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AVIKA REVEALS WHAT'S IN HER KITTY { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com CANADA SEES RECORD 49.5 DEGREES, CABINET NOD FOR RS 6.29-L-CR COVID AMUL ANNOUNCES PAN-INDIA HIKE IN NASEERUDDIN SHAH DIAGNOSED WITH SCORES DEAD IN GRUELLING HEAT WAVE RELIEF PACKAGE ANNOUNCED BY FM PRICES OF MILK BY RS 2 PER LITRE PNEUMONIA, ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL cores of deaths in Canada's Vancouver area are likely he Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Rs 6.29-lakh crore rices of Amul milk will be increased by Rs 2 per litre with effect eteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has been diagnosed with linked to a grueling heat wave, authorities said Tuesday, as relief package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman from July 1 across all brands, a senior Gujarat Cooperative Milk pneumonia and admitted to a hospital here, actor-wife Ratna Sthe country recorded its highest ever temperature amid Tto support the pandemic-hit economy. As part of the package to PMarketing Federation (GCMMF) official said on Wednesday. He VPathak Shah said on Wednesday. Naseeruddin Shah, 70, was scorching conditions that extended to the US Pacific support the pandemic-hit economy, Sitharaman had on Monday said the price was being hiked after a gap of nearly one year and admitted to Khar Hinduja hospital on Tuesday. The actor has a "small Northwest. At least 134 people have died announced Rs 1.5 lakh-crore of additional seven months which became necessary due patch" of pneumonia in his lungs and is suddenly since Friday in the Vancouver credit for small and medium businesses, to an increase in the production cost. "Prices currently undergoing treatment. "Yes (he area, according to figures released by more funds for the healthcare sector, loans of Amul milk will be increased by Rs 2 per has a) small patch and all under control. (He the city police department and the Royal to tourism agencies and guides, and waiver litre across India from tomorrow. The new is) Responding well to treatment so hope Canadian Mounted police. The of visa fee for foreign tourists. Together with prices will be applicable on all Amul milk he'll be discharged soon," Ratna Pathak Vancouver Police Department alone said previously announced Rs 93,869-crore brands like Gold, Taaza, Shakti, T-special, as Shah told PTI. Naseeruddin Shah made his it had responded to more than 65 spending on providing free foodgrains to the well on cow and buffalo milk," said RS on-screen debut with Shyam Benegal's sudden deaths since Friday, with the poor till November and additional Rs 14,775 Sodhi, Managing Director, GCMMF, which "Nishant" in 1975 and became an influential vast majority "related to the heat due to crore fertiliser subsidy, the stimulus markets Amul brand of milk and dairy figure of the parallel cinema in the 70s and teh new all-time high temperature”. package, totalled up to Rs 6.29 lakh-crore. products. 80s. AP unveils IT Policy designed AP to repel Telangana’s ‘evil act’ of drawing water ‘with restraint’ to create jobs, boost economy n Andhra Pradesh Cabinet decides to seek intervention of Modi, Shekhawat to stop TS hurting interests of State n 55K direct, 1.65 L indirect jobs, Rs 2,200cr/ yr infusion from multiplier effect PNS n VIJAYAWADA SNV SUDHIR reimbursement will be given on The ongoing dispute between the n VIJAYAWADA quality certifications up to Rs 5 two Telugu states on sharing of lakh per firm. Krishna waters was the focus of the It's raining sops for entrepreneurs "The State will accrue income Cabinet meeting held on who wish to establish IT companies by way of various aspects such as Wednesday with animated discus- in Andhra Pradesh and create SGST collections from disposable sions among the Ministers over the jobs. The State government on income spend, professional tax issue. Wednesday unveiled its new 'AP collected etc. The estimated The State Cabinet that met on Information Technology Policy financial net inflow to the State Wednesday unanimously con- 2021-24' that is expected to gener- through these means would be demned Telangana drawing water ate more than 55,000 jobs over the about Rs 783 crore over a period from Srisailam, Nagarjuna Sagar next three years. of 10 years," said a senior official and Pulichintala projects to gen- The State Cabinet meeting of the State government. erate power ignoring interests of writing a letter to Prime Minister being provoked by the statements chaired by Chief Minister YS He said that direct employment Andhra Pradesh farmers and Narendra Modi and Union Jal of Telangana Ministers, which Jaganmohan Reddy approved the alone is expected to infuse more termed it as an 'evil act'. The Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Andhra Pradesh suspects were new policy, which is also expect- than Rs 2,200 crore each year into Cabinet also took strong objection Shekhawat seeking their inter- being made only with an eye on ed to create 1.65 lakh indirect Cabinet nod for low cost plots to the economy as salaries paid to to the Telangana government issu- vention in resolving the issue. It political benefits. employment thereby ensuring a employees, leading to the overall ing a GO on power generation was also decided to write to "There might be political rea- holistic eco system development. urban middle class beneficiaries growth of the economy in the despite objections and directions KRMB to cancel the 'wastage sons for the outburst and provoca- The policy would be in force state through multiplier effect. from the KRMB. water' allocation of 299 tmc ft to tive statements by Telangana min- till March 31, 2024. PNS n VIJAYAWADA Based on the policy Further, the state government The AP government has now Telangana. isters. But for us, the interests of For each high-end job provid- issued, a preliminary expects direct IT jobs generated decided to knock the Centre's At the same time, the AP gov- our state are paramount. ed, the government will hand The State Cabinet on demand survey was con- in the state will assist in the gen- door on Telangana's decision to go ernment had decided to retaliate over a cash incentive of Rs 1 lakh Wednesday approved the ducted by the government. eration of indirect ecosystem ahead with power generation by in an appropriate manner without 2 to the IT firm, Rs 75,000 for a policy for development of It was noticed that there is employment opportunities. mid-level job and Rs 50,000 for MIG layouts under an overwhelming response "Considering a direct to indirect an entry-level job. For the com- Jagananna Smart Townships to the scheme which job creation multiplier effect of panies run by women, SC and ST by the development author- received about 3.79 lakh 1:3, a further 1.65 lakh indirect entrepreneurs, the incentives ities in the state to allot applications. jobs are estimated to be created Brazil suspends Covaxin would be Rs 1.5 lakh, Rs 1,12,500 plots to the urban middle in the state, thereby ensuring a and Rs 75,000 for high-end, mid- class at low cost. 2 holistic ecosystem development," level and entry-level jobs respec- the senior official added. order over graft charges tively. also offering Rs 20,000 per hardware which enables 'work Interestingly, the government is employment for purchase of IT from home'. Also 50 percent 2 PNS n HYDERABAD The Brazilian government on Wednesday announced tempo- rary suspension of its 20 million Ok to varsity in Prakasam, K-SEZ lands return dose Covid-19 vaccine contract with Bharat Biotech following alle- PNS n VIJAYAWADA tops to students under Amma Venkatramaiah said that the Besides these, the Cabinet gave gations of irregularities in the Vodi scheme and to observe Cabinet has approved 12 pro- its nod to provide laptops for stu- deal, with the Indian drug maker The State Cabinet meeting, chaired Farmers' Day on July 8 commem- posed projects at a cost of Rs dents studying in Classes 9 to 12 insisting that it has not received any by Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan orating the birth anniversary of late 1,444.95 crore. These include the and chose laptops in lieu of cash advance payments. contracts, regulatory approvals and Reddy on Wednesday took sever- chief minister YS Rajashekar opening of 100 integrated agri and under the Amma Vodi and Vasati The city-based firm said it has not supplies in several countries world- al key decisions, including setting Reddy. aqua labs, 645 community hiring Deevena schemes. received any advance payments and wide, where Covaxin is being sup- AP farmers stage up a university in Prakasam dis- Briefing the media after the centres and 1,898 permanent that the company has followed a plied successfully. trict, distribution of high-end lap- meeting, I&PR Minister Perni buildings for RBKs. 2 "similar approach" in Brazil towards 2 protest at Sharmila's house in Hyderabad

50 L Aadhaar numbers Delhi Police notice to Twitter PNS n HYDERABAD Mild tension prevailed outside the residence of Y.S. Sharmila's resi- leaked in PDS breach over child pornography circulation dence here on Wednesday as some farmers from Andhra PNS n CHENNAI tion and mobile numbers. Hackers PNS n NEW DELHI on their platform and sought details of This comes days after the NCPCR, the Pradesh tried to lay siege protest- P- 4: Sajjala team could use the leaked data for the accounts circulating such material. country's apex child rights body, asked ing her stand on Krishna waters Tamil Nadu's Public Distribution phishing attacks and target vulner- The Delhi Police has sent a notice to The Delhi Police had registered an Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber issue. inspects cofferdam, System (PDS) was breached and able people, including elders in the micro-blogging site Twitter seeking FIR against Twitter for allegedly allow- Cell) Anyesh Roy to explain why no A group of farmers led by AP data that included personal infor- state. However, the state govern- details about steps taken by it against cir- ing access to child pornography on its action had been taken against Twitter as Parirakshana Samithi leader K spillway works of mation of close to 50 lakh users ment is yet to publicly confirm the culation of child pornographic content platform following a complaint by the per its letter to the Delhi Police dated May Srinivasulu staged the protest was uploaded on a hacker forum, breach. on its platform, officials said on National Commission for Protection of 29. against Sharmila's recent state- Polavaram project according to Bengaluru-based The data that was leaked on the Wednesday. Child Rights (NCPCR). In its letter, the NCPCR had asked the ment amid a row between Andhra cyber-security firm TechniSanct. Web included information of a A senior police officer said the notice The case was registered under rele- Delhi Police to book Twitter on the basis Pradesh and Telangana over The leaked data apparently includ- total of 49,19,668 people in Tamil was sent to Twitter on Tuesday. vant provisions of the Indian Penal Code of the findings of its recent inquiry in Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation ed Aadhaar numbers as well as Nadu, according to the cyber- He said the police have sought to know (IPC), Protection of Children from which it had found that child sexual Project (RLIP) TODAY sensitive details of the beneficiar- security startup. the steps taken by Twitter officials con- Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the abuse material (CSAM) was easily Alleging that Sharmila's state- ies, including their family informa- 2 cerned against child sexual abuse content IT Act, police said. available on the platform. ment amounts to doing injustice ALMANAC to Rayalaseema, they raised slo- Month & Paksham: gans against her. Jyeshtha & Krishna Paksha Sharmila is the sister of Andhra Panchangam Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy and daughter Tithi : Saptami 14:01 TS govt all set to take over NTR Bhavan in Hyd of former chief minister of undi- Nakshatram : Uttara Bhadrapada 27:49 vided AP YS Rajasekhara Reddy. Time to Avoid : Time to Avoid (Bad SNCN ACHARYULU that the TDP leadership is discrim- NTR Bhavan was constructed at a Her supporters entered into an n time to start any important work) HYDERABAD inating between AP and Telangana cost of about Rs 5 crore. The lease argument with the protesters. employees working in the party amount was Rs 90,000 per year, Later, police detained the protest- Rahukalam : 1:57 pm - 3:35 pm A major shock awaits TDP nation- office. with a provision of 10 percent ers and shifted them to the Yamagandam : 5:49 am - 7:26 am al president N Chandrababu Naidu The letter mentions no name - enhancement every five years. Banjara Hills police station. Varjyam : 12:21 pm - 2:04 pm who could lose his party's head- just NTR Bhavan Telangana After bifurcation, Naidu shifted "We will not let go a single drop quarters - the NTR Bhavan - in employees. his base to Andhra Pradesh after of Telangana," Sharmila had Gulika : 9:04 am - 10:42 am Hyderabad after losing power in When The Pioneer contacted the the TDP came to power in that tweeted on Monday amid the Good Time : (to start any important work) both the Telugu states. staff of NTR Bhavan, they said that State. In the last Assembly elections, ongoing row between the two The TRS government is planning they have no idea who wrote it. TDP was voted out of power in Telugu states over RLIP. Amritakalam : 10:40 pm - 12:23 am to cancel the lease of the land on They also said that the letter per- Andhra Pradesh. "We will not hesitate to fight Abhijit Muhurtham : 11:53 am - 12:46 pm Road No 2, Banjara Hills, on which haps may have been drafted by While the TDP is struggling for against anyone," she said in an the famed NTR Bhavan is built. An some others and not by the NTR its existence in Andhra Pradesh, it obvious reference to Andhra VIJAYAWADA open letter addressed to Chief Bhavan employees. has almost vanished in Telangana. Pradesh's YSRCP government WEATHER Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, The prime plot located at Banjara These days, NTR Bhavan wears a led by her brother. purportedly written by the employ- Hills Road No 2 was allotted to the deserted look and no activity. In the Sharmila has already Forecast: Partly cloudy ees of the NTR Bhavan, has come NTR Trust Bhavan on April 30 past, Naidu used to visit NTR announced that she will be taking Temp: 34/26 as the perfect excuse for the TRS 1997 by way of a 30-year lease when Bhavan at least twice a week if he a plunge into politics in Telangana Humidity: 60% government to take over the TDP valuable land allotted to the NTR Guntur twice, but the pay of the Naidu was the Chief Minister of was in Hyderabad. However, he has by launching a new party on July Sunrise: 5:45 am head office in Hyderabad. Trust. The letter says that the TDP party staff working in Telangana undivided Andhra Pradesh. The stopped visiting the once hub of 8, the birth anniversary of her Sunset: 06:55 pm The three-page 'self-respect let- has increased the salary of employ- has remained the same since the land was handed over to the Trust power in undivided Andhra father. Current Weather Conditions ter', requests KCR to take over the ees working at TDP head office in past 15 years. The letter also alleges on May 6 by HUDA and the lavish Pradesh. Updated JUNE 30, 2021 5:00 PM 2 VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | JULY 1, 2021 vijayawada 02

Covid cases Dalit empowerment continue 8% of targeted population downward trend in AP as KCR sees it PNS n VIJAYAWADA in State fully vaccinated mpowerment is the Edegree of autonomy and For the last seven years, KCR's Continuing the declining NAVEENA GHANATE country, 27.40 crore people self-determination in people endeavour has been to bring in a trend, Andhra Pradesh n HYDERABAD have been given at least one and in communities, enabling qualitative change in the lives of all reported 3,797 fresh cases of dose of vaccine. them to represent their inter- coronavirus in the 24 hours About 8 percent of Andhra This percentage of benefi- ests in a responsible way, sections of people in Telangana ending 9 am on Wednesday. Pradesh’s targeted population ciaries will shoot up once while acting on their own through a slew of progressive While 5,498 patients recov- has been fully inoculated with Telangana starts giving the authority. measures, all aimed at creating ered from the infection, two doses. In AP, 32.13 percent second dose. It is the process of becom- another 35 succumbed in 24 of eligible beneficiaries have According to the Health ing stronger and more confi- wealth and strengthening the hours, the latest bulletin said. been vaccinated with at least Department, the second dose dent, especially in controlling economy. The state Covid-19 chart one dose which accounts to of Covishield vaccine will be one's life and claiming one's now showed 18,89,513 total 1.23 crore. In all, 30,42,318 given between 14 and 16 weeks rights. Empowerment, as party meeting to send Rs 10 positives, 18,38,469 recover- beneficiaries have received two of the first dose. action, refers both to the lakh financial assistance ies and 12,706 deaths. The doses in Andhra Pradesh. To get herd immunity, at process of self-empowerment directly to the bank accounts number of active cases stood Comparatively, Telangana least 60 percent of the popu- and to professional support of of the Dalit beneficiaries at 38,338, the bulletin added. has crossed a milestone of lation should have antibodies. people, which enables them under the CM Dalit East Godavari reported administering 1 crore doses, Herd immunity can be estab- to overcome their sense of Empowerment Program to 874, West Godavari 493 and but only 6 percent of the tar- Central government. there are 2.6 crore lished with the help of vaccines powerlessness and lack of eligible Dalits. In the first Chittoor 488 fresh cases in a geted population in the state Nearly 15.45 lakh beneficia- eligible beneficiaries in and by those already infected influence, and to recognize phase, from the 119 Assembly day. Of the remaining 10 has been fully vaccinated i.e. ries in Telangana got the sec- Telangana, while this number by coronavirus. Besides, there and use their resources. Constituencies, 100 families districts, six added less than given two doses. ond dose too. Telangana occu- is 3.84 crore for Andhra could be people who recovered Rural and urban liveli- from each constituency all 200 new cases each and four The first dose of Covid-19 pies the 13th position in the Pradesh. without getting any symp- hoods are enhanced through over the state would be cho- logged between 200 and 400 vaccination has been admin- country when it comes to Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, toms. Officials indicate that effective participation of peo- sen and the assistance given each. istered to anestimated 93.9 administering vaccination, Gujarat, Rajasthan and once vaccination reaches the ple and communities in the to eligible 11,900 people Prakasam district record- lakh persons, or 35.8 percent while Andhra Pradesh is at Karnataka have administered targeted beneficiaries, herd management of their own selected. For this, it was ed eight fresh fatalities, of the population in Telangana, 10th position. The Central maximum doses to its citizens immunity is possible in social, economic and envi- VANAM JWALA decided at the All-Party meet- Chittoor seven, East according to data from the government estimated that across the country. Across the Telangana. ronmental objectives by NARASIMHA RAO ing to earmark Rs 1,200 crore. Godavari four, Srikakulam CHIEF PUBLIC RELATIONS empowering people, particu- OFFICER OF CHIEF MINISTER The government wanted to and Vizianagaram three each, larly Dalits. OF TELANGANA do more for Dalits who had Anantapur, Krishna and Empowerment hinges been discriminated for gen- Kurnool two each, Guntur, broadly on three pillars, erations. In addition to SPS Nellore, Visakhapatnam AP unveils IT Cabinet nod for low... which when put together, grammes. KCR said that spending Rs 40,000 crore in and West Godavari one each can work wonders, namely, Telangana State had become the coming years, a corpus in a day. Continued from Page 1 least 25 acres to 200 acres, community empowerment, a rice bowl and crops were in would also be set up. As part of the policy, an option depending on the population partnerships, and holistic abundance. The Chief Minister said Policy designed... will be provided by dividing of cities and towns. The plan development. Since the sale of spurious that through Dalit the MIG Plots into 3 cate- is to prepare the layout with- In this context, Telangana seeds, fertilizers and pesti- Empowerment Program, eli- 50L Aadhaar Continued from Page 1 about USD 5 trillion in 2020, gories- MIG - I with 150 sq in 18 months after work starts. Chief Minister K cides had been causing havoc gible poor Dalit beneficiaries and more than 1.38 lakh new yds, MIG-II with 200 sq yds During YS Rajasekhara Chandrashekhar Rao has to the rural economy and would be given assistance numbers To discourage fly-by-night jobs were created in the sec- and MIG - III 240 Sq yds. Reddy's term as chief minister, embarked on yet another impacting farmers in the without requiring any bank operators from claiming gov- tor in 2020-21. The IT indus- These MIG layouts will the Rajiv Swagruha, a pro- extraordinary initiative to state, the Chief Minister guarantees. Special plans ernment incentives, employ- try in India is expected to have 60 feet - BT roads, 40 feet gramme exclusively for the empower Dalits in the state so instructed the Agriculture would be prepared following leaked in PDS ment incentives will be dis- grow 2x by 2025 to a market - CC roads, footpaths with urban middle class, was that they live with dignity, and Police Departments to the policy of the Centre for bursed over a period of three size of USD 350 billion, which coloured tiles, water supply, launched. However, the Rajiv self-respect and become eco- act in coordination and work Dalit Studies for the welfare breach... years in as many tranches. if tapped, will enable Andhra storage and distribution net- Swagruha programme didn't nomically self-sufficient for- with Collectors and other and development of Dalits. The ratio of disbursement Pradesh to become the IT/ work, UGD linked to nearest take off as expected due to sev- ever. higher district officials for The proposed CM Dalit Continued from Page 1 would be 30:30:40 after 1, 2 ITeS hub of the country. STP wherever feasible, suitable eral reasons and also the sud- KCR's Dalit Empowerment using their special powers to Empowerment Programme and 3 years respectively. To Hence, the AP IT Policy provision for electricity and den demise of YSR. Policy, articulated in the pres- eradicate the menace. is designed to bring in a It included mailing address- ensure effective incentive 2021-24 aims to create a other cables, stormwater Rajiv Swagruha was aimed ence of Dalit leaders cutting KCR has instructed offi- qualitative change in the lives es and Aadhaar numbers of administration, the govern- robust, holistic business envi- drains, street lighting, parks, at providing affordable flats to across party lines, MPs, cials to prepare a list of retired of Dalits. The all-party meet- the affected users, alongside ment expects to disburse eli- ronment in the state and open spaces and landscaping. middle-class people in urban MLAs, MLCs and other employees, ex-servicemen ing was convened to make 3,59,485 phone numbers. The gible incentives in a time- thereby facilitate large scale The eligibility criteria for areas. Now, Chief Minister stakeholders, was welcomed and utilize their services in them stakeholders. The idea leaked data fields, reviewed bound manner, within six local employment generation allotment of MIG Plots would YS Jaganmohan Reddy said by all of them. Pattana and Palle Pragathi is to collectively stand by the by Gadgets 360, also includ- months from the date of issue as well as transform the be one plot per family, annu- that the idea is to provide This has once again programs. Since new integrat- Dalits, remove their inferior- ed the ‘Makkal Number' that of order. IT,E&C department into a al household income up to plots at a lower price with a proved his unquestionable ed Collectors' complexes had ity, and bring in qualitative the state government intro- "IT/ ITeS is among the revenue centre to achieve Rs18 lakh as per Pradhan clear title deed, instead of commitment towards all sec- been made functional, mea- change in their thought duced to keep a record of all fastest growing sectors glob- self-sustenance," added the Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) flats. tions of people. The sures should be taken to pro- processes and attitude. citizens including newborns. ally with a market size of senior official. guidelines. The beneficiary Jagan in one of the review marathon 11-hour all-party tect all government buildings For the last seven years, should be a resident of Andhra meetings in the past said there meeting, involving Dalit rep- and assets in the district and KCR's endeavor has been to Pradesh. The applicant should are several concerns for those resentatives and chaired by they should be utilized as bring in a qualitative change possess a valid Aadhaar card. buying land from private indi- KCR, demonstrated his con- public utilities. in the lives of all sections of Allotment of the plot to the eli- viduals regarding proper title, cern for Dalits and other During the 10-day Pattana people in the State. His com- Ok to varsity in Prakasam... gible beneficiary will be done permissions and such con- oppressed classes in society. Pragathi program, officials mitment to strengthen the through lottery process. cerns won't exist if the govern- A day before, while review- should plan in accordance rural economy, turn agricul- Continued from Page 1 for water supply under approved the proposal of The government is drawing ment develops layouts. The ing Palle Pragathi and Pattana with 'Map your town' model ture as profitable venture, Rayalaseema Drought procuring 175 mobile veteri- plans to develop 18 layouts in house plots will be available to Pragathi Programmes -- the and rectify the mistakes in revive and revitalize the Around 8,21,655 students and Prevention Project in nary ambulances in 175 12 towns on a pilot basis as middle-class people at afford- next phase is scheduled to urban areas. hereditary vocations, effect 1,10,779 beneficiaries of Puttaparthi constituency at a Assembly constituencies part of the programme. able prices as the government commence from Thursday - The Chief Minister said rapid changes in the power, Vasati Deevena have opted for cost of Rs 864.18 crore. across the state for treating The proposals are laid for will develop the layouts with - the Chief Minister called under the Dalit education, medical and health a laptop instead of cash incen- Through this project, the cattle. Facilities like hydraulic designing smart towns of at non-profit initiative. upon public representatives Empowerment Program eli- sectors through a slew of tive. The government will government will fill 195 ponds lift will be made available in and officials to treat rural and gible Dalit BPL families progressive measures are all provide branded laptops like in the Rayalaseema region. mobile vehicles along with urban development as a con- would be developed in a aimed at creating wealth and Lenovo, HP, Dell, Acer at a The Cabinet has given the expert staff and adequate facil- tinuous process. He wanted phased manner and this was strengthening the economy. lower than market cost, with green signal for the imple- ities. The government will be AP to repel Telangana’s... the administrative set-up to in addition to SC Sub Plan. KCR is laying a strong dual processor, 4GB RAM, mentation of YSR Bima spending Rs 89.95 crore gear itself to make Telangana The CM said Collectors and foundation for future gener- 500GB hard disk, 14 inch scheme to support the family towards this initiative. The Continued from Page 1 should understand that in an ideal state in the country. higher officials would play a ations' prosperity, peace, har- screen, Windows 10 and three in the event of the death of the Cabinet, which discussed the 2009, after completing a five For the development of key role in removing back- mony, and development. By year warranty. sole earner in families below concept of infrastructure in Our Chief Minister's year term, YSR was re-elect- villages and urban areas, the wardness and problems of the making all sections of people The Cabinet further gave the poverty line. the medical sector, approved approach is that since we are ed and secured more seats in state government would keep Dalits and beneficiaries economically self-reliant, nod for establishment of Similarly, the Cabinet the purchase of 539 new 104 neighbours and water shar- Telangana. If he had done two Rs 2 crore funds with the should be selected in a trans- heralding revolutionary Andhra Kesari University in approved the setting up of 45 vehicles for PHCs across the ing is a sensitive issue we injustice to Telangana why Ministers and Rs 1 crore with parent way. He said beneficia- administrative reforms, and Prakasam district and making new Rythu Bazaars in the state. need to tread cautiously. would he secure more seats all the district collectors. The ries should be selected by effecting progressive and for- Vizianagaram JNTU State and construction of It also approved 2020-25 That's the reason we are in the region?" Anil Kumar Chief Minister said Collectors draw of lots and like the ward-looking changes in the Engineering College into an 1,262 godowns at village level. food processing policy, to maintaining utmost Yadav asked. played a key role in the devel- Rythu Bandhu and old-age education sector, KCR is University by amending the The Chief Minister will be enable better rates for farmers restraint," AP Irrigation He added that Andhra opment of villages and urban pensions, financial assistance thinking and acting like a JNTU Act-2008. In regard to inaugurating 53 veterinary and also approved setting up Minister P Anil Kumar Yadav Pradesh had been construct- areas and that they should should be given to beneficia- statesman. this, the government sanc- hospitals, dispensaries, rural of a new Agriculture said after the Cabinet meet- ing the projects only to use select an efficient working ries and the amount credited tioned 24 additional teaching livestock units, which were set Polytechnic in Punganur, ing. the water allocated to the team and make them part- to their bank accounts. (With VJM Divakar, posts and 17 non-teaching up at a cost of Rs 31.74 crore, Chittoor District with 40 He said that the AP gov- state. ners in developmental pro- It was decided at the all- Senior Journalist) posts. a dedicated telemedicine call admissions every year. ernment will go to any extent "From all the three projects The Cabinet also approved centre for livestock healthcare, The decisions include the to retaliate in an appropriate - Srisailam, Nagarjuna Sagar returning of 2,180 acres of six new Rythu Bazaars. He will approval for the Andhra manner, but not in a and Pulichinthala - land that was originally sought also lay the foundation stone Pradesh Farmers' e-Sales provocative manner. "We can Telangana is drawing water AP farmers stage to be acquired for the for the post-harvest infra- Corporation Limited also issue such statements even from dead storage level Indian docs lag in Kakinada Special Economic structure development at RBK (APFEVCL) e-marketing plat- but we chose to retaliate in a to generate power ignoring protest at ... Zone (SEZ) back in 2007, to level by establishing a food form designed to connect proper and appropriate man- the irrigation needs of the the farmers following a pro- processing unit in each Lok farmers, buyers and traders as ner. We will write to the farmers. It is nothing but an Continued from Page 1 tracted struggle. Sabha constituency and a unified marketplace. Apart Prime Minister and Union Jal evil act. Like they construct- online reputation All the additional costs like Kadaknath Poultry Farm at from these, the Cabinet Shakti Minister," Anil Kumar ed Dindi and Palamuru pro- Jaganmohan Reddy is said to stamp duty, transfer fee and Utukuru, Kadapa. Also at a approved the construction of Yadav said. jects based on the water allo- be opposed to her sister's registration fee will be borne cost of Rs 212.31 crore, mar- 2,62,216 houses by TIDCO. He said that it was unfor- cation in Telangana, we are plans to float a new party in by the State government. The ket yards will be revamped Also, it has approved a bank tunate the Telangana also constructing projects as Telangana. management Cabinet has agreed to the under the Nadu-Nedu loan guarantee of Rs. 5,990 Ministers are talking ill about per the water allocation," Andhra Pradesh and proposal of supplying water by scheme. crore for the construction of late chief minister YS said I&PR Minister Perni Telangana are currently PNS n HYDERABAD the eve of National Doctor's gravity, under the initial phase Further, the Cabinet the infrastructure. Rajasekhara Reddy. "They Venkataramaiah (Nani). engaged in a war or words Day, to create awareness on the over sharing of Krishna Less than 10 per cent health- need for online reputation waters. care practitioners in India use management for healthcare The Telangana govern- online reputation management professionals. India is among ment has taken objection to tools and social media tools to the fastest growing countries in Brazil suspends Covaxin order over graft charges... Andhra Pradesh going ahead spread awareness about them- the world to adapt internet and Continued from Page 1 with RLIP saying this would selves and their work, reveals more Indians are depending on received any advance pay- after the South American be detrimental to the interests a study by city Healthcare, a online resources to meet their ments nor supplied any vac- country's Attorney General of Telangana. startup. information and knowledge Announcing the Brazil gov- cines to MOH Brazil," it said. reportedly launched a probe An assessment of behavior needs. Youth often found doing ernment's decision, its Health "Bharat Biotech has fol- into the deal. patterns of doctors found that an online search to know which Ministry said in a statement lowed a similar approach The minister of the CGU, CHICKEN they lag behind in online rep- doctor is ideal to health needs that "with the recommenda- towards contracts, regulatory Wagner Rosrio, explained that RATES `/KG utation management. of theirs and their loved ones. tion of the Office of the approvals and supplies in sev- the suspension is a preventive Out of 500 doctors' profiles "While people have moved Comptroller General of the eral countries worldwide, measure. Dressed/With Skin `180 examined from across six on to internet to search for Union (CGU), the Ministry of where Covaxin is being sup- "We opened a preliminary Without Skin `200 metro cities in the country, less information, most Indian doc- Health temporarily suspend- plied successfully," it said in a investigation last week, that is, Broiler at Farm `140 than 50 individuals have a fo- tors still depend on word-of- ed the contract for the pur- statement. a specific audit in relation to cused approach towards build- mouth publicity to gain more chase of Covid-19 vaccine Precisa Medicamentos is the contract. The suspension ing their online footprint. traction instead of using online from Covaxin this Tuesday Bharat Biotech's partner in time will only last for the peri- EGG While more than 80 per cent tools to spread awareness. (June 29)." The contract was also eval- contract, it further said. Brazil, providing assistance, od of calculation. We put the RATES `/100 healthcare professionals in Covid-19 pandemic has moti- "The measure does not uated by the Ministry of Responding, Bharat Biotech guidance and support with reinforced team to be very urban locales of United States vated few and forced many affect the pace of the vaccina- Health's Integrity Directorate, said the company has not regulatory submissions, licen- quick in the process," he said. VIJAYAWADA 508 of America have online pres- doctors to increase their online tion campaign to fight the which will carry out an received any advance pay- sure, distribution, insurance, The CGU said it began a HYDERABAD 519 ence, it hovers around 70 per impressions to spread aware- pandemic in the country and administrative investigation. ments nor has it supplied any conduct of phase III clinical preliminary investigation into cent among doctors from lead- ness about ailments and attract follows compliance practices The unit will act together vaccines to Brazil. trials, etc. possible irregularities in the VISAKHAPATNAM 557 ing European nations. The patients' attention towards in public administration," it with the "Controllership" in "As of 29th June 2021, The Covaxin contract to contracting of Covaxin on RETAIL PRICE `5.08 study released its findings on themselves. said. determining the terms of the Bharat Biotech has not Brazil landed in controversy June 24. (IN VIJAYAWADA)

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Printed and published by B Krishna Prasad for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., Printed at Sree Seshasai Enterprises, D.No. New 3-88, Old 3-22, Chandra Theatre, Gosala, Penamaluru Mandal, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 521 151, Resident Editor: B Krishna Prasad, AIR SURCHARGE of Rs 2.00. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | JULY 1, 2021 vijayawada 03 An eventful month for AP passes by Jagan launches widening of PNS n VIJAYAWADA state, fulfilling the most await- Dharmendra Pradhan, VGF since the State could not In the State Investment ed dream of owning a house by Minister of Steels and reiterat- bear such a burden in the pre- Promotion Board (SIPB) meet- Krishna flood bank works Stepping into the successful thousands of families. In Phase- ed the appeal not to privatise sent circumstances. ing, several investment propos- third year of governance, the 1, nearly 15,60,227 houses will Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and Later, the Chief Minister als were approved including Rs PNS n VIJAYAWADA month of June has many signif- be constructed by June 2022 at requested to consider the alter- met the Union Minister for 7500 crore investment from icant happenings, from setting a cost of Rs 28,084 crore and natives suggested by the state. Railways, Consumer Affairs Jindal Steels for setting up a steel Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan a record in vaccinations to 12.70 lakh houses in phase -2 The Chief Minister said the and Public Distribution and plant in Thamminapatnam of Reddy on Wednesday unveiled Chief Minister’s visit to Delhi to will be constructed by 2023. Nellore district with an annual a pylon and laid foundation pursue state interests, State During the month, the Chief production capacity of 2.25 stone for widening and stren- Investment Promotion Board Minister visited Delhi for two million metric tonnes. gthening of the Krishna River giving nod for major industries, days and discussed wide rang- Also, approvals were given to flood bank at Kondaveeti vagu including Jindal Steels, Cabinet ing issues of state interest with the expansion of Greentech lift irrigation scheme site. resolving to use its share of river Centre. The Chief Minister Industries along with the estab- He laid foundation stone for waters besides taking a new met Union Home Minister lishment of Pitti Rail widening a stretch of 15.525 leap in welfare by initiating the Amit Shah and discussed Engineering Components Ltd km from Kondaveeti vagu lift construction of YSR Jagananna decentralised develop- and Neelkamal Limited at irrigation scheme to Rayapudi Colonies and continuing YSR ment, Special Category Kopparthi. SIPB approved con- to be taken up at a cost of Rs Cheyutha, Vahana Mitra and Status (SCS) and struction of a mega retail park 150 crore. Jagananna Thodu schemes. requested release of for Textiles and Garments in The Water Resources Depa- Fighting against Covid-19, pending dues of Rs five acres at Tadepalli, Guntur rtment will undertake the work Andhra Pradesh set a new 4,652.70 crore, and district by investing Rs 194.16 with the funds of the Amar- record by vaccinating 13,72,481 also requested crore to house over 900 retail avati Smart and Sustainable CM wishes AP Olympians people during a mega vaccina- assent for the stores. City Corporation Limited. A tion drive on June 20. Andhra Pradesh During the Cabinet meet- 10 meter two-way road will be PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chief Minister handed over Chief Minister YS Disha Bills and ing several key issues were constructed along with two the copy of a GO of allotting Jaganmohan Reddy firmly reit- Andhra Pradesh discussed and the govern- lanes for walking. Renovation Chief Minister YS Jagan two acres of land to set up a erated his belief that vaccina- Land Titling ment has decided to write to of Kondaveeti vagu bridge, mohan Reddy conveyed his badminton academy in tion is the only way to fight Authority Bill 2020 the Krishna River Management construction of Venkataya best wishes and awarded Rs Visakhapatnam to PV Sindu. against Covid-19. The State besides other issues. Board (KRMB) about the palem Rayapudi outfall sluice 5 lakh each to sportspersons Since Rajini (women's received a total of 1,11,61,380 During the discus- Telangana government gener- and flood monitoring centres from Andhra Pradesh – PV hockey), who hails from doses from Centre and pur- sions held with Union Jal ating power in Srisailam with- will be done along this road. Sindu, R Satwik Sairaj and Chittoor district, is attending chased 21,05,630 doses on its Shakti Minister Gajendra out permission of the Board, The N1 and N3 roads of Rajani who will be participat- training sessions in own by paying Rs 300 per Singh Shekhawat regarding and also take this to the notice Amaravati will be linked with ing in Tokyo Olympics 2020 Bengaluru, her parents dose of Covishield and Rs 400 Polavaram project, the Chief of the Prime Minister and Undavalli-Rayapudi- Amara- from July 23-August 8. The attended the event. per dose of Covaxin. With the Minister reiterated the necessi- Union Ministers. vati Seed Access road and pandemic giving respite, the ty to complete it on time and The Cabinet also gave the Gollapudi- Chinnakakani- government also relaxed the sought approval to investment said an amount green signal to provide laptops Vijayawada bypass road so ment offices, educational insti- Rayapudi, Borupalem, Abburaj curfew timings in districts with clearance for Rs 55656.87 crore of Rs 3,299 crore to students of Classes IX to XII that the transportation facili- tutions, Undavalli, Penumaka, upalem, Harishchan drapu- lower positivity rate. as recommended by PPA and related to subsidy for PDS under the Jagananna Amma ties to Amravati, Secretariat, Venkatapalem, Mandadam, ram and Vaikunthapuram will June started with the inaugu- the Central Water Commission works regarding setting up a rice has to be released by the Vodi and Vasati Deevena High Court, other govern- Uddandarayunipalem, be improved. ration of the first phase con- and accepted by Technical petrochemical complex in Ministry to the state. He also schemes and for the purchase struction works of YSR Advisory Committee. The Kakinada SEZ should be expe- called on Niti-Aayog Vice- of mobile veterinary ambu- Jagananna Colonies across the Chief Minister also met dited and also to cut down the Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar. lances across the state. Jobless youths Govt filing cases ‘eat’ grass to APUCF: Protest over Sanchaita complains, Padma register protest on jobless: TDP tax hike a success launches broadside at Ashok PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA Unemployed youth on Alleging that the YSRCP came PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA in the defence sector. Gender Wednesday staged a ‘novel’ to power with false promises discrimination is a crime protest against the govern- deceiving the people of the Accusing the Union and State AP Women’s Commission under the Constitution of ment, stuffing grass in their state, TDP AP president K governments of looting the chairperson Vasireddy Padma India and any argument that mouths at Lenin Centre in Atchannaidu on Wednesday people who are reeling due to on Wednesday launched a says women have no power Vijayawada. said that while a ‘job revolu- Covid first and second waves, furious attack on TDP senior will not be tolerated,” Padma DYFI state president G tion’ was promised before the the APUCF on Wednesday leader Ashok Gajapati Raju, warned. Ramanna, SFI Krishna dis- polls, joblessness was the norm launched a two-day protest describing his alleged views on She said that women's rights trict secretary M Someshwara these days. demanding the rollback of women as “barbaric”. have been infringed under the Rao and others took part in “Before elections, the the property tax hike. Speaking to media persons MANSAS Trust issue under the protest where they YSRCP promised that if voted ‘Job Calendar’ huge adver- “The Union government’s here, Padma demanded to the garb of succession. accused the State Cabinet of to power, there would be a job tisements were released and Covid package of Rs 6 lakh- ty and garbage tax instead of know whether the TDP leader She stated that women have not discussing the issue of revolution and Jagan would ultimately a “jobless calendar” crore has benefited only cor- extending support to the poor was ready for a debate on the been given importance after unemployment in the State. create a job tsunami by creat- was unveiled. “There is no one porate companies while the hit by Covid. bylaws of the MANSAS Trust. YS Jaganmohan Reddy took The student leaders ing opportunities for the in the world who could poor have been left burdened The YSRCP government Her outburst came on the over as Chief Minister. “It’s a demanded the government to unemployed youth in the state. deceive the people as Jagan additionally,” said APUCF that came to power promising back of former MANSAS be reviewed. “Was Ashok known fact that 50 percent fill vacant posts in all govern- What has the YSRCP achieved can,” Atchannaidu alleged. convener Ch Babu Rao. to safeguard the interests of the Trust chairperson Sanchaita Gajapathi ready for a debate reservation was accorded to ment departments immedi- after being in power for two He said that the government The first day of the protest people has surrendered to the Gajapati Raju approaching over Sanchaita’s succession?” women in every post and ately and release a new job years, except filing false cases has filed cases of rape on was a success by any yardstick, conditions of the Union gov- the Commission at she asked. sector. In this situation, how calendar with 1.8 lakh vacan- and arresting whoever raises unemployed youth for ques- with people voluntarily partic- ernment, he alleged. Visakhapatnam and filing a Padma also said that can the TDP leader shrug it cies as mentioned in the the voice against the govern- tioning the fraud committed ipating in the demonstrations Babu Rao said that the complaint alleging injustice Sanchaita was the first woman off and say that a a woman is Assembly two years ago. ment?” he asked. in the name of jobs. “The gov- at various municipal offices Union and State governments was meted out to her. She stat- to hold the post of the presti- not entitled to head the They expressed their In a statement, Atchannaidu ernment is filing false cases across the state. were doing injustice to the ed in her complaint that gious MANSAS Trust chair- MANSAS Trust? Is this their unrest at the government for alleged that the YSRCP gov- against people instead of pro- Representations were given people living in urban areas Ashok Gajapathi Raju made person. “There has been an respect for women, and what releasing a ‘job calendar’ with ernment has cheated the tecting democracy in the state. to municipal chairpersons and and turning civic services into derogatory remarks about her attempt to force her to step signals are the leaders send- just 10,140 jobs, while there unemployed youth in the state It is shameful to file false commissioners, said Babu business entities. He ridiculed appointment as the chairper- down from her chair. It is ing by making such state- are 25,000 vacant teacher by promising 2.5 lakh jobs and cases against the people ques- Rao. He said on Thursday, the the taxes on drinking water, son of the Trust. She alleged most unfortunate that they are ments?” she asked. posts , 6,000 library posts, could not give 10,000 jobs in tioning the government,” second day, protests will be drainage and garbage collec- that the TDP leader also spoke celebrating this issue,” she The AP High Court had 16,000 constable posts and two years. “During his paday- Atchannaidu said. staged against the govern- tion, saying that they were dic- about her succession to the said. “The argument that last month cancelled the many vacancies in Secretariat atra, YS Jaganmohan Reddy He said that as per the poll ment for neglecting the health tated to by the Centre, against Trust in a demeaning manner. women are to be bereft of appointment of Sanchaita as engineering departments. promised the youth that jobs promise the government has of the people during the Covid the Constitution of India. Responding to the alleged power doesn’t hold well in the the chairperson of the The protesters said that it will be provided to all unem- to fill 2.30 lakh jobs immedi- pandemic. Babu Rao said that notices remarks, Padma said that he modern era. Even the Simhachalam Devasthanam was not proper on the part of ployed. However, no job noti- ately failing which the Chief Babu Rao found fault with with a 100 percent increase in was behaving in an autocrat- Supreme Court overturned and MANSAS Trust stating the Chief Minister YS Jaga- fication was released even Minister should apologise to the Union and State govern- property tax were issued to ic manner and that the the Central government's that only elders should be the nmohan Reddy to cheat the after two years,” he said. the unemployed youth and ments for increasing proper- people in Visakhapatnam. MANSAS Trust bylaws should decision not to allow women trustees. jobless youth of the State. He said that in the name of resign. Pandemic-hit sex workers Five of a family held for murder Vja station 1st to get with BIPV solar cover PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n VIJAYAWADA Vijayawada Station, resulting in caught in debt trap, say NGOs total savings of around 2.12 Five members of a family P Srinivas, DRM, Vijayawada lakh units/year, saving a huge PNS n VIJAYAWADA were arrested by the Uppal virtually commissioned 65 sum of Rs.16.36 lakh per police on Wednesday for kWp BIPV (Building Integra- annum. It will also help in The Covid-19 induced lock- their alleged involvement in ted Photovoltaic) solar cover reducing carbon emission from down and the after effects of a murder 10 days ago. on platforms in Vijayawada conventional power. With the the ongoing pandemic contin- The arrested were Mahesh, Railway Station on Wednesday. savings, the total cost incurred ue to impact low-income fam- 33, Naresh, 36, Sudheer, 28, With this, Vijayawada sta- on the BIPV Solar can be ilies across the country. Vijaya, 25, and Ravi, 35, all res- tion now has an innovative compensated in just 7.5 years. A survey conducted by idents of Uppal. solar photovoltaic cover-over- The DRM congratulated V NGOs Vimukthi and HELP According to the police, platform (COP) having the Venkata Ramana, senior DEE finds that 90 per cent of sex the five had beaten up highest capacity of 130 kWp (maintenance) and staff for workers have been stuck into Balaraju, 22, to death, accus- across the Indian Railway net- their outstanding performance debt traps, wherein they have ing him of stealing a mobile work. This BIPV solar roof on platform. This solar roof is caters to around 17.8 per cent and in bringing laurels to the taken loans from multiple MFIs phone belonging to Mahesh with integrated solar panels provided at a cost of Rs 62 lakh. of the power needs of division. He said that such (Micro Finance Institutions) and later took the body to an (without any galvanised sheets) This innovative solar platform Vijayawada Station. innovations will not only result and private money lenders. open place at Uppal in an in addition to its power gener- cover will result in saving of Rs With these solar panels, a in huge savings but also con- The NGOs conducted survey auto and burnt it after dous- ation harnessing solar energy 8.1 lakh per annum. The power total capacity of 130 kWp solar tribute hugely to sustainable and collected data from 142 sex ing it with kerosene. will act as shelter to passengers generation from the panels roof has been installed on environmental goals. workers, during Covid first nance without much or no The National Human Rights wave, a total of 116 sex work- income pushed them to turn to Commission (NHRC) issued ers have taken loans of which high-risk loans available in an advisory directing the gov- 99 percent are still indebted to their vicinity. ernments to provide dry money lenders and are contin- Vimukthi convenor rations, financial assistance, Traders welcome mandatory hallmarking of gold uing with their debts. Mehrunnisa said that the loan and transportation facilities According to an analysis amounts are spent mainly for for stranded people, masks C PRADEEP KUMAR get assurance from the BIS on UVG Kishore, secretary The done by NGOs Tafteesh and food and other essentials and sanitizers and health coun- n VIJAYAWADA the quality of the gold pur- Machilipatnam Bullion Jewellery HELP recently on incomes besides a large sum of money selling to sex workers. chased. Narayana said hall- & Diamond Merchants and loans, of the 335 survivors was spent on Covid- treatment The Supreme Court has Jewellers in Andhra Pradesh mark has five types of logos Association, said that the BIS of human trafficking, commer- in private hospitals, because instructed all governments of have welcomed the Union gov- and will enhance the confi- hallmark was a guarantee and cial sexual exploitation and sex treatment in government hos- States to distribute free ration ernment’s order allowing sale dence of the customer. standard for the jewellery pur- workers from West Bengal, pitals was inaccessible. to sex workers along with the of only hallmarked gold. Hallmarked jewellery sale chased by the customer. Chhattisgarh and Andhra The analysis also showed benefits provided to all other From July 1, small show- has been in practice for more The customer who purchas- Pradesh, 201 have taken loan that the pandemic and accom- categories during the lock- rooms and shops whose than 10 years; however the es 916 KDM 22 karat gold in May 2021 to cope with their panying restrictions have down period under Covid turnover is more than Rs 40 Union government has made it ornaments with hallmark will financial difficulties. aggravated the economic con- relief support services. lakh, should sell only hall- mandatory now. be recognised across the world. During the first wave, this dition of women in sex work HELP secretary Ram marked gold, as per the latest BIS officials are trying to cre- He said the gold traders have vulnerable section had access who have been in already pre- Mohan said that the govern- orders. The Centre also issued ate awareness among gold mer- to get the gold article tested at to free ration and cash support carious situation being outside ment should follow the NHRC orders to jewellers to register chants to register their names the registered hallmarking cen- provided by the State and of the social protection mech- directions and show employ- with the Bureau of Indian by July 1. On the other hand, tres before the sale. The sale of Central governments. anism. ment to the sex workers under Standard (BIS) if they intend to the price of gold articles is like- hallmarked jewellery will However, in the second wave, A total of 1,20,000 sex work- alternate livelihood scheme sell hallmarked (stamped) gold ly to increase because the increase the transparency the Government’s focus was ers in AP have been on the besides following Supreme articles. However, traders with accurate determination and these centres. Sriman Narayana, traders spend extra money for about the quality and the trad- mostly to strengthen the brink of starvation for the Court directions and provide a turnover of less than Rs 40 official confirmation of the a gold and silver trader in I- hallmarking. er. He said the gold and jew- healthcare system which some- past two years. To overcome medical and health facilities lakh per year are exempt. proportionate content of metal town, Vijayawada, said that The hallmarking centres ellery traders have started reg- how deprived this section of the situation, they have been and all facilities provided to BIS hallmarking is done by in a gold article. Gold and jew- making BIS hallmark manda- have to pay a fee to the Union istration of their names online people of accessing PDS and depending on loans and have migrant labour shall be applic- privately owned hallmarking ellery with 22 karat, 18 karat tory was a welcome step. government to get registra- with the BIS and it is a very their need for food for suste- fallen into a debt-trap. able to sex workers. centres. Hallmarking is the and 14 karat will be tested at He said that customers will tion and it is expensive. easy process. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | JULY 1, 2021 vijayawada 04 Sajjala, team inspect cofferdam, spillway works of Polavaram project PNS n ELURU

Advisor to the State Government, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, has said that the Polavaram project, which was started in 2005 during the tenure of the late chief min- ister YS Rajasekhar Reddy, has now become an important mile- stone during the rule of his son and present Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. He said if the previous government had taken up the project in 2014 without going for commissions, it would have been completed by 2018. Row erupts in Brahmamgari Math over Ramakrishna Reddy inspect- ed the construction site of ed by now but unfortunately he of Rs 23,000 crore for the project, coffer dam during the previous Gangula Pratap Reddy, Tellam Polavaram project along with a had passed away. He also said that which should have been under- government?” he asked. Chief Balaraju, Karumuri Venkata appointment of new pontiff reaches HC team of people's representatives the dreams of YS Rajasekhar taken by the Centre no matter Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Nageswara Rao and Mudunuri on Wednesday. They inspected Reddy would come true during how many lakh crores of rupees was confident that the project Prasad were among the the dig- PNS n KADAPA talks. Four days days ago, stating that she was forced to spillway and coffer dam works his son Jagan Mohan Reddy’s it would cost. would be completed on time and nitaries who accompanied compromise talks were held accept the appointment of thoroughly. The team members tenure as Chief Minister. Ramakrishna Reddy claimed rehabilitation work was also mov- Ramakrishna Reddy. In a new twist to the fight over under the auspices of the MLA Venkatadri Swamy. “I signed toured for about an hour to find Ramakrishna Reddy said that when the YSRCP govern- ing in the right direction, Puppala Vasubabu, Granthi the new pontiff for the and revenue officials. An the appointment agreement out the details of the works at the Rajasekhara Reddy had undertak- ment came to power, the project Ramakrishna Reddy said and Srinivas, Abbayi Chowdhary, Brahmangari Math, Maruti announcement was also made only under duress,” she added. field level. en many projects in unified works gained momentum which questioned the TDP as to why it Kottu Satyanarayana, Mahalakshmamma, second electing Venkatadri Swamy, In the same letter, Later, Ramakrishna Reddy Andhra Pradesh during his tenure is clearly visible now. Water was had agreed for Rs 23,000 crore Mondithoka Jaganmohan Rao, wife of the late 12th the eldest son of the eldest wife, Mahalakshmamma asked for told the media that the Godavari as CM. He said that YSR would first released from the spillway on while rehabilitation of oustees was N Dhanalakshmi, Talari Peethadhipati, has approached as the pontiff and Veerabhadra the cancellation of Venkatadri waters flowed from the spillway of always remain a towering person- June 12. CM YS Jagan Mohan the responsibility of the Centre. Venkatrao, AP FSL Chairman P the AP High Court. Maruti Swamy, the second son, as the Swamy's appointment and to the Polavaram project on June 12 ality in the country. Polavaram Reddy was taking forward the He asked the TDP to refrain from Gautam Reddy, DCC Mahalakshmamma alleges that successor. The controversy do justice to her family. She without any fanfare and asserted project was taken up as a nation- Polavaram project successfully criticism of the Jagan Mohan Chairman K Srinivas, she was pressured to accept erupted again when she also stated that she had that only the Jagan Mohan Reddy al project in the State. The previ- even in the difficult times of the Reddy government at least now. Polavaram CE Sudhakar Babu, anointment of Venkatadri stepped into the High Court. approached the High Court government was committed to the ous government went for com- pandemic. Government Whips G R&R Special Commissioner O Swamy as the Peetadhipati. Meanwhile, Maruti over the appointment of welfare of the people. missions, he alleged. “Is it not true that the Srikanth Reddy, Samineni Anand, Joint Collector K She filed a petition in the Mahalakshmamma has written Venkateswara Swamy's eldest He said that if Rajasekhara The then TDP government diaphragm wall was damaged due Udayabhanu and Kodumuri Venkata Ramana Reddy, local High Court on Tuesday alleg- a letter to Endowments son Venkatadri Swamy as the Reddy were alive, the Polavaram had done great injustice to the to the inefficient handling of the Srinivasu, Rajamahendravaram public representatives, leaders ing that she was forcibly per- Minister Vellampalli Srinivas Peetadhipati of the project would have been complet- State by agreeing for an allotment project work by just building the MP Margani Bharat, MLA and others were present suaded in the reconciliation and the department officials Brahmamgari Math. Homam at Chinna Tirupati TTD EO inspects 12,098 houses will be built in Gosala works Central aid of Rs 50 K-cr in the month of Shravana PNS n TIRUPATI given to AP, says Somu PNS n KAKINADA Satish Raju said that the Gudivada divn, says Kodali TTD Executive Officer Dr KS ‘Homam’ would start on the Jawahar Reddy on Wednesday PNS n ONGOLE was committed to the welfare and The regular ‘Aishwarya day of ‘Varalakshmi Vratam’ PNS n GUDIVADA inspected the ongoing develop- development of the State and Lakshmi Homam’ will in the month of ment works at Sri Venkateswara Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded proper use of Central be resumed at Sri Shravana. Civil Supplies and Consumer Gosala in Tirupati. Somu Veerraju has said that it is funds following in the footsteps Venkateswara He said that Affairs Minister Kodali He inspected the flowers used ridiculous for the state govern- of the previous chief minister. Swamy temple Aishwarya Srivenkateswara Rao (Nani) for the worship as well as the ment to rule with Central funds Later, Somu Veerraju visited at Vadapalli of Lakshmi has said that 12,098 houses are shed being set up for the man- and name Centrally-sponsored the families of BJP workers who Atreyapuram Homam being constructed in Gudivada ufacture of 'agarbatti' with a mix- schemes as their own. died due to Corona in mandal, pop- would be division as part of the first ture of 'panchagavya', the cattle Addressing a meeting of party Pandillapalli, Vetapalam and ularly known performed as phase of the ‘Navaratnalu - feeding godown and the feed leaders at Chirala on Wednesday, Chirala. The BJP leader visited as Konaseema per the wish Pedalandariki Illu’ programme, mixing plant along with other he said that the Central govern- Ramishetti Koteswara Rao and Tirumala and of the devo- of which 6,805 houses will be officials. ment had so far disbursed Rs enquired about his health condi- Chinna tees that the grounded during the mega Later, the newly-constructed 50,000 crore to the State. tion. Tirupati. Kaliyuga deity Sri mela to be conducted from July road to enter Gosala and the The BJP State president said State secretary Suryanarayana, Executive Officer Venkateswara 1 to 4. Kodali Nani inspected Arch were inspected . Dr. that the Centre had given one district In-Charge Kamala, BJP of the temple Mudunuri Swamy should protect the layouts in the YSR Harinath Reddy, Director, crore doses of Covid vaccine to Bapatla Parliamentary constituen- Satish Raju and Chairman them from these catastrophic Jagananna colonies on layout in Gudivada Rural man- constructing 28,30,227 houses in Gosala, explained to the EO the the State. He said central funds cy in-charge Kancharla Ramesh Raju will perform corona crises facing mankind. Wednesday. dal. 17,005 layouts across the State total number of cattle in Gosala were being diverted to other Hariprasad, former President ‘Aishwarya Lakshmi Homam’ However, due to lack of Speaking on the occasion, he He said CM Jagan Mohan with the aim of fulfilling the and the feeding details. schemes. Muvala Venkata Ramana Rao, for the welfare of the world. space, it was decided to start said that the government was Reddy had directed those who housing dream of the poor. The engineering officials then He said the BJP Youth Morcha town president Aravapalli Kumar, The Kalyanam of the Swamy the programme with the direct organising the mega grounding were not named in the list of He said the government had briefed the EO about the devel- had raised concern across the Chirala BJP leaders Ramakrishna, will also be performed. or indirect participation of 27 mela for laying foundation beneficiaries to apply to the vil- conducted reverse tendering to opment programmes undertak- State that the hopes of the unem- Bandarupally Hemant Kumar, Permissions were obtained for couples in the coming stones for YSR Jagananna lage and ward secretariats fol- supply materials used for con- en in Gosala.The EO was accom- ployed had been dashed in the job Varanasi Malli Kharjuna Sharma, ‘Homam’ in the month of Shravana month, he added. Colonies. As part of this, 1,562 lowing which verification would struction of houses at a cost panied by CE Nageswara Rao, SE calendar. He said alcohol prices Mohan Gowd, Jagannadha Shravana, which is the most Overjoyed devotees are houses out of the total 2,551 be done within 90 days and plots lower than the market prices. Jagadishwar Reddy, SE Electrical had risen like nowhere else in the Shastri, Ganesh Babu, and SC/ST auspicious month for coming forward to register would be constructed in the first would be sanctioned thereafter. This would reduce the burden Venkateshwarlu, DE Ravikumar country. cell leader Medikonda Bharani Lakshmidevi. their names. phase in in the Mallayyapalem He said the government was on the beneficiaries. Reddy and other officials. Somu Veerraju said the BJP Rao participated. HM refutes BJYM charge Curfew relaxed in East Godavari Organic products worth Rs 1 cr PNS n KAKINADA over cheque to rape victim The State government donated for ‘Srivari Prasadam’ announced the new curfew rules from Thursday. PNS n GUNTUR According to the new reg- PNS n TIRUPATI ulations, in East Godavari dis- Home Minister Mekathoti trict, people can go out from The Tirumala Tirupati Sucharita on Wednesday alleged 6 a.m to 6 p.m and the busi- Devasthanam (TTD) has that the Bharatiya Janata Party ness people can open their received a donation of Rs 1 (BJP) was spreading a lie that an shops during the period. crore worth of organic cereals invalid cheque was given to However, business establish- and other ingredients pro- Tadepalli rape victim. ments and shops were ordered duced from of ‘desi’ cow milk In a press release here, she said to close by 5 p.m despite per- for making ‘Srivari Prasadam’. that it was deplorable on the part mission until 6 p.m. TTD’s former board mem- of Bharatiya Janata Mahila Until Wednesday, curfew ber Siva Kumar on Wednesday Morcha (BJYM) State president was imposed from 2 p.m. The told the media that the organ- Bollineni Nirmala Kishore to say new rules would take effect ic products were prepared at that the government had cheat- from July 1 to 7. With this, the District SP Adnan Naeem the Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar ed the girl with an invalid cheque people heaved a sigh of relief. Azmi on Wednesday directed Swamy Ashram in Hyderabad. without knowing the facts. 040043566783, Home Minister The Home Minister expressed However, the district has the district police to enforce The donation includes 6,200 The mother of the victim was Sucharitha clarified. concern that the BJP was making recorded the highest number the curfew from 6 p.m to 6 a.m kg of rice, 1,500 of kg ‘desi’ given a cheque for Rs 5 lakh on She said that Chief Minister YS baseless allegations though the of Corona positive cases. Less the next day. Government ghee, 17 kg almonds, 315 kg July 21. On July 23, the victim’s rel- Jagan Mohan Reddy directed Chief Minister was working for than 1,000 positive cases were offices were open until 1 p.m. cashew nuts, 85 kg mustard It may be de called that dur- name of “Govinduniki Go atives deposited the cheque in the them to consult the victim as soon the safety of women. reported every day. in the afternoon until seeds, 18 kg fenugreek, 20 kg ing the last board meeting a Adharita Naivedyam”.Potu account number 40043566783. as they came to know about the Home Minister Mekathoti Although the curfew was Wednesday. They will now be turmeric, 25 kg asafoetida, resolution was passed to Peishkar Srinivasulu, Temple On the same day, Rs 5 lakh was rape incident. She also reminded Sucharita said that the people relaxed, temples and other open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. nearly 850 kg of different cere- encourage organic products OSD P Seshadri, organic deposited in the victim's account that Rs 5 lakh was announced for would not believe false propagan- religious institutions were not Bank working hours were also als, 50 kg rock salt, 350 kg for making ‘Naivedyam’ to farmer Vijayaram and the staff through transaction number immediate relief to the victims. da made by the BJP lea allowed to open. relaxed. tamarind and 375 kg oil. Lord Venkateswara in the were present. East Godavari awash with fake Anandaiah medicine

DHV SAMBASIVARAO on record saying they are under n KAKINADA severe pressure to meet the demand. Under such circum- With Anandaiah’s herbal med- stances, Anandaiah's Covid drug icine for Covid gaining in pop- is being distributed in any rural ularity, there has been a huge area of the district at present. demand for it across the State, It was recently reported that Volunteers stage protest especially in East Godavari dis- a volunteer distributed a fake trict. No wonder then that the drug in the name of PNS n KAKINADA ing a suicide note stating all of fake medicine has been much Anandaiah’s herbal medicine. them were responsible for extreme in circulation in the district. The police confirmed the issue. Volunteers working in step. They complained the same It is learnt some unscrupu- Those who take Anandiah's Kakinada Rural mandal of East to MPDO Pathamsetti Narayana lous traders are minting money medicine are restricted from Godavari District staged a Rao. through sale of fake medicine having alcohol and consuming protest and warned to strike The volunteers warned of mass in the name of Anandaiah’s meat. Similarly, it is not to be work from Thursday. resignations if no action was herbal concoction. taken by women during men- They complained that their taken. Union leaders K Satyadurga Anandaiah's medicine has hit struation. But, those who dis- Welfare Assistant, Sheikh and Sheikh Shabeena said they the national headlines in a has received the green signal from all the districts have been coctions in the name of With ruling party MLAs, IAS tribute fake medicine are Arharunnisa, was harassing them would protest in front of the col- short time with reports of its from the High Court, further focusing on manufacture and Anandaiah’s medicine even in and IPS officers from Guntur, imposing no such restrictions. and that the authorities were not lectorate on Thursday and resign efficacy, particularly in increas- pushing up the demand. supply of Anandaiah's concoc- remote villages in East Krishna, Chittoor and Nellore This may lead to health issues taking any action. More than 50 en masse if justice was not done. ing the oxygen levels of Covid Meanwhile, film star Jagapati tion in several parts of the State Godavari district. Innocent districts procuring the drug if used by children and senior volunteers participated in the MPDO Narayanamurthy said patients, gaining currency. Babu and politicians-cum-busi- for the past few days. people are scrambling for the directly from Anandaiah, there citizens. protest on the third day. that the petition submitted by the Thus, the demand for the med- nessmen such as Ongole MP However, RMPs, PMPs and drug not knowing whether it is has been a severe shortage of the People’s unions demand that They alleged that she had been volunteers was under considera- icine has not only increased in Magunta Srinivasula Reddy, some private individuals have authentic or not. Many people medicine, even in the district authorities stop blackmailing them by saying that tion and an appropriate action the State but also across the Energy Minister Balineni also started making money by are buying the drug by shelling Krishnapatnam. Anandaiah and making fake medicine as it she would commit suicide writ- would be taken. country. The controversial drug Srinivasula Reddy and MLAs making and distributing con- out thousands of rupees. his family members have gone harms the public. nation 05 VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | JULY 1, 2021

Yamuna pollution: Venkaiah calls for ‘intelligent' Delhi govt bans ‘Need global approach for key fishing in river challenges like pandemics’ methods to counter drone attacks PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n CHENNAI The enemy wants to The Delhi government on "cripple our nation, subvert Tuesday banned fishing in One of the paradoxes of cur- Expressing concern over the our system." "So the research parts of the Yamuna in the rent times has been that use of drones to target the community must come for- city citing high pollution lev- though climate change, terror- Jammu Air Force Station, ward and we must really els in the river. Visuals of toxic ism and pandemics are global Vice President M Venkaiah come out with much more froth floating on the surface problems, the response to Naidu on Wednesday urged intelligent methods to combat of the river are being shared them tends to be national, the research community in these enemy's efforts," Naidu on social media for some External Affairs Minister S the country to develop "much said. days. According to experts, Jaishankar said on Wednesday. more intelligent methods" to Naidu commended the soaps and detergents are one Jaishankar also noted that combat such issues. efforts of the team behind the of the major contributors to there was a need to effective- He also asked the Indian project of the country's first the pollution in the river. ly utilise the capabilities spread Institutes of Technology (IITs) 3D Printed House- a joint col- "It is hereby brought to the across the world to deal with to focus on the areas of "elim- laboration of IIT Madras and notice of all concerned that in the coronavirus pandemic. inating terrorism." Tvasta Manufacturing view of the high pollution The external affairs minister Such low-flying drones Solutions, a startup. levels in the Yamuna waters, was speaking at a virtual inter- could not be detected by the Observing that cutting edge as per the provisions made in active session with former "One of the paradoxes of our referring to the coronavirus militay radars and therefore technologies provide a the rules, the issuing of fish- British prime minister Tony era is that the real problems are pandemic. there was a need for new over to the National to detect and thwart aerial glimpse into the future, the V- ing licence in two portions of Blair at the India Global all global. Climate change is In his remarks, Jaishankar methods, he said in his Investigation Agency (NIA) intrusions by large drones, P stressed the importance of public waters is suspended till Forum. "The reality is that global, terrorism is global, also mentioned the adverse address after visiting the site on Tuesday. UAVS (unmanned aerial vehi- scaling them up so that they further orders," a notification nobody can make vaccines by pandemics are global. But our impact of the pandemic of the first 3D Printed House Terrorism was the cles), aircrafts and heli- are accessible to the common issued by Delhi's animal hus- themselves. If the world comes response tends to be national. including job losses on a huge in India at IIT Madras here. enemy of mankind, the entire copters." man. bandry department read. together, we are going to scale Just look back at the last year- scale, economic stress and Two drones had dropped humanity and terrorists "are "But the small drones flying "Technologies should not Fishing will be prohibited up production of vaccines," and-half," he said. how it forced people to change explosive material on the IAF making us restive and they are at low heights, with low radar be limited to being only proof in a portion of Hindon Canal, Jaishankar said. "Which country has not lifestyles. station located at Jammu affecting the growth of the cross-section cannot be of concept. It can greatly alle- Ghazipur drain and Shadipur India has been consistently thought nationally? Unless we "Our lives have come, in a airport on Sunday injuring country," Naidu said. detected by such military viate human suffering and drain (road drain 0 to 17,000) calling for adopting a united are able to overcome that and sense, to a halt. People lost lives two personnel. A cocktail of "The armed forces, of radars. This is what hap- make a common man's life and a portion of river global approach in dealing look at international coordina- on a huge scale, the stress level explosive material, including course, they have wide area of pened now in (Jammu and) comfortable. That is the ulti- Yamuna, from groyne num- with major challenges facing tion and collaboration, we are has increased, there have been RDX, is believed to have been air defence systems with Kashmir. So we have to focus mate purpose of any ber 85 New Okhla barrage, the world like terrorism, cli- not going to be able to get on changes in lifestyle. It is huge used. The case was handed advanced radars and missiles on that," he said. research", he added. to Delhi boundary, it said. mate change and pandemics. top of this," Jaishankar said, and still continuing," he said. INDIA CORNER NHRC pannel on West Bengal Jewellery shop No truth to propaganda Home vaccination for bedridden looted; owner people on trial basis in Maha violence submits report to HC shot dead of threat to MVA: Raut PNS n MUMBAI cussed the "prevailing political he Maharashtra PNS n KOLKATA in Mumbai situation". government on Wednesday Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on "Two big leaders of the Ttold the Bombay High A committee constituted by PNS n MUMBAI Wednesday asserted the Maha alliance - the chief minister and Court that it would soon start the chairperson of the National Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern- the main guiding force behind home vaccination against Human Rights Commission Three armed robbers ment in Maharashtra was sta- the government - met," the COVID-19 for people who are (NHRC) Wednesday submit- opened fire in a jewellery ble and said there was no truth Rajya Sabha member added. immobile or bedridden on an ted a report before the Calcutta shop, killed the owner in the opposition's propogan- Raut said he also spoke to experimental basis, and would High Court on cases of alleged and looted gold orna- da of any "threat" to the ruling Pawar after the meeting. not wait for an approval from human rights violations in ments in suburban alliance. To a query on the central the Centre. State Advocate post-poll violence in West Dahisar here on Raut's remarks came a government's package General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni Bengal. Wednesday, police said. day after NCP presi- announced recently to told a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S A five-judge bench of the The incident took place dent Sharad Pawar stimulate the econ- Kulkarni that home vaccination on a trial and experimental basis high court, hearing a bunch of around 10.45 am, when met Chief omy battered by would be introduced in Pune district first. "We will not refer the PILs alleging post-poll violence the three scooter-borne Minister Udd the COVID-19 proposal to start home vaccination to the Centre for approval. We in the state, had directed that men entered the shop hav Thackeray pandemic, Raut (state government) will take our own decision. We will explore this the committee would examine received by the NHRC or ed areas" submit a comprehen- located at Gawde Nagar amid specula- said, "I don't possibility (home vaccination) on a trial basis in Pune district," all the cases, the complaints of which may be received, and sive report before it about the and opened fire, an offi- tion in state think ordinary Kumbhakoni said. The state government on Tuesday filed an affidavit which have already been "may be by visiting the affect- present situation. cial said. political circles people are in the HC, saying there would be conditions imposed, like taking a The unidentified over differences happy with this written consent from the beneficiary's family and a certificate from accused shot shop owner in the MVA gov- booster dose. the family doctor taking responsibility in case of any adverse reaction Vikas Pandey (46) in his ernment, which There is no clarity to the vaccine. Mizoram, Kerala to implement extensive head, killing him on the comprises the Shiv from the government spot, and managed to col- Sena, NCP and Cong ress, on people's concerns over Assam trade afforestation in coastal areas lect all the jewellery they and rumours that the Sena is loss of livelihood, jobs and ris- Scheduled international flights could find in two travel considering a patch-up with ing unemployment." Union PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM bags, he said. former ally BJP. Finance Minister Nirmala suspension extended till July 31 charges of The accused fled in a Talking to reporters here, Sitharaman on Monday The Kerala government is grey scooter, whose num- Raut said, "Everything is fine. announced Rs 1.5 lakh crore he coronavirus-induced encroachment eyeing acceleration of ber plate they had folded, There is no threat to the MVA of additional credit for small suspension of scheduled PNS n IZAWL/HAILAKANDI afforestation drive in coastal the official said. The government. There is no truth and medium businesses, more Tinternational passenger and disaster prone areas in the police have managed to in the opposition's propagan- funds for the healthcare sector, flights has been extended till Tensions between Assam and state as part of the disaster mit- get the description of the da of any threat to the govern- loans to tourism agencies and July 31, aviation regulator DGCA Mizoram escalated as officials igation initiatives. successfully implemented by accused and are trying to ment." Asked about the meet- guides, and waiver of visa fee said on Wednesday. "However, of the two states traded charges Steps would be taken to the Forest department in get more details from the ing between CM Thackeray for foreign tourists as part of international sche duled flights of encroachments in each oth- erect 'bio walls' on the fragile coastal Alappuzha to check sea CCTV cameras installed and NCP president Pawar on a package to support the pan- may be allowed on selected ers land. While Mizoram on areas by planting native tree erosion and the impact of near the shop, he said. Tuesday, Raut said they dis- demic-hit economy. routes by the competent Wednesday accused Assam of saplings suiting each locality, rough sea, they said. authority on a case-to-case encroaching upon its land in foreseeing the possible natur- Tree saplings and bamboo basis," the Directorate General of the Kolasib district which bor- al disasters there. would be extensively planted Civil Aviation (DGCA) added. Scheduled international passenger services ders Assam, Assamese officials The unique afforestation along the banks of water bod- have been suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the and legislators accused Mizor and disaster mitigation drive ies across the state to protect Sidhu shares pic of Priyanka meeting coronavirus pandemic. But special international flights have been am of building structures and is implemented as part of the the shores, the officials added. PNS n NEW DELHI operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May 2020 and under planting betel nut and banana seven-day 'forest festival' Nine new 'nagara vanangal' bilateral "air bubble" arrangements with selected countries since July saplings allegedly ten kilometers organised by the Forest (urban forests) and 26 'vidhya Punjab Congress leader Navjot 2020. India has formed air bubble pacts with around 24 countries inside Hailakandi in Assam. Department from July 1, offi- vanangal', the mini forest Singh Sidhu met party gener- including the US, the UK, the UAE, Kenya, Bhutan and France. Under an This comes days after Assam cial sources said. models created in school cam- al secretary Priyanka Gandhi air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can Chief Minister Himanta Biswa One of the most significant puses, would be completed Vadra on Wednesday morning, be operated by their airlines between their territories. The DGCA circular Sarma said he was working to projects among them would be during the period of the for- and is learnt to have discussed also said that the suspension does not affect the operation of bring about settlements with all the state-wide expansion of the est festival this year, a depart- his role in the revamp in the international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by it. bordering states. 'casuarina tree garden' project, ment statement said. party's state unit ahead of assembly polls. Sidhu had said on Tuesday UP: BJP MLA calls Asaduddin that he was slated to meet Report on WB's fake vax camps sought Rahul Gandhi but the latter Owaisi ‘political terrorist' denied that there was any PNS n NEW DELHI Hari Krishna Dwivedi, Chief unauthorised people. scheduled meeting with him. trying to revamp the party's meeting party leaders from JP's Bairia MLA Surendra Secretary of West Bengal, seek- It is also pointed out that in The former Punjab minister Punjab unit and present a Punjab for their views on the Singh, known for making The Union Health Ministry has ing a factual report on the some of these camps, and is at loggerheads with Chief united face ahead of assembly political situation and steps Bcontroversial remarks, has asked the West Bengal govern- matter. Bhushan referred to a notably in Kasba locality of minister Amarinder Singh and elections in the state early needed to strengthen the party called AIMIM supremo ment to inquire into instances of letter written to Union Health Kolkata Municipal area, none has gone public against him. next year. ahead of the 2022 assembly Asaduddin Owaisi a “political COVID-19 vaccination camps Minister Harsh Vardhan by of the beneficiaries have Sidhu said he had a long Sources said the party lead- polls. terrorist” and accused him of being organised allegedly by Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of received any vaccination cer- meeting with Vadra. ership is trying to work out a Sidhu, who had resigned trying to instigate and break unauthorised people in some Opposition in West Bengal, on tificates generated from Co- "Had a long meeting with position for Sidhu in the from the Punjab Cabinet after the society. Referring to the areas of Kolkata and submit a June 25 in which attention has WIN, giving rise to apprehen- @priyankagandhi Ji," Sidhu revamped party or state gov- he was divested of the local post-poll violence in West report in the next two days. been drawn to the instances of sions about the genuineness of tweeted, along with a picture ernment, but he is adamant on bodies portfolio in 2019, has Bengal, the BJP MLA said Union Health Secretary COVID-19 vaccination camps these vaccination camps, with Vadra. not working with CM Singh. been at loggerheads with Chief President's rule may be impo Rajesh Bhushan has written to being organised allegedly by Bhushan said in his letter. The Congress leadership is Rahul Gandhi has been Minister Singh. sed in the state. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme in Bairia on Tuesday, Singh said the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader will have faith in India's secularism till Hindus are in majority. Owaisi is a political terrorist. It is his intention to instigate and break the society, Singh said. The BJP MLA further Justice Bhushan's verdicts have humanist approach: CJI said West Bengal was “going the Jammu and Kashmir way” and the central government was monitoring the situation there. It is possible PNS n NEW DELHI tion of Ram Temple at the dis- ering justice in constitutional “Bar and the bench are part that President's rule may be imposed in West Bengal, he said. puted site at Ayodhya and courts. of two wheels and the relation- Chief Justice of India N V directed the Centre to allot a “Justice Bhushan has always ship of the bar and the bench Ramana on Wednesday said five-acre plot to Sunni Waqf been a valuable colleague. His is like that of sea and clouds,” BJP workers, farm law protestors that Supreme Court judge Board for building a mosque. presence on the bench and on he said. Justice Ashok Bhushan, who is He was also part of a five- the committees that I am a Justice Bhushan said that the clash in Ghazipur set to retire on July 4, has judge Constitution bench member of, has been so very bar has always stood for always been a “valuable col- which had in September 2018 reassuring. Simply because, he democracy and rule of law. JP workers and farm law league” and his judgements declared the Centre's flagship is, first and foremost, a great He thanked the CJI and his protesters clashed in stand testimony to his “wel- Aadhaar scheme as constitu- human being. This quality has colleagues and expressed grat- BGhazipur on the Delhi- farist and humanist” approach. tionally valid but struck down found abundant reflection in itude to the bench, members of Uttar Pradesh border on The CJI, while bidding some of its provisions includ- discharge of his duties – both the bar, the registry as well as Wednesday.The ruckus took farewell to Justice Bhushan, ing its linking with bank while facing and adorning the personal staffs. place when the BJP workers said that he will be remem- accounts, mobile phones and bench,” said the CJI, who was The CJI said that Justice were carrying out a procession bered and thanked for his judi- school admissions. heading a bench which also Bhushan's journey as a legal on a flyway where the farm law cial contributions and he has Besides, Justice Bhushan comprised Justice Bhushan. professional is marked by many protesters, chiefly supporters been a great value addition to headed the five-judge “His judgments stand testi- milestones. of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, the higher judiciary. Constitution bench which had mony to his welfarist and “Justice Bhushan has been a have been camping since Justice Bhushan, who was last month refused to refer to humanist approach. His con- great value addition to the November 2020, according to eye-witnesses. elevated as an apex court judge a larger bench the issue cern for the welfare of every higher judiciary. Successive As the two sides came near each other on the Delhi-Meerut on May 13, 2016, was part of whether to revisit its 29-year- section of the society is reflect- Chief Justices have underlined Expressway around 12 pm, a scuffle broke out and they fought with several landmark judgements old Mandal verdict putting ed in his opinions and writ- this fact by entrusting him sticks which led to some injuries, they said. Videos and pictures including the November 2019 cap on quotas at 50 per cent government jobs in the state, Ramana said that Justice ings,” he said. with adjudicating the most surfaced on social media, purportedly showing some damaged verdict by a five-judge and quashed a Maharashtra law saying it violated the principle Bhushan's journey has “truly Justice Bhushan said it is a complicated matters, often vehicles which were part of a cavalcade of a BJP politician, Amit Constitution bench which granting reservations to of right to equality. been remarkable” and he has matter of “great pride” to be a through constitution benches,” Valmiki, for whose welcome the procession was being held. cleared the way for construc- Marathas in admissions and While biding farewell, CJI spent nearly two decades deliv- part of the Supreme Court. he said. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | JULY 1, 2021 06

www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Democracy, Oppn Vaccination statistics While the inoculation drive figures may paint a rosy picture, a lot of work still needs to be done and federalism PRAFULL GORADIA tatistics give hope when facts refuse to. On June 28, India was said to have crossed a major milestone when it surpassed the United States in terms of total At no point since Independence has India experienced such healthy and SCOVID-19 vaccinations achieved. The figure for India was 323,663,296 com- pared to 323,327,328 of the US. The Indian numbers were 335,968 more than that vibrant sense of federalism, irrespective of what the Opposition claims of the other country. There was another reason to celebrate. The US achieved that figure in 208 days while India reached its figure in 165 days. But then, there is a n oft-repeated criti- cism by the Opposition small issue that is perhaps overlooked. After India adds 9,260,461 more doses to is that since the current its current figure, it will not have to stay ahead of the US any longer because at that Government came to Worldometer powerA in 2014, there has been a point the latter would have achieved 100 per cent vaccination. The says the US population is 332,923,757. The Indian population stands at 1,393,717,170, dilution in federalism which, in a large country, is believed to be according to the live count on the Worldometer site. On June 28, the day when India an important facet of democra- beat the US, the pace of vaccination in India was 24 cy. The question is: Has there for every 100 people. The United States, in compar- been such a dilution? The issue ison, was far ahead with 98 for every 100 people. of federalism can be discussed subsequently. Elections, both at However, this by no means discredits India, consid- the Centre and in States, have ering the problems the country has had to encounter been held regularly and on during the vaccination drive. By the end of June, India schedule. COVID or not, polls administered around 330 million doses in 165 days. recently took place in Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Assam The drive began on January 16. The Government says and West Bengal. it will vaccinate the entire eligible population by If I remember correctly, December 31. there might have been Statistical calculations reveal the following: It will President’s Rule in one of our smaller States for a few days. take another 135 days of an intense drive to vacci- Other than that, one can assert nate around 600 million people to achieve herd immunity. Calculated from June 30, that Article 356 has not been the deadline will be a much closer November 13 than December 31. Of course, there used by the Centre; this is in are several variables that can change the deadline and delay the goal. The most impor- contrast to even Jawaharlal Nehru who had used Article 356 tant one is the doses that need to be supplied to the COVAX initiative. There is already to dismiss the Kerala Article was illegitimate. country or foreign affairs, merge with either India or a shortage in the number of doses being supplied to it by the Serum Institute of India Government when Indira Approved by the Nehru politics is made thereof. Pakistan. There was no other because of an urgent domestic demand in India. The Institute is contracted to give Gandhi was Congress presi- Cabinet, it slipped into the One latest example is the option. Given the variety of 85 per cent of the supplies to COVAX. If the shortage of raw materials and delays in dent. As Prime Minister, she Constitution as a purely tem- COVID-19 pandemic and the our population, in BR made it a habit of imposing porary measure. Parliament acquisition of vaccines. Some Ambedkar’s view, the polity transportation are taken into account, the availability of the vaccine will be further President’s Rule, with West never saw the light of this regional leaders probably was such that India had to be affected. Thirdly, the first world is already talking about a third dose, a booster shot Bengal being a particular target Article. Years ago, an thought that purchasing vac- more centralised than, say, for senior citizens and immunity-deficient persons and toying with the idea of vac- under its United Front Englishman visiting India had cines was a pleasure which the the US. cinating children — who are as yet not eligible for vaccination — to protect them Government. Deputy Prime asked me whether this was a Prime Minister was monop- It is noteworthy that the Minister Chaudhary Charan special favour by a Kashmiri olising. In response, the PM concept of federalism was from COVID-19 variants. The world has so far vaccinated three billion of the 7.87 Singh outdid Indira; as soon as Prime Minister to the EARLIER, THE declared that any State that born with the inauguration of billion population. Statistically, 70 per cent or 5.5 billion of the population can be vac- the Janata Party Government Kashmiris? What could I chooses to acquire vaccines the US Constitution in 1781. cinated in another 174 days, that is, by December 19, to achieve herd immunity. In was formed in early 1977, he reply? Whatever may be the ERSTWHILE can do so. Within two weeks, During the times when reality, the target of three billion was achieved because of China and the first world dismissed all State Governments extent of federalism pre- PLANNING they found it to be a difficult monarchy was the general with a Congress Ministry. scribed by the Constitution, it task and declared that it was rule, the question of federal- drives. The remaining numbers need to be achieved in the developing and underde- The most federal step taken must be applied blindfolded. COMMISSION the Centre’s duty to arrange ism never arose. In Europe, veloped countries. since Independence has been The other aspect of federalism for the vaccines. Such senior except for Russia, most coun- the introduction of the Goods in practice is the quality of the USED TO MAKE figures as Chief Ministers tries were of a medium size or and Services Tax (GST). regional politicians. Go back AN ALLOCATION ought to realise the difference smaller, hence the question of PICTALK Simultaneous with the levying to the first two decades after between political and social federalism never arose. And of the tax, on a retail bill of even Independence. Assam had ANNUALLY, WHEN issues to make a success of Russia was an empire auto- `100, the GST is shared in half Gopinath Bordolai, West THE CHIEF true federalism. And certain- cratically ruled by the Czars. by the States and Centre. This Bengal had BC Roy and ly not contradict themselves Even democracy was not by tax comprises virtually the Atulya Ghosh, Srikrishna MINISTERS CAME within a fortnight. any means a rule and Great entire indirect taxation of the Sinha and Anugraha Narayan TO MEET ITS Many do not realise the Britain stood out as a shining country. Earlier, the former Singh in Bihar, Chandrabhan differences between a Union example of democracy. Planning Commission used to Gupta in Uttar Pradesh, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN of States, federalism and Germany took to democracy make an allocation annually, Ravishankar Shukla in quasi-federalism, or a unitary after World War I and by when the Chief Ministers came Madhya Pradesh, C WITH A BOUQUET State. Also not realised is 1934 it was back to a dictator- to meet its Deputy Chairman Rajagopalachari and later K OF FLOWERS. that there is a difference ship under Adolf Hitler. with a bouquet of flowers. This Kamaraj in Tamil Nadu, S between a number of inde- France began flirting with allocation had no accountabil- Nijalingappa in Karnataka, THIS ALLOCATION pendent States voluntarily democracy after Napoleon ity, nor was the amount of and so on. Compared with HAD NO coming together to form a was finally defeated and grant determined by any just these tall leaders, we do not federation, as was the case imprisoned on the island of and equitable measure. uniformly have comparables ACCOUNTABILITY with the US. In India, basical- St Helena. Take the case of Article 370. today. To a great extent, they ly, the British handed over to (The writer is a Does its abolition not place all operated by principles, where- us a number of provinces; well-known columnist and an States or Union Territories on an as today, national issues, plus, there were princely author. The views expressed even keel? The birth of this whether health, defence of the States that were asked to are personal.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SOUNDBITE

PROVIDE SUCCOUR TO MIGRANT WORKERS India is proud of A vendor sells colourful balloons during the scorching heat in New Delhi PTI Sir — Not mincing words, the Supreme End unjust, unfair treatment the efforts of all Court has said that the Labour Ministry is doctors in fighting “not alive to the concerns of migrant work- It is my humble appeal to the Veterinary Council COVID-19. 1st ers” and that its “non-action is strongly dis- of India (VCI) and all fellow veterinarians to July is marked as approved”. That the Supreme Court had to come forward and speak in detail about the National Doctors Day. Power-hungry? tell the Modi Government to ensure that atrocities meted out to them over the years by no migrant worker goes hungry, shows it Maneka and others like her. Veterinarians and As the parties start unwrapping their box of goodies, in a very unfavourable light. pet-lovers across India must speak up. Prime Minister The country’s top court has made it Many of us are first-generation profession- — Narendra Modi one wonders if Punjab voters will be swayed clear to the Government that feeding the als with roots tracing back to humble begin- migrant workers cannot be made condition- eing a New Delhi-based senior veterinar- nings. We wear our merit as a badge of hon- head of the 2022 elections to the Punjab Assembly, a ‘power’ tussle has already al to their possessing any card. It is a mean- ian, I have known Maneka Gandhi for our. I’d like to reaffirm to all fellow veterinari- A fourth wave broken out between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party. As is generally the ingful reminder to the Government that the Bnearly 30 years. It saddens me to ans that no one can shake our belief and val- of the COVID-19 Acase with our political parties, the war of words that has just started pertains to right to food, a basic need, is an intrinsic acknowledge that her recent audio clips ues, come what may. Together, we must ensure pandemic is offering certain number of free electricity units to the State’s residents. The guns came part of the right to live with dignity. As an (wherein she can be heard shouting, intimi- that these incidents are stopped, for good. likely to occur, entity tasked with upholding the right to life, dating and forcing veterinary doctors to pay I appreciate the action initiated by the VCI probably in the out after AAP’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, hoping to bag the Government cannot turn its back on money on uninformed and unlawful bases) are and hope that it will help establish a platform second half of August. Punjab this time after a failed attempt in 2017 when it migrant workers when they need its sup- not the first time she has acted this way. for more veterinary doctors to come forward port the most, in this pandemic time, to Despite (unjustly and unfairly) being con- and share the atrocities handed out to them, Polish Health Minister could win only 20 seats, announced that his party would — Adam Niedzielski deliver 24-hour electricity, 300 units free for each fam- keep their body and soul together. sidered outside the ambit of “frontline work- especially by those in positions of power. Having The Government’s failure to set up the ers” in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, worked with a corporate hospital run with CSR ily and a waiver on previous power bills. To underline National Database for Unorganised Workers and despite having their private veterinary clin- money, I deeply regret it because politicians use Like I always say the seriousness of his promised intent, he pointed to (NDUW) portal for migrant and unorgan- ics being excluded from the list of essential this CSR platform as their might and people’s #weareinthisto- Delhi where he had made similar promises ahead of ised workers to ensure their rights, welfare establishments, veterinary doctors have held funds are wasted for personal benefits. I stand gether. I am going and food security has drawn flak from the the polls there. Meanwhile, the Congress-ruled Punjab their ground and saved countless lives, putting with my fellow veterinary doctors. to be safe not just court for the “unpardonable apathy” themselves and their loved ones at risk, daily. Samar Singh Mahendran | New Delhi for myself but for Government, which had entered office ending the 10- involved. The Government expends a lot of YOU as well. Fully year rule of the Akali-BJP alliance Government, was time, money and energy on building the vaccinated. nudged by the party high command to fulfil a similar Central Vista and carrying out the delimi- pandemic. There are many doctors who THE CENTRAL DA SHOULD BE RESTORED tation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir. Actor promise it had made before the last elections. It was lost their life while saving others. Sir — Millions of Central Government However, it is least interested in keep- But the irony is that we in India have seen employees and pensioners are eagerly wait- — Malaika Arora conveyed to the State leadership in no uncertain terms ing an updated register of migrant work- many incidents of violence and attacks on doc- ing for the announcement regarding the that the electricity fee waiver announcement should come sooner than later. ers, a task that can be accomplished with tors by the family members of a deceased per- Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness India just didn’t ` Interestingly, however, the moot point here is that the Punjab Government’s coffers 45.39 crore and allotting rations to States son. They don’t realise that the doctor is Relief (DR). The DA of January 2020, July show the patience commensurate with the present popula- already hurt physically, mentally and emotion- 2020 and January 2021 had been frozen. Till required in a Test are far from overflowing, making one wonder that whichever bigger mouth ultimately tion. The Government is so callous that it ally because s/he couldn’t save the patient. now, the Finance Ministry has not issued any to take on the succeeds in forming the Government, how such tall promises are going to be fructified. puts the delay in finalising the NDUW Doctors are even threatened with the orders about their restoration. It is sad that New Zealand As per reports, the State is reeling under a debt of `2.73 lakh crore. In another report, module on “software problem”. It is now loss of life or limb by goons if they fail to the Centre is adopting a malevolent approach challenge. left to set right the problem by July 31, the the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has estimated that the State’s public debt save the life of their rich “master”. Doctors towards lakhs of its own employees. deadline set by the Supreme Court. are forced to work for long hours, with lim- Citing the pandemic, the Centre’s deci- Former India batsman will touch `3.73 lakh crore by 2024-25. So far, the other players — including the BJP, G David Milton |Kanyakumari ited leaves available; all such added stress sion was not wise. Due to this decision, near- — Sunil Gavaskar the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BSP — have desisted from revealing their cards. In a in this profession continues to prevail in ly 113 lakh employees and pensioners faced nutshell, what the populist development so far amounts to is which of the contesting RENEW THE APPROACH TOWARDS DOCTORS the COVID-19 situation. a lot of financial crunch and hardships, espe- Private schools parties would offer a bigger share of freebies and sops to the State’s electorate. Shamefully, Sir — A doctor is not a man fulfilling his They didn’t join this wonderful profes- cially those beneficiaries who were themselves will have to admit job simply like other ordinary people, their sion to get any threats to life, instead we affected by the pandemic. So, here’s request- students under such utterances by the various political parties and leaders amount to indirectly influ- job is to save lives. Every year, we celebrate must praise them, bless them and pray for ing the Government to immediately restore the EWS category, encing the voters and inducing them to vote for a particular outfit in lieu of a dole or them to have more inner strength to serve the DA and DR prospectively with arrears. based on the the “National Doctors Day” on July 1. A Government’s pecuniary benefits. So what if it isn’t wads of currency notes directly changing hands? doctor’s has always been an honoured job more selflessly. This is what we can do from Zakir Hussain | Kazipet our end. The Government also has an allotted list. The principle of bribing voters with cash or in kind can never be good for a healthy and in society. But the importance and rele- vance of this profession has increased a lot obligation towards the doctors. Send your feedback to: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister vibrant democracy, least of all for the world’s largest democracy. more after the advent of the COVID-19 Dimple | Kanpur [email protected] — Manish Sisodia VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | JULY 1, 2021 07 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ FIRSTCOLUMN DOVAL MEETS PAK, Regulation of online

RUSSIAN NSAS SUBHASH C PANDEY Special attention was given to the military and political sales and services situation in Afghanistan and the risk of its escalation Proposed changes provide a framework to protect buyers from unfair practices and prevent exploitation of indigenous or small-level sellers he Union Government had noti- fied the Consumer Protection PK VASUDEVA (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 on July 24, 2020, under the Consumer ndia's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met his Russian counterpart ProtectionT Act, 2019. The Ministry of Nikolai Patrushev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Consumer Affairs has invited comments IOrganisation (SCO) meeting in Tajikistan on June 23 and 24, 2021 dur- by July 6 on significant amendments pro- ing which they discussed plans for the Russia-India interaction in the secu- posed to be made to them. rity sphere and cooperation among the security and law-enforcement agen- Since CPA, 1986 was enacted, con- cies. The two leaders also exchanged their opinions on the evolving situa- sumer markets for goods and services have tion in Afghanistan and the Asia-Pacific region during the meeting. Doval and undergone a drastic transformation. The most important are the changes to e-com- Patrushev had over two-hour-long meeting. All the NSAs at the SCO meet- merce. Online sales usually offer conve- ing agreed to cooperate in the joint fight against the threats of international nience to consumers and also better terrorism, separatism, extremism, and religious radicalisation. In a joint state- prices but there are often problems of deliv- ment, special attention was given to the current military and political situa- ery of substandard goods and refusal to tion in Afghanistan and the risk of its escalation. Pakistani National Security return, replace or refund. Advisor Moeed Yusuf and Afghan NSA Hamdullah Mohib were among the The consumer should theoretically be participants at the in-person meeting that discussed key regional security the king at a time when consumer demand is affected by the pandemic. The issues, including the evolving situation in Afghanistan. NSAAjit Doval and governments and banks are being prod- Pakistan counterpart Moeed Yusuf joined NSAs of the SCO member coun- ded to boost consumer demand through liberal incentives, subsidies, and lending. Of course, the extent of competition varies from sector to sector. There is a persisting need for con- sumers' awareness about paying the right characteristics and usage condi- sales to individual Indian con- amendments provide that if a retail- price for the right product and the tions. They must sell only what they sumers by a foreigner. er is showing imported goods for enforcement of consumer rights. That display. They should not be spuri- The rules currently provide sale, the customer should be applies to both online and offline sellers. ous or counterfeit items. against predatory pricing practices informed about who is the importer Worldwide, governments are strug- Every marketplace e-com- through preferred vendors by ban- and be given “suggestions of alter- gling to save brick and mortar shops from merce entity must disclose full ning discrimination among buyers natives to ensure a fair opportuni- the stiff and often unfair competition from THE LATEST details of the sellers offering goods and among sellers on the platform. ty for domestic goods”. sellers operating through digital plat- RULES ADDRESS and services like the name of Of course, bulk buyers will get big- Every seller is required to pro- forms. The problems are more between THREE TYPES their business, address, customer ger discounts but similarly placed vide details of a grievance officer online and offline sellers than between OF TENSIONS care number, or rating. sellers and buyers cannot be dis- who can be approached in case of online sellers and consumers. Online AND FRICTIONS: The amendments also seek to criminated against. any problem and take prompt sales offer convenience, lower prices with create a ‘fall-back liability’ on the The amendments stipulate that action to redress the grievances. tries in Dushanbe where they agreed to cooperate in the joint fight against occasional problems about defective prod- BETWEEN ONLINE e-commerce entity itself for default e-commerce firms must not list any These rules are to ensure trans- the threats of “international terrorism”, “extremism”, “separatism” and "reli- ucts. SELLERS AND THE by sellers. The marketplace e- related enterprise as a seller on their parency, accountability, and giving gious radicalism", a statement issued by host Tajikistan said. It said the NSAs The latest rules address three types of CONSUMERS; commerce entity will be liable if a shopping websites and that no consumers a right to informed met Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon. This was the 16th meeting of tensions and frictions. Between online sell- BETWEEN ONLINE seller registered on the platform affiliate entity should sell goods to choice before deciding to purchase the Secretaries of the Security Councils of the SCO.President Rahmon said ers and the consumers; between online and AND OFFLINE fails to deliver the ordered goods an online seller operating on its something online. E-commerce offline sellers and between ordinary online or services causing loss to the con- platform. entities that do not comply with the Tajikistan, as the current SCO chairman, attaches great importance to the SELLERS AND sellers competing with ‘preferred’ online BETWEEN sumer due to negligent conduct, Flash sales offering huge dis- rules will face penal action. meeting of the NSAs. Cooperation in the joint fight against the threats of inter- sellers, preferred by e-commerce platforms omission, or commission of any act counts during a small timeframe There is a growing tussle national terrorism, extremism, separatism, religious radicalism, the risks of due to their own financial interests. ORDINARY ONLINE by such seller. benefit ordinary consumers. The between BigTech companies and increasing transnational organised crime, including arms and drug traffick- The rules are aimed not just at mar- SELLERS Posting fake reviews of prod- amendments seek to prohibitsuch governments worldwide because of ing, were discussed at the meeting, the statement said. The Regional Anti- ketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, COMPETING WITH ucts on the e-commerce site is com- flash sales where only preferred sell- the enormous power these compa- Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the SCO, it said, can play an important role in etc., which are supposed to merely provide ‘PREFERRED’ mon malpractice and has been ers controlled by e-commerce plat- nies have begun to wield and an IT platform to connect buyers and sell- ONLINE SELLERS, banned. The rules also provide that forms get an opportunity to sell. because they frustrate government ensuring regional security and strengthening ties between member states ers (without being unduly partial to any sellers on the marketplace shall not This prohibition may perhaps be policies about thepublic in combating threats and challenges of the modern world. PREFERRED BY particular buyer or seller) as also the direct E-COMMERCE refuse to take back goods, or with- turned ineffective by including interest.The amendments provide The meeting also discussed cooperation between member states in ensur- sellers or retailers who own the goods they draw or discontinue services pur- some non-preferred sellers also in a framework to protect the buyer as ing reliable information security, the joint fight against cybercrime and the sell online. Since services are also covered, PLATFORMS DUE chased or agreed to be purchased, flash sales. Presumably, objection- well as prevent exploitation of issues of biological security and food security in the context of the coron- aggregators like Ola, Uber, Zomato, TO THEIR OWN or refuse to refund consideration, able flash sales will invite punitive indigenous or small-level sellers avirus pandemic, the statement said. In September last year, Doval walked AirBNB, and the like would also fall with- FINANCIAL if such goods or services are defec- action only against e-commerce online from unfair practices. How out of a virtual meeting of the SCO after the Pakistani representative pro- in the ambit of the rules. INTERESTS tive, deficient, or spurious, or if the platforms and the consumers buy- exactly the malpractices on e-mar- Thus, the rules at present cover ‘e-com- goods or services are not of the ing stuff in such sales will not be kets would be identified, monitored, jected a map that inaccurately depicted Kashmir. India had slammed Pakistan merce entities’ which are pure marketplaces characteristics or features as adver- affected.. and effectively penalised would be for the “blatant disregard” to the norms of the meeting. The SCO - an eight- as well as inventory-led models of e-com- tised or as agreed to, or if such Under the rules, E-tailers - a real implementation challenge. member economic and security bloc - has emerged as a bloc to counter- merce where the IT platform operator goods or services are delivered digital sellers or service providers This is particularly so when con- balance NATO and is also one of the largest trans-regional international organ- owns the inventory of goods and services late from the stated delivery sched- - have to compulsorily display sumer courts carry a substantial isations. India and Pakistan became their permanent members in 2017. India being sold. The amendments seek to ule. A major concern has been details like the 'country of origin' of backlog of pending cases. has shown keen interest in deepening its security-related cooperation with cover even logistics companies involved in some big e-commerce platforms the goods, their policies on return, The rules donot differentiate the SCO and RATS, which specifically deals with issues relating to securi- storage, transport, and delivery of online giving preferential treatment to refund, exchange, warranty and between big entities like Amazon, sales. ‘Related parties’ are also sought to be some sellers (in which they have a guarantee, delivery and shipment, Flipkart, Snapdeal, BigBasket, ty and defence. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is an inter- regulated by the rules.These rules donot (The writer is former financial interest). It is alleged that detailed price break-up, and modes JioMart, etc., and smaller e-com governmental organisation founded in Shanghai. The Heads of State Council Special Secretary, apply to a natural person, like a farmer or Ministry of Commerce some big e-coms use their whole- of payment. companies. As with social media (HSC) is the supreme decision-making body in the SCO. It meets once a craftsman, selling online directly. and Industry, sale units to indirectly list products One of the objectives of the new regulations, it would be better if the year and adopts decisions and guidelines on allimportant matters of the organ- The e-commerce entities are liable to Government of India. on their websites through select sell- e-commerce rules is to create con- regulatory burden is also different ensure that advertisements of goods and The views expressed are ers, bypassing foreign investment sumer awareness to promote Indian for big and small e-coms, like, say, isation. Military exercises are also regularly conducted among members to personal.) promote cooperation and coordination against terrorism and other external services are consistent with their actual restrictions that prohibit direct products over imported ones. The based on transacted turnover. threats, and to maintain regional peace and stability. The SCO is the largest regional organisation in the world in terms of geographical coverage and pop- ulation, covering three-fifths of the Eurasian continent and nearly half of the POINTCOUNTERPOINT human population. There have been a number of SCO joint military exercis- es. The first of these was held in 2003, with the first phase taking place in PUNJAB GENERATES MORE ELECTRICITY THAN HIS PRESS MEET WAS A DRAMA TO FOOL PEOPLE. Kazakhstan and the second in China. Since then, China and Russia have IT NEEDS, EVEN THEN THE RATE IS SO HIGH. SOON AFTER WE ANNOUNCED 300 UNITS OF FREE teamed up for several large-scale war games under the auspices of the SCO. DELHI HAS CHEAPER ELECTRICITY. ELECTRICITY, HE RUSHED HERE FROM DELHI. (The writer is Retired Senior Professor, International Trade, Member, — AAP NATIONAL CONVENER — CONGRESS MINISTER Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) New Delhi. The views expressed are personal) ARVIND KEJRIWAL CHARANJIT SINGH CHANNI The Chinese Communist Party’s centenary What was the alternative to the Maoist disaster? A Nationalist victory in the civil war, presumably, and how would that have worked out? he Chinese Communist Then why is anybody cel- Russia too in the 1920s and China. By then China's East sive in the 1950s and ‘60s. A outcome economically, and Party is celebrating the ebrating the 100th anniversary ‘30s, so why didn’t it happen in Asian neighbours, Japan and non-Communist China would also lumbered it with a crude Tcentenary of its founda- of the foundation of the China in the 50s, 60s, and 70s? South Korea were just coming have been the same sort of ram- dictatorship. Will it remain tion this week (Thursday, 1 Chinese Communist Party Step forward to the 'Great to the end of their three-decade shackle dictatorship in that that way forever? July), and most people in (CCP)? Because it's the victors Helmsman’, Mao Zedong. spurts of 10 per cent-plus annu- era, but the Nationalists would The prevailing wisdom is China accept the origin myth who write the history, that's The trouble with Mao was al growth rates. China finally have started growing the that most people will put up that justifies its dictatorial rule. DYER why. that he really believed the embarked on the equivalent Chinese economy right away. with the dictatorship so long as China was a horrendously GWYNNE 1949, the year that Mao sacred books. Russian process only in the 1980s. We know that because it’s what the Party also delivers constant- impoverished and unequal Zedong entered Beijing, was Communists talked about China has now reached the they actually did do in Taiwan. ly rising prosperity - but China society in 1921, the official line the year of peak Communism. ‘New Soviet Man’ as a Platonic end of its own three decades of Over time the Taiwanese now has a pseudo-capitalist says, and owes its current pros- In Europe, it was all downhill ideal. Mao spent 25 years actu- high-speed growth, but because economy blossomed, the economy, including a welfare perity and freedom from for- for Communism after 1950, ally trying to turn the Old the three previous decades island's people became educat- state that provides even less eign rule to the Communist and the Soviet Union itself was available in both countries: Hundred Names into a were wasted it still has a GDP ed, and eventually, in the 1980s, support to the under-class than revolution of 1949. finally evaporated peacefully in a large peasant population ripe Chinese version of that imag- per capita of only a third or a the autocrats were peacefully the American one. The implication, never 1991. But in Asia it was differ- to be transformed cheaply into inary post-human species. quarter of that in Japan or replaced by democratically That makes the regime stated explicitly, is that without ent. an industrial working class. It was twenty-five years of South Korea - or Taiwan. elected governments. Why do very vulnerable if there is a bad the Communist revolution When the Communists It had nothing to do with political upheaval, bloodshed, What was the alternative to people find it hard to believe recession, which happens from China would still be poor and took power in China in 1949, Communism: the same growth famine and chaos: tens of mil- the Maoist disaster? A that the same thing would time to time in capitalist vulnerable to foreign med- they should at least have spurt happened in Britain in lions were killed needlessly, and Nationalist victory in the civil have happened in a Nationalist- economies. Moreover, under Xi dling. But Japan and Korea, enjoyed the same decades- 1850-1880, in the United States in the end, China was just as war, presumably, and how ruled China? Jinping, the Party is stuck with which share the same basic long burst of growth that the about two decades later, and in poor as ever. Mao died in 1976, would that have worked out? In fact, that hypothetical another president-for-life, (Gwynne Dyer's new book is East Asian culture, have per 'Growing Pains: The Future of Soviet Union experienced after Japan in 1950-1980. and it was 1980 before more The Kuomintang democratic China would now which tends to end badly every- capita incomes three or four Democracy (and Work)'. The the end of the Russian civil war Communism did not stop sensible colleagues gained firm (Nationalist) Party, which still bestride the world like a where. The CCP could rule for times higher than China's, and views expressed are personal) in 1920. The raw material for this great initial surge of indus- control of the CCP and began clung to power in Taiwan, was Colossus. The Communist rule another generation, or it could they are also democracies. that kind of explosive growth trialisation from happening in building a modern economy in deeply corrupt and very oppres- gave China the second-best be gone in less than a decade. VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | JULY 1, 2021 Money 08 FinMin: Reduced rate of GST increased Received 27,700 user complaints, removed over 59K pieces: Google compliance; 66 cr returns filed in 4 years PNS n NEW DELHI Google received over 27,700 PNS n NEW DELHI "The revenue neutral rate as complaints in April this year recommended by the RNR Fin Min, US from individual users in India With Goods and Services Tax Committee was 15.3 per cent. over alleged violation of local regime completing four years, Compared to this, the weight- laws or personal rights, which the Finance Ministry on ed GST rate at present, accord- Treasury Secy resulted in removal of 59,350 Wednesday said more than 66 ing to the RBI, is only 11.6 per pieces of content, the compa- crore GST returns have been cent". discuss global ny said in its maiden month- filed so far and lower tax rates GST has significantly eased ly transparency report. have helped increased compli- one of the most complex indi- minimum tax Google is among the first ance. rect tax systems and a compa- n WASHINGTON large digital platforms to A nationwide GST, which ny looking to do business in release its monthly compliance subsumed 17 local levies like every state had to make as Union Finance Minister report in compliance with the excise duty, service tax and many as 495 different submis- Nirmala Sitharaman and US IT rules that came into force VAT and 13 cesses, was rolled sions. Under GST, that number Treasury Secretary Janet L from May 26. PTI that the company has a The report said there will be out on July 1, 2017. has reduced to just 12, it said. Yellen spoke over phone on Under the new IT rules, long history of providing trans- a two-month lag for reporting In a series of tweets, the "GST has replaced the com- Tuesday and discussed global large digital platforms - with parency into the different types to allow sufficient time for data ministry said GST has simpli- in a year are GST exempt. A filed so far," the Ministry tweet- plex indirect tax structure with minimum tax. over 5 million users - will have of requests it receives from processing and validation. fied compliance for all taxpay- service provider having ed. a simple, transparent and tech- "Yellen discussed that the US to publish periodic compliance around the world, and how it "In future reports, data on ers and the GST Council also turnover up to Rs 50 lakh in a The multiple markets across nology-driven tax regime and and India have a shared inter- reports every month, mention- responds. removals as a result of auto- recommended several trade year can opt for composition India, with each state charging has thus integrated India into est in implementing a robust ing the details of complaints "All of these requests are mated detection, as well as data beneficial clarifications in light scheme for services and pay a different rate of tax, led to a single common market. global minimum tax,” said the received and action taken tracked and included in our relating to impersonation and of the COVID-19 pandemic. only 6 per cent tax. great inefficiencies and costs of “With the continuous sim- Department of Treasury. thereon. The report is to also existing Transparency Report graphic sexual content com- Under GST, businesses with "It is now widely acknowl- compliance. Under GST, com- plification of procedures and During the call, Yellen include the number of specif- since 2010. This is the first plaints received post May 25, an annual turnover of up to Rs edged that GST is both con- pliance has been improving rationalisation of rate struc- stressed on the importance of ic communication links or time we will publish a month- 2021, will be included. We are 40 lakh are exempt from the sumer and taxpayer-friendly. steadily, with around 1.3 crore tures so as to make GST com- partnership with India in the parts of information that the ly transparency report in committed to making tax. Additionally, those with a While high tax rates of the pre- taxpayers registered, the min- pliance easy for common man G20 and OECD to seize a once- intermediary has removed or accordance with (India's) new improvements in the upcom- turnover up to Rs 1.5 crore can GST era acted as a disincentive istry said. as well as the trade, we have in-a-generation opportunity to disabled access to in pur- IT Rules, and will continue to ing iterations of the report opt for the Composition to paying tax, the lower rates Tweeting with the hashtag been able to achieve econom- remake the international tax suance of any proactive mon- publish more details as we based on feedback from all Scheme and pay only 1 per cent under GST helped to increase '4yearsofGST', the ministry ic integration of the country system to help the global econ- itoring conducted by using refine our reporting processes stakeholders, including provid- tax. For services, businesses tax compliance. More than 66 said GST has reduced the rate with a humane touch," the omy thrive, the treasury said. automated tools. for India,” the spokesperson ing more granular data," the with turnover up to Rs 20 lakh crore GST returns have been at which people have to pay tax. ministry added. A Google spokesperson told said on Wednesday. report noted. Covid second wave derailed Sensex ends 67 pts lower amid profit-booking MONEY MATTERS hospitality industry recovery PNS n MUMBAI Strategy at Reliance Securities. PNS n NEW DELHI FY2024, it added. However, buying was visi- Suzlon Energy loss narrows The industry was impact- Equity benchmark Sensex ble in IT, metals and auto The second wave of the coro- ed in the first quarter of the surrendered early gains to end companies, while pharma to Rs 54 cr in March quarter navirus pandemic has derailed ongoing fiscal after two quar- 67 points lower on Wednesday broadly remained resilient. uzlon Energy's the recovery of the hospitali- ters of sequential recovery as investors booked profits at Further, RIL also aided market consolidated net loss ty industry, which is now witnessed in the third and higher levels amid a largely to arrest the fall. Snarrowed to Rs 54.25 expected to return to pre- fourth quarter of the previous negative trend in global mar- Notably, midcap and small- crore in the quarter ended Covid levels only in 2023-24, fiscal, it added. kets. cap stocks continued to outper- March 31, 2021 mainly on the according to ratings agency Commenting on the sce- After rallying nearly 400 form broader indices, he said, back of higher revenues. The ICRA. Since mid-April, the nario, ICRA Sector Head and points during the day, the 30- adding that volatility index consolidated net loss of the industry has been affected by Assistant Vice President share BSE index made a U- corrected marginally. company was at Rs 834.22 the pandemic-related lock- Vinutaa S said the intensity of turn to settle 66.95 points or Elsewhere in Asia, bourses crore in the quarter ended downs/restrictions on mobil- 'Covid 2.0' has been far steep- 0.13 per cent lower at in Hong Kong and Tokyo March 31, 2020, according to ity by various states and er than the first and it has put 52,482.71. Similarly, the broad- ended in the red, while a regulatory filing.Total income rose to Rs 1,141.15 crore in the increased wariness to travel a temporary brake on the er NSE Nifty slipped 26.95 Shanghai and Seoul closed quarter, from Rs 658.89 crore in the same period a year ago.For the due to fear of infection conta- industry's recovery path. points or 0.17 per cent to close with gains. financial year 2020-21, the company posted a consolidated net profit gion, ICRA said in statement. "We expect a significant at 15,721.50. Equities in Europe were of Rs 103.59 crore, whereas it had reported a consolidated net loss Consequently, recovery to scale back in FY2022 pan- PowerGrid was the top trading with losses in mid-ses- of Rs 2,691.84 crore in 2019-20. Total income during the fiscal rose pre-Covid levels has now been India RevPAR (Revenue per loser in the Sensex pack, shed- sion deals. to Rs 3,365.59 crore, from Rs 3,000.42 crore in 2019-20.""It was an pushed back by 6-8 months available room) estimates to Rs ding over 1 per cent, followed Reliance Industries, Nestle towards the final session as Meanwhile, international oil unprecedented and challenging year where economies around the from previous estimates. The 1,300-Rs 1,500, from an earli- by Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank, India and Martui were among continued profit-booking in benchmark Brent crude was world were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic... The sector was revenue recovery to pre-Covid er estimated RevPAR of about HDFC, NTPC, HUL and L&T. the gainers. "Domestic bench- financials dragged markets," trading 0.79 per cent higher at restricted to low volumes with installations of only 1.5GW which is levels is currently expected by Rs 2,500.” On the other hand, Infosys, mark indices gave up gains said Binod Modi, Head- USD 74.87 per barrel. lower by almost 30 per cent from last year which amounts to only 15 to 18 per cent capacity utilization in India," Tulsi Tanti said. Indian banks face systemic risk, Omaxe posts Q4 Tata bags order for 15 fuel profit at Rs 1 cr; cell buses from Indian Oil nd income falls 46% ata Motors on 2 wave to impair performance Wednesday said it has bagged an order for 15 PNS n NEW DELHI ing on the effectiveness of at Rs 192 crore T PNS n hydrogen-based fuel cell government measures to NEW DELHI buses from the Indian Oil S&P Global Ratings on address this problem. Corporation Limited (IOCL). Wednesday said Indian banks "A COVID resurgence Realty firm Omaxe has The auto major noted that face a systemic risk as the sec- involving new and potentially reported a consolidated net IOCL had invited bids for ond COVID wave will impair aggressive variants, and a vac- profit of Rs 1.11 crore for the supply of the hydrogen- the performance of financial cine rollout that undershoots quarter ended March on Axis Bank sees growth based proton exchange institutions in the April- our current expectations, lower income amid the membrane (PEM) fuel cell buses in December 2020. All 15 buses September period. remain the key downside risks. COVID-19 pandemic. will be delivered within 144 weeks from the date of signing of the Stating that economic "Limited vaccine supplies The Delhi-based firm had in online shopping fest memorandum of understanding (MOU), it added. In addition to recovery remains highly vul- COVID second wave. Lenders and people's reluctance to take posted a net loss of Rs supplying the buses, the auto maker would also collaborate PNS n nerable to setbacks due to struggled with a high level of doses have held back the coun- 126.26 crore in the year-ago MUMBAI across the economy, with withIOCL's Research and Development Centre to undertake projects COVID, particularly if fresh weak loans well before the pan- try's inoculation programme. period. many analysts saying that pri- and collectively study further the potential of fuel cell technology for outbreaks trigger new lock- demic struck and clearly, con- Fully vaccinating roughly 70 Total income fell to Rs Even as policy makers grapple vate consumption has fallen in commercial vehicles, Tata Motors said in a statement. This will be downs, S&P said the banking ditions have deteriorated, S&P per cent of the country will 191.87 crore in the fourth with ways to revive demand in such a way that even staples done by jointly testing, maintaining and operating these buses for sector's weak loans will likely said in a statement. likely take at least until the first quarter of last fiscal year the pandemic-hit economy, have been hit. Even as the public transport in real-world conditions in Delhi-NCR. The buses remain elevated at 11-12 per The government has half of 2022. This leaves the from Rs 355.38 crore in the an online sale fest launched by lockdown measures get eased, will be refuelled by hydrogen, generated and dispensed by IOCL. cent of gross loans in the next announced support for the economic recovery highly vul- corresponding period of the Axis Bank offering 15 per they say demand will take time 12 to 18 months. microfinance and tourism sec- nerable to COVID setbacks, previous year, according to a cent discounts is witnessing a to revive as income generation "The second wave has front- tors that should help struggling particularly if fresh outbreaks regulatory filing. 10-times surge in daily vol- needs to come back first. ended weakness in asset qual- borrowers. This support comes trigger new lockdowns," S&P For the full 2020-21 finan- umes, a senior official has said. Usually, a lot of the e-com- ity," said S&P Global Ratings on top of the recently extend- noted. cial year, Omaxe has clocked The bank is giving its debit merce sales activity happens RBI ban on new credit cards Credit Analyst Deepali Seth ed loan guarantees to Small The US-based rating agency a net loss of Rs 233.93 crore and credit card holders a flat around festive season towards Chhabria. "Financial institu- and Mid-size Enterprises said the Indian economy has as against a net loss of Rs 15 per cent cashback on part- the end of the year, and there sale hit mkt share: HDFC Bank tions face a strained first half (SMEs). been in recovery mode since 97.33 crore in the previous ner e-commerce portals like are reports saying the e-com- he RBI's ban on selling new amid weak collections and S&P said it expects the sec- June, following a sharp con- year. Total income, too, Flipkart and Amazon as part merce players are expecting a credit cards has impacted poor disbursements." ond wave to impair the perfor- traction in the economic activ- declined to Rs 514.59 crore of the ten-day 'Grab Deals Fest' subdued activity this year. Tmarket share on an Indian banks face systemic mance of Indian financial insti- ity in April and May after in the last fiscal from Rs which is on till July 4. Shetty said the bank is wit- incremental basis, HDFC Bank risk as the country sorts tutions in the first half of fis- localised lockdowns across 1,155.63 crore in the 2019-20 “We are witnessing a 10x nessing a surge in ordering said on Wednesday, promising to through the aftermath of the cal year 2022, with much rest- much of the country. fiscal. jump in overall spends by from urban areas where e- get back to the market "with a gross merchandise value commerce ordering is active, bang" once the "temporal" (GMV) if I were to compare it but stressed that the ordering embargo is lifted and recoup the with daily average in the is across income segments. losses. The bank's head of consumer finance, digital banking and Bengal raises Gold drops Rs 264 on muted global trends month prior to launch and The products ordered can information technology, Parag Rao, said that it has used the last six almost similar increase in the largely be called as discre- months to "introspect, re-engineer and innovate" about the cards Rs 10,500 cr in PNS n NEW DELHI In the previous trade, the "Gold prices extended number of customers who are tionary items, Shetty said, business, where it has 15.5 million customers.The bank has lost its yellow metal had closed at Rs decline falling to two month availing the offer,” its president hinting that the bank's expe- market share by a couple of percentage points because of the ban, Gold in the national capital on 46,047 per 10 gram. low on Wednesday. Gold and head of digital business rience cannot be exactly com- but the actions taken internally have ensured that it continues to Q1 ’22 via state Wednesday dipped Rs 264 to Silver also went lower by prices witnessed selling on and transformation, Sameer pared with the macro picture hold on to market share by spends, he said. In December, the RBI Rs 45,783 per 10 gram in line Rs 60 to Rs 67,472 per kilo- dollar rally," according to Shetty, told PTI. because of a slew of factors like acted against repeated technological outages at HDFC Bank over loan auctions with drop-in global precious gram from Rs 67,532 per HDFC Securities, Senior It can be noted that the sec- a small set of people in the two years by slapping unprecedented penalties, which included a PNS n KOLKATA metal prices, according to kilogram in the previous Analyst (Commodities), ond wave of the COVID-19 economy it serves and their ban on any new credit card issuance and also prohibition on HDFC Securities. trade. Tapan Patel. pandemic has hit demand background. launching new digital initiatives. The West Bengal govern- ment raised Rs 10,500 crore in the first quarter of the cur- rentfinancial year through Lupin gets USFDA nod for auctions of state securities India ranks among top 10 in Cybersecurity Index and statedevelopment loans, PNS n NEW DELHI ranked third in the index. Through in-depth consulta- HIV drug under PEPFAR as per official data. India has also secured the tions with a group of experts, rug maker Lupin on The state government India has made it to the top 10 fourth position in the Asia the questions were then Wednesday said it has raised Rs 10,000 crore in the in Global Cybersecurity Index Pacific region, underlining its weighted and assessed, to arrive Dreceived approval from same period last year. (GCI) 2020 by ITU, moving up commitment to cybersecurity. at the overall scores. the US health regulator to The amount raised in the 37 places to rank as the tenth GCI assessment is done on The GCI results for India market HIV treatment current quarter through the best country in the world on the basis of performance on show substantial overall medication in the American auction conducted by the key cybersafety parameters. five parameters of cybersecu- improvement and strengthen- market. The Mumbai-based Reserve Bank of India was The affirmation by the UN rity including legal measures, ing under all parameters of the company has received tentative below theestimate of Rs body of India's efforts on technical measures, organisa- cybersecurity domain. India nod from the US Food and 14,000 crore provided by the cybersecurity, comes just ahead tional measures, capacity devel- scored a total of 97.5 points Drug Administration (USFDA) under the US President's Emergency state government. "On of the sixth anniversary of opment, and cooperation. The from a possible maximum of Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for its new drug application (NDA) Tuesday, the West Bengal gov- Digital India on July 1. India is performance is then aggregat- 100 points, to make it to the for Dolutegravir, Lamivudine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate ernment raised Rs2,500 crore emerging as a global IT super- ed into an overall score. tenth position worldwide in the (TLD) tablets (50 mg/300 mg/300 mg), along with antiretroviral through the RBI auction win- power, asserting its digital sov- For each of the five aspects, GCI 2020. fixed dose combination (FDC), Lupin said in a statement. The dow at a coupon rate of6.79 ereignty with firm measures to all the countries' performance India has worked relentless- product would be manufactured at the company's Nagpur-based per cent," a CARE Ratings safeguard data privacy and world in the Global (ITU) on June 29, 2021. and commitment were assessed ly on all the five pillars over the facility, it added. TLD tablets are recommended by the World Health analyst said. Meanwhile, 20 online rights of citizens. Cybersecurity Index (GCI) The US topped the chart, through a question-based last few years, resulting in sig- Organisation (WHO), the US Agency for International Development states and a Union Territory As per the ranking, India has 2020 launched by the followed by the UK and Saudi online survey, which further nificant improvement in its (USAID), and PEPFAR as a preferred first-line treatment regimen for raised a total of Rs 1,44,550 moved up by 37 places to rank International Arabia tied on the second allowed for the collection of the ranking in Global Cyber the treatment of HIV in adults and pediatric patients weighing at crore in Q1 FY22. as the tenth best country in the Telecommunication Union position, while Estonia was supporting evidence. Security Index. least 35 kg. 9

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He is in ill health, his personal handle dure was performed. been represented in a farcical way Directed by Anu Menon and MAAYA Season 1 and 2 in commercial cinema. With time, Nupur Asthana, this Amazon content creators have now learnt Prime original is an ode to friend- Produced by Vikram Bhatt, the and deep loss — to lose a life to give same-sex stories main- ship and sisterhood, and also series talked about lesbian rela- companion is devastating and all stream importance. highlights a fairytale romance tionships. It’s the story of two girls Mandira Bedi's our prayers with you and the The audience is curious to between two women, Umang Ruhi (Leena Jumani) and Simmi family.” know about the lives of the Trans Directed by Nupur Asthana, Singh (Bani J) and the Bollywood (Priyal Gor) with contrasting “Deeply saddened to hear of community. Hence, we will get to ALTBalaji’s original is set in a fic- superstar Samara Kapoor (Lisa attributes. @rajkaushal1 passing away. 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ndia is renowned Statistics suggest for its diversity as it is home to not Five offbeat that doctors die, only a mix of cul- i tures and cuisine, on an average, 10 but also varied years younger landscapes. While the coun- destinations try houses a plethora of well- known tourist attractions, it than their also has a myriad of such counterparts! It lesser-known jewels that to visit in India make even the most intrepid traveller swoon in awe struck is all the more delight. With travel restrictions important for us easing and Covid cases con- sistently dropping across the to not just go to country, domestic travel is booming. In fact, visiting them for our smaller, unknown destina- tions, far from the city, away issues, but also from the crowds and stress helps to satiate your travel pay heed to, and appetite. Avoid the crowd with empathise with EaseMyTrip.com shares list of India’s most enchanting them. Doctors and lesser-known destina- talk to tions: RACHEL Jawai, Rajasthan A hidden gem in India for tranquillity seekers is Jawai, DAMMALA named after the river with mesmerising views. The expe- about how things rience offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity to engage with DOCTORS DESERVE nature and wildlife. The granite landscape and highlands that surround Jawai are a sight to behold. As leopards have not been dwell wild and free, Jawai symbolises human-nature coexistence. The leopard safari is one of its kind in this easy for them, wildlife haven, the city is home to wild animals, including and how we can nilgai, bears, wolves, hyenas, and chinkaras. In addition, OUR SHOULDERS Jawai is a well-known winter haven for migrating birds. make it a lot less (MPTPediatrics, IAP) our bodies the best they themselves need to maintain Apollo shares, “We’re defi- need to be able to function a culture of wellness, look stressful for nitely not okay. It’s super optimally, sleeping ade- after their physical health Ziro Valley, draining to work the whole quately — this is the most and relationships.” She adds Arunachal Pradesh them. day worrying about our important factor that can that employers should show While rolling over patients, about taking back help your body to rejuve- compassion and empathy. Scotland’s lush green eing a doctor is the virus home, and once nate. Talking to family, They must pay attention to pastures may appear to not easy, especial- home, you’ve to respond to friends, or colleagues about the doctors’ needs, reduce be a distant travel goal ly amid the pan- the tons of messages and your work or experiences is workload, cut documenta- on your bucket list, you demic. They deal calls to clear queries about very important. Journaling tion burdens, provide more can get all of this in b with illness, are the virus and then at the end or writing down your resources and staff, and pro- India for half the price responsible for of the day, you get to see thoughts is also very helpful: vide safety: Protect them and twice the joy. With the life of people, have long news where doctors are being out in from patient and relatives’ abundant reserves of duty hours and lack basic being trashed by covidiots. attacks, etc. untapped natural beauty, needs, and sometimes, a All this makes us re-think But at the end of the day, Ziro is a modest pic- below-the-average pay our profession sometimes. love and empathy do go a turesque town, nestled makes it a very difficult pro- What nobody sees is the long way, shares Dr Shefali: away in the enchanting fession which impacts not amount of fear, anxiety, and “What personally helps me mountain-scape of only their physical but men- anger that we cover up with Dr Shefali Eguri to cope with the mental Arunachal Pradesh. In tal health too. Covid has a smile on our faces. We try need specialised inter- pressure is random texts addition to its unrivalled increased this many folds to suppress our frustrations, ventions to promote from my friends and family scenery and wildlife Morachi Chincholi, Maharashtra due to reasons known to all if any, and carry on because their mental wellbeing asking if I’m doing good, or splendour, the tranquil of us. “The fear of the infec- if we try to talk about it, we and institutional sup- even tiny compliments like town is known for its Located 50 km away from Pune, this quaint village is tion, watching helplessly as get to listen to one classy port for seeking out “you’re doing an amazing distinctive Apatani tribe. the unofficial peacock sanctuary of Maharashtra. As the patients die without their line – ‘you’re a doctor, you counselling or treatment. job” lift my spirit instantly Verdant greenery and name suggests, Morachi Chincholi is a village of loved ones near them, work- signed up for this. It’s com- The fear of infecting and push me to fight the sit- breathtaking paddy tamarind trees and dancing peacocks. Legend has it ing long hours with the PPE mon, be strong and get over their own families has been uation.” fields, a fascinating tribal that the tamarind trees were planted during the Peshwa kits — for the common man it all!’” very stressful for the docs. Despite various personal culture unlike any other, dynasty, which attracted peacocks to the village. A visit wearing a mask is suffocat- Ensuring the safety and In addition, seeing their col- nature and professional challenges, and a pleasant weather to this picturesque village will provide travellers a ing — imagine working with protection of healthcare pro- leagues succumb to the maybe for a walk or playing doctors continue to serve all year round makes it a unique Maharashtrian village life experience as the vil- seriously ill patients wearing fessionals should be an inte- scourge is absolutely devas- with your pet is an excellent patients with unflinching must-visit travel destina- lagers here offer visitors a bullock cart ride to the farm so many layers and not gral aspect of public health tating! Add to that the fear way to de-stress. The single courage, helping the world tion. Since the past few and help them get a practical experience of irrigation being able to take it out for measures aimed at address- of violence from the most important thing to do to heal faster. Health profes- years, there has been a and farming life. One can also enjoy a simple meal of the 8-10 hours, not eat, or ing the outbreak. They are patients’ relatives. So how is to be mindful — to have sionals are just as human growth in airline routes organic vegetables against the backdrop of lustrous relieve yourself or offer the constantly under anxiety, does one deal with all this present moment awareness and are themselves vulnera- to the region resulting in ruby-green farms and dancing peacocks, which is a per- warmth of compassion to pressure, and high stress lev- and stay mentally and physi- in all that you do — if you ble to infection and mental swifter travelling fect escape into tranquillity. the sick and dying, that’s els and forced to make diffi- cally fit? “The first and fore- are committed to your work health problems. However, options. sad,” shares Dr Veena cult decisions like choosing most thing is to be aware and see that as an opportu- with determination and Aggarwal, Gynaecologist, patients for a ventilator or that we are stressed, anxious, nity to serve humanity, your courage, they are gearing up Consultant Women’s Health, hospital bed access, etc. All or depressed. The next step stress will be less. And final- to fight the upcoming third Medtalks.in, MD IJCP this can leave a lasting psy- is to find ways to minimise ly, if none of these work wave of Covid. This Group, and Trustee, KK’d chological impact on them the factors that make the sit- please do seek the help of a National Doctor’s Day, it’s Heart Care Foundation of including post-traumatic uation worse — making sure psychiatrist without any hes- time we, as a community, India. stress. Lack of a medical we have our meals as much itation,” shares Dr Veena. come forward to first, realise About the worsening framework to deal with in time as we can, eating Dr Reshma Hingorani, and then, address issues per- hardships amid the pandem- mental health for healthcare healthy and wholesome, try- Psychiatrist, Consultant, taining to healthcare profes- ic, Dr. Shefali Eguri, Senior professionals is leading to ing to keep the working Women’s Holistic Wellness, sionals and make their job Physiotherapist major burnout issues. They hours limited so as to give seconds Dr Veena: “Doctors of caring for us, easier.

eople who have for each of the above con- the ability and cepts. They were told not skill to ‘bullshit’ to bother about whether their way they were actually true, but Varkala, Kerala Chaukori, Uttrakakhand p through a con- to just be creative and con- Varkala, located in the southern versation may vincing while making up part of Kerala, is known for its calm With majestic Himalayan peaks actually be more intelli- their explanations. Then, ambience and vibrant, serene and verdant woods surrounding it, gent, according to new another sample group of beaches. The red sandstone cliffs Chaukori is a lesser-known hamlet research. In a study pub- participants, termed as and lush greenery around is a sight with jaw-dropping splendour. It is one lished in the scientific “bullshit raters”, was asked to behold. The coastal area is home of India’s finest and most distinctive journal Evolutionary to rate how accurate or sat- to a black sand beach which is a hill stations, with breath-taking views Psychology, researchers isfying these answers hidden gem within the area. It is of Nanda Devi, the Panchachuli found that people who are seemed using a five-point also a hub for the adventure enthu- peaks, and Nanda Kot. It is noted for better at making up expla- scale. This scale ranged siasts as it is known for its water its numerous Hindu temples, pic- nations for various con- from “not at all accurate” sports and adventure activities such turesque scenery, and tranquil ambi- cepts tend to be more to “very accurate” to judge as paragliding, rafting and parasail- ence, and should be in the travel intelligent than those who accuracy, and “not at all ing. The destination is home to sev- wishlist for a peaceful getaway. struggle to come up with satisfactory” to “very satis- eral fisheries, freshwater springs, In Chaukori, one may engage in bullshit. Could this finally factory” to determine how hills and forts. Apart from holding leisurely walks and high-intensity explain why that classmate well the explanations were the charms of a quiet beach, the treks, both of which provide a mag- who BS-ed their way framed. The bullshit raters coastal area is also home to pilgrim- nificent perspective of the landscape. through an exam often were also asked to deter- age sites such as the 2000-year-old Right from the scenic hill stations scored higher than those mine the intelligence of the Janardhana Swamy Temple and the to gorgeous beaches to peaceful get- who actually studied? participants in the former Sivagiri Mutt, which can be spiritu- aways among nature and culture, Maybe, but the study also group. ally rewarding as you travel to there is an interesting melange of concluded that skilled bull- Researchers found that explore the unexplored. landscapes across the country which shitters were not necessari- most participants who are perfect alternatives for curious ly frequent bullshitters. were able to generate satis- travellers looking for something dif- Researchers used 1,017 fying or seemingly accurate ferent from the hustle and bustle of participants in two studies definitions of fake concepts big, crowded cities. that examined correlations also scored higher on a While travel slowly resumes in the between cognitive ability, vocabulary test. Most of country, it is important to ensure that the willingness to BS, and them also also aced safety remains paramount. the ability to do it well. Are you good abstract reasoning and The participants were non-verbal fluid intelli- shown ten concepts and gence tests, which mea- asked to use a five-point sured their ability to rating scale ranging from analyse and solve prob- “never heard of it” to lems. “We find that those “know it well, understand more skilled in producing the concept” to rate their at ‘bullshitting’? satisfying and seemingly knowledge of the concepts. accurate bullshit score Six of these concepts, such Scaling, Declarative shit was then measured to bullshit, a group of 534 higher on measures of cog- as Sexual Selection Theory Fraction, Genetic based on those who of these participants were nitive ability and are per- and General Relativity, Autonomy, and Neural claimed to have knowledge asked to produce the most ceived by others as more were real, while four con- Acceptance – were made of these made-up concepts. convincing and satisfying intelligent,” the study con- cepts – Subjunctive up. The willingness to bull- To determine the ability explanation that they could cluded. 11

VIJAYAWADA | THURSDAY | JULY 1, 2021 Kohli retains fourth spot UKRAINE PTI n DUBAI ew Zealand captain Kane NWilliamson has reclaimed the num- SCORES LATE ber one position in the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen after leading his side to the World Test Championship IN EXTRA TIME title in Southampton last week. The 30-year-old’s AP n GLASGOW knocks of 49 and 52 not out in the low-scoring kraine had reached the final against India helped round of 16 at the him move above the 900-point mark UEuropean Championship and he now enjoys a 10-point lead over with two losses and the worst Steve Smith (891 rating points). record of the advancing teams. India skipper Virat Kohli remains in And now the quarterfinals, fourth position while Rohit Sharma has too. moved up to the sixth spot. India wick- Ukraine eliminated previous- etkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant is sev- ly unbeaten Sweden 2-1 on enth. Tuesday with a goal in stoppage Williamson, who conceded the top position after a week at the top of the time at the end of extra time from spot to Smith two weeks ago, is back in rankings for all-rounders. a player who was left on the bench the position he had first grabbed in In the T20 Rankings, West Indies' for the entire group stage. November 2015 during a series against left-handed opener Evin Lewis has Substitute Artem Dovbyk stooped Australia. moved from 13th to 10th position after low to guide a header from Ross Taylor, who scored an unbeat- a player of the match effort of 71 off 35 Oleksandr Zinchenko’s cross past en 47 and partnered in an unbroken 96- balls in the first of the two matches of goalkeeper Robin Olsen. run stand with Williamson, has their ongoing five-match series that It was the 24-year-old for- advanced three places to 14th position counted for this week's rankings. ward’s first goal for the national while left-hander Devon Conway has Left-arm spinner Fabian Allen has team. gained 18 slots to reach 42nd place after progressed 23 places to 20th position. Ukraine’s greatest ever for- top-scoring with 52 in the first innings. South Africa’s Quinton de Kock (up ward, current coach Andriy New Zealand’s fast bowlers too one place to 22nd), Reeza Hendricks (up Shevchenko, ran down the side- Ukraine players celebrate after scoring their second goal against Sweden @EURO2020/Twitter have gained after thriving in the seam- three places to 24th) and Temba Bavuma line to celebrate his players, who ing conditions with player of the match (up 24 places to 64th) are among the oth- will now head to Rome to face eluded him in the second half The Ukrainians had needed minutes, trying to seize a chance After scoring with a first- Kyle Jamieson continuing the stupen- ers to move up. England on Saturday. despite curling shots off the post a favor from Sweden just to for a deep run in the arguably time shot, Zinchenko ran away dous start to his Test career. England’s 3-0 series win over Sri Zinchenko also scored a goal and the crossbar. advance after losing two group weaker half of the draw. with a finger to his lips in a ges- His figures of five for 31 and two for Lanka, which should come as a morale on a day when Manchester City “It’s a very bitter defeat,” games and having a negative goal The winner between Ukraine ture he said was telling critics to 30 have pushed him up to a career-best booster for the 50-over World champi- teammate Raheem Sterling got Sweden coach Janne Andersson difference. After losing to Austria and England will play Denmark be quiet. 13th position, not surprising since no ons ahead of this year’s ICC Men's T20 one in England's 2-0 win over said. “In the second half we had last week, Ukraine would have or Czech Republic in the semi- “In the first three games we bowler has taken more Test wickets at World Cup, sees several of their players Germany. Zinchenko gave four really great chances. It felt been out if Poland had beaten finals. received a lot of criticism, which a better average than him since 1900. move up too. Ukraine the lead in the 27th like we would score eventually.” Sweden two days later. Sweden Ukraine’s key creator had I think we deserved,” he said Left-armer Trent Boult’s figures of Chris Jordan (up five places to minute when he rifled in a low Andersson cited the momen- won that game 3-2 with Forsberg been Yarmolenko, who plays in through a translator. two for 48 and three for 39 have lifted 11th), Mark Wood (up 11 places to shot set up by a crafty pass from tum shift in extra time when scoring twice. England for West Ham. To set up “I showed that they need to him two places to 11th position while for 14th), Sam Curran (up 62 places to 39th) captain Andriy Yarmolenko. Sweden defender Marcus Neither team had ever won a Zinchenko’s goal, Yarmolenko support us.” India, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane's and David Willey (up 23 places to 51st) Emil Forsberg's deflected shot Danielson was sent off in the knockout game at a European used the outside of his favored Yarmolenko looked exhaust- progress of three places to 13th position have progressed in the bowlers’ list while from outside the area in the 43rd 98th minute for following Championship in a combined left foot to drift a curling pass ed long before he was taken off after scores of 49 and 15, was the only for Sri Lanka, Wanindu Hasaranga has minute equalized for Sweden. It through on a challenge with a eight previous tournaments. across seven defenders toward for the final period of extra time notable gain. moved up five places to fifth and was his fourth goal at Euro 2020, raised boot on substitute Artem Both often-cautious teams played their blind side in the penalty — making way for Dovbyk to Ravindra Jadeja has slipped behind Dushmantha Chameera 41 places to but a tournament lead-tying fifth Besedin. more freely in a wide-open 90 area. come on. West Indian Jason Holder to second 43rd. BCCI to recommend Mithali, South Africa lead series 2-1 ICC set to award same points for Ashwin for Khel Ratna AP n ST. GEORGES from nine balls, as the West Indies finished agonizingly short on 166- each match won during WTC 2 PTI n NEW DELHI outh Africa’s bowlers held their 7. Tuesday's match closely fol- Snerve during a thrilling run lowed the pattern of the first two, PTI n NEW DELHI points - a maximum of 12 per next year is the only four-Test he BCCI has decided to recommend women's chase to clinch a win over the West the West Indies winning the toss match," an ICC board member series in the upcoming cycle. Tcricket great Mithali Raj and premier spinner R Indies by one run in the third and asking South Africa to bat. he International Cricket told PTI. The nine Test teams will Ashwin for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, country’s high- Twenty20 international, giving the On Tuesday, South Africa was TCouncil (ICC) will award “Teams will be ranked on play a total of six series: three est sporting honour. Proteas a 2-1 lead in the five-match 147-3 but faltered again, losing five standardised 12 points for every the percentage of available points home and three away just like For Arjuna Award, the Board will send the names series. wickets for 17 runs. match won during the second they won from the matches the previous edition. of senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who was Quinton de Kock scored 72 Apart from de Kock, Rassie van World Test Championships cycle they have played." In the inaugural edition, ignored last year, K L Rahul and pacer Jasprit from 51 balls as South Africa made der Dussen (32), Aiden Markram which kicks off with the five- The changes in the points which New Zealand won after Bumrah. 167-8 batting first and Tabraiz (23) and Reeze Hendricks (17) were match series between India and system will have to be ratified by defeating India in the final ear- “No women cricketer has been nominated for Shamsi's 2-13 from four overs the only batters to reach double fig- England in August. the ICC chief executives com- lier this month, the ICC had Arjuna. Mithali's name has been recommended for helped the Proteas defend a total ures. Teams will get six points in mittee in the coming weeks. changed the qualification crite- Khel Ratna,” a BCCI official told PTI on Wednesday. that proved only just adequate. The West Indies made a cau- case of a tie and four points if the “The aim was to try and ria for the World Test It remains to be seen if Mithali is chosen by the The West Indies came to the tious start, reaching 48-0 after the match ends in a draw. simplify the points system and Championship from maximum Sports Ministry-appointed panel in last over, bowled by Kagiso Rabada, But two of his next three deliver- powerplay. But they needed at That there would be to allow teams to be meaning- points earned to percentage an Olympic year. needing 15 runs to win with three ies passed between the batsman's least one batsman to play the changes to the points system was fully compared on the table at points earned from the match- She completed 22 years in wickets in hand. Rabada bowled legs; the other went for four. anchor role and pace the innings. first declared by ICC interim any point, though they may have es contested after many sched- international cricket last week. The full, angling into the batter and leg West Indies took two from the Instead, several made starts but CEO Geoff Allardice during a played differing numbers of uled series were cancelled due to 38 year-old is also the leading run stump, supported by a stacked leg- fourth ball, leaving the hosts need- couldn't capitalize. media interaction earlier this matches and series,” the Board COVID-19. getter in ODIs with more than 7000 side field, and Fabian Allen and ing eight runs from the last two At the top of the order, Evin month. "Instead of each series member added. During the last cycle, the runs. Ashwin, who is already an Dwayne Bravo were unable to deliveries. Rabada tipped the match Lewis made 27, Lendl Simmons 22, being worth the same number of Apart from the India- value for each series was 120 Arjuna awardee like Mithali, has also swing freely. South Africa's way with a yorker Jason Holder 16, Shimron points, 120, irrespective of England series, the Ashes later points where a two-match India- been a consistent performer for The over didn't start which denied the West Indies a run Hetmeyer 17 and Nicholas Pooran whether the series is played this year will be the only other Bangladesh series had 60 points India in Test cricket. He has well for Rabada who from the penultimate ball. 26. Andre Russell later kept the over two Tests or five Tests, the five-match affair in the second for a win while a four-match taken 413 wickets in 79 just missed his line first Allen struck the last ball of the West Indies’ hopes alive with 25 next cycle will see each match cycle which will end in June India-Australia Test series had Tests besides 150 and 42 ball and conceded a wide. match for six, finishing 14 not out from 16 balls, including three sixes. being worth the same number of 2023. Australia’s tour of India 30 points in store per victory. scalps in ODIs and T20s though he does- n’t play for India in the shorter formats. Dhawan, who Srihari Nataraj qualifies for Olympics will be captaining India in the upcom- PTI n NEW DELHI fication time of 53.77 (seconds) swam Tokyo Games set at 53.85 seconds. will take part in the Summer Games ing limited overs in the time trial at the Sette Colli In time trials, swimmers do not after achieving a direct qualification. series in Sri Lanka, ndian swimmer Srihari Nataraj offi- Trophy is affirmed by FINA. SFI had compete against other rivals but they Sajan Prakash had scripted histo- is a frontrunner for Icially booked himself a Tokyo put forward its representation to get a chance to better their timing. ry by becoming the first-ever Indian Arjuna. Olympics berth on Wednesday after FINA for this. Srihari joins Sajan The Bengaluru swimmer was swimmer to breach the Olympic A The 35-year-old the sport's world governing body Prakash as India's A qualification allowed a time trial by the organisers standard in the men's 200m butterfly southpaw has scored FINA approved his 'A' standard qual- entry to Tokyo," the Swimming on the last day for Olympic qualifica- in the same event. 5977 runs in 142 ODIs ification time in the men's 100m Federation of India tweeted. Nataraj's tion. The time needed to be officially The 27-year-old bettered 2010 besides 2315 and 1673 backstroke time trial at the Sette Colli feat came on Sunday and was also a approved by FINA. Asian Games bronze medallist Test and T20 runs Trophy in Rome. new national record besides being The Tokyo Olympics will mark the Virdhawal Khade's previous mark of respectively. "...Srihari Nataraj Olympic quali- enough to achieve the 'A' mark for the first time when two Indian swimmers 1:49.86 seconds. India Olympic prepration on track More slipping and sliding at Wimbledon as Djokovic wins ADILLESUMARIWALLA n NEW DELHI support beyond what is secured Federations, is the speed at which AP n WIMBLEDON Federer’s opponent, Adrian Open to sweep all four Grand through the Annual Calendar of things have been approved. As Mannarino, had to call it quits after Slams in 2021. here is great joy in winning an Competition and Training. someone who has represented ovak Djokovic slid, slipped, he fell and twisted his knee. Andreescu made another early Tindividual race and there is As a part of the Mission India at the highest level, I can tell Nskidded and stumbled into the Persistent rain the first two days Grand Slam exit when she lost to greater joy in a collective effort Olympic Cell which oversees the you that such short turnaround third round on Wimbledon's slick of play created slick conditions. The Alice Cornet 6-2, 6-1. The bearing fruit. I can say without fear Target Olympic Podium Scheme times were unheard of until now. grass Wednesday by beating Kevin weather also caused a scheduling Canadian won the 2019 Open but of contradiction that this has of the Ministry of Youth Affairs Of course, the uncertainty Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. backlog, with 27 first-round match- is 2-5 in majors since, including been true, through the present and Sports, I have seen how well imposed on everyone by the pan- Djokovic didn't face a break es pushed into Wednesday. three opening-round defeats. Olympic cycle, in offering India’s prepared the TOPS researchers are demic weighed in heavily at the point and committed just six The retractable roof was open Andreescu, who has battled best athletes the opportunity to when it comes to performance. Mission Olympic Cell clearing unforced errors, including one with when the top-ranked Djokovic was injuries but was seeded fifth, com- prepare themselves for Tokyo2020. The diligence with which data is most proposals without batting an his forehand. first on Centre Court for his rematch mitted 34 unforced errors to seven One of the most important collated and analysed is a fair indi- eyelid. In more normal times, we But footing continued to be an against Anderson, who also lost for Cornet. “I tried to stay positive facets of this Olympic campaign, cation of the professional approach would spend a bit more time scru- issue on the third day of the tourna- when they played in the 2018 final. the whole match,” Andreescu said. extended by a year because of the India has adopted. From helping tinising each proposal. ment, and Djokovic went sprawling While Djokovic endured “I tried to figure it out, Pandemic, is the remarkably high- secure ideal training locations to The thought is to not add the several times, as did an up-and-down perfor- how I can play her better. level of co-ordination among the clearing sparring partners, from stresse to an athlete with any delays players in other match- Wimbledon (Day 4) mance on the slippery But honestly, she played many parts of the Indian sports securing the services of the best in the run up to the Olympics. es and at least one ball Live from 3:30pm IST surface and rose from really well.” ecosystem. It has allowed a vast possible coaches to paying for there are lessons for everyone and kid. “I didn’t slip just STAR SPORTS SELECT 1 & 2 one spill muttering in Yoshihito Nishioka majority of our Olympic hopefuls experienced and efficient sup- the coming Olympics will only see once; I slipped like six frustration, he had little overcame a 15-inch height the opportunity to prepare with- port staff, from making arrange- things get better when all National times,” Bianca Andreescu said after trouble with Anderson. disparity to beat 6-foot-10 out interruption and worry. ments for travel and stay to ensur- Sports Federations and athletes losing her first-round match. The preternaturally limber John Isner 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 6- The coming together of key ing that their training and compe- become aware of and comply “The courts are super slippery. Djokovic extended one rally by 7 (7), 6-4. The match took place stakeholders, National Sports tition plan was not impacted with the basic diligence that is I have only played here once before, hitting a forehand while down on his on Court 18, where Isner won a Federations, the Indian Olympic much by the pandemic, the Indian needed in Government matters. but they weren’t like this at all. I spoke knee — and won the point. record fifth set 70-68 in 2010. Association and the Sports ecosystem has stood as one. The team spirit and the manner in to a couple other players, and they Djokovic seeks his sixth Also advancing was Queen's Authority of India, on one plat- A salient feature of the way which Indian sport is now draw- said it's not that normal. But this is Wimbledon title and third in a row. Club tournament champion Matteo form has helped the campaign stay Mission Olympic Cell deals with ing professional management will something we can’t really control.” By winning the championship, he Berrettini, who hit 20 aces and on track. It brings in an unprece- proposals from athletes, more be of huge help in the long run. Seven-time champion Serena would also match the record total pulled away from Guido Pella 6-4, 3- dented level of transparency in often than not backed by the The writer is an Olympian and President Williams retired from her first- of 20 majors shared by Roger 6, 6-4, 6-0. American Sam Querrey clearing requests from athletes for respective National Sports of the Athletics Federation of India round match Tuesday with a leg Federer and Rafael Nadal, and upset No. 11 Pablo Carreño Busta 7- injury after she slipped. Roger would need only a title at the U.S. 6 (6), 6-4, 7-5. 12

Vijayawada Thursday July 1, 2021 tollywood Sabhaku Namaskaram Avika reveals what's in her kitty ctress Avika Gor of Uyyala in pink. Jampala fame turned Sharing another look of her film with director a year older on Karthik Thupurani and actors Naveen Chandra, poster wows fans A Wednesday and the actress Sanjana Sarathy and Sai Ronak, she wrote, “Here’s shared first-looks of all her “Subbu” wishing you a very good morning. This upcoming projects. character has my heart. (sic)” The picture has her n the ocassion of actor Looks like Avika has numerous pro- fresh-faced and enjoying a car ride in Araku Valley, Allari Naresh’s 39th jects lined up as wishes poured in for Visakhapatnam. birthday, the makers of her not just from her fans and col- Her third picture has her in trekking gear and o his next have unveiled leagues, but also from the teams of posing on a hill. Sharing the poster of the film the title poster of his her upcoming films. directed by Garudavega Anji, she wrote, “Meet 58th movie on The actress shared a video “Chandhini”. She will show you the meaning of Wednesday. Naresh is currently which shows a behind-the- “True Love”. (sic)” “The most challenging of them basking in the success of his last scenes glimpse of one of all,” she wrote, is a film directed by Hemanth. All movie Naandhi. her upcoming films with the projects mentioned above are yet to be titled Ace producer Mahesh S Koneru Kalyaan Dhev and it remains to be seen what they will all be shared the title poster of Naresh’s and director about. next Sabhaku Namaskaram on his Sreedhar Seepana. The The actress also shared the first look of one of her Twitter page and also wishes him actress looks gorgeous upcoming films with director Murali Gandham and on the special occasion. as she walks actor Sai Ronak titled Popcorn. The title poster shows Allari through bal- The poster shows the lead pair sipping on wine Naresh from his back addressing a loons dressed with Ronak holding a guitar. Fans are excited to group of people. He sports a white in yellow have a glimpse of all of Avika’s upcoming projects shirt and has money and liquor bot- and on her birthday and wished her good luck. She also tle in his back pockets. This movie dances in shared a poster of her upcoming film with Aadhi, seems to be a political-themed the Amaran - In the City Chapter 1. Further details comedy drama. rain about all her upcoming films are awaited. Along with sharing the poster, Mahesh also wrote, “Wishing our @allarinaresh Garu a very happy birthday. Happy to associate with #Naresh58 as 16 YEARS OF MORE #SabhakuNamaskaram .. a hilari- ous entertainer with a difference, to be directed by THAN MERE TALENT @MallampatiSate1 with dia- logues by @abburiravi Garu. ctress Tamannaah Bhatia has been #HBDAllariNaresh.” in showbiz for 16 years now. She Sabhaku Namaskaram is has won a large fan base as one of being directed by Satesh the top glam queens of the South, Mallampati and is pro- A and has also impressed as an actress duced by Mahesh S of substance with select roles. Koneru under the Easy The actress says her idea is to not let any par- Coast Productions banner. ticular image dictate the kind of work she Superstar Mahesh Babu wants to do. and ace lyricist Tamannaah made her acting debut in 2005 Ramajogaiah Sastry too at the age of 15 with the Hindi film Chand Sa took to Twitter to wish Roshan Chehra. The same year, she made her Allari Naresh on his day. Telugu debut with Sri and the following year she made her Tamil debut with Kedi. “I have evolved as a person and at every dif- ferent point of time. I have continuously worked, so for me, most of my life is divided into the films I have worked on. I enjoy it. For me, it is as new as it was on the first day,” the Aishwarya: Baahubali actress told a news agency. The Happy Days actress feels the process of breaking an image has become challenging now. “Infact, it is a lot more challenging now Something to because I feel like there is a constant need to unlearn and you are making something that has already been created in terms of an image, and moving forward my idea is to not let an image take over the kind of work I want to do. learn everyday I want the work to kind of precede that,” she said. ctress Aishwarya channelise things. I think that Lekshmi, who the learning process has to started her career quicker,” Aishwarya told a with the news agency. A Malayalam film The actress, whose big Fahadh takes Telugu lessons Njandumalude break happened with the 2017 Nattil Oridavela, eventually Malayalam film Mayaanadhi, forayed into Tamil films as will also make her entry into ukumar and the team well. Fouryears after her film Tollywood with Godse soon. of Pushpa are planning debut, the actress says she still With lockdown, when many to resume the shoot tries to learn something new actors had to stop shooting, from July 5, in every day. Aishwarya got the chance to S Hyderabad and the The actress, who was watch many movies. “These schedule will last for recently seen in the Tamil film days, because of the lockdown, up to 40 days. The leading man Jagame Thandhiram wants to I have been seeing a lot of of the film Allu Arjun will be fasten up the process of learn- films and I want to do a vari- joining the team post recovering ing. ety of roles. So, I am guessing from the coronavirus, and lock- “I think with each day I am that a lot and lot of learning is down 2.0 implemented by the trying to learn about cinema, required for me,” says the state government. It is being about being an actor, how you actress. heard that Allu Arjun will be seen in the role of a redwood smug- gler in the film. On the other hand, Rashmika Mandanna will essay a village belle in Sukumar’s much hyped magnum opus Pushpa, which is a big budget movie and is bankrolled by Mythri Movie Makers. Interestingly, Malayalam actor Fahadh Faasil whose inclu- sion was announced on March 21 will be seen as a forest officer and he is the main villain of Pushpa. The sources close to the makers of Pushpa revealed that Fahadh Faasil has decided to dub for him- self in Telugu and he is already taking Telugu lessons. The reports are rife that the actor Fahadh Faasil has taken up the role, which was initially offered to Uppena and Master fame actor Vijay Sethupathi. For the unversed, Vijay Sethupathi had opted out of the project owing to date issues. Pushpa marks Fahadh Faasil’s debut in Telugu film industry. Balayya's next in historical location

n the auspicious The makers of Akhanda The action drama marks occasion of are planning to resume the the coming together of Ugadi, the title shoot from July month. Balayya Babu and Boyapati O of Nandamuri The sources close to the Srinu of Vinaya Vidheya Balakrishna makers of Akhanda Rama fame after two starrer upcom- revealed that Boyapati blockbusters Simha and ing actioner with director Srinu and his team are in Legend. Balakrishna starrer Boyapati Sreenu was the hunt for location. The is being bankrolled by announced and the makers team of Akhanda is visit- Miryala Ravinder Reddy, had also launched the #BB3 ing the historical places like and the music is scored by title role where Gandikota, Chittoor, and SS Thaman whereas C Ram Balakrishna was seen in his Tirupati for the locations. Prasad is handling the cin- flamboyant avatar as an Kanche fame Pragya ematography department Aghori. His roaring screen Jaiswal is playing the and M Ratnam as the dia- presence, action sequence female lead and Srikanth logue writer. Very soon the in the Lord Shiva temple, Meka will be seen as the makers of Akhanda will background score and antagonist, the shooting of make an official announce- powerful dialogues were Akhanda is on the verge of ment regarding its release the major highlights. completion. date.