c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I THURSDAY I 31 DECEMBER 2020 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 83 No. 362 Established 1938 | 24 PAGES | `6.00 WEATHER Max: 27.6OC Centre, farmers break bread, not much ice Min: 18.2OC RH: 54% KCR nod for PM’s Rainfall: Nil Forecast: Fog or mist likely in the morning. Max/Min temp. 28/19 ºC Ayushman Bharat COVID-19 Centre’s scheme to be dovetailed to Aarogyasri DC CORRESPONDENT ● THE STATE govern- C UNT HYDERABAD, DEC. 30 ment had in the past The Telangana state gov- refused to implement CASES DEATHS ernment on Wednesday the Central scheme for said it is ready to imple- the poor by saying its (+23,121) (+311) ment the Central govern- Aarogyasri was a much ment’s Ayushman Bharat better scheme. 1,02,65,427 1,48,737 health insurance scheme ● THE GOVERNMENT covid19india.org by dovetailing it with its had said 85 lakh fami- STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS own Aarogyasri health scheme. lies were being served (+474) (+3) Chief secretary Somesh by Aarogyasri with Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal and minister of state Som Prakash have food with farmers’ Kumar, taking part in a `1,330 crore a year. The TS: 2,85,939 1,538 representatives during a meeting over new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, on Wednesday. Some com- video conference chaired Central health scheme mon ground was reached on power tariff and penalties for stubble burning, but talks on repeal of three farm laws by Prime Minister would provide benefits ■ (+349) (+4) and MSP remained deadlocked. The talks will continue on January 4. Report on Page 8 — PTI Narendra Modi, informed to the extent of about the Centre that Chief 250 crore a year for 26 AP: 8,81,948 7,104 Minister K. Chandrashekar ` Rao has taken this decision. lakh families. CASES AROUND THE WORLD Modi was chairing the meet with chief secretaries `250 crore a year for 26 lakh ing the targets in Mission 8,27,12,325 UK flights banned till Jan. 7 of all states. He reviewed families. Mode under the Jal Jeevan the progress of various With Wednesday’s annou- Mission — the programme DEATHS New Delhi, Dec. 30: tact them. The Central infrastructure projects, the ncement that the Telan- that provides safe and ade- Fourteen more people government had last Ayushman Bharat (the gana state government, quate drinking water 18,04,612 were found infected with week directed that about Briton tests positive Pradhan Manthri Jan through Ayushman Bharat through tap connections to COUNTRIES, the UK strain of the coro- 33,000 passengers who Aarogya Yojana — ‘dovetailed’ with Aarogya- all households by 2024. AREAS WITH 218 navirus on Wednesday in had arrived in India from PMJAY) and the Jal Jeevan sri, will be able to extend The Prime Minister, dur- CASES the country, with West November 25 to December for new strain in city Mission, among other top- affordable and much-need- ing what was styled as the worldometers.info/ Bengal and Uttar Pradesh 23 midnight, will be ics. ed healthcare to a larger Pragati Meeting, reviewed coronavirus reporting such cases for tracked and subjected to DC CORRESPONDENT isolation. This is the sec- The state government had number of the poor. several projects with a total the first time, taking the RT-PCR tests along with HYDERABAD, DEC. 30 ond case of the new strain in the past refused to imple- Andhra Pradesh, which cost of nearly `1 lakh crore total tally to 20 in two their contacts by states in TS, the first one having ment the Central scheme too implements Aarogya- in 10 states and Union days. and Union Territories, A British national living been found in Warangal. for the poor by saying its sri, is already a part of the Territories. ASTROGUIDE A cautious government and the positive samples in Kowkur near Yapral A woman in Rajahmun- own Aarogyasri was a Ayushman Bharat scheme. Many programmes and Sarvari; Dakshinayana extended the temporary will be sent for genome has been confirmed with dry has also tested posi- much better scheme and The Central scheme also grievances thereof were Tithi: Margasira Bahula Padyami suspension of passenger sequencing. the new strain of Covid- tive for the new strain. In provided more coverage for covers treatment costs for reviewed, an official state- till 9.28 am flights between the UK To detect cases of the 19, called B.1.1.7. The per- all, 20 people who return- the beneficiaries. Covid-19, a decision that ment said, adding that the Star: Punarvasu till 7:45 pm and India for a week till new strain of Covid-19, son arrived a few days ed to India from the UK During the discussions on the Centre took early on in projects of the ministries of Varjyam: 7.18 am to 8.57 am; January 7 and said the the Central government ago from the United have tested positive for the 2019-20 state Budget in the wake of the disease railways, road transport 6.53 am to 5.31am (Friday) services would resume in has now directed genome Kingdom and is under the new UK variant the Legislative Assembly, spreading in the country. and highways as also hous- Durmuhurtam: 10.29 am to a “strictly regulated” sequencing of samples treatment in a private genome of Sars-Cov-2 so the government had said The Prime Minister, ing and urban affairs were 11.13 am; 2.52 pm to 3.36 pm manner thereafter. from all passengers who hospital in the city. far, the Union health min- over 85 lakh families were speaking at the meeting, discussed. Rahukalam: 1.30 pm to 3 pm According to local auth- arrived in India from The district medical and istry said on Wednesday. being served by said all states should strive Grievances related to the HIJRI CALENDAR orities, a number of UK December 9 to 22 and test- health officials of the area Six who were found posi- Aarogyasri, on which the for 100 per cent enrolment consumer affairs ministry Jamadi-ul-Awwal 15, 1442 AH returnees in states like ed positive for Covid-19 or confirmed that about the tive for the new virus state was spending around in Ayushman Bharat at the too came up for discussion. PRAYERS Maharashtra, Odisha, were symptomatic as it case and they have also strain on Tuesday. `1,330 crore a year. In com- earliest. The Prime Minister direct- Karnataka and Punjab ramped up the surveil- carried out contact trac- parison, the Central health He also encouraged states ed officials to expedite com- Fajar: 5.41 am remained untraceable lance and containment ing. The person was test- ■ Page 10: Britain scheme would provide ben- and Union Territories to prehensive resolution of Zohar: 12.29 pm and efforts were on to con- strategy. — PTI ed and has been kept in approves Oxford vaccine efits to the extent of about draw a road map for achiev- the grievances. Asar: 4.16 pm Maghrib: 5.58 pm Isha: 7.11 pm GOV. SEEKS DEADLIINE FOR I-T SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.46 AM Akash missiles can SUNSET TODAY 5.32 PM RETURNS EXTENDED MOONSET (TODAY) 7.40 PM REPORT FROM MOONRISE (TOMORROW) 7.02 AM KALOJI VARSITY now be exported TILL JANUARY 10 DC CORRESPONDENT PAWAN BALI | DC been deployed in east- New Delhi, Dec. 30: The COUNTER POINT HYDERABAD. DEC. 30 NEW DELHI, DEC. 30 ern Ladakh to deal with government on Wednes- any threat coming from day extended the deadline Governor Tamilisai Sou- The Union Cabinet on the air from by China. to file income tax return ndararajan on Wednes- Wednesday approved Under the Atma (ITR) for individuals by 10 day sought a report from the export of Akash mis- Nirbhar Bharat pro- days to January 10, 2021. the KNRUHS on the con- siles to friendly nations gramme, India is rais- The deadline for filing troversy over the injus- and set up a committee ing capabilities of man- tax returns by businesses tice meted out to TS stu- for faster approval of ufacturing a wide vari- too has been extended till dents in MBBS admis- exports. ety of defence platforms February 15, the finance sions. “So far, Indian defence and missiles. After it ministry said in a state- The Governor met uni- exports included parts/ was inducted into the ment. versity vice-chancellor components. The export Indian military, several This is the third time Dr B. Karunakar Reddy of big platforms was friendly nations had that the government has at Raj Bhavan in the minimal. This Cabinet shown interest in Akash extended the deadline to evening and discussed decision will help the during international file ITR — first from the the complaints she recei- country to improve its shows. The approval normal deadline of July 31 ved against the faulty defence products and will help Indian manu- to November 30, 2020, and admission process which make them globally facturers to participate then to December 31, 2020. left local students in the competitive,” tweeted in contracts issued by Also, the due date for fil- lurch. The Governor’s defence minister various countries. ing declaration under the move comes at a time Rajnath Singh. However, the export direct tax dispute resolu- when the government The Akash is a sur- version of the Akash tion scheme Vivad Se and the Opposition BJP face-to-air missile, with will be different from Vishwas has been extend- INSIDE are maintaining a stoic a range of 25 km, which the one deployed with ed by a month till January silence over TS students is 96 per cent indige- the Indian armed forces.