama dal of Nirmal district. But these were repealed cretion or by field inquiry. for a particular ailment. material such as leaves No.18004255364. Lokesh (white paper agreements) He explained that rev- by the Telangana Rights in The petitioner asked that Dr YSR Aarogyasri officials that fall during winter Jaiswal, Principal Chief The Telangana High Court which took place before enue authorities had been Lands and Pattadar when the new Act had maintain that under the and can fuel a fast- Conservator of Forests, directed Advocate General June 2, 2014. vested with the power to Passbooks Act, 2020, the come into force, how could scheme, patients with only 138 spreading fire. The offi- Additional PCCFs B.S. Prasad to get instruc- A division bench of Chief regularise and validate the petitioner said. In the new the government issue GO diseases can avail coverage for cial explained: “773 fire Swargam Srinivas and tions from the state gov- Justice Raghavendra Si- transactions through the legislation, no authority 112 based on the repealed post-operative treatment and alerts related to en- M.C. Pargaien were ernment on a PIL challeng- ngh Chauhan and Justice GO issued under the has been given to tahsil- legislation. The court follow-up medicines. croachments and human among the officials who ing GO 112 of October 12, Bollam Vijaysen Reddy Telangana Rights in Lands dars or any other revenue adjourned the hearing to activities in areas where attended the meeting. 2020, which mandates reg- gave the directions on the and Pattadar Passbooks authority to decide on the Wednesday.

MOBILE | RISK Student had returned to Canada after lockdown in Oct.; Friends start online effort to raise funding to send body home Hyd student on cellphone call slips to death from 24th floor in Toronto NAVEEN KUMAR | DC the course in Canada for his friends on a social ging Rama Rao for help Consulate in Toronto is in HYDERABAD, NOV. 10 one and a half years. He had media post. saying, “We are clueless touch with all concerned returned home in March Local police said it would how to go about bringing and efforts are on for the A 19-year-old student from after the Covid-19 outbreak take 10 days to release the body to Hyderabad. expeditious return of mor- Vanasthalipuram fell to his and had left in October. Akhil’s body to his family in Request help in bringing tal remains,” tweeted the death from the 27th floor of Akhil’s friends in Toronto India. “Everyday must be the body to Hyderabad. consulate general. his residence in Toronto, informed his parents about heartbreaking for them. Kindly help us in this “We are waiting for the Canada, after he slipped his death. He had spoken to The Toronto Police Service moment of grief, sir (sic),” body to reach here. The con- while talking talking on the his parents a day before the and Indian embassy should Babji wrote. sulate has assured us that phone in his balcony on incident, said Babji, Akhil’s try their best to expedite the The minister assured help. the process is up to speed to November 8. He had uncle. The details of who process,” his friends in “Sorry for your loss brother, facilitate the travel,” added returned to Canada last Akhil was talking to when Panyam Akhil Canada said and offered to Will do our best,” he wrote. Babji. month to continue his hotel he slipped was not known, help out. The Indian Consulate A GoFundme page set up management course. he said. placed flowers, candles, and Akhil’s family has General in Toronto has by Indian in Ontario has Speaking to Deccan The Crescent Town a Bristol board reading his appealed to minister K.T. informed the student’s fam- collected $15,194 as of Chronicle, his family mem- Community in Ontario, name. “The area is roped off Rama Rao to help in bring- ily that all efforts were Tuesday night to pay to bers said that Panyam where Akhil was residing, so the brother may get the ing the body to Hyderabad. being made to expedite the transport Akhil’s body Memorial held for Panyam Akhil at Crescent Town Akhil has been pursuing has marked off the area and respect he deserves,” said Babji had sent a Tweet tag- process. “The Indian home. Community in Ontario. NATION DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020 pg 7

IN BRIEF LEFT STRIKE RATE Nitish, NDA apple cart upset by Chirag BETTER THAN Chirag Paswan’s negative campaign against Nitish Kumar reduced the NDA’s tally in Bihar elections CONGRESS’ NAYEAR AZAD | DC PATNA, NOV. 10 DC CORRESPONDENT With Bihar show, with agency inputs LJP Chief Chirag NEW DELHI, NOV. 10 Paswan’s aggressive campaign against Chief If any single block has gained Minister Nitish Kumar Cong’s relevance phenomenally in the battle for affected the JD(U)’s tally Bihar it is undoubtedly the during the assembly three Left parties — the elections. The results CPI(Marxist), CPI and CPI-ML show that the JD(U) has to allies dwindles (Liberation). slipped to number three The three parties fought as position in the state part of the RJD-led after BJP and RJD. The ASHHAR KHAN | DC where the two parties are Mahagathbandhan, but their situation also raises NEW DELHI, NOV. 10 slated to contest in strike-rate was far better than questions about Nitish alliance. the other alliance partner, Kumar’s role in the NDA The political capital of Even in West Bengal, Congress, which fought 70 and after the results. the Congress suffered a where the Congress is is on its way to winning only The BJP, however, met major dent after it man- looking at Left parties for 20. Nitish Kumar in the aged to win just about 25 potential alliance, the According to the Election evening to discuss per cent of the seats allot- Congress will be on the Commission, the Left parties future strategies. When ted to it in the alliance back-foot in seat-sharing were leading in 18 of the 29 asked whether the BJP with the RJD. This will negotiations. seats they contested in the was comfortable in have serious repercus- The dismal perform- Bihar Assembly election. accepting Nitish Kumar sions for the former party ance of the party in Out of this, the major gainer as its Chief Ministerial chief, Rahul Gandhi, who Madhya Pradesh and was the CPI-ML (Liberation) face despite its falling is also battling strong Gujarat by-polls also sug- which was leading in or had tally MoS Home resistance from within gests that the leadership won 13 seats out of the 19 it Nityanand Rai said, “the his party for his leader- was not geared up to take fought. The CPI(M) was ahead party extends its thanks ship bid. Mr Gandhi is the challenge to the BJP. in two out of the four it con- to the people who voted seen as the architect of Though there is no tested and the CPI in three out for the NDA during the the alliance. Many in the dearth of issues, includ- of six. assembly elections. party and the RJD feel ing farm laws, rising The RJD had stuck its neck NDA is intact and there RJD chief Lalu Yadav, who is serving a jail term in a fodder scam case and undergoing treatment at RIMS, speaks that had the Congress prices, unemployment, out and gave the Left 29 seats is no problem with our on the phone during counting day of Bihar Assembly polls in Ranchi on Tuesday. - PTI improved its strike-rate, the party is unable to con- despite objections from other leadership issue in the outcome of the Bihar nect with the people. alliance partners. Some of the Bihar”. elections would have been In Madhya Pradesh, the seats contested by the Left had The BJP emerged as a completely different. Congress could just man- been won by the RJD in the single largest party in A senior leader from age to win eight seats out last Assembly polls. the state with 74 seats Bihar Congress who did of the 28 it fought, while In 2015, the CPI-ML while its partner JD(U) not wish to be identified in Gujarat it lost all the (Liberation) had grabbed three managed to win 43 seats. told this newspaper, eight seats. In Uttar seats while the other two Left Two NDA partners “There were leaders from Pradesh, where the parties drew a blank. Only the Hindustani Awam outside the state running Congress staged two mas- CPI-ML (Liberation) had an Morcha (HAM) and the show who had no idea sive protests over understanding with the RJD in Vikasheel Insan Party about Bihar. Several can- migrant labourer crisis 2015, and not the other two Left (VIP) also managed to didates were dropped and the Hathras rape inci- parties. win 4 seats each during from the top who had lit- dent, the party lost all According to Dipankar the polls. Jitan Ram tle resonance on the seven seats. Bhattacharya, general-secre- Manjhi’s HAM had field- ground.” He said that the Just two months back, tary of the Communist Party ed candidates on 7 seats Congress had more 23 leaders of the Congress of India (Marxist-Leninist) and Mukesh Sahani’s Central observers than — young and old included Liberation, “The leads so far VIP was given 11 seats the number of seats the — had written to the are on expected lines and we from the BJP quota. party has won. Congress president, Mrs hope to catch up in three more However, Chirag In the Uttar Pradesh Sonia Gandhi, demand- seats. This was a different kind Paswan who cam- Assembly elections in ing several changes, of election. This was more a paigned aggressively 2017, the Congress was in including elections to the people’s movement. We banked against Nitish Kumar’s alliance with the working committee and on young candidates, student party JD(U) failed to Samajwadi Party. It con- the post of Congress pres- leaders, candidates who were open an account in the tested 105 seats and won ident. Many saw this as a part of farmer struggles, work- state. “In the current only seven, thus ensuring challenge to Mr Gandhi ing class people. That seems to scenario, the BJP would that the alliance lost mis- who is in line to take over have worked”. be needing JD(U)’s sup- erably. from his mother in due The Left parties fielded can- port to form a govern- Now questions are being course. With the disas- didates from Agiaon, Arrah, ment in the state com- raised about the Congress trous results in Bihar and Arwal, Balrampur, Bibhutipur, fortably. It is also clear being a burden on its bypolls, the chasm within Darauli, Daraundha, now that the NDA’s tally alliance partners in the party is only going to Dumraon, Ghosi, Karakat, would have been better states. Many feel that grow and create more Manjhi, Matihani, Paliganj, if Chirag Paswan had after the Bihar result it troubles for Mr Gandhi. Tarari, Ziradei, Bachhwara, not fielded candidates will be difficult for the Insiders feel that many Bakhri, among other places. against the JD(U)”, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supporters flash victory sign during counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly polls, in Congress to get a good more leaders may speak According to CPI, general- political observers said. Patna on Tuesday. - PTI deal from the DMK in the up in the coming days secretary D. Raja, while the Reports suggest that upcoming Assembly elec- about the functioning of alliance with the two parties the JD(U) has urged the tions of Tamil Nadu the party. has helped in vote conversion, BJP central leadership what has also led to the good to act against the LJP performance is the cadre base “for creating confusion of the three parties that helped by launching a negative Tejashwi Yadav emerges as a spread the reach of the campaign against Nitish Bihar win to Mahagathbandhan. Kumar and his party”. A day after quitting the NDA citing ideologi- formidable player in Bihar politics cal differences with NITISH WILL GET Nitish Kumar, Chirag NAYEAR AZAD | DC help BJP in ● EXPERTS ASSESSING Paswan had written an PATNA, NOV. 10 POST BECAUSE OF open letter urging peo- the political scenario after ple “not to waste a single The NDA on Tuesday the results on Tuesday US: SHIV SENA vote” for the JD(U) nom- emerged as a winner after were of the opinion that Bengal elections inee. Ahead of the polls, the closely contested Tejashwi Yadav has come BHAGWAN PARAB | DC Chirag had also distrib- Bihar Assembly elections out of the shadow of a SANJAY BASAK | DC influential Muslim cleric MUMBAI, NOV. 10 uted symbols and tickets – the first amid the coron- mass leader like Lalu NEW DELHI, NOV. 10 could field candidates in to sitting BJP MLAs avirus pandemic. Yadav and has proved Muslim dominated con- Maharashtra’s ruling party who seats had gone to Political analysts said that he is ready to lead The outcome of the Bihar stituencies and this could Shiv Sena has said that Nitish the JD(U). that it was Tejashwi the party in his absence. elections sounds an divide the Muslim votes Kumar should thank the The BJP in face-saving Yadav’s “ten lakh job alarming bell for the and benefit the BJP. And Uddhav Thackeray-led party tactics had later issued a promise” and aggressive ● DURING THE polls, he Trinamul Congress chief the BJP is waiting for should he become the Bihar letter condemning the campaign against the had also managed to Mamata Banerjee. The such an alliance to hap- chief minister again. act and expelled its lead- NDA which made the mobilize youths and did Bihar results will be a pen. Party’s vice presi- Commenting on the results ers for abandoning the contest tough during not pull back while being tailwind for the BJP dent, Jay Prakash of Bihar assembly polls senior party for joining hands the Bihar assembly elec- which has already moved Majumder had gone on Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut with LJP ahead of polls. tions. attacked by the NDA dur- into a campaign mode in record saying that “the said, “If Nitish Kumar Despite initiating This was also probably ing polls campaigns. West Bengal. trouble for Mamata becomes the CM again with action against its lead- the first time in four “Bihar victory again Banerjee will start when the BJP’s support despite ers, the move was seen decades when RJD chief ing the polls, we are sure der scam cases and his grand alliance”, political proves Modi magic still a influential Muslim securing less number of seats, as BJP’s tactics to create Lalu Yadav did not cam- that Tejashwi Yadav will bail petition is to be heard analysts said. works and will also work group in alliance with he should give credit to Shiv an alternative against paign for Bihar elections. prove his worth in the on November 27. During the polls, he had in Bengal. Bihar victory Owaisi will contest Sena, which has shown in Nitish Kumar who has While talking about the state assembly as well”. “Despite NDA’s ‘15 years also managed to mobilize will influence the Bengal Muslim dominated Maharashtra what happens been facing massive assembly election results, Experts assessing the of good governance of youths and did not pull voters and will certainly seats…Mamata’s Muslim when you break your prom- anti-incumbency. RJD leaders in Patna said political scenario after the Nitish Kumar versus 15 back while being attacked have a major impact on vote share will be under ise.” Political experts said that, “it was Tejashwi results on Tuesday were of years of jungle raj' narra- by the NDA during polls Hindi speaking communi- serious stress.” In Bihar, Mr Kumar’s Janata that “the BJP tried to Yadav’s leadership and his the opinion that Tejashwi tive against the RJD he campaigns. ty in the state,” said the In 2019, BJP managed to Dal United (JDU) party has create an alternative in effort that made the con- Yadav has come out of the managed to turn the tally They said that “when he vice president of Bengal bag nearly 30 percent of been relegated to a third posi- the state as it was aware test tough for the NDA. A shadow of a mass leader in his party’s favour. was called the Yuvraj of BJP’s minority morcha, vote share in north tion. Though the BJP leader- of the anti-incumbency leader like Nitish Kumar like Lalu Yadav and has However, our assessment the jungle he handled the Mr Charles Nandi. Bengal. ship has made it clear that against Nitish Kumar. who has been ruling in proved that he is ready to is that few political parties situation well and urged Moreover, similar to Incidentally from 2016 Nitish will be the CM again, The saffron party feared Bihar for 15 years has lead the party in his like RLSP and AIMIM cut the NDA to talk about Bihar, anti-incumbency is assembly polls, BJP’s vote the local leaders have demand- that the voters may slipped to the third posi- absence. his party’s votes during employment, industrial- riding high in Bengal. share which was only 10.2 ed that the saffron party towards the grand tion only due to him and Lalu Yadav is currently the third phase of polls ization and special status The BJP leaders are per cent went up by 30.1 should stake its claim on the alliance”. despite grand alliance los- serving a jail term in fod- which led to the loss of the for the state.” working overtime to talk per cent during the 2019 top post. about distributions of Lok Sabha polls. Mr Raut said, “The BJP has ration and relief material It clearly showed that to give the chief minister’s post-cyclone Amphan and the besides Hindi speak- post to Nitish Kumar, as the the home ministry, Amit ing community, Hindu tricks of breaking the word Shah who recently prom- Bengalis were moving will not happen in Bihar. ‘Nitish butchered like Abhimanyu’ ised a “Sonar Bangla” towards the BJP. Because of the counter blow also targeted the TMC The BJP is also consoli- given by the Shiv Sena in SANJAY BASAK | DC called Chirag Paswan a to ward off attacks from like to hear Jai Shri Ram. Kumar’s popularity began regime for “shoddy han- dating its support among Maharashtra, the BJP cannot NEW DELHI, NOV. 10 “vote katua” (one who cuts the LJP and the The opponents of Bharat to wane when he jumped dling of the Covid crisis the Matua community, afford to repeat its game in votes). The LJP did not Mahagathbandhan.” Mata have got united and ship from the NDA to the and distribution of relief the Namasudras which Bihar.” If there’s a major loser in merely field candidates Battling 15 years’ anti- are seeking votes”. Mahagathbandhan in the materials.” constitute nearly 17.4 per Last year, the Shiv Sena the keenly fought Bihar against the JD(U), but incumbency, he was Also, during the entire 2015 election and then Polarizing the vote bank cent of the total SC popu- broke its alliance with the BJP elections, it is Nitish Chirag Paswan unleashed already on weaker ground. campaign, Mr Modi back to the NDA in 2017. will remain BJP’s main lation in the state. During after the Vidhan Sabha polls Kumar. Bihar’s wily old a vitriolic campaign As the JD(U) kept remained outside the The BJP apparently used weapon against the TMC the Lok Sabha elections, over a dispute on the Chief fox, who always came out against Nitish Kumar. The hurtling down the elec- prism of any attack. The the alliance to build its ruled Bengal. To counter the Prime Minister, Mr Minister’s post and joined on top, was ambushed by top BJP leaders watched toral tally, senior leader Opposition focused its votebank. As the election Mamata Banerjee’s hold Narendra Modi kicked off hands with the NCP and the BJP, which used Lok silently. The damage was K.C. Tyagi made the attack on Mr Kumar and progressed, BJP workers over the minority com- his election campaign by Congress to form the MVA Janshakti Party chief palpable. Mr Kumar went party’s feelings against avoided targeting the PM, began to be given clear sig- munity, the strategists seeking blessings from government headed by Mr Chirag Paswan as its down by nearly 40 seats. Chirag Paswan amply fearing it could be coun- nals that “if the NDA loses intends to divide the Boro Ma Binapani Devi, Thackeray. According to Sena, “Shikhandi” to cut Nitish Psephologist Yogendra clear, “We are hurt.” terproductive. Chirag was it would be because of Muslim vote bank. the matriarch of the the BJP had promised to share Kumar to size. Yadav, analysing the elec- As Mr Kumar tried to all praise for the PM and Nitish and if it wins it’ll In 2016 of the 294 assem- Matua community. the CM post before the polls, While top BJP leaders, tions, found the BJP’s woo his minority vote- targeted only Mr Kumar. be because of Modi”. bly seats, TMC had won The BJP fielded her but later backtracked. from Prime Minister gameplan to “use Chirag bank by openly opposing Nitish has always been Already, BJP leaders 211. According to statis- grandson and won Mr Raut also said actor Narendra Modi to home Paswan against its chief the CAA and NRC, BJP the senior partner in the have begun to credit tics in nearly 100 of these Bongaon by-poll seat for Sushant Singh Rajput’s death minister Amit Shah, ministerial candidate a Hindutva face and UP coalition, but the results Modiji for the results. Muslim votes played the the first time. had no impact on polls. “I don’t maintained a stoic silence dangerous gamble”. But chief minister Yogi have ensured that from Before the elections, Mr decisive factor. The BJP is also going to think, the case in Maharashtra over Chirag’s decision to the gamble seems to have Adityanath carried on now the BJP would take Kumar declared this The BJP is already play the CAA card aggres- would have helped any party go it alone and take on paid off. A BJP leader with a tirade against the over as the “big brother”. would be his last election. working to select candi- sively and try win over in Bihar. The election was Nitish Kumar, the lone remarked, “Nitish was minorities, saying the Even if the BJP keeps its After the results it is clear dates, who could make a the Bengali Muslims in fought on issues like develop- voice which stood by the surrounded and butchered “infiltrators will be pre-poll promise to keep that whatever may be the dent in the TMC’s armour the rural Bengal. ment, unemployment, health, chief minister was his like Abhimanyu.” He went thrown out”. Mr Kumar’s Nitish as chief minister, final outcome, Mr Kumar in these seats. The minority morcha of education etc and the credit “old friend”, deputy chief on to add, “While the saf- humiliation continued as “at best he would be a pup- has lost, or as someone Speculations are rife the BJP intends to induct for it goes to Tejashwi Yadav,” minister Sushil Modi. He fron army pulled back, the Prime Minister joined pet king”, a senior JD(U) said, he is “finished - that Asaduddin Owaisi’s nearly 20 lakh Muslims he said. was the only one who Nitish was left on his own in, “These people don’t leader said. Some feel Mr thanks to BJP”. AIMM along with an by the end of this year. NATION DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020 pg 8

SHORT TAKES LESS THAN 40K Shivraj’s charisma saves the day for BJP NEW COVID-19 MP CM successfully crushed the rebellion in the party and led from the front in the Assembly bypolls CASES REPORTED RABINDRA NATH ● SHIVRAJ SINGH New Delhi, Nov. 10: The num- CHOUDHURY | DC Chouhan had also suc- ber of new Coronavirus infec- BHOPAL, NOV. 10 ceeded in generating tions reported in India in a sympathy for him among span of 24 hours dropped Madhya Pradesh Chief the electorates by playing below 40,000 for the second Minister Shivraj Singh time this month, as India’s Chouhan has led ruling victim when Congress Covid-19 caseload rose to 85.91 BJP to landslide victory leaders including Nath lakh while the total number of in the Assembly by-elec- launched personal attack recoveries neared 80 lakh, tions in Madhya Pradesh on him by calling him according to the Union health which was turned into a names such as ministry data updated on battle of charismas ‘nayalayak’ (good for Tuesday. between him and nothing), ‘kameena’ The Covid-19 caseload Congress veteran Kamal (mean) and ‘bhookha- increased to 85,91,730 with Nath. nanga’ (extremely poor), 38,073 new infections being Chouhan led his party reported in a day, while the from the front in the thus helping the party in death toll climbed to 1,27,059 Assembly by-elections by the polls. with 448 fresh fatalities, the not only containing the data updated at 8 am showed. rebellion in the party trig- Nath to fulfill promises The number of people who gered by nomination of 25 given by him to the farm- have recuperated from the dis- former Congress MLAs as ers to waive their crop ease surged to 79,59,406 push- BJP candidates from loans. ing the national recovery rate their respective Assembly Chouhan had also suc- Madhya to 92.64 per cent, while the constituencies but also by ceeded in generating sym- Pradesh Chief Covid-19 case fatality rate successfully countering pathy for him among the Minister Shivraj stands at 1.48 per cent. the narrative by Congress electorates by playing vic- Singh Chouhan The number of active cases describing its former leg- tim when Congress lead- and BJP State remained below six lakh for islators as ‘Gaddars’ ers including Nath President V.D. the twelfth consecutive day. (betrayers) during its launched personal attack Sharma greet There are 5,05,265 active cases electioneering. on him by calling him each other as of Coronavirus infection in “The by-elections names such as ‘nay- they celebrate the country as on date which turned out to be the most alayak’ (good for noth- their party’s ing), ‘kameena’ (mean) comprise 5.88 per cent of the challenging elections lead in Madhya total caseload,the data stated. faced by us in Madhya and ‘bhookha-nanga’ Pradesh bypolls India’s Covid-19 tally had Pradesh so far since the (means extremely poor), crossed the 20-lakh mark on core BJP cadres and local thus helping the party in in Bhopal on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 leaders were up in arms the polls. Tuesday. and 40 lakh on September 5. against the 25 BJP candi- Even Rajya Sabha MP — PTI It went past 50 lakh on dates who have joined our Jyotiraditya Scindia who September 16, 60 lakh on party from Congress has joined the BJP from September 28, 70 lakh on barely 8 months ago. It Congress in March this October 11 and crossed 80 lakh was an emotional, social year had chosen to play on October 29. and political issue with second fiddle to Chouhan the core cadre and leaders in the by-elections. of the party who were “BJP is fighting by-elec- PUNJAB REVOKES apprehensive of being tions under Mr politically eclipsed due to Chouhan’s leadership”, ‘GENERAL the party’s decision to was his constant refrain give ticket to the newly during campaigning. CONSENT’ TO CBI inducted party men in the Nath too chose to fight by-elections”, BJP the by-elections on his Chandigarh, Nov. 10: The spokesman Rajneesh charisma by making a Congress-led government in Agrawal told this newspa- narrative on his vision Punjab has revoked its general per. for MP the focus of the consent to the Central Bureau “We won half the battle Congress campaign. He of Investigation (CBI) for prob- when the party leader- had also tried to evoke ing cases in the state, joining ship nipped in bud a sympathy among the vot- several other non-BJP ruled brewing rebellion in the ers by narrating how his states that have carried out a party by pacifying the democratically elected similar move. aggrieved party cadres government was pulled The states such as West and synchronising them down by the former rebel Bengal, Rajasthan, with the new entrants in Congress leaders. Maharashtra, Jharkhand and the party at the booth “However, the 74-year- Chhattisgarh had already level”, he added. old Nath had failed to withdrawn the “general con- Chouhan took charge of take the senior leaders of sent” to the CBI. the affairs when the his party along with him According to the state gov- ‘Gaddar’ narrative by in the by-elections”, a sen- ernment notification issued Congress to put BJP in 25 ior Congress leader said on November 8, a prior con- Assembly constituencies unwilling to be quoted. sent of the Punjab govern- on defensive had “We were visible on ment will be required by the appeared to be catching social media, but not on CBI, which comes under the imagination of the people the ground. That has Delhi Special Police by aggressively project- caused the party's debacle Establishment Act, to investi- ing failure by the former in the by-polls ”, the BJP supporters react during counting day of Madhya Pradesh Assembly bypolls, at party JMM candidate Basant Soren celebrates his victory in gate any case in the state. chief minister Kamal Congress leader said. headquarters in Bhopal on Tuesday. — PTI the Dumka Assembly by-election on Tuesday. — PTI In exercise of the power con- ferred by section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 (Central Act No 25 of 1946), the government of Punjab hereby withdraws the Two ministers in Shivraj govt Naveen proves general consent accorded to the members of the Delhi Special Police Establishment, anytime herein before, as per lose; Congress wins C’garh bypoll to be invincible the notification issued by the Additional Chief Secretary, RABINDRA NATH quarters was trailing by a massive win by his party Congress MLAs and AKSHAYA KUMAR by a huge margin of department of home affairs CHOUDHURY | DC thin margin of 14,000 in the by-elections saying demise of 3 sitting legisla- SAHOO | DC around 13,000 votes. and justice. In view of revoca- BHOPAL, NOV. 10 votes behind her nearest “People have given us the tors. BHUBANESWAR, NOV. 10 In Tirtol, the regional tion of all previous general Congress rival, reports opportunity to work for Meanwhile, Congress party’s candidate Bijaya consents issued earlier, prior Yogi Aditiyanath The BJP has registered a reaching last said. the development of the won the by-elections in the Odisha’s ruling Biju Shankar Das crushed his consent of the government of landslide victory in the The state ministers who state”. Marwahi (ST) assembly Janata Dal (BJD) on BJP rival by around Punjab shall be required, here- assembly by-elections in won the polls are Congress veteran and constituency in Tuesday proved that it 40,916 votes. inafter, on a case-to-case basis MODI HAI TOH Madhya Pradesh results of Bisahulal Singh, former chief minister Chhattisgarh. Congress was invincible in bypolls The ECI reports said the for investigation of any which were declared on Prabhuram Choudhury, Kamal Nath said he candidate K.K. Dhruv as it won the two BJD bagged 52.39 per cent offence or class of offences Tuesday by winning 19 out Pradyumna Singh Tomar, respected the people’s defeated his nearest BJP Assembly seats that went votes while the BJP got under section 3 of the afore- MUMKIN HAI, 28 seats that went to by- Govind Singh Rajput, mandate asking Congress rival Gambhir Singh by a to elections following the 35.56 per cent. The Cong- said Act, by the Delhi Special polls on November 3. Tulsi Silawat, Mahendra to sit in Opposition. margin of 38,197 votes. death of two incumbent ress finished third with Police Establishment, it fur- SAYS YOGI Congress won 7 seats and Singh Sisodia, He congratulated the The seat was a pocket bor- lawmakers in July. just 10.31 per cent votes. ther said. The Punjab govern- is ahead of its nearest BJP Rajvardhan Singh, Suresh chief minister for BJP’s ough of the Jogi family. The regional party By-elections in the two ment had earlier withdrawn ADITYANATH rivals in 2 other assembly Dhakad, and O.P.S handsome win the by-elec- Former chief minister headed by Chief Minister constituencies were held consent from the CBI for inves- constituencies, reports Bhadouria. tions and hoped that the late Ajit Jogi had won the Naveen Patnaik wrested on November 3, following tigating the 2015 sacrilege inci- Lucknow, Nov. 10: reaching last said. Interestingly, 7 out of 25 Shivraj government seat 4 times and his son the Balasore Sadar seat the demise of BJP MLA dents there after the state Elated over the BJP’s Two out of 12 ministers former Congress MLAs would work for develop- Amit represented the con- which was represented by Madan Mohan Dutta in assembly had passed a resolu- performance in Bihar in the Shivraj government who were given tickets by ment of women, farmers stituency in 2013-18. the Madan Mohan Dutta Balasore and BJD legisla- tion in this regard in 2018. Assembly elections and lost the polls, while anoth- BJP in the by-elections and other sections of peo- The by-elections to the of the BJP and retained tor Bishnu Charan Das in bypolls in various states, er minister was trailing, lost the polls. ple in the state. constituency necessitated the Tirtol seat. Tirtol. Uttar Pradesh Chief reports reaching last here In Gwalior-Chambal The strength of ruling following demise of Ajit Though the official fig- The ruling BJD has not SC TO HEAR Minister Yogi Aditya- said. region, said to be the BJP in 230-member MP Jogi. Earlier, nominations ures with the regard to lost any Assembly bypolls nath on Tuesday said the The two ministers who stronghold of senior BJP assembly is poised to go of Jogi junior and his wife the votes polled by the in the last 14 years. For ARNAB PLEA FOR poll results have reiter- lost the elections are leader Jyotiraditya up from 107 to 126 follow- Richa for the constituency candidates were not the first time in his 22 ated that “Modi hai to Giriraj Dandotia and Scindia, BJP won 10 seats ing the outcome of the were rejected following announced till this report years of political career, INTERIM BAIL mumkin hai”, and the Andel Singh Kansana. and lost in 5 seats. The assembly by-elections, controversy over their was filed, reports from the party president and party has given hints of State minister Imarti party was trailing in while the strength of tribal status. Both of them counting centres said the CM Naveen Patnaik did PARMOD KUMAR | DC its performance in the Devi whom former chief another constituency, Congress is set to increase had filed nomination for BJD nominee Swarup not campaign for the NEW DELHI, NOV. 10 future elections. minister Kamal Nath reports reaching last said. from 87 to 96. the seat as candidates of Das, a fresh face, defeated party in the constituen- He was speaking to referred to as ‘item’ invit- Chief minister Shivraj The by-elections necessi- Janata Congress Manas Kumar Dutta, son cies. He rather focussed The Supreme Court will hear reporters at the UP BJP ing criticism from all Singh Chouhan hailed the tated the resignation of 25 Chhattisgarh. of Madan Mohan Dutta on virtual campaigns. on Wednesday the Republic office here. “Under the TV’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab leadership and guidance Goswami’s plea for interim of Prime Minister bail in an alleged abetment to Narendra Modi and WELCOME | BOOST The outcome has given a boost to BSY amid talks about his replacement suicide case involving an inte- completely setting aside rior designer and his mother. all the speculation in Goswami on Tuesday Bihar, results of Bihar knocked the doors of the top and bypolls in various court challenging Bombay states, the public have BJP sweeps bypolls to 2 Assembly seats in K’taka High Court’s order not granti- proved that “Modi hai to ng him an interim bail in the mumkin hai” (if there is Bengaluru, Nov. 10: The have two vacancies caused Tumakuru district follow- support towards the state Nadda over phone soon, part of Bengaluru Urban alleged abetment to suicide Modi, then it is possi- ruling BJP on Tuesday by, including by a recent ing the death of JD(S) government and its han- also try to meet them district, BJP’s case and instead asking him to ble), Adityanath said. swept the bypolls to two death of a member. MLA B. Sathyanarayana dling of flood situation regarding the much-await- Munirathana won by seek regular bail from the He also said that the Assembly seats in Congress has 67 mem- in August, while the RR and Coronavirus pandem- ed cabinet expansion or securing 1,25,990 votes, fol- Sessions Court in Alibaug. BJP has repeated its Karnataka by wresting bers, JDS 33, BSP one, Nagar seat fell vacant due ic,” Yediyurappa said, reshuffle, and wants to lowed by Congress' Arnab Goswami’s plea for electoral performance of them from opposition nominated one and two to disqualification of thanking voters for the complete the process in Kusuma H. with 67,877 interim bail is listed before a 2017. Congress and JD(S). independents besides the Munirathna as the then party’s success in both the the next couple of days. votes. vacation bench comprising “The BJP in this bypoll The outcome has given a Speaker. Congress MLA last year constituencies. In Sira BJP’s Rajesh JD(S) ended up distant Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and has given hints about boost to Chief Minister In Rajarajeshwari Nagar under anti-defection law. He also vowed to fulfill Gowda secured 76,564 third with party candidate Justice Indira Banerjee. the future polls. The B.S. Yediyurappa’s stock Assembly segment, Though it was known the promises made to the votes, while his opponent V. Krishtramurthy secur- Goswami is accused of party candidates in the amid talks about his N. Munirathna scored a that the results of the polls people during the cam- Congress leader T.B. ing just 10,269 votes. alleged abetment to suicide by bye-elections are leading replacement in some quar- hat-trick, winning by an will have no bearing on paign, and said that with Jayachandra (71), a six This is the third victory interior designer Anvay Naik over their nearest rivals ters. impressive margin of the stability of the BJP the blessings of Prime time MLA and former in a row for Munirathna, and his mother Kumud Naik in the range of 17,000 to It is seen as a setback for more than 58,000 votes. government, the outcome Minister Narendra Modi Minister, got 63,150 votes. and his first as the BJP in 2018. 32,000,” he said. opposition leaders, espe- In Sira, it was history of was perceived in many he will work towards com- JD(S) that had won the candidate. The High Court by its He also congratulated cially Karnataka Congress sorts for the BJP as it quarters as a reflection on pletion of all the develop- seat in the 2018 Assembly He had won the seat in November 9 order while refus- party workers who, he chief D.K. Shivakumar as recorded its first ever vic- the performance of the mental works, in the polls has been relegated to 2013 and 2018 assembly ing to grant interim bail had said, brushed aside all it was the first election in tory there with its candi- B.S. Yediyurappa govern- remaining two-and-half the third place with the polls on the Congress' tick- said that Goswani had an vicious publicity, and the state under his stew- date Dr C.M. Rajesh ment, especially during years tenure. party candidate et by a margin of over “alternate and efficacious” spread information abo- ardship. Gowda securing the seat the Covid-19 pandemic. Yediyurappa also said he Ammajamma B. (wife of 18,800 votes and 5,400 votes remedy under the code of ut welfare schemes of With this victories, the by a margin of over 13,400 “This is the victory of will contact the Prime late party MLA respectively. Munirathna, criminal procedure to the central and state strength of BJP will rise votes. the people and by ensuring Minister, Union home Sathyanarayana) securing after his disqualification approach the session’s court governments during to 118 in the 225-member The bypoll has been BJP’s victory they have minister Amit Shah, and 36,783 votes. last year, had joined the for regular bail. Covid-19. — PTI Assembly that would still necessitated in Sira in exuded confidence and BJP national president J.P. In RR Nagar segment, BJP. — PTI WORLD DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020 pg 9

IN BRIEF PALESTINIAN Ready to write next chapter: Harris SPOKESMAN Will build an economy that works for working families, the V-P elect says in a tweet EREKAT DEAD Washington, Nov. 10: fought November 3 presi- and the first woman of Jerusalem, Nov. 10: Saeb Vice President-elect dential election - billed as colour — to occupy the Erekat, a veteran peace nego- Kamala Harris has said one of the most divisive in office. According to the SC weighs future of Obamacare tiator and prominent interna- that she and President- recent American history. Economic Recovery of the tional spokesman for the elect Joe Biden are ready "Biden and I are ready to Transition, President- Washington, Nov. 10: major source of jobs and remaining uninsured. Harsh Vardhan Shringla Palestinians for more than to write the "next chapter" write the next chapter in elect Biden believes to his When the Supreme Court tax revenues. Whether the The court has shifted three decades, died Tuesday, in American history and our nation's history,” core that there's no greater weighs the fate of Affordable Care Act stays, solidly to the political weeks after being infected by from day one they would Harris said in a tweet on economic engine in the “Obamacare,” arguments goes, or is significantly right under President FS DISCUSSES the Coronavirus. He was 65. start building an economy Monday. “On day one, world than the hard work will revolve around arcane changed, will affect the Donald Trump. Here's a The American-educated that benefits the working we're going to get to work and ingenuity of the points of law like sever- way life is lived in the US look at some of what's at Erekat was involved in nearly families. Tackling Covid- building an economy that American people. ability — whether the jus- The argument against stake if the opponents of WAYS TO BOOST every round of peace negotia- 19 pandemic, economic works for working fami- “Nobody has more tices can surgically snip the law from the Trump the law prevail: COVID-19 tions between Israel and the recovery, racial equality lies,” she said, listing out respect for the working out part of the law and administration and con- A NEW PRE-EXISTING TIES WITH MALE Palestinians going back to the and climate change are the the priorities of the Biden- women and men who get leave the rest. servative states is that the CONDITION Before the landmark Madrid conference four top priorities the Harris administration. As up every day to build and But what's at stake has 10-year-old statute was ACA, insurers could turn Male, Nov. 10: Foreign in 1991, when he famously Biden team listed on its Biden's vice president, sustain this country, or real-world consequences rendered unconstitutional a person down for an indi- Secretary Harsh Vardhan showed up draped in a black- website on Sunday, a day Harris, 56, will make histo- more confidence that they for just about every in its entirety when vidual policy, or charge Shringla on Tuesday held and-white checkered keffiyeh, after the Democrat leaders ry in myriad ways, becom- can meet the challenges American, as well as the Congress dialled down to them more, based on their a series of meetings with a symbol of Palestinian nati- won the bitter and closely- ing the first woman 0151 we face. — PTI health care industry, a zero a penalty on those medical history. — AP the Maldivian leadership onalism. Over the next few and the Opposition and decades Erekat was a constant discussed ways to further presence in Western media, strengthen India's rela- where he tirelessly advocated tions with the island for a negotiated two-state solu- nation, and reviewed the tion to the decades-old conflict, Boris cautiously progress of key infra- defended the Palestinian lead- structure projects under ership and blamed Israel for the $1.3 billion bilateral the failure to reach an agree- package. Shringla, who ment. His Fatah party annou- welcomes bugle was on a two-day visit to nced his death in a statement. the Maldives, held a joint A relative and a Palestinian meeting with Minister for official confirmed he passed National Planning, away. of virus vaccine Housing and Erekat is survived by his Infrastructure Mohamed wife, two sons, twin daughters London, Nov. 10: UK Aslam, Minister of and eight grandchildren. Prime Minister Boris REGULATOR Economic Development Johnson has cautiously Fayyaz Ismail and welcomed the promising Minister of Finance ANTI-GOVT results from the Pfiz- HALTS BRAZIL Ibrahim Ameer. er/BioNTech vaccine and On Monday, Shringla PROTESTS: IRAN warned people not to rely VACCINE TRIALS also called on President of on this news as a solution Maldives Ibrahim PARDONS 157 as it is still "very, very Sao Paulo, Nov. 10: Mohamed Solih and early days". Brazil's health regulator Speaker of the People's Tehran, Nov. 10: Iran par- Addressing a briefing has halted clinical trials Majlis Mohamed Nashee- doned 157 people held on from 10 Downing Street of the potential Coron- d. "FS@harshvshringla charges stemming from their here on Monday, Johnson avirus vaccine Coron- held a joint-meeting with alleged participation in urged the British public aVac, citing an “adverse, Minister for National antigovernment protests, the not to “slacken” their serious event.” The decis- Planning, Housing & country's judiciary announced resolve as it is still “very, ion posted on Anvisa's Infra Dvpt @Asla- on Tuesday, the biggest such very early days”, even as website Monday night mAslamtey Minister of release of those swept up in the he confirmed that the UK elicited immediate surpr- Economic Dvpt@faya_i& harsh crackdowns. had pre-ordered 40 mil- ise from parties involved Minister of Finance Judiciary spokesman lion doses of the Pfizer in producing the vaccine. @iameeru; they assessed Gholamhossein Esmaili told vaccine – enough for The potential vaccine is progress in 8 infrastruc- reporters that the people freed about a third of the UK being developed by Chin- ture projects part of the had been imprisoned for population, taking into ese biopharmaceutical $1.3 billion bilateral pack- “spreading propaganda People wave the national flag and hold portraits of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev as they celebrate in the account that two doses firm Sinovac and in Br- age," the High against the system" and taking streets of the capital Baku on Tuesday, after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed a ceasefire. — AFP each are required. azil would be mostly pro- Commission of India in part in several waves of “The Pfizer/BioNTech duced by Sao Paulo's st- the Maldives tweeted. protests that challenged the Vaccine has been tested ate-run Butantan Instit- India is carrying out a government over the last three on over 40,000 volunteers ute. Sao Paulo state's gov- wide-range of infrastruc- years. The amnesty was part of and interim results sug- ernment said in a state- ture projects in the a customary clemency order by Russian peacekeepers head for gest it is proving 90 per ment it “regrets being Maldives, including Grea- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali cent effective at protect- informed by the press and ter Male Connectivity Khamenei to mark the birth- ing people against the not directly by Anvisa, as Project (GMCP) and other day of the Prophet Muham- virus. But we haven't yet normally occurs in clini- projects such as port, mad. Khamenei, who has the Nagorno-Karabakh as war ends seen the full safety data, cal trials of this nature.” roads and reclamation, final say on all state matters, and these findings also Butantan said in a state- expansion of airports, issued a decree pardoning 3,780 Moscow, Nov. 10: A dozen current agreement appea- ● THE TRUCE came after road leading from Nag- need to be peer-review- ment that it was sur- building of a new Cricket prisoners last week. planes filed with Russian red to be holding, with nei- significant advances by orno-Karabakh to Armen- ed,” said Johnson. prised by Anvisa's deci- Stadium and cancer hos- As the Coronavirus pandemic peacekeepers headed for ther side reporting any Azerbaijani forces that the ia passes through. The “We have talked for a sion and that it would pital and development of ravaged Iran, propelling its Nagorno-Karabakh on more fighting since it Nagorno-Karabakh leader agreement calls for the long time, or I have, about hold a news conference fisheries. Shringla also death toll to highest in the Tuesday, hours after came into force. It came said made it impossible road, the so-called Lachin the distant bugle of the Tuesday. The CoronaVac met Maldivian Home Middle East, the government Armenia and Azerbaijan days after Azerbaijan Corridor, to remain open scientific cavalry coming shot has already stirred Minister and leader of released over 100,000 prisoners agreed to halt fighting pressed its offensive deep- for their side to carry on and be protected by Rus- over the brow of the hill, controversy in Brazil. the Adaalath Party Imran to keep the virus from spread- over the separatist region er into the region and took — but angered many sian peacekeepers. The and tonight that toot of — AP Abdulla and sought the ing behind bars. Economic and amid signs this cease- control of the city of Armenians, who stormed agreement also calls for the bugle is louder. But it party's cooperation in fur- grievances in Iran have repeat- fire would hold where oth- Shushi, which is strategi- government buildings transport links to be estab- is still some way off. And ther strengthening the edly triggered nationwide ers hadn't. cally positioned on heig- overnight, demanding the lished through Armenia we absolutely cannot rely minister. England's depu- bilateral relations. political unrest in recent years. The truce came after sig- hts overlooking the reg- Parliament invalidate the linking Azerbaijan and its on this as a solution,” he ty chief medical officer The religious conserva- In November 2019, security nificant advances by ional capital of Stepana- agreement. western exclave of Nakh- said. He reiterated that it Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, tive Adaalath party is forces smothered protests that Azerbaijani forces that the kert. Armenian Prime chivan, which is surro- is “crucial” not to overdo who joined Johnson at the part of the Maldivian were prompted by a sharp Nagorno-Karabakh leader Minister Nikol Pashinian ● HEAVY FIGHTING eru- unded by Armenia, Iran things and follow the briefing, said he was Democratic Party-led rul- increase in gasoline prices, said made it impossible said on Facebook that call- pted in late September — and Turkey. lockdown rules strictly "hopeful" that the first ing coalition. "Foreign arresting over 1,000 and killing for their side to carry on ing an end to the fight was the biggest escalation of Nagorno-Karabakh mili- until December 2, after vaccine could be seen by Secretary @harshvs- hundreds, according to rights — but angered many “extremely painful for me the conflict in a quarter- tary have reported over which England is set to Christmas after Pfizer's hringla @HarshShringla watchdog Amnesty Internatio- Armenians, who stormed personally and for our century — and has left 1,200 troops killed in the revert to a tiered lock- announcement earlier on met Home Minister & nal. The cases of those caught government buildings people." But on Tuesday hundreds, possibly thous- six weeks of fighting. down system. Monday that its vaccine leader of the Adaalath in crackdowns have drawn overnight, demanding the he explained that he was Azerbaijan hasn't dis- “We cannot let our candidate has proven 90 Party @ShimranAb; FS international outrage. Parliament invalidate the left with no choice, saying ands, dead. Several cease- closed its military losses. enthusiasm (about a vac- per cent effective in a sought continuing coop- In September, Iran executed a agreement. Dozens of pro- the army had told him it fires announced over the Scores of civilians have cine) run away with us. It large trial. “This is a very eration of the Adaalath 27-year-old wrestler accused of testers gathered again was necessary. “We found past six weeks crumbled also been killed and is more vital now than important scientific brea- Party in ensuring the suc- stabbing a water supply com- Tuesday morning in front ourselves in a situation almost immediately, but wounded on both sides. ever that we follow the kthrough,” said Prof Van- cess of #IndiaMaldives pany employee. of the parliament building when there was no alter- the current agreement Nagorno-Karabakh has basics,” said the prime Tam. — PTI relations," it said. — PTI in the Armenian capital of native to signing the agre- appeared to be holding, been under the control of CHASTISED Yerevan. Armenia and ement,” Pashinian was with neither side reporting ethnic Armenian forces Azerbaijan have been quoted by Russia's Inter- any more fighting since it backed by Armenia since fax news agency as saying. a 1994 truce ended a sepa- locked in a conflict over came into force. CARDINAL Nagorno-Karabakh for Nagorno-Karabakh's ratist war in which an Covid triggers OCD in kids decades. The region lies separatist leader Arayik estimated 30,000 people HOSPITALISED within Azerbaijan but has Harutyunyan echoed Pas- died. Sporadic clashes London, Nov. 10: Chi- in the journal BMC the Centre for Child and been under control of eth- hinian's sentiment. He planes carrying peace- occurred since then, and ldren and young people Psychiatry, assessed how Adolescent Psychiatry — Warsaw (Poland), Nov. 10: A nic Armenian forces said: "Had the hostilities keepers and military full-scale fighting began with obsessive thoughts children and young people and all had been in con- prominent Polish cardinal who backed by Armenia since continued at the same equipment departed for on Sept. 27. Several cease- and compulsions may with the condition experi- tact with a therapist at the was recently sanctioned by the a separatist war there pace, we would have lost the region Tuesday. A total fires had been called but experience their OCD, ence the ongoing pandem- hospital. Vatican over sex scandal cases ended in 1994. all of Artsakh (an Arme- of 1,960 Russian peace- were almost immediately anxiety, and depressive ic. In the study, scientists, The other group consist- has been hospitalised since last Heavy fighting erupted nian name for Nagorno- keepers are to be deployed violated. However, the symptoms worsen during including those from ed mostly of children and week and remains uncon- in late September — the Karabakh) within days.” in Nagorno-Karabakh agreement announced a crisis such as the Covid- Aarhus University in young people who had scious, Polish media said biggest escalation of the Azerbaijani President under a five-year mandate. early Tuesday appeared 19 pandemic, according to Denmark, sent a question- been diagnosed years ago, Tuesday. conflict in a quarter-cen- Ilham Aliyev referred to The pact calls for more likely to take hold a new study. naire to two groups of identified through the Retired Archbishop Henryk tury — and has left hun- the agreement as a “glori- Armenian forces to turn because Azerbaijan has While previous research children and young people Danish OCD Association. Gulbinowicz was sanctioned dreds, possibly thousands, ous victory” on Twitter, over control of some areas made significant adva- had shown that trauma between the ages of seven According to the study, a by the Vatican last week after dead. Several cease-fires and Azerbaijanis flooded it held outside the borders nces, including taking and stress can trigger or and 21. total of 102 children the 97-year-old was accused of announced over the past their capital city to cele- of Nagorno-Karabakh, control of the strategical- worsen obsessive-compul- They said one group had responded to the question- sexually abusing a seminarian six weeks crumbled alm- brate. Russia's Defence including the Lachin ly key city of Shushi on sive disorder, or OCD, the been diagnosed with OCD naire. and of covering up abuse in ost immediately, but the Ministry said that 12 region, where the main Sunday. — AP current study, published in a specialised section at — PTI another case. The Vatican's embassy in Poland said Friday that Gulbinowicz, the former arch- SPIRITUAL | OASIS Master plan in the video shows a massive amphitheatre overlooking the shrine bishop of Wroclaw, has been forbidden from using his bish- op's insignia and participating in any religious celebrations or public events. Images of Abu Dhabi’s 1st Hindu temple released The once well-respected car- dinal, who supported Poland's Dubai, Nov. 10: The its concept till the pouring The design of the master and tales of universal wis- pro-democracy Solidarity majestic stone façade of of the UAE's largest single plan was completed in dom, and the authentic movement in the 1980s, has the first Hindu temple pouring of fly ash concrete early 2020, and optimised ancient art and architec- also been denied the right to coming up in Abu Dhabi for the raft foundation of engineered during the ture would be revived have a cathedral burial service will be adorned with the temple. slowdown due to the through the stone carv- or to be buried in a cathedral. scenes from Hindu epics, The foundation stone of Covid-19 pandemic, a ings used for the temple. Professor Wojciech Witkiew- scriptures and ancient sto- the temple was laid in spokesperson of the tem- “The stories and carv- icz, head of the hospital in ries from India, as well as April last year and work ple told the Gulf News. ings include diverse por- Wroclaw, told Radio Wroclaw motifs popular in the Gulf started from December. “This is the first time the tions of India's geography Tuesday that Gulbinowicz is in countries, according to a Dubbed a spiritual oasis visuals of the final design and Hindu belief systems. a very serious condition and media report on Tuesday. for global harmony, the have been released thro- This would include [epics] unconscious. The temple management temple's final master plan ugh the video,” said Ashok Mahabharata and Ram- Local daily Gazeta of the BAPS Hindu revealed in the video sho- Kotecha, BAPS Hindu ayana as well as the Puran- Wroclawska said Gulbinowicz Mandir in Abu Dhabi has ws a massive amphitheatr- Mandir spokesperson. as and regional histories. was hospitalized Wednesday. A released the first images of e overlooking the shrine, “The work on the historic In fact, this Mandir will be few days earlier, Vatican the final design of the tra- the daily reported. A temple is progressing with uniquely identified by its envoys had informed him ditional stone temple and library, a classroom, a the support of the commu- intricate mandovar [faça- about the sanctions. Recently, the hand-carved stone pil- majlis and a community nity and guidance from de] which will share many allegations were also made lars that have been taking centre have also been fea- the leadership in India and traditional value tales that Gulbinowicz was an shape in India, the Gulf tured within the com- the UAE. While navigating from throughout India as informer for the communist- News reported. The visu- pound in Abu Mureikhah the challenges produced well as unique designs of era secret security. als of the final design of area. Waterfalls flanking by COVID-19 and adhering the Gulf,” he said. The Gulbinowicz is the latest the temple have been the steps to the entrance of to local best practices dur- intricate carvings of the Polish prelate to be sanctioned released through a video the shrine, and water bod- ing the pandemic, stone temple range from fig- after a Vatican-mandated that chronicles the ies circling the temple work has continued in urines only a few inches investigation into allegations progress of the temple complex can also be seen India,” Kotecha said. tall to statues of many The temple management of the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi has released the first of sexual misconduct. right from the inception of in the video. Kotecha said key values metres. — PTI images of the final design of the traditional stone temple. EDIT DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020 pg 10

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Act responsibly, heed Subhani NGT ban on crackers he decision of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to impose a total ban on all kinds of firecrackers in the National Capital Region from November 9 to 30, and extend it to all cities and towns where Tthe average of ambient air quality is “poor” is welcome. The NGT has mandated that only green crackers that pollute less will be allowed in cities and towns where air quality is “moderate” or below. In other towns and cities, the state governments are given the freedom to impose more stringent restrictions. The duration for bursting of crackers has been lim- ited to two hours during festivals. The NGT decision comes in the wake of the extreme poor air quality reported in the national capital and elsewhere in the country in the win- ter season and the renewed threat the Coronavirus has been posing of late to the lives of people. With fog and crackers, the air quality is sure to go down further, incon- veniencing even healthy citizens. That The NGT decision apart, the ban on crackers will have a salu- comes in the wake of tary effect on the fight against Covid-19 as the pandemic is resurfacing as a wave in LETTERS the extreme poor air Delhi and some other states. quality reported in the Cracker bursting is a community activity FIGHT PANDEMIC national capital and in most places and can turn into a super- India-US ties might be elsewhere in the spreader event. It can be fatal for some peo- Most of the people are not country and the ple who are suffering from the disease, wearing masks and not which impairs, among others, the lungs maintaining physical dis- renewed threat the most. The ban would, thus, help the nation coronavirus has been save precious lives. tance. Police should take But the purpose will be served fully only if stronger under Biden stringent action including posing of late to the the state governments and more important- imprisonment if necessary, lives of people ly, the people, took it seriously and imple- towards India and China. Security Council. mented it wholeheartedly. It is natural for Some analysts contend Earlier this year he to force people to wear governments to be hesitant in pouring cold water on the festive spirit and that he would be soft assured the Indian masks. People should invite the wrath of the people, though some states such as Rajasthan and towards China and American community: cooperate with the police Odisha have already banned crackers. The procrastinators have a ruse Vishnu Prakash Pakistan. It would be “I’ll continue to believe now in the form of the order of the NGT, and can go all out and ensure that recalled that in October and continue… standing and the government in the the order is implemented in its spirit. 2008, Islamabad had con- with India and con- fight against Covid-19. But there is only so much the governments can do on public health; it ferred the “Hilal-i- fronting the threats it P. Samuel Suresh should primarily be the concern of the public. Pakistan” (Crescent of faces in its own region Hyderabad They must come forward and understand why the tribunal and govern- Pakistan), its highest along its borders.” ments have been forced to come out with such restrictive orders. Reports civilian honour, on him In any event, leaders from the ground suggest that there is little progress in the way Indians t was difficult to College votes are tallied, “in recognition of… con- are guided by national FIRECRACKERS grasp the enormousness of the threat the pandemic is, and that they go believe one’s eyes but the latter takes prece- sistent support for interests in cultivating ahead with their lives and manners throwing caution to the wind. They when the so-called dence. At least five times Pakistan”. That said, the ties with other countries. It is sad that Hyderabadis can pol- swarm markets, shops, malls, public places and places of worship as if the leader of the free in US history has a candi- geostrategic scenario has India and the US have lute during Diwali (NGT’s ban not virus either did not exist or has vanished. world stood before date won the popular vote undergone a sea change over 60 dialogue mecha- applicable, Hyd can burst crackers, Since neither is true, it is incumbent upon them to restrict themselves theI cameras to announce while his rival has taken in the past five years, and nisms in addition to the DC, Nov. 10). Whether green or not, and keep the virus at bay. that his opponent was office by virtue of garner- Pakistan has been totally “2+2” ministerial consul- all crackers emit fumes, gases and The Union government should intensify the Jan Andolan awareness trying to “steal” the just- ing a majority in the exposed. Its utility for the tations encompassing a particulate matter. The large-scale campaign but is for the people to pick the right lessons from the nation’s concluded American Electoral College. US has diminished, and it wide range of subjects, bursting of crackers nullifies the experiences and protect themselves. Celebrations and festivals are a year- presidential elections, The Electoral College is is now firmly in the including the economy, advantage of green crackers. ly phenomenon; life is but a once-in-a-lifetime offer. It’s important that we which he claimed he had a historical legacy. Chinese camp, which trade, education, energy, Diwali is the victory of good over live on to celebrate them. already won, with barely America’s 1787 constitu- makes it a bigger suspect. science and technology, evil which can be celebrated as a half the votes tabulated. tional convention was not At the same time, China security and defence, festival of lights without polluting In the supercharged ready to bestow universal has grievously erred by outer space, counterter- the environment. We must realise atmosphere, such an franchise and was bitter- overtly stepping up its rorism and cyber securi- that when Diwali celebrations incendiary assertion was ly divided over allowing efforts to displace ty, in addition to regional started in ancient times there were Hope across sectors bound to spark protests semi-literate or under- America as regional and international issues. no crackers and present scientific and violence across the privileged individuals to hegemon. It challenged It is natural for the temper is against it. aluations on the Indian equity markets soared on Tuesday after a nation. Unfortunately, it choose the President. the might of the US by world’s largest and (soon Dr O. Prasada Rao report jointly issued by drug makers — Pfizer from the United did. That is when a compro- flexing its military mus- to be) third largest Hyderabad VStates and BioNTech from Germany — announced a significant suc- India may not be a per- mise was struck. Political cle with most maritime economies to enhance cess in the development of a vaccine for the most infectious Covid-19 dis- fect democracy, but it has parties could nominate neighbours, some of their synergies. ease. While the broader Indian markets were mirroring euphoria wit- a fairly enviable record of their representatives to whom, like Japan and There is a growing con- EXIT POLLS FAIL nessed around the world, India’s benchmark index BSE Sensex hit an all- peaceful transition of contest for the Electoral Philippines, are under vergence in our regional The results of Bihar proved to be a time high on Tuesday. power, notwithstanding College. Towards the end the US security umbrella. and global outlook. We big failure of exit polls in the coun- The vaccine may not be available immediately. However, it gives hope to the heated rhetoric. Even of the 18th century only It also aims to wrest the particularly view try. This trend clearly indicates businesses across sectors like aviation, travel and hospitality, tourism, Mrs Indira Gandhi, hav- property-owning white crown as world leader in Chinese aggression, that exit polls are always not trust- movies among others that were shut because of the highly human contact ing imposed an ill- American men were innovation, infotech and ambition and threats worthy and reliable. Analysts slip nature of their operations. It will reopen a significant part of the economy advised Emergency in enfranchised, who com- biotech. Through the Belt from a similar prism. It is at some point in assessing the which is either shut or severely underperforming. The rise in the Sensex 1975, bowed out of office prised just six per cent of and Road Initiative (BRI), said that “where you pulse of the voter. However, a big and the Nifty was primarily driven by bank stocks, which indicate an opti- gracefully upon losing at the population. Women China is expanding its stand in the world has a salute to those who displayed their mistic assessment of the economy by investors. the hustings in 1977. got the right to vote only economic and strategic good deal to do with choice cleverly and silently in This assessment goes against claims made by several analysts that the Every credit goes to in 1920. Surprisingly, the footprint across the where you sit”. And there exercising their franchise. Indian economy would take a year or two to crawl back to its size in March India’s Election system has worked globe. As these directly are a handful of matters Lalitheswara Raju Valluri 2020. However, the bullishness of investors, who look at future earnings Commission for meticu- extremely well till now. threaten America’s pri- where our interests do Hyderabad before taking investment decisions, should keep us optimistic about the lously organising the However, not even macy, no US President, diverge, such as India’s return of normalcy in the economy. gigantic parliamentary America’s founding not even an internation- ties with Iran and Russia. Another factor that has been driving the growth in equity markets elections last year, fathers could have fore- alist like Joe Biden, can This is primarily due to across the world, including India, is the victory of Democratic candidate involving a 850-million seen and insulated the afford to turn a Nelson’s our geographical and 50 YEARS AGO IN Joe Biden in the US Presidential elections. Investors were happy about the strong electorate. electoral architecture eye. security imperatives. election result because they expected global trade would return to nor- Curiously, the United against an iconoclast and On the other hand, Mr It is reasonable to malcy under the Biden administration. However, with incumbent US States doesn’t have a narcissist like Donald Biden has stayed invest- expect, therefore, a con- President Donald Trump preparing for protracted legal challenges to Federal Electoral Trump, for whom the ed in India-US relations tinued emphasis and invalidate mail-in votes that predominantly favoured Mr Biden and sev- Commission. Each of the ends justify the means. for decades. He has visit- attention on infusing Gen. De Gaulle eral grey areas existing in the US electoral system, the field is still open in 50 states and Washington As of November 9, he con- ed India several times greater momentum in Washington. It would be ideal for Indian investors to be cautious and D.C. is responsible for tinues to claim victory and officially once while bilateral ties. America’s passes away watchful about the unfolding events in US politics. holding the elections and and vows to wage a futile he was vice-president in interest in the “Indo- COLOMBEY-LES-DEUX- framing procedural/poli- legal battle to get the 2013. He has been an Pacific concept” or the EGLISES, Nov. 10 cy guidelines, even with- results annulled or the admirer of India’s democ- “Quad” should remain General De Gaulle, towering out judicial oversight. As ballots recounted, essen- ratic moorings and plu- undiminished. Given the figure of modern French history, DECCAN CHRONICLE such, there is a wide vari- tially on frivolous ralism. As a senator, he trajectory that China is died suddenly in his country ation in practices. Some grounds. voted in favour of India- following, it is not incon- home here last night and will be KAUSHIK MITTER K. SUDHAKAR Editor Printer & Publisher states allow early voting All the same, much to specific motions at least ceivable for India to opt buried in the simple country by all, some don’t. Some the relief of the world and six times. He backed the for an enhanced partner- churchyard of this east French DECCAN CHRONICLE offices are located at: use EVMs, while others a majority of the civil nuclear agreement ship with the US. “If the village. have only paper ballots. 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.K. Arya, the new chief with the previous chief secretary from the IPS in September and tics, just as it does for those seek- hours of the issuing of the orders. secretary of Rajasthan, is D.B. Gupta who was slated to promptly joined a political party ing corporate jobs. The commis- At the time, Anand Bardhan, prin- not the first choice of retire in September. Under this barely weeks before the Bihar sion is yet to work out the modali- cipal secretary, forest depart- Nstate chief minister supposed deal, Mr Gupta resigned Assembly elections. His resigna- ties of how long this cooling-off ment, had issued a terse state- Ashok Gehlot for the position. in July and was immediately tion was accepted immediately, period should be, but sources say ment saying that it was a govern- Dilip Cherian Until the last moment, the last appointed advisor to the CM for a even though government regula- it could be at least two years. ment order “and we are simply working day of outgoing chief sec- year and Mr Swarup stepped in as tions stipulate that an officer who following it”. retary Rajeev Swarup, the Gehlot his successor. wishes to join private employment FOREST TRANSFERS IN However, according to sources, Dilli Ka Babu government hoped to push for a The babu grapevine has it that after service needs to wait a year UTTARAKHAND: A U-TURN several Indian Forest Service tenure extension for Mr Swarup. Mr Swarup endeared himself to after retirement or resigning from The forest department of (IFoS) officers say that the order But the Centre denied its consent the chief minister during the service. Uttarakhand and the state govern- was revoked since the transfer list and Mr Arya was drafted in, super- Gehlot-Sachin Pilot standoff, Though the demand for a cool- ment seem to be at odds with each contained several names that seding eight IAS officers in the which may not have gone down ing-off period is not a new one and other. The government recently were not presented before the process. He was additional chief well with the Centre. is usually raised around election cancelled all the transfers of for- civil service board for transfers. secretary for finance. Besides time when babus who have politi- est department officials done Further, some officers on deputa- appointing Mr Arya, the govern- HAVE ‘COOLING-OFF’ PERIOD cal ambitions often quit to join a between September and October tion were given additional charge, Gehlot denied ment also effected a major reshuf- FOR BABUS, SAYS EC political party. The government for violating an order that prohib- which is apparently against the fle involving 21 senior IAS officers. The Election Commission (EC) is has so far rejected it, arguing that ited transfer of any official during rules. According to a Supreme The drama was building for some now likely to recommend to the barring former babus from joining 2020-21. Apparently, the depart- Court ruling, no transfer can be time. Sources say that Mr Gehlot Centre a “cooling off” period for politics immediately after leaving ment has done around a dozen done without the approval of the his choice of had worked hard to ensure Mr IAS, IPS and other officers who service can be interpreted as an such transfers without first seek- civil services board. So why was Swarup was appointed chief secre- join politics soon after retirement infringement of their right to ing clearance from the state gov- this being done? That’s a mystery. tary in early July this year and or after resigning the service. equality. ernment. chief secretary then pushed for his extension. It is Sources say that the poll panel But the poll panel is now keen to Earlier, in July, sources say, the said that to appoint Mr Swarup to was jolted into this line of think- ensure that the government government had revoked the Share a babu experience! Follow the state’s top post, the chief min- ing after former Bihar DGP insists on a cooling-off period for transfer order of 11 deputy conser- [email protected]. Let’s ister reportedly “struck a deal” Gupteshwar Pandey resigned AIS officers seeking to join poli- vator of forests (DCFs) within 48 multiply the effect. WORLD DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020 pg 11

IN BRIEF Oz scientists find CHINA WILDLIFE CRIMES GO UP healthy coral reef AFTER COVID Shanghai, Nov. 10: China off northern coast prosecuted more than 15,000 people for wildlife-related cri- mes in the first nine months of Sydney, Nov. 10: Aust- month found the Great the year, up 66% from 2019, ralian scientists found a Barrier Reef had lost state prosecutors said, as detached coral reef on the more than half its coral authorities moved to enforce a Great Barrier Reef that in the last three decades. trafficking ban imposed after exceeds the height of the Using the underwater the Covid-19 outbreak. Empire State Building robot known as The Supreme People's and the Eiffel Tower, the SuBastian, the scientists Procuratorate said in a state- Schmidt Ocean Institute filmed their exploration ment published on its website said this week, the first of the new reef, collecting on Monday that nearly 7,000 of such discovery in over 100 marine samples on the the total arrests involved the years. way, which will be violation of fishing restric- The "blade like" reef is archived and placed in tions. Around 4,000 people nearly 500 metres tall and the Queensland Museum were prosecuted for illegal 1.5 kilometres wide, said and the Museum of hunting and 3,000 for illegally the institute founded by Tropical Queensland. purchasing, transporting and ex-Google boss Eric "To not only 3D map the selling endangered wild ani- Schmidt and his wife reef in detail, but also mal products. Wendy. It lies 40 metres visually see this discov- The procuratorate warned below the ocean surface ery with SuBastian is that a large proportion of the and about six kilometres incredible," Beaman illegal wildlife business had from the edge of Great added. shifted online, with traders Barrier Reef. Although the northern using e-commerce platforms to A team of scientists section of the Great sell prohibited wild animals. from James Cook Barrier Reef suffered The "exotic pet" trade was also University, led by Dr. from bleaching in 2016, a rising challenge, it added. Robin Beaman, were map- Beaman said this deta- China's lucrative and poorly ping the northern ched reef didn't display regulated wildlife trade came seafloor of the Great any evidence of damage. under the spotlight in January A woman crosses through floodwaters in the Melrose Place neighbourhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. — AP Barrier Reef on board the Bleaching occurs when after the first outbreak of institute's research vessel the water is too warm, COVID-19 in the city of Wuhan Falkor, when they found forcing coral to expel liv- was traced to a market selling the reef on Oct. 20. ing algae and causing it to wildlife products. "We are surprised and calcify and turn white. Scientists believe the novel elated by what we have The Great Barrier Reef coronavirus originated in Florida mop up after deluge found," said Beaman. runs 2,300 km (1,429 horseshoe bats and could have He said it was the first miles) down Australia's infected humans via an inter- detached reef of that size northeast coast spanning mediary species. Tropical Storm Eta moves into the Gulf of Mexico with winds of 50 mph to be discovered in over an area half the size of Fort Lauderdale, Nov. South Florida, then moved ● SUBTROPICAL centimetres) of water. "It were to remain closed 120 years and that it was Texas. It was world her- 10: Cities in South Florida Monday into the Gulf of STORM Theta, the 29th took us 20 minutes to navi- Tuesday. Eta hit land late thriving with a "blizzard itage listed in 1981 by CARBON MARKET mopped up after Tropical Mexico near where the gate out of our neighbor- Sunday as it blew over of fish" in a healthy UNESCO as the most Storm Eta flooded some Everglades meet the sea, named storm of the sea- hood due to the heavy Lower Matecumbe, in the ecosystem. extensive and spectacular MUST GROW TO urban areas with a deluge with maximum sustained son, has formed over the flooding in our area,” middle of the chain of The discovery comes coral reef ecosystem on that swamped entire winds of 50 mph (85 kph). open northeast Atlantic Walker added. small islands that form after a study earlier this the planet. — Reuters MEET PARIS GOAL neighbourhoods and filled Broward County, which Ocean and is expected to Floodwaters also sub- the Keys. some homes with rising includes Fort Lauderdale, strengthen during the merged half of his sister's Forecasters said Eta's London, Nov. 10: Global vol- water that did not drain was among the harder hit next 12 to 24 hours, the car. As much as 16 inches system is likely to weaken untary carbon credit markets for hours. areas. "It's very bad. In the (40.6 centimetres) of rain as it slowly moves up the must grow 15 fold by 2030 to It was the 28th named last 20 years, I've never U.S. National Hurricane damaged one of the state's southwest Gulf Coast, but enable companies and organi- storm in a busy hurricane seen anything like that," Center said. The system largest Covid-19 testing some models show it sations to meet goals set under season, and the first to said Tito Carvalho, who is located about 995 sites, at Miami-Dade Cou- strengthening into a larg- the Paris climate agreement, a make landfall in Florida. owns a car stereo business miles (1,600 km) south- nty's Hard Rock Stadium, er storm. It is just far private sector task force said This year tied the record in Fort Lauderdale and west of the Azores, officials said. Throughout enough offshore to main- on Tuesday. with 2005, when estimated the water was 3 packing maximum sus- the pandemic, it has been tain a bit of strength while Many global companies such Hurricanes Katrina, Rita feet (less than a metre) tained winds of 50 miles one of the busiest places dumping vast amounts of as oil majors Shell RDSa.L and and Wilma struck the Gulf deep in some places. for people to get a coron- water across the lower BP BP.L, and e-commerce giant Coast. But that was before Some items in his busi- per hour (85 km per avirus diagnosis. third of the Florida penin- Amazon AMZN.O have pledged Theta formed late Monday ness were damaged from hour), the NHC added. The site was expected to sula. It did show signs of to reach net zero emissions but night over the northeast the flooding, he added. be closed until Wednesday weakening Monday after- will need to buy or generate Atlantic, becoming the Firefighters pulled a per- or Thursday. All of the noon, but forecasts beyond carbon credits to offset the basin's 29th named storm son from a car that had than we could've ever testing sites in Miami- 72 hours were unclear. emissions they are unable to to eclipse the 2005 record. driven into a canal Sunday imagined, and we were Dade, Broward and Palm In Key Biscayne, an cut from their operations. After striking Nicaragua night in Lauderhill, north prepared," said Arbie Beach counties managed island off Miami, some "To facilitate this global as a Category 4 hurricane of Miami. The patient was Walker, a 27-year-old stu- by the state government streets were flooded and decarbonisation there is a need and killing nearly 70 peo- hospitalised in critical dent whose Fort Laude- closed on Sunday and tree branches knocked for a transparent, verifiable ple from Mexico to condition, authorities rdale apartment was filled Monday due to the storm. down. and robust voluntary carbon Panama, Eta swept over said. “It was far worse with 5 or 6 inches (13 to 15 At least seven testing sites — AP market," a consultation docu- ment by the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets said on Tuesday. MAURITIUS OIL The Taskforce is made up of around 50 members from com- Wind energy set Radar to spot approaching bears panies such as Shell and BP, SPILL CLEAN-UP Tata Steel and airline Etihad Churchill, Canada, Nov. watch and warn when a rbyen, a former coal-min- "We're setting up this and is sponsored by global 10: Along the frosty coast bear approaches and do so ing town on Norway's perfect scenario for BY JANUARY finance association the Instit- for record growth of Hudson Bay, hundreds in a snowstorm and dur- Svalbard archipelago, increased human-bear ute of International Finance. of polar bears have been ing the dead of night. where a Dutch man was interaction and increased Tokyo, Nov. 10: The voluntary carbon market London, Nov. 10: Wind would take cumulative wandering for weeks, "The radar can see killed by a polar bear in human-bear conflict. (Reuters) - The clean-up will need to grow more than 15 energy will achieve rec- wind power capacity to waiting for the wintertime through all of that," said August. That bear was We're trying to get ahead of a massive oil spill in fold to around 2 billion tonnes ord growth globally over almost 1,000 GW, GWEC sea ice to form so they can Geoff York, senior conser- shot by authorities to pre- of that." Churchill's last August from a vessel off of carbon credits a year by 2030 the next five years, the said. return to hunting ringed vation director at Polar vent another attack. bear attack was in 2013, Mauritius will likely be to enable this to happen, the Global Wind Energy "Over 50% of the seals. Bears International who As climate change when a wayward animal mostly completed by document said. Council (GWEC) trade onshore wind capacity Until then, they repre- has been "training" the warms the Arctic faster mauled a young woman January, the bulk carri- The Taskforce identified sev- association said on added between 2020 to sent a danger to the 900 system's artificial intelli- than the rest of the world, walking home from a er's owner, Japan's eral areas of work including Thursday, as the impact of 2024 will be installed in people living in nearby gence this year to recog- the region has been draw- Halloween party. The Nagashiki Shipping, establishing principles to Covid-19 has only been to China and the U.S., led by Churchill - a remote, sub- nize bears on the tundra ing more tourists, at least woman survived after said on Thursday. ensure market integrity. delay, not cancel, projects. installation rushes to Arctic town in Canada near Churchill. until the Coronavirus pan- receiving 28 staples to her Of the roughly 1,000 "While some project meet subsidy deadlines," famous for the visiting "It's one more way to demic severely restricted scalp. Two bears were tonnes that spilled from completion dates have it added. carnivores. keep communities or travel. With sea ice break- killed in response. The the Panamanian-flagged IEA: RECORD NEW been pushed into 2021 due The costs of wind ener- The town is working on a camps safe." ing up earlier and forming bear radar, or "Beardar", MV Wakashio, all of the to the pandemic, next gy have fallen rapidly plan to prevent conflicts Next year, the system later, "we're seeing more was adapted from a sys- oil that had been floating RENEWABLE year is expected to be a over the last few years between hungry bears and will be deployed for the bears on shore in more tem designed by a private in the ocean had been record year for the wind and are expected to con- humans, using a new first time at a tourist places and for longer time surveillance firm for mili- recovered, Nagashiki ENERGY CAPACITY industry with 78 GW tinue to decrease. Gover- radar system that can campsite near Longyea- periods," York said. tary use. — Reuters Shipping said in a state- (gigawatts) of new wind nments are also under ment. London, Nov. 10: Record lev- capacity forecast to be pressure to cut carbon Work to remove the oil els of new renewable energy installed in 2021," GWEC emissions, which is help- along approximately 30 capacity are set to come on said in an outlook report. ing to shift investment km (18.6 miles) of coast- stream this year and next, In total some 348 GW of away from fossil fuel and Charles: Prioritise climate change fight line was proceeding while fossil fuel capacity will new onshore and offshore into renewable energy, smoothly and would fall due to an economic slump capacity are expected by such as wind. London, Nov. 10: Charles, we have to do to rescue the ing their operations may economy. likely be completed by and the Covid-19 crisis, the the end of 2024, which — Reuters 71, who has spent most of situation, rather than be on the natural world." In September, Charles January, it said. International Energy Agency his life campaigning on going on, talking about it." Charles's call came the called for a military-style The vessel, chartered (IEA) said in a report. green issues, said the eco- He outlined 10 immedi- day after Britain's finan- response to the threat of by Mitsui OSK Lines In its annual renewables out- nomic recovery from the ate actions that could cial watchdog said from climate change reminis- Ltd, ran aground on a look, the IEA said new addi- Coronavirus pandemic make a significant differ- January companies listed cent of the U.S. Marshall reef in Mauritius on tions of renewables capacity presented an unprecedent- ence from mobilising inve- on the London Stock Plan to rebuild post-war July 25 and began leak- worldwide would increase by ed opportunity for a shift stment in sustainable inf- Exchange would have to Europe, saying the world ing oil on Aug. 6. 4% from last year to a record towards a sustainable rastructure to increasing improve disclosures on was facing a catastrophe. The spilt oil had spread 198 gigawatts (GW) this year. model. carbon capture use and st- the risks they were facing "With the urgency over a vast area of This means renewables will "I'm afraid we are literal- orage to "buy us precious from climate change. required, I hope you will endangered corals, account for almost 90% of the ly at the last step. And time" as the world moves Finance minister Rishi join me to drive a new affecting fish and other increase in total power capaci- there is real urgency for to a net zero economy. Sunak also told parlia- Marshall-like plan for marine life in what some ty worldwide this year. action," the prince told the "We must start account- ment that Taskforce on nature, people and planet, scientists have called the Supply chain disruptions and Green Horizon Summit, ing for natural capital on Climate-related Financial led by the private sector to Indian Ocean island's construction delays slowed the designed to mobilise the companies' balance Disclosures (TCFD) would align our collective efforts worst ecological disas- progress of renewable energy financial sector in the run- sheets," he said. "Without become mandatory by and resources for the ter. projects in the first six months up to a U.N. climate this firms simply cannot 2025, going beyond "com- highest possible impact," Nagashiki Shipping of this year due to the change conference next tell the true value of their ply or explain" to support he told the summit. also said the planned Coronavirus pandemic. year. "We know now what asset base nor how damag- the greening of the UK — Reuters removal of the rear por- However, the construction of tion of the vessel would plants and manufacturing acti- begin in late December vity has ramped up again, and and last several months. logistical challenges have been DANGER | LURKS Cold can freeze equipment and Earth’s magnetic field disrupts compasses The front part was scut- mostly resolved, the IEA said. tled in August as Electricity generated by instructed by local renewables will increase by 7% authorities. globally this year, despite a 5% — Reuters annual drop in global energy Routes open: Arctic headache for ship insurers demand, the largest since ● OF THE roughly World War II. London, Nov. 10: When The cold can freeze Arctic's waters picks up, forum with the Internat- In the past few years, Council, an intergovern- 1,000 tonnes that Next year, renewable capacity Captain Will Whatley equipment and the earth's insurance companies are ional Union of Marine Ins- marine insurers in gener- mental forum on Arctic spilled from the additions are on track for a rise guides a ship through magnetic field disrupts grappling with a funda- urance (IUMI), the leading al have been paying out affairs. Panamanian-flagged of almost 10%, which would be Arctic waters, he is starkly compasses. If anything mental question: If some- association for the global more for ship damage than For insurers that do con- MV Wakashio, all of the fastest growth since 2015. aware of what can go goes wrong, "you are so far thing goes wrong, who marine insurance market. they collected in premi- template new ice routes, "Renewable power is defying wrong. away from help," said pays? So far, it's unclear Without years worth of ums, according to IUMI there is a dramatic prece- the oil that had been the difficulties caused by the Double the manpower is Whatley, 31, who sails that the cost of a major data on the number of data. Brokers say some are dent: The Titanic, which floating in the ocean pandemic, showing robust needed to navigate. through Arctic and accident would be com- casualties, accidents, colli- pulling out of the market hit an iceberg and went had been recovered, growth while others fuels Lookout shifts are kept to Antarctic waters for the pletely covered by insur- sions or oil spills, she said, completely. So the appetite down in the freezing Nagashiki Shipping struggle," said Dr Fatih Birol, just one hour, so sailors British Antarctic Survey. ance. Damages from a ship "it's impossible to do the to underwrite risks in the waters of the North said in a statement. the IEA's executive director. don't lose concentration As climate change opens spilling oil, hitting an ice- risk modelling." Arctic market is not high. Atlantic in April 1912. The Work to remove the oil Policymakers need to support and miss a mass of float- new sea routes, experi- berg or becoming maroo- More than 10 insurance It's "not like the rest of loss was as devastating along approximately 30 the strong momentum behind ing ice. Big icebergs show enced polar captains like ned can run into the hun- companies or brokers the world, with tried and then as more recent catas- renewables growth and if poli- up on radar, but smaller, Whatley are coveted for dreds of millions of dol- interviewed by Reuters tested shipping routes and trophes like Hurricane km (18.6 miles) of cy uncertainties are addressed, truck-sized "bergy bits" — Arctic voyages that can lars. said they still had too little known risks," said Katrina have been since, coastline was proceed- renewable energy capacity even more dangerous — save money on the run "It's all very much new knowledge of the region to Michael Kingston, an leading global insurance ing smoothly and additions could reach 271 GW can be missed, the captain between Europe and Asia. territory," said Helle Ham- resolve all questions about Arctic marine consultant market Lloyd's of London would likely be com- in 2022,the IEA said. says. But as activity in the mer, chair of the policy liability. and adviser to the Arctic says. — Reuters pleted by January. HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020 pg 12 Pandemic helps nearly 80% schools to adopt tech quick SANGEETHA G nology faster. Prior to the er facilities, as per a study readiness, schools were 20 to 30 per cent schools are the surveyed school stu- pattern was observed in CHENNAI, NOV. 10 pandemic, out of the 15 by Bengaluru-based remarkably resilient in using live tuitions, sharing dents are making use of bigger cities and smaller lakh schools in the coun- RedSeer Consulting and adjusting to the "new nor- digital content through live lectures to connect cities. Covid-19 has helped faster try, only 2.6 lakh or 14 per Mumbai-based Internet mal"," said Anil Kumar, shared cloud, e-mail and with the teachers, which In the case of colleges, 80 technology adoption by cent had working comput- and Mobile Association of founder, RedSeer the like. Another 45 to 55 used to be under 10 per per cent students are mak- BITES schools. While only 15 per ers. This includes 35 per India (IAMAI.) Consulting. per cent schools have basic cent before the lockdown - ing use of live lectures to cent of the schools in India cent private aided schools, "Schools and other edu- In the past six months, digital communication an eight-fold jump. Private connect with the teachers, had working computers 30 per cent private unaided cation institutes were technology adoption has through Whats-App and schools performed above which earlier would be INDICATORS % prior to Covid-19, now schools, 9.8 per cent gov- caught off guard after the been at different levels similar platforms and they average with 90 per cent close to 30 per cent, a 2.5 almost 80 per cent of them ernment schools and 7 per onset of Covid and lock- across schools. Less than share pre-recorded digital students and parents mak- times jump. Engineering Sensex 43,277.65 1.60 have made some level of cent other schools. downs. However, despite five per cent schools use content. However, 15 to 25 ing use of technology to colleges were equipped Nifty 50 12,631.10 1.37 technology adoption. However, in the case of low technology maturity, dedicated/advanced tech per cent schools have shut join live classes, while this with technology require- S&P 500* 3,543.39 -0.20 Covid-19 has disrupted higher education, about 85 both in terms of device/ solutions like teacher-cen- down, with no tech adop- was 60 per cent for govern- ments. But non-engineer- the education sector and per cent of the 55,000 col- infrastructure readiness tric tools and administra- tion. ment schools. However, not ing colleges were also able Dollar (`) 74.18 -0.03 forced them to adopt tech- leges had working comput- and teacher's technological tion management. Almost Further, 75 per cent of a significant difference in to catch up fast. Pound Sterling (`) 98.27 -0.96 Euro (`) 87.57 0.50 Gold (10gm)* (`) 50,338▲662 1.31 Brent crude ($/bbl)* 43.14 0.74  Banks say it’s a money losing proposition IN 10-Yr bond yield 5.916 0.040 Gold loan market grew US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 0.961 0.003 * As of 8:30 PM IST Promote only RuPay 1,400% in last decade SANGEETHA G market has the opportuni- seen some time since July CHENNAI, NOV. 10 ty to grow with collater- 2019 when prices started States may cut alised gold holdings of moving up sharply. A 28.8 The overall gold loan mar- 1,280 tonnes, equivalent to per cent rally in domestic card, FM tells banks ket has grown 1400 per cent about 5 per cent of the total gold price this year and the capital outlay on in the past ten years from outstanding gold stocks in need for quick credit FALAKNAAZ SYED than RuPay itself. So, pro- tial treatment in the pric- tion experience is seam- Rs 60,000 crore in FY10 to India. among small businesses infra by 40%: Icra MUMBAI, NOV. 10 mote Rupay cards. Make ing structure. The study less and they burn money Rs 9 lakh crore in FY20. Technology has also will further spur gold sure that the NPCI found that fewer RuPay to attract and retain cus- Greater use of technology become a key enabler for loans' growth post-Covid," Impacted by the pandemic, Finance minister becomes a brand-India debit cards were being tomers with so many will see the organised gold the organised players in said Somasundaram P.R., states are likely to cut capital Nirmala Sitharaman on product, which can be pro- issued by banks from offers such as free lounge loan outstanding growing spreading the reach of gold managing director, India, outlay on infrastructure by up Tuesday asked banks to moted elsewhere in the September 2019 to August access at airports, cam- 17 per cent this year to loan business. The digital World Gold Council. to 40 per cent, Icra said. States promote only RuPay cards globe and NPCI therefore 2020. The study also paigns, etc. On the other touch Rs 4 lakh crore and offerings in the form of It was believed that account for 37-40 per cent of and ensure that the should be a priority." revealed that only 65 lakh hand, the transaction further to Rs 4.6 lakh crore online gold loan schemes Covid-19 would induce the total infrastructure capital National Payments Corp- “Whoever needs the debit cards were issued in drops are high with UPI in FY22. have become popular. higher gold recycling from expenditure. Major states oration of India (NPCI) card, RuPay will be the August 2020, compared transactions. The govern- At a compound annual Further, the 28.8 per cent consumers. However, con- together had a budgeted capi- becomes a brand-India only card you will pro- with 4.6 crore cards in the ment should have a rea- growth rate (CAGR) of 31.1 rally in domestic gold price sumers used their gold tal outlay of over Rs 5.7 lakh product. But bankers mote,” she said. same period of 2019. sonable MDR to help us per cent over the last this year has led to holdings as collateral to crore for 2020-21 against Rs 5.1 argue that with no MDR MDR, or merchant dis- A senior banker said, recover expenses on decade, the gold loan mar- increased demand for gold obtain their financing lakh crore in 2019-20. “The charges on transactions, count rate, usually 1 to 3 “RuPay is India’s own RuPay,” added the banker. ket has touched Rs 9 lakh loans. Borrowers have ben- needs rather than outright capital outlay on infrastructure RuPay cards give zero rev- per cent of a transaction, card. There is no MDR on Sitharaman also gave crore. The market consists efited from higher loan sale. by states could decline 10-40 enue and they lose money is the fee charged to a mer- RuPay card, but banks lenders a deadline up to of organised players like value for the same collater- The demand for gold per cent in FY2021," Icra said. on it. Besides, the card is chant by payment proces- generally lose money March 31, 2021 to link all banks, NBFCs and Nidhi al while lenders have bene- loans during the pandemic not as competitive for cus- sors for debit and credit when MDR is not there, as bank accounts with companies as well as unor- fited from lower loan-to- has been strong for both tomers as MasterCard, card services. there is a cost involved. So Aadhaar. ganised players like pawn- value (LTV) ratios on their NBFCs and banks. Banks Visa and American After the government banks are happy to pro- “I want Aadhaar card- brokers and moneylend- existing loans and higher have aggressively promot- Express cards. revoking merchant mote Visa and seeded accounts.” “… by ers. demand. ed and launched gold loan WhatsApp adds Addressing the 73rd charges on digital pay- MasterCard. Even the March 31, 2021, every According to the World "The gold loan industry schemes since the out- annual general meeting of ments, Rupay debit cards RBI’s Pathak committee account should have a Gold Council, organised has traditionally been a pil- break. The assets under shopping button the Indian Banks' seem to have lost their had suggested not to make PAN where needed and gold loan outstanding is lar of support for small management (AUM) of Association (IBA) virtual- popularity with the MDR zero. So the govern- where applicable, and expected to hit Rs 4 lakh businesses and households Muthoot Finance and ly, Sitharaman said, “I banks, which are choos- ment has to relook at its Aadhaar in every one of crore in FY 21 from Rs 3.4 in need of emergency Manappuram Finance rose to push catalogue would not think it is nec- ing Visa and MasterCard. decision.” your accounts,” she said. lakh crore in FY20, thanks short-term assistance... by 15 per cent and 33.4 per essary today in India An IIT-Bombay study “Secondly, MasterCard She also said banks to the expansion in branch Covid-19 has boosted cent, respectively in the when RuPay is becoming authored by Prof. Ashish and Visa are already should discourage non- networks by gold loan demand for gold loans April-June quarter. global, for Indians to be Das has revealed that established international digital payments and pro- NBFCs and greater use of through banks and non- Federal Bank reported 36 given any other cards first RuPay is facing differen- companies. The transac- mote digital transactions. technology. banking financial compa- per cent increase in gold The organised gold loan nies. The recent rise was loan AUM. MS LAUNCHES NEXT-GEN XBOX Sensex in 43K zone Blockchain-based platform WhatsApp said it has added a new shopping button on its app GAMING CONSOLES RAVI RANJAN PRASAD elections. FPIs have net to make it easier for people to MUMBAI, NOV.10 invested Rs 15,874 crore in launched for crop trading discover a business catalogue to SUPANTHA MUKHERJEE November so far. get details about the goods and & SAM NUSSEY The bulls were unstop- The domestic institu- JUSTINA VASQUEZ The Pully, Switzerland- registered records 'forev- services offered by a firm. More STOCKHOLM/TOKYO, pable for the seventh con- tions, meanwhile, have NOV. 10 based company said it's er.'" than 175 million people message NOV. 10 secutive session, as the been booking profit and the first to combine the Agricultural commodity a WhatsApp Business account global market rallied on were net sellers by Rs Cerealia SA launched its need in the international blockchain trading plat- every day. Previously, people Microsoft Corp on hopes of a coronavirus 2,309.19 crore on Tuesday. blockchain-based physical Russian wheat market for forms have been projects had to click into the business' Tuesday launched two vaccine hitting drug Devarsh Vakil, deputy agriculture trading plat- a fast trading platform among both startups and profile to see if it had a cata- models of its Xbox gaming stores soon, fresh cases in head of retail research, form for commercial use, with a more thoroughly heavyweights in recent logue. Now, the shopping but- console, seven years after India falling to 38,000 and HDFC Securities, said, allowing companies to traceable execution pro- years. Prime Shipping ton, resembling a storefront the debut of the previous the NDA seemed taking a Mid-cap Index fell 0.10 per “Indian markets shot up trade wheat, sorghum and gramme. Russia is the Foundation piloted bulk icon, will lead to catalogue. version, to capture a pan- comfortable lead in Bihar cent while the Small-cap on positive overnight cues other commodities. world's top wheat produc- commodities payments demic-driven boom in con- elections. fell 0.48 per cent against from global markets and The launch followed a er. Transactions span via blockchain, shipping sumer spending on games. The Sensex closed above Sensex’s rise of 1.60 per Asian peers opening high- series of pilot transac- wheat as well as corn, bar- wheat from Russia to The Xbox Series X— the 43,000-mark for the cent. er.” tions beginning in 2018. ley and other grains and Turkey. Covantis SA was which the company has first time at 43,277.65, The volatility index, Banking stocks contin- Firms from Japan, Dubai, vegetable oil markets. announced in 2018 after described as the “world’s gaining 680.22 points and NSE’s India VIX, rose 7.28 ued to outperform, as the Ukraine, Turkey, Algeria "Traders can now be 100 the world's largest agricul- SBI board nod most powerful console”— the Nifty -50 closed at per cent to 21.58. Nifty Bank Index gained a and Brazil participated in per cent certain they real- tural commodities will retail for $499.99 and a 12,631.10, up 170 points. Foreign portfolio massive 3.89 per cent. At a pre-launch period before ly did the trade, versus traders--Archer-Daniels- for divesting UTI lower-priced Xbox Series S However, underperfor- investors pumped another the same time IT and the platform was released traditional over-the-phone Midland Co., Bunge Ltd., will sell for $299.99. mance and profit taking in Rs 5,627.32 crore into equi- pharmaceuticals stocks on Tuesday to the general brokerage," Andrei Cargill, Cofco Group, The strategy offers con- the broader market shows ties, as per the provisional corrected while beaten trading community, Grigorov, Cerealia's chief Louis Dreyfus Co. and the Trustee stake sumers greater choice but the market rally is getting data, making it Rs down stocks such as those according to a company executive officer, said in agriculture arm of SBI said its board has approved the compact Series S faces stretched now and could 20,340.45 crore investment tied to travel and leisure, statement. Transaction the statement. "Instantly, Glencore Plc -- teamed up divestment of over 8.5 per cent criticism for being less see some profit taking in the last four sessions movie theaters, and theme volumes range as large as they have digitally signed to streamline trading. holdings in UTI Trustee Comp- powerful than the Series X, before Diwali. The BSE post-the US presidential park moved up. 20,000 tonnes of grain. contracts and blockchain- — Bloomberg any. It said the nod from the with less storage capacity executive committee of the cen- and lacking advanced “ray tral board is for divesting 8,510 tracing” graphics for titles equity shares constituting 8.51 like Capcom’s “Devil May per cent of the bank's stake in Cry 5.” MAHINDRA BIDS UTI Trustee Company Pvt Ltd. Xbox will compete with Premji most generous EV era: Oil bill to dip by `1 L-cr; As per Sebi regulation, no spon- Sony Corp's 6758.T sor of a MF, its associate or PlayStation 5, scheduled to ADIEU TO PLANE group firm can have 10 per cent launch on Thursday. PS5 is shareholding or voting rights in widely viewed as leading Indian in FY20: Hurun MANUFACTURING the console race due to its govts to lose `1 L-cr revenue another mutual fund. bigger fan base and a Mumbai, Nov. 10: Mumbai, Nov. 10: broader range of exclusive Wipro's Azim Premji SANGEETHA G Mahindra Group on gaming titles available at donated Rs 22 crore a day, CHENNAI, NOV. 10 WIN SOME, LOSE SOME Tuesday said it has launch. —Reuters or Rs 7,904 crore, in a year If 30% of new vehicles sold are electric by 2030: closed down its aircraft to emerge as the most gen- India can save Rs 1 lakh manufacturing business Crompton erous Indian in FY20 and crore on crude oil Crude import bill 19% fewer jobs in oil & in Australia and is topped a list of philanthro- imports annually if elec- engine-making sectors scouting for a buyer, promoters sell INDIA-BOUND NEW p y. tric vehicles (EVs) were down by `1 L cr more than a decade after Premji pipped HCL to garner 30 per cent `2 L cr market for `2 L cr annual value- venturing into high-cost 1,630 cr shares LAND ROVER Technologies' Shiv Nadar, share of new vehicle power-train, add loss for oil and auto plane-making business. ` who had earlier topped the sales by 2030, says a study. PLUS battery, public sectors The decision also Azim Premji MINUS list collated by Hurun Meeting the 30 per cent chargers added `1 L cr tax revenue comes little over a year Macritchie Investments Pte Ltd DISCOVERY REVEALED Report India and Edelgive mitting Rs 500 crore, and EV penetration target in after one of the planes, 120,000 new jobs loss on fuel tax to and Amalfiaco Ltd, promoters Foundation, by a wide Aditya Birla Group donat- 2030 will also have sever- manufactured at the of Crompton Greaves Consumer MICHAEL GONSALVES margin. Nadar's donations ing Rs 400 crore. al environmental bene- generated Centre & states Australian facility, Electricals Ltd, offloaded the PUNE, NOV 10 stood at Rs 795 crore for The Tatas' commitment fits, including a 17 per crashed in Sweden firm's shares worth over Rs 1,631 FY20 against Rs 826 crore also includes a Rs 500 cent decrease each in pri- could amount to about Rs "As India recovers from killing nine persons. crore through open market The Jaguar Land Rover, in prior year. Premji had crore donation to the mary particulate matter 2 lakh crore. In addition, the pandemic, a focus on In 2009, Mahindra transactions. Macritchie sold the Tata Motors-owned donated Rs 426 crore in the newly created fund. and nitrogen oxide and the central and state gov- developing India's Group acquired 75.1 per over 1.89 crore scrips at an aver- British marquee, which previous fiscal. Premji's generosity dioxide (NOx) emissions, ernments would lose domestic EV manufac- cent stake each in two age price of Rs 296.54 per took the covers off the new Mukesh Ambani of Reli- pulled the total donations 18 per cent reduction in over Rs 1 lakh crore in turing sector and Australian aerospace scrip, valuing the deal at Rs Land Rover Discovery in ance Industries retained up by 175 per cent to Rs carbon monoxide emis- tax revenue annually increasing the penetra- firms, Gippsland 561.23 crore, as per bulk deal the UK is all set to enter the third spot among the 12,050 crore in FY20, the sions, and a 4 per cent from reduced sale of tion of electric vehicles Aeronautics (Gipps data on NSE. Amalfiaco the Indian luxury car mar- list of givers by donating list said. cut in greenhouse gas petrol and diesel. in road transport would Aero) and Aerostaff offloaded over 3.6 crore shares ket next year. Rs 458 crore against Rs 402 Azim Premji Endow- emissions relative to the However, the increase help deliver on jobs, Australia, for Rs 175 at Rs 296.57 apiece. The updated 2021 model crore a year ago, it said. ment Fund owns 13.6 per business as usual sce- in EV penetration could growth and sustainabili- crore as part of its plans the fifth generation The pandemic had the cent of the promoter's nario, found a study by also increase the com- ty. This would require to manufacture aircraft Discovery SUV is aimed at corporate honchos repur- shareholding in Wipro the Council on Energy, bined market size of creating a robust and and allied components Printed & Published by rejuvenating sales of what posing their donations to and has the right to Environment and Water power-train, battery and comprehensive transi- to service global market. K. Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan was formerly one of its fight Covid infections, and receive all money earned (CEEW), a New Delhi- public chargers to over tion plan for electric "We have shut down Chronicle Holdings Limited, Printed at best-selling models. It will the top giver on this from promoter shares. based think-tank. Rs 2 lakh crore in addi- mobility that capitalises our Gipps Aero busi- Deccan Chronicle Press at Deccan be introduced in the turned out to be Tata Sons Individuals who have The higher EV penetra- tion to creating 120,000 on the opportunities cre- ness, which was into the Chronicle Holdings Ltd. #563/9/D&9/E, Indian market next year. with a Rs 1,500- crore com- donated more than Rs 10 tion would also mean 19 new jobs in this sector. ated in the form of manufacturing of 8- and Behind Andhra Bank Pet Basheerbagh, mitment, followed by crore numbered 78 against per cent fewer jobs in the Further, a substantial improvement in balance 10-seater planes in Kompally, Ranga Reddy Dist. Editor: of payments, new mar- T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Reg Premji at Rs 1,125 crore 72 a year ago. oil sector and the inter- number of new jobs are Australia," Mahindra & No.APENG/2008/24282. © All rights and Ambani's Rs 510 crore. With a donation of Rs 27 nal combustion engine- likely to be created in kets, and jobs generated," Mahindra deputy man- reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part A bulk of the corporate crore, Amit and Archana making sector combined. emerging areas such as said Abhinav Soman, one aging director and without written permission of The Editor, commitments seemed to Chandra of ATE Chandra Further, the annual battery recycling, telem- of the authors of the group CFO Anish Shah Financial Chronicle ® is have gone to the PM- Foundation are the only value-add loss in the oil atics, and allied con- study and a researcher at told reporters in a post- prohibited. CARES Fund, with professional managers to and automobile sectors struction and services. CEEW. earnings call. — PTI Reliance Industries com- ever enter the list. —PTI GAMES pg 13 DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020

SHORT TAKES Alia first female director in PCB Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed a female director for the first time. MUMB-HIGH FIVE! Human resources executive Alia Zafar has been included among four new PCB directors. The others are finance executive Rohit & Co. hammer Delhi by 5 wickets to take fifth IPL title Javed Kurieshi, economist Asim Wajid Jawad and corporate Dubai, Nov. 10: A peer- executive Arif Saeed. less Rohit Sharma led Zafar and Jawad were appoint- defending champions SCORECARD ed for two-year terms. Mumbai Indians to their Delhi Capitals: Marcus The PCB’s new constitution fifth IPL title with a one- Stoinis c de Kock b Boult makes it mandatory to include sided demolition of Delhi 0, Shikhar Dhawan b at least one woman among four Capitals here on Tuesday, Jayant 15, Ajinkya Rahane independent directors on its closing an immensely c de Kock b Boult 2, board of governors. successful tournament Shreyas Iyer (not out) 65, I welcome the newly-appointed that had to be played in a Rishabh Pant c Hardik b independent members, espe- controlled environment Coulter-Nile 56, Shimron cially Ms Alia Zafar, the first amid the raging Covid-19 Hetmyer c Coulter-Nile b female independent member, pandemic. Boult 5, Axar Patel c sub b which is a giant step forward in If last year’s one-run Coulter-Nile 9, Kagiso enhancing the PCB’s gover- win over Chennai Super Rabada (run out) 0. nance structure, PCB chairman Kings was an absolute Extras (lb-1 w-3) 4. Total Ehsan Mani said. — AP cliffhanger, Rohit’s aristo- (for 7 wkts, in 20 overs) cratic 68 off 50 balls made 156. it an anti-climax with FoW: 1-0, 2-16, 3-22, 4- Bangla captain Mumbai Indians chasing 118, 5-137, 6-149, 7-156. the target of 157 in 18.4 Bowling: Trent Boult 4-0- tests positive overs. 30-3, Jasprit Bumrah 4-0- Five IPL titles are cer- 28-0, Jayant Yadav 4-0- Dhaka: Bangladesh Test captain tain to make Rohit the 25-1, Nathan Coulter-Nile Mominul Haque has tested posi- undisputed ‘Numero Uno’ 4-0-29-2, Krunal Pandya tive for Covid-19 and he is player-cum-leader in the 3-0-30-0, Kieron Pollard undergoing home isolation, IPL Universe. 1-0-13-0. according to a report here. He has played way bet- Mumbai Indians: R. Haque’s coronavirus positive ter knocks than this in Sharma c sub (Lalit result came close on the heels the past and will play a Yadav) b Nortje 68, Q de of another senior player few more special ones in Kock c Pant b Stoinis 20, Mahmudullah Riyad contracting the future. S. Yadav run out the virus which forced him to But he might never play (Dubey/Pant) 19, Ishan miss the Pakistan Super League a more significant one Kishan (not out) 33, K. play-offs. considering the little Pollard b Rabada 9, H. Bangladesh Cricket Board chief whirlpool of controversy Pandya c Rahane b Nortje physician Dr Debashish that his “once damaged 3, K. Pandya (not out) 1. Chowdhury confirmed Haque’s and now on the mend Extras (lb 4) 4. Total (for test result to local news web- hamstring” created. 5 wkts, in 18.4 overs) 157. site. Haque, on his part, said The ‘Hit-Man’ has given FoW: 1-45, 2-90, 3-137, 4- that he had mild fever and got an altogether new mean- 147, 5-156. himself tested. “I only came to ing to what has one Bowling: R. Ashwin 4-0- know yesterday that I have test- known till now about 28-0, K. Rabada 3-0-32-1, ed positive for Covid-19. I had crushing pain barriers. A. Nortje 2.4-0-25-2, M. fever for the last two days. A hamstring injury can Stoinis 2-0-23-1, A. Patel Even I am running temperature be very painful but the 4-0-16-0, P. Dubey 3-0- today. But otherwise, there manner in which India’s 29-0. aren’t any other symptoms,” regular white-ball skip- Haque said.— PTI per exploded inside the ‘Ring of Fire’ at the Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma (left) and team celebrate their win over Delhi Dubai International Capitals in the final of IPL Season 13 in Dubai on Tuesday. — BCCI Bairstow to make Stadium, he was fighting a battle of his own. ● ● If last year’s one-run win over but got the dangerous KXIP LIKELY TO RETAIN RAHUL-KUMBLE Big Bash debut The cover drive was Chennai Super Kings was an absolute Rishabh Pant (56 off 38 New Delhi, Nov. 10: Kings about his class, the balls) at the nick of time XI Punjab are likely to con- K.L. Rahul Sydney: England wicketkeeper- whiplash behind square cliffhanger, Rohit’s aristocratic 68 off 50 to put the brakes. tinue with the captain and (left) and Anil batsman Jonny Bairstow will was his swagger and the balls made it an anti-climax with Mumbai Rohit’s batting only fin- coach combine of K.L. Kumble. make his Big Bash League so very familiar “Rohit Indians chasing the target of 157 in 18.4 ished what looked Rahul and Anil Kumble debut this year after signing for Sharma pull shot” was an overs. inevitable but it was his even after finishing sixth in the Melbourne Stars. assurance to BCCI presi- captaincy that set it up. a closely-contested 2020 The 10th edition of Australia’s dent Sourav Ganguly that ● Only 45 runs conceded Indian Premier League. Twenty20 tournament begins “All Is Well”. Five IPL titles are certain to make Rohit in the last five overs dur- A team source said that on December 10, although the And to prove a point, he the undisputed ‘Numero Uno’ player-cum- ing the DC innings was a the owners want Rahul and 31-year-old will not be available fetched those doubles, tap leader in the IPL Universe. game-changer as Shreyas Kumble take the team for- until after Christmas. and run singles including Iyer (65 no off 50 balls) lit- ward in the 2021 edition, “I’ve always watched the BBL a misjudged one that saw erally struggled during scheduled in less than six no matter where I’ve been in Suryakumar Yadav (19) looked in a different six finals it has played. the end overs. months. the world and it will be nice to sacrificing his wicket for league compared to seven If Jasprit Bumrah That was the time when Rahul, who captained the can be built. That group of years. “The owners are finally be a part of it,” said his skipper and rightly others. wreaked havoc in the save for Bumrah (0/28 in 4 team for the first team this includes Rahul, Mayank happy with captain and Bairstow late Monday. so. The carrom ball As Rohit had said earli- Qualifier one, Trent Boult overs), Boult and Coulter- season, had another stellar Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, coach. Rahul was excep- “I know the Stars are one of the bowled by Ashwin was er, it’s not rocket science (3/30) decided that final Nile took the pace off the season with the bat, amass- Mohammad Shami, Chris tional with the bat and competition’s profile clubs and deposited to point fence but investing in pure was his turn to inflict the deliveries with slow ing 670 runs at an average Gayle and youngsters like team scripted a remarkable have a track record of being in with a cracking square match-winners that has damage and he did it with bouncers and cutters of 55.83. It was Kumble’s Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep comeback in the second contention in finals.” cut and the straight six given Mumbai Indians a first ball beauty that making it difficult to hit. first season with the fran- Singh. half of the season. Had that Bairstow will join forces with off leg spinner Praveen such a menacing look. Marcus Stoinis will And the decision to have chise. The management wants short run not being called the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Dubey was “Boss Man” Rome wasn’t built in a remember for years to off-spinner Jayant Yadav KXIP, who have never had to plug the gaps in the mid- in the first game (against Marcus Stoinis and Adam written all over it. day and neither a champi- come. replace leg-spinner Rahul a settled unit, have finally dle order and bowling DC), the team would have Zampa at the Stars. “His experi- There has never been an on outfit that has now Nathan Coulter-Nile Chahar also proved to be found a core group of play- department, which has been in play-offs” the ence and versatility will be a edition where a team has won five titles out of the looked like a weak-link a success. — PTI ers around whom a team been an issue for a number source said. — PTI valuable addition to our batting line-up, and we’ve got several ‘keeping options in the squad as well,” said Melbourne coach BCCI INVITES David Hussey. — AFP Waugh sad about Virat pullout DRUMS BEAT FOR PUCOVSKI Sydney, Nov. 10: APPLICATIONS Pak whitewash Australian great Steve AUSTRALIA TOUR AFTER BACK-TO-BACK TONS Waugh said on Tuesday Sydney, Nov. 10: former skipper Michael Zimbabwe in T20 he was surprised and dis- be there — and a bit sur- Australia’s selectors were Clarke told reporters. FOR SELECTORS appointed that India cap- prised,” former skipper under pressure on “Got to pick him. The Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Leg spin- tain Virat Kohli will miss Waugh, who played 168 Tuesday to pick Will fact this series is in New Delhi, Nov. 10: The ner Usman Qadir grabbed four three Tests to be at the Tests, said. Pucovski as an opening Australia is a great way to BCCI on Tuesday invited wickets to guide Pakistan to a birth of his first child, “This was really shap- batsman for the Test get him into that Test applications for replacing 3-0 whitewash of Zimbabwe with his absence detract- ing up as one the key series against India after team as well. He is play- three outgoing selectors with an eight-wicket victory in ing from the blockbuster series of his whole career the young prodigy ing in conditions he is in the senior men’s com- the third Twenty20here on series. after he’s achieved just smacked back-to-back accustomed to.” mittee. The deadline for Tuesday. The 32-year-old and his about everything. But double centuries. Fellow former captains sending applications is The 27-year-old Qadir — son of Bollywood star wife obviously family comes The 22-year-old hit an Ian Chappell and Kim Sunday, November 15, the late star spinner Abdul Anushka Sharma are first.” unbeaten 255 for Victoria Hughes expressed similar with an age-cap of 60 Qadir — finished with 4-13 from expecting a child in India are due leave this in the Sheffield Shield sentiments, as did Mark years and a minimum eli- four mesmerising overs to January, and Kohli has week for Australia, where last week, sharing in a Waugh. gibility criteria of 30 first- restrict Zimbabwe to a paltry been given permission by they will spend two weeks record opening stand of “I would definitely be class matches. 129-9 in 20 overs. the Indian cricket board in quarantine in Sydney 486 runs with Marcus picking him for the first However, it goes without That proved a walk in the park to return home after the before the first one-day Harris against South Test against India,” saying that international for the home team, which first Test in Adelaide, international on Australia. Waugh told Fox Sports. experience (7 Tests or a cruised to victory in 15.2 overs which begins on November 27. He followed it with 202 “He should be picked as combination of 10 ODIs losing just two wickets. December 17. Kohli will lead India in against Western an opening batsman.” and 20 first-class matches) Pakistan lost Fakhar Zaman (21) While the absence of three ODIs, three T20 and Australia on Monday “Joe Burns has got a will be given preference. and Haider Ali (27) but debu- the superstar batsman the first Test — a day- which saw former decent enough record, but The three outgoing tant Abdullah Shafique top- could improve Australia’s night match in Adelaide Australia captains add his start to the season selectors are Devang scored with 41 and saw chances of regaining the — before heading home. their weight to calls for hasn’t been ideal and he Gandhi (East Zone), Pakistan home with Khushdil Border-Gavaskar trophy, The second Test starts him to open alongside just hasn’t nailed that Sarandeep Singh (North Shah (36 not out). — AFP it is a blow to broadcast- in Melbourne on David Warner, at the spot down.” Zone) and Jatin Brief scores: Zimbabwe 129/9 ers and cricket chiefs December 26 followed by expense of incumbent Joe Selectors are finalising Paranjape (West Zone). (Chibhabha 31, Qadir 4/13, Wasim already feeling the effects matches in Sydney on Burns. the squad for the first of While the BCCI has 2/27) lost to Pakistan 130/2 of a pandemic-affected January 7 and Brisbane “It’s against a good four Tests against India done away with the zonal (Shafique 41, Khushdil 36*) year. on January 15, all played team, India, but this kid’s in Adelaide on December policy officially, the con- “I’m a little bit disap- under strict bio-security ready... Now is his time,” 17. — AFP vention has been to pointed he’s not going to protocols. — AFP replace the candidate Live on TV from the same zone as Sunil Joshi (South) CRICKET replaced MSK Prasad, Women’s Big Bash League: Perth who was the chairman of Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers from 9 the last committee. am; Brisbane Heat vs Sydney CA chief reveals Kohli missing Tests was on cards Similarly, Rajasthan’s Thunder from 1.35 pm on Sony Six Gagan Khoda was Melbourne, Nov. 10: leave and he will return to We’re thrilled Virat is respect the fact he wants be a huge amount to play replaced by Railways’ FOOTBALL Cricket Australia chief India after the opening coming out for three to be there for the birth of for ... it will be fascinating Harvinder Singh as the International Friendlies: Norway vs executive Nick Hockley is Test, scheduled from ODIs, three T20s, the his first child. series.” central zone selector last Israel from 10.30 pm on Sony Six; not surprised by Virat December 17 in Adelaide. “Clearly, (he is) one of Hockley said it looks February. Turkey vs Croatia from 11.15 pm on first ever day-night Test Kohli’s withdrawal from Hockley, who is CA’s against India and we the game’s absolute super- highly unlikely that Kohli It is expected that the Sony Ten 2, HD; Belgium vs three Test matches here as interim chief executive, stars. We’re looking for- could get back to Australia applications of all those Switzerland from 1.15 am have to respect the fact (Thursday) on Sony Ten 1; Germany he prepares for fatherhood said that Kohli missing a ward to seeing him here to play the latter part of who had applied during in January, taking solace major part of the Test he wants to be there for for seven out of the 10 the series. the last phase, such as vs Czech Republic from 1.15 am the birth of his first (Thursday) on Sony Six; from the fact that the series was expected but he matches,” he said. “I think it’s pretty chal- Mumbai’s Ajit Agarkar Netherlands vs Spain from 1.15 am superstar will be there for is glad that the stylish bat- child. Hockley said both teams lenged (for him to return). and Delhi’s Maninder (Thursday) on Sony Ten 2; France a major part of the eager- ter will be available for — NICK HOCKLEY have enough stars to Obviously a mandatory 14- Singh, will remain valid. vs Finland from 1.40 am ly-awaited showdown three T20 Internationals ensure that cricket fans day quarantine period,” The job of the senior (Thursday) on Sony Ten 3 Cricket Australia across formats. and as many ODIs starting chief executive will be hooked to the he said. selection committee Kohli and his actor wife November 27. series. “You’ve got a good “Logistically it’s very includes picking coaches WWE Anushka Sharma are “When they announced number of players from much more complicated for India, India A, Duleep NXT: Bouts from 6.30 am expecting their first child their pregnancy earlier, I Sydney radio station SEN. three T20s, the first ever both sides who played the and being brutal it’s much Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, (Thursday) on Sony Ten 1 in January. The BCCI has think it was always on the “We’re thrilled Virat is day-night Test against last series in Australia harder than normal.” Challenger Trophy teams granted Kohli a paternity cards,” Hockley told coming out for three ODIs, India and we have to which India won. There’ll — PTI & Rest of India. — PTI GAMES pg 14 DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 11 NOVEMBER 2020

SHORT TAKES Maradona doing Tokyo plans test events well post surgery Tokyo, Nov. 10: Tokyo would be involved. “We are hotel rooms, not allowed Europe. The Olympics will Olympics organisers on discussing how to deal with out for tourism, and tested involve 11,000 athletes from Olivos, Argentina: Argentine Tuesday said they were Covid-19 together with the daily for Covid-19. 206 nations and territories football great Diego Maradona encouraged by a gymnas- Japanese government and Tokyo Olympic officials, competing over more than is progressing well after brain tics meet over the weekend Tokyo Metropolitan the International Olympic two weeks. The Summer surgery on a blood clot and and are now ready to hold Government,” he said. Committee, and the Games also usually draw could be discharged this week, test events early next year. From the beginning of Japanese government are tens of thousands of offi- his doctor said Monday. The Sunday meet featured next year we will begin trying to convince the cials, judges, coaches, Maradona, 60, underwent sur- 22 Russian, Chinese and operations and proceed to world that the postponed media, broadcasters, spon- gery last Tuesday to remove a American athletes entering have test events in March. Games can open on July 23 sors, and VIPS. clot lodged between his brain Japan and competing in Holding the postponed despite so much uncertain- The subsequent and skull. Tokyo with a few thousand Tokyo Olympics and ty in the ongoing pandemic. Paralympics will involved “Diego is in the mood to fans attending. Paralympics will be far IOC President Thomas 4,400 athletes. leave, and we are evaluating Hidemasa Nakamura, the more difficult than a one- Bach is expected in Tokyo Japan has been relatively the discharge that could be Tokyo Olympic games day event with a few dozen later this month to drive successful containing tomorrow or probably delivery officer, told an on- athletes. Reports said no home the point, particular- Covid-19 with about 1,800 Wednesday, we have to see the line briefing that plans are staff or athletes tested posi- ly with the public and with deaths attributed to the clinical parameters, but the now in the works for more tive for the virus at the local sponsors who have put virus. The problem will be progress is very good,” test events starting in meet. up more than 3 billion to opening the borders to Leopoldo Luque told reporters. March. The gymnasts who run the Games. Bach can- regions where the virus is Maradona, who went into iso- However, he did not say entered Japan first faced a celed a trip last month to rampant. lation two weeks ago after one what form these might take quarantine at home. In South Korea because of the The Olympics are proving of his bodyguards displayed or if non-Japanese athletes Tokyo, they were isolated in virus’ resurgence in very costly. — AP coronavirus symptoms, had looked unwell during a brief appearance on October 30 at his 60th birthday celebration at the stadium of Gimnasia y Esgrima, the Argentine Primera Division team he coaches. He seemed to have difficulty walking and did not hang around to watch his side’s match. The following Monday, he was taken to hospital in La Plata, where the club is based, suffering from symptoms of anemia and dehydration. Tests revealed the blood clot, Tiger Woods of the United States plays a shot as caddie Joe LaCava looks on dur- after which Maradona was ing a practice round prior to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in transferred to a specialist clinic Augusta, Georgia (USA) on Monday. — AFP in the capital. Since his surgery, he has progressed well, although Luque had revealed on Thursday that Maradona was receiving intensive treatment and sedatives for withdrawal Bryson on the ball symptoms. — AFP NBA season to begin on Dec. 22 as golfers warm up Augusta (USA), Nov. ● The scientist layoff from March to Washington: It’s official: The 10: US Open champion golfer favours June, never faced a shot NBA is coming back December Bryson DeChambeau into a green beyond 185 22. The NBA and the National blasted routine tee shots distance above all yards. Basketball Players Association 325 yards on the back else, ignoring The scientist golfer announced on Monday night nine Monday in his first possible deep favours distance above that they’ve struck a deal on official practice round rough for distance all else, ignoring possi- rules for this coming season, for the 84th Masters, ble deep rough for dis- setting the stage for what will serving notice to and position. With tance and position. With be a frenzied few weeks before Augusta National of his only minor rough only minor rough at the games resume. intent to overpower the at the Augusta Masters, the stage could Teams will play a 72-game famed course. Masters, the stage be set for an epic over- schedule, which will be While the 27-year-old powering of the course. revealed in the coming weeks. American didn’t break could be set for an “He’s trying to just take The league said a new system the Masters layout as epic overpowering everything out of play,” will be used to ensure that the some feared after his US of the course. said fellow ball-basher split of basketball-related Open romp, he certainly Matthew Wolff. income continues, one of the made a dent in it, using “The way that me, many details that had to be col- pitching wedges into the had a clear shot at the Bryson and other people lectively bargained with the same Amen Corner green. “All my misses are going with hitting it union because the current holes that playing part- have been pretty longer, my goal is to not agreement between the sides ner Tiger Woods told straight. I want to keep it overpower a golf course. had a great deal of language him he used during his that way,” he said. It just so happens that that needed reworking because 1997 Masters win. Instead of playing the sometimes I can do that of the coronavirus pandemic. “I’ve had to relearn the front nine, DeChambeau because I do hit the ball Negotiations with free agents golf course. There are so went back to the practice far,” he added. will be allowed to begin at 6 many holes that play so range, working out with While the approaches pm on November 20, with sign- differently for me,” his driver, only 45 1/2- and putts must still be ings permitted starting at 12.01 DeChambeau told The inches instead of the 48- top grade, rivals like pm on November 22 an extraor- Golf Channel. inch one he threatened Patrick Cantlay appreci- dinarily fast window for the DeChambeau, who says to unveil this week after ate the edge extra length NBA, which typically has about he plays the par-72 layout devastating Winged Foot gives DeChambeau. “I a week spanning the start of as a par-67, found all fair- in September’s US Open. think this place probably talks and the beginning of sign- ways except at 18, where DeChambeau, who fits it about as good as ings. But with training camps he went over a left-side bulked up his physique any place,” Cantlay said. this year beginning December. fairway bunker and still during golf ’s Covid-19 — AFP 1, both sides evidently feel there isn’t a need to draw out the process any longer than necessary. Many rosters could be consid- erably reshaped by then, with trades likely to be permissible again in the coming days. — AP Dope rider gets four-year ban Lausanne: Italian MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone was sus- pended four years for an anti- doping violation on Tuesday, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport extended his initial 18- month suspension following an appeal. Iannone, 31, was suspended in March after testing positive for an anabolic steroid in a urine sample collected at an in-com- petition test at the Malaysian Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda French Formula One driver Pierre Gasly drives his car MotoGP in Sepang last past the Galata Bridge during a Formula One promotional movie shooting in November. Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday. The Formula One Grand Prix of Turkey will take The Aprilia rider was also dis- place on Sunday at Intercity Istanbul Park. — AFP qualified from the final two races of the 2019 season — in Malaysia and then Valencia — which he had not finished. In its ruling, CAS said the Formula One reveals a Italian’s suspension would be backdated to December 17, 2019. Iannone had contested that 23-race calendar for ’21 the presence of drostanolone in his system was the result of Paris, Nov. 10: Formula F1’s 2020 season was son and for the calendar eating contaminated meat in One unveiled a 23-race heavily disrupted by the to look similar to the Malaysia. calendar for 2021 on Covid-19 pandemic but is originally planned 2020 However, CAS rejected his Tuesday, its biggest ever, eventually being run season.” argument and upheld a WADA but the Vietnamese over 17 races, with reign- Saudi Arabia said last appeal seeking a four-year ban. Grand Prix has been ing champion Lewis week it was holding a “The panel found that Andrea dropped. Hamilton on course to race for the first time, an Iannone had failed to establish The season will start in win the title for the sev- announcement that is neither the precise type of Australia on March 21 enth time. likely to spark fresh meat he had consumed nor the and will include the first Spectators have been accusations from human origin of said meat,” read a ever race in Saudi barred from most races rights groups that the CAS statement. Arabia on November 28 this year but organisers kingdom is using high- — AFP before the season ends a said they expect fans to profile sports events to week later in Abu Dhabi. return next year. “wash” its human rights Vietnam was to hold a “The plans for 2021 record. Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 street race on April 25 have involved extensive The Netherlands, home Printed and Published by but doubts about the dialogue with all pro- to the popular Red Bull K. Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan event arose after Nguyen moters and their local driver Max Verstappen, Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed Duc Chung, who was and national authorities gets a race a year earlier at Deccan Chronicle Press Hanoi’s mayor and a at a time of ongoing flu- than originally planned situated at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh Nagar Taluk, Medchal major supporter of the idity related to the global with a September 5 slot Malkajgiri Dist. Telangana and event, was arrested on pandemic,” F1 said in a in the coastal town of Published at 36, S.D. Road, corruption charges in statement. Zandvoort. It will be the Secunderabad-3. August. In the calendar “As we have said first Dutch grand prix RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. Editor: Kaushik Mitter unveiled on Tuesday, the before, we expect fans to since 1985. race slot was left vacant. return for the 2021 sea- — AFP