Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 Published From CORONA: SOME REAL, Q4 EARNINGS, PACE OF VAX, TRENDS IGA IS QUEEN DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH THOUGH SOME HYPE TO DICTATE MARKETS OF ROME BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 207 HYDERABAD, MONDAY MAY 17, 2021; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable SHILPA SHETTY IN MAHESH- TRIVIKRAM'S STORY { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com PETROL, DIESEL PRICES HIKED AGAIN; CONGRESS MP WHO HAD COVID-19: LOCKDOWN EXTENDED IN FREE WI-FI NOW AT 6,000 PETROL PRICE NEARS RS 99 IN MUMBAI COVID DIES, RAHUL GANDHI SAYS ‘BIG LOSS’ DELHI BY ANOTHER WEEK RAILWAY STATIONS etrol price on Sunday was increased by enior Congress leader and MP Rajeev Satav elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on he railways has enabled free Wi-Fi at 24 paise per litre and diesel by 27 died at a private hospital in this Sunday announced extension of the its 6000th station as the facility Ppaise, pushing rates across the Smorning, days after recovering from Dongoing lockdown by one more Twent live at Hazaribagh town of country to record highs and that of petrol coronavirus infection. "It's a big loss for us all," week in the national capital, saying the Jharkhand on Saturday, the national in Mumbai to near Rs 99 a litre. The Rahul Gandhi tweeted, addressing Mr Satav gains made so far in combating transporter said. The railways pro- increase led to rates in Delhi climbing to as "my friend" who embodied the ideals of the COVID-19 cannot be lost due to any vided Wi-Fi facility first at the Rs 92.58 per litre and diesel to Rs 83.22, Congress. "Rajeev Satav became RT-PCR relaxations now. During a visit to the Mumbai Railway station in 2016, according to a price notification of state- swab negative on May 9, 2021. However, after GTB Hospital, he said Delhi has reaching its 5000th station, at owned fuel retailers. Rates had already a prolonged illness he succumbed to secondary recorded a "good level" of COVID-19 Midanpore in West Bengal. On May crossed Rs 100-mark in several cities in pneumonia with multi-organ dysfunction on May recoveries in the past few days and the 15, Jarapada station in Angul District of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and and 16 at 4:58 am," Jehangir hospital, where the Congress number of cases is also reducing "very fast". Odisha was also provided with Wi-Fi facility, with the latest increase, price in Mumbai too was inching leader was admitted, said in a statement. The 46-year-old Congress "But we do not want the gains made in the past few days to it said on Sunday. “The Wi-Fi facility at railway stations towards that level. A litre of petrol in Mumbai now comes for leader was in critical condition after he was diagnosed with a new viral be lost all of a sudden. So, the lockdown is being extended meets the objectives of the aspiring ‘Digital ' pro- Rs 98.88 and diesel is priced at Rs 90.40 per litre. infection, according to Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope. for another week till 5 am on May 24," Kejriwal said. gramme of government of India. Centre's new SOPs to battle First batch of anti- Covid in villages amid surge Covid drug 2-DG to n be released today PNS NEW DELHI Keep ration shops open PNS n NEW DELHI Village-level surveillance, tele-con- sultation with community health on all days, for longer The first batch of anti-COVID officers, and training in rapid anti- drug 2-DG, developed by the gen testing are among the several duration: Centre DRDO, will be released on Mango growers again areas of focus in the Centre's new he Centre on Sunday asked the state Monday by Defence Minister SOPs to battle COVID-19 as the Rajnath Singh and Health Minister hit by Covid Tgovernments to keep ration shops, pandemic gradually moves to the also called fair price shops, open for a Harsh Vardhan, officials said. semi-urban and rural areas of the longer duration and on all days to The Drugs Controller General of country. ensure timely and safe distribution of India (DGCI) has approved the It is important, the SOPs suggest, both subsidised and free foodgrains to oral drug for emergency use as an D-glucose (2-DG), showed that it to ensure that community-based the poor. An advisory in this regard has adjunct therapy in moderate to helps in a faster recovery of hos- 3 services and primary health infra- been issued by the Union Food severe coronavirus patients, the pitalised patients and reduces sup- structure in these areas are equipped Ministry following representations that defence ministry said earlier this plemental oxygen dependence. to manage infections. during the current lockdown in some month. The officials said the first The approval of the drug has "In every village, active surveil- lines say. "Symptomatic cases can be surge and the number of cases, con- states/UTs, ration shops' timings have batch of the drug will be released come at a time when India is grap- lance should be done for influenza- triaged at village level by teleconsul- tact tracing must be done as far as been curtailed due to which the by the two ministers at an event at pling with a record-breaking wave like illness/severe acute respiratory tation with community health offi- possible based on the Integrated intended beneficiaries might not be the headquarters of the Defence of the coronavirus pandemic that infections (ILI/SARI) periodically by cers, and cases with comorbidity/low Disease Surveillance Programme's getting adequate time to lift their Research and Development has stretched the country's health- ASHA with the help of Village oxygen saturation should be sent to guidelines. entitled foodgrains. Organisation (DRDO) here. care infrastructure to its limit. Health Sanitation and Nutrition higher centres," they say. 2 The ministry, on May 8, said the Committee (VHSNC)," the guide- Depending on the intensity of the 2 clinical trials of the drug, 2-deoxy- 2 Tauktae intensifies Second batch of Sputnik V vaccine reaches Hyd into ‘very severe PNS n HYDERABAD by the arrival of the first batch of the vaccine in India on May 1, 2021. cyclonic storm' As the second batch of the Sputnik Ambassador Kudashev said that PNS n NEW DELHI V landed in Hyderabad, life-saving humanitarian assistance on Sunday, Russian Ambassador to delivered last month by the Russian Maha CM asks family Cyclone Tauktae has intensified India, Nikolay Kudashev termed the side is being successfully used to help docs to join fight into a "very severe cyclonic storm" Russian-Indian fight against Indians to overcome the conse- against Covid and is approaching the COVID-19, as an example of the quences of the disease. coast, the India Meteorological special and privileged strategic part- "That is indeed a brilliant exam- Department (IMD) said on nership and an effective model of ple of the special and privileged Sunday. "It is very likely to move international anti-pandemic cooper- strategic partnership and an effective north-northwestwards and reach ation. model of international anti-pandem- Gujarat coast in the evening hours "We are very happy to see that the ic cooperation that does not know 5 of 17th (May) and cross Gujarat Russian-Indian joint fight against the any unnecessary obstacles," he said. Israel air coast between Porbandar and COVID-19, which is one of the vital Kudashev called the delivery of the Mahuva (Bhavnagar district) areas of our bilateral cooperation second batch of Sputnik V vaccine around 18th May early morning," nowadays, has firmly stood on rails Sputnik V has become the first largest COVID-19 vaccination cam- "very timely" after the recent launch strikes kill 33 the IMD said. and moving forward," the Russian foreign-made vaccine to be used in paign. Inoculations with Sputnik V of the Russian vaccine in the Indian 2 envoy told ANI. India contributing to the world's in Hyderabad started Friday followed vaccination campaign. Palestinians PNS n GAZA

Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed AP HC directs CID to shift ‘wounded' TS dedicates 2 hospitals 33 Palestinians, including eight children, Gaza health officials said, as militants fired an early for black fungus treatment morning barrage of rockets into YSRC rebel MP to private hospital Israel. With no sign of an end to PNS n AMARAVATI ing Raju. PNS n HYDERABAD transplants. It is treated with antifun- the worst outbreak of Israeli- The medical board, headed by gal drugs along with surgical debride- Palestinian violence in years the The Andhra Pradesh High Court the superintendent of Government The Black Fungus or Mucormycosis ment.” He further added, “It is known United Nations Security Council on Sunday directed the Crime General Hospital in Guntur, sub- is being spread widely in Covid that the disease is spread due to over- was due to meet later on Sunday Investigation Department of the mitted that there were no external patients and the Telangana govern- use of steroid medication given to to discuss the hostilities. Covaxin effective state police to immediately shift the injuries on Raju, though his legs ment has decided to dedicate two patients during Covid and improp- The death toll in Gaza overnight arrested YSR Congress MP K and feet were swollen. hospitals for the treatment of the er cleaning of oxygen delivery jumped to 181, including 47 chil- against India, UK Raghu Ramakrishna Raju to a pri- The medical board also certified patients with Black Fungus symp- devices.” The health Department dren, amid an intensive Israeli air strains: Biotech vate hospital for treatment in tune that the rebel MP is in good health toms. It was decided to designate the had earlier said that the condition was and artillery barrage since the with the orders of a special CID after conducting an examination of gandhi General Hospital and state- rare and limited to immunocompro- fighting erupted last Monday. Ten court. his heart as he underwent a surgery run ENT Hospital as main centers for mised patients. The director of people have been killed in Israel, It found fault with the CID for four months ago. its treatment. Medical education, Dr. K Ramesh including two children. lodging the MP in Guntur district The bench read out the medical The necessary guidelines to pre- reddy, issued orders designating ENT The pre-dawn attacks were on 8 jail in violation of the designated report during the hearing. vent the fungal infection were also hospital as the nodal center for treat- houses in the centre of Gaza City, court's order to admit him to a hos- Additional Advocate General P issued by the Directorate of health and ment of mucormycosis cases. If they Palestinian health officials said. A TODAY pital for treatment of injuries Sudhakar Reddy objected to the Family Welfare. A statement was are still Covid positive or need mul- spokesman for the Israeli military allegedly inflicted by the police. admission of the MP in a private released by Dr G Srinivasa Rao, the tidisciplinary treatment, those cases said he would look into these A special division bench of the hospital as it was facing criminal director of Public health in which he may be referred to gandhi Hospital. reports. Palestinians working to ALMANAC High Court, comprising justices C cases (in a different matter). said “Black fungus is not a new dis- Wherever there is a need for ophthal- clear rubble from a building Month & Paksham: Praveen Kumar and K Lalitha evening after a medical board ease. Mucormycosis is more common mologist intervention, the services of wrecked in the air strikes recovered Vaishakha & Shukla Paksha heard the MPs case on Sunday submitted its report after examin- 2 in people with diabetes and organ SD Eye Hospital need to be used.” the bodies of a woman and man. Panchangam Tithi : Panchami: 11:34 am Nakshatram : Punarvasu: 01:22 am Time to Avoid : (Bad time to start TS & AP receive Tough questions will be asked from PM, arrest us: Cong leaders dare any important work) PNS n NEW DELHI The Delhi Police also registered the prime minister if people don't Rahukalam : 07:23 am – 08:59 am 200 MT oxygen The opposition party a number of FIRs and arrested peo- get vaccines, medicines and oxygen Yamagandam : 10:36 am – 12:12 pm Congress leaders on Sunday ple for pasting posters critical of the they desperately need to fight ANUSHA PUPPALA slammed the police action against said tough questions prime minister. COVID. Varjyam : 09:53 pm – 11:35 pm n HYDERABAD some people for allegedly putting will be asked from the Congress leader Jairam Ramesh "I dare you to arrest me. Where is Gulika : 01:48 pm - 03:25 pm up posters critical of the prime min- Prime Minister if dared the prime minister and home my vaccine, where is my oxygen? We Good Time : (to start any important work) Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ister and dared the government to people don't get minister to arrest him, saying he will continue to ask you questions," received 200 tonnes of Liquid arrest them for raising questions on was putting up such posters on his he said while alleging that people are Amritakalam :10:45 am – 12:29 pm Medical Oxygen on Sunday the export of COVID vaccines. vaccines, medicines compound wall. being "arrested for asking ques- Abhijit Muhurtham : 11:46 am – 12:38 pm through Oxygen Express. Led by Rahul Gandhi, Congress and oxygen."Arrest me "Putting up critical posters tions". Khera said most of the deaths While Guntur received the sec- leaders changed their profile pic- too," said Gandhi in a against PM is now a crime? Is India could have been avoided and people HYDERABAD ond Oxygen Express to Andhra tures on Twitter with the poster ask- tweet while sharing a run by the Modi Penal Code now? are dying not because of COVID, but WEATHER Pradesh, Sanath Nagar in ing why COVID vaccines were sent Is the Delhi Police so jobless in the due to the mismanagement in han- Hyderabad received the sixth abroad. picture of the poster middle of a raging pandemic," he dling the pandemic. Forecast: Partly cloudy "Modi ji, why did you Temp: 34/23 Oxygen Express to Telangana. The opposition party said tough asked. He alleged that the government Humidity: 61% Close on the heels of receiving questions will be asked from the send our children's "I am putting up posters on my had created man-made shortages Sunrise: 05:43 am the first Oxygen Express, the prime minister if people don't get vaccines abroad" compound wall tomorrow. Come and there was chaos all around. Sunset: 06:41 pm second Oxygen Express to vaccines, medicines and oxygen. after a few people were arrested by get me," Ramesh dared. "The Government of India did- Andhra Pradesh, "Arrest me too," said Gandhi in Delhi police for putting up posters Congress spokesperson Pawan not manage the crisis well," he said. Current Weather Conditions Updated May 16, 2021 5:00 PM a tweet while sharing a picture of send our children's vaccines in the national capital on the vac- Khera said at a press conference 2 the poster "Modi ji, why did you abroad". The challenge was posed cine issue. that questions will be asked from 2 HYDERABAD | MONDAY | MAY 17, 2021 hyderabad 02

Tauktae Monday Mirchi WB polls effect: Centre changes intensifies into... Continued from page 1 Lack of coordination or com- loading and dispatching of cryogenic tankers munication? with LMO. Rising to the nationwide demand attitude towards T’gana, Andhra The IMD has also issued a The decision to regulate entry of ambulances for LMO, RINL-Vizag Steel's cumulative dis- yellow alert for the coasts of with Covid patients at Telangana borders has cre- patch has crossed 11,900 MT mark since the SNCN ACHARYULU and vaccine supply to both TS should TMC win the polls. The Chief Ministers, K Gujarat and Diu and Daman. ated a stir in the administration in both the outbreak of the pandemic. The bulk of it is n HYDERABAD and AP as per the requests two states were then facing dif- Chandrasekhar Rao of According to the Cyclone Telugu states. While the Chief Secretary of being dispatched primarily to other states. On made by the respective Chief ficulties in getting from the Telangana and YS Jaganmohan Warning Division of the Andhra Pradesh called his counterpart to con- April 22, the first Oxygen Express, carrying 100 Following the debacle of the Ministers. Centre adequate medical Reddy of Andhra Pradesh, IMD, by May 18, the wind vey the AP government's displeasure, Telangana MT of LMO in 7 cryogenic tankers, was dis- in the Before May, the Centre faced equipment and supplies to expected that the Centre speed is expected to increase Chief Secretary reportedly conveyed that he had patched to Maharashtra to meet the emergency two recent bye-elections – lot of criticism from opposition fight Covid -19. Moreover, in would give preference to their to 150-160 kilometres per 'no role' in the decision to stop the ambulances. requirement in the state. At least subsequent- Nagarjuna Sagar and Tirupati parties and non-BJP ruled the bye-elections -- for the states in all aspects, including hour, gusting up to 175 This has raised serious questions about who is ly the Vizag Steel Plant's oxygen could have seats– and its not-so-good states over the assistance pro- Nagarjuna Sagar Assembly seat the fight against Covid-19 kmph. The IMD said wind actually taking such important decisions in the been allotted to Andhra Pradesh, while send- performance in the West vided in tackling the Covid in Telangana and the pandemic. In keeping with speed reaching 70-80 kmph government. Both the governments have come ing Durgapur's output elsewhere, to save time Bengal Assembly elections, pandemic. In April the Tirupati seat in their expectations, the central gusting to 90 kmph is likely under fire for the 'inhuman' decision, due to and resources, say observers. there is a perceptible shift in Congress interim president Andhra Pradesh -- the BJP lost government has increased the along and off south which Covid patients were stuck at the borders the Centre’s attitude towards Sonia Gandhi alleged that the its deposits. Local BJP leaders quota of oxygen, Remdesivir Maharashtra-Goa and with some losing their lives. Chief Minister of Stay home, stay safe the two Telugu States. This is BJP-ruled states had been of both Telugu states had told injections and supply of adjoining Karnataka coasts, Andhra Pradesh Y S Jaganmohan Reddy did not 'Stay home, stay safe' is the latest catchphrase in line with the expectations of receiving preferential treat- the BJP high command that Covid-19 vaccines to and 40-50 kmph gusting to call his Telangana counterpart even as patients that helps one realize the dire need to keep coro- the Chief Ministers of Andhra ment in getting medical equip- they were going to give a tough Telangana State. 60 kmph along and off the died at the border waiting for emergency med- navirus at bay. The governments are telling peo- Pradesh and Telangana. This ment. The states ruled by fight to the ruling parties in the Union Minister Piyush north Maharashtra coast on ical help, though his aides advised him to call K ple to stay at home and not come onto roads also explains why their current opposition parties alleged that bye-elections. But the results of Goyal called Telangana Chief May 16. It is likely to increase Chandrasekhar Rao to sort out the issue. At the as corona is literally in the air. Moreover, expectations are being met by they were getting step-mother- the bye- elections had shown Minister K Chandrasekhar to 65-75 kmph, gusting to 85 same time, the Telangana CMO waited for some Telangana State has imposed lockdown. the Centre, especially in con- ly treatment from the Centre in the BJP where they stood in Rao on Saturday to covey kmph along and off the 'higher level' intervention to sort out the prob- However, government offices, including the ad nection with the distribution of getting supplies of oxygen, both the Telugu states. In the Prime Minister Narendra north Maharashtra coast lem as they have a defence in the form of 'state- hoc Secretariat, are working from 10 am to 5 oxygen, vaccine and medi- vaccines and other items to West Bengal Assembly elec- Modi’s decision to increase the from May 17 till the morn- wise quota' from the Centre. pm with 30% staff. Still, most employees, moti- cines to fight the pandemic. fight the pandemic. tions, the BJP leadership quota. At the same time, the ing of May 18. "We are getting 675 Tocilizumab injections to vated by the slogan, are staying at home. Post There has been a lot of dif- Prior to the West Bengal thought that their party would central government has Squally wind speed reach- the state from the Centre. We are reserving them demolition of the Secretariat buildings, the ference in the attitude of the Assembly elections, the Chief come to power. But the BJP increased the supply of oxygen ing 40-50 kmph gusting to for our Telangana patients. If patients from other departments have scattered and no one knows Centre towards the Telugu Ministers of Telugu states has occupied the principal - 80 tons per day - from 60 kmph is likely over the states flood our hospitals, how can we manage our which department is working from where. So, states in May, compared to that had indicated that they expect- opposition’s position and not Jamnagar Reliance plant to northeast Arabian Sea and meagre supplies from the Centre?" questioned a one can only hope that the 30% staff required in April, observers feel. The ed a change in the attitude of the position of the ruling party. Rayalaseema as requested by along and off south Gujarat senior official. Though it seems to be quite logi- to work from office are really going to their Central government has the central government In the light of these devel- the Chief Minister of AP YS and Daman and Diu coasts cal on the face of it, none could defend the 'inhu- workplace. An employee's union leader said: increased the quota of oxygen towards non- BJP ruled states, op ents, the Telugu states’ Jaganmohan Reddy. from morning May 16. man' treatment meted out to the patients from "There is no mechanism in place to track the the Andhra Pradesh. Even as AP, TS are fighting 30% employees who are expected to attend the over this, patients from Karnataka, Maharashtra office and to determine which employee has to continue to flood Hyderabad hospitals. All of this come on which day". Employees, based on First batch... Tough questions has exposed lack of communication between the mutual understanding, decide who has to come Centre's new SOPs to battle... two states and lack of coordination at the official to office on which day. In other words, it is one Continued from page 1 will be asked... Continued from page 1 level during the pandemic. big vacation for most employees; call it lock- down induced by corona or whatever. The gov- "In the ongoing second Continued from page 1 "Monitoring of oxygen satura- Keep ration shops open on... Wish babus could think out of box ernment is also not in a position to ask the COVID-19 wave, a large tion is important for monitor- Continued from page 1 5 kg per person at Rs 1-3 per kg Only babus can think of a circuitous route employees why they are not attending duty. A number of patients are fac- The Congress leader alleged ing of Covid patients. For this, via ration shops to over 80 crore to reach medical supplies during an emergency. senior officer said: "If the government provides ing severe oxygen depen- that when it came to nego- it is desirable for each village "In view of ongoing lockdown in poor under the NFSA. Over and That is because they work in silos, obey polit- vaccine to employees on priority, then it has a dency and need hospitalisa- tiating with vaccine manufac- to have an adequate number some States/UTs, that may curtail above this, additional 5kg of free ical masters without thinking, and invariably right to ask". tion. The drug is expected turers or putting in place the of pulse oximeters and ther- the functioning hours of Fair grains are being distributed to resist change for the better. Babus at the Centre to save precious lives due to vaccine policy, everything mometers," the SOPs say. Price Shop (FPS), an advisory the same beneficiaries under the have not risen to the occasion even during the Babus in loop line elevated after the mechanism of its oper- was "centralised and individ- A home isolation kit shall has been issued on 15th May, PMGKAY scheme for two present pandemic-induced national crisis. Eatela's exit ation in the infected cells," ualised". be provided to all active cases. 2021...to keep the FPSs open, months -- May-June in order to Just look at the time an Oxygen Express Following the ejection of former health minis- the ministry had said. "PM Modi wanted to be Each kit must include medi- preferably on all days of the minimise economic hardships reached Krishnapatnam in Nellore from ter Eatela Rajender from the state cabinet, officials The anti-COVID thera- known as a vaccine guru, but cines like paracetamol, iver- month," the ministry said. The being faced by the NFSA Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal. in loop line, particularly those sidelined by him, peutic application of the now the entire world and mectin, cough syrup, and Centre is distributing highly beneficiaries during the second "Absolutely cannot understand this logic! are being elevated. An important source of the TRS drug has been developed by every Indian is asking tough multivitamins, besides a monthly subsidised foodgrains of wave of the Covid. Vizag Steel Plant oxygen is supplied elsewhere supremo was sidelined and given a nominal role the INMAS, a leading lab- questions," he said. detailed pamphlet indicating and Durgapur Steel Plant sends oxygen to after Eatela took over as health minister. However, oratory of the DRDO, in "You can't have centralised the precautions to be taken, a toms showing up or deterio- lation after at least 10 days Vizag! What a colossal wastage of resources! now that official has been elevated to serve in the collaboration with Dr decision-making and decen- proforma to monitor the ration of health. "Patients since the onset of symptoms Bureaucracy still drives the divinity," goes a CMO. A fortnight after the dramatic exit of the Reddy's Laboratories tralised responsibility," he patient's condition, contact under home isolation will and no fever for three days,” tweet. Two cryogenic containers, each carry- health minister, the doctor has been appointed as (DRL) in Hyderabad. said. details in case major symp- stand discharged and end iso- the guidelines say. ing 20 MT of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) Officer on Special duty in CMO. Dr T. Gangadhar, from Durgapur Steel Plant reached moved and asked to head the nephrology wing Krishnapatnam port in Nellore district on in NIMS, was a made member of the Task force Saturday. Another train with 60 MT of liquid committee on Covid last year. Possibly it was the oxygen, after starting from Durgapur on first indication of the coming events for Eatela. The Saturday evening, was expected to reach doctor is the fourth OSD in CMO. About a fort- Nellore within 24 hours. These two trains will night ago, he became a member of the Core Spurt likely in gold market be running in opposite directions to ensure Committee of Experts for the Union Ministry of The gold market seems to be and $ 2,799 (per ounce) Rs.19.54, New Zealand only. Dilsukhnagar, Kukatpally, assured supply of 60 MT per day to Health and Family Welfare, which is involved in readying for an unprecedent- respectively. Dollar: Rs.53.04, Kuwaiti In local markets, standard Bowenpally and General Rayalaseema districts and Nellore. This being developing guidelines and policies for handling ed tejee (spurt) considering Other economic parame- Dinar: Rs.243.61, Omani Rial: gold (24 carats) appreciated by Bazar witnessed moderate so, five units of oxygen making plants in the Covid positive patients. the rapidly changing geo- ters remained from moderate Rs.190.41 and UAE Dirham: Rs.320 and closed at Rs.48,980 trading. Steel Plant are in operation, - Yours truly political phenomena. If, on to strong. Brent and Nymex Rs.19.95, Japanese Yen: (per 10 gms). Ornamental During the week, like in the the one hand, the world has crude closed at US$ 68.71 and Rs.0.67 and Hong Kong gold too followed suit and was previous week, common puls- been watching with bated 65.31 (per barrel) respective- Dollar: Rs.9.43. quoted in the range of es such as tuar dal, masoor breath the war-like situation ly, while Crude MCX was India has been the second Rs.44,800-44,900 on the clos- dal, moong dal and urad dal on Gaza borders, equally it is quoted at Rs.4,786 (per bar- largest importer of gold after ing day. Silver (0.999), on the and commodities like chillies worrisome matter to learn rel). While Gold MCX China. Akshay Tritiya is a fes- other hand, declined margin- and garlic remained AP HC directs CID to shift... about Azerbaijan's invasion of stood at Rs.47,677 (per tival when traditionally ally by Rs.100 and closed at unchanged. Staple food grains Continued from page 1 be admitted to a hospital for the sleuths lodged him in the Armenia. These two factors 10 gms), MCX Silver Hindu families (nowadays, Rs.76,000 (per kg). and common edible recorded treatment of injuries alleged- district jail in violation of the have all the potential to divide closed at Rs.71,080 people of other faiths COMMODITIES a negligible decline. "Shifting him to that private ly caused due to police tor- court order. the world into at least two (per kg). Copper also) purchase gold With a view to augment Common vegetables such hospital is like lodging him in ture. Raju's advocate B The bench came down on blocks, each one siding one MCX closed at according to their supplies, the government has as cabbage, cauliflower, ribbed the Telugu Desam Party Adinarayana told the high the CID over this and asked country or the other. If that Rs.773.25 (per financial capacity. eased restrictions on the gourd, snake gourd, lady's office," the AAG remarked. court that the CID chief met why the court orders were not happens, all markets, includ- kg). Sensex and In normal times, import of tuar daal, moong finger, cucumber, potatoes, The court asked the AAG the MP while he was being implemented. Meanwhile, ing of course gold, would Nifty 50 gold worth daal and urad daal until onions, tomatoes, French to file an affidavit with the examined by the medical TDP chief N Chandrababu flare up as the global strife closed at 15-20 tons is October 31. beans and leafy vegetables objections. He said the desig- board, which was an illegal Naidu wrote a letter to escalates. 48,732.55 WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW bought on The sentiment in principal remained unchanged at the nated court gave the order late act as the former was in judi- Governor Biswabhusan During the week ended and 14,677.80 points respec- this occasion, but since the wholesale commodity mar- previous week's higher levels. on Saturday night after the cial custody. Harichandan asking the latter Saturday, the New York gold tively. Leading foreign curren- spread of Covid-19 pandem- kets in the twin cities turned The NECC wholesale price High Court constituted the Though the designated to intervene and protect the appreciated and closed at US cies' exchange rates on the ic, due to a decline in earnings moderate due to lower of egg in Hyderabad further medical board for examining court ordered that the MP, MPs life and save democracy $ 1,843.90 (per ounce) while closing day of the week were: and restrictions on move- demand. appreciated by Rs.30 and the MP. who was arrested two days in the state. Chandrababu silver remained steady and US $: Rs.73.29, British Pound: ments, there has been a dras- Rythu Bazars and other closed at Rs.448 (per 100). A designated CID court ago on various charges Naidu alleged that custodial closed at $ 27.43 (per ounce). Rs.103.32, Euro: Rs.89.00, tic fall in the volumes. This commodity markets located The highest price of Rs.552 had on May 15 remanded including sedition, be exam- violence was unleashed on the On the other hand, platinum Singapore $: Rs.55.02, Swiss year, according to trade in Begum Bazar, Kishangunj, was recorded at Ranchi and Raju to 14 days in judicial ined first in the GGH and MP by "five masked men" and and palladium declined and Franc: Rs.81.27, Australian sources gold sale was record- Mukthyargunj, Risala Muzaffarpur, while Hospet custody but directed that he later in the private hospital, was brutally injured. closed at $ 1,222 (per ounce) $: Rs.56.98, Saudi Riyal: ed in the range of 9-10 tons Abdullah, Mir AlamMandi, recorded the lowest of Rs.435. TS & AP A tale of two verdicts of Madras High Court received 200 n HC UPADHYAY Aggrieved by such caustic apex court has felt that the final order or judgment. 'resistance' by the religious Others assailing the order (approximately Rs.28,000- MT Oxygen remarks by the Constitutional harsh words used by the judges Therefore, they are likely to group, if reciprocated by dated September 3, 2020 31,000) per month --which is Continued from page 1 It is said that the courts are court against it which too, is a of the Madras High Court form a wrong opinion about a another, could lead to chaos passed by the Commandant a wage well below the wage not the propounders of gospel Constitutional body, the ECI have not been considered as party to the case. Lastly, if the and riots. Alas! Even after of Provincial Armed fixed by the State and Federal loaded with four tankers and truth. Even judges are fallible, filed an appeal in the Supreme ratio decidendi and therefore, judges behave in dignified repeated judicial warnings, Constabulary (PAC), Etah governments - is now facing filled with 76.39 tonnes of since they are also human Court. The appeal, titled the ECI need not feel offend- manner without losing temper, what prevents the govern- wherein the petitioner was a law suit. LMO, was received on beings; and to err is human. Election Commission of India ed. there will not be any question ment of the day to declare found as being not suitable As per the plaint, the work- Sunday in Guntur. The train However, in a country like Vs. Vijayabhasker & Others True, as the highest court of of gag on media's reporting of the country as a Hindu for the post of Constable by ers were recruited from India was loaded from Kanalus in ours where a vast majority of was heard and decided by a the land, the apex court has court proceedings. Rashtra still remains a riddle. the Competent Authority as to come to the United States Gujarat. The sixth Oxygen people look at the courts as division bench comprising done what it could be expect- Another judgment by a Allahabad HC on juvenile jus- the petitioner had not dis- with R-1 religious visas to do Express to TS, with six con- temples of justice, those adorn- Justice Dr. ed to do to douse the fire. Still, division bench of the Madras tice closed in the application for stonework and other con- tainer tankers filled with 120 ing the august posts as judges Chandrachud and Justice it ought to have overtly or High Court, comprising A single-judge bench of the employment his criminal struction work during the tonnes of LMO, started its owe extra responsibility to peo- M.R Shah. The said judg- covertly at least 'advised' Justice N.Kirubakaran and Allahabad High Court, com- prosecution as a juvenile. construction of the BAPS journey from Kalinganagar in ple. ment indeed is an excellent the judges of not only of Justice P. Velmurugan, deliv- prising Justice Ajay Bhanot, However, in the instant Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Odisha and reached Sanath Seen in this context, the two example of tight-rope the High Courts but also ered on May 9 is an eye- in a recent judgment has case the petitioner was 15 in Robbinsville, . Nagar Container Depot on judgments delivered by the walking. While the apex all other subordi- opener to the 'secular' band held that using criminal pros- years, 8 months on the date The plaint further alleged Sunday. This will help boost Madras High Court recently court on the one hand, nate courts wagon. The fanatic Muslim ecution faced by a candidate of offence. The Court clari- that the workers were forced oxygen stocks in Telangana. deserve special consideration. has upheld the pow- to refrain elements of V.Kalathur vil- as a juvenile to form an opin- fied that these observations to live and work in a fenced, With the Indian Railways However, the din and dust ers of the High from using lage in Parambalur district of ion about his suitability for shall not apply to cases guarded compound, which operating these Oxygen over the first Judgment relating Court under Art.226 harsh words against a Tamil Nadu had the audaci- appointment is arbitrary, ille- beyond the ambit of Juvenile they were not allowed to Express trains along green to the Election Commission of as also the media's litigant in the open ty to knock on the doors of gal and violative of Art.14 Justice Act, 2000 and also in leave unaccompanied by corridors, both the trains India (ECI) has been subse- right of reporting court in course of hear- the High Court for register- and 21 of the Constitution of cases of heinous crimes com- overseers affiliated with have been running with an quently cleared in an appeal by and expression, on LEGAL ing or trial of a case, ing their resistance to India. The bench further mitted by persons in the age BAPS. Further, BAPS had average speed of around 60 the apex court vide its 31-page the other it has ROUNDUP because any way such Hindus taking out religious observed: "As a sequitur pros- group of 16 to 18 years. confiscated the workers' pass- kmph. Adequate precautions judgment dated April 30. upheld the impor- oral observations or out- procession through Muslim- ecution faced as a juvenile is Temple hauled up in US ports to prevent them from are being taken to ensure that Earlier, the Madras High Court tance of the ECI and bursts by the presiding dominated areas on the not a relevant fact for form- for labour law violations leaving, the plaint added. the cryogenic cargo is safely had castigated the EC for its eulogized its role in conduct- officers are not going to form ground that Islam considers ing an opinion about the The Bochasanwasi Shri Filed by Jaffe Glenn Law transported across various utter disregard for the people ing free and fair elections in the the part of their orders or taking out a religious proces- criminal antecedents and Akshar Purushottam Group, the suit stated that the states. The movement of the and going ahead with the elec- last seven decades. The apex judgments. Further, the read- sion of other religions as a suitability of the candidate for Swaminarayan Sanstha actions of BAPS constitute train as well as the support- tions in Tamil Nadu even when court, obviously applying the ers of newspapers and viewers 'sin'. appointment, such prosecu- (BAPS), which brought some forced labour, document ing infrastructure is being people were dying due to principle of obiter dicta, has of televisions are generally The High Court, while tion cannot be made a basis 200 workers to the US as reli- servitude, conspiracy and simultaneously monitored Covid-19 pandemic. The court observed that since nothing has devoid of the knowledge about dismissing the Writ Petition, for denial of appointment." gious volunteers from India confiscation of immigration closely to ensure that the had gone to the extent of gone into the judgement in legal fine line between the oral observed that allowing reli- The observation came in a and made them perform documents with the intent to Oxygen Express trains reach describing the ECI as killer of written form, there is nothing observations of the court and gious intolerance is not good writ petition, titled Anuj manual labour for as many as engage in fraud in foreign their destination States at the the people. to quash. In other words, the what will form the part of the for a secular country and Kumar Vs. State of U.P & 87 hours a week for $ 450 labour contracting. least possible duration.

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Famous varieties of quintal in the tion compared to other states mangoes have hit the market, when it comes to the avail- but the prolonged Coronavirus month of May ability of oxygen and medi- lockdown is keeping the buy- last year, as cines, state Industry Minister ers away. KT Rama Rao said on Sunday. The drop in mango sales due against Rs 3,000 He claimed that the state to Covid situation has caused to 4,000 now. government is ensuring a con- immense loss to the farmer. At No wholesale tinuous supply of oxygen to a time the sales are supposed avoid any deaths due to the oxy- to pick up, the state govern- trader is coming gen crisis. The Minister was ment has imposed lockdown, forward to talking to reporters after receiv- leading to plummeting of the ing 200 oxygen concentrators demand. purchase donated by leading renewable Greenko's consignment of O2 On account of lockdown, mangoes energy firm Greenko. A special there is no local demand. flight from China carrying the concentrators lands at RGIA Moreover, there is no possi- concentrators landed at the reenko group said its first of "Within the next 5 days, four bility of exporting it to other Department of state govern- Rajiv Gandhi International the five dedicated cargo more dedicated aircrafts will land states. It would lead to collapse ment received orders online Airport. Gplanes is landing here on in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and of prices for mangoes pushing and dispatched mangoes at the KTR said that the state gov- Sunday with 200 large medical New Delhi with 1,000 medical farmers deep into losses. doorstep of the people through ernment is taking all the steps grade oxygen concentrators with grade oxygen concentrators. This In Telangana, the total area postal department. Gated to combat the Covid pandem- 10 litres per minute capacity to will aid our medical teams in tier under mango gardens is put at cultivated in Nagarkurnool exports have come down, In May, Kothapet fruit mar- communities, colony residents ic. He also claimed that irre- aid in India's fight against Covid. 2 and tier 3 cities for stabilisation 3.07 lakh acres. The total out- district enjoy demand at home sweets and jams are not being ket usually used to receive were supplied mangoes in bulk spective of political affilia- Greenko Co-Founders, Anil of patients and help combat the put would be 12.34 lakh tons. and also abroad. Earlier, the made in bakeries and sweet 1,700 to 1,800 tonnes of man- last year. It took steps to sup- tions, public representatives Chalamalasetty, and Mahesh Kolli Covid that has put severe strain The total area under mangoes were exported to shops. The mango jelly units goes per day. During the cur- ply mangoes attending 1,000 are working as a team to com- were also present at the airport on our healthcare infrastructure Alphonsa variety is put at 8-85 Bangaluru, Delhi, Mumbai also remained shut reducing rent season, the arrival has orders per day. bat the pandemic. Noting that for the maiden arrival of the and support systems,” Anil per cent of the total area under and Hyderabad. The crop yield the demand for mangoes. come down to 1,400 to 1,500 The Horticulture Hyderabad has been providing cargo flight, it said. Chalamalasetty said. mango cultivation. Similarly, plummeted to 8 lakh tons due For want of business, no tonnes. On Saturday, the mar- Department set up outlets at Covid treatment to the patients Himayat, Dussehri, Kesari, to heavy rains experienced in wholesale trader is coming ket received only 500 tonnes. Public Gardens, Jeedimetla coming from neighbouring the patients on time. medical institutions. The pub- Mallika, Rasaalu are being April this year for 25 days. forward to purchase mangoes. As markets remained shut and other areas. It pressed states, KTR thanked the Centre “Under the leadership of lic representatives and officials cultivated in the rest of the Even if the farmer wants to Mangoes were sold at RS 6,000 after 10 am, people are not into service mobile outlets. for increasing the supply of Telangana Chief Minister K are on the ground to take area. sell whatever meagre harvest- to 7,000 a quintal in the month allowed to go out after 10 am, This year, such measures were oxygen, Remdesivir injections, Chandrashekar Rao, the gov- stock of the situation and are The mangoes cultivated in ed mangoes, there is lock- of May last year, as against Rs the business is very much dull. absent, causing losses to the and also vaccines to the state. ernment is working with com- acting swiftly during an emer- Jagityal, Kollapur mangoes down in many states. The 3,000 to 4,000 now. Last year, the Horticulture farmers. He said this would help treat plete coordination with the gency," KTR said. CITY LIGHTS USA sends O2 A cycle of hope in city Don't turn blind eye on any MLAs,DCs directed to act tough concentrators symptoms, says CP Sajjanar amid Covid pandemic to Hyderabad ANUSHA PUPPALA post office hours on their against hospitals flouting norms n n o ensure that the lockdown was PNS HYDERABAD HYDERABAD cycles in different parts of the enforced strictly, Cyberabad Police PNS n HYDERABAD ther tweeted"Is this fair? Minister and local MLA V city. Whenever a request TCommissioner VC Sajjanar on Requesting KTRTRS anna Srinivas Goud and the District With India in the midst of a Meet ‘Relief Riders’ of comes in, there are always two Sunday visited different places Municipal Administration office to look into this." to intervene and help the dis- severe Covid pandemic, Hyderabad who delivers med- or three volunteers coming including , Alwal IG Statue, Minister KT Rama Rao came Responding immediately, tressed Covid patient and fam- many foreign countries are icines and essentials to the forward to deliver the requests, Golnaka X Road, Allwyn Colony and to the rescue of beleaguered the Minister tweeted: "We will ily. It was not merely com- sending essential medical elderly and vulnerable in the which has encouraged the Dhoolapally X Road. He spent time Covid patients in various parts have Collector to act plaints against exorbitant equipments to India. city. The young riders not Relief Riders even more to with the field level police officers and of Telangana State on Sunday on this." charges by hospitals, the In this regard, American only deliver medicines and continue this noble work dur- also visited several officers stationed when he directed District A similar complaint was Minister also responded to flight carrying oxygen con- essentials but also deliver free ing tough times like these. at various checkposts on roads. Collectors and local MLAs to raised by Ranvitha Reddy from complaints about atrocities centrators have been dis- food at the doorstep of quar- They have also created a Advising them to take all safety act against hospitals that were Mahabubnagar. In a tweet, she against migrant workers. patched from to antine centre's and Covid ‘Free Food Network’ apart precautions while interacting with the public, the Commissioner collecting exorbitant charges shared the images of bills Sharing images of injuries Hyderabad which was patients across the city duly from ‘Relief Riders’, where personally monitored the movement of the vehicles and participated from Covid patients. including advance paid to suffered by workers, Naveen received at the RGIA. following the Covid safety there are about 10 free food in the checking with other officers. Cautioning the citizens to stay Actor Nikhil Siddhartha Panchavati Hospital and said: Kumar, in a tweet tagging the The Cargo department had protocols. providers who have their 50 indoors, Sajjanar said, "I advise people not to be careless during the tweeted: "Alankar Hospital, "Still they have to pay Rs.6 lakh Minister, said: "35 Orissa received the eight oxygen This initiative was started by home kitchens spread across second wave of pandemic. I request all of you not to turn a blind Warangal, patient on the way and just he is on Oxygen, they migrant workers at a brick kiln concentrators weighing 2352 41-year-old Santhana Selvan, the city. Relief Riders deliver eye on any symptoms and get yourself checked." There are almost to Hospital. They said Rs.1 are charging this much. Please near Jukal, Shamshabad, Ranga kilos at the airport. The an IT employee and Bicycle the free food to the Covid 5,000 police officers from Cyberabad Police on the ground lakh for first day and Rs.75,000 show your concern and do the Reddy district were severely Cargo Department are taking Mayor along with group of patients and families in isola- monitoring the lockdown situation, he added.During the visit, he per day for remaining days." needful sir." beaten by their owner every possible step to ensure cyclists. tion. Relief Riders were over- was accompanied by Traffic DCP SM Vijay Kumar, CAR The actor also shared the Again, Rama Rao was swift Reddyanayak without paying that the Covid related essen- They are techies, who are whelmed when even elderly Headquarters ADCP Manikraj, Petbashirabad ACP Ramalingaraju, patient's attendant's details in responding, and immedi- wages for eight months (Rs.5 tials equipment is handled offering to deliver medicines volunteers came forward to Petbasirabad Inspector Ramesh and other police personnel. and contact number. He fur- ately directed Tourism lakh). properly. for elderly based on requests help and deliver the essentials. received from the residents of Speaking to The Pioneer, Hyderabad. They have Santhana Selvan said, “We TS to witness thunderstorm received several requests from started this initiative three arranging emergency drugs, weeks back with 20-25 volun- accompanied with lightning T’gana records 3,816 new cases, 27 deaths food for Covid patients, oxy- teers and now more than 160 PNS n HYDERABAD Telangana as on Sunday per cent. So far, a total of 152 from Kothagudem, 658 gen cylinders, blood plasma volunteers have joined us in he very severe cyclonic evening stood at 50,969. 1,40,61,725 Covid-19 tests have from areas under GHMC, 135 units and even ICU beds. helping the needy by deliver- storm, Tauktae, over the east Telangana has reported 3,816 Between Saturday and been conducted in the State out from Jagtiyal, 54 from Jangaon, They have started this cam- ing them essentials and med- Tcentral Arabian Sea is new Covid infections and 27 Sunday, authorities conducted of which 5,28,823 have tested 76 from Jayashankar Bhupal- paign recently after the out- icines. Majority of the volun- predicted to intensify further fatalities on Sunday taking the 44,985 Covid tests of which positive and 4,74,899 persons pally, 86 from Jogulamba break of second wave. teers who are helping us are during next 24 hours. As a cumulative number of deaths results of 1,396 samples were have recovered. Gadwal, 25 from Kamareddy, Relief Riders consisting working professionals who result, several parts of Telangana to 2,955 and the total number awaited. On Sunday, 5,892 The Covid-19 positive cases 152 from Karimnagar, 151 more than 160 volunteers are volunteering us in their - including districts such as of positive cases to 5,28,823. individuals have recovered reported from the districts from Khammam and 17 from across the city are delivering free time before and post Adilabad, Suryapet, Kumram The number of active cases in with a recovery rate of 89.80 included 18 from Adilabad, Komaram Bheem Asifabad. medicines before and after working hours.” Bheem Asifabad, Jagtial and Medak - will witness thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), predicts that the weather in the city will be pleasant between May 16 and 19, with rain or thundershowers towards evening. The city's Wild cats pair rescued temperature has dropped by at least 5 degree Celcius due to the cyclone. The experts also add that the temperatures in the northern and north-eastern part of the State will rise in the next few weeks, in T'gana poultry farm and a heatwave is likely during the coming time. At several locations in Telangana, the temperature has again breached 40 degree PNS n HYDERABAD in good health condition and Celsius. According to IMD, the cyclone Tauktae (pronounced as kept at the zoo for observation Tau'Te) has moved northwards with a speed of about 11 kmph. It is A pair of wild cats were res- at the zoo. Later as per the very likely to intensify further during next 24 hours. cued from a poultry farm in orders by the Chief Wildlife Telangana by a team of vet- Warden, Telangana, they will erinarians from the Nehru be released into the wild. ‘Will provide medical services Zoological Park. Meanwhile, as a part of The female and male wild 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' to Maoists if they surrender’ cats were rescued on Saturday celebration, a webinar was and Sunday, respectively, from conducted on the Malabar ommissioner of Police, a poultry farm in Veluguralla Pied Hornbill and wildlife MOUNTED POLICING Ramagundam V thanda in Kadthal mandal of biologist Pooja Powar gave the CSatyanaryana assured Ranga Reddy district. presentation. About 60 wildlife A troop of mounted police patrolled that medical services would According to Kishan, poul- experts, NGOs, veterinarians, the lanes and bylanes of the Old City be provided to Maoists if try farmer and Pandu Naik, and biologists were among of Hyderabad, to make sure that the they surrender before the sarpanch Veluguralla thanda, those who actively participat- lockdown norms are followed strictly, police. Speaking after these cats were raiding the ed in the webinar which last- apparently causing curiosity among distributing groceries to poultry farm at night, killing ed for one and half hours. children who watched the rare sight tribals in Maoist-affected the poultry, and, in turn, lead- The curator thanked the through half-opened windows of their Narsapur village in Thandur mandal on Sunday, Satyanaryana said ing to financial loss. To Central Zoo Authority, New houses. The purpose of the mounted that many extremists from the district and working with the counter this, they arranged a Delhi for giving the opportu- patrol is to evoke a sense of prohibited outfit in Maharashtra and Chattisgarh were infected by trap cage. Nehru Zoological nity for showcasing the suc- confidence among people and let the deadly coronavirus. He said the police department would offer Park Curator VVL Subhadra cessful rehabilitation pro- them know that police are all medical services if they quit the party. He requested the villagers Devi said that both the cats are gramme of mouse deer. with people, come what may. not to cooperate with the Maoists since they were following outdated ideologies. Native of TS JITO ladies wing announces killed in US Revanth Reddy, police locked in wordy duel K VENKATESHWARLU / However, the police said, cit- atrocious. There ensued a ‘Kalakaar Ki Khoj' Season-2 DUGGU RAGHU n HYDERABAD ing orders from above that they wordy duel between the MP ITO Hyderabad Ladies Wing on Sunday announced the launch of road mishap would not be able to allow the and the police for over half- Kalakaar Ki Khoj Season-2 in a virtual mode. The organisation PNS n HYDERABAD Citing lockdown as the reason, Congress MP to proceed fur- and-a-hour. Revanth Reddy Jannounced the various competitions that are to be held as part TPCC working president and ther. He asked the police to called up higher ups in the of Season-2. Kalakaar Ki Khoj Season -1 was held in 2020 and A native of Veenavanka, Padi Malkajgiri MP A Revanth show him the relevant orders police department before he received an overwhelming response, the orgnisers said. Speaking Dayakar Reddy, 71, died in a Reddy was on Sunday pre- in writing. left the place to take part in his on the occasion Sarlla Bhutoria Chairperson of JITO Ladies Wing road accident in Detroit of vented near Hyderabad Public Revanth Reddy claims that official activities. (JLW) Hyderabad said, "As part of Season-2 we are conducting five the US on Saturday. School at Begumpet from he is proceeding to a hospital Meanwhile, it may be competitions dancing (Dance Ke Dewaane), signing (Sur Ke Dayakar Reddy, who suf- going to Gandhi Hospital to in Cantonment area to give recalled here that Revanth Sartaaj), styling (Style & Beyond), short movie making (Screen fered severe injuries in the provide free food to the poor power generators. Irated at the Reddy started a food distribu- Master) and Zayaka - the cooking show (Swad Ki). The competition road accident in Detroit on near the hospital. As a result, police stopping him on the tion programme. He along will be organised in three rounds, two rounds virtually and the finale Saturday, breathed his last there ensued a minor alterca- road, he said that he would with his followers distributed will be physically in the city once Covid situation subsides." Bhutoria while being shifting to hos- tion between the congress MP have to go anywhere wherev- food packets to the attendants said, "This is not just a competition but it is to empower women by pital. and the police personnel. er the poor are in danger. How of the Covid patients and the training them by experts and at JLW we are supporting child Dayakar Reddy, who used Claiming himself to be an can the TRS led-state govern- staff of the Gandhi Hospital, education every year. We are extending support to 40 students to stay in Hyderabad, migrat- MP, he questioned the police MP that the rules would not MP stated that stopping him en ment play politics with poor including doctors and nurses. under the Project Roshini." Kimtee, Chief Secretary of JLW ed to the US about 20 years who gave them authority to permit providing free food to route to his destination was people's hunger? Is it wrong to Revanth and his team distrib- said that the inauguration will be on May 22, 2021, and the process ago. He is the son of a well- stop him and insisted on the the poor during lockdown. questionable. The Congress feed the poor during lock- uted over 1,000 food packets to of registration and other details will be revealed then. Some 300 known landlord in Veenav- police officials to show reasons Pointing out the freely mov- MP asked the police personnel down? Revanth Reddy ques- the poor and migrant labour- people participated in the competition during season-1, she added. anka and its surrounding for their conduct. Police ing vehicles to the police dur- to implement those rules near tioned. He described playing ers at Gandhi Hospital and areas. inspector told the Congress ing the lockdown, the Congress Gandhi Hospital but not here. politics in social services as Secunderabad railway station. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | MAY 17, 2021 hyderabad 04 Followers of BJP sees Minister Kamalakar's With series of setbacks, BJP Eatala booked, lodged in PS hand in Bommakal land mafia PNS n KARIMNAGAR band Irukulla Janardhan and loses it’s momentum in state PNS n KARIMNAGAR Yamsani Jyoti and her husband Minister for Civil Supplies Kamalakar. The document was PNS n HYDERABAD Dubbak by-polls, BJP pre- The activists of the Gangula Kamalakar's hand is registered at 5.41 pm on July 4 sumed people of Telangana Telangana Rashtra Samithi alleged behind the land mafia last year. The same document The series of electoral revers- were fast switching over to the and the followers of for- in Bommakal, which gobbled was registered in the name of es in Telangana over last two saffron party. mer Health Minister up the land belonging to TRS MLC's benami holder months have dealt a huge blow He believes that like in any Eatala Rajender clashed at Hindu burial grounds. Kanatarapu Siva Anjaneyulu at to BJP's ambitious 'Mission other State or in any other Veenavanka, in the party Out of 173 acres government 6.58 pm the same day through 2023' which it had set out for times, there is discontentment meeting on Sunday, lead- land listed under 32 survey document number 4696/2020," itself after the victory in among the people of Telangana ing to elbowing each other numbers in Bommakal, 80 he added. Dubbak Assembly by-election over the mismatch between when TRS leaders were acres has been encroached by land sharks managed to obtain A complaint has been and impressive performance in expectations and governance addressing press meet land sharks, said Mahender proceedings from Tahsildar lodged with Karimnagar Rural GHMC polls late last year. but this gap is probably not there. Reddy. Levelling the allegations in 2019 with the help of Police station against Tahsildar Despite wresting Dubbak wide enough to assume KCR- The police reached against the Minister Gangula Kondaiah's daughters. Gaddam Sudhakar and daugh- seat from ruling TRS in era would end sometime soon. there and arrested the fol- Kamalakar, BJP leader Bethi Kondaiah's son died in 1994, ters of Kondaiah. When November and subsequent Devi, daughter of former Prime The humiliating defeat in The analyst is also of the lowers of Eatala Rajender Mahender Reddy demanded while his wife passed away in applied under Right to infor- huge gains in GHMC, the saf- Minister PV Narasimha Rao. the bypoll slammed brakes on view emerging political sce- and whisked them away to Chief Minister to order a probe 2006. Kondaiah died in 2009. mation Act seeking relevant fron party failed to keep the BJP's performance was more BJP's forward march. nario in India's youngest State police station. into the land scam by the CBI. Nobody applied for inheri- land records, there was no momentum going. disastrous in the other con- The saffron party's worries is not in favour of BJP. "While, With each passing day, Thousands of crores tance, which should be done in proper reply. When a petition With the TRS bouncing back stituency. Its candidate did not end with Nagarjuna Modi is being questioned for the chasm between Eatala changed hands in the deal one year or two years. was filed in court bringing it to after poor performance in the Permender Reddy finished Sagar verdict. A day after poor performance to arrest Rajender and top leader- and the land mafia benefited Moreover, revenue authorities its notice, the court asked two elections, BJP suffered poor fourth in Nalgonda- Assembly by-election results, Covid-19 pandemic; deep- ship of the TRS is widen- by the scam, he said. He have no power to issue inher- One-Town Police station to back-to-back defeats in the Warangal-Khammam. State Election Commission rooted Congress is not a ing further. alleged the hand of Gangula itance to surrendered lands. probe into it, but the police did elections to two graduates' con- The setback hit the BJP's declared the verdict of the pushover in Telangana. And The TRS rank and file Kamalakar and also the relative For over 10 years, nobody not register a case in spite of stituencies of Legislative morale ahead of by-election to polls held to seven ULBs on now, the possibility of Etela called a press meet at of KCR in encroaching Ac 2.20 looked towards the land," the court's direction. Mahender Council, by-polls to Nagarjuna Nagarjuna Sagar Assembly April 30. The TRS swept the Rajendra starting a new polit- Veenavanka on Sunday. guntas of land under survey BJP leader alleged and stated Reddy said that a case was reg- Sagar Assembly seat and more seat. The ruling party comfort- polls to bag both GWMC and ical outfit will only divide anti- When the event is in number 724/D by hand in that the officials received kick- istered with Human Rights recently in the polls held for ably retained the seat with its Khammam Municipal Corpo- KCR vote further, helping TRS progress, the followers of glove with the land sharks backs in the whole episode. Commission. He also filed a seven ULBs. In Legislative candidate Nomula Bhagat ration and all five municipali- prospects in 2023 elections to Eatala Rajender reached with the help of the "Under survey number case with Lok Ayukta. He said Council elections in March, it trouncing his nearest rival and ties. TRS won 181 out of 248 the State Assembly." there and entered into an Karimnagar rural mandal 724/D, the land was regis- that notices were received in lost the only seat it was holding senior Congress leader K Jana wards in all seven ULBs. While BJP has had mixed fortunes argument with the TRS Tahsildar Gaddam Sudhakar. tered in the name of Minister the two cases. in the upper house of the state Reddy. Bhagat polled 89,804 Congress secured 29 wards, BJP in Telangana since it became a leaders. Activists of the "The land was surrendered and land sharks' benami hold- Similarly, illegal construc- legislature to TRS. The saffron votes while Congress secured finished third with 15 wards. separate state in 2014. The rival groups elbowed each by former MLA Nalumachu ers Mohammad Abul Fazul tion is going on in the burial party's Ramchander Rao failed 70,932 votes. BJP's P. Ravi According to political ana- party had bagged five seats in other for sometime before Kondaiah under the Land Zulfikar Ali, Parvez Khan, grounds allegedly with the to retain MBNR-RR-HYD los- Kumar got only 7,676 votes lyst Palwai Raghavendra Telangana in 2014 polls held the followers of Eatala Ceiling Act, 30 years ago under Feroze Khan, Qhalid Khan by support of the Civil Supplies ing to TRS candidate Vani and lost its deposit. Reddy, after the victory in before bifurcation of AP. were arrested by the police. survey number 722/B. The Irukulla Anjani and her hus- Minister, he said. Indrakaran directs ‘Black fungus' officials to ensure ‘Action against black marketing of Remedisivir' 2 killed, 3 injured PNS n SANGAREDDY private hospitals to bill the He asked the people to hospitals like putting them on case detected strict enforcement injection at prices fixed by the inform details of such per- oxygen, administering District Collector Hanumantha government and cau- sons to the control Remedisivir injections, pro- in lightning strike in Karimnagar of virus lockdown Rao on Sunday has warned of tioned them not to room on 08455- viding them with beds and PNS n KARIMNAGAR initiating stern action under charge even a penny 272233. The details of ventilators. The hospitals have PNS n SURYAPET The five, all agriculture PNS n MANCHERIAL PD Act if anyone was found more. the persons giving tip stocked all medicines needed labourers, were plucking red Black fungus, the new scourge, either selling Remedisivir The Collector issued off, would be kept con- by Covid patients, he said. Two persons including a chillies in an agriculture field is scaring the daylights out of Forest Minister Indrakaran injection at high prices or orders to authorities to fidential, said Collector. He asked those who tested woman died on the spot and when lightning struck them, the diabetic Covid-19 patients Reddy instructed the dis- diverting it into black market. book those who were found He asked the officials to positive for Covid give up any three others were injured killing two on the spot and the who are in their recovery trict officials to strictly imple- The patients are being given selling the injection at a high- closely monitor stocks of doubts and phobias over when lightning struck them at three others suffering serious stage. Meanwhile, in a short ment the lockdown that is the drug free of cost in er price or black marketing it Remedisivir in the district. receiving treatment in gov- Lingampally of Nuthankal injuries. The injured were span of a fortnight, the black meant for the welfare of the Government hospitals. under PD Act and Drug Price Better treatment is being ernment hospitals and avail mandal in Suryapet district on shifted to government hospi- fungus has spread to public. He told government and Control Order of 2013. provided to Covid patients in themselves of free services. Sunday morning. tal at Suryapet. Karimnagar as well. He along with govern- A Covid patient identi- ment whip Balka Suman and fied as Allam Lingaiah, a Zilla Parishad Chairperson N government teacher by pro- Bhagyalaxmi convened a fession, who hails from review meeting over steps Satyavathi Rathod leads ‘Prevent paddy from getting ruined by rains’ Malyala village of Chandurthi being taken for tackling mandal, was treated at the Covid-19 pandemic, here on PNS n SIDDIPET remain on the alert as there is hospital for Covid. However, Sunday. Corona awareness drive scope for showers lashing the in last leg of his recovery, he Speaking on the occasion, PNS n WARANGAL Dr Palvai Rammohan Reddy, District Collector P district and adopt suitable pre- developed the black fungus Indrakaran requested the members of the IMA, district Venkatrami Reddy has direct- cautions. symptoms owing to her pre- public not to panic over the Tribal, Women and Child medical and health officials ed district authorities to take He addressed the RDOs, existing comorbidities. rapid spread of coronavirus Welfare Minister Satyavathi and others, conducted a cam- precautions to prevent agriculture officers, in-charges His face was swelling up since the lockdown was Rathod said on Sunday that paign at the vegetable market, drenching of paddy and it get- at paddy procurement centres, when the doctors at imposed to check its spread. government and private doc- meat market and main junc- ting washed away in flood agriculture department offi- Karimnagar referred her to a He directed the district tors were working in coordi- tions in the town on Sunday. waters at the procurement cen- cials, cluster in-charges, tahsil- hospital in Hyderabad after he authorities to take steps for nation to save the lives of Interacting with the people, tres as the weather forecast pre- dars, MPDOs and others has was diagnosed with black implementing the norms Covid-19 patients besides pro- she said that the government dicted rains in the next two or asked them to assess the fungus. The doctors, who relating to the 10-day long viding psychological reassur- was taking all steps to provide three days. required number of tarpaulins, were worried with the innu- lockdown, which was aimed ance to the patients. treatment to the Covid In a statement issued here on gunny bags and vehicles to merable Covid cases urge the at controlling the disease. In an attempt to create patients by roping in private Sunday, the Collector asked all transport paddy. people of Karimnagar to stay The Minister stated that awareness among the people doctors too. "I must thank all Revenue Divisional Officers, damaging paddy and thereby The principal secretary of He asked RTO Rameshwar home and stop the spread. 1,300 tests were being held in on the measures to check the the doctors in the district for Mandal Parishad Development posing problems to farmers. Agriculture Department Dr B Reddy to provide enough vehi- "The problem with this the district every day and spread of the deadly coron- their readiness to provide Officers, agriculture officials, Venkatrami Reddy advised Janardhan Reddy, IAS permit- cles to transport paddy to rice disease is that it progresses medical kits were being given avirus, the Minister along with telemedicine and home treat- who are cluster in-charges, in the officials and farmers to ted to use Rytu Vedikas to store mills. The RDOs should allot very fast and can affect the to those who were tested pos- local MLA Banoth Shankar ment to those with Covid the district to take precaution- keep tarpaulins and other para- harvested paddy, the Collector vehicles to cluster in-charges eye, leading to loss of vision itive for Covid. Naik, Municipal Chairman symptoms.” ary measures to prevent rains phernalia ready. said and asked farmers to depending on the demand. as well," said the doctor. Man killed over property dispute ‘Ventilator beds increased PNS n NIZAMABAD manifold in govt hospitals’ One person was killed over a property dispute at Siddapur PNS n MAHABUBNAGAR Later, he spoke to attendants asked them to provide free village of Pitlam mandal in waiting outside Navodaya treatment to the poor. As per the district on Saturday night. Excise Minister Dr V Srinivas Hospital and sought informa- government rules, 20 per cent The deceased Chiranjeevi, Goud has warned private hos- tion about treatment and hos- of the total beds should be succumbed to injuries while pitals against overcharging the pital bills. The patients' atten- reserved for Covid-19 patients. being shifted to Banswada. Covid patients. dants told the minister that If there are no vacant beds in Chiranjeevi and Praveen He was inspecting the they are satisfied with the hos- government hospitals, then were neighbours in Siddapur Panchavati private hospital in pital's services. only the patients should be village and had a property Bhutpur and went round The Minister warned of ini- admitted to private hospitals. dispute with each other. They wards, enquired from doctors tiating stern action against To a complaint lodged with had an argument on the issue about the line of treatment private hospitals over billing him over twitter against on Saturday during which being provided to patients and the patients. The action would Panchavati hospital, the min- Praveen attacked Chiranjeevi verified the hospital bills. He be severe if doctors and lower ister sought clarification, but with a heavy stick, causing enquired from patients on staff resort to irregularities in the patients told him that severe injuries, in this inci- how much have they paid so billing the patients. everything is all right now. AFTER EFFECTS dent. Chiranjeevi's family far towards the hospital bill. Asking hospitals to provide There is no shortage of members shifted him to the He spoke to attendants of treatment to patients out of Remedisivir and oxygen in Rains lashed several parts of Telangana on Sunday. The downpour Banswada area hospital for several patients and enquired humanitarian consideration at government hospitals, he said was witnessed in Nampally, Abids, Kothi, Basheerbagh, Khairatabad treatment on Saturday night. from them when did they get this crisis hour, Srinivas Goud adding that the ventilator beds and other parts of Hyderabad. The rains led to waterlogging in parts Where Chiranjeevi died, the patient admitted? How told the managements of pri- have been increased manifold of the state capital. while taking treatment on much have they paid towards vate hospitals not to collect in district headquarters gov- Sunday morning. the bill? higher fees. If necessary, he ernment hospital. Konda Surekha meets Eatela; People deprived of medical facilities: Uttam Collector opens PNS n HYDERABAD Chandrasekhar Rao did not Company but it was not avail- isolation centre assures her support in future take steps to add Covid to able to people of Telangana. PNS n JAYASHANKAR Telangana Pradesh Congress Arogyasri and implement Though the company has been BHUPALAPALLY K VENKATESHWARLU Eatela's action. According to signals that he will not float a Committee president and Ayushman Bharat which granted several freebies by the n HYDERABAD highly placed sources, Konda new political party immediate- Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar would provide free treatment state government it has failed People should be aware of Surekha assured that she ly after tendering his resigna- Reddy on Sunday criticised to Covid patients, whereas to serve the needs of the peo- this second wave of the coro- With Congress senior leader would extend her support to tion to the TRS party. Eatela that the pandemic has been other states have been seizing ple of the state. navirus in the country, said and former minister Konda Etela during his future politi- also revealed that he would plaguing the people due to the the private hospitals to provide He called upon the party Bhupalapally MLA Gundra Surekha meeting Eatela cal journey. The sources also contest as an independent in negligent rule of TRS led state free treatment to their subjects, workers to take relief works in Venkataramana Reddy dur- Rajender at the latter's resi- said that both Konda and the bye-elections to Huzurabad government. the TPCC chief said lamenting every village of the state on the ing the inauguration of a dence located at Shamirpet Eatela discussed the chances of after he tendered his resigna- He was addressing the Core that the people were deprived 30th death anniversary of for- twenty-bed isolation centre giving scope for speculation, it Eatela floating a new political tion from the MLA position. Committee members of the of basic medical facilities. mer Prime Minister Rajiv set up by the government in is said that the Congress lead- party and its timing and the It may be recalled that TPCC through the 'Zoom "During the Congress Gandhi on May 21. Tekumudi primary school. ership has been divided into support the new political party Konda Surekha and her hus- meeting'. regime, Hyderabad was devel- Uttam said that there was a Then he visited Chityala three factions in regard to is likely to get from the people. band Konda Murali left the Addressing the leaders, oped into a medical hub for shortage for ambulances and government hospital, inspect- their approach towards the All the while, Konda Surekha TRS alleging that the KCR Uttam said that the state gov- are getting treatment at free of the country, but now, vaccine party leaders should arrange ed Covid patients' wards and former Health Minister. extended her solidarity to deceived them. However, ernment was not bothered cost, there is shortage for ven- was not available to the people them. He added that they inquired about their health It is learnt that Eatela and EatelaRajender during their Konda Surekha, who rejoined about the problems of the tilators beds and oxygen beds of TS, though it has been pro- have procured two ambu- condition, available facilities. Konda Surekha had two hours meeting. Eatela has been mak- Congress party, didn't win the people, even after the private are not available even though duced here, Uttam said. lances and kept them at He congratulated all the discussion on the prevailing ing it clear that he will not ten- 2018 election she contested on hospitals are looting money people were ready to pay He added that Remdisivir Gandhi Bhavan with the finan- Health department staff in the political scenario of the state der his resignation at the behalf of the Congress party from the Covid patients. While money, Uttam alleged. injection is manufactured in cial assistance of MLA T Jagga hospital for their services in and the future course of moment and also has given from Parkal constituency. the patients in the other states The Chief Minister K the state by the Hetero Reddy. these pandemic times. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | MAY 17, 2021 nation 05 Heavy rains in ; orange alert issued Sonia condoles MP PNS n KOCHI Rajeev Satav's demise The water level in many dams across Kerala showed a rising One dead, six All but 19 fishing boats return to PNS n NEW DELHI trend on Sunday even as cyclone Tauktae moved away missing as tug ports in Maha, Gujarat Congress president Sonia V-P condoles from the state's coast after Gandhi on Sunday condoled wreaking havoc. boat capsizes NEW DELHI: With Cyclone kmph gusting to 60 kmph is like- the demise of party MP Rajeev Congress India Meteorological Tauktae fast approaching the ly over the northeast Arabian Sea Satav and described him as a Department (IMD) has issued Gujarat coast, the Indian Coast and along and off south Gujarat rising star of the party known leader’s death orange alerts --a warning indi- MANGALURU: One person died Guard (ICG) on Sunday said that and Daman and Diu coasts from for his unfailing dedication New Delhi: Vice- President M cating heavy to very heavy rain- and six others were missing after all fishing boats, except 18 in Sunday morning. and sincerity. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday - on Sunday in three districts- their tug boat that was assisting a Maharashtra and one in Gujarat, The IMD has also issued a yellow In her condolence message, expressed shock at the death of Ernakulam, Idukki and ship capsized 10 nautical miles off have reached their harbours or alert for the coasts of Gujarat Gandhi said she is deeply Congress leader and Rajya Malappuram. the coast here. Nine people were taken shelter at nearby ports. and Diu and Daman. pained by the tragic loss of the Sabha member Rajeev Satav The catchment areas of many on the boat that left New According to the India According to the Cyclone party leader, "who was a trust- due of post-COVID dams in the central Kerala dis- Mangalore Port on Friday to carry Meteorological Department Warning Division of the IMD, by ed colleague and a friend to all complications, saying he was a tricts have reported heavy rains, out maintenance work at the single (IMD), Cyclone Tauktae has May 18, the wind speed is of us". dynamic parlia-mentarian deeply prompting the authorities to point mooring facility, which is intensified into a "very severe expected to increase to 150-160 She said it is also a person- comm-itted to serving the sound alert warnings before located 17 km from the port. cyclonic storm" and is very likely kilometres per hour, gusting up al loss to her. people. Satav died on Sunday upping their shutters. The boat was caught in the rough to reach the Gujarat coast in the to 175 kmph. Wind speed "Rajeev Satav was only 46 morning due to post- The Thrissur district admin- seas in adverse weather conditions evening hours of May 17 and reaching 70-80 kmph gusting to years old yet he rose from the coronavirus complications in istration said spillway shutters and capsized while they were cross it between Porbandar and 90 kmph is likely along and off grassroots to holding many Pune. He was undergoing trea- of the Peringalkuthu dam will K'taka CM takes stock of situation returning to the shore on Saturday, Mahuva in Bhavnagar district south Maharashtra-Goa and responsibilities in a short time tment at a private hospital in the be opened if the water level Bengaluru: With Cyclone Tauktae visit and carry out relief and rescue police sources said. The body of around the early morning of May adjoining Karnataka coasts, and due to his unfailing dedication, city in Maharashtra after testing crosses the permitted limit of wreaking havoc in the coastal works in the areas affected by the one crew member was found near 18. "Pre-emptive measures in full 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph sincerity and hard work," she COVID-19 positive last month 419.41 metres. districts of the state, Karnataka cyclone which has come amidst Kaup beach in Udupi district, while swing for Maharashtra & Gujarat. along and off the north said. and was on ventilator support. In a statement, the adminis- Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on the COVID pandemic. The Chief two others were rescued. A search Barring 18 boats from Maharashtra coast on May 16. It Gandhi said Satav served as After recovering from the coro- tration has urged the people liv- Sunday asked district in-charge Minister has directed the officials is on for the rest of the crew Maharashtra and one boat from is likely to increase to 65-75 President of the Indian Youth navirus infection, he was diagno- ing on the banks of Chalakudy Ministers and Deputy to call the Ministers concerned or members, police sources said.The Gujarat, all boats have either kmph gusting to 85 kmph along Congress, AICC secretary and sed with the cytomegalovirus river to be cautious. Shutters Commissioners to visit affected him directly if in need of any damaged boat was found at returned harbour or taken shelter and off the north Maharashtra In-charge of the state of and his condition became Katipatna near Padubidri of Malankara dam in Idukki dis- areas and carry out rescue and emergency assistance from the in nearby ports," the ICG said on coast from May 17 till the Gujarat. critical. "I am deeply shocked beach in Udupi district. trict will be opened on Sunday, relief works. Yediyurappa on state government, it added. Twitter. The IMD said squally- morning of May 18, the IMD "As Member of the Lok by the untimely demise of as the water level has increased, Sunday called Ministers incharge According to the Karnataka wind with speed reaching 40-50 said. Sabha, he championed peo- member, Rajiv the district authorities said. of coastal districts and Deputy Disaster Management Authority ple's issues and fought for the Satav due to COVID-related The administration has Commissioners there and took heavy to extremely heavy rainfall rescue and rehabilitation of Kaipamangalam, Chavakkad following high waves. ideals of the constitution. complications. directed those people living on stock of the situation there, his was observed over the state people who got trapped in and Kodungallur in Thrissur, According to the state gov- the banks of Thodupuzha river, office said in a statement. It said, mainly, in coastal and Malnad houses. Pallithura in ernment, at least nine districts Muvattupuzha river and their the chief minister asked them to districts during last night. They were shifted to a relief Thiruvananthapuram, have been severely affected by tributaries to be cautious. camp at St Mary's High School Thrikkannapuzha in Alappuzha the sea incursion. INDIA CORNER In the coastal areas, high areas of the state have been lage of Chellanam in Ernakulam in Chellanam, a Navy official and Beypore and Koyilandy in A large number of people tidal waves continued to wreak shifted to relief camps. district, which was heavily hit by has said. Besides Chellanam Kozhikode districts. were shifted to relief camps in havoc. Indian Navy on Sunday tidal waves. in Ernakulam district, rough sea Hundreds of houses were various districts, arranged in Digvijaya writes to MP CM over Hundreds of families living in deployed its diving and quick The teams, braving harsh and high tidal waves had damaged in coastal belts across adherence to COVID-19 proto- coastal areas and low lying reaction teams in the coastal vil- weather conditions, undertook wreaked havoc in the state as sea water seeped in cols. key mucormycosis injection

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said an injection Vet doctors told to to treat Mucormycosis, a First Oxygen Express arrives in Kerala PM Modi speaks to rare and dangerous fungal infection join Covid fight which has been found in PNS n KOCHI some COVID-19 patients as well as in rural areas those who had recovered from An Oxygen Express train car- four CMs on the infection, was not available in rying 118 metric tonnes of PNS n HISAR shops in Madhya Pradesh. In a medical oxygen arrived here letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh from Odisha in the wee hours Hisar's civil surgeon has Chouhan, the Rajya Sabha MP said on Sunday, official sources sought roping in the ser- COVID-19 situation people were in distress due to the said here. vices of veterinary doctors PNS n NEW DELHI unavailability of Amphotericin injections that are used to treat "The first #OxygenExpress in the anti-Covid fight in Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus.Singh said the to Kerala has reached rural areas of the district. Prime Minister Narendra unavailability of Amphotericin gives rise to doubts whether it too is Ernakulam from Kalinganagar Civil Surgeon, Dr Ratna Modi on Sunday spoke to the being black-marketed like Remdesivir, a key medicine in COVID-19 with medical Oxygen for Bharti, on Sunday said she chief ministers of Uttar treatment. Singh, in his letter to the CM, said the black fungus COVID-19 patients in the has requested the district Pradesh, Rajasthan, infection was spreading fast, with more than 70 cases reported in State," Railway Minister Piyush completing the process of require critical care, includ- administration for availing Chhattisgarh and Puducherry capital Bhopal alone, of which 23 are in Hamidia Hospital here. The Goyal said in a tweet. decanting from containers to ing oxygen support. services of veterinary doc- on the COVID-19 situation in former MP CM asked Chouhan to take strict action Sources said the medical tankers, they said. "As the State government tors in rural areas. the states and the union terri- against those involved in medicine black-marketing and ensure oxygen load was meant for The Oxygen Express train will not be able to manage the On what would be the tory, government sources said. people needing Amphotericin get it in time. Delhi but it was diverted to reached Kerala, two days oxygen demand without nature of duties of veteri- Modi has been regularly Kerala after requirement in the after Chief Minister Pinarayi assistance from the Central nary doctors, Dr Bharti said speaking to chief ministers to national capital has dipped. Vijayanwrote to Prime government, it is requested their services could be take stock of the pandemic's 26 new Covid cases push The train carrying oxygen Minister Narendra Modi that Kerala's daily oxygen utilised for things like keep- situation in states and union reached the Vallarpadam ter- requesting him to allocate allocation may be immediate- ing records of patients in territories. prising 14.66 per cent of the Andamans’ tally to 6,568 minal here at 1.45 AM. 450 MT oxygen as the state ly enhanced to 450 MT," isolation centres being set With 3.11 lakh fresh coro- total infections, while the Trucks carrying oxygen will was witnessing an increase in Vijayan had said in his letter up. navirus infections, India saw national COVID-19 recovery The union territory of leave for various districts after the number of patients who to Modi. They can also be put on the lowest rise in daily rate has improved to 84.25 per Andaman and Nicobar Islands other Covid-related duties COVID-19 cases after a gap of cent, the data updated at 8 am reported 26 new COVID-19 cases, as deemed fit by the admin- 25 days, while the death toll showed. pushing the tally to 6,568, a health istration, she added. rose to 2,70,284 with 4,077 The number of people who department official said 177 fresh Covid She said the veterinary new fatalities, according to the have recuperated from the on Sunday. All the new cases in the 15-day lockdown comes surgeons can be put on Union Health Ministry data disease surged to 2,07,95,335, archipelago were detected cases, two duty in the villages where updated on Sunday. while the case fatality rate during contact tracing, the official they are already posted in The active cases have was recorded at 1.09 per cent, said. The COVID-19 death toll in the union territory into force in West Bengal government hospitals. reduced to 36,18,458 com- the data stated. remained at 85 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last die in Ladakh 24 hours, he said. Forty-two more people were cured of the disease PNS n KOLKATA outside grocery shops, while during the period, taking the total number of recoveries in the some queued up next to PNS n LEH archipelago to 6,267. The union territory now has 216 active Streets were largely empty in vegetable and fish stalls at COVID-19 cases of which 209 are in South Andaman district and the metropolis and elsewhere local market places early in Ladakh's COVID-19 tally Maha CM asks family docs seven in North and Middle Andaman district. The Nicobar district in West Bengal on Sunday as the day. mounted to 16,333 with 177 has no active COVID-19 case at present, the official said. The the 15-day COVID 19- The state administration fresh cases while the death toll Andaman and Nicobar administration has so far tested 3,79,096 induced lockdown came into has allowed sale of essential climbed to 165 as two more samples for COVID-19, and the positivity rate is 1.73 per cent. effect in the state, with just items for three hours amid people succumbed to the viral to join fight against Covid a few vehicles seen ferrying the shutdown - 7 am to 10 disease in the union territo- essential items during the pm. A senior police officer ry, officials said on Sunday. PNS n MUMBAI He said family physicians Suspected Pakistani drone day. here said necessary mea- Of the latest deaths, one can evaluate the COVID-19 Buses and other passenger sures were being taken to each was reported from Leh Maharashtra Chief Minister patient's condition, co-mor- spotted along IB in Jammu vehicles stayed off the roads, generate awareness on the and Kargil districts, they said. on bidities and oxygen level suspected Pakistani drone and shops selling non-essen- lockdown norms, and action So far, Leh has reported 119 Sunday appealed to doctors during home isolationand was seen hovering along tial items had shutters down, would be taken against those deaths and Kargil 46. Leh who serve as family physi- guide them effectively Athe International Border in accordance with the curbs flouting the rules. reported 174 of the fresh cians to join the state's fight regarding the need for hos- (IB) here, prompting security imposed by the government In several bazars in the cases and Kargil three, the against COVID-19 and pitalisation. forces to launch a massive as part of the lockdown. city and its outskirts -- such officials said. They said that advise their patients under "If the asymptomatic search operation to check if it Police officers deployed as Hatibagan, Gariahat and the number of active cases in home isolation about the patients in home isolation are had dropped anything inside in the city's nooks and- Sodpur -- customers, howev- Ladakh stands at 1,549 -- right treatment protocols. treated effectively,it would the Indian territory, officials corners intercepted some of er, did not maintain physical 1,260 in Leh and 289 in During a virtual interac- "The treatment protocols help reduce the COVID-19 said on Sunday. However, the vehicles that plied on the distance and many vendors Kargil. The officials said as tion with private medical of COVID-19 patients in mortality rate," he said. nothing suspicious was found during the search operation, they said. roads to check their papers were spotted without masks. many as 181 COVID-19 practitioners and members of hom isolation can be man- He said family doctors This comes two days after a Pakistani drone dropped an AK-47 rifle, before allowing them to pro- Some hawkers who had patients -- 165 in Leh and 16 the state COVID-19 task aged more effectively if their should also take into account a pistol and some ammunition along the IB in Samba district of ceed. their shops open beyond 10 in Kargil -- were discharged force, Thackeray said patients family physicians join the the increasing sugar level of Jammu and Kashmir. The suspected Pakistani drone was seen A handful of people were am were forced to close the previous day after their trust their family doctors battle against the viral infec- COVID-19 patients and how hovering in Kanachak sector here late on Saturday night. Some seen waiting for their turn down by the police. recovery. more than anyone else. tion," the chief minister said. it can be restricted. residents saw a streak of yellow light in the skies for quite some time before it vanished in the darkness, officials said. A search, which began at 5:30 am on Sunday, was carried out by joint teams of Army, Border Security Force (BSF) and police in a vast area between Voluntary lockdown helps tribals beat Covid Panch Talli and Laliyal, about 1,500 meters from the IB, they said. PNS n IDUKKI(KER) themselves to ensure that no dwellers of Koodalkattukudy side world has never made me Delhi govt deploys 4-member one among them got infected. isolated themselves from the sad. We are happy with our Confining himself to his for- They come out of the shel- outside world from the begin- farming and all. If everything est hamlet isolating from the ter of forests only rarely to col- ning of this April. we want is around, why should team to answer distress calls outside world seems to be a lect essential articles, baby Health and Forest depart- we go out," he told P T I. he Delhi government has non-issue for Rajesh, a tribal food and medicines. ment officials are constantly Forest officials also help deployed staff from its youth living in Oonjampara, a They were also not hesitant to monitoring the situations and them get essential articles dur- TDepartment of Social Welfare settlement located over five request the outsiders including conducting periodic health ing the time of emergencies. to attend to distress calls and kms away from Marayur here. police and health workers to checks in these settlements. Tapioca, ginger and beans other queries from senior citizens If anyone asks if he is not ensure that they are not carriers Twenty-five-year old Rajesh, were the most frequent crops impacted by the pandemic A team missing his frequent trips to of the virus while visiting them. belonging to Oonjampara set- cultivated in the forest-fringe of four officials has been sent to the nearby town these days, he Edamalakkudy, the first tribal tlement ofKoodalkattukudy, farms, the tribal youth added. the office of the divisional has a clear but sure answer: panchayat of the state located said everyone, cutting across all Marayur forest range officer, commissioner to support helpline "This isolation is for our well- about 30 kms away from the age groups, are diligently obey- M G Vinod Kumar said his number 1077 that is run under the Delhi Disaster Management being only...to keep this disease tourist town Munnar here, is the ing the directives of the tribal department was giving all sup- Authority (DDMA), the department said in an official order. Section away. Isn't it?" only panchayat in the southern other connectivity, has now Located about five kms away council to follow self-isolation. port to the efforts of the inhab- officer G C Meena, senior assistant Kumar Gandharva, welfare This wisdom has helped a state now where there is zero pos- become a model for the entire from Marayur, there are over He said he concentrated more itants of Koodalkattukudy to officers Kuldeep Saini and Vijay have been deployed for the task, it section of forest dwellers in this itive case, thanks to the self isola- world outside to emulate in 1,300 tribals, belonging to 500 on farming, the major occupa- keep their settlements free of said. "These officials will also coordinate with HelpAge India, hill district tokeep COVID-19 tion. their fight against the pandem- families of Muthuvan and Hill tion of dwellers of his settlement, the disease. Qutub Institutional Area to utilise the manpower engaged for the at bay in their hamlets, at a A habitation of Muthuvan ic. Pulaya community, living in 9 during the lockdown period "Self-isolation is the mantra new elderly helpline for which the Department of Social Welfare time when the entire country community, around 3,000 peo- Besides Edamalakkudy, the settlements in this panchayat and he never felt that the self- that has helped these tribesmen has entered into an MoU with HelpAge India as a project is reeling under its second ple, belonging to over 750 fam- inhabitants of ward. isolation was boring. to keep the virus infection at supported by the Ministry of Social Justice and the National wave. ilies are living in more than 25 Koodalkattukudy, a tribal ward If'oorukoottam', the tribal "We go down (the hills) bay. All government depart- Institute of Social Defence," the order stated. The duties of these Long before the govern- settlements in this village. in Marayur panchayat, have council, of Edamalakkudyhad once in every week, most often ments including the forest officials will involve attending telephone calls from senior citizens, ment clamped lockdown offi- Located inside the Munnar also succeeded in keeping their decided to adopt self-isolation Saturdays, to collect baby food, department are extending providing guidance regarding the online process of applying for cially, they were confined to forest division, the remote ham- settlements COVID free so far when the first wave of medicines and other essential every possible support to them senior citizen pension and answering queries pertaining to the their fringe hamlets isolating let, having no proper road or through self-isolation. COVID-19 hit the country, the articles. Isolating from the out- for this," he said. non-receipt of pension. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | MAY 17, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Keep going The sinking Despite reverses, the nation needs to keep reminding of the goal ahead: Keep ourselves healthy GYANESHWAR DAYAL n April 19, at a virtual event organised by the All India Management Association, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar fielded a question from industrialist Munjal of a paper boat Oabout India exporting or donating vaccines without first satisfying the domes- tic demand. The Minister said: “So ask yourself this question — can I go around In these pandemic times, do we remember that we had a time and say ‘guys, keep your supply chains flowing towards me and, by the way, the end product of the supply chain I am asking you raw material for — vaccine — but filled with the zest for life, ambitions and hope? Where is it now? I am not going to give you the vaccine’. If you get into this, why are you exporting at all; then someone else will ask why am I exporting to India and that is so short- t was the summer of the 71. sighted and only really irresponsible, really non-serious people will make that argu- Agra, my hometown, was ment and, by the way, there are some around as flooded. Our house, on a you would have noticed.” What he did not tell Munjal higher ground, was a bit less Iaffected; nevertheless, water had was that the vaccine doses donated by India, that entered the ground floor and we is, given free to several foreign countries, were only were perched on the top. As the 10.75 million out of a total 66.37 million doses rescue boats went by, we children shown as “Made-in-India vaccine supplies” on the were busy floating paper boats as playthings. They were, though Ministry of External Affairs website. A substantial inanimate, like our aspirations part of it, 35.79 million doses to be precise, are and thoughts. The boats, of commercial and licensing liabilities of the two vac- course, couldn’t do a long course. cine manufacturers, the Serum Institute of India and But our imagination did. Those days we children had so much to Bharat Biotech. Another 19.86 million doses are do, so much to learn from the life vaccines sent abroad because of the agreement around us that there was never the manufacturers had signed to obtain raw mate- a dull moment. Indeed! , for the rials for producing the vaccines. children who spent their child- The last two types of supplies were tagged along with the free doses supplied. hood around 50 years back, they had a childhood quite different The vaccine diplomacy of New Delhi, called “Vaccine Maitri”, began on January 21 from the current crop. and lasted till April 16. In this period, India had supplied abroad all the vaccine it Innocence! That’s was all we possibly could and the rationale for this comes from no less a person than Prime had. The world around us was Minister Narendra Modi himself. At the inaugural Raisina Dialogue on April 13, he our playground. It was all real; there was nothing virtual about said: “…this year, despite many constraints, we have supplied vaccine to over 80 it. Yes, we children knew so lit- countries. We know that the supplies have been modest. We know that the demands tle about everything else that was are huge. We know that it will be a long time before the entire humanity can be vac- not in our immediate vicinity. But cinated. At the same time, we also know that hope matters.” During this period, doses that was fun, exploring on our bell and we ran to have it. we believed them all. For us, rather than enjoying it. The own and enjoying every bit of it. Entertainment was hard to there was a ghost on every pictures of restaurants and were sent to 95 countries across the world. Now comes the part where the Government Unlike now, the phones were come by. We waited for the cir- peepal tree, and the djinns, places visited on the trip find did not do what it was supposed to do during this period of “Maitri”. On May 11, unheard of. We had wired cus to arrive in town and churails and dayans were floating on Instagram and the cumulative doses given to Indians stood at 17.51 crore and no more orders were phones instead, which we made made plans to go see it. We watching us when we returned Facebook. They might not placed in this period even though shortages were being reported. In early May, the with a thread and two matchbox- watched it with disbelief, often late. Caring for them came nat- see churails and dayans but es. replicating the feat and hurt- urally, partly out of affection have demons in their head Government said it was still to receive 23 million doses from its previous order and But the connections they ing ourselves back at home. and partly out of greed for sto- which tell them to seclude placed fresh orders of around 160 million doses. These orders, for May, June and provided were pretty strong. The The melas were again some- ries and money that the par- them from the rest. You won’t July, are supposed to be met by July. The manufacturers have their own compul- parents at that time were differ- thing that we looked forward ents refused. There was a close know if your child is at home sions meeting the orders in time and the vaccination drive awaits vaccines, free or ent, too. They hardly cared what to. The charm, of course, was THOSE WERE THE bonding with them. They because he is too much the child studied at the school the merry-go-round and the became part of you. engrossed with the mobile paid for, in the meantime. unless a complaint from the giant wheel. It made us dizzy YEARS OF INNOCENCE Now that when I see my that he needs no one else. school came in. They would but then enjoyment doesn’t AND IGNORANCE kids growing, I realise the Last year in the monsoon, PIC often forget the standard in come cheap. ALIKE. AS WE GREW children and their childhood I told my young daughter TALK which their child studied. The Those were the years of have undergone a sea change. how we floated paper boats in only day the father would come innocence and ignorance alike. UP, WE REALISED They are informed but not the puddles. She said that she into the picture was when you got As we grew up, we realised HOW LITTLE WE KNEW innocent. They can get you the did not know how to make your annual report card. how little we knew about any- ABOUT ANYTHING; YET information you might have one. I was excited as she And his only concern was thing, yet we had learned so not known till your gradua- showed some interest. I said, that if the child was promoted to many lessons of life that stay WE HAD LEARNED SO tion. They don’t play with I will make one for you. I made the next class. Else, the ear- with us forever. The parents MANY LESSONS OF matchboxes or waste time one, gave it to her, and asked twisting took place. That was did not care about the studies LIFE THAT STAY WITH decorating Janmashtami mod- her to set it afloat. Fifteen min- more or less summed the early of their children; they cared els. They are always with their utes later, she was with her education. Playing I Spy or about their health and so saw US FOREVER. THE gadgets. They play with them phone again, chatting. I asked Hit&Run was the best pass time. to it that the children ate PARENTS DID NOT or, rather, live with them. Life whatever happened to the Children’s extracurricular activ- everything cooked at home. CARE ABOUT THE has turned virtual. It is a dig- boat she was supposed to play ities involved spreading papads The kids, too, contributed to ital degeneration of sorts with. “It sank,” she said with a and chips in the sun. The pack- the household chores willing- STUDIES OF THEIR where you know a lot yet you flat face and submerged into aged chips would come much ly, or unwillingly in my case, CHILDREN; THEY are rudderless as the frame- her phone again. later. Eating out meant having but learned that anyway. work that comes with human (The writer is a columnist golgappas at the street vendor. Of The elderly were no pari- CARED ABOUT THEIR interaction is missing. The and documentary film-maker. course, the kulfiwala occasional- ah either. The granny would HEALTH pizza-burger generation is The views expressed are per- ly announced his arrival with a tell endless ghost stories and more about flaunting its feat sonal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE The faithful gather at St Peter's Square at the Vatican AP THE AIR INDIA DISINVESTMENT PLAN You can reduce your Sir Cairn says it remains open to talks with risk for high blood the Government to resolve the dispute, but We are together in it, or not? pressure with healthy it is not unusual in legal proceedings of this lifestyle changes Too young? Which society will nature to seek attachment of the alleged Government must prepare it to deal with the dis- assets of the debtor in foreign jurisdictions. aster before it becomes a burden on the Centre. condone ur actions? The Myanmarese people, most of them born after Air India operates flights from India to It becomes the duty of every citizen of the They lost their father who died while Suu Kyi came into the frame, are kicking up dust New York, , Washington DC and country to serve it in this battle, at least at their being in Govt custody. other cities in the US. The suit brought by own level, but do we actually do it? We need he younger generation is leading the fight against oppression and exploitation around to change ourselves. Small efforts, on the part People's Conference chairman Cairn would seek to seize airplanes or — Sajad Lone the world. Be it the students of Hong Kong or the youth of Myanmar, they are out other immovable assets, like sales offices of each one of us, will have to be made. There are many villages in Haryana where small sup- to defend their democratic right at the cost of their lives. Ever since the Myanmar that the carrier operates in some of these T locations. As we all know, Air India has port groups are engaged in serving the peo- We are concerned Army seized power in February this year, it unleashed a regime of terror. But the terror long been a loss-making entity and the ple. The administration is also sending them about the has not intimidated the young Myanmar. Thousands of people, mostly young, have been Government has indicated that it is in an help and they have also made arrangements intercommunal protesting and demanding the restoration of democracy. More than 770 civilians had advanced stage of being disinvested with e, for the past several days, see that many at their level. Such work is also a unique quote violence across of reflexes and dedication to society. If such been killed and over 3,738 detained. Yet the morale of the protestors is as high as ever. multiple parties having submitted offers, Wpeople have been criticising Modi ji on the Israel including the Tata Group. Corona issue. If these people can come for- support groups are raised above the rural level As they say, democracy dies in the darkness; the young This action against Air India could put ward and do some positive work in the inter- politics and taking everyone in confidence, then US President ones are keeping the torch lit. And they are doing it in a roadblock to that process as the est of our country, that would be more than there should be no solution to any problem. — Joe Biden style by making good use of social media to tell the world Government was hoping to conclude the welcome. After all, what do they get from I, as a citizen, request you to do as much sale by September this year. Secondly, this speaking against Modi? The Opposition also as you can. The country is currently facing a Stay safe, wear your what is happening in Myanmar. They are finding inge- major crisis. In this order, many progressive nious ways to thwart the might of the State and military. can be seen as yet another setback in a con- has a limit in democracy and if someone uses masks and get tinuing story of the retrospective tax law it only for their sole benefit, then that too is a things are being done by the system and the vaccinated as soon Anti-coup protesters are exploiting the military’s patriar- damaging India’s international reputation travesty. Government. Obviously, there are things unat- as possible and chal values to their advantage. The Myanmarese Army when it comes to doing business. It is the absolute duty of every citizen of tended. But let’s not focus on the negatives. follow all COVID Bhiwani is rather conservative and ill-trained to deal with civil dis- CK Subramaniam | Navi Mumbai India that when calamity occurs, we all must Satyavan Saurabh | guidelines fight together against it. Of course, the Central Actor obedience. Or, is it? THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT Yes, true that they would not go under the women's — Madhuri Dixit-Nene Sir It is a matter of profound sadness that Administration, Israel is emboldened to od of mourning through sharing and clothesline as it brings in bad omen. The protestors would while the world is battling the COVID-19 continue its air offensive “as long as nec- support. circle their protest site by wires and hang women’s clothes pandemic, Israel is resorting to aerial bom- essary”. The issue at the heart of the con- But what seems unbearable is that people We have got a tour as protection. The Army may have bullets but they have bottles filled with petrol to keep bardment in Gaza, inflicting casualties on flict is Israeli occupation of Palestinian are being forced to bury bodies in the shal- against India in the Palestinians. It exemplifies man’s mid-September. them at the bay. Of course, it is not enough, but it has kept their fight going; it works. land. It is true that advanced warning and low soil of water banks or let them float inhumanity to man and man-made suffer- time to evacuate were given. There are away, something partially cremated and So, there are a The social media campaigns are telling the world about the Army's wrongdoings. They ing in this time of a global pestilence. global protests in support of the people of sometimes not at all. couple of camps. post everything, their atrocities, and highhandedness. They have already won the moral The Israeli air strikes on Gaza have Palestine. Let’s just hopr for better sense It is as though the roots of the soci- Australia bowler claimed the lives of at least 162 to prevail across. ety are being torn apart, for the cultural — Megan Schutt high ground. But young Myanmar is not only fighting the army for restoration of democ- Palestinians, including 41 children. Of par- racy alone, it is also fighting a stagnant social system that is sexist and oppressive, G David Milton | Tamil Nadu and psychological damage caused by this ticular poignance is the fact that children unprecedented crisis is incalculable. If mired in superstitions and dogmas. Generation Z typically less than 25 years of age is become the victims of this escalation in LET’S NOT NEGLECT THE DECEASED helpless citizens are unable to accord their Hello there! Missing also working for a more fair, inclusive future. Myanmar is Southeast Asia’s most tradi- violence. Every single death in the Israeli- Sir — This refers to the news report, loved ones even the minimum dignity in all my red! With the tional society. It has an archaic family structure, respect for authority, and gender inequal- Palestinian conflict is a tragedy for which ‘Innumerable bodies float’ (May 15). death because, perhaps, no one is around last entire year the right-wing dominated, repressive being covered in ity. Spousal rape and domestic violence are still legal and pervasive in Myanmar. Yet Bidding farewell to the dead through to take the bodies for cremation, or they Israeli Government is responsible. funeral rites was one of the earliest signs can’t afford the soaring prices of wood or masks, and Myanmar’s Generation Z activists are defying many of the social norms with their protests The interception of most of the rockets of our civilisation. The people wish peace the funeral —profiteers never rest –and continuing to do and taking down gender stereotypes. Every nation must fight its own evils and that is fired towards Israel by Hamas indicates the for the dead through rituals according to have to throw bodies into the river. so..missing a bit of perhaps what is happening in Myanmar today. It is as much a fight against the Army difference and disproportion in military their cultural and religious beliefs, it is a N Sadhasiva Reddy | Bengaluru the #redlipstick action. power between the two sides. With ‘unwa- way of coping with the unknown. as it is against the social disorder that has not been challenged for centuries. vering support’ from the Biden Send your feedback to: Actor Social bonds are confirmed in the peri- [email protected] — Raveena Tandon HYDERABAD | MONDAY | MAY 17, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | at the rate ofTheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN Corona: Some real, SHOULD YOU COUNT ON MUTUAL FUNDS? though some hype HARISH BARTHWAL Research shows that past returns and the age of the mutual fund have an impact on your savings Somehow, the States and the Union Government are passing on the impression that they have been unable to meet the challenge of the virus. But why? houghts of prospective troubles hardly come true, and most people die of visceral fear of spectre or something that doesn’t exist. HIMA BINDU KOTA T “Ninety per cent of our problems are caused by our utual funds are gaining popularity as a preferred investment own thoughts,” says Hilda de la Rosa, a South avenue among Indians over the last decade. Particularly over African popular author and motivational speaker. the last five years, the industry has witnessed a huge increase She says, entrapped in our thought processes, we M find it arduous to extricate ourselves from the think- in the number of folios which grew to 44.2 million from March, 2014 ing pattern we have imbibed over years. Unaware to June, 2019. What makes this growth interesting is the fact that it of the facts about morbidity and mortality due to had largely come from the segment of individual investors, includ- Covid or otherwise, most people are caught with ing both retails investors and high networth individuals (HNIs). This the fear psychosis that is taking a larger toll than segment registered a growth rate of 15.5 percent during this period, the pandemic itself.The predicament has shaken which in turn contributed to a 27 percent rise in assets under man- people of all description. The pandemic 2.0 is hit- ting Indians with greater intensity and virulence but agement (AUM) of individual investors from `4 lakh crore in March, a sensible and broader perspective can reduce the 2014 to `4 lakh crore in June, 2019. Since mutual funds have become hype and assure the implications of the current cri- one of the preferred investment destinations or investor, it is impor- sis are not as dismal as being made out. tant to choose funds that will perform better than others. Certain mystery shrouds the resurgence of One of the ways in which the performance of mutual funds is Covid 2.0 with new strains. True, the plateauing of measured is through net inflows and outflows, which is the net result Covid cases in India by last fall led to public and of the total money that has moved into and moved out of the fund government complacence about continuing risks. And the the government toned down restrictions. for a particular time period. If the end result is positive, indicating As the going seemed manageable, shops,restaurants, wholesale and retail markets, malls,schools, public transport, businesses and public establishments AT HOME, DURING tended to function normally.Export of jet fighters, COVID 1.0, THE plans to lay 75,000+ stations to charge electric vehi- OPPOSITION cles, supply of domestically produced Covid vac- DECRIED cine to 87 countries and medicines to over 150 coun- LOCKDOWNS FOR tries meant progression towards a vibrant econo- ITS ADVERSE my and making of “atmanirbhar” nation. Naturally, IMPLICATIONS ON the Indian buoyancy and optimism was not palat- LIVELIHOODS. IN able to arms, oil, and pharma lobbies,as theycould THE SECOND WAVE, lose huge businesses in India; apropos of 5-billion- AFTER THE STATES dollar PPE and masks deals alone came to a naught WERE ALLOWED TO inflows, it means that more money has been invested into the funds in one shot, oil companies were next. Prime Minister DECIDE AT THEIR shall be revalatory. stering in the nerve breaking era we have eclipsed altogether. Based on and vice versa. Net flows are important as they provide the perfor- Narendra Modi, who repeatedly said and meant OWN LEVEL, THEY At home, during Covid 1.0, the are passing through. 2017 data, World Economic Forum ‘desh nahi lutne dunga, desh nahin bikne dunga’ was CHOSE LOCKDOWN. Opposition decried lockdowns for its As for the numbers gamein analysis revealed 25,270 daily mance report of mutual funds. High net inflows are significant as they a common enemy who would not bend like adverse implications on livelihoods. Covid, national morbidity and mor- deaths in India, second to China at lead to higher AUM, which in turn increase company's profits. On Donald Trump of the US. For the global business THEY ALSO In second wave, after States were tality data across states in specific 28,036. The estimated global the other hand, high net outflows, might lead to some tactical changes magnates to flourish in India, Modi’s downsizing- CRITICISED THE allowed to decide at their own level, time frames are subject to wide fluc- annual death toll for tuberculosis like changing the fund manager or the investment philosophy. Increase with the aid of domestic disgruntled elements EFFICACY OF they chose lockdown. They also tuations because transmission of of all kinds in 2019 stood at 14.18 in the collective net inflows also leads to increase in the size of some appeared the only option. To support them was VACCINE, THEN criticised the efficacy of vaccine, then Covid is multifactorialin nature lakh and 79,144 in India; for HIV- neighbouring China. Possibility of China-sponsored TOOK IT ONE took it one by one. The purpose was involvingthe vision of the govern- related diseases the annual death individual mutual funds and also the size of the mutual fund indus- BY ONE try as a whole. In addition, net flows can also provide an insight into biological war behind the abrupt rise in Covid cases creating a public impression that gov- mentad thestrict measures it takes to toll was 5-9 lakh globally and in India bypassing the neighbouring countries with ernment is unwilling and unfit to control the pandemic including 69,000 for India in 2017. These fig- the general collective predictive capacity of investors. So, an over- identical life style during April 10-15 cannot be ruled manage Covid crisis, something not health facilities.Thus,it shall be naïve ures shall not be significantly dif- all net inflow into any mutual fund may forecast its positive perfor- out. Accompanying this was the opposition’s refrain in national interest. to pronounce judgement on the ferent for 2020 and 2021. A fair, mance. So, if net flows are so important for any mutual fund, what of failure of Modi government to deal with Covid, Ambiguity in identifying the performance of the governance comparative assessment of quanti- determines that it gets positive inflows? Research shows that fac- enthusiastically supported by Western media.On precise aetiology, genesis and man- based on infections and death data tative changes in morbidity and tors like past returns, the age of the mutual fund, higher expenses April 20, international media showed’large scale’ cre- ifestations of Covid 2.0 further tends of few days, weeks or even months; mortality in pre-Covid and it a time like higher advertising costs, lower fees and size of the fund family. mations and highlighted deficiencies in Indian to destabilise the poise of lay public. policies and actions take long to frame shows that the Covid death Some strategic decisions, like changing the name of the mutual fund health care sector. Strangely, at this hour, Pakistan The doctors find it expedient to clas- show results. Taking the Covid data toll as reported is misleading and also offered to help India. sify routine health issues as Covid in of April 28, 2021, though numer- ignores mortality from classical dis- to match the current season trend also bring in extra inflows. The anti-government chorus was endorsed by keeping with trends. The head of a ically India witnessed largest daily eases. The actual Covid toll is not Size plays an import role in the performance of mutual funds. UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore on May prestigious health facility, Dr Arvind deaths (3647) compared to USA of the level we are told to make out. Several studies suggest that younger or new funds have higher per- 4: “The tragic situation in India should raise alarm Kumar of Medanta, Gurugram: (954), Germany (320), France (344) The fear against COVID is formance as they enter the industry with higher skill sets and their bellsfor all of us.” Most recent is the editorial in the Consider any one of symptoms like and Italy (344), the deaths per crore largely visceral. It is the spectre of relatively smaller exposure to market makes sure that any adverse medical journal Lancet summarily undermining the sneezing, headache, fever, throat population turns out to be mere 26 COVID that is the real threat, and market movements would have less impact on the performance. In government’s efforts in dealing with Covid;the vin- soar, vomiting, diarrhoea, loss of for India and 29, 38, 48 and 57, not the virus itself. The virus addition, the increasing size of the industry also has an adverse impact dictive portion being, “Modi’s actions in attempt- smell or taste, skin patches, body ache respectively, for these countries with a life of around seven days is ing to stifle criticism and open discussion during as Covid case unless proved other- (source: worldometers.info). Thus, an issue only in about three to five on the performance. The larger the industry size, the lesser is the the crisis crisis are inexcusable”. The statement sug- wise, and begin with self-isolation the narrative that India is worst hit per cent cases where specialist potential of any profitable trades, as adjustments to any anomalies, gesting the government “own up to its mistakes” is The author is a without wait for lab reports - even by Covid smacks of foul play to tar- handling is required. We are which may lead to any profit making, quickly happen, leading to less the tone of a hardcore political adversary and in bad blogger at www.blunts- negative reports with either symptom nish the image of India. undergoing times when each sec- chances of booking profits. taste, unbecoming of a medical publication. Reports peaker.com and writes must be treated as Covid. Such pre- Doctors are not knowalls in tion of country has to lend a help- Skill of the fund and the fund manager are an important deter- about Chinese instigations behind the sordid cov- on health, spiritual, cepts further down the already health matters but in a few weeks ing hand. Let us face the facts minant of mutual fund performance. Fund managers' compensation erage and observations on India’s handling of Covid and social issues. diminishing morale of the patient after Covid 2.0, how do they pre- squarely, keep our peace and hope and his kith and kin that needs bol- sume that all non-Covid diseases for the best. also contributes its performance. In cases where the compensation depends on performance, such mutual funds, due to an active strat- egy, end up generally becoming high performance funds and per- POINTCOUNTERPOINT form better than funds where managers use passive fund manage- ment style. So, a fund manager's skill in stock picking helps in gen- erating a higher return. THERE WILL BE NO SHORTAGE OF OXYGEN IN THE STATE THE SITUATION IN HARYANA IS WORSE THAN THAT OF Several studies show a predictive pattern of mutual fund analy- NOW, AND I ALSO I ONCE AGAIN APPEAL TO THE FARMER NEIGHBOURING DELHI. HEALTH MINISTER ANIL VIJ sis based on the above discussed determinants. Small investors should LEADERS TO SUSPEND THEIR PROTESTS. SHOULD RESIGN FOR FAILING TO HANDLE THE SITUATION. take advantage and make use of the skills of the funds and fund man- HARYANA CHIEF MINISTER INLD LEADER agers to beat the benchmark and hope to generate higher returns. — ABHAY SINGH CHAUTALA (The writer is Associate Professor, Amity University, Noida. The — MANOHAR LAL KHATTAR views expressed are personal.) Time to take hypertension, a COVID-19 comorbidity, head-on You can reduce your risk for high blood pressure with healthy lifestyle changes; just stick around with a few simple tips n India at least one in conditions, particularly hyper- High blood pressure is often can also raise your risk of three adults in India have tensives to ensure they contin- symptomless and quietly dam- developing high blood pres- Ihypertension, also known ue their treatment - through ages blood vessels leading to sure.Hypertension typically as high blood pressure. The telemedicine whenever possi- serious health problems. develops over the course of ongoing pandemic has ble and keep taking the pre- While there is no cure, using several years. Usually, you revealed how people with scribed medicines. On this medications as prescribed and don't notice any symptoms. hypertension are at greater World Hypertension Day, it is making lifestyle changes can But even without symptoms, risk of becoming severely ill or critically important for India enhance your quality of life high blood pressure can cause dying from COVID-19. VIKAS to pay attention to this silent and reduce your risk of heart damage to your blood vessels Research indicates that most MAHATME killer and take adequate pre- disease, stroke, kidney disease and organs, especially the people are unaware that they cautions. and more. brain, heart, eyes, and kid- have high blood pressure and Dos and don;lts: You can reduce your risk neys. even if diagnosed, they are Secure your supply of for high blood pressure with The first criteria to deal either irregular with their blood pressure medicines. healthy lifestyle changes. If with hypertension or high medication or discontinue Keep a stock of at least 90 days. you already have high blood blood pressure is early detec- taking it after a while. Studies Continue to take medi- pressure, the same lifestyle tion. Regular blood pressure have also shown that patients cines for blood pressure and changes combined with med- readings can help you and with hypertension but not on other chronic conditions such ication therapy (as recom- your doctor in noticing any medications had a significant- as diabetes as prescribed by the mended by your provider) change. If your blood pressure ly higher risk of mortality doctor. symptoms or feel unwell. In with hypertension aneurysm. Uncontrolled can also help you control it. is elevated, the health compared with those on med- If possible, regularly mea- the last one year, 35 lakh Hypertension can lead to hypertension may affect eyes; Certain individuals are more provider may need to keep ication, if they got Covid-19. sure your blood pressure at Indians have dialled E- severe health complications leading to Hypertensive likely to develop high blood checking it for over a few In the past World Health The author is a home. If it fluctuates, consult Sanjeevani, the government's and increase the risk of heart Retinopathy which may lead pressure than others if they weeks to see if the number Organisation (WHO) and Member of Parliament, your doctor remotely. Do not telemedicine platform for a disease, stroke, and some- to irreversible blindness. have a family history of stays elevated or falls back to Indian Council of Medical Rajya Sabha change your treatment without medical consultation. times death. It is a primary risk Keeping blood pressure under hypertension or consume normal levels. Treatment for Research (ICMR) have issued a medical opinion. Avoid consuming excess factor for cardiovascular dis- control is vital for preserving diets rich in salt, saturated hypertension includes both various warnings and guide- Avail of telemedicine facil- salt in your food ease, including stroke, heart health and reducing the risk of fats, consume tobacco or alco- prescription medication and lines for people with chronic ity if you develop coronavirus Risk Factors associated attack, heart failure, and these dangerous conditions. hol and are overweight. Stress healthy lifestyle changes. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | MAY 17, 2021 Money 08 Q4 earnings, pace of vax, Coal India Jharkhand arm CCL loses 47 personnel to COVID-19 trends to dictate markets PNS n RANCHI FPIs net sellers Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) PNS n NEW DELHI supplying dry-fuel to the to the tune of nation's power plants and Equity markets this week are other projects even during the likely to follow the quarterly pandemic has lost 47 of its per- earnings outcome of listed Rs 6K cr in May sonnel to COVID-19, an offi- companies, pace of vaccination PNS n NEW DELHI cial said. drive in the country and glob- Many others and their fam- al market trends for further Foreign portfolio investors ily members are battling for direction, according to ana- (FPIs) pulled out Rs 6,452 life, the Jharkhand arm of the lysts. "In absence of any major crore so far in May from Coal India Limited (CIL) said. event, participants will be Indian markets amid tum- "Mining activities of Central closely eyeing the performance bling investor sentiment due Coalfields Ltd, a Jharkhand of global indices, US bond to the second wave of the based subsidiary of Coal India, yields, movement of rupee COVID-19 pandemic. are going on round the clock against the US dollar, and As per depositories data, but around 47 employees of more than one year. due to the COVID-19," the crude oil prices. the overseas investors pulled CCL have lost their lives while "Despite following the pro- official said. Religare Broking Vice- out Rs 6,427 crore from equi- serving the nation during the tocol of COVID-19 issued by CCL which has been President (Research) Ajit The quarterly earnings from (equity research) at Kotak situation aggravates." ties and Rs 25 crore from the ongoing COVID-19 pandem- the government from time to allowed mining activities, has Mishra said, "Needless to say, Canara Bank, JK Tyre & Mahindra Asset Management She added that in addition, debt segment during May 1- ic," a CCL official said. time, many executives as well recorded a 112 per cent COVID-19-related updates Industries, Havells India, JK Co, said. Investors would also this fear of inflation flourish- 14. The net outflow during This maharatna coal miner as non-executives, have been increase in production at 4.84 and progress of the vaccine Lakshmi Cement, JSW Steel track the Wholesale Price ing in developed markets may the period under review claims to have set up around affected from the COVID-19 million tonne (MT) in April drive will also be in focus." and State Bank of India will Index-based inflation data to continue to trickle down to stood at Rs 6,452 crore. "The 2,000 beds which include ICU, infection. Altogether about 47 2021 as against 2.28 MT coal On the earnings front, Bharti also be watched by investors be announced on Monday. India and keep domestic severe Covid second wave, isolation and covid care beds employees have lost their lives output in April 2020. Airtel, Tata Motors, Indian this week. "Going forward, Samco Securities Head bourses under pressure. "Stock- increasing lockdowns and with oxygen support. While due to the deadly virus and The surge in infections has Oil Corp, Havells, Hindalco market will track the pace of (Equity Research) Nirali Shah specific volatility due to quar- concerns regarding its impact oxygen supported beds are many are undergoing treat- led to the re-imposition of and Federal Bank are some of vaccination, trajectory of active said, "Indian indices have terly earnings cannot be ruled on GDP growth and corpo- over 750 the ICU beds number ment. It is not only the employ- severe lockdown in Jharkhand the prominent names who will cases curve and management shown sturdiness despite the out." During the holiday-trun- rate earnings seem to be nearly 70. ees of CCL are affected but till the morning of May 27 be announcing their results commentary of companies," increasing number of cases. cated last week, the BSE bench- behind FPI outflows," said The COVID-19 pandemic there are cases in which many which has imposed many during the week along with Shibani Kurian, senior execu- However, sustainability at high- mark tanked 473.92 points or VK Vijayakumar, Strategist at has disrupted lives in the coun- family members too became restrictions to flatten the several others, Mishra added. tive vice-president and head er levels seems difficult if the 0.96 per cent. Geojit Financial Services. ty as well as world over for affected and few of them died COVID-19 virus curve. MONEY MATTERS Covaxin effective against Granules India CBIC starts special drive to McDonald's plans Rs 100 cr earmarks capex of Rs 1,000 cr clear pending GST claims investment to open 30 outlets India, UK strains: BB PNS n NEW DELHI estlife Development, PNS n NEW DELHI till FY24 The Central Board of Indirect which operates PNS n NEW DELHI Taxes and Customs (CBIC) WMcDonald's restaurants Bharat Biotech on Sunday said has launched a special drive to in southern and western region its COVID-19 vaccine Drug firm Granules India has clear all pending GST refunds in India, plans to invest Rs 100 'Covaxin' has been found to be earmarked a capex of around by month-end. Drive' will be launched by all crore to open up to 30 outlets effective against coronavirus Rs 1,000 crore which it aims The 15-day GST refund Central Tax formations during of the quick service restaurant strains found in India and the to invest over the next three drive is on the lines of an the period from 15th May brand in the current financial UK. financial years on expansion ongoing similar drive organ- 2021 to 31st May 2021 for pro- year. The company, which now Citing a study published in of operations, according to a ised by the CBIC for refund of cessing and disposal of all witnesses more than half of its peer-reviewed medical journal top company official. customs and duty drawback pending GST refund claims on sales from convenience channels such as delivery, takeaways and Clinical Infectious Diseases, The Hyderabad-based firm claims. In an instruction to all priority," it said. drive-thru, is bullish about growth in FY'22, leaving out the next 2-3 the Hyderabad-based vaccine plans to invest on a new Principal Commissioners of "It is, however, expected months. "The intention is to open 20-30 McDonald's outlets in the major noted that vaccination manufacturing facility and on Central Tax formations, the that all Central Tax formations current fiscal year. We will invest Rs 100 crore for opening these with Covaxin produced neu- expanding production capac- CBIC said there is a need to will take up all the pending outlets," Westlife Development Vice-Chairman Amit Jatia told PTI. tralising titres against all key ities at existing plants. focus on timely disposal of all GST refund claims for pro- In the last financial year, the company had opened five McDonald's emerging variants tested, Research, it added. founder and Joint Managing "During FY22, we expect pending GST refund claims in cessing on priority and outlets. Jatia said COVID-19 has accelerated the shift towards including B.1.617 and B.1.1.7, "Covaxin gets internation- Director Suchitra Ella said in to spend Rs 400 crore and the order to provide immediate endeavour to dispose them of convenience channels and the company is bullish about growth in first identified in India and the al recognition yet again, by a tweet. She also tagged PMO rest of the Rs 600 crore is relief to business entities, espe- much earlier than the statuto- the current fiscal. "The business has pivoted towards becoming a UK, respectively. scientific research data pub- India, Finance Minister spread over FY23 and FY24," cially MSMEs, in the difficult ry time limits, preferably convenience brand. Having brought all digital channels in place, we The study was conducted in lished demonstrating protec- Nirmala Sitharaman and Granules India Chairman times of second wave of the before a period of 30 days have entered this second wave with a lot of strength. collaboration with the National tion against the new variants. Health Minister Harsh and Managing Director Covid pandemic. from the date of receipt of the Institute of Virology and Yet another feather in its Vardhan, among others, in Krishna Prasad Chigurupati "It is hereby instructed that refund application," the CBIC Windlas Biotech Limited Indian Council of Medical cap," Bharat Biotech co- the tweet. said in an analyst call. a 'Special GST Refund Disposal added. files draft papers for IPO M-cap of 8 most valued firms indlas Biotech Ltd has filed Power consumption grows nearly 19 pc preliminary papers with plummets Rs 1.13 lakh crore Wmarkets regulator Sebi for PNS n NEW DELHI to 118.08 BU. Power consump- an initial public offer that includes PNS n NEW DELHI Consultancy Services tum- tion in April 2020 had dropped a fresh issue of Rs 165 crore. bled Rs 30,054.79 crore to Rs Power consumption in the to 84.55 BU from 110.11 BU in Besides the fresh issue, there will Eight of the top-10 most val- 11,28,488.10 crore. country grew by around 19 per the same month in 2019, main- be an offer for sale of shares. The ued companies witnessed a Infosys witnessed an ero- cent in the first fortnight of ly because of fewer economic company is into domestic combined erosion of Rs sion of Rs 15,168.41 crore, tak- May to 51.67 billion units activities following the impo- pharmaceutical formulations contract development and 1,13,074.57 crore in market ing its market worth to Rs (BU) over the same period last sition of lockdown by the gov- manufacturing business. According to the Draft Red Herring valuation last week, with Tata 5,61,060.44 crore. year, showing recovery in ernment in the last week of Prospectus (DRHP), the company will also consider a pre-IPO Consultancy Services, Infosys The market capitalisation industrial and commercial March 2020 to contain the (Initial Public Offer) placement of up to Rs 50 crore. The proposed and HDFC Bank emerging as (mcap) of HDFC Bank erod- demand of electricity, accord- spread of deadly COVID-19. offer includes fresh issue of Rs 165 crore and an offer for sale of up the worst hit. ed by Rs 15,139.12 crore to Rs ing to the power ministry data. The power consumption to 5,142,067 equity shares. The latter will comprise "up to Among the top-10 most 7,65,035.49 crore and that of Power consumption in the also fell in May 2020 to 102.08 1,136,000 equity shares by the individual selling shareholder and valued companies, only Kotak Mahindra Bank plum- first fortnight of May 2020 was BU from 120.02 BU in May up to 4,006,067 equity shares by the investor selling shareholder", Reliance Industries Limited meted by Rs 14,398.04 crore to 43.55 BU. The power con- 2019. Similarly, peak power as per the document. The proceeds from the IPO will be utilised for and State Bank of India man- Rs 3,38,358.80 crore. sumption in the entire month demand met or the highest purchasing of equipment required for capacity expansion of the aged to book gains on a week- The valuation of HDFC of May last year was 102.08 BU. power supply in a day also facility at Dehradun Plant – IV and addition of injectables dosage ly basis. During the holiday- dived Rs 13,430.38 crore to Rs During the first fortnight of slumped to 132.73 GW in capability at the facility at Dehradun Plant-II. truncated trading week, the 4,36,879.75 crore and that of May this year (from May 1 to 168.78 GW (on May 6, 2021) period in 2020 (on May 13, April last year from 176.81 GW BSE benchmark Sensex tanked Bajaj Finance tanked Rs 14), peak power demand met and recorded growth of over 15 2020). in the same month in 2019, 473.92 points or 0.96 per cent. 9,844.62 crore to Rs or the highest supply in a day per cent over 146.54 GW (peak The power consumption in showing the impact of lock- 34,200 kg of oxygen production The valuation of Tata 3,21,592.05 crore. touched the highest level of met) recorded in the same April grew nearly 40 per cent down on economic activities. raw material lands at Bengaluru SBI to sell 3 NPA accounts for wo Air India flights, carrying Tractor sales to be hit due to second wave 34,200 kg of zeolite, used in Toxygen production plants, PNS n NEW DELHI through its partner. recovery of over Rs 235 crore arrived at the Bengaluru airport "Unlike in the first phase PNS n NEW DELHI Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and from Rome on Sunday, airport With the second wave of the (of COVID-19) where the Elize International Ltd for operator BIAL said. Zeolite is COVID-19 pandemic hitting impact was not at all there in The State Bank of India (SBI) sale to recover a total of Rs used in oxygen production plants rural areas, tractor sales will be the rural market, this time it will sell three bad accounts to 235.32 crore. that are based on pressure swing impacted in the short term is all very spread out. It is asset reconstruction compa- Heavy Metal has outstand- adsorption (PSA) technology, although in the second half of impacting not only the urban nies or other financial insti- ing dues of Rs 116.91 crore to and its import would help mitigate the acute shortage of medical the fiscal it is likely to pick up area, (but) channel partners tutions next month to recov- the bank, Khare and oxygen in the country. India has been hit badly by the deadly and to give the industry a mid-sin- and dealerships are also er dues of over Rs 235 crore, Tarkunde owes Rs 99.84 crore more virulent second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with gle digit growth, according to closed because of lockdown in according to a sales notice. and Elize International Rs hospitals across the country facing acute shortage of medical a senior official of farm equip- states. Clearly this will have an In terms of the bank's pol- 18.57 crore. oxygen, health workers, vaccines, life-saving medicines, among ment major Escorts Ltd. impact, it is more severe and icy on sale of financial assets, The bank has set the others. "Two Air India flights, carrying 34,200 kg of Zeolite from The company, which has a it is going to have an impact in line with regulatory guide- reserve prices for these NPA Rome, arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, joint venture with Japan's on everyone," Escorts Ltd lines, SBI said it has placed accounts for sale at Rs 27.50 on May 16. This is the first of the many batches of Zeolite that Kubota, is looking at around in 2021-22 with Europe serv- while it plans to enter markets Group CFO Bharat Madan Heavy Metal and Tubes Ltd, crore, Rs 15 crore and Rs 8 would be imported by the government to generate oxygen," 55 per cent growth in exports ing as one of the main drivers in South East Asia and Brazil told PTI. Khare and Tarkunde crore, respectively. Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) said in a statement. Gold import jumps to Covid brings behavioural change in cash usage: Experts USD 6.3 bn in April PNS n NEW DELHI Talking about the behav- now has invariably gone up by 2,939,997 crore, up from Rs old import, which has a ioural change in currency 20 per cent to Rs 3,000-4,000 2,858,640 crore on March 26. bearing on the country's The COVID-19 pandemic has usage, Sarvatra Technologies across both rural and urban Care Ratings Chief Gcurrent account deficit brought about a behavioural founder and MD Mandar India," Adashe said. Economist Madan Sabnavis (CAD), zoomed to USD 6.3 change in usage of cash with Agashe said that in view of the He further said UPI was tak- opined that during these uncer- billion for the month of April due people withdrawing larger lockdown and social distancing ing care of small-ticket trans- tain times, there is a preference to a surge in domestic demand, amounts from ATMs but pre- norms, people are not ventur- actions with the average tick- for people to hold down to according to the Commerce ferring to make digital modes ing out to banks and ATMs as et size constant at Rs 1,000. cash. It is more for precaution- Ministry data.Silver imports to make payments, said frequently. Owing to this behavioural ary purposes because one during the month, however, experts. "The average ticket size of shift, daily average transac- needs cash for rainy days such dipped by 88.53 per cent to about USD 11.9 million. Gold import The ferocity of the second withdrawals at any given time tions on IMPS have now gone as for medical reasons or for stood at USD 2.83 million (Rs 21.61 crore) in April 2020, the data wave of the coronavirus pan- has gone up by almost 20 per up to Rs 9,000 which was ear- any sudden other expenses, showed. The rise in gold imports pushed the country's trade deficit demic has scared people, forc- cent, as people withdraw in lier in the range of around Rs said Sabnavis. to USD 15.1 billion in April 2021 as against USD 6.76 billion in the ing them to withdraw larger larger quantities and prefer to 6,000-7,000, he said. PayNearby founder, MD same month a year ago. According to industry experts, increasing amounts from the ATMs with hoard, pre-empting medical "The second wave of the and CEO Anand Kumar Bajaj domestic demand is pushing up imports of gold, however, the a view to avoid frequent visits. or any other form of emergen- pandemic has had a significant said the anxiety of lockdowns second wave of COVID-19 may impact the demand in the coming The money thus withdrawn is cies, which ultimately is not impact on the handling and masses which will play out in electronic fund transfer service has forced people to withdraw months. Akshaya Tritiya, a highly auspicious day to purchase gold, mostly held for emergency use consumed as much. management of cash. favour of digital transactions in through mobile phones. money and to keep cash handy also saw muted sales as compared to pre-COVID numbers, with the and often payments are being "The average ticket size of "This has in turn brought the long run," he added. According to the RBI's latest — both for medical emergen- new pandemic wave and resultant restrictions and partial made through UPI and other withdrawals which earlier about substantial shift in Immediate Payment Service data, the outstanding currency cies and basic needs in these lockdowns hitting consumer sentiment. digital modes. ranged between 2,000-3,000 behavioral patterns among the (IMPS) is an instant interbank in circulation on May 7 was Rs dire times. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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Looks like the days of motorcycling as the best THE PAWSOME PAIR hobby in town are over. Meet AND THEIR ADVENTURES Vamsi and hile biking has few days to be okay with me his pet become a com- adopting, because it’s a huge mon scenario responsibility. My girlfriend doggo, Bear. these days back then was after my life W amongst millen- to get it home. Finally, after The duo has nials, who does- fostering her for a week at n’t love involving their furry the cafe, we got her home. made heads companions in the adven- He, while motorcycling tures of their life? Meet with Bear, toured Hampi, turn as they Vamsi Vedam, a 27-year-old Goa, , Bengaluru, music producer based out and Bagalkot. How does it toured of Hyderabad riding his feel to ride with a pet? He own classic 350 through the explains, “It’s amazing. It is places like streets of Hyderabad. His also scary at times but that journey to riding with his is inevitable when you’re on is different from the ones an easy one. But we stuck Hampi, Goa, pawfriend is no less inspir- the road, even though I ride before, because it’s at differ- by each other’s side to the ing. Not very long ago, he with a pet. Another advan- ent times of the day and we best we can to have a fun was performing at a cafe in tage is that since she is trav- get to do different things and adventurous life,” added Bengaluru, Hyderabad where adoption eling with me, I generally along the way. The best the passionate rider whose The drives happen every don’t tend to ride too fast. I thing about all the rides is passion for motorcycling etc. Sunday. 30 minutes into his maintain an average of the look people have on began after watching his Pioneer performance, a rescuer 80KMph.” their faces when they see us uncles (who own a RE 's comes with a huge cage and Pets are a part of our cruising at those speeds on showroom in a tiny little pup in it. lives. Riding with them the highways,” adds he. Kumbakonam) ride around K RAMYA Everybody in the cafe went physically is no equal to a How do you take long to Ladakh and other places. crazy for this puppy and human because of our body trips? He answers, “We nor- What is the kind of SREE surrounded the cage, but postures. Vamsi shares, mally start early in the impact Bear makes in his the pup didn’t give a care. “The challenges I face start morning and we ride life? How has traveling with writes about But destiny got Vamsi and from storing her food to towards the sunrise. We a pet changed him? Vamsi the pup etched — Vamsi finding a place for the both take a break every two concludes, “She’s the best their decided to take a break of us to rest or halt for the hours or say 70 km, for thing that has happened to from his set and went close night. It is hard for Bear water and chai. Taking me. She is the reason why I adorable to the cage. “I fell in love because she is allergic to ride. It gets difficult because rural location. It is one of the bike when she was 29 breaks is the most impor- travel so much — because with her, but it took me a packed food. So, I must I must make sure the food the major reasons why I days old. That’s when we tant thing about the ride we both love to travel to journey. carry homemade food for doesn’t go bad. The next big have not traveled to places adopted her. She would sit because I don’t want to places and it’s fun to see her during thing is calling up places to where it takes more than a in between me and my girl- stress her out a lot. In these people watching us while the check if they allow pets. day to ride.” friend. As she grew bigger, I breaks, she gets to stretch we do that. It’s amazing how Even most of the metropoli- When it comes to riding grew confident about her and do her thing. After she she can make people smile Information tans are not pet- with pets, training them to being able to handle herself came into my life, my life just by looking at them and It is friendly, imagine adjust to their surroundings and shifted her onto the changed. I suddenly became I have seen that happen a being passed via so satisfying the scenario and behave is the most cru- tank. It took a month for more responsible and a lot million times — where they ast week, the Uttar that we are of some at a cial process. Explaining how the both of us to get used to of other things changed. forget everything they are Pradesh government help to the people during he trained his companion, riding like this. She sits on Sure, it was difficult for going through, and just announced the estab- WhatsApp has these troubled times,” informed Vamsi shares, “The training my thighs with her forelegs both of us to understand smile. Looking at the joy lishment of 700 help Mohini Chaitanya who is a full- started at a very young age. on the tank.” each other and it is a time- she spreads makes me so L desks for the welfare of been considered time worker at IKEA Hyderabad She started riding on “Every ride we experience taking process and it is not happy.” cows! Facing a wave of and volunteers for TFMC. where the criticism following the announce- unreliable, for “Most of the information that's Help Desk ment to protect cows in the wake circulated through WhatsApp is proved helpful, of a pandemic, they were forced the right nonsense and unverified! We are Satyanarayan shares, to deny the plan. While in Hyderabad, what reasons. began as a need to do something for the ailing in the tech industry Rumours and Helping women is now a full-blown 24×7 respon- sibility for Satyanarayana Mathala, fake news have President of Telangana Facilities City's helpdesk on Management Council. We all ruled the app for know the perception of WhatsApp groups these days — more than a year help themselves they are abused as spreaders of misinformation and hate mes- now. But today, izamabad-based 30- sages. Most WhatsApp groups are the forefront in year-old Latha considered to be a nuisance as Nadukuda is a people are constantly buzzed with a group of IT woman donning useless messages. But TFMC N many hats — she is a Corona Help Desk’s WhatsApp professionals in housewife, mother to group is here to change. “It is to two girls, and a proud business help people working in IT indus- the city is doing fight against Covid owner and founder of Shree tries who are in distress, in panic Latha Garments and Ladies mode looking for a hospital bed, all it can to Tailors. oxygen, plasma, ambulance ser- Latha— the ever-smiling vices, etc., because the virus is receive, pass on, and hard-working entrepre- spreading like wildfire. I shared a neur — was part of Project link with fellow management pro- and verify, Her&Now’s women’s entre- fessionals asking them to volun- preneurship support pro- teer. Slowly colleagues started vol- reliable help gramme in Telangana in unteering too. The initiative is 2020. She’s a successful codenamed ‘Project Sahaya’ now. amid the entrepreneur today, but At the moment, it has 200 mem- she didn’t get here easily. bers providing services from 9 am Latha had to discontinue to 6 pm and it gets hard for us to pandemic, her studies after 7th keep a track of emergencies. We The standard due to finan- are adamant on supervising IT writes cial problems in her offices in and around Cyberabad, Pioneer’ family, her zeal to learn Hyderabad, and Secunderabad in s and experiment with which nearly 6.5 lakh IT employ- new things and ideas ees work,” shared the founder of SHIKHA never died! During this noble cause in the city. school, she had her Over the last few weeks, the DUGGAL. first lessons in cutting country has witnessed horrific and tailoring as a home scenes of people dying due to the skill, which she then working from the store’s factory, the lack of medication, oxygen supply, here to curate data collected “One night we got an SOS Call for poverty perfected and mastered rest are working from their respective hospital beds, etc. There isn’t through various sources and veri- an oxygen concentrator from a line who over the years. As an homes. Latha and her husband have enough place for the dead in fy it for you, because we found 75-year old man living in the out- don't have adult, Latha started equipped these women by buying each crematoriums, graveyards, that 90 percent of information is skirts of the city. His saturation the luxury earning a decent of them a sewing machine and giving nor enough wood for useless. We validate the infor- levels were going immensely low! of quaran- income through this them detailed training on the kind of pyres! Bodies have been mation, cross-check the same, The night curfew was on but we tining at skill, which eventually work that needs to be done. washing up to the banks and when requests come, we somehow managed to connect home. led to new forming a Many have even started replicating of the Ganga river in use the data to facilitate their with the supplier, trying to negoti- “They will business idea. Latha’s business model on a smaller Uttar Pradesh and requests,” Sandhya Jonnada, ate a deal. In no time, we facilitat- be treated With financial and scale and getting orders on their own Bihar in the last few who works with Vigilent ed all the clearances from police, for fourteen days with all the emotional support from (they are not dependent on Latha any- days, perhaps because Tech, tells us. fixed up a vehicle, ensured its safe medicines, food, and nursing her husband and in-laws, more for the orders)! Essentially, what of the near impossibil- We also learn of the case passage, and reached out to the care. In case of an emergency, Latha ventured into her Latha is doing through her enterprise ity of a proper funeral. of a 45-day old toddler from family! This is what we do — we GHMC will shift them to own business enterprise is creating a “ripple effect” — helping Initially, it looked like Chirala, who was in an connect the right supplier and the covid-care hospital! It is around tailoring. She began so many local women earn a livelihood there was a reduction in emergency condition. The consumer along with an expert’s a thirty bedded arena com- making women’s wear, did on their own and become self-depen- both, infections and child had to be shifted to a advice.” ing up at handanagar well, and as orders kept com- dent over a period of time! mortality, but we let our better medical facility. With the Giving due acknowledgment Community Hall. This is ing in, she was unable to man- During the Covid outbreak last year, guard down, became com- assistance of the Help Desk, they for the unstinted support from all being set up in support age everything on her own, and all of Latha’s employees were working placent, and declared victory scouted the best and nearest hos- the volunteers, doctors working of corporate houses so started employing local from home and having a steady source against the virus all too early pital for the child with all the spe- round the clock at full covid-care like GHMC, IKEA, women as employees, and train- of income, with some of them earning with little regard to scientific cialisations available according to hospitals, admins at the hospital, HARSCO and ing them to do the work. as much as up to Rs. 1.5 lakhs per advice and without recourse to consul- the ailing medical condition of Hyderabad and Cyberabad police, Zenoti, doctors and Her husband helped her scale the month! sufficient and accurate data. tation via doctors and oxygen the child, and at the moment, the and GHMC, the organisation is the zonal commis- business by getting her multiple Latha started getting orders for mak- “In the last ten days alone, the supplies. Apart from this, there kid is recovering faster than he making all attempts to pass over sioner,” orders of stitching uniforms for local ing masks from local SHGs and for Help Desk got 637 requests. Out were around 130 requests in cities was expected to. The sense of an this colossal disaster that is in concluded government schools. Today, Shree PPE kits from hospitals and orders for of which, requests for beds for like Vizag, Vijayawada, Nellore, unimaginable tragedy could have nobody’s control or predict, but the founder. Latha Garments and Ladies Tailors has police uniforms too! critical patients in the nearest Warangal, and Tirupati for ambu- been prevented if prepared in can be prevented by deflecting They grown to accommodate over 120 Soon, Latha hopes to take Shree hospital were the highest, includ- lance support. Hence, the Help advance and we had taken the accountability and responsibili- can be employees — an overwhelming majori- Latha Garments and Ladies Tailors ing requests for ventilators and Desk is targeted at people in dis- pandemic seriously, misfortune ties! The firm is also planning to reached ty of them (at least 100) being women beyond the boundaries of Telangana, NIV. Then there was a need for tress particularly from IT indus- would've become avoidable! set up an ‘Isolation cum Oxygen on 63093 from nearby villages or towns. to various other parts of India, and blood and plasma followed by tries while they are not restricted. Recounting another testimony, Hub’ for residents below the 71600. 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Hyderabad Monday May 17, 2021 tollywood MAHESH’S Khiladi to release GENEROURS in theatres only fter back-to- rife that the film will head Wear Mask back successful to an OTT release. Putting #StayHomeStaySafe,” ventures, Mass a full-stop to all these tweeted industry biggies. A Maharaja Ravi rumours, the makers of Khiladi, an action Teja is back in the film on Sunday thriller film written and full action. announced that the Mass directed by Ramesh It is known that the Maharaja film will release Varma and jointly pro- GESTURE actor’s next, Khiladi is one only in theatres. duced by Satyanarayana of the most-awaited films “#Khiladi has confirmed, Koneru and Ramesh rince , who recently got vaccinated for of the year. This film will release Varma under the banner Covid-19 after being under home isolation, has Given the second wave ONLY IN THEATRES. A of A Studios LLP, will see extended his support to two adopted villages of of Covid, the film had to New release date will be Ravi Teja in a dual role Andhra Pradesh — Burripalem and Siddapuram. The be postponed like many announced once the situa- alongside Arjun Sarja, P Srimanthudu actor arranged for vaccines against others, dampening the tion becomes normal. , Covid for all the people of these two villages. actor’s fans’ spirits. @DirRameshVarma Meenakshi Chaudhary, Until a few days ago, Mahesh Babu was busy shooting for Recently rumours were @idhavish @PenMovies and Dimple Hayathi. Sarkaru Vaari Paata with National award-winning actress Keerthy Suresh, in Hyderabad. The two will be sharing screen space for the first time in the film written and director Parasuram and is jointly financed by Mythri Movie Makers, 14 Reels Plus, and G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment.

Ram Charan-Shankar film postponed?

t is known that Mega Power Star Ram Charan is col- laborating with Shankar for a pan-Indian film to be produced by noted producer Dil Raju. According to I the latest report, the magnum opus may be shot on a LENDING A HELPING HAND budget of Rs 150 crore. The upcoming untitled film was supposed to go on the floor by the second half of this year. But we now learn that a tiff between the makers of Indian 2 may affect Ram Charan and Shankar’s film. Kamal Haasan and Kajal Aggarwal-starrer Indian 2 was just 50 percent into its making before the second wave of the coro- navirus pandemic struck. Shankar signed two movies, one in Telugu with Mega Power Star Ram Charan, and the other, a film starring Ranveer Singh. Sources close to the film’s unit say that the Ram Charan- starrer, which was supposed to commence production in June, stays on hold given the current scenario. Meanwhile, the controversy surrounding Shankar’s directorial venture Indian 2 seems to be only getting murkier. Shankar will first be wrapping up Indian 2 before moving onto Ram Charan starrer RC15. This would mean that Shankar and Charan’s RC15 will start rolling only in 2022. On the other hand, Ram Charan will soon be seen essaying a key role in Chiranjeevi’s movie Acharya.

KORATALA TO mkaram Guruji, along with junior artists and TV Artists President Vallabaneni Anil O and Secretary Swamy Goud, donated groceries sufficient for one month, to over AKHIL’S RESCUE? 200 members of the cine industry. SHILPA SHETTY IN Mahesh-Trivikram's story ahesh Babu’s Parthu which sent fans dizzy. It is hil Akkineni, despite making project with dia- known that Parthu is the charac- multiple efforts, is time and logure sorcerer ter name played by Mahesh Babu again failing to impress the Trivikram in directed by Trivikram A Akkineni fans, creating no M Srinivas is gener- Srinivas. niche for himself. The ating tremen- We now hear that Bollywood and one can cite the examples three-films-old actor — dous interest. Already actress Shilpa Shetty will play an of Nadiya in Attarintiki Daaredi, Akhil, Hello, and Mister Majnu — will rumours started about important role in the film! This , Sneha in S/O Satyamurthy, next be seen in Most Eligible Bachelor Mahesh Babu’s role and news has excited Telugu fans of Khushboo in Agnaathavaasi, under the direction of Bommarillu the film’s storyline. In the the actress. Devayani in Aravinda Sametha Bhaskar alongside Pooja Hegde. He meantime, reports It is known that Veera Raghava and Tabu in Ala will also star in Agent under the direc- came that the Trivikram casts Vaikunthapurramloo. tion of Surender Reddy romancing film still is yesteryear Trivikram penned a powerful Sakshi Vaidya, on which the family has titled heroines in female role and plans are on to pinned their hopes. We now hear that all-pow- cast Shilpa Shetty in it. Shilpa Akhil’s father Nagarjuna is planning erful Shetty earlier romanced top stars to rope in Koratala Shiva for his son roles like Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, to catapult his career. Balakrishna and Mohan Babu Koratala is currently busy with during her hay days. Reports also Chiranjeevi’s Acharya and also had have it that Sumanth, nephew of his next locked with NTR Jr. Nagarjuna, will also be seen Sources say that upon Nagarjuna’s, in an important role. The request he is reading the script for film is produced by Akhil. Radhakrishna on The project may go to floors in Haarika Hassinie summer next year if everything Creations goes according to plans. Akkineni banner. fans are all excited over this news and started speculating as to how Koratala Shiva will show their Prince on the silver screen. HYDERABAD | MONDAY | MAY 17, 2021 sport 12

Coach creating match IGA IS QUEEN OF ROME situations for me in AP n ROME training: Sindhu f Iga Swiatek continues play- ing like this, she might have no Iproblem defending her French Open title when the year’s second Grand Slam starts in two weeks. The 19-year-old Pole routed Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-0 with what is known as a “double bagel” score in an Italian Open final that lasted just 46 minutes Sunday. Swiatek lost just 13 points. “Definitely not the best day for me,” Pliskova said. “Iga was playing great tennis today. It was the first double bagel in a WTA final in five years, since Simona Halep overwhelmed Anastasija Sevastova in Novak vs Nadal Bucharest. “I think you have just days in men’s final like this in tennis where things aybe the new generation of PTI n NEW DELHI are not going your way,” Pliskova Mtennis players isn’t quite so added. “I will just quickly forget ready to end the eras of Novak he lack of competitions before the Olympics is about today.” Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Ta major concern for Indian shuttlers but not so Blasting winners at will with Titles for Stefanos Tsitsipas much for PV Sindhu, who trusts her Korean coach both her forehand and backhand, and Alexander Zverev in the Park Tae Sang to create match situations for her in Swiatek led 17-5 in winners and Monte Carlo Masters and training itself. committed only five unforced Madrid Open, respectively, Owing to the raging Covid-19 pandemic, the errors to Pliskova’s 23. raised speculation again that the Badminton World Federation has been forced to can- It wasn’t always so easy this Big Three — including Roger cel the remaining three Olympic qualifiers in India, week for Swiatek, the surprise Federer — was expiring. Malaysia and Singapore. These were to be the last winner in Paris last year when Well, again, not yet. set of events before the Tokyo Games in July-August. she was ranked 54th. Djokovic and Nadal won a Asked if cancellations will affect her preparations, She had to save two match total of three matches over Sindhu said: “Well, we were thinking that Singapore points in her third-round victo- younger players on Saturday will be the last event before Olympics but now we ry over Barbora Krejcikova then her quarterfinal was pushed back said. “I was super focused today Monday — to No 9. slammed her racket to the clay in and will renew their record-set- don’t have another option, so I am playing match- had to win twice on Saturday — a day due to rain. so I’m really proud of myself.” Pliskova was playing in her frustration early in the second set ting rivalry in the Italian Open es against different players and my coach Park is try- beating both two-time Rome “It’s been a tough week but Swiatek’s third career title will third consecutive final at the Foro and received a code violation final on Sunday — exactly two ing to create match situations for me in training. champion Elina Svitolina and 17- I’m really happy that I got move her into the top 10 of the Italico, having won the title in warning for unsportsmanlike weeks before Roland Garros “Different players have different styles like Tai year-old Coco Gauff — after through everything,” Swiatek rankings for the first time on 2019. The veteran Czech player conduct. starts. Tzu (Ying) or Ratchanok (Intanon) have different styles of play but Park is there to guide me, to pre- pare me for it,” Sindhu said. “Obviously, we will be playing each other after Finally, Hussey a few months and there will be something new in Kohli best batsman in world: Paine India Eves likely to our games, so I will have to prepare for that.” Sindhu doesn’t train with the rest of the Indian PTI n MELBOURNE leaves for home Olympic-bound team. She has been training at the Gachibowli indoor stadium in Telangana and does irat Kohli seems to have left PTI n CHENNAI tour Oz in Sept her fitness training at Suchitra academy. Van indelible mark on The 25-year-old endorsed BWF’s decision to can- Australian Test captain Tim aving recovered from Covid-19, New Delhi: The Indian women’s cel the events, saying while it is sad that competi- Paine, who says he will “always HChennai Super Kings batting coach cricket team is set to travel to tions could not take place but but life is more impor- remember” the Indian skipper Michael Hussey left for Australia on Australia in September. tant than sports. for being the world’s best bats- Sunday via Doha, a top official of the IPL Australia pacer Megan Schutt “It is sad that the whole world has come to a man, capable of also getting franchise said. dropped a hint that India will be standstill but before sportspersons, we are human under the opposition’s skin with Following an RT-PCR test, the for- visiting in September though beings and life comes first,” Sindhu said. his competitiveness. mer Australia batsman had returned neg- Cricket Australia is yet to announce “If tournaments happen, we don’t know if we will Kohli and Paine have had a ative for Covid-19 on Friday, paving the the schedule. The tour is expected be safe, we might think we will be but we can’t be fiery rivalry which goes back to way for his departure in the early hours to comprise ODIs and T20Is. sure because we don’t know from where this virus India’s 2018-19 tour of Australia. of Sunday. “We have got a tour against will come. Their on-field spats were an “Yes, Hussey has left for Australia via India in mid-September,” Schutt Games.” “For the moment, events are being cancelled interesting sub-plot during the Doha by a commercial flight. He left in said on No Balls: The Cricket The BCCI, in its last Apex and I know sportspersons are sad but I think it is historic showdown in which Paine said on the Gilly and Goss always remember,” he added. the early hours of Sunday,” CSK CEO K Podcast, hosted by Kate Cross and Council meeting, had also approved good for the people...Organisers take a lot of mea- India became the first Asian podcast. Interestingly, last year Paine S Viswanathan said. Alex Hartley. the tour of Australia ahead of the sures and keep us in a bubble but still we need to country to win a Test series “He (Kohli) is challenging to had said that Kohli is “just Hussey, who had first tested positive “So, there’s a couple of camps. World Cup in New Zealand next be careful.” Down Under. play against and he can get another player” in the Indian for Covid-19 during the now-suspend- I believe we are doing one in year. A home series against the Sindhu, who had reached the finals of Swiss “For Virat Kohli, I’ve said under your skin because he is so team who “doesn’t really both- ed IPL, is expected to reach home on Darwin, which will be really cool... Windies was also cleared. Open in March after returning to action following many times, he seems like the good and he is so competitive. er me”. Monday. And then the tour against India. The tour of Australia was orig- a long break, said she is improving as a player. type of player you would love to “But yeah, for me from He had also stated that the Hussey aside, the other Australians And then pretty much from there inally planned for January this year “It has been a good campaign so far this year. I have on your team. He is com- where I came from, sharing a Australian team “loves to hate” involved in the 2021 edition of IPL took things get crazy with Big Bash, but was postponed after the World have been improving as a player. My coach has petitive. He is the best batsman feud with him four years ago, He the superstar for his awe-inspir- a detour to Maldives and quarantined WNCL, Ashes, World Cup, and Cup was put off to 2022 amid the analysed my game, so really looking forward to the in the world,” the 36-year-old is certainly someone I will ing abilities with the bat. there before heading back to Australia. hopefully the Commonwealth Covid-19 pandemic. PTI Olympics. My dad also helps me a lot,” she said. shortpasses BREMEN SACK KOHFELDT 2018 sandpapergate monumental mistake: Sekar Archer’s elbow injury resurfaces BREMEN: Werder Bremen on Sunday sacked PTI n LONDON well as games in South head coach Florian Kohfeldt and replaced him PTI n MELBOURNE to get something off his chest ... know that we made a monu- Africa at the start of 2020. with club legend Thomas Schaaf for their final He’s not going to be the last,” he mental mistake. The gravity ngland’s star pacer Jofra Turning out for Sussex league game this season after the club slipped ormer Australia bowling added. Sekar lamented that the wasn’t as plain until it all came EArcher’s participation in in his first competitive game into the bottom three of the Bundesliga. After Fcoach David Sekar, who incident is going to be associat- out,” he added. the upcoming Test series after the injury lay-off, four years in charge, Kohfeldt has been shown was with the team during the ed with Australian cricket forev- The 54-year-old Victorian against New Zealand was Archer registered figures of the door with just next Saturday's home game 2018 ball-tampering scandal, er and there is nothing one can made the statement after thrown into doubt after his 2 for 29 in the first innings. against Moenchengladbach left as Bremen on Sunday said it was a “mon- do about it. Bancroft made a startling reve- longstanding elbow injury However, the pacer could fight to stay in Germany's top flight. umental mistake” which could “You could point your fin- lation that Australian bowlers at resurfaced during Sussex’s only bowl five overs in the have been prevented and for ger at me, you could point your the time might have had some county championship game second essay and com- ZIZOU IS LEAVING REAL which fingers can also be been me to blame, it could finger at Boof (then coach knowledge about the plot. against Kent. plained of a sore elbow. MADRID: Spanish media claimed early pointed at him. have been someone else. It could Darren Lehmann), could you While Cricket Australia The 26-year-old fast “If you saw today he’s Sunday that Zinedine Zidane has already told “Obviously a lot of things have been stopped and it was- point it at other people, of issued a statement saying that it bowler has a history of not going to bowl tomorrow. his players that he intends to quit as coach at went wrong at that time. The n’t, which is unfortunate,” Sekar course you could,” he said. was open to a re-investigation elbow injuries that saw him You’ll have to ask the ECB,” the end of the season. According to Onda finger-pointing is going to go on told the Sydney Morning Herald. “The disappointing thing is into the incident, Sekar said he miss two Tests against India Sussex head coach Ian Cero radio and Goal online, the Frenchman, and on and on. There was a lot “Cameron’s (Bancroft) a it’s never going to go away. was not sure what could possi- and the currently-suspend- Salisbury told reporters on who has a contract until 2022, informed his of people to blame. It could have very nice guy. He’s just doing it Regardless of what’s said. We all bly come out of it. ed IPL earlier this year as Saturday. squad a week ago that he was going to leave when the season ends next week. TEJASWIN CLINCHES GOLD IPL helped Shami NEW DELHI: Indian high jumper Tejaswin Shankar has claimed a Gold medal at the Big Spurs still in Europe race 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in get his rhythm back Manhattan, USA. Representing Kanasas State after the hour when he followed University, Tejaswin cleared 2.28 metres on up Gareth Bale’s shot and New Delhi: Veteran India pacer Saturday, making a facility record. tapped the ball in after Patricio Mohammed Shami found his “rhythm” dur- could only parry. ing the now suspended IPL and feels the UK SPOTIFY BID TO BUY ARSENAL Earlier, Crystal Palace twice tour will be a successful one for the team if LONDON: Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek said came from behind to beat Aston it is able to replicate the stellar performance Saturday a formal offer to buy Arsenal had been Villa 3-2, with Tyrick Mitchell’s of the last six months. rejected by the Premier League club's American first goal for the club sealing India will leave for the UK on June 2 for owners. In a statement on Twitter, the Swedish victory six minutes from time. three and half months during which they will tycoon said the club's owners, Kroenke Sports John McGinn’s third goal of play six Test matches starting with the World and Entertainment (KSE), had rebuffed his bid. the season put Villa ahead in the Test Championship final against New 17th minute at Selhurst Park Zealand in Southampton from June 18. Napoli keep CL hopes alive N KOREA OUT OF WC QUALIFIERS before Christian Benteke With the Covid-19 wreaking SEOUL: North Korea have pulled out of next equalised against his former havoc across the globe, the soon to AFP n FLORENCE Juventus are fifth, one point month's qualifying matches for the 2022 club with a 32nd-minute head- be 31-year-old Shami said that too behind Napoli, but still in the World Cup in Qatar, the AFC said on Sunday. er. much of planning in these times apoli moved third in Serie running for a top four finish No reasons were given for the withdrawal but But Palace fell behind is of no use. NA on Sunday with a 2-0 win after a 3-2 win over newly- South Korean media reported earlier this again two minutes later “See, there is no point in at Fiorentina to keep their push crowned champions Inter Milan month that Pyongyang had said it would skip when Anwar El Ghazi planning too much as certain for a Champions League return on Saturday, with one match left the qualifiers over coronavirus fears. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring Spurs second goal AP scored from close range. things are not in our control. alive. this season. The Eagles equalised Who would have thought that Lorenzo Insigne missed a Napoli’s final game will be KAYLEE NARROWLY MISSES WR AFP n LONDON to them from their final two for a second time in the the pandemic would virtually penalty but send in the rebound at home against midtable Hellas SYDNEY: Australian Kaylee McKeown league games. 76th minute when destroy two years of our lives — after 56 minutes with a Lorenzo Verona, as they look to return to narrowly missed the 50 metre backstroke arry Kane scored his 22nd The top four in the Premier Wilfried Zaha grabbed hence I prefer to take it by each Venti own goal 11 minutes later elite European football after world record on Sunday while setting the HPremier League goal of the League are assured of a place in his 11th goal of the season series or tournament as the case sealing an important win for the missing out last season. year's best time in the 200m individual season as Tottenham Hotspur the 2021/22 Champions League. with low shot deflected in may be,” the pacer told Gulf visitors. Juventus play their final medley as she ramps up preparations for the beat Wolves 2-0 on Sunday to Kane gave Spurs the lead off Ahmed Elmohamady. News. “We have played some Napoli are third, two points game at Bologna desperate to Tokyo Olympics. maintain their hopes of a top-four running onto Hojberg’s through The comeback was extraordinary cricket in recent behind Atalanta who assured a avoid missing out on the finish. England captain Kane ball behind centre backs Conor complete in the 84th minute times as an unit and naturally, the third consecutive season of Champions League for the first TEAM SELECTION ON JUNE 15-16 fired Spurs ahead on the stroke of Coady and Romain Saiss. when the 21-year-old confidence level is high on the eve Champions League football, time in a decade. NEW DELHI: The Indian para-athletics team half-time before Pierre-Emile The Spurs star side-stepped Mitchell followed-up from of our departure for England. with a 4-3 win at Genoa on Lazio will not play among for the Tokyo Paralympic Games in August- Hojbjerg doubled their lead in the Coady’s challenge and rounded close range after team-mate “If we can reproduce some of Saturday. AC Milan, are a point the European elite next season September will be picked during a to-day trial 62nd minute.Victory left Spurs in goalkeeper Rui Patricio, before Eberechi Eze had miscued. the form which we did over last six behind Napoli, occupying in the after a 2-0 derby defeat to Roma to be held in New Delhi on June 15 and 16, sixth place, five points behind curling the ball into the corner Victory lifted south London months, I am confident it will be a final Champions League berth, on Saturday. Sixth-placed Lazio the national governing body Paralympic fourth-placed Chelsea, with a of the net. club Palace to 13th. great summer for us,” said the man, and play 16th-placed Cagliari are eight points behind Juventus Committee of India said on Sunday. Agencies maximum of six points available Hojberg made it 2-0 just who has 180 wickets from 50 Tests. later on Sunday. having played a game less.