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After starting demolition of the old Secretariat complex, the state government has pre- pared the ground to demolish the century-old Osmania General Hospital (OGH) her- itage building. The state government has drawn up plans to construct a new facility in its place, going by the authorities' recent statement that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao would soon take a call on 'public request' for moderni- sation of OGH. The state government on Wednesday issued orders to evacuate the old building of Osmania General Hospital and seal the premises. Director of Medical Education K Ramesh Reddy directed the OGH Superintendent, to "vacate and close the old building, and seal it." No activity should be undertaken in the old building, the orders men- tioned. All six wards and two oper- ation theatres of the heritage block have been moved to the new buildings. Following this direction, Osmania Superintendent directed that all elective pro- cedures scheduled in opera- tion theaters located in the old building will be suspend- ed till alternative arrange- ments are made. All emer- gency surgeries will be carried out in EOT in OP Block. Taking advantage of the word- ing used in the directions issued by Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan, the YSRCP Government put off reinstating retired IAS offi- cer Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar as the State Election Commissioner on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, the Governor issued a direction to the State Government to follow the orders of the AP High Court and reinstate Ramesh Kumar as the SEC. A communique from Raj Bhavan, sent to Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney on Tuesday night, based on a representa- tion submitted by Ramesh Kumar on Monday, said that “in pursuance of pursuance of the instructions of the High Court in the contempt case given on July 17, the Governor has been pleased to direct the government for taking neces- sary action as per the direc- tions of the court in its order dated May 29.” "After examining the repre- sentation, order in the con- tempt case and the High Court order in writ petition No. 8163, the Governor has been pleased to direct the govern- ment for taking necessary action as per the directions of the HC, dated May 29, 2020," Governor's Secretary Mukesh Kumar Meena said in a letter to Ramesh Kumar. The communique from the Raj Bhavan was initially seen as the final act in the long drawn out drama, and every- one expected curtains to be drawn over the issue since the government would have no option but to reinstate Ramesh Kumar as the SEC. Swami Govind Devgiri Maharaj, one of the mem- bers of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra trust, on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the ground-breaking cere- mony of the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5. Talking to reporters here, he said all chief ministers must be invited for the cer- emony." Maoists set fire to machinery engaged for construction of road in Bhadradri- Kothagudem district of Telangana, police said on Wednesday. A group of ultras from bordering Chhattisgarh set on fire a dozer and a road roller at Tippapuram village of the district late on Tuesday night after threatening the vil- lagers, Bhadradri-Kothagudem District Superintendent of Police Sunil Dutt said. Google India Digital Services Pvt Ltd has told the Delhi High Court that its Google Pay app does not require RBI authorisation as it is not a payment system operator (PSO) but a third party appli- cation provider. Google, in an affidavit, has said the PSO authorised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) which is the owner and oper- ator of the entire unified payment interface (UPI) net- work. NPCI, in turn, authorises the payment service provider banks and third party appli- cation providers (TPAPs) like Google Pay to conduct trans- actions on its network, the affidavit said. The affidavit was filed in response to a PIL which has alleged that Google''s mobile payment app, Google Pay or GPay in short, was facilitat- ing financial transactions without the requisite autho- risation from RBI. The Telangana government on Wednesday handed over a let- ter of appointment as Deputy Collector and also a house site in the city to the wife of Col Santosh Babu, who was mar- tyred in the recent violent clashes with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley. "The state government has appointed Ms Santoshi, wife of Col Santosh Babu who was martyred in the recent clashes on the Indo-China Border, as Deputy Collector. Honourable Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday at Pragathi Bhavan handed over the appointment letter to Ms Santoshi," an offi- cial release said. Rao instructed the officials to post Santoshi in Hyderabad and its surrounding areas and also asked his secretary Smita Sabharwal to help Santoshi till she receives proper training and settles down in her job, it said. Rao had lunch with 20 members of Santoshi's family at Pragati Bhavan, the camp office-cum-official residence of the Chief Minister. He assured them that the government would always stand by Col Santosh Babus family. Earlier, Hyderabad district Collector Sweta Mohanty and ruling TRS MLA Gadari Kishore Kumar handed over the documents pertaining to the allotment of 711 sq yards of land at posh Banjara Hills to Santoshi. Santoshi thanked the Chief Minister and the district Collector for the help. "In remembrance of the martyrdom of Col Santosh Babu, CM came to our house and helped...the Collector invited me today, showed the place (land in Hyderabad) to me and gave the related docu- ments. I am thankful to the CM and Collector," Santoshi told reporters. Hyd is 16th most surveilled city in the world, No. 1 in India Hyderabad is the only city from India to make it to the list of the 20 "most surveilled cities in the world", according to a new analysis done by Comparitech, reflecting the priority given by the Telangana State govern- ment to the safety and security of people of the city. The analysis revealed that 18 out of the 20 most surveilled cities are in China. In the top-20 list, Hyderabad stood at the 16th place with three lakh CCTV cameras installed covering its over one crore residents (to be precise 1,00,04,144 people). Among the other Indian cities in the list, Chennai stood at the 21st place and Delhi at 33. More importantly, Hyderabad and London were the only cities outside of China to make it to the top 20, with London taking third place. Cities in China are under the heaviest CCTV surveillance in the world, the analysis found. The analysis was done based on the number of public CCTV cameras in the 150 most popu- lated cities worldwide. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras serve many purposes, ranging from crime prevention to traffic monitoring to observing industrial opera- tions in environments not suit- able for humans. The digital age has boosted the prevalence of CCTV surveil- lance. Cameras are getting bet- ter and cheaper, while live video streams can be remotely accessed, stored on the internet, and passed around. The adop- tion of face recognition technol- ogy makes it possible for both public and private entities to instantly check the identity of anyone who passes by a CCTV camera. Comparitech researchers col- lated a number of data resources and reports, including govern- ment reports, police websites, and news articles, to get some idea of the number of CCTV cameras in use in 150 major cities across the globe. It focused primarily on public CCTV cam- eras used by government enti- ties such as law enforcement. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday instructed the Police Department to release prisoners bearing good conduct on the occasion of Independence Day. The Chief Minister asked the department to prepare a list of such prisoners during a meet- ing he held with state's Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, Director General of Prisons Rajiv Trivedi and Director General of Police M Mahender Reddy at Pragathi Bhavan on Wednesday. Earlier, the Chief Minister examined the guidelines per- taining to the release of certain categories of prisoners. TRS Rajya Sabha member Joginapally Santosh Kumar hailed the decision of KCR to release select prisoners. Santosh Kumar, who launched the "Green India Challenge" to improve green cover, visited Cherlapally jail recently to plant saplings as part of his initiative. "When we visited Cherlapally jail to plant saplings, the jail inmates had requested for release of persons who bear good conduct. Release of prisoners to mark I-Day in TS The urgency of containing Covid-19 has not only abbre- viated the timelines for launch- ing vaccines, but also fast- tracked appointment of near- ly two thousand doctors in Telangana in one go. In an unprecedented move, Telangana State will be hand- ing over appointment orders to 1,191 doctors in just two days, starting Wednesday. The process of handing over the appointment orders to senior resident doctors began on Wednesday under the aegis of the Directorate of Medical Education, following waiver of the counselling provisions and extended timelines for comple- tion for residentship. This move comes after the government faced flak for not hiring doctors at TIMS, the Covid-19 facility recently read- ied at Gachibowli. Senior res- ident doctors handling gener- al medicine, anaesthesia, pul- monology and radiology were given appointment orders on Wednesday. They were asked to report for duty by 25 July. The initial lot of resident doc- tors were allotted to TIMS, Osmania General Hospital and King Koti Hospital. The final allotments are still going on. Fastest ever appointment of specialist doctors by state govt “We have now overcome the fear of coronavirus. We have the ability to deal with it,” Health Minister Eatala Rajender observed during a video conference he held with the district medical officers on Wednesday. The Minister said:“We have already encountered many viruses. Along with ILI (influenza-like illness) and SARI (severe acute respirato- ry infections), now coron- avirus is spreading. Only those with damaged lungs have more trouble.” Referring to tests, Eatala added:“After Rapid (antigen detection) Tests became avail- able, we are testing in every PHC. A quick diagnosis of the virus can help prevent life- threatening issues,” he remarked. He asked ANMs (auxiliary nurse midwife) and ASHA (accredited social health activist) workers to identify and get tested, espe- cially those who have fever. We can deal with Corona, says Eatela Telangana State conducted 3.08 lakh tests as of Wednesday, of which 49,259 proved Covid-19 positive. On Wednesday, 1,554 fresh cases were reported, with 15,882 tests being conduct- ed. The test positivity rate on Wednesday was 9.8 per cent, while the cumulative sample positivity rate is 16 per cent. The state con- ducted 7,327 tests per mil- lion. The active percentage is 22.6 per cent; that is, about 23 are currently infected with COVID-19 for every 100 confirmed cases. Even after Guv directive, Jagan not to reinstate Ramesh Kumar KCR appoints Col Santosh’s wife as Dy Collector; hands over house site The GST Council on Wednesday inducted Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao into the Groups of Ministers (GoM), which exam- ines issues concerning IGST settlement. The GoM, com- prising Ministers from seven States, has been reconstituted with partial modifications.

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After starting demolition ofthe old Secretariat complex,the state government has pre-pared the ground to demolishthe century-old OsmaniaGeneral Hospital (OGH) her-itage building.

The state government hasdrawn up plans to constructa new facility in its place,going by the authorities'recent statement that ChiefMinister K ChandrasekharRao would soon take a call on'public request' for moderni-sation of OGH.

The state government onWednesday issued orders toevacuate the old building ofOsmania General Hospitaland seal the premises.

Director of MedicalEducation K Ramesh Reddydirected the OGHSuperintendent, to "vacate

and close the old building,and seal it." No activity shouldbe undertaken in the oldbuilding, the orders men-tioned.

All six wards and two oper-ation theatres of the heritageblock have been moved to thenew buildings.

Following this direction,

Osmania Superintendentdirected that all elective pro-cedures scheduled in opera-tion theaters located in theold building will be suspend-ed till alternative arrange-ments are made. All emer-gency surgeries will be carriedout in EOT in OP Block.

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Taking advantage of the word-ing used in the directionsissued by GovernorBiswabhushan Harichandan,the YSRCP Government putoff reinstating retired IAS offi-cer

Nimmagadda RameshKumar as the State ElectionCommissioner on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, theGovernor issued a direction tothe State Government to followthe orders of the AP HighCourt and reinstate RameshKumar as the SEC.

A communique from RajBhavan, sent to Chief SecretaryNilam Sawhney on Tuesday

night, based on a representa-tion submitted by RameshKumar on Monday, said that“in pursuance of pursuance ofthe instructions of the HighCourt in the contempt casegiven on July 17, the Governorhas been pleased to direct thegovernment for taking neces-sary action as per the direc-tions of the court in its orderdated May 29.”

"After examining the repre-

sentation, order in the con-tempt case and the High Courtorder in writ petition No.8163, the Governor has beenpleased to direct the govern-ment for taking necessaryaction as per the directions ofthe HC, dated May 29, 2020,"Governor's Secretary MukeshKumar Meena said in a letterto Ramesh Kumar.

The communique from theRaj Bhavan was initially seenas the final act in the longdrawn out drama, and every-one expected curtains to bedrawn over the issue since thegovernment would have nooption but to reinstate RameshKumar as the SEC.

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Swami Govind DevgiriMaharaj, one of the mem-bers of Shri RamJanmabhoomi TeerthaKshetra trust, on Wednesdaysaid that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will attendthe ground-breaking cere-mony of the proposed Ramtemple in Ayodhya onAugust 5.

Talking to reporters here,he said all chief ministersmust be invited for the cer-emony."

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Maoists set fire to machineryengaged for construction ofroad in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district ofTelangana, police said onWednesday. A group of ultrasfrom bordering Chhattisgarhset on fire a dozer and a roadroller at Tippapuram village ofthe district late on Tuesdaynight after threatening the vil-lagers, Bhadradri-KothagudemDistrict Superintendent ofPolice Sunil Dutt said.

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Google India Digital ServicesPvt Ltd has told the DelhiHigh Court that its GooglePay app does not requireRBI authorisation as it is nota payment system operator(PSO) but a third party appli-cation provider.

Google, in an affidavit,has said the PSO authorisedby the Reserve Bank of India

(RBI) is theN a t i o n a lP a y m e n tCorporationof India( N P C I )

which is theowner and oper-

ator of the entire unifiedpayment interface (UPI) net-work.

NPCI, in turn, authorisesthe payment service providerbanks and third party appli-cation providers (TPAPs) likeGoogle Pay to conduct trans-actions on its network, theaffidavit said.

The affidavit was filed inresponse to a PIL which hasalleged that Google''s mobilepayment app, Google Pay orGPay in short, was facilitat-ing financial transactionswithout the requisite autho-risation from RBI.

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The Telangana government onWednesday handed over a let-ter of appointment as DeputyCollector and also a house sitein the city to the wife of ColSantosh Babu, who was mar-tyred in the recent violentclashes with Chinese troops inthe Galwan Valley.

"The state government hasappointed Ms Santoshi, wife ofCol Santosh Babu who wasmartyred in the recent clasheson the Indo-China Border, asDeputy Collector.

Honourable Chief MinisterSri K Chandrashekhar Rao onWednesday at Pragathi Bhavanhanded over the appointmentletter to Ms Santoshi," an offi-cial release said.

Rao instructed the officialsto post Santoshi in Hyderabadand its surrounding areas and

also asked his secretary SmitaSabharwal to help Santoshitill she receives proper trainingand settles down in her job, itsaid. Rao had lunch with 20members of Santoshi's familyat Pragati Bhavan, the campoffice-cum-official residenceof the Chief Minister.

He assured them that thegovernment would alwaysstand by Col Santosh Babus

family.Earlier, Hyderabad district

Collector Sweta Mohanty andruling TRS MLA GadariKishore Kumar handed overthe documents pertaining tothe allotment of 711 sq yardsof land at posh Banjara Hills toSantoshi.

Santoshi thanked the ChiefMinister and the districtCollector for the help.

"In remembrance of themartyrdom of Col SantoshBabu, CM came to our houseand helped...the Collectorinvited me today, showed theplace (land in Hyderabad) tome and gave the related docu-ments.

I am thankful to the CM andCollector," Santoshi toldreporters.

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Hyderabad is the only city fromIndia to make it to the list of the20 "most surveilled cities in theworld", according to a newanalysis done by Comparitech,reflecting the priority given bythe Telangana State govern-ment to the safety and securityof people of the city.

The analysis revealed that 18out of the 20 most surveilledcities are in China.

In the top-20 list, Hyderabad

stood at the 16th place withthree lakh CCTV camerasinstalled covering its over onecrore residents (to be precise1,00,04,144 people).

Among the other Indian citiesin the list, Chennai stood at the21st place and Delhi at 33.

More importantly, Hyderabadand London were the only citiesoutside of China to make it tothe top 20, with London takingthird place.

Cities in China are under theheaviest CCTV surveillance in

the world, the analysis found.The analysis was done based onthe number of public CCTVcameras in the 150 most popu-lated cities worldwide.

Closed-circuit television

(CCTV) cameras serve manypurposes, ranging from crimeprevention to traffic monitoringto observing industrial opera-tions in environments not suit-able for humans.

The digital age has boostedthe prevalence of CCTV surveil-lance. Cameras are getting bet-ter and cheaper, while live videostreams can be remotelyaccessed, stored on the internet,and passed around. The adop-tion of face recognition technol-ogy makes it possible for both

public and private entities toinstantly check the identity ofanyone who passes by a CCTVcamera.

Comparitech researchers col-lated a number of data resourcesand reports, including govern-ment reports, police websites,and news articles, to get someidea of the number of CCTVcameras in use in 150 majorcities across the globe. It focusedprimarily on public CCTV cam-eras used by government enti-ties such as law enforcement.

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Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao onWednesday instructed thePolice Department to releaseprisoners bearing good conducton the occasion ofIndependence Day.

The Chief Minister asked thedepartment to prepare a list ofsuch prisoners during a meet-ing he held with state's ChiefSecretary Somesh Kumar,Director General of PrisonsRajiv Trivedi and DirectorGeneral of Police M MahenderReddy at Pragathi Bhavan onWednesday.

Earlier, the Chief Ministerexamined the guidelines per-taining to the release of certaincategories of prisoners. TRSRajya Sabha memberJoginapally Santosh Kumarhailed the decision of KCR torelease select prisoners. SantoshKumar, who launched the"Green India Challenge" toimprove green cover, visitedCherlapally jail recently to plantsaplings as part of his initiative.

"When we visited Cherlapallyjail to plant saplings, the jailinmates had requested forrelease of persons who beargood conduct.

Release of prisonersto mark I-Day in TS

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The urgency of containingCovid-19 has not only abbre-viated the timelines for launch-ing vaccines, but also fast-tracked appointment of near-ly two thousand doctors inTelangana in one go. In anunprecedented move,Telangana State will be hand-ing over appointment orders to1,191 doctors in just two days,starting Wednesday.

The process of handing overthe appointment orders to

senior resident doctors beganon Wednesday under the aegisof the Directorate of MedicalEducation, following waiver ofthe counselling provisions andextended timelines for comple-tion for residentship.

This move comes after thegovernment faced flak for nothiring doctors at TIMS, theCovid-19 facility recently read-ied at Gachibowli. Senior res-ident doctors handling gener-al medicine, anaesthesia, pul-monology and radiology weregiven appointment orders onWednesday. They were askedto report for duty by 25 July.The initial lot of resident doc-tors were allotted to TIMS,Osmania General Hospital andKing Koti Hospital. The finalallotments are still going on.

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“We have now overcome thefear of coronavirus. We havethe ability to deal with it,”Health Minister EatalaRajender observed during avideo conference he held withthe district medical officers onWednesday.

The Minister said:“We havealready encountered manyviruses. Along with ILI(influenza-like illness) andSARI (severe acute respirato-ry infections), now coron-avirus is spreading. Only thosewith damaged lungs havemore trouble.”

Referring to tests, Eatalaadded:“After Rapid (antigendetection) Tests became avail-

able, we are testing in everyPHC. A quick diagnosis of thevirus can help prevent life-threatening issues,” heremarked. He asked ANMs(auxiliary nurse midwife) andASHA (accredited socialhealth activist) workers toidentify and get tested, espe-cially those who have fever.

We can deal withCorona, says Eatela

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Telangana State conducted3.08 lakh tests as ofWednesday, of which 49,259proved Covid-19 positive.On Wednesday, 1,554 freshcases were reported, with15,882 tests being conduct-ed. The test positivity rateon Wednesday was 9.8 percent, while the cumulativesample positivity rate is 16per cent. The state con-ducted 7,327 tests per mil-lion. The active percentageis 22.6 per cent; that is,about 23 are currentlyinfected with COVID-19for every 100 confirmedcases.

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Combing operations intensi-fied in the forest area followingthe exchange of fire betweenMaoists and police forces inTelangana last week. TheTelangana state police'sGreyhounds, which specialis-es in anti-insurgency opera-tions, have been combingTelangana's dense forests inKomuram Bhim-Asifabad,Mancherial, JayashankarBhupalapally and Mulugu,Kothagudem districts follow-ing rampant Maoist activities.

Earlier last week, anexchange of fire was reportedbetween the armed group ofCPI (Maoists) and the police inTelangana. The armed groupgave the police forces the slip,following an alleged exchangeof fire in the forests ofMallepallithogu inKothagudem district. A simi-lar incident also took place inTukkuguda of Tiryani forests inKB Asifabad district.

On July 17, the DGP

Mahendar Reddy made awhirlwind aerial tour ofAsifabad, followed the nextday by Mulugu andKothagudem to take stock ofthe Maoist activities and move-ments.The DGP alleged thatthe top rung of CPI (Maoist) isleading an affluent lifestyleeven as they made Adivasisscapegoats to their cause."Maoists are trying to re-enterTelangana. We will not allowtheir misdeeds on Telanganasoil," said the TS police chief,adding that their efforts toregain a foothold in the state

will be thwarted. Days after thepolice and Maoists crossedpaths, the interior tribal regionsare witnessing the combingoperations under the supervi-sion of top officials of statepolice. Posters announcing thereward for information' on thepresence and whereabouts ofMaoists have been put upacross the erstwhile Adilabaddistrict. Mailarepu Adellu aliasBhaskar, Varghesh, Mangu,Ajay, and Ramu are reported-ly the action team members ofCPI(Maoist) who had escapedrecently.

Even as the police are quickto assert that they will 'thwart'the attempts of Maoists toregain lost ground, reports ofthe CPI (Maoist) constituting12 new committees inTelangana state is raising eye-brows. However, officials saidthe CPI (Maoist) committees inTelangana are not new, andhave been in existence forsome time. They claimed thatCPI(Maoist)'s action commit-tees for Telangana were in factformed and operating inChhattisgarh with membersnow attempting to make theirpresence felt in the Telugu

state. Earlier reports claim thatthe outlawed CPI (Maoist) hascome under the commander-ship of Nambala Keshava Rao,who became General Secretarysome years ago. The top brassis on the NIA's most wanted listfrom the Telugu states.

A senior police officer fromKothagudem district also saidthat Maoists are threatening theGuttikoyas tribes, who live onthe Telangana-Chhattisgarhborder. Superintendent ofPolice (SP) Kothagudem SunilDutt said that the combingoperations by special forces isstill underway. Meanwhile, theGrey Hounds, the elite anti-Maoist commandoes, are goingto undertake combing in a 20-km-long buffer zone along theTelangana’s border withMaharashtra and Chhattisgarh.The Grey Hounds commandswill undertake joint combingoperations in the buffer zonealong with C-60 commandoesof Maharashtra and the CRFPof Chhattisgarh to stem theMaoist problem.

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Telangana has been witnessingrise in number of Corona pos-itive days since the past fewdays, especially in Hyderabad.With the rise in cases, manyare undergoing tests and tak-ing precautionary measuresto keep the novel Coronavirusat bay. Now with cases increas-ing manifold in districts too,according to reports, manypolitical leaders in the ruralareas as well in urban areas tootested positive for the virus andtheir families are undergoingtests and are taking precaution-ary measures.

GWMC Mayor GundaPrakash Rao and his wife havetested positive on Saturdaylast and some more local bodypoliticians are also in the list ofthe Covid positive cases inWarangal district. The erst-while Warangal district wit-nessed rise of positive casesamong the political leadersand public representatives ini-

tially when the Jangaon legis-lator Muththireddi YadagiriReddy and his family testedpositive for Covid-19.

Later, the legislator fromAler Gongidi Suneeta also test-ed positive. Since the pro-grammes with the public wentunabated during the lockdownand post lockdown period, theoccurrence of positive casesalso witnessed a sudden spikeduring this period too. Somecorporators and municipalcouncillors are also in the list

of positive cases and uncon-firmed reports say that theMLA of Huzurabad, V SateeshBabu also tested positive. OnTuesday, BJP urban districtpresident of Warangal RavuPadma Reddy also tested pos-itive according to unconfirmedreports. There are reports thatthe leaders who undertookpublic programmes during thepost lockdown period havealso tested positive inWarangal, Karimnagar andNalgonda districts.

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Panchayat Raj MinisterErrabelli Dayakar Rao saidthat the TRS government hasbeen implementing all mea-sures to save the academic yearfor students. Speaking afterdistributing textbooks amonggovernment school studentshere on Wednesday, theMinister said that the govern-ment will conduct classes tostudents through T-SAT.

Distribution of textbookswould come in handy for thestudents at this hour ofCorona crisis, he said askingthem to update knowledgeusing the books. Under theprevailing situation, studentscannot be taught lessons mak-ing them sit in a group.

He said that over 1.50 croretextbooks would be distrib-uted among 26.37 lakh stu-

dents in 29,790 schools. Heappealed to students and theirparents to cooperate with thegovernment and take advan-tage of the satellite classes. Heassured the students that theadmissions would be con-ducted as and when the situ-ation is conducive.

Vardhannapeta MLA AruriRamesh and others were pre-sent on the occasion.

In Khammam, TransportMinister Puvvada Ajay Kumaralso distributed textbooksamong students ofGovernment school at IndiraNagar.

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Corporatization of food pro-cessing units is currentlyunder way in 12 districts andthe government has plans toexpand it to all the districtssoon. The government is pro-moting food processing indus-tries in a big way by addingvalue to the crops produced byfarmers. The government hasplans to set up 16 food pro-cessing parks in an area over4,000 acres. A mega food pro-cessing park and cold storage,set up at a cost of Rs 300 crore,are going to be inauguratedsoon.

The government providesinformation about farmers whocultivate crops as per the needsof the e-commerce platformssuch as Big Basket, Wal-Mart,Ratnadeep, Prism, Udaan, Yand Y and 24Mantra and so on.

Government officials andrepresentatives of e-

Commerce organisations arecalling on farmers and impart-ing skill in improving qualityand other technical aspects.Later, the e-commerce organ-isations buy back the cropsfrom farmers.

The e-commerce platformsbought 467 tonnes of mangoesfrom 436 farmers in Jagityaldistrict, 698 tonnes of man-goes from 1,157 farmers inMancherial, 85 tonnes from250 farmers in Narayanapetdistrict. Similarly, purchasesare going on in Adilabad,Medak, Vikarabad,Narayanapet, Rangareddy,Nagarkurnool, Siddipet,Suryapet, Kumram Bheemdistricts.

Many major industries likethe ITC, RP Goenka, Hatsun,Annapurna Foods, KarachiBakery, Creamline Dairy andso on are going to set up theirfood processing units inTelangana, it is said.

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The government was expect-ed to issue reinstatementorders by the evening.

However, when no suchorders were issued till late inthe evening, it became increas-ingly clear that the YSRCP gov-ernment was in no mood toyield an inch and insteadwould choose to ignore theGovernor’s directions by inter-preting it to suit its wishes.

According to governmentsources, the Governor hadnowhere asked the govern-ment to reinstate Ramesh

Kumar. “It (the communiquefrom the Governor) is not thedirection to restore him. It isthe direction to implementthe decision of the High Court.The Advocate General saysthat since The High Courtdirection has been challengedin the Supreme Court,Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumarcannot be reinstated as the SECuntil the apex court gives itsverdict,” the sources said.

The AP had moved theSupreme Court again onMonday, seeking a stay on theHigh Court decision to take upthe contempt petition filed by

Ramesh Kumar.It argued that the High

Court could not take up sucha contempt petition at a timewhen the matter was pendingbefore the apex court.

The High Court had onMay 29 struck down anOrdinance promulgated by theYS Jaganmohan Reddy govern-ment on April 10 curtailing thetenure of the State ElectionCommissioner from five tothree years.

The Court also quashed aGovernment Order appointingretired judge V Kanagaraj asthe new SEC, paving the way

for the continuation of RameshKumar in the post.

The state government chal-lenged the verdict in theSupreme Court.

However, the Apex court didnot provide any relief to thestate government as a stay onthe HC orders was refusedthree times.

In the meantime, RameshKumar filed a contempt peti-tion in the High Court againstthe state government for notreinstating him and the courton July 17 directed that hemake a plea to the Governor inthis regard.

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"The PM has agreed tocome to Ayodhya on August5 for the 'bhoomi pujan' ofRam temple. He will bethere for one- and-a-halfhours. Earlier, there werespeculations that he wouldattend the ceremony virtu-ally, but I insisted that itshould be done in person,"Swami Govind Devgir iMaharaj, also known asKishorji Vyas, said.

Reply ing to a quer ywhether Maharashtra ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeraywi l l b e inv ited to the

ground-breaking ceremony,he said, "He must be invit-ed." "There is no question ofnot inviting CM Thackeray.He must be invited...I thinkthere is no point in notinviting anybody. We mustinvite all the CMs, notablesaints and social leaders," headded."But consider ingsome practical difficultiesdue to COVID-19 and asthe PM is coming there,only those people can comethere, who can land inLucknow and can come toAyodhya by road as heli-copters cannot land there,"he said.

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The committee constitutedfor allocation of SeniorResident-Specialist to variousGovernment MedicalInstitutions for the year 2020-2021 has recommended that inview of Covid-19 situation, itis necessary to allot SeniorResidents immediately bywaiver of the counselling pro-visions and extended timelinesfor completion for resi-dentship. The Committee hasalso recommended that allSenior Residents be advised tojoin immediately. This issueaddresses the shortage of doc-tors in the state.

An assistant professor work-ing in a government hospitalat Hyderabad said, “We wel-come the government's deci-sion in such crisis time. It willhelp us to provide better ser-vices and also create employ-ment till the pandemic ends.I think this is the fastest- everlarge-scale appointment andthe salary is also decentenough.”

The final year examina-tions concluded in the first

week of July. The results havenot yet been declared.Irrespective of the results, thegovernment has decided tohire them, under provisions ofthe Disaster Management Act.

Moreover, the governmentput a condition that registra-tion with the Telangana StateMedical Council for SeniorResidents will be dependenton their successful and satis-factory completion of the one-year mandatory SeniorResidency at an allottedGovernment Hospital orInstitution.

Amidst all this, PGs wereperplexed on receivingappointment letter. A PG, oncondition of anonymity, said,“Most of us who got appoint-ment letters are in a state ofshock as the allocations wererandom. We were just decid-ing about the career and wegot this letter on Wednesday.I am shocked as my careerplans were different. PrivateMedical college PGs werelooking to earn more as thereis demand now. They aspiredto get Rs 1-1.5 lakh permonth”.

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I assured them that I willbring this issue to the notice ofCM. Upon apprising the CMof the same, I am happy thathe was kind enough to instructthe authorities to prepare a listof persons with good conductand release them on the occa-sion of Independence Day,"Santosh said.

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Medical Health SecretaryRizvi and Director of PublicHealth Dr Srinivasa Rao wereamong those who participat-ed in the meeting.

Eatala also met Dr. VijayEldandi, Clinical Professor ofMedicine and Surgery,University of Chicago, alongwith Telangana PlanningBoard Vice Chairman BVinod Kumar. There was alengthy discussion on thepolicies being followed forcorona control around theworld. It was felt that coronais not fatal if detected inadvance; so, people should bebrave. “Facilities are availableto provide all kinds of med-ication and oxygen to treatcorona patients. Consult adoctor immediately if fever orcorona symptoms appear.Contact quickly to avoid life-threatening issues.”

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Of the 1,554 fresh cases, 842were reported in GHMC, 132in Rangareddy, 96 in Medchal,73 in Karimnagar, and 51 inNalgonda districts. In all, 30 ofthe 33 districts in the state havereported cases. After testingwas ramped up, ruralTelangana has been reportingmany cases. On Wednesday,nine persons succumbed tothe virus, taking the death tollto 438. There are 11,155 activecases in the state, while 37,666people have been dischargedupon recovery. OnWednesday, 1,281 peoplerecovered from the infection.

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With Bihar Dy CM SushilKumar Modi as its convenor,the GoM now has DelhiDeputy CM Manish Sisodia,Chhattisgarh CommercialTaxes Minister TS Singh Deo,Odisha Finance MinisterNiranjan Pujari, PunjabFinance Minister ManpreetSingh Badal, Tamil NaduMinister for Personnel andAdministrative Reforms DJayakumar and Harish Rao asits members. Harish Rao hasreplaced Puducherry CMNarayanaswamy as a memberof GoM which was formed toexamine issues concerningunsettled IGST, under theGST tax regime.

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A few years ago, the heritagebuilding at OGH was declaredunfit for occupation by JNTUcivil engineers. The recentflooding at the hospital evokedthis reaction from the author-ities.

The move to seal the build-ing now comes nearly fiveyears after Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao visitedthe hospital in 2015.

OGH is housed on 27 acresof land near Afzalgunj and theold heritage building is housedon 2.37 acres.

During his visit to OGH in2015, the Chief Minister hadfound that the building wasunsafe

and announced that his gov-ernment would demolish thecrumbling structure and con-struct a new hospital. KCR'splan to demolish the old OGH

building hit a roadblock afteropposition parties and heritageactivists cried foul. The her-itage activists halted the moveto demolish the old building byapproaching the High Courtwith their contention that itwas a heritage structure.

M a j l i s - e - I t t e h a d u lMuslimeen (MIM) presidentAsaduddin Owaisi had alsoopposed the demolition of theold building of the OsmaniaGeneral Hospital.

The KCR government hadto buckle under pressure andput the proposal in cold stor-age.

For the past one week, theTelangana GovernmentDoctors Association (TGDA)members have been protesting,seeking immediate demoli-tion of the old OGH building.

After Gandhi Hospital,OGH is the second biggesthospital in the state to treat

COVID-19 patients. Whenrains lashed the city last week,the hospital’s ground floor,which currently houses Covid-19 patients, was inundatedwith ankle-length water, pos-ing grave risk to patients aswell as their attendants.

Six wards, including an ICU,all of which are on the groundfloor, were flooded, forcingpatients and attendants toremain rooted to their beds.OGH employees were forcedto relocate Covid-19 patients.There were reports that 15-20patients were forced to sharespace, including at one spotwith two bodies for over sevenhours in one of the wards inthe OGH.

The hospital managementadmitted that the building wasnot the ideal place to deal withan infectious disease, espe-cially not one that spreads aseasily as COVID-19.

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It was exactly a month ago(on June 22), when the ChiefMinister visited the bereavedfamily at Suryapet town, about130 km from here, andpledged his governments fullsupport to the family.

During his visit, Rao hand-ed over cheques for Rs fivecrore announced as ex-gratiaby him.

He had also personallyhanded over a letter appoint-ing Santoshi as a Group I ser-vice officer in the state govern-ment and documents allottinga house site of 711 sq yards atthe Banjara Hills here.

The 39-year old colonel wasamong 20 Indian soldiers whowere killed in the GalwanValley in eastern Ladakh onJune 15 during a violent clashwith Chinesetroops.

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A hunt was launched tonab the rebels who fled afterthe incident.

Last week two groups ofMaoists, including five mem-bers led by Bhaskar,Telangana "State Committee"member of CPI (Maoist),carrying a reward of Rs 25lakh, had escaped after anexchange of fire with police inthe forest areas in KumramBheem Asifabad district andBhadradri-Kothagudem dis-trict.

Police had intensifiedcombing operation in theareas following the two inci-dents of exchange of fire.

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Public health groups haveurged state government toclose smoking rooms at air-ports as they are a 'grave riskfor the spread of Covid-19.'

The Coronavirus is mostlikely to be spread by smokers,as the act of smoking includes,removing of masks, fingersand possibly contaminated cig-arettes are in contact with lipswhich increases the possibili-ty of transmission from handto mouth. India has the second

largest number of tobaccousers with 28.6 per cent. Ofthese, at least 12 lakh die everyyear from tobacco related dis-eases. 17.8 per cent of adults inTelangana use tobacco in someor the other form.

The public health groups ina communiqué said, "Smokingrooms at airports have a graverisk for spread of Covid-19which is spread primarilythrough respiratory droplets."

"Covid-19 is most likely tobe spread in smoking zonewhich is a closed area with

poor ventilation and hygiene.Thus, increasing the risk ofspread of virus through air andsurfaces," it added.

Ministry of Civil Aviationstarted domestic air travelsfrom May 25, 2020. In thisregard the Ministry of Civil

Aviation, to ensure safety of pas-sengers, it has issued generalinstructions including guide-lines to be followed by passen-gers as well as stakeholders.However, the guidelines do notgive any directions to passen-gers not to use smoking rooms.Further the specific operatingguidelines allows smokingrooms to be opened with reg-ulated entry. Over 20 states and6 Union Territories banned theuse of smokeless tobacco prod-ucts and spitting in publicplaces during the Covid-19.

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The Coronavirus pandemichas affected the education sec-tor in the worst possible way.With no classes or entranceexaminations, students acrossthe nation seem to be in adilemma taking their future.

Even in Telangana, despitemany discussions around thepending entrance examina-tions or starting the under-graduate and post graduatecourses, the governmentsseems to have reached no deci-sion as yet.

Online classes have come asa savior for several institutesand students during the pan-demic. Talking about the plansof Jawaharlal NehruTechnological University(JNTU), Vice-Chancellor,Jayesh Ranjan says, "We havealready announced to start theclasses from August 17. Sincethe situation is still bad andstarting classroom learningmay not be feasible, we plan tostart all the classes online."

Osmania University (OU)on the other hand, is yet tomake any decision regardingthe online classes or freshadmissions.

Talking about online class-es for UG and PG students in

general, Chairman ofTelangana State Council ofHigher Education (TSCHE),Prof T Papi Reddy states, "Wehave been meeting and keep-ing an eye on the situation. Weare discussing the matter, how-ever haven't yet come to anydecision. We will be able toshare the education schedulefor this year only after August15."

But many question howrural students will be able toattend online classes in thestates. "Several college stu-dents in the city are actuallyfrom rural area and had toleave for their home towns dueto the pandemic," shares M

Venu, General Secretary,Telangana Joint ActionCommittee (TJAC) for all stu-dents' organisations in thestate, adding, "If Universitiesstart taking online classes,these students who are now intheir villages won't be able toattend. They don't have accessto the WiFi and attendingclasses on daily data can bevery costly with many networkissues. The students won't beable to access even e-learningvideos."

Be it EAMCET, other CETsor the UG/PG final examina-tions, the state authoritieshaven't declared any scheduleas yet.

Prof T Papi Reddy said,"The issue is still pending withthe court. Until we get permis-sion from there, we cannot takea decision regarding the mat-ter. We will announce theschedule for CETs and UG/PGfinal examinations only oncewe have a clarification from thecourt."

JNTU also doesn't have anyplans chalked out for EAM-CET exams. "We will conductthe examination, but we can'trisk students' health for that.We are yet to get permissionfrom the health departmentregarding the matter. Oncethey suggest when the exami-nations can be taken, we willtake a decision."

The students are verystressed with no informationon the matter. State Secretaryof Students' Federation of India(SFI) T Nagaraju said, "Thereis a lot of confusion amongstthe student community. Thefinal years are waiting for theexaminations, while the stu-dents who have just graduatedfrom Intermediate are anx-ious about the entrances examsand admission. With every-thing on hold the students arevery stressed. We demand thatthe government announcestheir decision regarding thesematters soon."

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MA&UD Minister KT RamaRao interacted with MunicipalCommissioners of HyderabadUrban Agglomeration (HUA)within Outer Ring Road at atraining programme at MCRHRD in Hyderabad.

Minister KTR stated that thegovernment has brought innew policies to decentralise theadministration across the stateto take the administrationcloser to the public. He alsomentioned that the govern-ment has increased the num-ber of districts, revenue divi-sions, mandals and municipalcorporations in the state as apart of the decentralisation.

Minister asked the officialsto formulate a 30-year-futureplan for every town, keeping inmind the increasing popula-tion. He stated that a majori-ty of the population inTelangana will be living in itstowns in the coming years.

The Minister stated thatproviding essential services tothe growing population hasbeen the top most priority ofthe government and it haschosen administration decen-tralisation as a tool for thesame.

KTR said that the number ofmunicipalities were increasedto 141. He also mentioned thatthese municipalities werefunded sufficiently for fasterdevelopment.

Minister also stated thatevery municipality shouldcome up with innovative rev-enue generation methods.Minister asked the officials toprepare a water audit for everymunicipality to provide drink-ing water supply.

KTR asked the officials topay utmost importance to san-itation and cleanliness in thetowns and cities. He called forfuturistic development of themunicipalities surroundingHyderabad.

Before he began his address,KTR paid floral tributes to'Abhyudaya Kavi' DaasaradhiKrishnamacharya, on theoccasion of his birth anniver-sary. In this event, the Ministerinaugurated an app related tothe cleanliness programmesin all the municipalities.

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The city court on Wednesdayconvicted a woman whoengaged a self-declared faithhealer to ward off 'evil spirits'that possessed her 12-year-oldson for 10 years of rigorousimprisonment in an attempt tomurder case.

Meanwhile, the healer whohad sexually exploited the boywas sentenced for life under thePOCSO Act, and also under theIPC for attempt to murder.

According to the police, inSeptember 2016, a case was reg-istered against MehmoodAnsari, 38, a self-declared heal-er and resident of Hafeezbabanagar and the woman, aresident of Pahadi shareef.

Ansari claimed he possessedsupernatural powers and fre-quented the woman's house.

"He convinced her that evilspirits had possessed her son.Believing him, she handed overthe child to him with Ansarithen tortured and sexuallyexploited the boy in the nameof 'warding off spirits'," saidpolice.

The child's father, who wasabroad, returned and foundthat the child was not well. Onfinding out about the torture, heapproached the then DCP, whodirected the police to book acase against the fake healer. Twospecial teams nabbed bothAnsari and the woman. A lap-top seized from Ansari revealedseveral videos showing thechild being tortured, includingby pouring hot water on hislegs. Ansari also admitted tosexually exploiting the child.

The court, apart from theimprisonment, has slappedfines on both the convicts,apart from ordering that Rs60,000 from the total fineamount of Rs 65,000 should bepaid to the child.

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Well-known child rightsactivist P Achyuta Rao, 58,died of Covid on Wednesday.

The founder of BalalaHakkula Sangham, an NGOfighting for child rights,breathed his last at a privatehospital, where he was admit-ted a week ago.

Rao was also suffering froma heart ailment and other co-morbidities, hospital sourcessaid. The president of theBalala Hakkula Sangham wasactive in taking up cases ofchild right violations and onlylast month had helped author-ities in taking action in a caseof a child marriage and sexu-al assault of a minor by a policeconstable.

Rao and his wife AnuradhaRao had formed the NGO in1985 and he was instrumentalin taking up the issues ofchild rights in undividedAndhra Pradesh, and subse-

quently in TS. He also servedas a member of the StateChild Rights Commission.

The activist also filed manypetitions in the State HumanRights Commission and theHigh Court for protection ofthe rights of children. Hefought against child marriages,child labour and also raisedthe issues of school children.

Rao had taken up the caseof a 13-year-old Jain girl whodied in 2016 after fasting for68 days in Secunderabad aspart of a religious ceremony.

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Complying with an order ofthe Telangana High Court, thestate government said trans-portation of camels for anypurpose, including slaughter,into the state is illegal and any-one violating the law would beprosecuted.

The transportation of camelsinto Telangana is strictly pro-hibited and no person shall

slaughter or offer to slaughterthe camel in the state. Any suchviolators will be prosecuted

and punished as per the law, apress note issued by theVeterinary and Animal

Husbandry Department said.It also cited the Rajasthan

Camel (Prohibition ofSlaughter and Regulation ofTemporary Migration orExport) 2015 Act which pro-hibits transportation of theanimal from the western state.

The high court had on July17 said slaughtering of camelswas "inhumane, unconstitu-tional and will be treated as acriminal offence."

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As part of the initiative toincrease the market share ofrailways in the movement ofgeneral cargo across thenation, South CentralRailways has come with aunique concept of starting a'Cargo Express'.

Under this concept, a timetabled freight train is beingstarted from Sanath Nagar inHyderabad to Adarsh Nagar inNew Delhi starting fromAugust 5, 2020.

SCR has taken this as a pilotproject for a period of sixmonths and would be runningthe 'Cargo Express' once aweek every Wednesday.

For the first time in nearlyfour decades, to aid the smalland medium sized customers,Indian Railways is permittingwagon level indenting, i.e. cus-tomers having even one wagonmaterial of 60 tonnes approx-imately can book their cargoon this train. This train willrun as per the scheduled

departure and arrival timingsand days at both ends.

The transit time to cover adistance of around 1700 kmsbetween Sanath Nagar inHyderabad to Adarsh Nagar inNew Delhi away is just 34hours. The average speed ofthis train is around 50 kilome-ters per hour.

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The Greater Hyderabad Soc-iety for Prevention of Crueltyto Animals and People ForAnimals Society said thatspectacled cobras, which areusually worshipped bywomen during the NagPanchami for the longevityand prosperity were protect-ed under Schedule II ofWildlife Protection Act of1972 and unauthorised pos-session of these reptiles couldattract punishment byimprisonment ranging fromthree to seven years.

Nag Panchami is celebrat-ed every year which falls onfifth day of lunar month, butit's one of the most unfortu-nate happening in the nameof festival and joy of happi-ness that snakes are killed andinjured because of our soci-ety not having awarenessabout these most superstitiongroup of animal kingdom.

The activists have request-ed devotees to worship onlyidols and photographs ofsnakes on Nag Panchami onJuly 25.

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The Task Force raided theClassic Snooker parlour atTappachabutra and caught13 persons for violating lock-down orders. The policeseized Rs 3,100 cash fromthem.

Acting on a tip-off, theteam raided the snooker par-lour located near theTappachabutra. “The ownerviolated the lockdown orderby opening the snooker par-lour and inviting people toparticipate in the games. Allof them were handed over toTappachabutra police for fur-ther action,” said P RadhaKishan Rao, DCP (TaskForce).

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A 30-year-old man was killedin a road mishap involving aRTC bus at Amberpet onWednesday.

The victim was identifiedas P Rahul Reddy, a residentof Malkajgiri. Reddy wasgoing to Amberpet on histwo-wheeler when themishap occurred. An RTCbus hit the bike from behind.Reddy, fell off his vehicleand died on the spot. Thepolice booked a case and areinvestigating.

In another incident, a 59-year-old man was killed whena truck hit his motorcycle atSantoshnagar on Tuesdaynight. The victim was iden-tified as Mohd Mahmoodfrom Santoshnagar. Accordi-ng to the police, Mahmoodwas going to Shaheennagarwhen tragedy struck. Whilecrossing the Santoshnagarroad, the DCM truck hit hisbike, killing him on the spot,said the police.

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The decomposed body of anassistant professor of the EFLUwas found hanging in his hou-se in Tarnaka on Wednesday.

The victim was identified as45-year-old B Rahul, a nativeof Vijayawada residing inSrikar Apartments in Tarnaka.

Watchman of the apart-ment informed police afterneighbours complained of foulsmell. Police broke open themain door and found thedecomposed corpse of profes-

sor hanging in a room.Officials suspect that hehanged himself two days agoas the body was decomposed.

Officials suspect that Rahultook the extreme step onMonday night. The assistantprofessor had divorced hiswife and was staying alone inthe flat. The police are tryingto ascertain the reasons behindthe death. Writing on a pieceof paper was found, purport-edly written by Rahul in whichhe asks to call his dad followedby a phone number.

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A woman and her childrenwere found unconscious ather residence in SundaraiahNagar at Chandanagar onTuesday.

According to the police,the victims are a 35-year-oldwoman, her 15-year-olddaughter and a 10-year-oldson. The police said that thevictims were found uncon-scious and were immedi-ately rushed to a hospital.

The woman's son wasshifted to Niloufer hospitaland his condition is said tobe critical, while the womanand her daughter were shift-ed to Osmania GeneralHospital for treatment. Theincident occurred after thetrio had food, allegedly poi-soned or mixed with seda-tives.

Police suspect it to be acase of food poisoning andregistered a case under sec-tion 328 of the IPC (Causinghurt by means of poison,etc., with intent to commitan offence).

An investigation into theincident has begun. Refutingallegations that the victimswere sexually assaulted, thePolice said that the rumourwas spread by a bystander inthe incident and the victimdid not complain of anysuch thing.

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Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao hascalled upon the AgricultureDepartment to work with firmcommitment and hard work tomake the agriculture sector inthe state a profitable vocation.The Telangana state has morethan one crore of agricultureland under cultivation withlakhs of farmers living by it.

The Chief Minister saidthere should be a major trans-formation from the existingtraditional farming methods.The Agriculture Departmentshould guide and lead thefarmers, educate them aboutthe strength of organised sec-tor vis-à-vis the unorganisedsector, impart better agriculturepractices and profitable meth-ods. The Chief Minister desiredthat since the Telangana Stateis becoming an agriculture-based State, the AgricultureDepartment too shouldstrengthen itself institutionalwise. He said, if need be, thegovernment is ready to sanc-

tion more posts to the depart-ment. The CM said that farm-ers in the State are cultivatingthe crops as suggested by thegovernment cent percent. TheCM instructed that the data onwhich farmer cultivating whatcrop to what extent of landshould be collected without fail.

The CM held a review meet-ing on the AgricultureDepartment at Pragathi Bhavanhere on Wednesday. AgricultureMinister S Niranjan Reddy,Rythu Bandhu State presidentPalla Rajeshwar Reddy,Government's Chief AdvisorRajiv Sharma, Chief SecretarySomesh Kumar, Principal

Secretary (Agriculture) BJanardhan Reddy, AdditionalDirector Sri Vijay Kumar,Deputy Director Shailaja andothers participated.

"To develop the agriculturesector, the efforts put in theTelangana are unparallel andno one ever made such anattempt in the history of inde-pendent India till now. We havespent crores of rupees, con-structed major projects and aregiving water free of cost tofarmers. We have abolishedWater Cess completely withouteven charging single rupee.Moreover, we have written offthe old dues. Uninterrupted,

24x7 quality power is suppliedto the farm sector free of cost.Under Rythu Bandhu Scheme,financial input needed for agri-culture is deposited in theaccount of farmers for eachcrop. In case any farmer dies,his family members were givenRs 5 Lakh under Rythu Bhimapolicy. Even during the finan-cially difficult times due to theCorona Pandemic, the govern-ment had procured each andevery crop cent per cent fromthe farmers. "Agricultureshould become profitable inTelangana state. Ultimately,the farmers should becomerich farmers. For this, the gov-

ernment is making severalattempts and spending morefunds. If the governmentefforts are to be fruitful, theAgriculture Departmentshould play a very active role.The modern agriculture prac-tices should replace the tradi-tional ones. Study the farmingpractices world over and imple-ment them in the State. Thereshould be a tangible transfor-mation in the farm sector.Latest and modern methodsshould come in the agriculture,he said.

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Tourism industry in the stateis caught in the clutches of theCoronavirus affecting liveli-hoods of tourist guides, travelagents, tour operators, taxidrivers, photographers, restau-rant workers and so on forcingthem to work as casual handsin agriculture fields.

During the correspondingperiod last year, tourist placessuch as Charminar, GolkondaFort, Kaleswaram Project,Ramappa Temple and so onwere thronged by tourists.

Because of the heavy rains,the Bogota and Kuntala water-falls in Telangana are render-ing scenic beauty to theTelangana landscape, but thereare no tourists to witness theirmagnificence. The outsourcedemployees of the TourismDepartment have to make dowith the half salaries as therewas drop in the revenue.

The private and tourismdepartment hotels are allowedto run, but there are no cus-tomers. The private hotelsmanagements associationrecently called on the govern-

ment officials and sought taxconcessions to bail out theirindustry from corona impact.

Last year, at least 5,000-10,000 people visited theKannepalli pump house of theKaleswaram project. Therewas heavy demand for 20hotels and 20 lodges and ser-vices of autorickshaws. Butthe hotels were empty andthere was no business forautorickshaws. In Medaram,the main stay of at least 200families is tourism. In all, 36shop-keepers sustain theirlivelihood with the help of over2,000 visitors to Ramappa tem-ple. The outsourcing staff inLaknavaram, SHG womenwho earn livelihood by cook-

ing food in Bogota restaurantand others were forced towork in agriculture fields forwant of livelihood.

It may be recalled thatTourist destinations and hotelsrun by the Telangana StateTourism DevelopmentCorporation (TSTDC) in erst-while Warangal district,including Bogatha waterfalls,Laknavaram Lake and Harithahotels, have opened their gatesfor tourists as per State govern-ment's instructions.

However, with the numberof Covid-19 cases rising rapid-ly across the State, people arenot showing any interest in vis-iting these tourist destina-tions.

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The descendants of the Nizamof Hyderabad on Wednesdayreturned to the High Court inLondon to challenge a courtorder related to over 35 millionpounds lying in a UK bankaccount. In a judgment hand-ed down at the Royal Courts ofJustice in London last year,Justice Marcus Smith had ruledin favour of India and the tit-ular eighth Nizam ofHyderabad and his brother,who had reached a confidentialagreement in a decades-oldlegal dispute with Pakistanover funds belonging to theseventh Nizam of Hyderabad atthe time of Partition in 1947.

However, other descendantsof the Nizam, Najaf Ali Khanon behalf of 116 heirs of thelate seventh Nizam, sought tochallenge that ruling this weekby accusing the administratorof the seventh Nizam's estate ofbreach of trust. Khan, appear-ing remotely from India, toldthe court that the funds were

released improperly to Indiaand the two princes - PrinceMukarram Jah and his youngerbrother Muffakham Jah - andalso claimed "chronic financialhardship". I determined thebeneficial ownership of thatmoney in my judgment in2019 It is impossible to acceptthat he can be entitled toreopen the proceedings, saidJudge Smith, dismissing NajafAli Khan's attempt to reopenthe case. However, the judgewill continue to hear argu-ments over Wednesday and

Thursday over allegations ofimpropriety by the administra-tor of late seventh Nizam'sestate.

The administrator appar-ently holds around 400,000pounds from the money leftover following payments madeto the state of India and the twoprinces based on their confi-dential agreement over thetotal funds. The argumentscentre around legal costsaccrued in the case andWithers LLP, who have actedfor the VIII Nizam since

Pakistan issued proceedings in2013, returned to the courtalong with barrister JamesBrithwell appearing on behalfof India. The Nizam VII wasbeneficially entitled to the Fundand those claiming in right ofNizam VII - the Princes andIndia - are entitled to have thesum paid out to their order,Justice Smith had ruled infavour of India and PrincesMukarram and MuffakhamJah in October 2019.

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Telangana BJP president BandiSanjay on Wednesday tookpot-shots at the KChandrashekhar Rao led TRSgovernment and termed it as'Bogus government.' "The TRSgovernment has become help-less in containing the Coronapandemic. A 'bogus ChiefMinister and bogus Ministersare ruling the State," he said.Addressing a virtual pressconference on Wednesday, theBJP leader demanded theChief Minister to must comeout from the farmhouse andtake care of people who arefacing a dreaded situationcasued by the Coronavirus.

"There is lack doctors, para-medical staff and class IVemployees in the government-run hospitals and hundreds ofposts in the Medical andHealth Department are lyingvacant. Some retired doctorsbelonged to their groups have

been appointed in the hospi-tals. The ministers are touringthe districts in the name ofwelfare programmes to divertthe attention of people fromCorona. It is further spreadingthe virus," he alleged.

Bandi alleged described thedistribution of Corona Kits asa huge scam. He alleged thatthe TRS government was dis-tributing poor quality N95masks which were below thesafety standards.

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TPCC star campaigner andchairperson of the campaigncommittee Vijayashanti onWednesday said that the truecolours of TRS governmentwere exposed as TelanganaHigh Court once again pulledup the government for beingnegligent in dealing withCoronavirus situation in thestate. She passed severeremarks against the govern-ment in her Facebook post.

Unable to give replies to theobservations made by thecourt, the TRS governmentfumbled, she said. The HighCourt once again exposed thedereliction to duty of the stategovernment in spite of amplechances to rein in the virus.

As there is spike in thenumber of cases, the govern-ment swept the facts under thecarpet and mislead the court,she observed. The govern-ment earned the wrath of the

High Court which said that itwould be the last chance toimplement court orders, shesaid. The court observed thatthe rulers are giving publicitythat the HC praised themwhen, in fact, it chided themfor not following its orders, shesaid adding that it exposedtrue colours of the govern-ment. The government couldnot tender replies to the HCobservations on why the gov-ernment did not implementthe ICMR rules, she said.

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Former Minister MohammedAli Shabbir has strongly con-demned Chief Minister K.Chandrashekhar Rao for notgiving clarification on the re-construction of places of wor-ship demolished in theSecretariat complex.

"After the Congress partyraised objection over illegaldemolition of two mosquesand one temple on July 8, theChief Minister issued a vaguestatement apologizing for thedemolitions. He also gave anassurance that a new mosqueand temple will be construct-ed along with the newSecretariat building. Both hisapology and offer were reject-ed and it was demanded thathe order immediate re-con-struction of places of worshipat the same place. As always,Chief Minister did not reactand went into hiding. He con-ducted a review meeting at

Pragathi Bhavan on Tuesdayand finalised the new designfor the Secretariat and thepress release sent by the CMOdid not mention a word aboutre-construction of places ofworship. This is shocking,"Shabbir Ali said. He said thatthe Chief Minister has alreadycommitted a sin of hurting thereligious sentiments by illegal-ly demolishing the twomosques and a temple andnow he was trying to disrespect

their feelings by not re-con-structing them at the sameplace. "CM KCR, in the firstclarification, tried to give animpression that some damagewas caused to the mosques andtemple when debris of otherstructures fell on them duringdemolition. If it was inciden-tal and non-intentional, thenthe State Governmentshould've ordered immediaterepair and restoration. But thepresent stand of CM clearlysuggests that the demolition oftwo mosques and a temple wasdeliberate and planned. Theywere the first structures in theSecretariat which were razed tothe ground," he said.

The Congress leaderdemanded that the StateGovernment place theapproved design of the newSecretariat building in publicdomain to reassure the peoplethat two mosques and a tem-ple were being re-constructedat the same place. "

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Telangana state BJP onWednesday asked the TRSgovernment not to play withthe lives of the students bytaking up programmes fordistribution of NationalisedText (NT) books in schoolsacross the state.

Speaking to media BJPMLC N Ramachander Raosaid it was unfortunate thatthe state government hasissued an order for organis-ing programmes for distrib-ution of NT books in everyschool by the public represen-tatives when people are afraidof getting affected with coro-navirus if they go out. Thegovernment on one hand isasking people to stay homeand on the other hand howcan they ask students to cometo schools for collecting theNT books, Rao wondered.He demanded the govern-ment to distribute tabs.

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Under pressure from familymembers, many governmentemployees are applying forlong leave while many privateemployees resign from theirjobs and returning to theirnative place to prevent familymembers from contracting thevirus in case they tested posi-tive for the virus. The pressurefrom family members ismounting on employees aswork is not more preciousthat their lives.

If they happen to go tooffice, the employees are like-ly to interact with many moreincreasing the risk of con-tracting the virus and passingit on to the family members.Employees working in bothgovernment and private whohave direct interaction with

public are proceeding on leave.Some of them are trying tocompletely use their earnedleaves. Many governmentoffices have reported that 10per cent of the employees haveproceeded on leave. Some oth-ers have applied for leave, butwaiting for its sanction.

Some employees, who arenearing retirement and havealready diseases such as BP anddiabetes, are opting for volun-tary retirement out of fear forCoronavirus. By virtue of their

low immunity levels, they areapprehensive of contractingthe virus if they reported forwork. Many governmentdepartments have receivedapplications for voluntaryretirements. Those who areworking in private organisa-tions are also not hesitating toquit their jobs for the same rea-son. In fact, the spate of resig-nations is stated to have com-menced in many organisations.

The number of people livingin Hyderabad is decreasing asover 20 lakh people left the cityfor their native places. Theseinclude students in hostels,workers in factories, migrantlabourers and employees fromother sectors. Also, to-letboards are seen at many placesin the city. If the same trendwere to continue, the city willget vacated, it is being felt.

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Wondering as to why the stategovernment is not allowingthe fourth estate of democra-cy, the media to cover andreport the ongoing demolitionactivity of old Secretariatbuildings, the Telangana HighCourt directed it to respondon the petition filed by VILmedia private limited urging itto issue orders to permit themedia to report and telecastthe demolition activity.

The court gave one day tillThursday to the state govern-ment to respond on the issue.A single judge bench compris-

ing justice ChallaKodandaram also made itclear that unless it is a prohib-ited area, the media are sup-posed to be provided freeaccess to cover the demolitionactivity. The court passed theorders while dealing with apetition filed by VIL mediawhich runs V6 Telugu TVnews channel.

The channel was representedby its bureau chief G Sampath.In his petition Sampath said thatthe action of the state govern-ment to not allow the press tocover the demolition activity wasviolating their rights guaranteedby the Constitution of India.

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House building permissionsin all municipalities andmunicipal corporationsacross the state have beenhalted for the past two weeksleading to piling up of appli-cations with the civic bodies.

In fact, the applications forpermissions should becleared within 21 days. Butthere were no signs of offi-cials taking up the job seri-ously even after 15 days afterfiling of the applications. Thesituation is more or less thesame in all 141 municipalitiesand municipal corporations.

Under the DevelopmentPermission ManagementSystem (DPMS), applicationsfor house building permissionsare being cleared online. Oncethe applications are uploadedinto the DPMS, they are ver-ified whether everything is inorder or not. Then they areforwarded to town planningdepartment. If they peruse theapplications and clear themthe house building permissionis granted.

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Dealing with a Public InterestLitigation (PIL) filed againstthe conduct of online classesand forceful collection of feeby private schools manage-ments, the Telangana HighCourt granted time to CBSEfor filing counter affidavit inthe case and posted the mat-ter to August 6 next monthfor further hearing.

On the other hand, thestate government told thecourt that the Central govern-ment had issued guidelinesfor promoting digital educa-tion by way of conducting theonline classes for the conve-nience of the students of thecountry. In its report submit-ted before a division bench ofthe HC, the state governmentalso made it clear that it wasnot in a position to state any-thing on the issue of thecommencement of the acad-emic year. It said that thecommencement of the acad-emic year would dependupon the Covid-19 virus pan-demic status in the State.

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Minister for IT KT Rama Raowill lay the foundation stonefor the Neera Café onNecklace Road here onThursday. The cafe is beingbuilt as part of the StateGovernment's Neera policyand to benefit members ofGowda community.Disclosing this to media hereon Wednesday, ExciseMinister Srinivas Goud saidhow caste-based vocationswere destroyed systematicallyunder successive regimes thatruled the state.

The toddy shops werescraped affecting livelihood oftoddy tappers. However, theTRS government implement-ed many welfare schemes tosave caste based vocationsfrom extinction.

He said that the previousregimes did not make anattempt to revive Neera pro-duction in the state, which hesays has many medicinal val-ues. Previous regimes interest-ed in tax paid by toddy tap-pers, but not their welfare, helamented.

Chief Minister K

Chandrashekhar Rao waivedthe tax on toddy, increased theinsurance cover from Rs 2 toRs 5 lakh in case of acciden-tal death due to fall fromtoddy trees. He thankedMunicipal AdministrationMinister KT rama Rao forallotting valuable land forNeera Café on Necklace Road.

He said that the café wouldbe ready in the next five or sixmonths. Earlier, he visited theproposed site for the NeeraCafé and inspected arrange-ments for Thursday founda-tion stone laying ceremony.

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India added 37,724 fresh casesof COVID-19 on Wednesday,taking the country's tally to11,92,915, while recoveriessurged to 7,53,049 with 28,472people having recuperated in aday, the highest so far, accord-ing to the Union HealthMinistry, data.

The death toll due to the dis-ease rose to 28,732?with 648people succumbing to the dis-ease in the last 24 hours, thedata updated at 8 am showed

There are 4,11,133, activecases of coronavirus infectionpresently in the country, while7,53,049, people having recov-ered so far.Thus 63.13 per centpeople have recovered. Thetotal number of confirmedcases includes foreigners. Thisis the seventh consecutive daythat COVID-19 cases haveincreased by more than 30,000.

Of the 648 deaths reported inthe last 24 hours, 246 are fromMaharashtra, 75 from TamilNadu, 62 from AndhraPradesh, 61 from Karnataka, 37

from Uttar Pradesh, 35 fromWest Bengal, 34 from Gujarat,27 from Delhi, 18 fromMadhya Pradesh, 9 each fromHaryana, Jammu and Kashmirand Rajasthan

Telangana has reportedseven fatalities each followed byOdisha with six deaths,Chhattisgarh four, Goa three,Jharkhand two while Kerala,Puducherry, Punjab andTripura have registered a fatal-ity each

According to the ICMR, a

cumulative total of 1,47,24,546samples have been tested up toJuly 21 with 3,43,243 samplesbeing tested on Tuesday,

Of the total 28,732 deathsreported so far, Maharashtratops the tally with 12,276 fatal-ities followed by Delhi with3,690 deaths, Tamil Nadu 2,626,Gujarat 2,196, Karnataka 1,464,Uttar Pradesh 1,229, WestBengal 1,182, Andhra Pradesh758 and Madhya Pradesh 756

So far, 577 people have diedof COVID-19 in Rajasthan, 429

in Telangana, 364 in Haryana,263 in Punjab and Jammu andKashmir each, 217 in Bihar, 103in Odisha, 58 in Assam, 55 inUttarakhand and Jharkhandeach and 44 in Kerala

Puducherry has registered 30deaths, Chhattisgarh 29, Goa26, Chandigarh 12, HimachalPradesh 11, Tripura 8,Meghalaya 4, ArunachalPradesh 3, Dadra and NagarHaveli and Daman and Diuand Ladakh has reported twofatality each

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The Supreme CourtWednesday approved UttarPradesh government's draftnotification for appointing for-mer apex court judge Justice(retd) B S Chauhan as chair-man of the 3-member inquirycommission on the killing ofeight policemen and the sub-sequent encounter killings ofgangster Vikas Dubey and fiveof his alleged associates.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice S A Bobde directed thatthe inquiry commissionshould start functioning with-in a week and the probe be

concluded within two months.The other two members of the

inquiry commission would be –former high court judge Justice(retd) Shashi Kant Agarwal andretired Director General of Policeof Uttar Pradesh K L Gupta. The

bench, also comprising JusticesA S Bopanna and VRamasubramanian, cleared thedraft notification and asked theUttar Pradesh government tonotify it.

The top court directed theCentre to provide secretarialassistance to the inquiry com-mittee and said that assistancebe provided either by theNational Investigation Agency(NIA) or any other centralagency. The bench said theinquiry commission will sub-mit its report to the apex courtas well the state governmentunder the Commission ofInquiry Act.

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All 11 former policemen fromRajasthan convicted for killingRaja Man Singh of the erstwhileBharatpur royal family and histwo colleagues over 35 years agoin Deeg area of the state wereawarded life sentence by a courthere on Wednesday.

The convicts, who were sen-tenced to life term by MathuraDistrict Judge Sadhna RaniThakur, include former Deeg DySP Kan Singh and local policestation in-charge, sub-InspectorVirendra Singh, who had led apolice team in killing Raja ManSingh and his two colleaguesSumer Singh and Hari Singh on

February 21, 1985 in anencounter. The other police-men sentenced for the crime areSukh Ram, Jeevan Ram, JagMohan, Bhanwar Singh, HariSingh, Chhatar Singh, SherSingh, Daya Ram and RaviShekhar. The encounter hadtaken place in Deeg grain mar-ket a day after Raja Man Singh,

then contesting the state VidhanSabha election as an independentcandidate, had allegedly bangedhis jeep into former Rajasthan'schief minister Shiv CharanMathur's helicopter.

According to the prosecution,he was also accused of damag-ing some publicity material anda stage set up for Mathur toaddress an election rally infavour of the Congress candidateBrajendra Singh, a retired IASofficer, the prosecution had toldthe court. Days after the killingsof the royal family chief and histwo colleagues, the case wastransferred by the then centralgovernment to the CBI onFebruary 27, 1985.

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There has been about 82 percent decline in triple talaq casessince the law against the "socialevil" was put in place, MinorityAffairs Minister Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi said on Wednesday,terming August 1, when the leg-islation came into being as,"Muslim women's rights day".

He also asserted the MuslimWomen (Protection of Rightson Marriage) Act, 2019, hastaken its course whenever sucha matter has been reported.

In an article 'Triple Talaq --Big Reform, Better Result' whichwas posted by Press InformationBureau, Naqvi said triple talaqor talaq-e-biddat was neitherIslamic nor legal, but the socialevil was still given "politicalpatronage" by "merchants ofvotes".

"August 1, 2019, is a historicday in Indian parliamentary his-tory when the bill against tripletalaq was made a law despite theobstacle by so-called 'championsof secularism', including the

Congress, Communist Party,Samajwadi Party, BahujanSamaj Party and TrinamoolCongress," Naqvi said.

August 1 became the daywhich ensured gender equalityand strengthened constitution-al, fundamental and democra-tic rights of the Muslim women,he said, terming it the 'Muslimwomen's rights day'.

That day will remain a "gold-en moment" in Indian democ-racy and parliamentary history,the minister said in the article.

"One year has passed sincethe law against triple talaq was

passed and there is a decline ofabout 82 per cent in triple talaqcases thereafter," Naqvi said,without elaborating on the fig-ures of such cases.

A law against the "social evil"of triple talaq could have beenpassed in 1986 when theSupreme Court had given thehistoric judgement in the ShahBano case, he said.

The Congress had anabsolute majority in Parliamentwith more than 400 out of 545Lok Sabha members and morethan 159 out of the 245Members in Rajya Sabha, butthe then Rajiv Gandhi govern-ment used its strength inParliament to make the judge-ment ineffective and depriveMuslim women of their consti-tutional and fundamental rights,Naqvi said.

"The then Congress govern-ment had bowed down beforethe illogic of some 'narrow-minded fanatics' and commit-ted a criminal sin to deprive theMuslim women of their consti-tutional rights," Naqvi said.

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E-commerce sites like Amazon,Flipkart and Snapdeal have toensure that the country of originis displayed on imported prod-ucts sold on their platforms, theCentre told the Delhi HighCourt on Wednesday.

The submission was made inan affidavit placed before abench of Chief Justice D N Pateland Justice Prateek Jalan by thecentral government which saidthat according to the LegalMetrology Act and Rules e-commerce sites have to ensurecountry of origin is displayed onthe "digital and electronic net-work used for e-commerce trans-actions". The affidavit, filedthrough central governmentstanding counsel Ajay Digpaul,also stated that enforcement ofthe rules was the responsibility ofthe states and union territories.

Digpaul said that wheneverany violation is observed, action

is taken by the legal metrologyofficials of the concerned state orunion territory in accordancewith law. The necessary adviso-ry/ direction to all e-commerceentities with a copy to theController of Legal Melrology ofall States/UTs have been issuedto ensure the compliance of theprovisions of the Act and Rules,"the affidavit has said.

The affidavit has been filed in

response to a PIL seeking direc-tions to the Centre to ensure thatthe name of the manufacturingcountry is displayed on productsbeing sold on e-commerce sites.

The plea by a lawyer, AmitShukla, has sought implementa-tion of the Legal Metrology Act2009 and the rules framed underit which mandate that country oforigin has to be displayed onproducts being sold on e-com-

merce websites. The petitionhas claimed that the mandatewas not being enforced withrespect to e-commerce entities.

It has contended that enforce-ment of the mandate was impor-tant in the current scenariowhen citizens intend to complywith the central government'sappeal to promote and purchaseIndian goods and not fromsome neighbouring countries.

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Actor Sonu Sood onWednesday launched an app tooffer support to workers infinding right job opportunitiesin various sectors across thecountry.

Sood, who catapulted to thenational spotlight for his workin helping migrants reach theirhomes amid the COVID-19pandemic, has come out witha free of cost online platformcalled 'Pravasi Rojgar', whichwill provide all the necessaryinformation and right linkagesto find jobs.

The 47-year-old actor saidwhile arranging travel for themigrants, their conversationswould often revolve aroundhow they were looking for theright work opportunity amidthe pandemic.

"Lot of thinking, planningand preparation have goneinto designing this initiative

over the last few months, inorder to ensure that it is holis-tic and builds on the workalready being done in thecountry.

"Extensive consultationshave been held with toporganisations that're involvedat the grassroots level inskilling and placing the youthbelow the poverty line, NGOs,philanthropic organisations,government functionaries,

strategy consultants, technol-ogy start ups and above all thereturned migrants whom Ihave helped," Sood said in astatement.

The initiative will be sup-ported by community out-reach in the villages to find theright employment opportuni-ties for migrant workers in dif-ferent parts of the country.

According to the release, theonline platform has over 500reputed companies related toconstruction, apparel, health-care, engineering, BPOs, secu-rity, automobile, e-commerceand logistics sectors, offeringjob opportunities.

'Pravasi Rojgar' will also beoffering specific job trainingprogrammes like spokenEnglish.

A 24x7 helpline have beenset up in New Delhi, Mumbai,Bengaluru, Hyderabad,Coimbatore, Ahmedabad andThiruvananthapuram.

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Defence Minister RajnathSingh on Wednesday compli-mented the Indian Air Forcefor its rapid deployment ofassets at forward locations inresponse to the border rowwith China in eastern Ladakh,saying its Balakot strike andthe current combat readinesshave sent a strong message to"adversaries".

In an address to the topcommanders of the IAF on theopening day of a three-dayconference, the defence min-ister said the nation's resolve todefend its sovereignty standsfirm and that the people of thecountry have full confidence inthe capability of its armedforces.

Singh also talked about the"professional manner" inwhich the IAF conducted theair strikes deep insidePakistan's Balakot last yearand appreciated the force for itsproactive response in bolster-ing its operational capabilitiesover the past few months.

"He stated that the profes-sional manner in which IAFconducted the air strikes in

Balakot as well as rapid deploy-ment of IAF assets at forwardlocations in response to theprevailing situation in easternLadakh has sent a strong mes-sage to the adversaries," thedefence ministry said in arelease. He said the nation'sresolve to defend its sovereign-ty stands firm on the faith itspeople have in the capability ofits armed forces.

Singh also mentioned theongoing efforts to de-escalatetension along the Line ofActual Control and urged theIAF to stand ready to handleany eventuality.

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief

Marshal RKS Bhadauria saidthat the IAF was well preparedto counter short term as wellas strategic threats and theunits were "evenly poised" tocounter any aggressive actionby the adversary.

He said the response by allcommands in ensuring deploy-ment and readiness of forceswas prompt and laudable. Healso emphasised on the need tofocus on the ability to handlesituations at a short notice forensuring a robust response.

In his address, the defenceminister also acknowledgedthe IAF's role in adapting tochanges in technology.

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Union Home Minister AmitShah on Wednesday said it isa "big day" in India's nuclearhistory as the indigenouslydesigned 700 MW Kakraparatomic power plant-3 inGujarat achieved criticality.

The power plant achievingcriticality means that it hasreached the normal operatingcondition of a reactor. It indi-cates that the plant is now setto generate power.

"Big Day in India's Nuclear

history as indigenouslydesigned 700 MWe KakraparAtomic Power Plant-3 inGujarat achieved criticality.Nation salutes our scientists onthis stellar achievement. NewIndia is marching ahead torealise PM @NarendraModi'svision of #AatmaNirbhar-Bharat," Shah tweeted.

Prime Minister NarendraModi too congratulatednuclear scientists, saying theindigenous reactor is a shiningexample of the 'Make in India'campaign.

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Over 2 lakh cases of violationof prohibitory orders havebeen registered inMaharashtra till date sincethe coronavirus-inducedlockdown was imposed inMarch, an official said onWednesday. At least 2,01,158cases of lockdown violationshave been registered, inwhich 31,424 people havebeen arrested since March 22,the official said. The statepolice force, which has beeninstrumental in implement-ing the prohibitory ordersduring the lockdown, isseverely hit by the viral out-break, he said.

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The Delhi government hasdecided to conduct sero-sur-veys every month to formulatebetter policies for tacklingCOVID-19 in the nationalcapital, Health MinisterSatyendar Jain said onWednesday.

The decision comes afterthe city government analysedthe results of the latest sero-survey which showed that 23per cent of the people here hadexposure to the novel coron-avirus.

Interacting with reporters,he also said, the next surveywill be conducted from August1-5.

"The results of the sero-sur-vey conducted from June 27-July 5 came out yesterday,and it shows that nearly one-fourth of people had devel-oped antibodies, meaning theyhad got infected and recov-ered. Most of these people whowere sampled did not knowthat they were infected earli-er," Jain told reporters.

The Delhi government hasnow decided to conduct moremonthly sero-surveys to findgreater percentage of suchpeople who had got infectedand recovered, so as to formu-late better policies for tacklingCOVID-19, he said.

On a query that there werereports of some people tryingto indulge in monetary trans-actions for convalescent plas-ma, Jain warned that "strictaction" will be taken if anyonetries to buy or sell plasma.

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal onWednesday demanded the"strictest punishment" for thekillers of Ghaziabad-based jour-nalist Vikram Joshi and said thescribe's murder raises questionsover the law and order situation.Joshi some assailants two daysago, succumbed to injuries."The murder of Vikram Joshi,who was raising voice againstmolestation of his niece, raiseda lot of questions over our lawand order system. "Thereshould be strictest punishmentfor the killers of Vikram Joshi,"Kejriwal tweeted. Joshi, whohad made a complaint withpolice alleging harassment of hisniece on July 16, was attackedaround 10.30 pm on Mondaywhile he was returning home inVijay Nagar area on a twowheeler along with his twodaughters, according to officials.

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Jammu & Kashmir is an integral partof India, geographically, culturallyand economically. The BJP

Government’s decision last year torevoke Article 370 paved the way forfull integration of this State with the restof India. Prior to the country’s indepen-dence, Jammu & Kashmir was aMuslim-majority princely State ruledby Hari Singh, a Hindu king. The Statewas relatively tranquil due to the ami-cable relationship between the king andhis subjects. However, four Congress-led policies soon after changed thedynamics of the State. First, theCongress supported the KhilafatMovement of 1919. This movementbrought the Muslim League in thelimelight and made MA Jinnah animportant political figure; the latterplayed a crucial role in India’s partitionand the start of the “Kashmir problem.”

Second, Kashmir was politicallyvibrant in the years after the KhilafatMovement. Numerous factions, eachwielding the support of different sec-tions of Muslims, emerged. The prima-ry factions consisted of Hari Singh, theMuslim League led by Jinnah, AzadConference led by religious leaderMirwaiz Shah and the All India JammuKashmir National Congress led byShiekh Abdullah. The four factionswere in a constant tussle to garner thesupport of the Muslim populationand created wide divisions within thesocio-political fabric of the troubledState. During the 1940s, former PrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru had arenewed sense of “Kashmiriness” andfelt the need to come to his State’s aid.In his attempt to resolve problems,Nehru supported Sheikh Abdullahand alienated the other three factions— each was equally supported by theKashmiri population — and widenedthe existing divisions.

Third, Mahatma Gandhi launchedthe “Quit India” movement against theBritish regime and by 1945, it reachedJammu & Kashmir. While in otherparts of the country, the movement wasagainst the British regime, in Kashmir,where it was led by Sheikh Abdullahand supported by Nehru, it was againstHari Singh’s rule. Jinnah supportedHari Singh during this tumultuoustime. Thus, Hari Singh’s distrust ofNehru was the primary reason for hishesitation to sign the Instrument ofAccession. Hari Singh’s dithering wasseen as an opportunity by Pakistan toinvade Kashmir and claim it by force,which it managed to do. The result ofthe bitter relationship between Nehruand Hari Singh is Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK).

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Revive or perish” (July 21) byKalyani Shankar. Verily speak-ing, the Congress is beset withinternecine bickering betweenthe old guard and the youngTurks over power-sharing issuesin States where it wields power.Ironically, despite working like aTrojan, Congress president SoniaGandhi has miserably failed tonip this internal power strugglein the bud. The issue snowballedand culminated in the Congress’drubbing in the last Lok Sabhapolls. What has made mattersworse is Rahul Gandhi’s failureto lead the party.

The top leadership’s failure tocontain internal feud is now outin the public domain. This hascost the grand old party dearlyand led to disenchantment andresultant estrangement of a cou-ple of its young leaders likeJyotiraditya Scindia and, now,Sachin Pilot. The writer’s obser-vation that even if RajasthanChief Minister Ashok Gehlotsucceeds in surviving the ongo-ing crisis, the Damocles’ swordwould still hang over theCongress in view of its fragile

majority in the House, holdsgood. The Congress needs tobring both the old as well as theyoung guard on board. A goodblend of experience on the partof both will help the Congress tideover the present crisis. It’s incum-bent upon the party leadership todecide what way it wants thispolitical cookie to crumble.

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Message or faith?” (July 22).A landmark verdict by theSupreme Court had effectivelybrought closure to the decade-old Ram Janmabhoomi-BabriMasjid case. It was left to thetemple trust authorities todecide on the date for the con-

struction of the shrine. Thetrust’s decision to lay the foun-dation stone on August 3 wasuncalled for at this momentwhen we are fighting a pandem-ic. The editorial is right to pointthe political overtones behindthis move. The ceremony couldhave been deferred for a bettertime and the Prime Minister, aninvitee of the ceremony, couldhave been spared for more

important assignments. As the verse goes, Na masjid

me, na mandir me, na kaba-Kailash me, moko kahan dhund-he bande mai to tere paas me(neither in the mosque nor inthe temple nor in Kaba-Kailash,where are you searching me, Iam beside you). Lord Ram isomnipresent. He is in no hurryfor the Ayodhya temple to bebuilt.

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “A glimmer of hope” (July 22).The Oxford vaccine is a promis-ing step forward in the search fora cure against COVID-19. Buteven if the third phase of the tri-als goes as expected, it may takeanother few months before theworld can claim victory over thevirus. Till then, the social vac-cine, along with other concert-ed efforts, is the most effectiveway to control the pandemic.

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Articles 370 and 35(A), whichwould provide Kashmir with aseparate Constitution, flag andhead of State. This further dis-tanced the once tranquil Statefrom India.

The BJP Governmentunder the leadership of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andHome Minister Amit Shah wasable to successfully integrate theState into India and bring inpeace and development in themilitancy-ridden State.

For the last seven decades,Pakistan has approachedalmost all international fora andorganisations to justify its claimto two illegally-occupiedregions: PoK and Balochistan.Recently, it bore the expense ofa few British and EuropeanMembers of Parliament (MPs),who visited PoK, and attempt-ed to hold fraudulent electionsin the region to gain legitima-cy.

Prior to India’s indepen-dence, Balochistan was ruled bythe Khan of Kalat, who wasforcefully taken to Karachi atgunpoint to sign theInstrument of Accession.However, Khan’s decision hadto be confirmed by the twoHouses of the NationalAssembly of the kingdom forBalochistan’s integration intoPakistan. Two days prior toPakistan’s independence onAugust 12, 1947, the Houses

voted against acceding to eithernation and decided to be anindependent State.

Thus, Pakistan’s occupa-tion of Balochistan is illegal.The Balochi people, as a resultof this illegal occupation, havenot been able to completelyintegrate into Pakistan; theBalochis and the Pakistani pop-ulation have distinct cultures,social norms and values whichmake reconciliation betweenthe two unachievable.Balochistan has tried to removeits illegal occupiers on numer-ous occasions: The wars of1958, 1962 and from 1973-1977. One war is still beingfought. Cultural and social dif-ferences are not the only cata-lysts. Even though Balochistanis a mineral-rich State, with itswealth of resources fuellingPakistan’s economic growth,Balochi people are illiterateand have the highest unem-ployment rate in Pakistan,around 40 per cent.

Balochistan province con-stitutes nearly half of the coun-try’s landmass, yet its people areonly four per cent of thePakistani population. Now isthe time to support nationalistgroups in Balochistan, whoare fighting against widespreadinequalities and overall degra-dation of life. Groups such asthe Balochistan National Party,National Party, Jamhoori Watan

Party, Baloch Haq Talwar,Pashtun Khawa Milli AwamiParty and the Balochistan stu-dent organisation have beenforwarding Balochistan’s resolvefor independence. Thisprovince is located strategical-ly and its independence wouldhave significant consequencesfor the South Asia region.Chinese aggression will bechecked, Pakistan will be weak-ened, the Taliban can effective-ly be countered and the oilpipeline between Iran and Indiawill see quick development.

Many nations, which sup-port Balochistan’s resolve, havenot come to its aid because theyrespect Pakistan’s sovereigntyand say that it is an internalmatter. Balochistan had playedan integral role during India’sindependence and, thus, it is ourduty to help it gain indepen-dence. An independentBalochistan will not only ben-efit the Baloch nation butwould also be a geo-politicalinvestment for India.Balochistan’s energy resourcesare vast and India’s emergingeconomy could get enormousaccess to them.

Currently, China is mili-tarising Balochistan’s coastalbelt to have a better strangleholdon India. Balochistan’s leaderhad approached the Congress-led UPA-II Government forstrategic aid against Pakistani

occupation. However, he waslargely ignored. Baloch leadersare supportive of Indian caus-es and have even applaudedIndia’s decision to revokeArticles 370 and 35(A).

Culturally, Balochistan isvery much similar to India dueto its respect for Hinduism andits ideals. In the Kalat region ofBalochistan lies a 2,000-year-oldKali temple; the second tallestin South Asia. A post-indepen-dence Balochistan will helpprotect Indian interests fromforeign aggression.

Pakistan, on the other hand,has been instigating terroristactivities in Jammu & Kashmir,holding elections in PoK, speak-ing against India’s decision torevoke Articles 370 and 35(A)and is even attempting to cre-ate an environment against usat international fora and organ-isations.

In the midst of such anadversity, if India decides tosupport Balochistan’s cause ofindependence, the decisionwould be morally correct. Indiashould approach internationalconferences and organisationsto seek the support of majorcountries in Europe, Russia andthe US to help Balochistan gainindependence from Pakistan’sillegal occupation.

(The writer is a BJP leaderand Lok Sabha MP. Viewsexpressed are personal)

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Each disease has a persona and it isn’t just aninterchangeable cause of death. The personadepends upon the nature of humankind and

how societies react to it. It also depends upon howmany people the disease kills, how it kills, whetherit has children among its victims or orphans them,or if it surprises everybody. And once it has acquireda definitive trait, it reflects in popular culture as thetransformative agent of the human condition.

During the last plague epidemic in the 19th cen-tury, one can see the impact of the disease on thethinkers and the artistic world. There was a cult ofreligiosity, there were themes of sudden death,repentance and getting your affairs and soul in orderjust in case the plague suddenly got you. It had atransformative effect on the iconography ofEuropean art.

The bubonic plague killed half the populationof full continents and, therefore, had a tremendouseffect on the advent of the industrial revolution, slav-ery and serfdom. The circumstances created by thepandemic set free many serfs in Europe, forced wagerise for labourers and caused a fundamental shiftin the economy along with an increased standardof living for the survivors.

The 1918 Spanish Flu disproportionately affect-ed young men, which in combination with WorldWar I, created an overall shortage of manpower. Thisgap enabled women to play a new and indispensi-ble role in the workforce during the crucial pandem-ic period, which in turn led to granting of suffrageto women in the US soon after.

Epidemics hold up the mirror to humanbeings, as to who we really are. They lead us to thinkabout life’s big questions. Outbreaks raise the wholequestion of man’s relationship with God and oneanother. Even in India, though our historical tra-dition isn’t very good at recording epidemics, theveneration patterns of epidemic goddesses preservethe folk memory of diseases sweeping the country.As early as the 2nd century, the outbreak of small-pox across the Silk Road led to the worship of god-dess Hariti, believed to have the power to cause andthwart the disease. It resulted in numerous sculp-tures of the deity in the Gandhara region (present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan). In India, the leg-ends of Shitala Mata, who had the powers to healfever and small pox and Oladevi, the goddess ofcholera, have been painted by folk artists for a longtime.

The post-plague European paintings started fea-turing symbols like an hour glass with the sands oftime running out, wilting flowers, heaps of bonesand skeletons. In European Catholic countries, themain thrust was to see this as a reminder that lifeis temporary and provisional. One sees a great atten-tion to themes of suddenness of death, that is, thedanse macabre (dance of death) where everyone isswept away into the lap of the grim reaper.

In ancient literature and scriptures, right fromHomer’s Iliad to The Old Testament, plagues are asso-ciated with the idea that man is being punished forhis sins. Venetian churches were built to demon-strate repentance. In the 14th and 15th centuries,we see the Flagellants embarking on a “40-day pro-cession of repentance, self-chastisement and prayer,”whipping themselves and others.

From the perspective of political instability, thebubonic plague struck India in the late 19th cen-

tury. The ruling British Governmentresponded by introducing Renaissance-eraanti-plague measures — draconian exer-cises of power and authority. Such mea-sures by a colonial Government made thenatives more fearful than the plague itselfand they resisted.

The anti-plague activities of thehealth department involved police search-es, isolation of the sick, detention of trav-ellers in camps and forced evacuation ofresidents in parts of the city. These mea-sures were widely regarded as offensiveand alarming. The outrage against this ledto the murder of WC Rand, the Britishchairman of the Special PlagueCommittee, by the Chapekar brothers, twoIndian revolutionaries.

Diseases do not afflict societies in ran-dom and chaotic ways because microbesselectively expand and diffuse them-selves to explore ecological niches thathuman beings have created. Those nich-es show who we are. For example, duringthe industrial revolution, people actuallycared about what happened to workersand the poor and the conditions that themost vulnerable people lived in, which hadnever been a concern earlier. In today’sworld, we see that cholera and tubercu-losis move along the fault lines created bypoverty and inequality and we seem to beprepared to accept this as inevitable.

But it is also true that the way werespond depends on our values, ourcommitments and our sense of being apart of the human race. Many positivechanges are seen arising after epidemicsin history, like the end of slavery. That andthe success of the Haitian rebellion andToussaint Louverture were determined,above all, by yellow fever. When Napoleonsent the great armada to restore slavery in

Haiti, the rebellion succeeded because theslaves from Africa had immunity thatWhite Europeans in Napoleon’s army did-n’t have that insurance. It was one of thecauses that led to the Haitian indepen-dence. Besides, from an American pointof view, this was what led to Napoleon’sdecision to abandon the idea of project-ing French power in the New World and,therefore, to agree with Thomas Jeffersonin 1803 to the Louisiana Purchase whichdoubled the size of US territory.

Varied diseases provoke differentresponses. One of the vaguest societalresponses to a disease was to tuberculo-sis and how it was perceived in theRomantic period, in the early years of the19th century. Though tuberculosis is oneof the most gruesome ways to die, where,in the end, you’re cyanosed and asphyx-iate to death, yet, in that era, you wouldhave it displayed on stage in a glorified waywith beautiful opera heroines enactingplays with a theme around the disease.

People of that era thought that it wasa disease of the élite, of the artist, of thebeautiful, of the refined, and that it madepeople much more beautiful. So much sothat fashion tried to turn women intotubercular creatures. In Toulouse Lautrec’spainting, you see an anorexic-lookingwoman applying rice powder on her faceso that she looks pale like patients withtuberculosis.

Those days, famous French novelistVictor Hugo was told by his friends thathe had one great fault as a writer, whichwas that he wasn’t tuberculous, and,therefore, he wouldn’t be as great a writeras he would have been otherwise.

The germ theory of disease as put for-warded by Louis Pasteur brought forth thereality of tuberculosis in the late 19th cen-

tury. The theory insisted that tuberculo-sis was not a disease of spontaneous gen-eration of the beautiful classes but of theunhygienic and the poor. The whole inter-pretation changed and the idea of a beau-tiful disease disappeared.

Over the centuries, disease outbreakshave shaped politics, crushed revolutionsand entrenched racial and economic dis-crimination. Since World War II, human-ity has been living with the promise ofunbeatable health and long life withprospects of reversing ageing and livingforever.

The current outbreak of COVID-19has revealed to humanity that beyond allits techno-scientific powers, the modernhuman being is still a fragile creature. Thispandemic precipitated changes in our per-spective about our relationship with theenvironment and with one another. Whileholding up a mirror to society, the virushas also deepened our social fissures. Theother significant change is the rise of theGovernment in people’s lives. Being doneby many Right-wing governments acrossthe globe, this has fit with the Indian way,too. The Government runs the show.

The current pandemic has touchedevery person’s life in some way or theother, forcing isolation, uncertainty, anger,and hopelessness. This, coupled with theeconomic meltdown, is causing huge psy-chological distress and sets the alarm ring-ing for an impending mental health cri-sis. The full impact of the pandemic onthe socio-political aspects are yet toemerge and so are the responses of theartistic world which will be reflected oncanvases and papers in the comingdecade.

(The writer is an author and a doctorby profession)

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The recent Chinese aggres-sion at the Line of ActualControl (LAC) came as a

surprise for India at a time whenthe entire world was facing theCoronavirus crisis. The ModiGovernment had its hands full,revamping healthcare facilities tomeet the challenges posed by thepandemic and reviving econom-ic activity brought to a grindinghalt by the extended lockdowns.But now the national discoursehas shifted from COVID-19 to theChinese misadventure at the LACand though a dialogue is on toresolve tension along the 3,488 kmborder, there are no guaranteeshow long this uneasy peace wouldhold. In fact, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh’s recent call to theIndian Air Force to stay on alert

came at a time when a pullback oftroops from key friction pointsalong the LAC seemed to havecome to a halt with no change inthe situation for a week.

Military and economic mightare important factors for claimingthe status of a global power. As faras China is concerned, its eco-nomic strength and not militarymight is making a difference.China has established itself as theworld’s factory while India can atbest claim the status of the world’sback office. This situation is notgoing to change in a short span oftime and apart from policy inter-ventions by the Government,India should use diplomatic chan-nels to convince multinationalcorporations to minimise the riskof geographical concentration.

It is no secret that Chinesegoods are of substandard quality.However, it is quite surprising thatdespite running a trade deficitamounting to billions of dollarsfor years, the Indian Governmenthas not yet come out with techni-cal specifications for curbingimport of such cheap-qualitygoods. If we want to make our-

selves self-reliant, then we simplycannot go by the rulebook ofinternational trade because Chinahas engaged in various sorts ofmanipulation.

If we really want to tame thedragon and improve our eco-nomic strength, then the ModiGovernment should go beyondthe sensation which is created outof nationalistic fervour. The socialmedia in India is abuzz with“boycott China” messages but atthe same time we continue toaward big contracts to our trou-blesome neighbour. Some importsare unavoidable because of a lackof our self-sufficiencies. Chinesecompanies are executing variousGovernment contracts and it maybe highlighted here that India isnot a signatory to the WorldTrade Organisation (WTO) agree-ment on GovernmentProcurement (GPA) and, there-fore, we must safeguard ournational as well as economicinterests while awarding con-tracts to nations hostile to us. Wecan learn from developed nationslike the US on how to deal withthe dragon. Trade malpractices

adopted by China should be high-lighted at international fora. TheUS Trade Representative Reportissued in March highlights suchissues which are against WTOrules. Various concerns have beenraised in this report which rangefrom Government subsidy againstWTO rules to investment restric-tions. The Commerce Ministryshould also publish such reportsto highlight the foul practicesChina indulges in. TheInformation Technology (IT) sec-tor makes immense contributiontowards economic developmentand Indian IT companies have aglobal presence, except in China.Our IT companies are not gettinga level playing field in the Chinesemarket and this is primarily dueto the “Made in China 2025” plan,which has a specific thrust on IT.

In fact, the ChineseGovernment has identified tenstrategic sectors for increasing itsworldwide market share and isaggressively pursuing this. Hence,there should be a tit-for-tat poli-cy. In fact, the IndianGovernment’s recent decisions toban Chinese apps and cancel the

use of Chinese equipment forBSNL and MTNL’s 4G upgradesare moves in the right directionbecause it impacts their invest-ment. China has taken all sorts oftariff and non-tariff measures toincrease its exports and protect itsdomestic market. It has smartlyused its currency exchange rate tograb a large share in global mar-kets. The Chinese yuan has depre-ciated more than 15 per centagainst the US dollar since July2015 when it was traded at $1equivalent to 6.2 yuan.

Among various factors, thedepreciation in the yuan is not inline with the interest rate andinflation in China. The People’sBank of China has deliberatelyallowed the yuan to fall and thiscurrency manipulation was evenhighlighted by the US Treasurydepartment. The context of theseactions and the implausibility ofChina’s market stability rationaleconfirm that the purpose of thecurrency devaluation is to gain anunfair competitive advantage ininternational trade. This patternof actions is also a violation ofChina’s G20 commitments to

refrain from competitive devalu-ation.

India has to begin with curb-ing non-essential imports if itwants to get a hold of this tradebattle. If we are trying to convincethe world to look at us as an alter-native manufacturing destina-tion, then we should first reduceour dependency on the Chinesesupply chain and start creating therequisite infrastructure now withgraded tax breaks.

Of course, there will beteething issues in terms of a smallprice rise and production cost ifwe start sourcing material fromother countries, while incentivis-ing local manufacturers to scaleup, but this will help us in the longrun. From the investment per-spective, we are not dependent onChina and the cumulative ForeignDirect Investment (FDI) fromour neighbour is hardly 0.51 percent of the overall FDI. It is hightime we go for a policy changealong with strict implementationand continuous monitoring. Letnot our soldiers’ deaths go in vain.

(The writer is an economic pol-icy analyst)

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US futures also edged lower,though President DonaldTrump's statement that thepandemic will likely get worsebefore it gets better had littleimpact, analysts said.

Germany's DAX slipped 0.5per cent to 13,117.16 and theCAC 40 in Paris lost 0.8 percent to 3,075.15. Britain's FTSE100 skidded 0.8 per cent to6,216.99. US futures were lit-tle changed, with the contractfor the S&P 500 down 0.2 percent while the Dow industri-als future edged 0.1 per centlower.

Hong Kong's Hang Sengindex tumbled 2 per cent, to25,131.50, after its health min-ister warned the city is at a highrisk of an “outbreak in thecommunity.” Authorities madewearing of masks on publictransport and in public indoorareas as the number of con-firmed cases pushed past

2,000.Australia's hard-hit Victoria

state reported a record 484 newCOVID-19 cases, and healthauthorities there warned that

numbers could continue to riseif the sick continue to fail toisolate themselves. TheAustralian share benchmark,the S&P ASX/200, gave up 1.3per cent to 6,075.10.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 indexlost 0.6 per cent to 22,751.61.The Shanghai Compositeindex gained 0.2 per cent to3,328.68.

Adding to unease was areport by the US Centers forDisease Control that the num-ber of coronavirus cases insome states is much higherthan has been reported.

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Citing the yet to be stabilisedinfection curve and theCOVID-19 caseload in eco-nomically key states,Singaporean brokerage DBSon Wednesday forecast deep-er distress for the countrywhich will lead to a 6 per centgrowth contraction in FY21.

In its earlier forecast, thebrokerage had penciled in aminus 4.8 per cent growth forthe current fiscal.

According to the report, just7 per cent of the districts ineconomically key states ofMaharashtra, Tamil Nadu andGujarat, accounting for 30.5per cent of the national eco-nomic output, and inKarnataka and AndhraPradesh account for as much as70 per cent of the caseload.

This will prolong the recov-ery and the pandemic is set totake a deeper economic bite, it

said. The virus infections havecrossed 1.15 million in thecountry while the death due tothe same are close to 29,000now, making the country thethird worst affected by thepandemic after the US withclose to 3.9 million infectionsand Brazil with nearly 2.2 mil-lion cases.

"We temper growth forecasts

to minus 6 per cent for FY21due to the prolonged sub-nor-mal reopening as the countryis yet to stabilize the infectioncurve and the pandemic isgoing to take a deeper econom-ic bite," DBS economistRadhika Rao said in a note.

The yet to be stabilisedinfection curve reflects a deep-er double-digit contraction in

Q1 of FY21 and a shallowerpickup in Q2 and a return togrowth in Q3, she added.

"Our granular analysisshows that about 7 per cent ofthe districts account for 70 percent of the total infection tallyin economically key states likeMaharashtra (14 per cent ofnational GDP), Tamil Nadu(8.5 per cent), Gujarat (8 percent), and Karnataka andAndhra contributing signifi-cantly to the national eco-nomic output," she said.

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Telecom operators will nowhave to provide the locationgrid of the premises of bulksubscribers during physicalverification for issuing newconnections, according to aDoT order.

Telecom companies willhave to provide a point of salecode through a portal to lawenforcement agencies, theorder said.

The Department of Telecom(DoT) in an order issued onJuly 20 asked telecom operatorsto remove or correct gibberishtext in consumer applicationform of all existing connectionsthat were given to customersusing electronic know you cus-tomer (e-KYC) and DigitalKYC processes.

"In case of issuing newmobile connections to the bulksubscriber, during the physicalverification of the premises ofbulk subscribers, thelatitude/longitude of thepremises of the bulk subscriberand data and time of theinspection shall be captured

and the same shall be insertedin the CAF and database," theorder said.

The move will ensure thatphysical verification of thebulk connections is done bytelecom companies.

DoT has mandated telecomcompanies to conduct inspec-

tion of premises of bulk con-nection users every six monthand capture the location grid.

DoT has found gibberishentries in the consumer appli-cation form (CAF) submittedby telecom operators and theyhave been asked to remove orcorrect such anomalies in theexisting CAFs collectedthrough e-KYC and D-KYC

processes.The Department had

allowed telecom operators touse Aadhaar based e-KYCprocess from August 2016 butdiscontinued it following theSupreme Court judgement inAadhaar related matter inSeptember 2018.

Thereafter, DoT started D-KYC whereby telcos wereallowed to submit scannedcopy of customer's photo IDand address proof and digital-ly filled basic details of the sub-scriber in CAF. All the phoneconnections at present areissued through D-KYCprocess. Under the new rules,telecom operators will have toverify details of the companyfrom the Ministry of CorporateAffairs before activating theSIM cards.

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Drug firm Mylan onWednesday said it has receivedapproval from the Indian drugregulator for anti-tuberculosisdrug Pretomanid, developedspecifically for drug-resistantforms of the disease.

The Drug ControllerGeneral of India (DCGI) hasapproved Pretomanid for con-ditional access under theNational TuberculosisElimination Program (NTEP),Mylan said in a statement.

Through the conditionalaccess approval from DCGI,Mylan will initially make itsPretomanid available in India

through a donation of 400treatment courses to the NTEP,it added. The company alsowill provide commercial accessto NTEP at the previouslyannounced global access priceof USD 364 for a six-monthtreatment course, and will bemanufacturing its Pretomanidproduct both for domestic andglobal supply in India, itadded. "Mylan offers one of theworld's leading infectious dis-

ease portfolios and theapproval of Pretomanid inIndia further supports ourglobal commitment to trans-form the TB treatment land-scape through greater accessand affordability," MylanPresident Rajiv Malik said.

"TB Alliance is committedto developing and introducingnew treatments for patientswith TB, including highlydrug-resistant forms of thisdeadly disease. The approval ofPretomanid in India as part ofthis three-drug, all-oral regi-men is the first in a countrywith a high TB burden," TBAlliance President and CEOMel Spigelman said.

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Capital markets regulator Sebihas imposed penalties totallingRs 50 lakh on eight entities fortheir failure to make properdisclosures regarding theirshareholdings in PSITInfrastructure and ServicesLtd.

The watchdog's order cameafter an investigation conduct-ed by it into the PSIT matterfor May 2012 to July 2015 peri-od.

Fines ranging from Rs 3 lakhto Rs 9 lakh have been imposed

on eight entities. They areBrijdham Dealcom, CompassDistributors, Conquer BarterPvt Ltd, Economy Sales PvtLtd, Mayurpankh Vinco PvtLtd, Miracle Tradecom,

Narayan Suppliers andPremsagar Vinimay Pvt Ltd, asper the order dated July 21.

During the probe, it wasfound that pursuant to the

ar rangement involv ingmerger of Crescent DigitalTechnologies Ltd (CDTL)and Swift IT Infrastructureand Services Ltd with PSITon June 5, 2013, the eightentities had acquired sharesof PSIT under the promot-er categor y. They wererequired to make disclo-sures about their sharehold-ing data to the company aswell as stock exchange butfailed to do so.

However, those disclosureswere also not made by theentities, according to Sebi.

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Piramal Critical Care onWednesday said it has part-nered with US-based pharma-ceutical outsourcing facilityMedivant Healthcare toaddress severe shortage ofinjectable drugs in hospitalsacross the United States.

Through this partnership,the company and MedivantHealthcare will work togeth-er to distribute single-doseinjectable drugs in approvedstates for COVID-19 patientsthat have fallen dangerouslyshort in supply, PiramalCritical Care said in a state-ment.

The partnership with

Medivant Healthcare willleverage the company's robustnationwide US marketing anddistribution capabilities thatwill enable supply of single-dose injectable products tocritical and sensitive marketsfor immediate use, PiramalCritical Care CEO PeterDeYoung said. Piramal CriticalCare, a business unit ofPiramal Enterprises, is a glob-al leader in anesthesia, painmanagement, and intrathecaltherapy.

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Diversified PSU BalmerLawrie and Co Ltd, under thepetroleum and natural gasministry, is reviewing itsstrategic business units (SBUs)in the wake of the challengesthrust upon it by the coron-avirus pandemic, an officialsaid. In the first quarter of thecurrent fiscal, the total incomeand post-tax profit of thecompany have fallen, due tothe lockdown which haltedbusiness activities, he said.

"We are reviewing all theunits practically on a dailybasis. This fiscal is really achallenge for the companydue to the pandemic," BalmerLawrie CMD Prabal Basu said.

The company, which hasSBUs like travel and tourism,

logistics, industrial products,leather chemicals, and lubri-cants, is expecting that thetopline and the bottomline willshrink during the entire fiscalgoing by the present trends.

The travel and tourism ver-tical is the most affected andthere is no revenue from thissegment, he said. "Domesticflights are restricted and noforeign airlines are operat-ing," Basu said.

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Network18 Media andInvestments on Wednesdaysaid its consolidated net lossmore than halved to Rs 60.60crore in the first quarterended June 30, helped bylower expenses.

The company had report-ed a net loss of Rs 127.66crore in the April-June 2019quarter.

However, the firm's rev-enue from operationsdeclined 35.18 per cent to Rs807.07 crore as against Rs1,245.12 crore in the corre-sponding period of the pre-vious financial year,Network18 Media andInvestments said in a BSE fil-ing. Its total expenses inApril-June 2020 stood at Rs871.65 crore, down 33.35 percent as compared with Rs1,307.87 crore in the year-agoperiod. In a separate release,Network18 said it has part-nered with Amazon Alexa,where its users will get accessto live news fromNetwork18's top channels,including CNN-News18 andNews18 India, along withtheir regional TV channels.

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Media firm TV18 BroadcastLtd on Wednesday reporteda 91.88 per cent decline inconsolidated net profit at Rs1.88 crore for the first quar-ter ended June 2020.

The company had posted anet profit of Rs 23.17 crore inApril-June quarter of previ-ous fiscal, TV18 Broadcastsaid in a regulatory filing.

Its revenue from opera-tions fell 35.20 per cent to Rs775.93 crore during the quar-ter under review as against Rs1,197.51 crore in the corre-sponding quarter a year ago.

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Cloud-based business solu-tion provider HostBooks onWednesday said it will investRs 35 crore in product devel-opment and business growththis year to increase cus-tomer base by four times to2 lakh.

HostBooks, which pro-vides services through auto-mated accounting software,has a customer base of 51,000and plans to take the num-bers to 2 lakh by the end of2020, it said in a release.

Kapil Rana, founder andchairman of HostBooks, saidthe company's engineeringand AI are focused towardsunderstanding data and makethe software interactive tohelp users drive their businesseffortlessly without any third-party assistance.

"Most of our clients areMSMEs, CharteredAccountants, Lawyers andtax professionals," he said.

With advanced data secu-rity, the software used byHostBooks meets the securi-ty need of businesses, headded.

"Our point-of-sale (POS)systems are becoming thepreferred technology forretailers to improve the effi-ciency of their businessaccounting. The POS systemsdevices help customers savetime spent on paperwork,scheduling employees,accounting and inventories,among other important fea-tures," he added.

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With the launch of theiMT version, the companysaid it is offering customersa clutch pedal free drivebut with manual gear shift ofsix-speed transmission. Itis being offered on theKappa 1.0 litre T-GDi petrolBS-VI engine variant.

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The next wave of electricmobility adoption is expectedin segments such as buses andnon-personal category of pas-senger cars, driven by factorslike low-cost of ownership,policy push and environmen-tal awareness, says a report.

According to global man-agement consulting firmKearney, with steps such asadequate infrastructure andappropriate business models,electric vehicle (EV) adoptioncan reach 25 to 30 per cent ofnew sales across segments by2030.

India's first wave of electricmobility adoption has pene-

trated the two- and three-wheeler segments with a vari-ety of new products.

In the next wave, vehiclesegments such as buses andpassenger cars in commercialapplications will see a faster

pace of electrification, drivenby the improving total cost ofownership, environmentalawareness, and a policy push,according to the whitepaper'Electric mobility 2.0: trackingthe next wave in India'.

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Bajaj Auto on Wednesdayreported 60.92 per cent declinein consolidated net profit to Rs395.51 crore for the first quar-ter ended June 30, with coro-nanvirus pandemic taking atoll on sales.

The company had posted anet profit of Rs 1,012.17 croreduring the same period previ-ous fiscal.

Its total revenue from oper-ations fell 60.29 per cent to Rs3,079.24 crore for April-Juneperiod, from Rs 7,755.82 crorein the same period of 2019-20,Bajaj Auto said in a statement.

On a standalone basis, thecompany reported a net prof-it of Rs 528.04 crore in the firstquarter as compared to Rs1,125.67 crore in the sameperiod in 2019-20.

Bajaj Auto said it sold4,43,103 units during the firstquarter against 12,47,174 unitsin the year-ago period.

"First quarter has been anextremely challenging quarterdue to the unprecedentedCOVID-19 pandemic.Lockdown and other contain-ment precautionary measureshave resulted in disrupted

supply lines and a sharpdecline in overall demand," thecompany said.

Impact of the pandemicwas experienced in India andin countries where the com-pany exports its vehicles, itadded.

"While we have restartedoperations, sporadic localisedlockdowns are disrupting thesupply chain and impactingthe ability of the business toreturn towards normalcy,"Bajaj Auto said.

Sales in the domesticmotorcycle market stood atzero for the entire month ofApril and impacted a largepart of May, it noted.

June witnessed a decentrecovery and performance ofthe company was better thanthe industry, the companysaid.

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t is definitely noteasy for migrantsto get used to thecountry they settlein, at least for thefirst whole year. It

takes even longer for studentsto find people that are warmand welcoming. That’s wherethe diaspora/communities inthese countries come to thestudents’ rescue.

But not all communitiesare well-known or function-ing or have good publicityenough for new students toreach out for help. That wasthe case for most Teluguitesin Australia’s Melbourne forthe longest time. It wasn’tuntil a friend’s sister invitedhim to Melbourne TelanganaForum’s Bathukamma festivalthat Satish Varma learntabout there being a Teluguwelfare community in thecity. That’s when he decided

he needed to dosomething to make thisknown to Telugu students inMelbourne.

Satish Varma moved toMelbourne from Hyderabadin 2014 to pursue his Mastersin Business, while also putt-ing his passion for filmmak-ing to use. Fast forward to2020, the community is nowwell-known among studentsthere, with over 30,000 follo-wers across their social mediaplatforms who own the com-munity like their family andwhose support keeps theteam going.

“There sure was an IndianMelbourne Telangana Forumfor the NRI community thatmet often, but awareness onthe same was missing amongstudents like us. That’s when Idecided on bridging the gapbetween the Indian commu-nity settled there and interna-tional students, thus‘Melbourne Mama — all

about you, me we andus’ was born in 2017,” sharesSatish, founder of the hip,cool, welcoming communityof and for Telugus, especiallyHyderabadis, in Australia.

The story wasn’t very dif-ferent for Shireen Florence,another student fromHyderabad pursuing herMasters in pharmacy inMelbourne. But her life’s got-ten so much easier and has-sle-free, thanks to the com-munity that always has herback. “Satish asked me toact/take part in videos ofMelbourne Mama, that’s howWhat’s Up Melbourne cameup — it’s all about entertain-ment and information. Oneday, he asked me to host ahuge event and when I sawhow serious he was to pro-mote and encourage Telugutalent, I decided to give it ashot,” shares Shireen, betterknown as Betty by fans of theinfotainment show.

The story wasn’t different

for Shireen Florence, anotherstudent from Hyderabad pur-suing her Masters inPublic Health inMelbourne. But herlife’s gotten so mucheasier and hassle-free,thanks to the communitythat always has her back.“When Satish asked meto host SAINMA 2k18event (a film festivalwith the aim to sup-port short filmmakersand small scale busi-nesses) even though I skepti-cal about being able to ace it,I saw how serious he was topromote and encourageTelugu talent and culture andI decided to give it a shot.What started there didn’tstop. I’m now part of theirteam and that’s how ‘What’s Up, Melbourne?’ came up —it’s all about entertainmentand information," sharesShireen, better known asBetty by fans of the infotain-ment show.

Theteam,

began as asmall group, went on to per-form at colleges, found waysto build a community, talk tostudents, and collate informa-tion that could be used bythem. They’re now a produc-tion house doling out shows,businesses, short films, webfilms, series, etc., from aTeluguite’s point of view. Butthey do more than just enter-

tain the community. “Thereare several students who are

unaware of the accom-modation, food, jobopportunities, andvisa-related issues

here. Our website hasinformation regarding all

such FAQs and we answercalls and help the commu-

nity in whatever way wecan,” informs Satish.They’re now a well-known name in

Melbourne, where theyhave businesses not onlyapproaching them but inturn, they’ve been helpingbuild and support startups,filmmakers, entrepreneurs,etc. All this, with intentionaland deliberate push and sup-port from the local Telugucommunity and artists, whocame together as a team andcontributed to the name andsuccess that MelbourneMama has today.

“Earlier, a Telugu or Tamilsong request at an ‘Indian DJ

night’ would be turned down.After our own Telugu DJnight not just in Melbournebut Sydney too, a first suchevent in Australia, we nowhave events catered and cen-tered around our needs andentertainment too,” says ahappy Satish.

"We noticed how smallscale businesses have beenbadly hit by the Coronavirus.It takes them much moretime and effort to get back inshape than other establishedcompanies. So we decided topartner with the local govern-ment and other authorities tobring their attention to suchbusinesses, that’s howMelbourne Mama forayedinto helping with businesses.We began building strategiesfor them, while also encour-aging people to buy fromlocal cafe and restaurants,rather than from a supermar-ket,” explains Satish.

The teams have regularcommunity meets, business

meetings, keep contacts ofTeluguites in their state, buildnetworks with consultancies,restaurants, organise events,and so much more.

Melbourne Mama hopes todo so much more and is yetto reach several goals they setback when they began in2017, but people sure arerecognising this community.There are restaurants, events,festivities, specifically wantingto host them. Sponsors too,are more than happy, to helpthis community bloom fur-ther. All members ofMelbourne Mama are part-time workers who have a par-allel full-time job and meetduring weekends to fulfilltheir passion with perfect bal-ance. While it’s party time forothers, it's shoots, meets, andnetworking for those atMelbourne Mama! So nexttime you set foot in Australia,you know you’re not going tohave to figure things out allby yourself.

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evaluation by others. Shyness isdifferent from being an intro-vert, although the two are com-monly mistaken to be the samething.

Being an introvert meanspaying more attention to one’sinner life rather than to the out-side world. An introvert enjoyssolitude and gets emotionallydrained after spending a lot oftime with others. It may notinvolve any fear. A shy personon the other hand doesn’t nec-essarily want to be alone but isafraid to interact with others.

It may be that shyness is apersonality trait but a propensi-ty for it is influenced by socialexperiences, says KishoreChandiramani, ConsultantPsychiatrist Emotions Clinic,Education and Training Centre,England.

It is believed that childrendevelop shyness because of theirinteractions with their parents.The parents, mostly mothers,who are authoritarian or over-protective can cause their chil-dren to be shy. However, these

parents also offer an opportuni-ty to the child to get out of theirshyness if the child can identifywith them, he explains.

“It is strange that both intro-verts as well as extroverts feelenvious of each other for thetraits they are missing in theirown personalities. Carl GustavJung has mentioned that aswitch occurs during late 30s orearly 40s in one’s life when theintroverts try to become extro-verts and vice-versa with somesuccess, as they both feel thatbeing an extrovert or an intro-vert hasn’t paid them off well inlife. However, early in life anintrovert should try to be a suc-cessful introvert and an extro-vert a successful extrovert,”explains the expert.

Social anxiety disorderChandiramani says, “Shyness

is not an illness but a socialanxiety disorder is, and the twoare different. Shyness is a per-sonality trait. Many people whoare shy do not have the negativeemotions and feelings thataccompany social anxiety disor-der. While many people withsocial anxiety disorder are notshy in other setting, shyness isnot a pre-requisite for socialanxiety disorder.”

He adds, “Shyness is perva-

sive but social anxiety disordercan be restricted to only oneaspect of one’s functioning suchas eating in public, public-speaking or encounters with theopposite sex.”

However, social anxiety dis-order can also involve almost allsocial situations outside thefamily circle. Social phobias areusually associated with low self-esteem or fear of criticism, hesays.

“They may present with acomplaint of blushing, handtremor, urgency of micturition,and they may have panic attacksas well. The avoidance of thefeared situation is marked insocial anxiety disorder, in factthe diagnosis is based on that,and if one doesn’t avoid thefeared situation it is not classedas social anxiety disorder.”

There is some evidence sup-porting genetic basis to the dif-fuse (not specific) social anxietydisorder as it is found morecommonly among relative ofthe client. The fMRI studies ofthe brain also suggest that theamygdala (which is a seat offear in the brain) of social anxi-ety disorder clients was hyper-sensitive to facial expression ofothers — the expressions ofanger or contemptuous (socially

threatening) attitudes,Chandiramani says.

“Stressful life events and trau-ma during childhood can alsoinfluence the development ofsocial anxiety problems. Some

of the exposures known to havepredictive value for severesocial anxiety include: Physical,sexual, or emotional abuse. It isencouraging to note that manysocial anxiety disorder clientsrespond well to treatment withSSRIs.”

Jung and his introversion/extroversion theory:

Jung has argued that beingintroverted is a matter of indi-vidual disposition and not relat-ed to the mother’s influence astwo children of the same moth-

er may exhibit contrary traitsearly in life. He doesn’t discountthe role of parenting and saysthat if mothers own attitude isextreme, a similar attitude canbe forced on the child too, thusviolating their individual dispo-sition, Chandiramani explains.

“Introverts are ego-centricand they devalue the externalobjects, which are very impor-tant to an extrovert. There isalso a conscious desire to domi-

nate the object — the uncon-scious mind then tries to com-pensate for this indifference andsuperiority by way to creatingan irrepressible and absolute tieto the object. The more anintrovert struggles to preservehis independence and superior-ity the more he becomesenslaved to the external objects,and his desire to dominate endsin a pitiful craving to be loved.His fear of objects develops into

a peculiar kind of cowardliness,he shrinks from making himselfor his opinions felt, fearing thatthis will only increase theobjects power. He is terrified ofstrong emotions in others, andis hardly ever free from thedread of falling under hostileinfluences. Anything strange ornew arouses fear and mistrust,as though concealing unknownperils, heirlooms are attached tohis soul as by invisible threads.”

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empers have beenflaring in theHindi film indus-try lately on socialmedia, and in alatest burst of

obvious emotional rage,filmmaker AnubhavSinha has tweeted todeclare he is resigningfrom Bollywood.

Sinha, who has gar-nered a lot of fame andadulation directing Mulk,Article 15 and Thappadin recent years, is knownfor his straightforwardposts on social media.Never one to shy fromeven getting abusiveoccasionally, the film-maker has not mincedwords to declare that hehis calling it quits.

“ENOUGH!!! I herebyresign from Bollywood.Whatever the fu*k thatmeans,” he wrote on hisverified Twitter handle.

For the records, he haseven changed his Twitterprofile from AnubhavSinha to Anubhav Sinha(Not Bollywood).

His official twitteridentity, of course,remains the same —@anubhavsinha

Filmmaker SudhirMishra tweeted a reply:“What’s Bollywood? Icame 2be part of Cinema

inspired by Satyajit Ray,Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt,Ritwick Ghatak, BimalRoy, Mrinal Sen,Hrishikesh Mukherjee, K Asif, Vijay Anand,Javed Akhtar, TapanSinha, Gulzar, ShekharKapur, Ketan Mehta,Bharatan n Aravindanetc. That’s where I’llalways be.”

Filmmaker HansalMehta responded: “Chhor diya (left it)… Itnever existed in the firstplace.”

Most fans urged Sinhato continue filmmaking,even if it meant fromoutside Bollywood.

“Resign fromBollywood but continueur good work in HindiFilm Industry or justFilm Industry,” wrote auser.

Others made light ofhis comment.

“Sir ab Acting matt trykriyega.. Ijjat Nahi Krtelog.. BTW, Wo TohDirector ki bhi nhi krte(Sir, don’t try actingnow.. no one will respectyou.. By The Way, no onerespects directorseither),” tweeted a user.

Most people, however,were urging Sinha not toseriously carry out hisdeclaration.

�picture of super-star Rajinikanthbehind the wheelof a Lamborghiniwearing a facemask has gone

viral. Quite in sync withthe image that the senioractor maintains in publiclife, he is seen simplydressed in a plain whiteattire.

Fans of the superstarlaunched hashtag#LionInLamborghini onTwitter, which startedtrending almost instanta-neously.

“Wear Mask!!! PreventCorona Risk!!#LionInLamborghini#Rajnikanth,” wrote a fan.

“He himself is Self dri-ving the car for safety,”

noted another fan.“He is the brand ambas-

sador for being simple...Yes he is a Superstar,”wrote a fan.

“He practices what hepreaches. Wearing Maskinside his own car as well.Leader for a reason,”gushed another fan.

“Even at the AGE 70 Yrsthis Man Thalaivar

@rajinikanth Super Active& Energetic like anyYoungsters. On Screen hisHeroic Stunts & energyFire Offscreen his SimplePersona,” wrote anotherfan.

“Being Famous is notenough, Being famous &responsible at everyinstance is very impor-tant,” wrote another user.

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ctor KeshavSadhna isexploring ataboo topic inan upcomingweb series,

which made him feel asif he is working in a pro-ject like AyushmannKhurrana, who isknown for picking upsubjects that are oftenshunned from beingopenly discussed.

Keshav will be seen inthe web series It’s MyPleasure, which revolvesaround a corporate guywho leaves his job anddecides to launch hisdream startup — a sextoy portal. The journeyis laden with comedy oferrors, and four storieswhere sex is truly happi-

ness. The show alsounravels the hypocriticaland weird ways ofIndian society.

“When I read thescript and when I wasshooting for it, I thoughtof movies done byAyushmaan Khurrana.Not as an actor but as anindividual, I feel con-nected with the script,since a lot of peopleleave their jobs forlaunching the startupsbut the idea shown inIt’s My Pleasure is out ofthe box,” Keshav said.

The series also fea-tures Saadhika Syal andSaif Ansari along withManoj Bakshi andLavina Khanchandani.

Sharing her experi-ence, Saadhika said,

“It’s a sensitive topic that we’re dealing withand I did have a fewconcerns before sayingyes to it. However, onceI met the makers andread the script, I wasconfident that we weregoing to be presentingthe story in a sensibleand responsible manner,the way it was done infilms like Vicky Donorand Badhaai Ho. Aftergaining this clarity and confidencefrom the makers, I hadno second thoughtsbefore saying yes to theproject.”

It’s My Pleasure ishelmed by HarkiratSandhu and written byReena Kamath. And willstream on Watcho.

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ever through a work of histhat he has always consid-ered very special.

Kapur is hopeful thatsomeday his ambitious filmPaani will be made, andwhen that happens he wouldlike to dedicate the film toSushant’s memory. The film-maker had signed the lateactor as the male lead for thefilm, but it got shelved.

“If you want to journeywith the Gods, or your cre-ativity, you have to walkeach step in devotion. Inhumility. God willing#Paani will get made oneday. If it does, I will dedi-cate it to Sushant. But it hasto be made with partnersthat walk in humility, not inarrogance,” Kapur tweetedon Wednesday.

The cryptic last line of histweet seems like a hint atthe fact that Paani gotshelved owing to Kapur’screative differences withAditya Chopra, chairman ofthe mighty Yash Raj Films,production house thatwas producing thefilm.

Reacting toKapur’s tweet,netizensencouragedthe film-maker tocompletethe film andsuggested

him to get it crowd-fundedinstead of depending on aproducer.

“Dear Shekhar Sir, whynot use crowd funding as analternative? Will be a tightslap on the productionhouses and those whothought they run the show,”commented a user.

“Shekhar, there are manywell-educated people inIndia and overseas who'dlove to support your mostambitious project if dedicat-ed to #SushantSinghRajput.Idea: What if the budget forthis entire movie wereraised via crowdfunding?Screw big producers. It’sdoable — think abt it,” sug-gested another user.

“But it should have beenmade with Sushant when hewas alive. Now its useless.Dedicating him the moviewhich wasted so much timeof his career is utterly use-less. A film so connected toSush, and if he wont bethere in it, then no one willwatch it,” announced a fanof the late actor.

Sushant Singh Rajput,who had been signed toplay the film’s lead, passedaway in Mumbai last

month. He was foundhanging at his resi-

dence on June 14.Postmortem

report statedthat the actorcommittedsuicide.MumbaiPolice is stillinvestigatingthe death.

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rundhati, one ofTollywood’sbiggest hits thathelped Anushkapole vault to thesought-after

actress category, is the latestfilm that is set to get aremake in Hindi. It joinsTelugu films like Jersey,Duvvada Jagannadham,Mathu Vadalara, HIT andAgent Sai Srinivasa Athreya,which are being remade inBollywood.

For long, Shyam PrasadReddy, the producer ofArundhati and the chief ofMallemala Entertainments,held the Hindi remake rightswith him but we’ve learntthat Allu Aravind hassnatched the remake rightsand he will be producingthe Hindi version alongwith Madhu Mantena.Aravind and Madhu enjoya great partnership; havingjointly produced the mon-ster hit Ghajini in Hindi ear-lier with Aamir Khan. Theyare also teaming up for

Ramayana along withNamith Malhotra, thefounder of Prime Focus stu-dios, but there seems to beno significant developmenton the project after it wasannounced in 2017.

Coming to ArundhatiHindi remake, Aravind, whonormally believes in A-listersspearheading his produc-tions, is looking at DeepikaPadukone to headline it.Talks to this end have beeninitiated, it is believed. Thedirector for the project toohas been

locked but his name will berevealed at an appropriatetime.

Aravind, of late, has decid-ed to ramp-up Hindi pro-duction ventures as well.Arundhati remake will be hislatest high-profile produc-tion in Bollywood, as he isalso remaking Jersey in Hindinow with Shahid Kapoor.

Released in early 2009,Arundhati, which was ravedfor its special effects andstory content, told the storyof a brave queen Arundhati/

Jejamma

(played by Anuska)who battles an evilmystic Pasupathi(Sonu Sood). Threegenerations later,he comes back tohaunt the queen’sdescendants,especially hergranddaughter.

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ilmmaker PavanSadineni, who burstonto the scene withshort films beforegraduating to the fea-ture film arena, is uti-

lizing the lockdown period towhip up content for OTT. Hehas already written anddirected series like Pilla andEe Office Lo in the past.According to a source, thedirector has now entered intoagreements with multipleOTT platforms — likeDisney-Hotstar, Sony LIV,MX Player and aha — to

develop close to 10 projects.The source points out,

“Pavan has got his ideasapproved by the aforemen-tioned platforms for showsand web films. A team ofwriters have been hired todevelop the content further.Pavan though won’t bedirecting any show or webfilm as he doesn’t want anyclash with his feature projectwith Bellamkonda Ganesh,which is half-way through,when work on it resumes. Hewill act as the showrunnerfor some shows and execute

some as creative producer.”The source adds that for

Disney-Hotstar, Pavan willbe developing a motivationalseries, while for aha; he isoverseeing the script work ofromantic drama series and aweb film, the ideas of whichhe cracked. “For Sony LIV, awomen-centric series is beingdeveloped in addition toanother show. For MX player,he will act as the showrunnerfor the highly-acclaimed andwatched PermanentRoommates remake,” thesource concludes.

lose on the heelsof director GopiGanesh revealingthat he was laud-ed by MegastarChiranjeevi for

Bluff Master, surfacenews that Bluff Master’sleading man Satyadevtoo met the screen leg-end — but a little earlyon July 8. Stating thatthe Megastar was thereason behind his actingaspirations, the youngactor in a post onWednesday recalled thatwhen he decided to pur-sue a career in acting,the one question that heconstantly faced was ‘Areyou thinking of your-selves as Chiranjeevi?’. “Inever thought of myselfas Chiranjeevi but likemillions I wanted tobecome like Chiranjeevi.He is the yardstick in my‘life wall’ to measure

what I’ve achieved andwhat I want to. Peoplewho want to scaleMount Everest will battledoubts and fears. Whenthey feel like giving up,the flag on the mountaininspires them to try scal-ing it again. Chiranjeeviis the flag for peoplewho want to becomeactors in the Teluguindustry. I’ve met himrecently and I’m yet tocome out of the hang-over of the rendezvous.It’s still like a dream. Sir(Chiranjeevi) I remem-ber every word of yoursand I will carefully pre-serve them in my heart,”the actor wrote.

When Puri Jaganandhtold Satya the meeting isbound to change his lifeon Twitter, the actorreplied, saying that itfuelled him for the nexttwo decades.

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his girlfriend of overfive years, at his resi-dence in Hyderabad. Asimple affair, it wasattended by the familiesof the soon-to-wed cou-

ple.

Sharing a lovely picture,Nithiin tweeted,“Aaaand ENGAGED!!”

After the pasupu-kumkuma ceremony inFebruary, Nithiin andhis family planned for adestination wedding inmid-April in Dubai butdue to COVID-19 out-break the plan stoodcancelled. The weddingis now scheduled to beheld on July 26 atFalaknuma Palace,Hyderabad while fol-lowingallthe

coronavirus guidelines.Nithiin had met TS CMChandrasekhar Rao ear-lier this week and invit-ed him to the wedding.

Shalini, who is fromHyderabad, has aMaster’s in BusinessManagement from a UKuniversity. She metNithiin through com-mon friends eight andhalf years ago andinstantly connectedwith him.

On the work front,Nithiin’s next releasewould be Venky Atluri’s

Rang De, a romanticcomedy entertainerwhich is 70 per centover. He also shotfor some portionsof ChandrasekharYeleti’s Check.After the comple-tion of both thesefilms, he wouldshift attention toAndhadhun Teluguremake and PowerPeta with KrishnaChaitanya.

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am Gopal Varma on Wednesday said thatthe trailer of his film Power Star wasleaked; following which he was left with nooption than to release it on YouTube. Thefilmmaker initially planned the trailer torelease on a pay-per-view basis. However,

the word in the film circles is that as his pay-per-viewidea on rgvworldtheatre.com failed to find manytakers, he intentionally leaked it.

Varma suspects that the leak is thehandy work of his staff, assuring thatthose who have paid for the pay-per-view trailer will get their moneyback. “POWER STAR trailer whichwas supposed to release at 11 AMtoday has leaked out ...we suspectthat it is the work of one of our ownoffice staff ..we take full responsibili-ty and all people who paid for thetrailer will be returned their moneyASAP (sic),” he wrote on Twitter onWednesday. He later expressed his hap-piness over the trailer clocking 3.5 lakhviews. Interestingly, Varma seems tohave played a role in the shortfilm as the end portionsof the trailerindicate.

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Wednesday said he is excitedabout playing the IndianPremier League (IPL) in theUAE but a lot of “planning andorganising still needs to bedone” amid the raging Covid-19 pandemic.

Speaking to the media onthe sidelines of the nationalteam’s training camp, forSunRisers Hyderabad captainsaid, “Considering what it actu-ally looks like where it is andall the details that come withit, to play in the IPL isalways an amazing thingso, absolutely, it will begreat to play in it and be apart of it,” Williamson saidbut also wanted to knowmore about security arrange-ments.

“But there’s a lot of detailsto come through before anyfinal decisions will be made. It

will be nice to knowmore.”

“By allaccounts the IPL,

they’re looking tohost that tournament

which is a fantastic tour-nament to be a part of andattracts such an incredibleaudience,” he added.

Williamson said he fore-

sees good viewership for theIPL when it happens as peo-ple are starved of Live sportsright now.

“...There’s been a naturallack of content so there is a realdrive to see that happen and seeit happen safely, which is firstand foremost. “It’s a shame tosee the World Cup be post-poned but I suppose it’s the

nature of what we’re faced within the current climate but excit-ing at the potential opportuni-ty individually to see somecricket come on to thehorizon,” he said.

Williamson also wel-comed the move to havean IPL at a safe place likethe UAE as India’s caseload is above 11 lakh.

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Dean Smith urged AstonVilla to finish the jobafter they climbed out

of the Premier League relega-tion zone as Trezeguet clincheda priceless 1-0 win againstArsenal on Tuesday. Smith’sside have their survival fate intheir own hands after theEgypt winger’s first-half strikeat Villa Park.

Watford’s 4-0 thrashingagainst Manchester City earli-er on Tuesday had opened thedoor for Villa to escape thebottom three.

And Villa seized theirchance with a first homePremier League win overArsenal in 18 attemptsdating back to 1998.Villa are now fourthbottom and havemoved ahead of third-bottom Watford ongoal difference, withSmith’s men on -26compared to the Hornets’ -27.

They head to West Ham fortheir final game of the seasonon Sunday, while Watford visitArsenal and second-bottom

Bournemouth, three pointsfrom safety, travel to Everton.There are a multitude of per-mutations that could decide rel-egation, but Villa will be safe ifthey can better Watford’s result

on what is certain tobe a dramatic finale. IfVilla and Watfordboth win, goal differ-ence or goals scoredwill decide who goesdown.

“It is a big boost,that’s for sure. We knew wehad to get that win to catchWatford and now we have gotthe season in our own hands,”Smith said. “That’s all you

can ask going into the lastgame. It was a great perfor-mance and an even betterresult against a good team whojust beat two of the best teamsin Europe.

“We have taken the seasonto the last day. Watford can goand win at Arsenal so wehave to make sure we win atWest Ham.”

Having secured an FA Cupfinal place by beatingManchester City on Saturday,Gunners boss Mikel Artetamade six changes and Arsenallooked a shadow of the teamwho impressed at Wembley.

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Watford goalkeeper BenFoster admitted the Hornets’confidence is “crazy low” asthey slipped into the relegationzone with one game of thePremier League season to goafter being thrashed 4-0 athome by Manchester City.

A change of managementdid little good after Watfordbecame the first PremierLeague team to sack threemanagers in a season whenNigel Pearson departed onSunday, as City bounced backfrom their weekend disap-pointment of losing an FACup semi-final to Arsenal.

Raheem Sterling scoredtwice in the first half beforePhil Foden and Aymeric

Laporte rounded off a compre-hensive City win as PepGuardiola’s men won a fourthstraight league game for thefirst time this season. Themargin of defeat could sendWatford down come the finalday of the season on Sunday asthey dropped into the bottomthree on goal difference afterAston Villa’s win.

“I don’t think we helpedourselves, I don’t think we didenough to do anything butwhat the result suggested to behonest,” said Foster, whohelped keep the score downwith a string of saves. “Theconfidence is so crazy, crazylow.”

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Kylian Mbappe said onTuesday he would remain

with French champions ParisSaint-Germain next season“whatever happens” despiteconstant speculation over hisfuture.

“I’m here. I’m part of theproject for a fourth year,”Mbappe, 21, told BeInSport during half-time of PSG’s 4-0 winover Celtic in afriendly played infront of around5,000 fans at theParc des Princes.

“The club’s 50-

year anniversary is an impor-tant one in the eyes of the club,the supporters, of everyone, soI will be here whatever hap-pens.”

“I’m going to try and bringback trophies with the team and

give the best of myself,” addedMbappe, who arrived at PSGfrom Monaco in 2017 in a

deal worth $208 million.Real Madrid have

regularly been linkedwith a move for Mbappe,but club presidentFlorentino Perez said lastweek the Spanish cham-

pions would not makeany big signings this

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic rolledback the years with two

impressive goals to help ACMilan beat Sassuolo 2-1 in SerieA clash.

The 38-year-old nettedtwice in the first half, either sideof Francesco Caputo’s penalty forSassuolo on Tuesday.

Sassuolo had to play theentire second half with 10men after midfielderMehdi Bourabia was sentoff on the stroke of half-time following a secondyellow card.

It was Milan’s seventhvictory in the nine games sinceSerie A resumed following thepandemic-enforced shutdownand moved the team up to fifth.

Ibrahimovic rejoined Milanin December on a six-monthcontract with an option for nextseason.

“Will I stay? There are stillthree matches, 10 days and noone has said anything else,” theSwedish forward said. “But I’mworking, we are doing goodthings and if we take the tablesince I arrived I think we wouldbe second or third.”

Milan has lost just twomatches since Ibrahimovic’sarrival.

“We will talk with himimmediately after the end of theseason, he is also completelyfocused on these matches and heis doing so in an excellent man-ner, as always,” Milan sportingdirector Frederic Massara said.

Ibrahimovic gave Milan thelead in the 19th minute with a

diving header at the backpost following a crossfrom Hakan Çalhanoglu.

There was a dra-matic end to the half asCaputo leveled from thespot three minutes from

the break. The referee hadawarded the penalty afterreviewing the incident on thepitchside monitor and judgingthat the ball had hit Çal-hanoglu’s arm.

Çalhanoglu redeemed him-self moments later with a secondassist — a through-ball forIbrahimovic to run onto, roundthe goalkeeper and place into theback of the net.

It was the first time since1999 that Milan has scored atleast two goals in nine successivematches.

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It was high praise for SadioMane when Lionel Messi

summed up the Liverpool starwinger’s fourth-place finish inthe 2019 Ballon d’Or vote as“shameful”.

Boosted by the Argentinegenius’ admiration for him aswell as his own stellar form,Mane continues to harbourhopes of winning the presti-gious award sooner than later.

“Will see what’s going tohappen for the Ballon d’Or butmy dream is to win the Ballond’Or and would love to do itone day,” Mane told Star Sportsshow Football United.

The 2020 Ballon d’Orawards night was cancelledrecently owing to the Covid-19pandemic.

He played a massive role inLiverpool winning their firstPremier League title in 30years. Last year, Mane spear-headed the Reds’ charge totheir first UEFA ChampionsLeague title since 2005.

This time around, hescored goals and make assiststo keep the opposition defend-

ers on their guard all the time.“I always say that in life,

you always have to be a chal-lenger and for sure, football isall about being hungry in agood way — to like to win. Wewon the Premier League andwe would like to win it againand for sure, ChampionsLeague as well,” he said.

Mane missed out lasttime despite a remarkablerun for both his club andcountry Senegal.

Expressing his delighton winning thePremier League,he said, “Well, it’sa big pleasureand a big honourfor me and myteam-mates forsure. All the goodsupport fromaround the world,specially fromIndia as well. I thinkthe wait has been solong, 30 years andfinally, we did it, soyeah, really happy.”

He gave creditto manager JurgenKlopp for Liverpool’s

triumph.“He gives us a lot of advice

all the time which is alwaysimportant for you and all theplayers in our career. He helpedus take responsibility in thehard times, which is not real-ly easy.”

Mane said his favouritemoment in the league was

when his club openedup the gap withManchester City.

“Honestly, it was areally tough season for us,

my team-mates and thefans as well because

the beginning wasnot easy — toomany contendersMan City, United,Chelsea, Arsenal.

“If I were tochoose myf a v o u r i t emoment waswhen weopened up thegap over ManCity. I thinkever ybodyc o u l dbreathe atthat time.”

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England will “consider rotating” star all-rounder Ben Stokes even though his pres-

ence makes it a better team, said coach ChrisSilverwood ahead of the third and final Testagainst the West Indies beginning on Friday.

Stokes scored 176 and 78 not out in thetwo innings and also took three wickets asEngland beat Windies by 113 runs in the sec-ond Test to tie three-match series 1-1.

His performance also earned Stokesthe numero uno position in the ICC all-rounder rankings, displacing WestIndies skipper Jason Holder.

“We want him out there asmuch as we can; everyone cansee how good he is,”Silverwood said.

“But you know what,we’re going to consider rotat-ing him. He’s been at the cen-tre of the last couple of gamesand we’ve got to make sure he’sokay. But if he is fit and healthy,he’ll play.”

The 29-year-old had pulledhimself out of the attack midwaythrough his 15th over in West

Indies’ second innings but later insisted thatthere was “absolutely nothing to worryabout”.

Silverwood said Stokes will have to“rein” him in during training as he is alwayslooking push himself.

“He’ll keep pushing himself, which is whyhe is as good as he is,” said Silverwood.

“But from a training perspective we tryand rein him in where possible and keep himas fit as a fiddle because I know we’re a bet-ter team with him out there... We’ve got tolook after him the best we can.”

Following the third Test against theWest Indies, England will play another three-

Test series against Pakistan startingAugust 5.

England had picked JamesAnderson, Jofra Archer and MarkWood for the opening Test, while

including Stuart Broad, ChrisWoakes and Sam Curran in thesecond match.

With six to seven seamersat his disposal, Silverwood

will face a selection headachebut he said he is determinedto pick the “strongest attack”

to win the third Test.

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August first week has beenearmarked as a potential

time for wrestlers to assemblefor their national camps afterthe Covid-19 hiatus. TheSports Authority of India(SAI) is working in tandemwith the Wrestling Federationof India (WFI) to plan a datefor the resumption of training.

The camp will initially beheld for Olympic weight cat-egories and would also beginonly after necessary quaran-tine protocols are fulfilled.

New Delhi: Australia batsman MarnusLabuschagne has picked teammate SteveSmith ahead of Virat Kohli in the longestformat but accepted that the India skip-per’s numbers in white-ball cricket is sec-ond to none. Labuschagne feels Smithability to bat consistently in different con-ditions sets him apart.

“I think Steve (Smith) in Test crick-et has just shown in any condition, he canfind away. I think that’s what you knowreally makes him the best, number oneTest player in the world,” Labuschagnewas quoted as saying by India Today.

“He has found a way inIndia, he has found a way to

score in England, he is obvi-ously very consistent inAustralia, so it seems that it

doesn’t matter where areyou playing and inwhat conditions, he is

finding a way.Now, Virathas probably

done a simi-lar thing. I will

probably go with Steve inTest cricket.”

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Milan released a state-ment shortly after win againstSassuolo.

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