DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025, AHMEDABAD,LATE CITY, 18 PAGES BY UNNY Lottery King Martin set up 350 shell firms only to hold properties: ED RITU SARIN NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 11 AFTER ALMOST a decade since it registered its first case in Kochi against lottery king Santiago Martin and his companies, the Enforcement Directorate has assessed that the group has incorporated more than 350 entities or “shell” companies where little or no business activities are being conducted, The Indian Express has learnt. Top ED officials said that of the 350 entities incorporated by Martin and his family members, there were 15 partnership firms, 200 companies and 110 limited PM:DawnofAIage,needaglobal frameworkfortrust,transparency Modi says need open-source systems, data sets free from biases, resource pools PM’s message: Open source, sustainability, job optimism SHUBHAJIT ROY SOUMYARENDRA BARIK SAYING THAT the world is at the “dawn of the AI (Artificial Intelligence) age”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for collective efforts to establish a global framework for AI that upholds shared values, addresses risks, builds trust and ensures access to all, especially the Global South. Co-chairing the AI Action Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, WHILE HE called for global collaboration to harness Artificial ● Intelligence (AI) for economic growth, social transformation and sustainable development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday emphasised the need to build quality data sets that are “free from biases” and embrace opensource models. He also carried a NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 11 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 OVER 3K GOVT STAFF CHALLANED IN 3 HRS EX-DEPUTY MAYOR GETS SIX-MONTH JAIL IN 2014 CASE NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 11 E PM Narendra Modi with French President Emmanuel Macron and US Vice President J D Vance in Paris on Monday. ANI CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Captain among two Army personnel killed in IED blast along LoC ARUN SHARMA JAMMU, FEBRUARY 11 TWO ARMY personnel, includingaCaptain,werekilledandanotherinjuredinanIEDexplosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district Tuesday. TheArmypersonnelwereon patrolling duty along the barbed wire that marks the LoC when they were hit by a powerful explosion around 3.50 pm, sources said, adding that the IED appeared to have been planted by militantsfromacross theborder. Whiletwoof theinjuredpersonnellaterdiedof theirinjuries, 75 a third soldier was admitted to hospitalwherehisconditionwas stated to be stable. Confirming the deaths, the Army identified the two dead as Captain Karanjit Singh Bakshi and Naik Mukesh. In a post on X, Udhampurbased Northern Command said: “Lt Gen M V Suchindra Kumar and all ranks of Dhruva Command solemnly salute the supreme sacrifice of bravehearts Capt Karamjit Singh Bakshi and Naik Mukesh in a suspected IED blast in Akhnoor. Dhruva Command stands firm with the bereaved family in this hour of grief.” Nagrota-basedWhite Knight CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 AN EXPRESS SERIES YEARS ON RESHAPING THE REPUBLIC 1951 SANKARIPRASAD SINGHDEOVUNION OFINDIAANDSTATE OFBIHAR In a new nation, when abolition of zamindari system was challenged in Supreme Court PAGE 13 SC to poll panel: Don’t erase EVM data while it’s being verified ANANTHAKRISHNAN G NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 11 THE SUPREME Court Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure that polling data is not deleted from the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) while these are being verified. The bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta said this while seeking the ECI’s response to a plea by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) which alleged that the ECI’s procedure for verification of EVMs was not in accordance with the April 2024 order of the Supreme Court. In its April 26, 2024 order, the top court allowed candidates at No. 2 and No. 3 positions the optiontogettheburntmemory/microcontroller of 5 per cent of EVMs per Assembly segment “checked and verified by a team ofengineersfromEVMmanufacturerspostthe announcementof Delhi draws up a list of Trump pauses US law CASE BY LANDMARK CASE US-based gangsters, may against bribery, could share with Washington provide relief to Adanis Gukesh calm even at the crunch: Heart monitors watch grandmasters fight MAHENDER SINGH GEORGE MATHEW MANRAL NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 11 GUJARAT PAGES 3, 4 INDIA TO HOST NEXT AI SUMMIT LATER THIS YEAR EXPLAINED BUSINESS AS USUAL `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 FOLLOWING A directive from the Ministry of Home Affairs, India’s top security agencies have collated a list of 12 gangsters based in the US, The Indian Express has learnt. Sources said the list could be shared with relevant authorities in Washington on the sidelines of Prime Anmol Bishnoi is one of the 12 gangsters on the list MinisterNarendraModi’svisitto the US this week — his first since Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office. The list includes notorious CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Trump signed the executive order on FCPA MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 11 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the US Justice Department to halt prosecuting Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials to win overseas business. While the order is meant to provide relief to US citizens, it will likely come as a breather for AMIT KAMATH Gukesh had heart rate of 78 while World No 2 was 124 MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 11 key executives of the Adani Group currently facing bribery charges in a US court. Sources in the know said the executive order would provide CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE TENSION of the end game takes a grip as World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju has under a minuteleftonhisclockinthecrucialfirstgameof hisquarter-final against the World No 2, USA’s Fabiano Caruana, on Sunday. Despite the pressure exerted by Caruana in their Freestyle Chess battle at Weissenhaus, Germany, Gukesh’s heart is trotting at 78 beats per minute CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 (BPM). Caruana has 35 seconds more on his clock than Gukesh. Despitethepositionbeingequal, Caruanaisontheedge,hisheartbeat a gallop at 124 BPM. With the Weissenhaus leg of the Freestyle Grand Slam Chess Tour fitting chess players with heart rate monitors during games, the physiological responses of elite grandmasters to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 A bright future needs better options. Building wealth with Mutual Funds is SIPlified. 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