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XXII ISSUEISSUE NNO.O. 334646 PPAGES.AGES. 88+8+8 ` //-- 4 EENGLISHNGLISH DDAILYAILY THE8 SATURDAY, AUGUST, SOUTH 2020 PUBLISHED FROM: HYDERABAD, CHENNAI INDIA & BANGALORE EDITOR TIMES IN CHIEF: BUCHI BABU VUPPALA www.thesouthindiatimes.com /facebook/thesouthindiatimes.yahoo.in / thesouthindiatimes.yahoo.in Punjab hikes Ghani addresses Efficient farming must for relief to hooch victims’ kin Afghan elders, calls for food security: Naidu to Rs lakh each durable peace SHORT TAKES New education policy foundation of 5 feared to be 15 dead, over 60 missing buried alive in 21st century ‘new India’: PM K’taka hill landslide TSIT BUREAU they can leave it as well. in Kerala landslide New Delhi, Aug 7 : Prime This is the thinking be- Madikeri (Karnataka), Aug 7 Minister Narendra Modi hind freeing education TSIT BUREAU (UNI) Five persons, includ- has said that the new Na- from choosing streams, Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 : ing a head priest, are feared tional Education Policy multiple entry and exit Heavy rain followed by a landslide to have been buried alive (NEP) will change the fo- as well as following a at Rajamalai in Idukki district on after a house collapsed due cus from ‘What to Think’ to credit-based system. We Thursday night has left atleast 15 to a landslide in Karnataka’s ‘How to Think’. Outlining are moving towards the persons dead, including a child, Brahmagiri hill, police said the major shift in the edu- times where a person is and more than 60 others are re- on Friday. “The five miss- cation policy, Modi said, “In not restrained to one pro- ported missing, a police official ing persons are feared to our education system the fession throughout their said on Friday. The latest reports have been buried alive, as focus has been on ‘What to life. For this it is a must indicate that there were nearly the house in which they Think’ while the new Edu- for children to constantly 100 people in the locality, most were staying collapsed in cation Policy will empha- upgrade their skills and of whom had returned to the area the landslide on the sloppy sise on ‘How to Think’.” “There is a lot of emphasis of learning in school are learn new skills, too. Ad- following the Covid scare. The hill due to heavy rains and He said that the National on teacher training under same, it will improve the dressing academic , the landslide occurred after heavy gusty winds,” Madikeri Education Policy is set to the National Education speed of learning in chil- Prime Minister said that rains over the last few days in the Modi condoles deaths Deputy Superintendent of lay the foundation of new Policy. An effort has been dren. Hence, it has been the world has high expec- area mostly inhabited by tea es- Police Dinesh Kumar told India of 21st century Trans- made on constantly up- agreed to teach children tations from 21st century tate workers. The place where the . Brahmagiri hill is about formative reforms in higher dating teachers’ skills. We in their mother tongue till India. India’s ability to de- tragedy occurred is nearly 30 km in Kerala landslide 300 km southwest of state education under the NEP all must work together to the fifth grade.” Modi said liver talent and technol- from the popular tourist destina- Prime Minister Narendra Modi capital Bengaluru. Search were discussed in the vir- implement the National in the present world there ogy solutions to the whole tion Munnar. on Friday condoled the deaths and rescue operations by tual conference on Friday. Education Policy,” Modi is no shortage of informa- world is also included in A police official taking part in the due to a landslide at Rajamalai the National Disaster Re- Union Education minister added. The Prime Min- tion and content. The ef- our new education policy. rescue operations said 15 bodies in Kerala's Idukki district due to sponse Force (NDRF) were Ramesh Pokhriyal, National ister said, “A new era of fort now is to emphasise Describing the features of had been recovered and nearly 67 heavy rain for the past four days hampered due to incessant Education Policy Prepara- dialogue and coordination on ‘Inquiry, Discovery and the new education policy, people were missing. Incessant and announced an ex gratia of rains, poor visibility and tion Committee chairman with universities, colleges, Analytics’ based methods Modi said the virtual lab rains for the last four days have Rs two lakh each to the next of the road in the hill blocked Dr K Kasturirangan, vice- school education boards for children to learn. concept is going to realise hampered rescue operations, add- kin of the victims. In a series of by boulders and mounds of chancellors of universities, of different states involv- This will increase the the dreams of better edu- ed the police official. Meanwhile, tweets, the Prime Minister said: mud after the landslide. directors of institutions and ing various stakeholders urge for learning in chil- cation for millions of chil- the state government has appoint- "Pained by the loss of lives due to principals of colleges par- is going to begin. Dignity dren and increase their dren who could not read ed IGP Gopesh Agarwal as special a landslide in Rajamalai, Idukki. 26 persons bitten ticipated in the conference. of teachers has been taken participation in the class- such subjects in which lab officer to coordinate the rescue In this hour of grief, my thoughts kin of those who have lost their Addressing all stake- special care under the Na- es. The Prime Minister experiments are neces- and relief operations in the local- are with the bereaved families. lives. Rs 50,000 each will be given by snake in holders in the meeting, tional Education Policy.” said every student must sary. When these reforms ity. A 200-member team of Kerala May the injured recover quickly. to the injured." At least 15 per- UP village Prime Minister Modi said On the issue of language get this opportunity to are seen in institutions police and other teams from the NDRF and the administration are sons have been killed and over 60 that an effort is being in the education system, follow their passion. A and infrastructure, only NDRF, fire brigade, local people working on the ground, providing others are reported missing after Bahraich (UP), Aug 7 made to ensure the talent Prime Minister Modi said, student could follow any then can the National Ed- and volunteers have reached the assistance to the affected." "An ex the landslide at Rajamalai late on (UNI) In the past 10 days, in India is retained to keep “There is no doubt that if degree or course accord- ucation Policy be imple- spot for rescue work. By the time gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Thursday night. The spot is about around 26 people have developing the country the language spoken by the ing to his convenience mented at a more effec- of filing this report, 16 persons had Prime Minister National Relief 30 km from the popular tourist been bitten by snakes in for the generations ahead. children and the language and need and, if they like, tive and rapid pace. been rescued. Fund will be given to the next of destination of Munnar in Kerala. Chilbila village of Bahraich district out of which one died earlier this week. The Dubai-Kozhikode Air India flight splits It’s too late, Cong leaders tell person who died has been civil identified as Munshi Ram. in two on Karipur runway Now, scared villagers are injured in Pak Rahul Gandhi in Bihar meet claiming that it is the same TSIT BUREAU snake that has been biting Calicut Aug 7 : An Air In- PILOT, 2 PASSENGERS KILLED shelling on LoC TSIT BUREAU levels attended the meeting, people. The snake scare dia Flight from Dubai to New Delhi, Aug 7: Even as Bi- which later turned into a vir- has gripped the villagers Kozhikode in Kerala crashed & MANY INJURED Srinagar, Aug 7 (UNI) Six civil har Assembly elections are a tual rally as over one lakh per- and some of them have at the Calicut International were injured in Pakistani shell- couple of months away, state son joined in through various even started leaving the Airport -- also known as the ing along the LoC in North Kash- Congress leaders told Rahul social media platforms. village. “Snakes are also Karipur airport -- while land- mir’s Kupwara district on Friday, Gandhi during an online party Rahul Gandhi asked the biting the cattle while this ing on Friday night. While it officials said. According to re- meeting that it’s too late to party workers to go into the particular female serpent is unclear how many people ports, Pakistan resorted to shell- prepare for the electoral battle Bihar elections with a “posi- was targeting the residents were on board, according to ing in Tangdhar and Rangward in the absence of an organisa- tive agenda” of providing good of our village,” said Pappu, reports several people have injuring three civil in each of tional structure in the eastern governance to the state’s peo- a villager. The locals are been injured in the incident. the two sectors. “The six injured state, party sources said on ple who are allegedly suffering also calling snake charm- The injured have been taken civil have been evacuated and Friday. Rahul Gandhi held the due to unchecked spread of ers to catch the snake. to hospitals near the airport, flight including passengers Unions (CITU) who is at the moved to a hospital,” Shriram meeting with state unit lead- Congress organisational set- coronavirus as well as devas- “This is the rainy season which is in Malappuram.