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 ప్లే బటన్ మీద క్లిక్ చేసి న్యూస్ ప్లే చేయండి.. ఆటోమేటిక్ గా ప్లే అవ్వాలి అంటే మొబైల్ ఇన్ బిల్ట్ బ్రౌజర్ ని ఉపయోగించండి. కొంచెం క్రిందకు స్క్రోల్ చేసి చదివే న్యూస్ ను టెక్స్ట్ రూపం లో చూడండి. టెక్స్ట్ ను చూస్తూ వినండి. మీ ఇంగ్లీష్ భాషా ప్రావీణ్యం మరింత పెరుగుతుంది.

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THE HEADLINES:-

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone for nine highway projects worth over 14 Thousand Crore Rupees in Bihar through video conference today.

• Government says Minimum Support Price for farmers will continue.

• Railways starts running forty clone trains with higher speed and fewer stops .

• Many states to partially reopen schools for students of class 9th to 12th from today as per Unlock 4 guidelines.

• Sikkim government imposes complete lockdown in Gangtok municipal area till 27th of this month.

• In Tennis; Novak Djokovic to clash with Diego Schwartzman in Men’s Singles final of Italian Open.

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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of nine highway projects worth 14,258 crore rupees in Bihar through video conference today. These highway projects involve a road length of about 350 kilometres at a cost of four thousand two hundred 58 crore ruppes. Prominent road projects are six laning of 39 km stretch of Patna Ring road, four laning of Ara-Mohania section of NH 30, Bakhtiarpur-Rajauli section of NH 31 and four laning of Narenpur-Purnea section of NH 131A. Paving the way for development of Bihar, these roads will enhance better connectivity, convenience and economic growth in and around the state. The Movement of people and goods will also improve substantially, especially with the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

“The Prime Minister had declared a special package for significant infrastructure development of Bihar in the year 2015. This included 75 projects worth 54 thousand 700 crore rupees, of which 13 projects have been completed, work is underway at 38 while others are in DPR, Bidding or Sanction stage. Bihar will get a major boost in bridge sector too as the Prime Minister will inaugurate three mega bridge during the event. The bridges include four lane bridge parallel to existing Mahatma Gandhi Setu in Patna, four lane bridge over Kosi river and four lane bridge parallel to existing Vikramshila Setu in Bhagalpur. Under the Prime Minister’s package, total number of bridges over Ganga river are going to be 17, with a lane capacity of 62. This way, on an average, there will be a bridge over rivers in the state at every 25 Kilometres. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Optical Fibre internet services where all the 45 thousand nine hundred 45 villages of Bihar will be connected through Optical Fibre Internet Service. This project will help in easy availabilty of digital services like e-Education, e-Agriculture, Tele-Medicine, Tele-law and other social security schemes to all citizens of Bihar at the click of the button. With KK Lal’s report from Patna, Nitya Franco, Air News.”

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The Defence Minister Minister Rajnath Singh has said that opposition parties are trying to mislead the nation’s farmers. He asserted that  government is aiming to double farmers income and the two farm bills passed in Rajya Sabha yesterday are historic and will pave the way in enhancing farmers income. He added that farmers will continue to get MSP. He was brefing the media yesterday.

Parliament  passed the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill 2020 with Rajya Sabha approving it yesterday amid uproar by the opposition. The House also negated the oppositions’ amendments to send the Bills to the Select Committee. Speaking on the Bills, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that the government has taken several steps for doubling the income of farmers after consultations with the famers and States.

The two Bills aim at increasing the availability of buyers for farmers’ produce by allowing them to trade freely without any license or stock limit resulting in better prices for their produce. They will replace two ordinances promulgated by the Central Government in June this year.The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill allows intra-state and inter-state trade of farmers’ produce beyond the physical premises of APMC markets. As per the Bill, State governments are prohibited from levying any market fee, cess or levy outside APMC areas.The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill creates a framework for contract farming through an agreement between a farmer and a buyer prior to the production of any farm produce.

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In an effort to guard against myths being circulated on various platforms, we bring you our segment on Fact Checking and Mythbusters.

It is a myth that Procurement at Minimum Support Price will stop after the implementation of Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020. Agriculture Ministry has clarified that Procurement at Minimum Support Price will continue and farmers can sell their produce at MSP rates. The Ministry said, the MSP for Rabi season will be announced next week.

The Ministry said it is also a myth that under contract farming, farmers will be under pressure and they will not be able to determine prices. The Agriculture Ministry has clarified that the farmer will have full power in the contract to fix a sale price of his choice for the produce. It said, they will receive payment within maximum three days.

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The Lok Sabha has passed The National Forensic Science University Bill 2020. The Bill establishes National Forensic Science University as an institute of national importance. The proposed university would facilitate and promote studies and research and help achieve excellence in the field of forensic science in conjunction with applied behavioural science studies, law, criminology and other allied areas.

The Lok Sabha also passed the Rashtriya Raksha University Bill. The Bill seeks to provide for the establishment of the Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat. The key objectives of the University include providing dynamic and high standards of learning and research, and provide a working environment dedicated to advancing research, education and training in the domain of policing. The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill was also passed yesterday. The Bill seeks to provide a legal framework for bilateral netting of qualified financial contracts which are over the counter derivatives contracts.The Lok Sabha also passed The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

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The Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that a lot of deaths due to COVID 19  have been avoided because of early lockdown in the country. The Minister said that capacity building was done on a war footing to deal with the challenges emanating from the pandemic. Replying to a discussion on the pandemic in the country, he said it was NDA government’s wisdom that it had made a provision of giving 50 lakh rupees insurance to frontline workers in the fight against the pandemic. Dr Harsh Vardhan said Centre made all efforts to enable migrant workers to reach their destinations. He said adequate number of oxygen cylinders and ventilators were provided to all states and UTs. He said lockdown period was utilised so that all mechanisms to deal with the pandemic were in place and dedicated COVID facilities could be set up. Initiating the discussion, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that most of the countries across the world have either managed to keep its country safe from the virus at the cost of their economy or have kept the economy running while experiencing the onslaught of the disease. He said, the spread of the virus has affected the economy of the country and the government should have taken measures to keep the economy afloat. He said, GDP will shrink for the first time in 41 years. BJP leader Kirit Solanki highlighted the various steps taken by the Centre to check the spread of coronavirus. He also said the government has also taken care of the vulnerable and poor section of the society by providing financial assistance in the wake of the pandemic. DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran criticised the government for imposing the lockdown abruptly.

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The Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that no significant or drastic mutations have been found in strains of SARS-CoV-2 in India till now. He informed that ICMR has been conducting large-scale sequencing of nationally representative strains of SARS-CoV-2 virus collected over the past several months over different time-points . Detailed results on mutations and evolution of the virus will be available in early October. The Minister was answering  questions posed by his social media interactors on the Sunday Samvaad platform yesterday. These questions covered a multitude of queries concerning not only the current situation of COVID but also the government’s approach to it and related topics like India’s growth in the field of Science. The Health Minister added that a major proposal is under consideration at the Expenditure Finance Committee level. They include strengthening surveillance of infectious diseases and outbreak response, establishment of dedicated infectious disease management hospital blocks in district hospitals and establishment of Integrated Public Health Laboratories.

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Talking to AIR News, Dr. Neeraj Gupta from Respiratory Diseases Department of Safdarjung Hospital Delhi said that symptoms and conditions of the Covid 19 patients are not same. Studies have showed  that there is a behavioral change in the Corona virus.

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India has occupied the top position in the world in terms of total recoveries of Covid patients. In a tweet, the Health Ministry said, India’s recoveries constitute 19 per cent of the total global recoveries. It said, more than 43 lakh Covid patients have been recovered to date. The total global recoveries of USA is 18.70 per cent, Brazil 16.90 per cent and Russia is 4 per cent.

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A total of three thousand 812 new confirmed cases of Corona virus have been reported in Delhi during the last twenty four hours taking the total number of cases to over two lakh 46 thousand. Delhi Government has said that over two lakh nine thousand people affected with Corona virus have been cured so far. In the last 24 hours, three thousand 742 people recovered and 37 deaths were reported in the National Capital taking the toll to four thousand 982. Presently, the total number of active corona cases in the national capital is over 32 thousand.

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The Maharashtra government has said that strict action will be taken against black marketing of Remdesivir which is widely used for treating Covid 19 patients. There is a shortage of Remedesivir injections currently used for the treatment of corona patients in Sangli and Kolhapur districts. The Minister of state for health Rajendra Patil Yadravkar, who was on a visit to the district yesterday, said that there are complaints that stockists are stockpiling these medicines and selling them in the black market.

“Minister of State for Health Rajendra Patil said that he has spoken about the issue to five companies who are manufacturing the medicine and the necessary action taken by them is expected to solve the problem. Hence the situation in Sangli and Kolhapur districts is expected to change and the stocks are expected to increase. However he clarified if anyone is found black marketing the essential drug than Food and Drug Administration has been directed to take strong action against them. Meanwhile, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope visited Pune’s Sassoon Hospital, a major centre for treating Covid patients in the district, and asked the hospital to complete the filling of vacancies of doctors expeditiously to effectively deal with the situation. Devapriyo Bhattacharjee, AIR News, Mumbai.”

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In Chhattisgarh, COVID-19 cases have surged  with the number of total infected people touching nearly ninety thousand mark. Faced with the challenging situation, the state government has once again imposed lock-down in various districts of the state.

“Amidst a rapid surge of CoVID-19 cases in Chhattisgarh, local administration in about ten districts have decided to impose lock-down in their respective areas. In Durg district, lockdown has become effective since yesterday while the state capital Raipur and Surguja districts, lockdown will be imposed from today. Apart from this, in Bilaspur, Balodabazar, Jashpur, Balod, Surajpur and Dhamtari districts lockdown will be effective from 22nd September. In Raigarh district, lockdown will be imposed from 24th September to 30th September. In view of rapid increase in cases of corona infection, this time various district administrations have decided to implement the lockdown very strictly. In state capital Raipur, even Grocery and vegetable shops will not be allowed to open during lockdown. All government and non-government offices will remain closed. Fuel will be given to only government vehicles or ambulances from petrol pumps. Meanwhile, BJP MPs from Chhattisgarh met Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi yesterday. They have urged the centre to intervene and give necessary directions to the state government to contain further spread of infection. Vikalp Shukla, AIR News, Raipur.”

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In Tamil Nadu, state health department is augmenting its fleet of ambulances. It is aimed at reducing the response time of attending to medical emergencies.

“For the ambulance service, the response time is the main yardstick to determine its quality. It shows the average time taken by an ambulance to reach a place from where a call for help has been received. The state health minister Dr Vijayabhaskar said the response time in Chennai has been reduced from 11 minutes to less than eight minutes. Talking to reporters in Pudukkottai yesterday, he said in rural areas, it will soon be reduced to below 14 minutes. The state earlier had 1005 ambulances under the 108-service. Recently 500 additional vehicles were purchased at a cost of nearly 104 crore rupees, and 120 of them are fitted with advanced life support systems. Another notable feature is that a smartphone app is being developed by the state health department for the public to track the movement of the ambulance. It will help reduce the anxieties of the callers and improve the service quality. Jayasingh, AIR News, Chennai.”

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In Ladakh, the number of active Covid 19 cases has crossed the 1000 mark with 45 new cases being reported yesterday, the total count of active cases in the Union Territory have reached 1013.

“Ladakh has been witnessing surge in the covid 19 count in the past couple of months. In UT, 45 new cases of Covid postive are reported on Sunday which include 28 cases in Leh district and 17 cases in Kargil. With this , 3753 persons have tested positive for the Coronavirus so far and there are 1013 active cases in Ladakh. 2691 patients have recovered from the infection and the Covid-19 recovery in Ladakh stands at 71 percent.  However, 49 patients have died due to covid 19 pendemic ever since the first case was reported Ladakh in March. With Ramesh Chandra, this is Yangchan Dolma for AIR News from Leh Ladakh.”

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In Sikkim, a complete lockdown will be in force in Gangtok municipal area from today till 27th of this month. The lockdown was announced on Saturday following a spike in COVID19 cases in the state capital.

“During the seven-day Gangtok municipal area lockdown, movement of passenger and private vehicles will be prohibited except those involved in medical and essential services. All commercial establishments except medical and ration shops will remain closed. State government offices will operate with 30 per cent attendance.  Following the lockdown, the state government has allowed free interstate movement of people without any registration from 1st October and resumption of tourism-related services from 10th October. The health department will issue fresh COVID19 protocol for interstate movement beginning 1st October. Tourism department will also issue guidelines for tourism-related services. With Saikat Sarkar, Namo Dixit from Sikkim for AIR”.

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The Railways has started running 40 clone trains from today in the wake of huge demands for travel on specific routes. These clone trains — primarily 3-AC trains with fewer halts, higher speeds and a departure time before the parent train come as a boon for the passengers who have to travel in an emergency or have made last-minute plans. Waitlisted passengers on high traffic routes can hope to reach their destinations two-three hours before the corresponding parent train.10 trains will operate between Bihar and Delhi under the East Central Railways. These trains will originate and terminate at Bihar’s Saharsa, Rajendra Nagar, Rajgir, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur.The two trains operating under the Northeast Frontier Railway are also from Katihar to Delhi and back. The Northern Railway will also run 10 trains which will operate between Delhi and Bihar and back, West Bengal to Delhi, Punjab to West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh to Delhi among others.The South Central Railway will operate two trains between Danapur (Bihar) to Secunderabad and back. The South Western Railway will operate 6 trains between Goa and Delhi, Karnataka-Bihar and Karnataka-Delhi. The Western Railway will run 10 trains between (Darbhanga)- (Ahmedabad), Delhi-Gujarat, Chhapra to Gujarat, Mumbai-Punjab, and Ahmedabad-Patna.

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The schools in many States and Union Territories will partially reopen from today for students of 9th to 12th classes on a voluntary basis. These states are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh. Under Unlock 4 guidelines, the central government had permitted the states to reopen schools from September the 21st. However, the states have the authority to decide whether they want to resume schools from today or not. Citing the high number of coronavirus cases, many states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have announced not to resume classes from today. According to the Unlock 4 guidelines, schools are allowed to open with 50 percent teaching and non-teaching staff. Students of class 9 to 12 are permitted to go to school – strictly on voluntary basis. Students will have to get a consent slip from their parents to attend the schools. However, the students and teachers who live in the containment zones, are not allowed to attend schools. All the coronavirus preventive measures such as maintaining social distance, covering face with a mask or cover, washing or santising hands need to be strictly followed.

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In Madhya Pradesh, the monsoon session of the state assembly is starting from today. However, due to COVID-19, the session is limited to only one day. Arrangements have been made in all districts of the state for legislators who want to attend today’s one-day session of the Legislative Assembly virtually. The Protem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma said that MLAs have been given an option to attend virtually in view of the pandemic.

“Assembly officials informed that arrangements have been made at the National Informatics Centres (NIC) in every district for the legislators who will virtually participate in the proceedings of the assembly. The effective strength of the 230-member House has been reduced to 202 now due to deaths of three MLAs and resignation by 25 other MLAs earlier. As per the information, about 40 MLAs had tested coronavirus positive so far. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed up to 1 lakh 6 thousand after 2 thousand 579 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. As per the state health bulletin, 2 thousand 216 coronavirus patients were discharged from the hospitals yesterday taking the number of recovered cases in the state to 81thousand 374. There are now 22 thousand 300 active cases in Madhya Pradesh. Sanjeev Sharma, AIR News, Bhopal.”

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The Monsoon session of Gujarat assembly begins today with strict adherence to Covid19 protocols. Nearly 20 bills will be taken up for discussion during the five day session.

“Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi has made special arrangements for the monsoon session amid Coronavirus pandemic. Visitors will not be allowed in the house during the session. Instead, many legislators will sit in visitors galleries to maintain the social distance. Covid19 test is compulsory before entering the Assembly secretariat. People with Covid19 positive results will not be allowed to enter the house. According to sources, more than 500 staff members of assembly have been tested during the last two days, out of which five employees found positive. Four MLAs also found Covid19 positive ahead of the monsoon session. There will be no question hour during the session, however legislators can raise important issues through short call notice. On the first day today, the government will present the report on the work done to fight the Covid19 Pandemic in the state. Nearly 20 bills will be introduced during the session. Yogesh Pandya, AIR News, Ahmedabad.”

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In our series on Seva Saptah, today we bring you a special story on Education Sector. In the last six years, the Narendra Modi government has laid a lot of emphasis on the Education sector. Recently, a new National Education Policy has been launched with an aim to transform the existing education system and to provide quality education to all.

“The new Education Policy will bring transformational reforms in school and higher education. The policy has been formulated after an unprecedented process of consultation that involved nearly over two lakh suggestions from 2.5 lakhs Gram Panchayats and 676 Districts. The Policy aims for universalization of education from pre-school to secondary level with 100 per cent Gross Enrolment Ratio in school education by 2030. It will promote research and innovation in the country. This will bring two crore out of school children back into the main stream through open schooling system. The new Policy promotes Multilingualism in both schools and higher education. Higher Education Commission of India will be set up as a single overarching umbrella body for the entire higher education, excluding medical and legal education. The Centre and the States will work together to increase the public investment in Education sector to reach six per cent of GDP at the earliest. With Dipendra Kumar, Suparna Saikia, AIR News Delhi.”

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In our series on Gandhian philosophy, today we bring you a report on Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas about cleanliness and good habits. He pointed out the close relationship of cleanliness to good health. He had said that no one should spit on the streets as it is harmful. Our correspondent reports that Gandhiji strongly emphasized on observing cleanliness in lavatories.

“Gandhi Ji has said that Sanitation is more important than independence. He made cleanliness and sanitation an integral part of the Gandhian way of living. His dream was total sanitation for all. Mahatma Gandhi said, cleanliness is most important for physical well-being and a healthy environment. He said, it is essential for everyone to learn about cleanliness, hygiene, sanitation and the various diseases that are caused due to poor hygienic conditions. Gandhi ji said habits learnt at a young age get embedded into one’s personality. With Dipendra, Anand Kumar, AIR News Delhi.”

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A meeting between military commanders of India and China is scheduled to be held this morning to defuse tension along the border between the two neighbours. Sources said, the talks will be held at Moldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh.

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World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is set to clash with Diego Schwartzman of Argentina in the Men’s Singles final of Italian Open today. In the semi final match, Schwartzman defeated Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 5-7, 7-6. While, Djokovic reached the final after a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Casper Rudd of Norway.

Four-time champion Djokovic is playing his first tournament since his disqualification at the US Open and a win here would be a record 36th Masters title for the Serbian. The Argentine had upset nine-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal on Saturday evening. If he wins the final, he will crack the Top 10 of the FedEx ATP Rankings for the first time. On the women’s side, Number one seed Simona Halep of Romania will take on Czech Karolína Pliskova in the championship match.

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Delhi Capitals beat Kings XI Punjab in the Super Over in the IPL at the Dubai International Stadium last night. Both teams scored 157 runs which dragged the match into the Super Over. Punjab managed to score just two runs as Kagiso Rabada dismissed KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran in the second and third delivery respectively. Delhi Capitals then chased the target of three runs easily.

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Take a look at the weather forecast for the day. 

The National Capital of Delhi is expected to have a partly cloudy sky. The minimum temperature recorded was at 26 degree Celsius and maximum is expected to be 37 degrees. In Mumbai, there will be generally cloudy sky with moderate rain. The minimum temperature was 25 and the maximum will be around 30 degrees. Chennai will have a generally cloudy sky with light rain. The temperature is likely to hover between 26 and 31. Kolkata is likely to see thunderstorm with rain. The minimum temperature in the metropolis was around 25 while the maximum is expected to be 31. On to the North, in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the minimum temperature was 25 in Jammu while the maximum will be around 37. The city will have a mainly clear sky. In Srinagar, the minimum temperature was 9 while the maximum will be around 29 degrees. The city will see a mainly clear sky. Ladakh will have mainly a clear sky. The temperature is likely to hover between 11 and 25. In Gilgit, the temperature is likely to hover between 11 and 34 . It will have a mainly clear sky. Muzzafarabad,  will see a mainly clear sky. The minimum temperature was 16 degree Celsius and the maximum will be around 36 degrees.

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 కేంద్ర ప్రభుత్వ ఉత్తర్వులను అనుసరించి మన రాష్ట్రంలో

డి.ఎస్.సి 2003 వారిని ఓ.పి.ఎస్ కి మార్చే అవకాశం ఉన్నందున క్షేత్ర స్థాయి నుండి రప్పించుకున్న సమాచారాన్ని ప్రభుత్వానికి సమర్పించిన డైరెక్టర్ వాడ్రేవు చిన వీర భద్రుడు గారు. ఈ క్రింది లింక్ నుండి డౌన్లోడ్ చేసుకోండి

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రోజంతా పాఠశాలల సందర్శనతో గడిచిపోయేక, సాయంకాలం ఇంటికి రాగానే అర్జంటుగా చూడవలసిన ఫైళ్ళు చూసేసాక, త్వరత్వరగా ఇంత అన్నం వండుకుని ఏదో ఒక పచ్చడితో గబగబా రాత్రి భోజనం ముగించేసాక, అప్పుడు, టాగోర్ అన్నాడే, నా పనులన్నీ ముగించుకున్నాక, అదీ నిన్ను కలిసే సమయం అని, అప్పుడు తెరిచాను, యూ ట్యూబు,  The Spirit of the Beehive  (1973) చూడటానికి.

నేను సినిమాలు చూడటం మొదలుపెట్టానని తెలియగానే జయతి ఒక మెసేజి పంపించారు. The Spirit of the Beehive అని. అంతే, అదనంగా మరొక్క మాట కూడా లేదు. మంచి సినిమాలు ఏవైనా చెప్పండి, చూస్తాను అని అప్పుడప్పుడు ఆమెని అడుగుతూ ఉన్నాను. ఆమె వాల్ మీద పరిచయం చేసిన ప్రతి ఒక్క సినిమా మరొక ప్రపంచానికి సంబంధించిన కథ. ఆ సినిమా ఏది చూసినా మనం మరొక లోకంలోకి ప్రయాణించి వస్తామని నాకిప్పటికే అనుభవం. అందుకని అన్నిటికన్నా ముందు ఆమె చెప్పిన ఆ సినిమా చూడాలని కూచున్నాను.

The Spirit of the Beehive స్పానిష్ సినిమా. బ్రిటి ఫిల్మ్ ఇన్స్టిట్యూట్ జాబితాలో 81 వ స్థానంలో ఉంది. కాని ఆ సినిమాని ఏదో ఒక జాబితాలో చేర్చడం కష్టం. ఏ జాబితాలోనూ మనం ఇమడ్చలేని మనుషులు ఉన్నట్టే కళాకృతులు కూడా ఉంటాయి. అవి కొన్ని ప్రత్యేక చారిత్రిక సందర్భాల్లో కొన్ని ప్రత్యేకకాలాల్లోనూ, ప్రత్యేక సమయాల్లోనూ మాత్రమే ప్రభవిస్తాయి. ‘నాకు తెలిసి, యజ్ఞం లాంటి కథ రెండవ ప్రపంచ యుద్ధానికి ముందు రాసి ఉండటం సాధ్యం కాదు ‘అని రాసాడు కొడవటిగంటి కారాగారి కథని పరిచయం చేస్తూ. ఆ మాట పద్మరాజుగారి ‘గాలివాన ‘కథ గురించి కూడా చెప్పవచ్చు, ఆ కథ రెండవ ప్రపంచ యుద్ధం తరువాత మాత్రమే పుట్టే కథ అని.  The Spirit of the Beehive అట్లాంటి కథ, అట్లాంటి సినిమా. అది స్పానిష్ అంతర్యుద్ధం తరువాత మాత్రమే రాగల సినిమా. అది కూడా అంతర్యుద్ధం జరుగుతుండగానో, జరిగిన వెనువెంటనే పుట్టుకొచ్చే కథ కాదు. ఒక అంతర్యుద్ధం తరువాత, దేశం ఒక నియంతృత్వంలోకి ఇరుక్కొన్నాక, కనీసం ఒకటి రెండు తరాలు ఆ నిర్బంధాన్ని చవిచూసేక, నిర్బంధం ఒక జీవనశైలిగా మారిపోయేక, అప్పుడు కొద్దిగా డేరాలోంచి మొహం బయటకు పెట్టి తమ నిత్యజీవితంలోని భయాందోళనల్ని నేరుగా కాకుండా మరెవరికో చెందిన భయాందోళనలుగా చెప్పుకోడంలాగా పుట్టే కథ అది.

సాధారణంగా కథల్నీ, నవలల్నీ, సినిమాల్నీ పరిచయం చేసేటప్పుడు సమీక్షకులు ఆ కథాసారంశాన్నో, ఇతివృత్తాన్నో తిరిగి తమ మాటల్లో చెప్పడం రివాజు. కానీ నాకది ఇష్టం కాదు. ఒక కథని ఎవరికి వారు తమకై తాము తమ ఇంద్రియాల్తో సమీపించాలి. తమ అనుభవంగా మార్చుకోవాలి. ఈ సినిమా కూడా అటువంటిదే. 

కానీ స్థూలంగా ,ఇది,  ఇద్దరు చిన్నపిల్లల కథ. వాళ్ళిద్దరూ ఒకరోజు వాళ్ళ ఊళ్ళో టూరింగు టాకీసులో ఫ్రాంకెన్ స్టెయిన్ సినిమా చూస్తారు. అందులో ఫ్రాంకెన్ స్టెయిన్ చెరువు ఒడ్డున పువ్వుల్తో ఆడుకుంటున్న ఒక పసిపాని చూసే దృశ్యం చూస్తారు. ఆ తరువాతి ఘోరం కూడా చూస్తారు వాళ్ళు. ఆ దృశ్యం ఆ చిన్నారి పిల్ల మనసుమీద బలమైన ముద్ర వేస్తుంది. తాను కూడా తన ఇంట్లో, బళ్ళో, ఊరిబయట, దారిలో, రైలుపట్టాల మీద ప్రతి ఒక్క చోటా ఒక ఫ్రాంకెన్ స్టెయిన్ ని వెతుక్కుంటుంది. ఆమె వెతుక్కున్నట్టే ఆ ఫ్రాంకెన్ స్టెయిన్ ఆమెకి కనిపిస్తాడు. ఆకలితో, గాయపడి, రహస్యంగా తలదాచుకుని కనిపిస్తాడు. ఆమె అతడి ఆకలి తీర్చడానికి ఆహారం తెచ్చి ఇస్తుంది, చలినుంచి కాపాడుకోడానికి తండ్రి కోటు తీసుకువెళ్ళి వెస్తుంది. సపర్య చేస్తుంది. కాని ఆమెకి తెలియదు, తాను ఒక నేరస్థుణ్ణి పలకరిస్తున్నానని, అతడి పట్ల ఆత్మీయత కనపరుస్తున్నానని. అతణ్ణి పోలీసులు వెంటాడతారు, చంపేస్తారు. ఆమెకి అదంతా తెలియదు. మళ్ళా ఊరుబయట రహస్య స్థావరంలో దాక్కున్న అతణ్ణి వెతుక్కుంటుంది. అదంతా తండ్రి కంటపడుతుంది. ఆమె భయంతో ఇంటినుంచి పారిపోతుంది. ఆమెని చివరికి కనుగొంటారు. ఇంటికి తీసుకొస్తారు. కాని ఆమె అస్వస్థతకి లోనవుతుంది. ‘ఆమె పెద్ద అనుభవానికి లోనయ్యింది. నెమ్మదిగా కోలుకుంటుంది, మరేమీ కంగారు పడనవసరం లేదు ‘ అంటాడు వైద్యుడు,

తేనెపట్టులో జరిగే కల్లోలం అని పేరుపెట్టాడు తన సినిమాకి దర్శకుడు. Spirit  అంటే ఉద్వేగమూ, భూతమూ అని రెండర్థాలూ స్ఫురిస్తాయి. తేనెపట్టులో అసంఖ్యాకమైన తేనెటీగలు నిద్రాహారాలు మానుకుని అహర్నిశం రాణీ ఈగల కోసం శ్రమిస్తూనే ఉంటాయి. ఆ శ్రమలో, ఆ వ్యాపకంలో, ఆ గూడులోపల ఏదో ఒక అర్థంలేని అల్లకల్లోలం. ఎప్పుడు చూసినా ఏదో చెప్పలేని ఉద్వేగం. తన కాలం నాటి స్పెయిన్ లో జీవితం అలా ఉందంటున్నాడు దర్శకుడు. పూర్తి రాజకీయ వ్యంగ్యంతో, రాజకీయ నిరసనతో చిత్రించిన చిత్రం. కానీ ఎక్కడా రాజకీయ దృశ్యాలు కనిపించవు, రాజకీయ వాచకం వినిపించదు. ఒక రాజకీయ రచన చేస్తే ఇలా ఉండాలి అనిపిస్తుంది ఆ చిత్రం చూడటం పూర్తయ్యాక.

నాకు హారర్ కథలన్నా, సినిమాలన్నా చాలా భయం. చంద్రముఖి సినిమా చూస్తేనే భయపడిపోయిన వాణ్ణి. ఈ సినిమా కథాంశమేమిటో తెలియకుండా చూడటం మొదలుపెట్టాను కానీ, నేనొక హారర్ సినిమా చూస్తున్నానని తెలియడానికి అట్టే సేపు పట్టలేదు. ‘పిడికెడు దుమ్ములో భయోత్పాతాన్ని చూపించగలను’ అన్నాడు కవి. ఇందులో ప్రతి ఒక్క దృశ్యంలోనూ హారర్. చివరికి ఇద్దరు చిన్నపిల్లలు, సురక్షితమైన ఒక ఇంట్లో ఆడుకునే ఆటలో కూడా హారర్. ఒక దేశం మొత్తం నిర్బంధంలోకి జారుకున్నాక, ప్రతి ఇంట్లోనూ, చివరికి పిల్లలాడుకునే గుసగుసలో కూడా  భయోత్పాతం కనవస్తుందని ఎంత నేర్పుగా చెప్పాడు ఆ దర్శకుడు!

కానీ ఆ సినిమా స్పెయిన్ లో తీసారనీ, స్పానిష్ అంతర్యుద్ధం నేపథ్యంగా అల్లిన కథ అనీ మనకి తెలియకపోయినా కూడా ఆ సినిమా వదిలిపెట్టే ముద్ర ఏమీ పలచన కాదు. అన్నిటికన్నా ముఖ్యం అది ఒక పసిపాప అంతరంగంలోంచి, దృష్టికోణం లోంచి ప్రపంచాన్ని చూపించిన కథ. నేరమూ, శిక్షా, వంచనా, సాంత్వనా అనే ద్వంద్వాలు తెలియని ఒక పసిపాప కళ్ళల్లోంచి ఈ ప్రపంచాన్ని మనం కూడా చూస్తాం. అలా చూస్తున్నంతసేపూ భయంతో వణికిపోతాం. మనం మామూలుగా జీవిస్తున్న జీవితమే ఎంత నేరపూరితమో మనకి తెలియవస్తుంది. మనం పాల్పడుతున్న నేరమేమిటంటారా? సున్నితమైన హృదయాలతో సున్నితంగా స్పందించకపోవడమే!

జయతి మళ్ళీ నన్ను నిరుత్సాహ పరచలేదు. ఆమె ఏ పొగమంచును నాకు చూపించాలనుకున్నారో అదంతా నేను చూసాను.  అన్నిటికన్నా ముందు, ఆ పురాతన గ్రామం, ఆకుపచ్చని దిగంతం వైపు మెలికలు తిరుగుతూ సాగిపోయే రహదారీ, పత్రహీన పోప్లార్ తరుకాండాలు- ఆ లాండ్ స్కేప్ చూస్తుంటే ఆంటోనియో మచాడో కవిత్వం చదువుతున్నట్టే ఉంది. రాజకీయ నిర్బంధాలూ భయోద్వేగాలూ పక్కన పెట్టి కెమేరా రాసిన కవిత్వం చదవాలనుకునేవాళ్ళు కూడా ఈ సినిమా చూడవచ్చు. 

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THE HEADLINES:-

• Lok Sabha passes Companies (Amendment) Bill, to decriminalise various corporate offences; Also passes Taxation Bill to provide relief to taxpayers.

• India overtakes US in terms of global COVID-19 recoveries.

• Centre reviews measures taken to curb air pollution in Delhi NCR before the onset of harvesting and winter season.

• In IPL cricket, Chennai Super Kings beat defending champions Mumbai Indians by five wickets in Abu Dhabi.

• In Italian Open Tennis, Singles semifinals to be played today.

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Lok Sabha has passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which decriminalises a number of technical and filing-related corporate offences. It also allows direct listing of Indian companies on foreign stock exchanges and revokes the criminal provisions added to the Companies Act for violations of provisions of corporate social responsibility rules.

The bill, which seeks to decriminalise various penal provisions and introduce a new chapter related to producer organisations in the legislation was passed by the Lower House in its late night sitting.

Speaking on the legislation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said decriminalisation of various provisions under the companies law will help small companies by reducing litigation burden on them. She informed that 48 sections of the Companies Act, 2013 will be amended to decriminalise various offences. The Minister asserted that there will, however, be no relaxation for serious offences, including fraud, deceit and those that cause injury to public.

Ms Sitharaman informed that there will also be a new chapter on producer organisation which will be helpful for farmer producer organisations (FPOs) in the country. For promoting ease of doing business, the Minister said that 17 provisions in the Companies Act, 2013, have also been amended which paves way for easy and user friendly fulfillment of statutory compliances.

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Lok Sabha has also passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020. The bill aims at providing relaxations related to compliance by extending time limit and waiving penalty in relation to certain specified laws. These laws include the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act), some Finance Acts, the Central Excise Act, 1944, the Customs Act, 1962, and the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988. Earlier in her reply, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the bill will replace the ordinance which was promulgated in March this year. The bill also extends the deadline for filing declaration and due amount under the Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme till 31st December.

The legislation provides these relaxations in view of spread of the coronavirus pandemic in India. The bill proposes amendment in the IT Act to provide that donations made by a person to the PM CARES Fund will be eligible for 100 per cent deduction in the taxable income.

Congress, DMK, TMC, RSP members opposed the bill and said that it allows the government to invoke the clause of force majeure retrospectively, which they said will be misused to defer GST payments to State governments. The opposition also raised the issue of the PMCARES fund and asked the government about the reason to create a separate relief fund other than PMNRF.

Ms Sitharaman in her reply stated that the amendment in the tax related laws is brought about only to provide relief to taxpayers, so that statutory compliances can be met amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaking about the PMCARES fund, the Finance Minister said, PMCARES is a registered public trust whereas PMNRF has not been registered till date since its inception in 1948. Ms. Sitharaman informed that PMNRF fund which also has been given tax deduction benefit does not come under the purview of RTI. She informed that both the relief funds are eligible for receiving the benefits under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) compliance.

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The Rajya Sabha passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2020 yesterday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Bill in the house which is an amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 which provides a time-bound process for resolving insolvency in companies and among individuals. It replaces the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 promulgated in June this year.

Insolvency is a situation where individuals or companies are unable to repay their outstanding debt. The Bill seeks to temporarily suspend initiation of the corporate insolvency resolution process, CIRP under the Code. Replying to the discussion, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Insolvency and Bankruptcy is a significant part of the business and it is helping the companies and people to resolve the issues without going to National Company Law Tribunal, NCLT.

On the employment front, Ms Sitharaman said, 258 companies were rescued under the IBC mechanism.

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The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Parliament held a meeting to discuss the legislative business and other issues related to the ongoing Monsoon Session. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla presided over the meeting yesterday which was also attended by other BAC members, including Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, BSP MP Ritesh Pandey and Biju Janata Dal MP Pinaki Misra.

Our correspondent reports that the political parties arrived at a consensus in the meeting to curtail the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament in light of COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Lok Sabha is scheduled to take up Foreign Contribution Regulations (Amendment) Bill, National Forensic Sciences University Bill, Rashtriya Raksha University Bill, Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contract Bill and Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill today.

Rajya Sabha is scheduled to take up the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill and the Banking Regulations (Amendment) Bill today.

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BJP has issued whip to its Rajya Sabha Members asking them to be present in the House today. Three farm bills are scheduled to come up for consideration and passing in the Upper House. Several Opposition parties are opposing these legislations. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed the bills as historic and pro-farmer and accused the critics of misleading farmers over the bill. The Lok Sabha has already passed these bills.

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said, those opposing Centre’s farm bills were creating confusion by provoking farmers.

“In a series of tweets, shri Chouhan yesterday said that the bills aimed to make farmers in the country self-reliant and those opposing the bills are just trying to show themselves as farmer friendly while seeing various sections of society as vote banks. Shri Chouhan added that the legislation would give farmers the freedom to fix prices of their produce and break boundaries of states under the one nation, one market concept.

He further added that the bills are revolutionary and give protection to farmer mandis as well as the minimum support price mechanism. Sanjeev Sharma, AIR News, Bhopal”.

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Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. P. K. Mishra chaired the meeting of the High-Level Task Force constituted to improve the air quality in National Capital Region of Delhi.

Dr Mishra emphasized that the meeting was called well in advance before the onset of harvesting and winter season to ensure proper precautionary and preventive measures to combat the causes of air pollution are taken well in time.

A review was carried out of the main sources of air pollution, measures taken and the progress made by the State Governments and various Ministries. It was noted that the incidence of stubble burning has reduced by more than 50 per cent in last two years and the number of Good AQI days have gone up.

It was observed that after recent inclusion of residue based power or fuel plants under priority sector lending by Reserve Bank of India, both State and Central Governments should jointly work out action plans for rapid deployment of such units. Measures related to diversification of crop and strengthening of supply chains were also discussed.

The Principal Secretary highlighted the importance of effective implementation of the existing in-situ management of crop residue scheme of Ministry of Agriculture by the States. He emphasized that State Governments should ensure that the new machinery to be deployed in the current year should reach the farmers before the start of the harvesting season. The Ministry of Agriculture was directed to provide all necessary support in this regard.

To control stubble burning, it was stressed that adequate number of teams should be deployed at ground level and they should ensure that no stubble burning takes place especially in the State of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. These states need to put extra efforts and appropriate incentives especially in the relevant districts.

The Delhi Government was requested to ensure measures to control local sources of pollution. Dr Mishra emphasized that the envisaged measures should be implemented well before the onset of severe conditions and focus should also be laid on compliance of emission norms by industry in satellite industrial area.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of nine highway projects in Bihar through video conferencing tomorrow. These highway projects involve about 350 kilometres road at a cost of four thousand two hundred 58 crore ruppes. Paving the way for development of Bihar, these roads will enhance better connectivity, convenience and economic growth in and around the state. The Movement of people and goods will also improve substantially, especially with the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Optical Fibre internet services where all the 45 thousand nine hundred 45 villages of Bihar will be connected through Optical Fibre Internet Service. This project will help in easy availabilty of digital services like e-Education, e-Agriculture, Tele-Medicine, Tele-law and other social security schemes to all citizens of Bihar at the click of the button.

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The Health Ministry said, India has overtaken USA and became number one in terms of global COVID-19  recoveries. The constantly increasing recoveries have ensured that the actual caseload of the country is reduced and currently comprises only 19.10 per cent of the total positive cases. Presently, the total number of active cases in the country is 10 lakh 13 thousand. The Ministry said, effective implementation of Centre’s strategic and graded ‘Test-Track and Treat’ approach has led to higher recoveries and lower fatality. Currently, India’s Case Fatality Rate is at 1.61 per cent, which is one of the lowest globally. In the last 24 hours, one thousand 247 deaths were reported taking the toll to 85 thousand 619. India’s COVID-19 tally has crossed 53 lakh with 93 thousand 337 new infections being reported in a day. The top five States with the maximum caseload are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.

The country has registered the highest single day recoveries of 95 thousand 880 COVID patients. The Health Ministry said, the recovery rate of COVID-19 has further improved to 79.28 per cent. The total number of recoveries has reached over 42 lakh.

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The Health Ministry today said, India scaled another peak with 12 lakh tests conducted across the country in last 24 hours, which is an all time record high. More than 6.37 crore COVID-19 tests have been conducted till now. It said, higher testing leads to early identification of positive cases, timely and effective treatment and low mortality. The Health Ministry said, while the number of daily tests has increased as integral part of CHASE THE VIRUS strategy, States have been advised that all symptomatic negatives of Rapid Antigen Tests are mandatorily subjected to RT-PCR.

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The Tata Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, CRISPR test, powered by CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) FELUDA has received regulatory approvals from the Drug Controller General of India for commercial launch. As per the Indian Council of Medical Research guidelines, the test has met high quality benchmarks with 96 per cent sensitivity and 98 per cent specificity for detecting the Novel Corona virus. This test uses an indigenously developed, cutting-edge CRISPR technology for detection of the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 virus. CRISPR is a genome editing technology to diagnosing diseases.

The Tata CRISPR test is the world’s first diagnostic test to deploy a specially adapted Cas9 protein to successfully detect the virus causing COVID-19. This marks a significant achievement for the Indian scientific community, moving from Research and Development to a high-accuracy, scalable and reliable test in less than 100 days. The Tata CRISPR test achieves accuracy levels of traditional RT-PCR tests, with quicker turnaround time, less expensive equipment and better ease of use. Moreover, CRISPR is a futuristic technology that can also be configured for detection of multiple other pathogens in the future.

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In Bihar, COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 91.60 percent which is 13 percent more than national average. Active cases in the state is continuously decreasing. Casualities due to Corona has risen to 861. The State Health Minister Mangal Pandey said, everyday over one lakh COVID-19 tests are being conducted.

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Gujarat registered a record 1,432 new Covid19 cases in the past 24 hours. Our correspondent reports, the total number of positive cases in the state have risen to 1 lakh 21 thousand 920.

“With the recovery of 1470 patients yesterday, the recovery rate has further improved and reached upto 84.12 percent. Total 1 lakh 2 thousand 571 patients have recovered in the state till now. More than 37 lakh 39 thousand tests have been carried out in the state till date, out of which 61432 tests were carried out yesterday. At present total active cases in the state are 16054, out of which 97 patients are on ventilator. 16 patients died yesterday taking the total deaths due to Covid19 upto 3305. Meanwhile Ahmedabad municipal corporation has added 16 new areas in the micro containment zone, while clear 21 areas from the list. Yogesh Pandya, AIR News, Ahmedabad”.

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In Tamil Nadu, the total number of recoveries from Covid-19 has risen to 4.81 lakh, which is 89.7 percent while the total number of cases has gone up to 5.36 lakh. Over 83-thousand people were tested during the past 24 hours in the state and 5,569 people were confirmed positive of COVID-19.

“A notable feature in Tamil Nadu is that the active caseload is consistently under 47-thousand for the past many days. The recoveries often outnumber new infections. Nearly 62 lakh people have been tested so far, all using the RT-PCR kits, which are considered the gold standard in Covid testing. More than 80 percent of the patients who required hospitalisation were treated in Government facilities. The state health department is aiming at converting at least fifty percent of the Covid beds in Government hospitals with hi-flow oxygen cannulas, as the experience shows oxygen cannulas are more in demand than ventilators in Covid management. Jayasingh. AIR News, Chennai”.

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Participating in our live phone in programme on Covid 19 last night, Dr Piyush Ranjan of All India Institute of Medical Sciences told AIR News about who and when can someone donate plasma which can be useful in Coronavirus treatment

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The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) has urged the Maharashtra government to extend the property tax waiver for six months. The association said that the three-month waiver announced by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) should have been granted to all hotels as well as restaurants for a six-month period during which they were asked to remain shut.

“The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India said the corona pandemic crises have brought the shutters down of hotels and restaurants establishments. It said the industry is on the verge of collapse, therefore, not just hotels but restaurants are also hoping for complete waiver on taxes or levies for the duration of at least 12 months. It said that the association is thankful to the Maharashtra government and the BMC for considering its plea and showing the industry the much needed solidarity. Association’s President Gurbaxish Singh Kohli said even by the most conservative estimates, it will take nothing less than a year or a year and a half before businesses might see some recovery. Until then, the industry will require the Government’s support and which it can be offered in the form of tax and levy waivers. Devapriyo Bhattacharjee, AIR News, Mumbai”.

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The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma who was found working for Chinese intelligence officers. During the search of the house of him in Pitampura, New Delhi, one laptop, some confidential documents related to Indian Defence departments and some other incriminating documents were recovered and seized. During his police custody remand, one Chinese lady Qing Shi and her Nepalese partner Sher Singh alias Raj Bohra have also been arrested who were found supplying him huge amounts of money routed through Hawala channels for conveying sensitive information to Chinese Intelligence.

 Speaking to media, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said, Journalist Rajeev Sharma was involved in passing sensitive defence and strategic information to Chinese intelligence officers from 2016 to 2018.

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For the first time in Leh Hill Council elections, the administration of the Union territory of Ladakh is issuing Postal ballots to persons other than the service personnel. For elections to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, voters under new categories have been added to avail the postal ballot facility.

“In 6th General Council elections of Leh Hill Council, the Election authority is extending postal ballot facility to general voters as well. Voters under notified essential services, persons aged over 65 years, differently abled persons, Covid-19 patients and voters I isolation or quarantained during the polling day, can avail the postal ballot facility in Hill Council elections. Leh Election Officer Sachin Kumar said,

Leh has 87 thousand voters, with almost equal numbers of male and females. The Administration is also making efforts to use the EVMs for the Council elections. Ramesh Chandra, ALL INDIA RADIO NEWS, Leh”.

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In our series on Gandhian philosophy, today we bring you a report on Gandhiji’s views on labour-intensive approach. Mahatma Gandhi believed in a labour-intensive approach rather than capital intensive. He emphasised on self-sufficiency of the villages and worked towards reviving village industries. He had said, India’s way is not Europe’s; India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages.

“Gandhiji was not against machines but he believed that their introduction would lead to millions of hands remaining idle. According to him, in order to use local human resources and to control migration from rural to urban area, organization of labour-intensive public works schemes must be emphasised. Thus, he focused on Khadi to provide work to people instead of using mill produced clothes. The ultimate goal was to reconstitute the villages. He had said, Khadi is the sun of the village solar system. The planets are the various industries which can support khadi in return for the heat and the sustenance they derive from it. Without it other industries cannot grow. Anupam Mishra, AIR News, Delhi”.

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The Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings beat defending champions Mumbai Indians by five wickets in the opening game of the 13th edition of Indian Premier League in Abu Dhabi last night.

Chasing 163 runs to win, Chennai overhauled the target with four balls to spare, finishing at 166 for five in 19.2 overs.

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League kicked off in Abu Dhabi yesterday after a long wait due to outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.

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In Tennis, top seed Simona Halep and Spaniard Garbine Muguruza have set up a semi-final clash in the Women’s Singles of the Italian Open. In the other semifinal, World number four Karolina Pliskova will be up against the 19th-ranked Czeh Republic Marketa Vondrousova. The two semi-final matches will be played today.

In the Men’s Singles category, nine-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal lost to Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals. World Number 15 Schwartzman will meet Denis Shapovalov of Canada in the semifinals.

In the other match, World Number 1 Novak Djokovic defeated Dominik Koepfer of Germany to earn a spot in the semifinals. Djokovic will meet Norwegian Casper Ruud for a place in the final who beat fourth seed and local favorite Matteo Berrettini 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) in the quarterfinal clash. The two semi-final matches will also be played today.

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Take a look at the weather forecast for the day.

The National Capital Delhi will have partly cloudy sky. The minimum temperature recorded was 27 degree Celsius and maximum is expected to be 37 degrees.

In Gilgit, the temperature is likely to hover between 13 and 32 degrees Celsius. It will have mainly clear sky.

In Muzzafarabad, there will be mainly clear sky. The temperature is likely to hover between 17 and 35 degree Celsius.

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