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KALYAAN DHEV IN TALKS WITH SREENIVASS REDDE { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com 10 prisoners Village Secretariats will take governance Jagan to meet BANDAR PORT walk to Modi on Oct 5 freedom to people's doorstep: CM Jagan PNS n VIJAYAWADA VIJAYAWADA: Ten prisoners AP Chief Minister YS were released in the State on PNS n KAKINADA four months of coming to Jaganmohan Reddy will meet the occasion of the 150th power, he said. The Secretariats Prime Minister Narendra birth anniversary of Mahatma Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan will provide 500 kinds of ser- Modi in on . On Wednesday, Reddy has called upon the vices covered through about 35 October 5. The CM is expect- Home Secretary KRM Kishore newly-joined employees of the departments and will work as a ed to take up pending bifurca- Kumar issued orders relieving Village Secretariats to shoulder liaison between the govern- tion-related issues concerning 10 prisoners from different the responsibility of taking gov- ment and the people and such AP with the PM. jails in the State. Four prison- ernance to the doorstep of the a thing has never happened Interestingly, Jagan is meet- ers from Rajamahendravaram people. before, Jaganmohan Reddy said. ing a day after his Telangana Central Prison, two from After unveiling the pylon to He further stated that the counterpart K Chandrasekhar Visakha Central Jail, one each mark the launch of Village Village Secretariats will also Rao is meeting Modi on from Vijayawada, Anantapur, Secretariats at Karapa in East showcase the government pro- October 4. Jagan is expected to Setback for Navayuga, Kadapa and Nellore prisons Godavari district on grammes like the pictorial rep- urge Modi again on granting walked to freedom. Wednesday, he congratulated resentation of government special category status to AP, It was mentioned in the the newly-joined employees schools and hospitals under the as promised by the Centre at HC nod for retendering Home Secretary's order that and asked them to work for caption 'Then and Now' to the time of bifurcation of uni- the prisoners were being the welfare of the people with- show how reforms have fied in 2014. PNS n VIJAYAWADA government to file an affidavit released after taking out showing discrimination Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy interacting with a woman after unveiling the changed their functioning. Besides, Jagan is likely to with full details on the issue. their good behaviour into and giving no room for cor- pylon to mark the launch of Village Secretarirat at Karapa in East Godavari district There are 44,000 schools in the seek special financial assis- AP High Court has made it After studying the govern- consideration. ruption. on Wednesday State and in three years we will tance to AP to bridge revenue- clear that it cannot interfere in ment's affidavit, the court will The Chief Minister said the improve their quality, amenities deficit and enhance share to the cancellation of the agree- deliver the final order. Village Secretariat system, coin- and infrastructure by working AP in central grants. He is also ment signed by the State gov- It may be recalled that ciding with the birth anniver- The Chief Minister said the commencement Village on 15,000 schools per year. likely to seek Centre's help in ernment and Navayuga Navayuga has approached the DD official sary of , has Secretariat system, coinciding with the birth Same is the case with govern- early completion of Polavaram Engineering Company (NEC) High Court seeking cancella- more relevance as the empow- ment hospitals". irrigation project across for the construction of the tion of the GO No. 66 through suspended for erment of villages was the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, has more The Chief Minister said that Godavari river and funds for Bandar port. After hearing the which their agreement with dream of Gandhiji who said relevance as the empowerment of villages was the a woman constable will be construction of capital city. arguments of the government the Government of Andhra not telecasting that the country will perish if recruited at Village Secretariat and Navayuga on Wednesday, Pradesh for the construction villages perish. dream of Gandhiji who said that the country will level to alert the authorities on the High Court ruled out the of Bandar port was cancelled. PM speech He said, "We are here to perish if villages collapse belt shops. option of instructing the gov- Navayuga has argued in the strengthen the village ecosystem Deputy Chief Minister Pilli ernment to stop the retender- court that the government : Indian public through our welfare schemes of Subhash Chandra Bose, ing process. had failed in handing over broadcaster Prasar Bharati has Navaratnas as I had seen the all levels and how difficult it was over 4.5 lakh people and per- Panchayat Raj Minister With this, the government total land required for the con- suspended R. Vasumathi, plight of people during the to get a ration card, pension or haps it is for the first time in the Peddireddy Ramachandra can proceed with the fresh struction of Bandar port. Even Assistant Director 3,648-km where I any of the welfare utilities." country's history for any gov- Reddy, Viswaroop, K Kanna notification for tenders for the extent of land handed (Programme) of Doordarshan was told about the rampant cor- The Village and Ward ernment to provide employ- Babu, MP Vanga Geetha and the construction of the project. over to the company till date allegedly for not allowing live ruption and discrimination at Secretariat system has employed ment on such a scale within others participated. However, the court asked the was involved in legal disputes. telecast of PM Narendra Modi's speech at the Singapore- Hackathon 2019 on DD Podhigai on September 30. Vja rly station Maoists The Singapore-India Gandhi is more relevant Navaratnas home delivery Hackathon 2019 prize distrib- gets 7th rank call for ution function was held at IITM here on Monday. The today: Governor in cleanliness bandh today broadcaster is contemplating from Jan 1: Botsa disciplinary proceedings PNS n VIJAYAWADA against Vasumathi of the Tamil survey PNS n Protest fake channel. While the order dated Governor Biswa Bhusan PNS n NEW DELHI l The Minister for October 1 issued by CEO Sashi Harichandan said that Gandhi The State government is taking Municipal encounters Shekhar Vempati does not had demonstrated to the world In the railway station cleanli- measures to deliver services state the reason for Vasumathi's that freedom can be achieved ness survey rankings unveiled under Navaratna scheme to Administration said PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM suspension, it is learnt that the through non-violence and his by Union Railway Minister homes from January 1. The creation of four lakh disciplinary action is being words of wisdom are significant Piyush Goyal here on newly appointed Village and jobs in a short span of CPI Maoists Andhra-Odisha taken against her for not giving in all aspects of human life. Wednesday, Vijayawada Ward Secretaries and four months rule by a Border Special Zonal instructions for live telecast of Speaking at a programme to Railway Station occupies the Volunteers would render the new government was a Committee (AOBSZC) secre- Modi's speech at the Singapore- mark the 150th birth anniver- seventh position, while services, said Minister for tary Ganesh gave a call for India Hackathon event on DD sary celebrations of Mahatma Hyderabad and Secunderabad Municipal Administration and record in the country bandh in AOB on September Podhigai. Gandhi organised jointly by the stations rank 17 and 42 respec- Urban Development Botsa l 3 in protest against the illegal AP School Education tively. The ranks of various rail- Satyanarayana, who inaugurat- Botsa exuded arrests, fake encounters and Department and AP Gandhi Honouring the freedom way stations in Telugu states ed the Secretariat at confidence that the attacks on villages by securi- Smaraka Nidhi at Siddhartha fighters TC Rajan, a 102-year- are: Samalkot-45, Tirupati-70, Marikivalasa on the outskirts sons, who were given jobs as young persons, who ty forces under name of oper- PM proposes Academy in the city on old freedom fighter, Ravuri Nellore-81, Visakha-84, Palasa- of the city on Wednesday. Secretaries and Volunteers, were given jobs as ation Samadhan. Wednesday, Harichandan Arjuna Rao, Manorama and 92, Warangal-51, Later, addressing a public would render services in a Secretaries and The banned outfit released ‘Einstein reminded the students of the Ramagundam-52, Kazipet-67, meeting at the Polytechnic transparent manner and with- a press note in the name of its words of Mahatma Gandhi, Pavuluri Sivaramakrishnaiah, Kachiguda-69 and College grounds, the minister out corruption. The minister Volunteers, would AOBSZC secretary Ganesh in who said students are the hope the Governor said that by Khammam-80. Of the 720 said it was great honour for later interacted with the newly render services in a which the Maoist leaders Challenge' of the future and Gandhi's honouring the freedom railway stations covered by Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan appointed Secretaries on the transparent manner and alleged that severe repression NEW DELHI: In a tribute to teachings transcend all gener- fighters, he feel honoured the survey; Jayapura, Jodhpur Reddy, who launched the dais and elicited their opinion without corruption on the tribals has been on the Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th ations and they are more rele- and Durgapur occupied the `Grama Swarajyam' on the on the new scheme of job. rise after formation of the birth anniversary, Prime vant today than ever before. first three positions. Of the 109 occasion of . Minister for Tourism M YSRCP government in Minister Narendra Modi has Honouring the freedom said that by honouring the suburban railway stations; The Chief Minister would Srinivasa Rao said the newly Syamala Rao, GVMC commis- Andhra Pradesh. penned an op-ed piece in The fighters TC Rajan, a 102-year- freedom fighters, he himself Andheri, Virar and Naigoan deliver what all he had appointed persons should earn sioner Dr G Srijana and other Security forces in large New York Times, calling old freedom fighter, who came feels honoured. occupied the first three posi- promised during his padayatra. good fame to the government officials were present on the numbers have been deployed Gandhi as the "best teacher" all the way from Palamaneru in Earlier, the Governor inaugu- tions. A third party survey had He said creation of four by delivering effective ser- occasion. in the agency areas. He and proposed an "Einstein Chittoor district, Ravuri Arjuna rated a photo-exhibition depict- been in vogue in 407 main rail- lakh jobs in a short span of vices. Local MP MVV The ministers and elected alleged that three Maoists Challenge". Rao and Manorama from ing the life and times of way stations since 2016. This four months rule by a new gov- Satyanarayana, Chairman of representatives inspected the were killed in Madigamallu Enumerating his govern- Krishna district and Pavuluri Mahatma Gandhi, organised at time, the survey was conduct- ernment was a record in the VMRDA Dronamraju cabins and systems at the near Gummurevula on ment's work in the field of san- Sivaramakrishnaiah from the venue by AP Gandhi ed in 720 railway stations and country. The minister exuded Srinivasa Rao, Secretary of Secretariat soon after the inau- September 22 after they itation, eliminating poverty Guntur district, the Governor Smaraka Nidhi. suburban stations. confidence that the young per- Municipal Administration J guration. organised a meeting with and renewable energy, Modi tribals at Annavaram forest invited thinkers, entrepreneurs area. He accused that two and tech leaders to be at the Maoists were captured after forefront of spreading they received injuries. Both Gandhi's ideas through inno- Men wearing masks rob Lalithaa Jewellery were tortured by the securi- vation, as part of the "Einstein ty forces before they were Challenge". We know Albert PNS n TRICHY sisted of gold and diamond which the thieves are suspect- killed on September 23 and Einstein's famous words on necklaces. Even as a police ed to have drilled a hole for pas- the police termed it another Gandhi: "Generations to come Two masked robbers have investigation is underway, the sage. The hole remained par- encounter. Ganesh warned will scarce believe that such a made away with jewels worth latest estimates suggest that tially hidden from view thanks the ruling party leaders one as this ever in flesh and several crores at a branch of the these jewels weighing approx- to the compound wall. would be responsible for blood walked upon this earth." popular Lalithaa Jewellery in imately 100 kg could be worth The incident is said to have these killings. He urged the Tamil Nadu's Trichy district. many crores. taken place between 2 am and people to observe bandh on TODAY When employees entered the CCTV footage captured at 4: 30 am in the wee hours of Thursday. store on Wednesday just before the store shows two men - one Wednesday. The robbery, which The banned outfit 9 am, it was discovered that an wearing a dog mask and anoth- The hole made by robbers appears to have been meticu- ALMANAC entire section of jewellery man- er a cat mask - entering the lously planned, also saw the released a press note in Month & Paksham: nequins had their valuables ground floor of the store with Chathram bus stand area of the burglars wear gloves in order the name of its AOBSZC Ashwini& Sukla Paksha Two men wearing masks who robbed Lalithaa Jewellery in Trichy district of Tamil missing with the protective duffel bags in hand. The store city. However, the store borders not to leave their fingerprints at Nadu seen in CCTV footage Panchangam covering undone. These con- is located near the busy an empty plot of land through the crime scene. secretary Ganesh Tithi : Panchami : 10:11 am Nakshatram: Anuradha : 12:10 pm Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start Liquor sales down by 50% in Visakhapatnam Nizam's funds belong any important work) Rahukalam: 01:33 pm – 03:02 pm PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM l Peda Waltair Junction has finding it difficult to consume Yamagandam: 06:10 am – 07:38 am Bars make a killing two shops and a bar and of alcohol. The beers are not to India, rules UK court The liquor sales came down them the highest selling shop chilled so drinking beer is Varjyam: 05:49 pm - 07:38 pm by 50 per cent on the day one was closed. The government ruled out for many, specially PNS n LONDON joined hands with the Indian Gulika: 09:07 am - 10:36 pm on Tuesday when the govern- owned shop had no sign the younger generation. government in the legal battle Good Time: (to start any important work) ment opened its liquor outlets board and closed at 8 pm. Meanwhile, the police are In a major setback for against the Pakistan govern- Amritakalam: 03:28 am - 05:05 am in different parts of the city There was mad rush at the bar expecting trouble since the Pakistan, the UK High Court ment over around 35 million and rural areas. Under the and people jostled to get their exercise department banned on Wednesday ruled in favour pounds lying with NatWest Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:41 am - 12:28 pm previous licensing system, the bottles. Tipplers said they drinking in the permit rooms. of India in a decades-old legal Bank plc here. VIJAYAWADA average daily sales was around were at loss as the new shops They are seen at the street cor- dispute with Islamabad over In his judgment handed Rs 4 crore per day and selling could not be located easily. ners at the beach, or in the funds belonging to the Nizam down at the Royal Courts of WEATHER more during Dasara vaca- "There are no sign boards and parks. People might enter into of Hyderabad at the time of Justice in London, Justice Forecast: Isolated Thunderstorms tion. But, the sales came down by the time I found one at quarrels when residents object Partition in 1947 and deposit- Marcus Smith ruled that the Temp: 32/25 to Rs 1.98 crore on Tuesday, Akkayyapalem, it was well to drinking in the park. ed in a London bank account. "Nizam VII was beneficially Humidity: 83% according to sources in the past 8 pm and closed. I had to "The beach will be filled The Nizam's descendants, entitled to the Fund and those Sunrise: 06.06 prohibition and excise depart- rush to a bar to have my reg- with alcoholics and there will Prince Mukarram Jah the tit- claiming in right of Nizam VII Sunset: 06.04 ment. However, the bars, sons were attributed for the number of shops to 298 from ular drink,'' said a chronic be litter of empty bottles in the ular eighth Nizam of the Princes and India are enti- Current Weather Conditions which were open till 11 pm drop in the sales. The main 403 and early closure of shops alcoholic. ensuing days,'' said a police Hyderabad and his younger tled to have the sum paid out Updated October 02, 2019 5:00 PM made good sales. Several rea- reason was cutting down the at 8 pm. The social drinkers are officer. brother Muffakham Jah, had to their order". VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 3, 2019 region 02 Gandhi remains a beacon of hope for millions PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM CRPF recounts "In the 21st century, the prin- ciples of Mahatma Gandhi Magazine dedicated Mahatma Gandhi's remain as essential as they were in his time and offer solu- sacrifice tions to several problems the PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM world faces particularly in a to Gandhi released world where terrorism, radical- PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Sastry also spoke. Hemalatha The 234 battalion of Central isation, extremism and mind- inaugurated block printing unit Reserve Police Force less hate are dividing nations," Gandhi Centre and Ba- at Ba-Bapu Bhavan. (CRPF) celebrated the said noted Gandhian Scholar Seva Sangham jointly organised Dr ShireenRehman men- 150th birth anniversary of and GITAM Deemed to be sesquicentennial (150) birth tioned that government taking Mahatma Gandhi here on University Chancellor Prof K anniversary of Mahatma over retail liquor was a good ini- Wednesday counting the Ramakrishna Rao here on Gandhi and Golden Jubilee tiative and hoped it would bring sacrifice, dedication and Wednesday. Celebration of Ba-Bapu Seva positive change in the society. patriotism of the Father of He participated in Mahatma Sangham at Ba-Bapu Bhavan, Dr Rehman shared his expe- the Nation. The CRPF per- Gandhi 150 birth anniversary Dwarakanagar on Wednedsay. rience over construction of sonnel carried out a clean- celebrations organised by Dr ShireenRehman, Bhimili road and mentioned a liness drive for a fortnight GITAM School of Gandhian President of Chaitanya small initiative would be a big with a great enthusiasm. Studies at Gandhinagar Sravanthi and Dr SA Rehman, success in future. He appreciat- CRPF (234 battalion) Campus at GITAM. former MLA and president of ed Dr Shireen Rahman's service commandant RS While addressing the gath- TDP urban unit were the chief for society who motivated Balapurkar spoke about the ering Prof Ramakrishna Rao (Left) Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, divisional railway manager, paying floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at the railway station in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday guests. A Hemalatha, president everybody to make Vizag a importance of cleanliness observed that the principle of (right) GVMC Commissioner Dr G Srijana and officials pay floral tributes to Gandhi of Pragathi Charitable Trust was better place. on the Gandhi Jayanti. SR ‘’ is very relevant in the guest of honor, Professor KV Grandhalaya Sarvaswam -a Meena, Deputy today's world, which is expe- Ramana, former vice-chancel- monthly magazine of October Commandant, Dr Sai riencing violence in the form steadily gaining attention in caste, religious, economic and GITAM Vice-Chancellor ecological fronts, he added. lor, Andhra University and hon- issue dedicated to Gandhi which Sindu, medical officer, sub- of terrorism and other con- many parts of the world. even gender prejudices. He Prof K Sivaramakrishna said Gandhi Smriti Former orary president, Gandhi Centre was released by Chintakindi ordinate officers and 150 flicts. He said that ‘ahimsa’ GITAM President M observed that the violent that Gandhi believed that Director Dr Savitha Singh presided over the function. Venkata Gandhi, a retired geo- jawans participated. constitutes the core value of Sribhrath said Mahatma behaviour in social media is adherence to his thoughts said Gandhiji's principles of Former Vice-Chancellor of physicist and who was born on Single-use plastic was Indian civilization and it has Gandhi remains a shining leading to emotional issues, and execution of his propos- liberty, dignity and equality Acharya Nagarujnuna October 2, 1956 . banned in the camp played a vital role in the evo- beacon of hope for millions of which are considered as more als would create a new soci- were not limited by space University and president of The other participants were premises. Moreover, various lution of Indian culture and people across the world who dangerous than a physical ety free from the life-destroy- and times. They have univer- Gandhi Centre Prof V Y Ramani, Y Appala Reddy, Ch tobacco products were also philosophy. It directs peo- seeks a life of equality, digni- war. He exhorted the harms ing ugliness of violence, sal applicability and timeless Balamohandas presented wel- Lavanya Ratna, B Srinivas prohibited. ple's behaviour towards ty, inclusion and empower- posed by unmonitored new exploitation, poverty, unem- value. She said that Gandhi come address on behalf of Reddy Gandhi of Sevadal. Jawans took a pledge to peaceful , ment. He mentioned that medium of communication ployment, and ecological considered non-violence to be Gandhi Centre, P Antarvedi, Prizes and Certificates were follow the instructions he added. Prof Rao pointed Gandhi strived to lead the which exposes the people to imbalance. Gandhi was a role a philosophy, a principle and retired principal and president, presented to the winners who given as part of the fort- that Gandhian perspective of country not just for political a gradual breakdown of social model, who fought simultane- an experience based on which Ba-Bapu Seva Sangham wel- participated in panel discussion night cleanliness pro- non-violent human transfor- independence, but to a better destruction of our tradition- ously on social, moral, polit- it is possible to build a better comed the gathering. Dr BS on the theme `peacekeeping.' gramme. mation has been slowly, but India and a society free of al value systems. ical, cultural, economic and society.

CAPSULE Indian-origin South African cricketer Six SIs placed under VR VIJAYAWADA: Kurnool District makes his dream Test debut Superintendent of Police Fakeerappa placed six sub- BHARAT SHARMA wickets in India where the inspectors of police under n VISAKHAPATNAM bounce is a bit lower. You got Vacancy Reserve on Wednesday. to deal with reverse swing a lot According to reports, the SIs, Batting all-rounder Senuran more. I am sure I can learn lots who were attached to various Muthusamy on Wednesday more during my time here," police stations in Kurnool realised his dream of playing added Muthusamy, who VMRDA to now focus on district, went to watch the international cricket for South believes his biggest strength is benefit show of Chiranjeevi- Africa and he could not be his wicket-taking ability. starrer 'Sye Raa Narasimha happier that his debut is against One would expect that he affordable housing projects Reddy' without informing the the country of his origin: India. would name a South African or higher authorities on Though his family moved to an Indian cricketer as his role PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM interest in 2018 to develop a high- Wednesday. The SP was took South Africa from Tamil Nadu model but Muthusamy has end township. However, now the the action against the SIs for not generations ago, the 25-year- most respect reserved for the To ensure availability of afford- VMRDA wants to develop a following the rules. The SI who old from Durban is no stranger two famed Sri Lankans -- left- able houses for the denizens, the housing project/layouts some- faced the ire of the SP were to India, having toured here arm spinner Rangana Herath Visakhapatnam Metropolitan what away from the city to make identified as Srikanth Reddy, with South Africa A last year. and the great Kumar Region Development Authority them affordable to the public. Jagadishwar Reddy, Hariprasad, He has been born and Sangakkara. (VMRDA) is looking out for This is due to the sharp Venkata Subbaiah, Priyatam brought up in South Africa, but "I have really admired suitable land pockets, bit away increase in the land prices in the Reddy and Ashok. says they are like "any other Herath and Sangakkara grow- from the city, for housing pro- city limits in the last one decade. South Indian family" back ing up. Sangakkara for just the jects or layouts. The VMRDA may zero in on Utkal Samaj holds home. "Our roots are from way he went about his batting, With the change of power in land pockets on the north-east blood donation camp Chennai. I have still got fami- his cricket, his life off the field. the state government, the side of the city in the first phase, ly in Nagapattinam (about 300 Spectators waving the national flag during the India- South Africa cricket first Test at the Dr YSR-ADCA Cricket Stadium in He is someone I have always VMRDA renewed its focus on considering the growth potential VISAKHAPATNAM: A blood km from Chennai). Many gen- Visakhapatnam on Wednesday (right) Captain Virat Kohli and others watching the match -PPhotos: Tirupathirao looked up to. affordable housing projects. The and projected growth trajectory. donation camp was organized in erations have passed through, "I look up to others too like VMRDA last developed a hous- According to VMRDA its premises at Dasapalla Hills by but the Indian connect is very population in South Africa. We his selection. However, the dry has prepared him for Shakib Al Hasan, Moeen Ali, ing project, namely Haritha, Metropolitan Commissioner P Utkal Sanskrutika Samaj a much there and our culture is visit temples regularly and conditions here forced South the grind in sub-continental Bishan Bedi but those two I about a decade ago. After that, the Koteswara Rao, the VMRDA''s premier socio cultural very much Indian," Muthusamy some of my family even speaks Africa to rethink their plans conditions. have enjoyed watching the VMRDA's projects were mostly primary responsibilities include organization to mark the 150th said ahead of the first Test. Tamil. Unfortunately I don't and they included Muthusamy "You really got to deal with most," he said. limited to layouts and mixed-use preparation of a master plan, birth anniversary of the father of "My parents were ecstatic but I am slowly starting to learn as the third specialist spinner, the heat. There is more pres- The ability to take wickets development projects. outlining a strategy framework the nation Mahatma Gandhi in when they found out about my the language." who considers himself more of sure on the spinners here to and control run-rate at the The litigation-free nature of for the future, including hous- collaboration with Life Share selection (for South Africa) and With Keshav Maharaj, a batsman. win the game and it is about same time has been the reason the VMRDA housing/layout ing strategies, creation of pub- Blood Bank Visakhapatnam. my debut tour against India another South Africa cricketer He has scored 3403 runs in being consistent. It is the other for his success in domestic projects make them hotcakes lic infrastructure and service President of the Samaj J K makes it even more special." of Indian origin, and Dane first-class cricket, averaging way around back home. We cricket and he wants to emu- among the prospective buyers. plans, among others. "The devel- Nayak exhorted the members Talking about his Indian Piedt certain to feature in the 32.72 besides 129 wickets to his come into play only in the late that for South Africa. The VMRDA has nearly 26 opment of social infrastructure and volunteers to donate blood. lineage, Muthusamy said: "I do eleven as the specialist spin- name at 28.65. fourth innings," he said. "Another thing I would like acres prime land pocket in and others would follow the first Secretary Bimal Mahanta yoga back home in Durban ners, left-arm spinner Tour of India with the A side "I have learnt a lot with the to do is play more T20 crick- Yendada near Madhurawada phase of development," said coordinated the event. Fifty two which has the largest Indian Muthusamy was not sure about and stint at an academy in bat as well. Adjusting to the et," he added. and it issued an expression of Koteswara Rao. units of blood were collected .Among others Bijay Mohaptra and Biraj Dash donated. ‘It's ‘reverse' CM GREETS NEWLYWEDS POSCO special court opens in city Blood donation camp development organised at INS Dega PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM welfare of the prisoners. One prisoner Ramu was released on VISAKHAPATNAM: A Blood in State’ Special court for trial of offences good conduct by the govern- donation camp was organised at PNS n VIJAYAWADA under prevention of sexual ment , he said. Prison adalat was INS Dega as part of the Navy Day harassment of children held by members of DLSA com- Celebrations at Visakhapatnam. The YSRCP government is a (POSCO) court was on prising chief metropolitan mag- Surg Cmde Shankar Narayan, reverse development govern- Wednesday inaugurated by the istrate P Bhaskar Rao and mem- Commanding Officer INHS ment, TDP chief N principal district judge BS bers T Nagabhushanam and S Kalyani inaugurated the camp Chandrababu Naidu tweeted Bhanumathi at the VMRDA Hemalatha. Six prisoners were which had an overwhelming on Wednesday. complex here. Gandhi jayanti . released on the occasion during volunteer response from naval He said power cuts were AV Parthasarathy , metro- Secretary of District Legal the adalat. Superintendt of cen- personnel. 83 units of blood were being imposed only due to the politan sessions judge has been Services Authority S Damodar tral prison N Rahul spoke on the collected during the event. The inefficiency of the YS given full additional charge of Rao spoke on the schemes for occasion. donated blood was handed over Jaganmohan Reddy's govern- the special court. The special to NTR Trust Blood Bank, ment. The situation has arisen court dealing exclusively with Visakhapatnam which was due to cancellation of PPAs due POSCO cases was set up on associated with the conduct of to lack of experience, he added. the directions of Supreme Lawyers hail government the camp.Speaking on the occasion, Cmde Shankar Narayan He said that thermal power Court and the Vizag court is not a viable option. It is not was inaugurated as part of stressed the need to build for new courts awareness about voluntary blood environment-friendly either. 1070 courts throughout the PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM donation and highlighted that Solar and wind energies have country. As on day around 310 Chittoor, East Godavari, each unit of blood can be come only as alternatives to cases are pending in two dis- Guntur, Krishna, SPS Nellore, separated into its components thermal power. But, YS trict courts in the city. Visakhapatnam city advocates Prakasam, Visakhapatnam and Jaganmohan Reddy has not President of Visakhapatnam hailed the decision of the state West Godavari for the speedy thereby multiplying the number Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy greeting the son of former minister Killi Kruparani at the reception in Visakhapatnam of lives saved. cared for all these facts, he men- Bar Association GM Reddy, government to set up eight spe- trial of offences under the on Wednesday tioned in the tweet. special public prosecutor cial courts in various districts of POCSO Act 2012. Advocate POSCO cases M Venugopal, Andhra Pradesh including Abdul Raqueeb, a child rights president of Forum of Legal Visakhapatnam, East and West activist from the city and for- Professionals Kuppili Godavari for providing a speedy mer member of Juvenile Justice nd Muralidhar and large number trial for offences under POCSO Board, AP, said, this was a wel- An eventful cleanliness fortnight marks Oct 2 of police officers were present Act (Protection of Children come move by the Supreme at the court. from Sexual Offences Act 2012). Court of India which was PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM the concluding day, a mural art displayed the prestigious shield Concentrating on the segregation grand success, intensive awareness Meanwhile, joint collector-2 As per the Government implemented by the govern- exhibition, which was organised and Certificate-National Tourism of plastic waste, station premises, campaign were organised using MV Suryakala exhorted the Order MS No 121, incharge ment by starting these special To commemorate the 150th birth in front of the Vizag city railway award for best tourist-friendly colonies, railway establishments social media, Nukkad Natak, prisoners of the central prison to arrangements for district and fast-track courts where the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, station depicting life events of the railway station in Indian Railways like Diesel Loco Shed, Electric audio/video clips to motivate and lead a normal life with honesty sessions judges has been made number of pending cases are the Father of the Nation, Waltair Mahamta Gandhi, was praise- to Visakhapatnam railway station. Loco Shed, Coaching Complex, involve passengers, students, fam- after their release from prison. by the AP High Court for the more than 100. It will ensure Railway Division observed worthy. A selfie point zone in the During the Swachchta Hi Seva Offices, Sub divisional units etc ilies, pensioners, SHGs and other She was speaking at meeting eight newly sanctioned special speedy justice for the child vic- 'Swachhta Hi Seva Pakhwada' backdrop of Dolphin Nose on the Pakhwada, tree plantation along were cleaned up and awareness stake holders to also participate in organised at Central Jail on courts in the cadre of district tims under Pocso Act, he across its entire network from Beach Road was also inaugurat- railway track, in railway colonies, programmes were held. To make the various activities of the Wednesday on the occasion of judge in the districts of added. September 11 to October 2. On ed at Gate-2. DRM Chetan Kumar station premises was organised. Swachta Hi Seva initiative, a "Swachhta-Hi-Sewa Pakhwada". prisoners welfare day to mark

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VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 3, 2019 vijayawada 03 WILL HUZURNAGAR RESURRECT CONGRESS? t would Like in many places across the country, for the Congress as it is relat- itself to finish the parties' ves- Congress High Command is by the Election Commission Iindeed be a ed to the prestige of both tigial parts by means of a stel- closely watching the situa- for campaigning in the name moment to rejoice Congress is facing decimation in Congress and TPCC president lar outcome in its favour in the tion as the outcome of the of religion in those days. for the Congress, Telangana, following knock-out Uttamkumar Reddy. Huzurnagar bypolls. bypolls may alter the party's Lakshmi Parvathi, widow of which is on punches it received from the ruling The Congress does not have What issues may come in course! NTR, contested in that bypolls. PIN its last legs a smooth road ahead as TRS handy for major parties in TRS leadership is ready to TDP headed by Chandrababu POINT in Telangana, if, Telangana Rashtra Samithi. The has excelled in election man- Huzurnagar by-election? take any kind of extreme step made great efforts to defeat against odds, it man- Congress suffered two big blows in the agement going by its track What is the possible plan of to ensure victory at her, but in vain. ages to retain the Huzurnagar 2014 and 2019 elections record. Right from the forma- Congress to get an edge in Huzurnagar as the outcome Congress strongly believes Assembly seat, where by-elec- tion of the new state, TRS has the bypolls in the absence of here could affect the entire that a similar situation may tion would be held on October been pursuing its goal of dec- a 'united opposition'? Is the government and its progress. emerge in Huzurnagar, fol- 21. A victory for the Congress lowing knock-out punches it has been a bastion of the imating Congress and Telugu divided opposition a trump is also lowing TRS' determination in Huzurnagar now would be received from the ruling party for two decades. Desam Party in Telangana. card for ruling TRS? How contesting the bypolls. This to crush every opponent more than a face-saving devel- Telangana Rashtra Samithi. The Congress' winning M D RATNA KUMAR Having been humiliated polit- can the ruling party con- token presence of TDP politically. The Left parties, opment, given the tumultuous The Congress suffered two big spree in this district began in Senior Journalist ically at the hands of YS vince the electorate in the would suggest that the party with considerable vote bank period the grand old party is blows in the 2014 and 2019 the 1999 Assembly elections Rajasekhara Reddy (Congress) face of its alleged failure to does exist at some places in in Nalgonda district, would going through. It may not be elections. Most of its key lead- when the party bagged 9 seats and N.Chandrababu keep electoral promises? Telangana. be a deciding factor in the resurrection of the party per ers, including MLAs, have out of 12. Interestingly, the The by-election was neces- Naidu(TDP), TRS president K There can be no concrete The present scenario in bypolls. Janasena too could se; yet, it would open a win- shifted their loyalties to TRS. present stalwarts of district sitated by the resignation of Chandrasekhar Rao had answers to these questions as bypolls can be compared to play a significant role. dow of hope for the party Despite getting a breather politics N. Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar Reddy, follow- vowed to dismantle the polit- the main players in that of the Pathapatnam All eyes are on former IAF which prides on having been from the three victories the Reddy and Komatireddy ing his election to the Lok ical edifices of Congress and Huzurnagar themselves do Assembly seat of Srikakulam pilot and TPCC president in a crucial position to grant party registered in the Lok Venkata Reddy were elected Sabha. His wife, Padmavathi, TDP in Telangana. He suc- not have any clarity on var- district of erstwhile AP two Uttam Kumar Reddy; for, they statehood for Telangana. Sabha elections this year, the for the first time in that elec- is now being fielded as the ceeded in his efforts to large ious issues. decades ago during the regime want to know whether he Like in many places across Congress is uneasy in tion. Both of them grew as Congress nominee from extent and wreaked political The TRS is hoping that a of Chandrababu. The then would land safely on his home the country, Congress is facing Huzurnagar in erstwhile leaders under the wings of Dr Huzurnagar. That is why this vengeance. divided opposition will pave MLA of TDP Kalamata turf or crash-land, allowing decimation in Telangana, fol- Nalgonda district, though it YS Rajasekhara Reddy. by-election has become crucial TRS seems to be readying the way for its victory. The Mohan Rao was disqualified TRS's spirit to soar high!

CAPSULE Mobile clinics Gandhi’s tours in State left an indelible mark for pilgrims: CMO Rs 30 cr to promote SURYA DESARAJU corporate colleges," National PNS n TIRUMALA l Vijayawada, the bustling Vedic studies n AMARAVATI College alumnus Jandhyala commercial city on the Umanadh remarked. Chief Medical Officer of TTD TIRUMALA: The TTD has Mahatma Gandhi's imprints banks of River Krishna, Umanadh's parents worked Dr S Nageswara Rao said the allocated Rs 30 crore towards across Andhra Pradesh are though, held a special place as lecturers in the college and department has set up mobile promotion of Vedic studies as many - his numerous visits to for Gandhi. "It was at the his family has deep attachment clinics to offer services to a part of its basic slogan of the State left an indelible mark Congress Working with it. needy pilgrims during the protection and propagation and inspired a generation to Committee meeting in Another landmark institu- Brahmotsavams. of Hindu Sanatana Dharma, plunge into the Indian freedom Vijayawada in 1921 that tion in this part of Andhra Briefing the media here said Project Officer of Sri struggle and fight the British Pradesh to have Gandhi's on Wednesday, the CMO Venkateswara Higher Vedic Gandhi's leadership (of the during the 1920s and 1930s. freedom movement) was imprint is the "Saaraswata said six dispensaries and six Studies Dr A Vibhishana Gandhi vigorously toured Niketanam", a library at First Aid centers have been Sharma. Addressing a press coastal Andhra and accepted," former Vetapalem in Prakasam dis- offering round- the-clock conference at the Media Rayalaseema regions many Chairman of Andhra trict, which completed its cen- services in Tirumala apart Centre in Tirumala on times over the years as part of Pradesh Official Language tenary last year. from one Apollo Cardiac Wednesday, Sharma said the his varied agitations against the Commission Mandali Started on Vijaya Dasami Centre. "For this TTD has been paying a British, be it the Non- Buddha Prasad recalled day in October 1918 by enthu- Brahmotsavams, we have remuneration of Rs 19,000 Cooperation Movement, the siastic youth under the banner deployed 40 doctors and 90 l and Rs 18,000 respectively for Movement At that session, freedom Hindu Yuvajana Sangham, the paramedical staff and also the welfare of Ghanapathis, or the Khaddar () Yatra. fighter Pingali Venkaiah library could not run for long set up Emergency Cells at Kramapathis, who are present Vijayawada, the bustling designed and handed over and faced closure. BIRRD, SV Medical College in the country. Apart from commercial city on the banks the tricolour to Mahatma But, a philanthropist and lit- and SVIMS. While for these schemes, of River Krishna, though, held Gandhi, which later became erature-lover Utukuru Venkata Garuda Seva, we have set up Kuamaradhyapaka scheme, a special place for Gandhi. "It the national flag Subbraya Shesthi took it upon Mobile Clinics in four cor- Veda Vidwat Sadassu, Veda was at the Congress Working and 1946. On his first visit on the hill in the One Town area the region," Mandali Buddha him and not only donated ners of the mada streets to Pathashala are also under Committee meeting in March 31, 1919, he addressed has been named after him and Prasad said. money and books but also cater to the needs of the pil- Vedic studies promotional Vijayawada in 1921 that a public meeting on a Gandhi sthupa was erected. The Mandali family had observations as a visitor. contributed to its expansion. grims", he added. activities by TTD, he added. Gandhi's leadership (of the at the historic Rammohan The hill is now a famous tourist close affinity with Gandhi, "I have passed two quiet It was during his tour of the Furthermore, he said, Under Agama programme also freedom movement) was Library and transformed free- attraction in the city and also who visited it in . In and what shall always remain region in April 1929 that among the doctors, who are they are providing renowned accepted," former Chairman of dom fighters like Ayyadevara houses a planetarium, the first memory of the Mahatma, for- with me sacred days on the Gandhi laid the foundation- deployed for Brahmotsavams, Vedic scholars Rs 3,200 per Andhra Pradesh Official Kaleswara Rao and Mutnuri in this region. mer minister Mandali Venkata sacred grounds on this great stone for the construction of a Ortho and Heart Specialists month. These scholars will Language Commission Krishna Rao into Gandhians. "No other leader toured our Krishna Rao established the educational institution. As an new building for the library. have also been called for and render Vedaparayanam on Mandali Buddha Prasad He later visited Vijayawada, region (Krishna district) as Gandhi Kshetram in Indian, I feel proud of it," the Interestingly, Gandhi's walk- 13 ambulances will be plying every pournami in the temples recalled. then known as Bezawada, in vigorously and extensively as Avanigadda to propagate the Mahatma wrote about the first ing stick broke during the cer- 24X7 to offer services to pil- of their respective places, he At that session, freedom 1920, 1921, 1929, 1933, 1937 the Mahatma. He visited vil- Gandhian philosophy and National College in the coun- emony and he handed it over grims. The head of medical maintained. fighter Pingali Venkaiah and 1946. The place where the lages deep in the Diviseema ideals. try, after his two-day stay in to organisers. wing said Aswini Hospital, designed and handed over the Congress Committee meet was region, which had no roads The National College in April 1921. The broken stick now which is under renovation, BNI opens tricolour to Mahatma Gandhi, held in 1921 was later named worth the name. He came in Machilipatnam - then known as "It always makes us proud stands preserved as a relic in will get ready by the month- shop in city which later became the nation- as Gandhinagar in the heart of boat and waded through Masulipatnam - played host to that the Mahatma visited our the library. Visitors to the end and they will be able to al flag. Vijayawada. shrubby paths and spread the Gandhi on two occasions. His institution. It's a glorious col- library say they get a "feel" of provide advanced medica- VIJAYAWADA: The Regional Gandhi visited Vijayawada In commemoration of his significance of khadi as there memorial on the college campus lege though over the years it the Mahatma by touching this tion to the pilgrims as well to Office of the Business Network city several times between 1919 multiple visits to Vijayawada, were many weavers' families in has an inscription of Gandhi's lost its sheen with the advent of stick. the locals, he said. International (BNI) was inaugurated in the city on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, BNI Executive RTC MD gives Director JH Desai said BNI will Vellampalli opens Overwhelming response to anti-plastic rally provide advice and suggestions to businessmen in the city. away jute bags They are huge business PNS n VIJAYAWADA opportunities in the city and 3 Ward Secretariats BNI regional office would be PNS n VIJAYAWADA said and added, "We have taken The citizens should take a supportive in addressing administration to the doorstep pledge against the use of plas- issues related to growth of Minister for Endowments of the people. We are with the tic to pay a real tribute to businesses. They said a fitness Vellampalli Srinivas said that people. We are working for the Mahatma Gandhi, APSRTC centre was also established to Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan people. Leaders like N MD Krishna Babu has said. enable good health of the BNI Reddy has created more than Chandrababu Naidu, who did Krishna Babu distributed members which gives tips on one lakh jobs within four not care for people, had van- gunny and jute bags to the peo- diet and good health. He said months. ished during the elections." ple at a Rythu Bazaar in the city that BNI Global was spread in He inaugurated the Ward The Minister ruled out cor- as a part of the anti-plastic cam- 74 countries and has about Secretariats at Baptistpalem, ruption in the recruitment of paign on Wednesday on the 2.65 lakh members. Under its Durgapuram and Thotavari Village Secretariat employees. occasion of the 150th birth Vijayawada office, BNI has nine Street in the city on Wednesday. MLA Malladi Vishnu said anniversary of Mahatma chapters with 350 members, In a veiled reference to TDP that Navaratnalu, which are the Gandhi. Anti-plastic awareness rally being taken out to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in Vijayawada on Wednesday. Chief Secretary LV Subramanyam, he added. chief N Chandrababu Naidu, key for the welfare of the peo- He said the approach of along with, VMC Commissioner Prasanna Venkatesh and Krishna District Collector administering the pledge to the participants he said people, who claim to ple, will be implemented per- Mahatma Gandhi towards have 40 years of political expe- fectly through the Village/Ward clean environment had reflect- PNS n VIJAYAWADA plastic covers all along the course Ahmed and Commissioner of pledge to the participants. rience could not do what Chief Secretariats. To avoid corrup- ed in the Swachh Bharat, a con- of the rally from Tummallapalli VMC V Prasanna Venkatesh Mahatma Gandhi had called Minister YS Jaganmohan tion and to implement welfare cept introduced by Prime Anti-plastic awareness rally taken Kalakhetram to the Indira led the rally. Students, senior for the protection of environ- Reddy had done in four schemes in a transparent man- Minister Narendra Modi. out on the occasion of the 150th Gandhi Municipal Corporation citizens and members of differ- ment even in those days. He months. ner, the Chief Minister has Swachh Abhiyan is meant for birth anniversary of Mahatma (IGMC) Stadium. ent NGOs participated in the appealed to the people to avoid The earlier governments and brought in Volunteers and avoiding use of plastic and to Gandhi on Wednesday evoked The rally was taken out as a rally in a big way. single-use plastic covers and fol- leaders had tried to shy away Village/Ward Secretariat sys- protect the environment from an overwhelming response in the part of the 'quit-plastic'. Chief Secretary LV low Mahatma Gandhi in protect- from the welfare of people, he tems, he added. the dangers of plastic, he said. city. The participants picked District Collector MD Imtiyaz Subramanyam administered the ing the environment. KECA helping meritorious Syngenta's R&D centre comes up near Eluru Employees’ JAC SEELAM AROZI youth from rural areas n VIJAYAWADA The Centre of Excellence will hails CM over jobs PNS n TIRUAPATI dents. Krishnadevaraya World's leading agriculture serve the needs of Educational and Cultural company Syngenta has set up PNS n VIJAYAWADA Krishnadevaraya Educational Association over the years have the Centre of Excellence for farmers in Andhra and Cultural Association helped several meritorious stu- new products testing, products Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh Employees JAC (KECA), a non-profit charitable dents from rural background for profiling and new products' Karnataka, Kerala Chairman B Venkateswarlu con- association, assisting deserving quality education. Many stu- development at Bhimadole gratulated Chief Minister YS meritorious students, hosted dents benefitted from scholar- near Eluru in West Godavari and Tamil Nadu. Jaganmohan Reddy for creating the Golden Jubilee celebrations ships and are leading comfort- district. Three more such the Ward and Village Secretariats at Amara Raja Auditorium here able lives in the country and Located on a sprawling 38- centres of jobs to address the basic needs on Wednesday. abroad. acre site, the facility houses a of the people in the State. Andhra Pradesh Employees JAC Chief guest Grandhi Speaking on the occasion, Dr Syngenta Training Academy, excellence learning Addressing the media here on members addressing the media in Mallikarjuna Rao, founder Ramachandra N Galla, trustee, Seed Care Institute and will be set up to Wednesday at a programme Vijayawada on Wednesday Chairman of GMR Group, Rajanna Trust, Principal Donor Syngenta Foundation India cen- help farmers in organised at Revenue Bhavan, graced the occasion. G and President KECA, said, tres. Eight scientists of the com- and serve the needs of farmers as rice, sugar cane, cotton and Venkateswarulu praised the employment force would Muniratnam, General Secretary, "Since1969, KECA has been pany will conduct studies in in South Indian states of chilli. Asked to comment on northern, western Chief Minister for providing address the issues more quick- Rashtriya Seva Samithi, Jayadev coming up with innovative ways seed care, product development Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, how Syngenta's products and eastern parts employment to lakhs of unem- ly with transparency. He said Galla, MP, Guntur, and Biyyapu to ensure that education reach- and testing in association with Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil would serve the cause of eco- of India ployed youths in the State to that the officials should guide Madhusudhan Reddy, MLA, es meritorious students from experts at the local horticulture Nadu. Three more such centres logical balance, he said the mark the 150th birth anniversary the Ward and Village Srikalahasti and others were rural backgrounds and also and agriculture universities in of excellence learning will be company would take every of Mahatma Gandhi. Secretariats employees to present. make them industry-ready pro- the vicinity of the facility. set up to help farmers in north- care to ensure that bio-diver- amount of pesticides used per He congratulated the newly- enable them to do their job The day-long celebrations fessionals via myriad skill devel- Erick Fyrwald, CEO of ern, western and eastern parts sity is maintained. unit of food by more than 90%. joined Ward and Village properly without any difficul- included souvenir release, felic- opment programmes. As we cel- Syngenta, said the centre was of India. Frywald said "We are a business that helps Frywald said Syngenta has Secretariat employees and said ties. itation of founders and executive ebrate the completion of 50 set up near Eluru as it lies in Syngenta's products will help humanity face its toughest established a large network of that Grama was the Amaravati Employees JAC committee, messages from the years of the trust, I am happy to the heart of rice-growing farmers get 40% more yields challenge - how to feed a ris- crop protection and seeds field dream of Gandhiji, which came Chairman P Hanumantha Rao, guests, cultural programmes highlight the success of our region perennially fed by the than they achieve in natural ing population and sustain- research stations, sophisticat- true on his 150th anniversary treasurer VV Muralikrishna, and inspirational messages for various support programmes, system of three rivers. farming method. ably," said Fyrwald, while high- ed R&D facilities and labora- under the able governance of secretary B Krishna Kumar and students and distribution of devised to benefit needy stu- The Centre of Excellence is He said the company is pri- lighting Syngenta's contribu- tories and seeds production the Chief Minister. He said that vice-chairman B Keshava Naidu scholarships to meritorious stu- dents.” the first-of-its-kind in India marily focusing on crops such tions in helping to reduce the sites across India. with decentralisation, the new were among those present. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 3, 2019 telangana 04

CAPSULE Primary edu: NITI Aayog Cong thanks TJS for supporting Villager fined for removing saplings its nominee in Huzurnagar bypoll MEDAK: Chilukoti Raji Reddy, a PNS n HYDERABAD villager of Appanapalli gram panchayat in Dubbaka mandal of gives 18th rank to TS Telangana Pradesh Congress Siddipet district, was fined Rs Committee (TPCC) treasurer 19,000 by the village secretary for PNS n NEW DELHI n Gudur Narayana Reddy removing saplings. The village Kerala is in the thanked the Telangana Jana secretary, Vishnuvardhan, issued The NITI Aayog has ranked forefront of the list tes, Samithi (TJS) for extending its the notice to Raji Reddy and Telangana State 18 in terms of while Uttar Pradesh support to the Congress in the directed him to pay within 30 primary education and ranks last Huzurnagar by-elections. days, as provided for in the 30- observed that the State is lag- n Gudur Narayana Reddy, day comprehensive plan for rural ging behind in the quality of The neighbouring State along with other Congress development. Reddy was charged primary education. Andhra Pradesh was leaders, conducted negotia- with the offence of removing 40 Telangana ranks 18th in the ranked fourth tions with TJS President Prof saplings planted in connection rankings announced by Niti M Kodandaram with the lat- n The Telangana with the plantation drive. The Aayog for States based on vari- ter agreeing to support the M Kodandaram, TJS President Padmavathi Reddy, Cong nominee accused paid the fine to ous criteria. Rajiv Kumar, Vice- government and Congress' candidate panchayat on Tuesday. authorities should Chairman of Niti Aayog, Padmavathi Reddy in the n Gudur Narayana Reddy, along n While the TRS Amitabh Kant, CEO, and wake up from slumber bypoll, which is slated for Panchayat Raj AE Reinare, Secretary of School and take measures to October 21. with other Congress leaders, Government was Education, released the list on develop primary Later, speaking to media conducted negotiations with trying to downplay the commits suicide Monday. education in the State persons on Tuesday, Gudur TJS President Prof M crisis, people of JAGITYAL: Panchayat Raj Telangana State ranks third Narayana Reddy said that the Kodandaram with the latter Huzurnagar could department assistant engineer from below. It scored 49.78 in Telangana State has been fac- agreeing to support the send a strong committed suicide at Learning Outcomes, 60.98 in Pradesh was ranked fourth. The tom of the list in outcomes per- in catering to education needs ing severe agriculture, finan- Congress' candidate message to Chief Venkatraopeta in Medipalli Access Outcome and 20.49 for Telangana government and formance and also at the bot- of out-of-school children. It cial and health crisis. In this Padmavathi Reddy in the Minister K mandal of the district on Tuesday. Infrastructure and 29.96 for authorities have to wake up and tom in imparting training to also failed in teacher recruit- situation, by-elections for bypoll, which is slated for Chandrashekhar Rao She was identified as assistant Equity Outcome. take measures to develop prima- teachers. It showed three per ment. While the number of stu- Huzurnagar seat could make October 21 with their votes in engineer Sandhya. Reasons for Kerala is in the forefront of the ry education in the State. cent improvement in providing dents attending primary schools a huge impact not only on the favour of Congress taking the extreme step could not list of significant States, while The State ranked number amenities and lagged behind in showed a declination, those present government, but also n Gudur Narayana Reddy said party be ascertained. On a tip-off, Uttar Pradesh ranks last. The three in single-teacher schools computer education. joining high schools from upper on the overall political sce- that the Telangana State has police rushed to the spot and got neighbouring state of Andhra category and figured at the bot- It figured at the 19th position primary schools increased. nario. been facing severe agriculture, n Therefore, the support an inquest done. The body was While the TRS Government financial and health crisis. In of TJS to Congress at shifted to the government was trying to downplay the this situation, by-elections for this juncture was hospital for post-mortem. The crisis, people of Huzurnagar case is under investigation. Telangana could send a strong message to Huzurnagar seat could make a crucial for the entire Rs 83 cr released towards Jagruthi lauded Chief Minister K huge impact not only on the Telangana State as it Officials told to Chandrashekhar Rao with present government, but also strengthens the voice for popularising their votes in favour of on the overall political scenario of opposition, he said. strive for villages' Congress party. Therefore, the development Anganwadi staff wages Bathukamma fest support of TJS to Congress n KARIMNAGAR: Medical and PNS HYDERABAD party at this juncture was cru- Health Minister Eetela Rajender Salaries paid cahead of Dasara celebrations cial for the entire Telangana TJS pledges its Minister KTR stated that State as it strengthens the on Tuesday exhorted the mandal n officials of Huzurabad to take up PNS HYDERABAD Telangana Jagruthi played a key voice of opposition, he said. the cleanliness drive under thirty role in taking the Bathukamma Gudur Narayana Reddy said days plan with concerted At the request of Women and festival to an international level. that the Congress was strong support to Congress approach. The minister Child Welfare Minister He appreciated Telangana in Huzurnagar and with TJS n participated in the Mandal Satyavati Rathode, Chief Jagruthi founder and president joining hands its victory is PNS HYDERABAD government t for illegally Parishad general body meeting Minister K Chandrasekhar Kalvakuntla Kavitha for her imminent. He said although arresting the sarpanches. He of Huzurabad on Tuesday. Rao on Wednesday released Rs efforts in bringing worldwide Huzurnagar by-elections were Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) charged that the Cabinet Speaking on the occasion, the 83 crore towards payment of fame for Telangana's state fes- being fought in a constituen- President Prof Kodandaram has embarked on a single- minister said cleanliness in wages to Anganwadi teachers tival Bathukamma. cy, but it would change the on Wednesday pledged the point agenda: work for TRS villages would curb viral fevers and helpers before Dasara fes- Minister KTR mentioned entire political course in TJS support to Congress in success in Huzurnagar. and seasonal diseases. The tival. The finance department that when the earlier govern- Telangana. the Huzurnagar bypoll. The CPI extending its minister asserted that the issued a GO for the purpose. ment had imposed a ban on "KCR has tried to ransack Addressing the media at support to the TRS is a his- Huzurabad hospital would be Generally, wages are paid to celebrating Bathukamma at democratic structure by the TJS office here on toric blunder, he felt. developed on par with the MGM Anganwadi staff towards the Tank Bund, it was Telangana engineering defections in Wednesday, he said that the Congress leader Gudur Hospital of Warangal. He called end of the month. Jagruthi which appealed to the Opposition parties. party would expose the anti- Narayana Reddy offered upon the village representatives On Tuesday, leaders of High Court and brought orders However, the victory of people's policies of the gov- sweet to Prof Kodandaram to shun politics and strive for Anganwadi teachers and Ayahs to celebrate Bathukamma. He Congress in Huzurnagar ernment, charging the gov- for extending the TJS sup- the development of the villages. called on Satyavati Rathode said that the TRS government to her girl child's marriage also stated that Telangana would revive the democracy ernment with looting the port to the Congress. The and urged her to request the will hold the Anganwadi work- are being implemented by Jagruthi played a significant and re-establish the impor- natural resources to meet the by-election to Huzurnagar CM to get the salaries released ers close to its chest. Within 24 the TRS government, which role during the Telangana tance of opposition in vested interests of some. constituency is slated for Errabelli imposes in advance to enable them to hours of placing the request, is unique to Telangana, she movement. Telangana. He vented his ire at the Oct 21. fine on shopkeeper celebrate Dasara. The minister the government acted with pointed out. KTR said that the state gov- "I'm thankful to Prof KHAMMAM: Minister for took the Anganwadi employ- alacrity and released salaries, Further, she elaborated that ernment is distributing Kodandaram and his team of Panchayat Raj Errabelli Dayakar ees' problems to the notice of she said calling the TRS gov- house-site pattas are being Bathukamma sarees to women office bearers for turning and dictatorial government," as an impetus in the process of Rao imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 the CM, who agreed. ernment as prof-women gov- given in the name of women in Telangana and the pro- the by-elections into a fight he said. revival, survival and strength- on a shopkeeper for throwing Satyavati Rathode recalled ernment. The incident time and noted that her government gramme is aimed at increasing between people of Telangana He hoped that the TJS sup- ening of democracy in garbage on the road. Errabelli how the CM has been and again proved that it gives enacted many laws for the income of weavers. with an arrogant, negligent port to the Congress would act Telangana State. Dayakar Rao, along with Minister responding positively to top most priority to protect women's protection and imple- Puvvada Ajay Kumar and MP resolve the problems of interests of women. menting them. Nama Nageshwar Rao, were Anganwadi workers. She On Huzurnagar by-election, She said that she was at a passing through Gubbagurthy pointed out that the TRS gov- Satyavati Rathode said that loss of comprehension on what village of on their way to Enkoor ernment hiked the wages of the women are strongly with right the Congress has to seek V-P calls for translation of great as a part of the Khammam Anganwadi workers twice, the TRS and predicted TRS votes. district tour. The minister stopped which is unprecedented in nominee Sanampudi Anganwadi teachers and the car when he noticed garbage the country. Saidireddy winning the seat Ayahs association leaders In an indirect reference to with a thumping majority. Bhikshapamma thanked literature into many languages lying on the road in front of a shop in Gubbagurthy village. erstwhile TDP regime headed Further, she said that the Satyavati Rathode for hon- Errabelli asked shop owner why by Chandrababu Naidu, she people were in no mood to ouring the association request PNS n HYDERABAD n Calls for steps to education, adding that education the garbage was laid on the way pointed out how that regime believe what the opposition immediately. She said that the digitise and preserve must empower individuals and and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000. got Anganwadi workers, who says. anganwadi workers and teach- Vice-President M Venkaiah works in different instill good conduct, discipline He warned the shopkeeper that had staged a massive protest, Several welfare schems for ers will live up to the expecta- Naidu has called for translation of and calibre in students. severe action would be taken if trampled upon by mounted women and child welfare tions of the CM in implement- great literary works from differ- literary forms in Indian Saying that good books such the cleanliness is not maintained. police. In sharp contrast, she since a woman's conception ing the welfare schemes. ent languages into as many lan- languages as Veyipadagalu transpose the guages as possible, Indian as well n reader into a new world and as foreign. He said that in a coun- All states should make enrich his or her understanding try such as ours, translations mother tongue of the many facets of life as nar- would also play an important role mandatory up to rated by the author, Naidu said CPI tie-up with TRS upsets Left cadre in promoting national integration. primary education that the great works have the Addressing a gathering after n power to leave an everlasting PNS n NALGONDA the CPI's "meek surrender" in releasing the English translation Releases English impression on the minds of the n Venkat Ramaiah, a n The general sentiment translation of epic senior Communist among Left party workers in the crucial by-election had of epic Telugu novel works would enable the readers readers. The critically acclaimed The Communist party projected the party in a bad 'Veyipadagalu' written by 'Kavi to know about the traditions, cul- Telugu novel novel was earlier translated into leader in Huzurnagar Suryapet district was that 'Veyipadagalu' cadre in Suryapet district segment, said the CPI's their party must remain light, adding that the decision Saamraat' Viswanadha ture, customs, values, and ideas Hindi by former PM PV expressed disappointment "meek surrender" in the focused on opposition unity would cost the Communist Satyanarayana in Hyderabad on of the author and his immediate n Narsaimha Rao as 'Sahasra Phan'. over the CPI leadership party dearly in the region. Wednesday, he said such steps world. The Vice-President also Also presents The Vice-President also pre- crucial by-election had on public issues Viswanadha Sahitya meeting the TRS high com- projected the party in a The general sentiment would enable readers across the wanted universities and colleges sented Viswanadha Sahitya mand. The Huzurnagar cadre n The rejection of CPM among Left party workers in globe to not only enjoy good cre- to set up separate departments to Award & Velchala Award to Dr C Mrunalini for bad light, adding that Keshava Rao Award felt it was a 'strategic lapse by the decision would cost candidate Shekhar Rao's Suryapet district was that ative literature, but also expose promote translations. He also Literary Criticism and Velchala the party leadership' in tak- nomination was also viewed their party must remain them to different cultures and urged all states to make mother Keshava Rao Award to Dr the Communist party as setback for the ing the decision to join hands dearly in the region focused on opposition unity ways of life. tongue mandatory up to prima- Vaidehi Sashidhar for Bilingual with the TRS. Communists in Huzurnagar on public issues. The rejec- The Vice-President said that ry education. ety, economy, politics, culture, Poetry. The chairman of Activists of CPI as well as tion of CPM candidate there was an urgent need to digi- Talking about the genius of poverty and such other pressing Viswanadha Sahitya Peetam Dr CPM in the Huzurnagar seg- Shekhar Rao's nomination tise and preserve works in differ- Viswanadha Satyanarayana, problems in his writings with Velchala Kondal Rao, chairman ment had been resenting any CPI had not spelled out clearly Venkat Ramaiah, a senior was also viewed as setback ent literary forms in Indian lan- Naidu said that the legendary remarkable foresight. Naidu said of Shanta Biotechnics Dr KI such move by their leaders for its stand on supporting the Communist leader in for the Communists in guages and promote their trans- writer had articulated issues that the writer saw a crucial dif- Varaprasada Reddy and others the past few days, although the TRS nominee in the bypoll. Huzurnagar segment, said Huzurnagar. lations. He said translation of such such as education, family, soci- ference between reading and were present on the occasion.

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PV KONDAL RAO from time to time. n Resource crunch erodes the party bases suffered further n WARANGAL The weakening of commu- influence dents. nist influence is not restricted Currently, the two commu- Communist parties in north to politics in Telangana state n Mandal-level cadre say nist parties find themselves as and south Telangana districts though, their presence has the slide is severe, a mere reflection of their for- have been facing an acute reduced in trade union pock- leaders of CPI, CPM feel mer image in bastions like resource and manpower crunch ets such as Singareni Collieries things are not so dire Khammam and Nalgonda. for the past few years, which is Company Limited in They were compelled to play beginning to affect the morale Telangana and the industrial second fiddle to the main par- of the remaining cadres even in areas of Hyderabad and its sub- stance in the new state of ties in the successive elections. their previous strongholds such urbs in the recent years. Telangana while reacting to the Even in trade union elections, as Khammam and Nalgonda. The main groups of commu- issues confronted by the state. their presence is unlikely to Though the two Communist nists parted ways and Later when Telangana move- draw much support in the face parties, CPI and CPM, have embraced two different lines ment torch-bearers became of competition from TRS and contested the elections as two during the statehood struggle ties supporting that struggle led to further erosion of morale leaders in all aspects, including the national ruling party BJP, different political fronts, their of Telangana. At that time, the could mobilise resources for to motivate the support base to political leadership, the public which have started focusing on presence has reduced to negli- CPI supported the separate their struggles and at that cru- undertaking people's strug- too were diverted to that group entities like RTC and regions gible in the villages. Cadre Telangana state struggle to cial point only their funds gles. while the communists like the Singareni belt. and trade union activists of the become a part of Telangana mobilisation process suffered a The resource base at this remained mute spectators on Although leaders of the two parties could not get motiva- state political JAC. On the serious setback. crucial juncture was captured many occasions in the subse- main communist parties differ tion and funding from their other hand, the CPM favoured At the same time, the full- by the statehood struggle of quent period. with this view, the mandal party leadership in the districts a Unified Andhra Pradesh state time party members of CPI Telangana which diverted Ever since, their presence level activists and full-timers of for some years now. Full-timers and it supported the and CPM, who used to moti- attention from all other popu- and participation in public one time strongly suggest the TRS NRI UK president Anil Kurmachalam and his team accorded a warm on whom the party relied till Samaikyandhra movement. vate and guide their cadre, lar movements for at least five affairs has reduced further. chips are down and their party welcome to Telangana Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and his wife, date are unable to garner the Since the Telangana statehood were reduced in number in cer- years till 2014. In the subse- The now-weakened commu- high command need to do who are in London as a part of their official visit. Vice- president Naveen Reddy, support of the public on the movement was a stronger enti- tain pockets where the party quent years, the communists nists could no longer attract the introspection in order to regain Pocharam Surender Reddy, Satya, Ravi Retineni, Venkata Narender, RC Rao and issues confronted by them ty, the JACs and political par- lost its crucial influence, which maintained a wait-and-watch working class in rural parts and lost ground. others participated in the programme VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 3, 2019 nation 05 INDIA HAS NO EXTRATERRITORIAL AMBITION, SAYS GEN RAWAT PNS n NEW DELHI Kashmir on a daily basis and that India reserves the right to India has no extraterritorial acquire military capabilities to ‘WILL FULFIL REGIONAL AND GLOBAL SECURITY OBLIGATIONS’ ambitions and does not want counter any security threats factor. It has the potential to remain," he said. to "transplant" its ideology on emanating from its neigh- Gen Rawat identified ‘unending threat add significantly to global Talking about challenges in others, Army Chief Gen Bipin bourhood. The Army Chief, tensions and create unrest," the maritime domain, he said Rawat has said, asserting that who is on a five-day visit to of terrorism’ as the principal challenge the Army Chief said. Gen any disruption of trade routes the country will fulfil its Maldives, held extensive talks facing the entire world while calling Rawat observed that the glob- in the Indian Ocean Region regional and global security with the country's top defence proliferation of weapons of mass al security environment is will be a major security chal- obligations as a responsible brass to expand bilateral mil- increasingly becoming com- lenge for both India and emerging power. itary cooperation. On destruction and increasing assertion plex and uncertain, and that Maldives. In an address to strategic Wednesday, Gen Rawat called of power over international norms as many nations are increasing- "The Indian Ocean Region affairs experts and defence on Maldivian President other key challenges ly resorting to nationalism. is the lifeline to both our personnel in Maldivian capi- Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. "I am certain that if we work nations," he said. Gen Rawat tal Male, Rawat also said "Our strategic culture flows with friends, we can mitigate said India's strategic vision has instability in energy-rich West from two cardinals — we acquiring military capabilities ing the entire world while call- the hazards to regional peace," been in harmony with its tra- Asia has the potential to sig- have no extraterritorial ambi- to counter the security threats ing proliferation of weapons of he said. "Even in this uncer- ditional character as a peace- nificantly increase global ten- tions and no desire to trans- and challenges emanating in mass destruction and increas- tain security environment, ful and responsible nation. sions and trigger unrest and plant our ideology on others," its neighbourhood. "We seek ing assertion of power over economic interdependence, "Our vision of being a sover- that the tension between the the Army Chief said. to fulfil our regional and glob- international norms as other quest for common resources eign, socialist, secular and US and Iran was "worrisome". At the same time, he said al security obligations, as a key challenges. and depth of global engage- democratic republic is "India's national security political development so that Without naming Pakistan, India continues to retain its responsible emerging power," "Instability in West Asia ments drive strategic rela- enshrined in the preamble of aim is to ensure a conducive we can secure all our citizens the Army Chief said Indian commitment to strategic inde- he said. Gen Rawat identified which affects energy security tionships. As protectionism our Constitution. We have internal and external environ- and assume our rightful place armed forces are countering a pendence and autonomy in "unending threat of terrorism" of majority of the nations in rises, complex global interde- always played a constructive ment for unhindered eco- in the emerging world order," proxy war in Jammu and decision making as well as as the principal challenge fac- the world is another major pendencies are likely to role in international relations. nomic progress and socio- he said. SHORT READS Yogi blames oppn parties for ‘zero MAHA POLLS contribution' to check encephalitis BJP nominee Lodha declares PNS n LUCKNOW he said, adding that his gov- ernment was trying to control assets worth Rs 441 crore Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister the spread of the disease Yogi Adityanath blamed the through team work and focus PNS n MUMBAI opposition parties that ruled on cleanliness. Lodha, the state from 1977 to 2017 on Claiming that unlike in Mumbai BJP president Mangal whose family Cong needs Gandhian Wednesday for their "zero some neighbouring states, Prabhat Lodha, who is contest- is into real approach to get mojo contribution" in checking there was no spread of any ing the upcoming Maharashtra encephalitis, which took the vector-borne disease in Uttar Assembly elections from estate back: Pitroda lives of over 50 thousand chil- Pradesh, Adityanath said, Malabar Hill seat here, has business, NEW DELHI: The Congress dren in this 40-year period. "There is no spread of dengue, declared assets worth over Rs has five needs to take the "Gandhian "The encephalitis patients malaria, filariasis, encephali- 441 crore in his poll affidavit. residential approach" of public service and were first seen (in Uttar tis, chikungunya. This is due The 63-year-old MLA, who get 5,000 workers in every Pradesh) in 1977. No initiative to our focus on the Swacch is seeking a sixth consecutive flats in south district dedicated to the cause was taken by any government Bharat campaign, on which term from the posh Malabar Mumbai and of helping people to get its to check its spread to 38 dis- the state has got an award for Hill Assembly seat in south a plot in mojo back, technocrat-turned- tricts of eastern UP, including its attempts." He said on the Mumbai, filed his nomina- politician Sam Pitroda said on VIP constituency Raebareli. 150th birth anniversary of tion papers here on Tuesday. Rajasthan Wednesday. He said all Between 1977 and 2017, Mahatma Gandhi, Bharatiya As per the affidavit submit- Congress leaders must spend 50,000 children aged between Between 1977 and 2017, 50,000 children aged Janata Party (BJP) MLAs par- ted by Lodha along with the six months studying the father one and 15 years died due to ticipated in an anti-plastic nomination form, he and his of the nation on his 150th birth it and the opposition, which between one and 15 years died due to it and the campaign in different wards of wife have movable assets worth Nitesh will contest Maha polls anniversary to be ideologically ruled the state then, had zero opposition, which ruled the state then, had zero the state capital here. over Rs 252 crore and immov- equipped. Pitroda, a long-time contribution to check it," the contribution to check it "I urge the MLAs to launch able assets of about Rs 189 on BJP ticket: Narayan Rane adviser of the Gandhi family chief minister said in his — YOGI ADITYANATH, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister a similar campaign in their crore. The MLA also owns a MUMBAI: Former Maharashtra president Chandrakant Patil, but and head of the Indian address in the state Assembly. respective constituencies also Jaguar costing Rs 14 lakh and chief minister Narayan Rane on high-profile figures Eknath Overseas Congress, said the Among those died, 70 to 90 and ensure the success of the his other investments are in Wednesday said his son Nitesh Khadse and Vindo Tawde country is facing a "major per cent were Dalits or Citing figures, the chief deaths, there were 3,911 AES Swachh Bharat campaign. bonds and shares. Rane will contest the upcoming missing from it. "Nitesh's name conflict" for the idea of India. belonged to minority commu- minister said while in 2016, cases and 641 deaths in 2017. Those MLAs, whose con- He also has liabilities worth state Assembly polls from will figure in the second list and The Congress needs to keep nities, he said, adding that he there were 2,900 cases of Till August 30 in 2019, 938 stituencies turn out to be the about Rs 283 crore. Kankavli seat on BJP's he will contest from Kankavli," talking about this ideological raked up the issue when he Acute Encephalitis Syndrome AES cases were detected and best, can be awarded also," the Lodha, whose family is into ticket. He claimed his Narayan Rane said. On battle and take its message to first became an MP in 1998. (AES) accounting for 491 35 deaths reported due to it, chief minister said. real estate business, has five son's name will speculations of the people, the 77-year-old said residential flats in south figure in the merging his over phone from Chicago. "We Mumbai and a plot in second list of the Maharashtra are perhaps not doing enough Rajasthan. BJP. Nitesh Rane Swabhiman Party of that. We need to educate our Police seek Both Lodha and his wife won the 2014 with the BJP, he said, young. Need to learn Gandhi. also own a house in the Assembly polls "It is likely to happen Understand the real history of permission to Malabar Hill area. from Kankavli seat in a week's time." The India and not through sound Besides, his wife also owns in Sindhudurg former state chief bites and WhatsApp," he said, another flat and a commercial district on Congress' minister was earlier in the adding that all young leaders attach MLA’s property in south Mumbai. ticket by defeating the then BJP Shiv Sena, which he quit in coming into the Congress need As per the affidavit, Lodha MLA Pramod Jathar. 2005 and joined the Congress. to read about the father of the property has five pending criminal cases The ruling BJP on Tuesday He remained with the Congress nation. He said the challenge PNS n MUZAFFARNAGAR against him. declared its first list of 125 till 2017 following which he for the party is to rebuild its The Maharashtra Assembly candidates for the October 21 formed his own political outfit cadre and have about 5,000 Police have sought permis- elections will be held on state polls, including names of and became an ally of the ruling Congress workers in every sion from a court in Uttar October 21 and counting of Chief Minister Devendra BJP. He is currently the RS district. "Everybody wants to Pradesh's Shamli district to votes will take place on Fadnavis and state unit member on BJP's ticket. work in Delhi, nobody wants to initiate property attachment October 24. work in the districts, everybody proceedings against abscond- wants a ticket. ing SP MLA Nahid Hasan, who was booked for misbe- Cattle smuggler held having with an officer and driving a vehicle without ‘BJP miles away from after exchange of fire valid documents, officials in UP's Mathura said on Wednesday. Gandhi's principles yet The court has fixed MATHURA: A cattle smuggler October 5 as the date for was held after an exchange of hearing on the police's appli- celebrating his birth anniv’ fire here, an official said on Khattar takes part in Swachhta cation, they said. 3 killed in wall Wednesday. The incident took According to PNS n LUCKNOW miles away from the principles place on Tuesday night, the Superintendent of Police Ajay of Mahatma Gandhi.... They collapse due to officer added. "A countrymade Kumar, the Kairana MLA Samajwadi Party chief never walked on the path of pistol, three live cartridges and a campaign in Gurugram was facing a non-bailable Akhilesh Yadav lashed out at truth shown by Father of the heavy rains motorbike were recovered from warrant and had not yet sur- the BJP on Wednesday say- Nation. They want to adopt him," SP (Rural) Aditya Kumar PNS n GURGAON homes clean," he said. He said rendered in the court. ing those who never Lohia, Bhimrao PNS n AMETHI Shukla said. He said on a tip-off Khattar said it was it was Mahatma Gandhi's On September 9, the offi- walked on Ambedkar and from a reliable source, inter-state Haryana Chief Minister Mahatma Gandhi's dream to see countrymen cer had stopped Hasan's SUV Mahatma Swami A 25-year-old woman and cattle smuggler Robin, a resident Manohar Lal Khattar on join hands to keep surround- for checking but he alleged- Gandhi's path of Vivekananda. her two minor sons died after of Palwal district in Haryana, Wednesday took part in a dream to see ings and the country clean. ly misbehaved with him. truth, non-vio- The party a portion of a wall at their res- was nabbed. He was admitted to 'Swachhta' campaign here and countrymen join On the occasion, Khattar also Later, it was found that the lence and social whose people idence in Mohanganj area col- a hospital after suffered a bullet asked people to take a pledge picked up a broom to pro- MLA's vehicle was not regis- harmony are believe in vio- lapsed on Wednesday follow- injury on the leg. He was trying to keep the country clean. hands to keep mote the cause of cleanliness. tered, Kumar said. now celebrating lence are today ing heavy rains, police said. to escape with his associate after Paying tributes to Mahatma surroundings and He was accompanied among his 150th birth celebrating Madhuri, her two sons being chased by police following Gandhi on his 150th birth others by his Minister Rao anniversary. Gandhi's birth Aryan (6) and Arush (4), and the exchange of fire, Shukla said, anniversary, Khattar said, "He the country clean Narbir Singh, sitting MLA Participating in his anniversary," Yadav one other were injured in the adding that his associate Mohd. taught us the best way to from Badshahpur, who has party's programme at said. SP chief spokesper- incident, Tiloi SDM Sunil Tarif managed to flee under the know oneself is to immerse been denied ticket for the GPO park on the occasion of son Rajendra Chowdhury Trivedi said. All the injured cover of darkness. Tarif is a oneself in the service of oth- dreams of the Mahatma, we October 21 assembly polls Gandhi Jayanti, he said this is said, "Gandhi believed in the persons were rushed to a com- resident of Mahamadka village in ers". will have to take a pledge to from the seat. Khattar also only a part of the saffron ideology of truth, non-vio- munity health centre, where Hathin of Palwal. Wanted in 14 "Let us pledge to follow his keep our surroundings and paid tributes to former Prime party's politics to hiding their lence and social harmony in Madhuri and her two sons cases, Robin carried a reward of footsteps on the path to a our country clean in the same Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri wrong deeds. the country, and honour for were declared brought dead by Rs 25,000, the SP said. vibrant India...To realise the manner we like to keep our on his birth anniversary. "The BJP and its people are labour." doctors, he added. Those who don't understand Gandhi talk about NRC: Cong 9-ft-long python gobbles up

PNS n KOLKATA had tried to create the impres- sion as if Gandhiji and the cat in Guj village, rescued West Bengal Congress presi- The West Bengal Congress president said, party were synonymous, but PNS n , dent Somen Mitra lashed out at Mahatma Gandhi had fought for that is not true. the BJP-led government at the "We don't need to take A nine-feet-long python Centre on Wednesday, saying communal harmony throughout his life lessons on Gandhiji from the strayed into the backyard of a those who do not understand but those in power at the Centre and the Congress," he asserted. house in Gujarat's Vadodara the principles of Mahatma state are determined to destroy that Marches and commemora- district where it gobbled up a Gandhi talk about NRC and tive events marked the 150th chubby cat, but later coughed driving out the Muslims from harmony to serve their political purposes birth anniversary of Mahatma it out. The reptile was rescued the country. Gandhi across the state on by a forest guard with the help The BJP was quick to retort, Wednesday. a local NGO. saying the Father of the Nation Muslims and communal divide poses. Reacting to Mitra's state- Chief Minister Mamata The python ventured into Rescue Trust rushed to the is not the personal property of in the country," Mitra told ment, BJP national secretary Banerjee had earlier in the day the backyard of a house locat- spot. the Congress. reporters. Rahul Sinha said, "Mahatma said, the renovated Gandhi ed in Vejalpur village on "The python, which was Mitra, who participated in a The West Bengal Congress Gandhi is the Father of the Bhavan in Beleghata area in Tuesday. It chanced upon a cat hiding behind a heap of wood, march from the Subodh Somen Mitra president said, Mahatma Nation. The Congress should the eastern part of the city, there and tried to swallow it, tried to swallow the cat, but Mullick Square to the Gandhi Gandhi had fought for com- stop behaving as if Gandhiji is where Mahatma Gandhi had forest guard Vijay Parmar said. then found it too big and spat statue at Mayo Road to mark ment at the Centre do not and his struggle. Only those munal harmony throughout the personal property of the stayed for over three weeks Some locals spotted the it out," Parmar said. the 150th birth anniversary of understand the principles of (political parties) who do not his life but those in power at the party and the Nehru-Gandhi during Independence to calm huge snake and alerted the for- After hectic efforts for about Mahatma Gandhi, said both Mahatma Gandhi. understand Gandhiji talk about Centre and the state are deter- family." down rioters, would be inau- est department following an hour, the reptile was res- the TMC government at the "Hence, they should stop about the National Register of mined to destroy that harmo- Sinha said that since gurated as a museum on the which Parmar and a volunteer cued and later released into a state and the BJP-led govern- pretending to respect Gandhiji Citizens (NRC), driving out ny to serve their political pur- Independence, the Congress occasion. from local NGO Wildlife forest, he added. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 3, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Plastic problems The Government's U-turn on the ban of single-use plastics Cheque book diplomacy may be temporary but we should all ease up on its use here is little doubt that India is in the mid- dle of an industrial slump with statistics China’s ability to impress upon nations the benefits of joining its bloc is not Tshowing that both growth and jobs are declining. The fact that the Government had unknown. Counter-moves like the Quad need to be strengthened to reverse its decision to ban single-use plas- tics because it did not want to cause more industrial disruption is founded on pragmatism. However, this should not stop it or the soci- ety’s efforts to use less plastic. In fact, a grad- ual phasing out of its production, re-introduc- tion of alternatives and a sectoral approach could be the executive’s view, considering its widespread use in pharmaceuticals and hospitals for example, but we should BHOPINDER SINGH all work towards eliminating single-use plastics from our lives. We do not have he Chinese have either deployed the luxury to look at excuses provided by a Government decision. It is impossi- “intimidation” or their famed ble to imagine modern society without plastics. Indeed, from toys to cars and cheque book diplomacy to “win” even the carbon-fibre reinforcement that forms the fuselage of modern aircraft, over other nations towards their own purposes. Both as an undis- plastics are everywhere. Everywhere means everywhere, as trash piles have been putedT military and an economic powerhouse, found at the bottom of the deepest trenches of the Pacific Ocean and the highs the options for Beijing vary from flexing its of Himalayan peaks. And single-use plastics like glasses, straws, plates, bot- military muscle (as done in the South China Seas) or by ensnaring nations into econom- tles, cutlery and bags are entirely within the domain of individual behaviour and ic bondage by pouring billions of dollars. Take lifestyle change. Unfortunately, while India generates about 9.4 million tonnes of the example of the China-Pakistan Economic plastic waste a year, it recycles only about 60 per cent of it. Studies by The Energy Corridor (CPEC), where a nation-sustaining investment of up to $60 billion has been made Resources Institute (TERI) on landfills found that 10.96 per cent of the waste to Pakistan, whose economy is cash-starved was only plastic and of these, the non-recyclable kind accounted for 9.6 per cent. today. Often, there is a hybrid model in We should all start adapting and be mindful about daily life, use bags made between that entails the overlapping of the commercial-military footprint through strate- out of jute or even reuse our plastic bags more than once. If we can avoid using gic investments by China. a straw or buying a plastic bottle of water, we would have done our best to clear The attempt to stitch together Chinese the heap. Paper cups and metal cutlery will help as well. One shouldn’t blame presence along the crucial sea routes, pursuant to the “String of Pearls” policy, is an ostensi- the industry for not providing options because until we ask for alternative prod- bly commercial initiative, one that will sub- ucts and create a demand swell, we will not get them. That said, we should also sequently evolve into the invariable presence know if the replacement products turn out to be as damaging or possibly worse of Chinese military’s boots on civilian ports such as Djibouti. Wherever physical distance than the plastics they replaced. What we think are “woven paper” bags are actu- still challenges the Chinese “supply chain abil- ally made from long plastic polymers, wood fibre products, which mostly have ities” to maintain a viable military presence, plastic elements in them as well. And because both are not pure plastics, they it can dominate the narrative by out-funding geographical position to Meanwhile, credible rumours ultimately led to the surrender of actually do not bio-degrade like some modern variants. So our attempts to be other donor nations or organisations and “counter-balance” the predom- abound in Kiribati about the the same to Chinese authorities champion these distant lands, such as in the inant and historical Australian Chinese largesse in the pipeline, for a lease of 99 years. The altruistic to the environment should not end up damaging it instead. It is also African hinterland or Latin America. tilt and influence in this region which includes very soft loans Chinese bankrolling was also able important that the plastics industry continues its work towards developing less By punting in these distant lands, not to extract the maximum atten- and a Boeing 737 to boot. The to overturn the Filipino bitterness environmentally damaging products. On this front, the industry has been very only does Beijing sustain captive sources for tion and benefit of competitive Taiwanese are left high and dry, that had earlier led Manila to raw materials and a ready market for its bidding among regional powers. fuming at the obvious play of the lodge a case against China in the proactive and is moving fast. Laws, too, have been framed. The Plastic Waste Chinese end-products but also guarantees However, among the fore- Chinese cheque-book diploma- International Court of Justice and Management Rules, 2018, call for producing industries to collect a fixed per- invaluable political and diplomatic influence. most considerations for Chinese HOWEVER, AMONG cy that brooks no moral, histor- win the same. Almost immedi- centage every year. The Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, make it crys- The importance of having such beholden diplomacy is also the need to iso- ical or positional consideration. ately, the Philippines nations can be gauged from the fact that in late and “compress” Taiwan inter- THE FOREMOST Traditional dominance of Government incredulously tal clear that it is the duty of all — producers, importers and brand owners — the high tables of international diplomacy, nationally by “winning over” CONSIDERATIONS former colonial powers, like embraced the Chinese hand and to adopt a give-and-take policy where it is their responsibility to ensure that they like the United Nations, each country’s vote those nations that still recognise Australia, the US, France, New reneged on its historical relation- collect back as much of the filth as they introduce into the environment. The same counts as “one.” This theoretically makes the its official status. This ongoing FOR CHINESE Zealand and Japan in the region, ship with the US. vote of a country like Nauru, that has a pop- Chinese concern and project to DIPLOMACY IS THE is increasingly diminished as the Expectedly, large sums of Act also bans plastic bags that are less than 50 microns in thickness. The crux ulation of less than 15,000 people, matter get nations to switch sides on the Chinese go about hunting one Chinese investments were of the matter is that all such laws have been ineffective due to the sheer lack of as much as that of China with a population Taiwan issue has accelerated in NEED TO ISOLATE nation after the other. Beijing’s assured and all portents of tradi- enforcement. So the big change has to come from us as enforcers if we want of 1.5 billion. recent times. A record seven flush treasury comes handy as tional animosity buried. In reces- One global theatre that was spared the countries switched sides since AND ‘COMPRESS’ does the dispatch of an occasion- sionary times like now, where to ensure that we leave the next generation a viable ecosystem. To channel Greta Chinese radar of urgency was the island 2016. TAIWAN al bomber flying overhead these cash is the king, the ability of Thunberg, “How dare we not change?” We can’t imagine a life without plastic region of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia These Pacific island nations INTERNATIONALLY hapless countries. China to impress the benefits of and it is unlikely that it will disappear from our lives. But we must reduce our in the Pacific Ocean. The sheer distance, frag- have historically held a pro- The Chinese footprint is vis- joining its “bloc” via gargantuan mentation and “non-threatening” idyll of Taiwan position and they had BY ‘WINNING OVER’ ible in the under-developed oil- carrots like the “Belt and Road dependence on it whether the Government orders it or not. these small island nations ensured an isolat- made a sizeable part of the 25- fields of Sudan and as investment Initiative” are immense. This ed tropical paradise that was bereft of any odd countries that recognised it THOSE NATIONS in freight train infrastructure in allows it the freedom to indulge major geo-political or geo-strategic postur- till recently. Today the number to THAT STILL Bolivia. Now the Pacific Island in profligate chequebook diplo- ing till now. In an increasingly interdependent do so is a mere 15 countries. The countries are its new domain of macy that wins it an ever-increas- SC recall and interconnected global waterway of the latest ones to fall prey to the RECOGNISE ITS attention. All eyes are now in the ing kitty of vassal nations to do 21st century, three factors have driven a sud- Chinese “buyout” were the OFFICIAL STATUS. A neighbouring rim of the remain- its bidding. By rescinding the provision that diluted clauses of the den interest in this region of less than 2.5 mil- Solomon Islands and Kiribati, ing Taiwanese allies in Palau, Counter-moves like the SC/ST Act, the top court has prioritised societal sensitivities lion inhabitants. who were openly assured of RECORD SEVEN Tuvalu, Nauru and Marshall Quadrilateral meet (QUAD), First, the growing domestic aspirations “unprecedented development COUNTRIES Islands to see if they, too, would enjoining the China-wary ith mounting political and societal within these nations. Second, the strategic opportunities” in order to grease be enticed or coerced into aban- nations like Japan, Australia, pressure and given the vulnerability relevance of individual nation “vote” in mul- the deal. The then Prime Minister SWITCHED SIDES doning Taipei and joining the India and the US, have yet to go of Dalits across the country, the tilateral fora. And third, with increasing of Solomon Islands was candid SINCE 2016 Chinese “bloc.” beyond the conceptual frame- W reach of the Chinese military-economic enough to admit that Taiwan was That the Chinese “generos- work and discussions as the Supreme Court has recalled its earlier order might, these nations offer a breakout “completely useless to us”, both ity” never comes without strings transactional dragon ensnares all, diluting provisions of arrest under the opportunity from the supposed “encir- politically and economically. attached is something that these anyhow and anywhere. Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes clement” of China, pitchforking these As part of the “switchover” nation states will invariably dis- (The writer, a military veter- island nations into the competitive calcu- conditions, Kiribati had to sever cover. The Sri Lankan experience an, is a former Lt Governor of (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The ver- lus of Chinese hegemonic instincts. Even ties with Taiwan and re-establish with Chinese investments to Andaman & Nicobar Islands and dict last year had done away with the clause these nations are creatively leveraging their diplomatic relations with China. develop the Hambantota Port Puducherry) of immediate arrest of the accused without proper investigation and provisioned for bail, both of which were found to be easy to play S O U N D BITE around with and intimidate the victims of hate Those doing politics of You can’t be a hero all your The new era calls for both India The BJP and its people are miles crimes. Dalit anger has been simmering since and the atrocities against them falsehood will not life. Everyone has to go and the US to press the refresh away from the principles of the understand Mahatma through this transition phase button of their relationship as Mahatma…The party, whose have spiralled out of control, an abuse being committed against a Scheduled Gandhi’s philosophy of where you have to do the really important relationships people believe in violence, are Caste (SC) member every 15 minutes by some estimates. Last year, the apex non-violence. character roles. are the less transactional ones. celebrating his birth anniversary. court had sought to clarify the application process of the law so that it was not Congress interim chief Actor Foreign Minister Samajwadi Party chief subject to misuse by either the offender or the complainant and was not seen —Sonia Gandhi —Sanjay Kapoor —S Jaishankar —Akhilesh Yadav as an automatic and instant disbursal of justice. So it made a judgement call by insisting that “immediate arrest” be replaced by “arrest only after preliminary enquiry,” thereby eliminating the “heat of the moment” factor and fixing the cul- pability of the real offender indulging in atrocities against Dalits. But in keeping L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR to legal niceties, it ignored the perception that was created, that the provisions What is the law? still missing. empowered the accused and weakened the complainant. There were fears that Wake up to the disaster before it’s too late Although there is no available the latter would not report atrocities or wrong-doing if the provision of unquali- data on the extent of economic fied, non-bailable arrest was done away with, encouraging coercive hit-backs Sir — It was shocking to learn his refers to the editorial, “Tame the flood fury” damages, such episodes pose a about the two Dalit children, who (September 1). By now it is pretty clear that floods heavy economic burden for the during inquiry. As it is, Dalits find it very difficult to register a simple FIR and with had to relieve themselves on a Thave become a recurring phenomenon. The present country. Urban planning is in a some time lag implied in last year’s verdict, the probe itself was feared to be road in Madhya Pradesh because deluge in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is among the worst mess, infrastructure is in sham- compromised badly. As of now, conviction rates in crimes against Dalits and they had no toilet at home and in 25 years. Despite rescue efforts, floods have killed bles and above all, there is no were beaten to death by two 140 people. Disasters are caused due to natural factors dearth of governance. If indeed we tribals add up to 23.8 per cent and 16.4 per cent compared to the 40.2 per cent upper caste men. This happened that are beyond our control but human activities can cer- have to minimise our losses, we in general criminal cases. Besides, the court, as it rightly admitted this week, at a time when the Centre was tainly rein in the impact with adoption of better man- must start preparing for such had, under the veneer of fair play, assumed that SC/ST community members preparing to declare India open- agement practices. Interestingly, the current floods were weather events that bring only defecation free. attributed to the planets by a political leader, reminding destruction. could cook up false cases, that they could be “a liar or crook.” The judge regret- It is a fact that the two chil- us of the old ways of looking at natural calamities as Anand ted that the umbrella assumption was against “basic human dignity” and could dren belonged to a poor family, punishment by God and negating both science and Via email bear heavy on an exploited people, who are already at the receiving end of upper who could not afford getting a toi- human intervention and greed. Denuded forests and rampant mining and quarrying mean let constructed inside their house. Stark images of cities under knee-deep waters warn the top soil is losing holding capacity. In the past, we Celebrating Gandhi caste authoritarianism. To that extent, the court did well to take a holistic view The panchayat had apparently us of the scale of the disaster. Water stagnating with- used to receive “light to moderate” rains for a number of sensitivities, one that had been subverted by looking into technicalities. sanctioned a house with a toilet out receding and inundated homes are examples of the of days. Nowadays, we get “heavy to very heavy, even For the ruling BJP, this comes as a big relief, considering Dalits have been for the family but the sarpanch, collapse of drainage systems. The blockage of natural extremely heavy” rainfall for fewer days. We cannot afford Sir — This refers to the editori- a relative of the accused, had scut- drainage channels, caused by accumulation of construc- to be fatalistic or complacent that this, too, shall pass. al, “Whither Gandhi? (September agitated over the death of Rohith Vemula, the beating of Dalit youths at Una in tled the proposal. Then who is tion cement and other impermeable materials, soil and G David Milton 2). It is indeed ironical that we are Gujarat, the demolition of the press of Babasaheb Ambedkar and the riots in Bhima really at fault here? The authori- sand, is silting up river delta and catchment areas. Maruthancode celebrating Gandhi even as we Koregaon. In fact, in Maharashtra, Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar has ties or the children? Is it not the are busy destroying everything he responsibility of the authorities to believed in and stood for. It is been leading a convincing charge against the current regime and is spearhead- ensure that the poor have access who are falling prey to blind faith. the need to change this practice. poor, is spared from the horrors time for us to reflect on why our ing a renewed movement for legitimacy. With Assembly elections due in the State, to basic facilities? Open defecation is an old habit, TK Nandanan of climate change. That Bihar country has changed so the new verdict could not have come at a better time for the BJP. Considering This incident has also tar- especially among those living in Chennai Deputy Chief Minister Sushil drastically since Independence. that nearly a fourth of Dalit voters voted for the BJP back in 2014, Prime Minister nished India’s reputation. Further, rural areas. I recently discovered Kumar Modi and his family were Only by ensuring that Gandhi’s one of the accused reportedly that in Tamil Nadu, even well-off Prepare for the worst stranded and had to be rescued in ideals come true can we truly cel- Narendra Modi believes in consolidating that vote pie and turn it into an asset declared that he had killed the families in villages consider it lifeboats depict just that. ebrate him. base with his welfarist schemes. But after Vemula’s suicide and the attacks in children as in his dreams, god had unhygienic to have a toilet with- The extended monsoon this Manisha Maharashtra, it is the new-age Dalit voter who is questioning his/her choice and commanded him to kill in the premises of the house and Sir — This refers to the editorial, year has left behind a trail of Via email “demons,” justifying monstrosity prefer open grounds for defeca- “Tame the flood fury” (September destruction with 1,685 deaths is at the forefront of new assertive agitations. But a movement is still scattered in the garb of faith. Urgent steps tion. Clearly, a lot more needs to 1). The wrath of mother nature is being reported by 14 States till Send your feedback to: and not coalesced enough and BJP would like to stem that hereon. must be taken to educate people be done to explain to the people such that nobody, the rich or the September 30 and hundreds [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 3, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Relevance of POINTCOUNTERPOINT THE BIHAR GOVERNMENT ISSUED AN ALERT ASKING IS WATER IN SOME PARTS OF PATNA THE ONLY the Mahatma THE PEOPLE TO BE ON GUARD. BUT WAS IT ON PROBLEM WE HAVE? WHAT HAPPENED IN AMERICA? GUARD ITSELF? WE OWE THE PEOPLE AN APOLOGY. NO ONE IN THE GOVERNMENT IS SITTING IDLE. Reversing the civilisational slide will require a —UNION MINISTER —BIHAR CHIEF MINISTER shift towards a need-based economy, whose cornerstones are just morality and justice GIRIRAJ SINGH NITISH KUMAR The storm ahead The worst drag in life is poverty, so Indians must now choose whether they wish to HIRANMAY KARLEKAR ahatma Gandhi’s message and the way of living have continue living in poverty or sacrifice 135 million people for a gigantic revolution a special relevance in the world today given the direc- Mtion in which the dominant global civilisation is unfold- ing and the impact of its economic infrastructure on values. The contemporary dominant global civilisation increasing- ly owes its character, direction and thrust to market capital- ism. As its name suggests, this latest phase in the evolution of capitalism derives its surplus for survival and growth from the market through sales. The latter is a result of demand, which since the days of primeval societies, has been the result of exis- tential human activity and the desire to possess. The process was very simple to begin with. The issue was survival, which required, in its most basic form, security (the need to live), food, MARKANDEY KATJU shelter and clothing. Thus, the perception of the need for bet- ter weapons for hunting and warding off attacks by wild ani- Hai maujazan ek kulzum-e-khoon, kaash yahi ho. Aata hai abhi dekhiye, kya kya merey aage. mals and other human groups might have led to devising of (A turbulent sea of blood is before me. But see sharper stone spearheads. what is coming ahead.) Satisfaction over their use would have led to —Mirza Ghalib demands for more of these, and per- haps, also for even better weapons, leading to their invention and pro- am in my sunset years (I just crossed 73) and duction. The search for such and other my remaining time will be spent on educat- items led to the emergence of technolo- Iing my fellow Indians (including non-resi- gies. Jacques Ellul, who uses the words “tech- dent Indians in America — where I am living nique” and “technology” almost synonymously, writes in his at present — who though very good in their technical jobs, are gullible in other respects). classic, Technological Society, that the latter “is nothing more The crux of what I teach is this: There are than means and the ensemble of mean.” The technical oper- really two worlds. One is that of the developed, ation, he adds, “includes every operation carried out in accor- UNFORTUNATELY, highly industrialised countries like the US, THE POLITICAL dance with a certain method in order to attain a particular end. Europe, Japan, Australia and China and second It can be as rudimentary as splintering a flint or as complicat- is that of the under-developed countries, includ- LEADERS IN INDIA ed as programming an electronic brain. In every case it is the ing India (which is perhaps the most developed TODAY RELY method which characterises the operation.” of the underdeveloped nations). EITHER ON CASTE The application of technology on the available resources Our national aim must be to transform India OR RELIGION FOR led to the invention and manufacture of products and the emer- from the second world to the first. In other WINNING gence of services that were felt to be necessary. This, shorn words, from being an under-developed country, ELECTIONS. we must make it a developed, highly industri- of trappings, was the basic process. The growing diversity, com- TAKING alised one. This is necessary if we wish to abol- ADVANTAGE OF plexity and sophistication of economic, societal and political ish poverty, unemployment, malnourishment, activity through centuries and the concomitant evolution of insti- THE FACT THAT lack of healthcare and good education and so on. OUR SOCIETY IS tutions, weltanschauungs and practices through millennia, has Because only a high-level and widespread led to the evolution of the primeval barter economy to the pre- industry can generate the wealth needed to pro- STILL sent information technology and financial capital-based mar- vide for the welfare of our people and create mil- SEMI-FEUDAL, ket economy, which as we have seen, derives the surplus for lions of jobs to wipe out unemployment. WITH RAMPANT its survival and growth from sales in the market. Market cap- But how is this to be done ? We no doubt CASTEISM AND dal casteist and communal mindsets can be assumed that about 10 per cent engineers are manning Silicon Valley, italism does not just respond to demands; it creates these had a limited degree of industrialisation after COMMUNALISM, and practices among our people. This of the people are killed in a revolution. and many Indians are professors in through seductive marketing and sales strategies whose cut- 1947 but then the process stalled. And of late our THEY POLARISE hydra-headed monster was obstruct- For, after all, what is a historical rev- Science, Maths and Engineering economy has tanked; the Gross Domestic ing any progress and keeping us olution? It is a period when the old Departments in American ting edge is advertising, which has emerged as a major high- SOCIETY Product (GDP) has declined to five per cent, FURTHER AND chained to poverty and other social society and its values are being uproot- Universities), and immense natural profile industry. there have been massive retrenchments in the evils. ed and torn apart but new values have resources. What it lacks is the third pre- Advertising seeks to boost sales through multiple strate- SPREAD CASTE auto, Information Technology (IT) and other AND RELIGIOUS Many would say I am presenting a not yet replaced them. Everything is in requisite — a modern, patriotic polit- gies that, in bare essentials, is tantamount to projecting the pos- industries while real estate and power sectors are horrible choice between the devil and ferment, in chaos. ical leadership. Without this, our session of certain goods and the enjoyment of certain services in the dumps. In fact, it is to divert attention from HATRED TO GET the deep sea and a cruel prognostica- Can this be a peaceful affair? Not transformation from the second to the as an end in themselves and the measure of a person’s worth. this economic crisis that the Government has VOTES. BEING tion and augury. Do we really want our at all. The reactionary elements in the first world is impossible. For example, X is an outstanding person because he/she wears resorted to gimmicks like cow protection, MOSTLY 135 million men, women and children old order will fiercely oppose any Unfortunately, the political leaders a certain brand of clothing and a certain make of watch, owns building the Ram temple, Yoga Day, Swachh CORRUPT, THEY to rise up and set off a revolution? I am change, as happened in France in the in India today rely either on caste or a certain make of car and, if a woman, wears a certain brand Bharat Abhiyan, abolition of Article 370, Howdy HAVE NO IDEA OF not a bloodthirsty person and I wish period prior to the 1789 Revolution religion for winning elections. Taking of make-up. People consume not only because they want to Modi in Houston and so on. But economic slow- HOW TO SOLVE this great historical transformation and even during the one in Vendee in advantage of the fact that our society downs cannot be wished away by such gimmicks could take place peacefully. But 1793. And many of the ordinary peo- is still semi-feudal, with rampant do so but to show others that they can afford to do so or are OUR MASSIVE and stunts. ECONOMIC unfortunately that is not how history ple in society, being conservative by casteism and communalism, they superior people who can do so. One can win elections on the plank of operates. nature, will oppose any fundamental polarise society further and spread The result is competitive and not just conspicuous con- PROBLEMS BUT Hindutva (as happened in the 2019 Lok Sabha ARE EXPERTS IN Consider the experiences so far. change. In India, most people still have caste and religious hatred to get votes. sumption, causing the alienation of those who cannot indulge elections) but one can’t live off it. One has to eat The transformation of feudal Europe casteist and communal mindsets, and Being mostly corrupt, they have no in it and social tension and violence. The other result is aggra- food and to get food, one must have a job. But MANIPULATING of the 16th century to a modern to replace that by modern minds is 10 idea of how to solve our massive eco- vation of climate change as the increasing levels of greenhouse jobs are getting less (as the National Sample CASTE AND Europe of the 19th century was not times more difficult than changing the nomic problems but are experts in gas emissions are a result of economic activity to cater to spi- Survey, a Government of India organisation, COMMUNAL accomplished peacefully. It witnessed physical environment. manipulating caste and communal ralling consumer demands. As is increasingly clear, the two admitted recently). Twelve million Indian youth VOTEBANKS wars, revolutions, chaos, massacres, In India, all our State institutions votebanks. Obviously such people are processes taken together can mean the extinction of humankind. are entering the job market every year but oppor- social churning, intellectual ferment have collapsed and become hollow and unfit to transform India into a mod- Mahatma Gandhi stood for a need-based economy whose tunities are drying up (due to manufacturing and so on. It was only after going empty shells. We adopted the parlia- ern, highly industrialised country. decline). Consequently many Indian youths will through that fire that modern society mentary system of democracy but It is only modernist, selfless and cornerstone was morality and justice. The first part of it is encap- end up as criminals, beggars, hawkers or will end emerged in Europe. this has degenerated into caste and patriotic leaders who can solve India’s sulated in his famous, of-quoted statement, “The world has their lives. I submit that the Indian people must Similarly, after the Chinese communal vote banks, as everyone massive socio-economic problems. enough for everyone’s need but not for everyone’s greed.” The now make a choice: Either keep living in their Revolution was completed in 1949, the knows. Casteism and communalism Who these movers will be, when will ubiquitous conspicuous consumption of our time was absent miserable conditions characterised by poverty, Chinese authorities made an investiga- are feudal forces, which must be the revolution which they will lead in his, but the statement underlined his strong disapproval of unemployment, malnourishment (the highest in tion about how many people were destroyed if India is to progress but occur, what form it will take is impos- unnecessary, self-indulgent consumption and was in keeping the world, with every second Indian child mal- killed in this churning (which lasted for parliamentary democracy further sible to predict. But about one thing with his belief that an economy should be guided by principles nourished, as stated by the Global Hunger Index, a quarter of a century, from 1924 to entrenches them. So we have to replace there can be no doubt: The next two of universal morality. He wrote in The Veins of Wealth (Selected UNICEF), farmers’ distress and the consequent 1949). It was found that about 10 per parliamentary democracy by another decades in our country will be very tur- Works Vol III), “The real value of acquired wealth depends on unabated suicides, poor healthcare and educa- cent of the then 550 million Chinese system which enables us to rapidly bulent and bloody. As the great Urdu the moral sign attached to it, just, as sternly as that of a math- tion for the masses, discrimination against people, which is about 50 million, were progress. poet Mirza Ghalib said, “Aata hai abhi minorities, Dalits and so on. Or else, sacrifice killed. Similarly, about four of the then Today, India has two of the three dekhiye kya kya mere aage. (I wonder ematical quantity depends on the algebraical sign attached to about 10 per cent of the 1,350 million popula- 40 million Vietnamese people were pre-requisites to becoming a modern what lies ahead of me.)” it. Any given accumulation of commercial wealth, may be indica- tion in a gigantic, historical people’s revolution killed in the liberation war in Vietnam, industrial giant, like China, namely a (The writer is a former judge of the tive, on the one hand, of faithful industries, progressive ener- which alone can destroy backwardness, the feu- which lasted from 1945 to 1975. So it huge pool of technical talent (our IT Supreme Court of India) gies and productive ingenuities; or on the other hand, it may be indicative of mortal luxury, merciless tyranny, ruinous chi- canery.” Inequality, to him, was not condemnable per se. He wrote in The Veins of Wealth, “Inequalities of wealth, unjustly estab- lished, have assuredly injured the nation in which they exist dur- Time to put salve on wounds ing their establishment; and unjustly directed, injure it yet more during their existence. But inequalities of wealth, justly estab- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India comes at a time when the lished, benefit the nation in the course of their establishment; and nobly used, aid it yet more by their existence.” relations between the two neighbours are a bit strained Mahatma Gandhi was against competition, which led to exploitation and low wages and for cooperation. The objective dispel any prevailing doubts about the that Kashmir was our internal matter. Again, India’s initial reluctance in ground is that such contracts always of acquiring wealth was not consumption and self-indulgence. future of the relationship and highlight Again, on the NRC, an initiative pri- taking a firm stance on Rohingya have some strategic consideration. According to him, “The final consummation of all wealth is in the importance India gives to its marily undertaken to identify infiltra- refugees, a vital issue for Bangladesh This unease is despite the fact that the producing as many as possible full-breathed, bright-eyed friendship with Bangladesh. Indo- tors from Bangladesh into Assam, the inundated by the influx of refugees, during her July visit to China, Sheikh and happy-hearted human beings.” (Veins of Wealth). Bangladesh relations made significant Hasina government refrained from further dented public perception. Hasina categorically mentioned that Here the view of the aim of economic growth is very dif- progress under Hasina’s decade-long indulging in any negative comments India being a regional power, expec- her nation’s relationship with Beijing ferent from what is prevalent. It, however, does provide a counter rule that began with her second term in public. tations from it are always high and any is economic and with New Delhi, it as Prime Minister in 2009. At present, India and Bangladesh share a fall from them leads to resentment is organic and cannot be measured to the frenetic celebration of consumption latent with disastrous except for some minor irritants, the deep sense of bonhomie, especially among the people. The most promi- by any monetary benefits. consequences. JOYEETA BHATTACHARJEE alliance between New Delhi and at the Governmental level. nent and recent case is India’s disjoint- In the backdrop of these niggling (The writer is Consultant Editor, The Pioneer, and an author) ndo-Bangladesh relations will get Dhaka is said to be at an all-time high Nevertheless, rising scepticism ed response on the NRC, where one issues, Hasina’s visit signifies the spe- a boost with the visit of our neigh- and India considers Bangladesh a among the people, particularly in of the arms of the Government cial relationship the two countries Ibouring country’s Prime Minister trusted friend and partner in the Bangladesh, cannot be overlooked. assured that none would be deport- share. During her stay, she will be Sheikh Hasina to India, beginning neighbourhood. It is an area that demands in-depth ed to Bangladesh while another discussing a wide range of issues of today. This will be the first visit by After the Uri attacks, our introspection as the importance of repeatedly expressed its resolve to bilateral, regional and international Hasina after the National Democratic Government used all possible avenues public opinion in influencing deport Bangladeshis and referred to importance with Prime Minister Alliance (NDA) formed the to try and isolate Pakistan diplomat- Government policies is established. migrants as a security threat. Besides, Narendra Modi. Government for the second consec- ically. As part of that strategy, it In Bangladesh, reasons for appre- the venom spewed against A deepening economic cooper- utive time at the Centre. The visit refused to attend the 2016 SAARC hensions among the masses include Bangladeshis by some political lead- ation is also an important aspect as comes at a time when the relations summit in Islamabad and was sup- the pendency of the Teesta River ers close to the ruling dispensation, Hasina will be accompanied by a between the two neighbours are a bit ported by Bangladesh. Dhaka was water-sharing agreement since 2011. who equated them to “termites”, has large delegation of businessmen. In strained over the National Register of also the first nation to back New India refrained from signing it during added to the people’s apprehensions. addition, she will participate in the Citizens (NRC) in Assam and Delhi’s entry as an observer in the former Prime Minister Manmohan Similarly, people in India have India Economic Summit, organised Bangladesh nurturing defence ties Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Singh’s visit after West Bengal Chief been watching Bangladesh’s growing by the World Economic Forum. So with China. There are concerns that in 2018, a club open only to Muslim- Minister Mamata Banerjee objected to ties with China closely, especially in one hopes that the two neighbours such issues will affect the relationship majority countries. the draft agreed upon by the two defence cooperation. In particular, will put a salve on any wounds before between the two nations who have Recently, after the promulgation countries. The delay in the signing of Bangladesh’s recent contract to they fester. historic linkages. of Article 370 and the anti-India pro- the agreement substantially hurt China for construction of a subma- (The writer is a Senior Fellow at the Hasina’s visit provides both New paganda by Pakistan and radical India’s credibility in the eyes of com- rine dockyard has raised eyebrows in Observer Research Foundation and Delhi and Dhaka the opportunity to groups, Bangladesh echoed our stance mon Bangladeshis. India because the feeling on the views expressed are personal) VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 3, 2019 money 08 CAPSULE ‘Student housing, retirement RCEP trade ministers to meet in Bangkok homes, new realty drivers’ PTI n NEW DELHI PTI n NEW DELHI ly entered this sector and raised Trade ministers of 16 RCEP funds to spread the business. countries, including India and NoBroker.com Confident about real estate On the other hand, the co- Japan, will hold a crucial meet- sector doing well as long as working space is also seeing ing in Bangkok next week to raises $ 50 mn for there are "right developers, huge growth. take stock of the negotiations business expansion right pricing and right unit According to property con- that are in the last phase, an size", eminent banker Deepak sultant Knight Frank, co-work- official said. NEW DELHI: Realty platform Parekh has said a number of ing operators have leased 4 Commerce and Industry NoBroker.com has raised USD new growth drivers are also million sq ft of office space Minister Piyush Goyal will 50 million from investors, including Tiger Global emerging in form of student across eight major cities dur- attend the eighth RCEP Management, for business housing, retirement homes ing the first half of 2019 to (Regional Comprehensive expansion. The company said and co-living projects. meet rising demand of such Economic Partnership) in a statement that it has raised He also said foreign flexible area from corporates Ministerial Meeting being held USD 50 million in Series D investors have also been invest- and startups. This marks a in Bangkok from 10-12 Funding. "This brings the total ing in a big way in good com- growth of 42 per cent over H1- October. funding raised by NoBroker to mercial projects, while ware- 2018. The official said that this USD 121 million," it added. The housing is another segment Asked whether foreign would probably be the last round was led by Tiger Global where they are showing keen investors, mostly private equi- ministerial-level meeting as interest. Student housing is a very big growth area and it has ty players, are also keen on only a few issues like rules of The official said that this would Management and included taken off well. Many universities, colleges and participation from existing "Student housing is a very investing in residential pro- origin are pending for finali- probably be the last ministerial-level investor General Atlantic. big growth area and it has educational institutions are now in fact selling their own jects, Parekh said, "They are sation. NoBroker.com is a tech-based taken off well. Many universi- housing to raise money to build more classes, facilities etc going big on commercial pro- The RCEP agreement is meeting as only a few issues like rules ties, colleges and educational jects, malls etc. A large num- being negotiated among 10 brokerage-free real estate —DEEPAK PAREKH, eminent banker of origin are pending for finalisation platform that makes institutions are now in fact sell- ber of them are getting into ASEAN members (Brunei, transactions seamless and ing their own housing to raise joint ventures." Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, efficient. NoBroker currently money to build more classes, "They are also getting into Malaysia, Myanmar, the operates across six cities: facilities etc," Parekh told PTI ities, and places like Delhi- ly limited to over one lakh beds. warehousing, including for Philippines, Singapore, New Zealand, and 90 per cent uct particularly from China Mumbai, Bengaluru, , in an interview. NCR, Bangalore and Mumbai- Assuming they earn ?1.44 lakh food, data, commodities etc. Thailand, and Vietnam) and for products imported from to protect the domestic Chennai, Hyderabad and "The other growth area right Pune region have started see- (USD 2,021) per annum per Warehousing is a big business their six trade partners -- ASEAN, Japan and South industry. Gurgaon. More than 30 lakh now is co-living. People, includ- ing such projects. bed, organised players in this now," he said. Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, with which India India wants to use this properties are already ing foreign investors, have also According to a recent study segment are currently USD He said some foreign play- Korea and New Zealand. already has a comprehensive mechanism for about 60-65 registered on NoBroker and started talking about rental conducted by News Corp and 206 million," the study said. ers are also keen on residential According to the official, free trade agreement, the offi- products being imported from more than 70 lakh individuals housing. And many are also Softbank-backed realty portal The report further said that projects and they would be India is expected to reduce or cial added. China. However, China wants have used its services. building projects for senior cit- PropTiger, the co-living space the co-living sector has total keen to buy parts of a project eliminate duties on about 74- The cut or elimination of it for around 20 items. "This current funding will help izens, including some being has emerged as a "real estate untapped demand of about if they get good discounts and 80 per cent of goods import- these duties could be imple- The negotiations for the us provide the NoBroker service built by people themselves. We goldmine" that remains large- 46.3 million beds, out of which this can be of significant ben- ed from China under the pro- mented over a period of 5, 10, RCEP deal has reached at a to more customers across the are funding some of them actu- ly untapped and has potential 8.9 million is from student efit for developers who have posed agreement. Bilateral 15, 20 and 25 years. fundamental phase as the country and also accelerate our ally," the chairman of the coun- to become USD 93 billion housing. unsold projects. talks are still going on with the Negotiations are also on member countries are target- deal closure growth," said Amit try's biggest housing finance market annually on rising Among the existing players in Earlier in his annual letter to neighbouring country, with for an auto-trigger mecha- ing to conclude the talks by Kumar, CEO and Co-Founder of company HDFC Ltd said. demand from students and the segment are RentMyStay, shareholders, Parekh had said which India has a trade deficit nism, wherein India would November. NoBroker.com. Retirement homes are like professionals. Rentroomi, SimplyGuest and the housing market in India of over USD 50 billion. have the option to increase As many as 28 rounds of hostels with all kinds of facil- "This is evident from the fact Flathood. Other players such as has been so far been looked at Similarly, India may cut cus- customs duties if there talks have been held at chief ities available for senior citi- that the supply by organised NestAway, Stanza Living, Zolo, from the lens of the country's toms duties on 86 per cent of would be a sudden surge in negotiators level and no more zens, including medical facil- players in co-living is current- Placio and CoLive have recent- young demographic profile. imports from Australia and imports of a particular prod- rounds are scheduled now. India can be major electric PMC's suspended MD blames Bank of Baroda signs MoU with vehicles markets: Report Indian Army ‘superficial auditing' for mess PTI n NEW DELHI These states and NEW DELHI: Bank of Baroda UTs are Andhra PTI n MUMBAI (BoB) has signed a India has the potential to become one of the largest electric vehi- Pradesh, Bihar, The suspended managing ICAI to check Memorandum of Delhi, Karnataka, UK retail king Understanding (MoU) with cles (EVs) markets in the world, director of Punjab and role of auditors Indian Army under which the with the government pushing for Kerala, Maharashtra Cooperative Tesco says bank would offer customised the segment in order to curb pol- Maharashtra, Tamil (PMC) Bank, Joy Thomas, has NEWDELHI: Chartered services along with a host of lution and reduce reliance on Nadu, Telangana, blamed the auditors for the accountants' apex body facilities to account holders. import-dependent fossil fuel, mess at the bank, accusing ICAI has sought informa- CEO to step The MoU includes handsome says a report. Uttarakhand and them of only "superficially tion from the RBI and other free personal accident However, the uptake of EVs Uttar Pradesh auditing" the books of the now authorities on the PMC down in 2020 insurance cover, free air has been slow in the country crippled lender due to "time Bank crisis to check AFP n LONDON accident insurance cover of Rs due to the high upfront as well vices to increase the momen- constraints". whether any auditor was 15 lakh to Rs 50 lakh and an as lifecycle costs cost but long- tum of EV usage in India. In a five-page letter to the involved in the alleged Britain's biggest retailer Tesco overdraft facility up to three term investment in research These states and UTs are Reserve Bank of India (RBI) financial irregularities at said Wednesday that CEO times of monthly net salary, and development (R&D) will Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, dated September 21 after a the lender. Dave Lewis will step down the public sector bank said in create sustained growth, Karnataka, Kerala, board member blew the lid on Taking note of the "enor- next year, and will be replaced a statement. The features are according to the report by the Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, the fraud at PMC, which is mity of the matter", the by Walgreens Boots Alliance also applicable for pensioners Word Economic Forum and Telangana, Uttarakhand and among the top ten urban coop- ICAI on Wednesday said it executive Ken Murphy. of Indian Army up to the age Ola Mobility Institute. Uttar Pradesh. "Considering erative banks, Thomas has before the regulatory clamp auditors was done as the 'bank has triggered its disciplinary Lewis, who has overseen a of 70 years, it said. The Apart from investment, the strong governmental push confessed to the role of the top down which PTI has reviewed, was growing', Thomas claimed mechanism and has written radical overhaul of Tesco second largest public sector government backing and towards EVs, India has a huge management, including a few according to its annual report in the letter. to the bank as well as regu- since his appointment in bank with more than 9,500 direction will be crucial for potential to become one of the board members, in hiding the for FY19, the bank had three The letter of Thomas is latory agencies concerned. 2014, added that the group's branches will provide accelerating adoption and largest EV markets," the actual NPA numbers and also auditors -- Lakdawal & Co, part of the first information The Institute of turnaround was "complete" customised banking deployment of electric mobil- report noted. the actual exposure to the Ashok Jayesh & Associates report (FIR) filed by the Chartered Accountants of and he desired to move onto experience for serving and ity, it added. bankrupt HDIL, which is stat- and DB Ketkar & Co since Economic Offence Wing of India (ICAI) has written to new challenges. retired personnel of Indian The report said there are ed to be around Rs 6,500 crore FY11. the Mumbai Police on the Vigilance Department of "My decision to step down Army, it added. The agreement 10 states and union ter- or over 73 per cent of its total Emails from PTI sent to all Monday. The FIR names the RBI and the as group CEO is a personal was signed by Lt Gen Harsha ritories (UTs) that are loan book of Rs 8,880 crore. these auditors did not elicit any Thomas, PMC chairman Commissioner of one," he said in a group state- Gupta of Indian Army and BoB leading the way in While Thomas has not replies even after 24 hours. Waryam Singh and the pro- Maharashtra Co-operative ment issued alongside first- Executive Director Vikramditya building production, named any auditor in the let- The shallow auditing of the moters of the HDIL and relat- Societies. half earnings. Singh Khichi, it said. infrastructure and ser- ter to the RBI written two days books of PMC by its statutory ed entities. "I believe that the tenure of the CEO should be a finite one and that now is the right time to pass the baton. ‘Infra investment "Our turnaround is com- Banks to hold Water supply to firms stopped in Latur plete, we have delivered PTI n LATUR ered as the lifeline of Latur city, ers held a meeting a month all the metrics we set for key to boost jobs’ currently has 4,000 million ago, Collector G Shrikant told ourselves. The leadership Water supply to the litres of water against its total PTI. team is very strong, our loan fairs across PTI n NEW DELHI India" has said. Maharashtra Industrial storage capacity of 2.24 lakh "The industries then strategy is clear and it is "By prioritising infrastruc- Development Corporation million litres. The require- demanded that the decision delivering." The government can create a ture investment, governments (MIDC) area in Latur district ment of the indus- to stop water supply be Former Unilever director 250 districts large number of jobs by mak- can provide direct employ- has been stopped due to insuf- trial zones in postponed till Lewis was parachuted into ing infrastructure ment in large num- ficient reserves in the Manjara Latur, located October 1 against Tesco in July 2014 to help PTI n NEW DELHI investment its prior- bers. And they can dam and other resources after in the peren- the earlier plan of turn around the group. ity and roping in pri- enable the private sec- poor rainfall this monsoon, an nially September 1. But More than 10,000 jobs The first phase of 'Loan Mela', vate sector in it, a tor which is impeded official said on Wednesday. drought-hit now, since the have been cut in a far-rang- an outreach programme for report has said. by absent or poor With companies in Latur's Marathwada Manjara dam and ing cost-cutting drive at providing credit to retail cus- India faces a cru- infrastructure," the MIDC already troubled due to region, is other reserves Tesco, since Lewis took tomers and MSMEs, will begin cial policy challenge report said. the industrial slowdown, the around 3 mil- have very low charge with the brief to save from Thursday across 250 of ensuring access It also said that a stoppage of water supply since lion litres of storage, the water 1.5 billion pounds. districts across the country to to adequate employ- dynamic private sec- Tuesday has come as a double water per day, supply to MIDC has He took the reins just as meet demand during the fes- ment for its 473 million strong tor is essential for meeting whammy for factories, special- an official said. been stopped since the group was rocked by cri- tival period. workforce, an IDFC Institute this challenge and the state ly pulses and cement units, a In view of this water Tuesday after taking own- sis in October 2014 after During the four days begin- report on "Infrastructure has an equally critical role to local industry body said. crisis, the district administra- ers of the industries into overstating profits in an ning October 3, loans will be This is part of Priorities for Job Creation in play. The Manjara dam, consid- tion and industry stakehold- confidence," he said. accounting error. sanctioned for retail, agricul- the systematic ture, vehicle, home, MSME, education and personal cate- bank reform gories on the spot. process which All banks, including State envisioned ‘Indian banks fail on climate, human rights policies' Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of taking banks to PNS n NEW DELHI issues is very worrying," said Baroda (BoB), and doorsteps of Fair Finance Guide India is a group of Namit Agarwal, private sector Corporation Bank have geared customers Most Indian banks fail on poli- engagement lead at Oxfam themselves up to take advan- cies of environment and civil society organisations to create India. tage of festival season demand. human rights and this inaction an ecosystem amongst financial Agarwal further noted that SBI is the lead banker in 48 ingness to join the initiative. leaves the Indian banking sec- "this inaction leaves the Indian districts across the country. This is part of the system- tor vulnerable to investment sector actors to recognise the ESG banking sector vulnerable to Likewise, BoB is the lead atic bank reform process risks arising due to climate risks in their investments investment risks arising due to banker in 17 out of 250 dis- which envisioned taking banks emergencies, according to the the climate emergency. The tricts in the first phase. to doorsteps of customers. first edition of Fair Finance sector is also likely to be direct- Simultaneously, it is holding These camps will provide Guide India scorecard. Nature and Climate Change, However, seven out of eight ly or indirectly linked to Baroda Kisan Pakhwada dur- a one-stop destination for The scorecard, that analysed Labour Rights, Human Rights, banks scored zero on the human rights violations caused ing which most of its branch- MSMEs, small retail busi- environmental, social and gov- Gender Equality, Financial themes of climate change and by the companies they finance". es would focus on promoting nesses and end customers to ernance (ESG) policies, dis- Inclusion and Arms, environment. The banks also As per the report, banks can farm loans, BoB said in a access all bank services, espe- closures and commitments of Transparency and scored poorly on the themes of have a positive impact on the statement. cially loans in auto, home, various banks in India, noted a group of civil society organ- (public and private) -- State Accountability, Corruption and labour rights and human environment and reduce risks During the annual perfor- personal and business sec- that Indian banks have policies isations to create an ecosystem Bank of India, Federal Bank, Tax. rights. of climate change by screen- mance review earlier this tion. on financial inclusion and cor- amongst financial sector actors Punjab National Bank, Bank of As per the Fair Finance "Indian banks demonstrate ing for companies that are month, public sector banks While at one level it will ruption, but are found wanti- to recognise the ESG risks in India, Indian Overseas Bank, Guide India scorecard, three their leadership on issues of committed to protecting bio- decided to undertake out- help businesses to gear up ng on social, environmental their investments. IDFC Bank, HDFC Bank and out of eight Indian banks have financial inclusion and tackling diversity, reducing their reach exercise in identified 400 for the festive season, it and human rights issues in The scorecard is an assess- Yes Bank. scored high on parameters of corruption. However, their greenhouse gas emissions and districts. Later, the private will also provide ready cash their investment policies. ment of policy disclosures of a The assessment covers ten financial inclusion and cor- inaction to deal with climate supporting a low carbon econ- sector too expressed their will- in the hands of consumers. Fair Finance Guide India is sample of eight Indian banks themes across ESG domain -- ruption. emergency and human rights omy. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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Social media has changed lives for the better. Barring a few instances where it has been misused, WHEN SOCIAL MEDIA it has been a boon for people from all over the world sharing information about topics like motivation, BECOMES THE TEACHER He adds, “Though peo- change, clean India, Mahendra Dogney education, health, safety, ple understand that learn- domestic violence and says, “I create motivation- I create motivational content wellness and more. EduTok, ing English is a profes- more.” al content which largely which largely focuses on the sional requirement for Paras Tomar, who focuses on the problems problems faced by youth these jobs, they tend to give up mostly covers health and faced by youth these days. a short video sharing at times. I try to keep wellness said, “Most of my I create videos in the form days. I create videos in them motivated. My view- content has information of stories and couplets I create short the form of stories platform, helps people share ers include students who about skincare and well- which make it engaging and couplets want to understand gram- ness. The USP of these for my audience. The top- lessons on their work and spread their matical concepts, those videos is that I use natural ics I cover through my English language which make it who are employed and ingredients. The response videos include career with explanations engaging for my knowledge, finds self-employed individuals is heart-warming as with information, awareness, audience. who want to enhance every new thing I’ve tried. education and health. As I in Hindi. I cover V SATEESH REDDY their spoken English The incredible part about hail from a small town, I everything about English, MAHENDRA skills. Even the elderly the people who start fol- understand the miscon- from grammar to vocabulary. DOGNEY who want to chat with lowing you is that they ceptions people have hort video lessons to career advice, their grandchildren in become a part of your life. about life in a small town. What’s unique is that I teach in sharing plat- EduTok has allowed users their style watch my They're so aware when My videos work towards a funny and interesting manner, form TikTok’s to showcase their talent, videos sometimes.” you're working out, when changing this perception through sketches, mimicry, S initiative knowledge and creativity Another EduTok user, you're cooking and even and making people realise role-plays, etc., instead of the EduTok, is get- from even the most Geet, says, “I create moti- when you're unwell. that talent sees no bound- ting rave remote towns in the vational videos and rela- These are people who see aries.” traditional whiteboard method. reviews all over the world country.” tionship advice videos. every facet of you.” for enabling users create He informed that the Occasionally, I also post a AWAL MADAN and share content on EduTok initiative has over video where I am dancing ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTOR themes like education, 40 billion views since May on a trending song. I also motivation, safety, health, 2019. He shares, “We teach English vocabulary, wellness and more. allow users to post 15 sec- sentences we use daily, EduTok was launched as ond videos and encourage grammar, etc. I an effort to empower them to showcase their soon plan to TikTok users to create creativity in unique ways. cover topics meaningful and inspiring This has worked well like motiva- content. amongst our users. The tion, cli- Most of my The campaign Having received an format also encourages mate content has has given our overwhelming response creativity and pushes cre- for EduTok, the campaign ators to more effectively information about users a diverse has enabled Indian users share their thoughts with skincare and wellness. The set of themes and topics to to not only share their the world.” USP of these videos is that I explore, which has led to a inspiring stories and He added that EduTok knowledge, but also build has been well received by use natural ingredients. The great appetite of content a unique identity for users and has been trend- response is heart-warming generation and themselves. EduTok has ing consistently with as with every new thing I’ve consumption. We’ve seen a empowered Indian users views reaching close to to reach a global audience the 40 billion mark. tried great engagement on EduTok who have similar interests Awal Madan, one of the on a variety of subjects. and has allowed creators contributor said, “I create PARAS TOMAR to bring a change in the short lessons on English NITIN SALUJA society by sharing their language with explana- knowledge. tions in Hindi. I cover Nitin Saluja, director, everything about English, I create motivational public policy, TikTok from grammar to vocabu- India, said, “The cam- lary. What’s unique is that videos and paign has given our users I teach in a funny and relationship advice a diverse set of themes interesting manner, videos. Occasionally, I and topics to explore, through sketches, mimic- which has led to a great ry, role-plays, etc., instead also post a video where I am appetite of content gener- of the traditional white- dancing on a trending song. I ation and consumption. board method. My objec- also teach English vocabulary, We’ve seen a great engage- tive is to help people learn ment on EduTok on a conversational English sentences we use daily, variety of subjects. From and not just bookish grammar, etc. motivation, language English.” GEET Cycling to spread ‘Fit India' campaign More than 200 school-going children took part in a 50-km cycling event that was held in the city to spread awareness on Fit India campaign

n 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma O Gandhi, Hyderabad Cyclists Group is organised a 50-km ride with more than 200 cyclists from across the city taking part in it to spread about Fit India campaign. The ride was cheered with various slo- gans by promoting various Indian campaigns like Make In India, Digital India and GEAR UP FOR A Fit India. Ravinder Nandanoori, founder of Hyderabad Cycling Group said that they started HCG with just GOOD CAUSE two members and now there are more than 600 active ver since the first with the tradition, Novotel globally participate in the members. He says, “We biker embraced the Hyderabad Airport (NHA) DGR each year. The wanted to do something dif- students of St Martins Single Line Moving Bycycles Cyclists Group also com- helps one to lead a happy open roads instead hosted the ‘Distinguished Distinguished Gentleman’s ferent on Gandhi Jayanthi. School of Chintal and event. During the practise pleted a Guinness World and peaceful life,” Ravinder E of the noisy metro Gentleman’s Ride’ (DGR) at Ride was founded in Sydney, Hence, I thought why not Balanagar participated in sessions, we realised that Record fete of ‘the longest informed that many stu- life, bikers have the hotel. The event was Australia by Mark Hawwa. we involve school-going the event. these kids could easily com- single line bicycle parade’ by dents are very happy for always beencom- attended by over 300 bikers The first ride in 2012 brought children to spread the mes- When asked about involv- plete long rides like 50-km at Outer Ring Road. completing the race and bininga popular pastime with from across the city who came together over 2,500 riders sage on Fit India campaign ing students in 50-km ride, and after speaking to school He adds, “We are also told him that the race gave a sense of duty: travelling together for spreading aware- across 64 cities. Punjab started by Prime Minister Ravinder says, “For many authorities we conducted fighting against pollution in them the confidence to across the country and spread- ness about prostate cancer and Enfield Group (PEG Mc) NarenderModi.” days, we have been practis- this event.” the city by conducting vari- reach their goals. ing awareness about impor- suicide prevention. Around Hyderabad is the official host Ravinder informed that ing with school children for Recently, the Hyderabad ous cycling events. Cycling — V Sateesh Reddy tant social causes. Keeping up 70,000 bikers in 550 cities for DGR 2017 Hyderabad. 10 celeb talks Vijayawada Thursday October 3, 2019

AVA DUVERNAY MATT DAMON REVEALS HE TO DIRECT HAD TURNED DOWN AVATAR AMERICAN CIVIL ollywood superstar Matt Damon has revealed that he has lost a chance to make WAR SERIES huge profits by turning down a role in James Cameron’s sci-fi blockbuster, Avatar. “Cameron offered me Avatar and when he offered it to me, he goes, ‘Now, listen. H I don’t need anybody. I don’t need a name for this, a named actor. If you don’t take ollywood director Ava DuVernay is set to this, I’m going to find an unknown actor and give it to him, because the movie a direct a futuristic drama set during an doesn’t really need you. But if you take the part, I’ll give you 40 per cent of...’,” American civil war series for the network Damon said, in an interview to a men’s magazine. H HBO. The When They See Us and Queen When the interviewer asked if he was implying whether Cameron had “offered you 10 per Sugar multihyphenate and Westworld cent of the Avatar profits”, Damon replied: “I told John Krasinski this story when we were executive producer Roberto Patino are writing Promised Land, and he goes, ‘what?!’ And he stands up and he starts pacing in the developing a series based on DC Comics title DMZ, kitchen. He goes, ‘OK. OK. OK. OK. OK!’ He goes, ‘If you had done that movie, nothing in a futuristic drama set during an American civil war. your life would be different; nothing in your life would be different at all — except that, right The project has a pilot order at the WarnerMedia now, we would be having this conversation in space’.” streaming platform, reports hollywoodreporter.com. “So, yeah. I’ve left more money on the table than any actor actually. That sucked and that’s still Based on the critically hailed Brian Wood- brutal. But my kids are all eating. I’m doing OK,” said Damon, according to a report in a British Riccardo Burchielli comic, DMZ is set in a near- news agency. future where America is embroiled in a bitter civil war. The island of Manhattan has become a demili- tarised zone separating the two sides, largely destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world. The series will follow a fierce female medic who saves lives while desperately searching for her lost son. As she con- tends with the gangs, militias, dema- gogues and warlords who now con- trol the lawless island, she becomes the unlikely source of what every- one there has lost: hope. Filming on the pilot is slated to begin in early 2020. The pilot order comes a day after US President Donald Trump, facing an impeach- ment inquiry in Congress, tweeted a quote from Fox News contribu- tor Robert MICHAEL SHEEN REVEALS Jeffress refer- ring to a NAME OF NEWBORN “Civil War- like fracture” for your lovely messages of if Trump is DAUGHTER“Happy to say that at congratulations. It’s been a removed ctors Micheal wonderful, bleary-eyed from 8:41 am on Monday office. Sheen and Anna September 23rd our beauti- week full of love and kind- Lundberg have ful daughter Lyra was born. ness and extraordinary poo. officially con- Thank you so much to #NotReferringToMyself,” he A firmed the birth Louise and all the brilliant added. of their first midwives at both the This is a second child for child together and the cou- Singleton and Neath Port Sheen, who also shares ple have named their new- Talbot Hospitals,” Sheen daughter Lily (20) with for- born daughter, Lyra.star wrote on Twitter. mer partner, actor Kate The Good Omens “On behalf of Anna and Beckinsale. revealed that the child was myself thanks to everyone born on September 23.

VIOLA DAVIS TO BE AWARDED LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT ROME FILM FESTIVAL

ctress Viola Davis is set to Davis is an extraordinary actress, who be honoured with a lifetime has transformed sincerity and dignity achievement award at this into sublime thespian art. It is a great A year’s Rome Film Festival honour for me, and for the Rome Film scheduled to run between Fest, to celebrate her formidable talent October 17 to October 27. and deep humanity,” the outlet quoted The Oscar, Emmy and Tony-winning Antonio Monda, Rome’s artistic actress will attend the festival to director. take her prize besides participat- Rome will award two lifetime ing in a ‘Close Encounter’ on- achievement awards this year. stage conversation, in which Previously, Bill Murray was she will speak about her announced as the recipient career across film, theatre of the other award and and TV, reported Wes Anderson will Deadline. present the award “Viola to Murray.

NETFLIX SHOW STRANGER THINGS TO RETURN WITH SEASON 4 fourth season of the mas- released by Netflix on Monday end that “40.7 million household sively popular Netflix seemed to confirm that hint. accounts have been watching the show is on the way, the “We’re not in Hawkins anymore,” show since its July 4 global launch — A streaming company the trailer read with an ominous more than any other film or series in announced Monday. No scene from the Upside Down. its first four days. And 18.2 million word on a release date for Still, a statement from the Duffer have already finished the entire sea- the fourth season of the show, which Brothers assured fans that they won’t son.” last left the pubescent heroes of be leaving the beloved town entirely: Given that, the upcoming deal is Hawkins victorious against their “We can’t wait to tell many more sto- bound to be sizable. Deadline reports supernatural supermonster, the ries together — beginning, of course, that the Duffer Brothers could stand Demogorgon, but without their port- with a return trip to Hawkins!” to nab a multiyear pact similar to the ly leader, Sheriff Jim Hopper (David The show’s third season, which one Netflix signed with Game Of Harbour). A final scene from the premiered at the start of the long Thrones’ David Benioff and DB third season hinted that the evils fourth of July weekend, brought Weiss. We can only hope that Steve they faced in the first three seasons Netflix an unprecedented amount of ‘The Hair’ Harrington’s godawful might not be limited to quaint binge-watchers. The streaming com- bowl cut will not be making an Hawkins. And a teaser trailer pany tweeted at the end of that week- appearance in the fourth season. 11 tollywood Vijayawada Thursday October 3, 2019 KALYAAN DHEV IN TALKS WITH SREENIVASS REDDE Redde had met Kalyaan with a full-length commercial drama with dollops of humour sometime last month, finds NAGARAJ GOUD

hile the status of his also a love story integrated film Ragala 24 Gantalalo film with debutant into the script. The actor took might also have a bearing on director Puli Vasu, a strong fancy to the story and his decision.” W announced last year, his part. He believes it is the Kalyaan Dhev debuted last is unclear, Kalyaan right story for him to attract year with Vijetha, directed by Dhev, Megastar masses and find his foothold Rakesh Sashi. Chiranjeevi’s son-in-law, has in the industry. He might, Although the film failed to initiated talks with other film- however, seek the inputs of his light up the box-office, he makers for his next. To this uncle before he gives his green received fairly decent reviews end, we’ve exclusively learnt signal. The result of Redde’s for his acting chops. the actor is in advanced talks with director Sreenivass Redde for a new film. The director, who is known for his comedy entertainers Bommana Brothers Chandana Sisters, Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila and Adirindayya Chandram, is presently awaiting the release of his comeback film Ragala 24 Gantalalo, starring Eesha Success smiles! Rebba and Satyadev. A source close to the devel- ith Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy opening to fairly positive reviews opment shares, “Redde has and good word-of-mouth, Megastar Chiranjeevi decided to show- met Kalyaan with a full- er his love on son Ram Charan who produced the film on a mas- length commercial sive scale. The veteran actor also met producers NV Prasad and drama with dollops W DVV Danayya at his residence in Hyderabad and received their of humour some- congratulations on the film’s earth-shattering opening. The likes time back last of SS Rajamouli, Harish Shankar and Anil Ravipudi were some of the noted month. There’s faces who praised the film on Twitter. Choreographer Swarna switches tracks warna master, who has choreographed songs for more than 850 films, has turned producer and director with Adi Oka Idhi le. A love story laced with family emotions, it features newcomers Savyasachi and Radhika Preeti in the lead S roles. Its trailer was unveiled by leading producer Dil Raju in Hyderabad recently. "The trailer is nice. The film looks like a cute love story in the backdrop of an apartment," he said, before extending his best wishes to the unit. Savyasachi said, "From story ses- sions, workshops to actual shoot, the film's journey has been nothing short of a dream. I consider myself lucky to have worked with some big technicians." TARAK treats Sanjay Dutt and Yash ‘There is no story in nown for his hospi- Bengaluru last month and the tails and the topics all three tality in the film actor upon knowing the pres- discussed varied from current www.meenabazar’ circles, Jr NTR has ence of Sanjay in town, politics to respective film K treated KGF 2 stars extended an invitation to him industries, a source says. ilmmaker Rana comes from theatre back- that they will not carry any Sanjay Dutt and along with Yash. Both were Sanjay, impressed with the Sunil Kumar Singh, ground, informs. expectations. “Noted faces Yash at his resi- happy to accept it and way Tarak showered love on who has produced He adds that the Telugu- means the film will carry dence in Hyderabad earlier dropped by Tarak’s residence him, told him to make it a F and directed Kannada bilingual, featuring expectations, which I didn’t this week. The shoot of the on Monday evening. They point to visit his residence in www.meenabazar., himself, Vaibhavi Joshi, Srijita want. If the audience watches period action-drama has were treated to a sumptuous Mumbai if he lands there for states the film is a Ghosh, Madhusudhan and the film devoid of expecta- shifted to Hyderabad from dinner over a spread of cock- work or otherwise. true documentation of what Rajesh Nataranga, has no story tions, they will be awed by it. he saw in life. “In bazar, every- as such. “The film is the jour- It’s a director’s film all the way. thing is available. Likewise, ney of five principal character We’ve conducted a workshop THEY WERE TREATED TO A our film has all emotions-love, and the conflicts they for the actors for three months crime, drama-woven into the encounter with each other before going to shoot.” SUMPTUOUS DINNER OVER A proceedings. In short it’s a result in the formation of a He further informs that the SPREAD OF COCKTAILS AT multi-genre film. The idea story in the end. That’s the film, shot in 75 days, with out- behind the title is to USP. All the five characters ings in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, TARAK’S RESIDENCE attract viewers. have equal importance,” Mangalore and Kodachadri, Also, it carries a he points out, adding has been cleared with ‘U/A’ lot of significance that it’s definitely not a certificate and they are plan- attached to the regular film and the ning to arrive later story,” Sunil idea behind going in this month. Kumar, who with new faces is — NG

CHANAKYA makes handsome revenue from non-theatrical rights n what is a handsome marketing source close to the unit, to snatch the rights from deal for AK the film’s lion share of Rs 9 crore-of Sunkara. On the other hand, the Entertainments chief the ancillary revenue came from digital rights have been bagged Anil Sunkara, Hindi dubbing rights alone. Telugu by steaming giant Amazon for I Gopichand-starrer dubbed action films have always Rs 2 crore while a leading Chanakya, which is mak- found viewers on prominent general Telugu GEC acquired the satel- ing decent buzz, has made close to Hindi entertainment channels and lite rights for Rs 4 crore, taking Rs 15 crore from non-theatrical the film's theme-of a RAW agent’s the total tally to Rs 15 crore. The avenues, making it the best deal for covert operation in Pakistan-meant film, directed by Thiru, is sched- the actor till now. According to a that the interest party paid big bucks uled to release this Saturday. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 3, 2019 sport 12

Opening suits Debut 2.0 Rohit’s game Rohit scores hundred on his maiden game as Test opener PTI n VISAKHAPATNAM mphasising that opening the batting suits PTI n VISAKHAPATNAM Senuran Muthusamy. faced before driving Rabada Ehim, Rohit Sharma said he was mentally The entire dressing room, past backward point with min- prepared to make the switch as he scored an ohit Sharma’s Test career including skipper Virat Kohli, imal feet movement for a four. unbeaten 115 in his first Test innings as open- got a new lease of life as stood up to laud Rohit's feat. His second scoring shot er and with his assuring knock, India seized the Rhe struck an unbeaten His 174-ball unconquered was also a boundary as he initiative on day one of the series opener against 115 in his first innings as an innings contained 12 fours and punched Philander towards South Africa. opener to take India to a com- five sixes. backward point. The pitch Asked about his mindset in the lead up to manding 202 for no loss against At the other end, Agarwal offered very little to the pacers the series, India’s limited overs vice-captain said South Africa before rain was cruising towards his maid- and spinners in the first two he kept things simple in his head. washed out the final session of en Test ton. He too looked hours of play. “The talk (of him opening in Tests) was the series-opener, here on assured at the crease and played What worked for Rohit going on for a long time. In the West Indies (in Wednesday. his shots. was standing outside the crease August), they told me clearly it is going to hap- There was an 80 percent Early into the afternoon when Philander was bowling pen now. I was prepared for the past two years. chance of rain on the opening session, he brought up his half to negate any little swing that At some stage, I was aware that I might have day but it only arrived during century with a spectacular six was available. to open so I was ready,” said Rohit after scor- the tea break with India com- over extra cover off Keshav Rabada has the express ing his fourth Test ton. fortably placed after 59.1 overs Maharaj. pace but he did not test the He was part of the squad for West Indies of play. Clouds gathered over the Indian openers as much as series but could not final place in the middle Mayank Agarwal was on stadium towards the end of the Philander. order. course for a maiden Test hun- session and thunderstorms Rohit and Philander’s bat- “Of course, opening the batting is a differ- dred, having played extremely forced the umpires to take the tle in the first hour was absorb- ent ball game in red ball cricket. Mentally you well for his 183-ball 84. tea break eight minutes before ing. Philander, who got the bet- have to train your mind more than anything Thunderstorm, followed scheduled time. ter of Rohit in the warm-up else. At the same time, you do need to look into by a heavy spell of rain, ensured Earlier, Rohit and Agarwal game, challenged Rohit by some technical aspects of batting but more than no play was possible after the played out 30 overs in the moving the ball both ways in that you have to challenge yourself mentally to tea break. morning session after safely his opening spell of four overs. play the new ball and take the game forward. Before weather played negotiating the South African After a few play and miss- “Those are the things I kept in mind when spoilsport, Rohit stole the show pacers Kagiso Rabada and es, Rohit chose to walk down I went out to bat. There was no confusion about in what could be a career Vernon Philander, taking India the pitch before South Africa how I wanted to approach the innings.” changing knock for him. to 91 for no loss. skipper Faf du Plessis asked In ODIs too, Rohit used to bat in the mid- While South African India, who had named wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock dle order but he became a white-ball great only bowlers did trouble the Indian their playing on the eve of the to stand up to the stumps. with his stupendous success at the top of the batsmen on a few occasions in first Test, opted to bat on a dry After getting the measure order. the first session, they seemed surface with skipper Kohli call- of the surface, Rohit went for “I think it (opening) just suits my game, just toothless in the second session ing his decision a "no brainer." his strokes like he does in wear the pads and bat. It was a waiting game, where Rohit and Agarwal Expecting the pitch to turn, white-ball cricket. when I used to bat at five or six. I won’t say it scored at a brisk rate. South Africa picked three spin- His first big hit was a typ- didn’t suit my batting. Your mind is fresh, we Rohit, who got to his fifty ners in Maharaj, Piedt and ical one as he gently stepped know we have to play the new ball. You know before lunch, shifted gears and Muthusamy, who is more of a out of the crease to smash the bowlers who will bowl the new ball, these was particularly harsh on the batting all-rounder. Maharaj over long-on. A little will be the fielders, so the game plan is easier spinners. All eyes were expectedly later, he played a similar short for you. He hammered off-spinner on Rohit whose stop-start Test off Piedt and this time the ball “At number six, the ball is reversing, field Danie Piedt for successive sixes career has taken a new direc- flew well above the long-on placement is different and you need to keep all over deep midwicket to get into tion with the management fielder. those things in mind. That game of wearing the the nineties before completing accommodating him at the top Rohit completed his 11th pads and going in to bat suits me more,” said his fourth Test ton with a sin- of the order. Test half-century towards the the maker of more than 10,000 runs in limit- gle off debutant spinner He left the first ball he end of the session. ed overs cricket.

AFP n KARACHI 116 he made against Zimbabwe at Hambantota in Young boxers eye echarged opener Gunathillaka takes SL to 297-9 2017. RDanushka Gunathilaka Thirimanne hit four scored a career best century boundaries off 54 balls while to lift Sri Lanka to a challeng- Bhanuka had two sixes in his glory at Worlds ing 297-9 against Pakistan in 39-ball knock. the third and final day-night Shehzad, Umar for T20s Allrounder Dasun international against Pakistan AFP n KARACHI last of 82 Twenty20 interna- Shanaka hit a quick 24-ball 43 in Karachi on Wednesday. tionals in 2016 against the with five boundaries and two The 28-year-old left-han- akistan Wednesday West Indies. sixes as Sri Lanka added 50 in der knocked a 134-ball 133 Precalled trouble-making The three Twenty20 the last five overs. with 16 boundaries and a six opener Ahmed Shehzad internationals will all be Pakistan, who leads the for his second hundred which and middle-order batsman played in Lahore on three-match series 1-0 on lifted Sri Lanka after they Umar Akmal for the three- October 5, 7 and 9. winning the second match by won the toss and batted on a match Twenty20 series Chief selector Misbah- 67 runs, brought Abid Ali and flat National stadium pitch. against Sri Lanka starting ul-Haq announced the Mohammad Nawaz for Gunathilaka, suspended this weekend. changes to the squad. Imam-ul-Haq and Imad twice for breaches of disci- It will be the first time "From the ODI side Wasim. plines in the last two years, the 27-year-old Shehzad against Sri Lanka there are For Sri Lanka, Sadeera held the innings together ting. He was finally dismissed Fernando caught behind for will represent Pakistan since three changes. Shehzad, Samarawickrama, Isuru with stands of 88 with skip- in the 45th over, bowled by four by Sarfaraz Ahmed, lead- a four-month ban for a Umar and Faheem Ashraf Udana and Oshada Fernando per Lahiru Thirimanne (36) paceman Mohammad Amir ing Pakistan for the 50th failed dope test last year. have replaced Abid Ali, made way for Bhanuka, for the second, 50 for the who was the best Pakistani time in an ODI. Shehzad played the last Mohammad Rizwan and Lakshan Sandakan and third with Angelo Perera (13) bowler with 3-50. Gunathilaka defied of his 57 Twenty20 interna- Imam-ul-Haq," said Perera. and 74 with debutant Minod It was Amir who gave Pakistan's bowling with guts tionals in Scotland in June Misbah. The first match was Bhanuka (36) for the fourth Pakistan an early break- and determination, improv- last year. Sarfaraz Ahmed will rained off, also in Karachi, on in a brilliant display of bat- through when he had Avishka ing his previous ODI best of Umar, 29, played the lead the Twenty20 squad. Friday.

PTI n MARLOW second quarter, and pressed for the equaliser, which eventually came in the he Indian women’s hockey team 18th minute as Neha produced a slick Ttasted its first defeat on England Indian Eves suffer 1-3 defeat finish to make it 1-1, and put the pres- tour when it went down 1-3 against 0-0 respectively. sure back on the host nation. Great Britain in the fourth match here The hosts dominated possession It was in the 29th minute at the on Wednesday. in the early stages and won their first stroke of half-time that Great Britain PTI n ULAN UDE for which will take place during Great Britain took an early lead penalty corner in just the 3rd minute, created a great chance through com- the mega-event here. She is through Hannah Martin (5th minute) but India’s goalkeeper Rajani Etimarpu bination play by their forwards, and ix-time champion M C Mary expected to make the panel as but India’s Neha Goyal (18th) scored produced a fine save to deny the hosts managed to take a 2-1 lead into half- SKom’s seemingly endless reser- there hasn’t been any other nom- the equaliser. early on. time as Charlotte Watson scored their voir of experience makes her a ination from the Asian block. However, a goal before half-time However, the visitors could not second. strong medal contender yet again Previous editionks Bronze- from Charlotte Watson (29th), and one deny the hosts on the second occasion Neither team could create any real but the spotlight will also be on medallist Lovlina Borgohain has in the last quarter through Giselle as they took the lead through a field opportunity in the third period, and some youngsters when India moved up a division to 69kg this Ansley (50th) meant that Great Britain goal by Hannah in the 5th minute. were battling it out in midfield. The takes guard at the World Women’s time. She is seeded third and secured their first win of the tour, snap- India gradually came into the Indian team tried to attack their Boxing Championship starting given a bye into the pre-quarter- ping India’s unbeaten run. game, and had a few chances of their opponents more in the last quarter, but here today. finals. World No 9 India had notched up own in the latter stages and with the it was Giselle Ansley, who made it 3- Mary Kom was on India Open Gold-medallists a 2-1 win in the first match, before momentum on their side, the Indian 1 in the hosts’ favour via strike from Wednesday seeded third and Neeraj (57kg) and Jamuna Boro drawing the next two games 1-1 and team combined well at the start of the penalty corner. handed a bye into the pre-quar- (54kg) are among the five boxers, terfinals. She will begin her cam- who will be making their debuts paign on October 8 against a yet at the big event and can be to be decided opponent. expected to create a flutter. Neeraj, In all, five Indians got first- a former national champion, has Murray reaches Beijing quarters Djoker continues winning run round byes into different stages got a bye into the round of 32. depending on the size of the draw. In the 75kg category, former AFP n BEIJING (7/5) winner over France’s giving a single point away, ending the No Indian will be in action on the Asian champion Saweety Boora Jeremy Chardy. He faces the match in just over 90 minutes. opening day of the mega-event. will be keenly watched. She was xhausted Andy Murray bat- Italian Fabio Fognini. “Obviously, I was pleased to get that The 36-year-old Manipuri a Silver-medallist in the 2014 edi- Etled into a singles quarter- done in two (sets),” Djokovic said. “We has been an ambassador of the tion of the marquee tourna- final for the first time in a year BARTY ADVANCES must give credit to Go Soeda, who sport not just in India but also the ment. on Wednesday — and then In the women’s draw, world played a really good match, fought hard, world over. However, there is a “This squad is a nice mix. immediately grabbed a snooze. number one Ashleigh Barty will made me work for my win today. minor blemish in her magnificent Last time we had four medals, The former world number face Czech seventh seed Petra “For my side, I am really pleased. record — the lack of a world title let’s see how the debutants one outlasted fellow Briton Kvitova in the quarter-finals. Probably I played even on a higher level in the 51kg category. respond to the challenge this Cameron Norrie 7-6 (8/6), 6-7 The top-ranked Australian, than the first round. So the game is She would be aiming to set it time. Fingers crossed,” national (4/7), 6-1 over nearly three gru- 23, beat home hope Zheng Saisai going in the right direction for sure,” he right in this Russian city. This is coach Mohammed Ali Qamar elling hours in hot and hazy 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, but was said. not to say she hasn’t done well in said. Beijing. unhappy to have been forced to AFP n TOKYO “I played now three days in a row,” the hard-fought category— Mary “Before coming here, we had The 32-year-old, now three sets. he said. “Everything is fine.” Kom has the Olympic Bronze a fruitful training stint in Italy ranked a lowly 503, will play top “I think I was pretty loose, I ovak Djokovic stepped up a gear at Elsewhere, third-seed David Goffin medal and the Asian Games where we got to spar with the seed Dominic Thiem in the last played a pretty stupid (second) Nthe Japan Open on Wednesday, came from behind in a dramatic first- Gold to her credit in the division. Chinese, which is not some- eight of the China Open on set,” said Barty. fending off a tough challenge from round victory against Pablo Carreno Former champion and Mary thing that happens quite often. Friday. “I made far too many errors, Japanese wild card Go Soeda 6-3, 7-5 to Busta 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-0. Kom’s contemporary L Sarita They hardly travel elsewhere On the mend after a career- let her back in the match well advance to the quarterfinals. Djokovic’s next opponent Pouille Devi (60kg) is another one to and they are the biggest force in saving hip operation in January, and truly. The world number one said he had defeated Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 6- watch out for after she defeated women’s boxing,” he added. Murray looked all in afterwards, “I think too many times I no problems with the injured shoulder 1, 6-2. last edition’s Bronze-winner and In the 48kg category, which and walked gingerly in and out gave away cheap service games... which forced him out of the US Open American Reilly Opelka squeezed a much younger Simranjit Kaur Mary Kom made her own, of the post-match press confer- ly tired,” he said. when I did have my opportuni- as he looked to face French fifth-seed past Gilles Simon 7-6(4), 7-6(2) in the trials. Sarita, seeded fourth, Strandja Cup Silver-medallist ence. The hard-fought triumph ty, I didn’t take it. Lucas Pouille at the Ariake Colosseum. Australian qualifier John Millman has also got a bye but into the Manju Rani will be fighting it out Blowing out his cheeks sev- over 69th-ranked Norrie means “A bit of a frustrating one.” Djokovic was cruising to a victory defeated Adrian Mannarino of France round of 32. this time. A debutant at the eral times, the three-time Grand he reaches the last eight in sin- Teenage US Open champion until late in the second set when the 35- 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Outside the ring, the eight- world championship, Rani got a Slam champion said he had gles on the ATP Tour for the first Bianca Andreescu reached the year-old Japanese player put up a tena- Japanese qualifier Yasutaka time Asian medallist is in the run- bye into the pre-quarterfinals. slept in the 90 minutes between time since Shenzhen in last 16 with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) vic- cious fight as the Serb began missing Uchiyama beat Radu Albot 6-7(2), 6-3, ning to become a member of the “She has shown a lot of his victory and talking to September last year. tory over Belgium’s unseeded many of his first serves, reducing his 5- 6-4. International Boxing promise and hopefully, it would reporters. Also into the quarter-finals Elise Mertens. 3 lead to 5-5. Lloyd Harris of South Africa edged Association's (AIBA) first ever translate into a medal here,” “I’m tired, I just had a sleep was Russian fourth seed Karen Andreescu meets Jennifer But Djokovic snapped back in form past Australian eighth-seed Alex de athletes commission, the voting Qamar said. before coming. I mean, I’m real- Khachanov, a 7-6 (7/0), 7-6 Brady of the United States. and took the final two games without Minaur 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(8).