WARANGAL  SUNDAY  JANUARY 10, 2021  `8.00  PAGES 24  CITY EDITION INDONESIA PLANE WITH 62 ABOARD FEARED CRASHED Pontianak-bound domestic carrier loses contact four minutes after take off from Jakarta on Saturday around 1 pm (IST) SUSPECTED DEBRIS FOUND IN SEA, SEARCH ON PLUNGED 10,000 FEET IN ONE MINUTE Teams have been dispatched to search the waters north of Jakarta. However, rescuers said suspected debris had been found in the sea. According to Indonesian Transport Minister Budi Karya, the Boeing 737-500 run by budget airline Sriwijaya Air had 62, including 12 crew, people on board. No radio beacon signal has been detected, officials said ■ ■ Tracking service Flightradar24 said on its Twitter feed said that the flight “lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, about 4 minutes after departure from Jakarta” The 26-year-old plane was of the 737 Classic series, not to be confused with 737 MAX that was grounded over safety concerns 2018 A LION AIR BOEING 737 MAX FLIGHT HAD CRASHED IN INDONESIA, KILLING 189 CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ WARANGAL ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI VIKARABAD In an obvious reference to the BJP, the MAUD Minister asks elected leaders, irrespective of their political affiliations, to work together KTR urges parties to drop differences, work together Adulterated toddy kills one, lands 97 in hospital EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Hyderabad EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Hyderabad CONSUMING adulterated toddy has reportedly killed one person and landed 97 others in hospital across 12 villages in Vikarabad district as on Saturday after they suffered seizures. The district excise officials collected 12 toddy samples from the villages and sent these to the department’s lab in Hyderabad for testing. Most of the affected persons are from Yerravalli, Pendlimadugu, Kamareddyguda, Narayanpur, Kothagadi and Chittigidda villages of the district. The person who died was from Pendlimadugu. Panic gripped the villages as the residents, one after the other, started to have seizures from Friday evening. The numbers kept increasing on Saturday District officials ob. served that most of the persons, who were hospitalised, had the habit of drinking toddy. Following this, the excise officials raided the toddy shops in all the villages and a toddy depot at Chittigidda, from where the samples were collected for chemical analysis. Speaking to the media, Excise Department Assistant Commissioner Mohammad Qureshi said all those hospitalised are stable. According to doctors’ diagnosis, they are showing withdrawal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and dizziness for which they are being administered treatment. Later in the day, Maheshwaram MLA and Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy said officials are asking people to seek medical help if they are showing the said symptoms. CONTINUED ON P3 KTR WARNS BENEFICIARIES AGAINST SELLING 2BHKs KTR inaugurated 126 double-bedroom Dignity Houses built at a cost of `10.89 crore at Lambada thanda in Bagh Lingampally. He warned the beneficiaries that the State government will cancel their pattas if they rent out or sell their houses 10 BABIES DIE IN FIRE AT MAHA HOSPITAL EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Mumbai A fire broke out at the Sick Newborn Care Unit of the Bhandara district general hospital, leaving ten infants dead on Saturday early morning. The fire brigade rescued seven children from the blaze suspected to have been sparked by an electrical short circuit. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered a high-level six-member committee to probe into the mishap, besides announcing an ex gratia of `5 lakh each to the parents of the deceased children. Pointing towards the negligence of the hospital authorities, the disconsolate parents alleged that no staff was present when the fire broke out around midnight. A reply to a query under RTI Act in 2018 had revealed that the hospital was ill-equipped to deal with fire accidents, and had pointed towards a lack of safety equipment on the premises. Further, no fire audit has been done at the hospital since 2018. Soon after the mishap, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar ordered fire audits at all government hospitals across the state. Condoling with the parents, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “Heartw r e n c h i n g t r a g e dy i n Bhandara, Maharashtra, where we have lost precious young lives. My thoughts are with all the bereaved families. I hope the injured recover as early as possible”. The health minister said of the ten children, seven had died due to suffocation, while three were burnt. P8 MAUD Minister KT Rama Rao, along with MoS for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy, at the inauguration of the multipurpose sports complex at Adikmet in Hyderabad on Saturday TONING down his criticism of opposition parties, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) Minister KT Rama Rao on Saturday, in an obvious reference to the BJP , asked them to set aside their political and ideolo gical differences. Instead, they should strive for the welfare of the people and the development of Telangana, he said in the presence of MoS for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy while attending a series of events in Hyderabad. The Minister said it is alright @ New Delhi T H E v a c c i n at i o n d r ive against Covid-19 will begin on January 16, the Centre on Saturday announced after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the preparedness for the exercise. “After the detailed review, it was decided that in view of the forthcoming festivals, including Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Magh Bihu etc., the Covid-19 vaccination will start from January 16,” said the Union Ministry of Health in a statement. The Drug Controller General of India had granted restricted emergency use or accelerated approval for two vaccines — Covidshield and Covaxin — which, according to him, had established safety and immunogenicity An esti. mated three crore healthcare and frontline workers would be the first to get the jab, followed by the above 50-year age, and the under-50 age groups with co-morbidities. The second group numbers around 27 crore. CONTINUED ON P7 DRIVE ACROSS 139 LOCATIONS IN TS The Telangana govt is all set to vaccinate its frontline warriors starting January 16. It will administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, Covishield — the first jab of which will be administered to Health Minister Eatala Rajender On Day 1, the vaccination drive will be held across 139 locations in Telangana, including teaching hospitals, private hospitals, UPHCs, CHCs and PHCs Nearly 100 beneficiaries at every location, i.e. a total of 13,900 healthcare workers, will be vaccinated  Vaccination drive will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays  2.8-3 lakh healthcare BISMAH MALIK @ Bengaluru WITH WhatsApp’s new privacy policy receiving flak from all over, rival platforms Signal and Telegram have reported a sudden spike in downloads. The quit WhatsApp campaign got momentum after the richest person in the world, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, tweeted that everybody switch to Signal. In the frenzy that followed, Signal’s registration systems reportedly crashed as it could not handle the surge of new users coming on board. New privacy policy The new privacy policy, which will kick in from February 8, requires users to agree to let owner Facebook and its subsidiaries collect sensitive data. According to data sourced from market intelligence firm Downloads jump 55% in India According to data sourced from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, downloads for Signal and Telegram in India jumped 55% and 14%, respectively, on a week-onweek basis, in the first week of January. In contrast, the growth for WhatsApp has remained flat between December 26 and January 6. However, WhatsApp still remains the leader with 430 million users in India against Telegram’s 45 million and Signal’s 1-2 million users Sensor Tower, downloads for Signal and Telegram in India jumped 55% and 14%, respectively on a , week-on-week basis, in the first week of January. In contrast, the growth for WhatsApp has remained flat between Decem- workers to be vaccinated in first phase  Second dose will be administered 4 weeks later, on the 28th day  Entire process will be over in the next 2-3 weeks Two-three centres in every district will conduct the drive. In the GHMC area as well, centres will be selected where the vaccination drive will commence Eatala Rajender, TS Health Minister ber 26 and January 6. However, WhatsApp still remains the leader with 430 million users in India against Telegram’s 45 million and Signal’s 1-2 million users, according to Counterpoint research. The Facebook-owned app recorded 2.4 million downloads in India, while Telegram had 1.6 million and Signal 17,000 between January1 and 6. Latest updates On Saturday WhatsApp , clarified its latest update does not change its datasharing practices with Facebook. WhatsApp head Will Cathcart issued a series of tweets to claim the company’s updated policy is transparent. He added the new policy doesn’t include sharing private chats with Facebook. EXPRESS READ Sailors stuck in China to return on January 14 New Delhi: Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday announced that the 23 Indian sailors stuck onboard MV Jag Anand in China will return to India on January 14. The Minister also announced that the vessel is set towards Chiba in Japan. The sailors are scheduled to reach Chiba on January 14 and will fly back after following Covid protocol WITH THIS ISSUE FOR THE GREATER GOOD (L-R) MEIL director Sudha Reddy, company chairman PP Reddy and Health Minister Eatala Rajender inspect the newly developed block of the Medical Oncology Department at NIMS in Hyderabad on Saturday. MEIL renovated the block as part of CSR | P3 INDIA’S BREAD REVOLUTION PLUS 12 PAGES INDIA-AUSTRALIA SERIES Bumrah, Siraj ‘racially abused’; team lodges complaint V E N K ATA K R I S H N A B @ Chennai RACIAL abuse reared its ugly head on Saturday when India team management lodged an official complaint against abuses, allegedly racial, hurled at two of its players during the third Test against Australia in Sydney The matter was taken . up with International Cricket Council match referee David Boon and security officials at the Sydney Cricket Ground. According to team sources, it involved pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj who and their market value ranges from `40 lakh to `50 lakh. It has also allocated a whopping `18,000 crore for the construction of 2.72 lakh 2BHKs in the State, including one lakh houses in the Greater Hyderabad limits at an estimated cost of `9,714 crore, he said. Telangana is the only State in the country which has taken , up such a massive housing project for the poor and weaker sections of the society, KTR said. He appealed to the beneficiaries to keep their surroundings clean in order to keep diseases at bay . CONTINUED ON P4 Signal, Telegram race to replace WhatsApp as texting platform Vaccination starts on Jan 16, 3-cr frontliners to get jab EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE for parties and their candidates to compete with each other during elections to emerge victorious, but after that the elected leaders, irrespective of their political affiliations, should work together and extend their cooperation for the welfare of the poor. KTR inaugurated 126 doublebedroom Dignity Houses built at a cost of `10.89 crore at Lambada thanda in Bagh Lingampally. He warned the beneficiaries that the State government will cancel their pattas if they rent out or sell their houses. The government has spent nearly `8.65 lakh on each house Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj were allegedly subjected to racial abuse during the Sydney Test | AFP pointed out they were “racially abused” by a section of the crowd. It is learnt that some spectators started hurling abusive words at Bumrah and Siraj while they were fielding in the boundary. As the day progressed cuss words apparently turned racial. It is learnt that Siraj was allegdely subject to even monkey word, which led the pacer to inform stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane. The matter was brought to the notice of the on-field umpires Paul Reifel and Paul Wilson and Boon. According to a member of the Indian team, Boon and the SCG security officials have already spoken to the players and are set to review the video footage to identify the fans. No Brisbane, BCCI requests CA It is learnt that the BCCI has requested Cricket Australia to shift the fourth and final Test from Brisbane. The BCCI apparently cited the UK variant of the coronavirus as the reason for not travelling to Brisbane and requested Sydney be the venue. Trump all set to be impeached EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE OUTGOING US President Donald Trump, accused of inciting his supporters to mount a violent insurrection on Capitol Hill — in which five people died — is all set to become the only US President to be impeached twice, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying she would move forward with impeachment if Trump did not resign immediately . “If he does not, I have instructed the Rules Committee to be prepared to move forward with Congressman Jamie Raskin’s 25th Amendment legislation and a motion for impeachment,” Pelosi said. According to reports, nearly 160 House of Representatives Democrats have signed on the bill, which congressmen Ted Lieu of California and David Cicilline of Rhode Island began drafting while they were sheltering in a place during Wednesday’s chaos at the Capitol. If the process goes ahead, it would be the second time the House has pursued impeachment against Trump. In December 2019, the lower chamber impeached him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. But the Senate acquitted him on both the charges in February 2020. No US president has ever been impeached twice. P9 TWITTER KICKS OUT DON PERMANENTLY US President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter due to the “risk of further incitement of violence”, the social media giant announced. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has said Trump should resignl. “I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage,” Murkowski said. In an interview to a newspaper, Murkowski also threatened to leave the Republican party if it doesn’t cut ties with Trump