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Simultaneously published from Hyderabad | Warangal | Tirupati | Vijayawada | Visakhapatnam | Khammam | Kurnool | Delhi: RNI No: DELENG/2017/74095
Fire personnel
after dousing
a massive fire
which broke
out in a
restaurant at
Punjabi Bagh,
in New Delhi
on Thursday
PM inaugurates
PMs museum
NEW DELHI: Every government
formed after Independence has con-
tributed in taking India to the heights
it has achieved, PM Narendra Modi
said and asserted that barring one or
two exceptions, the country has a Prime Minister Narendra Modi
proud tradition of strengthening at the inauguration of Pradhan
democracy in a democratic manner. Mantri Sangrahalaya
In a speech after inaugurating 'Prad-
hanmantri Sangrahalaya' (prime ministers' museum), which is dedi-
cated to all previous 14 prime ministers, Modi said every prime minis-
ter has contributed immensely in the fulfilment of the goals of
constitutional democracy. Modi also bought the first ticket of the mu-
seum before its inauguration, officials said. He said it is our responsi-
bility to strengthen democracy, noting that India has a proud tradition
of doing so in a democratic
manner with one or two ex-
ceptions. Though he did not
elaborate, the BJP has been
critical of some past Congress
governments, especially the
one headed by Indira Gandhi,
of weakening democracy.
Gandhi had suspended civil
rights and imposed Emer-
gency in 1975. Modi, however,
added that every government
formed after Independence
has contributed in taking the
country to the heights it has
Teachings I am yet to achieved today. "To remem-
see but I follow ber all prime ministers is to
him...religiously know about the journey of in-
dependent India," he said.
The government chose the
RAMZAN birth anniversary of B R
Ambedkar, the key architect
TIMINGS of Constitution and a tower-
ing leader from the Dalit com-
IFTAR (FRI) 06:38 PM munity, to inaugurate the mu-
seum in a gesture resonant
SAHER (SAT) 04:36 AM with political importance.
2 REGION DELHI FRIDAY 15 APRIL 2022
Bandi Sanjay kick starts 2nd Ambedkar’s statue disfigured `476.89 crore for
development of
leg Praja Sangrama Yatra in UP, cops launch probe mandis: Gopal Rai
PURNA SINGH
HANS NEWS SERVICE now procurement of paddy would
NEW DELHI
GADWAL have begun smoothly. Now he is A high-level joint meeting chaired by Development
facing many problems as the gov- Minister Gopal Rai with the officials of Delhi Agri-
THE State Government is not ernment does not even have cultural Marketing Board (DAMB) and Agricul-
afraid of Goddess Jogulamba, but enough gunny bags to li and tural Produce Market Committee (APMC) was
is scared of MIM. It had failed to store the paddy. He said it was the held at the Delhi Secretariat regarding the devel-
renovate the Shakti peeth, but did pressure mounted by the state BJP opment of Delhi’s Mandis. e board passed a
not fail in ensuring that enough which made KCR to announce his budget of Rs 476 Crores 89 Lakhs for the develop-
evidence was not submitted to the decision to purchase Rabi crop. ment of Mandis for the financial year 2022-23 at
court in the case of hate speech by Seeking people’s support to the meeting.
MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi come to power in Telangana he Development Minister Gopal Rai said, “e
alleged the state BJP president said it was necessary because there board has given green light to the budget of Rs
Bandi Sanjay. was need to end “the suppressive 476 Crores 89 Lakhs for the development of Delhi’s
Sanjay, kick started his second and corrupt,” rule of TRS. Mandis. For the financial year 2022-23, the board
leg of Praja Sangrama Yatra from criss cross through 10 districts of DK Aruna, National Vice Presi- has allocated approximately Rs 178.73 crore to
Alampur temple town aer seek- Mahabunagar, the BJP will try to dent, Vijayashanthi, senior BJP APMC Azadpur, Rs 13.34 crore to Fruit & Veg-
ing the blessings of Goddess Jogu- expose the omissions and com- leader, Etala Rajender Huzurabad HANS NEWS SERVICE angles are being probed and action will be etables Market in Ghazipur, Rs 13.96 crore to FP
lamba in Gadwal district on missions of the government and MLA, Jitender Reddy, former MP NOIDA taken accordingly,” the spokesperson said. & EMC in Ghazipur, Rs 8 crore to the Flower
ursday. He was accompanied by will seek the support of people of and other leaders slammed the ere was no law and order-related situa- Market, Rs 18.91 crore to APMC Keshopur, Rs
Telangana BJP in-charge Tarun Palamuru region to throw this TRS government and alleged that A statue of B R Ambedkar, the key architect tion in the area due to the incident, the police 45.03 crore to APMC Narela, Rs 5.32 crore to
Chug and other senior state BJP government out of power in next KCR had gone in for redesigning of India's Constitution, was found disfigured added. APMC Najafgarh and Rs 193.57 crore to the Delhi
leaders. elections. of irrigation projects for commis- in Uttar Pradesh's Noida on his birth an- Born in a Dalit family in Maharashtra in Agricultural Marketing Board.”
He said the state government e state BJP president said that sions. niversary ursday, prompting police to 1891, Ambedkar, a Bharat Ratna, was a jurist He added, “Along with the development of Tikri
had been enacting drama on sev- Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Etala Rajender said people were launch a probe into the matter. e disfigured and economist who played an important role Khampur Wholesale Mandi, the development of
eral issues including the paddy Rao had enacted the Delhi drama observing every move of the gov- statue is located in Chhijarsi village under in India's freedom movement and became Ghazipur's Fruit and Vegetable Mandi and Poultry
procurement and was ridden in on paddy only to divert the atten- ernment and the day to defeat the the Sector 63 police station limits area and the country's first law minister. Market, as well as the renovation of Ghazipur
corruption. It was this which tion of the people from the failure pink party was fast nearing. is the incident was reported by locals in the Ambedkar championed the cause of the Flower Market, will be carried out, with a budget
made the BJP to take up the Praja of the government on all fronts. elections, even if TRS distributes morning, officials said. A police spokesperson Dalit community which faced deep-rooted allocation of Rs 303 crores.
Sangrama Yatra to create aware- He wanted to show the Centre and tons of money, or uses muscle said a new statue was being installed to re- discrimination. He is regarded as a Dalit icon e Kejriwal Government is committed to the
ness among the people over the BJP in bad light and project as if power including misuse of police, place the disfigured one with the help of res- for his relentless work for social reforms and development, expansion, and creation of better
misrule of TRS. He said during his he was the saviour of farmers. If he it cannot stop the BJP from com- idents. “Police force has been deployed in the the empowerment of the disadvantaged sec- infrastructure in the mandis.
380 km padayatra which would had followed the procedure, by ing to power, he added. area and the matter is being investigated. All tions of society.
SSoEs renamed as B R Ambedkar Schools: Kejriwal kar, while Armed Forces Prepara- the city health department. "We His comments came amid re-
tory School has already been are keeping an eye on the situa- ports of some school students
l Willbring SOP for schools if need be, named after revolutionary Bhagat tion," he told reporters on the testing positive for the virus in
says Kejriwal as Covid cases rise Singh. sidelines of an event. "If need be, Delhi as well as the National Cap-
Kejriwal said his government is we will bring in a SoP for Delhi ital Region (NCR). "CoVID cases
l Delhi govt to issue guidelines keeping an eye on the CoVID-19 schools for Covid." The Covid have slightly increased but there
situation in the city, and will bring positivity rate in Delhi has is no rise in hospitalisation, so we
for schools: Sisodia in a Standard operating Proce- jumped from 0.5 per cent to 2.70 need not worry. There is no need
dure (SoP) for schools if need per cent in a week, even as doc- to panic but stay alert. We have
arises. tors on Tuesday said it was "not a to learn to live with CoVID. We
HANS NEWS SERVICE Kejriwal said this at an event to He said hospitalisation related panic situation" as the daily cases are constantly monitoring the sit-
NEW DELHI launch one such school on the oc- to coronavirus has not increased count was still low. They doctors uation," Sisodia told reporters. "I
casion of Ambedkar's birth an- and "there is no need to panic". have, however, cautioned against have got reports from a few
DeLHI government's Specialised niversary. "Baba Saheb Amdebkar The chief minister's comments dropping the guard. PTI GJS schools in the past few days where
School of excellence (SSoe) will gave maximum emphasis on edu- came a day after Delhi reported The Delhi government will parents have informed about their
now be known as BR Ambedkar cation and what could be a better 299 new CoVID-19 cases, a jump soon issue guidelines for schools child testing positive. The educa-
School of Specialised excellence, way of paying homage to him than to rename the schools was taken held on Tuesday. There are 31 of 118 per cent in two days. The in view of the slight rise in Covid- tion department will tomorrow
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal naming best of our schools after by the government during a meet- SoSes in the city of which 30 will positivity rate stood at 2.49 per 19 cases, Deputy Chief Minister issue guidelines to schools in this
said on ursday. him," Kejriwal said. The decision ing of the state naming authority be renamed after Dr B R Ambed- cent, according to data shared by Manish Sisodia said . regard," he added.
‘HAQQANI GENERALS’ AND THE At the same time, even if there is no pendency in the district works in-
volving people, the VROs cannot be assigned the duties of so-called
'ball pickers' or 'sports assistants.'
Katuru Durga Prasad Rao, Hyderabad.
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
footsteps the of architect of Constitution for uplift of the poor and downtrodden
HANS NEWS SERVICE
the party central office by pay- ramesh said that Chief Minis-
VIJAYAWADA ing floral tributes to the social ter Jagan Mohan reddy is fol-
he has addressed the head- reformer. speaking on the occa- lowing in the footsteps of
l From next academic masters of schools, and also the Chief Minister Y s Jagan Mo- sion, Deputy Chief Minister Ambedkar, making historic
year, govt schools to mandal and regional level edu- han reddy paid floral tributes budi Mutyala naidu said that decisions benefitting the
shift to education that cational officers, on the reform to the architect of Constitution Ambedkar had worked for the downtrodden communities.
agenda beginning with an inno- and bharat ratna Dr b r upliftment of the poor and hailing Dr Ambedkar as a
transforms students into vative and flexible lesson plan Ambedkar on his birth anniver- downtrodden, strived tirelessly messiah of the downtrodden,
global citizens through for each class and subject. sary at the Camp Office at Tade- for political rights and social the minister vowed to work for
social and collaborative “Any reform in school educa- palli on Thursday. freedom for the Dalits and re- the welfare of Dalits and the
skills tion can be successfully imple- Ministers Audimulapu mains as an inspiration for fu- backward classes in the state.
mented at the field level only by suresh, Pinipe viswaroop, ture generations. bC welfare minister Ch
l School education
the teachers as they are the di- Merugu nagarjuna, govern- he said that Chief Minister venugopala Krishna said that
commissioner Suresh rect facilitators who interact ment advisor for social welfare Jagan Mohan reddy is lead- Ambedkar’s contribution to the
Kumar says NEP-2020 with the children and impart Jupudi Prabhakar, bapatla MP ing the government with the cause of the country was indis-
will be implemented by them knowledge,” suresh Ku- nandigam suresh and MLC Ta- true spirit of Ambedkar pensable, paving way for the
revising and revamping mar pointed out. lasila raghuram were present working for the welfare of upliftment of weaker sections.
every aspect of A file picture of Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy interacting with children at Accordingly, every teacher on the occasion. women, minorities and the he stated that the govern-
a revamped governemnt school has been asked to prepare inno- Meanwhile, a group of minis- socially underprivileged. it ment is fulfilling the dreams of
education vative and flexible lesson plans ters Jogi ramesh, viswaroop, was because of Ambedkar the the great leader with transpar-
l The new drive is based achieve the set objectives in tune was being completely refur- of their subjects in tune with the nagarjuna, suresh, and MLA indian Constitution had in- ent governance prioritizing
on the assumption that with the national education bished with new classrooms and standards of the students and vellampalli srinivas visited the troduced reservations for the bCs, sCs, sTs and Minorities.
only teachers can Policy-2020. digital learning aids, besides the best practices. Updated in- construction site of Ambedkar scheduled Castes, scheduled MLCs Dokka Manikya
“Teachers and headmasters clean toilets, playgrounds, art formation on each subject apart, smriti vanam in vijayawada Tribes and other backward varaprasad, Lella Appireddy,
successfully implement should be aware of it and take sessions, etc., current affairs would also be city and inspected the work Classes, and the Chief Minis- Ummareddy venkateswarlu,
any programme or responsibility for the perform- Career counselling for stu- part of the lesson plan. progress. ter had redefined it benefit- Pothula suneetha and other
reform at the field level ance of students. The state dents from Class viii onwards, “not just academics, empha- YsrCP celebrated the birth ing the public. senior leaders were present at
as they are the direct Council of education research duly involving teachers and par- sis will also be on co-curricular anniversary of Dr Ambedkar at Minister for housing Jogi the event.
facilitators who interact and Training (sCerT) has been ents, would be another path- and extra-curricular activities
with the children entrusted with the task of main- breaking initiative aimed at nur- so that teaching and learning
taining academic standards and turing talent in the right become holistic. remedial
ensuring all students attain the direction. learning will be another key as-
SURYA DESARAJU learning outcomes relative to “We are creating a conducive pect wherein individual dissim-
VIJAYAWADA their class and age,” school edu- learning environment in all ilarities among students will be
cation commissioner s suresh schools under the Mana badi: addressed so as to help them
COMe the 2022-23 academic Kumar has said. nadu-nedu programme. it is build on their knowledge,” the
year, government schools in the focused implementation of now time to ensure adequate commissioner said.
state will shift to outcome-ori- the neP-2020 by revising and learning outcomes among the The sCerT, which is the Ac-
ented education that brings revamping every aspect of edu- children through effective class- ademic Authority for school ed- Chief Minister Y S
about positive behavioural cation, including regulation and room transactions,” the school ucation under the rTe Act, will Jagan Mohan Reddy
changes and transform students governance, and aligning it with education commissioner noted. develop an academic monitor- along with ministers
into global citizens through de- the Un sustainable Develop- suresh Kumar, who as district ing mechanism and issue guid- and others pays
velopment of social and collab- ment goals (Quality education) collector in Medak and guntur, ance and support to all the field- tributes to Dr B R
Ambedkar on his
orative skills. would be the top priority of the contributed to the enhancement level functionaries. it will
birth anniversary at
‘Child is not the reason for his government, suresh Kumar said. of standards in government-run monitor the learning outcomes his camp office in
or her low performance’ will be As a major step towards schools, is now seeking to take and assess the students' stan- Tadepalli on
the mantra for the teachers and achieving the set goals, infra- the process to the next level dards, according to suresh Ku- Thursday
the headmasters to follow to structure in government schools across the state. mar. (PTi)
Revanth smells KCR’s role in paddy scam KCR pays floral tributes to Ambedkar
• Writes to Union Minister
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DELHI FIRDAY 15 APRIL 2022 NATION 7
Anti-poaching watchers in
MUMBAI TN demand permanent jobs
IB chief in Srinagar to review
Amarnath Yatra preparedness
took up alternative jobs or even
quit their world-renowned
FoR the first time after the two profession. CHENNAI R. Muthuvel, an anti-poaching
years of covid-19 pandemic the nMtBSct and MtBSA watcher(ApW) from Dindigul
lockdown, Mumbai's famed also explored options like large Anti-poAching watchers forest range while speaking to NEW DELHI ritory and his Ministry to discuss the eight lakh pilgrims for the pilgrimage
Dabbawalas have gone on a five- community kitchens for large- (ApWs) of tamil nadu have de- iAnS said: "We are getting a con- security and other important aspects to the holy cave shrine which will be
day break to celebrate the scale deliveries, tying up with manded that the tamil nadu solidated pay of Rs 12,500 per union home Secretary Ajay Ku- related to the Amarnath Yatra. concluded on August 11.
annual village festivals with other organisations in similar government provide them per- month which is a pittance by any mar Bhalla and intelligence Bureau e Dgp will make a presentation e cRpF deploys a maximum
their near and dear ones, a businesses, etc., to ensure manent employment in the for- standard and we are leading a Director Arvind Kumar arrived in on the security aspect during the number of the security forces during
spokesperson said here on livelihood for the then jobless est department as their job in- risky life. our main duty is to pro- Srinagar on ursday to review the meeting whereas the iB chief is likely the Yatra and its Dg Kuldiep Singh,
thursday. Dabbawalas. volves high risk. tect the forest wealth from being preparations for Amarnath Yatra. to discuss the intelligence inputs along with senior officials, have al-
Since the start of the "presently, of the 5,000 barely A total of 1,129 ApWs work poached or encroached but the ccording to government sources, gathered so far, the sources further ready held a preliminary round of
pandemic, this is the first 1,200 Dabbawalas are on duty in tamil nadu on a consolidated government and the department Bhalla will hold a meeting with said. in his two days visit to J&K, meetings last week with Dilbag
opportunity for over 5,000 and serving around 20,000 pay of Rs 12,500 per month are not giving us our dues. We Jammu and Kashmir Dgp Dilbag Bhalla will also discuss the security Singh and senior officials of the ut
Dabbawalas to take time off to customers who have started without any benefits like provi- get killed any time by the wild Singh and other officials of the J&K aspect with the senior Army officials. government. officials also said that
travel to their villages, mostly in attending their offices after the dent Fund, health insurance, or animals, including elephants. ten administration to see that all neces- providing adequate security aer the successful completion of
pune district and celebrate the restrictions were lifted in pension. ey are employed in ApWs have lost their lives in the sary arrangements are in place before seems to be major concerns for the this pilgrimage will be an advantage
festivities of Dev Khandoba, March... We expect more to join areas where human-animal con- state so far. e compensation its commencement on June 30. central government as the Yatra is for the centre as that will endorse
their deity. gradually and substantially by flicts take place and hence are provided is what the government Sources also said that the home commencing aer two years because its claims that the security scenario
"prior to the pandemic we June," Andre said with hopes of worried about the insecurity the pays to anyone who is killed by Secretary will hold a meeting of the of the covid pandemic in 2020 and has improved in the union territory.
used to announce our annual hard times finally passing them. job offers as well as the risks in- wild animals." chiefs of the central Reserve police 2021, officials said. e entire preparation for the pil-
festival leave in advance to Returning to their villages, volved. he also said that the ApWs are Force and the Border Security force, e Jammu and Kashmir admin- grimage will also be reviewed by
enable customers to make many Dabbawalas were ten anti-poaching watchers not given any proper gadgets to Army officials, J&K police chief and istration and police have been asked union home Minister Amit Shah
alternative arrangements. this accorded a welcome with cheers have lost their lives while on confront wild animals, including other high officials of the union ter- to make preparations for around before it begins on June 30. (iAnS)
year, there are four holidays of and tears by their families from duty.S. Sundar (49), an anti- elephants, and that they just burst
the five-day sojourn, so our whom they had been separated poaching watcher was tram- crackers to drive the elephants
patrons readily cooperated," said and not congregated to celebrate pled to death by a wild ele- away into the forest.
Ritesh S. Andre, spokesperson the Dev Khandoba festival for phant on Wednesday at Ramakrishnan said that they
for nutan Mumbai tiffin Box two consecutive years. Kannivadi block range in the don't have any safety equipment
Suppliers charity trust and "this year, we have been Dindigul forest division. while on duty to drive away ad-
Mumbai tiffin Box Suppliers selected for the prestigious 80th Family members of ApWs re- vancing wild elephants and added
Association (nMtBSct and 'Master Deenanath Mangeshkar quested chief Minister M.K. that the ApWs and their families
MtBSA). Award' which will be presented Stalin and the state forest minister were expecting a positive decision
Since tuesday, a majority of to us in Mumbai on April 24," g. Ramachandran to provide from the chief Minister and the
the Dabbawalas -- 95 per cent of said Andre proudly, of yet permanent jobs to the anti- Forest Minister g. Ramachan-
the tribe -- have reached their another recognition to his poaching watchers and their de- dran.
villages like Khed, Junnar, toiling ilk. Well before the award pendents. e 1129 ApWs and their
Maval, Mulshi, and the rest ceremony -- which is likely to be While tamil nadu govern- family members are planning to
scattered across Maharashtra, he attended by prime Minister ment has a policy of providing Rs meet the chief Minister and to
added. narendra Modi -- the 5 lakh as compensation but anti- push their cause and if there are
During the pandemic Dabbawalas shall return to their poaching watchers on anonymity no developments, the joint
lockdown, the Dabbawalas were daily grind from Monday (April told iAnS that this amount was council of ApWs will conduct
among the worst-hit service 18) to ferry the tiffin-boxes provided to anyone who dies of a protest march to the state sec-
sectors with business trickling filled with good food for their wild animal attack. retariat. (iAnS)
down to virtually zero and many familiar customers. (iAnS)
Ali goes to jail for a pair of sports shoes and `500 Gehlot criticises
KOLKATA gunj police station in Murshidabad "Despite all this, if people carry
‘bulldozer justice’
claimed that he had simply gone to out such activities, we have to be JAipuR: RAJASthAn chief
A pair of sports shoes and Rs 500 graze his cattle in the fields near the strict. e BSF has a mandate to Minister Ashok gehlot on urs-
in cash was all that it took to turn a border when this unknown person stop all illegal cross-border activi- day condemned the "bulldozer jus-
youth from a village near the india- from across the border pillar ap- ties, whether its smuggling, human tice" saying neither the chief min-
Bangladesh border in West Bengal proached him. trafficking or infiltration. Smugglers ister nor the prime minister has
into a smuggler. "i thought this was going to be will have to return to the main- the power to get houses demol-
Worse still is the fact that he had easy. Who checks for mobile phone stream or they will not be spared. ished by bulldozers.
no clue of what the cellophane batteries aer all? i was keen to re- Don't choose an easy life of crime "e right of demolishing
wrapped packet that he was handed turn home with a pair of sports just for a few rupees," he said. houses via bulldozers does not lie
over contained. he was just to hand shoes and Rs 500 by the end of the Ali, along with the gold biscuits, even with the cM and pM," he
it over to somebody without check- day," he told the BSF. has been handed over to the cus- said, adding "how can you raze a since they have been arrested?" he
ing the content. Surjeet Singh guleria, Dig, BSF, toms department at Jangipur, Mur- house without any investigation, questioned.
Fortunately, the packet had eight and pRo, South Bengal Frontier, shidabad, for further inquiry to try without holding anyone account- he also expressed sadness at tV
gold biscuits inside. had it con- Border Security Force (BSF) from across the zero line offered him said that this is where the youth in and nab the main perpetrators. able? What must be crossing an in- footage showing helpless people
tained a kilogram of explosives like the Boyraghat Border outpost in sports shoes and Rs 500 just to hand indian villages go wrong. Ali may get bail aer some time nocent's mind when on seeing his crying while their houses were be-
RDX, young Ansar Ali could have the Malda Sector apprehended Ali over some 'mobile phone batteries' "We have been holding camps but will have to appear in court house being brought down like a ing brought down.
spent the better part of his life be- and the packet was seized. to a 'friend'. e man told him that regularly to educate the villagers from time to time before his sen- pack of cards," he questioned. "ey were crying, they were
hind bars, trying to convince the e eight gold biscuits inside his friend would give him the sports about the risks involved in accept- tencing. he has also got his name commenting on the opposition poor and no one had the right to
authorities that he is not part of any weighed 933.07 gm and are valued shoes and Rs 500 aer receiving the ing such packages from people from registered in the list of possible without naming them, he said: bring down their houses without
terror outfit. at Rs 49,88,192. Ali wept during the packet. across the border. We even organise smugglers on whom the authorities "ey say that innocent people fair investigation. Let law take its
e incident occurred in Mur- interrogation. he had no clue that But what was Ali doing near the training camps for the youth so they keep a close watch whenever they have been arrested in Karauli vio- own course," he said and accused
shidabad district of West Bengal on he was being roped into such a vi- zero line? is resident of the piro- may join forces like the BSF and approach the international border. lence. So can the Rajasthan gov- some state governments of flouting
Wednesday morning. troops of the cious racket when the man from jpur village under the Raghunath- stay away from crime. (iAnS) ernment bulldoze their houses all laws and constitutional norms.
8 SPORTS DeLHI FrIDay 15 aPrIL 2022
WINDOWS
MUMBAI INDIANS BREVIS’ FOUR SIXES IN AN OVER ASSAULT
Pujara, Rizwan
make Sussex
debut in County
Derby: India's Cheteshwar Pujara
When Tendulkar, Jayawardene ran into the middle
and Pakistan's Mohammad
rizwan on Thursday made their
Sussex debut for the game I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ROHIT’S FORM, SAYS JAYAWARDENE
against hosts Derbyshire in the
County Championships Division 2 PUNE robin singh, team's assistant coach Chahar. am not concerned about the form
here. While Pujara has played and captain rohit sharma made Jayawardene says it's just a "mat- as such."
first-class cricket in england in the THErE cannot be a bigger com- their way into the centre during ter of time" before skipper rohit Jayawardene admitted that in-
past, it is the first outing for Pak- pliment for a young cricketer's tal- the strategic time-out that followed sharma plays a big knock, some- jured Jofra archer's absence is
istan wicketkeeper batter. both ent than two of the game's greats soon aer. Both Tendulkar and thing which his team desperately hurting the team as the bowling
were named in the Sussex playing stepping onto the field during a Jayawardene were smiling while needs to arrest its slide in iPL-15. unit has not been able to sustain
eleven which is captained by Tom break to applaud his effortless talking to Brevis. e Mi captain has failed to cap- the pressure. "...obviously, one of
Daines. With Derbyshire opting to clean hitting. Brevis' 49 and his partnership italise on the starts, managing just the best bowlers that we've bought
bat, Pujara and rizwan are ex- Dewald Brevis, Mumbai india's with Tilak Varma rescued Mumbai 108 runs at an average of 21.60 this in the auction is Jof (Jofra archer)
pected to bat on day two. both young batter from south africa, indians from a precarious 32/2 in season. "if you look at the way he – Jof is not here. so it is tough
the players stand at the opposite earned that honour on Wednesday the chase of the target of 199 set starts, the way he hits the ball, it's when you are in that kind of situa-
end of their international careers. night soon aer he launched an ex- by Punjab Kings. ough Mumbai brilliant. He's timing it, he's getting tion, but we are trying to see how
tra-ordinary assault on Punjab indians eventually fell short by 12 some really, really good starts. Yes best we can manage. "in terms of
Kings spinner rahul Chahar, hit- runs, Brevis's clean hitting and the he's disappointed as well, that he's the last four-five games, we've had
Ex-Colombia ting him for 4, 6, 6, 6, 6 in an over. four stars' gesture of appreciation de Villiers -- for his exploits during started from the base price of rs not being able to convert them," some really good spells, we con-
captain Rincón soon aer his sensational assault will stay with the fans for a long the recent U19 World Cup. His tal- 20 lakh. Jayawardene said. trolled things for a while. But we
on Punjab Kings' bowling, batting time. ent was never in doubt, Brevis was ough he did not make much "We've seen rohit batting deep, cannot hold that pressure going on,
dies in car crash legend sachin Tendulkar, team's Brevis, who has gained a repu- a hot pick in the iPL Mega auc- of an impact in the first four batting for 14-15 overs and getting because in certain times, it's either
bogoTa: Freddy rincón, a for- mentor, Mahela Jayawardene, tation as "Baby aB" -- a reference tions and Mumbai indians got him matches, Brevis on Wednesday those big scores. it's just a matter two or three overs that we go big
mer cap- Mumbai indians' head coach, to his illustrious predecessor aB for rs 3 crore aer the bidding made up for that by his assault on of time. He's a quality player and i and that has hurt us.
tain of
the
Colom-
Tomar wins at
round in Monaco REYKJAVIK youngest GM, all of whom finished with
7.0 points.
Paris: Under the sunny Carlo would see the 24- YOUNG Indian Grandmaster (GM) Pragg had a few months back caused
selection trials, but windy conditions at year-old move closer to Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa added to a sensation when he defeated World No
the Monte-Carlo coun- the top spot of the aTP his growing stature as World's top up- 1 and reigning World Champion Magnus
Rajput second try club in Monaco, sec- rankings. coming chess star by winning the Reyk- Carlsen in a rapid game.
ond seed alexander "is is the only Mas- javik Open chess tournament with a vic- On Tuesday, the 16-year-old topped
Zverev of Germany ters on clay i haven't won tory against compatriot D Gukesh in the the field comprising 245 players -- most
opened his 2022 clay sea- yet, but i'm very motivated final round. Pragganandhaa, Pragg as of them youngsters like him as the or-
son with a straight-set win on to do so," said Zverev, a 2018 he is fondly called, finished the 7.5 ganisers had given a 50% discount on
Wednesday, beating Federico Del- semi-finalist at the event. "i'm very points from nine rounds, finishing half- the entry fee for players 16 and under.
bonis of argentina 6-1, 7-5 to reach motivated to play great tennis and i point ahead of four players -- Max Praggnanandhaa entered the final
the third round. aer the shocking hope i can show that on the court Warmerdam of the Netherlands, Mads round on Tuesday sharing the lead with
exit of top seed Novak Djokovic one this week." Andersen of Denmark, Hjorvar Steinn Warmerdam and Andersen at 6.5 points. the top board, opening up a chance for
day before, Zverev, seeking his sixth Zverev was dominant in the first Gretarsson of Sweden and American The two players from Scandinavian the Indian GM from Chennai to win the
aTP Masters 1000 title, remained set, winning six games in a row aer Abhimanyu Mishra, the world's countries played out a 16-move draw on last round and claim the title.
the highest-ranked player in the losing the opening game to take the
tournament. a victory at Monte- lead.
NeW DeLHI: Madhya Pradesh's
aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar