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The nationwide Unlock 3guidelines were on Wednesdayissued by the government,opening up more activitiesoutside the containment zones,but schools, colleges, metro railservice, cinema halls alongwith bars will continue to rem-ain shut till August 31 and poli-tical and religious gatheringswill also remain prohibited.

For the first time since thecoronavirus lockdown cameinto force on March 25, thegovernment has allowed open-ing of yoga institutes and gym-nasiums from August 5 forwhich separate StandardOperating Procedure (SOP)

will be issued by the HealthMinistry.

After extensive consultation

with States and UnionTerritories, it has been decid-ed that schools, colleges and

coaching institutions willremain closed till August 31,the Union Home Ministry saidon a statement. However,restrictions on movement ofindividuals during night (nightcurfew) have been removed,according to the ministry.

The Unlock 3 guidelineswill come into force fromAugust 1 and strict enforce-ment of lockdown in contain-ment zones will continue tillAugust 31.

Among the prohibited activ-ities are metro rail services, cin-ema halls, swimming pools,entertainment parks, theatres,bars, auditoriums, assemblyhalls and similar places.

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The US Consulate General inHyderabad may resume itsoperations in August, accord-ing to indications. The USGovernment has decided inprinciple to resume opera-tions from the second week ofAugust.

The US consulates inHyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbaiand Chennai, besides itsembassy in Delhi, haveremained shut since March 16in view of the spread of theCovid-19 pandemic. Althoughthere is no marked improve-ment in the virus situation, theUS government has decided torun the offices for the benefitof those eagerly awaiting visas.

It is reliably learnt that amessage has been sent to theUS Embassy in Delhi to

resume operations, whileadhering to local conditionsand the Government of IndiaCovid-19 regulations. On anexperimental basis, the USEmbassy has resumed opera-tions at the Chennai Consulate.

The Consulate in Hyderabadcaters to visa needs of peoplefrom Andhra Pradesh,Telangana and Odisha states.Generally, it conducts 800-1000 visa interviews every day.There have been instances of

the Consulate handling 1,200interviews on some days.However, in view of the Covid-19 situation, the Consulateofficials here are makingarrangements to conduct visainterviews pertaining to only25-30 per cent of the aspirantsthat it handled prior to the pan-demic outbreak. All kinds ofvisa interviews will be conduct-ed, after taking due precau-tions.

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The Centre has called for ameeting of the Apex Councilon August 5 to resolve disputesbetween Telangana andAndhra Pradesh states over theconstruction of new irriga-tion projects on Krishna andGodavari rivers.

The Apex Council, headedby Union minister for JalSakthi Gajendra SinghShekawat, comprises the ChiefMinisters Telangana andAndhra Pradesh – KChandrasekhar Rao and Y SJagan Mohan Reddy respec-tively. The States had lodged

complaints with the Centreaccusing each other of violat-ing terms of the AP

Reorganisation Act while con-structing or planing new irri-gation projects on Krishna

and Godavari rivers.Gajendra Singh Shekawat

on Wednesday sent communi-cation to the Governments ofTS and AP calling for themeeting of the Apex Council.However, the meeting will beheld through a video confer-ence for the first time in viewof the Covid-19 situation.“Both the Chief Ministers willput forth their arguments onthe projects taken up by theirrespective states. The Centrewill suggest a way out to set-tle the disputes over water-sharing,” an official in thestate irrigation departmentsaid.

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Filmmaker SS Rajamouli hastested positive for Covid-19.The director took to Twitterto inform that he and hisfamily are inhome isolationcare. He said,"My familymembers and Ideveloped slightfever a few daysago. It subsidedby itself, but we got testednevertheless. The result hasshown a mild Covid-19 pos-itive today. We have homequarantined as prescribed bythe doctors".

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Mobile testing labs will hence-forth collect swabs from con-tainment zones in Telangana.Health Minister onWednesday inspected the test-ing facilities being created byIntelligent MonitoringAnalysis Services Quarantine(IMASQ), an affiliate of theHealth Department.

Eatala said, “The 20 mobiletesting buses, each having atleast 10 to 12 testing counters,will visit containment zonesand conduct tests. The mobileCovid-19 testing buses, along

with ambulances and trainedpersonnel, will visit the con-tainment zones and slums toconduct rapid antigen testsand immediately shift thosepatients who test positive andneed institutional care to agovernment hospital.”

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A single regulator for highereducation institutions, multi-ple entry and exit options indegree courses, discontinua-tion of MPhil programmes,low stakes board exams, com-mon entrance exams for uni-versities are among the high-lights of the new NationalEducation Policy (NEP)approved by the UnionCabinet on Wednesday.

The policy, which wasframed in 1986 and revised in1992, had not been revisedsince then. The Cabinet alsoapproved changing the nameof the HRD Ministry to

Education Ministry."NEP 2020 aims to increase

the Gross Enrolment Ratio inhigher education includingvocational education from26.3 pc (2018) to 50 pc by2035. At least 3.5 crore newseats will be added to highereducation institutions," HRDHigher Education SecretaryAmit Khare said at a pressbriefing.

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The National Education Policy(NEP) 2020, approved by theUnion Cabinet on Wednesday,is aimed at introducing sever-al far-reaching changes in theIndian education system at alllevels.

Some of the Telangana edu-cationalists whom The Pioneercontacted applaud the newpolicy and are happy withmany of its features.

Prof V Venkata Ramana ofHCU, Vice Chairman ofTelangana State Council ofHigher Education (TSCHE), is

of the view that the new poli-cy would help students byproviding them with betterprospects. "A New EducationPolicy has been introduced inthe country after 34 years, and

it is a welcome move. The flex-ibility of choosing subjects asper the new policy will enablestudents to choose from arange of options and therebyprovide students an opportu-

nity to develop their skills bet-ter. The graded autonomy isanother attempt to give morefreedom to well-performingstudents. There are efforts toincentivise the students fromdisadvantaged backgrounds -like SC/ST and OBCs.Telangana has been in theforefront of trying to addressthe changing needs of the stu-dents. We had advised theGovernment of India to decen-tralise the education system.And, I am glad that theGovernment has taken ouradvice while drafting the pol-icy.

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US biotechnology companyModerna's experimental vac-cine to prevent COVID-19induced robust immuneresponses and rapidly con-trolled the novel coronavirus inthe upper and lower airways ofmonkeys exposed to SARS-CoV-2, according to a study.

The candidate vaccine,mRNA-1273, has been co-developed by scientists atModerna and the NationalInstitute of Allergy andInfectious Diseases (NIAID) inthe US.

The study, published in theNew England Journal of

Medicine, complementsrecently reported interimresults from an NIAID-spon-sored Phase 1 clinical trial ofmRNA-1273.

In the study, three groups ofeight rhesus macaques receivedtwo injections of 10 or 100microgrammes ( g) of mRNA-

1273 or a placebo. Injectionswere spaced 28 days apart.

Vaccinated macaques pro-duced high levels of neutralis-ing antibodies directed at thesurface spike protein used bySARS-CoV-2 to attach to andenter cells, the researchers said.

Animals receiving the 10- g

or 100- g dose vaccine candi-date produced neutralisingantibodies in the blood at lev-els well above those found inpeople who recovered fromCOVID-19, they said.

The researchers said theexperimental vaccine alsoinduced Th1 T-cell responsesbut not Th2 responses.

Induction of Th2 responseshas been associated with aphenomenon called vaccine-associated enhancement of res-piratory disease (VAERD), theysaid.

According to the researchers,vaccine-induced Th1 respons-es have not been associatedwith VAERD or other respira-

tory diseases.The experimental vaccine

also induced T follicular helperT-cell responses that may havecontributed to the robust anti-body response, they said.

Four weeks after the secondinjection, all the macaqueswere exposed to SARS-CoV-2 via both the nose and thelungs, according to the study.

It found that after two days,no replicating virus wasdetectable in the lungs ofseven out of eight of themacaques in both vaccinatedgroups, while all eight place-bo-injected animals continuedto have replicating virus in thelung.

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With corona cases increasingevery day, various educa-tional bodies have been takingprecautionary and other stepsvoluntarily to ensure safety ofstudents. However, since thethinking in official circles hasnot percolated among stu-dent and academic circles,there are some misgivingsstill.

While the Telangana StateBoard of Intermediate

Education (TSBIE) plans tohalve the number of studentsin every class, the JawaharlalNehru TechnologicalUniversity (JNTU) has otherplans.

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Moderate rainfall, rangingbetween 15.6 and 64.4mm,was received all over the stateon Wednesday. WhileKamareddy received veryheavy rainfall, Adilabad,Kumuram Bheem, Nirmal,Jangaon, Sangareddy andJogulamba Gadwal districtsreceived heavy rainfall onWednesday. About 134.1 mmrainfall was witnessed inNaga Reddipet mandal,Kamareddy district. Statecumulative rainfall from 1stJune to 29th July 2020 was433.2 mm, against normal358.3 mm, with deviation of21%.

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he Hindu Trimurthy,consists of three Gods,namely, Brahma,

Vishnu and Maheswar. TheseGods independently holdthree important portfolios soto speak and are responsiblefor the creation, sustenanceand annihilation of life -- liv-ing as well as non-living.Vishnu is the protector of theuniverse, while Shiva's role isto terminate it in order torefabricate. Brahma's job iscreation of the world -- allcreatures and non-living mat-ter. Vishnu, Brahma andMaheswar are manifestationof one single unique God, theParabrahma or Virat-Swaroop, who is by all meansomnipotent, omnipresent andomniscient.

The Trinity of Godsresponsible for creation, sus-tenance and annihilation aresubservient to an unknown,intelligent and all-pervadingphenomenon to reach whomis next to impossible in nor-mal course. He or she chartstheir destiny or actions andactivities which they can’t doon their own and are beyondwhat is designed or scriptedfor them. The entire creationof Universe commences withParabrahma or Virat-Swaroop, stabilises for a whileon his wish, and finally is sub-ject to destruction as andwhen He desires it to berecreated again and again,aeons after aeons. However,none of those comprising theTrinity intervenes or inter-feres in the work of others,except the Parabrahma orVirat-Swaroop, who stream-lines the process as and whenthe system gets affected. Theconcept of checks and bal-ances among the Trinity hasbeen to accept the other assupreme in their respectivearena as well as convincewhen required.

Drawing a parallel to thisTrinity arrangementdescribed in our sacredHindu scriptures in Indiandemocracy, the Executive,Judiciary and the Legislature,which are wings of the Trinitythat shape the destiny of ourgreat nation, are in a wayequivalent to them conceptu-ally. Our Constitution clear-

ly defines the roles of thesethree institutions. There areseveral measures enshrined inthe Constitution so that noneof the Trinity transgresseson other’s territory. Thesethree institutions are expect-ed to uphold the checks andbalances so that none couldexceed the limits laid downfor its area of operation.

Several eyebrows are beingraised on the critical observa-tions and comments made bythe courts on public policiesand decisions taken by thegovernment and on the day-to-day governance in therecent past. Specific men-tion needs to be made withreference to the state govern-ment handling of the Coronapandemic, tests, health care,treatment etc. Many doctors,officials, staff serving on theground expressed the viewthat, the Court, if need be, canconstitute an expert com-mittee (as amicus curiae) andask the Committee to inquireand submit its report on thematter, instead of summoningsenior officials concerned tothe court. The summons ofthis kind is forcing officials toleave their basic and commit-ted duties and run around thecourts for hearings time andagain. This has been hamper-ing the main work that theyare supposed to deliver.

A plethora of Supreme

Court verdicts delivered allthese decades have time andagain defined the roles of theJudiciary, Executive and theLegislature. In a number ofcases, the Apex Court hasheld that the Judiciary shouldlimit itself to its basic role ofinterpreting the Constitutionand ensure that the deci-sions, policies taken by thegovernments are not violativeof the Constitution. If thecourts start interfering in theday-to-day administration,the administration will col-lapse, and it is not good forthe democracy or its people.

Several legal luminariessay that faith is reposed in theJudiciary only when it recog-nise its limits. Courts mayinterfere in public administra-tion in good faith, but if thecourts step outside the area oftheir institutional operation,the government may resort tolegislative action to redefinethe jurisdiction of the courtsin any matter that comes inthe way of good governance.Such a step would not onlyundermine the rule of law, butis also highly undesirable forthe framework and spirit ofthe Constitution. But whatand where is the remedy?

Striking down a GO or apolicy of Government justbecause there is a variation orcontradiction or proceduralmistake is avoidable. Life issometimes contradiction andeven consistency is not alwaysa virtue. The function of theJudiciary is to see that lawfulauthority is not abused butnot to appropriate to itself thetask that has been entrustedto the executive authority. Itis well settled that a publicbody invested with statutorypowers must take care not toexceed or abuse its power.Interference with day-to-daypolicy, governance andadministration much to thediscomfort of executive may

be avoided. The Government in power,

which is the real executive,occupies the position becauseof people's mandate for aperiod of five years and it isits bounden duty and respon-sibility to fulfil the needs ofpeople. If they fail, they willlose the seat. For example, ifthere is a deviation in tacklingCorona pandemic, it could bewell tackled or handled by theJudiciary by way of appoint-ing an expert committee andstudy on the field rather sum-moning the concerned offi-cers again and again to courts.

It is not the domain of theCourt to embark uponunchartered ocean of publicpolicy in an exercise to con-sider as to whether a partic-ular public policy is wise or abetter public policy can beevolved. Such exercise mustbe left to the discretion of theExecutive and Legislativeauthorities as the case may be.The Constitution entrustedexplicitly this responsibility tothese two bodies and if theyviolate, they would be taughta lesson in the electoralcourts. The court, no doubt,has a duty to see that in theundertaking of a decision, nolaw is violated and people’sFundamental Rights are nottransgressed upon, except tolimit them to the extent per-missible under theConstitution. In a democra-cy, it is the prerogative of eachelected Government to followits own policy. Often a changein Government may result inthe shift in focus or change inpolicies. Unless any illegalityis committed in the executionof the policy or the same iscontrary to law or mala fide,a decision bringing aboutchange cannot per se be inter-fered with by the court. Thereare several judgments, ver-dicts by the HonourableCourts on the limits of judi-cial scrutiny. In such a case,will it be wrong to assumethat the Judiciary will act judi-ciously while rendering jus-tice? It is in this context andbackground it is apt to com-pare the roles played by theBrahma, Vishnu andMaheswar!

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Vice President M VenkaiahNaidu on Wednesday called forprotecting and promoting var-ious Indian languages throughthe use of mother tongue indifferent fields from educationto administration. Calling forimparting education in themother tongue up to primaryschool, the Vice Presidentstressed that a language wouldgain popularity only throughwidespread usage. Naidu saidit was a fallacy to think thatprogress could be achievedonly if education was pursuedin English.

"Research has shown thatthose who are proficient intheir mother tongue can learnother languages with equalease," the Vice President saidwhile inaugurating an onlinewebinar on 'KnowledgeCreation: Mother Tongue'organised by the Departmentof Telugu, University ofHyderabad and the TeluguAcademy.

For instance, he said thatabout 90 per cent of the Nobellaureates (barring Nobel Peace

prize recipients) up to 2017were those who completedtheir education in their respec-tive mother tongue. Similarly,another survey of countriesimpacted greatly by globalisa-tion showed that nations whichaccorded importance to moth-er tongue were among the top50. Naidu said that it was alsonot correct to think that mod-ern research could be conduct-ed only if one was proficient inEnglish. It should be noted thatabout 90 per cent of the top 40-50 countries in the GlobalInnovation Index are those inwhich education was impart-ed in their mother tongue.

Pointing out that many visit-ing foreign VIPs, despite know-

ing English, speak in theirmother tongue during theirdiscussions with top Indiandignitaries, the Vice Presidentsaid that by doing so they wereconveying a message of self-respect. Expressing the need todevelop the mother tongues tomeet modern needs, the VicePresident said that complexscientific and technical termsshould be simplified in Indianlanguages. Stressing the need tostrengthen research on variousIndian languages, the VicePresident advised researchers tofind the endangered words andpromote their use in day-to-dayconversations, essays, and text-books to revive decaying lan-guages.

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Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao onWednesday examined thedesigns of the new Secretariatbuilding Complex. He suggest-ed several changes to it. Heinstructed that all facilities tobe created so that all shouldwork comfortably.

The Chief Minister held areview meeting on the newSecretariat Building Complexhere on Wednesday atPragathi Bhavan. MinistersVemula Prashanth Reddy,Puvvada Ajay Kumar,Government's Chief AdvisorRajiv Sharma, Chief SecretarySomesh Kumar, Principal

Secretary S Narsing Rao,CMO Officials SmitaSabharwal, Bhoopal Reddy,R&B E-in-Cs GanapathiReddy, Ravinder Rao, officialsMadhusudhan Reddy, VaastuAdvisor Suddala SudhakarTeja, Oscar-Ponni Architectsattended.

Speaking on the occasion,the Chief Minister said that inthe new Secretariat, theChambers of Ministers, ChiefSecretary, secretaries, Advisorsall the facilities to be created.The Chief Minister suggestedthat in all the floors, thereshould be a dining hall, meet-ing hall, place for the visitorsand parking for all the vehiclesshould be provided.

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The police have intensifiedcombing operations in theforests of the district in thewake of Maoists Martyrs Weekbeing observed by the outlawedCPI (Maoist) Party from July 28to August 3. Special partypolice and Greyhounds forcesare engaged in search opera-tions for the naxals and to pre-vent any untoward incidents inview of the recent movementsof naxal teams in Manugur andsurrounding forests.

Security was increased atkey projects in the district andpolitical leaders were asked notto venture into remote areaswithout informing the localpolice as they were facingthreat from the naxals. Naxalpamphlets have appeared at afew agency villages such asDummugudem in the dis-trict. In a pamphlet releasedby Bhadradri-Kothagudem-East Godavari DivisionalCommittee secretary Azad,the Maoist leaders called uponthe public to observe theMartyrs Week in every village.

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Jawaharnagar municipal cor-poration Mayor Mekala Kavyaon Wednesday distributed 25kg rice bags to 32 journalistsat the Press Club.

Speaking on the occasion,she said journalists had beenserving for the society by risk-ing their lives amid Covidtimes. Kavya also assured ofher help in sanctioning plotsfor the Press Club building andhouses for scribes. TRSJawaharnagar presidentBhashavoni Kondal Mudirajsaid journalists are those who

work as a medium betweenthe people and the govern-ment. CI Bhikshapati said thescribes have to take care ofthemselves while on duty toavoid infection of corona.

TRS Jawaharnagar presi-dent Bhashavoni KondalMudiraj, Corporators GandiRam Chander, KuthadiSrikanth and others also par-ticipated.

It may be recalled that theTelangana State MediaAcademy has extended finan-cial help to the tune of Rs44.70 lakh to 262 journalistsfor Covid treatment.

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Social, political, sports,entertainment, academic, cul-tural, religious functions andother large congregations willalso continue to be prohibit-ed till August 31. All activi-ties, except these, shall be per-mitted outside the contain-ment zones. Dates for open-ing of these will be decidedseparately, based on theassessment of the situation,the home ministry said.

Independence Day func-tions will be allowed withsocial distancing and by fol-lowing other health protocols,e.g., wearing of masks etc.

International air travel ofpassengers has been permit-ted in a limited mannerunder the Vande Bharat mis-sion. Further opening up willtake place in a calibratedmanner, it said.

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The filmmaker added, "Allof us are feeling better withno symptoms, but are follow-ing all precautions andinstructions. Just waiting todevelop antibodies so that wecan donate our plasma."

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Currently, the demand fortourist visas – F1 visas –would have no demand at all.There is as yet no clear-cutpolicy on the part of the USGovernment with regard tostudent visas, resulting inconfusion among student cir-cles. The Consulate authoritiesexpect that H1B and H4 visaswould continue to be in highdemand. In fact, many H1-Bvisa holders working in USAhad returned to India to gettheir passports stamped againfor going back to the USA forwork. Similarly, spouses ofemployees working in theUSA had come to India.

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State Average Rainfall on29 July was 13.8 mm, against10.0 mm normal. The rainfallwas witnessed due to thecyclonic circulation that liesover South-West & adjoiningWest-Central Bay of Bengaloff south Andhra Pradeshand north Tamil Nadu coastextending up to 5.8 km abovesea level. A trough runs fromthe above cyclonic circulationto West Vidarbha acrosssouth coastal AndhraPradesh and Telangana at1.5 km above sea level.

Due to this, light to mod-erate rain/thundershowersare expected at many placeswith heavy rain at isolatedplaces over the next two days,as per TSDPS. In Hyderabad,during the last 24 hours,highest rainfall of 22.5 mmwas recorded at Hayathnagar (Circle No. 3,Hayathnagar).

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The Apex Council was con-stituted as part of the APReorganisation Act in 2014 tosort out inter-state disputes,since both the states, whichwere part of a combinedAndhra Pradesh till June 2014,have common projects likeSrisailam, Nagarjunasagar andPulichintala on the Krishnariver. The dispute over sharingof waters between TS and APflared up in May after AP

Chief Minister YSJaganmohan Reddyannounced the construction ofthe Rayalaseema Lift IrrigationProject (RLIP), aimed at lifting

34,722 cusecs of water perday from Srisailam Reservoiron the Krishna river from adepth of 800 feet.

The TS government protest-ed this, arguing that southTelangana districts will be hitwith the diversion of Srisailamwater and lodged a complaintwith the Centre stating that theproject would violate terms ofthe AP Reorganiation Act. APtoo complained against TS,arguing that TS governmenthad violated APReorganisation Act by con-structing Kaleshwaram,Palamuru Ranga Reddy andSithamrama projects on theKrishna and the Godavari

rivers unilaterally. It is in this backdrop that the

Centre proposed to hold theApex Council meeting.Interestingly, this will be thesecond Apex Council meetinginvolving both states afterbifurcation of AP in 2014.The first meeting was held inSeptember 2016 between KCRand then AP CM NChandrababu Naidu, whenwater-sharing dispute arosebetween both the states.However, the meeting failed toresolve the dispute with boththe states taking up new irri-gation projects on their own onthe Godavari and the Krishnarivers later.

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They have noted that theCentre and the States shouldwork together toward a build-ing a more robust school sys-tem in the country," heanalysed.

Resonating similarthoughts, Vinod Kumar, ViceChairman of Telangana StatePlanning Board, points outthat Hyderabad will benefitgreatly from the policy. "Ithink it is a good initiative,especially in the part of schooleducation. The 5+3+3+4schooling system is betterthan the 10+2. It will greatlybenefit Hyderabad. TheGovernment has relaxed theforeign universities to estab-lish their campuses in India.I feel Hyderabad will be thedestination for theseUniversities. We are blessedwith land bank which can

serve as the campus. Also, theUniversities in Hyderabad arealready well-connected withinstitutes like Harvard,Stanford and other globalUniversities."

BVR Mohan Reddy,Executive Chairman Cyientand Chairman of Board ofGovernors, IIT Hyderabad,also welcomed the policy. "Ibelieve the NationalEducation Policy 2020approved by the UnionCabinet today is a watershedmoment for Indian education.Large- scale, transformation-al reforms in school and high-er education are the need ofthe hour. The policy presentsseveral forward-looking ini-tiatives for universal access toeducation, and paves way forhigh student-inclusion," hesaid, adding, “The NEP envis-ages multi-disciplinary cours-es, multiple entry/exit points,

LASE curriculum, credit-transfer, flexible learning, andthis augurs well to make tech-nical education more holisticand future-ready.”

Some students, however,have their reservations.

T Nagaraju, State Secretary,Students Federation of India(SFI) said, “The UnionCabinet took advantage ofthis Corona pandemic situa-tion and adopted a NewEducation Policy. Strongstruggles must be wagedagainst the New EducationalPolicy designed to overthrowthe country’s federal system,which breaks away from con-stitutional values, ??and rejectthe independent nature ofresearch. With more privateplayers in the education field,many students from poorbackground will struggle topay for their education. Wefeel this is undemocratic.”

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"The policy envisagesbroad based, multi-discipli-nary, holistic Under Graduateeducation with flexible cur-ricula, creative combinationsof subjects, integration ofvocational education andmultiple entry and exit pointswith appropriate certifica-tion. Under Graduate educa-tion can be of 3 or 4 yearswith multiple exit optionsand appropriate certificationwithin this period," he said.

Among the key reforms inthe policy are a single regu-lator for all higher educationinstitutions except for legaland medical colleges, com-mon entrance exam foradmissions to universities

and colleges to be conductedby the National TestingAgency (NTA) and commonnorms to be in place for pri-vate and public higher edu-cation institutions under theCentral government's newEducation Policy.

Affiliation of colleges is to bephased out in 15 years and astage-wise mechanism is to beestablished for granting grad-ed autonomy to colleges. Overa period of time, it is envisagedthat every college would devel-op into either an autonomousdegree-granting college, or aconstituent college of a univer-sity, Khare said.Elaboratingon the reforms in school edu-cation, HRD Secretary AnitaKarwal said, Board exams willbe low stake.

Educationalists welcome the NEP...

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VC of JNTU, Jayesh Ranjan,says:"We have asked all thecolleges under JNTU to makesure the students follow thenorms of social distancing. Weunderstand that there aresome colleges that do nothave a big campus. For suchcolleges, we have advised thatthe college increase the sectionof classes. However, each col-lege is allowed to take thenumber of students permittedto them. That will not bereduced."

Says Dr S NarasimhaReddy, Principal ofHyderabad Public School,Ramanthapur, "There arespeculations that the boardwill allow only half the stu-dents to study on the premis-es on a given day to avoidcrowding. However, noinstructions have been givento us yet. Not all schools havea big campus, and might needsome time to make arrange-ment ... Since the schools stillhave some time to start, weshould be told what are theprecautions we need to take."

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The mobile testing buseswill visit the containment areaand be available for peoplefrom 8 am to 5 pm to avail ofthe services. The speciallydesigned buses have beendeveloped by the Hyderabad-based Vera Smart Healthcare.

Eatala said that since 81 percent of the patients are asymp-tomatic, HITAM app has beencreated for COVID-19 patientson home quarantine to enablethem to avail of the services ofretired doctors. HomeIsolation Tele-medicine andMonitoring has alreadyenrolled close to 170 doctors.

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The gated communities andapartments on the city out-skirts, which were abuzz witha lot of activity, are now wear-ing a deserted look.

Lakhs of IT professionalswho migrated from variousplaces in the country for high-ly paid jobs in Hyderabadseem to be returning to theirnative places thanks to thework-from-home culture thatbecame the new normal in thetimes of covid-19 pandemic.

Some IT employees used torent flats and used to live inoutskirts. There were instancesof four or five bachelors togeth-er renting room in SanskrutiTownship at Pocharam on thecity outskirts.

Out of the 1200 families thatused to live here, currently only500 families live here. Thehouse owners are living here astenants vacated their rooms,flats and houses.

Not only in high tech city,elsewhere in the city, on theoutskirts, commercial activitypicked up because of the ITunits. The areas ofNanakramguda, Pocharam,Uppal and Adibhatla are someof the areas on city outskirtswhere there used to be a lot of

activity induced by IT employ-ees.

Many IT units did notresume full-fledged workingeven after the lockdown waseased. The situation is contin-uing in the city because of thesoftware employees continuedto work from home.

The Residents' WelfareAssociations of apartmentcomplexes are finding it diffi-cult to balance the income andexpenditure as many apart-ments remained vacant in theface of increasing maintenancecosts.

Some employees left fortheir town and cities but didnot vacate the flats. They arepaying rent regularly.

Sanskruti Township WelfareAssociation president MettuBal Reddy said the dues topayable by the associationmounted to over Rs 1.5 crorebecause of non-recovery ofthe maintenance charges.

In another apartment com-plex in Kondapur, out of 21flats in the apartment, 11remained vacant. Couplesworking in IT units and bach-elors have vacated the flats stat-ing that they are allowed towork from home till Decemberand they would take a decisionafter December.

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Municipal Administration andUrban Development MinisterKT Rama Rao on Wednesdaylaid the foundation for a four-lane Road under Bridge (RuB)facilitating smooth passagefrom the industrial area inSanathnagar to the Industrialarea in Balanagar.

The structure is being con-structed at a cost of Rs 68.30crore. The structure aids incutting down the distancebetween the two industrialareas by 6.5 km.

Besides, it will also easetraffic congestion on the exist-ing Fatehnagar flyover. Planshave been laid to complete theproject by this year end, theMinister said.

Two new link roads will alsobe thrown open to traffic onThursday as part of 137 newlink roads being developed in

different areas to facilitatesmooth flow of traffic andease traffic congestion onmajor thoroughfares, he said.

The much-awaited Balanagarflyover works will be complet-ed by September. TheTelangana government is focus-ing on easing traffic congestionin different areas and ensuringsmooth flow of traffic across thecity, the Minister said.

Animal Husbandry MinisterT Srinivas Yadav said theMA&UD Minister had earliersanctioned a water reservoir,indoor stadium and a crema-torium in Sanathnagar area,with the latest sanction beingthe RuB in the area.

"KT Rama Rao is playing acrucial role in execution of sev-eral key projects and develop-mental works across the city. Inmy political career of 30 years,I have not come across a leaderwith such passion and com-

mitment," Srinivas Yadav said.Earlier, the IT Minister laid

the foundation for the audito-rium in memory of Gnanpeetawardee the late Dr CNarayana Reddy (CiNaRe) atBanjara Hills in connectionwith the 89th birth anniversaryof the legendary writer andpoet.

The structure is being con-structed under the aegis of theTelangana Language andCultural department. Dr CNarayana Reddy's familymembers and TourismMinister V Srinivas Goud andother elected public represen-tatives accompanied theMinister in the programme.

"I feel honoured to representthe constituency where Dr CNarayana Reddy was born.He was the first writer and poetfrom South India to become aRajya Sabha member as well,"KTR said.

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The prices of dry fruits havedeclined in the last threemonths, mainly due to theCoronavirus pandemic.

Rich and poor are increasing-ly using almonds under the cur-rent pandemic situation.

Because of the pandemic,almond sales have been multi-plied as almost all sections ofsociety are using them to boosttheir immunity.

Because of the populardemand, the almond priceshave come down. Daily, peopleare consuming almonds twicea day to boost their immunesystem.

Earlier, there were instances

of using almonds in a fewrecipies. Currently, people areusing almonds in all prepara-tions.

Earlier, the dry fruits sales

used to increase only during fes-tival seasons like Ramzan. Thetraders say that crores worthalmonds were sold during thepast one month.

Previously, almonds wereavailable only in Begum Bazaarwholesale market. Nowadays,the dry fruit variety is availablein provisional stores located inslums as well.

All dry fruits are imported tocity from overseas, with theexception to cashew nuts. Thealmonds are imported from theUSA, while pista, akhrot andother dry fruits are importedfrom Afghanistan and Europe.

The California variety ofalmonds enjoys heavy demandfrom people. The price ofalmonds has come down to Rs650-750 a kg from the previousRs 850-950 a kg, according toRaj Kumar Tandon of KashmirHouse in Begum Bazaar.

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The Task Force team onWednesday conducted a raidat a gaming house in Bowe-npally and apprehended twopersons who were organisingonline betting.

The arrested persons havebeen identified as T RajeshKumar, 44 and A Nagesh, 34.Chetan Deepak Bhogani, themain organiser, is absconding.

Officials seized Rs 3,15,000cash, three mobiles from them.

"The main accused, DeepakwIth the help of a softwaredeveloper from Gujarat devel-oped online betting sites"www.rkexch.com" and" w w w. f o r d e x c h . c o m " .Through these websites,Deepak offered an online bet-

ting virtual based app forandroid mobiles, IOS andPCs. Bets were offered for casi-no, teen patti, matka, cricket,poker and many other games,"said DCP Radhakishan Rao.

"Deepak engaged two sub-organisers, Rajesh and Nageshto coordinate and help him inhis business. The trio wereorganising bettings fromRajesh's f lat in Sri SaiChandrakala Apartment atBowenpally. The organizersare having about 50 to 60 pun-ters in and around Hyderabadwho used to put online bettingregularly," added the official.

Based on credible informa-tion, Police officials conduct-ed a raid on the apartment onWednesday and arrested thetwo accused.

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With illegal constructionsmushrooming even in thebuffer zone of Outer RingRoad, the Hyderabad Metrop-olitan Development Authority(HMDA) said no temporaryor permanent construction isallowed within 50 feet (15metres) on either side of ORR.

The authority announcedthat the 50 feet is meant forgreenery. Directing the muni-ci-palities and gram panchay-ats to strictly implement therule, HMDA warned landowners against unauthorisedconstruction.

Principal secretary ArvindKumar on Wednesday held a

review meeting on HMDA,ORR and growth corridor. Hesaid that the owners whoseland was not acquired shouldfollow the buffer zone rule. Headvised municipalities andgram panchayats to follow 15meters setback rule while giv-ing permissions.

In the buffer zone, unipoles,telecom towers, power trans-formers and dish antennasare not allowed. He directedofficials to identify compoundwalls and barricades createdalong side ORR and removethem immediately. He advisedprivate land owners to showthe buffer zone as greeneryand open space and securepermissions.

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A police head constable hasblamed an inspector posted atGandhi hospital for the deathof his wife last month. Eventhe police commissioner'sreference didn't help him,claims the man.

Lateef said the inspectordid not allow him to enterGandhi hospital despite hiswife suffering from breathingproblems. Lateef made therevelations during a functionto welcome 45 personnelwho recovered from Covid-19. I took my wife to manyprivate hospitals, but none ofthem were ready to treat her,he shared.

"When I informed com-missioner sir, he asked me tovisit Gandhi hospital. Butthe Inspector did not allowme to enter. Just one km fromthe hospital, my wifebreathed her last," Lateef said.

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A motorist died after he fellfrom his motorcycle whileattempting to avoid runningover a stray dog at Ghatkesaron Monday. The victim wasidentified as Upender, 24.

The victim was returningfrom work when the mishapoccurred. When he reachedSBR Garden, a dog came infront of his vehicle and try-ing to avoid it, Upender lostcontrol of the vehicle and fellon the road. He sufferedinjuries. He died while under-going treatment at hospital.

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In view of the Covid-19 pan-demic, the Maulana AzadNational Urdu University(MANUU) has revised thetimeline for admissions intoregular courses for the acade-mic year 2020-21.

The MANUU said the lastdate for submission of applica-tions for entrance-based cours-

es is August 24, whereas thelast date for merit-based cours-es has been extended tillSeptember 30. The entrancetests will be conducted onSeptember 19 and 20, andresults will be announced onSeptember 30.

Earlier, the extended lastdate for submitting onlineapplications for entrance-basedcourses ended on July 10 and

merit-based admission datewas August 10.

According to MANUUdirector of admissions Prof. M.Vanaja, the admissions dateshave been revised keeping inview of the Covid-19 pandem-ic situation and due to theaddendums to the earlier noti-fications issued. Details ofaddendums are available onthe website manuu.edu.in.

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As many as 38 women policeofficers working in differentpolice stations of HyderabadPolice commissionerate,reported back to duty onWednesday, after recoveringfrom Covid-19.

The Commissioner ofPolice Anjani Kumar wel-comed the Corona warriorsback in a ceremony onWednesday and congratulat-ed them for their successfulrecovery. "They have set anexample for others and exhib-ited courage with their come-back," said the official, addingthat women police officershave been fighting the coro-na on an equal footing withmen for the past six months.

"Unlike earlier, womenpolice officers are into all fieldjobs like VIP duties in traffic,Law and Order, securityWing etc in the department.We are proud to say that weare on top in providing 30%employment to women in thecountry," he said.

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Researchers of IndianInstitute of TechnologyHyderabad (IIT-H) havedeveloped a simple and cost-effective method to derive'activated carbon electrode'material from corn husk forhigh-voltage supercapacitors.Their electrode showed bet-ter electrochemical perfor-mance (High energy densityand high-power density)when compared with conven-tional supercapacitors.

This development isimportant for India, especial-ly for AP and Telangana.They produce a large amountof corn husk waste, much ofwhich waste is currentlyburnt as its potential to beconverted to valuable elec-trode material is not har-nessed owing to lack ofawareness, expertise andtechnology.

This research by IITHyderabad on affordable andefficient methods can enablethis conversion.

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Now stores in apartment com-plexes have gained promi-nence in the post-lockdownpandemic situation in the city.

As people mostly confine totheir homes and not steppingout of homes unless it isabsolutely necessary, the apart-ment residents' welfare associ-ations have been runningdepartmental stores and some-times medical shops eliminat-ing the need for the people,especially senior citizens, to goout of their homes.

This phenomenon is noticedin apartment complexes andgated communities inHyderabad.

As the residents' welfareassociations exercise authori-ty over these stores, they givepriority to sanitising the storesand upkeep of hygiene besidesmaking available all varieties inthe stores, including vegetablesand clothing.

As the stores is located in theapartment complexes, the peo-

ple are buying goods as andwhen they need them andwhere there is no crowd in thestores. There are marks madeon floor to enable the cus-tomers observe physical dis-tance.

The stores also supply goodsto the door steps of those whotested positive for the virus.

The payments are madeeither online or throughcoupons. Marts and super-markets having large chains ofstores are coming forward toset up such stores in apartmentcomplexes.

Such stores can be seen inareas in and aroundHyderabad.

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The Task Force team onWednesday busted an organ-ised prostitution racket inParamount Colony of BanjaraHills and apprehended twopersons who were runningthe brothel house. Officialsseized cash and rescued twovictims from their possession.

The arrested persons havebeen identified as DeepakSharma, 35 and Sukram, 25,both organisers. A customer,Roshan Yadav, 30, from BegumBazaar was also arrested.Deepchand, the main organis-er is absconding. The policerescued a housewife, 24, fromTolichowki and a student, 18,from Attapur, from the organ-isers. Two days ago, Deepc-hand and Deepak took a flat atRR Residency in Banjara Hills

for rent and were using thepremises as a brothel house.The duo used to engage sexworkers from different placesthrough traffickers for prosti-tution and pay them Rs 15,000to Rs 20,000 per week. Theycontact the customers overphone and arrange sex work-ers and used to collect Rs3,000 to Rs 5,000.

Based on a tip off, policeofficials conducted a raid andarrested the two persons, a cus-tomer and rescued the victims.

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The Task Force along with theMoghalpura Police appre-hended a refugee fromMyanmar (Rohingya) whopretended to be an Indian andsecured Indian Voter card,Aadhar Card and claimed allwelfare schemes introduced bythe Government.

The arrested person hasbeen identified as 29-year-old Md Farooq, a centeringworker. A native ofButhidaung in Myanmar, hewas residing at Alija Kotla inCharminar. A Mee Seva ser-vice centre owner in Ali JahKotla, Syed Quadeeruddin,39, was also arrested for aid-ing Farooq.

"Mohd Farooq migrated toIndia in 2009. He stayed forthree years in Jammu Kashmirand later migrated toHyderabad in 2011. In 2011,Farooq approachedQuadeeruddin to obtainIndian ID proofs.Quadeeruddin illegally

arranged ID proofs by collect-ing extra fees duly suppressinghis personal details andnationality. The duo firstobtained a Voter ID Card bysubmitting the electrical bill.Once they obtained a votercard, they applied for anAadhar, PAN and other IDproofs. Finally they applied fora passport to legalise Farooq asan Indian citizen. Throughoutthe process, he claimed to bean Indian and claimed the wel-fare schemes introduced bythe government for poorIndians," said Addl. DCPChakravarthy Gummi.

The apprehended accusedand seized material handedover to PS Moghalpura fortaking necessary action.

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While the friendly neighbour-hood kirana stores have beenwidely acknowledged to havebeen the saviours during theintense lockdown to contain thespread of Coronavirus acrossthe country, the fact remainsthat wholesale traders of essen-tial commodities are finding itvery tough to survive. With thespread of the virus, sales aredipping and respite does notappear on the horizon.

The business is looking grimfor want of customers. Due tothe restrictions in place, thenumber of family get-togethersand functions has nosedived.The participants in the occa-sional feasts prefer to just makean appearance and most are notinclined to take lunch or dinner.

There is little or negligiblebusiness from restaurants,hotels and tiffin centres aspeople are being extra carefulnot to consume anythingcooked outside. Home cookedfood is back on the menu,every day, in almost everyhousehold. This all boils downto one fact - owners of whole-sale provision stores say thatbusiness has dipped by over 60per cent. "We are not even

doing 40 per cent of the busi-ness which we would havetransacted before the pandem-ic," is the common refrain.

Wholesalers do more busi-ness with commercial estab-lishments than the averagehousehold sales. A single com-mercial customer will do busi-ness as much as 50 domesticcustomers. Drop in commer-cial sales has put the provisionstores on the road to losses.

The traders maintain that itis risky to pack goods pur-chased by a domestic cus-tomer, even if they are sizeable,and profits evaporate as tradersare in the habit of weighingmore by way of incentive toattract the customer. This trickof the trade is employed onlyto woo customers. The domes-tic customers will keep thebusiness rotation going.

Commercial sales do not

entail problems related to pack-ing. Even if the trader slashesa portion of the prices, compar-atively, profits are more incommercial sales. After thelockdown, the commercial saleof goods has come down.Therefore, the wholesaletraders are worried over future.

Market researches indicatethat supermarkets are betterplaced when compared to whole-sale traders. A majority of cus-

tomers are from individualhousehold and supermarketswill have special system to pack-age the goods. The salesmen,smooth flow of customers, accu-rate weighing of goods and otheraspects are beneficial to super-market owners. A supermarketchain owner said that his businessincreased at least by 65 per centwhen compared to the time beforelockdown. As the pandemicrobbed livelihoods of many peo-ple, the poor and middle classesare spending meagre resourcescarefully. Some wholesalers areoptimistic that the impact of thevirus would ease in another fourmonths, and normalcy wouldbegin returning after December.

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Former Minister MohammedAli Shabbir on Wednesdayasked Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao to givetop priority to saving the livesof common people. Shabbir Ali,in a statement, said that theChief Minister held a reviewmeeting for the second time ina week to discuss the plan forthe new Secretariat. He said thatthe Chief Minister did notshow similar concern over theloss of hundreds of lives due toCoronavirus in Telangana State.

"KCR government has mis-erably failed to handle Covid-19 situation in the State.Instead of engaging in one-on-one combat with the disease bytaking all precautionary mea-sures and deploying entireresources, KCR alwaysfocussed on finding an escaperoute. He first denied its exis-tence and then called it as nor-mal flu. He then tried to gainsome mileage during lock-down by making some bigannouncements. In the end,KCR government did nothingconcrete either to trace and test

the patients or to provide thembetter treatment. Instead, heforced officials to innovatemeans to suppress the statisticsof cases and deaths. Now he istrying to hide his failuresbehind the corpses of hun-dreds of people who died dueto Covid-19," he alleged.

The Congress leader saidthat there were reports of atleast three patients dying dueto lack of oxygen in theOsmania General Hospital onJuly 27. According to unveri-fied reporters, he said that thesupply of oxygen was cut formost of the beds in the ICU.

Three similar deaths were alsoreported from Nizamabadwhere patients died due tonon-supply of oxygen.Similarly, there was no powersupply for over six hours in theGandhi Hospital, which is themain Covid-19 hospital for theState. There was no supplyeven for the ventilators or thecrucial ICU units for severalhours. There is no power back-up in the Gandhi Hospital andit did not even have the stockof diesel to run the generator.He said that the Chief Ministershould have conducted areview meeting on the facilitiesin government hospitals,instead of giving so muchattention to the new buildingfor Secretariat. "A majority offamilies in Hyderabad have lostone or more relatives, friendsor people known to them inthe last 3-4 months, mostly dueto Covid-19. The StateGovernment can hide the realfigures of cases and deaths, butit cannot hide the reality. Morethan 100 bodies are beingbrought to the graveyards andcrematoriums every day,” hesaid.

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As lockdown eases, face shieldsare becoming a common sight,especially in beauty salons,where workers have beenurged to wear extra protectionsuch as clear visors that coverthe face, especially if physicaldistancing isn't possible.

A study of healthcare work-ers found that wearing a faceshield reduced exposure by96 per cent in the periodimmediately after a coughfrom 18 inches away. But in thecontext of a smaller coughaerosol, the face shield was lesseffective, blocking only 68 percent of the cough.

The face shield provides abarrier between the wearerand the client from respirato-ry droplets caused by sneezing,coughing or speaking, medicalprofessionals opined. On theirown, face shields can helpprotect the wearer from acough or sneeze a short dis-tance away. Primarily, it stops

droplets landing on your faceor being inhaled through yournose or mouth. But studieshave found smaller aerosolscan travel up and underneaththe shield.

This is particularly impor-tant as the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) has saidit cannot rule out the possibil-ity that Covid-19 may be air-borne. "In the half an hourperiod after a cough, duringwhich the aerosol had dis-

persed throughout the roomand larger particles had settled,the face shield was even lesseffective, the study found withresearchers concluding thatpeople wearing face shields canstill inhale infectious airborneparticles. They cannot be usedas a substitute for respiratoryprotection when it is needed,"researchers of face shieldshared.

Face shields and visors havethe added advantage that they

include eye protection, says DrSharad Joshi, adding that thisis important as there's poten-tial for the virus to enter thebody through mucous mem-branes in the eyes. In conclu-sion, professionals said thatface shields could be useful forpeople who cannot wearmasks, but notes that masksremain the number one formof protection.

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The pandemic has left a bittertaste in the mouths of sweet-meat traders in the city who,according to a conservativeestimate, have lost businessworth Rs 1,000 crore duringthe lockdown period. Since theexisting retail business uponlifting lockdown was only 30per cent of the usual businessthey did prior to the lock-down, the traders have pinnedtheir hopes on the festivalseason beginning RakshaBandhan to Diwali.

Some traders are runningthe business not to earn prof-its but to meet the expenditure,including salaries of workers.In case of some others, theyswitched over to selling breadand Pav Bhaji. Big names inthe sweetmeat industry aretaking all precautions forCovid-19 as well as to keeptheir head above water andrunning business with mini-malistic staff members.

As the number of Coronacases are on the rise, thetraders are also apprehensiveabout losing this season too tothe pandemic. During the sea-son, many people, includingbig companies purchase sweetsfor distribution among theiremployees. The retail businessis not at all optimistic to runthe business.

The people are not eatingfood cooked outside theirhomes. To woo the customers,big players in the industryhave been implementing cus-tomer confidence winning

measures, including use ofvarious mobile applicationsto increase sales. If an orderhas been placed through themobile application, the sweetpackets would be readiedbefore the customers arrive atthe shop. The sweetshop own-ers are providing transportand medical facilities toemployees working in shopand their manufacturing units.The owners are also providingessential commodities to them.Meanwhile, the shops havestarted mobile sweetmeatvending outlets targeting cus-tomers in gated communities.

Majority of workersengaged in sweets preparationunits belong to Bihar, WestBengal and Jharkhand states.In fact, 90 per cent of workersreturned home. Even if theworkers who left their jobs arewilling to return, the shopowners are not ready to hirethem again.

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School students, especially thosewho study in government institu-tions, are one of the worst hit sec-tions of our society by Covid-19.The lockdown triggered by pan-demic has not just left school edu-cation haywire, but also made itcostly and out of reach of childrenfrom poorer families. The kidswho study in government schoolsare likely to suffer in many waysdue to the emerging situation.

Already, schools have lost aboutfive weeks (as normal academicyear starts in June first week) bynow and still there is no hint ofreopening of the institutions any-time soon, going by the surge invirus spread. Meanwhile, manystate governments have intro-duced online classes from 1 to 10standards from 12 June for bothpublic and private schools.Telangana is one of them.

In some schools, the onlinelessons are being relayed throughZoom application and also

through DD Saptagiri channel.But, there is no uniform policy inproviding online lessons by vari-ous residential educational soci-eties. It may be recalled that thepandemic has forced the stategovernment to promote studentsfrom class one to SSC withoutexaminations.

Since the last week, the onlineclasses have started as uncertain-ty still looms large over the reopen-ing of schools. The guidelines

indicate residential educationalsocieties to give priority to DDlessons, but the societies havebeen adopting different methodsto provide online lessons to theirstudents. The video lessons pre-pared by teachers are being sent tostudents of SC and ST residentialeducational institutions throughWhatsApp. Similarly, in the nameof Village Learning Circles teach-ers, alumni and senior students ofan educational institution came

together to teach a group of 10-15students locally.

In minority residential education-al institutions, teachers are provid-ing lessons to students throughZoom application. As many parentswould not be able to afford smartphones, many students are missingonline classes. In BC residentialschools, the SSC students are beingtaught through Zoom mobile appli-cation. The school authorities haveplans to extend the facility to stu-dents of other classes too.

The teachers are encouragingstudents of government schools tolearn their lessons through DDSapatagiri channel.

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A 14-year-old girl was allegedlyraped and impregnated by her 35-year-old father in Vizag city. The sur-vivor is said to be three months preg-nant.

The incident came to light whenthe minor developed pain in thestomach and her father took her to aprivate hospital for a check-up.

The doctors said that she waspregnant. Later, the girl was shiftedto King George Hospital in Vizag cityfor further medical tests.

Based on the information from thedoctors, the Fourth- Town police vis-ited KGH and registered a caseagainst the accused.

Investigation revealed that theaccused along with his daughter andelderly parents have been staying nearRailway New Colony area in Vizagcity. The victim girl's mother diedaround three years ago.

The accused lured his daughter andraped her in several occasions overthe past few months.

A case was registered underProtection of Children from SexualOffences Act and Section 376 IPC.The accused has been taken into cus-tody.

The police have transferred the caseto Disha police station in Vizag city.Assistant Commissioner of Police,Disha Police station, Prem Kajalbegan further investigation into thecase. It may be recalled that, a fewweeks ago, Seethanagaram policearrested a 56-year-old man forallegedly raping his 26-year-olddaughter on multiple occasions inVizianagaram district.

The accused, a resident of a smallvillage under Seethanagaram Mandalin Vizianagaram district had rapedthe woman over three months whenher mother and sister were out of thehouse.

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In a first, Telangana State tested asmany as 18,858 samples on Tuesday,of which 1,764 proved positive. Thestate is nearing 4 lakh tests, with3,97,939 samples being testedon Tuesday. In all, 58,906 ofthe samples tested till dateproved positive.

Of the 1,764 freshcases reported onTuesday, 509 were inGHMC area, 158 inMedchal, 147 inRangareddy and 138 inWarangal urban. All the 33 dis-tricts reported cases on Tuesday as perthe bulletin released on Wednesday.

The number of cases has droppedin GHMC, though the area continuesto account for most cases in the state.

With 12 deaths on Tuesday, so far492 have succumbed to the virus inthe state. Given 74.3 per cent recov-ery rate, so far 43,751 have been dis-

charged. A total of 9,178 cases areunder home isolation and 14,663 areactive cases.

Health Minister Eatala Rajendersaid, “Asymptomatic positive patientsare being checked by PHC-related

doctors. For 81 positive patients,without their spending sin-

gle rupee, medicines, kiteverything needed isbeing provided. We arehospitalising remainingpatients who have symp-toms and categorised as

aged people, with co-mor-bidities, those needing oxy-

gen supply.” The Health Ministerpointed out that most patients in hos-pital don’t need ICU or ventilator sup-port. Only 5 per cent of the patientsin hospitals need, oxygen support,doctor’s scrutiny, and ventilators.

In all, 14,865 Covid-19 beds are avail-able for patients in various governmenthospitals. This includes 1,351 ICU bedsand 2,233 beds with oxygen supply.

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Endowments Minister A Indrakaran Reddy onWednesday asked officials of his department tofocus on realising income from endowmentslands, which remained idle. In a meeting held herewith top officials of his department, he said thatno lenient view would be adopted towardsencroachers. He said that stringent measures areunder way to protect the temple lands. Ministerfor Animal Husbandry Talasani Srinivas Yadavwas also present on the occasion.

He asked them to act tough on leasing theEndowments Department properties. He askedthe lease holders who got the shops at nominalprices for lease from endowments department andgiving them on sub-lease. The officials were askedto change the lease rules and ensure that thedepartment earns more by way of lease. He under-line the need for re-reviewing the decades' oldrules that govern lease.

Endowments Commissioner Anil Kumar toldthe meeting that a plan to building shopping com-plexes at a cost of Rs 55 crore in endowmentslands at 13 places has been drafted. As part of aspecial drive, 1300 acres of endowments depart-ment's lands were recovered. Boundary protec-tion has been provided and boards prohibitingencroachment of lands of the department havebeen provided in respect of 21000 acres, he said.

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The total number of recover-ies from COVID-19 is fastapproaching the 10-lakh mark,while the case fatality rate hasbeen falling progressively dueto coordinated implementationof the 'test track treat' strategyby the Centre, states and UnionTerritories, the health ministrysaid on Wednesday.

India's COVID-19 casefatality rate (CFR) is lower thanwhat it is globally. OnWednesday, the CFR stood at2.23 per cent, the lowest sinceApril 1, the health ministrysaid in a statement.

"Not only has the CFR beenkept low, but successful imple-mentation of effective con-tainment strategy, aggressivetesting and standardised clin-ical management protocolsbased on a holistic standard ofcare approach have in tandemresulted in a consistent trendof more than 30,000 recover-ies per day for the sixth con-

secutive day," it said.With 35,286 patients dis-

charged in 24 hours tillWednesday morning, the totalnumber of recoveries hasjumped to 9,88,029. The recov-ery rate among COVID-19patients too has increased to64.51 per cent.

The ministry said, "Withsuch consistent increase inrecoveries, the gap between thenumber of recovered patientsand active COVID-19 cases

currently stands at 4,78,582."The number of active cases

stood at 5,09,447 and they areunder medical supervision.

India's COVID-19 tallyclimbed to 15,31,669 with48,513 fresh cases recorded ina day, while the country'sdeath toll due to the diseaserose to 34,193 with 768 fatal-ities being reported in thesame period, the health min-istry data updated at 8 amshowed.

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Nearly 23 years after Sukhoiaircraft were imported, a fleetof five French-manufacturedRafale multi-role combat jetstouched down in India onWednesday, giving the coun-try's air power a strategic edgeover its adversaries in theneighbourhood.

The aircraft, having anundisputed track record andconsidered one of the mostpotent combat jets globally,landed at the Ambala Air Forcebase after covering a distanceof 7,000 km from the Merignacairbase in French port city ofBordeaux.

The Rafales were escorted bytwo Sukhoi 30 MKIs after theyentered the Indian air space.

"The Birds have landed safe-ly in Ambala," DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh tweet-ed.

Singh said that "the touchdown of Rafale combat air-crafts in India marks the begin-

ning of a new era in ourMilitary History. These multi-role aircrafts will revolutionisethe capabilities of the IAF".

The NDA government hadinked a Rs 59,000-crore deal onSeptember 23, 2016 to procure36 Rafale jets from Frenchaerospace major DassaultAviation after a nearly seven-year exercise to procure 126Medium Multi-Role CombatAircraft (MMRCA) for the

Indian Air Force did not fruc-tify during the UPA regime.

The emergency acquisitionwas made primarily to checkthe depleting combat capabil-ity of the IAF as the number ofits fighter squadrons had comedown to a worrying 31 againstthe authorised strength of atleast 42.

The fleet, comprising threesingle seater and two twinseater aircraft, are being

inducted into the IAF as partof its Ambala-based No 17Squadron, also known as the'Golden Arrows'.

A government statement onMonday said 10 Rafale jetswere delivered to India andthat five of them are stayingback in France for trainingmissions. The delivery of all 36aircraft will be completed onschedule by the end of 2021, itadded.

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Bollywood actress RheaChakraborty Wednesdaymoved the Supreme Courtseeking transfer of an FIRfrom Patna to Mumbai and thestay on the investigation by theBihar police on the allega-tions of Sushant Singh Rajput'sfather that she abetted suicideof his actor son.

Rajput, aged 34, was foundhanging from the ceiling of hisapartment in suburban Bandrain Mumbai on June 14 andsince then the Mumbai policehas been probing the casekeeping in mind variousangles.

The move of Rhea to rush tothe top court assumes signifi-cance in view of the fact that afour-member probe team ofBihar police is already inMumbai and may seek to inter-rogate the actress as the FIRlodged at Patna by Rajput'sfather, K K Singh, contained

allegations of severe criminaloffences such as abetment ofsuicide and criminal breach oftrust under the IPC.

Advocate SatishManeshinde, who is repre-senting Chakraborty, said hehas filed a petition in the apexcourt seeking transfer of thecase from Patna to Mumbaiwhere the probe in the deathcase of actor Sushant SinghRajput is going on.

In her plea, Chakraborty

has also sought stay on probeby Bihar Police on the FIRlodged by Rajput's father tilldisposal of her plea in topcourt, Maneshinde said.

The move came, four daysafter Rajput's father K K Singhlodged an FIR at Rajiv Nagarpolice station in Patna againstChakraborty and six others,including her family mem-bers, accusing them of abettingthe actor's suicide.

The case, in which Mumbai

police has been busy quizzingBollywood's big producers anddirectors like Mahesh Bhatt,Sanjay Leela Bhansali, AdityaChopra and others to know thereasons behind the untimelydemise of the 34-year-old actor,suddenly took a new turn withRajput's father lodging the FIRagainst his rumoured actorgirlfriend Rhea and six other.

Rhea Chakraborty had alsorecorded her statement withthe Mumbai police.

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Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot on Wednesdaymet Governor Kalraj Mishraafter he returned for the thirdtime the state government'sproposal to convene an assem-bly session.

"The love letter has alreadycome. Now, I am only going tohave tea with him,” Gehlot toldparty workers at the stateCongress office before headingfor the Raj Bhawan.

The state Cabinet had resenta proposal to the Governor onMonday, sticking to the July 31date for holding a session andrefusing to mention that itplanned to hold a trust vote.

While returning the earlierversion of the proposal theGovernor had suggested thatthe session can be called atshort notice if the governmentsays seeking a confidence voteis on the agenda.

“You have sent the letter athird time. What do you want?Tell us, so that we work in thatmanner," Gehlot said in hisaddress at the PradeshCongress Committee office,where Govind Singh Dotasaraformally took over as the newchief of the state unit.

The chief minister toldparty workers that there isnothing to worry over as theCongress top leadership iswith them. His meeting withthe Governor — the second inrecent days — lasted for about15 minutes.

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The Rafale jets, known globallyas one the most potent strategicplatforms with unmatched capa-bility in carrying out a variety ofroles, will significantly bolsterIndia's air combat capabilitieswhen it is facing hostile neigh-bours like Pakistan and China,defence experts said onWednesday.

The timing of induction of the4.5 generation combat jetsassumed significance as it camein the midst of India's tense bor-der row with China, they said.

They said the Rafales could bea game-changer for India after allthe 36 jets join the Indian AirForce as no aircraft in possessionof any country in the neighbour-hood will be able to match theirsuperior kinematic performanceand powerful electronic warfaresystems.

The Rafale jet, which is oftencompared with the US' stealth F-35 aircraft and F-22, is able tocarry out all combat aviationmissions like air superiority andair defence, close air support, in-depth strikes, reconnaissance,

anti-ship strikes and nucleardeterrence at varied speed lim-its of up to 1.8 Mach.

The aircraft proved itsunmatched capabilities in aircombat missions in Afghanistan,Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria in thelast few years. India is the fourthcountry to have the strategic plat-form after France, Egypt andQatar.

The Rafale, manufactured byFrench defence giant DassaultAviation, entered service with theFrench Navy in 2004 and withthe French Air Force in 2006.

According to DassaultAviation, the aircraft has a whop-ping 30,000 flight hours in oper-ations.

In comparison to F-35,experts said the Rafale jet is moreagile as it has long-endurance tofly at a higher speed while car-rying a range of weapons for alonger period of time. However,the F-35 scores much ahead ofRafales in terms of on boardavionics and electronic warfaresystems.

"It is one of the finest combataircraft available in the globalmarket. It is much moreadvanced and lethal then thecurrent fighter aircraft availablewith China. It is definitely a boostto India's defence preparedness.The timing of the arrival of thejets is perfect," said defenceexpert De Laxman Behera.

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The central government hasrelaxed norms for its employeeswho were either on leave or onan official tour and could not joinoffice due to non-availability ofpublic transport during the coro-navirus lockdown, according toa Personnel Ministry order. Themove comes in the wake of thegovernment receiving severalreferences and queries from theemployees who proceeded onleave with necessary permission,but could not report for duty dueto travel restrictions.

The Personnel Ministry hasissued an order to all central gov-ernment departments mention-ing clarifications to the querieson the issue, with a directive thatthey should avoid an "unneces-sary reference to DoPT(Department of Personnel andTraining under the ministry) onthe subject". Government ser-vants who were on official tour

and were unable to return totheir headquarters due to non-availability of public transportshould be "deemed to havejoined duty on the date of expiryof official tour, if intimation inany form, indicating difficulty injoining duty due to non-availabil-ity of public transport/flights, hasbeen given by the governmentservant to the office", it said.

The same provision is applic-able for government employeeswho were on leave before thenationwide lockdown came intoeffect on March 25, according tothe Personnel Ministry orderissued on Tuesday.

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The Chardham DevasthanamBoard warned of stern legalaction against those who stoppilgrims from outside Uttara-khand to visit the GangotriDham. The Panch MandirSamiti, a body of priests andteerth-purohits of GangotriDham, decided to not allow pil-grims from outside the state tovisit the temple till August 15for public safety. "The decisionis illegal. It invites stern puni-tive action including imprison-ment and a fine for thosebehind it. The Panch MandirSamiti has no right to take adecision like this," Board CEORavinath Raman said.

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Passengers booking ticketsthrough travel agents on inter-national flights operating underthe Vande Bharat Mission mustnot pay more than the fares men-tioned on Air India's website, theCivil Aviation Ministry said onWednesday.

Scheduled international pas-senger flights continue to remainsuspended in India since March23 amid the coronavirus pan-demic.

However, since May 6, inter-national charter flights havebeen operated by Air Indiaunder the Vande Bharat Missionto help stranded people reachtheir destinations. Private carri-ers have also operated a certain

number of flights under this mis-sion. "Passengers booking tick-ets for #VBM flights throughtravel agents, may please notethat they should not pay morethan the fares mentioned on theAir India website. Passengers fac-ing issues of overcharging bytravel agents may write to

[email protected]," the min-istry said on Twitter.

India had on July 16 formedbilateral air bubbles with coun-tries like the US, Germany andFrance that allows airlines ofboth the countries in the pact tooperate special internationalcharter flights.

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Taking exception to a privatehospital for allegedly charginga coronavirus patient Rs 5 lakh,Karnataka Medical EducationMinister Dr K Sudhakar said hewould take stringent actionagainst the hospital. DrSudhakar, in-charge of Covidmanagement in the state, post-ed the bill of Apollo Hospitalson his Twitter handle and saidthe hospital has allegedly beenoverlooking the governmentguidelines and warnings. "Ihave come to know that thepatients are suffering a lot at theHospitals. I have warned itseveral times..." he said. Thegovernment has fixed a cap ofRs 5,000-Rs 15,000 a day tocharge the Covid patients will-ing to undergo treatment in theprivate hospitals. When contact-ed, Apollo Hospitals said, "Therewas some communication errorwith the Minister. Our manage-ment has briefed him."

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Addressing a NationalCommission for Women webi-nar on ‘Issues and Challengesfaced by North-EasternWomen in Metropolitan Cities& Empowering Them', Rijijusaid there is a need to look atways to empower people fromthe region through NGOs.

"When the northeast regionas a whole will do better, peoplefrom other parts of the countrywill come to northeast ratherthan the reverse," said Rijiju, anMP from Arunachal Pradesh.

"We, the northeastern peo-ple, will have to understandthat unless we initiate andopen our arms, unless we laythe red carpet for others to

come, the government's help(and) the prime minister'sextraordinary focus on thenortheast will not lead to anyextraordinary change on theground. Respecting andaccepting those from otherregions is the key to nationalintegrity," he said.

The Minister of State forYouth Affairs urged the NCWto fight more against the mind-set of racial and social discrim-ination.

"Social & racial discrimina-tion is a big issue. I appeal(NCW) Chairperson Rekha

Sharma and the NCW to fightmore against the societalmindset of people," he wasquoted as having said in atweet by the NCW.

He also called upon stategovernments to play an impor-tant role in integration of thenortheastern region with bet-ter coordination.

NCW Chairperson RekhaSharma said domestic vio-lence, lack of awareness andeducation in interior regionsare some of the issues con-fronting the women from theregion.

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As the intrigues, twists and moraldilemmas of Indian politicsensue, the brilliant but contro-versial enfant terrible of Britishpolitics, Winston Churchill’s

truism about democracy rings true: “TheOpposition occupies the benches in front ofyou but the enemy sits behind you.” Widelyhailed as one of the “Greatest Britons”,Churchill had a deeply unsavoury side thatmanifested in his irrefutable role in theBengal famine and his clearly racist opinionsabout Gandhi, Islam and the Jews amongothers. The quintessential politician had apenchant for party hopping, or “ratting” asit was called.

Never short of wit to describe his polit-ical fleet-footedness, Churchill justifiedjumping from the Conservatives to theLiberals to back the former by saying, “It iseasy for an individual to move through thoseinsensible gradations from the Left to theRight but the act of crossing the floor is onewhich requires serious consideration. I amwell informed on this matter, for I haveaccomplished that difficult process not onlyonce but twice.” However, it can be arguedthat Churchill’s political dalliances were prin-ciple-based and not just sheer opportunism,given the free trade absolutism professed byhim — one which got compromised initial-ly by the Conservatives (who developed pro-tectionist instincts) and then by the Liberals.

The Indian democracy is based on theBritish Westminster style of parliamentarydemocracy and serendipitously, in the mid-dle of the latest political revolt in Rajasthan,an Opposition leader alluded to Churchill’spredecessor and bete noire, NevilleChamberlain, as an analogy to questionabledecision-making. To some extent, thevibrancy, sleaze and “palace intrigues” ofIndian democracy mirror its progenitormodel in Great Britain but Indian politicshas not evolved on some more substantialaspects like accountability, honesty andprofessionalism that have a higher imprintin British politics currently.

Put simply, partisan moorings of theBritish politicians on either side of the fenceare more ideological, pronounced and amatter of personal faith. Whereas, in thecontext of Indian politics, it is a matter of“ticket”, legacy, ambition or even hate of theproverbial “other,” all of which define par-tisan preferences. In British politics, the evo-lutionary process is breaking down and theblurring of stereotypes of certain socio-cul-tural gravitation towards partisan prefer-ences, for example, Tony Blair’s NewLabour movement, is on. But religion, race,ethnicity, background or region still driveoverwhelming preferences in the Indiancontext.

A uniquely Indian phenomenon ofplaying down one’s personal ambition infavour of ascribing sharp political move to“what my supporters would advise” or con-versely in “abiding by the party whip as a

loyal soldier of the party” ishilariously untrue, cliched andconvenient.

Another tired expressionthat barely masks the reality isthe attribution of getting caught(prima facie) in a sticky situationto a rote and insipid, “it is a polit-ical conspiracy against me.” Thelargest democracy in the worldhas not evolved in matters ofexpression, honesty and justifi-cations. Continuing double stan-dards of morality have beenthrown into the admixture totruly exemplify the saying,“Politics is the last refuge of thescoundrel.” Not really so inBritish politics.

In Britain, there is a finelydeveloped culture of “internaldemocracy” that frequently andopenly facilitates cross-partyvoting on crucial matters. Brexitwas a typical example of multi-party huddles that composed theBrexiteer camp or theRemainiacs. In Indian politics,to assume intellectual or ideolog-ically contrarian positions fromthe party leadership stand (evenneutrality, if not opposition) isthe surest and fastest test of “dis-loyalty” that amounts to politi-cal suicide.

The dictatorial strain of anobsequious “high command”culture is celebrated and notfrowned upon — literally fromattributing divinity to professingblind faith. This is par for the

course in Indian politics. Another remarkable differ-

ence is the relative grace withwhich incumbents to the highoffices bid farewell, often willing-ly. Four of the last seven PrimeMinisters of the UK left 10Downing Street not owing toelectoral defeat by theOpposition party but due toleadership changes necessitatedon account of their own dimin-ishment within the ruling party.

More importantly, age is notthe criterion to justify theirover-staying at the political cen-tre-stage. A 49-year-old DavidCameron left active politics withhis final farewell speech com-ment, “I was the future once.”Cameron had resigned after theBrexit referendum went againsthis stated position to “stay” andhe assumed moral (not legal)responsibility for the result. Hisexit paved way for his colleagueTheresa May. Later, May herselfwas unable to see through theBrexit task and was replaced byher party member BorisJohnson.

Importantly, May had noqualms about assuming the“back bench” and continues toserve her constituency as a reg-ular Member of Parliament.May’s farewell speech as thePrime Minister concluded with,“I will shortly leave the job thathas been the honour of my lifeto hold — the second female

Prime Minister but certainly notthe last. I do so with no ill-willbut with enormous and endur-ing gratitude to have had theopportunity to serve the coun-try I love.” Such graceful politi-cal exits are unthinkable in theIndian context.

Our politicians perpetuatethe ostensibly selfless line of“serving the people” with muchgrandiosity and pomposity evenas the uniquely Indian phe-nomenon of “resort quaranti-ning”, “horse trading” and“accommodating rivals tillrecently with ministerships”continues. No political party inIndia can honestly claim to becleaner than the other.

Candidates of dubious per-sonal credentials win votes andseats for all parties — only the“monopoly on truth” changeshands with the dispensations inpower, who dominate the air-time. While we have a lot tobegrudge Winston Churchillfor what he believed in andinflicted on India, his wordswere profound nonetheless, “Inwar, you can only be killedonce but in politics, many times.”This moral or ideological deathseems to be an insignificant pricein our politics as we are able toadjust to any narrative, irrespec-tive of the substance.

(The writer, a military veter-an, is a former Lt Governor ofAndaman & Nicobar Islands)

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Sir — The TelanganaGovernment’s statement thatcapped prices of COVID-19 treat-ment in private hospitals do notapply to patients who have insur-ance cover is really shocking.Have the middle class citizenscommitted a sin by taking insur-ance policies? It is an undisput-ed fact that the taxpayers con-tribute to the growth of aState/nation but successiveGovernments have just chosen toignore them. The present situa-tion is so scary that even insuredpeople deserve to be consideredby the Government forCoronavirus treatment in privatehospitals.

Is it not the basic duty of aGovernment to help people dur-ing a national health emergency?In this critical situation, StateGovernments should work handin hand with private hospitals byfinancially supporting them toprocure PPEs and high-end med-icines and subsidise all-importanttests. It should either fix themaximum cost of COVID treat-ment in private hospitals or sub-sidise various costs.

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assist private hospitals by reim-bursing a certain percentage ofthe costs at least. This way, thebalance cost above the insurancelimit will be reimbursed, maybewithin a certain cap. Private hos-pital administrators should alsoshow their nationalistic spiritand reduce their charges to anoptimal level.

Katuru Durga Prasad RaoHyderabad

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “The big freeze” (July 28). TheUS’ decision to close China’sconsulate in Houston and the lat-ter’s retaliation by closing the USone in Chengdu are unprecedent-ed. The Trump administrationhas accused the consulate andother Chinese diplomatic mis-

sions of economic espionage,visa fraud and attempted theft ofscientific research. Matters wors-ened when the Chinese con-sulate in San Francisco providedrefuge to a researcher againstwhom the US had issued anarrest warrant because she lied tothe authorities about her tieswith the Chinese Army. Tensionbetween the US and China nolonger remains in the trade and

technology field. What started asa trade war has snowballed intoa larger geo-political contestbetween the two superpowers. Ifthis slide isn’t arrested immediate-ly, China and US risk a totalbreakdown in diplomatic rela-tions. That is bad news for theworld.

N Sadhasiva ReddyBengaluru

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Sir — The Government’s decisionto ban 47 mobile apps, judged tobe clones or variants of the 59Chinese apps, amid tensionbetween the two countries, notonly shows India’s new policytowards China but shows that wehave not forgotten what hap-pened in the Galwan valley. Inaddition, with such decisions,India is coming out of its non-aligned mode. It is standing upagainst injustice and intrusions.Better late than never. India tak-ing security steps for its citizens isappreciated.

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In the preface to his insightful work, Generalship:Its Disease and Cure, British military tacticianMajor-General JFC Fuller quotes an apoc-

ryphal tale told to him by a member of the FrenchGeneral Staff. “At the battle of Waterloo, ColonelClement, an infantry commander, fought with brav-ery; but unfortunately, was shot through the head.Napoleon, hearing of his gallantry and misfortune,gave instructions for him to be carried into a farmwhere Larrey, the Surgeon-General, was operating.One glance convinced Larrey that his case was des-perate, so taking up a saw he removed the top ofClement’s skull and placed his brains on the table.Just as he had finished, in rushed an Aide-de-Camp,shouting: ‘Is General Clement here?’ Clement, hear-ing him, sat up and exclaimed: ‘No! but ColonelClement is. ‘Oh, General’, cried the Aide-de-Camp,‘the Emperor was overwhelmed when he heard ofyour gallantry, and has promoted you on the fieldof battle to the rank of General.’ Clement rubbed hiseyes, got off the table, clapped the top of his skullon his head and was about to leave the farm whenLarrey shouted after him: ‘General. Your brains!’ Towhich the gallant Frenchman shouted back: Nowthat I am a General, I shall no longer require them!”Fuller went on to add that, “In this modest study,my object is to prove that though Clement waswrong about brains, without his courage there canbe no true Generalship.”

One can go even further and suggest that thecentral premise of his argument is not just applic-able to Generals, but just as much, if not more so,to politicians in power. While intellectual ability andcompetence are indeed vital, they amount to verylittle without courage. Of course, what is requiredof them is more in the realm of the mind than ofthe physical variety. Most crucially, however, we mustnot mistake a display of bravado for the genuine spir-it. As the Cambridge Dictionary makes clear, brava-do is only “a show of courage, especially when unnec-essary and dangerous, to make people admire you.”

We recently witnessed an awesome display ofsheer bravery and exemplary courage on the partof Colonel Babu and his gallant band during theGalwan confrontation. It was indeed no meanachievement at that altitude to not just counter theperfidious ambush that the People’s Liberation Army(PLA) had sprung on his unsuspecting team but togive back more than they got. That is self-evidentfrom the lack of any formal acknowledgement ofcasualties by the PLA. One can be quite certain thatif that had not been the case, the ChineseCommunist mouthpiece, The Global Times, wouldhave gone to town proclaiming victory.

However, this makes it essential for us to square-ly confront the fact that while courage may win bat-tles, the latter remain just small tactical victories. Toemerge victorious in war requires not just enormoussacrifice, determination and decisiveness but alsocourage on our part and more importantly on thepart of those occupying the highest levels of our mil-itary and political establishment. Sadly, all we havebeen witness to in all these days since the confronta-tion began has been a display of much bravado andbluster, especially on the part of our political lead-ership.

The problem of our inadequate quality of strate-gic communication is predicated by the fact thatdespite all its protestations, the Modi Governmentseems incapable of shedding its feudal mindset.Transparency would require it to admit that therehas been gross negligence on its part in the man-ner that it has approached the issue of national secu-

rity, which in turn, has resulted in theongoing fiasco. Its shambolic attempts togloss over the issue and change the nar-rative to avoid accountability have onlyadded to its woes, as China was able totake advantage of its prevarications andembarrass it diplomatically.

While prudence dictates that muchof what is happening on the ground, espe-cially the actions initiated to resolve theissue to our advantage, need not be madepublic in the interest of security, it can-not be used as a licence to deny basicinformation that the citizens are entitledto. For that matter, it also needs to desistfrom its attempts to turn the spotlightaway from the matter by resorting to cre-ating turbulence within the RajasthanCongress or by announcing a grand cer-emony in Ayodhya on August 5.

Despite the Government’s bestattempt to dissemble, it is now clear thatthe PLA is in possession of a fair amountof territory that we claim as our ownthough its actual or relative importance,either tactically or strategically, may becontested. For example, while its occupa-tion of areas till Finger 4 in the PangongTso sector provides clear visual evidenceof its aggressive intent, other than caus-ing bruised egos and embarrassment, itis of little tactical or strategic value whencompared to the ingress that has beeneffected in both the Depsang Plains andHot Springs sectors.

Thus, while regaining every inch ofterritory that has been occupied may betactically or strategically unwarranted oreven unnecessary, how we handle theoverall issue of Chinese aggression will beperceived to either signify appeasementand capitulation on our part or signal afirm determination and resolve thatunprovoked aggression will be contested

and will result in adverse consequencesfor the PLA. Clearly, we have seen thatappeasement only results in further prob-lems down the road, so that has to stop.

As is often the case in such circum-stances, we are still neither very clear asto what led China to undertake suchunprovoked aggressive action, nor whatit hopes to accomplish. There have beensuggestions that the Home Minister’s pub-lic call for liberating Aksai Chin and theconstruction of the road to Daulat BegOldi may have been the casus belli, as itmay have felt we were keen to change thestatus quo or threaten the Tibet-XinjiangHighway. Others have suggested that thisaction in Eastern Ladakh is just a feint totest our resolve and that the main offen-sive is likely to be directed towards seiz-ing areas that it claims in ArunachalPradesh.

While none of these possibilities canbe ruled out, the existing force levels thatChina has committed within the TibetanAutonomous Region do not suggest thata major offensive is on the cards. It is pos-sible that the actions against India werejust a diversionary tactic to keep us occu-pied, while Beijing’s true intention was tocapture Taiwan before the ChineseCommunist Party kicks of its centenarycelebrations next year. This would, in fact,explain the move of two Pakistani divi-sions into the Gilgit-Baltistan Region,which could then operate in collusion withthe PLA in the event of any escalation.

The recent deployment by the USNavy of two Carrier Strike Groups intothe South China Sea (SCS) for “exercis-es”, with a third backing up, suggests thatthis speculation may well not have beentoo far off the mark. Not surprisingly thedeployment of these Carrier Groups hasforced the Chinese to reverse course, as

can be deduced from the public state-ments calling for a reduction of tensionin that region, despite increasing US bel-ligerence. In the normal course then, theywould look to cool tension along our bor-ders as well.

However, that may not happen asPresident Xi Jinping needs some substan-tial success to save face domestically,which he can only achieve against us inthese circumstances. It will not be easy forthe PLA to shift the requisite force levelsrequired for conducting a major offensiveagainst us. Moreover, even if Xi can inductthese forces speedily, he will continue toremain at a distinct disadvantage given hislong lines of communication and terrainconfiguration.

In addition, China also faces a disad-vantageous force ratio vis-à-vis the airforces and navy in this region. Xi wouldhave by now got fresh insight into thefighting capabilities of our Army, whichis experienced in high-altitude warfare.

Clearly all of this implies that evenwith the rather neglected state of our mil-itary, given the situation on the ground,we do have the option of responding withforce. Such an option would have a rea-sonable chance of success and wouldindeed bluntly convey to the Chinese andthe international community that suchunprovoked aggressive actions have con-sequences. Obviously, such a response onour part would be the correct one,though we would have to factor in the pos-sibility of conflict escalation, maybe evena two-front war. The question really is, doModi and his top military leadershipeither have the appetite or the courage toembark on such a course?

(The writer, a military veteran, is aConsultant with the Observer ResearchFoundation)

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online teaching has been noticedthroughout the world and in India, too.The availability of quality e-learningresources such as SWAYAM, e-PGPathshala, Swayam Prabha, CEC-UGCYouTube Channel, the National DigitalLibrary as well as online lectures devel-oped and delivered by teachers havehelped students complete their cours-es. Now, the obvious task of assessmentof learning outcomes remains. In April,the University Grants Commission(UGC) constituted an ExpertCommittee for Examinations andAcademic Calendar. Given the spike inthe number of Coronavirus cases, the

UGC requested the panel to suggestoptions for conducting the examina-tions and holding admissions for thenew academic session. On July 6, theUGC issued revised guidelines whichstated that final/terminal semesterexaminations must be conducted by alluniversities/ institutions by the end ofSeptember.

In the guidelines, issued in consul-tation with the Home and HealthMinistries, care has been taken toensure the health and safety of studentsand provide equal opportunity, too. Theinstitutions were advised to conductexaminations through offline (pen andpaper), online or blended mode (onlineand offline) as per feasibility and suit-ability.

According to the UGC, by July 18,as many as 194 universities had con-ducted the final year examinations,while 366 were in the process of doingso. Out of the 755 universities fromwhich responses were received, 560 hadeither held the exams or were planningto conduct them. By July 24, out of 818universities, 603 had either conductedtests or were planning to hold them.

Considering the problems of studentsof terminal semesters or final year whohave a backlog, the UGC has empha-sised their compulsory evaluation byconducting examinations in offline,online or blended mode. In case a stu-dent is unable to write the test, s/he maybe given an opportunity to appear inspecial examinations for such coursesor papers, which may be conducted bythe university as and when feasible, sothat the student is not put to any incon-venience or disadvantage.

The UGC maintains that“Examinations are an integral part ofthe education system and the measureof a student’s learning, knowledge,skills and other competencies.” It fur-ther states that “Performance in exam-inations contributes to merit, lifelongcredibility, wider global acceptability foradmissions, scholarships, awards, place-ments, and better future prospects.”Here it is worth mentioning that stu-dents who have been studying hard toscore more in a competitive environ-ment need to be provided opportuni-ties to demonstrate their merit, acad-emic credentials, skills and knowledge.

Depriving them of such opportunitieswill be a setback to their year-longefforts. Examinations are crucial forevery student and more so for final yearstudents who are ready to embark ontheir journey of life and work.

Given the effects of COVID-19globally, universities in the US, UK,Canada, Australia, Germany andSingapore, too, have given variousoptions for examinations to their stu-dents. Since teachers and studentsacross the world and in India haveadapted well to online teaching-learn-ing, the most favoured option in thepresent scenario for conducting exam-inations has been through the onlinemode.

Many universities have held exam-inations by employing video-conferenc-ing apps, in-house LearningManagement Systems (LMSs) or withthe help of other suitable software anddigital platforms. While institutions,which have developed their own LMS,have an edge over others, various stu-dent and teacher-friendly platforms areavailable where online examinationscan be conducted, monitored and

password-protected answer paperssafely uploaded.

In fact, in the pre-COVID-19 era,the UGC had granted recognition toseven Higher Educational Institutes(HEIs) to offer degree, diploma and cer-tificate programmes in fully onlinemode. With the recent announcementof the ‘Pradhan Mantri e-VIDYA pro-gramme’, the top-100 educational insti-tutions of the country are likely to con-duct full-fledged online degree pro-grammes and examinations in comingyears. Online learning and examina-tions will boost digital literacy, help inimparting quality education to under-privileged students and increase theGross Enrollment Ratio (GER) inhigher education.

Online teaching during the lock-down has also been instrumental inhelping PhD students with submissionsof PhD theses, evaluations and viva.Another aspect where the onlinemethod of learning can be put to useis for the training of teachers. This caninclude talks and webinars about thedesign and delivery of lectures and eval-uation methods using digital plat-

forms. Online discussions and exchangeof thoughts would be of much help inthe formulation of multi-disciplinaryresearch projects.

In order to help in adjusting withthese extraordinary times and with thenew pattern of examinations, the UGChas given enough time to universitiesto complete their final-year examina-tions. Being a statutory body for coor-dination, determination and mainte-nance of standards of higher education,the UGC’s decision intends to bringuniformity in the online examinationprocesses and platforms of all HEIs.This will give students graduatingfrom any part of India a level playingfield.

Given the UGC’s mandate tostreamline and improve the educationsystem and bring it at par with globalstandards, this latest decision to con-duct examinations via different modesduring the pandemic has come at theright time for lakhs of students, keep-ing in mind their career prospects andthe future generation, too.

(The writer is Vice-Chancellor,Central University of Gujarat)

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Telecom industry has lost 82lakh subscribers during thecomplete lockdown in April,and COVID-19 pandemic willcontinue to keep customeradditions under pressure,according to a report.

The decline in subscriberbase during April was preced-ed by a loss of 28 lakh connec-tions in March, which saw thelockdown being imposedtowards the end, India Ratingsand Research said in note.

The biggest losers wereBharti Airtel and VodafoneIdea, it said, adding sectorleader Reliance Jio witnessed agrowth in its base.

"The industry-wide sub-scriber base declined month-on-month by 2.8 million and8.2 million in March and April2020, respectively. The declinewas attributable to a reduction

in the subscriber base ofVodafone Idea Limited (VIL)and Bharti Airtel Limited,which has more than offset thegrowth in the subscriber baseof Reliance Jio InfocommLimited.

"The impact is due to thelockdown imposed after theoutbreak of COVID-19towards end-March 2020 andcontinued for the full month of

April 2020. The addition in thesubscriber base would remainunder pressure in the comingmonths due to COVID-19," itsaid. The lockdown had a chill-ing effect on all the economicactivities, leading to severeimpact seen across sectors inthe economy, where the GDPis set to contract by over 5 percent in FY21 according to ana-lysts.

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Jet Airways, which is undergo-ing an insolvency resolutionprocess, saw its loss wideningto Rs 5,535.75 crore in the yearended March 2019, mainlydue to surge in expenses.

The full service carrier,which shuttered operations inApril last year, had a loss of Rs766.13 crore in 2017-18. Thesefigures are for standalone com-prehensive losses.

Two resolution plans havebeen received for the airlineand those are under evaluation.

In 2018-19, the airline's totalincome declined to Rs23,314.11 crore from Rs23,958.37 crore in the year-agofiscal, according to a regulato-ry filing.

Total expenses surged to Rs28,141.61 crore in 2018-19,mainly on account of higherfuel costs.

After stopping operations onApril 18, the airline went intoCorporate InsolvencyResolution Process (CIRP) inJune 2019.

The financial statementshave been signed by JetAirways ResolutionProfessional AshishChhawchharia.

In a statement, that is part ofthe regulatory filing,Chhawchharia said he was notin a position to provide theconsolidated financial results,as the subsidiaries of the com-pany are separate legal entities,also currently non-operationaland that he was facing hugedifficulty in obtaining rele-vant data from the said sub-sidiaries.

The results for the yearended March 2019 were sub-

mitted to the stock exchangespast midnight on Tuesday.

All the directors, CEO, CFOand company secretary hadresigned from their respectivepositions in the company priorto commencement of the CIRP.

"Resolution plans have beenreceived from two resolutionapplicants on July 21, 2020,which are currently underevaluation. Pending outcomeof the CIRP, financial state-ments of the company havebeen prepared ongoing con-cern basis," the filing said.

The last date for submissionof resolution plans was July 21.

Shares of the airline droppednearly 5 per cent to its lowesttrading permissible limit forthe day at Rs 29.10 apiece onthe BSE.

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State-owned PFC said it hassigned an agreement with theIndian Institute ofTechnology- Kanpur for train-ing, research, and entrepre-neurship development insmart grid technology. As perthe memorandum of associa-tion, the PFC will providefinancial assistance of Rs 2.38crore (Rs 2,38,97,000) to IIT-K under its CSR initiative. The

objective of the pact is to pro-vide support to IIT-K in devel-oping infrastructure forresearch and development onsmart grid technology, RMurahari, Executive Director(CSR&SD), PFC, said.

As part of the project, theIIT-K will also provide trainingon smart grid technology to 90participants and provide fel-lowship to nine selected candi-dates for development of ideason smart grid technology.

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Hetero Labs, part of Heterogroup on Wednesdayannounced the launch ofgeneric Favipiravir in Indiaunder the brand name'Favivir.'

According to a pressrelease issued by the city-based drug maker, Heterohas been granted the man-ufacturing and marketingapproval for Favipiravirfrom the Drug ControllerGeneral of India (DCGI).

Favivir is the second drugdeveloped by Hetero afterCovifor (Remdesivir) usedin the treatment of COVID-19.

It is an oral antiviral med-ication that has demonstrat-ed positive clinical out-comes.

Favivir improves treat-ment accessibility to a signif-icant amount of COVID-19patient population, whichusually sustains mild tomoderate symptoms.

Hetero's Favivir is pricedat Rs 59 per tablet and ismarketed and distributedby Hetero Healthcare Ltd.

The product is availablefrom July 29 at all retailmedical outlets and hospitalpharmacies across the coun-try and will be sold only onprescription, it said.

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Stating that the uncertainty dueto the coronavirus pandemicwill continue, Apollo TyresChairman and ManagingDirector Onkar S Kanwar hassaid he doesn't see an early endto the 'new normal'.

In view of a bleak global,Indian and European outlook,the tyre major has adopted a"cautious approach" with focuson employee safety, conservingcash, re-engineering produc-tion and cutting down allavoidable costs while continu-ing to spend on R&D, e-train-ing and brand building, amongothers.

"FY20 was a tough year by allmeasures. While the autoindustry had been on a slowgrowth path even in FY19, thelast year proved to be a com-plete dampener for the indus-try due to poor consumer sen-

timent, increased cost of own-ership on account of higherinsurance cost, and higherfinancing cost owing to the liq-uidity crisis in the non-bank-ing financial company (NBFC)sector," Kanwar said in hisaddress to shareholders in thecompany's annual report for2019-20.

He, however, said the com-pany is still bullish about theeconomy bouncing back and"did see signs of a recovery in

the third quarter, but the fourthquarter witnessed headwindsin the form of the COVID-19outbreak and the subsequentnation-wide lockdown".

"India saw its economicgrowth hitting an 11-year lowof 4.2 per cent for FY20, evenas the auto industry sales fell 18per cent, adversely impactingthe entire tyre industry, which,in turn, declined by 8 per cent,in terms of total tyres manufac-tured," Kanwar said.

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The country's largest carmak-er Maruti Suzuki India onWednesday reported first everquarterly loss since becomingpublic 17 years back with aconsolidated net loss of Rs268.3 crore for the first quar-ter ended June 30, hit hard bycoronavirus pandemic.

The auto major, which gotlisted way back in July 2003,had posted a consolidated netprofit of Rs 1,376.8 crore in theApril-June quarter of 2019-20.

Net sales declined to Rs3,679 crore in the first quarteras against Rs 18,738.8 crore inthe year-ago period, MSI said

in a statement.On a standalone basis, the

company reported a net loss ofRs 249.4 crore for the firstquarter ended June 30.

It had posted net profit of Rs1,435.5 crore on standalonebasis in April-June of 2019-20.

The auto major's net salesduring the period underreview declined to Rs 3,677.5

crore, as compared to Rs18,735.2 crore in the year-agoperiod.

During the first quarter,MSI sold a total of 76,599 vehi-cles. Sales in the domesticmarket stood at 67,027 units,while exports were at 9,572units. The company had sold4,02,594 units in the first quar-ter previous fiscal.

"Owing to the global pan-demic of COVID-19, it was anunprecedented quarter in thecompany's history wherein alarge part of the quarter hadzero production and zero salesin compliance with a lockdownstipulated by the government,"MSI said.

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Hyundai Motor India Ltd(HMIL) on Wednesday saidit has received over 55,000bookings for the recentlylaunched all new version ofCreta. “Ever since its launchin 2015, Creta has been abenchmark in the industry, ahousehold name that hasrepresented distinction andsuccess for over 4.85 lakh val-ued customers," HMILDirector (Sales, Marketingand Service) Tarun Garg said.

With the launch of newCreta in March, the compa-ny has once again redefinedSUV leadership in the seg-ment and established itssupremacy, recording over55,000 bookings and morethan 20,000 customers injust four months.

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South Korean tech majorSamsung on Wednesdaysaid it expects 10 per centof India sales to be drivenby its online store by theend of next year, as it bringsin new programmes on itswebsite to woo various seg-ments of consumers.

"For Samsung, theOnline Store(Samsung.com) is a keyfocus area for growth andwe are targeting 10 percent of our overall businessin mobiles and consumerelectronics through thisimportant channel ,”Samsung India Senior VicePresident Asim Warsi said.

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India ranked second, behindSingapore, in terms of 'drive-by download' attack volume inthe Asia-Pacific region in 2019,according to a report byMicrosoft.

'Drive-by download' attacksinvolve downloading mali-cious code onto an unsuspect-ing user's computer when theyvisit a website or fill up a form.The malicious code that is

downloaded is then used bythe attacker to steal passwordsor financial information.

While the volume of suchattacks in the Asia-Pacificregion declined 27 percent from 2018,India moved fromthe 11th position tothe second spot (with140 per cent increase),the report titled'Microsoft SecurityEndpoint Report

2019' said.It added that cybercriminals

remain focused

on stealing financial informa-tion or intellectual property.

Cybercriminals capitalise ondrive-by download techniqueto target the organisations andend-users with the objective tosteal valuable financial infor-mation or intellectual proper-ty," Microsoft India GroupHead and Assistant GeneralCounsel (Corporate, Externaland Legal Affairs) KeshavDhakad said in a virtual brief-ing.

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Supermajors BP Plc and Totalof France may not bid for theacquisition of BharatPetroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) asforeign investors weigh inflex-ible locations of company's oilrefineries as well as toughlabour laws against access toworld's fastest-growing fuelmarket.

Among the probables whocould bid to buy government'sentire 52.98 per cent stake inIndia's third-biggest oil refin-er and second-largest fuelretailer at the close of biddingon Friday include Russianenergy giant Rosneft or itsaffiliates, Saudi Arabian OilCompany (Saudi Aramco) and

billionaire Mukesh Ambani'soil-to-telecom conglomerateReliance Industries Ltd (RIL),multiple sources said.

Top consideration forinvestors is the USD 10 billionor around Rs 75,000 croreprice tag at current marketprice and after including therequirement to make an openoffer for additional 26 percent stake from shareholderspost buying out of the govern-

ment share, they said. Thisprice would give buyer owner-ship of BPCL's three refineries- Mumbai, Kochi in Kerala andBina in Madhya Pradesh -16,309 petrol pumps, 6,113LPG distributor agencies andmore than a fifth of 256 avia-tion fuel stations in the coun-try. The nationwide ready-made fuel retailing networkthat controls 22 per cent mar-ket share is the most lucrativepart of the deal, a source awareof the bidding process said.

"But the company's refineriesare at inflexible locations partic-ularly the ones at Mumbai andKochi where getting addition-al land for expansion or petro-chemical unit additions wouldbe near to impossible," he said.

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Mahindra group-owned Italianautomotive design majorPininfarina on Wednesday saidit has partnered with batterymanufacturer Britishvolt tocreate United Kingdom's firstgigaplant at former RAF baseof Bro Tathan, Wales.

Under the partnership,Pininfarina will ensure thatBritishvolt's gigaplant is both fitfor purpose, and an elegantrepresentation of the future ofthe UK's automotive industry,the company said in a state-ment.

Commenting on the collab-oration, Britishvolt CEO and

Founder Orral Nadjari said thecompany's aim is to becomethe world's first zero-carbonbattery manufacturer, aligns

perfectly with Pininfarina'sexpertise in creating green,high-tech and innovative envi-ronments.

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Equity benchmark Sensexplunged 422 points onWednesday as profit-bookingemerged in index heavy-weights Reliance Industriesand HDFC Bank. The BSESensex ended 421.82 points or1.10 per cent lower at38,071.13, while the NSE Niftytumbled 97.70 points or 0.86per cent to 11,202.85. RelianceIndustries was the top loser inthe Sensex pack, droppingnearly 4 per cent, followed byNestle India, HCL Tech,M&M, HDFC Bank, Marutiand Tech Mahindra. On theother hand, IndusInd Bank,Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, BajajFinance, L&T and SBI wereamong the gainers.

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The outlook for India’s reelingeconomy has worsened againas business activity slows andCOVID-19 infections soar, andwill probably prompt theReserve Bank of India to cutinterest rates again soon, aReuters poll of economistssuggests.The latest findingsecho recent criticism of NewDelhi’s $266 billion economicrescue package, which does notinclude new spending, taxbreaks or cash support, sug-gesting more will be needed toturn the economy around.

With India now the third-worst-hit country by number ofinfections after the UnitedStates and Brazil, the risk ofrenewed lockdowns after a

nationwide shutdown inMarch-May has risen.

The Indian economy is nowlikely to contract this quarterand next and in this fiscal yearas a whole, according to theJuly 20-28 poll of nearly 60economists. Growth had beenexpected for all of those peri-ods except the second quarterin the previous poll, taken inApril.

“India’s failure to contain thespread of the coronavirus, andthe government’s underwhelm-ing support package for firmsand households, means theeconomy will suffer its largestdrop in output on record thisyear,” said Darren Aw, Asiaeconomist at CapitalEconomics in Singapore.

In the quarter just gone by,

the Indian economy is forecastto have shrunk 20.0% - the firstdouble-digit contraction sinceofficial quarterly data startedbeing released in the mid-1990s. It will then contract6.0% and 0.3% in the current

and following quarters, respec-tively, according to the poll.

That compared to a -5.2%forecast for the last quarter inthe April 23 poll, followed by0.8% and 4.2% growth in thecurrent and next quarters,

respectively.For the current fiscal year,

Asia’s third-largest economyis forecast to shrink 5.1%, acomplete turnaround from the1.5% growth predicted in theprevious poll. It would be theweakest performance since1979.

Under a worst-case scenario,the economy is forecast tohave contracted 30.0% in theApril-June quarter, and toshrink 10.0%, 4.0% and 9.1% inthe current and next quartersand this fiscal year, respective-ly.

“The health crisis is yet to beaddressed and is spreadinggeographically, which has led tore-initiation of lockdowns andrestrictions in many parts ofthe country,” said Prithviraj

Srinivas, chief economist atAxis Capital in Mumbai.

“With the health crisis yet tobe contained, we cannot hopefor a smooth recovery.”

When asked how long wouldit take for India’s gross domes-tic product to reach pre-COVID-19 levels, a slightmajority of economists, 23 of44, said within two years.

Only seven respondents pre-dicted it would happen withina year, while the remaining 14said it would take two years ormore.

Inflation is expected to aver-age 4.5% this fiscal year, andthe RBI is forecast to cut therepo rate by another 25 basispoints at its Aug. 4-6 meeting,and once more next quarter, toa record low of 3.50%.

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op leadership and professionalskills, and have fun throughservice, across the globe. TheRotaractors of Rotaract Clubof Secunderabad which is apart of the RotaryInternational District 3150, isthe world’s second-oldest clubthat began back in 1968.

The members of the club,on an average, are as young as20-30 years old, but one caneasily mistake their minds tobe that of a 40-year-old. Frombig cities to rural villages,these youngsters, who comefrom different backgrounds,professional fields, religions,etc., are changing communi-ties like yours.

This is how their normalday goes about: deciding howto organize and run theirclubs, manage their ownfunds, and plan and carryingout activities and service pro-jects. They also sponsor offerguidance and support andwork with other clubs andeven other organisations andNGOs as partners in service.

Take their president RajaRajeshwari, for instance. All of23, a practising lawyer and afounder of the NGO Shikara,she has the time, energy andwill, to not just contribute butalso lead a team of severalpeople, older and younger,who have the same commit-ment and dedication. “Havingstudied in a missionaryschool, St. Anns, I wasexposed to social work sincemy formative years and wasvolunteering for variousorganisations. Working forthis came almost naturally forthis,” Rajeshwari shares.

The youngsters’ field ofwork is a vast area, that has noboundaries or limitations.

“Any volunteer can put for-ward an idea to help any sec-tion of society. We then workaround it, pool in resources,manpower, plan, strategise,and execute the idea. We alsoshare it with and for other dis-tricts, and some of our ideashave helped cities and villagesthroughout the world. If we’reever unable to materialise theidea, we are more than willingto, and have, shared the ideawith other organisations thatcan help take it forward. Atthe end of the day, it’s notabout who does it, but if it hasbeen done and has impactedand helped lives,” Rajeshwaritells us.

One of their ideas includesthe ‘Share Care Smile’ projectconceptualised by Rajeshwariherself. One how it camethrough, she says, “Afterextensive research, I foundthat unlike private schools,government schools don’t giveaway new notebooks to theirstudents or even stationary.That’s when I thought, privateschool students, can give at

least one or two of their manynotebooks or pencils.Principals and students ofschools in Hyderabad

responded so well, that after apoint, we had to go lookingfor schools to donate thesebooks!” The initiative spreadto different countries in theworld including Bangladesh,Srilanka, and Pakistan, amongothers.

On World NatureConservation Day on July 28,they taught the world how torecycle and reuse plastic. “Wewant to raise awareness on theharmful effects of using plasticby showing how we canreduce and reuse plastic prac-tically without having to makesudden and costly shifts to ourlifestyle and consumption,”shares Rajeshwari. “We’reasking people to collectthe plastic they, use,instead of discard andgive it back to themanufacturer. Theywill then sanitisethe material andreuse,” she adds.

VaibhaviAcharya, VicePresident of theclub, says that as ateam, they havealways believed ingiving somethingback to the communi-ty because they’re part ofit, serving the communitythey are living in, is impor-tant. On her journey, sheshares, “I was always intriguedby people who contribute tothe community and who werecommitted to social service.When my friend introducedme to Rotaract, I was interest-ed to join right away. I havelearnt a lot, especially aboutmy individual self, and byinteracting with so many peo-ple, I have learnt so muchfrom their inspiring stories. Ihope to continue serving thecommunity and learn moreabout it in the process becauseit’s never too late to learn.”

This community of youngleaders believes that it is an

activity of giving and taking,where one is either learning orteaching through thisexchange of ideas and respon-sibilities. They’re currentlyrevamping their club andhope to make it more brim-ming with ideas and energy,with individuals of commit-ment, dedication, profes-sionalism, and accountabili-ty, that care of people aroundthem and each other too.They also have regular fel-lowships, award ceremonies,district assembly, and funevents to

keepthem going.

They have been in servicefor 53 years now and look for-ward to more years in thefuture and need youngsters tocarry forward the legacy. Ifyou wish to be a member ofthis community, all you haveto do is either reach out tothem during their recruitmentdrive or contact them via [email protected] submit your data includ-ing your name, birthday, con-tact details, and proofs of thesame.

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neighbours and relatives, adignified farewell is beingdenied to the deceased, andtwo, the services providers areunscrupulously charging anexorbitant fee for their ser-vices. At times, even the kithand kin are shunning theirown to give a dignifiedfarewell.

While many are shunningthe dead, city NGO, HelpingHand Foundation, which hasbeen taking up various reliefworks during the pandemic,has come forward to take up afirst of its kind, complete lastrite services for COVID andnon-COVID cases too.

This will be the first suchprofessional service in theMuslim community launchedat the most crucial junctureduring the pandemic, wherefamilies are facing many chal-

lenges right from arrangingtransportation to performingall the rituals required for adecent burial. Everyone inthe process is demandinghigher than normal chargesfor their services takingadvantage of the situation.

The ambulances will run24x7 from hospital to homeand from home to eithergraveyard, crematorium, andcemetery, and each of themwill have collapsible stretch-ers, plastic sheets to cover thestretcher and will adhere tothe highest sanitation stan-dards in ensuring safe dispos-al of the bodies as per thecentral government guidelinesfor the pandemic. All thevehicles will be connected byGPS and monitored through adedicated helpline:9603540864 / 8977898706.

“Full services will be pro-vided for performing the lastrites as per Muslim traditionsin which the body is givenGusool as per pandemicguidelines, transported to the

graveyard, funeral prayers areperformed and the deceasedis laid to rest in the grave,”said Fareed Faheem, ManagerAdmin, HR and Logistics,Helping Hand Foundation.

The NGO has tied withvarious Muslim socio-reli-gious organisations, Masajidsand Markaz which have facili-ties for last rites, and othervoluntary groups who willassist in performing the lastrites as per the religious ritu-als within the pandemicguidelines at the graveyards.Most of the Muslim COVIDdeceased are being buried atBalapur graveyard specificallymarked for COVID purposes,however, other graveyardsalthough overwhelmed areaccepting COVID cases too.

All the drivers operatingthe ambulance have under-gone training on emergencymedical operations, have beenequipped with PPEs, disinfec-tant sprayers, garbage bags fordisposal of Lenin and PPEs,Water Cans, soaps for wash-

ing and every ambulance aftereach trip will be fumigated atthe NGO head office time totime, this is to ensure thathighest safety, sanitation, andprotection standards are fol-lowed as per the centralguidelines published by theMinistry of Health andFamily Welfare, GOI.

“There is a sense of fearand stigma in handling thelast rites, we are seeing thesame trauma for even fornon-COVID deaths and wethought it is important tohelp the distressed families inthis crucial hour in arrangingthe last rites with dignity,”said Mr. Mujtaba HasanAskari of Helping HandFoundation.

A nominal charge of Rs 3,000 and not exceeding Rs 5000 depending on the dis-tance will be charged to coverthe cost of PPEs, Masks, disin-fection, sanitisers, drivers'salaries, and fuel at no profit-no loss basis and free servicesfor the weaker sections.

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aking his debut asa leading manwith Love Life &Pakodi, BimalKartheek Rebbadiffers from other

aspiring actors in that heruns a startup in Bengaluruthat is valued at Rs 300 crore.The Hyderabad lad’s firstlove, however, remained act-ing. Courtesy his familywhich always ensured theycatch a movie every weekendat RTC ‘X’ Roads, he wasdrawn towards movies. It ranlike a tradition in the family,he smiles. “Even the conver-sations around the dinnertable centered on movies.They would begin and endwith punch dialogues. Fromgossip to critique, we contin-uously discussed movies. Iused to study at Ramaiahnear Nallakunta. There weretimes where I skipped classesto catch movies at crossroads, as cinema interestedme a lot. Growing up, Ialways wanted to act, writeand direct.”

Despite being a bright stu-dent in academics, Kartheeknever lost touch with arts. “Iused to write plays and par-

ticipate in them as an actor.Whenever there was a chanceI took part in script discus-sions as well. Plus, I wroteTeenage Temptation segmentfor TV9. I never differentiat-ed between on screen and offscreen. I just wanted to getengaged with the magic ofstorytelling,” he shares.

Lack of connections in theindustry meant that he want-ed to stand on his feet beforehe focuses attention to hisfirst love. “To be associatedwith acting at one point inmy life, I needed to do some-thing somewhere else and beready with the resources. Iwanted to be a part of new-age cinema and I wanted tobe vocal about it. As I didn’thave any contacts in theindustry, I felt the need tomake my own way. I knewthe path would be longer butI was prepared for it,” herecounts.

After completing his engi-neering in JNTU, Hyderabad,Kartheek pursued MBA inMumbai. He later foundedTrell, a lifestyle-community-commerce platform thatallows users to share theirexperiences, recommenda-

tions, and reviewsacross various cate-gories includinghealth and fitness,beauty and skin-care, travel, moviereviews, cook-ing, and home-décor, inBengaluru. Itallows users to cre-ate five-minutevideos in their nativelanguages. “Trell isone of the top threeapps in India at pre-sent. 150 peoplework for it,” heinforms.

With an eye on business,he continued pursuing actingtrials in Bengaluru, givingauditions whenever there wasan opening. It was through afriend he got to know aboutthe lead role opening indebutant director JayanthGali’s Love Life & Pakodi. “Igave a good audition andafter careful evaluation ofdifferent talents, Jayanthhanded over the role of Arunto me,” he claims, adding thathis mother was in for a shockwhen he told about landingthe film."She still doesn't

believe that I’ve done amovie. She doesn’t know the(film’s) story, but is excited.”

Kartheek admits the work-shops before the film wentinto production helped himto understand his character’sback-story in detail. “Thefilm’s characters were subtleand real-age people, so wehad to maintain a good bal-ance in portraying emotionsand expressing more througheyes. The workshops wereextremely useful in getting anunderstanding of my role’straits and how he would reactto certain situations,” he

notes.Love Life & Pakodi narrates

the journey of a couple(played by Kartheek and new-bie Sanchitha Poonacha) whoface complications and confu-sions out of their bond whilerediscovering themselves atevery step. Giving a peek intohis part, the actor, who took asmall break from his businessto feature in the film, reveals,“Arun is that quintessentialboy who everyone can relateto but he is put in a uniquesituation that no one hasexperienced. How he reacts toit forms the role.”

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occasion of the actor's 61stbirthday on Wednesday.The makers pointed outthat the Bollywood super-star’s look was inspired byvikings who were famousfor their brutal ways asthey raided and traded tosurvive.

Sporting a beard andbraided hairstyle with atattooed face and holding

what appears to be metalsceptre, Dutt appearedevery bit menacing. Hisrole aspires to be the rulerof Kolar gold mines.Revealing the look, film’sdirector Prashanth Neelwrote on Twitter,‘ADHEERA’ — Inspired bythe brutal ways of thevikings Happy Birthday@duttsanjay baba, thankyou for being a part of#KGFCHAPTER2.Looking forward to ourcraziest schedule soon.#AdheeraFirstLook (sic).”

Later, sharing the poster,

Dutt extended his thanksto the entire team of KGFand wrote, “It’s been apleasure working on thisfilm and I couldn’t haveasked for a better birthdaygift.”

Headlined by Yash, KGFChapter 2 also starsRaveena Tandon andSrinidhi Shetty amongothers. A production ven-ture of Vijay Kiragandurunder his banner HombaleFilms, it will be released infive languages — Kannada,Telugu, Hindi, Tamil andMalayalam.

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Police would probe thetransactions made from hisbank account and interro-gate several people in thematter.

A top Bihar Police offi-cer said that the policeteam from Bihar has metsenior officers of the

Bandra police station, whohave assured them of fullcooperation and askedthem to meet the con-cerned DCPs in connec-tion with the probe.

He said the police mighttake action if they are notsatisfied with the answersabout the transactionsmade from the late actor’sbank account. Along withthis, the team will alsoinvestigate why didSushant change his SIM

frequently and look intothe call detail records(CDRs) of all the numbersused by him.

The top cop said that thecase registered in Mumbaiwas of suicide, while inPatna the case has beenfiled under various sec-tions of the law, includingfraud.

The doctors who weretreating Sushant will alsobe interrogated, he added.

Sushant’s father K.K.

Singh had filed an FIR atthe Rajiv Nagar police sta-tion here on July 25, accus-ing Rhea Chakraborty,Indrajit Chakraborty,Sandhya Chakraborty,Shauvik Chakraborty,Samuel Miranda, andShruti Modi of abetment tosuicide, fraud and holdingSushant hostage.

The FIR alleges thatRhea left Sushant’s homeafter taking Sushant’s cred-it cards, jewellery, money,

laptop and doctors’reports, among otherthings. There is also amention of Rs 15 crore get-ting transferred to variousunknown accounts fromSushant’s bank account.

Meanwhile, actor RheaChakraborty’s lawyer hasfiled a petition on herbehalf, requesting that theinvestigation into the deathof her boyfriend SushantSingh Rajput be transferredto Mumbai.

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tions of arriving forPongal, the makers ofAkhil Akkineni and PoojaHedge-starrer Most EligibleBachelor, directed byBommarillu Baskar, onWednesday unveiled abrand new poster from the

film, while simultaneouslystating that they are look-ing at Pongal 2021 as therelease date.

In a statement, the mak-ers announced the film is70 percent wrapped up anda new schedule will com-mence once coronaviruscases dip. It seems the leadpair is ready to shoot buttaking into considerationthe outside factors, pro-ducers Bunny Vas and

Vasu Varma decided towait for some more time.

Meanwhile, the makersindicated that the film’smusic has been recordedand the post-productionwill begin soon. Also fea-turing Aamani, MuraliSharma, Jayaprakash,Pragathi and SudigaliSudheer in supportingroles, the film marksBaskar’s return to directionafter four years.

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year, has signed a newmovie, the muhurat ofwhich was held inHyderabad on Wednesday.Actor Naga Shaurya sound-ed the clapper-board for thefirst shot before extendinghis best wishes to the wholeunit. To mark the directorialdebut of Rams Rathod, theuntitled film is a productionventure of T NarasimhaPatel under Jaya DurgadeviMultimedia banner.

Speaking later, Rathodsaid Sivaji Raja loved thestory. About Vijay, he saidthe actor is a perfect fit forboth mass and class content.“His energy levels are high.Tamanna Vyas is a top hero-ine in Orissa and is a goodactor,” he noted.

Having gone on to floorsWednesday itself, the film,

featuring Satyam Rajesh,Venkat Narayana, Sana,Ananth, Chammak Chandraand Mirchi Hemanth insupporting roles, will beshot across Hyderabad,Visakhapatnam, Chennai,Munnar and Goa. GyaniSingh is composing thesoundtrack comprising fivesongs.

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that smaller teams get to play regular inter-national cricket as in a world scarred byCOVID-19, only India, Australia andEngland have the resources to stage gamesin bio-secure bubbles.

The cricketing fraternity has lauded theWest Indies' decision to tour England amidthe pandemic. The three Test-series, whichEngland won 2-1 on Tuesday, markedresumption of international cricket.

“If something doesn’t happen soon we’llsee less international cricket being playedby smaller countries because we simply can'tafford it. We’ve gone from having four, five-match series, down to two and three,”Holder said after the conclusion of the thirdTest here.

“And it’s very difficult to host any morethan that for us, particularly the Caribbean.So yeah, it is a serious dilemma that we’refaced with. I think the relevant personnelreally need to sit down and have a look atit,” he added.

The West Indies were confined to justtwo venues — Manchester andSouthampton -- during the eight-week tour.Both teams stayed on site.

Holder hopes that England too will rec-iprocate their gesture and tour the

Caribbean soon.“We only really make money from

England, and I think India. We break evenwith Pakistan and Australia, and all the restof the series we play are losses. But in thesetrying times only England, Australia andIndia can probably host cricket,” he said.

“Outside of that, the smaller territoriesare struggling financially to get cricket on...Ifthere's an opportunity for England to

come over to the Caribbean before the endof the year, I‘m sure that would help signif-icantly for Cricket West Indies’ financialrecords.”

The West Indies players and staff havehad to take pay cuts due to the financialimpact of COVID-19 on their board.

“It’s been a tough couple of years inWest Indies cricket financially. We’ve pret-ty much had to take a pay cut, so if it's pos-sible to host a tour before the end of 2020,it would probably keep us afloat as an organ-isation,” Holder said when asked about thecurrent situation.

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Skipper Joe Root says his teammates “should feellucky” sharing the dressing room with James

Anderson and Stuart Broad, adding that there isno better place for a youngsters to learn the tricksof the trade than watching the veteran pace duooperate.

Broad followed the footsteps of Anderson tojoin the elite 500 Test wicket club, a landmarkachieved by only by six others in cricket history.

The duo has been leading England's bowlingattack for years and is considered as one of themost successful fast bowling pairs in world crick-et.

“We’re looking at two of England’s bestbowlers of all time. To be playing in the same teamas both of them - we’ve got to understand howlucky we are to be watching them go about theirbusiness,” Root was quoted as saying by ‘SkySports’.

“Playing alongside them, seeing them oper-ate day in, day out - it couldn’t be a better placefor a young fast bowler to come in and learn theirtrade.”

Earlier, Root had urged naysayers to write offAnderson and Broad individually at their ownperil even though he dropped hints that their daysas a pair may be over.

“It’s a real privilege to play alongside bothJimmy and Stuart and hopefully that’s going tohappen for a lot longer as well,” Root added.

Broad, who was dropped from the openingTest in Southampton, silenced his critics by puttingup scintillating performances in the remaining twoTests, to help England clinch a series victoryagainst West Indies.

In the series deciding third Test, Broadclaimed his international career's third 10-wick-

et haul, ending with match figures of 10-67. Hewas also adjudged player of the series alongsideWest Indies’ Roston Chase.

“For him to come back into the team and havesuch an impact is testament to how good a play-er he’s been for England over such a long periodof time,” Root said.

“It sums Stuart up, he seems to get on thosehot streaks and have a real impact in games andI’m really pleased for him to get to that milestone- 500 Test wickets is a phenomenal achievement.

“He’s the sort of guy that really grabs a gameand wrestles it in your favour. He wants to be partof those big occasions and he wants to take theball when you’re up against it. There are so manydifferent occasions he's done that,” Root added.

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Pacer Chris Woakes isEngland’s “unsung hero”

who just goes quietly abouthis business while the likesof Stuart Broad, JamesAnderson and Jofra Archersteal the spotlight, feels for-mer skipper Alec Stewart.

Woakes grabbed fivewickets to help Englandbowl out West Indies for 129in the second innings of thefinal Test as the hostsclaimed the Wisden Trophywith a 2-1 series victory.

Stewart said Woakes,who has been a consistentperformer, claiming 106wickets from 35 Tests, isoften deprived of the recog-nition he deserves.

“He’s almost the unsunghero of the England set-upbecause we talk about Broadand Anderson then the paceof Archer and Wood, whereas Woakes just goes quietlyabout his business,” Stewartsaid on ‘Sky Sports’.

“I’m pleased he finishedwith a five-for because a lotof the time his performances

go under the radar com-pared to these perceivedbigger players,” he added.

Stewart said the the 31-year-old all-rounder hasbeen outstanding inEngland, and the fact that hewas picked in the playing XIfor the series decider againstWest Indies speaks for itself.

“I’m a massive fan ofWoakes, especially inEngland. His record inEngland is outstanding. It’sa real feather in his cap thathe got the nod when ChrisSilverwood said ‘we arepicking our very best bowl-ing attack for this Test matchwe have to win,” he said .

The former wicketkeep-er, who featured in 133Tests and 170 ODIs between1989 to 2003 for England,reckons it will be a difficultfeat for young Sam Curranto chase Woakes’ spot in theTest side.

“Sam Curran playedone Test match and gotthree wickets, he wants tochase down Chris Woakes’slot but, at the moment,while Woakes is in thisform it is going to be verytough for Sam Curran to getin,” he said.

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Stuart Broad progressedseven places to grab thethird position among

bowlers in the latest ICCPlayer Rankings after a stellarshow in the final Test againstthe West Indies.

England won the thirdand final game by 269 runs toclinch the series 2-1.

The formerly top-rankedbowler, who finished with amatch haul of 10 for 67 dur-ing which he touched themilestone of 500 Test wickets,has reached his best positionsince August 2016 when hewas third.

The 34-year-old has alsogained seven places with thebat after his quick-fire 62 off45 balls in the first innings,the joint-third fastest forEngland in Test history, andrisen three places among all-rounders to 11th.

Indian cricketers, whohave not taken the field sinceMarch due to the COVID-19pandemic, retained their posi-tions in the top-10 of batsmenrankings.

Skipper Virat Kohliremains second in the bats-

men standings behind SteveSmith while CheteshwarPujara and Ajinkya Rahaneremain seventh and ninthrespectively.

In the list of all-rounders,Ravindra Jadeja andRavichandran Ashwin con-

tinue to occupy the third andfifth spot respectively.

However, with Broadmoving seven places to breakin to the top 10, India’s JaspritBumrah was pushed down aspot to be placed eighth in thebowlers list.

Another England bowlerto advance in the rankings wasChris Woakes, whose five-wicket haul in the secondinnings lifted him to 20thposition and a career-best rat-ing points tally of 654.

England opener RoryBurns gained 13 spots to reach17th position after scores of 57and 90 at Old Trafford, thefirst time the 29-year-old left-hander has moved into the top20.

Ollie Pope reached acareer-best 46th position,gaining 24 slots on the back ofhis 91 in his only innings ofthe match, while wicketkeep-er Jos Buttler’s knock of 67 lift-ed him from 50th to 44th.

For the West Indies, ShaiHope has gained two slots toreach 68th position whilepacer Kemar Roach hasmoved a place to reach 15thplace after grabbing four wick-ets in England’s first innings.

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Batting coach Younis Khan saidhe is working hard on the skills

of the lower-order batsmen as hebelieves a “fighting tail” will be cru-cial for Pakistan in the next month’sthree-Test series against England.

The series begins atManchester on August 5.

“If we have to win series inEngland, if we have to fightback,it is important that our tail-endersalso fight, which is the hallmark ofall successful teams,” Khan said,referring to the role of England’slower order in their 2-1 series vic-tory against West Indies.

“It’s not just the top six-sevenbatsmen. The tail-enders mustalso perform with the bat,” he saidduring a virtual press conference

on Tuesday.“We are working with our

bowlers, who bat at number 9, 10,11. They may not score a lot, butthey need to put up a fight with thebat,” he said.

“I think Abbas has nice bal-ance. I’m trying to make himtheir leader, so that he can guide

the tail-enders. We’ve been work-ing really hard on their batting -feeding them bouncers and york-ers in the nets.”

Top batsman Babar Azam willbe leading the batting for Pakistanand Younis said his job will to betake his game to the next level.

“He’s been a fantastic per-former for Pakistan with strongperformance in the last couple ofyears. I want him to bat longer,converting his 100 into 150 and150 into 200,” he said.

“Hopefully, he will end up asa legendary batsman. I don't thinkwe should put comparisons ofother players with Babar. All thiscould put unwanted pressure onhim. Babar has a class of his ownand I hope I can take him to thenext level.”

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England opener Jason Roy hassaid the Ireland ODI series

will give the team an opportunityto check out new faces in the rankswith an eye on the T20 World Cup,which has now been postponed tonext year due to the COVID-19pandemic.

It will be a young England sideled by Eoin Morgan which will takeon Ireland with many first teamstars like Ben Stokes, Joe Root andJofra Archer rested after the WestIndies Test series.

Speaking to Rob Key on the lat-est edition of the Sky Sports Cricketpodcast, the Surrey batsman said:“We’ve obviously got the T20

World Cup to work towards [in2021] and then we want to go onand win the following World Cup.

“This Ireland series is giving usan opportunity to see a lot of youngplayers — Tom Banton, SaqibMahmood and other players com-ing through and ones who haven’t

got a chance in the past.“It’s another opportunity to see

the raw talent coming through. Thetalent in the squad that we gottogether for the training campbefore the cut for this ODI serieswas scary," said Roy, an ODI WorldCup winner with England onhome soil in 2019.

“It was just so good to watch;that would have been a stinking jobfor the selectors to select out of that.It must have been so difficult.

“The process is the same againas it was for the last four years —build those foundations and thenfind what works.”

Roy said the T20 World Cup isat the forefront of England’s plansgoing ahead.

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Veteran Ireland all-rounder Kevin O’Brienfeels it is upto the younger crop now to take

cricket in the country to the next level.O’Brien, 36, is part of the 14-man squad to

face England in the first ODI of the three-matchseries that is scheduled to be played at Ageas Bowlhere on Thursday.

O’Brien wrote his name into Irish cricket-ing folklore with a magical innings againstEngland in Bangalore during the 2011 World Cupas he smashed a 50-ball century to set up a his-toric three-wicket win.

“It’s coming on 10 years now,” he said as quot-ed by ESPNcricinfo.

“It’s a little bit frustrating. It’s obviously a veryproud thing, and to talk and think about it doesgive me goosebumps. But I'd like to think I'vehad some performances since then to not just goback to one game.

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West Indies played into England'shands by asking the hosts to bat first inthe lost second and Third Tests, reckonslegendary pacer Courtney Walsh.

The legendary Caribbean pacemanfeels the West Indies played it safe afterwinning the opening match and it costthem the series.

The West Indies team won the open-ing Test by four wickets in Southamptonbut lost the second and third match at theOld Trafford to allow England to regainthe Wisden trophy.

“They were probably thinking ‘we’re1-0 up, let’s play safe and try not to losethe next two' and I think that played into

England’s hands, especially in the last onewith the history of the ground,” Walsh,who took 519 wickets in 132 Tests, toldSky Sports.

“To win the toss twice and not batfirst, it is a good question for them toanswer. I think it probably cost us.”

The 57-year-old Walsh, however,credited England for bouncing back afterthe defeat in the series-opener.

“But you still can’t take anything awayfrom England, they played some verygood cricket, they had some top-classbowlers and Broad came in with a pointto prove in the second Test and just con-tinued with that momentum. Oncemomentum swung England's way, theywere dominant,” he said.

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