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27 Andhra Pradesh bans online

games; strict action against

violators

on 04th Sept 2020,Friday
VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Thursday decided to ban all online games and betting and also extended the ban on Moists by another
year.
The government would amend the AP Gaming Act, 1974 prohibiting playing and organising of all online games in the state. The government also said
that those who were found playing online games would be imprisoned for a minimum period of six months while those organising it will be imprisoned
for one year. If they were caught for the second time, the imprisonment would be for a period of two years. The decision was taken to prevent the
spread of online gaming activity in the state leading to betting on a massive scale.
The cabinet also decided to extend the ban on Maoists and other Naxalite groups in the state. The ban would be extended to the Radical Youth League,
Rythu Coolie Sangham, Grameena Pedala Sangham, Radical Students Union, Singareni Karmika Samakhya, Viplava Karmika Samakhya and All India
Revolutionary Students Federation.

28 Andhra Pradesh reports 10,000-

plus fresh Covid-19 cases, 75

deaths

on 04th Sept 2020,Friday
AMARAVATI: As many as 62,225 samples tested resulted in 10,199 coronavirus positive cases in Andhra Pradesh as the aggregate tally shot up to
4,65,730 on Thursday.
The latest government bulletin said 9,499 Covid-19 patients got cured and were discharged from hospitals while another 75 died in the 24 hours
ending 9am.

29 Pandemic pushing pvt. schools,

colleges towards closure in

Srikakulam

on 04th Sept 2020,Friday
Reeling under sever nancial crisis caused by the corona virus pandemic, many private schools and junior colleges in Srikakulam district are staring at
closure.The managements of many educational institutions have reportedly dropped hints to the lecturers, teachers and the non-teaching staff that
they would not be able to pay salaries.
Fees pending
The managements say that many parents are yet to pay the fees that were supposed to be cleared in March and April. “As a practice, the institutions
are paid the last installments of their annual fees just before the nal examinations. However, the examinations could not be conducted this year as the
nationwide lockdown was imposed in the third week of March and the fees are yet to be paid,” says a proprietor of a private school requesting
anonymity.
Forget about staff salary, many institutions could not clear the building rent, electricity bills and the statutory payments to the respective universities
and other government organisations, he explains..
“Many families received Rs.15,000 from the government towards Amma Vodi benets in January. However, a majority of them chose not to pay the
fees. The government also stopped the fee reimbursement scheme for intermediate colleges after the introduction of the Amma Vodi scheme and this
affected the colleges directly,” says director of a private college.
Impact on enrolment
Further, the private schools are also not hopeful about good enrolment in the next academic year.
“With the government schools being modernised under the Nadu-Nedu scheme, many parents may not sent kids to private schools. It will have a direct
impact on the admissions. So, situation is very grim and we are staring at an uncertain future. More than 50 schools and colleges in Srikakulam district
are staring at closure,” says correspondent of a private high school.
Samaritans offer help
Meanwhile, several organisations and Samaritans have come forward to help the teaching and non-teaching staff who have been struggling to make
their ends meet. The Tech Mahindra-Bollineni Medskills is distributing ration to 350 teachers and non-teaching staff of educational institutions.
The alumni of Palasa-Kasibugga Zilla Prarishad High School led by Chapara Venugopal, A. Harishkumar Srikanth and Nabili Srinivasa Rao
distributed Rs.1,000 each to 300 private school teachers, other employees and school bus drivers in the district.

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