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No. JAIPUR CITy/001/2024-26 Whyquestion paper,whynot questionbank, askstaskforce chiefNilekani ‘QUESTION OF TRUST CONFRONTS WORLD AMID UNCERTAINTY’ India global growth partner, reform our conviction, not compulsion: PM Flags tech, supply chains, minerals, energy as new tools of pressure, dominance Aanchal Magazine New Delhi, October 13 POSITIOnIng IndIa as a “steady pillar” carrying everyone along in a world roiled by conflicts and uncertainty, Prime Minister narendra Modi saidTuesdaythatthecountry’s confidence is at an “unprecedented high” and reforms are being pursued with a clear pol- Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani at Bloomberg New Economy Forum. @infosys/X Dheeraj Mishra & Gayathri Mani New Delhi, October 13 HEadIng THE high-powered task force on examination reforms, constituted in the wake of the nEET-ug paper leak row, Infosys co-founder nandannilekanisaidTuesdaythat one of the solutions is to create a bank of question papers and generate the question paper at the last minute for that day. “Why do we need to have something called “a” question paper? Because the moment you have “a” question paper, then that creates an economic incentive for that to be sold or whatever. So the way to do that is to have a massive bank of question papers, and only at the last minute generate the question paper for that day. Then the question paper does not go away and there is no economic incentive for that,” nilekani said during an »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 RAS 2024 RESULTS Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi, Tuesday. Pti Business as Usual Nation watching Rahul trying to save infiltrators, his vote bank, says Shah By EP UNNY »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Be ready to mobilise, says LoP as Opp plans to ‘reclaim’ Jantar Mantar Vikas Pathak & Jatin Anand Asad Rehman & Manoj C G In fIrST remarks on the Opposition protests seeking the resignation of Chief Election CommissionergyaneshKumar andscrappingoftheSpecialIntensiverevision(SIr)ofelectoral rolls, union Home Minister amit Shah Tuesday accused Leader of Opposition and Congress MP rahul gandhi, who has been leading the protests, of shielding “infiltrators” for “vote bank politics”. “I want to tell rahul gandhi a day after petitioning the Supreme Court, the Opposition, seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the Special Intensive revisionofelectoralrolls,saidTuesday it would keep up its “resistance” in “the fight to restore democracy” irrespective of the role institutions play. 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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagamruled Tamil nadu, Congressgoverned Karnataka and BJP- led Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura have, in separate letters, told Prime Minister narendra Modi and the MinistryofHousingandurban affairs (MoHua) that a pause in funding will disrupt bank linkages and access to institutional credit. In their letters, the states have sought the release of funds under the scheme, with Tamilnadudemandingrs350 crore, Maharashtra rs 81 crore, Madhya Pradesh rs 101 crore »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 MoS Murugan resigns from Govt, Rajya Sabha, triggers reshuffle talk Liz Mathew, Jatin Anand & Arun Janardhanan I 36 in Top 50 Ranks 72 in Top 100 Ranks icy direction born out of “conviction” and not “compulsion”. Speaking at the Bloomberg new Economy forum 2026 in new delhi, Modi said, “We do not grow at anyone’s cost. We growwiththeworld,andforthe world.” He said India offers the “assuranceofreliabilityandstability”inaworldfilledwithuncertainty. The country’s growth, recorded at 7.8% in april-June, “rests on a strong foundation,” he said. His remarks came a day after the International Monetary fund (IMf) raised its gdP growth forecast for India to 7% for 2026-27, up from 6.4% in July, on the back of “strongerthan-expected momentum, supportedbyresilientdomestic demandandrobustservicesactivity”. Last week, the reserve Bank of India (rBI) also raised its projection for India’s gdP growth to 7.1%. EXPRESS special Jaipur New Delhi, Chennai, Oct 13 LMurugan,BJPMPandMinisterofStateforInformationand Broadcasting and Parliamentary affairs, resigned Tuesday from both the government and »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Union MoS L Murugan. mib.gov.in