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State adds 1 lakh cases in just 10 days, crosses 4 lakh mark Andhra Pradesh on Friday went past the grim mark of four lakh Covid-19 cases as over 10,000 new infections were added for the third straight day. The number of people cured of the infection increased to over three lakh, the latest gov- ernment bulletin said. It took just 10 days, the shortest span so far, for the number of coronavirus cases to swell from three to four lakh in the state. Going by the pace at which new cases are being added, AP is expected to climb to the sec- ond spot, behind Maharashtra, in the overall national tally, surpassing neighbouring Tamil Nadu, which had crossed the four lakh mark on Thursday, in a day or two. As on Friday, the Covid-19 count in AP read 4,03,616 total cases, 3,03,711 recoveries and 3,714 deaths. The active cases stood at 96,191. The bulletin said 10,526 fresh positive cases were reported in the state from 61,331 tests. In the 24 hours ending 9 am on Friday, 8,463 coronavirus patients were dis- charged from hospitals after recovery while another 81 suc- cumbed. The state completed 35.41 lakh sample tests so far, show- ing an infection positivity rate of 11.40 per cent. AP reached the 10,000 cases mark on June 24, the 50,000 mark on July 20, one lakh on July 27, 1.50 lakh on August 1, two lakh on August 7 and 2.50 lakh on August 12. It touched the three-lakh mark on August 18. It took 170 days for the state to go from just one to four lakh (cases) after the first person tested positive for the conta- gion on March 12. The stoic silence being main- tained by the Chief Ministers of the two Telugu States over the demand for postponement of JEE Main, NEET exams has become a subject of hot debate in national and local political circles. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart YS Jaganmohan Reddy have been tight-lipped at a time when NEET, JEE exams have polarised non-BJP parties across the country against the NDA government at the Centre. Both the Chief Ministers have neither extended support to exams nor opposed them. On Friday, six ministers of non-BJP ruled states moved the Supreme Court, seeking review of its order on conducting NEET, JEE. Ministers from West Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand jointly filed a review petition in the Supreme Court. Chief Ministers of non-BJP ruled states Mamta Banerjee, Amarinder Singh, Uddhav Thackeray, Ashok Gahlot, Navin Patnaik and Arvind Kejriwal, had also demanded postponement of the exams. However, there is no word from Chief Ministers of the two Telugu States, fuelling specula- tions that KCR and Jagan are not in favour of moving against the NDA. More than Jagan, it's KCR who is attracting more attention in this episode as he had made an attempt to mobilise the sup- port of all regional parties to float his Federal Front ahead of April 2019 Lok Sabha polls. What's interesting is that KCR and Jagan ignored even the personal request made by DMK president MK Stalin who wrote to them two days ago seeking their support for the efforts to stall NEET, JEE exams. KCR and Stalin were the only two leaders from South who were present at the ceremony where Jagan was sworn-in Chief Minister in May, 2019. Political analysts see KCR los- ing a golden opportunity to mobilise the support of non- BJP parties for his Federal Front and become a major political force at national level with his 'silent stand' on JEE, NEET row and giving scope for suspicion for non-BJP parties that KCR indeed is a secret ally of the BJP. The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday expressed its displeasure over insufficient evidence while filing public interest litigation. Hearing a petition filed by advocate Chalasani Ajay Kumar on behalf of petitioner Umamaheswar Reddy that stat- ed that the funds of the Endowments department from Brahmin Welfare Corporation were diverted to implement Amma Vodi scheme by the state government, Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheswari and Justice Kanneganti Lalitha gave time to the petitioner to file nec- essary documents. Earlier on Friday, Advocate-General Sriram Subrahmanyam request- ed the High Court not to enter- tain every Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by vested interests based on mere ‘street talk or speculations’. “Every talk in the street against the state government cannot be con- verted into a PIL. I request that such PILs not be entertained in the court of law,” he said. As if to prove the point of the A-G, the petitioner did not sub- mit any document showing that the funds were diverted from Brahmin Welfare Corporation to the Amma Vodi scheme. The petition also did not include the earlier GO issued by the Finance department on budgetary allocations to the Amma Vodi scheme. Apparently, the petitioner relied on a GO issued by the Endowments department. The Advocate-General opposed it saying that the Brahmin Welfare Corporation was not a part of the Endowments department. The Commissioner of Endowments is the head of the department of the corporation and it is just under the administrative con- trol, he said. RK moves SC, seeks razing of ‘illegal’ TDP state office Alleging that the Telugu Desam Party state office at Atmakur in Guntur district was construct- ed in violation of all rules, Mangalagiri MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking its demolition. The YSRCP MLA said that the TDP had obtained lease for the land from the government for a throwaway price and urged the apex court to scrap the lease too. Appearing on behalf of Ramakrishna Reddy, advocate Allanki Ramesh filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court, mentioning that the TDP had obtained a 99-year lease from the then govern- ment for about 3.65 acres extant land at Atmakur in Guntur on June 22, 2017 through GO 228 for the party office. He said the law prohibits construction of buildings on land adjacent to a canal and the building was constructed vio- lating CRDA law. It may be recalled that RK filed a petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court to cancel the lease of the said land allo- cated to the TDP. However, the High Court dismissed the peti- tion and the MLA then moved the Supreme Court. In a statement, the MLA said that valuable government and temple lands in Vijayawada, Guntur, Machilipatnam, Visakhapatnam and several other towns and cities had been leased to supporters of the TDP for periods 30 to 99 years at very meagre amounts. He said that the lease of all such lands should be cancelled and these valuable properties should be returned to the gov- ernment. Congress MP from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, H Vasanthakumar died of Covid- 19 at a hospital here on Friday, the party said. The 70-yr old first time MP, and working pres- ident of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, who was admitted to the Apollo Hospitals on August 10 after he tested posi- tive for coronavirus, succumbed to the illness, a party spokesper- son said. TDP former MLA from North Andhra Panchakarla Ramesh Babu on Friday joined the YSRCP in the presence of Chief Minister YS Jaganmohaan Reddy here. MP V Vijayasai Reddy said that the YSRCP would utilise the services of Ramesh Babu, who has a long innings in North Andhra. Stating that that nobody can stop the government from going ahead with its decision to establish the exec- utive capital in Visakhapat nam, Vijayasai Reddy accused Leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu of being anti-people and communal. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday laid the foun- dation stone for YSR Vedadri lift irrigation project in a vir- tual ceremony held at his camp office here. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said his Government has laid the foun- dation stone for YSR Vedadri project within 14 months of coming into power and was determined to complete the project by February 2021. The Vedadri lift irrigation project is designed to provide irrigation water to 38,627 acres in Nandigama, Jaggaiahpet, Vatsavai and Penuganchiprolu of Krishna district. The Chief Minister said drinking water will be supplied to 30 villages under DBR Branch Canal, including Jaggaiahpet Municipality through the project. The State Government has set a target of supplying 2.7 tmc ft water to this area and spending Rs 490 crore for the project, Jagan said. He criticised the previous TDP government for not tak- ing up the project and tapping the potential of the River Krishna that flows close by. Atchannaidu gets bail in ESI scam case The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday granted bail to Telugu Desam Party MLA K Atchannaidu in the multi- crore ESI scam case. The HC granting bail to Atchannaidu ordered him not to leave the country without permission. The arguments over Atchannaidu’s bail petition had been concluded on August 25 and the court reserved its orders for August 28. Reacting to the HC orders, TDP MP K Rammohan Naidu said that the prayers of TDP cadre have been answered. Rammohan Naidu reminded that Atchannaidu has tested positive for Covid-19 and appealed to TDP cadres not to visit him. The MP also thanked TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and other party leaders for extending support to their fam- ily during these difficult times. Former Minister and senior TDP leader Ch Ayyanna Patrudu flayed the ruling YSRCP leaders for 'targeting and putting' Atchannaidu in jail out of sheer political vendetta and in an attempt to harass him. He alleged that YSRCP Government was behaving atrociously towards its politi- cal rivals, and alleged that another party leader Kollu Ravindra has been implicated in a false case and is now fac- ing fabricated murder charges. The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a fresh plea seeking extension till December last the RBI's mora- torium scheme to provide facility of deferred payments of installments of term loans to borrowers due to COVID-19 pandemic. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, in a hearing conducted through video con- ferencing, ordered tagging of the fresh plea filed by lawyer Vishal Tiwari with the earlier pending petition on the issue. The Reserve Bank Of India had come out with the notifi- cation in March after the nation-wide lockdown was imposed to curb the spread of the pandemic and had given the facility of deferred pay- ment of installments to bor- rowers and now, the scheme is ending on August 31. The Supreme Court on Friday said the University Grants Commission's guideline for conducting the final year uni- versity examination before September 30 is correct, and states and uni- versities cannot promote stu- dents without holding exams. A bench com- prising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah said: "We, thus, conclude that the State Disaster Management Authority and the State Government has no jurisdiction to take a decision that the students of final year/terminal examination should be promoted on the basis of earlier years assess- ment and internal assessment whereas the UGC guidelines dated July 6 directed specifi- cally to conduct final year/ter- minal semester examination." The top court rejected the petitioners' con- tention that promot- ing students thus on earlier assess- ment would in no manner lowering the standard of edu- cation The top court said the decision of the Disaster Management Autho rity or the state government that students should be pro- moted without appearing in the final year/terminal semes- ter examination, is not with- in the domain of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.

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State adds 1 lakh cases in just10 days, crosses 4 lakh mark�'�� -���������

Andhra Pradesh on Fridaywent past the grim mark offour lakh Covid-19 cases asover 10,000 new infectionswere added for the thirdstraight day.

The number of people curedof the infection increased toover three lakh, the latest gov-ernment bulletin said.

It took just 10 days, theshortest span so far, for thenumber of coronavirus cases toswell from three to four lakh inthe state.

Going by the pace at whichnew cases are being added, APis expected to climb to the sec-ond spot, behind Maharashtra,in the overall national tally,surpassing neighbouring Tamil

Nadu, which had crossed thefour lakh mark on Thursday, ina day or two.

As on Friday, the Covid-19count in AP read 4,03,616total cases, 3,03,711 recoveriesand 3,714 deaths.

The active cases stood at96,191.

The bulletin said 10,526fresh positive cases werereported in the state from

61,331 tests. In the 24 hoursending 9 am on Friday, 8,463coronavirus patients were dis-charged from hospitals afterrecovery while another 81 suc-cumbed.

The state completed 35.41lakh sample tests so far, show-ing an infection positivity rateof 11.40 per cent.

AP reached the 10,000 casesmark on June 24, the 50,000mark on July 20, one lakh onJuly 27, 1.50 lakh on August 1,two lakh on August 7 and 2.50lakh on August 12.

It touched the three-lakhmark on August 18.

It took 170 days for the stateto go from just one to four lakh(cases) after the first persontested positive for the conta-gion on March 12.

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The stoic silence being main-tained by the Chief Ministers ofthe two Telugu States over thedemand for postponement ofJEE Main, NEET exams hasbecome a subject of hot debatein national and local politicalcircles.

Telangana Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao and hisAndhra Pradesh counterpart YSJaganmohan Reddy have beentight-lipped at a time whenNEET, JEE exams havepolarised non-BJP partiesacross the country against theNDA government at the Centre.

Both the Chief Ministershave neither extended supportto exams nor opposed them.

On Friday, six ministers ofnon-BJP ruled states moved theSupreme Court, seeking reviewof its order on conductingNEET, JEE.

Ministers from West Bengal,Punjab, Maharashtra,Rajasthan, Chattisgarh and

Jharkhand jointly filed a reviewpetition in the Supreme Court.

Chief Ministers of non-BJPruled states Mamta Banerjee,Amarinder Singh, UddhavThackeray, Ashok Gahlot,Navin Patnaik and ArvindKejriwal, had also demandedpostponement of the exams.

However, there is no wordfrom Chief Ministers of the twoTelugu States, fuelling specula-tions that KCR and Jagan arenot in favour of moving against

the NDA.More than Jagan, it's KCR

who is attracting more attentionin this episode as he had madean attempt to mobilise the sup-port of all regional parties tofloat his Federal Front ahead ofApril 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

What's interesting is thatKCR and Jagan ignored eventhe personal request made byDMK president MK Stalin whowrote to them two days agoseeking their support for the

efforts to stall NEET, JEE exams.KCR and Stalin were the only

two leaders from South whowere present at the ceremonywhere Jagan was sworn-in ChiefMinister in May, 2019.

Political analysts see KCR los-ing a golden opportunity tomobilise the support of non-BJP parties for his FederalFront and become a majorpolitical force at national levelwith his 'silent stand' on JEE,NEET row and giving scope forsuspicion for non-BJP partiesthat KCR indeed is a secret allyof the BJP.

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The Andhra Pradesh HighCourt on Friday expressed itsdispleasure over insufficientevidence while filing publicinterest litigation.

Hearing a petition filed byadvocate Chalasani Ajay Kumaron behalf of petitionerUmamaheswar Reddy that stat-ed that the funds of theEndowments department fromBrahmin Welfare Corporationwere diverted to implementAmma Vodi scheme by the stategovernment, Division Bench

comprising Chief JusticeJitendra Kumar Maheswari andJustice Kanneganti Lalitha gavetime to the petitioner to file nec-

essary documents. Earlier onFriday, Advocate-GeneralSriram Subrahmanyam request-ed the High Court not to enter-

tain every Public InterestLitigation (PIL) filed by vestedinterests based on mere ‘streettalk or speculations’. “Every talkin the street against the stategovernment cannot be con-verted into a PIL. I request thatsuch PILs not be entertained inthe court of law,” he said.

As if to prove the point of theA-G, the petitioner did not sub-mit any document showing thatthe funds were diverted fromBrahmin Welfare Corporationto the Amma Vodi scheme.

The petition also did notinclude the earlier GO issued by

the Finance department onbudgetary allocations to theAmma Vodi scheme.Apparently, the petitioner reliedon a GO issued by theEndowments department.

The Advocate-Generalopposed it saying that theBrahmin Welfare Corporationwas not a part of theEndowments department. TheCommissioner of Endowmentsis the head of the departmentof the corporation and it is justunder the administrative con-trol, he said.

RK moves SC, seeks razingof ‘illegal’ TDP state office�'�� -���������

Alleging that the Telugu DesamParty state office at Atmakur inGuntur district was construct-ed in violation of all rules,Mangalagiri MLA AllaRamakrishna Reddy on Fridayfiled a petition in the SupremeCourt, seeking its demolition.

The YSRCP MLA said thatthe TDP had obtained lease forthe land from the governmentfor a throwaway price andurged the apex court to scrapthe lease too.

Appearing on behalf ofRamakrishna Reddy, advocateAllanki Ramesh filed a SpecialLeave Petition in the SupremeCourt, mentioning that theTDP had obtained a 99-year

lease from the then govern-ment for about 3.65 acresextant land at Atmakur inGuntur on June 22, 2017through GO 228 for the partyoffice. He said the law prohibitsconstruction of buildings onland adjacent to a canal and thebuilding was constructed vio-lating CRDA law.

It may be recalled that RKfiled a petition in the AndhraPradesh High Court to cancelthe lease of the said land allo-cated to the TDP. However, theHigh Court dismissed the peti-tion and the MLA then movedthe Supreme Court.

In a statement, the MLA saidthat valuable government andtemple lands in Vijayawada,Guntur, Machilipatnam,Visakhapatnam and severalother towns and cities hadbeen leased to supporters of theTDP for periods 30 to 99 yearsat very meagre amounts.

He said that the lease of allsuch lands should be cancelledand these valuable propertiesshould be returned to the gov-ernment.

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Congress MP fromKanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, HVasanthakumar died of Covid-19 at a hospital here on Friday,the party said. The 70-yr oldfirst time MP, and working pres-ident of Tamil Nadu CongressCommittee, who was admittedto the Apollo Hospitals onAugust 10 after he tested posi-tive for coronavirus, succumbedto the illness, a party spokesper-son said.

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TDP former MLA fromNorth Andhra PanchakarlaRamesh Babu on Fridayjoined the YSRCP in thepresence of Chief Minister YSJaganmohaan Reddy here.

MP V Vijayasai Reddy saidthat the YSRCP would utilisethe services of Ramesh Babu,who has a long innings inNorth Andhra.

Stating that that nobodycan stop the governmentfrom going ahead with itsdecision to establish the exec-utive capital in Visakhapatnam, Vijayasai Reddy accusedLeader of the Opposition NChandrababu Naidu of beinganti-people and communal. +�'� ��,���- ��.�� �����/������

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Chief Minister YS JaganmohanReddy on Friday laid the foun-dation stone for YSR Vedadrilift irrigation project in a vir-tual ceremony held at his campoffice here.

Speaking on the occasion,the Chief Minister said hisGovernment has laid the foun-dation stone for YSR Vedadriproject within 14 months ofcoming into power and wasdetermined to complete theproject by February 2021.

The Vedadri lift irrigationproject is designed to provideirrigation water to 38,627 acresin Nandigama, Jaggaiahpet,Vatsavai and Penuganchiproluof Krishna district.

The Chief Minister said

drinking water will be suppliedto 30 villages under DBRBranch Canal, includingJaggaiahpet Municipalitythrough the project. The StateGovernment has set a target ofsupplying 2.7 tmc ft water tothis area and spending Rs 490crore for the project, Jagansaid.

He criticised the previousTDP government for not tak-ing up the project and tappingthe potential of the RiverKrishna that flows close by.

Atchannaidu gets bail in ESI scam case �'�� -���������

The Andhra Pradesh HighCourt on Friday granted bail toTelugu Desam Party MLA KAtchannaidu in the multi-crore ESI scam case. The HCgranting bail to Atchannaiduordered him not to leave thecountry without permission.

The arguments overAtchannaidu’s bail petition hadbeen concluded on August 25

and the courtreserved its ordersfor August 28.

Reacting to theHC orders, TDPMP KR a m m o h a nNaidu said that theprayers of TDP cadrehave been answered.Rammohan Naidu remindedthat Atchannaidu has testedpositive for Covid-19 and

appealed to TDP cadresnot to visit him. The

MP also thankedTDP supremo NChandrababu Naiduand other partyleaders for extending

support to their fam-ily during these difficult

times.Former Minister and senior

TDP leader Ch AyyannaPatrudu flayed the ruling

YSRCP leaders for 'targetingand putting' Atchannaidu injail out of sheer politicalvendetta and in an attempt toharass him.

He alleged that YSRCPGovernment was behavingatrociously towards its politi-cal rivals, and alleged thatanother party leader KolluRavindra has been implicatedin a false case and is now fac-ing fabricated murder charges.

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The Supreme Court on Fridaydecided to hear a fresh pleaseeking extension tillDecember last the RBI's mora-torium scheme to providefacility of deferred payments ofinstallments of term loans toborrowers due to COVID-19pandemic.

A bench headed by JusticeAshok Bhushan, in a hearingconducted through video con-ferencing, ordered tagging of

the fresh plea filed by lawyerVishal Tiwari with the earlierpending petition on the issue.

The Reserve Bank Of Indiahad come out with the notifi-cation in March after thenation-wide lockdown wasimposed to curb the spread ofthe pandemic and had giventhe facility of deferred pay-ment of installments to bor-rowers and now, the scheme isending on August 31.

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The Supreme Court on Fridaysaid the University GrantsCommission's guideline forconducting the final year uni-versity examinationbefore September30 is correct, andstates and uni-versities cannotpromote stu-dents withoutholding exams.

A bench com-prising JusticesAshok Bhushan, R.Subhash Reddy and M.R.Shah said: "We, thus, concludethat the State DisasterManagement Authority andthe State Government has nojurisdiction to take a decisionthat the students of finalyear/terminal examinationshould be promoted on the

basis of earlier years assess-ment and internal assessmentwhereas the UGC guidelinesdated July 6 directed specifi-cally to conduct final year/ter-minal semester examination."

The top court rejectedthe petitioners' con-

tention that promot-ing students thuson earlier assess-ment would in nomanner loweringthe standard of edu-

cationThe top court said

the decision of theDisaster Management Authority or the state governmentthat students should be pro-moted without appearing inthe final year/terminal semes-ter examination, is not with-in the domain of the DisasterManagement Act, 2005.

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Ministers and YSRCP leadershave failed to bring a brandimage for the State, slammedTDP State president KKalavenkata Rao. He deploredthat by encouraging gamblingactivities in different places,the ruling party leaders haveturned the State into'Pekatandhra Pradesh'.

He said that even in theAssembly segment of ChiefMinister YS JaganmohanReddy, the ruling party leaderswere running gambling clubsto loot people. He demandedthat Jagan take appropriatesteps immediately for puttingan end to gambling and illicitliquor making, which wereflourishing in the State.

Venkat Rao ridiculed thatgambling became the game ofthe State but not kabaddi in theYSRCP government’s tenure.He alleged that anti-socialactivities were going onunabated and violations of law

of the land became the order ofthe day. He demanded the res-ignation of Labour MinisterGummanur Jayaram owningmoral responsibility forallegedly helping his kin to runa gambling racket in his nativevillage in Kurnool district.

Venkat Rao stated that it wascondemnable that the YSRCPleaders there have not onlycommitted offences but alsoattacked policemen who camethere to arrest them. He

alleged that relatives of theminister were involved in thecrime and stringent actionshould be taken in this regard.

He alleged that ministerswere competing to encouragegambling dens and illicitarrack making units in theirareas instead of putting theirvillages on the map of devel-opment and progress. Heclaimed that YSRCPChippagiri mandal convenerGummanur Narayana was

behind the gambling denbeing run at Gummanur, thenative village of MinisterJayaram.

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The Andhra Pradesh MadyaVimochana Prachara Committee(APMVC) would conduct a shortfilm competition on 'Liquorimpact-phase wise liquor ban inAP'. APMVC chairmanVallamareddy Lakshmana Reddysaid that short film should be inTelugu language with five min-utes duration, while Rs 10,000cash award for each would begiven to the top five short films.

Lakshmana Reddysaid that APMVCwill select the best15 short filmsand would payRs 10,000 cashto top five shortfilms, Rs 7,500cash award eachto the second cat-egory of five shortfilms and Rs 5,000 cashaward each to the third cate-gory of five short films.

He said that APMVCwould announce the

winners onSeptember 28 andinterested short filmmakers should sendtheir short films toapmvp c.gov. in

@gmail.com on, orbefore September 25

which is the last date.He said that there is no

entry fee so interested persons canparticipate in the competition

from both Telugu States. He said that the APMVC will

give cash rewards with apprecia-tion letters to the winners onOctober 2, on the birth anniver-sary of the Father of the NationMahatma Gandhi

He said that the short films,which have already beenuploaded on YouTube are not eli-gible, and only new short filmswith a message to awaken society would be taken for competition.

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It seems there is no end forthe problems being faced bytribals though the mediahighlights about their plighttime and again successivegovernments has had failedin coming to their rescue asthey have been deprived ofmedicare in the agency areas.

Tribals in the Agency areaare continuing to carry theirpregnant women in doli(makeshi f t s tretcher)trekking kilometres beforefinding an ambulance on amotorable road.

On Friday, villagers inChoudepal le underBudaralla panchayats ofKoyyuru mandal in the dis-trict had to carry a 21-year-old pregnant Mogga VenkataKumar, who was writhing inpain.

They walked in the roughterrain for about two kilome-tres before an ambulancefrom Rajendrapalem prima-ry health centre picked upthe woman and admittedher to the hospital.

“A local leader was talk-ing about 4G and 5G mobileservices in the agency. Letthe government lay roadsand improve land communi-cation. Wireless communica-tion can wait,’’ said Sanjeeva

Rao, who carried the doli.People carrying pregnant

women in doli is being fre-quently reported from allthe three districts of northcoastal Andhra, a CPMleader from Araku said.

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Divisional Railway ManagerVijayawada, P Srinivas, saidthat Vijayawada railway divisionworked effectively during theCorona times and stated that inspite of Covid-19 crisis, Divisionloaded 2001 rakes till July 31with an earning of Rs 684.70crore. He said thatKrishnapatnam and Kakinadaports played a vital role duringthe lockdown by transportationof coal, food grains, fertilizersand other essential goods to dif-ferent parts of the country. Hestated that food grains loadinghas increased by 14 per cent andfertilizer increased by six percent compared to correspond-ing period of previous year.

Addressing the media onlineon Friday, Srinivas said that foodgrains loading has been

increased by 14 per cent and fer-tilizer by six per cent amidstCorona crisis compared to cor-responding period of previousyear. He said that VijayawadaDivision has set up BusinessDevelopment Unit (BDU) todouble the freight carried byrailways by 2024 and the mainfocus of BDU is to strengthen

railway’s share in existing traf-fic while at the same timestrongly foraying into miscella-neous non-bulk goods traffic.

Srinivas said that startingfrom April 2, 2020 more than5,626 tonnes of essential com-modities were loaded throughTime tabled Special Parcel trainsand special trains through which

Rs 1.67 crore earnings wasachieved during the lockdownand these include lime, iced fish,eggs, ghee tins, mangoes, perish-ables, other essentials.

Srinivas said that many newstreams of traffic were capturedthis year through regular nego-tiations and discussion withmerchants and cargo aggrega-tors at field level. He explainedthat for instance two rakes of drychillies were transported toBangladesh fromTadepalligudem in June. Hesaid that under Round TripTraffic (RTT) policy, customersof the Division have loaded 55rakes till date, out of which 42rakes loaded at Krishnapatnamport and 13 rakes at Kakinadaport.

The DRM Vijayawada saidVijayawada Division successful-ly converted 50 sleeper coach-

es into Isolation Coaches,against the target of 32 by April9. He stated that QuarantineCentres with beds were set up atRailway Institutes atS a t y a n a r a y a n a p u r a m ,Rayanapadu, Bittragunta,Rajahmundry and Eluru.

Srinivas said that the Divisionsuccessfully manufactured45,000 facemasks and 6,500litres of sanitizers with availableresources to further strengthenits effort to fight the pandemicand safety kits were readied anddistributed to frontline staffsuch as Gangmen, ALPs, LPsand others over the Division.Srinivas stated that currentlyseven pairs of Special trains arerunning through the Divisionwith stoppages at Vijayawada,Nellore, Ongole, Eluru,Rajahmundry and Anakapalliover Vijayawada Division.

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The social media plat-form is ahead of othermedia in terms ofpublicity, Apco, whichwas selling handloomproducts will adoptthese marketingstrategies to sell hand-loom products for uplift of theliving standards of handloomweavers in the state. Apco willmake use social media platformfor the publicity of handloomproducts and to protect thehandloom sector. It may benoted that handloom is the sec-ond most dependent sectorafter agriculture in the state,while the Andhra Pradesh StateHandloom WeaversCooperative Society (Apco)buys and sells handloom prod-ucts from handloom societiesthrough Apco showrooms.

Speaking on the innovativemarketing strategy being adopt-ed, Apco managing director BRAmbedkar said they havealready tied up with Amazononline marketing company. Totake forward the handloomproducts sales they would uni-versalise social media platformsuch as Facebook, YouTube,WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagramand Telegram. To create aware-ness among people on the qual-ity and durability of handloomproducts short films will be post-ed on the social media platform,he said and added that this pro-motional plan is designed to

instantly reach to the consumerswith complete informationabout the range of productsbeing introduced to suit thechanging trends and fashions.The complete information isavailable on social media plat-forms www.facebook.com/apco-f a b r i c s a p ,www.twitter.com/apcofabricsap,www.instagram.com/apcofab-ricsap, www.youtube.com/apco-fabricsap, and on the officialwebsite www.apcofabrics.com.

Ambedkar said that the aimof the campaign was to makeeveryone a partner in the socialmedia campaign and to associ-ate in the handloom society aspart of the campaign. He saidthat handloom product loversare all over the world andthrough social media there willbe good encouragement fromthem. A separate team will beformed initially to address thesocial media posts which will bean encouragement to the hand-loom sector, Apco garmentswill be available to the public inall these e-Commerce sites in thedays to come and expect a sig-nificant change in the sales ofhandloom products, he added.

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The Dredging Corporation ofIndia Limited (DCI) hassecured Rs 60.98 crore con-tract for maintenance dredg-ing of Naval sites inErnakulam.

The DCI participated in aGlobal RFP for maintenancedredging of Naval sites inErnakulam invited by theSouthern Naval Command(SNC), Kochi in May 2020.

The DCI has successfullybagged the project in a stiffcompetition. The projectinvolves maintenance dredg-ing for a period of two years2020-21 at a cost of Rs 60.98crore.

Estimated annual dredgingquantity is about 1.8 millionand the work shall be carriedout from October toFebruary each year. SNC isexpected to issue the workorder soon.

The DCI is also carryingout maintenance dredging atmajor ports like Kolkata,Paradip, Visakhapatnam,JNPT (Mumbai), MPT (Goa)& Cochin.

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Governor Biswa BushanHarichandan said here onFriday that Muharram sym-bolises the spirit of sacrifice,which is placed above all thevirtues of mankind.Muharram commemoratesthe martyrdom of HazratImam Hussain, the grandsonof the Holy Prophet, who sac-rificed his life at the altar oftrue belief.

Remembrance of good-ness and sacrifice is the truemeaning of Muharram. “Letus emulate the spirit ofMuharram embodyinghumanism, which is centralto Islam. The Governorappealed to Muslim brethrenin the State to observe theoccasion by staying at homeand help the authorities intheir fight against Covid-19pandemic.

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The British government onFriday proposed measures togive emergency approval to asafe and effective Covid-19 vac-cine and train a large numberof people in administering it inorder to enable a fast-pacedmass rollout.

If a vaccine is developedbefore 2021, the proposals willbolster existing powers thatallow the Medicines andHealthcare products RegulatoryAgency (MHRA) to considerapproving its use, before a fullproduct licence is granted.

However, the governmentstressed that Covid-19 vaccines

will only be given to the UKpatients if proven to be safe andeffective.

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developing Covid-19 vaccineswhich we hope will be impor-tant in saving lives, protectinghealthcare workers and return-

ing to normal in future,"Professor Jonathan Van-Tam,Deputy Chief Medical Officerfor England, said in a statement.

"The proposals consulted ontoday suggest ways to improveaccess and ensure as many peo-ple are protected from COVID-19 and flu as possible withoutsacrificing the absolute need toensure that any vaccine used isboth safe and effective."

The UK went into a transi-tion period with the EuropeanUnion after the Brexit so thatboth sides can work out thedetails of their engagements.The new measures proposed onFriday are necessary becauseduring the transition period, a

new potential Covid-19 vaccinemust be granted a licence by theEuropean Medicines Agency(EMA).

The British governmentlaunched a consultation onFriday which will look to amendthe Human MedicineRegulations 2012. The measurescould come into force byOctober, ahead of the winterseason.

The regulations will permitthe MHRA to consider givingtemporary authorisation allow-ing patients to benefit while itundergoes the full licensingprocess, with reinforced condi-tions attached to ensure safety,quality and efficacy.

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Unacademy, a learning plat-form, is conducting the sec-ond edition of the UPSC CSEChampionship for UPSCaspirants looking to appearfor the CSE Prelims-2020,Paper 1, General Studies.This championship providesthe aspirants with an oppor-tunity to test their knowledgethrough the five free mocktests, followed by detailedfeedback on their perfor-mance, along with tips andstrategies to crack the UPSCexam. The tests are scheduledon every Sunday at 10 amfrom August 30 to September27 and will be conducted inEnglish and Hindi, accordingto Deepika Reddy Maghameducator.

The tests have been curat-ed by UPSC preparatory cir-cle, including veterans suchas ex-IAS Rakesh Verma,Mrunal Patel, Sharad Tripati,Deepanshu Singh, MdRizwan Ahmed and AtishMathur, all of whom areeducators on the Unacademyplatform. There will bedetailed free live analysisand discussion after eachtest with top educators inEnglish, Hindi and bilin-gual.

For each of the mock tests,aspirants, who clear the testamong the top three ranks,will get the opportunity tointeract with the UPSC CSE-2019 toppers and TopUnacademy educators. Thetop five and the next 20ranks will be given free six-month and three-monthaccess to Unacademy UPSC CSE subscriptionrespectively.

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A large team of physiciansheaded by noted nephrologistDr Nallapati Ammanna hasbeen distributing free medicinekits to the Coronavirus victimsin the two Telugu States apartfrom providing medical treat-ment.

Dr Ammanna talking tonewsmen here on Friday, saidthat they distributed free med-icine kits to 1,600 covid victimsapart from booklets on the pre-cautions to be taken.

He said that the alumni ofSiddhartha Medical College

and the members of AP Societyof Nephrologists arehelping in providingmedicine kits to thepatients.

Dr Ammannasaid that thoughthe number ofcases has comedown in Krishnadistrict, the number isgrowing in the dis-tricts of EastGodavari, Nellore and others.

He exhorted people not toget depressed after testing pos-itive for Coronavirus sincethey could recover if proper

precautions are taken. TheCovid19 victim in and

around Vijayawadaare already utilisingthe services of thedoctors’ team, hesaid.

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arranged helplinewith the numbers

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9063981413 to contact thephysicians in case they aretested positive.

Dr Bharati, Dr Dhanunjay,Dr Ujwala, Dr Neha, Dr

Srilakshmi, Dr Rohit inVijayawada, Dr Hiteswari inTirupati, Dr Sivaramakrishnain Guntur, Dr Ravisankar inRajamahendravaram, DrNarasimha Raju inVisakhapatnam, Dr Satish atMadhira are providing med-ical facilities to the Covid vic-tims through helpline.

Dr Ammanna said that fourpersons in Vijayawada andtwo from Guntur, who recov-ered from Corona, have donat-ed plasma. He appealed to therecovered persons to donateplasma generously to help oth-ers recover fast.

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The three-day annualPavitrotsavams commenced atSri Govindaraja Swamy templeon Friday in Tirupati. On thefirst day, Pavitra Pratista ritu-

al was performed as perAgamas. Earlier during the day,Snapana Tirumanjanam wasperformed. Temple specialgrade deputy executive officerVaralakshmi and other staffswere also present.

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Fearing that she had contractedCovid-19, a 50-year-old housewife committed suicide by con-suming pesticide (cockroachkiller). According to police, sheconsumed cockroach killingpoison on Wednesday and wasimmediately shifted to a privatehospital where she died onFriday while undergoing treat-ment. V Aaradhana (50), along

with her husband V SurenderKumar, was staying atShalivahana Nagar in the city.They gave their ground floor torent. A few days ago, tenants ofthe house were tested positive forCovid-19. Fearing that she mightalso get infected with Covid-19,she went into depression. Shewas facing psychological prob-lems, hence, she might havecommitted suicide, said Malkpetpolice inspector.

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The government had failed torescue the people from bothCoronavirus threat and floods,alleged Leader of theOpposition N ChandrababuNaidu. He said that the rulingparty's negligent attitudebecame problem for people,who were already hit due to ris-ing infections and submer-gence of their villages in floodwaters.

Addressing a teleconferencewith the party leaders ofGodavari districts here onFriday, the TDP national pres-ident strongly objected to thediscrimination being shownbetween the flood victims andbeneficiaries on political lines.

The TDP chief asserted thatthe Jagan’s regime miserablyfailed in water managementand in getting flood forecastsin advance for reviewing levelsin reservoirs at regular intervalsas the government did not

heed to the prior warnings ofthe Central WaterCommission. He lamented thatas a result, Rs 106 crore losswas caused to banana crops,chilli, onion, papaya, turmer-ic, cotton and other crops werealso wiped away.

He alleged that flood reliefwas not being provided to lowincome families for not sup-porting the ruling party. Heclaimed that the TD regimehad provided food to 1.35 lakh

people per day during the Titlicyclone but that kind of serviceorientation was lacking in thepresent government. He statedthat there was a need to rescuefarmers, who lost their crops inthe floods and further supplyof seed for alternative cropswith 100 per cent subsidy.

Stating that the floodscaused severe damage, Naidudemanded that the govern-ment provide compensationto the flood victims more

than that was given during theTitli and Hudhud cyclones asthe intensity of present floodswas high and it was the worstin the last 14 years. Helamented that for the last 17days, the Godavari flood vic-tims were facing lot of prob-lems and hardships. He stat-

ed that a loss of Rs 178 crorewas caused to farmers of hor-ticulture crops due to sub-merging of over 23,700 acresof horticulture crops affecting22,712 farmers. He deploredmost of these farmers weresmall farmers with one acre totwo acres of land.

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Accusing the YSRCP govern-ment of turning a blind eyetowards the violence of the rul-ing party cadre, Jana SenaParty president Pawan Kayanon Friday said the governmentwas letting its leader go freeafter making a murder bid onJana Sena and BJP activists.

Contrary to arresting theaccused, those who stood nearthe victims when the incidentoccurred were arrested, allegedPawan Kalyan. “The victims areundergoing treatment at KGHwith grievous injuries. JanaSena leaders brought the con-dition of the two workers to mynotice. In the incident, the atti-tude of the Bheemili police andthe way they registered cases isunjust. The arrest of those whosupported the victims instead ofarresting the ruling party leader,who made a murder attempt, isleading to many suspicions,” hementioned.

Moogi Prasad and MoogiSrinivas have been attackedwith a knife for reprimandingthe ruling YSRCP leader whenhe resorted to sexual harass-

ment of a housewife, who isworking as a volunteer in thearea, the Jana Sena leaders said.

“Nirbhaya case has to beregistered against the YSRCPleader, who resorted to sexualharassment. What happened tothe Disha Act and police sta-tions, which were set up by thegovernment to protect thewomen? The residents ofBheemili have understoodunder whose influence thepolice are refraining fromarresting the person, whomade a murder attempt on themain thoroughfare,” the JSchief said.

He also said that the policewere accountable to people,hence, should discharge theirduties properly. “If they saythey want to work only for theruling party, we have to go tothe courts seeking protection.The goons of the ruling partyhave tried to kill BJP leader inVizianagaram a few weeks ago.Now, they tried to kill JanaSena and BJP activists inBheemili constituency. TheDGP must respond immedi-ately and take the accusedinto custody by registeringcases,” demanded PawanKalyan.

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Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharyatook charge as the Director ofNTPC (Projects) on August 28.Bhattacharya joined the NTPCin 1984 as the 9th batch ofengineering executive traineesand was initially posted atNTPC Korba, which was thensituated in Madhya Pradesh.

He is an electrical engineer-ing graduate from JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata. He hasalso completed PG Diploma inManagement from MDI,Gurgaon. Bhattacharya startedhis career in Green Field pro-ject construction, followed byworking in the areas of powerplant operation and mainte-nance, renovation and mod-ernisation, environment man-agement and technical ser-

vices at NTPC Farakka (1600MW) in West Bengal.

After serving in Farakka invarious departments, hemoved to NTPC TalcherThermal (450 MW) in Odisha,an old and underperformingasset, taken over from theState Electricity Board. Underhis stewardship, along with his

team, the power station wenton to become a top perform-ing station in years to come.

Bhattacharya has signifi-cantly contributed for NTPC’svertical and horizontal busi-ness diversification as well asgrowth through inorganicroute. He has had an illustri-ous career in BusinessDevelopment function ofNTPC in Domestic as well asinternational arena with specialfocus on NTPC’s diversifica-tion into hydroelectricity withacquisition of Koldam andsetting up of subsidiary com-pany namely NESCL for elec-tricity distribution business. Hehas been in the forefront of JVformulation & project concep-tualisation for 1,320 MWMaitree Power Project inBangladesh.

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Minister for EndowmentsVelampalli Srinivas on Fridaysaid that the much awaitedDurga temple flyover will beinaugurated on September 4.Speaking to the media personshere on Friday, the minister saidthat Durga flyover, Benz Circleflyover and the Outer RingRoad will be inaugurated onSeptember 4 by Chief MinisterYS Jaganmohan Reddy andUnion Minister for TransportNitin Jairam Gadkari online.

Inaugurating the Rs 4 croredevelopment work inVijayawada West Constituency,the minister reminded thatduring the five-year TDP rule,Jaleel Khan, Bonda Uma,Gadde Ramamohana Rao andMP Kesineni Srinivas (Nani)from Vijayawada could notbring a single project to thecity. He ridiculed MP Nani fortalking on Durga flyover as theTDP neglected the develop-

ment of Vijayawada city dur-ing their five years rule. Hequestioned the TDP MP thatthey had promised to completethe Durga flyover beforeKrishna Pushkaralu.

In 15 months of theYSRCP’s rule, the governmenthas fulfilled the promises givento people, he pointed out.With welfare and develop-ment as two eyes, the govern-ment was sanctioning fundsfor the development of the city,said the minister. YSRCP lead-ers, VMC officials and otherswere present.

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YSRCP MLA fromNarasaraopet Dr GopireddySrinivas Reddy termed thenews of his shifting to Chennaiand Hyderabad for Coronatreatment as rumours andbaseless. Earlier, news ofSrinivas Reddy shifting toChennai/Hyderabad spreadswiftly, which reportedly wor-ried cadre and MLA followers.Therefore, he released a selfievideo on Friday stating that hiscondition is good and he wasin home isolation at his housein Narasaraopet. He was test-ed positive for Covid-19 onAugust 23 and after that hewas in home isolation undermedical care.

He said that he sufferedbody pains for three days and

later his condition turned tonormal but some people werespreading rumours on hiscondition. He said that he isgetting treatment from expertdoctors and recovering fast.He thanked everyone, whowished him speedy recovery,asked leaders, party cadre andpeople not to believe inrumours and hoped for com-plete recovery from pandem-ic Coronavirus in a few days.

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Recalling the 2000 incident inwhich three people were killedin police firing at Basheerbaghin the protest against power tar-iff hike, YSRCP MP V VijaysaiReddy on Friday slammed TDPchief N Chandrababu Naidu onTwitter.

Exactly 20 years ago, onAugust 28, three protesters werekilled while several others sus-tained grievous injuries in thewidely-condemned police firingordered by the then ChiefMinister N Chandrababu Naidu.

On Twitter, he said: “Aftercompleting 25 years as a betray-er and observing ‘BackstabbingDay’ on August 25, Babu(Chandrababu Naidu) is cele-brating ‘Chandranna BloodshedDay’ on August 28. The may-hem unleashed by Babu (Naidu)at Basheerbagh completes 20years today. Babu, history is awitness to how cruel anddestructive you are.”

A Chalo Assembly agitationwas called by several politicalparties to protest against the thenChandrababu Naidu govern-ment’s decision to hike the elec-tricity tariff unilaterally as part ofruthless enforcement of powersector reforms.

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The MP said it was onlyJaganmohan Reddy who wasstriving for the development ofSCs, STs, BCs and Minorities inthe state. “Over the past 14months, Rs 60,000 crore wasspent for the welfare of thesesections while ChandrababuNaidu deceived these sectionsduring his 14 year rule,”Vijayasai Reddy said.

Ramesh Babu said, “I wasimpressed by Chief MinisterYS Jaganmohan Reddy’s plansto decentralise the administra-tion and plan to set up exec-utive capital atVisakhapatnam.” He said hewas vexed with TDP chief NChandrababu Naidu's insis-tence on opposingJaganmohan Reddy who isstriving for the all-rounddevelopment of the state, espe-cially the North Andhra dis-tricts by setting up the exec-utive capital in Vizag.

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The Advocate-General fur-ther pointed out that thepetitioner, being a lawyer,had not shown any basis forthe plea that the Endowmentfund has been diverted toAmma Vodi. The GO of theEndowments department didnot speak of any diversion.

The High Court agreedwith the Advocate-General’sargument and expressed itsdispleasure at the petitioner.It said there was nothingwrong with the action of thegovernment. The court want-ed to dismiss the PIL, but thepetitioner sought a week’stime to file some furtherdocuments.

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Ministers and MLAs hailedthe Chief Minister for layingthe foundation stone for theproject. Jaggaiahpeta MLASamineni Udayabhanu saidthat laying the foundation stonefor the project on this day isbeing considered a marriageanniversary gift from the ChiefMinister. He described Jagan asa ‘saviour of the farmers (RythuBandavudu) and said the tillersin the region are very happy asthe land value will go up.

Ministers Anil Kumar Yadav,Perni Venkatramaiah, KodaliVenkateswara Rao, MLAsSamineni Udayabhanu,Mondithoka Jaganmohan Rao,Kayle Anil Kumar, Women'sCommission ChairpersonVasireddy Padma, DistrictCollector A Md. Imtiaz andothers participated in the eventfrom Vedadri.

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The Supreme Court con-cluded that direction of theUniversity Grants Commissionin its revised guidelines datedJuly 6, where it directs the uni-versities and colleges to com-plete the final year/terminalexaminations by September30 shall be overridden by anycontrary decision taken by aState Disaster ManagementAuthority or the state govern-ment exercising power underthe Disaster Management Act,2005.

The bench observed thatthe revised guidelines of theUGC cannot be termed toviolate Article 14 of theConstitution on the groundthat one date, September 30,has been fixed irrespective ofthe conditions prevailing inindividual states. "The datefor completion of examinationwas fixed throughout the coun-try to maintain uniformity inthe academic calendar," notedthe bench, but made it clear

that it was not mandatory.The top court noted that

state governments under theDisaster Management Act havepower to order postponementof exams in view of pandem-ic, and for this, if a state wantsto postpone the final yearexams beyond UGC guideline,then the state concernedshould consult the UGC forfixing fresh date for final exam-

ination in that state.This means the UGC's

September 30 deadline is notmandatory for state govern-ments to adhere to, and theycan fix dates beyondSeptember 30 for holding finalexams. "The State andUniversity cannot promote thestudents in the final year/ter-minal semester without hold-ing final year/terminal exam-

ination," said the top court.During the hearing, the apex

court had asked the UGC ifthere was a certain situation ina state, could it override thestate government and take aposition on the schedule of theexams.

The verdict of the apex courthas come on a bunch of peti-tions challenging the UGCdirective to universities acrossthe country to conduct finalyear exams by September 30.

On August 18, in amarathon hearing which last-ed for close to four hours, theapex court had heard the finalarguments from a battery ofsenior advocates appearing forvarious stakeholders, includingArvind P. Datar (forMaharashtra government),Jaideep Gupta (for teachersfrom West Bengal), K.V.Viswanathan (Delhi govern-ment) and the AdvocateGeneral for Odisha and WestBengal, while Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta appeared forthe UGC.

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The lawyer told the bench,which also comprised JusticesR Subhash Reddy and M RShah, that the adverse impactof the pandemic over financialsituation was still there andhence, the moratorium schemeneeded to be extended furthertill year end.

Now, the plea will be heardalongside the one filed byAgra resident GajendraSharma which is scheduled forhearing on September one.

The apex court on August26 had heard Sharma's pleaand had observed that theCentre was “hiding behindthe RBI” and had asked it toreply within a week on theissue of interest beingcharged on insta lmentswhich have been deferredunder the central bank'sscheme during the moratori-

um period amid COVID-19lockdown.

The apex court had earlierasked the Centre and theReserve Bank of India (RBI) toreview the move to chargeinterest on EMIs during themoratorium period introducedunder the scheme due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

The top court had said therewas "no merit in charginginterest on interest" fordeferred loan payment install-ments during the moratoriumperiod announced in wake ofthe COVID-19 pandemic.

Sharma has sought a direc-

tion to declare the portion ofthe RBI's March 27 notification"as ultra vires to the extent itcharges interest on the loanamount during the moratori-um period and said that it cre-ated hardship to the petition-er being borrower and createshindrance and obstruction in'right to life' guaranteed byArticle 21 of the Constitutionof India".

He has also sought a direc-tion to the government and theRBI to provide relief in repay-ment of loan by not charginginterest during the moratoriumperiod.

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Vasanthakumar is survived byhis wife, two sons and a daugh-ter, he said.

Apollo Hospitals in a state-ment later said the MP was treat-ed in a critical care unit for severeCovid pneumonia.

"Despite all active medicalmeasures, his condition deteri-orated gradually due to Covidcomplications and he passedaway today," the hospital said.

Vasanthakumar, a two-timeMLA (2006-11 and 2016-19)was elected to the Lok Sabha lastyear.

Born on April 14, 1950,Vasanthakumar HarikrishnaPerumal is the brother of TamilNadu Congress veteran andnoted Tamil litterateur KumariAnanthan.

Prime Minister NarendraModi, Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister K Palaniswami,Congress party leaders Rahul

Gandhi, P Chidambaram andDMK president M K Stalin wereamong those who condoledVasanthakumar's death.

Modi, on his twitter handlesaid: "Saddened by the demise ofLok Sabha MP Shri HVasanthakumar Ji. His strides inbusiness and social service effortswere noteworthy. During myinteractions with him, I alwayssaw his passion towards TamilNadus progress. Condolences tohis family and supporters. OmShanti."

Expressing grief, Palaniswamisaid, "Vasanthakumar who start-ed his career as a salesmancame up in life through his hardwork. He did excellent service forthe educational and economicgrowth of the poor and earnedthe love of people in his publiclife."

In his condolence message,Rahul Gandhi said, "the news ofKanyakumari MP, Shri HVasanthakumar's untimely

demise due to Covid-19 hascome as a shock.

His commitment to theCongress ideology of serving thepeople will remain in our heartsforever. Heartfelt condolences tohis friends and family members."Expressing shock,Chidambaram and Stalin praisedVasanthakumar for his hardwork.

Tamil Nadu CongressCommittee President K SAlagiri, paying rich tributes,said a pillar of the state unit hasfallen.

As a mark of respect, Alagiriannounced a week-long mourn-ing, and said party flags will flyat half mast and all party eventsare being cancelled.

Vasanthakumar, noted for hissmiling face, was a successfulentrepreneur. His smiling imagein advertisements for his retailchain that sold consumerdurables and electronics is verypopular in Tamil Nadu.

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The Muslim Associationssought renovation of HazratSyyed Shah Quadri mosquein the city. Minority leadersled by AP Ahle SunnatwalJamat Committee State co-convener Altaf Ali Razamet Deputy Chief MinisterAmzath Basha and submit-ted a memorandum here onFriday.

Altaf, minority leadersSk Karimullah, MdShamsuddin and othersstated that Quadri mosqueis situated adjacent toKrishna r iver at thePrakasam Barrage and thethen Telugu Desam govern-ment had taken 1,500 yardsland of the mosque for theconstruction of Durga fly-over promising to give com-pensation accordingly.

They said that the Quadrimosque is very ancient andthe TDP governmentpromised to develop thisancient mosque.

But the TDP governmentneither paid the compensa-tion nor developed themosque, they lamented.

Minority leaders allegedthat many mosques andDargahs were demolishedduring the TDP government for variouspurposes.

They stated that severaltimes they asked the thenTDP government to devel-op Quadri mosque but invain.

They said that Durga fly-over construction has beencompleted and it will opento the public on September4.

They sought develop-ment of the ancient Quadrimosque and further releaseof compensation for themosque's land.

Minister Amzath Bashaassured minority leadersabout taking the issue to thenotice of the governmentand developing ancientQuadri mosque.

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A drug used to cure a deadly viraldisease in cats may be effectiveas a treatment for humansagainst the novel coronavirus,according to a study that maylead to the development of newtherapeutics to treat COVID-19.

According to the research,published in the journal NatureCommunications, the drug iseffective at inhibiting viral repli-cation in lab-grown cells infect-ed with the novel coronavirusSARS-CoV-2.

"This drug is very likely towork in humans, so we'reencouraged that it will be aneffective antiviral treatment forCOVID-19 patients," said JoanneLemieux, a professor of biochem-istry at the University of Alberta.

The scientists noted that thedrug interferes with the virus'ability to replicate, and may helpend infection.

They said the drug is an

inhibitor of some of the body'sprotease molecules, which arekey to many body functions, andare common targets for drugs totreat "everything from highblood pressure to cancer andHIV." According to the scientists,the drug was first studied follow-ing the 2002-03 SARS pandem-ic, following which the proteaseinhibitor was further developedby veterinary researchers whoshowed it cures a disease that isfatal in cats.

"We determined the three-dimensional shape of the pro-tease with the drug in the activesite pocket, showing the mech-anism of inhibition. This willallow us to develop even moreeffective drugs," Lemieux said.

The scientists said they plan totest modifications of the drug tomake it an even better fit insidethe virus. But, according toLemieux, the current drug showsenough antiviral action againstSARS-CoV-2 to proceed imme-

diately to clinical trials. "Typicallyfor a drug to go into clinical tri-als, it has to be confirmed in thelab and then tested in animalmodels," Lemieux said.

"Because this drug has alreadybeen used to treat cats with coro-navirus, and it's effective with lit-tle to no toxicity, it's alreadypassed those stages and thisallows us to move forward," sheadded.

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Delhi Health Minister SatyendarJain, a COVID-19 survivor, onFriday appealed to those whohave recovered from coron-avirus to perform regular yogaand take immunity-boostingherbal drinks to stay healthy.

In a short video titled "PostCOVID care: Things you mustdo after recovering from coron-avirus" released on his Facebookpage, he said, he was talking topeople "as a COVID-19 survivorand not as a minister". Thevideo shows Jain performing var-ious yoga 'asanas' in his house.

"I appeal to all those who haverecovered from COVID-19infection to perform yoga everyday. Breathing problem is one ofthe major issue in COVIDpatients and yoga postures willhelp you have healthy breathing,"he said.

Jain said the yoga routines,especially 'pranayam' should be

performed every morning forabout 20 minutes, and threetimes a day, for an hour after eat-ing. COVID-19 also leads to a lotof body and mental stress, andyoga will help in relieving thatstress, he said.

The 55-year-old minister wasfirst admitted to Rajiv GandhiSuper Speciality Hospital in Juneafter showing COVID-19 symp-toms. He had tested positive forCOVID-19 on June 17, a day after

he was admitted to the RGSSHwith high-grade fever and a sud-den drop in oxygen levels.

He was shifted to the ICU ofMax Hospital, Saket on June 19after his condition worsened.After being administered plasmatherapy at Max hospital, Jain wasdischarged on June 26.

In the video, the minister alsospoke about the intake of herbaldrinks to boost immunity.

"A drink made of turmeric,

ginger and basil (tulsi) can helpin boosting immunity, as it pre-vents the blood from Congealing.Also, 'golden milk' as prescribedby Ayush Ministry, made ofmilk and turmeric can also helpin that," Jain added.

The minister said he put outthe video to share his own expe-riences of battling COVID-19and recovering from it and alsoafter getting advice from doctors.

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Medical students will nowlearn about pandemic manage-ment along with its social,legal and other aspects in theMBBS course with India's apexmedical education regulatorintroducing a new module tobetter prepare doctors for chal-lenges posed by pandemics likeCOVID-19.

It is expected that the pan-demic management moduleextending from foundationcourse to the final year under-graduate programme will helpin ensuring the creation of anIndian medical graduate "whowill serve humanity as doctor,leader and healer in bleaktimes such as occurrence of apandemic", the board of gov-ernors (BoG) in supersessionof the Medical Council ofIndia (MCI) said.

The move has been trig-gered by the coronavirus pan-demic and aims to prepare

doctors for challenges posed byemerging diseases.

The document containingdetails of the module to beadopted by colleges has beenput together by a team ofexperts and the academic cellof the MCI. "This pandemicmanagement module isdesigned to ensure that MBBSstudents acquires competen-cies in handling not only theillness but also the social, legaland other issues arising fromsuch disease outbreaks.

"The emergence of COVID-19 and its rapid spread acrossthe globe has further under-lined the need to develop theseskills in our graduates," Dr VK Paul, the chairman of theBoG said in the foreword.

The Medical Council ofIndia has prepared revisedregulations on GraduateMedical education andCompetency based undergrad-uate curricula, accompanied bydetailed guidance for its imple-mentation.

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Tension prevailed at a village inBelagavi district borderingMaharashtra on Friday, with asection of people objecting toinstallation of a statue of 18thcentury warrior and freedomfighter Sangolli Rayanna.

Police resorted to lathi chargeto bring the situation undercontrol.

According to official sources,some admirers of Rayannainstalled his statue at a road junc-tion in Peeranwadi during theintervening night of Thursdayand Friday.

A section of others raisedobjections as the news spread,leading to tension in the area.

Those objecting, largelyMarathi speaking, are opposedto the location where they wantto install a statue of Maratharuler Shivaji, after whom the cir-cle is named.

They also have apprehen-sions that its name too may be

changed in future.Realising that the situation

was turning tense with someskirmish breaking out, policeused batons to disperse the gath-ered crowd.

According to officials, theyalso tried to calm the protesters

stating that the statue has beeninstalled without requisite per-mission, the issue can be dealtwith legally.

An FIR has been booked inthis regard and action will betaken, they said.

Additional forces have beencalled in to avoid the situationspiral out of control.

Reacting to the incident, ChiefMinister B S Yediyurappa said inBengaluru that he will speak tothe Belagavi DeputyCommissioner to resolve theissue amicably.

Home Minister BasavarajBommai said police have takenstringent measures to control thesituation, and that he has spokento Belagavi Police Commissionerand IG, also ADGP Law andOrder is visiting the area.

"All necessary police ban-dobast is being made....." hesaid, adding that the administra-tion was making all efforts toresolve things peacefully by tak-ing everyone into confidence.

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Congress leader in the LokSabha Adhir RanjanChowdhury wrote to SpeakerOm Birla on Friday, urging himnot to curtail the power of themembers to ask questions andraise issues during theMonsoon Session of Parliamentthat is likely to commencefrom September 14.

In a letter to the speaker,Chowdhury said curtailing theQuestion Hour and the ZeroHour would not be in theinterest of elected representa-tives, especially in the currenttimes of COVID-19.

"There appears to be a pro-posal for curtailing theQuestion Hour as well as theZero Hour during the Sessionby way of restricting the allo-cation of time as well as thenumber of notices that couldbe filed by the members," hesaid.

The Congress leader told thespeaker that raising questionsin Parliament and issues of

public importance during theZero Hour are foremost of theprocedural methods availableto the members to vent issuesof national and public impor-tance.

Curtailing the QuestionHour and Zero Hour byrestricting the number ofissues that could be raisedand the time earmarked"would not be in the interest ofelected representatives", hesaid.

"I would, therefore, urgeupon you to ensure that nocurtailment of any kind is

placed in regard to theQuestion Hour and Zero Hourin the ensuing Session andmembers are permitted toraise questions and issues, asare normally permissible whenParliament is in session,"Chowdhury wrote to thespeaker.

The Monsoon Session ofParliament is likely to com-mence from September 14with many new measures keep-ing in view the restrictions andphysical-distancing norms dueto COVID-19 and continue tillOctober 1, sources have said.

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Five people have been arrestedby the Delhi Police for alleged-ly running an extortion racket byimpersonating as officials ofthe Enforcement Directorate(ED), the central probe agencysaid on Friday.

It said the five, in the agegroup of 24-35 years, are resi-dents of Delhi-NCR and werearrested by the crime branch ofthe Delhi Police on a complaintfrom the ED.

They were produced before acourt here on Thursday and sentto a three-day police custody, theED said in a statement.

"The five accused have beenarrested on the basis of a com-plaint from a Maharashtra-basedindividual alleging that some-body approached him with a fakenotice of the ED and demandedmoney for settlement of theirpurported case in the ED.

"This complaint was forward-ed by the ED to the Delhi

Police and on the basis of proac-tive action and swift investiga-tion, the culprits involved in theracket have been apprehendedby Delhi Police," it said.

The federal investigatingagency said it is initiating simi-lar action in other cases, wherepeople are faking or imperson-ating its letters and authority.

"The ED is proactively pursu-ing with other state police unitsfor apprehending the culpritsinvolved in harassing the pub-lic in the guise of ED officials,"the agency said.

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The Delhi High Court Fridaydismissed a plea by MehulChoksi, an accused in thenearly USD 2 billion PNBscam, to conduct pre-screen-ing of Netflix documentary,‘Bad Boy Billionaires'.

Justice NavinChawla, afterhearing thematter forover twoh o u r s ,declined togrant reliefto Choksisaying awrit petitionfor enforce-ment of a pri-vate right cannotbe maintainable.

The court said his remedylies in a civil suit and grantedhim the liberty to raise theissue in a civil suit.

Choksi, the promoter ofGitanjali Gems, and his

nephew Nirav Modi areaccused in the Rs 13,500 crorePunjab National Bank fraudcase.

Choksi left the country lastyear and was granted citizen-ship of Antigua and Barbuda.

The documentary, Bad BoyBillionaires', which is

scheduled to bereleased in India

on September2, isd e s c r i b e don Netflixp l a t f o r mas, “Thisinvestiga-t i v e

docuseriesexplores the

greed, fraudand corruption

that built up - andultimately brought down -

India's most infamoustycoons”.

The plea was pre-screeningof the documentary was vehe-mently opposed by Netflix.

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MPs will be requested to getthemselves tested for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before thestart of the Monsoon Session ofParliament, Lok Sabha SpeakerOm Birla said on Friday.

The Monsoon Session islikely to start from September14 and conclude on October 1.

Besides MPs, all those whoare expected to enter theParliament premises, includingofficials from ministries, rep-resentatives from the mediaand staff of Lok Sabha andRajya Sabha secretariats, willget tested for the coronavirusbefore the start of the session,Birla said.

The Lok Sabha speaker onFriday held a long meetingwith officials from the healthministry, ICMR, AIIMS,DRDO and Delhi government

to finalise the arrangements forthe session in view of theCOVID-19 pandemic.

Birla said arrangements havealso been made for zero-touchsecurity checks during the ses-sion.

If required random tests forCOVID-19 can be conducted

during the session, he said.Sources said the Monsoon

Session is likely to be held intwo shifts — morning andevening.

Due to the pandemic, thiswill be in a way a first-of-its-kind session with variousmodifications.

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The Enforcement Directorate(ED) has summoned a Goa-based businessman in con-nection with its money laun-dering probe linked to thedeath of actor Sushant SinghRajput, officials said on Friday.

They said Gaurav Arya, whoruns a hotel in the coastal state,has been asked to deposebefore the central probe agencyat its office in the BallardEstate area of Mumbai onAugust 31.

The summons was stuck athis property in Goa as theagency was not able to get intouch with him, they said.

Arya is being called after theED came across some mobilephone messages reportedly sentby actor and Rajput's live-inpartner Rhea Chakraborty to

him in 2017 and they purport-edly indicate discussion of cer-tain banned narcotics, they said.

In some news channel inter-views, Arya had said that hehas never dealt in narcotics andhis last interaction with Rheawas about three years ago,adding he will "comply" with alllegal probes and procedures.

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Releasing the list, Delhi BJPpresident Adesh Gupta said theappointments will immediate-ly take effect. Delhi BJP MediaCell head Ashok Goel said allthe new presidents of 14 districtunits were appointed afterextensive consultation andfeedback process. He said twodistrict presidents, Sharma andBidhuri, were repeated. In theongoing organisational restruc-turing of Delhi BJP, a list of 230block presidents was releasedearlier this week. The names ofnew office bearers of the stateunit are likely to be announcedsoon, party leaders said.

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The Karnataka High Court onFriday appointed a retired judgeas the Claims Commissioner forassessing the damage caused toproperties by the rioters whowent on rampage torching aCongress MLA's house and twopolice stations here recently.

Naming retired high courtjudge H S Kempanna as theClaim Commissioner, a divisionbench comprising Chief JusticeAbhay Shreeniwas Oka andJustice Ashok S Kinagi directedthe state government to issue anotification on his appointmentand provide him infrastructuresuch as office, vehicles and staff.

The court was passing orderson the state government's pleafor appointment of the ClaimCommissioner to fix the liabili-

ty on the rioters who also set afirea number of private and policevehicles during the violence onAugust 11 night protesting analleged inflammatory socialmedia post by Congress MLA RAkhanda Srinivasa Murthy's rel-ative.

As many as 377 people havebeen arrested while four peopledied with three of them in firing

by police to quell the mob. In all,65 cases have been registered inconnection with the riots.

The state government onAugust 17 said it had decided toassess the damage caused to pub-lic and private property in theviolence and recover the costfrom the culprits. Chief MinisterB S Yediyurappa took to twitterand noted the high court's order.

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Actress Rhea Chakraborty,accused of abetting the suicideof filmstar Sushant SinghRajput, reached the DRDOguest house here on Friday forquestioning by the CentralBureau of Investigation (CBI),an official said.

This is for the first time thatRhea Chakraborty (28) is beingquestioned by the CBI in theSushant death case.

She was summoned by thecentral agency to appear beforeits probe team on Fridayaround 10.30 am, the officialsaid.

Rhea Chakraborty, Rajput'sgirlfriend, left her residencearound 10 am to reach theDRDO guest house in subur-ban Santacruz, where the probeteam is stationed, he said.

Before Rhea Chakraborty's

arrival, Rajputs friend and flat-mate Siddharth Pithani andmanager Samual Miranda hadreached the DRDO guest houseto join the investigation, theofficial said.

The CBI team, which is inthe city since the last eight daysto investigate the Sushant deathcase, on Thursday recorded thestatement of her brother

Showik Chakraborty. Therecording of statement lastedfor more than eight hours.

The CBI has so far ques-tioned the late actor's flatmatePithani, cook Neeraj Singhand domestic help DeepeshSawant, among others, as partof its probe in the high-profilecase.

Earlier, before the CBI tookover the probe, the Mumbaipolice had recorded the state-ment of Rhea Chakraborty inconnection with Rajput's death.

The Supreme Court lastweek upheld the transfer of anFIR, lodged by Rajput's fatherin Patna against RheaChakraborty and others forallegedly abetting his son's sui-cide and misappropriating hismoney, to the CBI.

The 34-year-old actor wasfound hanging on June 14 inhis flat in suburban Bandra.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi paid tributes on Fridayto social reformer MahatmaAyyankali, saying his worktowards social reforms andempowering the downtrod-den will always inspire.

"India remains indebtedto greats like MahatmaAyyankali. His work towardssocial reform and empower-ing the downtrodden willalways inspire. Rememberinghim on his Jayanti.

"A few years ago, hadattended a programme tomark his Jayanti. Here is myspeech..., " he said in a tweet.

The prime minister posteda link to the speech he haddelivered at an event in 2014to commemorate MahatmaAyyankali.

The social reformer wasborn on August 28, 1863 inpresent day Kerala.

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Ministers of six opposition-ruled states moved the SupremeCourt on Friday seeking reviewof its order permitting theCentre to conduct NEET andJEE entrance exams this yearamid the persisting COVID-19pandemic.

The review plea has been filedby ministers from West Bengal(Moloy Ghatak), Jharkhand(Rameshwar Oraon), Rajasthan(Raghu Sharma), Chhattisgarh(Amarjeet Bhagat), Punjab (B SSidhu) and Maharashtra (UdayRavindra Sawant).

The plea, filed through advo-cate Sunil Fernandes, said theapex court order fails to satisfysafety and security concerns ofstudents appearing for theexams.

On Aug 17, the top court had

refused to interfere with the con-duct of medical and engineer-ing entrance exams -- NEETand JEE — scheduled to takeplace in September saying thatlife must go on and studentscan't lose a precious year due tothe pandemic.

The apex court had dismisseda plea by one Sayantan Biswasand others seeking direction to

National Testing Agency (NTA),which conducts both the NEETand JEE exams, to postponethem after Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta assured that allsafeguards would be taken.

Terming the decision to con-duct the exams as irrational, theplea said the top court failed toappreciate that the UnionGovernment had adequate time

to establish at least one centre forevery district for NEET (UG)and JEE (Mains) rather thanhaving several centres in onedistrict.

The mere fact that lakhs ofstudents have registered for theexam is not indicative of theirconsent or their willingness ortheir desire to attend physicalexams, the plea said.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhion Friday urged the govern-ment to hold a conversationwith students over the issue ofconducting NEET and JEEamid the coronavirus pan-demic and take a decisionafter arriving at a consensus.

Various opposition parties,including the Congress, havedemanded that the NationalEligibility cum Entrance Test(NEET) and the Joint EntranceExamination (JEE) be deferreddue to the COVID-19 pan-demic and floods in parts of thecountry, even as the Union gov-ernment has made it clear thatthey will be held as per sched-ule with due precautions.

Six ministers of opposition-ruled states on Friday alsomoved the Supreme Courtseeking review of its order per-mitting the Centre to conductNEET and JEE this year amidthe persisting pandemic.

As part of the Congress' day-

long campaign of holdingprotests and voicing oppositionon social media to holding ofthe entrance examinations,Gandhi tweeted and also putout a video in support of stu-dents.

"NEET-JEE aspirants' safetyshould not be compromiseddue to the failures of the gov-ernment. Government mustlisten to all stakeholders andarrive at a consensus," hetweeted with the hashtag

'Speak Up For Student Safety'.With the tweet, Gandhi also

tagged a video of him urgingthe government to listen to stu-dents and take a decision onlyafter reaching a consensus.

"You are the students andyou are going to take thiscountry to new heights.Everybody understands whathas happened over the lastthree or four months," theformer Congress chief said inthe video.

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The effectiveness of the Centre's'test, track and treat' approach isreflected in the progress on theCOVID-19 recovery front andthe reduction in fatality rate, thegovernment said on Friday,highlighting that recoveriesexceed active cases by over 18lakh as on date.

The Union health ministrypointed out that in the past fivemonths, more than three-fourthof COVID-19 cases have recov-ered and less than one-fourth areactive now.

"Effective treatment of positivecases has resulted in a progres-sively dipping COVID case fatal-ity rate, which is pegged at 1.82per cent as on date," the ministrysaid.

The number of recoveries isnearly 3.5 times the active casesof coronavirus infection current-ly, it said.

With more patients recover-ing and being discharged from

home isolation and hospitals,India's COVID-19 recoveries isnearing 26 lakh.

With a total of 60,177 patientshaving recuperated in a span of24 hours, the recoveries havesurged to 25,83,948 and therecovery rate has reached 76.28per cent.

"Higher number of recoverieshas led to a constantly growingdifference between recoveriesand active cases. Crossing 18lakhs, the difference stands at

18,41,925 today," the ministrysaid.

The Union government hasadopted a graded and evolvingstrategic response to COVIDmanagement in India within thelarger evolving global context.

The early focus on surveil-lance and contact-tracingthrough house-to-house surveywas continuously strengthenedwith increase in testing forensuring early identification ofpositive cases.

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The defence ministry has takenan in-principle decision to hostthe next edition of Aero India -- considered Asia's largest aero-space exhibition -- in its tradi-tional venue of Bengaluru fromFebruary 3-5 next year notwith-standing the coronavirus pan-demic, official sources said onFriday. The ministry took thedecision to hold the biennialevent as scheduled followinginputs from the domesticdefence industry and globalaerospace majors, they said.

The sources said DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh hasalready held a number of inter-nal meetings on hosting themega event. "It was decided thatthe event will be hosted whiletaking maximum precautionagainst the coronavirus pan-demic," said a source.

Since its inception in 1996,Bengaluru has been hosting theevent. The sources said a signif-icant number of global defencemajors and big investors areexpected to participate in theevent besides official delegationsfrom several countries.

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The CPI(M) on Friday hit out atthe government over the short-fall in GST revenues and claimedit was "blaming the heavens"after its "cronyism, incompe-tence and callousness" destroyedthe economy.

The Centre on Thursdayplaced before the GST Counciltwo options for borrowing bystates to meet the shortfall inGST revenues pegged at Rs 2.35lakh crore in the current fiscal.

Briefing reporters after the41st meeting of the GSTCouncil, Union FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamansaid the economy has been hitby the COVID-19 pandemic,which is an 'Act of God', and itwill see a contraction in the cur-rent fiscal.

"Central government mustborrow if need be and pay thestates their legitimate dues. Whyshould the states borrow?'Cooperative Federalism'?Having destroyed the Indian

Economy now looting the states.Divine intervention?

"A mix of cronyism, incom-petence and callousness hasfailed our people and destroyedtheir livelihoods and lives wellbefore the pandemic. Blamingthe heavens now," CPI(M) gen-eral secretary Sitaram Yechurysaid in a series of tweets.

As per the Centre's calcula-tion, the compensation require-ment by the states in the currentfiscal would be Rs 3 lakh crore,of which Rs 65,000 crore isexpected to be met from the cesslevied in the GST regime. Hence,the total shortfall is estimated atRs 2.35 lakh crore.

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As the CBI grills people close toSushant Singh Rajput in theinvestigations into his death,four key witnesses havedescribed how he spent his lastfew hours. All four lived withthe actor at his plush home inMumbai's Bandra, where hewas found dead on June 14.

The witnesses are SushantSingh Rajput's flat-mateSiddharth Pithani, his helpNeeraj, cook Keshav and house-keeper Deepesh Sawant. Overseveral hours of questioning,they have given the CBI their ver-sion of Sushant Singh Rajput'sfinal day. Siddharth Pithani andNeeraj have been questionedmultiple times.

Between the night of June 13and the next morning, SushantSingh Rajput spent much of histime closeted in his room, thefour have told Mumbai police aswell as the CBI. Deepesh Sawantwas the first person in the house-hold to wake up on June 14. Hehas reportedly told probe agen-cies that the previous night,

when he asked "Sushant Sir" tohave his dinner, he refused andasked for a mango shake. "You allgo ahead and eat," the actor said,according to Sawant.

Sawant claimed he ate hisfood and started watching a filmon his mobile phone. Around10.30 PM, he told investigators,when he called Sushant SinghRajput on the phone, there wasno response. He assumed that hisemployer had gone to sleep.

Sawant said he woke up thenext day at 5.30 AM and an hourlater, after finishing his daily rit-uals, went upstairs to SushantSingh Rajput's room, as always.

When he knocked, he foundthat the actor was already up andsitting in his bed. Sawant greet-ed him and asked whether heshould bring him his tea. But herefused tea and breakfast, accord-ing to Sawant.

Sushant Singh Rajput wasalone, his fan was on, the doorwas open and the curtains part-ly drawn, Sawant told investiga-tors, describing what he believedwas an ordinary scene.

Around 7 AM, Keshav andNeeraj woke up.

Neeraj told the agencies hecalled out to "Sir" between 8 and8.15 AM and at that time Sushant

Singh Rajput came to the stairsand asked for cold water.

An hour later, Keshav wentupstairs to the actor's room togive him pomegranate juice andcoconut water, investigators weretold. That was around 9.15 AM.

That was the last time theywould see him.

Keshav told investigators andthe police that when he went toask "Sushant Sir" what to makefor lunch, he found his doorlocked, which was unusual.

He said he informed SidharthPithani, a creative art designerwho was closest to Sushant SinghRajput among all four.

Sidharth Pithani would stay inthe room opposite Sushant SinghRajput's "when RheaChakraborty was not at home",the witnesses said.

Sawant said in his statementthat around 10.30 AM, SidharthPithani came to him and toldhim that "Sir" had bolted hisroom. Everyone was worried bythis time, according to the wit-nesses, because Sushant SinghRajput would only ever lock hisroom when Rhea Chakrabortywas around. They thought hemay have gone back to sleep.

Around 15 minutes later, theyknocked on the actor's dooragain but got no response.

Siddharth Pithani told investi-gators that around that time,Sushant Singh Rajput's sisterMeetu called and he told her thathe was not opening his door.Meetu Singh reportedly told themto keep trying and get back to her.

They kept trying the door andknocked loudly but got nothing.

It was 11.15 AM by then. Allfour men were hovering outsidethe actor's room, they told thepolice and CBI.

Then they reportedly startedsearching for the keys to theroom. They called Sushant SinghRajput's manager SamuelMiranda and asked him if he hadspare keys. Miranda did not.

An hour was spent looking forways to enter the room. The mencalled Meetu Singh while Pithanidecided to call a lock picker. Hefirst asked the building's securi-ty guard if he knew any.

The guard, Raju, asked why.Pithani told him the room's lockwas jammed. When the guardasked him to wait, Pithani report-edly googled for lockmakers andfound one. The man asked for Rs2,000 for his services. When hearrived, he was not told it wasSushant's apartment.

He broke the lock and wasimmediately paid and sent off.

Pithani told the CBI he felt itwas better not to reveal to theman what was happening orwhose home it was. When he left,Sawant and Pithani entered the

room but Neeraj stayed outside.The lights were off and the cur-tains were drawn.

When they flicked the lights,they were shocked to see SushantSingh Rajput hanging, accordingto their statement. Pithani calledMeetu Singh and gave her thenews. Neeraj and Keshav werestill outside the room.

Pithani said he dialed 108 foran ambulance and asked for adoctor. When asked to name thepatient, he first said it was afriend. Pressed to reveal theidentity, he replied it was SushantSingh Rajput.

The actor's older sister calledon Pithani's phone. According tohim, when the sister's husbandheard what had happened, heurged them to bring him downand check if he was breathing.

Around 5 minutes after theactor was brought down and laidon his bed, Meetu Singh arrivedand reportedly exclaimed:"Gulshan, what have you done,Babu?" Pithani told investigatorsthere were attempts to reviveSushant Singh Rajput. Then thepolice arrived.

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Taiwan has been at thecentre of a global supplychain in recent monthsnot only for its effectiveresponse in handling the

Coronavirus pandemic but alsofor providing medical aid to othercountries and helping them fight thevirus. Simultaneously, there hasbeen increased military and defenceengagement between Taipei andWashington, DC, even as China isincreasingly heaving down on theformer.

Taiwan has also gainedunprecedented attention in India’sforeign policy discourse during thepandemic period. Several expertshave advocated enhanced bilateralties as part of India’s comprehensivestrategy to deal with China, follow-ing the recent military clash betweenthe two countries in eastern Ladakh.Even two BJP MPs — MeenakshiLekhi and Rahul Kaswan — attend-ed Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s swearing-in ceremonythrough video conference in May,indicating a change in the ModiGovernment’s approach.

However, the idea of expandingbilateral relations with Taiwan is notnew. In fact, domestic, regional andglobal factors had led the NarasimhaRao Government to establish an“unofficial relationship” in the1990s, with the establishment of theIndia-Taipei Association (ITA).Ever since, the relationship betweenthe two nations has seen very lim-ited cooperation. But recent devel-opments have underscored theneed for India and Taiwan to trans-form their “unofficial engagement”into a comprehensive partnership.

In doing so, it is imperative forNew Delhi and Taipei to identifytheir shared strategic, economic,regional and other interests as alsocommon means to achieve theirgoals. One such shared interest is,of course, to deal with China’sassertive posturing effectively. Therecent border standoff between theIndian and Chinese armies in east-ern Ladakh once again under-scored the fact that deception anddenial have been the hallmark ofChina’s India policy. Thus, as Indiacontinues to explore diplomatic,political and other channels torestore status quo ante along theborder, New Delhi must also weighin other options to fight back theChinese threat.

While the China factor isresponsible for the transformedrelations between India and the US,

improved ties with Taiwan can beequally beneficial for us. This canbe gauged from the fact thatTaiwan also faces an existentialthreat from the Chinese. More so,it has a better understanding ofChina’s strategic depth because ofits proximity to it. Both nationsalso share linguistic and cultur-al ties. Indeed, Taipei can helpNew Delhi comprehend China’sstrategic thinking in a better way.But for this to happen, Indianeeds to foster military andsecurity engagement at theGovernment level and increaseinteraction between think-tankson both sides.

With Taiwan and Indiabeing the two strong pillars of theTrump administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy, India can take astep ahead to include Taiwan inthe Quadrilateral SecurityDialogue, which now consists ofthe US, Japan, India andAustralia. This move will helpIndia strengthen its counter-Chinese strategy and at the sametime boost Taiwan’s independentidentity. It will also help it ensurethe freedom of navigation in theSouth China Sea through which50 per cent of India’s trade takesplace. At the same time, Indiaalso has an interest in ensuringthe uninterrupted exploration ofoil and gas in the said region.

Ties with Taiwan shouldnot be solely viewed throughChina’s lens. Sure, the econom-ic relationship has been thelynchpin of the unofficial rela-

tionship between India andTaiwan, with the volume of bilat-eral trade having reached to$7.5 billion in 2019. In fact, sev-eral initiatives have been taken toinstitutionalise the economicrelationship between the twosides. In 2014, the IndiaElectronics and SemiconductorAssociation and the TaipeiComputer Association signed amemorandum to promote localmanufacturing in the field ofsemiconductors and electronics.In August 2015, Hon HaiPrecision Industry Co, alsoknown as Foxconn, one of thelargest hardware manufacturersin the world, announced aninvestment of $5 billion in India.

The first Taiwan Expo washeld at Pragati Maidan, NewDelhi, from May 17 to May 19.The Institute for InformationIndustry has joined India’s Centerof Excellence in Wireless andInformation Technology todevelop 4G broadband wirelesstechnologies and other products.Over the past 10 years, Acer, D-Link Corp and Transcend haveinvested about $1 billion in Indiaand China Synthetic Rubber hasexpressed its desire to investabout $330 million in the Stateof Andhra Pradesh. Further,China Steel has also proposed tomake a $180 million investmentin India. CPC Corp, Taiwan, hasproposed a $6 billion investmentin India, which would surelyboost the Make in India pro-gramme in the petrochemical

industry.Despite these investments,

it is true that the two sides are stillfar off from realising the fullpotential of economic coopera-tion. It will be in India’s interestto expand economic and socio-cultural ties. Given its expertisein the fields of hardware manu-facturing, construction, infra-structure, mine exploration, elec-tronic manufacturing, logistics,automobiles, food processingand others, such avenues must beutilised optimally. Taiwan canplay a vital role in the success ofthe Modi Government’s Make inIndia, Digital India and SkillIndia initiatives. It is also a hubof high-tech manufacturing.

Similarly, India, too, shouldexplore the possibility of coop-eration in the fields of artificialintelligence and medical equip-ment. In fact, Taiwan hasreceived global appreciation forsuccessfully controlling the pan-demic.

New Delhi and Taipei needto institutionalise their cooper-ation in the technology sector soas to achieve their shared inter-ests. At the same time, by provid-ing a big market, India can sig-nificantly reduce the deepeningeconomic ties between Chinaand Taiwan, a stated goal of theTsai administration as part of herNew Southbound Policy.Meanwhile, with the use ofTaiwan’s agro-technology, Indiacould transform its agriculturesector as well. Since the Modi

Government has attached hugeimportance to soft diplomacy aspart of India’s foreign policy toachieve its national interests,promoting tourism with Taiwancould also be an attractive way ofcementing ties between the twonations, given that Buddhism isthe religion of the majority ofTaiwanese and India is its home-land.

As the Indian Governmenthas decided to review local chap-ters of Confucius institutes inIndia, agreements betweenIndian and Chinese institutes asalso several MoUs regarding theChinese language programme,New Delhi can strengthen tieswith Taiwan to run the Chineselanguage programme in thecountry. But these efforts wouldbe more effective in cementingties between the two sides onlywhen the Indian leadershipdecides to institutionalise therelationship in an effective form.In this regard, India can take acue from the US’ adherence toimproving ties with Taiwan,despite accepting the “One ChinaPolicy.” It remains to be seen ifIndia and Taiwan succeed intransforming their bilateral coop-eration or the relationship con-tinues to be hostage to the shad-ow of the Dragon.

(SP Shahi is principal, ANCollege, Patna and Sumit Kumaris ICSSR Post-Doctoral Fellow,New Delhi, and former TaiwanFellow, National ChengchiUniversity, Taipei)

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Rot within, threats without”(August 28) by Ajoy Kumar.Media and psychic violencehave brought out the sad state ofaffairs in a world which wasonce the hallmark of the truth,but has now become a mediumof promoting and reporting

anything but truth just for TRPs. The owners and anchors of

prominent media channels seemto be guided by political and reli-gious leanings that have plunged

their respectability to a newlow. The media coverage of theSushant Singh Rajput case is allbut repulsive. Television chan-nels are now airing “never-

before-seen” pictures of theactor’s lifeless body, interviewingRhea Chakraborty’s watchmanand deciphering her WhatsAppchats. The so-called “exclusives”

have taken an even uglier turn.The Indian media has hit an all-time new low. This is not whatwas expected of the fourth pil-lar of democracy.

ShishirVia email

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Strapped for cash” (August28). It seems the stage is set fora major confrontation betweenthe Centre and the States overgoods and services tax (GST)compensation. The Governmenthas made it clear that in the cur-rent scenario, it is impossible forit to compensate the States. Onthe other hand, State leadershave contended that the Unionis legally bound to send themoney. Putting the blame-gameaside, what is needed right nowis that the Government mustborrow more. The Reserve Bankof India, too, must work withStates to help them raise moneyto compensate for a shortfall inGST collections.

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When patriarchy in the Koraga tribe, a tra-ditionally matrilineal society, began tomanifest itself in myriad ways, including

domestic violence, it sparked a quiet revolutionamong the women. Instead of waiting for someoneelse to make the difference, the women decided totake matters into their own hands. It was theircourage to question the personal laws of the com-munity and demand concrete mechanisms to dealwith the problem of violence that led to the insti-tution of a community court. With the court mem-bers being chosen by the community after beingtrained and vetted by the district legal aid author-ity, the women were satisfied that justice would bedone to reinforce the gender equality that tradition-ally existed in the matrilineal system.

It was this resurgence of women against the dis-regard of matrilineal values that gave those impact-ed by violence the self-assurance to plead their casesbefore the court. The collectivisation also reaffirmedself-belief in many women that they always had theright to take their own decisions. This is whenManjula realised that she had not done herself anygood by keeping quiet about the mental and phys-ical torture by her husband. The support of otherwomen gave Manjula the confidence to finally leaveher violent husband. She has remarried since thenand is happy she was able to take the decision tochange her life.

In fact, when the going gets tough, it is theKoraga women who get going. This is exactly whatMamta Koraga did when she saw her husband slid-ing into indebtedness and poverty because of hisalcoholism. Although alcoholism is a common prob-lem among men of this Karnataka-based particu-larly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG), Mamtadecided it was time for a change. She encouragedhim to join a de-addiction camp. Mamta came toknow of the camp through an awareness andempowerment campaign run by the KoragaFederation, a community organisation, in collabo-ration with the Samagra Grameena Ashrama andActionAid India, two non-profits working for themarginalised. Then, once he successfully complet-ed the treatment, she joined him in cultivating jas-mine as a livelihood rehabilitation option.

However, Mamta did not stop there. Sheensured that they had equal decision-making pow-ers in keeping with the progressive values of thematrilineal system and also shared householdexpenses. A major part of the profits that her hus-band makes from selling the jasmine is ploughedback into improving cultivation. The rest is con-tributed towards household payments.

Mamta, too, contributes an equal share from theincome that she earns from selling costume jewellery.She used the training given by the Government’sIntegrated Tribal Development Programme tolearn how to make and sell costume jewellery afterthe jasmine cultivation venture stabilised. While apart of her income is earmarked for the household,Mamta deposits the remaining into her bankaccount. With both working and sharing expens-es, the couple no longer needs to take loans to maketwo ends meet.

Assertions of gender equality also came fromyounger girls and women of the community.Susheela always wanted to pursue academics but waspersuaded by her father to agree to marriage.However, when realisation dawned that she would

no longer be able to study if she got mar-ried, Susheela, then a student of Class VIII,called off her engagement. She knew shewould be going against traditional soci-etal norms and the diktat of her father. Butso strong was her aspiration for educationthat she was willing to risk her father’swrath. Her gamble and determinationpaid dividends. As the first girl in her vil-lage to acquire a postgraduate degree,Susheela is a role model for many othergirls in the community. She doesn’t con-sider marriage the ultimate goal. It is pos-sible to be single and happy, she tells othergirls in the community as women in amatrilineal society have freedom of choicein all matters.

Manjula, Mamta and Susheela arepart of larger groups of women who reg-ularly meet to discuss how to preservetheir culture, traditional practices and wayof life, especially within the matrilineal sys-tem. They strategise ways to return to thepractices which valued girls and whichwere an inherent way of life for them.

They want equal representation ofwomen in the Koraga Federation, thenodal organisation comprising commu-nity members that takes key decisions.They see it as one way to sustain theprogress achieved by their campaign forgender equality.

In fact, when Gowri Kenjur was elect-ed the first president of the KoragaFederation, it provided a big fillip to theirmovement. A vocal campaigner, Kenjurpressed for greater participation of womenfrom the community and encouragedthem to stand up for their rights. She moti-vated self-help groups (SHGs), formedwith the assistance of Samagra GrameenaAshrama, to take control of their resourcesand fight for their rights.

So inspired were the groups that whenlocal Government authorities overlooked

their concerns while formulating plans forlocal development, over 42 women SHGmembers staged a sit-in protest. They saton the dharna until the heads of the localGovernment agreed to develop an actionplan in accordance with the suggestionsgiven by the women regarding educationand drinking water for the children.

The torch for gender equality lit byKenjur was carried forward by SushilaNada who became a household name notjust in Nada, her village in Udupi district,but also in all districts in Karnataka wherethe federation works.

This was not just because she was anarticulate and innovative federation pres-ident but also because Nada used her pow-ers to promote gender equality. Concernedthat the traditional matrilineal values ofthe Koragas were being eroded by patri-archal attitudes, Nada organised rallies onevents like Women’s Day and theInternational Day for the Elimination ofViolence against Women to sensitise thecommunity.

She also represented the communi-ty at national and international fora toshare how gender equality was an integralpart of their matrilineal system. TheKoragas celebrate the birth of a girl childunlike the practice in other parts of India,including the Koragas’ home State ofKarnataka, where girls are usually killedbefore birth because of the preference fora son. In fact, in Karnataka, the sex ratioat birth declined by 108 points between2007-2016 according to the Office of theRegistrar-General of India.

Incidentally, the sex ratio forScheduled Tribes in Karnataka is 990females per 1,000 males, which is higherthan the national average of 964 forScheduled Tribes as well as the State over-all average of 973 girls per 1,000 boys.

Another big difference is that there is

no system of dowry among the Koragas.So no Koraga woman was killed for bring-ing a poor dowry or for the lack of it. Infact, being a matrilineal society, the girldid not leave her natal home to live in hermarital home after marriage. It was herhusband who left his house to live withher. This system gave Koraga women eco-nomic and social empowerment.

However, the Koragas are the mostbackward of all tribal groups in southernIndia. Nada and the federation havefought hard for the restoration of prideamong the community and to end thepractice of anjalu in which Koragas are fedleftovers by upper castes to ward off evilspirits.

Plus, being considered untouchablemeant that Koraga children were deniedadmission to Anganwadis. Awarenesscampaigns by Nada, also an Anganwadiworker, and the federation, facilitated theentry of Koraga children to Anganwadis.Mamta Koraga was among the first tosend her daughter to the Anganwadi inher village. Although her daughter was theonly Koraga child there, she didn’t haveto face any discrimination thanks to theenabling environment created by womenof the community. Even older women whohad dropped out of school because of dis-crimination have been inspired to restarttheir education.

What makes their movement laudableis that even while pushing for genderequality within, the Koraga women havebeen equally vociferous in drawingGovernment attention to the plight of theentire community. They have been at theforefront of the community’s struggles toreclaim their right to traditional land, evencourting arrest by the police. They are thetrue beacons in the fight for gender equal-ity.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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Yet cultural diversity is at the rootof most conflicts, tension and uncer-tainties in the contemporary world.Some have attributed the present“international insecurity” to theclash of civilisations while others

advocate dialogue of religions andcultures to prevent such conflicts andbitterness. In 2001, the UnitedNations General Assembly (UNGA)adopted the Global Agenda forDialogue among Civilisations and theUnited Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organisation(UNESCO) endorsed theInternational Declaration on CulturalDiversity.

A common assumption inspiresboth covenants. A multi-culturalsociety needs to find ways andmeans to accommodate diversitywithout losing its cohesiveness andunity. Two approaches are rejected.Assimilation which requires minori-ties to abandon their own distinctiveinstitutions, cultures and values tomerge into the prevailing culture isto be avoided.

This way is sociologically unlike-ly to succeed and is morally unten-able in view of people’s deep adher-ence to normative values such as reli-gion. Similarly, unbounded multi-culturalism, which entails giving upthe concept of shared values andidentity in order to privilege ethnicand religious differences, presumingthat a nation can be replaced by a

number of diverse minorities, isunacceptable. Such a course of actionusually results in undemocratic back-lash, support for extremist parties,populist leaders and anti-minoritypolicies. It is morally unjustified asit does not accept the values and insti-tutions upheld by society at large.

Regions that break away fromdemocratic societies hoping toachieve a larger measure of self-gov-ernment are not likely to enhanceself-government and may ratherweaken it.

Cultural pluralism values diver-sity and implements policies of inclu-sion that cater to the requirements ofall groups. The sensitivities of theminorities as well as of the majorityneed attention. Fundamental rightsand fundamental freedoms of all areto be protected. The rights of theweaker sections are particularlyimportant in a society that respectscultural pluralism.

Inter-cultural dialogue is neces-sary both at the national and at theglobal levels so that contentiousissues are resolved amicably. Themore a nation harmonises differencesat home, the greater is its ability tocontribute to dialogue at the interna-

tional level. The stronger the coop-eration and goodwill among nations,the lesser the need to spend hugeresources on arms and militarystrategies.

Education has a crucial role toplay in providing ethical and spiri-tual value systems that facilitateunderstanding of other cultures andcivilisations. The UNESCOConstitution begins with the words,“Since wars begin in the minds ofmen, it is in the minds of men thatthe defences of peace must be con-structed.”

Education ought to promote tol-erance, respect for diversity andfriendship among peoples andnations. Educational institutionsmust be provided with a learningenvironment which contributes totolerance, understanding and respectfor diversity. They should be protect-ed from teachings that promoteextremism, intolerance and violence.

The State of Goa has made sig-nificant progress in the field of edu-cation over the last 50 years. This ismainly due to Government-aidedand private institutions. Governmentschools themselves are in anappalling condition. Attendance at

several Government primary schoolswhich I visited over the last few yearswas almost 100 per cent but in thecircumstances in which most ofthem function, there is not muchlearning to be done.

Four classes are often taughtsimultaneously in one classroomand in some cases, eight classes intwo languages. There are no black-boards or they are not repaired. Ricebags (for the mid-day meal), discard-ed furniture, school record and so onare all bundled together in the sameclassroom along with the children.

The teachers in Governmentschools are as hard-working and thestudents are as bright and intelligentas their counterparts in privateschools. What is lacking is the min-imum infrastructure. As a result allthose who can afford it enrol theirchildren in private schools.

The children in Governmentprimary schools come from thepoorer sections of society and theirparents are usually illiterate. Thesestudents require special attention buton the contrary they get no attentionat all. Government primary schoolshave suffered from what might becalled a “social attention deficit”, a

sheer lack of attention and concernby the community at large, includingpolicymakers at all levels.

India is home to diverse lan-guages, religions, races and lifestyles.It is a vast country where questionsof unity and diversity interplay. Yet,India emerges with an excellentrecord at managing diversity. Thismakes it possible to survive as anation and to move ahead as thelargest democracy in the world.

The Constitution of Indiaensures that all citizens have equalrights and equal opportunities. Inparticular, the principle of secularismenshrined in our Constitution is thebest method to accommodate reli-gious diversity and could be emulat-ed across the globe.

In a multi-cultural society, theState cannot be identified with anyreligious or cultural group and itshould either be neutral or even-handed in its approach to all suchgroups. Unity in diversity is the high-est possible civilisational attainment.It is made possible through respectfor choice in an atmosphere of mutu-al trust.

(The writer is a former UnionMinister)

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Confederation of IndianIndustry (CII) on Friday saidit has established a new forumon artificial intelli-gence chaired byIBM's India/SouthAsia ManagingDirector SandipPatel.

The forum priori-tises AI as a driver ofeconomic and busi-ness revival. The CII AIForum will focus on buildinga strong AI ecosystem in Indiaby building awareness at scaleand enhancing capabilities byskilling/reskilling workforcefor the future, CII said.

It will also work with the

government in shaping con-ducive policy and regulatoryregime; encourage public-pri-vate partnerships in researchand development, and facili-

tate pilot implemen-tation of AI solu-tions in priority sec-tors, it added.

The sectors thathave been prioritisedfor this year are:BFSI, retail, social(healthcare) and

manufacturing (automotive).“As the economy moves

into the recovery and revivalphase, the transformationalpotential of responsible AI-driven solutions can be used tofuel India's growth story in abig way,” Patel said.

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UN chief Antonio Guterres onFriday renewed his call on Indiaand other G20 countries toinvest in a clean and sustainabletransition as they recover fromthe COVID-19 pandemic,expressing deep concern overthe continued support for pol-luting fossil fuels by nationsacross the world.

UN Secretary-GeneralGuterres, virtually deliveringthe 19th Darbari Seth MemorialLecture by The Energy andResources Institute (TERI), saidthat clean energy and closing the

energy access gap are goodbusiness.

“They are the tick-et to growth andprosperity. Yet,here in India, sub-sidies for fossilfuels are still someseven times morethan subsidies forclean energy,” hesaid.

Coal subsidies in 2019-20 amounted to USD 2.06 bil-lion, with overall subsidies tofossil fuels at USD 11 billion, hesaid. Guterres praised India forraising the proportion of renew-

able energy in its total con-sumption to 24 per cent

from 17 per centdespite theCOVID-19 pan-demic.

He said thatcoal-fired poweruse has declined

by 10 per cent to66 per cent from

76 per cent.The UN chief said

that investments in renewableenergy generate triple the num-ber of jobs created by invest-ments in fossil fuels. “With theCOVID-19 pandemic threaten-

ing to push many people backinto poverty, such job creationis an opportunity that can't bemissed,” Guterres said.

Apart from issues of jobcreation and concerns aboutpollution and climate change,coal power plants are likely tobecome “stranded assets,” hesaid. External Affairs MinisterS Jaishankar presided over theevent and delivered thePresidential Address.

The UN chief described as“deeply troubling” the contin-ued support for fossil fuels inso many places around theworld.

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Markets regulator Sebi willagain meet stock brokers' asso-ciation, depositories and clear-ing corporations on Monday toanalyse the readiness to imple-ment the new rules on marginpledge from September 1,sources said.

They also said brokers arenot technically prepared toroll out the proposed frame-work and are seeking a month'sextension to implement thesame. This would be theirthird meeting with theSecurities and Exchange Boardof India (Sebi). The regulatorhas already met twice thismonth and discussed the pre-paredness with the depositories(CDSL and NSDL), stock bro-kers association and clearingcorporations. A member ofstock brokers' associationAnmi said it would be com-plete disaster if the new systemon pledge or repledge comes

into effect from September 1.The Association of National

Exchanges Members of India(Anmi) comprises around 900stock brokers from across thecountry.

"There would be a totalchaos in the market as a sur-vey conducted by Anmi foundthat 90 per cent of brokers arenot ready to start the newmechanism on pledge orrepledge because of the pan-

demic," the Anmi membersaid.

Further, back-office vendorshave clearly expressed theirinability to develop the newmodule and carry out changesin their core application whichaffects pay in, payout, collater-al management and marginobligations.

The member further saidbrokers would be able to man-age it in case a month's exten-

sion is granted by the capitalmarkets watchdog.

Brokers said their workingcapital management will gohaywire while implementingand complying with the newmeasures due to the time gapbetween release and repledge.

Stock brokers are requestingfor the simultaneous co-exis-tence of the current systems oftitle transfer, and the proposedpledge system till September30.

However, Sebi in July hadsaid that trading members(TMs) or clearing members(CMs) should accept clientsecurities as collateral by wayof title transfer into the clientcollateral account as per thepresent system by August-end.

The regulator had allowedco-existence of the currenttitle transfer collateral mecha-nism and the new pledge andrepledge process till August 31and had said no further exten-sion will be granted.

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Rural demand cancontribute towardsrecovery in theeconomy but can-not be a substitutefor urban demand,according to areport.

While the indus-trial and servicessectors are still struggling torecover from the adverseimpact of COVID-19, the agri-culture sector could become anengine for economic recovery,India Ratings and Researchsaid in a report.

It, however, said a large partof the rural demand, notwith-standing the encouraging salesnumber of motorcycles/trac-tors in June 2020, comes fromconsumer non-durables.

"Since the share of agricul-ture in the country's grossvalue added is about 17 per

cent, we believe rural demandat best can extend support toconsumption demand, butcannot be a substitute forurban demand," the ratingagency said in a report.

It expects the first quarter2020-21 GDP growth to comein at negative 17.03 per cent.The current account in theJune quarter is expected torecord a surplus of aroundUSD 18 billion.

The report said one sectorthat has largely not beenimpacted either during the

lockdown or even thereafter isagriculture. The agencyexpects the agriculture sectorto grow at 3.5 per cent year-on-year in 2020-21.

After several years, the agri-cultural sector has witnessedthree consecutive good har-vests — rabi 2019, kharif 2019and rabi 2020.

Moreover, the adequate pre-monsoon rainfall followed bythe timely arrival of mon-soons in most parts of thecountry has led to an increasein the total kharif sowing areain 2020 in comparison to thelast year.

As per the latest data avail-able, the actual rainfall duringJune 1-August 25, 2020, for thecountry as a whole has been7.4 per cent above the normal,and the total area sown underkharif crops as on August 14stood at 101.6 million hectare(mha), a y-o-y increase of 8.5per cent.

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Housing andUrban AffairsSecretary DurgaShanker Mishra onFriday hailed theMaharashtra gov-ernment's decisionto reduce stampduty on registration of proper-ties and advised other states todo the same to boost demandin the real estate sector.

Addressing a webinarorganised by industry bodyPHDCCI, he assured theindustry that the ministrywould examine its various

demands, including oneregarding need for a change inincome tax law to enablebuilders reduce their sellingprices of apartments.

The secretary said an invest-ment of Rs 9,300 crore hasbeen approved from the Rs25,000-crore stress fund, which

was set up to complete thestalled housing projects acrossthe country. On the demandfor stamp duty reduction toboost sluggish sales duringthis COVID-19 pandemic,Mishra said, "We had givensuggestions to all the states toreduce it. The Maharashtragovernment has done it. Wewill pursue with others (states).It's a good step by theMaharashtra government. Itwill have a positive impact oncost reduction." Stamp duty isthe transactional tax, collect-ed by the government on prop-erty purchases. It is one of themajor sources of revenue.

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Extending its winning run forthe sixth session, BSE bench-mark Sensex rallied 354 pointson Friday, boosted by gains inbank stocks amid persistentforeign fund inflows.

After touching a high of39,579.58, the BSE Sensexended 353.84 points or 0.90 per

cent higher at 39,467.31.The NSE Nifty surged 88.35

points or 0.76 per cent to closeat 11,647.60.

IndusInd Bank was the topgainer in the Sensex pack,spurting over 8 per cent, fol-lowed by Axis Bank, ICICBank, Sun Pharma, SBI andKotak Bank.

On the other hand,

PowerGrid, Infosys, Maruti,NTPC, Asian Paints, HUL,M&M and Tata Steel wereamong the laggards.

Market mood remained exu-berant on hopes of a speedyeconomic recovery and furtherfiscal and monetary support,said Sanjeev Zarbade, VP PCGResearch, Kotak Securities.

Strong foreign fund inflows,

led by high global liquidity anddecline in US dollar, alsofuelled the markets, he added.

Foreign institutionalinvestors bought equities wortha net Rs 1,164.32 crore onThursday, exchange datashowed.

A sharp appreciation in therupee too supported investorsentiment. The domestic cur-

rency strengthened 43 paise toend at 73.39 against the US dol-lar.

Meanwhile, bourses inShanghai, Hong Kong andSeoul ended with gains afterUS Federal Reserve ChairmanJerome Powell said the centralbank will remain accommoda-tive and shift to a more relaxedapproach on inflation.

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The government will contin-ue to work tirelessly to ensureefficient and effective normsfor MSMEs, businesses,startups and entre-preneurs andmake India oneof the easiestcountries toinvest andcreate wealth,Niti AayogC E OAmitabh Kantsaid on Friday.

Kant further saidPrime MinisterNarendra Modi's vision ofEase of Living for citizens ofIndia will be the government'sfocus.

"India's business climatehas been continuouslyimproved, not for the WorldBank's Index (Ease of DoingBusiness) sake but to makeIndia easy and simple.

"All of us in the governmentwill continue to work tireless-ly to ensure efficient and effec-tive norms for MSMEs, busi-nesses, startups & entrepre-neurs and make India one ofthe easiest countries to investand create wealth,'' he said.

Kant was commenting onthe World Bank's decision topause the publication of itsDoing Business Report fol-lowing a number of irregu-larities in reporting of data

based on which coun-tries were ranked

with regard tobusiness climate.

“A number ofir regular it ieshave beenr e p o r t e dr e g a r d i n g

changes to thedata in the Doing

Business 2018 andDoing Business 2020

reports, published in October2017 and 2019. The changesin the data were inconsistentwith the Doing Businessmethodology,” the WorldBank said in a statement onThursday.

The Board of ExecutiveDirectors of the World Bankhas been briefed on the sit-uation as have the authoritiesof the countries that weremost affected by the datairregularities, it had said,adding “the publication ofthe Doing Business reportwill be paused as we conductour assessment.”

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The decades-old dream ofz i p p i n garound in thesky as simplyas driving onh i g h w a y smay bebecoming lessillusory.

Japan's SkyDrive Inc.,among the myriads of “flyingcar” projects around the world,has carried out a successfulthough modest test flight withone person aboard. In a videoshown to reporters on Friday,a contraption that looked likea slick motorcycle with pro-pellers lifted several feet (1-2meters) off the ground, andhovered in a netted area forfour minutes. TomohiroFukuzawa, who heads theSkyDrive effort, said he hopes“the flying car” can be madeinto a real-life product by2023, but he acknowledgedthat making it safe was criti-cal. “Of the world's more than100 flying car projects, only ahandful has succeeded with aperson on board,” he told The

Associated Press.“I hope many people will

want to ride it and feel safe.”The machine so far can fly forjust five to 10 minutes but ifthat can become 30 minutes,it will have more potential,including exports to places likeChina, Fukuzawa said.

Unlike airplanes and heli-copters, eVTOL, or “electricvertical takeoff and landing,”vehicles offer quick point-to-point personal travel, at leastin principle. They could doaway with the hassle of air-ports and traffic jams and thecost of hiring pilots, theycould fly automatically. Batterysizes, air traffic control andother infrastructure issues areamong the many potential chal-lenges to commercializing them.

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State-owned power giantNTPC on Friday said UjjwalKanti Bhattacharya has takencharge as its Director(Projects). "Before appoint-ment as Director (Projects),NTPC, he has worked asMD and CEO (BangladeshIndia Friendship PowerCompany Ltd), ExecutiveDirector (InternationalBusiness Development) andExecutive Director (Projects),NTPC," a company state-ment said. Bhattacharya joinedNTPC in 1984 as engineeringexecutive trainee, and was ini-tially posted at NTPC Korba,which was then situated inMadhya Pradesh, the state-ment added. He is an ElectricalEngineering Graduate fromJadavpur University, Kolkata.He has also completed his PGDiploma in Management fromMDI, Gurgaon.

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India has undergone a digitalrevolution in the past decadeand is now at an inflectionpoint in its digitisation journey,a report said on Friday.

"India is on the cusp of a par-adigm shift in the way digitalsolutions are being deployedfor large-scale societal impact;getting the non tech elementsright will be critical", it said.

The report by OmidyarNetwork India, an investmentfirm focussed on social impact,and consulting firm BostonConsulting Group (BCG) stat-ed that Open DigitalEcosystems (ODEs) are thenext frontier for 'Digital India'.

India is at an inflection pointin its digitisation journey. Overthe course of a decade, thecountry has undergone a dig-ital revolution - from modestbeginnings of downloadingforms and being able to viewthe status of an applicationonline to paying taxes onlineand receivingwelfare paymentsdigitally, it said.

"And today, we stand at anew frontier India is leadingthe world in building shareddigital infrastructure that canbe leveraged by both govern-ment and private sector tounlock new solutions andenhance citizen experience,"the report said.

It describes this approach of

designing technology infra-structure which can unlockeconomic and societal value,while minimising risks andpossible harms, as ODEs.

ODEs are defined as: "openand secure Digital Platformsthat enable a Community ofactors to unlock transformativesolutions for society, based on

a robust Governance frame-work."

It identifies three layers tohelp bring an ODE to life dig-ital platforms comprising tech-nology infrastructure and solu-tions built on top; communitycomprising builders, facilitatorsand end users; and a third layerof governance which consists oflaws and rules and the account-able institutions that upholdthem.

The ODE approach suggeststhat the government shouldfocus on creating the digitalcommons; enable interoper-ability between siloed systems,so that innovators can build ontop, by leveraging open sourcesoftware, data, standards,

licenses and APIs, the reportsaid.

The recently announcedNational Digital HealthMission by the Prime Minister,which aims to create an inte-grated interoperable digitalhealth platform for all healthrelated services, was an exam-ple of the ODE approach, itsaid.

While the report estimatesthe potential impact of thisapproach, it also points out sig-nificant risks that may arise,such as the risks of data central-isation, which need to beaddressed through a robustgovernance framework andsafeguards that protect the cit-izens data.

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Shares in Japan retreatedafter Prime Minister ShinzoAbe said he is resigning dueto health problems. TheNikkei 225 index lost 1.4%,falling to 22,882.65, thoughno major changes in policyare likely. The hoped forchange in the Fed's strategy isimportant for markets thathave been rescued by centralbanks slashing short-terminterest rates and buying allkinds of bonds to help weath-er the coronavirus pandem-ic. US futures were higher,with the S&P 500 contract up0.4% and the contract for theDow industrials 0.5% higher. 4�����&"�>��5�$�

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State-owned Coal India's fuelsupply to the power sectorregistered a decline of 19.5per cent to 126.30 MT in theApril-July period of the ongo-ing fiscal in the wake ofslump in coal demand. CILhad despatched 156.86 MT offuel in April-July last year,according to the latest data ofthe coal ministry. Thedespatch of coal by CIL inJuly fell 12.4 per cent to32.76 MT, from 37.41 MTsupply in the correspondingmonth of the previous fiscal,it said. The coal despatch bySCCL almost dropped by47.2 per cent to 9.68 MT inthe first four months.

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hrivalli Ramshmikaastrongly believes thatlife is much greaterthan the court of ten-nis. The star ofHyderabad stands as a

symbol of hope for many young-sters that are in the field of sportsacross the city — for her, it’s oneof the many spotlights that shedoesn’t shy away from. “This cityis really close to my heart becauseevery time I travel for my tourna-ments, the one thing I never forgetis how welcoming my hometownhas been. It’s a large city with adiverse culture and ethnic neigh-bourhoods. The population issuch that you get to learn fromand live with people of differentlanguages, religions, etc. This iswhat gives this city its uniqueidentity,” Shrivalli shares.

Dreams are great, aren’t they,especially whenyou get tofulfill

them? But Shrivalli Rashmikaa issomeone who never thought ofbecoming a sports player. All shedid was fuel her passion, do thingsexceptionally well, and here she istoday, an exceptionally better ver-sion of herself! The educationalinstitutions she belonged to inHyderabad, played an importantrole in supporting her sportingcareer, from managing her atten-dance to sponsoring her matches,the chairman from her school wasalways operational at every turn ofher sporting career. “I have inter-acted with different sets of people,the city has been warm andaccepting of me. Be it the BhavansSchool, DPS Nacharam, orSt.Francis College, all of themhave been really generous andhelpful towards my passion forpursuing sports. As I said before,there’s social harmony here, which

is concocted variably attractingtalent,” adds the sports

champ.ConsideringHyderabad a

city with adiversi-

fied

bunch of knacks that are well suit-ed for global competition in therenowned field of sports, shebelieves individuals here exhibitenormous sportsmanship spiritsas well. Academies find it easy toattract talent here and can typical-ly view them as a jungle full ofartistry. Can anyone ever be trulycomfortable in Hyderabad? Yes,Shrivalli is. She’s been living herefor a long time now and hasnoticed the subway rides, traffic,overcrowding at the old city, etc.These are the blues that intriguedher and made her sceptical aboutthis city — “With corporate spon-sors being provided to me here, Inever stuck to my privilege. Ialways kept the glossy view ofurbanisation in my mind and thiscity gives us solutions to life. Myinclusive and welcoming town!”

Hyderabad boasts of its ownNawabi and Mughlai cuisine, thetennis star seconds the opinionclaiming that you will not find itanywhere but Hyderabad. Shecannot help smile whenever shehears ‘Biryani’, the Hyderabadibiryani has never disappointed thefood lover inside her and theother flavoursome cuisines whichtop her list of favourite delicacies.

“Apart from offering someamazing food, the land of Nizamsis home to well-cultured and well-spoken netizens. We live, play, andwork together from separate areas.Gated communities are increasingallowing elites to self-segregateinto a secure and exclusive neigh-bourhood. Our city is also a typi-cal hub to education & arts sup-ported by numerous universitiessuch as UOH, JNTU, IITHyderabad, etc. My favourite go-to places have been museums,temples, and all the cultural insti-tutions. For instance, Charminarfeatures an impressive display ofarchitecture visible from milesaway making it an iconic spot,”she concludes.

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The recognition of thesebenefits has led to a greatincrease in the demand forpurple ingredients, which is

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For example, lavenderflowers are used in food as agarnish as they not onlyenhance the appearance offood but also add health ben-efits by making the skin glowwhen consumed. The discov-ery of this benefit has led toa greater demand for laven-der and hence, greater culti-vation of it. Purple foods fol-low a similar pattern ofincreased demand and wemust ensure that the supplyaspect for it is handled in arobust manner.

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encouraged, given its benefitsfor the Indian population. Interms of awareness at thelocal level, people must besensitised to the fact thatpurple fruit and vegetablesare not regular items thathave gone bad. By encourag-ing the use these items inone's daily life, one will beconvinced to cultivate thesevegetables and contribute tothe soaring demand.

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aking on AppleWatch and Fitbitin the wearablespace in a bigway, Amazonintroduced a

wristband called Halo forhealth and fitness tracking,body fat and emotions,along with a subscriptionservice and a smartphoneapp.

The device offers bat-tery life up to seven days,and fully charges from 0per cent in less than 90minutes. It is water resis-tant to 50 meters.

The wearable is avail-able in the US for $64.99for a limited period andwill cost $99.99 once theearly access period is over.

Halo bands are availablein Black/Onyx, Winter-/Silver, and Blush/Rose Goldcolours. It is Bluetooth 5.0compatible for both Andr-oid and iOS devices. Memb-ers can access a suite of AI-powered features throughthe Amazon Halo app, pow-ered by the comfortable,innovative Amazon HaloBand.

“Monitor activity andsleep, analyze your bodycomposition and tone ofvoice, and discover healthyhabits that work for you,”the company said in astatement. The devicelooks like a Fitbit trackermore than an AppleWatch.

Apple is reportedly working on future AirPods

that could come with simple touch sensorsinstead of force detection for control for an

improved experience. A new patent suggests that thetapping that is currently required to control the

AirPods may be changed next time, reports AppleInsider. The current system uses a force sensor, com-

bined with an accelerometer, to effect a change when auser double-tap on an AirPod stalk.

“AirPods have an exterior surface that defines theshape of the earbud such that the earbud is sized and

shaped to be at least partially inserted into a user’s ear.And a touch-sensitive sensor positioned within the hous-ing and adjacent to the exterior surface,” reads the patent

application.With the upcoming feature changing the volume on a pair

of AirPods might be done by simply swiping across the sur-face of one. According to the report, Apple’s patent application

is more concerned about the specifics of how such sensor routesdata to the device than it is about the practical uses of the idea.

Apple is also reportedly planning to add Ambient Light Sensors infuture versions of AirPods to monitor data such as blood oxygen level

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After launching its first

mid-range premiumsmartphone Nord,

Chinese brand OnePlus is nowworking on a smartwatch thatmay arrive as ‘OnePlus Watch’.The ‘OnePlus Watch’ has been

certified by the SingaporeInfocomm Media Development

Authority (IMDA) and their pagereveals the watch has model

number W301GB, reports XDADevelopers.

It may run Google’s WearOS and feature a

Snapdragon Wear system-on-chip, potentially the

recently-launchedSnapdragon Wear

4100.

OnePlus Watch may alsoinclude an OLED display tosave battery and a host of fitnessand health features like a heartrate sensor, blood oxygen moni-tor and software-based featuressuch as sleep pattern analysis,goals oriented exercise trackingand more.

Back in 2016, OnePlus actuallyconfirmed that the company wasdeveloping a smartwatch.

“We had completed thedesign but we still decided toscrap it. We have to befocused,” OnePlus CEOPete Lau said during the‘Converge’ tech con-ference held inHong Kong.

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on Android TV in the com-ing weeks globally.

With Google Duo, peoplecan initiate one-on-one andgroup calls from their TVs.

If the TV doesn't have acamera built-in, people cansimply plug in a USB camera.

Beyond TVs, Duo andGoogle Meet also workseamlessly with Nest Hub

Max.“2020 may go down as the

year of the video call. It'sbecome an indispensabletool, one we all use morethan we likely would haveimagined,” said TJ Varghese,Group Product Manager,Google Meet hardware.

With Google Meet onCast, you can also use TV ora Smart Display.

“Whether you want to stepaway from the notificationson your laptop or phone tobe more present in a meetingor you're on mute in a larger

meeting and want to concen-trate on your task at hand,casting to your TV can helpyou be more productive andstay focused,” Varghese saidin a statement.

Meet and Cast can alsopair up to simplify distancelearning.

Students can view theirclassmates and lesson planson the big screen while work-ing from their laptops, andteachers can get a broaderview of their students on acall. Google Cast functionali-ty is available for all Meet

users, and casting works onChromecast, TVs with built-in Chromecasts and Nest dis-plays.

“With the AcerChromebase and ASUSRemote Meet Kit fromGoogle Meet hardware, theusers can elevate work-from-home space into a dedicatedhome office,” the companysaid.

Google Meet hardwaresyncs automatically withGoogle Calendar so peoplecan join meetings with a sin-gle touch.

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has claimed that the consolewill come with support forthe latest Wi-Fi 6 as well asBluetooth 5.1.

The support for Wi-Fi 6 isdefinitely an upgrade giventhat the PS4 supports Wi-Fi 4while the PS4 Pro supportsWi-Fi 5, reportsGizmoChina.

The sixth-generation ofWi-Fi is capable of a maxi-mum throughput of 9.6 Gbpsacross multiple channels,which is around nearly32 times faster than theWi-Fi 4 support presentin the PlayStation 4.

Bluetooth 5.1 is also agreat improvement overBluetooth 2.1 in PS4 andBluetooth 4.0 in PS4 Pro.

The PS5 will feature acustom eight-core AMDZen 2 CPU clocked at3.5GHz and a custom

GPU based on AMD’s RDNA2 architecture hardware thatpromises 10.28 teraflops and36 compute units clocked at2.23GHz.

It will also have 16GB ofGDDR6 RAM and a custom825GB SSD.

The PS5 will also feature4K Blu-ray drive and will stillsupport discs, but thosegames will still require instal-lation to the internal SSD.

Sony has opened invite-only online registration forcustomers to be one of thefirst to pre-order the upcom-ing PlayStation 5 consoledirectly from the company.

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The world championshipleader and six-time championtold reporters via an official

video news conference that hewas impressed by the athletestaking action, which had led tothe postponement of events.

“I stand unified with themand trying to do what I can overhere (in Europe),” he explained.

“I don’t really know how notdoing the race...it will still go on,but I will speak to Formula Oneto see what else we can do tocontinue to raise awareness andcontinue to push.”

A number of athletes in the

United States led boycotts ofsporting events this week inprotest of Blake’s death.

Hamilton added it was“incredible what many out therein the States are doing withintheir sports all the way down tothe people that are hosting —commentators, for example.

“But that is America and Idon’t know really if me doing ithere will have any affect. We’rein Belgium. We’re not in theUnited States.” AFP

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Jurgen Klopp said onThursday there is “no chance”

of Liverpool signing LionelMessi, but the German admitsthe unsettled Barcelona starwould be a great addition to thePremier League.

Messi has told Barcelona hewants to leave after growingunhappy with the club’s prob-lems on and off the pitch.

The Argentina forward hasbeen linked with a move toManchester City, where hecould link up with his formerBarca boss Pep Guardiola.

Paris Saint-Germain, InterMilan and Juventus have alsobeen mooted as potential des-tinations for Messi if he gets hiswish to quit the Camp Nou.

Klopp insisted he wouldlove to have Messi, but madeit clear the 33-year-oldwould not end up atAnfield.

“Interest? Yeah, whodoesn’t want Messi in theirteam. The numbers areabsolutely not for us. Wedon’t even start thinkingabout it. No chance! But...good player,” Klopp told

reporters.Liverpool f inished 18

points ahead of second placedCity last season as they won theEnglish title for the first timesince 1990.

And Klopp concededLiverpool’s bid to retain thePremier League crown wouldclearly be under threat if Messijoined City.

But the former BorussiaDortmund boss believes itwould be a significant coup for

English football to have one ofthe world’s greatest ever playersin the Premier League.

“It would make it evenmore difficult to beat them(City) which was already verydifficult,” Klopp told a newsconference ahead of Saturday’sCommunity Shield clash withFA Cup winners Arsenal atWembley.

“For the Premier League, itwould be great having the bestplayer in the world in theleague. I’m not sure the PremierLeague needs a boost but itwould be.

“It would be interestingtoo because Messi has neverplayed in another league apartfrom Spain. I would like to seeit but I’m not sure if I will.”

Klopp confirmed centreback Virgil van Dijk is fit to faceArsenal after recovering from ahead injury sustained duringLiverpool’s pre-season friendlywith RB Salzburg.

Jordan Henderson is alsoset to play but Trent Alexander-Arnold may miss out because ofinjury. “Trent’s very close butwe have to make a decisionabout him tomorrow,” Kloppsaid.

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Cricket Australia (CA) hasrestricted its players from

using sweat from the head,face and neck to shine the ballduring the upcoming limitedovers tour of England in a bidto reduce the risk of Covid-19transmission.

The ICC has banned theuse of saliva on the ball as aninterim health safety mea-sure in the wake of the pan-demic. However, a play-er is still permitted to usesweat from anywhere onthe body and rub it onthe ball.

But CA is tak-ing a cautiousapproach toreduce anyrisk oftransmis-sion ofthe novelc o r o n -a v i r u s .Based onmedical advicethe board hasasked its play-ers to not usesweat from

near the mouth or nose,according to Cricket.Com.Au.

This leaves players withoption of using sweat fromeither their stomach or back,during the white-ball seriesagainst England, startingSeptember 4 in Southampton.

The team’s premier pacerMitchell Starc feels the regu-lation will not have muchaffect in the limited oversformats.

“It’s probably notsomething that’s too rel-evant in white-ballcricket. Once that newball starts to go, you’retrying to keep it dry

anyway. It’s more of aquestion for red-

ball cricket,”Starc said.

“No doubtwe’ll find outwhat it’s likein these prac-

tice games andif we need to

revisit someplanning aroundit, I’m sure we’llhave a chat before

the series getsunderway,” he added.

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Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldoon Thursday said that his “spir-

it and ambition were as high asever” as he strives to “break recordsand conquer the world” next sea-son. The Portuguese forward wonhis second Scudetto withJuventus, but despite his dou-ble against Lyon the Italiangiants exited the ChampionsLeague to the French clubin the last 16.

“As I’m gettingready for my thirdseason as aBianconero, myspirit and ambitionare as high as ever,” the35-year-old wrote onInstagram.

“Goals. Victories.

Commitment. Dedication.Professionalism.

“With all my strength andwith the precious help from myteammates and all of the Juventusstaff, we work once again to con-quer Italy, Europe and the World!Breaking records.”

“Overcoming obstacles,” con-tinued Ronaldo of his ambitionsfor next season which starts onSeptember 19.

“Winning titles and achiev-ing personal goals. To do moreand better once and again.

“To reach higher and tosucceed in all challenges thatmay come our way.”

“We are Juventus! We arethe Champions! We are backand stronger than ever! Weare counting on you! Alltogether! Fino Alla Fine!”

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An India T20 specialist isamong multiple members of

the Chennai Super Kings contin-gent who have tested positive forCovid-19, forcing the IPL franchiseto extend its quarantine period inDubai and causing upheaval aheadof the event starting September 19.

The franchise is yet to issue aformal statement but a leaguesource told PTI that the numberof positive cases could be between10 and 12.

“Yes, a right-arm medium fastbowler, who has recently played forIndia in white-ball cricket, alongwith a few staff members have test-

ed positive for Covid-19. Thenumber could be as high as 12,” thesenior IPL source said.

The development has forcedthe Mahendra Singh Dhoni-ledside to extend the quarantineperiod till September 1.

While there is panic in theBCCI’s rank and file after this butit is understood that for the timebeing, there is no imminent threatto the league, shifted out of Indiathis year due to the pandemic.

The scheduling conventionfollowed in the IPL is two finalistsof the previous year playing theinaugural game which would havebeen Chennai Super Kings anddefending champions MumbaiIndians this season.

However, it’s still not clear ifCSK would be ready for theSeptember 19 league opener.

The source revealed that allCovid-19 positive results cameduring day 1, 3 and 6 of testing

after the contingent’s arrival inDubai.

“As far as we know, one of thesenior-most officials of the CSKmanagement, an official’s wife, andat least two members of their socialmedia team are also Covid-19 pos-itive,” he said.

According to the BCCI’sStandard Operating Procedure(SOP), all those who test positiveare mandated to go through anadditional seven-day quarantine.

They can enter the bio-securebubble only after returning nega-tive in tests to be conducted afterthe extended isolation.

It is understood that all themembers of the jumbo contingent,who tested positive, are “largelyasymptomatic”.

The biggest challenge will betracing those who came in contactwith these contingent members asit is understood that most of themcontracted the virus in Chennai,

where the team had a short train-ing camp before heading to Dubai.

“If you see, they all had test-ed negative for Covid during thetwo RT-PCR tests conducted inChennai ahead of their departure.Had they been positive, theywouldn’t have been able to boardthe flight in the first place,” theleague source stated.

It is understood those whohave tested negative will be allowedto enter the bio-bubble. However,the IPL source believes that thelikelihood of the team’s campstarting on September 1 is slim.

“I don’t think they can start thecamp from September 1. It willtake at least till September 5before they can even think ofresuming the camp,” he said.

In the BCCI corridors, therewas bewilderment over the team’sdecision to have a camp inChennai before boarding the flightto Dubai. Tamil Nadu has record-ed more than 4 lakh cases so far.

“CSK practised three days inChennai out of the five days. Wasthere any tangible gain achievedfrom that camp?” a BCCI officialsaid.

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Rohit Sharma’s childhood coach DineshLad expects nothing less than a World

Cup-winning performance from his protegein the 2023 edition at home following hisstellar show in the 50-over showpiece eventlast year, when he smashed five hundreds butIndia lost in the semifinals.

Rohit was recently announced as one ofthe winners of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratnaaward, India’s highest sporting honour.

“Getting the Khel Ratna is a greatachievement. I should not say this but if apoor boy has talent and he justifies it andhas luck, then that boy canreach the sky and a livingexample of it is RohitSharma.

“All that he has earneddue to his hard work andtalent. My expectation isthat the forthcoming50-over World Cup,Rohit should win itfor India on hisown ability,” Lad,a popular cricketcoach in Mumbaicircles, said onMarathi cricketchat show CoffeeCricket Ani BarechKahi.

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Manchester United cap-tain Harry Maguire

defended his actions inGreece that led to him beingcharged with assaulting apolice officer and attemptedbribery, saying that hethought he was being kid-napped and feared for hislife.

Maguire was convictedand handed a suspended21-month sentence by aGreek court on Tuesday butwas granted a retrial afterlodging a successful appeal.

Maguire made his firstpublic comments about theincident on the island ofMykonos in an interviewwith the BBC, saying plain-clothed police officers pulledhim and a friend out of aminivan they were travelingin and started hitting them.

“My initial thought, Ithought we were gettingkidnapped.

We got down on ourknees, we put our hands inthe air, they just started hit-ting us,” Maguire said.

“They were hitting myleg saying my career’s over:

‘No more football. You won’tplay again.’

“And at this point Ithought there is no chancethese are police or I don’tknow who they are so I triedto run away, I was in thatmuch of a panic, fear, scaredfor my life. All the waythrough it.”

Maguire claimed thatincident took place outsidea police station after heattempted to take hisyounger sister Daisy to ahospital because sheappeared to be losing con-sciousness having beenapproached by two menduring a night out.

The 27-year-old centerback denied attempting tobribe the police.

When asked about that,he replied: “No, for sure. Assoon as I saw that statement,it’s just ridiculous.”

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rikanthGurram is apopular faceon the shortfilm circuit,having fea-

tured in YouTube hitslike Motta

Modhatisari,Tharunam and

TholiParichayam.Set to make hisweb film debutwith Paper BoydirectorJayashankarr’sVitamin She,

the Hyderabadborn and bred admitsto be drawn towardsthe magic of moviesgrowing up. “Everyone

knows a film is createdand yet people gothrough a gamut ofemotions watching itunfold on the silverscreen. I love acting andit has been my dream tosee myself as an actorone day,” the actor tellsus.

The likes of MegastarChiranjeevi and KotaSreenivas Rao were hisinspirations growing up.“As I started to under-stand the craft of actingmore, I’ve become a big-ger fan of the latter. I’mcrazy about him. Theeffortless ease with whichhe slips into any role is atestament to his pedigree,”

Srikanth rhapsodises,adding that he is a self-taught actor who honed his

skills by catching actingvideos online, theatre actsand watching films.

A B.Tech graduate, heworked with different firmslike Amazon, TechMahindra and Genpact tofulfill family responsibilitiesstarting from 2013.Simultaneously, he took upshort films that interestedhim. But his heart alwaysremained with acting. “Mywork as a software profes-sional paid me good moneybut after a day’s work, it did-n’t give me a feeling of con-tentment. During officehours every day, I used tothink about cinema. After apoint, I felt if I continuewith my job, it would go onand on. So I decided to

resign from my job in 2016to devote full time to act-ing,” he notes.

He still remembers fondlythe first short film, MyValentine, which infusedconfidence in him to con-tinue with acting. “Backthen it was watched by 10kpeople, attaining 110 likesand three dislikes. So I feltthat there was a sectionwhich liked it. Its appealmade me consider that I canact. Later, I started gettingmore offers throughFacebook but I was choosy.It is the reason why I’veacted only in a handful ofshort films,” he points out.

He hit a jackpot whenBaasha director SureshKrissna signed him on for atele film Prema for ETVnetwork in 2016. Tamil

actress Vani Bhojan was castopposite him. “I thought it’dgive me a big break but itdidn’t,” he sighs.

He knows Jayashankarrfor a long time and says thatthey’ve been thinking ofteaming up for quite awhile. “He rang me duringthe lockdown and men-tioned Vitamin She. I likedthe story and immediatelysaid yes to it. I will be seenas Leo, an HR associate in acorporate firm, who suffersfrom Nomophobia. Forcedto upgrade to a brand newsmart phone, he soon learnsthat the latest model comeswith Laila (voice assistant)— an artificial intelligencelife coach, virtual assistantand cheerleader. With itshelp, he begins to lead a reallife. However, after sometime, things spiral out ofcontrol as it starts to affecthis career and love life (withHR manager Vaidehi playedby Prachi) and theseepisodes are narrated in ahilarious fashion.”

Effusive in his praise forhis director, he shares, “Thegood thing about him is thathe doesn’t follow the script.He believes in improvisingand if he likes somethingwhich is not on paper, hetakes it. New dialogues willbe added on the spot. Wewon’t be able to work withhim if we simply learn ourlines and reel them. If wegive him something awayfrom the lines and if he feelsit is making the film better,he'd take it. I saw the samequality in Suresh Krissna sir.Generally, most directorswill be okay with a couple ofchanges away from theirscript (on sets) butJayashankarr is open for anynumber of changes as longas he spots an improvisa-tion,” signs off the actor,who also a couple of webseries, B_Negative and anuntitled one, in post-pro-duction now.

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ne of top actresses of pre-sent times, KeerthySuresh says that shebegins her daywith 150 SuryaNamaskar and

the practice helps her toboost immunity amongother health benefits.“Nothing like startingthe day with 150 SuryaNamaskar. Aiming for 200next! Cant express howbuoyant and refreshing it is.To those who aren’t aware, itenlightens all your chakras, boostsyour immunity and increases bloodcirculation (sic),” she wrote on herInstagram page on Friday whileattaching a video of the practice.

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response to his recentreproduction ofInduvadana numberfrom the latter’s filmChallenge with hiswife Harika. Hegrooved to the num-ber as his ode toChiru, as the cine iconcelebrated his 65thbirthday last week.The video went viraland later reached theIndra actor as well.

Thanking Sudhakarfor the “visual treat” ina voice message, Chiru

said, “Seeing your per-formance, I recalledshooting forChallenge. I under-stand the song was away to shower yourlove on me and tellyou what, it left mejoyous.”

AddressingSudhakar, he furthersaid, “Being a hero, itis safe to imagine thatyou can dance, butHarika, being an ITgirl, aced it. Her per-formance surprisedme and at the sametime made me happy.She impressed mewith her grace andstyle. And so, I’mallotting more marksto her.”

Sudhakar postedon Twitter,“MEGASTAR’sresponse for a miniattempt!#MegastarChiranjeevigaru for a reason! Sir,you are so kind! Welove you so much@KChiruTweets Withthis energy you gave,I shall work muchmore harder Sir!Thank you #megafansfor a blockbusterresponse#HarikaSandepogu#Chiranjeevi (sic).”

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aving gone on tofloors last month (onJuly 28), the filmingof Adah Sharma’s firstsolo outing in Teluguhas been wrapped up

under a month. The makers onFriday announced the title of thefilm, a horror thriller, asQuestion Mark. Vipra is makinghis directorial debut with theproject.

Gouri Krishna, who is pro-ducing the film under ShreeKrishna Creations, said theshoot was wrapped up by takingall the necessary precautions.“The film was completely shotin Hyderabad and inMaharajapuram forests. The titlehas attracted a lot of positivefeedback,” he said.

Adah said the film has shapedup well and to understand thereason behind naming it asQuestion Mark, one has towatch it.

A Raghu Kunche musical, thefilm features Sanjay, Bhanu SreeMehra, Abhay, Hari Teja,Akshatha Srinivas and Ajay insupporting roles.

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nchor andactorPradeepMachirajuhas comedown heav-

ily on YouTubeChannels which ranstories attaching him toa sexual harassmentcase filed by a woman,which sent shockwaves across the twoTelugu states.

Last week, a 25-year-old woman, a native ofNalgonda district,lodged a complaintwith the Punjaguttapolice, alleging that shewas sexually assaultedby 143 people since2010. According to hercomplaint, she wassubject to harassment

and assault, includinggang rape, over 5,000times. She named peo-ple with a politicalbackground, studentleaders, people fromfilms, media and otherwalks of life as theaccused. Thoseaccused also include afew women.

Pradeep said theallegations have painedhim and added someYouTube Channels,without knowing thetruth, have run stories,while social mediaalready pronouncedhim as a villain. “Thecase here is a sensitiveone but social mediaand YouTube channelsdon’t seem to be both-ered why my name was

figured in the list. Inthe past as well, I wasthe subject of manyfalse stories. Somesocial media usersthreatened to treat myfamily the same waythe woman was treat-ed. Is it the way to getjustice? What if some-thing happens to me ormy family because ofsuch mediums actions?Who would takeresponsibility? Themediums are resortingto my psychologicalrape,” he said.

He stated that he hasno connection whatso-ever to the case andalso noted that he willtake legal action againstmediums which arespreading false news.

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