DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2024, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 22 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 Modi Sarkar ki Guarantee Government of India Scan for more information 1.6 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs providing healthcare facilities close to home Hamara Sankalp Viksit Bharat Manipur: Day after 4 go missing, father, son among 3 found killed HPV IMMUNISATION PROJECT Zero tolerance DAY 2 OF VIBRANT GUJARAT GLOBAL SUMMIT Govtsettoroll outvaccine drivetofight cervicalcancer SUKRITA BARUAH GUWAHATI, JANUARY 11 THE BODIES of three people — including a father and son — were recovered in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Thursday, a day after four people from the Meitei community went missing from their village in the area. A fourth person, Dara Singh (55), was still missing as of Thursday evening and security forces and police were conducting search operations to locate him. The bodies of the three deceased—IbomchaSingh(51),his son Anand Singh (20), and their neighbour Romen Singh (38) — havebeenshiftedtotheRegional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal. Apolicestatementsaidsecurity forces were making efforts to search for the person still missing and to flush out armed miscreants from the area. All four men were residents CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a seminar in Gandhinagar on Thursday. GIFT City non-executive chairman Hasmukh Adhia (second from right) also attended the event. ANI ANONNA DUTT GIFT City to host 10 lakh people, work on to attract ship, aircraft leasing businesses: Adhia IN A significant step that can reduce the incidence of cervical cancer — the second most common cancer in women in India — the government is set to roll out a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign for girls in the 9-14 years age group. The immunisation drive, planned in three phases over three years, is likely to start from the second quarter of this year, The Indian Express has learnt. According to sources, the campaign will begin once the government has a stock of 6.5-7 crore doses of the vaccine needed for the first phase. Besides cervical cancer, the RITU SHARMA & PARIMAL DABHI GANDHINAGAR, JANUARY 11 WHEN COMPLETE, the Gujarat International Finance-Tec (GIFT) City will provide living and working spaces for around 10 lakh people, even as changes in the regulatory framework are being worked out to attract ship and aircraft leasing businesses from countries like Ireland, said GIFT City non-executive chairman Hasmukh Adhia at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) on Thursday. The announcement came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, met 26 global CEOs attheGIFTCityduringtheGlobal FinTec Leadership Forum to get suggestionsonmakingGIFTCity aworldclasscity andIndia ahub of fintech. Among the global CEOs who attendedtheforumwereMukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries, Sanjay Mehrotra of Micron Technology, Lakshmi Mittal of ArcelorMittal, Uday Kotak of Kotak Mahindra Bank and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. Speakingatasessionon'GIFT City: An aspiration of Modern India' at the VGGS on Thursday, Sitharaman said, "GIFT City should be the place for finance and technology related entre- preneurs. We aim to build here a diverse fintech laboratory for the world that addresses several needs. India fintech firms wanting to go global should be here. Foreignfintechfirms,wantingto come to GIFT IFSC (International Financial Services Centre) naturally have to be here and Indian fintech firms aiming to grow their business or wanting to work on regulatory sandbox, through which they can have a SOUMYARENDRA BARIK RBI collected list of loan apps from its regulated entities: Das NEW DELHI, JANUARY 11 HEARING BEGINS IN GENOCIDE CASE AGAINST ISRAEL AT THE HAGUE RUSSIAN MISSILES HIT KHARKIV AS UKRAINE FOCUSES ON DEFENCE PAGE 19 RESERVE BANK of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the central bank has shared a whitelist of lending apps with the Centre. The Union IT Ministry is expected to soon take action against illegal loan apps that are not on the list, The Indian Express has learnt. In a two-part investigation published on November 20-21, The Indian Express had reported howdubiousloanappsadvertise onInstagramandFacebook,and, The Indian Express report on November 20, 2023 despitewhateverfilterstheplatforms claim to use, many such apps, including those redflagged by the government, continuetooffertheirservices.Ithad also reported that the RBI initially did not have a whitelist of registered loan apps, or even a negative list which is updated. Speaking at the Mint BFSI Summit and Awards on Thursday, Das said the RBI had collected a list of loan apps from its regulated entities — banks and NBFCs — and given it to the Ministry of Electronics and IT. “But, the problem is with illegal lending apps. We have already shared a list with the government. Whenever we come across any further problem, we give it to the government and there is active engagement between the RBI and concerned ministries of the government and law enforcement agencies. Coordination meetings are held CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 After complaints, Tamil film pulled from Assam: 3-child cap for new Netflix; FIR against OTT platform, actor rural scheme beneficiaries EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, BHOPAL, JANUARY 11 TAMIL FILM Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food has been removed from Netflix amid complaints that it hurt religious sentiments. Ever since it started streaming on Netflix on December 29, the film has faced protests and police complaints, with claims that it contained “controversial” remarks about Lord Ram and “promoted love jihad”. The film is about a woman named Annapoorani, portrayed byNayanthara,whocomesfrom a conservative family and aims to become India’s top chef. Her friend, Farhan (portrayed by Jai), helps her navigate the challenges she faces, including cooking and eating meat. Police in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur registered an FIR against Nayanthara and others involved with the film based on a complaint by a group called Hindu Sewa Parishad. A complaint was also filed against the filminMumbai,buttheMumbai Police said no FIR had been registered yet. Following the backlash, the film’s co-producers, Zee Studios, issued an apology on Tuesday and assured that controversial scenes would be removed from the film and that an edited CONTINUEDONPAGE2 For SC, ST women, limit is 4 children SUKRITA BARUAH GUWAHATI, JANUARY 11 A NEW financial support scheme for rural women entrepreneurs by the Assam government comes with a few conditions — including a cap on the number of children they have. While women from general and OBC categories cannot have All state govt schemes will be tied to such norms: CM more than three children if they wish to avail of the scheme, the limit is four children for women CONTINUEDONPAGE2 At 79 years of age, doctor goes back to classroom, enrols for PhD at IIT Kanpur PAGE 1 ANCHOR ANONNA DUTT NEW DELHI, JANUARY 11 DRSAROJChooramaniGopalisa woman of many firsts. The first womanpost-graduatestudentof general surgery in her Agra college;thefirstIndianwomanwith a superspeciality in paediatric surgery; the first woman Vice- General Manoj Pande in New Delhi, Thursday. Renuka Puri Dr Saroj Chooramani Gopal (right) with her PhD supervisor, Prof Ashok Kumar. Chancellor of Lucknow's King George’s Medical University. At 79, she isn’t done yet. Dr Gopal is now back in the classroom,havingenrolledforaPhDat IIT-Kanpur on January 10. Her research, which she will now pursue at IIT-Kanpur’s Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Department, will focus on how stem cells from a person’s bone marrow or abdominal lining can help in the regeneration of damaged spinal nerves, helping patientswithspinalinjuriesorverte- NEW DELHI, JANUARY 11 E One-fifth of global ● burden INDIA ACCOUNTS for about a fifth of the world's cervical cancer cases. With about 1.25 lakh new cases and 75,000 deaths each year, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in India, after breast cancer. About 83 per cent of invasive cervical cancer cases are attributed to HPV 16 or 18 in India. vaccine also offers protection against the HPV strains that CONTINUEDONPAGE2 braldamagegetbackontheirfeet. During her long and illustrious career, Dr Gopal has developed new techniques in paediatric surgery and devised low-cost innovations to make treatments accessible to the poor—amongthem,anewstent for hydrocephalus (buildup of fluid in the brain) and a humidifier for babies. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri as well as the country’shighestrecognitionfor physicians,theDrBCRoyAward. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 7.NDMC( 8.TIRUPATI( 17) 10) REPORT, PAGE 6 2) CONTINUEDONPAGE2 1) 9.GREATER HYDERABAD( 10.PUNE( IN HIS first public comments on the deaths of three civilians who were allegedly tortured in custody,inPoonchdistrictof Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Thursday said there would be “zero tolerance” for human rights violations. “My guidance to soldiers is unambiguous in respect for humanrightsandzerotolerancefor anyactiononthataccount.There are laid-down guidelines on what to do and what not to do in thoseareas,andforsoldierstobe abletoactinaprofessionalmanner in what they are doing,” he said in his annual address to the media ahead of Army Day on January 15. 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