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A mental health study done on over 8,000 individuals found that college students were the most affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown. Conducted by YourDost, an online mental health platform, the study found that the second worst-affected segment of peo- ple was working professionals. They were not affected at the beginning of lockdown, but were severely hit with a dras- tic deterioration in feelings of anxiety, anger and lone- liness. The study com- piled and analysed data from a survey done at the begin- ning of the coro- navirus lock- down and another in June at the begin- ning of 'Unlock 1.0'. It also included data from individual sessions with experts on the YourDost platform. Students recorded a six-per-cent increase in the emotions of anger and irri- tability at the beginning of the restrictions and a 13-per-cent increase in the emotions of loneli- ness and boredom. according to the study. As the lockdown progressed, students continued to be the worst-hit emotionally, report- ing the highest net deteriora- tion in their emotions, partic- ularly in terms of their anger, anxiety, loneliness, hopeless- ness, and happiness. The study showed a signif- icant deterioration in emotions through several categories. "Students registered 41 per cent increase in emotions of anxiety/fear/worry, 54 per cent increase in anger/irritability/frustration, 27 per cent in hopelessness, sense of sadness was increased by 17 per cent, and 38 per cent increase in the feeling of lone- liness/boredom," it noted. At the beginning of the coronavirus restrictions, the student respondents of the study registered a one per cent increase in their sense of happiness. However, the feel- ing of joy went down by 15 per cent as the lockdown pro- gressed. College students’ mental health worst-hit by Covid The questionable nature of Facebook-BJP ties hurt not just the Congress, but also the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, con- sidering that the pink party too has faced bias when it sought to report content, especially that being posted from accounts known to be fake. Sources in the pink party said that Facebook does not apply its rules to posts by BJP members. This, they aver, is evident from the fact that several times when pink party members reported fake accounts being operated by the saffron party, the social media giant found no viola- tion. Sources said, “As per Facebook policy, you can’t have a profile with ran- dom name of place or slo- gan. Big question mark on IPL as 12 CSK members test positive A big question mark has suddenly sprung up against the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after 12 members of the Chennai Super Kings, including players/coaching- /support staff, tested positive for coronavirus, just 22 days before the start of lucrative league, sources told IANS on Friday. According to the IPL's Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs), all those who have tested positive will now need to undergo at least two weeks of further quaran- tine and clear two more tests before they could re-join the group. Not just Congress, BJP-Facebook relationship hurts TRS prospects too H Vasanthakumar, the Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari who died on Friday after contracting the coronavirus, had flagged the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic in parliament earlier this year, suggesting measures to tackle the crisis, only to be inter- rupted and have his mic cut off. "Speaker sir, we have to announce a national disaster due to coronavirus affecting the whole nation. A zero-revenue situation will definitely impact the repayment of loans. I urge the government to reschedule the loan payment of small busi- nessmen and individuals at least for three months," the law- maker had said during a session in March when parliament was still functioning. Congress MP who died of Covid had raised it in LS, his mic was cut off India has received the high- est rainfall in the month of August in the last 44 years, IMD data shows, as several parts of the country have wit- nessed floods. Until August 28, the month recorded a 25-per cent sur- plus rainfall. It has also sur- passed the previous highest rainfall in August, which was recorded in 1983. In that year, August had recorded a 23.8-per cent excess rainfall. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) data shows that in August 1976, the country had recorded a 28.4-per cent excess rainfall. The country has so far recorded nine-per cent more rainfall than normal. Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Goa have recorded excess rainfall while Sikkim has recorded a large excess. Many states have seen floods after the swelling of rivers. According to the Central Water Commission (CWC), the overall storage position of the reservoirs in the country till August 27 is better than the corresponding period of last year. It is also better than the average stor- age of the last 10 years dur- ing the corresponding period, the CWC said. As India enters phase four of the unlock, the Centre has eased restrictions on Metro services, public gatherings etc., which will be in effect until September 30. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday announced fresh guidelines for Unlock 4 plan, under which lockdown will be applicable only in the containment zones.State gov- ernments cannot impose any lockdown outside containment zones without consulting the Central government. In a major development, Metro Rail services will be allowed from September 7 in a graded manner. However, on the education front, schools, colleges, educational and coach- ing institutions will remain closed. But students of Class 9- 12 can voluntarily visit schools, with parents’ written consent. Social events, academic gatherings as well as sports, entertainment, cultural, reli- gious and political activities will be allowed from September 21 with a cap of not more than 100 attendees. However, such limited gather- ings will have to be held with mandatory wearing of face masks, social distancing, pro- vision for thermal scanning, and handwash or sanitizer. There will be no restriction on inter-State and intra-State movement of persons and goods. Centre says will clear GST dues to states The Centre in a letter to the states has promised it would clear their goods and services tax (GST) dues despite the massive shortfall in GST cess collection amid the coron- avirus pandemic, a situation that has been described as "an act of God" by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The government in the letter said it wants to stay clear of "avoidable bor- rowing at the central level when it could be done at the state level" as central revenues are under "great strain" due to the pandemic. The Union Finance Secretary and the Expenditure Secretary will hold an online meeting on September 1 to answer queries of the states on two options that the centre has proposed - the first being states won't have to service debt or repay it from other sources, and the second being states won't have to repay the principal amount from any other sources. As the impasse over the resump- tion of RTC services between Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh continues due to unre- solved differences between the transport authorities of the Telugu states, inter-state com- muters, particularly NEET and JEE Main candidates who need to take the tests in Hyderabad, are a worried lot. The students had registered in Hyderabad while undergoing coaching for the national-level tests; howev- er, due to the outbreak of Covid- 19 and subsequent lockdown, they had to go back to their hometowns in Andhra Pradesh. Feeling insecure due to mount- ing attacks by kin of Covid-19 patients, doctors knocked on the doors of Telangana DGP Mahender Reddy on Saturday and requested him to deploy Telangana State Special Protection Force (TSSPF) per- sonnel in government teaching hospitals as well as district medical and health units as a deterrent. Representatives of the Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association met the DGP and demanded action against the culprits who attacked the Huzurabad Area Hospital medical superinten- dent. They sought deploy- ment of special protection force in all teaching and district hospitals in Telangana State as per GO no 103.

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A mental health study done onover 8,000 individuals foundthat college students were themost affected by the novelcoronavirus pandemic and thelockdown.

Conducted by YourDost, anonline mental health platform,the study found that the secondworst-affected segment of peo-ple was working professionals.They were not affected at thebeginning of lockdown, butwere severely hit with a dras-

tic deterioration in feelings ofanxiety, anger and lone-liness.

The study com-piled and analyseddata from a surveydone at the begin-ning of the coro-navirus lock-down andanother in Juneat the begin-ning of'Unlock 1.0'.It also

included data from individualsessions with experts on the

YourDost platform.Students recorded as i x - p e r - c e n t

increase in theemotions ofanger and irri-tability at thebeginning of

the restrictionsand a 13-per-centincrease in theemotions of loneli-

ness and boredom.according

to the study.As the lockdown progressed,

students continued to be theworst-hit emotionally, report-ing the highest net deteriora-tion in their emotions, partic-ularly in terms of their anger,anxiety, loneliness, hopeless-ness, and happiness.

The study showed a signif-icant deterioration in emotionsthrough several categories.

"Students registered 41 percent increase in emotions ofanxiety/fear/worry, 54 per centincrease in

anger/irritability/frustration,27 per cent in hopelessness,sense of sadness was increasedby 17 per cent, and 38 per centincrease in the feeling of lone-liness/boredom," it noted.

At the beginning of thecoronavirus restrictions, thestudent respondents of thestudy registered a one percent increase in their sense ofhappiness. However, the feel-ing of joy went down by 15 percent as the lockdown pro-gressed.

College students’ mental health worst-hit by Covid

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The questionable nature ofFacebook-BJP ties hurtnot just the Congress,but also the TelanganaRashtra Samiti, con-sidering that thepink party too hasfaced bias when itsought to reportcontent, especiallythat being posted fromaccounts known to befake.

Sources in the pink

party said that Facebook doesnot apply its rules to posts byBJP members. This, they aver,

is evident from thefact that several timeswhen pink partymembers reportedfake accounts beingoperated by the saffronparty, the social mediagiant found no viola-tion. Sources said, “As

per Facebook policy, youcan’t have a profile with ran-dom name of place or slo-gan.

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A big question mark hassuddenly sprung up againstthe 13th edition of theIndian Premier League (IPL)after 12 members of theChennai Super Kings ,including players/coaching-/support staff, tested positivefor coronavirus, just 22 daysbefore the start of lucrativeleague, sources told IANS onFriday.

According to the IPL'sStanding Operat ingProcedures (SOPs), all thosewho have tested positive willnow need to undergo at leasttwo weeks of further quaran-tine and clear two more testsbefore they could re-jointhe group.

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H Vasanthakumar, the CongressMP from Tamil Nadu'sKanyakumari who died onFriday after contracting thecoronavirus, had flagged theseriousness of the COVID-19pandemic in parliament earlierthis year, suggesting measures totackle the crisis, only to be inter-rupted and have his mic cut off.

"Speaker sir, we have toannounce a national disasterdue to coronavirus affecting thewhole nation. A zero-revenuesituation will definitely impactthe repayment of loans. I urge

the government to reschedulethe loan payment of small busi-nessmen and individuals atleast for three months," the law-maker had said during a sessionin March when parliament wasstill functioning.

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India has received the high-est rainfall in the month ofAugust in the last 44 years,IMD data shows, as severalparts of the country have wit-nessed floods.

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The India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) datashows that in August 1976,the country had recorded a28.4-per cent excess rainfall.

The country has so farrecorded nine-per cent morerainfall than normal. Bihar,Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Goahave recorded excess rainfallwhile Sikkim has recorded alarge excess. Many states haveseen floods after the swellingof rivers. According to theCentral Water Commission(CWC), the overall storageposition of the reservoirs inthe country till August 27 isbetter than the correspondingperiod of last year. It is alsobetter than the average stor-age of the last 10 years dur-ing the corresponding period,the CWC said.

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colleges, educational and coach-ing institutions will remainclosed. But students of Class 9-12 can voluntarily visit schools,with parents’ written consent.

Social events, academicgatherings as well as sports,entertainment, cultural, reli-gious and political activitieswill be allowed fromSeptember 21 with a cap of notmore than 100 attendees.However, such limited gather-ings will have to be held withmandatory wearing of facemasks, social distancing, pro-vision for thermal scanning,and handwash or sanitizer.

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Sonia Gandhi took barelythree days after thestormy Congress Working

Committee (CWC) meetinglast week to cut to size the 23ring leadersof the rebellionde-manding internal elections. Itwas a swift, surgical strike toshow them their place byappointing Jairam Rameshand other political lightweightsto positions in the CongressParliamentary Party.

She had neverdisplayed sim-ilar urgency to choose RahulGandhi's successor, after hisabrupt resignation as Congresspresident accepting responsi-bility for the party's resound-

ing defeat in the 2019 LokSabha elections. Instead, sheallowed the party to go adriftby remainingas interim pres-ident for 15 months, bravingill-health andmutiny in States.

Only after the 23 dissenters,comprising party seniors,wrote a letter seeking a full-time president did she relent.A replacement will be electedwithin six months by conven-ing an AICC session.Unless aGandhi family scion takesover again, the successor islikely to be a family loyalistwho will be kept under leashwith many powers delegated tovice-presidents.

Just see the superciliousnes-sunderlying the CWC's reso-lution by painting a picture ofinner party democracy. It saidthat Sonia did not prevent JitinPrasada from becoming UnionMinister though his father

Jitendra Prasada contestedagainst her for the party pres-ident's post two decades ago.Even before becomingCongress president, Sonia hadtreatedthen Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao with dis-dain. She would make himwait on the phone line,despiteRao doing everything to pleaseher like conferring the BharatRatna on her husband andeven writing to US Presidentto heighten security for Rahul,then studying in Harvard.

The sense of entitlement,demand for unquestioned loy-alty, the feeling that Congress

has no existence without thefamilyis the party's ideology-today. What is demanded issycophancy, not just loyalty.From Indira Gandhi till now,there has been a tightly knitcoterie of loyalists surroundingthe supremo.The coterie exer-cises great influence over theleader and, on its part, peddlespower without accountability.

Undoubtedly, the likes ofGhulam Nabi Azad, KapilSibal and Shashi Tharoor areloyal, both to party and fami-ly.Why a seasoned and craftypolitician like Ghulam NabiAzad took the risk of calling

out Rahul, knowing that the-courtiers would instantlyringfence him against anyattack,is not far to see. After all,he was part of the high com-mand that participated innumerous fire-fighting opera-

tions to save beleaguered chiefministers. He could easily readthe tea leaves.

The letter writers were fullyconvinced that Rahul did nothave it in him to lead theCongress to wrest power bywinning 300-400 Lok Sabhaseats. The Modi-Shah jugger-naut had trounced theCongress in two Lok Sabhaelections and in a string ofAssembly polls. It lookedunstoppable even in 2024 ifRahul helmed the Congresscampaign.

He had neither displayedqualities for top leadershipnor the capacity to emerge asan alternative to NarendraModi. At the organisationallevel, his video interviewswitheconomists were lowering hisstanding as a top boss, whilehis social media posts were outof sync with the party's

line.Many in the party realisethe futility of persuading Rahulto take over the reins again butare fearful of disturbing thestatus quo.

Sonia wantsthe throne to becontrolled by the family,directly or by proxy. The leak-age of the letter, unacceptablein any party, came in handy forsycophants to indulge in bash-ing its authors and in brand-ing them as BJP agents.

Instead of narrowing downthe differences, the CWCended up widening them,with the dissenters issuingoff-the-record statementsdaily, claiming victory and yetdemanding a written reply.The road from here does notlie in punishing or humiliat-ing them or in further tight-eningthe dynasty's strangle-hold over the Congress.It liesin ushering in change. Its

direction and dimension arefor the Congress party todecide. Others can only high-light the need for Congress toreinvent itself and hope thatSonia places inner partydemocracy above the dynasty.This cannot wait as a slew ofAssembly elections begin-ning with Bihar are in the off-ing. It is not a war betweenthe old guard and the new,but an open rift in theCongress.

The Nehru-Gandhi modelis being copied byregionalleaders, including those ofBJP and parties.There is hard-ly any State where at least onemajor political party doesnot promote family rule.Being the main oppositionparty in many States likeTelangana, the Congress isleft with no moral ground tocriticise such regional parties.

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Minister for TransportPuvvada Ajay Kumar onSaturday called upon the pub-lic to actively participate inHaritha Haram to achieve agreen Telangana. He plantedsaplings at Ballepalli inKhammam on Saturday whereavenue plantation was taken upas part of the sixth phase ofHaritha Haram. He asked theresidents in Khammam cityand villages to plant saplingsvoluntarily in vacant places andaround agriculture fields.

The Minister wanted theofficials and elected membersto make efforts to reach the settarget for the current phase ofHaritha Haram. Care has to betaken for the survival of theplants as well as the new

Panchayat Raj Act prescribes100 per cent survival of plants,he noted.

TKKH was a successfulplantation programme in thecountry and every step must betaken to maintain that distinc-tion. Action would be takenagainst the municipal corpora-

tors if they fail to protect theplanted saplings in their wards,Ajay Kumar warned.

Later in the evening, theMinister, along with theDistrict Collector RV Karnaninspected the ongoing IT Hubworks at Yellandu cross roadsin Khammam. He said the IT

hub was being built with Rs 25crore and the works nearedcompletion. The facility wouldbe ready for inauguration byDasara and IT Minister KTRama Rao would be inaugurat-ing it. The twin-towered ITHub would help to createemployment to the skilledyouth in Khammam and manygraduates were already givenappointment letters by thecompanies that were going toset up their shops inKhammam.

After the formation of sep-arate Telangana there havebeen doubts about growth andexpansion of the IT industry inthe state. Now the state standsat second place in terms of ITexports that reached Rs 1.28lakh crores, Ajay Kumarexplained.

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Telangana logged 2,751 newCovid-19 cases, pushing thetally to 1,20,166, while thedeath toll rose to 808 with ninemore fatalities. The GHMCrecorded 432 fresh positivecases, followed by Karimnagar(192), Rangareddy (185),Nalgonda (147), Khammam

(132), Medchal Malkajgiri(128), Nizamabad(113), Suryapet(111) and WarangalUrban (101) dis-tricts, a state gov-ernment bulletinsaid on Saturday,providing data as of 8pm on August 28.

All 33 districts in the state

reported positive cases in dou-ble digits. Aggressive test-

ing continued in thestate with as many as62,300 samples beingtested on August 28.C u m u l a t i v e l y ,

12,66,643 samples havebeen tested. The samples

tested per million populationwas 34,117, the bulletin said.

The case fatality rate in thestate was 0.67 per cent, whileit was 1.81 per cent at thenational level.

The total number of peoplewho have recovered from theinfectious disease so far stoodat 89,359, while 30,008 wereunder treatment. The recoveryrate in the statewas 74.3 percent in the state.

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A full court bench of theHigh Court has reportedlydecided to hold physicalhearing of the First Benchheaded by the Chief Justice ofthe state and four courtsfrom September 7, 2020. Thefull court is likely to hold thephysical hearing for a periodof one week till September 11,2020. It will review the pre-vailing situation after the oneweek’s period.

The HC has not yet issuedany official SOP to be fol-lowed during by differentparties during the physicalhearing of the cases.

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The HRDA said that, asper the GO MS No 103, thegovernment accorded per-mission to create TSSPF fordeployment in governmenthospitals, but nothing furtherwas done.

Meanwhile, the IndianMedical Association'sTelangana State unit pointedto the gruesome attack (ver-bal & physical) on Dr.Praveen, medical superinten-dent of Area Hospital,Huzurabad, and otherstaffers on duty and termed

it objectionable. The IMAstated "attack in whatevercondition on a duty doctorand staff by Kaushik Reddyis highly objectionable andaction has to be taken as perthe Act 11 of 2008". The IMAcondemned the personalattack and urged the author-ities to take proper action asper law.

Representatives of theTPHDA, TGGDA & theTMPHJAC also met the DGPand requested him to punishthose found guilty in theHuzurabad attack as soon aspossible.

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It should be a real person.But that party (BJP) has creat-ed hundreds of such fakeaccounts and they peddle theiragenda. When we (TRS)report, we get stock reply thatour team reviewed it andfound nothing wrong”.

Sources pointed out thatsome of these fake profilesthreatened them; and again,when the matter was broughtto the notice of Facebook (asit is against their stated policy),the social media gaint didn’tfind any fault in the threats.Sources indicated that the topleadership in the companyneeds to be impartial.Furthermore, most of the peo-ple in the TRS governmenthaven’t even realised this bias.

It may be mentioned herethat the Congress wrote toFacebook founder MarkZuckerberg on Saturday - thisis the second letter from theopposition party this fortnight- seeking details of the stepsbeing taken to investigate alle-gations that the social mediagiant does not apply hatespeech rules to posts by BJP

member.About 10 days ago,

Telangana Congress leadersalso pointed to Facebook'sprejudiced action againstthem. Konda Vishweshwar

Reddy and Gudur NarayanReddy shared their experi-ences with Facebook, statingthat the social media platformwasn’t letting them share posts.

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"Better than normal stor-age" is available in the basinsof the Ganga, Narmada, Tapi,Mahi, Sabarmati, the rivers ofKutch, Godavari, Krishna,Mahanadi and the neigh-bouring east-flowing rivers,Cauvery and the neighbour-ing east-flowing rivers andwest-flowing rivers of southIndia, the CWC said.

The official rainfall seasonin the country is from June 1to September 30. Junereceived 17-per cent morerainfall while July recorded10-per cent less rainfall thannormal.

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Sources said the entire CSKteam has been quarantinedafter the development.

"A total of 12 members havebeen found infected and theentire team has been told to gounder quarantine. It is learntthat they got infected during acamp in Chennai," said thesources.

"Other teams have alsorequested the BCCI to issue astatement for the safety of thecricketers in the UAE," theysaid. However, CSK officialsand the BCCI are yet to con-firm the development. An offi-cial suggested contacting CSKCEO Kasi Viswanathan, butViswanathan did not receivecalls from IANS, nor did the

CSK issue any statement.The development has raised

a huge question mark on thestart of the IPL on September19. But, surprisingly, the BCCIhas still not released the sched-ule of the matches, somethingthat also raises doubts.

There is a lot at stake in theIPL, which could not be stagedin India due to the coronon-avirus pandemic. There ispressure from the eight IPLfranchises on the BCCI andthen there is pressure from thesponsors.

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"The government of Indiastands by the statement ofArun Jaitley and is activelyworking with the states towork out such an arrange-ment. The government ofIndia will support extensionof the compensation cess forsuch period as may be neces-sary to completely dischargeany arrears of compensa-tion," the centre said in theletter. The GST Council,which makes national taxpolicies, after a meeting onAugust 27 had given the twooptions and asked the statesto take a decision within aweek.The centre is hard-pressed on paying GST duesto the states that have notearned much this year due tomonths of lockdown necessi-tated by the COVID-19 cri-sis. Punjab, for example, hassaid it may see a revenuedeficit of ? 25,000 crore thisyear.

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adversely affected. I urge uponthe government to pay a min-imum of ? 2,000 per family..."he said, before Lok Sabha

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After his death on a Friday,a video of the exchange waswidely shared on Twitter,drawing sharp responses.

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No separate permission-/approval/e-permit will berequired for such movements,the guidelines further stated.Cinema halls, swimming pools,theatres and similar places willremain closed. However, open-air theatres are permitted toopen from September 21.

International air travel will besuspended until further notice,

except as permitted by MHA.The SoP for operating

Metro Rail has already beenshared with the respectivemetro rail MDs. MoHUA willdiscuss these SOP onSeptember 1 with all metrocompanies.

MDs have been requested tolook at the SOPs and currentsituation in the state and sharetheir views in the VC accord-ingly

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The report also found thatthe change in the mentalstage of students was alsoaffected by facing difficultiesin adjusting to life at home.

"They miss college, theymiss their peers and theymiss the string of activitiesthat keep happening on cam-pus. Most of all, they reportdifficulty in reconnectingwith their parents which hascaused them to feel severely

frustrated. They also report a'loss of freedom' with theirparents around," it read.

While the reason for stu-dents' falling emotional statewas mostly being confined tohomes, working profession-als were troubled by theuncertainty and a feeling of"what's next?"

"Working professionalsregistered 41 per centincrease in emotions of anx-iety/fear/worry, 34 per centincrease

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In view of a grave securitythreat, the Hyderabad policehas advised T. Raja Singh, theBharatiya Janata Party's (BJP)lone member of the TelanganaLegislative Assembly, not tomove around on a two-wheel-er and travel by a bullet-proofcar allotted to him by the gov-ernment.

In a letter to Raja Singh,Hyderabad PoliceCommissioner Anjani Kumarsaid that providing propersecurity to him was a priority.

"It is to inform that due toyour threat perception,enhanced security has beenprovided to you and securitypersonnel are also being alert-ed and checked from time totime. Special training has beenorganised for all your PSOsperiodically," said the letterdated August 28.

The police chief wrote that onoccasions, the MLA is seenmoving around on a motorcycle.

"This poses a grave securitythreat to you. Therefore, yourkind cooperation is solicited toensure proper security. That

you kindly completely avoidmoving on a motorcycle andtravel by the bullet-proof carallotted. The government hasprovided this car only for yoursecurity," it added.

Raja Singh, who is known

for making controversial state-ments and was also booked bythe police on various occasions,represents the GoshamahalAssembly constituency inHyderabad.

He was recently at the cen-tre of a controversy that erupt-ed after a report in the WallStreet Journal that Facebook'scontent policies favoured theBJP.

The MLA however, claimedthat he never posted anyinflammatory content on socialmedia.

He added that his officialFacebook account was hackedand blocked in 2018.

The US newspaper quotedunnamed Facebook insidersthat one of the India policyexecutives intervened in aninternal communication tostop a permanent ban on RajaSingh after he allegedly post-ed communal, divisive content.

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The education sector has beenaffected adversely due to thepandemic. Several teachers aresuffering a lot due to lesssalary and some of them withno salary, while taking theonline classes for students.

The situation is such thatseveral teachers are forced towork despite being paid, andare afraid to leave their jobs asthey might not get anotheropportunity during the pan-demic.

Iqbal Razvi, who is mathe-matics teacher in privateschool in the city shares, "I ambeing paid half salary for thepast four months and wasrecently informed by myschool management that I willget paid from August onwardsfor a while. It is getting very

difficult, I had to ask for loanfrom a relative."

Sharing the point of view ofthe schools, Syed Arif,Principal, Alliance Interna-tional School, Golconda, says,"The government hadannounced that schools haveto charge the fees monthly.However, as all the studentswere promoted last academic

year, most parents didn't paythe fees. This year too, sincethe classes are being conduct-ed online, we are having diffi-culty in collecting the fees. Thelittle income we are gettinggoes away for paying the build-ing rent and other loans. Mostof the private schools are try-ing, but it is getting difficult topay the salaries."

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With the re-infection ofCoronavirus being reportedamong patients in Telangana,several Covid-19 survivorshave confirmed that the anti-bodies in them were not gen-erated when they took thetest. Antibody tests are beingtaken up in Telangana as partof public health surveillance.The state health departmenthas procured 25,000 anti-body kits to conduct the tests.Officials said that the processwill begin in two weeks andwill share the results with thepublic.

The case of Covid strikingagain is evident of Covidimmunity not lasting for longand antibodies starting towane after a while.

A Covid-19 survivor said, "Itook the antibody test aftergetting cured for Coronavirusand was told that I didn'tdevelop antibodies. I wantedto donate plasma, but couldnot as I am not eligible due tolack of antibodies. Doctorstold me that not everyonedevelops antibodies and askedme to go back to basics - main-tain physical distancing, wearmasks, use sanitizers and washhands regularly."

World Health Organization(WHO) has said that Covid-19 antibodies last for aroundthree months in the body.

Dr G Sravan Kumar, pul-monologist from ChestHospital said, "Mild and

asymptomatic patients maynot mount complete immuneresponse and have low or noantibodies. Research says T-cell mediated immunity maybe another kind of immuneresponse generated in somepatients, as Covid is a newinfection; we are yet to find outhow our immune systemresponds to infection.

Levels of antibodies againstSARS-CoV-2, the virus thatcauses Covid-19, droppeddramatically over the firstthree months of infection.With ICMR giving permis-sion, several labs in the cityare conducting the antibodytests. Many who are notinfected are also getting thistest done. However doctorssuggest that antibody testsshould be done only for plas-ma donors, for serologicalsurveys and not as a confi-dence booster.

A doctor A Nirupama DeviPulmonologist at VascularCare Center said, "Antibodytest does not tell whether theimmune response you had isprotective against future infec-tions. It only tells you that youhave been exposed to thevirus in the past. There is apossibility that the resultsmight give a false positive ora false negative and useful onlywhen you want to donateplasma. CDC said an antibodytest may not show if you havea current Covid-19 infectionbecause it can take 1-3 weeksafter infection for your bodyto make antibodies."

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House owners in twin cities arefacing a piquant situation notable to find tenants for vacantportions. Everywhere, onecomes across to-let boardsbefore houses.

In fact, many house ownershave borrowed loans frombanks to build houses so thatthey would be able to repay theloan with the help of the houserent.

As there is difficulty in find-ing tenants, the house ownersare worried over paying theEMIs.

At the height of the realestate boom, Bimanna bor-rowed loan from banks andconstructed house in Uppal. Ofthe four portions in the house,three are vacant now. Now heis finding it difficult to pay theloan.

In Chaderghat, there used tobe heavy demand for shops.Finding a shop is not easy evenif one is willing to pay advancein lakhs. But a tenant who'srunning a shop in the areawants to vacate the area citing

general depression in busi-ness as one of the reasons. Butthe owner is pleading with thetenant not to vacate the shopand offered to receive only halfof the rent in lieu. To get ahouse in some areas, the ten-ants used to avail services ofrental agencies. Earlier, thehouse owners used to put var-ious conditions. Ever since thelockdown has been clamped,the woes of house ownersstarted. Those who engagethemselves in petty businessand those who are not able to

get proper income vacated thehouses and set sailed for theirnative places.

Many people are not willingto return to Hyderabad sincethe Coronavirus is not yetreined completely in the statecapital. They are looking forself employment at their nativeplaces.

If anyone is prepared tovacate the rental portions, thehouse owners are giving themthe offer of paying half of therent and advising them againstvacating the portions.

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The Telangana State Board ofIntermediate Education revis-es the syllabus in textbooks ofIntermediate first and secondyear for every five years. Thesyllabus of humanities text-books of II year Intermediate- commerce, economics,political science, history,geography and public admin-istration were revised previ-ously for academic year 2015-16.

As the term of five years ofthese textbooks is over, theTSBIE revised the syllabus ofthese subjects by constitutingthe subject committee withprofessors, lecturers of degreecolleges and junior lecturers.

Syed Omar Jaleel, Secretaryof TSBIE released thehumanities textbooks alongwith A Satyanarayan Reddy,Director, Telugu Akademi.

The failed candidates arepermitted to appear in thesesubjects with old syllabus inthe ensuring examinations.

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In order to provide betterinfrastructure facilities to thecitizens, the GreaterHyderabad MunicipalCorporation (GHMC) is tak-ing up 37 missing link roads inphase I with the cost of Rs 313crore, said Mayor Dr BonthuRammohan here on Saturday.Out of the 37 missing linkroads, 10 works were alreadycompleted and 18 are worksare under progress.

The Mayor along with gov-ernment whip & MLAArikepudi Gandhi, CorporatorSaibaba, Zonal CommissionerN Ravi Kiran and chief cityplanner Devender Reddyinspected various places inSeriligampally zone.

Speaking on the occasionMayor said, in order to reducethe traffic on main roads,missing link roads are beingformed connecting IT and

business centres, further withthis, commercial activities willbe improved on these missinglink roads once they formed,he added.

There is good response frompeople in giving land requiredfor development works andmost them opted for TDR inexchange of land there byreducing financial burden onGHMC exchequer. So far

about Rs 500 crores worthTDRs were issued. Further,Mayor said apart from devel-oping missing link roads,under SRDP construction offlyovers and underpass, skyway undertaken to reduce thetraffic problems. Some of themare Kameneni Junction,Biodiversity, Biramulguda,Chintalkunta, LB Nagar, whichare already open for public.

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Cyberabad police on Saturdayarrested ten members of'kakral gang' who wereindulging in burglary. Theofficials seized arms andammunition from the accused.

The arrested persons wereidentified as Sakhi Ahmedand his associates BijenderSingh, Ram Kumar Singh,Mehtab Bati, Habeebul,Hakeem Singh, HaseenMohammad, Jithender Singh,Irfan Ali Khan, Rahman Ali.

According to the police,the accused under the guise ofvegetable vendors came tocity and are staying atJagadgirigutta since a month.

They targeted a Jewelleryshop at Patancheru. As pertheir plan, they went to

Patancheru to commit theoffence on August 18. Whilethey were in action, a passer-by observed and alerted fol-lowing which they fled awayfrom there. After three days,they made their attemptsagain, a passerby Prabhakaralerted and informed to thepolice.

Meanwhile the accused per-sons threatened Prabhakarand one of the accused Mehtabkhan opened fire, butPrabhakar escaped.

This time the accusedchanged the target and prepar-ing to loot a Jewellery shop atMallampet of Dundigal.

"When they were in prepa-ration to commit moreoffences the gang was arrest-ed," said Cyberabad policecommissioner Sajjanar.

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A juvenile boy, who alleged-ly created a fake Facebookaccount of TRS Rajya SabhaMP Joginipally SantoshKumar and attempted tocheat people of their money,was on Friday arrested inUttar Pradesh, police said.

The boy created a fakeprofile of the MPand sent af r i e n drequest toa person.Posing asthe MP, theboy asked theman to transferRs 50,000 for meeting themedical expenses of MP'sfriend's kin," the release said

The boy was apprehend-ed on August 28. The policeseized the material evidencefrom him which was used inthe commission of theoffence.

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Sometimes due to technicalerrors cash might not be dis-pensed from ATM but amountwould be debited fromaccount, using this as a loop-hole, a gang is cheating thebanks. Nampally Police onSaturday arrested the fraud-sters on Saturday who arecheating the bank in similarmanner.

The police arrested twoaccused Pramod Kumar andSantosh Kumar and hunt islaunched to nab three moreaccused Ajay Shankwar,Kamalkanth and Pawan whowere absconding.

Explaining the modusoperandi, Nampally policeAdditional Inspectior MSVKishore said "The fraudstersusing ATM deposit an amountof 20,000 to 40,000 into anaccount through cash deposit

machine. Immediately themiscreants withdraw theamount and intentionally holdthe notes or switch off thepower which leads to cash dis-penser error message."

Later, the miscreants willraise a complaint in onlineagainst each account as theiraccount was debited but theyhave not received any amountfrom ATM machine. Afterverifying the bank authoritieswill credit the amount intoconcerned accounts.

Bank authorities have veri-fied the ATM for excess cashif any available in the ATM.But, there is no excess cashavailable in the ATM.

Suspecting some fraud,Dinesh Kolli, Branch Managerof SBI Bazarghat approachedNampally Police and lodged acomplaint. Police officialsidentified the accused andarrested them.

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The ruling TRS party may notfield its candidates officially forthe ensuing Graduate MLCelections. It is learnt that theruling TRS wants to go aheadwith its old strategy adoptedduring the previous Graduateand Teachers constituency elec-tions held after the Assemblypolls.

It may be recalled that, in thelast elections, the ruling TRSsupported those candidateswho failed to win the polls.Then the party had not ownedthe responsibility of the defeatas it didn't announce candi-dates officially. In those elec-tions, the TRS supported-Pathuri Sudhakar Reddy(Teachers' constituency) andChandrasekhar Goud(Graduate constituency), wholost the previous elections.Congress candidate T JeevanReddy and UTF candidate ANarsi Reddy won the elec-

tions. The graduate constituen-cies present MLCs tenure willend by February 2021.However, the aspirants andpolitical parties are gettingready for the elections andstarted groundwork for thesame.

The political parties declaredtheir candidates for theGraduate constituency MLCelections though the polls willnot be held on the symbols ofpolitical parties. However, theparties made the graduate

MLC elections as regular elec-tions to show their domination.

In the same manner, the rul-ing party will not field the can-didates for the graduate con-stituency, it is learnt. Accordingto sources, the party is not con-fident about the victory as theparty is not in a position toassess the mindset of the grad-uates.

However, the party won thegraduate constituency MLCfrom Nalgonda-Khammam-Warangal in the form of Palla

Rajeshwar Reddy. However,Palla is not showing any inter-est to contest the electionagain, it is learnt. On the otherhand, BJP won theMahbubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad graduate con-stituency in the last elections bydefeating Prof K Nageshwarand Devi Prasad.

According to sources, theTRS party is of a feeling thatthe party may not win thegraduate MLC elections as theCongress won more MLA seatsin Nalgonda and Khammamdistricts. More so, the graduatesgave different verdict even inKarimnagar graduate con-

stituency elections in whichCongress senior leader TJeevan Reddy, who lost MLAelections from Jagtial con-stituency, registered a thump-ing victory. In the same manner,the party lost Teachers constituen-cy elections to A Narsi Reddythough the Pathuri SudhakarReddy has a good reputationamong the teachers fraternity.According to sources, the party willgive indirect support to the MLCcandidates similar to last electionsas the graduates and teachers arenot in favor of the TRS government.It is learnt that the party will sup-port the candidates from TRSparty if contested the elections.

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Karimnagar MP andTelangana BJP Chief BandiSanjay Kumar on Saturdayalleged corruption in RythuBandhu scheme. He said thatthe Telangana government ischanging the designs of pro-jects and development worksonly for by commissions.

The Telangana governmentis not paying its share in timethough the Centre is releasingfunds to the new projects, hesaid alleging that the TRS gov-ernment is misusing the pub-lic money.

Sanjay said that he informedUnion Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Thomar thesame when he met the latter.Sanjay also met RailwayMinister for state SureshAngadi at Delhi and discussedthe progress of the pendingprojects and new railway linesin Telangana state.

Sanjay said that he discussedwith Thomar on the

Agriculture InfrastructureFund, which is being intro-duced by the Centre to doublethe revenue of the farmers.After listening to Sanjay's sug-gestions on the Centre'sAgriculture InfrastructureFund scheme, Thomar saidthat he will take measures toensure that the funds to begiven to Telangana under thescheme won't be misused.

Sanjay urged Thomar to seethat the Telangana govern-ment behaves transparently inregard to the Centre'sAgriculture InfrastructureFund scheme, which wouldchange the conditions of thefarmers. He said that he alsodiscussed with the RailwayMinister on the new railwayprojects and progress of pend-ing projects of Telangana state.

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NSUI state president B VenkatNarsimha Rao has been shift-ed to KIMS hospital onSaturday as his BP and sugarlevels dropped due to his fastunto death hunger strike. Hewas on fast demanding theCentral and state governmentsto postpone NEET and JEEentrance examinations. Earlierin the day, TPCC Chief NUttam Kumar Reddy andsenior leader V Hanumantha

Rao visited the hunger strikecamp.

Speaking on the occasion,Uttam said that the Congresswill extend its support toNSUI in its fight against theCentral and State govern-ments. He said that the NSUIpresident had taken up hungerstrike for the welfare of thelakhs of students as theCoronavirus spread is severein the state.

Uttam said that they haveshifted Venkat to the hospital

as his condition deteriated.However, party will continueits fight on behalf of NSUI.Demanding the Centre topostpone NEET and JEEentrance examinations, Uttamsaid that the governments areplaying with the lives of thestudents.

On the other hand, thepolice obstructed the NSUIactivists when they tried totake up Chalo Raj Bhavanprogramme from GandhiBhavan.

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Telangana RevenueEmployees ServicesAssociation (TRESA) onSaturday welcomed TelanganaState government’s proposedNew Revenue Act and statedthat TRESA has full confi-dence in Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao. TheTRESA urged the ChiefMinister to change the British-era Revenue Acts in tunewith the present conditions.

The TRESA urged theChief Minister to see that theinterests of the employeesare not harmed with the newact. It also urged the ChiefMinister to appoint CCLA onan urgent basis. On Saturday,TRESA held a meeting underleadership of TRESA statepresident Vanga RavinderReddy. The 33 district presi-dents and CCLA unit presi-dents, secretaries and stateexecutive members partici-pated in the meeting. Themeeting took passed a reso-lution welcoming ChiefMinister’s proposed NewRevenue Act. The meetingdecided to urge the ChiefMinister to ensure that theemployees’ service rules andpromotions will not be affect-ed with the Act.

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BC Welfare and Civil SuppliesMinister Gangula Kamalakaron Saturday informed thatefforts have been made to sup-ply 24 hours water supply tothe residents of KarimnagarMunicipal Corporation. Thelong standing dream of thelocal people of daily watersupply was launched by IT andMunicipal AdministrationMinister KT Rama Rao recent-ly. On similar way, round theclock water supply schemeswould also be started verysoon, Kamalakar informedwhile inaugurating the vehicleof DRF at KMC office here onSaturday.

Unlike previous govern-ments, Telangana state wasfocusing more on the develop-

ment of municipalities in thestate. KMC would always be inthe front row in the develop-

ment. Talking about the disas-ter response force, the Ministersaid the DRF team has been

constituted to help the peoplein emergency times. A total of40 members have beenappointed in the team andimparted training to them.Informing that two vehicleshave been arranged for theteam, he assured to arrangeanother vehicle to travel teammembers in corporation lim-its to help the people. Teammembers would serve the peo-ple round the clock.

If there was any incident offire accidents, house collapses,drinking water problems,drainages jam and others, DRFteam members would rushthe spot and take rescue oper-ation by shifting the police tosafer zones. Besides takingsteps to improve sanitation,more fogging machines wouldalso be purchased.

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On one hand the Covid-19 ison the rise and on the other,burglars are striking at willcomplicating the lives of peo-ple further. In rural areas, vil-lagers formed vigilante squadsto guard their villages againstburglars.

Such vigilante squads caughtred handed a burglar in one ofthe colonies of the city onFriday night and turned him into the police creating a sensa-tion in the area.

On Friday night, burglars

struck at a home in Khanapurarea of the city. Residents ofthe house woke up hearingsome noise and apprehended

the burglars red handedlyand handed them to thepolice. Three days ago, inKorta villae of Jainadh man-

dal of the district, burglarsentered the village throughfields and struck at a homeand decamped with cash andother booty. Also, they triedto commit burglaries in twoor three other houses, but invain.

In Jandapur of the district,the burglars tried to steal atwo-wheeler. As the villagersbecame alert, they took toheels. Earlier, there was aninstance of burglars striking atSirsanna village of Jainadhmandal and threatening vil-lagers at knife point.

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Panchayat Raj MinisterErrabelli Dayakar Rao onSaturday infused confidenceamong the Corona patientsundergoing treatment in hos-pitals and those who are underquarantine facility, with theirfamily members saying thatthe government hospitals havegood amenities.

Addressing them and alsoelected people’s representativesand officials through tele con-ference mode here onSaturday, he assured thepatients of his support andasked them to either call him

up or his staff members if theyencounter any problems. Heasked the elected people’s rep-resentatives to contribute

money and provide food tothose who have no food dur-ing the current crisis.

He spoke to Coronapatients and their familymembers of Palakurti,Kodakandla, Devaruppala,Pedda Vangara, Torruru,Rayaparti mandals of hisPalakurti Assembly con-stituency. He also spoke toZPTCs, MPTCs, MROs,RDOs, CIs, Sis, DistrictMedical and Health officer,doctors and enquired abouttheir well being and also thetreatment being provided topatients and precautions beingobserved.

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All India DemocraticWomen's Association(AIDWA) on Saturday urgedthe State government toincrease the number of med-ical staff at government hos-pitals where Covid-19 rapidantigen tests were being con-ducted in the State. Speakingafter visiting Urban HealthCentre in Suryapet munici-pality, AIDWA State generalsecretary Mallu Lakshmi saidpeople were forced to wait forhours in queues at the gov-ernment hospital for therapid antigen test.

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Now, with the Centre goingahead with these exams, thestudents are facing a toughtime in reaching Hyderabad inthe absence of bus services.

Five months have elapsedafter bus services between thetwo states were suspendeddue to Covid-19 pandemic.Still, there is no hope for earlyresumption of transport ser-vices due to the failure of yetanother round of talksbetween officials of theAndhra Pradesh andTelangana State RoadTransport Corporations earlythis week.

Although lockdown barri-ers on inter-state movementand transport have beeneased, RTC services betweenthe two states have notresumed as the respectivecorporations have been oper-ating limited services withintheir states. Inter-state ser-vices remain suspended,though the corporations hadagreed on June 17 to resumeinter-state services.

APSRTC had mooted a pro-posal to operate 256 bus ser-vices to Telangana and resumethe remaining in a phasedmanner. However, TSRTC isnow insisting that APSRTCreduce the number of kilome-tres operated by its buses inTelangana.

Ever since Telangana cameinto existence as a new statefollowing bifurcation ofAndhra Pradesh in 2014,inter-state passenger bus ser-vices were being operated onthe basis of ad hoc provisionsunder Clause 72(1) of theAndhra Pradesh Re-organisa-tion Act 2014.

Following the suspension

of RTC services, Telanganasaw an opportunity to insiston a proper inter-state agree-ment on the basis of parity toallow resumption of ser-vices.

There is a feeling inTelangana that the currentarrangement is heavily loadedin favour of APSRTC due tovarious factors, the key reasonbeing more passengers travel-ling from Andhra toTelangana, especiallyHyderabad.

TSRTC is currently operat-ing its services only on 175routes in Andhra Pradeshwith 554 buses, while APSRTChas 386 routes and is operat-ing 1,226 buses in Telangana.With 450 services in AndhraPradesh every day, TSRTC iscovering only 94,048 km. Onthe other hand, APSRTC iscovering 3,37,603 km everyday with 946 services inTelangana.

Since Hyderabad was thecapital of undivided AndhraPradesh, there were alwaysmore bus services fromAndhra and Rayalaseemaregions to Hyderabad.Officials say not muchchanged on the ground afterthe bifurcation of the state.

APSRTC operates themajority of its bus services toHyderabad from Vijayawada,Guntur, Visakhapatnam,Rajahmundry, Anantapur,Kurnool and other destina-tions.

Since TSRTC has beenincurring huge losses, its offi-cials are making every effort toseek a level playing field tominimise them. They aredemanding that TSRTC beallowed to operate an equalnumber of buses in AndhraPradesh.

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The Enforcement Directoratehas registered a money laun-dering case against companieswhich allegedly ran numerousChinese betting apps and web-sites in India, and moved croresof funds across the shores byusing "lax regulatory" mecha-nism of online wallets, accord-ing to a statement.

The federal probe agencysaid it has frozen four HSBCbank accounts containing Rs46.96 crore after conductingraids at multiple premises ofcompanies involved in runningChinese betting apps.

This is the second action ofa central probe agency againstChinese entities operating inthe country. The Income Tax

Department had early thismonth raided a Chinesenational and his Indian associ-ates for allegedly running ahawala racket using shell firms.

The ED said searches werecarried out at 15 locations in

Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai andPune on Friday under sectionsof the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA).

"Searches were conducted onthe registered offices of thecompanies, their directors and

chartered accountants involvedin illegally running online bet-ting apps from websites whichare hosted from outside India,"it said on Saturday.

"During the course of search,ED has seized 17 hard disks,five laptops, phones, crucialincriminating documents andhas also frozen Rs 46.96 croreheld in 4 HSBC Bankaccounts," the statement said.

The money laundering caseis based on an FIR filed by theTelangana Police in Hyderabadagainst the accused early thisyear under various sections ofthe IPC and the TelanganaState Gambling Act, the PrizeChits and the MoneyCirculation Scheme Act, itsaid. The police FIR was filedagainst Dokypay Technology

Private Limited, LinkyunTechnolgy Private Limited andothers, and three people,including a Chinese national,were arrested. Those arrestedwere identified as Yan Hao, theChinese national, Dhiraj Sarkarand Ankit Kapoor.

The ED said these men wereadopting a "novel modusoperandi for doing online bet-ting scam". The probe foundthat "with the help of someIndian chartered accountants,some Chinese nationals float-ed multiple Indian companies, it said. "Initially dummyIndian directors were used toincorporate the companies andafter some time Chinesenationals travelled to Indiaand took directorship in thesecompanies," the ED said.

The agency said it found thatsome locals were hired and"used to open bank accountswith HSBC Bank and tradeaccounts with online walletsnamely Paytm, Cashfree,Razorpay, etc."

The agency alleged that these"online wallets had lax due dili-gence mechanisms and theirnon-reporting of suspicioustransactions to the regulatoryauthorities helped the accusedcompanies to launch pan-Indiaoperations". The ED said it sus-pects that "apart fromindulging in banned activitieslike online betting, this net-work of companies with theirreliance on online wallets andtheir lax regulatory systemscould have been used forhawala transactions as well".

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President Ram Nath Kovindhas congratulated Hyderabad'sNeelkantha Bhanu Prakashfor winning the 'world's fastesthuman calculator' title.

In a letter to Prakash, Kovindsaid, "I am happy to learn thatyou have become the fastesthuman calculator in the worldby winning gold medal in theMental Calculation WorldChampionship 2020 at MindSports Olympiad (MSO) inLondon."

"I wish you all success in yourfuture endeavour and hope youwill bring in more laurels for thecountry," he said in the letterdated August 28, 2020.

A copy of the letter was

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India's COVID-19 tally racedpast 34 lakh with a single-dayspike of 76,472 cases, while thenumber of recoveries surged to26,48,998, pushing the recov-ery rate to 76.47 per cent onSaturday, according to theUnion health ministry.

The total number ofCOVID-19 cases rose to34,63,972, while the death tolldue to the disease climbed to62,550 with 1,021 people suc-cumbing to it in a span of 24hours, the ministry's dataupdated at 8 am showed.

The COVID-19 case fatali-ty rate has further declined to1.81 per cent in the country.

There are 7,52,424 activecoronavirus cases in the coun-try currently, which accountfor 21.72 per cent of the totalcaseload, the data showed.

India's COVID-19 tally hadcrossed the 20-lakh mark onAugust 7 and the 30-lakh markon August 23.

According to the IndianCouncil of Medical Research(ICMR), a total of 4,04,066,09samples were tested forCOVID-19 up to August 28,including 9,28,761 on Friday.

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Divisive forces are spreadinghatred through the India,freedom of expression is atstake and the country is in acrisis that none of its found-ing fathers would have imag-ined, Congress presidentSonia Gandhi said onSaturday.

"Powers that want peopleto fight are spreading poisonof hate in the countr y.Freedom of expression isunder threat, democracy isbeing destroyed. They wantIndia's people, our tribals,women, youth to keep theirmouths shut. Vo desh kamuh bandh rakhna chahtehain (They want to silencethe nation)," she said, speak-ing via video link at theground-breaking ceremonyfor the new Chhattisgarh leg-islature.

"None of our ancestors,including Mahatma Gandhi,Jawaharlal Nehru and BRAmbedkar, would have imag-ined that our country will befacing such a tough situation

after 75 years of indepen-dence when our democracyand constitution are underthreat," Gandhi added.

Though the she did notname Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's adminis-tration, the Congress chiefhas raised the ante against thecentral government withnear-daily attacks includingon subjects like the centre notclearing its dues to state gov-ernments and holdingentrance examinations at atime when India has beenreporting the highest number

of new coronavirus in theworld.

Alleging that the influ-ence of "tanashahi" (dictator-ship) on the country's "lok-shahi" (democracy) was ris-ing, Mrs Gandhi said, "Badthinking is now dominating,freedom of expression is indanger and democratic insti-tutions are being ruined."

The Congress has main-tained its pointed attacks onthe government even as itbattles turmoil within theparty that has seen nearly twodozen senior leaders express-

ing dissatisfaction at the waythe party is being run.

The BJP has largelybrushed off the Congress'snew attacks with no seniorleader responding directlyto the remarks by the topleaders of the oppositionparty in recent days.

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India has controlled the spreadof crop-threatening migratorypest desert locusts by usingadvanced technologies, includ-ing drones, and ensured therewas not much crop damage,Prime Minister Narendra Modisaid on Saturday.

In his address after the virtu-al inauguration of college andadministration buildings ofJhansi-based Rani Lakshmi BaiCentral Agricultural University,the prime minister stressed onthe need to promote greater useof latest technologies in thefarm sector.

More than 10 states, includingUttar Pradesh, faced locust prob-lem in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, he said adding thatthe Bundelkhand region facedthe locust attack after 30 years.

Sharing how modern tech-nologies are helpful in address-ing the challenges faced by thefarm sector, Modi said the speedat which locust swarms were

spreading in the country, it wasnot possible to control them intraditional ways.

"In May, the Bundelkhandregion had faced locust problem....I was told the region faced thelocust attack after 30 years. Notonly Uttar Pradesh, more than 10states faced the locust problem,"the prime minister said.

India has controlled this prob-lem in a scientific way, he said.

"If there was no coronavirus,a week long positive mediadebate would have been carriedon this. A big success has beenachieved," he added.

Asserting that the central gov-ernment worked on a "war foot-ing" to save crops from this pest,Modi said a dozen control rooms,including one in Jhansi, were setup and authorities procured spe-cial spray machines and distrib-uted in the affected areas.

"Be it tractors or chemicals, allmachineries were put in place toensure farmers face less cropdamage. To save tall trees, dronesand helicopters were used forspraying. Following these mea-sures, India has been able to savefarmers from incurring hugelosses," he said.

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Of the total number of peopletested in Indore under the serosurvey earlier this month, 7.72per cent were found to havedeveloped antibodies toCOVID-19, an official said.

Indore is the worst-hit districtin Madhya Pradesh in terms ofthe number of coronavirus pos-itive cases and fatalities.

"Blood samples of 7,103 peo-ple aged above one year weretaken under the survey that wascarried out from August 11 to 23with the help of the NationalCentre for Disease Control,"Indore Divisional Commissio-ner Pawan Kumar Sharma said.

Of these, 548 samples, whichis 7.72 per cent, were found tobe having antibodies to SARS-CoV2. Most importantly, thesurveyed men and women hadantibodies in equal proportion,he added. The survey revealed

that efforts taken to stem theinfection spread in the affectedareas of the city have paid off, headded.

The official said that in theBombay Bazaar area of the city,more than 30 per cent peoplewere found having antibodies.

Besides, people in the agegroup of 45 to 60 had maximumantibodies as per the survey, theyadded. It is believed that the peo-ple found with antibodies hadcontracted the infection 15 daysbefore their blood samples werecollected. However, as theyremained asymptomatic, theinfection went undetected.

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Former President PranabMukherjee continues to be indeep coma and on ventilatorsupport, but his renal parame-ters have improved, the hospi-tal said on Saturday.

Doctors attending on the84-year-old Mukherjee said heremains haemodynamicallystable and is being treated forlung infection.

A patient is haemodynam-ically stable when his bloodcirculation parameters --blood pressure, heart andpulse rate -- are stable and nor-mal, doctors say.

Mukherjee was admitted tothe Army's Research andReferral Hospital in Delhi onAugust 10 and was operatedfor removal of a clot in thebrain the same day. He laterdeveloped a lung infectionand had a renal dysfunction,the doctors said.

"Shri Pranab Mukherjee isbeing treated for lung infec-tion. His renal parametershave improved. He continuesto be in a deep coma and onventilator support. He remainshaemodynamically stable," astatement from the hospitalsaid.

The former President hadalso tested positive forCOVID19 at the time of hisadmission. Mukherjee was the13th President of India from2012-2017.

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The Border Security Force (BSF)has detected a tunnel justbeneath the India-Pakistan inter-national border fence in Jammu,officials said on Saturday.

The force has launched amajor search operation in thearea to look for other such hid-den structures that aid infiltra-tion even as it is analysing thespotted structure, they said.

BSF Director General RakeshAsthana has directed his frontiercommanders to ensure that theanti-infiltration grid is intactand there are no gaps along thisfront, they added.

The tunnel, about 50 metresfrom the border fence on the

Indian side, was located by a BSFpatrol on Thursday in the Sambasector of Jammu.

The force later examined thetunnel and found plastic sand-bags on its mouth that had"Pakistani markings" on them,officials said.

The tunnel, as per sources, has

a depth of about 25 feet at theopening and the border force haslaunched a mega search opera-tion along the IB in this area todetect any other such clandestinestructure that can aid infiltratorsto cross over from the Pakistanside and also help in smugglingof arms and narcotics.

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A brain dead man has breathednew life into a COVID-19patient with severe lung infec-tion and given new hope to ayoung Mumbai woman afterhis lungs and hands weretransplanted to the respectivedonors. The 34-year-old deceasedman's wife also agreed todonate his heart, liver andskin for various recipients incity hospitals.

Incidentally, the hands wereairlifted to Mumbai with thehope of giving the woman areal pair of limbs after she losther hands in a mishap RPTmishap at Ghatkopar railwaystation on January 12,2014.

The transplant that benefit-ed more than one recipient wasmade possible due to the dona-tion from the deceased, whowas declared brain dead by

doctors at Gleneagles GlobalHospital in Chennai afterintracerebral hemorrhage onThursday, hospital sourcessaid.

After his wife's consent, thedeparted man's organs wereallotted to various hospitals.

While Global HospitalChennai retained the liver, theheart, lungs, kidneys and skinwere donated to different hos-pitals in the city.

His hands went to Monika

More, a young woman fromMumbai's suburban area, whowas using artificial hands andis now set to get a real pair, ifthe bilateral surgery succeeds.

The heart and lung trans-plant surgeries were performedat MGM Healthcare here.

Incidentally, the 48 year-oldrecipient of lungs from Delhiturned out to be the first caseof "successful completion of acritical bilateral lung trans-plant" on a COVID-19 positive

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To address the paucity of spe-cialist doctors in district hos-pitals, the Centre has revivedpost-graduate diploma cours-es that one can pursue byclearing the NEET-PG examafter completing MBBS.

Hospitals with a minimumof 100 operational beds are eli-gible to seek accreditation withNational Board ofExaminations (NBE) for thediploma courses.

The NBE, an autonomousbody under the Ministry ofHealth has launched post-MBBS two-year diplomacourses in eight broad special-ities -- anesthesiology, obstet-rics and gynaecology, paedi-atrics, family medicine, oph-thalmology, radiodiagnosis,ENT and tuberculosis, andchest disease.

The Medical Council ofIndia (MCI) had in 2019 con-verted its diploma courses intodegree courses to overcome theshortfall of teaching faculty inthe country.

To fill the void caused bydiscontinuing the MCI diplo-ma courses, the health min-istry had asked the NationalBoard of Examinations to lookinto the possibility of launch-

ing the diploma courses underits aegis, an NBE official said.

"During the COVID-19 pan-demic, the weakness and short-comings of primary and sec-ondary healthcare delivery sys-tem became obvious, therebyputting an extra burden on ter-tiary care health centres withmedical colleges being convert-ed into dedicated COVID careand treatment centres.

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India's sporting heroes werebestowed the annual nationalawards in an unparalleled onlineceremony amid the COVID-19pandemic during which ath-letes logged in from multiplecities to be honoured byPresident Ram Nath Kovind.

This year a whopping 74 win-ners were picked for the nation-al honours, including an unprece-dented five Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatnas and 27 Arjuna awardees.Of these, 60 attended the virtualceremony conducted across 11Sports Authority of India (SAI)centres in various cities.

Cricketers Rohit Sharma (KhelRatna) and Ishant Sharma(Arjuna) missed out due to theirIPL commitments in the UAE,while star wrestler Vinesh Phogat(Khel Ratna) and badminton

player Satwiksairaj Rankireddy(Arjuna) had to pull out of theceremony after testing positivefor the dreaded virus. The otherthree Khel Ratna winners — TTplayer Manika Batra, Paralympicgold-medallist MariyappanThangavelu and women's hock-ey captain Rani Rampal —attended the ceremony.

While Batra logged in from

Pune, Thangavelu and Rampaljoined from Bengaluru.

President Kovind applaudedas names of the attendingawardees were called out andtheir achievements were cited asis the convention. Missing, how-ever, was the grandeur of theRashtrapati Bhavan's DurbarHall.

"This is the first awards cere-

mony in COVID times duringwhich the President has partic-ipated," Sports Minister KirenRijiju said at the beginning of theceremony.

The athletes can look forwardto enhanced cash awards this year.The prize money for the KhelRatna was increased to Rs 25 lakhfrom the previous amount of Rs7.5 lakh this morning.

Arjuna awardees, 22 of whoattended the ceremony, weregiven Rs 15 lakh, which is Rs 10lakh more than the previous sum.

The Dhronacharya (Lifetime)awardees, who were earlier givenRs 5 lakh, were awarded Rs 15lakh, while the regularDhronacharya came with Rs 10lakh instead of Rs 5 lakh perawardee. Dhyanchand Awardeeswere given Rs 10 lakh instead ofRs 5 lakh. The strict COVID-19protocol meant that for the firsttime in 44 years' history of theawards, the winners, guests anddignitaries did not gather at theDurbar Hall to be recognised fortheir excellence.

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Central public sector enterpris-es, which have a combined networth of close to Rs 12 lakhcrore, can boost India's GDPby 2-3 per cent by leveragingfunds and stepping up capitalexpenditure, Public EnterprisesSelection Board (PESB) chair-man Rajiv Kumar has said.

He also exhorted public sec-tor firms to "rise to the occa-sion" and play their part inbuilding an 'AatamanirbharBharat'.

Besides, with an aim toaddress the talent shortageand promote transparency inboard-level appointments ofcentral public sector enter-prises (CPSEs), the PESB chair-man has suggested numerousmeasures including creatingwider talent pool, allowinglateral entry for candidatesand offering level-playing field.

For the last 5-6 years, CPSEshave been major investors inthe economy as the private sec-

tor has been shying away frommaking fresh investment dueto various reasons.

Pinning hopes on publicsector undertakings, FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanearlier this month asked largeCPSEs to achieve by nextmonth 50 per cent of theirplanned capital expendituretarget for FY21 to supporteconomic growth in the back-drop of challenges posed by

COVID-19.While mentioning the sig-

nificant role of CPSEs in giv-ing a push to the growth of theIndian economy, the financeminister encouraged theCPSEs to perform better toachieve targets and to ensurethe capital outlay provided tothem for the financial year2020-21 is spent properly andwithin time.

In order to streamline the

selection process in centralPSUs, the PESB in its draft noteon reforms also suggestedavoiding repetitive interviewsby clubbing the post schedule-wise or cognate group-wise.

For instance, it said thereshould be standardised jobdescription for identical postsof chairman/CMD/MD,Director (HR/Personnel),Director (Finance), Director(Marketing) and Director(Technical). The draft reformssuggest same qualification andexperience for appointmentsfor identical posts acrossCPSEs.

In view of clubbing of posts,encouraging applications fromall sectors, it is proposed toincrease the minimum numberof slots for short-listed candi-dates from 12 to 16, it said.

As a result, a wide talentpool gets to participate from allcategories including internaland external in the selectionprocess.

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United Breweries Ltd (UBL),which owns the popularKingfisher brand of beer, isexpecting further acquisitionsand entry of new players in theIndian beer market, despite dis-ruptions due to COVID-19and higher taxes by somestates, the company said in itsannual report.

The country's beer markethas been strengthening onaccount of higher disposableincome, rising preference forlow alcohol beverage and grad-ual social acceptance, the

report said, adding that thesefactors will propel "huge

growth in the coming years".Besides, UBL, a market

leader in the segment, alsoexpects the export of beer togrow with support from thegovernment. "The maturingbeer market combined with thesupport of government incen-tives on exports will positive-ly open up higher exportpotentials for Indian beerbrands," said UBL in its AnnualReport 2019-20.

It said that for the last threeyears the company has beendirectly exporting to Singapore,UAE and a few other countriesalong with its existing licensingarrangements for brewing inUK (including supplies to

European market), Australia,New Zealand and Nepal.

Barring the COVID-19impact -- both in terms of rev-enues and sales volume, whichmay last during the currentyear -- the market is expectedto further grow going forward,the report said.

While talking about theIndian market, UBL said thatper capita beer consumptionhere is still very low comparedto other countries in the AsiaPacific region and therefore themarket could witness "hugegrowth in the coming years".

This would be led by factors

such as the shift from hardliquor to beer consumption byconsumers in India, increase indisposable income, change insocietal perspective and others,it added. "Attitude towardsalcohol consumption is evolv-ing particularly amongst youth,working women and otherurban population who aregaining an appetite for beer associal drinking has become amore adaptable lifestyle inmetros and tier-2 cities," itsaid. Over 30 per cent of thetotal population in India com-prises youth, and beer con-sumption is increasing.

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The food ministry on Fridaysaid it is considering extend-ing the implementation ofration card portability underthe 'One Nation-One RationCard' initiative beyond March2021.

This was discussed at ameeting of an empoweredcommittee on public distrib-ution system (PDS) reforms,chaired by Food SecretarySudhanshu Pandey. Themeeting was for review andapproval of extension of theIntegrated Management ofPDS (IM-PDS), under whichthe 'One Nation-One RationCard' plan is being imple-mented.

IM-PDS is a portal thatprovides the technologicalplatform for the inter-stateportability of ration cards.

Under the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' initiative,eligible beneficiaries wouldbe able to avail their entitledfoodgrains under the

National Food Security Act(NFSA) from any fair priceshop in the country using thesame ration card.

"With a view to ensuringthat work done under theIM-PDS is continued andfurther strengthened, it isbeing considered for exten-sion beyond March 2021," theministry said in a statement.

During the proposedextended period of IM-PDS,funding requirements ofstates and UTs would also bemet, it added.

Currently, 24 states andUnion territories are integrat-ed with IM-PDS for the 'OneNation-One Ration Card'(ONORC) initiative.

Besides, the committeealso reviewed the progress offair price shop automation,Aadhaar generation/seedingand development of mobileapplication aimed to helpmigrant NFSA beneficiariesto register themselves andtake the full benefit of rationcard portability.

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Capital markets regulatorSebi on Friday imposed atotal fine of Rs 15 lakh onthree individuals for fraudu-lent trading activities in theshares of RamchandraLeasing and Finance Ltd(RLFL) more than four yearsago.

A fine of Rs 5 lakh each hasbeen imposed on three indi-viduals -- Jhamku Devi,Kishor Kumar Mangilal andMadhubala Kishor.

Besides, a penalty of Rs 2lakh each has been slappedon Melicent Sales AgenciesPvt Ltd and Nuria SalesAgencies Pvt Ltd for disclo-sure lapses with respect totheir shareholdings in thecompany, according to anorder.

Sebi had carried out aninvestigation into the scrip ofRamchandra Leasing andFinance for the September 1,2015 to July 11, 2016 period.

During the probe, it wasfound that some of the tradesby Jhamku Devi, KishorKumar Mangilal andMadhubala Kishor were notgenuine.

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Economists at SBI on Fridayproposed three options forstates to raise resources tobridge the shortfall in GST rev-enue from the Centre.

This can be done by theReserve Bank monetising thestate governments' debts,enlargement of Ways andMeans Advances (WMA), ortaking recourse to the NationalSmall Savings Fund, they said.

The Centre on Thursdayhad placed before the GSTCouncil two options for bor-rowing by states to meet theshortfall in Goods and ServicesTax (GST) revenues, pegged atRs 2.35 lakh crore in the cur-rent fiscal.

The Centre said a specialwindow can be provided to thestates, in consultation withthe RBI, for borrowing at a rea-sonable interest rate.

The SBI economists saideven though the Centre hasgiven the states the option toborrow as much as Rs 2.35lakh crore, Article 293 (3) ofthe Constitution imposes cer-tain restrictions on the borrow-ings by state governments.

"The Article stipulates thata State may not, without theconsent of the Government ofIndia, raise any borrowings ifit has any loan outstanding,which is repayable to theGovernment of India.Furthermore, under theConstitution, StateGovernments, unlike theCentre, cannot borrow exter-nally," they said in a note.

Elaborating on their options,the economists said the optionof RBI monetising the debt canbe availed because the centralbank is a banker to all stategovernments.

However, they said moneti-sation of state debt is not

exactly possible in the currentcircumstances and it is betterif the Centre monetises thedebt and gives to states.

The RBI too will be com-fortable in dealing with theCentre rather than close to 30sub-national entities, the notesaid.

Debt monetisation refers topurchase of government bondsby the central bank.

On enlargement of theWMA -- a facility for both theCentre and states to borrowfrom the RBI -- it said this canbe a short-term measure asWMA is to be liquidated with-in 90 days' specified period.

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The Canadian economy wasdevastated in the second quar-ter due to the coronaviruspanedemic, according to fig-ures released Friday, but therewere signs of a slow recovery.

Statistics Canada said realgross domestic product con-tracted at an annualized rate of38.7 per cent for the three-

month period. That's the worstshowing since the start of 2009at the height of the globalfinancial crisis.

Almost every single compo-nent of the economy used tocalculate GDP was at its low-est point over April, May andJune, driven largely by wide-spread lockdowns in April.Economic output reboundedin May by 4.8 per cent, and the

agency said June posted anincrease of 6.5 per cent.

The agency's preliminaryestimate for July indicates a3per cent increase in real GDP.

The federal FinanceDepartment, meanwhile, saidthe government ran a deficit of120.4 billion Canadian dollarduring the first three monthsof its 2020-2021 fiscal year.That compared to a deficit of

85 billion Canadian dollar forthe same period in the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Tiff Macklem,the Bank of Canada governor,told an international gatheringof central bankers Thursdaythat small and medium-sizedbusinesses — especially restau-rants and the hospitality sector— may not be able to reopeneven as COVID-19 restric-tions are eased.

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Operating profits of manufac-turing firms declined in theJanuary-March quarter of2019-20 on account of lowersales, as per a Reserve Bankanalysis of listed non-govern-ment non-financial (NGNF)companies. The operatingprofits of services companies(IT and non-IT) decelerateddue to moderation in salesgrowth during the last quar-ter of 2019-20, it said.

The analysis is based on theabridged quarterly financialresults of 2,620 listed NGNFcompanies. "Sales of manu-facturing sector companiesdeclined by 15.6 per cent (Y-o-Y) in Q4:2019-20 as com-pared with 5.9 per centgrowth in Q4:2018-19; thiscontraction was broad basedacross industries," it said.

"Lower sales led to declinein operating profits of man-ufacturing companies inQ4:2019-20; operating profitsof services companies (ITand non-IT) also decelerateddue to moderation in salesgrowth," it said.

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There should not bea further delay inappointing membersof the NationalConsumer DisputesR e d r e s s a lC o m m i s s i o n(NCDRC), theSupreme Court has said, ask-ing the Centre to complete theprocess soon.

A bench of Justices LNageswara Rao, HemantGupta and S Ravindra Bhatmade the observation whileextending the term of anNCDRC member who isscheduled to retire on Sunday.

"The finalisation of theselections and appointmentsof members of NCDRC doesnot brook further delay," itsaid. "We hope and trust thatthe appointments to theNCDRC shall be made soon."

The apex court was consid-ering a plea by the NCDRCmember who has filed anapplication seeking a direc-tion for extension of his ser-vice till the regular appoint-ments are made.

Attorney General K KVenugopal submitted that the

recommendations made bythe selection committee wereunder the consideration of theappointments committee ofthe cabinet (ACC).

The top court said as theapplicant was due to retire onAugust 30, the term of hisappointment was extendedfor a month.

The apex court had earlierexpressed its displeasure overpending vacancies in theNCDRC and said the issuehad to be addressed urgently.

"You (govt) keep creatingforums to take away workfrom the judiciary, but thenyou do not man them andthen they come to a stand-still," the top court had said."This is creating a problemand we must express our dis-pleasure at this and thisshould be attended tourgently."

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The Congress on Saturdaywrote to Facebook CEO MarkZuckerberg for the second timein a month, asking what stepswere being taken on repeatedallegations about the globalsocial media giant's India unitbeing biased towards the rulingBJP. At a press conference, theopposition party also demand-ed an investigation by a JointParliamentary Committee intothe alleged "links of Facebookemployees and the ruling estab-lishment".

The Congress' letter to

Zuckerberg came over an arti-cle in Time magazine, whichthe opposition party claimed"revealed" more informationand "evidence of biases and aquid pro quo relationship" ofFacebook India with theBharatiya Janata Party.

There was no immediatereaction from Facebook or theBJP on the allegations. A reportin the Wall Street Journal ear-lier this month had brought tofore similar allegations, whichwere strongly rejected by bothFacebook and the BJP.

Tagging the Time magazinereport, Congress leader Rahul

Gandhi claimed in a tweet thatit exposes the "WhatsApp-BJPnexus".

"Used by 40 Cr Indians,WhatsApp also wants to beused for making payments for

which Modi Government'sapproval is needed. Thus, BJPhas a hold over WhatsApp," healleged, without elaborating.

Popular messaging appWhatsApp is also owned byFacebook. In his letter toZuckerberg, Congress generalsecretary organisation, K CVenugopal, referred to his ear-lier letter dated August 17 inwhich the party had requestedthe US-based company toinvestigate the allegations madein the Wall Street Journal arti-cle that the social media plat-form refused to apply hatespeech rules to certain BJP

politicians. "We draw yourattention to the article in Timemagazine dated August 27 thatreveals more information andevidence of biases and a quid-pro-quo relationship ofFacebook India with the rulingBharatiya Janata Party,"Venugopal said in the new let-ter dated August 29 and askedfor details of steps being takenby the group. "We will also bepursuing legislative and judicialactions in India to ensure thata foreign company cannot con-tinue to cause social disharmo-ny in our nation for their pur-suit of private profits," he said.

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India’s deepest recession onrecord will linger through therest of this year and begin to liftonly in early 2021 as a rapidsurge in the coronavirus spreadsquelches a nascent rebound inconsumption and businessactivity, a Reuters poll showed.

New Delhi has already setaside $266 billion of econom-ic rescue spending and theReserve Bank of India hasslashed interest rates by 115basis points since March, sug-gesting more is required toshield the economy from thepandemic-induced disruptionsto businesses and livelihoods.

The coronavirus is spread-ing faster in India than any-where else in the world, withmore than 3.3 million peoplealready infected and relateddeaths at over 60,000. COVID-19 has kept tens of millions ofpeople shut indoors and mademany millions jobless in theworld’s second most popu-lous country.

“Although this might be thelow point in the ongoing cri-sis, the rapid increase in infec-tions this quarter provides nohope of a near-term recovery,”said Prakash Sakpal, seniorAsia economist at ING.

“The macro policy has hit asnag amid stretched publicfinances and rising inflation.This means pretty much noth-ing can save the economyfrom continued deep declinesfor the rest of the year.”

With business activity com-pletely stalled for the most partin the previous quarter owingto a nationwide lockdown tocontain the virus’ spread, theIndian economy likely shrank18.3% during that period,according to the August 18-27poll of over 50 economists.

While that was slightly bet-ter than the 20.0% contractionpredicted in the previous poll,it would still be the weakestrate by far since official report-ing for quarterly data began inthe mid-1990s.

The economy is forecast tocontract 8.1% in the currentquarter and 1.0% in the next -a downgrade from 6.0% and0.3% contraction, respectively,predicted in a July 29 poll,dashing hopes of a recoverythis year.

Asia’s third-largest economyis expected to grow again in thefirst three months of 2021, by3.0%.

But that will still leave itdown 6.0% for the fiscal yearthat ends in March, whichwould be the worst 12-monthperformance on record, blow-ing out -5.2% for calendaryear 1979, during the secondIran oil crisis. That latest fore-cast was revised down from a median forecast of -5.1% lastmonth.

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If one were to talk about warriors andsuperheroes, the first thing that willstrike your mind is fancy costumes,swords, shields and some magicpowers. But what if we tell you that

the COVID-19 has changed the scenarioby and large and that the modern day war-riors no longer wear all that fancy stuff.Yes, you read that right. Hence, if you spota person covered in a PPE kit, don’t hes-itate in offering them a heartfelt thankyou.

Meet Masoom Reza, a COVID-19warrior and a phlebotomist by profession,who works with SRL Diagnostics. Rezawas the first person in Delhi-NCR to col-lect a sample of a suspected coronapatient back in March.

“I have been into this profession since2008 and joined SRL Diagnostics in2012. I was the first person to collect asample from a suspected Corona patientin Delhi and he turned out to be positive.It was definitely a bold decision. I said yesto the work when most of the peopleturned down the task out of fearbecause I thought if I am getting achance to work and do my bit in thetime of crisis, it is a matter of pridefor me and my family,” the 35-year-old tells you.

Not that it was easy for Rezato conduct the first test, it tookhim a lot of courage and cost hima sleepless night. “The nightbefore the sample was tobe collected, I couldn’tsleep at all. I was upthinking of all the pos-sibilities, planning onhow to take the bestof precautions andfighting a lot offears in mind. Myworries grewwhen the patienttested positive. Ididn’t tell mywife that I havecollected a sam-ple of a Coronapositive patient. Iwas afraid. It tookme a few days to getback to normal andbreak the news to mywife,” Reza, who is a fatherof two boys — an eight-month old and a five-year-old, tells you.

Just like any of us,Reza too started count-ing days and kept aclose watch on his bodyto check for any symp-toms. “Initially, the fearlevel was very high.Sometimes I felt that Iwas having a sorethroat, which wasprobably out of con-

tinuous thinking andfear. But fortunately,nothing happened andI am perfectly fine. Now

it has been around fivemonths since I am collecting

samples and the fear of catchinginfection has dropped mani-fold,” he asserts.

COVID-19, he says, has dis-rupted the whole process ofsample collecting. “Earlier we had

to just visit the patient and collecta sample, but now there is an

added pressure of wearing the PPEkit first. It takes time. Sometimes

we get late because of this, butpatients nowadays are veryunderstanding. We call them up

and inform them about the delay and theyunderstand our situation. We have to bevery cautious when we are with thepatient,” Reza, who works from 9 to 6, tellsyou.

In his 12 years of career, Reza has col-lected so many samples that he doesn’teven remember the numbers now. “I havebeen collecting samples for years but Ihave never seen such fear in people as itis in patients who get tested for Corona.I had collected samples from HIV patientstoo, but they too were not that afraid.People fear even the word Corona, hencewhen we go for collecting samples wemake sure to comfort the patient first. Iexplain to them that there is nothing topanic. If they test positive, they have toisolate themselves for 21 days and followthe steps that the doctor advises. Thishelps the patients to a great extent,” he tellsyou. It takes about five minutes to collecta nasal and throat swab sample.

But not all is smooth in his life. In the5-month long fight against Corona,despite being on the forefront, Reza hascome across people who didn’t shy awayfrom discriminating against him, becausehe wore a PPE kit.

“There have been many instanceswhere I faced discrimination. Take forexample when I went to take a sample ofa patient, the guard of the society gave meweird stares seeing me covered in PPE kit.Maintaining six-feet distance is one thing,but doing that in a humiliating way feelsbad. Even if I went to collect a normalblood sample, people stared at me.Sometimes, I even stopped by to tell peo-ple that this PPE kit is for everybody’s pro-tection. It is not as if someone is wearingit then he is spreading infections. Coronacan happen to anyone and everyone, dis-criminating and taking Corona as anexcuse is not acceptable. Some werekind enough to understand my point,while others just laughed it off,” Reza, whocollects around 12 samples every day,recalls.

However, the mentality is now chang-ing and people have learnt to accept thefact that Corona can happen to anyone.“People are becoming more aware of thesituation. They have learnt to handle thesituation with patience and caution,” hetells you.

He tells you that there is no need topanic. One just has to follow the precau-tions and guidelines laid down by theGovernment and he can reduce the riskof catching the infection. “The basic stepis to avoid touching your eyes, nose andmouth. Even if your hands are clean, avoidtouching your face. This reduces the riskof catching infection. All the doctors,nurses and the hospital staff are workinglong hours to ensure public safety, there-fore as a responsible citizen it is everyone’sduty to take care of themselves so that weare able to reduce the pressure on thehealthcare workers,” he says.

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Reza is not an exception. There aremany people who are workingjust as hard as him, if not more.Meet Subhendu Roy, a Kolkata-based phlebotomist who has

been into this profession for 17 years withSRL Diagnostics.

Roy, whose original working shifts wereof eight and a half hours, tells you that dur-ing Corona it has been increased to up toten hours a day, depending upon thepatients that they are getting.

“The more we will work, the more thepatients will be benefited. This is why I don’tmind working long hours as long as I amable to do something for my patients,” hesays.

He agrees with Reza and tells you thatthe pandemic has changed the working ofthe industry. “Before visiting a patient forsample collection, I call them up and tellthem that I am on my way. Once I reachthe patient’s house, my focus is only on toreducing the contact with the patient asmuch as possible while collecting the sam-ple. This is because my job demands me toconsider every patient as Corona positive.Hence, I stay extra careful with everyone.I then put the sample in a frozen boxto avoid contamination. Before step-ping out of the house, I take off thePPE kit and return it to the lab. Anduntil I reach home, I avoid touch-ing any surfaces,” Roy, who collectsabout 20 samples a day, explains.

There are patients who tend tohold his hands out of fear, in sucha case, PPE kit comes to theirprotection. “There are cer-tain patients, especiallykids who suddenlyhold our hands out offear and anxiety. Idon’t want to askthem not to, so Ikeep quiet because Iam safe in that PPEkit. Just to ensuremore safety, I sani-tise the area whichthe patient hastouched beforetaking off the kitand sending it tothe lab,” he tellsyou.

The most com-mon question thatevery patient askshim is ‘zyada dardto nahin hoga’ ?“Both nasal and throatsamples are painless. I tellpatients that they might feela little itching in their nose andthroat and nothing else,” he saysand tells you that the sample col-lection process takes about fourminutes.

However there is a trick. Themore you lose your body, the more

painless theprocess will be.“Some patientskeep their bodyvery stiff during

the collection.This may result inpain. Hence, I askpatients to lettheir body lose

and relax and it willbe done in a few

minutes,” he tells you.But not all sample

collection processes wentsmooth for Roy. “Once,while I was collecting asample of a man, thenasal swab went well.But when I was collect-ing his throat swab sam-

ple, he went to the washroom and pukedblood immediately after the collection.That was one of a case and is extremelyrare,” he recalls.

Leading the Corona battle from theforefront, is not as easy for Roy as itseems. “It’s been five months since I amliving in a separate room. I have my wife,a five-year old boy and my mother athome. I want to keep them safe, henceI have isloated myself. We don’t eat fromthe same plate. Now even my five-year-old understands that it is important totake precautions but sometimes when Ireturn home from work and he rushestowards me to play with him. When Irefuse, he asks me ‘aap to PPE kitpehentey hain phir mere sath kyun nahinkhelte?’ I tell him that safety shouldn’t becompromised at any cost,” Roy, who losthis father during the lockdown, tells you.

He says that it definitely feels bad tonot be able to spend time with his fam-ily, par kuch paane ke liye kuch khonapadta hai. “It feels bad, but my familyknows that this is my job and we have toaccept it. Moreover, technology is here tosolve most of our woes. When I missthem a lot, I video call them. If we willnot take precautions now then we mighthave to regret later. Therefore, it is bet-ter to take all the necessary precautions.I work to earn a living for my family andkeep them happy and if I am getting tocontribute my bit towards the society, Iwill never say no to it. I am proud of mywork,” he says.

Unlike Reza, Roy fortunately neverfell a victim to discrimination because ofhis job. “My neighbours don’t know whatexactly my job is, so fortunately I havenever experienced any indifferent behav-iour from any one. My patients have allbeen supportive and so is my family.However, I make sure that I am taking allthe precautions when at home or outsidefor work to keep myself and others safe,”he tells you.

When asked whether or not hefeared going out for sample collection, hesays, initially there was a little fear, butnow there is none. “When I started thework five months ago, I was afraid to goand visit the patients. But then, I valuemy job a lot and know that I have to domy best. Not that I have any other option,but to work. This gave me courage andmotivation. After that I have never suf-fered a setback. It’s been five months, andwith God’s grace I am perfectly healthyand fine,” he says.

Roy, who has absolutely no complaintsand is all praise for work, says that the onlychallenge that he had to face was to wearPPE kit for long hours. “Initially, it washard to adapt to wearing the PPE kit. Itfeels very hot in the kit, but now that themonsoon has come that problem has beensolved. Sometimes, I feel suffocated butnow that it is for our safety, I am gettingused to wearing it,” Roy tells you.

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Couple of years ago, a lady cameseeking guidance on how toimprove her relationship with

husband, which had become sour. Shewas advised to look within, identify andacknowledge her own fault lines, andaddress them before expecting her part-ner to behave. When she began reflect-ing upon herself, she realised that sheimpulsively reacts and responds to exter-nal trigger on instinctive judgment,without applying forethought. Sheworked upon her fault line, and theirrelationship improved.

Later, her aunt gave me particularsof a girl and wished to know about hermarital prospects. After analysing herchart, I confronted the lady: “Is she notmarried yet?” “That is what I wish toknow”, said the lady. “It appears that youare hiding something. From my analysis,it appears that she must have got mar-ried under unusual circumstances tosomeone belonging to another race orreligion.” I countered. “Well, this chartbelongs to the other twin of the girlwhom you had counselled earlier. Theircharts look similar. They were broughtup under similar conditions. How comeone girl had a traditional marriage and

the other one opted for an unconven-tional route?” The lady asked.

Well, what apparently looks similar,at the subtle level there are wide differ-ences, which only a well versedastrologer can figure out. How does itmatter whether it was the case of othertwin? Only parentage and how one isbrought up, will not define a person’smindset. Bear in mind; every being isborn unique, reflects varying desire andmind-trends, coming as it may withindividualistic Karmic carryover fromthe past, and hence the difference.“Please explain astrologically as I under-stand the subject a bit as 7th housemarked with marriage and their lordremains the same in both the cases”, thelady asked.

Well, instead of the 7th house, betterlook at their 7th cusp sub-lord for theanswer. In case of the elder one, the 7thcusp falls at 19 degrees, 31 minutes and5 second in Virgo sign, jointly ruled byMercury as sign lord, Moon as constella-tion lord and Mercury again as sub-lord.Now, Mercury occupies the lunar con-stellation ruled by benevolent Jupiter, theone marked with conventionality, andso, won’t allow breaking established soci-

etal norms. She, therefore, had a tradi-tional marriage with her own caste fel-low.

In case of the younger one, the 7thcusp falls at 22 degrees, 53 minutes and49 seconds in Virgo sign, the sign andconstellation lords remaining the sameas the elder one, the sub-lord is the Sunin debilitation, which occupies the con-stellation owned by erratic Rahu. Rahu isplaced adverse to Mars, which gave herthe courage to take a bold stand. Rahuagain, ill-disposed off to Uranus markedwith unconventionality, made her defysocietal norm. Saying sorry for trying totest me, the lady later revealed that theyounger one ran away with an Englishboy, stayed with him as live-in-partnerfor a year before getting married.

Recently, I had the occasion to coun-sel twin girls the same day. The elderone was receptive and responsive. Theyounger one was stuck to what tempedher in immediate terms, rather than pur-suing the discipline which she had origi-nally pursued. Why such oppositetrends?

Being a question pertaining to per-sonality, here, a look at the lagna cusp ofthe two charts becomes imperative. Incase of the elder one, lagna cusp fell at

20 degrees, 27 minutes and 25 secondsin Gemini sign jointly ruled by Mercuryas the sign lord, Jupiter as the constella-tion as well as sub-lord. Jupiter occupiesits own sign Sagittarius, a dual sign, andis conjunct Moon. Because of being adual sign, though she would be subjectto vacillation by herself, but whenexposed to reason, she will be receptiveand responsive, as would conjunction ofbenefic Jupiter with mind signifyingMoon mean.

On the contrary, the lagna cusp ofthe younger one fell as 25 degrees, 40minutes and 06 seconds in Gemini sign,where the sign and constellation lordremaining the same, the sub-lordbecomes Mercury. Mercury occupies afixed sign Aquarius ruled by Saturn,implying a fixated one track mind, notopen to listening or counsel. Mercury isill-disposed off to mischievous Neptune,which makes her stuck to self-delusionalideas, and not keen for a reality check.Also, it accounts for her insensible rea-soning and judgement. And the result isthere to see.

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Pandemic has resulted into chal-lenges for all. The pressure toperform has increased amidstall the changing businessrequirements. Many organisa-

tions are restructuring, and a few peopleare losing their jobs. Airbnb recently hadto let go 25% of their staff. Sometimes awhole unit is shutdown but many timesit is downsizing by a percentage. Peoplejudged to be lower in performance arebeing let go.

But who judges your performance?The buck usually stops with your manag-er. In the post-pandemic world whenyou are working remotely this is evenmore so. Now, there is a limited opportu-nity to showcase your work beyond yourmanager and chances are that he/she hasmore influence on your career.

What if you are working for a micro-manager? It was tough to please themanager even when you were in office.Now the manager may feel even moreinsecure when you are not in front ofhis/her eyes and suspects or even blamesyou of shirking work and taking thingslightly. Manager is under pressure to per-form and may believe that you are onewho is letting him/her down. In the postpandemic world, as the manager may bethe only tether with which you are con-nected to the organisation, you do notwant to be in this situation. So how doyou handle a micromanager and comeout as a winner not just a survivor?

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A tough manager may not necessari-ly be a micromanager. A manager whopushes you to do more may also not be amicromanager. A workaholic managermay not be the micromanager you sus-pect him/her to be. Consider the follow-ing to determine if you are working for amicromanager.

� Decision making: A micromanag-er likes to keep all the decision making tohimself/herself. The manager wants youto come up with options for him/her tomake the choice. Each option needs to bedeveloped to a certain level for their con-sideration, multiplying your work. Themanager will remind you about the lastdecisions he/she took and the impact itmade and make you feel incompetent tomake decisions of your own.

��Find faults: When the managerreviews your work, he/she will find faultsfirst. A micromanager will not take thetime to acknowledge the improvementsfrom last time, he/she will highlight theproblems and start working on it them-selves. He/she do not trust you to do agood job. Instead of helping you becomebetter by providing feedback, he/she willsend you the final copy, asking you tolearn from your “mistakes”. The managerbelieves he/she is better than any of theteam members.

��Frequent Updates: The managerseeks frequent updates / reports onprogress. He/she expects you to slackoff, expects problems in your work, giveyou less time than required for the jobbecause he/she believes that he/she willhave to work on it anyways. If youspend more than 10% of your timemaking reports for your manager, itmay mean that you are working for amicromanager.

��Create Dependence: The managerkeeps critical connections/knowledge/information to themselves and create a

dependence on himself/herself. Themanager believes that you cannot betrusted with more or that you may not beable to handle it. The manager will makeyou feel that you still have a long way togo and without his/her help, you may notbe able to take a step.

��Create Undue Pressure: Since themanager is the critical piece in any work,he/she may be overwhelmed. He/she willcome to review your task only close tothe deadline and then find faults in itrequiring you to work outside of officehours to make the changes. And stillhave the audacity to tell you that, ‘Youshould know better’ and that he/she hasto work hard just because he/she has todeal with your incompetence. Themicromanager keeps on the edge.

��������� ���������� �The main thing is to take charge of

the situation. Instead of being the victimof circumstances, become the master ofyour own destiny. Not every pointer willwork for your situation as each situationis unique. So, take your pick from thefollowing suggestions.

LOOK INSIDE!Do begin with an introspection and

self-awareness. Does the manager behavethe same with all? Or does he/she reservea special treatment for you alone. Thereare chances that you are the reason for allthe micromanaging that you are getting.

��Observe: Find out what treatmentyour colleagues are getting. It was easierwhen you were in office, but you shouldget some opportunities to observe thebehaviour of your manager towardsother colleagues during staff calls. Youcan also schedule one on one discussionswith some colleagues to discuss experi-ences and compare notes. If others arefacing similar challenges, then it pointsto the fact that you may not be the cul-prit here.

��Seek Feedback: You can also seekfeedback from friendly colleagues. Keepan open mind. Feedback can be ugly, andit may be difficult to accept it. Seek feed-back from at least a couple of people, donot depend on one person’s views. Whenseeking feedback make sure that youseek specific instances and relevantdetails to gain insights from them. If youreceive non-specific feedback that tellsyou that things are generally good thatmay not mean much. People may be shy-ing away from telling you about your

shortcomings. This may mean that youmust work on your team relationships.

If you receive specific feedback aboutcertain elements, then that will becomethe starting point. In the next sectionsyou will see many pointers to help youdeal with specific issues as you work tomakeover your image.

DO EXPRESSYour manager may not even know

about what you are feeling unless youtake the opportunity to talk about it. It isimportant to express your concern in theright way.

��Not a complaint: Do share yourfeelings. The feedback in not about aperson but a situation. It should be howyou felt and how it impacts you. Also feelfree to share what would make you feelbetter.

��Be specific: What was said, whenit was said and what you felt, why youfelt that way should definitely beincluded.

��It is about both: When you share,make sure that it should notcome as you are talking onlyabout his/her behaviour. Beopen to listen. Seek feedbacktoo.

BE DEPENDABLE��Deliver on time, every time: Even

if the manager is not satisfied with thequality of work you deliver, make surethat you are dependable when it comesto timely submission of work.

��Make agreements early in thecycle: Whenever you get a new task,make sure to get an agreement onthe structure/agenda. Seek time todiscuss the plans with your managerand get his/her inputs. This will showhim/her that you take your work serious-ly and that you are sincerely trying yourbest. Also, this will help set a boundaryon deliveries and check-ins.

��Regular and consistent reporting:The micromanager wants to feel in con-trol and wants to be sure that things areprogressing. He/she will appreciate thefact that the progress is being sharedwith him/her regularly. Instead of send-ing out a dedicated email on the topic,use the new tools such as Microsoftteams, SharePoint, OneDrive, GoogleDocs or Google drive to create a shareddocument or space where the updatedstatus is available on a regular agreed fre-quency. This may take pressure off andyou will start building some confidence.

��Support in management report-ing: The manager sends out reports tothe leadership team on the progress ofvarious projects. He/she may be using aspecific format for your projects and maybe doing some extra work to convertyour inputs into a report more consum-able by the leadership. If you can provideyour inputs in such a way that the man-ager does not have to rework, that willshow the manager that you are willing togo the extra mile.

BUILD BONDS & STRENGTHENTHE RELATIONSHIP

Human beings want to reciprocate. Ifyou do good to someone, they feel oblig-ated to return the favour. You can readmore about it in The 100/0 Principle: TheSecret of Great Relationships by Al Ritter.

��Seek mentorship and career guid-ance: Regularly connect with the manag-er for discussing career development.

Seek his/her guidance. Connectingmonthly is a good practice. Make sureyou share your personal and professionalaspirations with the manager and seekhelp to make advancements. The manag-er may initially give you a lot of feedback.Some of that will help you understandhis/her perception of your abilities. Seekguidance and make efforts to improve.Be consistent and share these efforts dur-ing your regular reviews.

��Work closely with colleagues:Help your colleagues when they needyou. Support them as they present theirprojects. Seek their help when you needit. The better you are connected to theteam the better it is.

SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE BIGPICTURE

��Know the why: Your ability torelate to organisational and departmentalgoals will help you refine your work.Make sure that you incorporate theimprovements in the projects/worksbased on your understanding of ‘why’.When you bring these perspectives inyour communication and work, yourmanager will be more confident of yourabilities.

��Align with the how: Eachorganisation has their own values.Make sure that the work you do alignswith those values. For example, if oneof the values is “Customer First” andyou are working on a cost reductioninitiative, make sure that you do notcompromise on this value. You mayhave to work harder to find a way toreduce the cost while delivering better

experience to cus-tomers but in the

long run yourefforts will pay.

Again, make surethat you highlight

what you are doing andexplain the why.

MAKE YOUR MANAGER SUCCESSFUL��Understand any concerns: The

manager may be insecure about some-thing — the overall success of the projector his/her own reputation or his/her owncareer progress. If you proactively under-stand concerns, it will help you under-stand how you can be in alignment withthe manager’s goals. The more you alignto the goals the better your relationshipwith the manager. You can seek someinputs in your one-on-one with the man-ager to understand the top priorities. Incurrent environment, do prefer to havethese calls as video calls where possible.

��Work with stakeholders: Everyproject that has linkages with otherdepartments can only be successful withthe support from other stakeholders. Itwill be great if you can be proactive andseek inputs from other stakeholders asyou work. If you keep them informedand engaged the projects will havegreater acceptability. The manager will bemore confident on your work.

��Get credit to your manager too:Make sure that you highlight the contri-butions of the manager in the success ofthe project. You must never seek to getall the credit yourself. If your managergets his/her due, he/she will feel morealigned and secure with you.

These steps will help you navigatethe situation and develop more align-ment with your manager, try them out!

The writer is an author. She has justpublished Get Your Next Promotion with

SAGE Publications India

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Hit by the coronavirus storm, economies are cluelessand running for cover. Champions of free marketeconomy often quote Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand

doctrine as the panacea for all economic ills. No differentthis time. They suggested that an economy can work in afree market where every one strives for personal interest. Thatwas Laissez Faire, advocated over two centuries ago. Therewere many takers and with collapse of Marxism the worldbecame a global village for free market votaries leading tonew models of disruption and growth. Social Darwinism wasthe new mantra. But, man proposes, God disposes. So onehuge disruption by the nature upset the apple cart.Economies fell like nine pins as the pandemic brought theglobe to a screeching halt. Taken unawares, the free markettheorists were at their wit’s end as the IMF believed that glob-al economy was in distress. With global forecasts project-ing gloom, answers to the loss of livelihoods are hard to find.The big question for humanity is where to find solace. Theobvious answer seems to lie now in the visible hand, withthe invisible one vanishing completely. The control and com-mand structure of Governments that were thought super-fluous appear to be the only silver lining. As the big govern-ment returns, strategies are being worked out for coping withthe current global economic crisis. What to do and how todo are the questions to be addressed. Indian History has someclues. The 1784 famine of Lucknow (then Awadh) had throwna similar challenge to the then Nawab, Asaf-ud Daula. Thefamine persisted for long, affecting both the rich and the poor.There was a great pressure on the Nawab to keep the econ-omy going and protect lives and livelihoods. He decided togo for a huge construction project. But there was a uniqueangle to the project. While the poor labourers would carryon the construction work in the day time, the noblemen andthe rich were asked to demolish the constructed structureat night. This continued and the Nawab could sail throughthe crisis. For those who are interested in history, it was thiseconomic strategy that was behind the construction of thenow famous monument of Lucknow in India, the BadaImambara. Interestingly, this economic prudence of theNawab to stimulate the economy worked much before Keynespropounded his theory. What the Nawab visualised, andKeynes realised 150 years later, was that governmentspending has a catalysing effect on reviving an economyunder distress. Economic stimulation is a process that mustbe initiated by government spending, and once the revivalstarts, the private capitalists start putting in money. It is thisfiscal multiplier effect that pulls out an economy from a reces-sion. It is thus the visible hand that does the trick in timesof a crisis when the invisible hand has failed. Unconventionaltimes call for unconventional approaches. As democracieslike US, European Union and India struggle to revitalise theireconomies, the approach of the Indian Nawab adopted overtwo centuries and a quarter ago makes sense. But it is impor-tant to understand that big governments do not always haveto use the heavy hand. At times it is the big heart that makesthe important difference. The invisible hand theory, then,works in fair weather.

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We are always carrying out actswith our bodies, minds andspeech. In this classification,

the mind and the speech are mentionedseparately, because their functions needto be highlighted. Mind is always busythinking about all sorts of things. It issaid that there are on average 50,000thoughts per day. Even during sleepwhen the brain is active, the mind mustbe too. The speech has been singled outof all the senses, because it makes a bigdifference in our lives. Suppose we speakangrily to someone, we evoke a nega-tive reaction almost instantly. On theother hand, if we appreciate someone,we endear ourselves to that person.

There are two types of acts — mate-rial and spiritual. Material acts are basi-cally in relation to material objects likethe use of hands to do some physicalwork or walk to go to some place.Spiritual acts are in relation to the spir-it, that is either soul or God. Prayer saidto God is one example, and treat oth-ers as equal souls, irrespective of theirbodies is another. (The Gita 13.27)

To start with the material acts, allacts done either by the body or the mindor the speech come to fruition. Mostly,there is a time lag but some acts bringinstant result. Some of the acts come tofruition in future lives. That is what dis-tinguishes horoscopes of different peo-ple. Then, some acts bring smallrewards like a labourer working all daygetting paid meagre wages at the end ofthe day, while a scientist may make animportant discovery and earn mil-lions. What one gets is overseen bydivine authorities. God has set rules,which divine authorities implement.They have no independent jurisdiction.However, it is difficult for us to knowwhat exactly is in store for us. Both the

timing and the type are generallyshrouded in mystery. Material actshave no permanence; we do them andwe are rewarded or punished.

On spiritual acts, Lord Krishna hasspoken about them extensively in TheGita. For example, in the verse #2.40, hehas stated that neither there is waste ofeffort in it nor there is opposite effect.Such acts are only beneficial. He has saidthat even a small spiritual act protectsone from great fear. Such acts are neverextinguished like the material acts.They keep on accumulating to our cred-it. If these acts relate to God, He getsinvolved personally in rewarding thedoer. Of course there are many differ-ent types of spiritual acts, and they allplease God. The Lord has mentionedmany such acts in the twelfth chapterof The Gita (12.13-19). Lord Krishnaspecifically mentions those faithful,who have made Him their shelter, whofollow the nectar of wisdom spoken byHim, are exceedingly dear to Him.(12.20) In another place, the Lordmentions those who preach Hissupreme secret knowledge amongst His

devotees. He states that no other thanthem please Him more. (18.68-69)

God rewards doers of spiritualacts in many ways. They get theirdesired objects. Sanjaya mentions a fewsuch rewards; they get opulence, victo-ry and wealth. (18.78) The Lord doesmention two types of devotion. One isfor material gains like an artharthi (seek-er of wealth) or an artah (distressed per-son). This is ‘sakama’ bhakti. Theother type of bhakti is nishkama inwhich the focus is on gaining liberation.The later one is of course higherbecause getting liberated from thecycle of birth and death is the ultimategain for the small soul.

While material acts may or may notbe rewarded, spiritual acts come underthe exclusive jurisdiction of God. Healways takes note of all spiritual acts.One must remember, God is never adebtor; He does not have to be. He mustreward anyone who pleases Him insome way or other. God is unbelievablygenerous.

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Understanding the com-plexity of the human brainhas been a key scientificquest for a long time.What our ancient sages

talked about thousands of years ago isbeing slowly discovered. For instance,when evolved beings are present, com-munication occurs through anexchange of thoughts or telepathy.Today advanced computers accessingthe brains of people in two separatelocations show that what one personis visualising, another can see — albeita somewhat garbled but clear enoughimage of the ‘thought’ it is.

� ��Over the years the concept of seva

or the act of helping others has beenadvocated in numerous scriptures andreligions. Sikhism, Islam, Christianityand all other religions have preachedthe importance of serving others andgiving to the needy and underprivi-leged. Highlighted in the book, KarmaSutra, the criticality of not just doingseva but also the methods, the reasonsand even the internal progression oneundergoes whilst actually performingthe act of seva, provide much food forthought. It is human nature to starthelping others with the intent of gain-ing societal admiration. This is why wesee many people being publiclyapplauded for their philanthropicefforts. As the person progresses on thespiritual path, the intent behind his or

her seva shifts to becoming more outof a sense of duty and gratitude for allthat he or she has got. And finally, itbecomes a habit wherein the persondoes not even take doership or own-ership for the act. I believe that help-ing others is actually a ‘selfish’ actbecause of the positive karmic debtearned by the blessings and good wish-es of the receiver. So rather thanbeing a selfless act, seva becomes self-ish, albeit in a positive way — the giveralso becomes the taker here! The ulti-mate goal is to rid ourselves from the‘doership’ of the act itself.

But what actually happens insidethe brain when one goes out onto thestreet and feeds people or helps anelderly lady cross the road? The answeris more complex than simply ‘feelinggood’. The spirit which rests inside eachone of us takes a ‘selfie’ in that moment,capturing a wholistic image of whothey are, which becomes better look-ing with each good deed. Almost all ofthe human form thrives on beingappeased by their ‘selfie’ which isactually just their self-esteem (gener-ally at a more physical level than spir-it level). Every act of seva raises the self-esteem and self-impression of theindividual concerned. You could callthis ‘seva mein meva’.

The more we study the humanbrain, the more the data points to thisdirection. Studies show that doing sevareduces the activity in the amygdala,an area that is linked to emotional

responses, especially fear.Neurobiologists also agree that whenwe help others, our brains release oxy-tocin, serotonin and dopamine bring-ing about the feel good factor. Thesehormones have the effect of boostingour mood and counteracting the effectof cortisol (the stress hormone).Moreover, research has found thatengaging in such activities can also dullthe sensation of pain. This doesn’t havejust a singular benefit. Done on a reg-ular basis, a general sense of positivi-ty prevails that further encourages youto perform more acts of seva, leadingyou from the initial phase of doing itto feel good about something you did,to a habit and finally not thinking ofit as your deed at all.

�����We all know that dhyan or medi-

tation has a calming effect and bringsus a sense of peace and internal bal-ance. Advanced meditators have beenthrough lab experiments where theyhave been able to significantly alterbody temperatures, shut off and switchon parts of their body that convention-al science doesn’t believe possible.

However, the impact of meditationon the brain was something relativelylesser known till more recently. Theresults are fascinating. It has beenfound that the brains of experiencedpractitioners of meditation have struc-tural differences from those of others.

There is observable thickening in

the cerebral cortex in areas associatedwith attentional and emotional integra-tion. There is also a significant increasein grey matter density in the part of thebrain associated with self-awareness,compassion and introspection.

The posterior cingulate, which isinvolved in mind wandering, and self-relevance saw a difference too. Thosewho meditate have a higher ability tofocus and very interestingly self-rele-vance that links to self-esteem. This isanother interesting area raised in thebook, Aatma Sutra, where the conceptof self-worship is discussed. While thisis a function of realising the divinitywithin, the journey begins with self-love. What is also shared is that whenwe watch ourselves as doing the ‘rightthings’ such as serving other beings,planting trees or impacting the envi-ronment positively, our self-imagegets positively impacted. This in turnmakes us feel better about ourselvesand therefore raises our levels of self-esteem.

It is therefore no surprise that therewas also a difference in the tem-poroparietal junction in the brain, orTPJ, of meditators. This is associatedwith empathy and compassion… bothindicators of a higher level of spiritu-al evolution. Apart from all the otherpositives, yet another was a significantdecrease in grey matter density in theamygdala, which plays a role in fear,anxiety and stress.

What is quite interesting to knowthat meditation can act as a ‘dampen-er’ for the anti-aging creams andserum market. A powerful side effectof meditation has been found to be itsability to diminish age-related effectson gray matter and reduce the declineof our cognitive functioning therebypotentially making us less prone to ail-ments such as dementia. Now couldthis be a reason why a lot of ourancient yogis are said to be 100s if not1000s of years old. I guess we will justhave to wait for science to discover thistoo.

While scientists today have justabout started to prove the impact ofseva and dhyan on the brain, theunknowns are still far more than theknown. If we were to go by what ourscriptures and texts say, these not onlychange the course of our current life,but also that of future lives and steadi-ly help us along the path of spiritualprogress. These give us the one kindof wealth that we can carry into theafterlife — karmic currency.

So the final question that arises is,what next? The right time to begin, isnow. Just look around you and if theintent is present- many doors willopen!

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The American-German poet, CharlesBukowski’s simple yet astoundinggravestone reads: “Don’t Try”. To

many it might appear to be underestimat-ing, but to a larger audience the two wordsask them to be just natural. Instead ofbreaking a sweat to reap benefits fromsomething that doesn’t raise your eyebrows,Bukowski asks them to wait patientlybecause something innate, will surface.Instincts and innate talent is what Bukowskiasks one to delve into.

Life coaching, streamlined as it sounds,seldom does it converse with the inner con-voluted realms of an individual. Life coach-es are suggested to or consulted by peoplefrom different walks of their lives. A stu-dent. An aspiring entrepreneur. An execu-tive recently promoted in the company’s topbrass seat. To each one their own. Theneeds could be varying per the situationdemanding. But, as history is evident, nomatter how many lessons does one note intheir diary to react in a similar way juxta-posing their situation with someone else’s;when it comes to application, nothing buttheir instincts are in charge of the leashguiding their horses.

As late American business magnate,Steve Jobs voiced: “Your time is limited, sodon’t waste it living someone else’s life.Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is liv-ing with the results of other people’s think-ing. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinionsdrown out your own inner voice. And mostimportant, have the courage to follow yourheart and intuition. They somehow alreadyknow what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary.”

Jobs here refers to the call we have with-in ourselves. One can connect to their dom-inant inner being and can unravel newavenues only if he goes within himself.There are timeless pearls of wisdom inancient scriptures and books to peek into

for valuable lessons and guidance, but in anutshell, during these challenging times, it’sall about ideating ways of how to cope withour day-to-day situation and to find moremeaning in what we are doing. Corporateleaders, good artists, scientists, and busi-nessmen of the bygone era, were visionariesdriven by sheer confidence. However, thisconfidence was ignited by something assimple as a gut feeling to achieve it, for thatis what quenched their burning desire. Topaint the worldly canvas by bringing theirthoughts to existence.

It’s not only the hard work that deter-mines a person’s success, but it’s the inspiredaction that comes from within, especiallywhen a person identifies his innate strengthand vision. Although most of the manage-ment theories deal with quick-fix approach-es, what a corporate leader needs are lessonsof wisdom where they can connect truly totheir inner vision.

As the whole world is gripped by fearand uncertainty, people are losing theirexpectations and faith, and are faced withanxiety, stress and fear. These negative emo-

tions take a toll on our mental health whichin turn affect our immune system. This isthe time where we all need to calibrate our-selves to the strength of our inner wellbeing,which is dominant and inherent in us.Spirituality is nothing but tapping thoseinnate strengths. We usually tend to openour inner world only when the noise of theexternal world subsides. So now, when weare isolated completely, all of the chaos ofthe external world is naturally shut down,and we get ample time to reflect and goback within ourselves. Our mind-madeclutters will slowly wither away, and whenthere’s nothingness, a new world wouldslowly emerge.

It reels us back to learning from howpeople of repute in the ancient times didn’thave professional individuals/life coaches torun to and seek help from during turbulentphases of their careers, but it was thethumping voice within that directed thecourse for them to achieve the unprecedent-ed feat.

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I was paid Rs 40. That was my firstsalary and I gave it to my mom.

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watch English films with my father.There were a few films where only adultswere allowed. So, I had to return home,without watching the movie many times.My father had the habit of going to thebeach at night and lying down in thesand, basically enjoying nature.I started driving at a veryyoung age. So I woulddrive my father tothe beach armedwith a blanket,

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During my initial days, I played for allthe top musicians, includingIlayaraja garu, Chakravarthigaru, as well as the who's whoof Bollywood. I feel lucky tohave been working with suchamazing people. I became asuccessful musician onlybecause of what I learned fromthem. I got work only because ofmy hard work, not because I am

the son of Saluri Rajeswara Rao. While Iwas growing in my career, I became goodfriends with Raj and we formed the team‘Raj-Koti’ and there was no looking back.Raj and I as Raj-Koti composed music formany top actors in Telugu, Tamil, andKannada. Our first film was PranayaGarjana starring Mohan Babu. After com-posing for about 45 small films, we startedto get big projects. We had our share ofstruggle — success is not always a pathfull of roses. Later on, Raj and I went ourown way. I embarked on my journey asKoti and it’s been 18 years since. My lastbig film was Arundathi.

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My dad passed away in 1997. I couldn’tdigest the fact that he is no more. I criedmy heart out after his demise. Within ayear of his death, my mother too passedaway. Even today, I cannot handle theirloss, and I’m still not out of the shock.There was another incident that upset me.When Raj and I traveled to Hyderabad, wewere freshening up in the guest house aftera tiresome early morning flight. I saw asmall bird in the window of the washroomlooking at me. I found that bird cute. I fed

some nuts to that bird and it ate tillenough. I felt quite happy

about it. For me, I needa fan in the wash-

room. Later, Iswitched on the

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guilty for switching on thefan that day. But we bid a goodfarewell to it. I put that bird in a nicecigar box and the staff of the guesthouse buried it with some beautiful

flowers on the lawn. I’m sharing thisbecause these two incidents affected me alot in my life.

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then but later took them. The nextday, the boy’s parents were wait-

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Kids these days are well-trained. I was the first judgefor Zee SaReGaMaPa in2007. Later, LittleChamps too was asensational hit. It's awonderful experi-ence to judge such ashow. Initially, afterthe first episode, Itold the producerthat I wasn’t interest-ed in judging theshow. In the secondepisode, people whomI passed on some sug-gestions, grabbed them,and fine-tuned themselves.I was impressed and I gainedinterest in training them. I’venow surrendered to ZeeSaReGaMaPa.

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