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cmyk cmyk THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I SATURDAY 27 I FEBRUARY 2021 WEATHER Max: 32OC Min: 23OC Rainfall: Nil ASTROGUIDE Sarvari: Maasi 15 Tithi: Pournami Star: Magam/ Puram Rahukalam: 9 am to 10.30 am Yamagandam: 1.30 pm to 3 pm PRAYERS Fajar: 5.17 am Zohar: 12.28 pm Asar: 3.44 pm Maghrib: 6.17 pm Isha: 7.28 pm SUNSET TODAY 6.18 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.26 AM MOONRISE TODAY 6.28 PM MOONSET TOMORROW 7.13 AM CORONA C UNT CASES ( 16,019) DEATHS ( 109) 1,10,79,094 1,56,970 covid19india.org STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS ( 481) TN: 8,50, 577 12,488 WORLD CONFIRMED CASES 11,37,80,919 DEATHS 25,23,695 219 COUNTRIES, AREAS WITH CASES worldometers.info Rear Admiral Sanjay Sharma takes charge of Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi New Delhi: Rear Admiral Sanjay Sharma took over as Admiral Superintendent, Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi Friday, the Navy said in a statement. Rear Admiral Sharma was commissioned into the Indian Navy on August 1, 1986. Prior to this appointment, the flag officer has held various important appointments at IHQ MoD (N), Advanced Technology Vessel Program and Headquarters Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam. Terrorist hideout busted in J&K’s Reasi, arms and ammunition seized Jammu: Security forces busted a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on Friday and seized a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosive materials, officials said. Based on specific information from a reliable source regarding suspicious movement in upper Sildhar and the adjoining areas of Ranjati top and Rousouwali top, a joint party of the police, Army and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation in the upper Sildhar forest, Ranjati top, Rousowali top and the adjoining Dagantop hills areas. Canadian regulator authorises AstraZeneca vaccine Toronto: Canadian regulators Friday authorised AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for all adults. It is the third Covid-19 vaccine given the green light by Canada, following those from Pfizer and Moderna. Health Canada approved the vaccine for use in people 18 and over. Some countries, including France, have authorized the AstraZeneca vaccine only for use in people under 65, saying there is not enough evidence to say whether it works in older adults. COUNTER POINT STATE 3 NATION 4 SPORT 8 Pondy LG gets two advisers Police make public ‘threat letter’ to Mukesh Ambani Rohit bats for batting intent Vol. 16 No. 333 Established 1938 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/ deccanchronicle 8 PAGES 3.00 TN, Puducherry to vote on April 6 Kerala polling also on April 6 West Election Commission to appoint two Bengal to have 8-phase voting; Assam 3 special poll observers to West Bengal TAMIL NADU ONLINE FILING OF STATE ELECTIONS Draw a line, CEO (234 seats, single phase) NOMINATIONS Issue of notification - March 12 asks govt secys Last date of nomination - March 19 ALLOWED; VOTING Scrutiny of nomination - March 20 PUDUCHERRY Last date of withdrawal - March 22 (30 seats, single phase) TIME EXTENDED DC CORRESPONDENTS CHENNAI/NEW DELHI, FEB. 26 Elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly along with 30 seats to the Puducherry assembly will be held on April 6, the Election Commission of India announced in New Delhi Friday. The first elections to the state assembly after the departure of the towering figures of state politics and former chief ministers M. Karunandhi and J. Jayalalithaa will be conducted in a single phase and the results will be announced on May 2 along with the results to the elections to the assemblies in Kerala, West Bengal and Assam. Kerala, which will elect a 140-seat assembly, will also go to polls along with Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on April 6. The polls for 294 seats in West Bengal will be conducted over a record eight phases, from March 27 till April 29, and that of Assam's 126 seats in three phases — from March 27 to April 6. The term of the Assemblies in Assam, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal will end in May while that of Kerala and Puducherry expires in June. Nearly 18.68 crore voters are expected to cast their votes at 2.7 lakh polling stations for 824 Assembly seats across Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said. He added that all officials and other personnel on poll duty will be vaccinated against Covid-19 before the polling begins. The Election Commission has decided to appoint two special observers for West Bengal and a third may also be sent if required, Mr Arora said, even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned the rationale behind the eight- DC CORRESPONDENT CHENNAI, FEB. 26 Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Satyabrata Sahoo urged all government secretaries to draw a line after the last entry made in the GO register once the election dates were announced to ensure that there were no complaints of new schemes being announced or new order issued in violation of the Model Code of Conduct. In a letter to all government departments on Friday, Mr Sahoo said that allegations are sometimes made of the government issuing new orders and announcing new schemes even two days after the election dates are announced in the media. phase Assembly polls announced by the EC - one more than the seven phases in the last election. West Bengal has in the past seen major political violence during elections, and accordingly, a huge deployment of security forces has been put in place to prevent that. Tamil Nadu will see a fight which will decide if the ruling AIADMK will be voted back for a third straight term. The party started its winning streak in 2011 when it stormed to power under party supremo Jayalalitha. The party repeated its feat in 2016 under the charismatic leader, who, however, passed away within months of the consecutive win. The election will also decide if the Edappadi K. Palaniswami-O. Panneerselvam combination will be able to take her legacy along or will have to concede it to her former aide V.K. Sasikala. FOREIGN MINISTERS’ CALL India tells China to disengage all points SRIDHAR KUMARASWAMI DC NEW DELHI, FEB. 26 India has now told China clearly that the disengagement of troops “at all friction points” in the Ladakh sector alone will lead to the restoration of peace and tranquility between the two countries, adding that “both sides should now quickly resolve the remaining issues along the LAC in eastern Ladakh” after the “successful” disengagement at the northern and southern banks of Pangong Tso lake. This was made clear by external affairs minister S. Jaishankar in a 75-minute phone call with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Thursday afternoon, when the two ministers also agreed to establish a hotline between them. Mr Jaishankar told the Chinese minister that 2021 The two foreign ministers discussed the situation along the LAC in eastern Ladakh and also issues related to overall India-China relations “bilateral relations have been impacted severely over the last year”, adding in an obvious reference to — the deadly Galwan Valley clash last June — that “disturbance of peace and tranquility, including by violence, will inevitably have a damaging impact on the relationship”. But seeking to put the blame on India, the Chinese foreign minister claimed that “there has been some wavering and back-pedalling in India’s China policy, and practical cooperation between the two countries has been affected”. Issue of notification: March 12 Date of polling: April 6 KERALA (140 seats, single phase) Issue of notification: March 12 Date of polling: April 16 ASSAM (126 seats, 3 phases) Phase-1 (47 seats) Date of polling: March 27 Phase-2 (39 seats) Date of polling: April 1 Phase-3 (40 seats) Date of polling: April 6 Date of polling CHENNAI, FEB 26: Just before the Model Code of Conduct kicked with the Election Commission of India announcing the poll schedule for Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami hurriedly brought in a bill in the Assembly providing 10.5 per cent exclusive reservation for Vanniyars, carving it out of the present 20 per cent Most Backward Classes (MBC) quota. The bill splits the MBCs into three categories – Vanniyars (10.5 per cent), Seer Marabinar (7 per cent) and rest of the castes (2.5 per cent). Making it clear that the government was taking the decision on exclusive Vanniyar reservation following the demand made by PMK founder S. Ramadoss, the Chief Minister, in his speech, DC CORRESPONDENT WEST BENGAL NEW DELHI, FEB. 26 (294 seats, 8 phases) Phase-1 (30 seats) Issue of notification: March 2 Date of polling: March 27 Phase-2 (30 seats) Date of polling: April 1 Phase-3 (31 seats) Date of polling: April 6 Phase-4 (44 seats) Date of polling: April 10 TN passes bill to provide 10.5% quota to Vanniyars DC CORRESPONDENT - April 6 said that it was being implemented on a temporary basis. The work on the caste-wise census would start in another six months to ascertain the backwardness of individual communities. Once the report was ready the government would change the representation for the various castes based on the findings, he said. The ‘statement of object and reasons’ for bringing in the bill said that it was done on the recommendation of the Tamil Nadu Backward Commission, which examined the demands by various communities, to promote equitable development among the MBCs. The reservation would be made available in educational institutions and in government jobs, the Chief Minister said, recalling history that gave 20 per cent quota for MBCs and 30 per cent for Backward Classes. Phase-5 (45 seats) Date of polling: April 17 Phase-6 (43 seats) Date of polling: April 22 Phase-7 (36 seats) Date of polling: April 26 Phase-8 (31 seats) Date of polling: April 29 RESULTS: MAY 2 CM announces gold loan waiver scheme DC CORRESPONDENT CHENNAI, FEB. 26 Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced in the state assembly on Friday that jewel loans taken by farm labourers and the other cooperative loans given to women Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the state will be waived. Mr Palaniswami referred to the pandemic and said both the sections, the women members of the SHGs and the farm workers, had suffered due to the lockdown and loss of livelihood.There are about 15 lakh women who have organised themselves into over a lakh SHGs in both rural and urban areas. Most of them are from below the poverty line. All the loans taken from cooperative banks and cooperative associations by the SHGs have been now written off. Seniors, 45 with comorbidities now can pick Covid vaccination site: Govt New Delhi, Feb. 26: :As India gears up to vaccinate peopleabove 60 years of age and those over 45 years with comorbidities against Covid-19 from March 1, the Union Health Ministry on Friday said the facility of on-site registrations will be available so that eligible beneficiaries can walk into identified vaccination centres, get themselves registered and get inoculated. The beneficiaries will be able to self-register in advance by downloading the Co-WIN 2.0 portal and through other IT applications such as Arogya Setu etc whichwill list the government and private hospitals serving as Covid-19 vaccination centres (CVCs) with the date and time of the available schedules. The beneficiary would The beneficiary would be able to choose the CVC of his/her choice and book an appointment for immunisation, the ministry said be able to choose the CVC of his/her choice and book an appointment for immunisation, the ministry said. Vaccination will be free of charge at the government vaccination centres. Those taking the Covid vaccine at any designated/empanelled private health facility will have to pay a pre-fixed charge, it said. The Centre shared this information with Health Secretaries and MDs (National Health Mission) of states and UTs during a high-level meeting. — PTI Covid-19 norms to be in force till March 31 New Delhi, Feb 26: The home ministry Friday said the existing COVID-19 guidelines will remain in force till March 31. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said while there has been a substantial decline in the active and new Covid19 cases, there is need to maintain surveillance, containment and caution so as to fully overcome the pandemic. The states and union territories have also been advised to speed up the vaccination of the target population so as to break the chain of transmission and overcome the pandemic. Accordingly, containment Azad, letter-writers head to Jammu in show of strength DC CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, FEB. 26 Just a fortnight after his retirement from the Rajya Sabha, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad headed to Jammu to address a series of public meetings. His outing is being seen as a show of strength to the party high command as several leaders who had written a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi demanding The change seekers in the party realise that their “constructive suggestions” are being ignored. Even after a marathon meeting with Ms Sonia Gandhi in the last week of December there has been no movement organisational changes are accompanying him. These include Kapil Sibal, Anand Sharma, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Vivek Tankha and Manish Tewari. Most of these leaders have been sidelined in the party and none of them is Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said on Friday that in view of the Covid-19 safety protocols, candidates can file their nominations online and voting will be allowed for an additional hour. Door-to-door campaigning will be restricted to five persons, including the candidate, while roadshows will be allowed with a maximum of five vehicles. In order to enable the voter to know the serial number of the electoral roll of his/her polling station, date of poll, time, etc, the EC has decided to issue a “voter information slip” in place of the "photo voter slip" which will include all such information but will not have the photograph of the voter. The voter information slip will be distributed at least five days before the date of poll to all enrolled electors by the district election officer. However, the slip will not be allowed to be used as a proof of identity for voters and people will have to carry other documents for identification. The CEC said webcasting will be done at polling stations in critical and vulnerable areas, while adequate deployment of Central armed police forces will be ensured. He added that all critical and vulnerable areas have been identified and advance teams have already been deployed across the four states and one Union territory. involved in preparing for Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Puducherry and Assam. Mr Azad, who is well versed with the working of the DMK, was not sent to negotiate seat sharing. Instead, Randeep Surjewala was. This has added to the angst of Mr Hooda who was hoping to get support from the party to topple the Khattar government. Mr Anand Sharma is also hurt as he was overlooked for the post of Leader of Opposition, which went to Mallikarjun Kharge. The change seekers in the party realise that their “constructive suggestions” are being ignored. Even after a marathon meeting with Ms Sonia Gandhi in the last week of December there has been no movement. The campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections is being led by Rahul Gandhi. If the results are in the Congress’ favour, it will be a major boost for the high command. Else the G23 will again ask for sweeping changes in the party and this time they may just find many more supporters. zones continue to be demarcated carefully; prescribed containment measures strictly followed within these zones; COVID-appropriate behaviour promoted and strictly enforced; and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) prescribed in respect of various permitted activities followed scrupulously, the home ministry said. Therefore, the focussed approach on surveillance, containment and strict observance of the guidelines and SOPs, as envisaged in the guidelines issued on January 27 need to be enforced strictly by states and union territories, it said. — PTI INDIA OUT OF RECESSION AS GDP GROWS 0.4% IN Q3 MADHUSUDAN SAHOO FC NEW DELHI, FEB.26 The road to recovery appears to be in sight for the Indian economy, with the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) reporting a growth of 40 basis points or 0.40 per cent in the October-December quarter. The size of the economy had shrunken in the AprilJune and July-September quarters, pulling down the country into a technician recession. However, the positive growth — though not very strong yet — has taken the Indian economy out of recession. A consistent growth in consumer demand, festive spends and a jump in government expenditure appear to have supported the Covid-battered economy to spring back into the positive territory. The expenditure trend, however, remains weak as government and private consumption expenditure continued to contr4ct in the third quarter. P4 CPI VETERAN D. PANDIAN PASSES AWAY DC CORRESPONDENT CHENNAI, FEB. 26 Veteran Communist leader D. Pandian, who represented North Chennai for two terms in the Lok Sabha besides serving the CPI as state secretary, passed away at the age of 89 at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai on Friday. Besides the Governor Banwarilal Purohit, political leaders, cutting across party lines and ideological divides, condoled his death, recalling his 65 year public service. Besides being a politician, Pandian was a writer, journalist, editor of Jan Shakti and has worked as lecturer and lawyer, the leaders said. His death was an irreparable loss to the people of the state and the CPI, said Mr Purohit in a condolence message. Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said Pandian had joined the Communist movement as a student. The multifaceted leader loved Tamil Nadu and Tamil language, DMK president M.K. Stalin said in his message. He said Pandian, born in Madurai’s Vellai Malaipattu village, went on to become a prominent Communist leader. Prez Biden orders airstrikes in Syria, retaliating against Iran-backed militias Washington, Feb. 26: The US military has struck Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria, killing at least 22 fighters according to a war monitor, in what the Pentagon said was a message from the new administration after recent rocket attacks targeting US troops in Iraq. In its first military action against Iran-linked groups since Joe Biden became president five weeks ago, the Pentagon said it had carried out air strikes Thursday at a Syria-Iraq border control point used by Iran-backed groups, destroying “multiple facilities”. “At President Biden’s direction”, the US raids targeted “infrastructure utilised by Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria”", spokesman John Kirby said. AFP P5

CITY pg 2 DECCAN CHRONICLE SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2021 CHENNAI SHORT TAKES HC transfers Thiruvarur land case to CB-CID Strike effect CMRL honours 2 staff for saving life of passenger DC CORRESPONDENT CHENNAI, FEB. 26 J. STALIN I DC The Chennai Metro Rail Limited has honoured two of its employees for saving the life of a passenger during a health emergency. The incident happened on a train moving through Nehru Park-Egmore metro station stretch last Wednesday. Train operator P.M. Rajeev and Egmore metro station controller J. Rajesh provided first aid to the ailing passenger and conveyed the information to the operation control centre by making sure of medical help at the approaching station. They also helped to rush the passenger to a nearby hospital from Egmore station. The duo swung into action after a co-passenger informed them through the passenger emergency intercom in the train. CMRL MD Pradeep Yadav applauded their selfless efforts by giving cash awards and certificates of appreciation. Finance director Sujatha Jayaram, projects director Rajeev Narayan Dwivedi and Systems and operations director Rajesh Chaturvedi were present. Puducherry reports 20 new Covid-19 cases Puducherry, Feb. 26: The Covid-19 tally in the union territory of Puducherry rose to 39,697 on Monday with the addition of 20 new cases, the Health Department said. No fatalities were reported and the toll remained at 667. A total of 1,648 samples were tested in the last 24 hours ending 10 AM, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 6.25 lakh, Health and Family Welfare Services Director S Mohan Kumar said in a release. There were 194 active cases after the recovery of 23 patients during the period. In all, 38,836 people have been cured of the virus in the union territory. Puducherry and Mahe each accounted for seven cases, while Yanam had four and Karaikal, two. — PTI CHENNAI, FEB. 26 Several passengers wait at a bus stop on the second day of bus strike in Chennai on Friday. — DC Chennai woman nabbed with gelatine sticks and detonators DC CORRESPONDENT CHENNAI, FEB. 26 A Railway Protection Force team took into custody a woman from the Mangaluru-bound Chennai Express in the early hours of Friday, after a bag containing 117 gelatine sticks and 350 detonators were found under her seat. The RPF attached to the Palakkad division made the seizure just before the train reached Kozhikode railway station. According to police, the Chennai woman after initially denying knowledge about the bag, later admitted she was going to Considering the seriousness of the allegations and the involvement of government officials, the Madras high court has transferred to CB-CID the investigation into a complaint that one Farooq Ahmed had colluded with government servants and misappropriated compensation of more than Rs 1 crore in a land acquisition case of a property in Thiruvarur district, in the absence of the owners of the property, who are settled in Malaysia and without their knowledge, by furnishing bogus docu- Two killed as car crashes into tree Thalassery and was carrying the explosives to be used during digging of wells. The police and the RPF, however, have decided to question and probe the case in detail. The woman is likely to be taken to Shornur for further investigation and questioning. 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Isha: 7.28 pm SUNSET TODAY 6.18 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.26 AM MOONRISE TODAY 6.28 PM MOONSET TOMORROW 7.13 AM Rear Admiral Sanjay Sharma takes charge of Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi New Delhi: Rear Admiral Sanjay Sharma took over as Admiral Superintendent, Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi Friday, the Navy said in a statement. Rear Admiral Sharma was