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Credit rating counts if it is linked to performance and strong fundamentals, regard- less of the numbers assigned by specialized agencies or even the absence of numbers. The bonds that are being issued by the Telangana State govern- ment to raise funds, also known as State Development Loans (SDLs), seem to be in great demand, going by the response to the auctions of such bonds conducted by the Reserve Bank of India. Although almost all the States are selling bonds every month to raise funds, the ones issued by the TS government in par- ticular are selling like hot cakes. A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID-19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said research was at last providing “green shoots of hope” in treat- ing the virus, which has killed more than 400,000 people worldwide and infected more than 8 million. Trial results announced on Tuesday by researchers in Britain showed dexametha- sone, a generic drug used since the 1960s to reduce inflamma- tion in diseases such as arthri- tis, cut death rates by around a third among the most severe- ly ill coronavirus patients admitted to hospital. That makes it the first drug proved to save lives in fighting the disease. Countries are rushing to ensure that they have enough of it on hand, although medical officials say there is no shortage. Some doctors were cautious, citing possible side-effects and asking to see more data. A patient in Denmark received dexamethasone on Wednesday, local news agency Ritzau reported. The doctor who prescribed the drug said the medical profession was well acquainted with its side- effects. As usual, girls outperformed boys in the TS Intermediate Public Examination 2020, with the overall pass percentage being 68.86. Telangana's Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy announced the results of Intermediate 1st and 2nd year examinations here on Thursday. A total of 4,11,631 candi- dates appeared for the second year Intermediate exams and 68.86% of the students quali- fied for higher education. The first year students' pass percent- age is 60.01, with 4,80,555 of them appearing for the exams. Overall, girls outperformed boys in both the years in gen- eral as well as vocational cat- egories. As for the first year, 67.47% girls and 52.30% boys qualified; while in the second year, the pass percentage for girls is 75.15% and for boys it is 62.10%. The clamour to boycott China-made products grew in the country follow- ing the killing of 20 Indian Army per- sonnel by Chinese troops in a violent face-off in Ladakh's Galwan Valley, with two Union ministers on Thursday urging people not to go for Chinese products, even as the Indian Railways has decided to terminate a signalling contract worth Rs 471 crore given to a Chinese company in 2016. In a hardening of stance, sources said the government has decided to ask state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) not to use Chinese telecom gear in its 4G upgradation, which is being support- ed as part of the company revival package, while traders' body CAIT appealed to celebrities, including Bollywood actors, to stop endorsing products of Chinese brands as a mark of respect for the slain Indian soldiers. Sources privy to discussions being held in Department of Telecom said it has been decided that BSNL will be asked not to use Chinese equipment in the upgrada- tion to 4G network, which is being supported by its revival package. The department is likely to seek tweaking of the tender in this regard. A similar message will be conveyed to Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd , sources said. Moreover, the depart- ment is even considering urging pri- vate operators to bring down their dependence on Chinese-made tele- com equipment. TS bonds selling like hot cakes in RBI auction Home-bound children hit hard by poor ergonomics ''Stay home, stay safe," may sound OK if you are talking only about contracting Covid-19. It is no longer a truism if one consid- ers the disturbing fact that chil- dren who have had increased access to multiple devices and screentime in varied settings at home are now becoming victims of health problems linked to poor ergonomics. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced people to stay indoors. Schools, colleges and other edu- cational institutions have been shut for the past two and a half months. This period has wreaked havoc on many fami- lies medically, mentally and economically. The current Covid-19 situation has forced children to depend on online classes, training and meetings. Thus, children are spending more and more time on mobiles, laptops, PCs and other devices. Now, a new study, conduct- ed by visiting faculties of JNTU- Kakinada — Prof Maj S Bakhtiar Choudhary (retd), Ashad Bakhtiar Choudary, Sahera Jamal, Sanaa Jamal — has found that the increased access to, and use of, gadgets for study is affecting kids' health due to poor ergonomics. Ergonomics signi- fies an applied science con- cerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things inter- act most efficiently and safely. It is also called also biotechnolo- gy, human engineering and human factors. The team initially set up an online survey 60 days after the first day of lockdown in Hyderabad. In all, 186 children (aged between 10-17 years of both sexes) and their parents responded to the survey that covered duration of sitting, screentime, eye-monitor ergonomics, backrest, footrest, keyboard and mouse ergonom- ics, breaks during work, content, gadgets they used and problems encountered by them. Girls outperform boys in Inter results An IAS officer serving as GHMC's Khairatabad circle zonal commissioner tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. She has been under home quarantine since then. Her office has since been sanitized and sealed, with a few of the staff mem- bers also in quarantine. This is possibly the first case of an IAS officer testing posi- tive for coronavirus in the state. The source of her infec- tion is not yet know. As major developmental activities are under way in Khairatabad circle, the zonal commission- er has visited various places. A section officer in the Town Planning wing of the LB Nagar unit of GHMC has also test- ed positive for corona. Despite suffering from illness, the offi- cer has been attending duties over the past 10 days.Two junior doctors at Sarojini Hospital too tested positive. Use steroid for serious coronavirus cases: WHO Etala rejects plea for hike in Corona rates Amid shocking reports of pri- vate players fleecing people for Covid-19 tests and care, Health Minister Eatala Rajender has asked private hospitals to act with a sense of social responsibility at this critical time and provide ser- vices at the rates determined by the government. The Minister ruled out any changes in the cap on rates fixed by the state government. The state government Monday gave permission to ICMR-approved private labs and diagnostic centres to con- duct Covid-19 tests and capped the cost of test at Rs 2,200. The government also capped treatment cost at private hos- pitals. The cost per day for admis- sion in isolation ward in a pri- vate hospital has been capped at Rs 4,000. State reports 352 new Corona cases Telangana State witnessed yet another huge spike in Covid-19 cases on Thursday, with 352 more people testing positive for the virus. With this, the total number of Covid-19 cases in TS rose to 6,027 on Thursday. Among the fresh cases, 302 are from the GHMC area, 17 from Rangareddy, and 10 from Medchal. The death toll rose to 195, with three more people suc- cumbing to the virus. Strangely, the state government, which had given information on the number of tests conducted over the past two days, removed that vital bit of information from the bulletin on Thursday.i Congress bigwigs, including former deputy Chief Minister Damodara Rajanarsimha, Warangal DCC president Naini Rajender Reddy and senior leader V Hanumantha Rao met on Thursday and urged Bhadrachalam MLA Podem Veeraiah and Warangal DCC president Naini Rajender Reddy to hold on till June 24 before taking any precipitate steps. This follows rumours doing the rounds for the past three days that the MLA and the DCC chief have decided to quit Congress party, apparent- ly hurt at the ways of some senior leaders. Following the rumors, it is learnt that certain TRS and BJP leaders approached Naini Narasimha Reddy and Podem Veeraiah, saying doors of their respective parties are open to the two Congress leaders. The two leaders, however, reportedly told them that they have not yet made up their mind about which party to join.

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Credit rating counts if it islinked to performance andstrong fundamentals, regard-less of the numbers assigned byspecialized agencies or eventhe absence of numbers. Thebonds that are being issued bythe Telangana State govern-ment to raise funds, alsoknown as State DevelopmentLoans (SDLs), seem to be ingreat demand, going by theresponse to the auctions ofsuch bonds conducted by the

Reserve Bank of India.Although almost all the Statesare selling bonds every monthto raise funds, the ones issued

by the TS government in par-ticular are selling like hotcakes.

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A cheap steroid that can helpsave the lives of patients withsevere COVID-19 should bereserved for serious cases inwhich it has been shown toprovide benefits, the WorldHealth Organization said onWednesday.

WHO chief TedrosAdhanom Ghebreyesus saidresearch was at last providing“green shoots of hope” in treat-ing the virus, which has killedmore than 400,000 peopleworldwide and infected morethan 8 million.

Trial results announced onTuesday by researchers inBritain showed dexametha-sone, a generic drug used sincethe 1960s to reduce inflamma-tion in diseases such as arthri-tis, cut death rates by around

a third among the most severe-ly ill coronavirus patientsadmitted to hospital.

That makes it the first drugproved to save lives in fightingthe disease. Countries arerushing to ensure that theyhave enough of it on hand,although medical officials saythere is no shortage.

Some doctors were cautious,

citing possible side-effects andasking to see more data.

A patient in Denmarkreceived dexamethasone onWednesday, local news agencyRitzau reported. The doctorwho prescribed the drug saidthe medical profession waswell acquainted with its side-effects.

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As usual, girls outperformedboys in the TS IntermediatePublic Examination 2020, withthe overall pass percentagebeing 68.86. Telangana'sEducation Minister P SabithaIndra Reddy announced theresults of Intermediate 1st and2nd year examinations here onThursday.

A total of 4,11,631 candi-dates appeared for the secondyear Intermediate exams and

68.86% of the students quali-fied for higher education. Thefirst year students' pass percent-age is 60.01, with 4,80,555 ofthem appearing for the exams.

Overall, girls outperformedboys in both the years in gen-eral as well as vocational cat-egories. As for the first year,67.47% girls and 52.30% boysqualified; while in the secondyear, the pass percentage forgirls is 75.15% and for boys itis 62.10%.

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In a hardening of stance, sourcessaid the government has decided toask state-owned Bharat SancharNigam Ltd (BSNL) not to useChinese telecom gear in its 4Gupgradation, which is being support-ed as part of the company revivalpackage, while traders' body CAIT

appealed to celebrities, includingBollywood actors, to stop endorsingproducts of Chinese brands as a markof respect for the slain Indian soldiers.

Sources privy to discussionsbeing held in Department ofTelecom said it has been decidedthat BSNL will be asked not to useChinese equipment in the upgrada-tion to 4G network, which is beingsupported by its revival package.

The department is likely to seektweaking of the tender in this regard.A similar message will be conveyed toMahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd ,sources said. Moreover, the depart-ment is even considering urging pri-vate operators to bring down theirdependence on Chinese-made tele-com equipment.

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''Stay home, stay safe," maysound OK if you are talking onlyabout contracting Covid-19. It isno longer a truism if one consid-ers the disturbing fact that chil-dren who have had increasedaccess to multiple devices andscreentime in varied settings athome are now becoming victimsof health problems linked topoor ergonomics.

The Covid-19 pandemic hasforced people to stay indoors.Schools, colleges and other edu-cational institutions have been

shut for the past two and a halfmonths. This period haswreaked havoc on many fami-lies medically, mentally and

economically. The currentCovid-19 situation has forcedchildren to depend on onlineclasses, training and meetings.

Thus, children are spendingmore and more time on mobiles,laptops, PCs and other devices.

Now, a new study, conduct-ed by visiting faculties of JNTU-Kakinada — Prof Maj S BakhtiarChoudhary (retd), AshadBakhtiar Choudary, SaheraJamal, Sanaa Jamal — has foundthat the increased access to, anduse of, gadgets for study isaffecting kids' health due to poorergonomics. Ergonomics signi-fies an applied science con-cerned with designing andarranging things people use sothat the people and things inter-act most efficiently and safely. It

is also called also biotechnolo-gy, human engineering andhuman factors.

The team initially set up anonline survey 60 days after thefirst day of lockdown inHyderabad. In all, 186 children(aged between 10-17 years ofboth sexes) and their parentsresponded to the survey thatcovered duration of sitting,screentime, eye-monitorergonomics, backrest, footrest,keyboard and mouse ergonom-ics, breaks during work, content,gadgets they used and problemsencountered by them.

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Amid shocking reports of pri-vate players fleecing peoplefor Covid-19 tests and care,Health Minister EatalaRajender has asked privatehospitals to act with a sense ofsocial responsibility at thiscritical time and provide ser-vices at the rates determined bythe government.

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With many private schoolsand colleges resuming theiracademic operations duringthese testing times throughonline teaching methods, thegovernment wards from theprimary to the intermediatelevel are eagerly lookingtowards the government totake a call on the reopening ofeducational institutions.

Since the state governmentis yet to take a call on reopen-ing the educational institu-tions, the students, who arealready at their homes for thepast three and half months arefeeling leisure and their parentsare expressing apprehensionthat their children might losethe hang on the syllabus.

Usually, the reopening ofschools are slated in the secondweek of June and on the onsetof monsoon, the governmentdistributes textbooks and note

books to the students studyingin the government schools.Several charity organisationsalso undertake the notebooksand stationery distribution tothe poor through their gen-erosity and this process com-mences in the second week ofJune every year. But the Coronathreat has almost halted theacademic schedule in the gov-ernment educational institu-

tions and even the parents ofthe wards are in a dilemmawhat would be the futurecourse of their children's stud-ies in the coming academicyear.

As the government schools,and college network is unlike-ly to opt for the advancedtechnology at their school leveland the parents too may notafford the required online

study process, the govern-ment's decision in this regardhas become an imminent deci-sion in all the districts. It maybe recalled that fear and uncer-tainty, fuelled by the unyield-ing Covid-19 pandemic, ismounting among parents ofschoolchildren as ambiguitycontinues over whether schoolswill reopen physically beforethe virus is reined in complete-ly.

Most of them are worriedabout the safety of their wards,

with many not sure aboutwhether precautionary mea-sures such as face masks, handsanitisers and physical dis-tancing will be ensured andwhether these will be enoughto keep their children safefrom the Coronavirus.

Also, a fierce debate hasbroken out among parents andchild right activists over theCentre's proposal to startschools in a phased mannerfrom July 1. A final decision to'get back to school' will betaken after consultations withall stakeholders.

In light of this, an onlinepetition on change.org, by agroup called the 'ParentsAssociation' are opposing thegovernment's decision toreopen schools in July. Thepetition called 'No Schoolsuntil Zero Covid Case in theState or until Vaccines are out'is petitioned to Minister ofHRD, Government of Indiaand PS to Minister of HRD.

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Eateries and fast food centresin Warangal, KarImnagar andother major cities across dis-tricts in the state are lackingpatronage during the postlockdown period. Many cen-tres have not resumed opera-tions, while in some centres,the business failed to pick upin the usually crowded areaslike Hanamkonda andKarimnagar, even though thestate government eased restric-tions.

The chat points, mirchi ban-dis, Idli points and the fast foodcentres now wear a desertedlook with the lack of cus-tomers. According to a studyconducted by the WarangalSmall Hotels Association, the600 odd telas that were in forceduring the pre lockdown peri-od were catering to the needsof about 20 per cent of the cus-tomers of low income groupand slum dwellers. Mostly, theyouths used to throng the fastfood centres and eateries atAshoka junction ofHanamkonda and PochammaMaidan of Warangal but allthese points have suspendedtheir operations.

The fast food centres locat-ed in the NIT-WarangalCampus has almost suspend-ed its business and the furni-ture and other utensils at thecentre was put up for sale. The

tiffin centres however couldresume their operations andthere were customers in certainpoints on the outskirts of theurban area.

Even in Hanamkonda citylimits, about 20 Idli and tiffinpoints are operating businesswithout any hassle. Accordingto Adiraju Narsimha Rao, abusinessman operating the Idlipoint, the post lockdownrestrictions have curtailed theirbusiness almost half to theirregular business.

He said that usually his onepoint used to fetch him abusiness of Rs 20,000 a day, butit has come down to Rs 8,000now. Only the working classsection is opting the tiffinsfrom the vehicles, while the

middle class families, accord-ing to the survey, are avoidingoutside food.

The news of Gokul Chat'sowner testing positive forCorona has almost wiped outthe chat business inKarimnagar town as the fiftyodd centres in the main cen-tre of Geethabhavan junctionkept aloof from the business.

With no takers, businesshas almost reduced to ten percent in cities like Karimnagar,Ramagundam , Godavarikhaniand Nizamabad. The peopleare keeping aloof from the chatpoints. As the fast food centresare selling their furniture thefood and eateries business islikely to face a stiff challengein the coming days.

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Ministers KT Rama Rao,Singireddy Niranjan Reddy,Srinivas Goud on Thursdaychaired a review meeting onissues related to municipalitiesof erstwhile Mahbubnagar dis-trict at MCRHRD institute inHyderabad. The officials wereinstructed to give top priorityto sanitation, construction ofpublic toilets, and increasinggreen cover in these munici-palities.

In the meeting, KTR passedinstructions to bring about avisible change especially inthe newly formed municipal-ities. The officials and publicrepresentatives were giveninstructions to also take upsteps to control the spread ofseasonal diseases during thismonsoon.

Minister KTR stated that the

cities and towns in Telangananeed to undergo systematicdevelopment as the majority ofthe population in the state willmove to the cities in the com-ing years. KTR stated that theNew Municipal Act is citizen-centric and also said that theofficials must follow the pro-visions of this act without fail.In the meeting, the Ministersstated that the MA&UD

Department will soon conductthe Layout RegularisationScheme (LRS) melas in thenew municipalities for instantredressal of the issues by thecitizens.

In a directive passed before,the MA&UD Department stat-ed that this time the LRS facil-ity will be available only to thenewly formed municipalitiesand the villages that weremerged with these munici-palities. The scheme is beingimplemented in 43 newmunicipalities and will beavailable till September thisyear.

MLAs Laxma Reddy,Rajender Reddy, Chittem RamMohanReddy, VM Abraham,Ala Venkateshwar Reddy,Krishna Mohan Reddy, andMA&UD Principal SecretaryArvind Kumar participated inthe meeting.

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The State government is firmon developing BhadradriKothagudem district, TransportMinister P Ajay Kumar.Addressing a gathering afterlaying foundation stone for aRoad over Bridge (RoB) nearSarvaram and various develop-

ment works in Sujatha Nagarand Kothagudem mandals hereon Thursday, the Minister saidefforts were underway for allround progress of the district.Kothagudem MLA VanamaVenkateswar Rao has beenmaking efforts to develop thedistrict headquarters as a modeltown with all amenities, headded.

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There are 2,531 active cases nthe state. While 230 personswere discharged on Thursday,in total 3,301 persons have beendischarged till date. Instancesof the dreaded coronavirusinfection have been reportedfrom 14 districts of the state.

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The head of the WHO’s emer-gencies programme, MikeRyan, said the drug shouldonly be used in those seriouscases where it has been shownto help.

“It is exceptionally impor-tant in this case, that the drugis reserved for use in severelyill and critical patients who canbenefit from this drug clearly,”he told a briefing. Britain hasincreased the amount of dex-amethasone it has in stock andon order to 240,000 doses,Health Minister Matt Hancocksaid. Methylprednisolone, asteroid similar to but lesspotent than dexamethasone,has been used in Sweden sinceMarch, a Stockholm-baseddoctor told media.

The steroid was introducedto standard practice after itproved effective on a coron-avirus patient who wasn’tshowing signs of recoverywith other treatments, LarsFalk, of the New KarolinskaHospital, told Sweden’s DagensNyheter.The dexamethasonestudy’s results are prelimi-nary, but the researchersbehind the trial said it suggeststhe drug should become stan-

dard care in severely strickenpatients.

‘NO SILVER BULLET’For patients on ventilators,

the treatment was shown toreduce mortality by about athird, and for patients requir-ing only oxygen, deaths werecut by about one fifth, accord-ing to preliminary findingsshared with the WHO.

“This is the first treatmentto be shown to reduce mortal-ity in patients with COVID-19requiring oxygen or ventilatorsupport,” Tedros said in astatement late on Tuesday.

“WHO will coordinate ameta-analysis to increase ouroverall understanding of thisintervention. WHO clinicalguidance will be updated toreflect how and when thedrug should be used inCOVID-19,” the agencyadded.

South Korea’s top healthofficial expressed cautionabout dexamethasone and theEuropean Union andSwitzerland both said theywere awaiting more informa-tion.

An Italian expert said thatdexamethasone was no silverbullet.

TS bonds selling like hot cakes in RBI auctionContinued from Page 1

Bidders are vying with oneanother to purchase Telanganabonds, though they are beingoffered at interest rate that is aslow as 6.5%, against the usual8% to 10%. The TS govt hasalready raised Rs 10,500 crorethrough sale of bonds withinthree months of this fiscal2020-21 (April-May) to tideover the present financial crisis.

Finance Department offi-cials say this indicates the faithof lenders in the Telangana

government, accounting, taxcollections and efficientfinance management.

The previous auction ofbonds was held by RBI onJune 9. Neighbouring AndhraPradesh too had put up bondsworth Rs 1,000 for auction for4-year period (2024). Theinterest offered was 5.44 percent. The competitive bidsreceived for this were just 43and non-competitive bidsreceived were six.

The Telangana governmenthas put up bonds worth Rs

2,500 crore for auction foreight-year period (2028),offering interest of 6.99 percent.

The competitive bidsreceived for TS bonds were 89and non-competitive bidswere 15. The bonds sold at theauction carried an averageinterest rate of 6.65 per cent-- lesser than the 6.99 per centoffered by TS.

Normally, bonds of lesserduration are in huge demand,compared to those of longerduration. But TS bonds,

despite being issued for longerduration, are attracting morebidders than lower-durationbonds issued by other States.

Finance Department offi-cials say this trend indicatesthe confidence of investors inthe Telangana government'sstrong financials. They strong-ly believe in the TS govern-ment's repayment capacityeven after 8 to 20 years.

The TS government hasbeen issung bonds of 20-yearduration. These too areattracting investors.

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Twenty Indian Army personnel,including a colonel, were killedin a fierce clash with Chinesetroops in the Galwan Valley ineastern Ladakh on Mondaynight, the biggest military con-frontation between India andChina in over five decades.

Union minister Ram VilasPaswan appealed to people toboycott products from Chinaand also directed officials ofhis ministry not to procureany Chinese products for day-to-day office use while hisministerial colleague RamdasAthawale said all restaurantsand hotels that sell Chinesefood in India should be closeddown.Speaking to reporters,the Food and ConsumerAffairs Minister alsoexpressed concerns over ille-gal imports of sub-standardChinese products like diyasand furniture and said thegovernment would strictlyimplement the quality rulesframed by the BIS.

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Treatment without ventilatorin ICU room has been cappedat Rs 7,500 per day, whiletreatment with ventilator inICU has been capped at Rs9,000 per day. The costincludes monitoring and inves-tigations like CBC, Urine rou-tine, HIV spot, Anti HCV,HbsAg, Serum Creatinine,USG, 2D Echo, X-ray, ECG,Drugs, Consultations, Bedcharges, and meals. Procedureslike Ryle’s Tube insertion, uri-nary tract catheterisation arealso included.

Representatives of theTelangana Super SpecialtyHospital Association met theMinister on Thursday toexpress their concern over therates proposed by the govern-ment for treatment ofCoronavirus. They maintainedthat the rates are not viable forthem. They apparently told the

Minister that they cannot pro-vide treatment for Rs 9,000 perday in ICU, considering that itwould cost at least Rs 70,000 toprovide such treatment. Theypurportedly pointed out that(unlike in government hospi-tals) they do not compromiseon the quality of treatmentprovided by them and, there-fore, the rates suggested by thegovernment would be a bur-den on private hospitals. Therepresentatives also urged thegovernment to releaseAarogyasri-related dues.

However, the Governmentdecided not to change therates. Instead, the governmenthas offered to release pendingAarogyasri dues to privatehospitals. The Minister isunderstood to have asked theprivate hospitals to ensure thatthe rates are implemented atleast at the time of admissions.

Sources pointed out thatthe government has asked the

private hospitals to talk to thepatients about admissions toICU, comorbidities and viabil-ity. Eatala asked hospitals toprovide care to patients inICUs at government-deter-mined rates. He urged therepresentatives of the associa-tion to cooperate with thestate government in providingmedical treatment to peopleand instil confidence amongthe public. Eatala suggested tothe representatives that suchtreatment can be providedonly for symptomatic patients,while avoiding admissions ofasymptomatic patients as theycan go for home isolation. Hesaid coronavirus treatment hasbeen allowed in private hospi-tals only after a request fromthe public. Private hospitals aredeemed duty-bound to offertreatment. The Minister urgedthe association to follow reg-ulations with regard to PPEkits and medicines.

Girls outperformboys in Inter resultsContinued from Page 1

The Intermediate (general)results also showed improve-ment this year, compared tolast year. While 60.60% firstyear students passed in the2018-19 academic year, thisyear the pass percentage is61.07%. Similarly, 69.61% ofsecond year students passedthis time, compared to 64.93%last year.

The Telangana State Boardof Intermediate Education(TSBIE) said that 25,000 invig-ilators conducted exams fornearly 10 lakh students at1,339 exam centres. In all,15,000 evaluators successfullyvalued the answer scripts.

According to the board, theMarks Register (TR) of all col-leges will be dispatched to theDistrict Intermediate

Education Officer/NodalOfficers concerned withinfive days. The Principals cancollect Memoranda of Marksfrom the DistrictIntermediate EducationOfficers/Nodal Officers onJune 22 and see to it that theyare given to the candidates atthe earliest.

As every year, there is a pro-vision for students to apply forrecounting or scanned copy-cum-reverification of theiranswer sheets. TSBIE hasinstructed students to applyunder these provisions, ifrequired, by June 24, 2020.Students will have to pay anamount of Rs.100 per paperfor recounting and Rs.600 perpaper for scanned copy-cum-reverification of answer bookon the TSBIE website to availof these provisions.+++

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In Hyderabad, currentlypetrol price stands at Rs80.62 per litre, while dieselcosts Rs 74.55 per litre, fol-lowing the latest hike.

With the Centre and thestate government easinglockdown restrictions sinceJune 1, the demand for fuelhas once increased acrossthe state. Dealers say thatthe fuel demand has dou-bled after the lifting oflockdown, compared tothat of April and May.

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The team wanted to understandthe awareness of parents aboutergonomics during prolongedhours of work by their kids oncomputers and other gadgets.They also checked with thekids about their problems on‘make-shift’ workplace adjust-ments.

The results of the survey arequite shocking. The survey hasrevealed that most parents areunaware of ergonomics and theproblems related to incorrectergonomics such as RSI(Repetitive Stress Injury), MSDs

(Musculoskeletal disorders) andCTD (Cumulative TraumaDisorder) on their children.

The survey also throws lighton the fact that schools andteachers never taught ergonom-ics in schools and it is not eventhere in the curriculum. Manystudents were found to be suf-fering from severe back pain, eyestrain, headache, irregular sleepand behavioural changes such asinappropriate anger and somesuffered severe boredom.

As per the report, "Incorrectergonomics lead to wrong pos-tures and thus long-termadverse effects on body."

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Imposing self-lockdown cur-few on the market, tradersand vendors in Begum Bazaarhave decided to run their busi-nesses between a scheduledtime.

The measure was taken tocurb the spread of Covid-19 inthe densely packed area whichhas around 300 shops.Meanwhile, the traders havealso decided to boycottChinese products and goods asa gesture of protest against thewar between India and China.

The timings set up by themerchants is 9 am to 3 pm forKirana shops and 10 am to 5pm for general merchants. Thetransport timings are limited to9 am to 2 pm. The curfew isalso extended to Osman Gunjand Kishan Gunj areas as well.

These are only followed onMonday to Friday as the week-end would be holiday andshops will be shut.

Begum Bazar is the hub ofwholesale transactions for theentire city when it comes togroceries, spices and condi-

ments, dry fruits and otherprovisions. While the area ishome to several large ware-houses, the actual outlets wheretransactions take place are butdiminutive tenements, whichcan accommodate two personsat the maximum. Besides, nar-

row lanes chock-a-block withtransport vehicles and two-wheelers hardly leave any spacefor maintaining physical dis-tance.

News about a retailer in thecity contracting the infectionhas only increased the fear.

Another person who boughtgroceries from Begum Bazaarto distribute among the poor inBoduppal too is said to havecontracted the Coronaviruslast month.

"The cases are increasingeach day, and we have reducedthe timing of the shops keep-ing in mind the increasingcases of Corona patients.Although we have been takingproper measures to maintainsocial distance, use face masksand sanitizers, one neverknows if the next customerwalking in is a carrier of thevirus. This step is to make surethe safety of our staff as well asour customers" said MaheshGupta, the General Secretary ofHyderabad Kirana MerchantAssociation.

"Due to the pandemic, mosttraders have incurred lossestoo.

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He said that as per theinstructions of the ChiefMinister K Chandrasekhar Rao,the exercise should be complet-

ed without any delay. He direc-ted to officials to ensure smoothtransfer of amounts to all farm-ers. Principal Secretary FinanceK Ramakrishna Rao, SecretaryAgriculture Janardhan Reddy,Director CCLA Rajat KumarSaini, Secretary Finance RonaldRoss, MD TSTS VenkateswarRao and other officials attend-ed the meeting.

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Animal Husbandry MinisterTalasani Srinivas Yadav onThursday inspected the vicin-ity of Secunderabad railwaystation here to execute variousdevelopment works includ-ing footpaths, bus shelters,roads and others with a totaloutlay of Rs 30 crore.

Municipal AdministrationMinister KT Rama Rao iskeen to develop the surround-ings of Secunderabad railwaystation as many people throngthe area daily to rule out anyinconvenience to them. TheMinister directed the officialsto set up theme parks in theareas, he said.

With the coordination ofGreater Hyderabad Municipal

Corporation (GHMC), mod-ern bus shelters, footpaths, toi-lets, road and water workswould be developed in theregion within a year, he said.

In spite of Covid-19 pan-demic, the GHMC did not haltits development projects likelaying of roads, construction offlyovers and underpasses, hesaid adding that the peoplewho come out of their homesat the end of the lockdown areawed at the developmentworks implemented.

Corporator for MondaMarket region Akula Roopa,Executive Engineer Srinivas,town planning ACP KrishnaMohan, horticulture directorNagireddy, RTC regional man-ager Yugandhar and othersaccompanied the Minister.

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Thousands of teachers are fac-ing severe salary cuts in Tela-ngana. The ongoing Coronavi-rus situation has affected theeducation institutions badly,and the result is that the facul-ty are paid only 50 per cent, orin some cases even less thanthat, for the past two months.

"It's a very difficult situationfor teachers," says M Ravindarof Telangana Private Teachers'Forum, adding, "Most schoolteachers are being paid only

half the salary due to the pan-demic. If the same circum-stances last for another fewmonths, it will be very hard forthe teachers to run kitchen."

While most school teachersare still getting paid 50 per centof their salary, many collegefaculties are paid very meagreamount. A few days back,Navin Mittal, Commissioner ofTechnical Education ofTelanagana had directed theauthorities of 85 technical col-leges to safeguard the salariedof teachers during the lock-down period.

According to Santhosh Ku-mar, President of TelanaganaSchool's Technical CollegesEmployees Association, anycollege has paid heed to notice.

Santhosh says, "In fact, therehave been several notices fromthe authorities issued to thegovernment to colleges askingthem to clear the salaries oftheir employees. However, 95per cent of colleges haven't paideven 50 per cent of the salaryto the faculties. Most collegesare saying that they will pay theteachers once they get the fees.Many colleges got fees back in

February itself. We are tryingour best to convince the man-agements of various colleges topay their employees."

Throwing more light to thesituation, an assistant professorof a private engineering collegewho wish to stay anonymoussaid, "We have not been paid atall since April. The manage-ment has not given any infor-mation too. I earn only Rs15,000, and now without anysalary for two months manag-ing all the expenses only off thesmall saving is getting a bit dif-ficult."

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The Telangana High Court onThursday went through thereport filed by the state govern-ment on the issue of contain-ment of Covid-19 and rampingup of Infrastructure and pro-vision of PPE to the doctorsand paramedical staff.

A division bench of the HCasked the to give wide public-ity to the 32 designated Covid-19 hospitals in all the districtsof the state other than GHMClimits and 22 hospitals fromthe GHMC limits in order toenable people to approachthem for treatment rather thanrushing to Gandhi hospital in

Secunderabad. The Court also directed the

government to publish in var-ious regional newspapers aboutthe details of number of Covid-19 positive cases apart besidesreleasing daily health bulletinsin order to enlighten the peo-ple. It said that the publicationof the details about the cases

would not only alert the peo-ple about the impending dan-ger but also help to take nec-essary steps to keep the virusat bay. The Court also direct-ed the state government toincrease the number of Covid-19 tests and to consider havingRapid antigen tests as recom-mended by ICMR.

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The 39-year-old man whowent missing on May 31from Gandhi hospital is stilluntraced after 18 days of hisdisappearance.

The man, Narender Singh,from King Koti, was broughtto Gandhi hospital for Covid-19 testing and was unheard ofever since. According to thefamily, Narender on themorning of May 30 devel-oped breathing difficulty,cold and fever was taken toGandhi Hospital.

Narender was tested neg-ative at King Koti hospital butwas taken to Gandhi hospi-tal for a second test the sameday. Mukesh Singh, brotherof the missing man last spoketo Narender on May 31.

Since then, Narendar'sphone has been switched off.A missing person complaintwas registered on June 6.

Police told the family thatNarender left the hospitalon May 30. The family insiststhat Narender was at theGandhi even on May 31.

"Narender's name is recor-ded in OP register, but not inadmission register. There areno updates on this case,"said the Mangalhat police,adding that further efforts areon to trace the man.

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Two constables of the SRNagar police of the Hyde-rabad Commissionerate,have reportedly tested pos-itive for Coronavirus onThursday. The police arestill verifying the sourcefrom where the cops con-tracted the virus and havesanitised the entire policestation. Officials are alsochecking the primary con-tacts of the persons testedpositive to place themunder quarantine and avoidthe risk of spreading thevirus. The two constableswere suffering from Coronasymptoms and got tested.After being tested positive,they were shifted to a pri-vate hospital for treatment.

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An altercation broke outbetween the followers of LabourMinister Malla Reddy and for-mer MLA Malipeddi SudhirReddy on Thursday night.Medipally police received acomplaint but is yet to book acase.

According to sources, the fol-lowers of Malla Reddy alleged-

ly spread rumours that SudheerReddy was tested positive forCovid-19.

On Thursday night, the fol-lowers of MalipeddiSudharshan Reddy waylaid andobstructed Ghatkesar MPPEnugu Sudharshan Reddy's carwhen he attended an engage-ment ceremony. Mild tensionprevailed when followers ofboth the leaders clashed.

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Motorists heading towardsNagarjuna circle from KBRPark side can now look for-ward to smooth flow of trafficas the steel bridge constructedunder the Strategic RoadDevelopment Programme(SRDP) will be thrown openfor traffic on Friday.

The will be inaugurated byHome Minister MahamoodAli. The structure has beencompleted in three monthsand major portion of the workswere completed during lock-down.

Under the aegis of MA&UDMinister KT Rama Rao, thiswill be yet another SRDP struc-ture to be opened for traffic ina span of a month after thelaunch of first level Biodiversityflyover, RHS flyover atKamineni and LHS underpassat LB Nagar junction that werelaunched a few days back.

The steel bridge is con-structed to overcome the traf-fic bottlenecks on the routewhere vehicular movementused to slowdown invariablydue to a narrow carriageway.Considering all these factors,the Greater HyderabadMunicipal Corporation(GHMC) built the facility at acost of Rs 5.95 crore. TheGHMC officials said the struc-

ture was constructed usingplate girders of E350 grade asconventional RCC Bridge wasnot feasible in obligatory span(single) over the graveyard. Itwas easy to handle, transportand instal due to light weightof steel girders, officialsexplained. GHMC undertookroad widening at Punjaguttagraveyard towards TV9 road.

The work commenced onFebruary 29, 2020 and the

GHMC officials completed thework by 31 May, 2020, alongwith approach road by deploy-ing advanced machinery bycontractors, utilising the lock-down period.

Mayor Bonthu Rammohansaid that with the completionof the steel bridge project, itfacilitates free flow of trafficfrom TV9 Junction to NFCLJunction there by reduction ofpollution and travel time.

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Led by Telangana State Cabs &Bus Operators Association(TSCBOA) President SyedNizamuddin, over 100 leadingtransport operators held anovel protest at the RegionalTransport Authority (RTA)office at Khairtabad onThursday by offering flowers tothe officials.

They demanded that thestate government waive offMotor Vehicle Tax for twoquarters for the contract car-riage vehicles and maxi cabs inview of lockdown.

"In view of lockdown norms,transport operators gathered insmall numbers at the RTAoffice. Instead of slogan shout-ing or resorting to traditionalprotest, we gave flowers to theofficials requesting them toconsider our demand onhumanitarian grounds,"informed TSCBOA

President Nizamuddin.The police prevented the

operators from entering theRTA office. However, RTAJoint Commissioner PanduRanga Naik, AdditionalCommissioner Ramesh Kumarand other officials came out toreceive the representation fromthe operators.

Speaking to media personslater, Nizamuddin said thatdespite the country enteringinto the Unlock-1 stage, theentire transport industry wasstill under undeclared lock-down. He said neither the

corporate companies and ITfirms were hiring their vehiclesnor the buses and cabs werebeing engaged for the purposeof tourism. "Our vehicles aregathering dust at our garagesand there are no clear signs ofrestoration of normalcy forbusiness at least till Septemberend. Almost all of us haveexhausted our savings to paysalaries, EMIs, rents and otherutility bills. We are just tryingto stay afloat with the hope thatthings will become normalagain," he said.

The TSCBOA President saidthat the transport operatorswere left with no money to payadvance Motor Vehicle Tax. Hesaid many state governmentshave provided relief to theindustry by giving exemptionsin MV Tax for operators. Hesaid the entire transport indus-

try in Telangana would col-lapse if the state governmentdoes not come to its rescue. Hesaid that the operators were nothaving any business sinceMarch 22, the day when JantaCurfew was observed whichwas later converted into full-fledged lockdown.

Nizamuddin feared thatover 5 lakh people would losetheir jobs if the transportindustry continues to faceneglect by the state govern-ment.

The TSCBOA chief saidthat the transport operatorswould intensify their agitationif they don't get the requiredrelief. He warned that theoperators would park all theirvehicles before the RTA officesand District Collectoratesacross Telangana if theirdemands are not met.

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IT Minister KT Rama Raopromised the people of thestate that the government willset up urban clinics in districtheadquarters, but it remainedunfulfilled even two years aftermaking the promise. He alongwith the then Medial andHealth Minister Dr LakshmaReddy inaugurated the firstever urban clinic in BJR Nagarslum in Amberpet constituen-cy of Hyderabad two years ago.

At that time, the Minstersaid the government workswith the concept health for allpromising free medicare to theneedy. He vowed to set up atleast 500 urban clinics inHyderabad in five or sixmonths. Moreover, hepromised the people to taketheir number to 1,000 by set-ting up such clinics in erstwhiledistricts of the state.

It was two years since hemade the promise, yet theirnumber did not cross 168 inHyderabad. Urban clinics indistricts still remained a dreamunfulfilled. Deriving inspira-tion from Mohalla Clincis setup by Arvind Kejriwal inDelhi, the Government ofTelangana embarked on estab-lishing urban clinics.

The urban clinics will havea doctor and four other staffmembers. They will work from9 am to 4 pm. Without charg-ing a rupee from patients, thehospitals test blood, urine, BP,sugar, thyroid and so on. Onthe basis of test results, medi-

cines will be given free ofcost. The urban clinics referemergency cases to the govern-ment hospitals nearby. Theyhave been set up to benefit thepoor and middle classes and todecrease work load on thegovernment hospitals.

The government promisedto set up such clinics in 10 erst-whille districts. The promise isto set up at least one in eachrevenue division. If no govern-ment building is readily avail-able, officials were asked totake up construction of build-ings to house the clinics. But,the orders still remained onpaper.

The people are panicked bymere contracting of commoncold, throat pain and exhaus-tion. Moreover, the rainy sea-son is the season for seasonaldiseases. The people are con-fused in identifying whichfever is normal fever and

which fever is not. Because ofthe Coronavirus, private clin-ics in colonies are not func-tioning. The doctors and med-ical personnel are afraid oftreating even simple diseases.Therefore, the people areforced to approach superspe-cialty hospitals. If urban clin-ics become functional, theywould be of good use to thepeople.

It may be recalled that, lastmonth, the state governmenthas inaugurated 45 BastiDawakhanas across GreaterHyderabad MunicipalCorporation limits. Amongthe 45 Basti Dawakhanas, 22are being launched inHyderabad, 15 in Medchal, 5in Ranga Reddy and three inSangareddy. At present, thereare 123 Basti Dawakhanas inGHMC and with the launch of45 Dawakhanas, the total tallywill be 168.

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Telangana Forest College andResearch Institute (FCRI) gotA+ Category Institute recog-nition from Central govern-ment for maintaining thehighest standards in foresteducation and research. IndianCouncil of Forestry Researchand Education (ICFRE),which examines the ForestColleges, their standard ofeducation and facilities, havegiven this the most importantrecognition.

Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao said itwas good result for the effortsput in by the state government.The Chief Minister congratu-lated the officials of the ForestDepartment, College man-agement, staff and the stu-dents. With a view to givemore importance to the pro-tection of forests and the envi-ronment, the Chief Ministerconstituted and exclusiveForest College and encouragedit. This decision was taken inthe initial days of the state'sformation. With the ChiefMinister's directive that theForest College should be onpar with the Mettupaleyam

College in Tamilnadu, wasstarted in 2015 and the firstbatch of B Sc (Forestry) start-ed with four year durationcourse. The final year studentsare completing their coursethis year. The college moved toits own campus on 11December 2019 at Mulugu.While maintaining the high-est standards in teaching, theCollege signed MoUs withColumbia University andAuburn University. TheAuburn University offered afree M Sc seat recently to a girlstudent from this college. Withthe A+ recognition now, theCollege may get more nation-al and international recogni-tions. There will also anopportunity to collaboratewith from other institutions inthe education and researchfields' development, saidCollege Dean GChandrashekhar Reddy.

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The Covid-19 pandemic hasimpacted economies aroundthe world like no other eventthat experts can recollect sincethe Great Depression. Some ofthe strongest economiesaround the globe are strugglingto cope with the situation in thewake of an unprecedenteddemand shock and a shut-down of all key economicactivities that drive growth.India is also no exception.

India, too, has been hit hard.However, during these testingtimes, some have turned thecrisis into opportunity. Now,the disinfection services haveemerged as the new business in

urban and semi urban areas inthe districts across the state.

Since the threat of virusspreading fast is sending shiv-

ers down the spine of manypeople, the affluent and uppermiddle class sections are opt-ing to disinfect their premises

with sodium hypochloratespray and certain groups haveundertaken this method astheir employment source in the

wake of Corona pandemic. Following three ruling party

legislators testing positive forCoronavirus, the public repre-sentatives, especially inWarangal urban district, aredisinfecting their premises.The residential areas of thepolitical leaders have chosen toopt for the disinfection and thegroups undertaking the servicehave carried out the operation.The new method of disinfec-tion was initially undertaken bythe civic bodies. These groupsare charging Rs 1 per squarefeet and the disinfection pro-cedure may become a must inthe days to come. However,there is an opinion among thecustomers that the operatorsare diluting the spray.

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CPI state secretary ChadaVenkat Reddy on Thursdayalleged that the state andcentral governments havetotally failed to tackle thespread Coronavirus. He saidthat the Corona positive casesare increasing manifold insate and also across the coun-try. "It is painful to know thatthe doctors, journalists andsanitations workers are alsoamong those who tested pos-itive for the virus. The stategovernment should providePPE kits to all those involvedin controlling the Coronaspread," he said. Speaking tothe media at Karimnagar onThursday, Chada asked thestate government reveal as towhy it failed to open Covid-19 hospital at Gachibowli tilldate. "The statement of thestate government that theRythu Bandhu will be givenonly if taken up regulatedfarming is nothing but anatrocious act," he alleged.

Chada alleged that there isno use to poor and middleclass people with the Rs20lakh crore package.

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Panchayat Raj MinisterErrabelli Dayakar Rao hasdirected that developmentworks suggested by ChiefMinister K ChandrasekharRao during the recentCollectors' conference and thecurrent programmes underimplementation should be exe-cuted at a fast pace and moreefficiently.

Reviewing the directionsgiven by the Chief Minister atthe Collectors' conference withofficials rural developmentsecretary Sandeep KumarSultania and commissionerRaghunandan Rao, he felt thatthe officials and people's rep-resentatives should work withmissionary zeal.

He asked the officials to pre-pare the four-year develop-ment plans for villages and dis-trict's progress cards. At therate of Rs 9,916 crore, the vil-lages will receive a total of Rs39,594 crore for four years. Ofthe amount, 10 per cent shouldgo to Harita Haram works.Similarly, the priority shouldbe to pay power bills andrepay loans for tractors. Theworks committees, sanitationcommittees, green cover com-mittees and street light com-mittees should function effi-ciently.

Sanitation works should beimplemented daily. The vil-

lages turned clean and greenwith Palle Pragati programme,he said exhorting the author-ities that it should become thedaily feature in villages. Hedirected the officials for mea-sures to fill the ditches and oldand disused villages and toclose the uncovered bore wells.

No other state has villageswhose panchayats have beenequipped with tractors, trollys,tankers and burial grounds,waste disposal dump yards

except those in Telangana, hecompared. Telangana rankednumber one in NREGA imple-mentation. The state achieved75.5 per cent results by imple-menting NREGA, while thenational average was only 26.3.Continuing the same spirit, theNREGA funds should be usedfor repairing drains in vil-lages, removing bushes, devel-opment of nurseries, repairingirrigation canals, desilting oftanks, laying of internal roadsin villages, construction ofburial grounds and dumpyards.

He said that 1,000 dryingyards would be developed ineach Assembly constituencywith Rs 750 crore NREGAfunds. T he drying yards wouldbe developed as per the needsof the farmers and would varyin lengths - 50 ft, 60 ft and 75 ft.

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The Telangana High Courtwill hear a Public InterestLitigation (PIL) against theinflated electricity bills onFriday. The PIL has been filedby Hyderabad City CongressCommittee (HCCC)Minorities Department chair-man Sameer Waliullahthrough senior advocate MdRafiuddin Kaleem.

In the PIL, Sameer hasrequested the High Court todirect the power utility firmsnot to collect the domesticelectricity bill charges duringthe lockdown period. "Powerutility firms are trying toextort huge amounts from thecommon people by sendingthem bills for over 90 days atonce. The bills were preparedin an erratic manner by calcu-lating the units consumedduring the last three monthscumulatively. This automati-cally pushed the consumersinto upper slabs wherein theywill be charged higher ratesper units. It is highly unfortu-nate that the StateGovernment did not come tothe rescue of poor consumersand instead, Energy MinisterJagadish Reddy openlydefended the wrong bills," healleged.

Sameer Waliullah said thatthe state government shouldwaive off the bills for electric-ity consumed during the entirelockdown period. "Commonpeople were forced to stay attheir house due to lockdownin view of Coronavirus andtherefore, the consumptionduring this period was boundto increase. Common man

cannot be punished for thedecisions taken by the Centraland State Governments inlarger public interest. Theycannot be asked to pay morejust because the governmenttried to save lives by forcingpeople to stay at their homes,"he said.

The Congress leader point-ed out that electricity was anessential need for the peopleand therefore, it cannot betreated only as a commercialcommodity or service. Allsmall businesses have col-lapsed and a majority of peo-ple were left with no savings asthey had spent it on food andother basic needs during thelockdown period. Therefore,the state government cannotexpect people to pay inflatedbills for 90 days at once or evenin instalments immediatelyafter lifting the lockdown.

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Damodara Rajanarsimha,Hanumath Rao and PonnalaLaxmaiah convinced bothPodem Veeraiah and NainiRajender Reddy to wait untilJune 24. It is learnt thatPodem Veeraiah andRajender Reddy agreed.

Hanumath Rao also lodgeda complaint with the AICCin-charge general secretaryRC Khuntia and AICC in-charge secretaries—Bose Rajuand Saleem, saying thatTPCC chief N Uttam KumarReddy’s behavior towardsleaders is not good. Heinformed them that the twoleaders were leaving the partydue to the misbehavior ofsome leaders. "The party hasto convene core committeemeetings; else, the situation

will turn dangerour, with theconditions going out ofhands," he told them. Someprominent leaders wereneglecting those who hadbeen striving from the begin-ning for the sake of the party,VHR told the AICC leaders.

It is learnt that both NainiRajender Reddy and PodemVeeraiah have decided to quit

Congress as the party is nottaking care of them. The stateparty leadership is notresponding though anotherdistrict’s DCC president hasbeen disturbing NainiRajender Reddy. Due to thenegligent attitude of the stateparty leadership, both theleaders have decided to quitthe party.

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Telangana on Thursday bid tear-ful adieu to its son Colonel BSantosh Babu, who laid down hislife in the violent clash withChinese troops in Ladakh onMonday. The mortal remains ofthe Commanding Officer of 16Bihar Regiment were consignedto flames with full military hon-ours in his home town Suryapetas thousands paid glowing trib-utes to the braveheart.

Santosh Babu's father BUpender performed the last ritesassisted by the martyred officer'swife Santoshi who was carryingtheir four-year-old son in herarms. The Colonel's nine-year-olddaughter, Manjula, other relativesand friends bid tearful adieu.Public representatives, politicalleaders, Army officers and otherspresented the last salute to thewarrior.

People lined up on either sideof the road and showered petalsfrom rooftops on the bedeckedArmy vehicle carrying the bodyof the martyred Colonel wrappedin the national flag. There was anoutpouring of patriotic senti-ments as people poured on thestreets to bid adieu to the mar-tyred officer. Slogans of 'SantoshBabu Amar Rahe', 'Bharat MataKi Jai' and 'Vande Matram' rentthe air as the funeral processionwhich began from Santosh Babu's

house passed through variousparts of the town to reachKesaram on the outskirts.

Earlier, personnel from 16Bihar Regiment presented a guardof honour before the coffin wascarried on to the Army vehicle forthe funeral procession. Politicalparty leaders also paid their trib-utes to the martyred Col SantoshBabu.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Thursday said busi-ness activity in India is fastreturning to normal levelswith consumption anddemand approaching pre-COVID levels as visible inmacro data on power, fuel andother consumption.

India faced a recession-likescenario after a national lock-down was imposed on March25 to curb spread of coron-avirus. The lockdown, thathas continued in various phas-es into June, albeit with signif-icant easing of restrictions,resulted in the severe disrup-tion of industrial productionand consumer spending, withGDP growth forecast to con-tract sharply.

With the easing of lock-down conditions, business

activity was fast returning tonormal levels, Modi said.

Speaking at the launch ofcommercial coal mining, hesaid "consumption anddemand are fast approachingpre-COVID levels".

He cited spurt in power gen-eration and consumption aswell as demand for petroleumproducts during the last weekof May and first week of Juneto buttress his point.

E-way bills have seen about200 per cent rise when com-pared with April. Also, roadand highway toll collection inJune has reached 70 per centof the pre-COVID levels ofFebruary, while railway freighttariff in May has seen animprovement of 26 per centover April. Digital transactionstoo have witnessed a rise inboth volume and value terms.

"These indicators point to

Indian economy fast preparingto bounce back," he saidadding, "India has come out ofbig crises in the past and it willcome out of the present one aswell."

The back-breaking lock-down has ledinternationalrating agenciesand analysts toforecast a con-traction inIndian economyin the fiscal endingMarch 31, 2021 ands h a r p

recovery in the followingfinancial year.

So far, the government aswell as the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) has not put an esti-

mate of growth for 2020-21fiscal.

Modi said the ruraleconomy is also pick-ing up speed. "Areaunder sowing ofthe Kharif crop is13 per cent morethan last year. This

year wheat produc-tion and procure-ment has also

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compared to last year, wheatprocurement is 11 per centmore which means farmers arealso getting more money."

"India has come out of pastcrises and it will come out ofthis one as well," he said."Indian success, growth isguaranteed. We can become

self-reliant," he added."Just until a few weeks

back, we used to import N-95face masks, corona testingkids, personal protectiveequipment (PPE), and ventila-tors. But now India is meetingits demand through Make inIndia. Soon we will becomeexporters of important med-ical products," he said.

The Prime Minister stressedon self-reliance, which meanscutting down on imports andturning into an export-surplusnation.

He asked India Inc and cor-porate leaders to keep moralehigh. "We can achieve thesegoals. We can become self-reliant. We have to make a self-reliant India," he said. "

India Inc and the corporateworld has a chance to changethe course of history and fateof India. We should not let thisopportunity go. Let's takeIndia forward, make India

self-reliant."Modi pitched for reversing

import dependence in sec-tors such as coal and exploit-ing domestically availableresources to turn into a netexporter.

"Self-reliant India meanslesser dependence on imports.Self-reliant India means savingthousands of crores of rupeesspent on imports and usingthem for welfare of the poor.

"Self-reliant India meanscreating an India that doesn'tneed to import by exploitingdomestic resources. What weimport today, we will be thebiggest exporter of the samecommodity tomorrow," hesaid.

He was referring to Indiahaving the world's fourth-largest reserves yet it is the sec-ond biggest coal importer inthe world.

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Though the monsoon has justarrived in Gujarat, the waterlevel of the Sardar SarovarDam over Narmada river is ris-ing fast and has reached 127.46metres, just 11 metres short ofits maximum capacity, officialssaid on Thursday.

With the fresh inflow ofupstream water, mainly fromthe Omkareshwar and IndiraSagar dams located in MadhyaPradesh, the live water storageof the dam has reached up to2,700 million cubic metres,they said.

"The water level of the reser-voir has reached 127.46metres," Sardar SarovarNarmada Nigam LimitedDirector P C Vyas said.

This is just just 11.22 metresshort of its full reservoir levelof 138.68 metres.

In September last year, thewater level of the dam, locat-ed at Kevadiya in Gujarat'sNarmada district, reached itshighest capacity at 138.68

metres for the first time sinceits height was raised in 2017.

Vyas said with an inflow ofaround 40,000 cusecs, both theriver-bed and the canal-headpower houses on the damhave been started fromWednesday.

While five river-bed powerhouses are generating 1,000MW electricity, two canal-headpower houses are generating100 MW at present, he said.

As a result, 7,000 cusecs ofwater is being discharged into

the Narmada main canal, while33,000 cusecs is going into theNarmada river downstream.

"At present, both the river-bed and canal-head powerhouses are generating around17 to 20 million units of elec-tricity worth Rs 3.5 crore to Rs4 crore every day," Vyas said.

Simultaneously, the waterdischarged into the main canalis being utilised to fill up drylakes and for drinking andagriculture purposes throughcanal network, he added.

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The Supreme Court Thursdaystayed this year's historic PuriRath Yatra starting from June 23as also the related activities dueto the COVID-19 pandemic,saying that "Lord Jagannathwon't forgive us if we allow" it.

A bench of Chief Justice S ABobde and Justices DineeshMaheshwari and A S Bopannasaid that in the interest of pub-lic health and safety of citizens,this year's Rath Yatra at Puri inOdisha can't be allowed.

"Lord Jagannath won't forgiveus if we allow this year's RathYatra to go on", CJI Bobde said,adding that as such a hugegathering can't take place dur-ing the pandemic.

The bench asked the Odishagovernment not to allow theyatra or pilgrimage processionand the related activities any-where in the state to avoid thespread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

During the hearing, senioradvocate Mukul Rohatgi,appearing for the petitionerNGO, said that if Rath Yatra isallowed huge congregation ofpeople will take place, exposingthem to higher risk of infection

by coronavirus.The bench said it is a serious

matter.Solicitor General Tushar

Mehta, appearing for the Centre,said that it needs time tilltomorrow to file the reply.

A counsel appearingfor an intervenor saidthe Odisha govern-ment has issued anotification that thereshall be no public gath-ering till June 30.

However, the bench saidthat it is staying the festival start-ing from June 23.

The top court's order came ona PIL filed by Odisha basedNGO seeking cancellation orpostponement of this year'sRath Yatra, which continues

for 10 to 12 days and is attend-ed by millions of devotees fromacross the world.

Two pleas have been movedin the top court seeking to can-

cel or postponement of thehistoric 'Rath Yatra'.

Besides the PIL filedby the NGO, ‘OdishaVikas Parishad', seek-ing stay on holding ofthe annual festival,an appeal has been

moved by oneSurendra Panigrahi of

‘Bhartiya Bikash Parishad'against the Orissa High Courtorder of June 9 which had askedthe state government to decideon holding the 'Rath Yatra'festival in line with the COVID-19 guidelines.

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The Indian army says at least20 of its soldiers were killedafter hand-to-hand fightingwith Chinese troops at a dis-puted border site on Mondaynight, the deadliest clash indecades.

The clashes took place in theGalwan region of Ladakh, inthe western Himalayas, whereIndian and Chinese forceshave been facing off sinceearly May.

The disputed site lies amidremote, jagged mountains andfast flowing rivers on thenorthern tip of India, abuttingthe Aksai Chin plateau, a

Chinese administered areaclaimed by India.

The area lies at an altitude ofabout 14,000 feet (4,250metres) and temperatures oftenfall below zero degrees Celsius.

A 1993 agreement betweenthe two countries stipulatesthat neither side shall use forceat the Line of Actual Control(LAC), the de facto border. Butviolent, high-altitude disputes

have erupted several timeswithout any shots being fired.

WHY DID CLASHESERUPT NOW?

Both countries claim vastswathes of each other’s territo-ry along their 4,056 km (2,520mile) Himalayan border. Somedisagreements are rooted indemarcations made by India’sformer British colonial admin-istrators. Military experts sayone reason for the currentface-off is that India has beenbuilding roads and airfields toimprove transport links andnarrow the gap with China’ssuperior infrastructure on itsside of the LAC.

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The Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) registereda case against a Delhi-basedfirm and others for defraudingState Bank of India of over Rs398 crore, officials said onThursday.

A CBI official said that theagency registered a case againstJagat Agro Commodities PvtLtd, its directors Sant LalAggarwal, Sudha Pawa andother private companies basedat Delhi and Sonipat, andother unknown persons for

causing an alleged loss of Rs398.35 crore to State Bank ofIndia and Punjab NationalBank.

According to CBI, the bankin its complaint alleged that theaccused had cheated the StateBank of India (erstwhile StateBank of Patiala) led consor-

tium comprising SBI (leadbank) and PNB to the tune ofRs 398.35 crore.

According to complaint theSBI has provided Rs 328.92crore and PNB Rs 69.43 croreby way of availing higher cred-it facility, submitting inflatedfinancials of company, fudgingof books of accounts and secu-rities offered and diversion ofbank funds etc.

The CBI team also carriedout searches at the premises ofthe accused at Delhi which ledto recovery of incriminatingdocuments.

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High resolution satellite imagesprocured by NDTV indicateChinese efforts to block or dis-turb the flow of the Galwanriver in Northeast Ladakh,less than a kilometer from thesite of the deadly clash betweenIndian and Chinese soldiers onJune 15 in which 20 Indianofficers and men were killed.

The details emerged as anIndian Major General and hisChinese counterpart met forthe second consecutive daynear Patrol Point 14 in theGalwan Valley, where the clashtook place. The talks onWednesday were inconclusivewith the Chinese side showingno sides of disengaging fromthe area.

Indian soldiers were assault-ed with iron rods, nail-studdedclubs and rocks wrapped inbarbed wire in the fight nearPatrol Point 14, a vantagepoint in Indian territory thatoverlooks Chinese positions ontheir side of the Line of ActualControl (LAC) or the de-factoborder between India andChina. There were a significantnumber of casualties on theChinese side. Though Beijinghas given no official figure,army sources say at least 45Chinese soldiers were killed orinjured.

The images clearly showChinese bulldozers in opera-tion on their side of the LAC.The flow of the river percep-tibly changes at the spot where

the bulldozers are seen - fromflowing blue waters to a small,muddy stream which becomesimperceptible when it crossesover to the Indian side of theLAC a short distance away.

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deployed in the Galwan Valleywithin two kilometres of theLAC can be seen parked in amostly dry Galwan river bed.These images are not includ-ed in this report for securityreasons.

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Jammu and Kashmir report-ed seven COVID-19 relateddeaths in the last 24 hours,taking the total number offatalities due to coronavirusin the union territory to 71,officials said on Thursday.

While five of the deathstook place in the Kashmirvalley, two people died in theJammu region, the officialssaid. All the five deaths in thevalley took place at theSMHS hospital here, theyadded.

The dead included a 70-year-old patient fromBaramulla, 65-year-old fromBatamaloo and 70-year-oldfrom Budgam – all of whompassed away on Wednesdaynight, the officials said.

They said an 80-year-oldman from Nawa Bazar areaof Srinagar and a 65-year-oldfrom Shopian passed away atthe hospital on Thursdaymorning.

All of these patients wereCOVID-19 positive and hadseveral comorbidities likehypertension, bilateral pneu-monia and respiratory issues,they added.

Meanwhile, a 65-year-oldcoronavirus positive man,who had returned from NewDelhi along with three fam-ily members, died at theGovernment MedicalCollege (GMC) in Jammu onWednesday night, the offi-cials said.

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Two days after the CentralBureau of Investigation(CBI) seized Rs 37.90 lakhfrom a locker of a director ofGlobal Trading Solutions inconnection with the Rs 31.92crore Punjab National Bank(PNB) loan in Bhubaneswar,the agency on Thursdayseized Rs 28.1 lakh fromanother bank locker.

A CBI source said Rs28.10 lakh was recoveredfrom locker of PNB'sChandrasekhar branch inBhubaneswar of KaushikMohanty, ex-director ofGlobal Trading Solutions.

On Tuesday, the agencyhad recovered Rs 37.90 lakhfrom a locker in Patiabranch of CorporationBank, which has beenmerged with Union Bank ofIndia.

The CBI had registered acase of alleged fraud onJune 9 against four servingand retired officials of PNBin Bhubaneswar on the com-plaint from the bank.

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India, which controls theregion – a slice of land includ-ing the Limpiyadhura,Lipulkeh and Kalapani areas tothe west of Nepal – has reject-ed the map, saying it was notbased on historical facts or evi-dence.

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National Assembly, or upperhouse, voted 57-0 in favour ofa constitutional amendmentbill seeking to replace the oldmap, chairman of the houseGanesh Prasad Timilsina said.The bill was passed by thelower house over the weekend.

“We have enough facts andevidence and we’ll sit (withIndia) to resolve the disputethrough diplomatic negotia-tions,” law minister ShivaMaya Tumbahamphe told par-liament.

The new map requiresPresident Bidhya DeviBhandari’s approval.

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Over the past few weeks, somevery disturbing reports havebeen coming in from theIndia-China border in Ladakhwhere the tension between the

nuclear-armed neighbours has consistent-ly been on the rise. Clashes have beenratcheting up in the region ever since theChinese were reported to have moved intothe Indian side of the Line of ActualControl (LAC). Even though the LAC inthe Galwan Valley was never disputed bythe two sides, the Chinese made an aggres-sive move this time around. The disengage-ment process has been underway since June6 but on Wednesday, in what can be calledthe worst ever violent face-off at the LACin over 45 years, at least 19 Indian jawansand one commanding officer were killed.Thankfully, a mutual agreement betweenthe two countries prevented the use offirearms and bullets. Yet, the fracas wasbrutal with Indian soldiers beaten todeath. As per reports, the Chinese side usedsticks, clubs, bats, bamboos and nailsduring the fight and the Indian side, too,retaliated.

There have been no details regardingthe exact loss of life on the Chinese sidefrom either India or China but somesources have predicted the number, onethat’s obtained from “sources.” The Chineseassault on the Indian Army and itsadvances towards the Indian territory aredeeply concerning and must be met withstern action. The Government must makethe best use of all avenues at its disposal— be it diplomatic or military. I speak foreveryone when I say that the IndianGovernment has our complete support totackle the Chinese threat. However, whatthis must not be taken to mean is blindlycheering an approach that has not reapedany benefits for India until now. The cur-rent threat to our country stems not justfrom the Chinese but must be seen in vary-ing degrees, from other neighbours as well.In these columns, I would like to put forthsome points of observation for theGovernment, the media and us (the Indiancitizens) that can (personally) strengthenIndia’s position. Though this may not befavourable for the BJP. I have little regardfor “sensitivity” of any political party tohandle criticism when it comes to theintegrity of our borders. As it is, we havesuffered repeated attacks from our neigh-bours both militarily (the case of China)and diplomatically (the case of Nepal).Nepal has passed a ConstitutionAmendment Bill to update a map incor-porating Indian territories. India, after all,is not Modi and Modi is not India.

So as to be better prepared to tacklerecent threats to our borders, we cannot dowithout an effective Government. One ofthe basic tenets of an effective Governmentis one that unites its people in cause andfortifies its approach by considering all

voices. On both counts, the rul-ing Government has beenfound wanting. India won’t beable to fight its enemies if itkeeps making enemies its ownpeople.

Even as the country hasbeen fighting a pandemic thathas claimed thousands of lives,the Indian Government hasonly doubled down on itsapproach by arresting dis-senters under sedition chargesor under the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act.These dissenters are oftenhuman rights activists such asSudha Bharadwaj, who mayhave a view of India that is dif-ferent from one as perceived bythe BJP. But since when has itbecome anti-national to havedifferent views from theGovernment in power?

The BJP itself was a strongOpposition party leading up to2014, raising important ques-tions. Did that make it anti-national? Today, our country ismore divided and polarisedthan ever. The BJP must realisethat an India divided is an Indiaweakened. The buck for anyfailure on this count can onlylie with the Government thathas arrested journalists andpoliticians, transferred bureau-crats and criticised the judicia-ry when any of these stakehold-ers do not toe its position.

Listening to differing voic-

es in Parliament has not beena strong suit of theGovernment either.Parliamentarians, who repre-sent the people of their con-stituencies, are treated as ene-mies of the State when ques-tions are raised on behalf ofthe very Indians they repre-sent. Take the example of thehorrific attacks in Pulwamalast year. Can such a huge fail-ure of intelligence and that ofthe Government remain unex-amined? How weak our coun-try would be if we do not rec-tify the failures that led to pre-vious assaults on our sover-eignty? However, the BJPGovernment did not even dis-cuss the shortcomings thatled to the death of our soldiers.At the same time, it did nothesitate to ask for votes on thisbloodshed.

India needs to take onChina at the global level as wellas fight it out along the borders.This is possible only when theGovernment is respected. Howa country treats its dissenters isthe clearest barometer of therespect the Government com-mands. If the BJP Governmenthas any doubts, it can justlook at China and Pakistan tosee how the international com-munity views our neighbours.

The Press has been espe-cially disappointing. In nosmall measure, it, too, has con-

tributed to this unfortunateposition. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi may be theonly head of a Government inany democracy who has beenso afraid of giving a Press con-ference and has failed to engagehimself during briefings. At atime when we are faced with apandemic and there have beenserious assaults on our sover-eignty, we have not seen thePrime Minister taking ques-tions in any Press conference orbriefing.

Certain segments of themedia will have to take a bulkof the blame. There has been noconcerted demand for thisminimum amount of account-ability. The Prime Minister isonly guilty of taking advantageof the wide berth the media hasafforded him. Even in theChina crisis, where it wasreported that Indian soldiershave been clubbed to death,certain news anchors were alltoo hesitant. One said that theChinese attack has seen many“Cassandras” stand up andspeak in glee. An ill-advisedreference as Cassandra (a fic-tional character) was a prophet-ess whose warnings wentunheeded.

Another said that theattack was not the PrimeMinister’s fault but that of theArmy. The same anchor, how-ever, was in wholesome praise

of the Prime Minister when thesurgical strikes took place eventhough it was the Army whichwas at the forefront. However,if suddenly growing a spine istoo much to ask for, maybe cer-tain news channels can bene-fit from not relying onWhatsApp messages whilereporting the news. This seemslike journalism 101.

Finally, we must examineourselves. While the BJP willhappily talk about banningChinese goods and food (read:Ramdas Athawale, UnionMinister) and we will havepresidents of Resident WelfareAssociations speak in similar-ly aggressive rhetoric, pleaserealise that the greatest servicewe can do to our Governmentis to make it one that we canrespect.

Respect is earned byGovernments by being honestand holding themselvesaccountable. If they refuse tohold themselves accountable,then it is the citizen’s responsi-bility to do so. If we manage toachieve this much, we canhave as much Chinese food aswe want and save our televi-sions and phones because wewill then have something theChinese do not: A responsibledemocratic Government.

(The writer is a former IPSofficer, a former MP and cur-rently a member of the AAP)

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “China provokes, again” (June17). By now it is clear that India’sforeign policy is in need of a com-plete overhaul. The PrimeMinister’s policy of hugs andhand-holding has failed to createany impact. Instead of the pre-dictable response of de-escalation,diplomacy and secret compro-mise, this time, New Delhi musttake a firm stand and demon-strate that it is prepared for long-drawn military tensions along theborder. The reason why Chinahas had an upper hand is not justto do with the military power.Economically, too, India is large-ly interdependent on it.

Post the tensions at the border,there has been a rising chorus toinvigorate domestic production soas to end our dependence onChinese products. This is doableprovided local manufacturing isbeefed up. India needs to be self-reliant. Localisation will also helpgenerate more jobs and increaseforeign exchange savings, too.High time the Modi Governmentundertakes structural reforms.

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “China provokes, again” (June17). The way things were build-ing up since May 5, when a vio-lent face-off happened at PangongTso, an eyeball-to-eyeball con-frontation in the Galwan Valleywas almost on the cards. Now we

have lost 20 of our soldiers in theworst clash with China since1967. This physical skirmish withthe People’s Liberation Army(PLA) — in which the Chineseoutnumbered us — led to initialcasualties for us. Though we alsotook revenge and Chinese soldiersdied, it is indeed a grave situation.Arms can also come into the pic-ture later. Now we all would

expect retaliation on both eco-nomic and diplomatic fronts butbefore that, our Government willhave to take ownership as to whywe have been indulgent to manyChinese intrusions in recent yearsand why we did not take toughmeasures earlier and allowedthings come to this.

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With the Nepalese Parliament approvinga new map through a constitutionalamendment to legalise Lipulekh,

Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as part of Nepal, theOli Government in Kathmandu has struck asevere blow to India-Nepal ties. With thePresident’s assent as the next step in the line,Indo-Nepal ties are headed south. KP SharmaOli’s claim that Nepal would “get back the landoccupied by India” is inflammatory to say theleast. At best, the decision to change the map isonly nominal, bringing no geographic or sov-ereignty gains for Nepal on the ground. At itsworst, it could prove to be an irreversible down-ward spiral for Indo-Nepal ties.

Although the immediate trigger for this lat-est irritant in ties has been a road that India inau-gurated connecting the Lipulekh Pass, whichNepal claims as its territory, there has been aseries of incidents affecting the relationshipbetween the two neighbours. On May 13,Nepal deployed its Armed Police Force (APF)near Kalapani at Chhangu, on the Nepalese sideof the border. Most recently, Nepali policeopened indiscriminate fire on Indians at theIndia-Nepal border in Sitamarhi district in Bihar,killing a farmer and injuring four others.

The ongoing Lipulekh issue between Indiaand Nepal has created yet another imbroglio thatrisks derailing bilateral relations. Only this timethe steps taken by Kathmandu seem irre-versibly definitive.

Nepal’s new-found desire for assertion of itssovereignty has to be seen in three broad con-texts. First, the Oli Government’s domestic polit-ical agenda thrives on an anti-India discourse.As such, the constitutional amendment is a toolbeing used by the Prime Minister to consolidatehis position within the Nepal CommunistParty. In this regard, a domestically unifying nar-rative built on an external “national security”threat is all he needs.

Kathmandu’s growing confidence in Chinato fill the strategic void, should ties with Indiaderail completely, is all too clear with Chineseinvestment patterns in Nepal and its leadership’sgrowing proximity with Beijing. Plus, Nepal’ssteps psychologically signal a strategic versionof the Napoleon Complex where a much small-er nation seeks parity with a big power next doorthrough overly-aggressive political steps,notwithstanding the deficit in its capabilities.

An international confrontation purposeful-ly stoked to fuel a domestic constituency seldompays dividends in inter-State relations. Such stepsmay result in domestic political gains but thesedo not last for more than one electoral cycle.More importantly, the international ramificationsof such a step may be as unavoidably lasting incharacter. While the domestic consternation isbuilt up for a long-term gain, the internationalfallout is almost immediate. In Nepal, a domes-tically-charged politics focussed on an externalaggressor may incite domestic adrenaline andtranslate into political consolidation but itsimpact on inter-State relations could be irrepara-ble.

Anti-Indianism has proved beneficial to theNepali leadership in domestic elections but thestrategic gain that the current dispensation ledby Oli has sought to extract by criticising Indiais more than any time in the past. With Nepal’sassertions through a redrawn map and parlia-mentary approval on the same, India’s counter-assertions on the sovereignty issue and its “snub-

bing” of repeated requests for talks byKathmandu since the Kalapani issue,both sides seem to have hardened theirpositions. What is concerning is that thebilateral relationship may be gradual-ly sliding into an irreversible down-grade.

Beside the aforementioned specif-ically-pertinent contexts for Nepal’sbrinkmanship, there are two broadercontexts that find parallels elsewhere inrecent global events. On one hand,hardening sovereignty for States —from big to small — has becomealmost in vogue. US President DonaldTrump’s “Mexican Wall”, China’srenewed push around the “Nine-Dash-Line” along with the ongoing assertionsacross the Line of Actual Control(LAC), Turkey’s reinforced position onparts of Cyprus and so on have allshown a similar trend in State-sover-eignty relations.

However, in most cases this rein-forcement flows from a more powerfulcountry to the lesser one. Nepal seemsto have reversed that trend by eschew-ing the diplomatic route to resolve aborder dispute with India.

On the other hand, there are States,particularly the US, led by Trump,which have prioritised domestic needsby pandering to the domestic electoralconstituency at the cost of external rela-tions, even well-established ones liketrans-Atlantic ties or its non-NATOallies like Japan and South Korea.

Oli seems to have taken a leaf outof Trump’s playbook. He has agreed torisk years of a “special relationship” rid-ing on an open border, free movementof people, the Nepalese people’s rightto work, well-respected GorkhaRegiments in the Indian Army andinter-State marriages establishing themuch-revered “roti-beti (livelihood-daughter)” relationship for domestic

political gains and perhaps an incite-ment from China. The question thatemerges is whether Kathmandu’s stepsagainst Indo-Nepal relations are worththe risk?

It is a different matter that to India,which is the largest and most benignneighbour sitting at the altar of greatpower capabilities. Even a small recip-rocal step in response to the decisionsof its smaller neighbours would seemseeped in heavy-handedness. Thiscould very well be a miscalculation inthe Indian response to its neighbour-hood policy. The sense of parity in rela-tionship that smaller States of SouthAsia today desire with their big neigh-bour India has a calculated differencevis-a-vis the uplift that they seek withregard to China.

This has to do with three criticalfactors: Smaller States’ relative assess-ment of India’s capabilities vis-a-visChina; India’s non-muscular foreignpolicy orientation which has its policyof non-intervention and zero-threatwrit large on it; and most importantly— as in the case of Nepal — China’sability to provide credible alternativesto India in these States.

Both India and Nepal seem to havehardened their stance on the issue ofclaimed sovereignty. At such a juncture,bilateral relationship, especially givenits inflexible traits, should be treatedpragmatically. Nostalgia in inter-Staterelations is both good and bad.

At a time when South Asian States,from the Maldives and Sri Lanka toNepal and some would say evenBhutan, have hardened their sovereign-ty vis-a-vis India, New Delhi, shouldnot count on nostalgia to deal with stepsthat have marked decisions from itsneighbours entrenched in realpolitik.And, that might not be a bad idea.Nostalgia in India-Nepal relations is

good but it has perhaps served its pur-pose. Dragging it beyond its shelf-lifemay produce results contrary to expec-tations.

Perhaps, India is thinking of a resetin its ties with Nepal too. India’s criti-cism of Nepal’s move to bring out a newmap as “artificial enlargement of claims”sets a clear path of a non-negotiablebilateral relationship forward. It ispossible that New Delhi goes aheadnormally with its relationship withNepal and ignores Kathmandu’s deci-sion.

For India, this could require strate-gic reconciling of its amour-propre asthe larger power of the two. Thiscould in turn depend on the next stepsby the Oli Government, especially onmatters that impinge on its relationswith India.

Kathmandu’s tighter embrace ofBeijing could mean a further constrict-ed road for Delhi-Kathmandu relations— more so, if Nepal decides to involveChina in building border infrastructureof any kind. A more directly confronta-tional way for Nepal could be the inter-nationalisation of the dispute by drag-ging India to the International Courtof Justice.

New Delhi should consider alloptions going forward, as it is not with-out precedent that India has beendragged in a dispute by a smaller neigh-bour to international arbitration. Indiashould watch out for any display of theNapoleon Complex in Nepal’s Statebehaviour, especially with China lurk-ing in the background. Kathmandu’sdomestic pandering could very well becomplemented by an internationalgrandstanding backed by victimhood.

(Mishra is deputy director, KIIPS,Bhubaneswar and research fellow, ICWAwhile Meena is Assistant Professor ofPolitical Science, PG DAV, BHU)

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(RBI’s) Monetary Policy Committee(MPC), led by Governor ShaktikantaDas, recently said it was important totake into account the weak growthmomentum. It pointed to the need forprioritising growth in view of the less-risky inflation outlook, while alsoensuring that financial conditionsremain benign when a recovery takesplace, in order to sustain confidence.

The future: Though the MPC

refrained from providing any forecaston the Gross Domestic Product(GDP) growth, members said theyexpect the economy to contract in thecurrent fiscal year and noted that agri-culture and allied activities have pro-vided the only silver lining till now.

Chief Economic AdvisorKrishnamurthy Subramanian alsospoke about the downside risk to theeconomy and GDP contraction in thefirst quarter (Q1) of the Financial Year(FY) 21. He further said that thiswould lead to a fiscal deficit of overfive per cent of the GDP in FY21. ForFY20, the fiscal deficit came in at 4.6per cent of the GDP, compared withthe revised estimate of 3.8 per cent andthe Budget estimate of 3.3 per cent. Ithad breached the 0.5 per cent escapeclause, which the Fiscal Responsibilityand Budget Management Act, 2003(FRBM Act) allows.

A complex economy: Now, asIndia begins to open up after a pro-

longed lockdown, hotels, restaurantsand other hospitality services andshopping malls have been permittedto open. The lockdown, however, willcontinue in containment zones tillJune 30. High-frequency data isalready showing a pick-up in activityin the Indian economy and the easingof the lockdown is a clear positive. Butactual recovery depends on the pos-itive mindset of the people and theirpurchasing power. India’s growthstory is basically a consumption-based one. India has a multi-layeredeconomy with the rural-urban econ-omy on one hand and the organised-unorganised one on the other. Thismakes the situation challenging foranyone to come up with one simplesolution which would work. Hence,solutions should also be multi-layeredand ones that can be woven intoanother solution best suit the need ofthe Indian economy.

The ground reality: Many peo-

ple have lost their jobs due to the lock-down and many have experiencedsalary cuts. This might lead to a struc-tural change in business because wemight encounter a situation whereconsumers start spending on essentialitems only. Plus, even though mallshave opened, it will be a while beforepeople start thronging them becauseof the need for social distancing. Insuch a situation, the big gainers willbe the e-commerce firms.

The guidelines for the much-hyped collateral-free and automaticloans, too, are yet to reach bankbranches and MSMEs are literallystruggling to get their share. In this sit-uation, interest and capital subsidy tosuch loans could be provided byStates, too. We have seen all supportto businesses coming from the CentralGovernment but nothing from States.When taxes are collected by States, itis disheartening to see them shyingaway from their responsibility to sup-

port regional businesses during acrisis. If these conditions of job uncer-tainty and low demand sustain, theeconomy could enter a recessionarycycle and people might end up defer-ring all non-essential expenditure,which would kill short to medium-term recovery.

The way forward: TheGovernment should provide relief oninterest, late fee and penalty on bothDirect Taxes and Indirect Taxes. TheGoods and Services Tax Councilshould waive any sort of late fee andpenalty and make provisions forrefunding the same. Waiver of inter-est for the moratorium period will alsohelp the cash-starved middle class.

The Government should under-stand that recovery will not come inthe short term and, therefore, tospeed up the process, it should hikecapital expenditure and announcesome big projects.

Alternatively, when the

Government can see that demand hascollapsed and growth in FY21 isheaded towards negative territory,then instead of infusing more liquid-ity by reducing repo rates, loans andso on, the Government should starttaking fiscal measures. All the mea-sures the Government has taken tilldate are mostly on the supply side andnot the demand side.

Before the pandemic struck theworld, India was facing an economicslowdown and last year, too, theactions taken by the Centre to reme-dy the situation were on the supplyside, like reduction in corporate taxrates, hoping for some investmentsfrom positive cash flows and savingfrom tax outlays.

The Government should alsoconcentrate and channelise its effortsin welcoming companies moving outof China as India still continues toenjoy the trust of foreign investors andits banking system remains healthy.

But that might not be sufficient tomake the proposal lucrative. TheGovernment has announced the set-ting up of a high-level EmpoweredGroup of Secretaries, to be chaired bythe Cabinet Secretary and a ProjectDevelopment Cell (PDC) in min-istries/departments with a view toattracting investments to the country.This is the right way forward but workshould be done at a faster pace.

To deal with the current econom-ic crisis, India must find the right bal-ance between leaning towards a highfiscal deficit and ensuring financial sta-bility. In all likelihood, theGovernment would come up with afresh round of stimulus package in theshort to medium-term. Only time willtell how deeply negative the growthwill be. The economic situation isbleak but there is a silver lining inevery crisis. We just need to find ours.

(The writer is an author and GSTand economics specialist)

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India is expected to save aroundRs 30,000 crore annually onimport bill of thermal coal onaccount of commercial miningof blocks, Coal MinisterPralhad Joshi said on Thursday.

He said the country stillimports one-fifth of its annualcoal requirements and spendsprecious foreign exchange on it.

"Once commercial miningpicks up, thermal coal beingimported is likely to be substi-tuted, saving in potential importbill of around Rs 30,000 croreper annum or nearly USD 5 bil-lion per year," the ministersaid at the launch event ofblocks for commercial mininghere. Joshi said the opening ofthe coal sector to private com-panies is expected to generateemployment for more thanthree lakh people.

Since these coal mines are sit-uated in the backward regionsof the country, commercialcoal mining is expected to con-tribute about Rs 20,000 croreannually to these states as rev-enue and strengthen the devel-opment of local economies, hesaid.

Commercial coal miningis a step towards an open mar-ket and a more liberalisedregime with greater freedom tothe investors to tap the marketopportunity, he said.

The minister also empha-sised that the welfare provisionsfor coal workers in the com-mercial mines will be at parwith what Coal India (CIL) pro-vides.

"Let there be no worry thatthere will be different yardsticksfor private and public mining,"he stressed.

Of the 41 blocks put on sale,34 are fully explored, four arepartly explored and three are

regionally explored.Eleven of these mines are in

Madhya Pradesh, followed bynine each in Chhattisgarh,Odisha and Jharkhand andthree in Maharashtra.

The mines includes, Bander(Maharashtra), Brahmadiha(Jharkhand), Chendipada(Odisha), Fatehpur East(Chhattisgarh), Gotitoria East(Madhya Pradhesh).

All types of coal blocks areavailable for bidding as there are37 non-coking, two coking andtwo combo mines i.e. cokingplus non-coking, the coal min-istry said.

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India’s rice production is likelyto surge to a record high asfarmers are expanding the areaunder paddy because of goodmonsoon rains and after thegovernment raised the price atwhich it will buy the new-sea-son crop. Higher output by theworld’s biggest rice exportercould dampen domestic pricesand make exports more com-petitive, compensating for lowersupplies from rivals Thailandand Vietnam.

It could also force India’sstate-run agencies to ramp uppurchases from farmers even asinventories are bulging.

“Farmers are interested inrice. They are likely to expandarea due to government sup-port. In the new marketingyear, we could produce as muchas 120 million tonnes,” said B.V.Krishna Rao, president of India’sRice Exporters Association.

The government raised theprice at which it will buy new-season rice from farmers by2.9%.

India, which produced arecord 117.94 million tonnes ofrice in 2019/20, has startedplanting the summer-sown crp

as the monsoon has spread tomain rice-growing areas in thesouth and east.

The good monsoon rain andrising exports due to a rally inglobal prices have been encour-aging Indian farmers to plantmore rice, said Nitin Gupta, vice

president for Olam India’s ricebusiness.

Rice prices in Thailand andVietnam, the second and thirdbiggest exporter of the grainrespectively, hit multi-year highsthis year due to limited supplies.

Unlike its competitors, Indiahas a massive surplus for exportand it will get bigger in the newseason, Gupta said.

State-run agencies were hold-ing 27.4 million tonnes of riceand another 21 million tonnesof un-milled paddy, accordingto the state-run FoodCorporation of India (FCI).

But another record harvestcould dampen domestic pricesand force the FCI to buy near-ly half of the output from farm-ers, said Rao

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Fitch cut its outlook on India’ssovereign rating to “negative”from “stable” on Thursday andforecast a 5% contraction ingrowth for the current fiscalyear, saying the coronavirusoutbreak was extracting aheavy toll on the economy.

“The coronavirus pandem-ic has significantly weakenedIndia’s growth outlook for thisyear and exposed the chal-lenges associated with a highpublic-debt burden,” the rat-ings agency said in a statement.

However, Fitch maintainedits India rating at ‘BBB-‘, thelowest investment grade.

The move comes afterMoody’s downgraded Indiaearlier this month to a notchabove junk, falling in line withother global agencies, whilealso cutting its outlook to ‘neg-ative’. But S&P shortly afteraffirmed its rating and main-tained a ‘stable’ outlook.

Fitch said it expected Indiato rebound with growth of9.5% in 2021/22, mainly due toa low base but highlighted

that its forecasts are subjectedto considerable risksdue to continuedrise in newC O V I D - 1 9cases as nation-wide lock-downs areeased gradually.

The agencysaid the medium-term fiscal outlookis of particular impor-tance from the rating perspec-tive, but is subject to greatuncertainty and would depend

on the level of GDP growthand government’s policy

intentions.Fiscal metrics

have deterioratedsignificantly andFitch said itexpects govern-ment debt to jump

to 84.5% of GDPthis year from 71%

last year and sharplyhigher than the median

52.6% for other similar ratedcountries in 2020.

Fitch said India’s medium-

term GDP growth outlookmight be negatively affected byrenewed asset-quality chal-lenges in banks and liquidityissues in non-banking financialcompanies and need for fur-ther financial support forbanks is inevitable.

“It remains to be seenwhether India can return tosustained growth rates of 6% to7% as we previously estimated,depending on the lastingimpact of the pandemic, par-ticularly in the financial sector,”they wrote.

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HDFC Bank MD and CEOAditya Puri has said IndianGDP will recover "very fast"and pointed out that it is essen-tial to get the growth rate backto the pre-COVID levels.

The largest lender in the pri-vate sector will emerge fromthe COVID-19 pandemic "wayway stronger" than it ever was,Puri said in an e-mail to thebank's employees earlier thismonth.

It can be noted that theeconomy is widely expected to

contract in FY21, with someanalysts pegging the GDP todecline by 5 per cent. Theentire first quarter has been awashout due to the continuinglockdowns with only essentialservices being allowed to oper-ate.

Earlier on Thursday, worriesover growth led global agency

Fitch to revise down its outlookon the sovereign to "negative"while affirming the rating.

"The COVID crisis is ahealth crisis which killed sup-ply and over a period of timedemand as well. However, I amconfident in the future of Indiaand even brighter future ofHDFC Bank. The GDP and the

country will recover very fast,"Puri, the founder chief execu-tive of the lender whohas been at thehelm for 25years, said.

The key fac-tor, Puri said, isfor the eco-n o m i c

growth rate to come back to the pre-COVID levels veryquickly.

He said companies with agood strategy, technology,capital, liquidity and amotivated team willemerge as winners afterthe crisis.

"I am confident that wewill emerge from

COVID wayw a ystronger inthe mar-ket thanwe ever

were," he said. The CEO also said the bank

is one of the few companieswhich has maintained bonus-es, increments and salary inthese difficult times.

Puri, who is scheduled toretire in October, said the bankhas an excess liquidity of USD2 billion, a high capital adequa-cy of 17.5 per cent and trainedmanpower.

He further said the bank willcomplete a technology trans-formation by September whichwill make dealings with cus-tomers frictionless.

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The power ministry hasasked state-ownedPower GridCorporation to set up acentral transmissionutility with separateaccounting and boardstructure.

PGCIL is engaged in powertransmission business with theresponsibility of planning,implementation, operation andmaintenance of Inter-StateTransmission System.

There have been allegationsthat PGCIL is at advantage asdeveloper of power transmis-sion projects because it is acentral transmission unit(CTU). "PGCIL shall immedi-ately set up a CTU, a 100 percent owned subsidiary ofPGCIL with separate account-ing and board structure, whichwould be responsible for car-

rying out statutory functions,as identified for CTU underthe Electricity Act 2003, andalso other functions assignedto CTU by Central ElectricityRegulatory Commission," theministry said in a letter to thePGCIL Chairman and MDon June 17, 2020.

The subsidiary would beseparated from the Power GridCorporation of India Ltd(PGCIL) into a new CTU Ltd,a wholly-owed Government ofIndia company, within sixmonths or till the completionof formalities.

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The BSE Sensex rallied 700points on Thursday followinggains in index-heavyweightsHDFC twins, RelianceIndustries, Kotak Bank andICICI Bank despite weak cuesfrom global markets.

After starting on a tepidnote, the 30-share benchmarkgained momentum in late-afternoon trade to close at34,208.05, up 700.13 points, or2.09 per cent.

Similarly, the broader NSENifty jumped 210.50 points, or2.13 per cent, to 10,091.65.

Bajaj Finance was the topgainer in the Sensex pack,climbing over 5 per cent, fol-lowed by KotakBank, SBI,Po w e r G r i d ,Axis Bank,HDFC Bankand RelianceIndustries.

On theother hand,

HUL, Bharti Airtel, TCS,ONGC and Maruti wereamong the laggards.

According to NarendraSolanki, Head- EquityResearch (Fundamental) atAnand Rathi, market startedon a tepid note as peers in Asia

traded mixed in the morn-ing session followingcomments by the AsianDevelopment Bank

(ADB) whichsaid thatd e v e l -

oping Asia will "barely grow" in2020.

However, the mood in thedomestic market turned upbeatin the afternoon with upwardmomentum witnessed inbanks, financial services andmetals indices, he added.

Bourses in Hong Kong,Tokyo and Seoul settled withlosses, while Shanghai closed inthe positive territory.

Stock exchanges in Europewere trading on a mixed notein early trade.

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The Enforcement Directorate(ED) has issued a show causenotice for a FEMA violation ofRs 905 crore to nine entities,many of them based in Kolkata,for indulging in speculativedealings of future currencyderivatives in alleged violationof the RBI guidelines, officialssaid on Thursday.

They said the notice hasbeen issued under the ForeignExchange Management Act(FEMA) after an investigationlaunched few years back inthese instances was completed.The central probe agency has

named at least 9 businessmenand entities in the notice includ-ing Santosh Promoters Pvt Ltd,Pennar Trading Pvt Ltd, DelightSuppliers Pvt Ltd and former

CEO and MD of MetropolitanStock Exchange of India JosephMassey. The ED's Kolkata officetook over the probe in the caseon the basis of an informationsent by the Union finance min-istry few years back. Officials

said the ED's probe found thatthe said companies and individ-uals "were involved in unautho-rised speculative dealings offuture currency derivative con-tracts without having anyunderlying contract or exposurein foreign currency."

Santosh Promoters Pvt Ltd,Pennar Trading Pvt Ltd andDelight Suppliers Pvt Ltd —companies of businessmanAditya Sarda — had entered intounauthorised transactions ofRs 905 crore in just three daysin the financial year 2011-12 formaking speculative gains onfluctuations in foreign currencyrates vis-a-vis rupee, they said.

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Leading private sector lifeinsurer ICICI Prudential hasannounced a 15 per centhigher bonus payout inFY2019-20, totalling Rs 788crore. This is the 14th consec-utive year of bonus payout bythe insurer to its policyhold-ers, and the current payoutwill benefit 9 lakh customers,the company said in a state-ment on Thursday.

A bonus from an insurer isthe share of profit generatedby the company's participat-ing policyholders' funds. Allparticipating policies inforceas of March 2020 are eligiblefor bonus, which will beadded to their guaranteedmaturity or death benefitand help get one step closerto achieving the financialgoals of policyholders.

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India has told two state-runtelecoms firms to use locally-made rather than Chinese tele-com equipment to upgradetheir mobile networks to 4G, asenior government source saidon Thursday.

New Delhi’s move comesamid a backlash against com-panies from China after thekilling this week of 20 Indiansoldiers by Chinese forces in a

Himalayan border dispute.The instruction is aimed at

Chinese telecom gear makersHuawei and ZTE, the sourcesaid, after India last yearannounced an almost $8 billionplan, some of which was ear-marked for network upgrades,to help loss-making operatorsBharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL)and Mahanagar TelephoneNigam (MTNL).

“Since that plan will be fund-ed by public money they

(BSNL, MTNL) should try toensure they buy made in Indiaequipment,” the governmentsource, who declined to be

named as the order was notpublic, told Reuters.

India’s department of tele-coms did not respond to arequest for comment. The headof BSNL and MTNL did notanswer calls or messages seek-ing comment.

Huawei declined to com-ment and ZTE, which poten-tially risks losing tens of mil-lions of dollars in orders, didnot respond to a request forcomment. The Chinese

embassy in Delhi did notimmediately respond to arequest for comment.

Chinese companies face apublic backlash after the worstclash since 1967 betweenChina and India, where anti-Chinese sentiment is alreadystrong.

Beijing has also come underfire over the coronavirus out-break, with social media cam-paigns urging Indians to boy-cott Chinese goods.

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The Ministry of New andRenewable Energy (MNRE)has constituted a project devel-opment cell to attract invest-ment in the clean energysector, particularlysolar.

The projectdevelopmentcell (PDC)would offerthose renew-able projectsfor investmentwhere all neces-sary spade worklike detailed projectreport, land, etc is com-plete.

The PDC has been consti-tuted under Amitesh KumarSinha, Joint Secretary, MNRE,the ministry said in its orderissued on June 17.

"He (Sinha )shall be assist-ed by Ruchin Gupta, Director,MNRE, other officers of theGrid Solar Power Division

and representatives of InvestIndia," the order said.

MNRE has also asked theDepartment for Promotion ofIndustry and Internal Trade(DPIIT) to nominate its rep-

resentatives from InvestIndia to participate

in the working ofthis cell.

B e s i d e s ,MNRE is devel-oping a portalto receive pro-posals from the

renewable ener-gy sector, with

provisions to checkthe status of action

taken on such proposals.Earlier, the Centre had

approved setting up of anEmpowered Group ofSecretaries and PDCs in min-istries/departments of the gov-ernment for attracting invest-ments by development ofinvestible projects in coordi-nation with the Centre andstates.

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eople in India are experiencing a sudden epiphany aboutthe importance of mental health and the role it plays in

our daily lives. This was sparked by the sad and untimelydemise of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput who was

found dead in his Bandra house on June 14. Authoritiesare treating it as suicide while the investigation is active.

The autopsy report says that his death was caused by asphyxiationcaused due to hanging. In today’s fast-moving world where everyone

is so caught up in chasing success, meeting deadlines, scoring goodgrades, we end up stressing ourselves so much that we oftenneglect the mental and physical toll it takes on us. We treatour physical health with the help of medicines and doctors,but we always end up ignoring our mental health which is

equally important. It’s impossible to tell how someonefeels just by looking at them or by what they post online.

We always try to show our prefect lives online even ifthey aren’t so perfect in reality. Good mental healthmeans a balance of positive and negative feelings in

our daily lives. Often, we avoid talking aboutthings that bother us and hide negative emotions

in some corner of our minds and pretend likethey don’t exist. Someday, the piled-up nega-tive emotions will spill out and take over our

minds which might lead to anxiety, panicattack, or even depression.

Dr. Purnima Nagaraja, a mental healthprofessional from Dhrithi Wellness Clinic

speaks exclusively to The Pioneer about men-tal well-being and its importance in our daily

lives. She says, “Mental health is just asimportant as physical health, if not more.

For instance, imagine building a house.You might’ve used the best switches or

wiring for your home but if the mainfuse doesn’t function, all that wiring

becomes useless. Our brain functionsas the powerhouse of our entire body

and mind is a part of that. So ifthere is anything wrong with the

mind, it will have a significant effecton other parts of the body as well.For example, anxiety and depres-

sion are some of the reasons accen-tuating diabetes. Mental and physi-cal health go hand in hand, they'reinseparable. But due to the stigma,

a lot of people separate the mindand body. Imagine you're at the

dining table with your friends orfamily. You have a cold and you

take a Paracetamol. No one ques-tions you or judges you. But if youtake an antidepressant, people ask

questions, pass judgments, and tell youabout the side effects that don't even exist.

Due to this stigma and the lack of accep-tance, most people don’t give importance to

their mental health. A lot of people linkmental illness to weakness or lack of

resilience which stops people from comingout and talking about their problems.

Another reason for this can be that mentalhealth issues are invisible and this makes it

difficult to deal with.”She continues to speak about how poor

mental health can affect a person’s life. Shesays, “If a person is severely depressed, they

start to think that life is not worth living. Theystop experiencing pleasure in small things such as

watching TV, talking to friends, etc. If the condition isleft untreated, the person tends to exhibit suicidal behaviour.For example, if a person suffering from schizophrenia has a

delusion that people are out to get him/her, there is a chancethat they might behave recklessly with the people around or

react violently to the auditory hallucinations. They might alsoharm themselves or the people around them. Thus, mental health

has a lot of say about the way we behave, act, or feel. In some cases,people suffering from mental issues start drinking and doing drugs in order to feel good.

People with bipolar disorder or depression often tend to adopt retail therapy where they goon a shopping spree just to feel good and spend money on things they don’t even need.”

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sychologists andpsychiatristsclaim that thecurrent time is achallenge foreveryone and

especially those sufferingfrom mental health issuesare more vulnerable.Trouble in mental healthfeels like an emotionalbreakdown to people.

“When it took sevenweeks of being in a pan-demic, in lockdown, in ahigh-stress situation for meto finally buckle, it tastedlike success. That was whenI knew that I had made theright decision to go to atherapist,” says PriyankaSutaria, an Ophelia theoristand a poetess openingabout her experiences withtherapy.

Sudden anger manage-ment problems, losing hertemper, frequent blackoutswere some of the early signsshe started to observe. Theneed for parents to beextremely supportive insuch a situation was her go-to solution as her parentsdid not see ‘tackling mentalhealth with the help of aprofessional’ as a problem.Recollecting the three mis-takes she made, from tryingout a self-diagnosis to avoidexpressing her feelings andpushing away the possibili-ty of receiving help, madethis slightly worse for her.“I then went to a clinicalpsychologist who asked me

questions about how was Ifeeling and what was hap-pening to me. She asked meto get my blood sampledand got to know that myB12 and iron levels areextremely low. Therapyhelped me help myselfbecome better by guidingme in taking in the energy Ihad instead wasted onloathing myself.”

The most important

thing to do after one’s firsttherapy session is to checkin with yourself. Ask your-self how you felt after yourfirst session went, and seehow you would feel aboutgoing to another one withthis therapist. Considerhow you felt about yourtherapist specifically.Therapy is an incrediblyindividualised process, sonot every therapist is goingto be the right fit for you.Additionally, you may havesome homework from yourtherapist before your nextsession. This could be any-thing from journalingthroughout the week todoing a little reading thatmay help provide contextfor your next session.

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bias-based bullying for rea-sons beyond their sexual orgender identities, such asbeing bullied because oftheir body weight, race/eth-nicity and religion, accord-ing to a US survey report.

Each type of bullying waspositively related to healthrisk, including depression,sleep problems, stress, andunhealthy weight controlbehaviors, said the studypublished in the AmericanJournal of PreventiveMedicine.

The researchers foundthet presence of a GayStraight Alliance (GSA) atschool was associated withless bullying of students fortheir weight, gender, reli-gion, disability, and sexuali-ty.

GSAs are student-runorganisations that uniteLGBTQ+ and allied youth tobuild community andorganise around issuesimpacting them in theirschools and communities.

“When consideringapproaches to reduce healthrisk, we need to betterunderstand the wide rangeof bias-based bullying expe-rienced by SGM (sexual andgender minority) adoles-cents,” said lead author ofthe study Leah Lessard,postdoctoral fellow at theRudd Center for Food Policyand Obesity at the

University of Connecticut inthe US.

“Given that multipleforms of bias-based bullyingcan worsen negative healthbehaviors, it is critical tounderstand how school-based interventions, such asGay Straight Alliances(GSAs), may be able toreduce targeted bullying.”

The study reports findingsfrom the LGBTQ NationalTeen Survey, a comprehen-sive survey conducted inpartnership with the HumanRights Campaign to assessvictimisation, health behav-iors, family relationships,and experiences of LGBTQadolescents across the US.

Researchers asked partici-

pants ages 13-17 questionsabout school-based GSAs,their experiences of bias-based bullying, and healthrisk indicators, includingstress, sleep problems,depression, and unhealthyweight behaviors.

About 91 per cent ofLGBTQ adolescents in thesurvey said they faced atleast one experience of bias-based bullying.

The results suggest thatsexual and gender minority(SGM) adolescents facehealth consequences not justfrom the distress of beingstigmatised for their sexualand gender identities.

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n the wake of actorSushant SinghRajput’s death, actorAyesha Takia hasclaimed that she wassubjected to work-

place bullying and askedfans to reach out to theirdear ones if they have gonethrough a similar experi-ence.

Rajput was found dead inhis Bandra apartment onSunday. His demise hasprompted many actors toopen up about navigatingthe film industry which isinfamous for favouring itsown and shunning the out-siders who brave throughapparent bullying withinBollywood circles.

Takia made her debutwith 2004’s Taarzan: TheWonder Car and went on tostar in films such as SochaNa Tha, Salaam-e-Ishq,

Sunday and Wanted.“Having personally been

through many incidents oftrolling and workplace bul-lying. I wish to spread theword about this and I wantyou to speak up, please, ifsomeone is making you feelless, small or worthless,” shesaid without taking anyname.

The 34-year-old actor hasbeen away from films since2011’s Mod, which reunitedher with director NageshKukunoor with whom shecollaborated on critically-acclaimed films like Dorand 8 x 10 Tasveer.

“Please know that you areincredible and unique. Youare meant to be here andfight for what you deserve.You are bright and different,you must not let them win.Please speak to someone.Reach out,” Takia wrote on

Tuesday.The actor said said it may

seem difficult, but if some-one is being troubled, theywill eventually find peoplewho will listen and under-stand what they are goingthrough.

“We need this world tobe a kind place for ourfuture generations and fortheir sake we must makesure that love and kindnesslead the way. Pls be niceto people, be kind and

sensitive because you have no idea how fragile or what hardship someone is going through(sic),” she captioned thepost titled ‘What isBullying?’.

According to an official,Mumbai Police found outduring the probe thatRajput, 34, was under medication for depression.

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ctress Kristen Stewartwill bring PrincessDiana alive in PabloLarrain’s filmSpencer.

The drama will beset around a weekend in theearly 1990s when Diana decidedto separate from Prince Charles.Larrain will direct the film froma script by Steven Knight. Theproduction is expected to beginin early 2021, reportsdeadline.com.

The drama takes place overthree days, in one of her finalChristmas holidays in theHouse of Windsor in theirSandringham estate in Norfolk,England.

“Kristen is one of the greatactors around today. To do thiswell, you need something veryimportant in film, which is mys-tery. Kristen can be manythings, and she can be very mys-terious and very fragile and ulti-mately very strong as well,which is what we need. The

combination of those elementsmade me think of her. The wayshe responded to the script andhow she is approaching thecharacter, it’s very beautiful tosee. I think she's going to dosomething stunning andintriguing at the same time. Sheis this force of nature,” Larraínsaid of casting the Twilight star.

The film won't deal withDiana’s death after she left thepalace life, but will examine thefading bond with her husband,and her love for her sons.

“I’ve always been intriguedand fascinated by the RoyalFamily and how things are inthat culture, which we don’thave where I come from,”Larraín said, adding: “Diana issuch a powerful icon, wheremillions and millions of people,not just women, but many peo-ple around the world felt empa-thy toward her in her life. Wedecided to get into a story aboutidentity, and around how awoman decides somehow,

not to be the queen. She's awoman who, in the journey ofthe movie, decides and realisesthat she wants to be the woman she was before she met Charles.”

“It is about finding herself,about understanding that possi-bly the most important thing forher is to be well, and to be withherself and by herself. That’swhy the movie is called Spencer,which is the family name shehad before she met Charles. It’s very contained, set over afew days in Sandringham. They spent Christmas there formany years and that’s where weset the movie in the early ’90s,around 1992, we’re not specific.It’s Christmas Eve, Christmasand Boxing Day, three days,very contained. We get tounderstand what it is she wantsand what she will do,” Larraínexplained.

“We believe that this is amovie that could create interestaround the planet,” Larraín said.

ate actorSushant SinghRajput now hasa website dedi-cated to him,aimed at shar-

ing all the positive ener-gies he left behind.

The website called self-musing.com is currentlybeing developed. It willhighlight the actor’sthoughts, learning,dreams and wishes that hewould have shared withhis fans.

“He is away but he isstill alive with us.Kickstarting #SelfMusingmodehttps://selfmusing.com/.Fans like you were real

“godfather” for Sushant.As promised to him, con-verting this space into acollection of all histhoughts, learnings,dreams, and wishes, healways wanted people toknow. Yes, we are docu-menting all the positiveenergies he has left behindin this world.#AlwaysAlive #BestofSSR,”posted Sushant SinghRajput's team onFacebook.

An introduction on thehomepage says, “SushantSingh Rajput was anIndian actor, dancer,entrepreneur, and philan-thropist. #SelfMusing washis passion. As promised

to him, this is a space having all his thoughts,learnings, and wishes healways wanted people toknow. We are in theprocess of documentingall the positive energies he hasleft behind in this world.This space will ensure thathe is #AlwaysAlive.”

The website also aims tocommunicate Sushant'sthinking process, throughquotes by the late actor,like: “Reality is not what itis, until we observe ormeasure it”, “The momentyou know the limit, youare limitless” and “Theway you learn is what youlearn”.

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fter a decent debutwith Kavvintha fouryears ago, directorVijay ChowdaryTripuraneni is setfor his second film.

To be produced by T Rameshunder Fivestar Entertainments,the untitled film is an action-entertainer set in a forest back-drop. The makers haveinformed that a young hero willheadline it. It will roll towardsthe end of this year, with themakers stating that cast andtechnical details will be sharedsoon.

yricist-turned-filmmakerKrishna Chaitanya isassembling a strongline of supportingcast for his next,Power Peta, head-

lined by Nithiin, KeerthySuresh and Satyadev. The lat-est actor to have got the in-principle nod of his script isthe usually choosy Nadiya.A source close to thedevelopment tells us thatNadiya liked the storybut she couldn’t sign itdue to the lockdown.“If she is not in aposition to do thefilm, Chaitanyawants to knockthe doors ofRamyaKrishna,” addedthe source.

The sourcefurther addedthat the likes ofAjay andPammisai arealready on board forother supporting rolesin the film, a gritty perioddrama. To be made in twoparts, Power Peta is a produc-tion venture of TG VishwaPrasad under People MediaFactory. It will go in front ofthe cameras towards theend of this year or earlynext year. Mani Sharmahas been signed on to ren-der tunes. — NG

e are seeingalliances forpapa(Niharika). Bythe end ofApril-May

next year, I will have hermarried. Varun will wedby the end of 2021 orearly 2022. Once theyget married, I can be100 per cent free, NagaBabu had said lastmonth during his inter-view for a web portal.And it now it appears likehis daughter’s marriage ismore or less confirmed.Dropping a subtle hint

on her social media pageson Wednesday evening,the actress-producerposted a Starbucks coffeecup with the name ‘Mrs.’',while striking off the tagof ‘Ms. Niha’.

According to thegrapevine, Naga Babu haschosen a Guntur guy forhis daughter to walkdown the aisle. It is saidthat both of them got toknow each other beforeasking their respectiveparents to proceed withthe wedding plan. Theguy is believed to be theson of a high-ranking

government employee.The wedding is slatedsometime back later thisyear. Official detailsabout the guy are await-ed.

After doing TV showsand a web seriesMuddapappu Avakai,Niharika graduated tofilms with Oka Manasu,which tanked. Her subse-quent efforts too —Happy Wedding andSuryakantham — failedto light up the box-office.She was last seen in SyeRaa Narasimha Reddy,playing a miniscule role.

ctor Rakshit Atluriis pleased aspunch with theplaudits hereceived for histurn in Karuna

Kumar’s crime saga Palasa1978. While its theatrical runwas clipped due to the out-break of Covid-19 earlier thisyear, the actor is glad withthe love it garnered onstreaming giant AmazonPrime. “I was told that it gen-erated Rs 1.25 cr (from view-ership basis) and is continu-ing to do so. For a small filmwhich was rich on content,the team couldn’t have asked

for more,” he exults.He believes the follow-up

film to Palasa 1978 willdetermine where his careerheads. “The next step is animportant one. I’ve green-lita film World HazardOrdinance by debutant direc-tor Dev Pinn who directed ashort film called I’m GonnaTell God Everything. He alsoserved as the executive pro-ducer for Anushka-starrerNishabdam. I play a hacker init and the story has a coron-avirus angle as well. A girlwho is close to my role ismissing in China and he howtracks her with his skill is the

logline. I foundthe story extremelygripping,” he notes,adding that he gave ita lot of thoughtbefore signing it. “I’mexcited and confidentabout the project.”

The film will be pre-sented by his home ban-ner Sudhas Media, whileanother prominent pro-duction house will poolin more resources. “Itwill go to floors oncethe industry gets backto active mode of film-making. We are tryingfor a familiar face tobe the film’s heroine,”he reveals.

Rakshit has “almostlocked” another projecttoo. A remake, it will bedirected by Viswanath whomade his directorial debutwith Aadi and ShraddhaSrinath-starrer damp squibJodi sometime back. “It’s aromantic-comedy withthriller elements woven intothe story. The director isworking on the climax of thescript right now,” he states.

He admits to take theguidance of his father whilepicking up a script, statingthat the process becomes eas-ier. “He is a good judge of ascript, so I look up to hisadvice besides my gut feeling.Dad was involved in thescript of Palasa 1978 as well,”he points out.

Speaking of Palasa, it’s sur-prising that he isn’t a part ofKaruna Kumar’s web series— an anthology drama offour stories — for aha. “Hehas signed a couple of movieswith Sudhas Media. After wecomplete a couple of ourrespective projects, we willlook to join forces again,” theactor, who celebrated hisbirthday with family onThursday, signs off.

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looking maskman. The actress,however, says that initially shethought that the movie wasbased on music.

Keerthy will be seen as a preg-nant mother who sets out on adangerous and physicallydemanding journey to unravel amystery from her past and saveher loved ones.

“The name of my character isRhythm, so I thought it wasgoing to be a musical. In fact,there aren’t many songs in thefilm,” she said.

She might have got the genrewrong at first, but after a narra-tion she was all for it.

“Eashvar Karthic (director)had narrated it for four hours ormore. But I was glued to it. He isa very good narrator. I loved thescript. I was looking for some-thing like this,” said the Mahanatiactress.

Recalling her shoot days, she

shared: “We shot the film in 35days. Something that I had neverdone before. It was done in ashort span of time. We had ourown technicians acting in themovie. The lightman and mymake-up man were also part ofit. It was so much fun.”

There was also a mystery ele-ment on sets.

“Very few people knew themaskman. That was somethinginteresting. It was very secretive,the mask was never out,” she saidabout the arch villain of the film.

The psychological-thriller isscheduled for global premiere onAmazon Prime Video fromtoday.

“Watching it on a big screenwould have been a completelydifferent experience, but consid-ering the situation we have toadapt to it. It’s actually a goodthing that I am having a releaseat this time, during the lock-down. It is also catering to a larg-er audience and not just a fewstates, so I think it has its ownadded advantage. I think it’s defi-nitely going to work for themovie,” said Keerthy.

elugu actorVarun TejKonidela isgung-hoaboutworking out

and has put up a postsaying “lets lift”.

Varun Tej took toInstagram Stories,where he shared aphotograph of a work-out bar with weightson the side.

“Let’s lift”, the actor

wrote on the image.Varun Tej had post-

ed a beautiful photo-graph of himself pos-ing in front of wallgraffiti and he urgedeveryone to be kind.

“A brush of kind-ness, can paint a smileon a face! #bekind,” hesaid.

He has also shared astill of himself fromGaddalakondaGanesh. He plays a

dreaded gangster inthe film.GaddalakondaGanesh, directed byHarish Shankar, sawVarun Tej play a mucholder character.

The Telugu star,who has worked inhits like Tholiprema,Fidaa and F2, willnext be seen in play-ing a boxer in hisupcoming film, tenta-tively called #VT10.

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Napoli beat Juventus 4-2 onpenalties on Wednesday to

lift the Italian Cup for the sixthtime after the score was 0-0 after90 minutes in an empty StadioOlimpco in Rome.

Paulo Dybala and Daniloboth missed their spot-kicks forthe record 13-times Italian Cupchampions Juventus withArkadiusz Milik slotting in thewinner for Napoli past veterankeeper Gianluigi Buffon.

It is the first trophy for thesoutherners since 2014, andalso a maiden coaching trophyfor Gattuso, who replaced CarloAncelotti in December, andclaimed a crown he won as aplayer with AC Milan.

Organisers had scrappedextra-time to minimise injuriesto players as football resumes inItaly after a three-month coro-navirus shutdown.

�����������������Gennaro Gattuso hailed the

‘God of football’ after he liftedhis first coaching trophy

For former Italy World Cupwinner Gattuso his first coach-ing success comes after thedeath of his 37-year-old sis-ter Francesca from a rareillness. “In life you cannotaccept some things, butfootball has given me a lotand a great passion,” saidthe 42-year-old former ACMilan great.

“I feel I have a great respon-sibility. I know I cannot give upand I have never done in mycareer. “I saw a team tonight that

wanted to win, we deserved it.“There’s a God of football,

who makes you reap all thatyou’ve sown.

“I am proud of whatmy lads have done. Now wemust continue with thisspirit also in the champi-onship, to recover the dis-advantage.”The defeat was a worrying

sign for Maurizio Sarri’sJuventus, who had failed to beatand score against AC Milan inthe second leg of the semi-final.

The 61-year-old formerNapoli coach had also beenchasing his first coaching trophyin Italy, and second in his careerafter leading Chelsea to theEuropa League last season.

“There is disappointmentfor the lads, for the club, for thefans,” said Sarri.

“At this moment we lackbrilliance to make the game dan-gerous, and without that bril-liance, it becomes more difficult.”

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Ronaldo missed a chance tobreak the deadlock after fiveminutes, having also missed apenalty in a goalless semi-final,second leg match against ACMilan last weekend.

Napoli had the best chancesof the first half with LorenzoInsigne’s curling effort deniedand Buffon clearing DiegoDemme from close range.

Buffon pulled off a last-minute save on NikolaMaksimovic to send the gameinto penalties with extra-timescrapped.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf stunned Leipzig with two lategoals to draw 2-2 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday

and boost its hopes of avoiding relegation. Two goalsin three minutes from Kevin Kampl and TimoWerner had Leipzig on course to consolidate third placeand all but secure a place in the Champions League.But Steven Skrzybski netted in the 87th minute andAndre Hoffmann equalized in injury time to liftDüsseldorf out of an automatic relegation place withtwo rounds of the season remaining.

Leipzig would have been six points clear of fifth-place Borussia Mönchengladbach with a vastly supe-rior goal difference, but now the gap is four points. Thetop four qualify for the Champions League.

Second-place Borussia Dortmund, which hasalready booked a place in Europe’s premier competi-tion, slumped to a 2-0 loss at home to Mainz.

That means Dortmund is just three points clearof Leipzig with its second place under threat ahead ofa meeting between the two this weekend.

Bayer Leverkusen moved fourth, three pointsbehind Leipzig, with a 3-1 win over Rhine rivalCologne. Schalke lost 2-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt tostretch its club-record winless run to 14 games.

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Manchester City securedthe first win of thePremier League’s restart

with a 3-0 victory over 10-manArsenal at an empty Etihad onWednesday as the English topflight’s return was marked byprotests against racial injustice.

Both sets of players cametogether before kick-off to take aknee, as had Aston Villa andSheffield United players in the firstmatch after a 100-day stoppagedue to coronavirus.

City’s victory closes the gap onLiverpool at the top to 22 pointsand means the Reds cannot securethe title when they face Everton inthe Merseyside derby on Sunday.

�������������������There was little return to nor-

mality once the game did kick-offto the hollow ring of an empty sta-dium as a torrential downpouradded to the difficult conditionsfor the players.

“We expected it to be weird,”said City’s Raheem Sterling. “Thefirst 10 minutes it was getting usedto the atmosphere and getting thecobwebs off.”

However, City soon foundtheir groove just as Arsenal weredisrupted by two early injuries.

Gunners’ boss Mikel Artetahad made a bold team selection on

his return to the Etihad, where hespent three-and-a-half years asGuardiola’s assistant.

The Spaniard left AlexandreLacazette and club recordsigning Nicolas Pepe along-side David Luiz on thebench, while Mesut Ozildid not even make thesquad despite a temporaryrule change to allow ninesubstitutes on the bench.

Guardiola had voiced his con-cerns for players’ welfare over thelack of preparation time to get upto full fitness.

But it was Arteta’s plan thatwas undone inside 20 minutes asGranit Xhaka and Pablo Mari hob-bled off with Luiz replacing the lat-

ter. “Everything went wrongfrom the first minute whenGranit got injured,” saidArteta, who was left in nodoubt of the work he hasahead to close the gapbetween his new employersand his old.

As City began to turn thescrew, only Bernd Leno in theArsenal goal kept the score downbefore half-time.

However, Sterling made thebreakthrough when Luiz failed tocut out Kevin De Bruyne’s crossand the England internationalrifled home his first goal of 2020.

Five minutes into the second-half, Arsenal’s tough task becamean impossible one as Luiz pulleddown Riyad Mahrez inside the boxand was shown a red card.

“It was not the team’s fault, itwas my fault. The coach is amaz-ing, all the players did amazing, itwas just my fault,” said Luiz,whose contract is due to expire onJune 30.

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Portugal youngster Joao Felixscored twice as Atletico

Madrid moved into theChampions League places witha 5-0 La Liga thrashing ofOsasuna on Wednesday.

Felix, 20, was making hisfirst appearance since theSpanish top-flight returned fromits coronavirus hiatus havingbeen suspended for the week-end’s draw at Athletic Bilbao andhad been suffering from anankle sprain since May.

“I felt good, coming backfrom injury after three monthswithout playing and scoringtwo goals is very good for me,”Felix told broadcaster Movistar.

The northerners remain in11th after the defeat with an out-side chance of making theEuropa League but are also10 points away from the rel-egation zone.

The hosts’ coach JagobaArrasate was without cap-tain Oier and Adrian Lopezwho scored the equaliser athigh-flying Real Sociedad, whocan go back above Atltetico

with a win at Alaves.The visitors’ coach Diego

Simeone made four changesfrom Sunday’s match in Bilbao

including handing Felix,who joined the side fromBenfica for 126 millioneuros ($141 million) lastsummer, a start alongsideDiego Costa in attack.Felix opened the scoring 27

minutes when Lodi found spacedown the left flank and he

played the ball back to SaulNiguez in the box, his shot wasdeflected to Felix’s path whosmashed the ball to the top cor-ner.

The hosts’ best chance of anequaliser came six minutesbefore the break but DavidGarcia’s long-range shot couldonly hit the advertising boards.

Felix doubled his account 10minutes into the second half.

Costa was fed the ball in thearea and he squared it to Felixwho side-footed home withease for his eighth goal of thecampaign in all competitions.

Felix was substituted on the69-minute mark as Simeonesent on holding midfielderThomas Partey, who has beenlinked with a move to Arsenal.

Despite Felix leaving thefield his side made sure of threepoints as Marcos Llorente,Alvaro Morata and YannickCarrasco scored in the final 11minutes.

The away side’s Sloveniagoalkeeper Jan Oblak becamethe first non-Spaniard to reach100 La Liga clean sheets with hisperformance.

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Tainted former India pacerS Sreesanth will be consid-

ered for selection in the Keralacricket team provided he provesfitness after his BCCI ban endsin September, state team coachTinu Yohannan said onThursday.

Sreesanth, 37, wasbanned for life by theBCCI in August 2013 forhis alleged involvementin the IPL spot-fixingscandal earlier that year.However, BCCI ombuds-man D K Jain last year

reduced the sentence toseven years.

“Sreesanth will beconsidered for this year’s

Ranji Trophy. We are looking for-ward to having Sreesanth play-ing for Kerala again. Everyonein Kerala is also looking for-

ward to that,” Yohannan, also aformer India pacer, said.

Yohannan said Sreesanthhas enough time to work

on his fitness.“His (Sreesanth’s)

ban will lifted inSeptember. The goodthing is that there istime for him getready.. He is workinghard on his game

and his fitness..,” theKerala coach said.

“Then we will haveto assess his physical fit-ness and game skills.Sree (Sreesanth) is

always in the scheme of things...,” headded.

Yohannan also said Sreesanth isin touch with him constantly and hasbeen working hard on his game.

“... Sreesanth has been in con-stant touch with me. He has beenworking hard on his bowling and fit-ness. However, he has not playedcompetitive cricket for some sevenyears now, we have to evaluate fitnessand skills.

“But we will be very happy towelcome him back into the Keralaside,” Yohannan, who played threeTests and an equal number of ODIs,said.

Sreesanth has played 27 Testsand 53 ODIs for India, taking 87 and75 wickets respectively. He has alsotaken seven wickets in 10 T20Internationals.

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Sri Lanka’s T20 captain LasithMalinga will not be part of

team’s second residential train-ing camp, starting June 22 inKandy, as a 24-member squadwas announced on Thursday.

A six-member unit ofcoaches and other support staffwill work with the players dur-ing the camp at the Pallekele sta-dium.

“The arrangements for thenext camp is aimed at becomingthe best prepared internationalteam post-Covid-19 and to beready to play at any given time,”said Mickey Arthur, the headcoach of the team.

The squad members willcontinue to follow the healthprocedures, followed during thefirst camp, conducted earlier thismonth in Colombo.

Sri Lanka’s next scheduledinternational engagement, thetour by India later this month,has been canceled while theBangladesh tour scheduled forlate July is still doubtful.

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will return to action after thecoronavirus-forced hiatus whenthey participate in the PDC T10league, a 12-day tournamentbeginning on June 25 that willbe streamed on SportsTigerApplication.

The eight participatingteams will be divided into twogroups playing a total of 46games at Anuradhapura in SriLanka. The group stage will beplayed in the round-robin league formatwhich will be fol-lowed by the quali-fiers and eliminatorgames beforeplaying the all-i m p o r t a n tfinal.

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ward Timo Werner from RBLeipzig on Thursday in the firstmajor move of the summer trans-fer market.

Werner, 24, who has scored32 goals in all competitions thisseason, had a 60 million euro (£53million, $67 million) releaseclause in his contract with theGerman club.

He will remain at Leipzig forthe remaining two Bundesligagames of the season.

However, Werner will not beavailable for the end of Leipzig’s2019/20 Champions League cam-paign in August as he is set to joinChelsea in July.

“I am delighted to besigning for Chelsea, it is a veryproud moment for me to bejoining this great club,”Werner said in a state-ment.

“I look forward tonext season with mynew team-mates, mynew manager and ofcourse the Chelseafans.

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a very successful future ahead ofus.”

The signing is a major coupfor the Blues as they seek to closethe gap on Liverpool andManchester City at the top of thePremier League.

Werner was often linkedwith a move to Liverpool after headmitted to being flattered byJurgen Klopp’s interest.

However, concerned by thefinancial fallout from coron-avirus, the European championswere not willing to pay Werner’srelease clause before it expired thismonth. “We are very excited thatTimo Werner has chosen to joinChelsea,” said Chelsea directorMarina Granovskaia.

“He is a player who was cov-eted all over Europe and it is nosurprise, he has that rare mix ofbeing young and exciting andyet established and proven.”

Werner will not beavailable for the secondleg of Chelsea’sChampions League last16 tie against BayernMunich in August ashe was not registeredat the time the matchwas due to be played.

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“I just need to have thecontinued belief in myself,back my ability because Iknow I can get it done, it’s

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Hope says he has it inhim to do well again whenWindies take on England ina bio-secure environment.

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