eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE ‘Once you’ve had an unsafe childhood, you can’t trust safety’ JAIPUR,LATECITY AUGUST31,2025 14+4PAGES,`6.00 ARUNDHATI ROY WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA 40-MINUTE SLOT FOR TALKS ON SCO SUMMIT SIDELINES ModiandXimeettodayasIndia,China movetorestoreties,onestepatatime Hopefulof fruitful meeting,says Chinesediplomat; DelhiviewsChina militaryremarks asapositivesignal FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT JagdeepDhankharissettomove to a private accommodation in South Delhi’s Chattarpur Enclave, The Indian Express has learnt. He has also re-applied for pension as a former MLA of the Rajasthan Assembly. The vice-presidential elections are scheduled for September9,andDhankhar(74) has to vacate the V-P’s official AHEAD OF MODI’S TALKS WITH PUTIN Zelenskyy speaks to PM, says India ready to deliver signal to Russia DIVYA A NEW DELHI, AUGUST 30 AS PRIME Minister Narendra Modi reached Tianjin for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit where he will be meeting, among other leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to Modi and said “the end of this (Ukraine) war must begin with an immediate ceasefire” and “India is ready to make the necessary efforts and to deliver the appropriate signal to Russia andotherleaders”atthesummit. Modi, in a post on X, thanked Informed (Modi) about talks with President Trump in Washington: Zelenskyy Zelenskyy for the phone call. “Weexchangedviewsontheongoing conflict, its humanitarian aspect, and efforts to restore peaceandstability.Indiaextends CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Legal challenges cloud Trump’s powers as India faces 50% tariff RAVI DUTTA MISHRA NEW DELHI, AUGUST 30 DAYS AFTER the steep 50 per centUStariffsonIndiacameinto effect, a US appeals court on Fridayruledthatamajorityof US President Donald Trump’s tariffs derived from powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) is illegal. The tariffs will, however, continue to remain in place untilOctober14,thecourtsaid, giving the Trump administration a window to appeal in the US Supreme Court. Reacting to the court order, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 NYT: TRUMP MAY NOT VISIT INDIA PAGE 6 Was MLA in Rajasthan between 1993 & 1998 residence on Church Road, near the Parliament House Complex, before that. He had stepped down from his post on July 21, citing health reasons. Dhankhar had moved into theV-P’sofficialresidenceinApril last year. According to sources, until he gets government CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 AMIT KAMATH MUMBAI, AUGUST 30 IN A change from tradition, FIDE, the 101-year-old global governing body for chess, has eased its dress code and allowed players to wear “appropriate jeans” at the upcoming Grand Swiss and Women’s Grand Swiss tournaments. FIDE’s move comes eight months after Magnus Carlsen’s ‘jeans wear’ controversy, which saw the world’s greatest chess player of the current generation People line up at the Berhampore Municipality in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district. Express their usual cost of Rs 10 each — to have birth certificates corrected, digitised or “delayed new ones” issued. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PAGE 1 ANCHOR ARUN JANARDHANAN CHENNAI, AUGUST 30 The survey was originally inspired by photographic work by Coimbatore-based Sriram Murali. Sriram Murali EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE INSIDE NEW DELHI, AUGUST 30 BEHIND INVESTMENT BY JAPAN, MESSAGE TO TRUMP PAGE 6 WITH TWO days to go for the deadlineof September1,Election Commission data released Saturday showed that 29,872 electors out of the 65 lakh electors whose names were deleted in the draft stage of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoralrollsinBiharhadappliedfor inclusion in the final roll. And 13.33 lakh new electors who have turned 18 years and above have also submitted enrolment forms. According to the EC’s SIR order issued on June 24, all registered electors (7.89 crore) of Bihar were required to fill enumeration forms by July 25 to make it to the draft roll published on August 1. Based on the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Owning a birth certificate is not common in these parts — like in other rural areas of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE WORLD ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLS HOUTHI REBEL PRIME MINISTER IN SANAA THREE DEAD DURING ANTI-GOVT PROTESTS IN INDONESIA; TEST OF SUBIANTO RULE PAGE 10 IAS RAS FOUNDATION FOUNDATION lsfeukj IAS/ RAS esa p;fur vf/kdkfj;ksa }kjk ekxZn'kZu Last year, Carlsen was fined for wearing jeans at the FIDE World Rapid Championship. X/ @MagnusCarlsen Study shows how fireflies mark a forest’s health — and why darkness matters ON HUMID summer nights in Tamil Nadu’s Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), the forest canopy begins to pulse. First one flicker, then hundreds, then thousands — until entire trees appear to breathe with light. To stand in thatdarkness istowatchtheforest write its own rhythm: a synchronous dance of fireflies, sig- RAVIK BHATTACHARYA Nearly 30,000 deleted electors in Bihar seek inclusion: Poll panel Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Tianjin, China, for the SCO summit on Saturday. PMOIndia 8 months after Carlsen Dhankhar moving to private house, re-applies row, FIDE tweaks dress for pension as ex-MLA code to include jeans NEW DELHI, JAIPUR, AUGUST 30 People fear NRC and deportation will follow exercise 65 LAKH NAMES DELETED UNDER SIR TIANJIN, AUGUST 30 ANKITA UPADHYAY & PARUL KULSHRESTHA In Bengal border dists, rush for birth certificates ahead of SIR IN A letter to the West Bengal Chief Secretary and District Election Officers, the Election Commission set the ball rolling on Wednesday for the revision of electoral rolls in the state that is bound for polls next year. In Bengal’s Murshidabad and Malda districts bordering Bangladesh, dominated by the Muslim community, the preparations have been on — for a while. At municipalities, in gram panchayats and in courts, people have been lining up with stamp papers — paying double SHUBHAJIT ROY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ABSOLUTE PANIC: OFFICIALS MURSHIDABAD, MALDA, AUGUST 30 EXPRESSATSCO AS THEIR countries move to repairties afterafive-yearmilitary standoff along the Line of Actual ControlineasternLadakh,Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping around noon local time Sunday, before the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Tianjin, 120 km away from Beijing. The meeting of the two leaders within 10 months — Modi and Xi last met in the Russian city of Kazan in October 2024 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit — is a signal that the two sides are going to give a special thrust to bilateral ties, and Delhi will be keen to push for a “stepby-step” stabilisation of the relationship. A time slot of about 40 minutes has been scheduled for the talks. A senior Chinese diplomat toldTheIndianExpressthathewas “hopeful of a fruitful meeting”. Thetwoleadersareexpected to give their stamp of approval on a calendar of activities to be organised to mark the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations — last-minute diplomatic talks were underway Saturday. The Prime Minister flew into Tianjin from Japan — this is his firstto Chinainsevenyears—for the SCO summit from August 31 to September 1. FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT nalling across the night sky in bursts of yellow and green. 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