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WINDOWS
India to roll out many more
vaccines to help world: PM
NEW DELHI world's largest coronavirus
India has ensured vaccination programme
INDIA will soon make and its speed can be imag-
available many more that it follows its ined from the fact that over
Covid-19 vaccines to other 23 lakh health workers
countries after two Made- global responsibility have been vaccinated in
In-India jabs have already just 12 days. In the next few
been introduced to the by sending Covid-19 months, we would com- Priests conducting installation ceremony for the new idols of Lord
Buddhist monks offer special world, Prime Minister vaccines to many plete our target of vaccinat- Rama, Sita and Lakshamana at Kodandarama temple in
prayers on the occasion of Narendra Modi said on ing 30 crore old people and Ramatheertham on Thursday
‘Paush Purnima’, at Thursday while emphasis- countries people with co-morbidities,

Ramateertham
Mahabodhi temple in Bodh ing the country's global re- he said. He said India has
Gaya, on Thursday sponsibility in fighting the ensured that it follows its
pandemic. 2020 that India would be last year, several experts from over 1.3 billion Indi- global responsibility by
In a special address at the worst-affected country and organisations had ans". Modi said, "We trans- sending essential medi-
India flattened
idols reinstalled
the World economic Fo- by Covid-19 and would face made several predictions formed the fight against cines to over 150 countries
rum's online Davos Agenda a "tsunami of corona infec- that India would be most coronavirus into a people's while Covid-19 vaccines are
its Covid graph Summit, Modi also said he tions". "Some had talked affected by the pandemic. movement and today India also being sent to other
NeW DeLHI: India has flat- wants to assure the global about 70-80 crore people Looking at the condition of is among the most success- countries.
tened its Covid-19 graph and146 business community that expected to get infected in countries with better ful countries in saving lives. "In this time of crisis, In- HANS NEWS SERVICE mental inquiry and investiga-
districts have reported no new situation will now change India, while some talked health infrastructure, the We focussed on developing dia has also fulfilled its RAMATEERTHAM tion was conducted under the
case of the viral disease in the last rapidly on the economic about over 20 lakh possible world was right in worrying Covid-specific health infra- global responsibility from (VIZIANAGARAM) supervision of D Bhrama-
seven days, 18 in 14 days, six in 21 front also and invited busi- deaths, but India did not let about us," he said. structure, we trained our the beginning, following ramba, Joint Commissioner
days and 21 districts in the last 28 nesses from all over to par- the disappointment get The Prime Minister, human resources to fight thousands of years old THe Ministry of endow- of endowments. They found
days, Union Health Minister ticipate in the country's better of it," he said. however, said in the midst against this pandemic and prayer of our country -- ments has organised the rein- the damaged idol of Srirama
Harsh Vardhan said on Thurs- growth journey. "When Covid arrived, In- of numerous doubts, he was we made full use of tech for 'Sarvey Santu Niramaya': stallation ceremony of idols in a pond near the Kondan-
day. This has been achieved due Modi said that some had dia had its share of prob- here with "a message of be- testing and tracking." Modi May the whole world be of Sri Seetha Rama Laksh- darama temple at Bodikonda
to pro-active testing with more said in February-March lems. At the beginning of lief, positivity and hope said India has started the healthy," he said. mana in Balalayam at Rama- of the village. The govern-
than 19.5 crore Covid-19 tests teertham of Nellimarla in ment has immediately or-
conducted in the country so far, Vizianagaram district in a tra- dered Tirumala-Tirupati Dev-
Vardhan, who chaired the 23rd
meeting of the high-level Group
of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-
Indian-origin
paediatrician CS complains to Centre on ditional way.
The idol of Srirama of Ko-
dandarama temple in Rama-
asthanams to carve new idols
and send them within a
month of the incident oc-
19 through a video-conference,
said, according to a statement is-
sued by the health ministry. The
current testing capacity is 12 lakh
shoots another
doctor & himself
after taking hostage
SEC over orders to IAS officers
HANS NEWS SERVICE officers and to advise the ceedings against Pan- under AIS (D&A) Rules,
teertham was disfigured by
some unidentified miscreants
in December 2020. The inci-
dent became a national issue
curred and the government
has sanctioned Rs 3 crore to
the temple to develop it in all
aspects. As per the instruc-
tests per day, the minister added. HOUSTON AMARAVATI SeC not to exercise power chayat Raj principal sec- 1969. He said the SeC has and leaders from all parties tions, the idols of Seetharama
"With the 'Whole of Govern- that is not in its domain. retary Gopalakrishna written a derogatory letter have visited the place and de- Lakshmana were brought to
ment' and 'Whole-of-society' ap- A 43-year-old Indian-Amer- CHIeF Secretary of In a letter to the Secre- Dwivedi and Commis- against the named officers manded the government to Ramateertham on January 25
proach envisaged by Prime Min- ican paediatrician diag- Andhra Pradesh Aditya tary, Government of India, sioner M Girija Sankar on for the compulsory retire- take action against the cul- and started performing pujas.
ister Narendra Modiji, India has nosed with terminal cancer Nath Das urged the Cen- Department of Personnel the allegation of not up- ment. This step of SeC prits behind the offence. The On Thursday, the idols were
successfully contained the pan- shot dead a woman doctor tre not to accept the cen- and Training, the Chief dating the gram panchayat also doesn’t fall under his government has appointed a installed in Baalaalayam
demic. Less than 12,000 cases and then killed himself after sure proceedings issued Secretary said the Com- electoral rolls as on 1-1- competence and suffers Special Investigation Team (temporary temple) and
were reported in the last 24 taking hostages at a medical by the State election missioner of SeC admin- 2021 without following the from jurisdictional error. (SIT) to probe the incident. started performing all rituals
hours and the active caseload has office in Austin, according to Commission against IAS istered the censure pro- due procedure prescribed Continued on Page 7 Meanwhile, the depart- and poojas. Continued on P7
reduced to just 1.73 lakh," he said. police in the capital city of
the US state of Texas.

Pakistan gets GI
tag for Basmati rice
The armed man was
identified as Dr Bharat
Narumanchi, who was re-
Budget session Farmers told to vacate protest sites
set to be stormy
cently diagnosed with ter-
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has minal cancer, police said, GHAZIABAD
received the Geographical Indi- adding that he had recently
cator (GI) tag for its Basmati, been turned down for a vol- THe Uttar Pradesh govern-
paving the way for creating a lo-
cal registry for the particular
unteer position at the med-
ical facility. Police received
16 Opposition parties to ment has ordered the district
administrations to get all the
strain of rice and making a case
in the international market, as
a call on Tuesday saying a
man walked into the offices
boycott President’s address farmers protest site on the
state's borders with Delhi va-
the country fights a case in the of Children's Medical NEW DELHI manded a probe into the cated, officials said on Thurs-
eU against India's move to get Group (CMG) with a gun violence on Republic day. The orders came two days
Basmati rice registered as its and was holding hostages THe Budget session of Day in Delhi. Opposition after violence during the I’ll commit
product. A GI tag is a sign used inside the building, the Parliament beginning parties include the Con- 'Kisan Gantantra parade' on suicide but won’t
on products that have a specific CNN reported, citing Friday is poised to be gress, the NCP, Shiv the occasion of the Republic
geographical origin and possess Austin Police Department stormy with the Opposi- Sena, DMK, Trinamool Day at several locations in the quit: Tikait
origin-based qualities and repu-
tation in the region. Pakistan is
fighting a case in the 27-mem-
press release.
Initially several hostages
were being held, police said,
tion set to attack the gov-
ernment over the three
new farm legislations,
Congress, CPI, CPI-M
and RJD.
With a view to having a
national capital.
The farmers at the Delhi-
Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur bor-
Heavy police deployment near the site of farmers' ongoing
protest against the new farm laws, at Ghazipur border in
B haratiya Kisan Union
(BKU) spokesperson
Rakesh Tikait con-
ber european Union against In- but several escaped and amid an ongoing agita- paperless Budget, all the der had been sitting on protest New Delhi on Thursday demned the Uttar
dia's move to get Basmati rice others were allowed to tion by farmers. documents and the eco- against the three farm laws Pradesh government and
registered as its product. leave, except a paediatrician The session will begin nomic Survey would be since November 26 last year, police for the move. "I
named Katherine Dodson. with the address of the made available online demanding the repeal of the will commit suicide but
The hostages who escaped President to the joint sit- soon after the authenti- three farm laws and ensuring won't end protest until
the office told officers on ting of the two Houses cated copies are laid on the minimum support price the farm bills are re-
the scene that the man was on Friday morning fol- the Table of the House, (MSP) for their produce. A pealed," Tikait said in a
armed with a pistol and lowed by the presenta- the Lok Sabha Secre- senior police official wishing message to PTI, claiming
what appeared to be a shot- tion of the Union Budget tariat has said. Like the not to be named told IANS: threat to his life. He also
gun, police said. He also had on February 1. A total of last time, in this session "Yes, we have received orders alleged that armed goons
two duffel bags. Dr Naru- 16 Opposition parties too Covid-19 protocols from the government to get all were sent to the protest
manchi had visited the have announced a boy- will be in place and Rajya the farmers protest site on the site. In a separate state-
CMG office a week prior to cott of the President's Sabha and Lok Sabha will borders of the state vacated." ment issued by BKU me-
the shooting and applied for address in solidarity meet in shifts of five earlier in the day, there was dia in charge Dharmendra
a volunteer position. The with the farmers hours each -- with the up- heavy deployment of security Malik, Tikait was quoted
suspect had terminal can- protesting the new farm per house meeting in the personnel, comprising the Ut- as saying that the Uttar
cer and had only been given laws, senior Congress morning and the lower tar Pradesh and Delhi Police, Pradesh Police was trying
weeks to live, Austin police leader Ghulam Nabi house in the evening. Due the Central Reserve Police to arrest protestors even
Lt. Jeff Greenwalt told re- Azad said on Thursday. to the pandemic, the Force and the Rapid Action when the Supreme Court
porters on Wednesday. The 16 Opposition Winter session was not Force at the Ghazipur protest has found peaceful
Continued on Page 7 parties have also de- held. Continued on Page 7 site. Continued on Page 7 Farmers load their material on a truck on Thursday protests legitimate.
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@ITSKAJOLD
A little photoshoot never
hurt anyone

TAKING CLASSICAL DANCE Is non-surgical cosmetology

really needed in today’s times?
FORMS TO NEWER HEIGHTS PUJA GUPTA
Non-surgical

N
on-surgical cosmetic cosmetic
RANI DEVALLA treatment which are the treatments support
minimally invasive pro- an individual in

A
passionate classical cedure aim to improve a person's
dancer, Ameya Lagudu appearance, self-esteem and enhancing self-
aims at taking Indian art self-confidence. Every individual confidence and
and culture on to global plat- wish to look good and have an also lead to
forms through the medium of improved version of themselves, psychological
dance to make the skin look flawless,
Not many are able to find their having the perfect lips, getting benefits for an
calling until late in their life. But rid of the facial fats and acne free individual
Ameya Lagudu, a Visakhapat- skin.
nam-based girl, is determined to Cosmetologist Dr Monica Ja-
take classical dance forms to cob says: “These treatments sup- a way it also leads to psychologi- them it becomes vital to opt for
newer heights, make their pres- port an individual in enhancing cal benefits for an individual. We these services. Additionally, they
ence felt at global platforms and self-confidence as it is truly said, have noticed that many people are under heavy make-up most
pass on to future generations. ‘confidence is the best outfit’. In who opt for non-surgical treat- of the time which leads to caus-
Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam ments like facial contouring, sig- ing skin hair damage. Hence, for
mean the world to the Class VIII nature clean-ups, dermal vita- them it becomes crucial.
girl of Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar. min infusion and radio It is observed that not just the
Bagging the Pradhan Mantri frequency. Some people who are glamour world, but today’s office
Rashtriya Bal Puraskar – 2021 unsatisfied with their looks fre- goers and the common public
under the art and culture cate- quently struggle with anxiety also pamper themselves with
gory, she says that dance has be- Ameya Lagudu performing and depression. Indulging in these services, right from
come an integral part of her life classical dance at a programme these treatments helps you align teenage group to the senior citi-
as it gives her immense joy and your natural appearance with zens, she points out.
makes her stay focussed. “I spend my dreams,” recalls Ameya. tation with 6,117 participants and on to a global platform through your desired appearance boost- She adds, “However, one needs
an hour a day practising dance. I Having left their jobs, Ameya’s Asia Book of Records for perform- the medium of dance and pass ing your self-esteem. You are to guide them with the right
feel more at peace when I dance,” parents made sure that their only ing Bharatanatyam on a clay pot the skill to future generations. more inclined to socialise due to products and right treatment
shares the 12-year-old with the daughter received the best of and a brass plate, holding lamps. Ahead of the Republic Day, your improved state of mind re- with an affordable package
Womenia. training from gurus located in far- When asked how she is able to Prime Minister Narendra Modi garding how you feel towards which will be suitable to every
Ameya says she is grateful to flung areas across South India. strike a balance between dance interacted with Ameya and her yourself.” member. Though, the percent-
her parents for extending uncon- “Since I was exposed to different and studies, she replies, “My parents virtually through a video Dr Jacob is an anti-aging spe- age in India is lower as compared
ditional support to her endeav- gurus, I could not only fine tune school has been largely support- conference. The Government of cialist and Aesthetic physician to the other countries. Neverthe-
our. “They spotted my skills my skills in both Kuchipudi and ive in encouraging me to unravel India has been presenting Prad- and was seen in the show ‘Fabu- less, in the coming year, cosme-
when I was just four-year old. Bharatanatyam but also experi- my creative pursuits. Apparently, han Mantri Rashtriya Bal lous Life of Bollywood’ wives tologist is an ever-emerging field
While my father L.T. Murthulu ment with diverse styles,” says dance never stopped me from fo- Puraskar annually under various performing anti-ageing treat- in science of medicine to deal
left a plum job in a multinational Ameya, who bagged eight inter- cussing on my studies in which I categories to children with ex- ment on the actress Neelam. with the beauty with rapid ad-
company to become an engineer- national, nine national and 18 am equally good at,” says a confi- ceptional abilities and outstand- Talking about actresses opting vancements and technology.
ing consultant, my mother L. Ka- state-level awards. She also en- dent Ameya. Drawn towards per- ing accomplishments in the areas about taking these services, Dr With the affordable prices, peo-
mala bid adieu to her teaching tered into 10 world records, in- forming arts ever since her child- of innovation, scholastics, sports, Jacob says that actors are more ple opting for non-surgical cos-
profession to don the role of a cluding Guinness World Records hood, Ameya says she aims at arts, culture, social service and prone to camera lights, the day- metic transformation is looking
homemaker and help me realise for the largest Kuchipudi presen- taking the Indian art and culture bravery. night shoot schedules etc and for very bright indeed.”

Home remedies for hair problems

There are various causes for hair loss, ranging from ditioning. The best is to go the natural way, Almost all of us get split ends in
medication, hormonal imbalance, the kind of diet yes trying natural home remedies Dryness is hair. They make hair look rough and
the most common hair condition. Dryness is out of style. Sadly, split hair cannot
you consume work stress. Going natural is the of two types, natural and post chemicals. Both be treated with any kind of products.
best solution for hair problems if you are need regular moisturising. Conditioners, hair Once you have it, you must cut it. Be
suffering from Alopecia—a condition that leads spa or any other chemical-based products or regular with your haircuts during win-
to loss of hair in some parts of the head treatments only give temporary effects. You ter, be gentle while brushing and wash-
need to do something better. Pre- ing. If you are regular with Precondition-

C
an’t deal of an individual’s personality conditioning is the answer. Apply ing, you will not get split ends. So regular
with exces- and style. oil for 5 minutes daily before wash. haircut and preconditioning to control split
sive hair There are various causes for Use Mustard oil for this treatment hair.
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Dandruff? Is there no hair tion, hormonal imbalance, the preconditioning with it controls treated on time. To treat dandruff, it’s impor-
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Minor hair fall is a common stress. Going natural is the best tant to keep your body hydrated, daily without fail. Mix turmeric (Haldi) with & daily wash is the most helpful in hair fall.
phenomenon among men and solution for hair problems if you drink plenty of fluids, especially water and apply it on the scalp for 10 minutes Apply oil to hair for 5 minutes daily before
women. An average adult has about are suffering from Alopecia—a water. Avoid direct heat with hot before washing once in 15 days. Haldi is very wash and use normal hair shampoo. If your
100,000 to 150,000 hair strands and los- condition that leads to loss of Shahnaz Husain styling tools and sun. good for treating dandruff but the daily wash hair is clean, it will not fall. Haircut takes off
ing between 50 to 100 strands a day is hair in some parts of the head. The dullness of hair happens is a must. In case you find oily dandruff in hair, the extra weight from the scalp also makes
considered normal. Therefore, finding Simple alterations in your diet, hair care routine when it is not maintained well during winters wash hair frequently and do not apply any hair ends healthy which work for hair fall. No med-
a few stray hairs on your hairbrush is and lifestyle choices can slow down hair fall. especially if it is chemically treated. If your care pack on the scalp. Consulting a doctor in icine or treatment works better than precon-
not necessarily a cause for alarm. Dryness, dullness, split ends, dandruff and hair texture is oily or normal, you can apply the case of oily dandruff is a must. ditioning, wash and cut for hair fall.
However, excessive hair loss can be most importantly hair fall are most common henna mixed with water and a spoon of curd. Hair fall is something you get in every sea- Complicated treatments are not always ef-
a troublesome problem, often causing problems our hair faces during winters. Hair & This gives good control to oily scalp and adds son, but it increases majorly in winters and fective, hair care should be easy which you
worry and affecting self-esteem, espe- skin mostly get dehydrated and lifeless during a natural gloss to the colour of hair. It adds rains. It happens because of excessive dryness can regular maintain. Also do not follow others
cially for women. Your hair is said to winters and dealing with these problems is not bounce also to flat hair. Henna should be ap- and dehydration during winters. You must work in hair care, everyone has different hair needs
be crowning glory, a direct expression difficult if you know your hair texture and con- plied only for 15 minutes before wash. on a healthy diet having lots of fluids, be regu- and require different treatments.

NEWS ROUNDUP
l CROSSWORD l SUDOKU
Across Down Shalmali on cyber bullies: The
1 Texas shrine (5) 2 Chinese fruit (6)
6 Twitter update (5) 3 Crazes (6) consistent judging needs to stop
S
9 Deductive (reasoning) 4 Choose (3) inger Shalmali recently coloured her hair silver for a new look. However,
the constant trolling that followed has forced the artiste to speak up
(1,6) 5 Sacred book (5) against cyber bullies.
6 One of the smaller states She says, "What ticked me off was the consistent judging and that needs to
10 Not plentiful (5) stop not just for celebrities, for everyone. We are free to colour our hair in
11 Gold bar (5) of North East India (7) whatever colour want, at whatever length. And the same goes for every boy
or girl out there who wants to experiment with their looks. We need to stop
12 Slant (5) 7 Fermented grape
confining ourselves within
juice (4) stereotypical norms. It's
13 Fiasco (7) about time that hair
8 Acts poorly (6)
15 Besides (3) colour, length, skin colour,
12 Bent (5) weight should not become
17 Long fish (4) parameter for people's
13 Demise (5) judgement.”
18 Extol the virtues of (6)
14 Brief advertisement (5) While the singer is not
19 Paganini's birthplace (5) pleased with the pesty at-
15 Give up (5)
SOLUTION TO JANUARY 28
SOLUTION TO JANUARY 28

titude of online trollers,

20 Filament (6) she reveals that she was
16 Entice or lure (5)
22 Turn over (4) expecting some reaction.
18 Jabs (5) "Well, I can definitely
24 Centre of a wheel (3) 19 Round Table knight (7) say that I was expecting a
reaction because social
25 August birthstone (7) 21 Attempt to gratify (6) media has given everyone
26 Wooden slats (5) 22 Stimulus (6) the freedom to voice their
opinion. The reactions
27 Book of the Bible (5) 23 Halogen element (6) have varied from beautiful to mean but you take them in your stride. 2020 has
really taught me that as long as you are true to yourself, you shouldn't let the
28 Allege (5) 25 A stage in negativity deter you, " says Shalmali.
29 Masters of music (7) development (5) She asserts that she doesn't let anyone drive her fashion choices.
"I believe in myself, my music, my fashion. It works beautifully for me and
30 Baked dough (5) 26 Tibetan monk (4) it may not work for some people, but I don't seek external validation. I create
31 Capsize (5) 28 French vineyard (3) music that makes me happy, I wear clothes that make me happy. I just do
what make me happy. I can safely say that it's the best headspace I have
been in since as long as I can remember," she shares.
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17 red sanders smugglers try to 23.94L voters to exercise

sneak into forest; land in police net franchise in Chittoor
n Nominations for the panchayat elections . Nomi- ballot boxes and ballot pa-
n The Red Sander Anti- nations for first phase polls pers would be printed.
phase-1 will begin today would begin from Friday on- Participating in the media
Smuggling Task Force n In-charge Collector wards in 20 mandals under conference, district SP
seeks forest and police Markandeylu says 47,000 Chittoor revenue division. Senthil Kumar said that an
support to tackle the Addressing a press confer- exercise for identifying the
staff will be deployed to ence here on Thursday, hypersensitive, sensitive and
smuggling menace ensure peaceful elections Markandeyulu said that gram normal polling stations for
n Smugglers adopt new panchayat polls would be deploying police force ac-
n SP Senthil Kumar states held in the district in three cordintly has been com-
techniques to continue red sensitive and normal phases. “In the first phase, 20 pleted.
sanders smuggling in forest booths identified mandals of Chittoor revenue “Additional police force
division, in second phase would also be deployed from
HANS NEWS SERVICE HANS NEWS SERVICE 17 mandals of Madanapalli other parts of the state if
TIRUPATI CHITTOOR division and 14 mandal in needed. Bind over cases
Tirupati revenue division would be registered against
IN a major operation, the Red IN-ChARGe district collec- in third phase will go to the anti-social elements
Sander Anti-Smuggling Task Force tor K Markendeyulu said polls,” he said. throughout the district,” the
(RSASTF) arrested 17 woodcutters 23.94 lakh voters, including Around 47,000 polling per- SP said. Joint collector (de-
from Tamil Nadu before they ven- 11.88 male voters and 12.06 sonnel would be deployed velopment) V Veera Brah-
ture into the forest at Maravapalli Task Force DSP Venkataiah addressing media over the arrest of 17 smugglers in Tirupati on Thursday lakh female voters under for conducting the elections mam, trainee collector
under Mungilipattu forest beat on 1,369 gram panchayats in the in a smooth and peaceful Vishnu Charan, ZP CeO
Tirupati-Chittoor highway in the from the roadside. viding space for smugglers in the ple in the forest fringe villages to district would exercise their manner. Stage has been set Prabhakar Reddy and others
wee hours of Thursday. however, the Task For personnel middle while filling it with bags of alert the Task Force if they find any franchise in the ensuring for procuring the required were present .
Acting on tip-off that the smug- lying in wait surrounded the smug- various item giving the much outsider in their area.
glers arriving to Mugilpattu area to glers much to their surprise and needed cover to them, he explained. The arrested 17 include 15 from
go into Seshachalam forests for cut- were able to nab 17 while 20 more Further, the smugglers first enter Tiruvannamali and one each from
ting red sanders trees, the Task managed to flee. Two Task Force into forest in a small batch of 2 or 3 Vellore and Tirupattur district.
Force mobilised all its personnel personnel sustained leg fractures so as to not to draw the attention of Most of them have previous record
operating in various areas and kept while chasing the escaping smug- other for selecting the trees the im- of involved in smuggling activity
a watch since last night leading to glers, he said, adding that combing ages of which they will send and have undergone imprisonment
the nabbing of smugglers. was still on to trace the smugglers through WhatsApp to the kingpins but resumed the illegal activity after
Speaking to media here, Task still at large. Food and bakery items to ascertain its quality before going coming out of the jail to make quick
Force DSP Venkataiah said the stock sufficient for two weeks in- ahead with cutting the red sanders buck.
smugglers in a clever move came in cluding rice, provisions, bread, veg- tree, he added. The DSP informed that he was
a eicher truck laden with bags of etables,edible oil, beedi and ganja “Despite our best efforts, the sending a report to higher ups for
vermicompost but giving space in were recovered from the truck. woodcutters from Tamil Nadu did an official meeting with the officials
the middle for smugglers sit, with a As the Task Force stepped up its not stop arriving here for smuggling of Tamil Nadu police for a coordi-
hole underneath through which the vigil on the entry points to forest, red sanders which increased after nated effort to stop the people from
smugglers alighted from the vehicle the smugglers opting new tech- the Sankranti,’’ he said seeking the the neighboring state indulging in
to go into the forest, while the niques to enter into forest, for con- support of police and forest depart- smuggling and arrest of kingpins
parked vehicle acting as curtain tinuing the smuggling using the ment for effective steps to deter the whose names came out during the
shielding for anyone noticing them specially restructured trucks pro- smugglers. he also appealed to peo- interrogation of the arrested. In-charge District Collector K Markendeyulu addressing the press at Chittoor on Thursday. SP Senthil Kumar is also seen.

Focus on introducing GP POLLS 4-member gang involved

epics to children: EO in Ganesh idol theft held
TIRUPATI

The pundits and scholars

Cops intensify checking HANS NEWS SERVICE
KADAPA
should focus on bringing out
the epics for children, said TTD
eO Dr KS Jawahar Reddy.
Speaking after releasing the
at border check posts POLICE arrested a four-member gang involved in
Ganesh idol theft at Chagaluru village of Vem-
palle mandal and recovered a car and two-
wheeler from their possession on Thursday. The
three Maha Purana Books in- HANS NEWS SERVICE has identified 943 hyper- sitive and hyper-sensitive accused were identified as R Srihari, SK Khadar-
cluding Vishnu, Matsya and KADAPA sensitive villages across 50 villages till the completion of valli, of Vemalli mandal in Kadapa district and M
Brahma Maha Puranas brought mandals in the district. Ac- elections, he said. Nagendra, K Nagendra Prasad of Tadipatri in
out by Purana Itihasa Project WITh filing of nominations cording to SP KKN Anbura- On other hand, the admin- Anantapur district. Addressing media conference
of TTD which took place at begins for gram panchayat jan, police have booked bind istration has made elaborate in Pulivendula on Thursday, DSP Srinivasulu said
Annamacharya Kalamandiram elections from Friday, the over cases against anti-social arrangements for smooth that one Dadhguru Rama Maharshi of Vempalle
on Thursday, the eO felt the police has intensified elements, old offenders and and fair conduct of elections mandal had established Ganesh temple in Cha-
need of the great literature searches at border areas to rowdy sheeters at several po- in 807 panchayats and 7,900 galuru village. After his death, the temple was
given by our fore fathers should prevent the entry of new lice station limits. Police also wards. As many as 7,896 running with the help of local philanthropists.
reach the next generation. commers into the district. ordered locals to deposit li- polling centres were set up The DSP said that few weeks back, a 4-member
he sought the literary stal- Police intensified vigil at cenced weapons at the for 22,78, 225 voters to exer- gang lifted the idol from the temple considering
warts, also to work on the epics check posts and thoroughly nearby police stations till the cise their franchise in free it has diamonds. The accused torn the idol into
keeping in view the children. checking the vehicles pass- completion of elections. In and fair manner in four pieces and left it in the forest after they failed to
The eO observed Purana Iti- ing on both national and view of past experiences dur- phases of elections. In total, found diamonds in it. The DSP said that during
hasa Project has an important states highways. ing ZPTC and MPTC elec- 18,600 staff were deployed the investigation, the police have collected the
role to play in the promotion of According to the sources, tions, police have intensified for the polling, said collector pieces of Ganesh idol and arrested the miscre-
hindu Sanatana Dharma. the district administration round the clock vigil in sen- Ch harikiran. ants at Vempalle and Tadipatri areas.

CPM asks MPs to raise farmers’ issue in Parliament

n
CPM Central Committee are withdrawn. If the laws allowed it
member V Sreenivasa Rao says would endanger the farming commu-
CPM central nity. The CPM leader said even the
the violent incidents on the committee Union Agriculture Minister Naren-
Republic Day in Delhi amply member dra Singh Tomar did not know the
reveals the game plan of the V Srinivasa farm laws which were framed bowing
saffron party to divide the Rao speaking to Adani corporate company pres-
to media in sure and passed hurriedly in the Par-
farmers agitation Tirupati on liament ignoring the opposition and
Thursday also farmers nationwide concern.
n
Says even the Union Agriculture
Minister Narendra Singh Tomar The Centre was ready to hold the
party support to the farmers' protest “The farmers protest was going on farm laws for 18 months but not
did not know the farm laws slated on January 30. peacefully in Delhi on the R-Day till ready to scrape it, he said adding that
which were framed bowing to Speaking to the media, the CPM the BJP supported anti-social ele- it shows the BJP is more interested
Adani company pressure leader said that the BJP government ments entered the march mas- to protect the corporate interests but
unable to digest the 500 and odd querading as farmers creating trou- not the farmers.
HANS NEWS SERVICE farmers associations coming to- ble,'' he said and added the Delhi Vowing that there is no question
TIRUPATI gether intensifying the stir conspired incidents were the handiwork of BJP of the farmers winding up their
to weaken the farmers' movement and planned to defame the farmers. struggle, he wanted the regional par-
CPM Central Committee member V and trying its best to create differ- he further said that the participation ties YSRCP and TDP to stand with
Sreenivasa Rao on Thursday sought ences among the unions and its lead- of hundreds of thousands of farmers the farmers and stop bending before
the MPs from Andhra Pradesh to ers. The disturbances and the violent from various states in the R-Day the saffron party.
voice the farmers demand in the incidents on the Republic Day in protest reveal that the farmers stir CPM district secretary A Pullaih,
budget session of Parliament meet- Delhi amply reveal the game plan of gathered momentum shivering the leaders Vandavasi Nagaraju, Puli-
ing and wanted them to stoutly op- the saffron party to divide the farm- BJP government and also the farm- mamidi Yadagiri and others were
pose the farm laws. he extended his ers, he added. ers resolve to fight till the black laws present.

Three held for

attempt to murder
TTD forest workers demand pay hike
NELLORE HANS NEWS SERVICE Contract
TIRUPATI employees in
POlICe arrested three persons on the TTD forest
charges of attempt to murder a person CeNTRe of Indian Trade Union department
in the city limits on Thursday. Accord- (CITU) leader V Srinivas Rao on staging a dharna
ing to DSP J Srinivasulu Reddy, the ac- Thursday sought justice for contract in front of TTD
Administrative
cused were identified as P Sateesh, P employees who have been working building in
Sai Jagadeesh and Shaik Abdul Aziz. in the TTD forest department for Tirupati on
The DSP said the victim G Prasad from more than two decades. Thursday
Babu Jagjeevanram colony of Padaru- TTD forest employees and other
palli area in the city limits, was having leaders picketed the Administrative Marketing departments, he said the he demanded the department to
old rivalry with the three accused. On building as part of their agitation on TTD was paying Rs 10,000 as wages treat forest workers on par with
January 24, Sateesh from Jagjveenram Thursday. but at the same time, the officials are Kalyanakatta and implement time
colony, Jagadeesh and Abdul Aziz from Addressing the workers, the CITU paying low wages for forest workers. scale along with TA, DA facilities.
Bujabuja Nellore have attacked Prasad leader came down heavily on the he sought the Chief Minister’s in- CITU District President M Na-
while he was in a café. The accused mer- TTD for not considering the genuine tervention for resolving workers' is- garujuna commented that TTD is
cilessly beat him with legs and pelted demands of workers. he alleged that sues. CITU district general secretary implementing discrimination
stones on him. The victim received TTD was not following uniform rules Kandarapu Murali criticised TTD among its employees in paying
grave injuries on his head and other in regularising the employees and Chairman Y V Subba Reddy for not salaries. he demands for equal salary
parts of the body and fled away from due to this workers and contract em- resolving the workers problem de- to forest workers on par with other
the place. Subsequently, he approached ployees were in dilemma about their spite they were staging protest in contract employees who were work-
the police on Thursday and lodged a future. front of Forest department’s main ing in Kalyanakatta and other de-
complaint with them on the incident. In Kalyana Katta, Dairy Farm and office at hare Rama road. partments.
4 EDIT TIRUPATI FRIDAY 29 JANUARY 2021

Free Tibet's Campaigns and Advocacy

Rescuing Tibet from Chinese aggression Manager, John Jones said “Tenzin’s
killing is emblematic of the brutality of
China’s occupation of Tibet and the fla-

A 19-year-old Tibetan monk has re-

portedly died of injuries sustained
in Chinese prison on January 19 in Tibet
news of his arrest and contacting Ti-
betans in exile in India, reports suggest.
In October 2020, Nyima’s family were
Another Tibetan monk, Nyimay, who
leaked the information to social media
sites was also found guilty of inciting
grant disregard for Tibetan life. The
moment Tenzin Nyima was detained he
was placed at the mercy of the police; it
after he was released in a comatose state told by the police that his health had de- separatism and received the longest was effectively a death sentence.
by Chinese authorities recently. Tenzin teriorated and he was then in a coma- sentence – five years in prison. These China’s repression of free speech, reli-
Nyima (also known as Tamey) who was tose condition. Subsequently he died. finer details would not be necessary to gion, movement, association and as-
a monk from dza Wonpo Monastery in In between, despite his comatose outsiders unless one wants to know sembly in Tibet and xinjiang in 2019
Wonpo Township in Kardze, in eastern state, Nyima was summoned to appear what is happening in Tibet and to Ti- was more severe than in other areas of
Tibet’s so-called Sichuan Province held before Sershul Intermediate People’s betans. Tibet is just an occupied land. the country.
a peaceful demonstration outside the Court on the afternoon of 10 November Its culture, civilisation and traditions China disrupted traditional Tibetan
local police station calling for Tibet’s in- to face charges of “inciting separatism”. have been trampled upon as never be- living patterns and customs and accel-
dependence. he was arrested on No- Between November and december of fore and its people are being subjected erated the forced assimilation of Ti-
vember 7, 2019. last year, the other protesters in dza to untold misery. Forced labour, con- betans into mainstream Chinese soci-
Four other young Tibetan monks Wonpo were tried behind closed doors centration camps and disappearances ety through. Tibetans' faced significant
were also arrested for boldly expressing by Sershul Intermediate People’s Court. just as in case of Uyghurs are now com- hurdles in acquiring passports, and that
their steadfast solidarity in a social me- Kunsal, aged 20, Choegyal and yonten mon themes of life. it was virtually impossible for Buddhist
dia post saying “the spirit and dignity of were sentenced four years. Sotra was Tibetans are being forced out of the monks and nuns to do so. how long
Tibetan people is in our blood and can sentenced to three years in prison and himalayas too as China increasingly does it take for the world to take up
never be extinguished”. Tenzin Nyima Tsultrim, aged 16, was sentenced for one looks at the water resources too apart their cause? It is inhuman to turn a
was released in May 2020 but arrested year in prison. All of them were found from the rare earth metal resources. re- blind eye to Chinese atrocities in the
again on 11 August 2020 for sharing the guilty of “inciting separatism”. ferring to the latest death of the monk occupied areas.
Being an Indian farmer…
Five things you need to know

Violence is crime, protest is not

about an Indian farmer’s life and why
they are on the streets
RICHARD MAHAPATRA

SURGICAL STRIKE unions would come up with dif-

ferent demands than stated ear-
lier and keep changing their goal
A republic is where a people doesn’t have to give up its common in-
terest for that of the ruling class; the ruling class is supposed to exe-
cute the will of the citizen. Understandably, it is impossible to make
posts. Modi government has everyone happy. But expectations remain. even after 71 years as a re-
been responsible and patient all public.
along. It has even announced January 26, 2021 promises to be an exceptional r-day. If 2020 was
few days back, that it was ready about the public owning up its day to
to keep the new farm laws on We all celebrate when make its point against the Narendra
hold for one and half years, till a data shows that India is Modi government’s citizenship issues,
Supreme Court directed com-
mittee presents their report.
emerging as one of the this year is about the millions of farm-
ers who form the foundation of India’s
None of these concessions from fastest growing economy.
K KRISHNA government’s end seem to sat- economies in the world. As their representatives ready to
isfy farmer groups, who are per-
SAAGAR RAO
sisting on complete roll-back of
But this growth has not roll out their own caravan of tractors
as a counterpoint to the official pro-
the newly implemented farm impacted us. Every cession on rajpath, the question re-

A
Ny form of violence in a laws. second farmer in the mains: how does it feel being an In-
structured and functional Negotiations don’t work this
democracy is a crime, but way. Any legitimate negotiation
country is indebted. An dian farmer? here’s how the
quintessential agriculturist would
protest is not. In a parliamen- should lead to a final resolution average Indian farmer probably have put it - Five points of
tary democracy protest and ex- through concessions from both earns Rs 6,426 per my life you need to know as you cele-
pression of dissent is fundamen- sides, for a fair outcome. An ef- voked physical attacks on police
tal to the functioning of a state. fective negotiation process If protesters lose focus of their core have exhibited the wrong-track-
month while the brate republic day and why we are on
the streets.
In India, the Constitution pro- should ensure a win-win for ing of the farmers protest, with- expenditure is Rs 6,223.
vides for right to free speech and both parties in the negotiation, objective, there is nothing credible to out any credible leadership lead- Also, only 15 per cent of
expression. Article 19 (1) (a) pro- at least it should ensure all par-
discuss for the other party, in this case ing it in the right direction. farmers earn 91 per cent
I
vides for right to express sub- ties feel that way eventually. Leadership deficit is fatal for I am one of the smallest farmers in
ject to reasonable restriction. however, the negotiations the government. Nothing justifies the any protest. of the total agricultural the world. The average landholding in
Peaceful protest is a constitu- with farmer groups so far, were income amid India is 1.08 hectares; it would typically
tional right in India and it unusually one-sided, where gov- reason and purpose of the scale of Negotiations can’t continue overwhelming inequality sustain eight persons. Smallholders
should be used with reasonable ernment is extending all conces- Who should government en- now cultivate 42 per cent of operated
restraint. sions and farmer unions are ex- violence and vandalism unleashed by gage in discussions with in fu- land and constitute 83 per cent of total landholdings.
Few farmer groups have ini-
tiated a dissent programme for
tending none. Negotiations like
this rarely succeed and culmi-
the protestors on that infamous day. ture? Where is the credibility of
farmer-union leaders? What is
But I have two big and critical responsibilities that you might not
have: I sustain myself and also feed the country, one of the world’s largest
the last two months at the delhi nate in a win-win situation. The deviant anti-social behaviour has the guarantee of implantation of consumers of food grains.
borders, which were peaceful As I analyse, below are the agreed resolution, when leaders India’s food self-sufficiency is because of me. In the last six years, I
and democratic until the other three big mistakes made by no co-relation to the objective of have zero control over protest- have been ensuring a bumper harvest of food grains non-stop.
day. The conduct of Modi gov- farmer unions, which have led ing groups? These are some Of the eight industry types, agriculture is the only sector has grown
ernment was exemplary, which their protests into a wrong-track farmers protest in the first place. questions government will pon- in 2020-21 despite the novel coronavirus disease (COVId-19) pandemic.
did not consider those protest-
ing as obstructionists. The gov-
and a ‘point-of-no-return’: The consequences of shunning der, before they invite anyone
for further discussions, as I see.
Farmers like me make up the economy of rs 20.13 lakh crore. Over
half of Indians are into farming; every fourth voter is a farmer. That is
ernment has exhibited unprece- Violence yields zero results responsibility are quite expensive for If protesters lose focus of the reason, I feel, you all love raising the slogan: ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’.
dented restraint in the last two Mahatma Gandhi was a smart their core objective, there is But you must have seen us more on the streets, either protesting or
months, even as protesters protester while he led the free- leadership, and farmer union leaders nothing credible to discuss for dumping our produce for not being able to get a fair price. In 2020, farm-
blocked the vital roads leading dom fight for India. he had for- the other party, in this case the ers from 22 states organised 71 protests. did you ever raise the question:
to the national capital. The long- mulated a success formula for are no exception. Lack of control and government. Nothing justifies Why are farmers protesting?
drawn blockades have not just
created massive financial losses
protests and coined it as ‘Non-
violent protests’, which had
accountability lowers the power of the reason and purpose of the
scale of violence and vandalism
due to clogged logistics and found traction to fight a long bat- leadership unleashed by the protestors on II
transportation for many busi- tle with British for freedom, but that infamous day. The deviant My contribution to India’s gross domestic product (GdP) is on the
nesses, but also caused serious also has become a successful desecration of a national mon- being a land mark national anti-social behaviour has no co- decline. That is why economists say I am losing importance in the
inconvenience to the general model for protests across the ument and its historic pride. event. Farmers unions and its relation to the objective of farm- economy, and also for politicians.
public. world for individual and national They have actually lost the cause leaders [if they are any] should ers protest in the first place. But more and more households depend on agriculture for survival.
Modi Government has been rights. Mahatma Gandhi under- by losing out on their non-vio- have respected it and carried out The consequences of shun- My contribution to GdP has gone down from 51 per cent in the 1950s
proactive in engaging with the stood very early in time that vi- lent, peaceful-protest track. their rally peacefully. It would ning responsibility are quite ex- to around 16 per cent currently. But 70 million households depended
protesting farmer groups since olence defeats the very purpose More importantly they have lost have strengthened their cause, pensive for leadership, and on agriculture in 1951, which has now gone up to 120 million. In 1951,
the initial days of their protest. of a protest and side-tracks the the massive rising support base, if they actually had any real- farmer union leaders are no ex- there were 22 million agricultural labourers; currently there are 144
Over ten lengthy negotiation central objective, and allows the across India for their protest. cause. ception. Lack of control and ac- million.
meetings were organised to opponent to besmirch. Most of what they have lost, is The objective of protest has countability lowers the power of
thaw out differences and to dis- In a structured democracy, irrevocable. no correlation to the unpro- leadership.
cuss farmers concerns on the protest is the fundamental in- voked vandalism and violence It is time for the protesting III
newly reformed farm laws. Sen- strument of dissent. however, Leadership deficit exposed by the protesting farmer groups groups to accept the resolution We all celebrate when data shows that India is emerging as one of
ior Ministers like Narendra this instrument cannot be used Leadership is all about ac- on the republic day. offered in the last negotiation the fastest growing economies of the world. But this growth has not
Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal to unleash civic disorder, vio- countability. It’s about owning One uncontrolled event is meeting with the central gov- impacted us.
were engaging with farmer lead- lence, vandalism and desecra- up action and its consequences. enough to highlight the lack of a ernment and return home to every second farmer in the country is indebted. An average Indian
ers in all these negotiations. tion. In a constitutional democ- The unruly episode of mayhem sincere and common objective re-engage with their occupa- farmer earns rs 6,426 per month while the expenditure is rs 6,223.
during multiple engagements racy, where law and order have on the republic day in delhi, for a protesting group. The tion, instead of continuing with Also, only 15 per cent of farmers earn 91 per cent of the total agri-
with farmer union leaders, Modi laws protecting its enforcement, has exposed lack of credible protest has visibly been hijacked their protest which has lost its cultural income amid overwhelming inequality.
government has agreed on many violent protests yield ‘zero re- leadership for the protests. by anti-social, anti-national, op- cause, objective, purpose and An analysis shows that a farmer earns only rs7,639 from a hectare
demands raised by farmer sults’. If agreements are not re- portunist political and sepa- credibility. of wheat against the production cost of rs 32,644. This is a huge
groups since November 2020. In Farmer unions have made a spected, leadership has no ratist elements. It was there on (The author is the chief loss of rs 25,005 per ha.
fact, every time the government biggest mistake in allowing a meaning. Modi government has TV screens all day for every one spokesperson of the BJP Telan- I don’t have much to spend. But over 90 per cent of the country’s
would agree and concede to the peaceful dissent programme de- given permission to the farmers across the nation to see. The gana State, an organisational GdP comes from my consumption. Close to 50 per cent of the con-
farmer unions demands, farmer rail into violence, vandalism and tractor-rally despite January 26 shocking rampage and unpro- strategist & a leadership coach) sumers in the country are wither farmers or from households that
earn primarily from agriculture.
It means a sector already in crisis is holding the fort of the “fastest
growing economy” of the world. Will it be able to sustain it? A big
LETTERS surge ahead to protect the interest of in-
vestors by sharing its Communication of
In the vicinity of 35 per cent ACs sold
in India were improved as fully built units
Murder most foul no and that is the severe warning for the overall economy.

UN Global Compact Progress (COP) as mandated by UN Global

Compact Program through its annual re-
ports. Further the forum can be utilised to
but actually were Chinese products.
Things took a sharp turn in Oct when gov-
ernment banned on importing ACs and
W here are we heading as the news
that a highly educated mother who
also happens to coach students for IIT ex-
IV
In 2019, every hour nearly two persons involved in farming com-
Programme share best practices adopted while adher- refrigerators. Now, the local manufactur- amination in Chittoor in cold blooded mitted suicide in the country. This category accounts for 7.4 per cent

T he top listed companies across the

globe have voluntarily enrolled to the
United Nations Global Compact Program
ing to corporate governance and sustain-
ability framework.
Varun Dambal, Bengaluru
ers are leaving no stone unturned to make
best of this opportunity. As per reports,
they have invested in the neighborhood of
manner killed two of her daughters in the
name of superstitious belief that by the
grace of Lord Shiva, they would come alive
of all suicides in India.
Climate change is impacting us the most. Government data shows
that our income would come down by up to 25 per cent due to climate
that encourages them to adhere to its ten 1500 crore to cater $5 -6 billion industry. in a day has sent shivers among all of us. change impacts. The 100 poorest districts in the country, which are
principles including human rights, labour, Adding white goods in in Production Also TV has been airing too many mytho- also dominated by agriculture, are the most vulnerable to climate
environmental and anti-corruption and ‘Make in India’ push for Linked Incentives (PLI) scheme was icing logical serials and also occult practice change. We will suffer a loss of rs 700 crore a year due to this.
report its status through annual Commu- on the cake. shown in the so called saas bahu serials in drought that hurts agriculture the most, particularly for rain-fed
nication of Progress (COP) statement. The air- conditioners Rahul Chouhan, Ujjain all the languages. It's indeed true even in farming, is the second-most impactful type of disaster in terms of
entities as otherwise are mandated to pre-
pare annual reports along with details re-
lated to the commitment to sustainability,
I NdIA has FTA (Free Trade Agree-
ments) with all the ASeAN countries
with one exception China. China has been What next, Sasikala?
the pre TV era, mythological movies were
produced, but they were on and off and af-
ter watching them, it would go out of the
number of people affected in the world. It accounts for just five per
cent of total disaster events.
But it affected 1.4 billion people in 2009-19. Over 50 per cent of In-
corporate governance and business envi-
ronment report in order to uphold the
business principles and values.
exploiting these FTAs for many years by
acquiring defunct companies in countries
like Laos, Vietnam and other ASeAN na-
e xPeLLed AIAdMK leader V K
Sasikala release from judicial custody
in a disproportionate assets case, brings
mind of viewers. But every day watching
inside home can lead to such killing. It was
more shocking to see the mother walking
dian farmers depend on rain. drought impacts nearly 30 crore farm-
ers every year.

Further the governments should en- tions so then can export to world's second the curtains down on a four-year prison away shouting the name of Lord Shiva. I
courage all the listed companies to commit largest market, India. We must bear this sentence. Sasikala is being treated for hope the parents would be punished for V
to United Nations Global Compact Pro- in mind that FTAs are embedded with "in- Covid-19 at the Trauma Care Centre in cold blooded murder so that it can be les- My fellow farmers are growing restless. Our Census 2011 says every
gram through robust voluntary nomina- verted duty structure", it means that fin- Victoria hospital. her release must glad- son for others who involve in such heinous day 2,000 farmers give up farming. Income from farming has already
tion drives. As a best practice the enrol- ished goods like ACs won't attract hefty den the hearts of her supporters, many of act either on their own or on the advice of lost the prime spot in our total household total earnings.
ment to UN Global Compact Program will duties but it local manufacturers import whom arrived at the hospital to celebrate Tantriks. In 1970, three-fourths of a rural household’s income came from
have a positive impact on the stakeholders raw materials like compressor and then her release. It will be interesting to see N Nagarajan, hyderabad farm sources. After 45 years, in 2015, it is less than one-third. Most
including retail investors and the compa- make products, it will meet with heavy du- how she charts her political career post- of the households now earn more out of non-farm sources. In fact a
nies can ensure complete fairness and ties. There was no ray of hope local manu- release. [email protected] daily wager earns more than a farmer.
transparency. The organizations should factures competing with ASeAN goods. N J Ravi Chander, Bengaluru (Courtesy: Down To Earth)
TIRuPATI fRIDAY 29 JANuARY 2021 AP 5
NAADU-NEDU (HEALTH) PANCHAYAT POLLS

Finalise tenders by April 15: CM BJP-Jana Sena leaders

n In a review, Chief Minister
directs officials to
urge Guv to intervene
expedite land acquisition n Veerraju and Manohar
for new medical colleges submit a memorandum
and start works to the Governor expressing
n The State govt has taken apprehensions over poll
up works worth Rs 16,270 process in view of the bad
blood between the
cr related to YSR village State govt and the SEC
clinics, PHCs, area
hospitals, development
n Point out to ‘forcible’
unanimous elections
of existing medical engineered by YSRCP during
colleges and construction MPTC, ZPTC polls in last year
of new ones Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy reviewing progress in Nadu-Nedu works in health and medical sector at his camp office in
Tadepalli on Thursday March, appeal to him to
n Tells officials to thoroughly prevent their repetition Jana Sena Party leader Nadendla Manohar addressing a press conference along with
train PHC staff so that they ings being constructed. staff for awareness and knowledge condition. BJP State president Somu Veeraju at Raj Bhavan in Vijayawada on Thursday
the officials said works were be- on referral system. the Chief Min- reviewing the system of doctors AMARAVATI
can guide patients to avail ing done with a deadline to com- ister said awareness should be cre- visiting villages, the Chief Minister Both the BJP and Jana Sena Manohar said that they
benefits under Aarogyasri plete construction of 10,011 village ated among Asha workers on re- said guidelines should be prepared thE BJP state president and leaders said that they suspect informed the Governor the
clinics by April and added that con- ferral system. When officials on the basis of practices in other MLC Somu Veerraju and Jana that the state government may experiences of the previous
AMARAVATI struction of 151 new PhCs and explained the workflow of ANMs states and their ideas. Sena Party political affairs deliberately delay issue of elections in which the ruling
restoration of 982 existing PhCs and Arogyamitras regarding the the Chief Minister also dis- committee chairman caste and no-due certificates party leaders threatened the
ChiEF Minister Y S Jagan Mohan will be completed by october and referral system, he said the staff cussed the mystery illness in Pulla Nadendla Manohar met for the contestants of candidates to prevent them
reddy instructed the officials to fi- the works of Nadu-Nedu in area should have complete understand- and Komaravolu villages of West Governor Biswa Bhusan opposition parties to facilitate from filing nominations. he
nalise the tenders for developmen- hospitals will be completed by De- ing on empanelled hospitals and Godavari district. he enquired harichandan on thursday and unanimous elections of said that they asked him to see
tal works in existing medical col- cember. be prepared to give proper guid- about the tests conducted by vari- submitted a memorandum YSrCP candidates. they also that the state government
leges and construction of new they said 3.1 crore square feet ance to the patients. ous reputed institutes and their re- requesting intervention of expressed suspicions that does not lure the candidates to
medical colleges by April 15. he of works are being done for con- he said staff should be provided sults. the officials said drinking Governor for peaceful conduct nomination papers would be make elections unanimous in
held a review on Nadu-Nedu struction of super specialty hospi- with complete information for ef- water is safe, food samples in Pulla of panchayat elections. tampered with during its favour. he said that they
(health) at his camp office at tade- tals, new medical colleges and fective implementation of govern- village were tested safe and the re- in the letter, the alliance scrutiny. had appealed to the Governor
palli on thursday. restoration of existing colleges and ment policy of providing free treat- sults of food samples of Komar- partners stated that they Later, speaking to media, to ensure that the government
Under Nadu-Nedu (health), added that this work would be ment if medical expenditure avolu are awaited. doubt the elections would be BJP state president Veerraju doesn’t misuse power through
works related to YSr village clinics, equal to four times the work of Bei- exceeds rs 1,000. Feedback should Deputy Chief Minister Alla free and fair given the said that they brought to the the village volunteers.
YSr urban clinics, primary health jing Airport and six times the work be taken from Aarogyasri benefi- Kali Krishna Srinivas (Nani), differences between the state notice of the Governor the he said it was common to
centres (PhCs), area hospitals, de- of Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai. ciaries and implementation of Ar- Chief Minister’s chief advisor government and State irregularities that took place dole out financial incentives
velopmental works in existing on Covid-19 situation, the offi- ogya Asara should be verified. he Nilam Sawhney, transport prin- Election Commission. during last year’s MPtC and to panchayat for unanimous
medical colleges and construction cials said the recovery rate is 99.04 directed the officials to ensure a cipal secretary M t Krishnababu, referring to the previous ZPtC elections. he said they elections but demanded that
of new medical colleges are being per cent and the mortality rate is mobile phone with every Aro- health principal secretary Anil MPtC and ZPtC election had also explained about the they should be held without
taken up at an estimated budget of 0.81 per cent and also briefed on gyamitra. he said the real-time Kumar Singhal, health commis- experience, Veerraju and increasing attacks on temples conspiracies. “incentives for
rs 16,270 crore. the progress in vaccination which data on any problem in empan- sioner Katamaneni Bhaskar, AP Manohar said that the and arrest of opposition party unanimous elections are
During the review, the Chief going on in the state. elled hospitals should reach top of- Medical Services and infrastruc- opposition candidates were people and urged the common anywhere. We also
Minister said land acquisition for the Chief Minister sought de- ficials. the officials said an app has ture Development Corporation being prevented by force from Governor to see that welcome them. But this state
hospitals should be completed tails of training being given to staff been designed for this purpose. managing director V Vijayarama filing their nominations, nominations are received government is conspiring to
soon and works should begin and in PhCs and those in village and the Chief Minister said 104 and raju, Aarogyasri trust CEo A resulting in unprecedented online to prevent threats and bring forced unanimity. We
asked the officials to focus on the urban health clinics. the officials 108 vehicles should be well main- Mallikarjuna and other senior of- spike in “unanimous intimidation of candidates. can understand this very
maintenance and hygiene of build- said tests are being conducted for tained and they should be in good ficials were present. elections”. Jana Sena leader Nadendla clearly,” said Manohar.

YSRCP forcing unanimous We will win 90% panchayats: Peddireddi

elections, alleges TDP chief Rambabu questions
AMARAVATI made for failed bulbs. Also, the
TDP releasing manifesto
tDP constructed 22.51 lakh toilets
tDP national president N Chan- and declared 5,948 villages as Points out that local party polls are held on non-party
drababu Naidu on thursday open defecation free (oDF) vil- basis, demands action against Naidu by SEC
slammed the YSrCP Ministers, lages. the Jagan regime has not
MLAs and party leaders for re- paid any attention to such facili- spirit of Chandrababu, not in the
sorting to 'intimidation and phys- ties in rural areas, he said. spirit of the Constitution, and even
ical attacks' in order to force the Naidu made a specific attack on if Chandrababu pairs up with
residents of gram panchayats to panchayat raj minister Peddireddi Panchayat Raj Minister Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy along with MLAs Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, they
accept unanimous elections in the ramachandra reddy, accusing addressing the media at Tirupati on Thursday can't save TDP from sinking.
state. him of committing election of- He said that the unanimous
he said that the ruling party fences openly in tamballapalli n Hits back at TDP n Accuses Naidu of using SEC to take elections existed in the country for
leaders had a hidden agenda be- and Punganur in his own Assem- president for making revenge against some officers long, and questioned the SEC
hind their so-called call for ‘unan- bly segment. “how could 71 ‘unethical’ comments whether it was mentioned
imous elections’. But the tDP was
n
Demands sacking of MPtCs be announced unani-
n Minister holds an emergency meet with anywhere in the Constitution that
giving a call for leaving the choice Panchayat Raj Minister for mously if the YSrCP did not use against him MLAs over panchayat polls. there should be no unanimous
of electing sarpanches to the vil- engineering ‘unanimous force in tamballapalli? in Punga- elections in panchayat polls.
lagers themselves so that efficient nur, 69 MPtCs were declared HANS NEWS SERVICE conspiring to create havoc in the Instead of encouraging peaceful
leaders would be elected for bring- elections’ in his Assembly unanimous. Also, 6 ZPtCs each TIRUPATI panchayats, while the state gov- TADEPALLI elections in villages, SEC and
ing real development in their vil- constituency last March were declared unanimous in Pun- ernment had been encouraging Chandrababu have been trying to
lages. he demanded that the pan- ganur and tamballapalli. the tDP PANChAYAt raj and rural de- unanimous elections. he said that YSRCP Sattenapalli MLA Ambati influence them as political
chayat raj minister be sacked for n
Says YSRCP Ministers, will strongly oppose such wrong velopment minister Peddireddi Chandrababu was a leader who Rambabu said that TDP president elections. He criticised the SEC for
his unconstitutional remarks leaders behaving like unanimous elections as it will be ramachandra reddy said that could not get a majority even in N Chandrababu Naidu wants to being a puppet in the hands of
against the election process and a big setback to creating effective YSrCP would win more than 90 his own district and was criticised turn non-party elections into party Chandrababu and terrorising the
the State Election Commission. rowdies and hooligans and efficient leadership in the vil- per cent gram panchayats in lo- for never working for the people. elections and questioned what government officials on a personal
Addressing a press conference n
Releases party manifesto lages,” he declared. cal body polls. Addressing the ramachandra reddy stated action would SEC Ramesh Kumar vendetta by using his powers.
here, the former chief minister the tDP chief released the media here on thursday, he at- that State Election Commis- take against him for releasing the Rambabu said that SEC Ramesh
said that the YSrCP ministers and for panchayat elections party manifesto 'Palle Pragathi- tacked tDP chief N Chan- sioner Nimmagadda ramesh Ku- manifesto for panchayat elections. Kumar was blaming government
leaders were behaving like hooli- Pancha Sutralu' (Village Growth drababu Naidu for making “use- mar is arm-twisting the bureau- Addressing a press conference at officials for rejecting his
gans with a view to getting their away forcefully from rival candi- - Five Plans) for the panchayat less and unethical comments” crats and government employees YSRCP central office at Tadepalli enrolment for casting a vote from
party activists elected in the pan- dates, adding that the YSrCP polls 2021 when he gave a call for against him. he said Naidu could by using his official position. the on Thursday, Rambabu said that Duggirala, while he is still living in
chayat polls in the name of ‘unan- committed ‘murder of democracy’ all the panchayats to elect his not face him face to face since the minister said that the govern- the SEC has been working in the Hyderabad.
imous elections’. the general pub- in the MPtC, ZPtC elections. party-supported candidates for college days themselves. ment is following the verdict
lic should strongly oppose this Accusing the YSrCP of having achieving better and cleaner vil- ramachandra reddy criticised given by the Supreme Court on election norm has been in place day before the nominations for
considering the threat to the con- no right to seek votes of villagers, lages. the tDP chief over releasing a panchayat elections, but the SEC since 2002 and there is nothing phase -1 commence in the district.
cept of local self-government. Chandrababu Naidu said that not Naidu said that the tDP's five manifesto for panchayat elections has been acting as a monarch mis- new in this election, but surpris- the meeting discussed strategies
he showed videos of how the a single farm pond was con- plans for village future develop- which are not being held on the using the constitutional powers. ingly the SEC has been going to win maximum number of gram
ruling party leaders and their structed under the YSrCP rule ment would focus on protected basis of party symbols. he accused ramesh of becoming against it, commenting that they panchayats. MLAs Chevireddy
henchmen resorted to the murder while the tDP dug up 6.15 lakh drinking water, safety assurance, he questioned who has given a pawn in the hands of tDP chief, need to come under scanner. Bhaskar reddy, Adimulam, B
attempt on the tDP MLC and ex- ponds. over 20 lakh LED bulbs model villages, self-sufficiency the right to release a manifesto who has been using him to avenge Earlier, ramchandra reddy Madhusudan reddy, Srinivasulu,
MLA in Macherla and how the were fixed at that time but now and citizen services with reduc- while the Model Code of Conduct against government officials. the called an urgent meeting with Dwarkanath reddy and others at-
nomination papers were snatched not a single replacement was tion in property tax. is in force and said Naidu had been Minister said that the unanimous MLAs on local body elections, a tended the meet.

Gupta, Samuel Anand

get new postings
HC reinstates Ashok SEC to tour
AMARAVATI to Ram temple post Seema from today AMARAVATI
Chittoor former collector Narayan HANS NEWS SERVICE just’ order of the YSRCP gov-
Bharat Gupta was posted as managing di- VIZIANAGARAM ernment. The court said the StAtE Election Commissioner N ramesh
rector of AP State housing Corporation government had no power to Kumar will visit Anantapur, Kurnool and
Limited. he is also placed in full additional ON the day new idols of Lord terminate the hereditary Kadapa districts from January 29 to 30 to
charge for the post of director, directorate Rama, Sita and Lakshmana trustees of the temples. review the poll preparedness and arrange-
of gram volunteers. Chief secretary Aditya were reinstalled at Kodan- Gajapathi Raju was removed ments needed for the gram panchayat
Nath Das issued orders to this effect late on darama temple at Rama- from the post of the chairman elections.
Wednesday night. teertham, AP High Court re- of Kodandarama temple board the SEC will arrive at Bangalore airport
Similarly, Guntur former district collec- stored P Ashok Gajapathi Raju, immediately after the vandali- at 9.10 am on January 29 and leave for
tor i Samuel Anand Kumar was posted as as the chairperson of the tem- sation of Rama idol by the Anantapur by road from there. he will
vice-chairman and managing director, AP ple, in a setback to the state governemnt for ‘failing to pro- conduct a review meeting with officials at
Schedules Castes Cooperative Finance Cor- government which removed tect’ the temple. TDP alleged 2 pm and leave for Kurnool at 3.30 pm.
poration Ltd relieving K Sunita, secretary, him from the post following that the termination of Raju the SEC will hold a review with officials
social welfare department. he is also given the desecration of idols in the was an act of political harass- at Kurnool from 6 pm to 7.30 pm and
full additional charge of the newly-created temple. ment. He was also removed make a night halt there.
ex-cadre post of special secretary, rural de- The High Court revoked the from boards of Pydithalli tem- on January 30, ramesh Kumar will
velopment. state government’s order rein- ple at Vizianagaram and Man- conduct a review with officials at Kadapa
G S Naveen Kumar was posted as special stating Gajapathi Raju as the deswara Swamy temple in from 9 am to 10 am and reach Vijayawada
commissioner, office of commissioner, rural hereditary trustee of the Ra- East Godavari district. React- by flight at 12.30 pm.
development. it may be noted that the State matheertham temple. The ver- ing to court verdict, Gajapathi the visit of the SEC assumes impor-
Election Commission recently recom- dict was delivered on Thurs- Raju said he had been blessed tance in the backdrop of doubts raised by
mended the transfer of Guntur and Chittoor day after hearing the petition by the Lord Rama on the occa- several political parties on election irreg-
district collectors. filed by him against the ‘un- sion of installation new idols. ularities.
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biz briefs
India’s gold demand Markets recoil
MobiKwik, Home
Credit in pact amid global sell-off
MOBIKWIK, on thursday an-
nounced a partnership with
home Credit India, to launch
‘home Credit Money’. A mobile
down 35% in 2020
MUMBAI
FM to present
Economic
SENSEX SLUMPS 536 PTS,
NIFTY TUMBLES 149.95 POINTS
application-based wallet pro- In the fourth quarter of 2020, the festive Survey today
vides integrated end-to-end digi- iNDiA’s gold demand dropped by MUMBAI near zero and vowed to maintain its
tal experience to its customers over a third in 2020 settling at period and the ensuing wedding season HANS BUSINESS bond buying program. Asian and
for their daily life payments and 446.4 tonne on the back of pan- revived hopes and drew in HYDERABAD Equity indices nosedived for the European bourses too wilted under
borrowing needs. the app is de- demic-induced lockdowns and fifth straight session on thursday selling pressure amid unabated rise
veloped for all payment use lifetime high prices, but a rebound jewellery demand worth 137.3 uNiON Minister for Finance as investors took money off the in Covid-19 cases.
cases like eCommerce payments, this year is most likely, as nor- tonnes, the strongest Nirmala Sitharaman will table table amid foreign fund outflows "Market turned cautious after
QR payments, bill payments and malcy returns and steady course the Economic Survey for and heavy selling in global markets. the unidirectional upside of the
money transfer. home Credit of reforms strengthen the indus- quarter in the year 2020-21 in Parliament on Fri- Participants also preferred to re- last 10 months due to ambiguity
money enables users to avail in- try, according to the World Gold day. this annual account of main in a risk-averse mode ahead ahead the Budget and profit book-
stant interest-free loan ranging Council (WGC). india’s economic landscape is of the union Budget next week, ing in the global market due to
from Rs 1,500 to Rs 10,000. the india’s gold demand fell keenly watched and dissected traders said. the 30-share BSE Sen- over-enthusiasm. "Global risk pa-
app has received almost 100,000 by 35.34 per cent to 446.4 hallmarking in June as it comes amid an unprece- sex skidded 535.57 points or 1.13 per rameters increased despite the uS
downloads on google Play Store tonne in 2020. in 2019, 2021, establishment of dented economic crisis trig- cent to finish at 46,874.36. Similarly, Fed maintaining its supportive
in three months. Marko Carevic, the total gold demand the international bul- gered by the Covid-19 pan- the broader NSE Nifty tumbled policy, due to high speculation in
CeO, home Credit India, said: was 690.4 tonne, accord- lion exchange in GiFt demic in india and around the 149.95 points or 1.07 per cent to the equity market and likely drop
“Our goal is to empower our cus- ing to the WGC’s 2020 Gold city and Retail Code of world. As india’s economy is 13,817.55. the Sensex has now lost in fiscal and monetary liquidity in
tomers by offering credit facili- Demand trends report. Gold conduct under the aegis of projected to register a steep 2,917.76 points in five days, while the future,"said Vinod Nair, Head
ties that are seamlessly inte- demand in value terms in 2020, the industry steering committee, contraction in the current fi- the Nifty has retreated 827.15 of Research at Geojit Financial
grated with their purchase witnessed a decline of 14 per cent industry growth will be qualita- nancial year, the Survey au- points. Services. BSE realty, it, FMCG,
journeys. Our partnership with and stood at Rs 1,88,280 crore, the fourth tively superior underpinned by thored by Chief Economic Ad- HuL was the top loser in the Sen- teck, auto and healthcare indices
MobiKwik is a significant step to- compared to Rs 2,17,770 crore in quarter (October-De- global ambitions and strong visor Krishnamurthy sex pack on thursday, shedding lost up to 2.07 per cent, while oil
wards taking customer engage- 2019, according to the WGC data. cember) of 2020, saw improved awareness of trust and trans- Subramanian is expected to 3.65 per cent, followed by Maruti, and gas, telecom, bankex and con-
ment to a new level.” Meanwhile, the total jewellery consumer sentiments as gold de- parency,” he said. From the con- come out with an economic HDFC Bank, PowerGrid, Kotak sumer durables managed to close
demand in volume terms in 2020 mand was down by only 4 per cent sumers’ perspective, there is ac- growth forecast for the next fi- Bank, indusind Bank, HCL tech in the green. the broader BSE
was down by 42 per cent at 315.9 at 186.2 tonne, compared to over- ceptance of the current high price nancial year i.e. 2021-22. and Bajaj Finserv. On the other midcap and smallcap indices
Koo ties up with tonne, compared to 544.6 tonne all demand in the same quarter of level as the new normal, he stated. it’s a general practice that hand, Axis Bank, SBi, ONGC, iCiCi slipped up to 0.46 per cent. Accord-
Republic TV in 2019, while in terms of value it 2019 at 194.3 tonne. “in the fourth in addition, current high stock in- the Economic Survey is tabled Bank and ultratech Cement were ing to traders, recent foreign fund
dipped by 22.42 per cent to Rs quarter of 2020, the festive period dices and low interest rates will in the Parliament a day before among the gainers, jumping up to outflows from the domestic capital
MICRO-BlOggIng platform 1,33,260 crore, from Rs 1,71,790 and the ensuing wedding season add significant weightage to gold the union Budget is pre- 6.16 per cent. On the global markets are also weighing on mar-
‘Koo’ announced its tie up with crore largely on account of Covid- revived hopes and drew in jew- amidst inevitable return of cele- sented. this time, the Survey front, Wall Street ket momentum. Foreign portfolio
Republic tV to further reach and related restrictions. the country’s ellery demand worth 137.3 tonnes, brations and festivities, he said. is coming out three days be- posted its biggest investors (FPis) offloaded shares
encourage Indian audiences to net gold imports dipped by 47 per the strongest quarter in the year. “We could see a strong spurt in fore the Budget as a weekend one-day percent- worth a net Rs 1,688.22 crore on
express their thoughts and opin- cent during 2020 to 344.2 tonne investment demand also showed gold demand for the next few separates both the events. age drop in three Wednesday, according to provi-
ions on everyday trending news. compared to 646.8 tonne in 2019, significant resilience, growing 8 years, a repeat of what happened As always, the latest Eco- months amid a sional exchange data.
As part of the partnership, Re- it added. However, as lockdown per cent to 48.9 tonnes,” Soma- after a sharp drop in 2009. in such nomic Survey, described as the wave of profit-
public Bharat will use the Koo eased and normalisation efforts sundaram PR said. a scenario, the current high tax on central government’s report booking, even
platform to trend daily hashtags were phased in, imports during He pointed out that this can be gold increases the lure of smug- card on the economy, also dis- as the uS Fed
and encourage their followers on the last quarter rose 19 per cent expected to continue into 2021 as gling, so duty cut to reasonable cusses the State of economy in left the
Koo to express their thoughts year-on-year, pointing to the pos- further normalcy returns and levels is absolutely necessary, threadbare, dwells on the pol- benchmark
and opinions on these topics. the itive impact of pent-up demand, steady course of reforms along with tax concessions for re- icy challenges and the changes interest
best koos will get featured on Re- according to WGC Managing Di- strengthen the industry. “With cycling gold, innovations and dig- that are required and dishes rate un-
public tV. Aprameya Radhakr- rector, india, Somasundaram PR. the implementation of mandatory ital interventions,” he said. out sectoral overviews. changed
ishna, Co-Founder and CeO of
Koo, said: “We firmly believe that
Freedom of Speech digitally
should be irrespective of lan-
guage preferences. today the in-
SBI asset quality remains ED begins probe against Jio ranked
world’s 5th
ternet has a majority of thoughts
healthy: Chairman Khara strongest brand
e-com major Amazon
and opinions from the english au-
dience. the tie-up with Republic NEW DELHI
Bharat will help bring awareness MUMBAI economic situation is not the same
about expressing oneself on so- as it was in April, and with the ease BiLLiONAiRE Mukesh Am-
cial media among the hindi tHE asset quality situation at State in restrictions post lockdown, we NEW DELHI ternal trade (DPiit) that func- bani's four-year-old telecom
speaking audiences as well.” Bank of india (SBi) remains have seen a recovery process which tions under the Commerce Min- venture Reliance Jio has been
healthy and the faster-than-ex- led to growth in different pockets, tHE Enforcement Directorate istry. it had forwarded a repre- ranked the fifth strongest
SBI gets pected economic recovery may
limit the impact to lenders' balance
he said. He acknowledged that the
macro-economy had seen difficul-
(ED) has initiated a probe against
e-commerce giant Amazon for al-
sentation made by the
Confederation of All india
brand globally behind the likes
of Ferrari and Coca-Cola.
new MDs sheets, the bank's Chairman Di- ties at a point of time and the cash leged violation of the foreign ex- traders (CAit) alleging that ma- the Brand Finance's Global
the country's largest lender nesh Kumar Khara said on thurs- flows for the corporates had also change law and rules of the coun- jor e-commerce players like Flip- 500 ranking of the strongest
State Bank of India, on thurs- day. He, however, did not share de- been impacted. try, official sources said on kart and Amazon violated FEMA brands globally, which deter-
day said Swaminathan J and tails on the Covid-related loan Better treatment for Covid-19 thursday. conflation of agreements it has and FDi rules. mined the relative strength of
Ashwini Kumar tewari have restructuring for SBi citing the patients and the arrival of vaccines the probe is being conducted with an unlisted unit of the indian CAit had alleged that these e- brands, is topped by WeChat,
taken charge as managing di- silent period ahead of the results. have also improved confidence under various sections of the For- company will be considered as vi- commerce companies were in vi- according to its annual report
rectors (MDs). they would be it can be noted that in the bi-annual which is pushing economic recov- eign Exchange Management Act olative of the FEMA and foreign olation of FEMA and FDi rules on most valuable and
holding this position for up to Financial Stability Report (FSR) re- ery, he said. Hinting that the cash (FEMA) after the central probe direct investment (FDi) rules. by adopting illegal structuring/in- strongest global brands. "De-
three years, the lender said in a leased last month, the RBi had ex- flows for the corporates have im- agency recently received a com- When contacted, an Amazon vestments and practices. Flipkart, spite only being founded in
release. Before this, Swami- pected banks' non-performing as- proved because of interventions munication from the Commerce spokesperson said it was "not at that time, had said it was "fully 2016, Jio has quickly become
nathan was the Deputy Manag- sets to deteriorate further because like the ones the government has Ministry seeking ‘necessary ac- aware of any new case by the ED compliant with all applicable laws the largest mobile network op-
ing Director (Finance) at the of the pandemic and asked taken, Khara answered a spe- tion’ against e-commerce players against Amazon india". and FDi regulations in the coun- erator in india and the third-
bank, where he was overseeing them to be cautious. cific question on asset qual- like Amazon and Flipkart per- Sources said the agency is look- try". in the second instance being largest mobile network oper-
budgeting, capital planning, fi- "i would also mention ity saying, "these are the taining to certain multi-brand re- ing to "investigate into the entire investigated by the ED that in- ator in the world, with almost
nancial reporting, taxation, au- that the asset quality book positives which we have tail businesses and an observa- issue and will seek details from volves Amazon, the Delhi High 400 million subscribers," it
dit, economic research, in- of the bank remains seen. this gives the con- tion made by the Delhi High Amazon and other stakeholders". Court had made observations on said. Jio was Mukesh Am-
vestor relations, and secretarial healthy," Khara told fidence that perhaps Court in relation to Amazon. the in the first instance under the ED the uS e-commerce firm object- bani's re-entry into the tele-
compliance. tewari served SBI reporters on the side- situation may not HC had said that said the attempt scanner is a recent communica- ing to the Rs 24,713 crore Future com business, offering free
Card as Managing Director and lines of an event turn out to be as made by the uS-based firm to tion sent to it by the Department Group-Reliance deal that was voice calling and dirt cheap
Chief executive Officer before here. the macro- Dinesh Kumar Khara, bad." control Future Retail through a for Promotion of industry and in- signed in August last year. data for mobile phones.
he was appointed as MD of the SBI, chairman "Renowned for its incredibly
bank. In October last year, the affordable plans, Jio took in-

Anantapur: Holds promise for steel, cement units

Banks Board Bureau (BBB) had dia by storm through offering
recommended both the names 4G to millions of users for
for the two posts of managing free" said Brand Finance.
directors at the bank. It had in-
terviewed 16 candidates from Skill development, however, is a major challenge that universities like JNTU, Central University and SKU can focus on
various nationalised banks.
RAVI P BENJAMIN ment manufacturing units, and has
Maruti Suzuki’s Q3
ANANTAPUR A scope for more such units. profit rises over 24%
IndiGo posts
ANANtAPuR has a great potential
BIZZ TAKE N
A
there are no public sector units
in the district. the following are the NEW DELHI
net loss for the development of industries N projects in public sector that have AutOMOBiLE major Maruti
BuDget carrier Indigo on due to its strategic location be- T been proposed more than a decade Suzuki india on thursday re-
thursday reported a net loss of tween Bengaluru-Chennai and A ago but are hardly making any ported a rise of 24.1 per cent in
Rs 620 crore for the third quar- Bengaluru-Hyderabad routes, and P headway due to the economic slow- its net profit for the quarter
ter ended December 2020. It the availability of vast tracts of U down and other political reasons. ended December 31, 2020, ow-
had posted a net profit of Rs land. in 2006, the Centre named On various investment Andhra Pradesh Aerospace & ing to higher sales and non-op-
R
496 crore in the same quarter Anantapur as one of the country’s opportunities in districts Defence Electronics Park Private erating income.
of the previous fiscal. In the 250 most backward districts (out Ltd (EMPi innovations Pvt Ltd) According to the automobile
June and September quarter of a total of 640). it is one of the 13 ANDHRA PRADESH has been proposed to be established manufacturer, the net profit
this fiscal, the airline incurred a districts in the State currently re- with an investment of Rs 6,750 during the quarter under review
net loss of Rs 2,884 crore and ceiving funds from the Backward cms/tonne. Mining operations are crore dedicated to defence and rose to Rs 1,941.4 crore from Rs
Rs 1,194 crore, respectively. Regions Grant Fund Programme expected to be conducted by Bharat aerospace industry. it can employ 1,564.8 crore during the corre-
the airline's total income de- (BRGF). rently, the production has slowed Abundant mineral wealth Gold Mines Limited. Diamonds are 37,500 people. the other proposed sponding period of previous fis-
clined 50 per cent year-on-year the only manufacturing unit in down and plant is running only in said to be available near Vajrakarur. Public sector unit is Bharat Elec- cal. "During the quarter, the
to Rs 5,142 crore in the third Anantapur district is Kia Motors two shifts. there are no agri-pro- Dolomite, iron ore, limestone, they mainly occur in pipe rocks. tronics Ltd (BEL) dedicated to de- company registered net sales of
quarter. Its total expenses in established at Penukonda with cessing units, it or aqua-related in- prophylite, quartz and steatite are the district has iron ore, fence and aerospace components Rs 222,367 million, an increase
the December quarter slipped Rs13,000-crore investment with a dustries in the district. there is a some of the important minerals dolomite and limestone mines, manufacture. the estimated estab- of 13.2 per cent compared to the
41 per cent to Rs 5,765 crore. target to produce 3 lakh cars per huge potential for horticulture and that are available in the district in which are essential raw materials lishment cost is Rs 500 crore with same period previous year," the
"the high level of consumer year. On an average, it is supposed agri-processing units in view of the abundance. Gold is found to occur for the manufacture of steel. Hence, an employability of 400 people. company said in a statement.
confidence in our product has to produce 25,000 cars per month. district emerging as a horticulture in Ramagiri village in Ramagiri steel plants can be set up in the dis- Skill development is a major
indeed been heartening and we Within six months of launching hub. District Collector Gandham mandal. the place extends over a trict but as a deterrent, the Gali Ja- challenge that universities like
are glad to be making gradu- commercial production, the coro- Chandrudu is taking interest in distance of 14 kilometre. Ex- nardhan Reddy mining fiasco JNtu, Central university and SKu
ated and measured steps to a navirus pandemic hit its opera- promoting fruit processing units ploratory mining in the area has forced the government to stop the can focus on, if industrialisation is
full recovery," Indigo Chief ex- tions, forcing the company to be but a lot remains to be done to pruned about 467 metres of ore mining activity. the answer to rampant unemploy-
ecutive Officer Ronojoy Dutta closed for several months. Cur- translate the idea into reality. shoots with an average width of 100 Already, the district has four ce- ment.
said.
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Tablighi congregation during Covid peak, farmers’ protests on Republic day

SC slams Centre for doing nothing about instigating news
Fair and truthful reporting is normally not a problem. Problem is when it is used to agitate others. It is as important
as providing ‘lathis' to policemen. It is an important preventive part of the law and order situation: CJI
NEW DELHI Chief Justice S A Bobde told Solicitor General Tushar of Indian and foreign nationals, was cited as being re- not a problem. Problem is when it is used to agitate oth-
Mehta, who was appearing for the Centre. sponsible for accelerating the spread of coronavirus or ers. It is as important as providing 'lathis' to policemen.
REFERRING to the internet shutdown on January 26 Control over inciteful news programmes can act as a Covid-19, with its attendees allegedly carrying the in- It is an important preventive part of the law and order
amid unrest in the national capital, the Supreme Court preventative measure because they are often used agi- fection to different parts of the country. "There are pro- situation," the bench said.
on Thursday took the Centre to task for "not doing any- tate others, the bench noted. grammes which instigate or impact a community. But The apex court said it is not interested in people say-
thing" to curb television programmes which "instigate The bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and as a government, you do nothing," the bench observed. ing anything on TV but it is concerned about those pro-
or impact a community". The top court noted the need V Ramasubramanian, made this observation while hear- "Yesterday, you shut down the internet and mobile grammes which have instigation effect.
for fair and factual reporting is imperative to check law ing a batch of pleas which have raised the issue of me- because of the farmers' visit to Delhi. I am using the "Control over some news is as important as some
and order situation. dia reporting of Tablighi Jamaat congregation here last non-controversial term. You have shut down internet preventive measure and check law and order situation. I
"The fact of the matter is that there are programmes year during the onset of Covid-19 pandemic. mobile," the CJI said, adding, "These are problems that don't know why you are blind to this. I don't mean any-
which have instigating effect and you being the govern- The congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz in the na- can arise anywhere. I don't know what happened in the thing offensive but you are doing nothing about it," the
ment is doing nothing about it," a bench headed by tional capital in March last year, attended by thousands TV yesterday. "Fair and truthful reporting is normally CJI said.

Red Fort Breach PM: One lakh NCC cadets

to serve in border areas
SEDITION CASE LODGED
Police used force to end agitation in UP’s Baghpat, allege farmers
One lakh NCC cadets, who are being
trained by the Army, Navy and Air
Force, will serve in coastal and border
areas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Cariappa Ground in Delhi on Thursday.
"On August 15, last year, it was an-
nounced that NCC will be given new re-
sponsibilities in around 175 districts in
said while addressing the NCC Rally at the coastal and border areas.

TMC tables resolution against Farm Laws in Bengal Assembly

NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW their own” marched towards the Red
A farmer at Singhu Fort from all the Delhi borders on
A sedition case has been lodged by border in New Delhi January 26 and that not many people
the Delhi Police in connection with on Thursday took the route as decided by farmer
the unrest at Red Fort on Republic leaders.
Day during the farmers' tractor pa- Slamming the farm leadership for
rade, officials said on Thursday. accusing him of being a “BJP and
A case under section 124A (sedi- RSS man”, he said, “Will RSS or BJP's
tion) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) man put up the 'Nishan Sahib' and a
has been registered and the incident farmer flag at Red Fort? At least
is being investigated, a senior police think over it". NCC cadets march past during their rally at Cariappa Parade Ground, Delhi Cantt on Thursday
official said. Earlier on Thursday, the We will not accept farmers being
Delhi Police had named actor Deep branded as traitors, West Bengal
Sidhu and gangster-turned-activist
Lakha Sidhana in an FIR linked with
the Red Fort incident.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on
Thursday said in the Bengal assem-
bly after a resolution was moved for
‘146 dists have no Covid cases for 7 days’
Thousands of protesting farmers, repealing the new farm laws. NEW DELHI around 20 per cent have not reported any COVID-19 case in
who reached ITO from the Ghazipur The central government must re- the last one week.
border, clashed with the police. peal the farm laws or step down, she INDIA has flattened its COVID-19 graph and 146 districts have "With the 'Whole of Government' and 'Whole-of-society'
Many of them, driving tractors, use of force by police. for allegedly spreading false propa- said while addressing the assembly. reported no new case of the viral disease in the last seven approach envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modiji, India
reached the Red Fort and entered Late on Wednesday night, a large ganda and hatred against him. "We oppose the anti-farmer laws. days, 18 in 14 days, six in 21 days and 21 districts in the last has successfully contained the pandemic. Less than 12,000
the monument. They hoisted Nis- number of police personnel entered The 36-year-old Sidhu, who is in We demand their immediate with- 28 days, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thurs- cases were reported in the last 24 hours and the active case-
hank's flag on the domes. their tents, resorted to lathicharge the eye of a storm for being among drawal. Either the Centre should day. This has been achieved due to pro-active testing with load has reduced to just 1.73 lakh," he said. Vardhan in-
A farmers' protest against three on the sleeping farmers and chased the protesters who put up a religious withdraw the laws or step down," more than 19.5 crore COVID-19 tests conducted in the coun- formed that a meagre 0.46 per cent of the 1.73 lakh active
farm laws of the Centre, which was them away. flag atop the Red Fort on Republic the chief minister said. try so far, Vardhan, who chaired the 23rd meeting of the COVID-19 cases is on ventilators, 2.20 per cent is in the ICU
continuing on a national highway in Deep Sidhu, who has been ac- Day, claimed that youth did not Banerjee said the Union govern- high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 through a and 3.02 per cent is on oxygen support. The minister stated
Uttar Pradesh Baghpat district since cused by farm bodies of trying to de- agree to follow the route which was ment, which has in the past, waived video-conference. that 165 cases of a new UK variant of the virus have so far
December 19 last year, has come to fame their agitation and termed a decided by farmer leaders and the corporate loans, should also extend The current testing capacity is 12 lakh tests per day, the been reported in the country and the patients are kept under
an end with the protesters alleging "traitor", has hit out at farm leaders Delhi Police. He claimed people “on the same benefit to farmers. minister added. Of the over 700 districts in the country, supervised quarantine and surveillance.

Anna to fast Emotional

Tikait refuses
to surrender
HC: Opening pants
Budget session
set to be stormy

from tomorrow NEW DELHI zip not sexual assault Continued from P1
The Question hour also
makes a comeback in this ses-
sion. Due to paucity of time,
BhARATIyA Kisan Union NAGPUR there was no Question hour in
AHMEDNAGAR ers. The government is not sen- (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on the previous session. The Mon-
sitive to the plight of farmers. So Thursday broke down at the THE Nagpur bench of the Bombay soon session also saw the two
SOCIAL Crusader Kisan Babu- I will start a fast from the ya- Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur high court has ruled that holding the houses working on Saturdays
Pak SC releases rao alias Anna hazare on Thurs- davbaba Temple in Ralegan-Sid- farmers protest site, alleging hands of a minor girl and opening of and Sundays. But this time,
day lamented that the Centre is dhi on January 30, the anniver- that the administration was try- Parliament will not sit on week-
Daniel Pearl’s ignoring all his pleas on the sary of Mahatma Gandhi's ing to crush their movement.
the zip of pants does not fall under
the purview of 'sexual assault' or ends. Private Members' busi-
killer Omar farmers' demands, compelling
him to go on another hunger
assassination," hazare an-
nounced.
Tikait, who has been named
in the Delhi Police FIR in con-
'aggravated sexual assault' of the
Protection of Children from Sexual
ness which usually takes place
on Friday afternoons has also
LAHORE strike from January 30. Detailing his struggles, haz- nection with the violence at sev- Offences (POCSO) Act. The observa- made a comeback in the Budget
The 83-year-old anti-graft ac- are said he had launched a eral parts of the city during tion was made by a single bench of session, according to Lok Sabha
PAKISTAN'S Supreme Court on tivist said that he had been agi- hunger strike in Delhi on March the 'Kisan Gantantra parade' on Justice Pushpa Ganediwala on Janu- secretariat. In the previous ses-
Thursday ordered the release of tating for the farmers since four 23, 2018 after which the PMO Republic Day, made his appear- ary 15 while passing an order on an sion, the Private Members'
British-born Al Qaeda terrorist years and in past three months gave a written assurance on ance at the protest site two days appeal filed by a 50-year-old man Justice Pushpa Ganediwala business was not taken up.
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the only, he had written on this five March 29 on the MSP demand later, saying: "We were ready to challenging a sessions court's order Members introduce their
prime accused in the beheading times to the Prime Minister and and other issues. surrender peacefully but the convicting him for sexually assault- there was no "skin to skin contact", own bills and resolutions dur-
of American journalist Daniel Union Agriculture Minister. The government did not com- BJP's local MLAs have been ing and molesting a five-year-old the groping could not be ruled as an ing this period which are de-
Pearl in 2002 in Karachi. "But it seems that the govern- ply with the same forcing him to called to beat the protesting girl. Judge Ganediwala has come un- assault. In 2018, Ganediwala was bated by the house. During the
The apex court dismissed ment is not taking appropriate go on another strike in Ralegan- farmers." der the scanner in the past few days one of several judges who were con- session the government will
the Sindh provincial govern- decisions on the issue of farm- Siddhi from January 30, 2019. "There is a conspiracy against for a series of judgement which has sidered for appointment to the Bom- also push to convert ordi-
ment's appeal against the us. Now, I will not surrender been deemed as 'controversial.' bay High Court, but was not ap- nances issued recently into
Sindh high court's decision to even if the police fires bullets at The Bombay HC verdict regarding pointed after the Bombay High Court laws. An ordinance has to be
overturn the conviction of
Sheikh for the beheading of
Inter practicals’ syllabus cut by 30% us," he announced from the dais
of the farmers' protest site.
a case of groping of a minor girl sent
shockwaves for its controversial
recommended against it. The
Supreme Court of India accepted the
converted into a law within 42
days of the beginning of the
Pearl, the 38-year-old South HANS NEWS SERVICE Tikait also said that he will statement. The case involved a 12- Bombay High Court's adverse rec- session, else it lapses.
Asia bureau chief for The Wall GUNTUR hang himself but he will not sur- year-old girl who had reportedly ommendations and decided to defer The ordinances issued re-
Street Journal. According to render now and urged the farm- been groped by a 39-year-old man in consideration of her appointment. In cently include The Commis-
the short verdict, a three-judge BOARD of Intermediate education (BIe) reduced 30 per cent syllabus ers to save their tents that have December 2016. 2019, Ganediwala's appointment sion for Air Quality Manage-
SC bench headed by Justice for practicals in science subjects for the academic year 2020-21, keep- been in place since November 26 After four years, the Nagpur bench was reconsidered, and she was ap- ment in National Capital
Mushir Alam also directed to ing in view of the reduction in working days because of Covid-19. The last year. headed by Justice Ganediwala found pointed as an additional judge in the Region and Adjoining Areas
release the suspect. One mem- details of deleted topics subject-wise were communicated to all the Speaking to media, an emo- that the accused did grope the child Bombay High Court. Ganediwala Ordinance 2020, The Arbitra-
ber of the bench opposed the authorities concerned and the same are also available in the board tional Tikait said that the admin- but it did not constitute sexual as- has, along with two other judges, tion and Conciliation (Amend-
decision. Pearl's murder took website bie.ap.gov.in. The question paper for forthcoming practical istration was trying to conspire sault punishable with POCSO but in- commuted death penalty sentences ment) Ordinance, 2020 and
place three years after Sheikh, examinations of IPe-2021 will be from the 70 per cent of syllabus against the farmers to end their stead constituted the offence of out- to life imprisonment in two cases The Jammu and Kashmir Re-
along with Jaish-e-Moham- only. The syllabus for theory examination has been reduced by 30 per peaceful movement. "We had raging a woman's modesty under while sitting on the Bombay High organisation (Amendment)
mad chief Masood Azhar and cent and the same was already uploaded on the board website. The come here to protest against the IPC section 354. The reason? The girl Court, in 2019. Both cases concerned Ordinance, 2021. The session
Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, was BIe has already reduced 30 per cent syllabus on the lines of CBSe three farm laws demanding their reportedly had her top on and since the offence of murder. would conclude on April 8. In
released by India in 1999. due to lesser number of working days. repealing," he said. order to enable the standing
committees to consider the
Demands for Grants of min-
Republic TV files defamation suit Indian-origin paediatrician shoots another Farmers told to vacate protest sites istries and prepare their re-
ports, the houses will adjourn

against Times Now anchor doctor & himself after taking hostage Continued from P1
The farmers have blocked the
the Republic Day violence also
made a presence at the Ghazipur
on February 15 and meet again
on March 8. (PTI)
Continued from P1 Delhi-Meerut highway from one border, after going underground
NEW DELHI and founder Arnab Goswami on "So, we feel like his terminal cancer probably played a large part in whatever side since November 26 last year. for last two days. A team of sen-
her show on January 18. it was that occurred in his life and what was happening yesterday," he was
The parent company of the Re- "Navika Kumar made rabid quoted as saying by US media reports. But for now, Greenwalt said, investigators
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU)
spokesperson Rakesh Tikait, who
ior officials of the Ghaziabad po-
lice and administration also ar- Ramateertham
public TV has filed a defamation
complaint at a Delhi court
and unfounded claims accusing
Republic Media Network's
are still trying to unravel what could have led to the hostage situation. he called
for any of the doctor's family and friends who might have knowledge about
has been named in the FIR by the
Delhi Police in connection with
rived at the Ghazipur border to
apprehend him. (IANS)
idols reinstalled
against Times Now anchor founder of endangering na- Narumanchi to contact the homicide department. earlier, police said hostage Continued from P1
Navika Kumar for allegedly tional security and leaking state negotiators tried to make contact with Narumanchi, but were unsuccessful. Bhramaramba said that the
making defamatory remarks secrets, thereby jeopardising After repeated attempts, SWAT (special weapons and tactic) officers entered CS complains to Centre on poojas would be continued in
against Republic TV and its
founder in connection with the
the goodwill of the network and
endangering the entire organi-
the building where they found Dodson and Narumanchi dead from apparent
gunshot wounds. "It appeared that Dr Narumanchi shot himself after shooting
SEC over orders to IAS officers Balalayam till the construction
of the temple at the hill is com-
alleged WhatsApp chats men- sation," teh 49-page complaint Dr Dodson," according to the police department's news release. The incident Continued from P1 pleted and later the idols would
tioned in the chargesheet filed stated. The company submitted is still under investigation. "There were five people inside the building when The Chief Secretary stated that considering the guidelines, be shifted to the main temple.
by the Mumbai Police in the that the defamatory show had the suspect arrived," Greenwalt said, adding that they were all employees and the state government has issued orders rejecting the censure Prof A Srinivasacharyulu of
TRP scam case. over 85,000 views in addition to no children or patients were present when the incident happened. It wasn't proceedings issued by the State election Commission. he said Venkateswara Vedik Univer-
The complaint filed by ARG the live telecast at prime time until the SWAT team was able to send a robot fitted with a camera inside the that SeC’s communications to the Secretary, Department of sity, eO of the temple Ch Ranga
Outlier Media Private Limited al- in the satellite television, and doctor's office that police got a full sense of the situation. "We were able to see Personnel and Training, suffers from infirmities in the deci- Rao and others participated in
ludes to the statements made by "the scale of defamation faced that both subjects were deceased," Greenwalt said, referring to Dodson and sion-making process and infraction of the law. Further, there the programme. A huge num-
Navika Kumar relating to the chats by the complainant company is Narumanchi. The Travis County Medical examiner will be conducting an au- has not been an iota of doubt regarding the conduct of officers ber of devotees too participated
of Republic TV editor-in-Chief irreparable". topsy to determine the official cause and manner of death. (PTI) during their past service. in the pujas.
8 SPORTS TiRupaTi FRiday 29 januaRy 2021

World Tour Finals

IOC chief rules
Srikanth, Sindhu suffer out cancellation
second defeat in row of Tokyo
BANGKOK

Star Indian shuttlers Kidambi

and dominated the proceedings
till the end against his fourth-seed
opponent to seal it 21-19 in 23
was never in the match as she lost
in straight games against Intanon.
Sindhu, showed some fight in
2020
Srikanth and PV Sindhu suffered
contrasting defeats in their re-
spective second group 'B' matches
at the BWF World tour Finals
minutes.
However, tzu Wei came back
strongly in the second game and
registered a 11-5 lead at the inter-
the opening game but wasn't able
to control as she lost the opening
game 18-21 to Intanon, who had
defeated her last week in a lop-
Olympics
here on thursday. val. He extended the lead to 16-7 sided thailand open quarter-final
While Kidambi lost 21-19, 9-21, before Srikanth came back to clash. Intanon then came out with PARIS the tokyo Games were orig- that fate. With Japan hit by a "there is speculation about
19-21 to Wang tzu Wei of Chinese score two points to reduce the a even better performance in the inally to have taken place last resurgence of the virus in re- cancellation, about a Plan B.
taipei, Sindhu suffered a 18-21, 13- deficit to 16-9. But the fourth seed second game to seal it 21-13 and InternatIonal olympic summer, but were postponed to cent months, media reports Some even make the proposal
21 loss to thailand's ratchanok then won five straight points to registered a comfortable win in Committee (IoC) president this year due to the CoVID-19 claimed that the Games would to postpone the olympic
Intanon. seal the game 21-9 in 19 minutes the match which lasted just 43 thomas Bach reiterated the pandemic, becoming the first once again be postponed and Games to the year 2032," Bach
Srikanth, who is making his to force the match into the de- minutes. IoC's commitment to deliver- olympics in peacetime to suffer may even be cancelled. said. "But all these specula-
fourth appearance at the season cider. Both Srikanth and Sindhu had ing the tokyo olympics and tions are hurting the athletes
finale, will next face thailand's In the third game again, lost their tournament openers on Paralympic Games this sum- who have already overcome
angus ng Ka long while Sindhu
will lock horns with another local
Srikanth started off brilliantly but
wasn't able to hold on as he con-
Wednesday. While Srikanth had
lost 21-15, 15-21, 18-21 to Den-
mer, adding that preparation
work for Beijing 2022 is also
Restart date for test events challenges in their daily train-
ing and competition."
Pornpawee Chochuwong in their
last group stage encounters on Fri-
ceded a 11-10
lead at the
mark's anders antonsen, Sindhu
- the reigning world champion -
progressing steadily. "We are
fully concentrated on and
postponed by a month "We are not losing our time
and energy on the specula-
day. mid-game had suffered a 21-19, 12-21, 17-21 committed to the successful TOKYO: The restart date for the Tokyo Olympic test events tions. We are working on how
In the men's singles event, break. tzu loss to world number one tai tzu and safe delivery of the has been postponed by one month from March 4 to April 3, the Games will take place, we
Srikanth showed great skills Wei, however, kept his com- Ying of Chinese taipei. (IanS) olympic and Paralympic organisers announced here on Thursday. are fully concentrating on the
in the opening game posure and despite losing Games tokyo 2020, starting on The final artistic swimming qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics, opening ceremony on the 23rd
three consecutive points 23 July (2021) with the originally due to take place from March 4 to 7, has been of July this year."
towards the end, he won olympic Games and 24 august rescheduled to May 1-4 because of travel restrictions under Bach said that the IoC's
the game 21-19. with the Paralympic Games," the current state of emergency in Tokyo and other 10 prefec- confidence is based upon the
In the women's sin- Bach said at a media confer- tures across Japan, writes Xinhua news agency. fact that many sporting events
gles event, Sindhu ence after an IoC executive The Tokyo 2020 organising committee announced that the have been held successfully in
board meeting on Wednesday, first of 18 test events for the Olympic and Paralympic Games the past year and many
Xinhua news reports. will involve wheelchair rugby, which will be held in Yoyogi CoVID-19 countermeasures
Speaking about Beijing National Stadium from April 3 to 4. had proved effective.
2022, the IoC chief said: "We The FINA Diving World Cup will follow from April 18 to 23 at "We have seen during this
can say, even one year before, the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, which will also serve as an Olympic winter season, more than
that all the (competition) ven- qualifying event. The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has 7,000 events have been organ-
ues are ready, the technical slowed down in Tokyo three weeks after the Japanese capital ised by the international fed-
preparations are excellent." entered a state of emergency on January 8. The Tokyo Metro- erations with 175,000 CoVID-
Despite the challenges politan Government confirmed 973 new cases on Wednesday. 19 tests having been taken, and
posed by the pandemic, all 12 The latest figure, as of Sunday and Monday, dipped below only 0.18 percent were posi-
Beijing 2022 competition ven- the 1,000-mark, before rising above the threshold on Tuesday tive. the competitions could
ues have been completed, a where new daily infections in the city of 14 million rose to be run, could be organised."
high-speed railway linking Bei- 1,026. But a growing number of people in the Japanese govern- at the meeting, it was also de-
jing and co-host Zhangjiakou ment believe it will be necessary to extend the state of emer- cided that the 137th IoC session,
is now operational, and nearly gency for parts of the country continuing to see a high num- set to take place from March 10
one million volunteer applica- ber of Covid-19 cases. (IANS) to 12 in athens, Greece, will now
tions have been received. be held virtually. (IanS)

REPUBLIC DAY REGATTA CONCLUDES Umpire Oxenford announces retirement

Winners of the 17th
Republic Day Regatta 2021 DUBAI officiated in 62 test matches, reer was not really something
pose with their trophies the last of which was the final that I had hoped for before com-
along with officials after the UMPIre Bruce oxenford has match of the Border-Gavaskar mencing on this journey," oxen-
prize distribution function decided to retire from interna- Series in Brisbane which India ford said in an ICC statement.
at the Hussain Sagar Lake tional cricket after officiating won to retain the trophy. oxenford, who officially
here on Thursday. The across all three formats of the "I look back with pride at my stands down in april, made his
three-day regatta at Yacht game for over 15 years. international career as an um- international debut at the
Club of Hyderabad, which a regular member of the emi- pire. It is still hard to believe that Gabba in a t20I between aus-
was extended to 5 days due rates ICC elite Panel of Um- I officiated in close to 200 inter- tralia and South africa in Janu-
to inclement weather pires since 2012, oxenford has national matches. Such a long ca- ary 2006.
conditions, witnessed a
colourful conclusion on the
fourth day.It was the first
regatta in the Sailing
calendar of India and the
largest ever in the junior
and sub-junior categories

India to play India

A in 2 warm-up
Depleted Goa eye to preserve 6-game
games ahead of unbeaten run, face East Bengal
England tour MARGAO (GOA)

LONDON a depleted FC Goa

will be looking to con-
INDIA will play two warm-up tinue their six-match
matches against India A in July unbeaten run in the
ahead of their Test series in Eng- Indian Super league
land. The five-Test series starts on (ISl) when they face
August 4 at Trent Bridge. east Bengal at the Fa-
Northamptonshire and Leicester- torda Stadium on Friday. Robbie Fowler-managed SCEB hoping to climb
shire play hosts for the four-day Goa will be without their two first- up the table in clash against weakened Goa
matches and both County cricket choice centre backs during the match.
clubs released statements announc- While Ivan Gonzalez was sent off in the RESULT
ing the two matches. The first 1-1 draw against Kerala Blasters, James
match will be held at The County Donachie sustained an injury during the Hyderabad FC draw with
Ground in Northamptonshire from match and has been ruled out. Bengaluru FC 2-2
July 21 to 24 while the second will additionally, Goa will also be without
be played at Grace Road in Leices- their coach Juan Ferrando on the touch- jective and the way the coach wants the
tershire from July 28 to 31. line after the Spaniard was suspended team to play."
"It will be a unique opportunity against Kerala. However, the absentees the last time these two sides met, 10-
for cricket fans from across the re- are not a concern for assistant coach Clif- man SCeB held Goa to a 1-1 draw and the
gion to see these global stars in ford Miranda who feels Goa are heading highlight of the game was Bright
action over four days in their final in the right direction. enobakhare's stunning solo goal.
warm-up game before the Test se- "the most important thing about this the nigerian has since then
ries with England," said Leicester- team during this period (unbeaten run) made a major impact in all games, de-
shire chairman Mehmooda Duke. is the adaptation to the new coach," he spite robbie Fowler's side netting the
"We expect demand for tickets said. "From ones (that were there) to the least goals this season (11). But that
to be huge. Sales information will players that he got, it's never easy. Step doesn't mean Goa will be focusing
be released shortly, and we en- by step, we are moving towards our ob- on Bright alone.
courage fans to look out on social "He is a good player, there's no doubt
media and on the Leicestershire TODAY’S MATCH about it and has improved SC east Ben-
CCC website for further details."
FC Goa vs SC East Bengal gal since his arrival but there's no such
Tickets for both matches will be plan to stop one player because if we
go on sale in March. While
at Fatorda Stadium 7.30pm start concentrating on him, there are 9
Northamptonshire is yet to reveal other outfield
players who
the exact dates for the start of the
sale of tickets, Leicestershire said
ISL STANDINGS can hurt us,"
that tickets for the second match said Miranda.
go on sale from March 15.
CLUB M W D L GF GA GD PTS "We will
The first Test between India and Mumbai City FC................13........9 ........3 ........1 ........19 ........5......14 ......30 play the way
England will be played from August ATK Mohun Bagan ..........13........7 ........3 ........3 ........13 ........7........6 ......24 we play."
4 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham after FC Goa ..............................13........5 ........5 ........3 ........18 ......13........5 ......20 east Bengal
which the two teams move to Lon- Hyderabad FC ..................14........4 ........7 ........3 ........18 ......16........2 ......19 will be keen to
don for the second Test at Lord's on NorthEast United FC ........13........4 ........6 ........3 ........17 ......17........0 ......18 bounce back
August 12. The third Test will start Chennaiyin FC ..................14........3 ........7 ........4 ........11 ......14 ......-3 ......16 after seeing
on August 25 at Headingley, Leeds Bengaluru FC ....................14........3 ........6 ........5 ........17 ......19 ......-2 ......15 their seven-
after which the tour returns to Lon- Jamshedpur FC ................14........3 ........6 ........5 ........13 ......17 ......-4 ......15 match un-
don for the fourth Test at The Oval
Kerala Blasters FC............14........3 ........6 ........5 ........17 ......22 ......-5 ......15
beaten streak
from September 2. The final Test ended by lead-
SC East Bengal ................13........2 ........6 ........5 ........11 ......17 ......-6 ......12
will be played at Old Trafford, Man- ers Mumbai
Odisha FC..........................13........1 ........5 ........7 ........13 ......20 ......-7 ........8
chester from September 10. (IANS) City FC.

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