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1 VIJAYAWADA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2021; PAGES 12 ` 1864 Published From VIJAYAWADADELHILUCKNOWBHOPALRAIPUR CHANDIGARHBHUBANESWAR RANCHIDEHRADUNHYDERABAD *LATE CITY VOL. 4 ISSUE 63*Air Surcharge Extra if us on:MONEY 8 PRESSURE UP ON POWER SECTOR PSUS TO SPLIT CMD POST ANALYSIS7 CHINA: A NEMESIS THATNATO WOULDN T WANTSPORTS11 INDIA THRASH JAPAN 6-0 INASIAN CHAMPIONS TROPHY}31 TICKETS OFPUSHPA SOLD PER SECOND Page 12 VVIIJJAAYYAAWWAADDAAWWEEAATTHHEERRU pdated DECEMBER 19, 2021 5:00 PM FFoorreeccaasstt::MOSTLY SUNNYTT eemmpp:: 330ocHHuummiiddiittyy:: 55%SSuunnrriissee:: 6:31 AMSS uunnsseett:: 5:39 PMAALLMMAANNAACC TTOODDAAYYM onth & Paksham:Margashirsha & Shukla PakshaTithi :Pratipada 12:36 Nakshatram : Ardra 19:46 Rahukalam :8:07 am - 9:29 amYamagandam :10:51 am - 12:13 pmVarjyam :NilGulika :1:36 pm - 2:58 pmAmritakalam :8:33 am - 10:21 amAbhijit Muhurtham : 11:51 am - 12.

2 35 pmSNV SUDHIRnVIJAYAWADACall it due to a slump in the mar-ket triggered by a Covid-inducedsituation or premium pricing, thegovernment s attempt to raise fundsby selling a land parcel at a primelocation on the beach road atVizag had fallen flat. The auction to sell acres ofland that was once allotted toUAE-based Lulu Group on theBeach Road through the NationalBuildings ConstructionCorporation (NBCC) has beenpostponed at least 10 times sinceApril. The new auction date is nowbetween January 19 and 21. Thelegal tangle associated with the auc-tion is also said to be one of the rea-sons for a timid response fromprospective situation is quite in contrastto the real estate market prevailingin the neighbouring Telanganawhere such open auctions hadfetched thousands of crores ofrupees to the State s exchequer fora year or so despite Covid estate sector insiders point-ed out that apart from the Covidpandemic uncertainty over Vizag asExecutive Capital especially in thewake of the government with-drawing three capitals laws has onlyturned into a last nail in the coffinto the real estate market in Vizagthat has been facing a severe slumpsince a few years.

3 The government envisaged mop-ping up a whopping Rs 1452 Crs ona single land parcel of reserve price that translatesinto roughly Rs Crs per acrehad led to astonishment by the real-tors as such premium rates don'texist in metros like Mumbai,Bengaluru, and with this land parcel,NBCC had also listed 17 othersmaller land parcels to be auc-tioned. The land parcel belongs toAPIIC. The sale proposal had alsoattracted bitter criticism fromOpposition parties that had allegedthe current government is sellingaway the most valuable publicresources instead of putting themto proper being built in SC coloniesto check conversions: TTD chiefPNS nONGOLET irumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD) Chairman YV Subba Reddyhas said that temples are being con-structed with the funds of TTD inthe colonies in the SC colonies ina bid to contain religious conver-sions.

4 The TTD Chairman laidfoundation stone for the construc-tion of a TTD Kalyana Mandapamat Chakirala village in Kanigirimandal in Prakasam district. TheKalyana Mandapam is being con-structed at a cost of Rs 2 crore bythe TTD. Y V Subbareddy said the TTDwould construct KalyanaMandapams in the backward areaslike Kanigiri, Giddaluru,Markapuram, and Darshi in thedistrict. Venkateswara SwamyTemple would also be maintainedalong with the TTD KalyanaMandapam. The TTD chairmansaid that The TTD is committed topreserving Hindu Dharma. Later, MLA Madhusudan Yadav,along with YV Subbareddy,unveiled the statues of ImamHussain YV and Chinna Polireddyat Kovilampadu village inChandrasekharapuram MLA Kadiri Babu Rao andother YSRCP leaders were has been campaigningHindu 'Dharma Pracharam' on alarge scale for two-and-a-half yearson the directions of Chief MinisterYS Jagan Mohan Reddy said that free dar-shan of Lord Venkateswara Swamyat hill shrine Tirumala is being pro-vided to the BCs, SCs, STs, and fish-ing community people.

5 The boardhas also decided to provide free dar-shan through Vaikunta darshanfor 10 days from January 1 Reddy said that throughthe 'Gudiko Gomata' programme,arrangements are being made toprovide a cow to every temple. Cows and calves are being pro-vided free of cost to the temples thatcome forward to look after the cowand calf. He said that so far 100 tem-ples have been provided with cowsand calves free of cost and plans areafoot to make the event a large scalein the coming days. {TS asks KRMB to correct errorabout KLIS in its GazettePNS nHYDERABADT elangana Engineer-in-ChiefMuralidhar has addressed a let-ter to the Krishna RiverManagement Board (KRMB)making it clear that it was wrong-ly mentioned in its GazetteNotification that the KalwakurthyLift Irrigation Scheme has twocomponents ( and ).}

6 The Telangana Governmenthad addressed a letter earlierstating that they should be shownas one. But the KRMB showed inits Gazette Notification that theKalwakurthy Lift IrrigationScheme s (KLIS) second compo-nent has increased from 25 TMCsto 40 Telangana Governmentmade it clear that this is then Andhra PradeshGovernment had increased theKalwakurthy Ayacut from acres to lakh acres, butit didn t increase water allocationsin tune with the increased ayacut."Great Betrayal":Trinamool on Congressbacking Meghalaya'sConrad SangmaPNS nSHILLONG The Meghalaya Congress's unprece-dented move to offer "issue-basedsupport" to the state's BJP-ConradSangma alliance has been called outby Trinamool Congress. "A greatbetrayal" was how the state's formerChief Minister Mukul Sangma -who recently joined Trinamool -termed the offer by the Congress,which is also the main oppositionparty Congress,weakened after 17 of its MLAs, ledby Mukul Sangma joined theTrinamool Congress, has admittedto its "identity in that opposition isalready very blurred and confusing".

7 Withdrawal of 3 Capitals law soundsdeath knell to Port City realty bizNo takers for Beach Road government property in VizagVKL GAYATRInVISAKHAPATNAMOver lakh students to attendfinal examinations in March, 2022 The State government has decid-ed to conduct the Class 10 finalexaminations with a seven-papermodule system instead of the age-old 11-paper system. Due to thespecial circumstances caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic, the Stategovernment had cancelled the Class10 Board examinations in the 2020-2021 academic year and declared allstudents pass. The governmenthad introduced the seven-papermodule system in 2021, but follow-ing the Supreme Court directions,the final examinations were can-celled. However, in the present sit-uation, the School EducationDepartment has made arrange-ments to conduct the final exami-nations in March, to the new examina-tion pattern, the final examinationswould be conducted for 100 marksfor each paper.

8 There will be onlyone paper for five subjects --Telugu, Hindi, English,Mathematics and Social will have two papers(Physics and Natural Science) with50 marks each. The government hasissued orders in this regard clarify-ing all doubts about the final exam-ination pattern. The exam durationis also increased to hours. Inthe first 15 minutes, the studentsmay read and understand the ques-tion paper. In the present academ -ic year (2021-22), over lakhstudents are going to attend thefinal , the government had pro-moted all the 6,37,354 students inthe 2021 batch without , after considering certaintechnical issues, they were givengrades based on their academicperformances in the earlier COVID-19 cases are showinga decline across the State, thedepartment has decided to conductthe examinations to end the aca-demic year.

9 Usually, in the finalexaminations, all the subjects exceptHindi have two papers, each onewith 50 marks. There would not beany change in the pass mark. Thestudents have to obtain 35 marks topass the exam, a senior official fromthe School Education , 7-paper module for AP Class 10 Board exams There will be only onepaper for five subjects-- Telugu, Hindi,English, Mathematicsand Social will have twopapers (Physics andNatural Science) with50 marks nGUNTURA Guntur boy Sheik Rashid hasbeen selected to play in theUnder-19 World Cup to be heldin West West Indies will host theUnder-19 World Cup in the firsthalf of next year. The BCCI onSunday announced the Indiansquad for this mega player Sheik Rashid hasbeen named to the Team IndiaUnder-19 squad. Significantly,Rashid has been appointed vice-captain.

10 Yash Dhul will be the cap-tain of the team. The tournamentwill start on January 14, 2022. The17-member squad was selected bythe BCCI Junior SelectionCommittee on boy inIndia's U-19 World Cup teamPNS nVIJAYAWADAAP State Film Television andTheatre Development Corporation(APSFTVTDC) has been appoint-ed as a nodal agency for the book-ing of cinema tickets in a single the-atre and multiplexes in AP the GO 142 issued by theHome Department, the govern-ment stated that the Telugu FilmChamber of Commerce had givenits acceptance for the introductionof the online ticket booking sys-tem in all cinema theatres of is nodalagency for onlinecinema ticket bookingStir threat by electricity staff PAGE3 PNS nVIJAYAWADAL iquor sales are going up inAndhra Pradesh as the State gov-ernment has revised liquor pricesto curb liquor smuggling fromother , the prices of somebrands are lower than those inTelangana after slashing taxes bythe AP government.