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More than 200 scientists from 32 nations have written to the WHO, saying there is evi- dence that the coronavirus is airborne and even smaller par- ticles can infect people, a sig- nificant departure from the UN health agency's claims so far that COVID-19 is spread primarily through coughs and sneezes. A report in The New York Times says that clusters of infections are rising globally as people go back to bars, restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, a trend that increasingly confirms that the virus lingers in the air indoors, infecting those nearby. in an open letter to the WHO, 239 sci- entists in 32 coun- tries have outlined the evidence showing that smaller particles can infect people, and are calling for the agency to revise its recommendations, the report said, adding that the researchers plan to publish their letter in a scientific jour- nal next week. The World Health Organization (WHO) has long held that the coronavirus is spread primarily by large res- piratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. In its latest update dated June 29 on the coronavirus, the WHO said airborne transmis- sion of the virus was possible only after medical procedures that produce aerosols, or droplets smaller than 5 microns. The guidance that the health agency has given to deal with the virus, such as wearing masks, maintaining social dis- tance and frequent handwash- ing, since the pandemic first broke is based on its claim that the virus spreads through large droplets when an infected per- son coughs and sneezes. If airborne transmission is a significant factor in the pan- demic, especially in crowded spaces with poor ventilation, the consequences for contain- ment will be significant. The Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) here, a sports facility which has been converted into a COVID- 19 hospital by the state govern- ment, is ready to serve patients, Health Minister E Rajender said on Monday. He also posted a video about the facilities in the hospital. "TIMS is ready to serve #COVID19 patients," the minister tweeted. According to him, the bed capacity of the hospital is 1,224 and oxygen facility has been provided for 1,000 beds. The government has recruit- ed staff to work in the hospi- tal, he had said recently. Outpatient services at the hospital had already started. Meanwhile, official sources shared a video of a man who has been admitted to a hospital after he sought the ministers help over the phone at midnight. He had difficulty in breathing. The man said Rajender answered his call and directed his PA to help him and that he was admitted to a hospital. Rajender saved his life and he would be ever indebted to him, the man added. TIMS ready to serve 1224 COVID-19 patients Poor safety protocol led to LG Polymer gas leak: Panel Poor safety protocols and total breakdown of the emergency response of procedures were the root causes of the May 7 styrene vapour leak in the LG Polymers unit at Visakhapatnam, in which 12 people were killed and hun- dreds fell sick, the High Powered Committee consti- tuted by the Andhra Pradesh government said here on Monday. Citing multiple inadequa- cies on the part of LG, the HPC faulted the "slackness of management" for poor safety protocol, poor safety aware- ness and inadequate risk assessment response that aggravated the situation, a senior government official told media. In the first sign of de-escala- tion of tension in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese Army has removed tents and start- ed to withdraw its troops from Galwan Valley as decid- ed during high-level talks between the two militaries, government sources said on Monday Galwan Valley was the site of a violent hand-to-hand clash between the two mili- taries on June 15 that left 20 Indian soldiers dead China's People's Liberation Army was seen removing tents and structures at patrolling point 14, the sources said, adding rear- ward movement of vehicles of Chinese troops was seen in the general area of Galwan and Gogra Hot Springs They said disengagement of Chinese troops in the area has begun as per decisions arrived at during the Corps Commander-level talks The sources said there was clear sign of withdrawal of structures and troops from the patrolling point 14 in Galwan Valley and that they are likely to move back more than a kilometre in the area. Doval, China FM phone call before Galwan pullback Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday summoned Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and health secretary Santi Kumari to the Raj Bhavan to discuss the coronavirus situation in Telangana, which has reached alarming proportions. Shockingly, both the officials skipped the Governor's meet- ing citing pre-scheduled meet- ings with Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday to review on the coro- na situation in the state, espe- cially in Hyderabad, which has become a "red zone" with the number of infections rising by the day. The Governor has now decided to hold the meeting at the Raj Bhavan on Tuesday. The Governor's move assumes significance in the backdrop of her openly expressing disappointment over poor rate of testing in Telangana when she visited NIMS last month to extend solidarity to doctors and med- ical staff who contracted the virus. Normally, CMs update the Governor on important issues by visiting Raj Bhavan as and when the need arises. However, KCR last briefed the Governor about the Corona situation in April. CS, health secretary skip Guv summons on Covid situation The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted thunder- storms accompanied by light- ning at isolated places over Telangana in the next 24 hours. In its weather forecast, the IMD said heavy rain is very likely to occur in districts like Adilabad, Nagarkurnool, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Jagtial, Karimnagar, Paddapalli, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Medchal and Bhadradri Kothagudem dis- tricts in the state. After much deliberations, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has allowed universities across the country to conduct the final exams for the students. In a letter to the Union Higher Education Secretary, MHA instructed that University Grants Commission (UGC) can conduct the exam- inations as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). “The final term examina- tions are to be compulsorily conducted as per the UGC guidelines on examinations and academic calendar for the universities and as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) approved by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,” read the statement issued by the MHA. According to media reports, UGC authorities were all for conducting the annual examina- tions, especially for the final year students. An expert committee was requested by the UGC to revisit its guidelines in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Universities and colleges will be advised to assess the students through an examination con- ducted in either online, offline or blended mode. The author- ities also decided to tweak the indicative alternative calendar and advise institutions to hold exams by September-end. MHA allows universities to hold exams 50 pc beds in corporate hospitals for Covid patients Telangana @ 25k cases and 306 deaths Telangana State on Monday recorded 1,831 fresh coro- navirus cases, taking the tally to 25,733. With 11 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the State’s death toll increased to 306. Also, a record 2,078 patients were discharged on Monday. With this, as many as 14,781 people have made a full recovery and have been discharged so far in the State. Of the 25,733 positive cases, 10,646 are active. Of the 1,831 infec- tions reported on Monday, 1,419 were recorded in GHMC area. The Telangana State Government has decided to bring 50 per cent of bed strength in private hospitals reserved for treat- ment of Covid patients under its con- trol plans a mobile app to ensure greater transparen- cy in allotment of the beds. The app will provide infor- mation about position of vacant beds in government hospitals. Those who want to receive treatment in private hospitals at government tariff can get the beds allotted with the help of the app. The hospital man- agements will have the option to allot the remaining 50 per cent of the beds to patients of their choice. Chinese Army removing tents, seen withdrawing from Galwan The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding a separate cadre for healthcare profes- sionals in line with IAS and IPS. It said the coronavirus pandemic has once again stressed the need for improv- ing the healthcare infrastruc- ture in the nation beginning from the grassroots. The creation of the Indian Medical Services (IMS) cadre has become more relevant in the times of coronavirus, whereby doctors from vari- ous specialities can devise effective strategies for con- trolling the epidemic and improving the overall health- care system in the future, the federation said. "Healthcare systems demand thorough knowledge of the domain. Knowledge of subject specialists (doctors) in devising policies is essential for galvanising the healthcare system of the nation," it said.

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Page 1: 2020/07/07  · In its weather forecast, the IMD said heavy rain is very likely to occur in districts like Adilabad, Nagarkurnool, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Jagtial, Karimnagar,

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More than 200 scientists from32 nations have written to theWHO, saying there is evi-dence that the coronavirus isairborne and even smaller par-ticles can infect people, a sig-nificant departure from theUN health agency's claims sofar that COVID-19 is spreadprimarily through coughs andsneezes.

A report in The NewYork Times says thatclusters of infectionsare rising globally aspeople go back tobars, restaurants,offices, markets andcasinos, a trend thatincreasingly confirms thatthe virus lingers in the airindoors, infecting those nearby.

in an open letter tothe WHO, 239 sci-entists in 32 coun-tries have outlined

the evidence showingthat smaller particles

can infect people, and arecalling for the agency to reviseits recommendations, the

report said, adding that theresearchers plan to publishtheir letter in a scientific jour-nal next week.

The World HealthOrganization (WHO) has longheld that the coronavirus isspread primarily by large res-piratory droplets when aninfected person coughs orsneezes.

In its latest update datedJune 29 on the coronavirus, theWHO said airborne transmis-sion of the virus was possibleonly after medical proceduresthat produce aerosols, ordroplets smaller than 5

microns.The guidance that the health

agency has given to deal withthe virus, such as wearingmasks, maintaining social dis-tance and frequent handwash-ing, since the pandemic firstbroke is based on its claim thatthe virus spreads through largedroplets when an infected per-son coughs and sneezes.

If airborne transmission is asignificant factor in the pan-demic, especially in crowdedspaces with poor ventilation,the consequences for contain-ment will be significant.

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The Telangana Institute ofMedical Sciences (TIMS) here,a sports facility which hasbeen converted into a COVID-19 hospital by the state govern-ment, is ready to serve patients,Health Minister E Rajendersaid on Monday.

He also posted a video aboutthe facilities in the hospital. "TIMSis ready to serve #COVID19patients," the minister tweeted.

According to him, the bedcapacity of the hospital is 1,224and oxygen facility has beenprovided for 1,000 beds.

The government has recruit-ed staff to work in the hospi-

tal, he had said recently.Outpatient services at the

hospital had already started.Meanwhile, official sources

shared a video of a man who hasbeen admitted to a hospitalafter he sought the ministershelp over the phone at midnight.

He had difficulty in breathing. The man said Rajender

answered his call and directedhis PA to help him and that he

was admitted to a hospital.Rajender saved his life and

he would be ever indebted tohim, the man added.

TIMS ready to serve 1224 COVID-19 patients Poor safety protocol led toLG Polymer gas leak: Panel �* � �#0���,�)�

Poor safety protocols and totalbreakdown of the emergencyresponse of procedures werethe root causes of the May 7styrene vapour leak in the LGPolymers unit atVisakhapatnam, in which 12people were killed and hun-dreds fell sick, the HighPowered Committee consti-tuted by the Andhra Pradeshgovernment said here onMonday.

Citing multiple inadequa-cies on the part of LG, theHPC faulted the "slackness of

management" for poor safetyprotocol, poor safety aware-ness and inadequate riskassessment response thataggravated the situation, asenior government officialtold media.

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In the first sign of de-escala-tion of tension in easternLadakh, the Chinese Armyhas removed tents and start-ed to withdraw its troopsfrom Galwan Valley as decid-ed during high-level talksbetween the two militaries,government sources said onMonday

Galwan Valley was the siteof a violent hand-to-handclash between the two mili-taries on June 15 that left 20Indian soldiers dead

China's People's LiberationArmy was seen removingtents and structures atpatrolling point 14, thesources said, adding rear-ward movement of vehicles ofChinese troops was seen inthe general area of Galwanand Gogra Hot Springs

They said disengagementof Chinese troops in the areahas begun as per decisionsarrived at during the CorpsCommander-level talks

The sources said there wasclear sign of withdrawal ofstructures and troops fromthe patrolling point 14 inGalwan Valley and that theyare likely to move back morethan a kilometre in the area.

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Governor TamilisaiSoundararajan on Mondaysummoned Chief SecretarySomesh Kumar and healthsecretary Santi Kumari to theRaj Bhavan to discuss thecoronavirus situation inTelangana, which has reachedalarming proportions.

Shockingly, both the officialsskipped the Governor's meet-ing citing pre-scheduled meet-ings with Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao onMonday to review on the coro-na situation in the state, espe-cially in Hyderabad, which

has become a "red zone" withthe number of infections risingby the day.

The Governor has nowdecided to hold the meeting at

the Raj Bhavan on Tuesday.The Governor's move

assumes significance in thebackdrop of her openlyexpressing disappointmentover poor rate of testing inTelangana when she visitedNIMS last month to extendsolidarity to doctors and med-ical staff who contracted thevirus.

Normally, CMs update theGovernor on important issuesby visiting Raj Bhavan as andwhen the need arises.However, KCR last briefed theGovernor about the Coronasituation in April.

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The Indian MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) onMonday predicted thunder-storms accompanied by light-ning at isolated places overTelangana in the next 24 hours.

In its weather forecast, theIMD said heavy rain is verylikely to occur in districts likeAdilabad, Nagarkurnool,Komaram Bheem Asifabad,Mancherial, Jagtial, Karimnagar,Paddapalli, JayashankarBhupalpally, Medchal andBhadradri Kothagudem dis-tricts in the state.

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After much deliberations, theMinistry of Home Affairs(MHA) has allowed universitiesacross the country to conductthe final exams for the students.

In a letter to the UnionHigher Education Secretary,MHA instructed thatUniversity Grants Commission(UGC) can conduct the exam-inations as per the StandardOperating Procedure (SOP).

“The final term examina-tions are to be compulsorily

conducted as per the UGCguidelines on examinationsand academic calendar for theuniversities and as per theStandard Operating Procedure

(SOP) approved by the UnionMinistry of Health and FamilyWelfare,” read the statementissued by the MHA.

According to media reports,

UGC authorities were all forconducting the annual examina-tions, especially for the final yearstudents. An expert committeewas requested by the UGC torevisit its guidelines in view ofthe COVID-19 pandemic.

Universities and colleges willbe advised to assess the studentsthrough an examination con-ducted in either online, offlineor blended mode. The author-ities also decided to tweak theindicative alternative calendarand advise institutions to holdexams by September-end.

MHA allows universities to hold exams

50 pc beds in corporatehospitals for Covid patients

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Telangana State onMonday recorded1,831 fresh coro-navirus cases,taking the tallyto 25,733.

With 11deaths recordedin the last 24 hours,the State’s death tollincreased to 306.

Also, a record 2,078 patients

were discharged on Monday.With this, as many as 14,781

people have made a fullrecovery and have

been discharged sofar in the State. Ofthe 25,733 positivecases, 10,646 areactive.

Of the 1,831 infec-tions reported on

Monday, 1,419 wererecorded in GHMC area.

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The Telangana State Governmenthas decided to bring 50 percent of bed strengthin private hospitalsreserved for treat-ment of Covidpatients under its con-trol plans a mobile appto ensure greater transparen-cy in allotment of the beds.

The app will provide infor-mation about position of

vacant beds in governmenthospitals.

Those who want to receivetreatment in private hospitals

at government tariff can getthe beds allotted with the

help of the app. The hospital man-

agements willhave the optionto allot the

remaining 50 percent of the beds to patients

of their choice.

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The Federation of ResidentDoctors Association(FORDA) on Monday wroteto Prime Minister NarendraModi, demanding a separatecadre for healthcare profes-sionals in line with IAS andIPS.

It said the coronaviruspandemic has once againstressed the need for improv-ing the healthcare infrastruc-ture in the nation beginningfrom the grassroots.

The creation of the IndianMedical Services (IMS) cadrehas become more relevant inthe times of coronavirus,whereby doctors from vari-ous specialities can deviseeffective strategies for con-trolling the epidemic andimproving the overall health-care system in the future, thefederation said.

"Healthcare systemsdemand thorough knowledgeof the domain. Knowledge ofsubject specialists (doctors)in devising policies is essentialfor galvanising the healthcaresystem of the nation," it said.

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Swamy Vivekananda advo-cated to the World thatdiscipline, sincerity, ser-

vice and dedication are key toachieve anything in life. Heimplemented many pro-grammes with the motto of‘service to humanity is serviceto God’.

At a time all political outfitsin the country are direction-less following loss of power,the BJP is treading the pathshown by Swami Vivekanandaand emerging as a serviceorganisation, not just a polit-ical outfit.The BJP is the onlypolitical outfit to tread alongthe path shown by SwamiVivekananda.

It may be recalled thatPrime Minister NarendraModi, forgetting his status,washed the feet of sanitationworkers during the last year’sKumbh-Mela. He forgot hisstatus and expressed grati-tude touching their feet.

The PM regards politics asa means to serve the peoplecontrary to the popular beliefthat politics mean an oppor-tunity to indulge in multi-crore scams, nepotism and

looting the people. Modi has changed the very

definition of politics. He recently went on record

at a meeting held in connec-tion with SwamyVivekananda’s birth anniver-sary stating that the purposeof politics is to serve the peo-ple. Objective of political out-fits should be to extend trueservice to people. He saidBJP never misused power tomeet its selfish goals. He calledupon BJP workers to takepledge to render selfless ser-vice to people and work withdedication to serve them, avalue that every BJP workershould adopt. He appreciat-ed the dynamic BJP workerswho rendered service activi-ties. He asked them to docu-ment their service activities indigital form to serve as anexample for posterity.

BJP workers have venturedonto the streets risking life tohelp the poor and needy at a

time when everyone has con-fined themselves home toprotect themselves fromCoronavirus.

Modi described the BJP asa means to serve society, butnot an outfit practising elec-toral politics and his words areinvaluable. In fact, the BJP putthe nation first, the party sec-ond and the individual later.

Soon after voted to power,Modi adopted the slogan “SabKa Saath, Sab Kaa Viswas, SabKaa Sukh and Sab KiSamruddhi”.

He advocated BJP workersto adopt service attitude, bal-anced approach, exercisingrestraint, coordination, posi-

tivity, good attitude and sam-vaad.

Apart from being active onsocial media, political outfitsshould be in the midst of thepeople when caught in diffi-culties and should infuse con-fidence among them byextending support to them.Then only the existence of thepolitical outfit would havesome meaning. Those whoserve the public from the low-est rung will get opportunityto climb up the ladder. Modiis the perfect example forclimbing up the ladder ofpower from the humble ori-gins of an ordinary worker inthe BJP.

Right from Atal BehariVajpayee to Modi, BJP leadershave worked selflessly andadhering to values and imple-mented many schemes andservice activities for the ben-efit of the people.

In Congress, heredity, clout,money power, caste equationswill help leaders climb up theladder in their career. In

Congress, a family exercisescontrol over the party. Hence,there is no recogni-tion for talentand hard work.

In BJP thereare no suchsorry state-of-affairs. We come acrosspolitical leaders, hav-ing amassed cores of wealth,shedding crocodile tears toearn sympathy of the people.

In the BJP, even if a wealthyperson enters the party fold,he should work and serve thepeople adhering to the partyideology.

There is no exaggeration tostate that JP Nadda, onbecoming the party nationalpresident, converted the BJPinto a social service organisa-tion.

He motivated party workersto provide food to the starv-ing by himself embarking onsuch programmes. He askedthe party workers to spend

their life among the dailywage earners, migrant work-

ers and fulfil theirneeds.

In the context ofOpposition resort-ed to slinging mud

on the BJP statingthat the Modi Government

left migrant workers in thelurch,Nadda exhorted theparty rank and file to tightentheir belts to extend succourto the needy. The BJP work-ers motivated each other usingsocial platforms andapproached the people.

They distributed 22.18ration kits, 5.04 crore facemasks among other things. Itis no mean achievement.

Over 57.94 lakh partyworkers worked with dedica-tion, while another 8.23 lakhdevoted to serve the aged andindisposed. The BJP workersconducted a signature cam-paign collecting over 4.79-lakhsignature expressing gratitude

to frontline warriors. Pseudo secularists often

criticise the BJP as a commu-nal party, anti-Muslim and itsdogmatic.

But how many does knowthat the BJP activists roseabove partisan casteism andcommunalism during the cur-rent Covid-19 crisis to servethe people with dedication?

In the worst affected Covidcity of Mumbai, the BJP andRSS workers risked their livesand worked with local admin-istrative machinery andensured that their familymembers also took part in theservice activities.

For BJP workers, the wholeworld is family. By virtue of itsideology, the BJP under theleadership of Modi, Amit Shahand Nadda, emerged as thebiggest ever political partywith over 18 crore members.

The comprehensivehumanitarianism andAntyodaya principles, advo-cated by BJP ideologue PanditDeen Dayal Upadhyay,formed the basis for the actionplan of the BJP or for the Modigovernment.

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Speculation over a total lock-down in the state amid increas-ing number of Coronaviruscases has led to tipplers throngwine shops. Liquor worth Rs973.61 crore was sold betweenJune 26-30.

This has come as huge reliefto the fund-starved state gov-ernment. The income due tosale of liquor, albeit due topanic buying, is more encour-aging to the state compared toincome from GST and regis-tration of property.

The state exchequer receivedRs 4,997.81 crore during April-June period. The liquor salesincreased remarkably in thelast of June. Similarly, the saleshave increased during July 1-4 period. Liquor sales duringMay 6 to May 31, the govern-ment earned Rs 1,864 croreand in June the state earned Rs1,995 crore. During normaldays, the wine shop owners liftbeer worth Rs 70-75 crore perday from depots of TelanganaState Beverages Corporation.However, during June 26-30,with the exception of June 27,

liquor worth Rs 150 crore wassold per day. During July 1-4period, the daily sale of liquoris put at Rs 75 crore.

Not only tipplers, manypeople have thronged super-markets in the city to stock upessential commodities. Longqueues were seen outsidedepartmental stores and localkirana stores, with the rushincreasing post afternoon.Scenes outside the ATMs weremuch the same.

Also, fearing lockdown,hundreds of people headed totheir native places in neigh-bouring Andhra Pradesh.

Fearing that they may bestuck in the city if the lock-down was re-imposed, work-ers and businessmen werereturning to be with theirnear and dear ones.

Using whatever mode oftransport available to them, themigrants were leavingHyderabad, which is witness-ing a big spike in Covid-19cases. Majority of those return-ing home were daily wagers,construction labourers,domestic help and traders.Most of them had returned toHyderabad after easing of lock-down in May.

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The Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation(DRDO) is going to establisha research cell at IndianInstitute of Technology here tomeet the future defence tech-nological requirements of thecountry.

The DRDO - IITHResearch Cell will under-take basic and appliedresearch programmes inidentified technology areas,a press release from the insti-tute said on Monday. An

MoU was signed during avirtual event organized atthe DRDO DG-MSS Officein Hyderabad on July 3 inwhich officials from DRDOand IIT Hyderabad partici-pated.

Being established as anextension of the DRDOResearch and InnovationCentre (RIC), Chennai, theresearch cell is envisaged tobecome a Centre ofExcellence in conducting sci-entific and applied researchin advanced technologies fordefence, it said.

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With almost no one to heartheir online grievances, neti-zens turned to TelanganaGovernor Dr TamilisaiSoundarajan for help amidstCovid-19 crisis. Dr Tamilisai isinteracting with netizens ontwitter and responding to theirrequests.

She got many requests ask-ing to save Hyderabad from theCoronavirus crisis. When aNetizen Machender Reddyasked the Governor to imple-ment lockdown in GHMClimits, Dr Tamilisai said‘Noted’.

Likewise, the Governoraddressed concerns from thecitizens of the low number oftesting in the state. When a

netizen Anil asked theGovernor to just tell the num-ber of beds vacant in privatehospitals, She said, “Noted .Iam interacting with privatehospitals to address this andother issues”.

Governor tweeted that shewill be interacting with privatehospitals with Covid isolation

facilities on Tuesday regardingCovid management and pub-lic grievances for redressalfrom them on beds , billings,testing etc for successful pri-vate-public participation.Another Swathi said, “after somany requests thank u mam.hope u will give some strictrules for everyone to follow”.Replying to her, Governor said,“I am continuously on this jobat various levels in the last3months.

My suggestions given togovt. visited NIMS Discussedwith Health University VCmember of TS covid team andsuperintendents of covid caregovt hospitals recently. Notedpresent situation working onit”. In a brutal take on the rul-ing party, when a netizen

pointed “Looks like first citizenof Telangana has taken covid19seriously, she said, “TrueOfLate no TRS leader is respond-ing to grievances online.

The last time EatalaRajender responded was toFilm director Harish Shankarover the issue of doctor beingovercharged on Sunday.Netizens came down on Eatalafor responding to celebritiesbut not common man.

Netizens have become crit-ical of the TRS governmentonline. A post by KTR onMonday regarding MissionBhagiratha being replicated byWest Bengal was meted outwith criticism. Netizens askedhim to first focus on pandem-ic and later on such propagan-da.

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At a meeting held on Sundaywith representatives of privatehospitals by Health MinisterEatala Rajender, Chief SecretarySomesh Kumar and PrincipalHealth Secretary Santi Kumari,the representatives of the hos-pital managements in principleagreed to government taking 50per cent of the beds under itscontrol.

Under GHMC limits, Covidtreatment is being offered by 25corporate hospitals. Beds wereallotted under various cate-gories to treat patients withCovid symptoms, those testedpositive for the virus, thoserequiring treatment in the ICU

and those required to be put onventilator and so on.

Of the 300 to 800 beds avail-able in each hospital, 20 percent to 30 per cent of the totalbeds are allotted for Covidpatients. The allotment of bedsfor ICU treatment is morecompared to beds in the isola-tion wards. For example, ifthere are 500 beds in a hospi-tal, 50 beds are allotted for iso-lation wards, 80 to the ICU and20 for the ICU with ventilatorfacility. The remaining beds aremeant for providing treatmentto patients with other diseases.If the number of cases spike, thebeds allotted for Covid treat-ment would be increased by atleast 60 per cent, it is learnt.

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The demand for a sep-arate cadre for health-care professionals in linew i t h t h e I n d i a nAdministrative Ser vice( IA S ) , I n d i a n Po l i c eService (IPS), etc., is along-pending one, thefederation said.

The Health Survey andP l a n n i n g C o m m i t t e e(also known as MudaliarCommittee) had recom-mended the formation ofa central health cadre inits report in 1961, it said.

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The new guideline empha-sises on conducting of semes-ter/final exams as it is a reflec-tion of competence and cred-ibility for global acceptability.Sharing his view on the devel-opment Shashidhar Vuppala,an educational activist whohas worked extensively withstudents, says, "It's unsafe toconduct exams in such amanner. Even if the exams areconducted by September end,who is to say that situation willimprove by then?”

UGC's guideline alsoinstructs universities to re-conduct exams for candidateswho are unable to take thetests, for whatever reasons,whenever feasible for the var-sity.

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Masks may be neededindoors, even in socially-dis-tant settings. Health careworkers may need N95 masksthat filter out even the small-est respiratory droplets asthey care for coronaviruspatients, the NYT report said.

It said that ventilation sys-tems in schools, nursinghomes, residences and busi-nesses may need to minimiserecirculating air and add pow-erful new filters.

Ultraviolet lights may beneeded to kill viral particlesfloating in tiny droplets

indoors, it said.WHO's technical lead on

infection control DrBenedetta Allegranzi, howev-er, said in the report that theevidence for the virus spread-ing by air was unconvincing.

Especially in the last coupleof months, we have been stat-ing several times that we con-sider airborne transmission aspossible but certainly not sup-ported by solid or even clearevidence. There is a strongdebate on this, she said.

Interviews with nearly 20scientists, including a dozenWHO consultants and sever-al members of the committee

that crafted the guidance, andinternal emails paint a pictureof an organization that,despite good intentions, isout of step with science, thereport said.

Experts pointed out thatWHO's infection preventionand control committee isbound by a rigid and overlymedicalized view of scientif-ic evidence, is slow and risk-averse in updating its guid-ance and allows a few conser-vative voices to shout downdissent . They'll die defendingtheir view, one longstandingWHO consultant was quotedas saying in the report.

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The sources said it wouldnot be possible to know imme-diately how much distancethe Chinese troops are goingback and that there will beclarity only after a proper ver-ification process is conducted

The clashes in GalwanValley took place after Indiantroops strongly opposed theerection of a surveillance postby the Chinese side nearpatrolling point 14

It is not immediately knownwhether the de-escalation ini-tiative has also been started inthe Pangong Tso area wherethe Chinese side has signifi-cantly enhanced its presence,particularly in areas betweenFinger 4 and Finger 8

On June 30, the Indian andChinese armies held the thirdround of Lt General-level talks

during which both sidesagreed on an "expeditious,phased and step wise" de-escalation as a "priority" to endthe standoff.

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The HPC, headed byEnvironment and ForestsSpecial Chief SecretaryNeerabh Kumar Prasad, sub-mitted a 4000-page report toChief Minister Y S JaganMohan Reddy here onMonday.

"The accident occurreddue to uncontrolled release ofstyrene vapour from the M6tank at the LG plant, whichqualifies as a major accidentunder the Manufacture,Storage and Import ofHazardous Chemicals Rules,1989. Poor design of thetank, inadequate refrigera-

tion and faulty cooling sys-tem, absence of circulationand mixing system, poorprocess safety managementsystem and total breakdownof the emergency response ofthe procedures were the rootcauses of the accident," theHPC said in its report.

The HPC also observedthat the factory has "absolute-ly no stocks of inhibitors andnegligible stocks of termina-tors, which could have beenused to minimise the impactof the accident, if not neu-tralise it. "The temperature inthe tank rose substantially. It was a tank with smallvents.

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Rangareddy reported amajor spike of 160 caseswhile Medchal reported 117cases. As many as 20 of theState’s 33 districts reportedcases on Monday. Telanganaconducted 6,383 tests in thelast 24 hours, of which 4,552returned negative. Thismeans that almost every 3rdperson tested positive for thevirus.The Health Departmentreported that of the 2,501beds in four government hos-pitals, 1,340 are vacant. Of theremaining, 284 are occupiedby suspected Covid-19patients.

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The formation of cumu-lonimbus clouds in these areasis causing thunderstorms andlightning. “The cumulonimbusclouds form when the temper-ature of the clouds is higherthan that of the surroundingareas. The atmosphere becomesunstable due to the formationof the cumulonimbus causingthunderstorms,” said B. RajaRao, an IMD official. He added,“Thunderstorms are normalin the monsoon season.Thunderstorm activity is usu-ally high during pre-monsoon.During monsoon, the intensi-ty becomes low, which meansthe height of the cloud is veryless as compared to the pre-monsoon.”

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Later, the Chief Ministermet the Governor only once— on June 2 — on the occa-sion of state formation dayand to extend greetings toTamilisai, whose birthdayalso falls on June 2.

Even health minister EtelaRajender did not bother tobrief the Governor on thehealth situation in the state.

Governor is reportedlyupset at the state governmentfor keeping her in the dark onthe prevailing situation in thestate. Tamilisai, a qualified

doctor, had often expressedher displeasure over the lowrate of testing in the state. Shehad on Monday tweeted“Called Chief Secretary andprincipal secretary healthTelangana State to discuss theCovid situation prevailingacross the state.”

Raj Bhavan sources saidthe Governor wanted to dis-cuss the measures initiated bythe government and avail-ability of the personal protec-tion equipment, N95 masks,clinical management andother infrastructural issues.

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Despite many complaints tothe authorities, several teach-ers, lecturers and non-teachingfaculties are still struggling tomake ends meet. While a feweducational institutions arepaying a certain percentage ofthe teachers' salary, manyhaven't been paid since March2020.

Wanaparthy Shiva Kumarworking as assistant professorin Electronic andCommunication departmentof a private engineering collegesaid, "I haven't been paid any-thing since March. To completethe syllabus of the students wewere asked to take online class-es too. I took the classes till theend of April, but still they did-n't pay me anything. The man-agement is not ready to listento us and refuses to pay. Howare we supposed to run ourkitchen?"

Another lecturer fromAshoka Engineering College,Naresh Kumar said, "AlthoughI am being paid half the salary,but it's not enough to sustain.No one knows till when thispandemic situation willremain. The management hasnot told us anything about

when we would get completesalary. We staged a protest atJNTU-H earlier this month,but to no avail. They also saidthat this issue is of private col-leges and respective manage-ment should take a call on thematter."

While most school teachersare still getting paid, many col-lege faculties are paid verymeagre amount. Last month,Navin Mittal, Commissioner ofTechnical Education directedthe authorities of 85 technicalcolleges affiliated to JawaharlalNehru TechnologicalUniversity, Osmania University

and Kakatiya University tosafeguard the salaries of teach-ers during the lockdown peri-od.

However, according to ASanthosh Kumar, statePresident of TelanaganaSchool's Technical CollegesEmployees Associamont(TSTCEA), hardly any collegehas paid heed to this notice.

Santhosh says, "This wasn'tthe only notice. In fact, therehave been several notices fromthe authorities issued to thegovernment to clear thesalaries of their employees,including the most recent one

from the Governor herself.However, around 95 per cent ofcolleges haven't paid anythingto the faculties. Most collegesare saying that they will pay theteachers once they get the feesfrom the students. But, mostcolleges got the fees back inFebruary itself. We are tryingour best to convince the man-agements of various colleges topay their employees."

Talking about the non-tech-nical colleges of the state, MRavindar of Telangana PrivateTeachers' Forum (TPTF) shares,"The teaching and non-teach-ing faculties of the govern-ment colleges were paid the fullsalary of June. However, the pri-vate institutes are refusing topay, citing that they haven'treceived the fees from students.The state government shouldcome down hard on them andgive strict instructions for themto pay the employees."

He further adds that onlinetutors, who teach school stu-dents, are high on demand."Online tuitions were beingfavoured by parents evenbefore Covid-19. And now,when it's the only option forquality education many parentsare opting for it no matter whatthe fees is," says Ravindar.

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Since the get go, the healthcare personnels working inhospitals are at increased riskof acquiring the Covid-19infection.

Prof. Dr Sree Bhushan Raju,HOD Nephrology, NIMS,Hyderabad was tested positivefor Coronavirus and decidedto isolate himself at home.

"Contracting the virus does-n't just depend on me, but alsoeveryone I meet. But in acrowded hospital like ours,where I have to see so manyout patients, it is a bit dif-ficult to prevent any-one to meet me."

He adds, "I justhad fever andtiredness on June 8and was tested pos-itive next day. So, Idecided to be homequarantined. I alsochecked for inflammatorymarkers. Initially, I used to gofor walks in the evening. ButI noticed that when I walkedI experienced mild shortnessof breath. From then I con-fined myself to home."

Dr Raju says, "I used to taketwo boiled eggs. I alsoincreased the amount of toma-toes and cucumber that Itook. Adding to this I main-tained a nutritious diet anddrank a lot of water."

While the world is usingHydroxychloroquine to cureCovid-19, Dr Raju says thatthe medicine doesn't haveenough research to support itsrole in eradicating Covid from

the human system. Say Dr Raju, "I only relied

on Paracetamol. For sorethroat it is

Fexofenadine. Ithink HCQ

entered the lineof treatment forCovid-19 in awrong way. In

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people who havetaken HCQ suffered

from a cardiac arrest later."The doctor shares that he

experienced some discomforteven after he was tested neg-ative. "I was tested negative onday 11. When one has anyviral infection, they need prop-er rest. Even after I was testednegative, I still had shortnessof breath after any kind ofphysical exertion," he said,adding, "Make sure you takeproper rest if you contractCovid-19 and maintain a goodnutritious diet before yourejoin your work. I wouldsuggest at least one month'srest to everyone who has beencured of Covid-19."

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While on one hand the statepoints that relatives are refus-ing to take dead bodies ofthose infected withCoronavirus, on the otherhand, the families of thedeceased victims complainthat the hospital authoritiesare delaying in handing overthe mortal remains.

On Monday, about a dozenfamilies were waiting atGandhi hospital, to take themortal remains and bid adieuto their loved ones. However,they were met with resis-

tance from hospital authori-ties.

A resident of Sangareddy

district was waiting outsidethe Gandhi Hospital toreceive the body of a woman

Gousia Begum who suc-cumbed to Covid-19.

He said, "She succumbed tothe virus on Sunday night andwe are waiting here from 6 amto take her mortal remains.The police are not letting usinside. There are 12 peoplewhom I spoke to who arewaiting since morning to getthe bodies."

People from Yakuthapura,Falaknuma, Bahadurpura andother areas are worried. Healleged that some people areworried that they don't evenknow the howabouts of theirrelatives since three days andthat there is no information

from authorities. Sourcesindicate that the proceduralgaps that cause delay in hand-ing over the body and will behanded over shortly.

Presently 15 members aredeployed at Gandhi Hospitalfor disposing bodies. Afterthe death is declared, thepolice are informed and thenthe body is cremated as perthe guidelines.

The team sanitises an areaaround the place where thelast rites are performed. Incase of burials workers digeight feet and one familymember is allowed to witnessthe last rites.

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Minister for MA&UD KTRama Rao distributed PPEsafety kits to the sanitation,entomology and veterinaryworkers along with Mayor DrBonthu Rammohan, MLA DSudheer Reddy, GHMCCommissioner DS LokeshKumar at Animal Care Centrelocated at Fathullaguda onMonday.

Applauding the efforts ofsanitation, entomology andveterinary workers in keepingthe city clean and in control-ling the spread of Covid-19,the Minister said that it is alsothe responsibility of the work-er to look after family mem-bers well being apart frompublic service.

Lokesh Kumar apprised tothe Minister that so far about1,80,000 cloth masks, 27,000pairs of gloves and 25,000liters of hand sanitisers were

distributed to the workersthrough all circles, who areworking on the field at theirrespective circle office areas.Further the Commissionersaid that the entire 24,500safety kits should be distrib-uted to the workers within 3weeks.

The Minister inspected the

Animal Care Centre andEntomology Awareness Stall.

Local CorporatorSangeetha, EVDM DirectorVishwajeet Kampati, AddlCommissioner SanitationRahul Raj, ZonalCommissioner UpenderReddy, Chief EntomologistRambabu were present.

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More than 50 nurses stageda f lash protest at KotiCommand Control Center,after the hospital authoritiesrefused to give a formal app-ointment letter on Monday.

Nurses said that unlessthey get appointment letter,they won’t be relieved bytheir previous employer. Astaff nurse said, “We weretold that the TIMS require-ment is fulfilled and asked usto report at Gandhi Hospital.They did not give us offer let-ter and now changed thestance from contract basis tothird party outsourcing. Wewere asked to join duties.Without any offer letter andsalary, how can we work?”

Nurses point that in theofficial messages received,there was no mention aboutthe recruitment. A nursesaid, “We all applied forTIMS. On June 2, we receiveda message that we were selec-tion and got our certificateverified. DME informed thatrecruitment at TIMS is onlybased on requirement andothers will be at Gandhi hos-pital. On 4th we received amessage that we were select-ed for Gandhi hospital. Wedecided to report to Gandhihospital to work at contractbasis. The hospital doesn’thave information on whomto recruit.”

Nurses also question thebasis of recruitment at TIMS.The government is yet torespond on the issue.

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The state government hassanctioned Rs 282 crore forprotection, beautification anddevelopment of 19 lakes inGHMC limits and directedofficials to expedite works,said Mayor B Rammohan.

In Kukatpally constituen-cy alone, protection, beauti-fication and developmentworks were under progress atnine lakes. During the meet-ing, officials informed thatFull Tank Level (FTL) capac-ities of the nine lakes werefixed and already fencing hasbeen completed at six lakes.

Regarding Boin Cheruvudevelopment works,Rammohan said Rs 14.45crore was sanctioned for tak-ing up these works. Officialssaid fencing works aroundthe lake were completed,besides construction of aGanesh immersion pond.

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President of RamakrishnaMath-Hyderabad SwamiJnanadananda released 'TheArt of Integral Living', a bookauthored by A.S. Murty andpublished by the Math, mark-ing Guru Poornima on Sunday.In view of the Covid-19 scare,the book was released at a sim-ple function in the presence ofselect audience in line withsocial distancing norms. Thebook is written basically withIndian perspective coveringdiverse religious injunctions,life messages of great souls andoutstanding personalities aswell as ways of mind, stress,and conflict management tolead a peaceful and contendedlife. The author, who has dis-tilled in the work his fourdecades of deep involvement incultural and spiritual fields asa speaker and writer, was felic-itated by Swami Jnanadananda.need to make it manifest forpersonal salvation, SwamiJnanadananda pointed out.

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Officials of the ACB arrest-ed an official of the irrigationdepartment on Monday afterhe was caught demandingand accepting a bribe.

The arrested person hasbeen identified as, SriramNaveen Kumar, assistantexecutive engineer with theIrrigation branch, Bhadradri,Kothagudem district.

The ACB officials receiveda complaint from a residentof Yellandu, Gundla Ramesh,in which he stated that theaccused had demanded Rs.1,20,000 to process the firstand final bill for the restora-tion work of AnantharamCheruvu. The work was car-ried out by Ramesh underthe Telangana governmentproject Mission Kakatiya.

ACB officials then laid atrap at the rented room ofthe official and he wascaught red handed. The cashwas recovered and he wasarrested and is being pro-duced before the ACB courtin Hyderabad.

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Minister for Health Dr EatalaRajender has instructed thesuperintendents of the districthospitals to be vigilant on sea-sonal diseases as well.

The Minister urged thepublic to be more aware asseasonal cough and fever canbe mistaken for Coronavirus.He urged officials to createmore awareness on differen-tiating the infections.

He hosted a video confer-ence with hospital superinten-dents on needs and issues inthe government medical col-leges and district governmenthospitals in the view of treat-ing corona positive cases.

The Minister instructedthe superintendents to set upall facilities as the number ofpatients coming to hospitalsin the wake of corona cases isincreasing.

The Minister reviewed theseasonal diseases of the mon-soon season. He urged agencyarea hospital doctors be more

vigilant. He asked officials toshift Corona patients in areahospitals of agency areas toanother hospital and dedicatethe area hospital for treatmentof seasonal diseases. All hos-pitals in the state have beenasked to ensure medicinesavailable for seasonal dis-eases.

The Minister congratulatedMahbubnagar Superintendenton being available in the dis-trict hospital quarters. Thesuperintendents of all dis-trict hospitals should also beavailable at the district center,he said. The video conferencewas attended by Santi Kumari,Special Chief Secretary andothers.

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Telangana State Level Bankers'Committee (SLBC) unveiledon Monday the annual creditplan for 2020-21 with an out-lay of Rs 1.61 lakh crore,which is 10.52 per cent morethan last year's Rs 1.46 lakhcrore. Of the total credit plan,Priority Sector share is Rs 1.22lakh crore.

Disbursals under PrioritySector Advances projected atRs 1.22 lakh crore against Rs1.11 lakh crore for the year2020-21, an increase of 10.27per cent over 2019-20.

Disbursals underAgricultural Sector projectedat Rs 75,141.71 cr against Rs68,596 crore for the year 2020-21, an increase of 9.54 per centover previous year.

For Short Term ProductionCredit, an amount of Rs53,222 crore is projected fordisbursals for the 2020-21against Rs 48,740 crore for2019-20, an increase of 9.20per cent. For InvestmentCredit (Agriculture TermLoans incl. Allied activities,anamount of Rs 12,061 croreprojected under the CreditPlan for the year 2020-21under Agri Term Loansagainst Rs 11,445 crore for2019-20 with an increase of5.38 per cent.

For AgricultureInfrastructure, an amount ofRs. 2,422 crore projectedunder the Credit Plan for theyear 2020-21 against Rs 2,087crore for 2019-20, an increaseof 16.02 per cent. ForAgriculture AncillaryActivities, an amount of

Rs 7,435 crore projectedunder the Credit Plan for theyear 2020-21 against Rs 6,322crore for 2019-20, an increaseof 17.60 per cent.

For Micro, Small &Medium Enterprises(MSME), an amount of Rs35,196 crore is projected fordisbursals under the sector forthe year 2020-21 against Rs31,355 crore for the year2019-20, an increase of12.25per cent over previousyear.

An amount of Rs 8,048

crore is allocated for Housingsector, Rs 2,165 crore is allo-cated for Education Loans, Rs2,167 crore is allocated forothers sectors. Under AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhayan afterconducting Special SLBCmeeting on May 30, theBanks have sanctioned Rs2,513 crore and disbursed Rs1,688 crore to MSME benefi-ciaries under GuaranteedEmergency Credit line of 20per cent as on June 30. UnderCOVID -19 assistance Rs 231crore disbursed to eligiblefarmers as 10 per cent emer-gency credit line.

SBI and other Banks havelaunched PM Street Vendor'sAtmaNirbhar Nidhi (A MicroFinance Scheme for StreetVendor) on July 1. Ministerfor Agriculture S NiranjanReddy, Ramakrishna Rao,Principal Finance Secretary,Shanker Sundaram, GeneralManager-RBI, , Y. KrishnaRao, CGM-NABARD werepresent on the occasion.

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Telangana Pradesh CongressCommittee (TPCC) presidentN Uttam Kumar Reddy onMonday strongly condemnedthe silence of Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao oninflated and erroneous elec-tricity bills served over 95lakh power consumers anddemanded 100 per cent waiv-er of power bills for BPL fam-ilies for the lockdown period.

He was speaking to mediapersons after submitting amemorandum to theChairman & ManagingDirector of TS TRANSCO atVidhyut Soudha on Monday aspart of state wide 'black flagand badge protest' against theinflated electricity bills.Former Leader of Oppositionin Legislative CouncilMohammed Ali Shabbir,Hyderabad CongressCommittee president M.Anjan Kumar Yadav, YouthCongress president AnilKumar Yadav and other lead-

ers were also present.Uttam informed that

Congress leaders and workersheld protest in front of electric-ity office across TelanganaState on Monday and submit-ted memorandum addressedto the Chief Minister demand-ing 100 per cent waiver of elec-tricity bills for all BPL familiesand MSMEs for the entirelockdown period and shiftingof billing method from non-telescopic to telescopicmethod. He said that therewere huge errors in the billsgenerated for the month ofJune wherein consumption forthe entire 90-day period wastaken into account at once.This method automaticallypushed all the consumers intoa higher slab and they got billswhich are more than triplecompared to average bills theyget every month. "This is noth-ing but organised loot, extor-tion and further exploitation ofcommon people who arealready hit due to unplannedlockdown," he alleged.

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A woman councillor in Telangana'sSangareddy district died of Covid-19 onMonday, officials said. The councillorof Sangareddy municipality succumbedat state-run Gandhi Hospital inHyderabad.

She is the first public represen-tative to succumb to the virusin the state. A district officialsaid she was admitted tostate-run Chest Hospital inHyderabad on June 30 withsuspected symptoms of Covid-19disease. She tested positive on July3. As her condition had started deteri-orating, she was shifted to GandhiHospital, where all critical Covidpatients were under treatment.However, she succumbed in the earlyhours of Monday.

Her son is also reported to have test-

ed positive for Covid-19 and is current-ly under treatment at a hospital inHyderabad. Following the councillor'sdeath, the officials kept her 14 familymembers into isolation and were mon-itoring their condition.

Meanwhile, Congress MLA fromSangareddy T Jagga Reddy alleged that

common man is facing problemsdue to non-availability of beds. Halleged that the Counsillor died

due to lack of proper treatment. "At every hospital, there is a

waiting list and no availability ofventilator and oxygen. At last,

Gousia got admitted into GandhiHospital but died of non availability ofoxygen. I failed to find a bed being anMLA though I tried seriously. I failedto protect a councillor. What aboutcommon man situation in the state," hesaid. He demanded Health MinisterEatala Rajender to tender resignation.

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Telanganga Jana Samithi (TJS) chief ProfKodandaram demanded the state governmentto ensure that all Corona patients availCovid-19 treatment. "Government's main aimshould be to protect people from Corona.Leaders from all parties would visit entire cityto know the problems of people," he said.

On Monday, they visited some basthis inHyderabad. CPI state secretary Chada VenkatReddy asked the state government not to bur-den people with excess power bills. "Peopleare not ready to pay more than old slab tar-iffs. The government should declare healthemergency in state immediately. If the gov-ernment fails to announce health emer-gency, we will launch an agitation, he said.

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Telanganga BJP president Bandi SanjayKumar on Monday launched a scating attackon Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao anddescribed him as a synonym to revenge, sup-pression. Bandi demanded the police to filea case against the Chief Minister for mak-ing false statements on Corona instead ofdetaining a journalist for publishing news.Sanjay alleged that the Chief Minister mis-guided the people by stating that one cankeep the virus at bay by taking a paraceta-mol.

The Chief Minister has bore a grudge andis filing cases against the journalists for high-lighting the failures of the government. BandiSanjay demanded the Chief Minister to liftsuch false cases against journalists. "It is atro-cious on part of government to file casesagainst journalists and managements. Thepeoples unions should condemn the attitudeof the government. Come what may, the BJPwill stand by the media managements andjournalists," he further said.

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Telangana Pradesh CongressCommittee (TPCC) minori-ty cell ex-chairman,Mohammed Sirajuddinpassed away on Monday. It issaid that he succumbed to

Covid-19. Hewas also amember ofthe CongressCovid TaskF o r c e .

Congress lead-ers N Uttam

Kumar Reddy, PonnalaLaxmaiah, Marri ShashidharReddy, Fakruddin and sever-al others expressed shockand extended their condo-lences to bereaved familymembers.

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A day before Chinese militarybegan pulling back fromGalwan Valley in easternLadakh, NSA Ajit Doval andChinese Foreign MinisterWang Yi agreed on an expedi-tious withdrawal of troops,holding that a complete disen-gagement at the "earliest" wasnecessary for full restoration ofpeace in border areas and bothsides should not allow differ-ences to become disputes.

Doval and Wang, who arespecial representatives forboundary talks between thetwo countries, held a tele-phonic conversation onSunday during which they hada "frank and in-depthexchange" of views on therecent developments in thewestern sector, the Ministry ofExternal Affairs said onMonday.

Significantly, Chinese troops

began removing tents early onMonday and started to with-draw from Galwan Valley, thesite of a violent hand-to-handclash between the two mili-taries on June 15 that left 20Indian soldiers dead, govern-ment sources said.

Rearward movement ofvehicles and troops was seen inGogra Hot Springs as well butthere was no confirmation of

similar disengagement inPangong Tso area, said thesources. They said Chinesetroops moved back aroundone kilometre from patrollingpoint 14, 15 and 17 in GalwanValley.

In the talks, Doval and Wangre-affirmed that both sidesshould "strictly respect" andobserve the Line of ActualControl and should not take

any unilateral action to alterthe status quo, the MEA said.

The two special representa-tives agreed to continue theirconversations to ensure "fulland enduring restoration" ofpeace and tranquillity in theIndia-China border areas.

It was the first time thatDoval and Wang held talksduring the ongoing stand-off.

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The Congress on Mondayaccused the BJP of resorting to"cheap distractions and stunts" to"manage headlines" during theIndia-China border crisis, afterthe ruling party attacked RahulGandhi for not attending meet-ings of Parliamentary StandingCommittee on Defence.

The opposition party alsosaid that had the BJP govern-ment spent its energy in fightingChina and supporting the armedforces, it would not have to "lie"and "mislead" the country onChinese transgressions at theborder. The Congress' countercame after BJP chief J P Naddatook a swipe at Rahul Gandhiwho has been firing salvos at theModi government daily over theborder stand-off.

Nadda had said that Gandhidoes not attend a single meetingof Standing Committee onDefence but continues to demor-alise the nation and question thevalour of armed forces.

Congress chief spokesperson

Randeep Surjewala hit back atNadda, saying his "insidiouscomments" are making himlook like a "poorer version ofmalicious BJP spokespersons".

"Had the BJP and the ModiGovernment spent its energy infighting China and supportingour Armed Forces, you would-n't need to lie on Chinese trans-gressions to mislead the nation,"he said on Twitter.

Congress spokespersonPawan Khera said the govern-ment has not called any meetingof the Parliamentary Committee

on Defence for the last over threemonths at a time when there hasbeen tension at the border inLadakh. He claimed that the BJPis "rattled" because its "flimsy"and "individual-centric" foreignpolicy has failed and is resortingto "cheap diversionary tactics".

"Why resort to such cheap dis-tractions. China is making incur-sions into Indian territory at 6-7 points in Ladakh and the primeminister is giving a clean chit toChina, saying 'there has been noincursion and no one has occu-pied our land or post'," he said.

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The BJP on Monday launcheda fresh attack on Rahul Gandhifor not attending a single meet-ing of Parliament's standingcommittee on defence,and accused him oftrying to demoralisethe nation.

Leading theattack, BJP presi-dent JP Nadda saidGandhi skips meet-ings of all importantparliamentary standingcommittee on defence butcontinues to "demoralise" thenation and question the valourof armed forces

Nadda's tweets came follow-ing reports that Gandhi has notattended the committee's meet-ings so far. There was no imme-diate reaction from the Congressto Nadda's attack.

"Rahul Gandhi does notattend a single meeting of

Standing Committee onDefence. But sadly, he continuesto demoralise the nation, ques-tion the valour of our armedforces and do everything that aresponsible opposition leader

should not do," the BJPpresident said.

He added, "RahulGandhi belongs tothat gloriousdynastic traditionwhere as far as

defence is con-cerned, committees

don't matter, only com-missions do. Congress has

many deserving members whounderstand parliamentary mat-ters but one dynasty will neverlet such leaders grow. Reallysaid". Stepping up the attack onthe Gandhi-scion, BJPspokesperson GVL NarasimhaRao said Gandhi chose not toattend as many as 11 meetingsof Standing Committee ondefence held so far.

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The Indian Super League onMonday approved 3+1 foreignplayer regulation for matches ofthe franchise-based event, bring-ing it down from the existing fiveto boost "increased participa-tion" of local players.

The regulation will becomepart of the competition guide-lines from the eighth season in2021-22.

The decision was taken dur-ing a Football SportsDevelopment Ltd. (FSDL)meeting attended by its chair-person Nita Ambani and isbeing communicated with thestakeholders including clubsand the All India FootballFederation (AIFF).

As per the new regulation, anISL club could sign maximumof six foreigners in the squadincluding a compulsory Asianorigin player, with four for-eigners on the field.

The 3+1 foreign player rulesare governed by the AsianFootball Confederation com-

petition regulation.The move is expected to

boost increased participationof Indian players in the top-flight competition. Currentlyan ISL club is allowed to signup to seven international play-ers and play a maximum offive on the field.

"ISL has always exhibited aprogressive and adaptive natureto their operations. Since 2014,ISL has improvised on manyfront with each year and todayis yet another such example ofISL's forward looking statementon Indian football," said a foot-ball administrator.

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BJP president J P NaddaMonday launched a broadsideagainst the TMC government inWest Bengal, alleging criminal-isation of politics and corrup-tion have scaled new heightsand calling for its ouster.

Lauding Jana Sangh founderSyama Prasad Mookerjee forfighting for a united India andopposing the "appeasement pol-itics" of Jawaharlal Nehru,Nadda said it is an honour tocelebrate his birth anniversaryat a time when the Modi gov-ernment has fulfilled his dreamof scrapping Article 370 thatbestowed on Kashmir a specialstatus.

On the one hand, we haveSyama Prasad Mookerjee, whofought for a united India andalways kept his ideals and prin-ciples above anything, and onthe other, we have the presentTMC government in Bengal forwhich "clinging to power by anymeans is everything".

"Criminalisation of politicshas scaled new heights, now weall hear about cut money inBengal. We need to cut to sizethese leaders. We need to restoreBengal's glory and remove thisgovernment lock, stock andbarrel," Nadda told a virtual rallyfor West Bengal on the birthanniversary of Mookerjee.

Bengal used to lead the coun-try once upon a time. SyamaPrasad Mookherjee had takenBengal to new heights...but it isa matter of shame that standards

of education have now plungedto abysmal levels. Now, if youare not associated with the rul-ing party of the state, you wouldbe graded accordingly. We needto change this, he said.

The BJP leader also deplored"politicisation of education"resulting in falling standards oflearning.

"This trend is worrisome forBengal. We must dedicate our-selves to restore education inBengal back to its glorious stan-dards," he said.

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Single-use plastic has made a bigcomeback in the country withCOVID-19 dealing a fatal blowto the campaign launched underPrime Minister Narendra Modi'sinspiration to discard it, environ-mentalist Anoop Nautiyal saidon Monday.

The prolonged lockdown hashad a good effect on the environ-ment in general by bringingdown pollution levels but theincreased use of masks, gloves,face shields, PPE kits sanitiserbottles etc to fight the pandem-ic has given rise to new concerns,he said.

"Anyone would admit thatsingle-use plastic has made a bigcomeback post corona. Thecampaign against it which beganon Prime Minister Narendra

Modi's Independence Day callfrom the ramparts of the RedFort to discard it is almost dead,"Nautiyal, a politician-turned-environmentalist, said.

"After the prime minister's callan atmosphere was built all overthe country to discard single useplastic. A massive campaign

named "Swachchta hi Seva" waslaunched. Around one lakh peo-ple made a human chain inDehradun to back the cam-paign," he said.

All that, however, has come tonought with Corona making itcompulsory to wear masks,gloves, face shields, PPE kits, he

said. As many activities whichremained suspended for monthshave now been resumed, themomentum with which the cam-paign against the single-use plas-tic was launched needs to berevived during unlock-II, hesaid.

Asked how can it be donewhen use of masks, sanitiser bot-tles, gloves, PPE kits were a mustin the fight against the pandem-ic, Nautiyal said a collectivethinking on developing alterna-tives like reusable cloth masksand gloves to replace the currentones is needed.

Nautiyal also sought the cre-ation of a sound institutionalmechanism in Uttarakhand forthe disposal of bio-medical wastein accordance with the guidelinesof the Central Pollution ControlBoard in view of the pandemic.

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Various Central and state gov-ernment offices were shut, shopsand business establishmentsclosed and public transport,including buses, were off theroads in ThiruvananthapuramCorporation limits as triple lock-down measures came into forceon Monday in the backdrop ofthe rise in COVID-19 cases.

Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan is functioning from CliffHouse, his official residence. Atthe Secretariat, the seat of theadministration housing impor-tant ministries and bureaucrat-ic offices, only offices of theChief Secretary, HomeandRevenue secretaries, were func-tioning, government sourcessaid.

Tourism Minister

Kadakkampally Surendran saidas the situation was grim, strin-gent measures will continue inthe state capital even after theweek-long triple lockdown.

The capital city was "sitting onan active volcano" which couldburst any time, the ministerhad said on Sunday adding thestate government had also decid-ed to conduct more antigen

tests in the district.The triple lockdown in force

from today would last for a week.In Thiruvananthapuram

Corporation limits, 100 wardsare fully closed and only essen-tial services like medical shops,banks, ATM, hospitals, media,milk booths, petrol pumps andgas agencies are functioningwith minimal staff.

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Further modifying its COVID-19 quarantine norms, theKarnataka government onMonday exempted those trav-elling to the state fromMaharashtra from the manda-tory seven days of institution-al quarantine. From now onthose travelling to Karnatakafrom Maharashtra, like peoplecoming from other states, willhave to undergo 14 days ofhome quarantine. "Personscoming from other states toKarnataka shall be placed inHome Quarantine," an order byPrincipal Secretary RevenueDepartment (Disaster Manage-ment) and Member Secretary,State Executive Committee NManjunatha Prasad said.

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The Delhi High Court Mondaysought the AAP government'sreply on suggestions for settingup a helpline for nurses tocomplain against private hos-pitals for failing to providingN-95 masks and PPE kits asalso considering ex-gratia tothose who die attending toCOVID-19 patients.

A bench of Chief Justice D NPatel and Justice Prateek Jalanasked the Delhi government toalso respond to the suggestionthat private hospitals and nurs-ing homes must file an undertak-ing before the concerned author-ities for providing PPE kits, N95masks to the nurses.

The high court directed theDelhi government, representedthrough advocate AnupamSrivastava, to file a precise replyto the 6 points suggested by thecounsel for an NGO which hasfiled a PIL alleging that nurses inprivate hospitals and nursinghomes were not being provided

proper personal protectionequipment (PPE) kits and masksto guard against COVID-19infection.

Besides helpline, ex-gratiaand undertaking, the Delhi gov-ernment will also respond to thesuggestions of extending thebenefit of Pradhan Mantri GaribKalyan Package (PMGKP) ofinsurance protection to nursesworking in private hospitals andnursing homes and that theinsurance premium be paid bythe authorities at least for the lim-

ited period during the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

Nurses must be provided witha quarantine facility and a nodalofficer be appointed so thatnurses can ventilate their griev-ances before and he can take upthe issues with the government,the advocate of the NGO,Distress Management Collective,Manoj V George suggested.

As the Delhi government'scounsel sought time to file replyto the suggestions, the court list-ed the matter for July 17.

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Union Minister Kiren Rijiju onMonday conveyed his greetingsto Tibetan spiritual leader theDalai Lama on the occasion ofhis 85th birthday and said hisvalues and ideals are the guid-ing light towards love andpeace for entire humanity.

The Union sports minister'sbirthday greetings came amidstIndia's ongoing border stand-off with China, which consid-ers the Tibetan spiritual leaderas “splittist" figure on accountof its perception that the DalaiLama is seeking independencefor Tibet. "On the auspiciousoccasion of the 85th birthdayof His Holiness The 14th DalaiLama, I offer my deepest rev-erence, prayers, and wishes forhis long and healthy life. Hisvalues and ideals are the guid-ing light towards love, peaceand compassion for entirehumanity," Rijiju tweeted.

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Monday appealed tohospitals to counsel theirCOVID-19 patients to donateplasma after 14 days of recoveryfrom the disease, noting that thenumber of donors is yet to pickpace.

As the city's coronavirus tallyneared the one-lakh mark, thechief minister said there is noneed to worry about the figureas around 72,000 people havealready recovered from the virus.

Addressing an online mediabriefing, Kejriwal said that therehas been a major spike indemand for plasma over the past4-5 days, after the opening of thecountry''s first plasma bank inDelhi.

"The number of plasmadonors is less, while the numberof people demanding plasma ishuge. If it continues, the stock ofplasma at the plasma bank willfinish soon.

" I request recovered coron-

avirus patients to come forwardand donate their plasma in largenumbers," he said.

Kejriwal said his teams werealso contacting such people andrequesting them to donate plas-ma to save the lives of COVID-19 patients. Last week, the gov-ernment had set up the plasmabank at the Institute of Liver andBiliary Sciences (ILBS).

"I also appeal to all hospitalsto counsel their COVID-19patients for five minutes todonate their plasma after 14 days

of recovery from the disease," hesaid. Plasma is effective in reduc-ing the risk of death, he said.

Plasma therapy involves tak-ing antibodies from the blood ofa person who has recovered fromCOVID-19 and transfusingthose into a coronavirus infect-ed patient to help kick-start theimmune system to fight theinfection.

Terming plasma donors as"people's hope" in the wake of ris-ing number of COVID-19 cases,the chief minister requestedRWAs to honour plasma donor.

He also said that Delhi at pre-sent has 15,000 COVID-19 bedsof which only 5,100 are occupied.

The chief minister said20,000-24,000 tests are beingconducted every day in thenational capital, adding thatthere has also been decline innumber of people admitting tohospitals.

At present, there are around25,000 active cases in Delhi andof these, 15,000 people are cur-rently in home-isolation.

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In May 2020, Beijing intruded intoIndian territory at some places acrossthe long border and Kathmanduclaimed areas of Uttarakhand whereIndia is building a road to Lipulekh

Pass on the Tibetan border to smoothen thejourney for pilgrims to the KailashMansarovar. Amid rising tensions, Nepalesepolice firing killed an Indian citizen andinjured two others at the border inSitamarhi, Bihar, on June 12. On the nightof June 15, Chinese forces brutally assault-ed our troops at the Galwan Valley inLadakh, killing an officer and 19 soldiers.

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Olifuelled nationalist hysteria and compelledall political parties in Parliament to pass anew political map showing Kalapani,Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh as Nepaleselands. Kathmandu claimed that in 1816, theEast India Company fixed Kali River as itswestern boundary with India; hence landeast of the river belongs to Nepal. The factis that four kings — Tribhuvan, Mahendra,Birendra and Gyanendra — never madeclaims to these areas.

The developments stunned New Delhiand embarrassed Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, who has invested muchenergy in putting ties with Kathmandu ona more even footing. Despite bitternessover the border blockade caused by theMadhesi unrest in 2015, Modi ensured thatthe oil pipeline to Nepal is finished 15months ahead of the schedule and madeoperational in September 2019.

Oli’s actions stem from the need todeflect pressure from his own party, withPushp Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) and oth-ers demanding his resignation. The meet-ing of the 45-member standing committeeof the Nepal Communist Party (NCP),where Oli reportedly enjoys support of only15-members, was deferred to July 6. He maysplit the party and declare an emergency.

Oli and Prachanda failed to settle theirdisputes on July 3. In May 2018, whilelaunching the NCP, the duo had agreed toshare the prime ministership for 30-monthtenures each but in November 2019, theyagreed that Oli could continue for full-term.Prachanda now insists that Oli has violat-ed the spirit of the November accord andshould, therefore, uphold the originalagreement and step down in his favour. Oliaccused India of plotting his exit, a chargeresented by leaders of his own party.Indeed, discord heightened after Oli per-suaded President Bidhya Devi Bhandari toprorogue the Budget session of Parliamentwithout taking the party into confidence.

Nepali communists have always beenclose to the Communist Party of India andCommunist Party of India-Marxist. In2005, the Congress-led United ProgressiveAlliance (UPA) Government brokered a 12-point pact in Delhi to oust the Hindumonarchy and bring the communists topower. This forced the Nepali Congress to

abandon its support for consti-tutional monarchy as a “symbolof unity.” Under the monarchy,Maoists were confined to thejungle and leaders of theCommunist Party of Nepal(Unified Marxist–Leninist) werein prison. Beijing persuaded theMaoists and CPN(UML) to forma united NCP. Nepal scholarslament that despite the massacreof the royal family, jihadi infiltra-tion and Christian evangelism inthe Himalayan nation, theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-ledGovernment has failed to recti-fy the UPA’s missteps. Nepal wasmade a secular republic withouta referendum; it is strategicallyvital to India but Indian foreignpolicy seems oblivious of itsvalue.

Interestingly, when the OliGovernment was facing a col-lapse in May 2020, the ChineseAmbassador, Hou Yanqi, man-aged a truce, revealing Beijing’spower over Nepal’s ruling party.The Chinese Communist Partyreportedly holds training pro-grammes in Kathmandu for theNCP’s young cadres. Hundredsof NCP mayors, deputy mayorsand province chiefs and Leftistjournalists regularly visit Chinawhere they are trained to fomentanti-India sentiments amongthe public. Currently, thePresident, Vice President,Speaker and Prime Minister areall communists and Left influ-ence has permeated the policeand judiciary. New Delhi musttake cognisance of this situation.

It is pertinent that in

November 2019, Nepal’s SurveyDepartment revealed that Beijinghad changed the course of 11rivers and grabbed nearly 36hectares of territory inS a n k h u w a s a b h a ,Sindhupalchowk, Rasuwa andHumla districts. As protestorsburnt effigies of ChinesePresident Xi Jinping, Oli down-played China’s encroachmentand incited anger against India.

When India’s Army Chief,Gen MM Naravane, saidKathmandu was acting at thebehest of a third force (readChina), some diplomats felt thestatement was undiplomatic.The fact, however, is that Nepalipoliticians and members of civilsociety have long complainedabout the attitude of Indiandiplomats in their country.Many appreciated GenNaravane for highlightingChina’s excessive influence inKathmandu. Indeed, theGeneral was soon vindicatedwhen the Bill to change Nepal’smap was passed and quicklynotified. Previously, India failedto act when Madhesi and othergroups objected to the newConstitution in 2015; politicianswho visited New Delhi couldnot get access to importantpersonages in South Block. Aslong as this Constitution pre-vails, India will face problemsfrom Nepal.

Nepal’s national emblem hasalso been changed to includeKalapani, Limpiyadhura andLipulekh. Official letterheads,passports, et al are being updat-

ed to show these Uttarakhandareas as Nepali land. India mustact tough and reject all corre-spondence bearing the newemblem. Foreign Secretary-leveltalks are meaningless as officialshave no authority to negotiatewhat has been inserted into theConstitution.

Unless a comprehensiveNepal policy is enunciated andstrong measures are taken,Pakistan and China will contin-ue jihadi strikes and salami slic-ing against India. Bangladeshcould follow. Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina Wajed is possiblythe sole leader with a soft cornerfor India, a legacy of 1971 andformer Prime Minister IndiraGandhi’s exertions to ensurethat Sheikh Mujibur Rehmanwas returned to Dhaka alive afterthe war. But Sheikh Hasina is alonely figure, unable to protecteven Muslim youth who opposethe rabid Islam preached byclerics from being hacked todeath by fundamentalists. Shehas declared this is her last termin office. Yet, in all these years,the Foreign Ministry has failedto cultivate a second generationleadership in Bangladesh. A newKhaleda Zia could be loomingon the horizon. Nepal has sus-tained our ancient civilisationalties through people-to-peoplecontacts; we must help salvage itssoul. The gains made by PrimeMinister Modi during his earlyyears in office are being whittledaway. It is time to take stock.

(The author is a senior jour-nalist. Views are personal)

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “The vaccine race” (July 6).Like many, one hopes India willbe the first to introduce a vaccinefor COVID-19, which will be ahealth milestone but in a propermanner. Therefore, many areunable to understand why thereis such a tearing hurry in Indiato make a medical miracle hap-pen so quickly at the expense ofscientific rigour. Covaxin wasapproved for human trials onlyrecently. When global scientificinstitutions are still facing anuphill task in zeroing in on a suit-able vaccine, is the ICMR’s“shrunk fit” vaccine timeline ofalmost 41 days realistic?

The suspicion is that theICMR appears to be wanting togive those who matter in India’spolitical set-up a major talking-point in the Independence Dayspeech on August 15.Overlooking crucial scientificsteps should not result in a prod-uct deadlier than the disease. Itdoes not matter who is first.Observance of protocol is theneed of the hour.

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Sir — The dastardly attack on ateam of Uttar Pradesh police inKanpur by the history-sheeterVikas Dubey and his assailantshas once again brought to fore the

failure of the police and thepolitical establishment in main-taining law and order situation inthe State.

As per reports by the NationalCrime Records Bureau (NCRB),in Uttar Pradesh, as many as 555personnel were killed and 2,048

cops got injured during policeoperations in 2018, which was thehighest in the entire country.This shows how increasingly dan-gerous the State has become. Aspolice raids are always highly con-fidential, it wasn’t surprising toknow that Vikas Dubey and his

assailants were tipped off by otherpolicemen. The Uttar Pradeshpolice must make amends for theloss of its personnel by bringingthe Dubey gang to justice. Itmust also crack down on thegreater threat to law and orderposed by the illegal guns trade.

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Sir — A big void has formed withthe “Queen of Choreography” —Saroj Khan — passing on. Adance maestro, a choreographywizard and a versatile virtuoso ofthe art of film dancing — Khanhad created a niche of her ownwith her splendid choreographythat will remain forever in thehearts of film buffs and dancelovers across the world. The dancemaster has given us unforgettabledance numbers like Ek do teen,Hawa hawai, Do La Re, Do La Reand Maar dala among others.Nobody will ever forget her con-tribution to the dance world.

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Priyanka has stolen the thunder from AkhileshYadav and Mayawati,” a Samajwadi Party (SP)lawmaker said on telephone. “Everyone is now

talking about the Congress Party and Priyanka.Today, the Muslims are more inclined towards theCongress than the Samajwadi Party,” he said.

The lawmaker, who was a Minister during theAkhilesh Yadav regime, was reacting to the polit-ical developments in Uttar Pradesh (UP), includ-ing the proactive stand taken by Congress leaderPriyanka Gandhi Vadra in politics. There wereunofficial reports doing the rounds that Priyankamight shift her base to Lucknow from Delhi andpeople were raving about how she had picked upthe gauntlet thrown by Chief Minister (CM) YogiAdityanath on the law and order issue in the State.

Recent developments have changed the polit-ical spectrum of UP. Particularly after a highly polit-ically-connected ganglord killed eight policemenin a village in Kanpur. The incident raised a bigquestion mark on Adityanath’s much-publicisedencounters to eliminate local mafia and ganglords.He had even claimed that criminals would be sentto jail or to the house of Yamraj (the Hindu deityof death and justice) if they raise their heads. Despitesuch major claims by the CM, Vikas Dubey not onlysurvived but also flourished.

Congress leaders were the first to question theUP Government on the issue of law and order.Numerically, the Congress is as small a party as theSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party in the UP StateAssembly, with just five lawmakers. But, led byPriyanka, the Congress put big parties like the SPand Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to shame when itquestioned Yogi Adityanath time and again aboutthe crumbling law and order situation in the Stateand the plight of migrant labourers, who are beingdenied work under different Government schemes.

The three parties — the Congress, SP and BSP— enjoy a strange relationship. In the past, they hadentered into alliances with one another on manyoccasions. During the last Assembly election in 2017the Congress and the SP contested together withthe tagline “Do ladke (two boys)” while the SPforged an alliance with the BSP in the 2019 LokSabha election. Despite having a working relation-ship with each other, the three parties have failedto come together post-COVID-19. Last monthwhen Congress national president Sonia Gandhicalled an all-party meeting to chalk out a strategyagainst the Narendra Modi Government, bothAkhilesh and Mayawati preferred to give it a skip.

No explanation was given about missing themeeting and it raised many eyebrows. The ques-tion asked was whether it was a political compul-sion or a backdoor manoeuvre by the BJP whichkept the SP and the BSP away from the meeting?One SP legislator was quoted as saying,“The SPwould not go with Sonia because the Congress putup missing Member of Parliament (MP) posters inAzamgarh”, Akhilesh Yadav’s parliamentary con-stituency.

The developments show that there’s more tothis than meets the eye. Sample this: BSP supremoMayawati was caustic against the Congress whenPriyanka offered 1,000 buses to the UP Governmentto ferry migrant workers to their native places. Herstatements reflected the words of BJP leaders. Sheattacked the Congress for not taking care of migrantworkers in its own States — a replication of state-ments by BJP spokespersons. Priyanka retorted thatsome political parties were acting as spokespersonsof the BJP — an obvious reference to Mayawati.

With the rise in Priyanka’s stature,Mayawati feels insecure. She had been theonly major woman leader in UP for aquarter of a century. But now she is beingchallenged by Priyanka. Second, the BSPand the Congress’ vote banks overlap.Dalits and Muslims helped the BSPscore 10 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls,up from zero in 2014. The Congress hopesto dent these votebanks, which earlier sup-ported it.

Ditto is the case with Akhilesh Yadav.There is a fear in his mind that theCongress’ rise and the popularity ofPriyanka among the masses may lead tothe downfall of the SP. Of late, he has start-ed virtual meetings with party workers inan attempt to set his house in order. TheSP also hit the streets last week on theissue of rise in prices of petrol and diesel,just to keep his party workers involved.

There is a belief in political circles thatthe BJP wants the emergence of theCongress in the State so that there is tri-furcation in the Opposition. This willcome in handy during the electionsbecause the BJP is comfortable when itis pitted against a divided house.

An advocate in the Supreme CourtVishwanath Chaturvedi says the ModiGovernment is using the Central Bureauof Investigation (CBI) to put a leash onthe SP and Mayawati. “Do not forget, bothMayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav andhis family are facing CBI enquiries. TheCBI is sitting tight on the probes and onesignal from Amit Shah could provedetrimental for both these leaders,” hesays. SP patriarch Mulayam and hisfamily are facing a DisproportionateAssets (DA) case. The Supreme Court(SC) had ordered a CBI inquiry on March1, 2007 into the alleged accumulation ofDAs by the Yadav family, on a PublicInterest Litigation (PIL) filed byVishwanath Chaturvedi. The agency fileda status report in 2007 alleging that the

Yadavs had �2.63 crore worth of assetswhich were disproportionate to theirdeclared sources of income, between 1993and 2005. Of this nearly �1.4 crore is inthe name of Akhilesh Yadav’s wifeDimple.

Chaturvedi claims that the CBI hadfiled a false report in the SC, that it hadsubmitted a final report to the CentralVigilance Commission (CVC). But whena Right to Information (RTI) applicationwas filed, the CVC said that no final reportwas submitted to it. As per Chaturvedi,the case against Mulayam and his fami-ly is still alive and the CBI is delaying thelegal process for obvious reasons.

Same is the case with Mayawati. TheCBI had launched a probe into allegedirregularities in the sale of 21 State-ownedsugar mills under the Mayawati-led BSPGovernment in 2010-11. According to areport released by the Comptroller andAuditor General (CAG), the exercisecaused a loss of �1,179 crore to the State.On April 27, 2019, the CBI filed a caseagainst Mayawati. Yogi Adityanath had onApril 12 recommended a CBI probe fol-lowing the CAG’s disclosure.

Political observers say that it seemslike the SP and the BSP are dancing to thetune of the BJP. Till now, the CBI has notmoved an inch in Mayawati’s case whilein Mulayam’s case, too, the federalIntelligence agency is yet to submit anapplication in the apex court. If bothMulayam and Mayawati refuse to danceto the BJP’s tune, the Prime Minister willunleash the CBI against them. In the lastone year, Priyanka has tried to make thefight one-on-one in UP, which has madeYogi Adityanath nervous.

In July 2019, she staged a protest atChunar Fort when she went to meet thevictims of the July 17 massacre in which10 tribals were shot dead by the GramPradhan (village head) and his cohorts ina village in Sonbhadra over a land deal.

Priyanka stayed put in Chunar Fort, forc-ing the administration to bring the fam-ily members of the victims there and letthem meet her.

The attack on the BJP was so fiercethat the Yogi Government pulled out allrecords to show that the land deal was car-ried out during the Congress’ rule.However, the BJP could not shirk respon-sibility for the murders of the 10 tribals.Extensive damage was done to the imageof the UP Government by this incident.

Priyanka again visited UP — this timein February when the anti-CitizenshipAmendment Act (CAA) agitation was atits peak. She met the anti-CAA protest-ers in Bijnor and Azamgarh — the par-liamentary constituency of Akhilesh —and also visited the residence of formerIPS officer SR Darapuri, who was arrest-ed during an anti-CAA protest inLucknow.

In Bijnor she thundered, “Kisi koBhartiyata ka pramaan maangne ki ijazatnahi hai (no one has the right to ask forproof of Indianness).” While in Azamgarh,she held a roadshow, driving home thepoint that people living in India areIndians and they do not need to prove thatby showing documents.

Bijnor is considered the citadel of theBSP. Mayawati had won the Lok Sabhaelection for the first time in 1989 fromBijnor, while in seven Assembly seats theBSP had always maintained an upperhand. In 2019, the BSP won the Lok Sabhaseat in Bijnor, too. So, it was a master-stroke by Priyanka to hold rallies andmeetings in Bijnor and Azamgarh, both,challenging the SP and BSP leaders ontheir turf. Thus, the rise of Priyanka haspushed both the SP and the BSP towardsthe BJP. They would prefer to dance toModi’s tune rather than strengtheningOpposition unity.

(The writer is Executive Editor, News,The Pioneer, Lucknow)

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demic. Economic growth is faltering,businesses are struggling to stay afloat,what with supply chains disrupted anddemand nosediving, stock markets areerratic and capital is drying up. Foreigninvestors are also sitting on the fencewatching how things unfold beforemoving. The health crisis has translat-ed into an economic one, of dimen-sions being compared to the GreatDepression of 1929 and the sub-prime crisis of 2008. While the glob-al financial systems are said to be bet-

ter-equipped to handle economicdestruction of such magnitude as the2008 crisis, the challenge today is theuncertainty of the virus’ containmentand its ramifications.

There is strong empirical evidencethat Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)flows are less volatile than other formsof capital flows. However, at presentthey are also showing pessimism. Itwould be instructive to juxtapose theCOVID-19 pandemic with the finan-cial crisis of 2008 in terms of FDImovements to draw similarities anddifferences.

To begin with, the factors due towhich the two crises emanated are dif-ferent. Also at variance is the fact thatthe global financial malaise had spreadfrom the developed to developingeconomies, while the spread of the pre-sent health crisis has not hinged uponthe level of development of economies.What is common is that the entireworld has been engulfed by the twocrises. With the collapse of Lehman

Brothers on September 15, 2008, theglobal banking crisis that had growninto a worldwide financial crisis even-tually turned into a world economiccrisis and its repercussions were feltglobally within a few months.Especially in those economies whichhad a high degree of integration withthe global one.

The United Nations Conferenceon Trade and Development’s (UNC-TAD) World Investment Report, 2009pointed out that due to the world eco-nomic crisis, after five years of contin-ued growth, global FDI flows had fall-en from a historical high of around $2trillion in 2007 — which was the peakof a four-year upward trend in FDIflows — by around 29 per cent to $1.2trillion in 2008-09, primarily becauseof a fall in cross-border mergers andacquisitions. This decline was furtherattributed to liquidity constraints fortransnational corporations (TNCs),declining economic growth in major-ity of countries and risk aversion by

TNCs. The decline was recorded in allthree components of FDI, viz. equity,other capital and reinvested earnings.The dip in the flows was evident indeveloped countries first, followed bya decline in developing nations, too.Business-cycle-sensitive sectors suchas metal and manufacturing wereaffected the worst. There was a degreeof protectionism in the FDI policies ofsome countries, in the form of require-ments of higher domestic content inGovernment procurement, discourag-ing banks from lending for foreignoperations and so on.

Looking at the present times,even before the global spread of thepandemic, UNCTAD’s InvestmentTrends Monitor had predicted inJanuary 2020 that FDI flows, whichstood at $1.3 trillion in 2019, wouldrise marginally in 2020. According toestimates by the Organisation forEconomic Co-operation andDevelopment (OCED), as a conse-quence of the global economic slow-

down, FDI flows are expected todecline sharply by around 30 per cent,in the most optimistic scenario ofeconomies recovering in the secondhalf of 2020. UNCTAD’s estimationsuggests that global FDIs would declinebetween 30 per cent and 40 per centduring 2020-21, with developing coun-tries and emerging economies facingmost of this fall. This slump is almostof the same levels as one year after the2008 crisis. The hardest to be hit by thelikely downturn will be the energy andbasic industries, airlines and the auto-motive industry.

FDI inflows started recovering in2010 but remained below the pre-cri-sis level. It was only by 2015 that glob-al FDI flows reached somewherearound the high level attained in2007. Looking at trends in India, wesee that after 2008, FDI inflows into thecountry declined from $41.87 billionin 2008-09 to $34.85 billion in 2010-11. Fluctuations continued till 2012-13, after which there has been an

increasing trend. The inflows in 2019-20 at $73.45 were more than doublethat of 2010-11. During this recoveryperiod, the three policies which werefollowed globally, including in India,were those of investment liberalisation,facilitation and promotion, whichwere required for economic growth.

However, it will be different thistime, given that several jurisdictionsare adopting a somewhat cautiousapproach to FDI inflows to prevent“opportunistic investment behaviour”triggered by declines in valuations ofdomestic businesses and by investmentof State-owned enterprises. There areconcerns that bids to take control ofbusinesses of strategic importanceduring these times (such as healthcare,essential goods, and services) may bemotivated by non-commercial prior-ities harming economic and/or nation-al security interests. The list of coun-tries includes US, Canada, Spain,Australia, Italy and the EU. India, too,is in a watchful mode to prevent its

businesses from unfriendly takeovers.It tweaked its FDI policy in April byspecifying certain conditions requiredto be met by entities of countries shar-ing land borders with it. How the FDIpolicies of various jurisdictions willpan out in the near future remains tobe seen.

We are far from seeing an end tothe present health crisis, which hassnowballed into an economic predica-ment. Riddled with a number ofunknown variables, such as the trajec-tory of the virus, the effectiveness ofmitigating measures and develop-ment of a potent cure, at this point intime, it is all the more difficult to chalkout a medium to long-term course ofaction. Striking the right balancebetween liberalisation and exercisingcaution, while addressing the twinissues of economic and health criseswill be challenging.

(The authors belong to the IndianEconomic Service. Views expressed arepersonal.)

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Kirana stores are emerging asthe hub that helps maintainregular supply of essentials ascities struggle to get back totheir normal rhythm andmany such neighbourhoodstores are considering greatertechnology adoption, accord-ing to a report.

The report is based on asurvey by consultancy firm EYthat gathered insights through27 qualitative interviews across12 cities in India, 5 metros and7 non-metros with partici-pants who represent smalland big kirana across a diversesocio-economic background.

Stating that there is arenewed trust in hyper-localcommunities, EY's latest

report 'Sentiments of India –Pulse of the country, Kiranas'said 40 per cent of respon-dents (kirana store owners)want to partner with onlinedelivery and supply platformsas they feel it can help themgrow and tide over in thesetesting times.

Commenting on the find-ings, EY India Partner -Customer Experience andDesign Thinking, ShashankShwet said, "amidst theCOVID-19 pandemic, thekirana stores have emerged aslocal unsung heroes servicingthe community at large. Thekirana store owners havetaken a lot of effort to keep upwith the changing demands ofthe crisis and managing theirday-to-day supplies."

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Suspension of the H1-B visasby the US will cost domestic ITfirms Rs 1,200 crore and havea marginal 0.25-0.30 per centimpact on their profitability, adomestic rating agency said onMonday.

An increase in local hiringover the last few years since theUS – the largest market forIndian IT firms - started curb-ing the visa issuances will helplimit the impact on the IndianIT companies now, CrisilRatings said.

It can be noted that lastmonth, the visas used byIndian tech professionals towork out of the US were sus-pended by the Donald Trumpadministration as it looked to

arrest the rising unemploy-ment.

Crisil, however, said thatthe marginal impact will beover and above the up to 2.50per cent decline in IT firms'profits because of the COVID-19 pandemic and added that

operating profitability is seen at23 per cent in FY21 as per ananalysis of 15 top firms' perfor-mance.

The US move on the H1-Band L1 visas will have limitedimpact because of the lowerreliance on the entry system by

hiring locally, it said, addingthat renewals of the visas willbe unaffected.

Zooming of the denial ratesto 39 per cent in FY20, up from6 per cent in FY16, had led tolower reliance on the visas bythe local IT companies, it said.

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issuances contribute less than5 per cent of the US onshoreworkforce of the top 5 listedIndian IT firms, which accountfor 60 per cent of the industryrevenue. On the other hand,the share of local hires in theirUS onshore employee mix hassteadily increased from 30-35per cent in fiscal 2017 to about55-60 per cent in fiscal 2020,”its senior director Anuj Sethisaid.

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Dr Reddy's Laboratoriesexpects its overall performanceto be "quite volatile" in the cur-rent fiscal with uncertaintiesrelated to COVID-19 set toincrease during the period,the company said in its AnnualReport for 2019-20.

Sharing information withthe company's shareholders,the drug major said overall,there was no major impact ofthe pandemic during the lastfiscal, including the fourthquarter.

"Having said so, we believeFY2021 will have more uncer-tainties than ever before.Consequently, our overall per-

formance may be quitevolatile," Dr Reddy'sLaboratories said.

The company howeverremains cautiously optimisticof re-calibrating its levers tosuit the new business environ-ment, it noted.

"If we do this successfully, weshould be able to come to

terms with the new COVID-19reality. And, if that occurs,we should perform satisfacto-rily in FY2021," it added.

Elaborating on the impact ofCOVID-19 on the company'sbusiness performance last fis-cal, Dr Reddy's said it saw someincremental sales in certainmarkets, such as the US,

Europe and Russia, due to anincrease in panic.

The company's sales, howev-er, got impacted in domesticmarket and emerging marketslike Russia and Brazil due tothe pandemic, Dr Reddy's said.

The Hyderabad-based firmsaid it aims to continue withinitiatives like cost control and

increased efficiencies this fis-cal amid challenges like coro-navirus pandemic. "We expectthis journey to continue withincreased rigor in FY2021, andthus provide the necessaryimpetus to our performancenext year," Dr Reddy's said.

The drug firm will continue tofocus on patient-centric productinnovation, operational excel-lence, continuous improvementand attaining leadership in cho-sen spaces, it added.Commentingon the outlook for NorthAmerican Generics (NAG) busi-ness, the company said its currentpriority includes acceleratingnew product launches andincreasing the market share ofexisting products.

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Apollo Tyres has decided to cutits capital expenditure (capex)by Rs 400 crore this fiscal amidchallenging business environ-ment due to the coronaviruspandemic, according to asenior company official.

"Given the overall demandsituation, we have cut back oncapex to the tune of another Rs400 crore in 2020-21 to makesure that we are not stressedfrom a cash flow or a liquidi-

ty perspective," Apollo TyresChief Financial Officer GauravKumar said in an analyst call.

The company had earlierearmarked a capex of aroundRs 1,400-1,500 crore for the

domestic operations for thecurrent financial year.

Apollo Tyres has also takena cut in the capex investmentacross its European opera-tions, he added. "We wouldhave talked if I remember cor-rectly the figure in India of Rs1,400-Rs 1,500 crore. That num-ber for the current year wouldbe about somewhere betweenRs 1,000 to Rs 1,100 crore. And,similarly, we have taken a cut inthe European operations aswell," Kumar said.

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Average spot power pricedropped 29 per cent year-on-year to Rs 2.35 per unit in theday-ahead market in June onIndia Energy Exchange (IEX).

The day-ahead market(DAM) traded 4,174 MU (mil-lion units) witnessing highsell-side liquidity in the month,with total sell bids at 10,164MU being close to 1.5 timedthe buy bids at 4,661 MU,according to an IEX state-ment.

"The average market clear-ing price during the monthwas at Rs 2.35 per unit regis-tered a whopping 29 per centYoY (year on year) decline overa price of Rs 3.32 in June 2019,"it said.

The increased availabilityof power and attractive pricesin the market ensured that theindustries as well as the distri-bution utilities continue tohave access to lower electrici-ty prices leading to greater sav-ings as well as assisting themin building the much neededfinancial liquidity which is

critical at this hour, it added. The open access volume in

June witnessed 30 per centmonth-on-month increase.

Further, One Nation OnePrice prevailed for all 30 daysduring the month.

The real-time market(RTM), which began opera-tions from June, has receivedan overwhelming responsefrom the participants and in itsfirst month, it said.

The RTM attracted tradevolume of 515.5 MU compris-ing over 10 per cent of the totalvolume traded on IEX.

A total of 237 customersparticipated in the new marketsegment during the first monthwith single day highest volumeof 36.09 MU on June 30, 2020.

The average monthly mar-ket clearing price stood at Rs2.22 per unit for RTM alone.

The attractive prices (inRTM) enabled the utilities inmeeting efficient demandmanagement at 1-hour notice,renewable integration, utilisa-tion of generation capacity,facilitating gencos to purchasepower as well as the grid secu-rity.

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The rupee pared initial gainsand settled 2 paise down at74.68 against the US dollar onMonday even as the domesticequity market traded in thepositive territory.

Forex traders said positiveequities, foreign fund inflowsand weak US currency sup-ported the local unit, howev-er rising COVID-19 casesweighed on investor senti-ment.

In a highly volatile session,the rupee which opened at74.53 against the US dollar,touched an intra-day high of74.52 against US dollar, and alow of 74.82.

The domestic unit finallyclosed at 74.68 against the USdollar, down 2 paise over itsprevious close of 74.66 onFriday.

Meanwhile, the dollarindex, which gauges the green-back's strength against a bas-ket of six currencies, fell 0.24per cent to 96.94.

On the domestic equitymarket front, the 30-share

BSE benchmark Sensex wastrading 525.69 points higher at36,547.11 and broader NSENifty rose 173.50 points to10,780.85.

Foreign institutionalinvestors were net buyers inthe capital market as theypurchased shares worth Rs857.29 crore on Friday, accord-ing to provisional exchangedata.

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Global stock markets roseMonday as investors shruggedoff worries about rising coro-navirus infections in theUnited States, Australia andsome other countries.

London and Frankfurtopened higher, while Shanghai,Tokyo, Hong Kong andSoutheast Asia advanced. Wall

Street futures also rose.Markets followed Wall Street

higher last week after unex-pectedly strong U.S. jobs datadespite some American statesreporting record new coron-avirus infections.

The Australian state ofVictoria prepared to close itsborder with neighbouring NewSouth Wales late Tuesday afterreporting a daily high in new

cases. Spain suspended accessto a northern county due tofears of an outbreak.

“Asia has shrugged off theCOVID-19 clouds that domi-nated the weekend press,”Jeffrey Halley of OANDA saidin a report.

In early trading, the FTSE100 in London rose 2.1 percent to 6,284.58 andFrankfurt's DAX added 1.9per cent to 12,770.30. TheCAC 40 in France advanced 1.8per cent to 5,098.66.

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An estimated 13 UK universi-ties, educating around 5 percent of students in the coun-try, would not be able to sur-vive the coronavirus pandem-ic lockdown without a govern-ment bailout support, a newreport claimed on Monday.

The Institute of FiscalStudies (IFS) estimates thatlong-term losses for the UK'shigher education sector couldcome in anywhere between 3billion pounds and 19 billionpounds, with the biggest loss-es stemming from a fall ininternational student enrol-ments – including those from

India who make up a largechunk of that segment.

“In our central scenario, 13universities educating around5 per cent of students wouldend up with negative reservesand thus may not be viable inthe long run without a gov-ernment bailout or debtrestructuring,” notes the IFS in‘Will universities need abailout to survive the COVID-19 crisis?'.

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Market regulator Securitiesand Exchange Board of India(Sebi) has shortlisted six enti-ties, including KPMG, PWCand Ernst & Young, for imple-mentation of a custom-madegovernance policy.

Other three shortlisted bid-ders are RSM AstuteConsulting, BDO India andANB Solutions.The regulatorplans to prepare policy docu-ments, standard operatingprocedures (SOPs) andotherIT documents throughconsultations as it has certainpolicy documents in place

which might require variationsas per the best industry stan-dards and practices.

Accordingly, in February,the market watchdog hadinvited expressions of interest(EoI) from agencies for con-sultation for IT policy prepa-ration, risk assessment andSOP documentation at Sebi.

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Knowledge ProcessOutsourcing (KPO) servicesprovider eClerx Services onMonday said its board hasapproved a buyback pro-gramme worth up to Rs 109.5crore.

"...the board of directors ofthe company...approved thebuy back of company's equi-ty shares for an aggregateamount not exceeding Rs1,095 million at a buy backprice not exceeding Rs 550per equity share from the

shareholders/beneficial own-ers of the company (otherthan those who are promot-ers, members of the promot-er group and persons in con-trol of the company)...,"eClerx said in a regulatory fil-ing. The buyback represents9.98 per cent and 8.37 percent of the total paid up equi-ty share capital and freereserves of the companybased on the latest standaloneand consolidated auditedfinancial statements of thecompany, respectively, itadded.

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The COVID-19 pandemic willresult in Rs 1.67 lakh crore ofdebt owed by top-500 corpo-rates turning delinquent byMarch 2022, a report said onMonday.

This will take the cumula-tive quantum of delinquenciesto Rs 4.21 lakh crore or about11 per cent of overall debt,India Ratings and Researchsaid in its report.

Concerns over banks' assetquality have been repeatedlyexpressed since the onset ofthe pandemic earlier this year.The RBI has allowed a six-month moratorium on loanrepayments ending August,which has resulted in thestress not being recognised.The government hasannounced a nearly Rs 21lakh crore stimulus package torestrict the economic impactof the pandemic.

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RPG group company CEATTyres on Mondayannounced its foray into thepersonal protective equip-ment (PPE) segment withthe launch of anti-pollutionS95 mask, GoSafe, amid anincreasing number ofCOVID-19 cases in thecountry.

The six-layered washableand reusable mask, pricedat Rs 249 per unit, are avail-able across its exclusivebranded stores 'CEATShoppe' and also on variouse-commerce websites, thecompany said in a release.

CEAT Tyres ChiefMarketing Officer AmitTolani said the objective ofmaking a foray into thebusiness of PPE is to plugthe paucity of safe and reli-able products like masks,especially at a time whenthe country is battling thecoronavirus pandemic. "Inthese unusual times, per-sonal safety, hygiene, andprotection are a real con-cern."

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To improve highways, a rank-ing system will be intro-duced based on performanceaudit of roads, NHAI said onMonday. NHAI has beenmandated the task to devel-op, maintain and manageNational Highways, the arte-rial roads of the country, forinter-state movement of pas-sengers and goods. "In itseffort to improve the qualityof roads, NHAI has decidedto undertake performanceassessment and ranking ofthe highways in the country,"NHAI said in a statement.

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Three consultancy agencies -PricewaterhouseCoopers,Ernst & Young, and KPMGAdvisory, have qualified thetechnical evaluation roundfor assisting the Departmentfor Promotion of Industryand Internal Trade (DPIIT)in effective and on groundimplementation of initiativesfor startups.

In March, the departmenthad invited a request for pro-posal (RFP) for the appoint-ment of a consulting agencyfor Startup India, followingwhich four consultancy firmsbid.

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tunities of e-learning andentertainment. If you abird enthusiast, Mumbai'sinteractive bird park, isoffering a series of fourlive sessions with theirexotic celebrity birds -that they term ‘celebirdies’— starting July 14.

EsselWorld Bird Park’s

‘Celebirdy LIVE’, birdhandlers will be seendoing a walkthrough ofthe Park, while introduc-ing it along with spottingsome of the free flyingbirds at the premises.‘Kick’, the Green WingedMacaw will be the firstcelebirdy that will go livewith the bird handlers,who will talk about thebird and discuss interest-ing facts and little storybehind the tropical jungle.

Joining them over a live

chat will be renownedcelebrity vet specialist, Dr.Rina Dev who has beenassociated with the birdpark since the time of itsinception and knows eachone of them in and outclosely.

“Post receiving a won-derful response fromEsselWorld LIVE, thatstarted April 12, this timewe thought of doing a livesession with our very owncelebrity birds, which wecall ‘celebirdies’.

Considering we are India'sfirst interactive bird parkthat houses more than 500exotic birds, we thoughtwhy not get them closerto our patrons until we allare back home!

“We have planned foursessions in all where wewill be having four of ourdifferent celebrity birds golive on our Instagrampage,” said Paresh Mishra,Senior Vice President,Sales and Marketing,EsselWorld Leisure.

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eed the Needy,an independentfoundationdedicated toproviding foodto destitute

irrespective of race, colour,creed, religion or politicalinfluence have come upwith a plan to bid arespectful farewell toCOVID-19 deceased after arecent furore in the city ofHyderabad regarding theCOVID-19 victims beingdenied burial. PradeepGadicherla, Katragadda SaiTeja, and Ramanjeet Singhhave urged their team of ITprofessionals to take up thisresponsibility of conductinglast rites for the dead whosefamilies or neighbours arerejecting them. “Our team experiencedhow difficult was it gettingfor some victims to be

cremated who expired in aprivate hospital withrespective families alreadyin quarantine. In additionto that, there were noambulances available andcrematory grounds weren’tallowing them for burials,”says Sai Teja Katragadda,the founder.Members belonging todiverse faiths are willing towork as volunteers at thefuneral with prior training.Pradeep Gadicherla, generalsecretary of the foundationsaid it's free of costambulance service servingall the communities limitedto Cyberabad zonal areasfunctioning from 8 a.m to 6p.m. "The bodies will becarried in our ambulance tothe funeral site by a four-member team. They will betightly packed andcremated as per thedeceased's religious faith. Toavail this service, kindlyring on 8499843545", he

adds to that.There’s a stigma attached toCOVID patients ofcontracting the virus,forcing people to abandonthem. The kind of forcedfarewell they receivedwasn't definitely the rightway to do so and that madethe foundation take up thisnoble initiative. Accordingto reports, the WHO andICMR have already made itclear that the COVID-19virus will not remain activeafter four to six hours of

the death of the infectedperson. So, there is nopossibility of the familymembers being infected.This service was recentlyflagged off by policecommissioner V.C.Sajjanar.People have become selfishand are worried about theirown lives, but are notbothering about thesufferings of others, even ifthey are their own fathersand mothers. The victimsof COVID-19 should notbe left orphaned.

as work from homereally turned out tobe as helpful as youhad thought it to be?Or has it becomeeven more tiresome?

How will the work patternstransform once you reach youroffice desks again?

A report compiled by a realestate consultancy firm exploredhow the office, as we know ittoday, will transform into agreener, healthier and sustain-able place to re-welcome itsemployees post COVID-19. Itindicated that around 30 per

cent Indian working populationfeels that the lockdown has giventhem an enhanced opportunityto balance their work and life.However, while 66 per centemployees immediately shiftedto working from home after theoutbreak of the pandemic,around 41 per cent employeesmiss a professional environmentwhile working. And for many,health and wellness are the keymotivators to re-enter officespaces.

Also, considering that safetyawareness has emerged as toppriority in a post-pandemicworld, over 76 per cent millenni-als will be cross-checking a com-pany’s social and environmentalcommitments before deciding towork there, ensuring that work-places witness new techniquesand ways of operations, collabo-rations and engagements.

Key to transformation: SpacingAs the country unlocks and

“working from office” gains backthe momentum, many compa-nies are looking forward to mak-

ing necessary changes for adapt-ability. New COVID-19 proto-cols will require greater physicalseparation in workplaces viaspatial, physical and temporalmeans. Workstations will bespaced further apart. Expertssuggest that conference roomswill be majorly de-populated,space-dividing partitions erectedand staff-issued rotating sched-ules will be religiously followedfor some time now. The collabo-ration seating will have to be

spread out so people are furtherapart from each other.

However, as much as de-den-sifying workstations are impor-tant, this might also be a chal-lenge in areas where desk spac-ing is tight. In situations whereexisting desk spacing is less thansix feet apart, every other deskcan be used as a buffer for eachperson. This could be achievedby assigning some people towork from home or temporarilylocating them in some otherareas. Leading companies acrossthe globe are already embracingflexible workplace arrangementsand taking preventive measuresto ensure social distancing andgood hygiene.

The digital drive:Telecommuting & otheradvancements

Companies will start investingin contactless technologies toreduce disease transmission.Standalone technology will bereplaced by integral solutionsthat connect building facilitieswith the occupier’s premise.People will have to be encour-aged to collaborate virtuallywhenever possible. Andtelecommuting will becomemore mainstream.

Also, to avoid transmission,technological accessories such asa mouse, keyboard, or headsetwill be provided to each individ-ual. These devices are touchedthroughout the day and hence,would be best if not shared with-out disinfecting between users.

Sustainable & hygienic practices

Companies will continue to

focus on greener spaces and sus-tainable building will continueto be in vogue. Use of smartermaterials, flexible arrangementof furniture, hub and clubmodel, employee experience,digital ecosystems and a moreholistic environment will be thefocus of the future workplaces.Health and wellness are going tobe key motivation for employeesto re-enter the office spaces andorganisations. Hence, reinforcinggood hygiene practices withwell-stocked restrooms that havetouchless soap and anti-viralcleaning supplies is crucial.Workplaces will also have toinstall plenty of hands-free dis-pensers, disinfectant machinesand sanitisers that contain highalcohol content in lobbies, con-ference rooms and lounges.

New touchless features in inte-rior design elements, includingtouchless faucets, automatedwindow shades and motion-sen-sor or voice-activated door hard-ware, will see a surge. Such fea-tures, experts suggest, could alsobe added to other spaces such asbuilding lobbies, reception desks

and common areas. Sustainablepractices such as utilising mate-rials which are smooth, easy towipe down and hold up to fre-quent deep cleanings, especiallyin high-traffic areas, will be fol-lowed.

Empowering employeesThe impact an organisation

casts on its people is beyond itstangible domains, as it results inlarger face-to-face engagement,professional empowerment anda sense of fulfillment and per-sonal confidence.

“While work from home is aninterim solution in the currentsituation, it has its own draw-backs too, including challengeslike the feeling of isolation andlack of personal connectivitywith colleagues. It is very diffi-cult to replicate an office envi-ronment and the collaborationopportunities in a WFH model.Hence, workplace design will beincreasingly gaining importancein the current context and willbe influenced by the fact thatpeople shape the spaces theyoccupy, with focus on human

experience, innovation in tech-nology, wellness and sustainabil-ity,” says Ramesh Nair, CEO andcountry head, India, JLL.

It will become important toconsider how employees are feel-ing when they prepare to returnto the office. Instead of issuing amandate for everyone to comeback together, offering the

option for people to do it alter-natively will be a safer option.

“Most space planners, archi-tects and product providers areproactively thinking ahead oftime to bring in new conceptsand technologies to provide ahealthier and more sustainableworkplace for the future.Occupiers have embraced thepreliminary phase to acceleratethe short-term transition andhave started partnering with cer-tain organisations to plan a saferand informed re-entry at theworkplace to ensure social dis-tancing and workplace wellness,”says MV Harish, managingdirector, PDS.

What’s next?There will be a new phase of

acceptance where employees willbe introduced to new norms ofwork and ethics such as flexibledesigned spaces, 90-degree rota-tion of desks and workstations,wide agile practices, health andwell-being packages for employ-ees and installation of contact-free spaces.

The post-COVID world is notsimply about measures thatfocus on employee wellness. It isalso about efficiency, speed andcost-effectiveness. Organisationsneed to optimise the existingspaces by making meaningfulmoves. Ultimately, the timespent optimising space will havethe most powerful impact.

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India’s War Againstthe Virus in Hindion Discovery Plus.

The documen-tary will provide arare glimpse into allthe key steps beingtaken across thecountry to battlethe ongoing coron-

avirus pandemic.It will follow

both, the globaland the Indiantimeline, of how thevirus spread andwill shine light onimportant develop-

ments that havetaken place ever since

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sively duringthe period oflockdown,

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country to tell the storythrough interviews with sub-ject matter experts, front lineworkers, patients, migrantworkers, and others workingtirelessly behind the scenes toarrest the spread of thisdeadly disease.

The film will also highlightthe way technology is beingused to combat the virus.

While Bajpayee will pro-vide the Hindi voiceover forthe documentary, writer-director Gautham VasudevMenon will do the Tamilvoiceover.

“Meaningful cinema,meaningful projects havealways endeared me, and Ibelieve specials like COVID-19: India’s War Against TheVirus are relevant not just fortoday but will continue toengage our future genera-tions as well,” said Bajpayee.

“This is an important storyand needs to be told in animpactful manner. I amproud to be part of this mon-umental project and target tobring all my experience intoplay for the narration inHindi language,” theactor added.

Menon saidworking on thedocumentary feltfamiliar as thepandemic hasaffected everyone.

“It is a valianteffort. I could nothave asked for abetter debut as anarrator, especiallyin mymother

tongue Tamil, and coinciden-tally this marks my first doc-umentary ever. I urge every-one to watch it along withyour family,” he said.

The documentary, alsoavailable in English, Telugu,Kannada, Malayalam andBengali, will drop exclusivelyon the Discovery Plus app onJuly 16.

It will also air onDiscovery Channel andDiscovery Channel HD onJuly 20.

Megha Tata, managingdirector-South Asia,Discovery, said the documen-tary is a way to help Indianaudiences understand deeperperspectives on the pandem-ic.

“There’s more at work thanwhat meets the eye as newchallenges unfold every daywith pandemic raging fire;our attempt is to bring it alltogether with a line-up ofprominent experts and offi-cials to provide a comprehen-sive view for our discerningaudiences,” Tata added.

Discovery Plus hasexplored stories

related to thepandemic in

three otherdocumen-taries —InvisibleKiller,Pandemic

Covid-19 andThe Zoo: Covid-19 & Animals.

ollywood star RanveerSingh turned 35 onMonday. To mark theoccasion, his fanshave donated comput-ers to a school, sup-

porting education for underpriv-ileged children in a village ofIndore district.

The actor’s fan club, calledRanveer Ka Fan Club, have beenactive since 2015 and the mem-bers do voluntary work.

Atharva Khendekar, a fan ofRanveer’s said, “As you know,Ranveer Ka Fan Club is alwayson spot to help the unprivilegedpeople and children. And thistime we are trying to help therural children who are not priv-ileged to afford high class edu-cation. For some of them basiceducation is also a dream. Weas a proud member ofRanveer Ka Fan Club areplanning to provide twobasic computer system andsome indoor games to thoseangles.”

Each year, they do some-thing on the actor’s birthdayand recently they started aprogram called RanveerGram Program.

Khendekar added, “Imaginethe amount of enthusiasm andexcitement in these children toattend their school when theyreceive the computers!”

These computers will be givento a school that educates chil-dren till the fifth grade. Theschool is situated in Sikandarivillage in Indore district,Madhya Pradesh.

The total budget for this pro-ject is Rs 30,000, says Khendekar.

“Out of this, Rs. 15,000 will befor two basic computers, Rs

10,000 will be for colouring ofwalls of the school, and Rs 5,000will be allocated to get indoorgames for children. So pleasecome forward and donate asmuch as you can and make thefuture youth of our countrymore educated andmore reliable,” heappealed.

Lastyear, thefanclub

installedsolar lightsin a small vil-lage called Akoli,where they installed

five solar street lights and houselights each. The villagers hadbeen using kerosene lamps formore than a decade and couldnot afford electricity.

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with beauty and is planninga new skincare line to goalongside her FentyCosmetics range. Her lin-gerie range has gone downso well too that she feels sheneeds to strike while theiron’s hot. Whenever shedrops pics of her modellingthe gear, sales go up,” saidthe source.

With her music and herFenty brand, Rihanna hasamassed a fortune of nearly$60,00,00,000.

Rihanna’s last album“Anti” was released in 2016and was working on a newproject, dubbed as R9.

“Fans hopes for R9 willbe kept on hold whileRihanna builds her beautyempire as she plots tobecome the next beauty bil-

lionaire.

She’s realised there ismore money in the beau-ty game than music asrecord sales die down andlive touring faces big com-petition,” said the source.

Back in April, Rihannatold her fans and followerswatching her at home vir-tually to not bring up thealbum. “If one of y’all askme about the album onemore time when I’m try-ing to save the world,unlike y’all president...on sight,” the 32-year-old said during alive-stream, takinga jab at USPresidentDonaldTrump.

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awindra Pulle, who worked withSrinivas Raaga on films like Katha andOkkadine and on Vaaradhi as an assis-tant director, is debuting as a directorwith Ardha Shatabdham. C/OKancharapalem fame Karthik

Rathnam, newbie Krishna Priya, Sai Kumar andNaveen Chandra are playing leading roles in thefilm, which is 70 per cent completed. “The story isset in Sircilla in 2003. Krishna (played by Karthik)belongs to a family of hand weaver’s and dreams ofgoing to Dubai for a better life for him and hisfamily. He falls in love with a local girl but the lovestory is caught in a web of politics. The filmrevolves around him, Sai Kumar, Naveen Chandraand another actor who will be seen as a minister.The minister’s role casting hasn’t been finalizedthough. Naveen will be seen as a cop,” the directortold us.

He further informed that he is looking at takingthe film back to floors in

another 10 days from now inNirmal, town of which he

has chosen to duplicateSiricilla of noughties. “Bynext month-end, I’mlooking to wrap up thewhole film,” he added.

Presented by VeerDharmik and pro-duced by Chitti Kiran

Ramoju, the film hasmusic by Nawfal

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ring Kamal Haasan, andPushpa, starring Allu Arjun,Payal Rajput took to hersocial media and refutedsuch claims. “I have not beenapproached anything likethis. For the past few days,I’ve been receiving a lot ofmessages regarding specialdance numbers in Indian 2,Pushpa, and God knows howmany more. Let me stateclearly, they are rumors and Ihave not signed any film. Asof now, I am not shooting foranything (sic),” a visibly upsetPayal posted.

The actress will be nextseen in debutant directorPrandeep’s 5Ws, a crimeinvestigative drama whereshe plays a cop. She is alsoplaying a key role in JayanthC Paranji’s Narendra. In thesports-action drama, sheplays a fighter pilot whohelps the titular character(played by Nilesh Eti) toreach India from a prison inPakistan.

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elugu star MaheshBabu’s new postsums up the “threeworlds” of nerdy,goofy and sane.

In an Instagrampicture that the actor posted,he can be seen with his chil-dren, Sitara and Gautam. Inthe image, Mahesh wearsreading glasses, Sitara is seensticking out her tongue whileson Gautam just looks at thecamera. “Nerdy goofy andsane !! 3 worlds #lockdowndi-aries #stayhome #staysafe,” hecaptioned the image.

Mahesh’s wife and actressNamrata Shirodkar took tothe comment section andwrote, “More like my three

worlds.” Amid the lockdown,Mahesh has been spendingquality time with his family,going by the pictures andvideos he shares on socialmedia. Fondly called as thePrince of Tollywood, Maheshwill next be seen in Major.The film marks his debut asproducer and is inspired by26/11 martyr, Major SandeepUnnikrishnan. The film starsAdivi Sesh in the title role.

Major is inspired by the lifeof Sandeep Unnikrishnan, theNSG commando who lost hislife in the 26/11 terror attackin Mumbai. The bilingual filmis being shot in Telugu andHindi. Major is all set torelease later this year.

ven before his maidenfilm Naandhi, starringAllari Naresh, opens incinema halls, debutantdirector VijayKanakamedala has

struck a golden deal. The Pioneerhas learnt that he has been signedon by three different productions-AK Entertainments (of AnilSunkara), SRT Movies (RamTalluri) and East Coast Productions(Mahesh Koneru) — for his futureassignments. “As a matter of fact,Anil Sunkara sent Vijay a chequedays before the much-lauded teaserof Naandhi dropped online. Theother production houses followedsuit after the teaser. While Vijayhasn’t entered into an agreement onwhich producer he makes his nextwith, AK Entertainments stands ahigh chance,” said a source close tothe development.

However, before he thinks of hisnew assignment, Vijay, who assistedHarish Shankar for films likeMirapakay, Gabbar Singh and DJamong others, first has to wrap upNaandhi, whose filming had to besuspended due to COVID-19 out-break. He intends to wrap up pro-ceedings in another 10 days,including a montage song. A hard-hitting social drama, the film is aproduction venture of SatishVegesna, who has co-producedOkka Kshanam and MosagallakuMosagadu in the past. — NG

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ne of the bestfilms of last year,Mathu Vadalara,fronted by SriSimha, NareshAgastya and Satya,

is going to Hindi, ThePioneer has learnt from reli-able sources. Backed by theprestigious Mythri MovieMakers and produced byChiranjeevi (aka Cherry) andHemalatha, the original, apart trippy and part comicthriller, marked the directori-al debut of Ritesh Rana, whois on board to helm theHindi version as well.

A source close to thedevelopment tells us, “MathuVadalara’s content has uni-versal appeal, so it was a nat-ural choice for Mythri andChiranjeevi, who is the CEOof Mythri, to consider theHindi remake. The fact that

the original — bereft ofnoted faces in the lead — setthe cash registers ringing inTelugu states meant that itwould be a profitable busi-ness proposition for the mak-ers in Hindi even before theyrelease it. Ritesh and his teamwill get the same freedom toexecute the remake similar tothe way they got in Telugu.The only difference is thistime around, the scale will bebigger for him.”

The source further addsthat the remake will markMythri’s first tryst with filmproduction in Hindi.However, the source is quickto clarify that the productionhouse will partner with alike-minded Bollywood pro-duction house to shepherdthe film. “Ritesh is likely toretain his core technical teamfrom the original. Prominent

among them include camera-man Suresh Sarangam andmusic director KaalaBhairava,” the source con-cludes.

Made on a budget of Rs2.1 crore, Mathu Vadalaralanded in profits before the-

atrical release from digitaland satellite sources. Thetheatrical revenue was abonus for the producers andthe distributors. Inspired byreal events, the film told thestory of a delivery agentBabu (Simha) who lands in a

neck-deep mess after he fol-lows his friend Yesu’s (Satya)idea to make some extrabucks. How he comes out ofit is told in a thrilling waywith situational humour andunexpected twists dottingthe narrative.

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comprising Mithun Chakraborty,Flora Saini, Manav Kaul, KrishnaGautam and Makarand Deshpande,comes another announcement fromhim.

The new film, titled Thriller, willrelease on Shreyas ET app likeClimax and Naked. The director isintroducing a newbie Apsara Rana,who has her roots from Orissa,through the project.

“Before meeting Apsara,I dint evenhear about Orissa since the 1999 hur-ricane..but after meeting her now ,Irealised that Orissa creates all kindsof hurricanes..it’s been a great revela-tion that Orissa has such beauties..MORE POWER TO ORISSA@apsara_rani (sic),” the director post-ed on Twitter on Monday morning.

He also labeled her as an excellentdancer and an even better actor.

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The postponementannouncement of the T20World Cup, to be held inOctober-November in Australia,is imminent, creating a windowfor the IPL.

The BCCI has alreadyzeroed in on the end Sept-earlyNovember window for the IPL.

The board’s first choice isstaging the tournament at homebut that is looking increasinglyunlikely with India having thethird largest case load of coro-navirus cases.

“Staging the event in Indiahas to be the first choice but incase it is not safe to have it, thenwe will look at the overseasoptions. After UAE and SriLanka, New Zealand has alsooffered to host the IPL,” a seniorBCCI official said.

“We will sit down with allstakeholders (broadcaster, teams,etc) and take a call. The safetyof the players is paramount.

There will be no compromise onthat,” the official said.

The IPL has been held over-seas in the past. The entire2009 edition was staged in SouthAfrica due to the general elec-tion back home and partially inthe UAE in 2014 due to the samereason.

However in 2019, despiteelections, the BCCI managed toschedule the IPL in India avoid-ing clashing with poll dates invarious states.

The UAE again is the front-runner to host the tournamentif it happens overseas. Sri Lankais a cost-effective option whileNew Zealand, which has beenlargely free from Covid-19, facesfeasibility issues.

With New Zealand, Indiahas a seven and half hour timedifference and even if the gamestarts at 12:30 pm in the after-noon, maximum office-goers(even those who work fromhome) will miss the action.

Apart from Hamilton andAuckland, which can be cov-ered by road, places likeWellington, Christchurch,Napier or Dunedin willrequire air travel. PTI

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Antoine Griezmann answeredhis critics in style on Sundayby scoring with a sensation-

al chip as Barcelona thrashedVillarreal 4-1 to keep their faint LaLiga title hopes alive.

After the humiliation of beingbrought on in the 90th minuteagainst his former club AtleticoMadrid, Griezmann was back inthe starting line-up at La Ceramicaand repaid the faith with a stunning

goal, teed up by Lionel Messi.“It was the kind of goal only

great players can score,” saidBarcelona coach Quique Setien.“He played a spectacular match.”

Messi also laid on a curl-ing Luis Suarez shot into thetop corner after GerardMoreno cancelled out a PauTorres own-goal that had putBarca in front. Ansu Fati thenadded a fourth late on.

An impressive victory forSetien’s side reduces the gap back

to four points behind Real Madrid,who earlier ground out another 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.

Griezmann had experiencedhis lowest moment since joining

Barcelona on Tuesday in thedraw against Atletico but thiswas the perfect response. Hecelebrated his goal by sharinga warm embrace with Messi.

Villarreal looked a difficultopponent after winning five gamesout of six since the restart, a runthat has put them in in touching

distance of the top four. This defeatleaves them three points behindSevilla, who play Eibar on Monday.

The first half was perhaps themost entertaining in La Liga sincethe restart, with four goals andchances for two or three more.

Barca were ahead within threeminutes, Torres diverting JordiAlba’s cross into his own net underpressure from Griezmann at thenear post.

But Villarreal were level 11minutes later as a superb passfrom Samuel Chukwueze sent PacoAlcacer scampering in down theright and he did brilliantly toswitch to Santi Cazorla on theopposite side.

Cazorla’s drive was parried butonly to Moreno, who finished.Messi laid on two sumptuousassists before half-time but the fin-

ishes were even better.After chesting the ball down in

the centre circle, Messi touched andturned, leaving his marker fordead. He drove through twoVillarreal defenders before pushingthe ball left to Suarez, who arrivedfrom the angle on the edge of thebox and curled first time into thefar corner.

If that was power, Griezmann’swas finesse, Messi and Suarez com-bining before Messi dragged backto the Frenchman, who caressed adelightful chip over Sergio Asenjoand in.

Messi thought he had his goalin the second half but Arturo Vidalwas offside. Suarez was taken off,presumably rested, and Fati addeda fourth off the bench. The teenag-er cut in from the left and pulled hisshot back inside the near post.

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Manchester City manager PepGuardiola admitted his side cannot

lose games in the manner they did ingoing down 1-0 at Southampton onSunday if they are to take the PremierLeague title back from Liverpool nextseason.

City lost for the ninth time in theleague this season as Che Adams’s spec-tacular first Southampton goal con-demned Guardiola’s men to defeatdespite enjoying 74% possession and 26shots at goal.

“We played really well, but it was alittle bit the résumé of this season. Wemake one mistake, they punish us,” saidGuardiola. “We lost a lot of games andlosing a lot of games you cannot com-pete to win Premier Leagues. We needto improve because it happened manytimes this season.”

Just four days ago City showed whatthey are capable of when at their best bythrashing newly-crowned championsLiverpool 4-0. But defeat on thesouth coast sees the Reds regaintheir 23-point lead at the top of thetable.

Guardiola, though, insistedhis plan to get back on top does notinvolve a summer spending spreeon new players.

“No, I don’t think so,” added theCatalan when asked if new signings werethe key to a change in fortunes.

“I think we played good. The desire,the character to play until the end was

there, we put Southampton with 10 play-ers in the penalty spot, so we didreally well. When you review thegames and the chances we creat-ed you cannot do more. I like theway we played but it is notenough.”

Adams has endured a night-mare run in front of goal since a

$18.7 million move from Birminghama year ago. But on his 30th appearancefor Southampton, he caught City goal-keeper Ederson stranded well outside hisarea from fully 40 yards out.

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Brendan Rodgers says JamieVardy’s decision to stay at

Leicester has cemented hislegacy at the King PowerStadium after the striker joinedthe Premier League’s “100 club”.

The striker turned downthe chance to join Arsenal in2016, just weeks after spear-heading the Foxes’ PremierLeague title success.

Other members of thatLeicester team includingN’Golo Kante, Riyad Mahrezand Danny Drinkwater madebig-money moves.

On Saturday Vardy, 33,scored his 100th PremierLeague goal, 206 games afterbecoming the first £1 million($1.25 million) signing from anon-league club (FleetwoodTown) when he joined Leicesterin 2012.

Of the 29 players to havebecome Premier League centu-rions, only Ian Wright (28 years286 days) made his debut in the

competition at an older agethan Vardy (27 years 232 days).

Leicester manager Rodgerssaid: “I think as things stand he’sa legend here now for the restof his time at the club — it’s justwhat he adds to that status overthe rest of his career.

“It’s hard to knock playersif they do want to move onbecause their careers are soshort but he’s obviously felt real-ly comfortable.

“He’s found a real homehere. He is adored by the sup-porters and they absolutelylove him.”

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James Maddison and full backBen Chilwell are injury doubtsfor Tuesday’s Premier Leagueclash at Arsenal, managerBrendan Rodgers said.

The pair are among the topchance creators in Rodgers’side this season as the Foxeslook to retain their top four spotand qualify for the ChampionsLeague for the first time since2016.

“We’ve got doubts overJames Maddison and BenChilwell. They could be the twowho could struggle,” Rodgerstold reporters in a virtual newsconference.

“We just have to wait andsee. Ben’s (injury) is at the bot-tom of his foot, it’s giving himpain. We’ll see what the special-ist says, sometimes you can playthrough it.”

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The Indian Super League onMonday approved 3+1 for-

eign player regulation formatches of the franchise-basedevent, bringing it down from theexisting five to boost “increasedparticipation” of local players.

The regulation will becomepart of the competition guide-lines from the eighth season in2021-22.

The decision was takenduring a Football SportsDevelopment Ltd (FSDL) meet-ing attended by its chairpersonNita Ambani and is being com-municated with the stakehold-ers including clubs and the All

India Football Federation(AIFF).

As per the new regulation,an ISL club could sign maxi-mum of six foreigners in thesquad including a compulsoryAsian origin player, with fourforeigners on the field.

The 3+1 foreign player rulesare governed by the AsianFootball Confederation compe-tition regulation.

The move is expected toboost increased participation ofIndian players in the top-flightcompetition. Currently an ISLclub is allowed to sign up toseven International players andplay a maximum of five on thefield.

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Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has said that questions will be

raised if Indian Premier League is slot-ted in the window allotted to ICC T20World Cup in Australia, which in all like-lihood will be cancelled in the wake ofCovid-19 pandemic.

The ICC is yet to decide the fate ofthe T20 World Cup in Australia whichis scheduled to take place from October18 to November 15.

“There are rumors that the WorldCup was clashing with the IndianPremier League (IPL) and the Australia-India series, therefore, it (T20 WorldCup) won’t take place,” Inzamam said inhis YouTube channel.

“The Indian board is strong andhas control in the International Cricket

Council (ICC). If Australia says thatwe cannot hold the World Cupbecause of the Covid-19 pandemic,then their stance will be easily accept-

ed, but if any such kind event happensduring the same time, then questionswill be raised,” he said.

The 50-year-old former batsman,who has scored 8830 runs in 120 Testsand 11739 runs in 378 ODIs for Pakistan,further said: “People will think, if a coun-try could host 12 to 14 teams (16 teams),then why the ICC could not look afterthe teams, after all Australia is such anadvanced country.

“Another thing is the ICC should notbe allowed to give priority to privateleagues (IPL) on Int’l cricket. This willlead to young players forcing on privateleagues other than Int’l matches.”

The former coach, however, agreedthat it is not easy to host 16 nations dur-ing the T20 World Cup.

“Australia can say that it was difficultfor it to manage 18 teams (16) for the

mega event as it is not easy. Likewise, thePakistan team was in England in a hoteland all the facilities were being provid-ed there, therefore, it has not been easyto manage 18 teams (16),” he said.

The fate of Asia Cup which PCB willbe hosting in a neutral country for secu-rity reason is also an issue as no oneknows the fate of the tournament origi-nally scheduled in September.

Inzamam said: “I have also heard thatobjections are also raised on the dates ofthe Asia Cup as it is clashing with someother event.

“The ICC, the Asian CricketCouncil (ACC) and all cricket boardsshould sit together and give a strongmessage that any such kind of impres-sion (giving priority to private leaguesinstead of international cricket), won’ttake place,” he said.

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Roger Federer on Mondaysaid he is “missing”

Wimbledon after the grass-court Grand Slam was can-celled, but hopes to play thetournament in 2021.

The 38-year-old, who hasundergone two knee surgeriesthis year, had alreadyannounced he will not playagain until next year.

This week was scheduledto be the second week ofWimbledon, where Federerhas won a record eight men’ssingles titles, but the tourna-ment was cancelled for the firsttime since World War II due tothe coronavirus pandemic.

“Personally, it has beenvery pleasant to stay in thesame place for a long time, Ihadn’t experienced that formore than 25 years,” Federer

said at the launch of the RogerCenter Court running shoescreated by Swiss brand On.

“But of course I missWimbledon, of course I wouldlike to be there currently play-ing on Centre Court for aplace in the second week.

“Clearly, one of my biggoals, and that’s why I dorecovery work every day andwork so hard, and why I’mpreparing for a 20-week phys-ical preparation block this year,is because I hope to play atWimbledon next year.”

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The Australian cricket team,which started outdoor

training, has been told to getready for a white-ball seriesagainst England in Septemberas the ICC T20 World Cup isexpected to be postponed thisweek, according to a mediareport here.

“Cricket’s World Cup is setto be officially postponed thisweek as Australia’s players aretold to start preparing for come-back battle against England,”Australian newspaper The DailyTelegraph reported.

The report also stated thatif Cricket Australia decides onallowing its players to play inthe IPL, “..The ideal scenariowould be they could go straightfrom the England limited oversseries to wherever the T20league is held in Middle East orAsia.”

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“Messi has said hewill end his workingand footballing life at

Barca,” Bartomeu toldSpanish networkMovistar after his sidebeat Villarreal.

“I’m not going toexplain the detailsbecause we are focusedon the competitionand we are negotiatingwith many players butMessi has explainedto us that he wants tostay and so we’re goingto enjoy him for much

longer.”The 33-year-old

Messi, who signed hislast contract in 2017,has become moreoutspoken against theclub’s hierarchy in thelast year and radiostation Cadena Sersaid last Thursday heis unhappy with howBarca is being runand wants to leave in2021. Agencies

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“The league will be heldbehind closed doors for sure andthe dates are from November toMarch. Kerala, Goa, WestBengal and Northeast were dis-cussed as the likely states butGoa and Kerala can be said asthe frontrunners at this point oftime,” a source said. “The planis to host in one or two statesacross multiple venues.”

Both Goa and Kerala arebetter placed than many otherstates at the moment as far as theCovid-19 situation is concerned,and that makes it “favourable”for the organisers to host theleague there.

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