Follow us on: RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From OPINION 6 MONEY 8 SPORTS 11 VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW WHY WE SLIP CHINESE IMPORTS LIKELY TO CONTINUE LIVERPOOL’S BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH INTO AMNESIA TILL FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES EMERGE WAIT IS OVER BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD *Late City Vol. 2 Issue 235 VIJAYAWADA, SATURDAY JUNE 27, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable SAMANTHA REVEALS REASON SHE LOVES YOGA { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com INDIA CROSSES MAHARASTRA DELHI TAMILNADU GUJARAT CASES: 5 lakh COVID cases, CASES: CASES: CASES: 30,158 Massive spike in 1,52,765 77,240 74,622 Maha, Delhi, TN 5,06,972 Telugu States compete with Pressure on AP, TS to send DPRs of irrigation projects each other, lead EoDB race Chairmen of river boards asked to write to govts AP, TS race ahead of other states in the country towards No. 1 spot PNS n HYDERABAD L VENKAT RAM REDDY among states to improve busi- Union Jal Sakti secretary UP n HYDERABAD ness climate in order to attract Singh expressed his disap- domestic and global investors. pointment with the chairmen Telangana and Andhra Governments are taking sev- of Krishna River Management Nadda attacks Pradesh States are racing ahead eral steps such as setting up Board and the Godavari River Cong for PMNRF of other states in securing No single window system for Management Board A 1 rank in Ease of Doing approvals to improve EoDB Paramesham and donation to Rajiv Business (EoDB) yet again. rankings. The parameters Chandrasekhar Iyer respec- Foundation TS and AP jointly topped include areas such as con- tively, over the Telugu states the “EoDB ranking 2015-16", struction permit, labour regu- failing to submit detailed pro- conducted by the Department lation, environmental regis- ject reports on new irrigation of Industrial Policy and tration, access to information, projects across the two rivers. 4 Promotion (DIPP), the wing of land availability and single Addressing them through Union ministry of commerce window system. The videoconference on Thursday, and the World Bank. The rank- Department for Promotion of UP Singh questioned them ings were released in October For 2016-17, the EoDB rankings were released Industry and Internal Trade “What are the chairmen doing 2016. (DPIIT) in collaboration with if the Telugu states do not 2014 should be regarded as the clear to UP Singh that the two For 2016-17, the EoDB in July 2018. For the second time in a row, AP the World Bank conducts an come forward to submit the new projects. All projects being states were asked to submit rankings were released in July outperformed all other states and UTS and annual reform exercise for all DPRs?” executed without obtaining the DPRs before June 10, but 2018. For the second time in a bagged the No 1 rank. TS lost the first rank to states/UTs under the Business He directed them to write to permission from the Central did not comply with the row, AP outperformed all other Reform Action Plan (BRAP). the Telugu states asking them Water Commission should be request. states and UTS and bagged the AP by a whisker and stood at second place. The report to be released to submit DPRs on new pro- treated as new projects. UP Singh offered to take the No 1 rank. TS lost the first rank this year will rank states for jects to the Central Water He directed his ire on the problem to the notice of Prime to AP by a whisker and stood tions in the country in April/ outbreak and subsequent lock- 2018. In the World Bank’s lat- Commission. He also direct- chairmen of two boards for the Minister Narendra Modi and at second place. May 2019. down across the country since est ‘Doing Business’ report, ed them to send the agenda for delay in collecting the DPRs Union Water Resources The EoDB rankings for The Union commerce min- March delayed the announce- India’s position improved to the Apex Council meeting in and sending them to the CWC Minister Gajendra Shekawat if 2017-18 that were supposed to istry was scheduled to release ment process. 63rd from 77th out of 190 the same letter. and to the Apex Council. the two Telugu states contin- be released in 2019 were not the ranks in March this year. The EoDB ranking is aimed economies. UP Singh said that all pro- Chairmen of the two river ued to fail to respond. declared due to general elec- However, the coronavirus at triggering competition 3 jects taken up after June 2, management boards made it 3 Atchannaidu NHAI suspends PM praises Navy inducts advanced Excess rains signal Adityanath says questioning GM for acting his efforts saved continues better times ahead ‘unilaterally’ 85k lives anti-torpedo decoy system PNS n VIJAYAWADA SUMIT ONKA PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM n VISAKHAPATNAM Interrogation of TDP senior Acting tough on erring offi- 5 The Indian Navy said on leader K Atchannaidu by the Even as Andhra Pradesh and cials, NHAI has suspended a Friday it has inducted an Anti-Corruption Bureau Telangana lock horns over senior official in AP for cre- advanced anti-torpedo decoy (ACB) in the ESI scam con- Krishna water, reservoirs, ating financial liability on system called 'Maareech' that tinued for the second day on including the three major and the Authority, an official said. is capable of being fired from Friday at the Government common ones across the river The NHAI suspended its all frontline ships. General Hospital, Guntur – Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar General Manager (T) AS Rao 'Maareech' has been here. Doctors conducted and Pulichintala – have for creating financial liabili- designed and developed endoscopy on Atchannaidu received better inflows com- ty on the Authority in two hi- indigenously by the Defence before the interrogation start- pared to the previous year. ghway maintenance projects Research and Development ed and shifted him to a spe- The excess rainfall in AP minor and other category in the state, the official said. Organisation (DRDO) and it is A model of the ‘Mareech’ Expandable Decoy. cial ward. with the onset of monsoon is reservoirs are filled to 34 per Rao without approval of capable of detecting, locating According to sources, ACB attributed to the better condi- cent of their capacity in the the competent authority and neutralising incoming tor- Naval Staff Qualification ment's 'Make in India' initiative sleuths questioned tions of the reservoirs in first month of the monsoon. allegedly extended the main- pedo. Requirements." and the country's resolve to Atchannaidu in the presence Andhra Pradesh. The state This is 13 per cent higher than tenance contract of two pro- In a release, the Navy said, This induction not only become 'Atmanirbhar' (self- of his lawyer and a doctor has received 88.75 mm so far previous year. The gross jects — 'Ichhapuram- "The prototype of this system stands testimony to the joint reliant) in niche technology, about the details of his (from June 1) against the nor- capacity of all the reservoirs in Srikakulam- Anandapurm installed onboard a nominat- resolve of the Indian Navy and the Navy said. wealth, assets owned by his mal of 84.32 mm which is 5 Andhra Pradesh is 982 tmc ft section' on NH 16 (old NH 5) ed naval platform had success- DRDO towards indigenous Bharat Electronics Limited, family and his role in the per cent excess. while 336 tmc ft are in storage and Gunduglanu- Kovur pro- fully completed all user eval- development of defence tech- a defence PSU, would under- multi-crore ESI scam as the The real-time data of the so far on June 26. ject — the official said. uation trials and demonstrat- nology, but has also given a take the production of this minister. reservoirs shows that all major, 3 3 ed the features as per the major fillip to the govern- decoy system, the Navy stated. 3 RBI Guv briefs about impact of monetary SC nod to CBSE, ICSE schemes steps International flights suspended till July 15 PNS n NEW DELHI March to contain the spread of circular by the Directorate for cancellation of board exams coronavirus. Domestic flights General of Civil Aviation 8 Commercial international resumed on May 25. (DGCA). PNS n NEW DELHI The top court permitted Examination (CISCE) said it flights to and from India shall "Scheduled international Civil Aviation Minister the Central Board of would upload the notification stay suspended till July 15, civil commercial passenger services Hardeep Singh Puri said last The Supreme Court on Friday Secondary Education (CBSE) within a week on its website. aviation watchdog DGCA has to or from India shall remain week that India will take a deci- approved the schemes of CBSE to issue the notification forth- A bench of Justices A M TODAY announced. The restriction suspended till 2359 hrs IST of sion on resuming internation- and ICSE for cancellations of with, with regard to cancella- Khanwilkar, Dinesh will not apply to international July 15, 2020... However, inter- al passenger flights in July if remaining board examinations tion of remaining board exam- Maheshwari and Sanjiv ALMANAC cargo operations and flights national scheduled flights may coronavirus behaves in a "pre- scheduled from July 1 to 15 inations of Class X and XII and Khanna perused the draft noti- Month & Paksham: specifically approved by the be allowed on selected routes dictable manner" and the entire due to COVID-19 pandemic assessment of marks, while fication and noted the scheme aviation regulator. suspended when the country by the competent authority aviation ecosystem and state and approved their formula for the Council for the Indian of the CBSE in its order.