Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.APENG/2018/764698 Established 1864 ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 11 Published From TAXING MNCS — G-7 SENSEX DROPS 189 POINTS, 2021 T20 WC VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW NIFTY SLIPS BELOW 15,850 BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH FORMULA IS ERRONEOUS SHIFTED TO UAE BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 224 VIJAYAWADA, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable NAYANTHARA TO TIE THE KNOT AFTER PANDEMIC ENDS { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com ‘SERIOUS PROBLEM...’: SUPREME COURT 2 DRONES SEEN NEAR MILITARY STATION ISSF WORLD CUP: RAHI SARNOBAT ‘I GET RS 5 LAKH A MONTH, PAY MORE ON BODIES FOUND FLOATING IN GANGA IN JAMMU, WERE FIRED AT, ‘FLEW AWAY’ WINS GOLD IN WOMEN'S 25M PISTOL THAN 50% IN TAXES': PREZ KOVIND he grisly sight of dead bodies floating on the Ganga - a he army says a major threat was averted after two drones were lympic-bound Rahi Sarnobat displayed sensational form to clinch resident Ram Nath Kovind, urging people to pay taxes regularly horrific all-too-common sight last month during the peak of seen last night near a military station in Jammu and fired at by the women's 25m pistol gold medal at the ISSF shooting World for the sake of development, said at an event in his hometown Tthe second Covid wave - is a "serious problem", the Supreme Talert troops, hours after drones were used in a terror attack on OCup here on Monday but teen sensation Manu Bhaker ended Pin Uttar Pradesh last week: "I pay taxes too". He also remarked Court said on Monday, while hearing a petition on the framing of the Jammu Air Force base. The drones "flew away" after the army seventh in the same event. Sarnobat's gold is India's first in the ongoing that others earned more than what he could save in a month after policies to protect the rights of the dead. fired at them, said an official statement. edition after the country secured one silver and paying taxes. President Kovind, on a three- However, the two-member bench of The drones were spotted near the Kaluchak two bronze medals earlier in the tournament. day visit to UP, made these remarks during Justices L Nageswara Rao and Hemant military station in Jammu. The first was The 30-year-old Sarnobat fired a final score of a stopover at the Jhinjhak town on Friday Gupta directed the petitioner to approach sighted at 11.30 pm and the second, 39 after qualifying second with a total of 591. when he was travelling from Delhi to the NHRC, which has already issued some around 1.30 am. "On midnight of 27-28 Her stupendous performance in the final Kanpur by a special train. Jhinjhak is close directions in this regard. "Go before the June 2021, two separate drone activities included perfect scores in the third, fourth, fifth to the President's birthplace, the Paraunkh National Human Rights Commission. How were spotted over Ratnuchak-Kaluchak and the sixth series. The silver went to France's village of UP's Kanpur Dehat district . At a many forums can you approach? It is a Military area by alert troops. Immediately, Mathilde Lamolle, who scored 31 in the final.In function organised at the Jhinjhak railway serious problem... we know. Luckily the high alert was sounded and Quick Reaction the qualification, Sarnobat fired a brilliant 296 station, the President urged people to pay situation is not that now. Teams engaged them with firing. in the rapid fire round on Monday. taxes as a duty to the nation. RUIA HOSPITAL TRAGEDY Disgusted with falsehoods on oxygen, Fix responsibility, HC tells govt CM mulls legal action on media houses PNS n VIJAYAWADA C PRADEEP KUMAR n VIJAYAWADA Curfew relaxed by Stating that legal action must be No scientific data so taken on two media houses, Chief The Andhra Pradesh High Court 3 hours in 8 districts Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on on Monday directed the State far to show Delta Monday said that a publication had government to probe the circum- claimed that patients died due to stances that led to the RUIA from July 1 lack of oxygen in Ashram Hospital, hospital tragedy in which 11 plus variant PNS n VIJAYAWADA but the reality was that medical Covid-19 patients lost their life oxygen is abundant in the state. and fix responsibility. adversely impacts The State Government on Mon- Condemning the baseless The court was hearing a peti- day relaxed curfew timings by reports published by a section of tion seeking registration of an FIR three more hours – till 9 pm – media, the Chief Ministersaid that and investigation into the incident vaccine efficacy: Paul in eight of the 13 districts of AP. they were written with jealousy, as that led to the death of 11 people The new orders will be in place the state is being applauded for due to low oxygen pressure amid from July 1 to 7. effectively controlling Covid-19. the delay in the arrival of an oxy- The decision was taken at a During a review meeting on tonnes of medical oxygen was ly conducting review meetings, gen tanker from Chennai. 3 review meeting chaired by Chief Covid here on Monday, he said that used when Covid was at its peak such media houses are making fun Y Balaji, counsel for the peti- Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy the “news reports” were written in and now the daily requirement has as if the officials are attending the tioner, submitted that the incident Agreeing with the petitioner's on Covid prevention measures such a way so as to create panic come down to just 180 tonnes. All review to pass time.” took place due to negligence on contention that a case should be and vaccination in the State, . among the people. “The articles are the oxygen allocations given to the He said that the state has a good the part of the government and registered and investigated, the The decision was taken based completely baseless, written with a State are being stored at Visakh- reputation in dealing with Covid, hospital authorities. The peti- court issued notices to the State on positivity rate which has mischievous mindset, without a apatnam Steel Plant and can be by successfully controlling it, which tioner pointed out that no FIR of government, police and hospital seen a significant reduction in shred of humanity,” Jagan said. used when required, they said. was possible only because of the the incident has been registered officials, asking them to file the State. Accordingly, curfew He said that people would have The Chief Minister questioned efforts put in by all officers and staff so far. The petitioner ?told the ex gratia as families of the victims counters. It also directed the gov- will be in place from 6 am to 9 believed such reports if they were how there would be a shortage of who worked together relentlessly. court that it was still not clear how of LG Polymers gas leak were ernment to find out due to pm in the districts where the published during the peak of the oxygen when there is surplus pro- “Starting from the village level to many people died due to short- given Rs 1 crore as ex gratia while whose negligence the RUIA hos- positivity rate is less than 5 per- pandemic, but now, since the cases duction in the State. state level, it was made possible by age of oxygen. the government announced com- pital tragedy occurred. The court cent. were declining, registering an aver- During the meeting, the Chief the ANM, volunteers, collectors, Counsel for the petitioner also pensation of Rs 10 lakh for the then adjourned the hearing for age positivity rate of less than five Minister also criticised a media district and zonal officers, and pointed out to the disparity in the RUIA hospital victims. two weeks. 2 percent, their hollowness was evi- house for misquoting him in an medical staff,” Jagan said. dent. In the current scenario, over 70 article. He said that, “The post of The officials said that legal percent oxygen beds and ventilators Chief Minister is being devalued action will be taken against the two are available in the state, he said. and degraded by such writing. media houses for defaming the AP witnesses 2,224 India successfully test-fires Officials informed Jagan that 750 While the government is serious- government. fresh cases, 31 deaths new-gen Agni Prime missile PVNR gave new Stop water release from PNS n BALASORE (ODISHA) sense of direction to PNS n VIJAYAWADA Black Fungus cases India on Monday successfully test- eco, foreign policies: Srisailam, TS Genco told Andhra Pradesh reported 2,224 fired its new generation nuclear- fresh cases of Covid-19 and 31 in AP rise to 3,364 capable Agni Prime missile from a Manmohan Singh ML MELLY MAITREYI Water Resources Department, deaths in 24 hours ending 9 Am on defence base off Odisha coast, an n HYDERABAD Andhra Pradesh Government that Monday. The fresh cases were PNS n VIJAYAWADA official statement by DRDO PNS n HYDERABAD Telangana has already drawn 3.09 detected from 71,758 tests at a pos- said.The surface-to-surface ballistic In a development that may inten- tmc ft of water, i.e. 34 percent of itivity rate of 3 percent, the lowest The total number of Black fun- missile has a range of 1000 to 2000 Former Prime Minister PV sify the disputes over utilisation of inflows, of 8.98 tmc ft into in more than three months.