eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE The world is not Enough AHMEDABAD,LATECITY MARCH2,2025 In this sci-fi edition, we look at the inner lives we reveal only in the most outlandish situations 16+4PAGES,`6.00 DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA THE WORLD NO PROGRESS ON TRUCE PHASE 2, SAYS HAMAS TURKEY’S KURDISH MILITANTS END 40-YR INSURGENCY 8 KEY TAKEAWAYS: FROM NEW WASHINGTON TO NEW DELHI Meltdown at Oval Office deepens US-Ukraine chill, signals to leaders challenges in dealing with Trump BadbloodfrompasttriggeredTrump andVance,Zelenskyymiscalculations backfired;Europeanshavetowork hardertogetpeaceprocessbackonrail PAGE 14 SHUBHAJIT ROY EXPRESS NETWORK VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY’S extraordinary Oval Office showdown with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J D Vance was every world leader’sworstnightmare come true in their dealings with the new Trump administration. The Ukraine President’s attempt to improve ties with US ended in a spectacular failure — TELANGANA: WHY LAST STRETCH OF TUNNEL HAS TAKEN THE MOST TIME 2 MAOISTS KILLED IN BASTAR GUNFIGHT PAGE 12 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 broadcast live in full public glare —withTrumpcuttingshorttheir meeting and telling him to return “when he is ready for peace.” Trump called the shouting match “great television,”butthatlightnessdidlittletocoverthe heavy chill that descended after the burst of confrontation that began at the 40th minuteofa50-minuteexchange, when Vance stepped in. Hereareeightkeytakeaways Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J D Vance during a meeting at the White House on Friday. NYT RELATEDREPORTS,PAGE14 from the most unprecedented spectacle in the White House. First,Trumpwillnotconform with any of the global norms associated with a world leader whose statements in public are measured, calibrated and expressed after their teams have done the spadework. His speeches, comments, remarks, social media posts – all run counter to these norms. For him, theanimusondisplayalsodraws from history. Like the conversation on July 25,2019.Then,thenewlyelected Zelenskyy — who, like Trump, was a pop culture figure before entering politics — told the US president that he was, in a sense, a model to which the Ukrainian aspired.“Wewantedtodrainthe swamp here in our country,” Zelenskyy said. “We brought in many, many new people. … You are a great teacher for us...” A few minutes later, while talking about support for CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Ensure people move freely on Manipur roads from March 8, Shah tells forces Recoveryof weapons,fencingentrypoints fromMyanmardiscussedatreviewmeet DEEPTIMAN TIWARY NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 DIRECTING SECURITY forces to ensurefreemovementof people on all roads in Manipur from March 8, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Saturday that “strict action should be taken against anyone attempting to create obstructions”. Reviewingthesecuritysituation in Manipur a fortnight after theimpositionof President’srule in the state, Shah told the securityestablishmenttofocusonthe recoveryof weaponslootedfrom policearmouries,and tokeepthe levels of violence under check – Manipur has been roiled by ethnic violence since May 2023. He directed that the fencing work on both sides of the designated entry points along Manipur’sborderwithMyanmar should be completed at the earliest.Tomakethestatedrug-free, he said the entire network involved in the drug trade should NOW, AI EXPRESS FLIGHTS FROM HINDON Governor Ajay Bhalla after a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah at North Block. Praveen Khanna be dismantled. The review meeting at North BlockinNewDelhiwasattended by Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, state Security AdvisorKuldiepSingh,DGPRajiv Singh, Intelligence Bureau chief CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ECONOMY TUHIN KANTA PANDEY ASSUMES CHARGE AS SEBI CHAIRMAN PAGE 8 Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu flags off the first Air India Express flight from Ghaziabad’s Hindon Airport, which also has an IAF airbase, on Saturday. The Boeing 737 aircraft, which had arrived from Kolkata, departed for Goa. The airline will operate 40 weekly flights from Hindon to key cities, including Kolkata and Bengaluru. X/@IAF_MCC In search for 4 men missing in Uttarakhand avalanche, 3 metal containers hold the key AISWARYA RAJ DEHRADUN, MARCH 1 AS THE Army races against time to trace four workers still missing after Friday’s avalanche at Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, finding three containers where the men were staying is the most crucial step, rescuers say. Five containers have been traced, but three areyettobefoundduetothesixfeet-deep snow. Almost 60 men working on a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) project were trapped in the avalanche. As of Saturday evening, 51 had been rescued, four had succumbed, and four were missing. To locate the three containers, Army sniffer dogs have been deployed, and three teams are conducting intensive patrolling, officials say. A Ground Penetrating Radar has been ordered from Delhi to detect containers buried under the snow. The containers — steel boxes where the workers stayed put CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Those injured in the avalanche in Chamoli district being evacuated to Joshimath for treatment, Saturday. PTI FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT TO ADDRESS HOUSE TOMORROW On Budget eve, J&K L-G says: No file stuck, no interference Can’t speak about timeline, but statehood will happen, says L-G Manoj Sinha NAVEED IQBAL SRINAGAR, MARCH 1 WITH THE BUDGET session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly set to commence Monday, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in an interview to The Indian Express said he had no difficulty working with the elected government, and that not even a single file is stuck in Raj Bhawan. “I met the Chief Minister (Omar Abdullah) just today. We discussed various issues relating to the forthcoming Budget sessionof theLegislativeAssembly,” L-G Sinha said. The session will start with the L-G’s address on Monday, and the CM, who also holds the finance portfolio, is scheduled to present the Budget for the next financial year 202526 on March 7. Sinha, who took oath as the L-G of J&K in August 2020, exactly a year after the abrogation of Article 370, said the J&K Reorganisation Act clearly definedtherolesof theelectedgovernment and the L-G administration. “I deal with law and order, while they have governance. Mujhe sarkar ke saath Shutdown in Ajmer, right-wing groups demand CBI probe in Beawar case PARUL KULSHRESTHA JAIPUR, MARCH 1 AJMER OBSERVED a complete shutdown on Saturday as protests erupted, demanding strict action against the accused in the alleged Beawar rape and blackmail case. Various rightwing organisations demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter. A massive ‘Aakrosh protest’ rally was organised in the city, culminating at the collector’s office around 11:30 AM. Members of several organisations scaled barricades CONTINUEDONPAGE2 No difficulty working with the elected govt: L-G Sinha kaam karne mein koi asuvidha ya pareshani nahi hai (I do not have any difficulty in working with the government… There is no clash,” he said. RespondingtoChief Minister Omar Abdullah’s observation in The Indian Express’s Idea Exchange platform that Union Territories with Assemblies are “flawed models” since they “tie the hands of the government by empowering the Lieutenant Governor”, L-G Sinha said he did not interfere in any line department. “Also, this is not the only UT with an Assembly. Pondicherry is also a UT. This is not new, this model has existed for a while. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 GUJARAT ‘BULLET TRAIN WILL CONVERT CITIES ON ROUTE INTO ONE BIG ECONOMIC ZONE ON LINES OF JAPAN’ P3 PAATIL VISITS SITE OF SURAT FIRE P4 EXPRESS NETWORK KERALA STUDENT INJURED IN PARTY CLASH DIES, 5 MINORS BOOKED P12 46 days on ventilator, 8 months in hospital, now mother of a baby boy PAGE 1 ANCHOR ANURADHA MASCARENHAS PUNE, MARCH 1 LAST MAY, 25-year-old Roshni Kumar’s world turned upside down when a minor accident left her in a critical condition. Married just six months before and four months pregnant then, the accident led to bleeding in her brain, necessitating an urgent three-hour surgery and an eight-month-long hospital stay. Nowbackhomeandcradling her five-month-old baby boy, Roshni Kumar is still labouring from the after-effects of her accident — partial paralysis on the left side of her body that has forced her to use a wheelchair and caused her speech to slur. Yet, Roshni is grateful to the doctors at the Indian Armed Forces’ Command Hospital (Northern Command), Udhampur, where she was treated, for her miraculousturnaround.Andtoherhusband Abhishek Kumar for being the rock in their relationship as they went through the ordeal. On a video call from Jammu, whereshelives,shesays,“When I walk again, the first thing I’ll do is tightly hug Abhishek and personallythankeverydoctoratthe Command Hospital.” Her voice is gravelly and slow, yet her eyes sparkle with new-found hope. Abhishek,27,aRiflemanwith the Army’s Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (16 JAK-LI) regiment and posted in Assam, says he still shudders to think of the accident on May 12 last year. “I was on leave and was visiting my family in Jammu. Roshni and I had been married just six months earlier... We had gone Roshni and her husband, Abhishek, at the Indian Armed Forces’ Command Hospital in Udhampur shopping and were returning home when the accident took place. It was such a freak accident. Roshni fell off the bike due to a jerk on a speed breaker. I immediately took her to Satwari Military hospital. She was unconsciousandlookingathercritical condition, doctors shifted her to Command Hospital at Udhampur. I was in no state to think. Bachne ki koi umeed nahi thi (there was no guarantee of her survival),” he says. Afterthesurgery,shewasput on mechanical ventilation for 46 days. Besides, the accident had causedhervisiontodiminishand she had to undergo an eye surgeryduringherlonghospitalstay. Through it all, doctors at the 650-bed Command Hospital had one major challenge: keeping both Roshni and the foetus from any harm. The hospital at Udhampurhasthedistinctionof being the only tertiary care hospital of the Armed Forces Medical Services to be located in a Counter Insurgency (CI) operational area. When she was brought in, Roshni was categorised as extreme high risk, which meant thatsherequiredcriticalcareand immediate surgery. The doctors also explained to the family the risksof theemergencytreatment — specifically, how exposure to radiation could potentially put the foetus at risk of deformities. Eventually, a decision was taken to continue and save the pregnancy, with all the attendant risks. Then began the more challenging part of the treatment. “She was protected from all radiation exposures. For followup of head injury, MRI scan was done instead of CT scan,” Col Darpan Gupta, head of neurosurgery department at the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Ahmedabad