The Editorial Page: Without great powers on board, G20 is adrift 8 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2025 Journalism of Courage AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES ₹5.00 l www.indianexpress.com DA I LY F R O M : A H M E DA B A D , C H A N D I GA R H , D E L H I , J A I P U R , KO L K ATA , L U C K N O W , M U M B A I , N AG P U R , PAT N A , P U N E , VA D O DA R A Happening today GOVT WILL release GDP data for the July-September quarter (Q2). The Q1 GDP growth rate was at a five-quarter high of 7.8%. Economists see it declining to 7.3% in Q2. For FY26, RBI sees GDP growing 6.8%. ● GOVT WILL also release industrial production data and Central government finances for October. ● PRESIDENT DROuPADI Murmu will attend a Brahma Kumaris event in Lucknow. She will also attend a Bharat Scouts & Guides Diamond Jubilee programme later in the day. ● PM NARENDRA Modi will visit Goa and Karnataka. In South Goa district, he will inaugurate a 77-foot bronze statue of Lord Ram. And in Udupi district, he will visit the Sri Krishna Math. ● TMC DELEGATION will meet the Election Commission in New Delhi over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal. ● Business as Usual By EP UNNY INDEX RECORDS 86,055.86 IN THuRSDAY EARLY TRADE, CLOSES AT 85,720.38 After 14-month turmoil, Sensex breaches 86,000 mark first time Behind turbulence: Trade & geopolitics abroad, GST & insurance Bill at home George Mathew, Hitesh Vyas & Sandeep Singh Mumbai, November 27 AFTER A long wait of 14 months,theSensexattheBombay Stock Exchange breached the86,000markforthefirsttime duringThursdaymorningtrading, hitting a record high of 86,055.86 before finishing at 85,720.38—up0.13percentfrom the previous close of 85,609.51. The broader Nifty 50 also scaled a lifetime peak of 26,310.45 during intraday trade but settled to end at 26,215.55, marginally higher than Wednesday’s close of 26,205.30. Thepreviousall-timehighs, on an intraday basis, for the Sensex was 85,978.25 and Nifty 50 26,250.90, both on September 27, 2024. Itwasexactly14monthsago thattheSensexfirstcrossedthe 85,000 milestone following a strong run that began in De- Exams next month, teachers on SIR duty, Surat school board faces angry parents Kamal Saiyed Surat, November 27 WITH 13 of 16 teachers at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule School in Surat deployed as Block Level Officers (BLOs) in the ongoing SpecialIntensiveRevision(SIR) exercise,theparentsofchildren enrolled at the municipal corporation school have raised a complaint. However, there is unlikely to be relief anytime soon, with the exams for the second semester days away. »CONTINuED ON PAGE 2 GujARAT ● SlOwROADTO86K (intradayhighsover14months) 90,000 86,000 85,978.25 75,925.72 82,000 86,055.86 82,410.52 80,775.71 78,000 74,000 70 ,000 27 Sept 2024 27 Jan 2025 (NOTE: CLOSING FIGURE ON THURSDAY: 85,720.38) cember 2023, when it surged from 68,000 to 85,000 over the next ten months. 27 May 2025 28 Aug 2025 27 Nov 2025 Havinggained17,000points — nearly 25 per cent — betweenDecember2023andSep- »CONTINuED ON PAGE 2 Disruptions a disaster for Opp: Rijiju ahead of House session pAgE 4 Express News Service New Delhi, November 27 ‘thrEAt, ANoNymoUS cALLS At NIght’: BLos protESt At AhmEdABAd tember2024,thesubsequent14 months proved elusive for Indian markets. During this period, the Sensex oscillated between71,000and85,000,hittingalowof71,425inApril2025 and the high of 85,978 in September 2024. This turbulent movement indicates that while global factors kept the Indian markets under check, there were concerns on the domestic front about overvaluation of Indian equity markets. Hence, when global concerns arose on account of tariffs and oil prices, the Indian markets moved AHEAD OF the coming Winter Session of Parliament, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister KirenRijijuhassaidtheOppositionshouldgiveupfrequentdisruptionofproceedings,claiming thatsuchmeasureshaveproved tobe“adisasterpolitically”forit. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju at the Idea Exchange session on Thursday. RENUKA PURI Speaking at The Idea Exchange session of The Indian Express,Rijijusaid:“Bydisruptingparliamentaryproceedings, they are losing election after election… Misusing the Parliament forum for driving a political agenda does not necessarily bring political dividends.” With the Opposition expected to raise the Election Commission’s ongoing Special IntensiveRevision(SIR)ofelectoral rolls in the House, Rijiju said:“Thediscussionaboutany constitutional authority which is clearly an autonomous body (the EC) is not advisable, number one, because the government cannot speak on HOuSE PANEL HEARING ON DEC 4 Basic structure not violated: Law panel firms up view on joint election Bills Inresponsetoaquerybythe committee, which is chaired by BJPMPPPChaudhary,thecommission is also learnt to have found that there is no requirement to give the Model Code of Conduct statutory recognition. The committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Damini Nath Twenty-Ninth AmendNew Delhi, November 27 ment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws AHEAD OF its scheduled brief- (Amendment),known as the ingbeforetheJointCommittee One Nation One Election Bills, of Parliament on the simulta- is set to meet on December 4. neous elections Bills on DeRepresentatives of the Law cember 4, the 23rd Law Com- Commission and the Election missionislearnttohavefirmed Commission are scheduled to up its view that the Bills do not brief the committee, according disturb the basic structure of to the meeting notice. The two the Constitution, when it Bills were introduced by Law comes to federalism and the Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal right of the voter. in December last The commisyear and referred EXPRESS sion’s view, it is to the committee. learnt, is that the The Bills provide Bills, which will for synchronising enable simultatheLokSabhaand neous elections to the Lok Assembly elections by curtailSabhaandStateandUnionTer- ing the terms of state Asritory Assemblies, do not need sembliesthatareelectedaftera ratification by states as they do particular Lok Sabha to end not propose to make any with the term of that House. changes to subjects under Ar- Once the terms of the legislaticle368(2),clauses(a)to(e),re- tures align, the next general lating to subjects that require electionwouldbeheldsimultaratification by states. neously. »CONTINuED ON PAGE 2 Not in favour of statutory backing for Model Code of Conduct exclusive »CONTINuED ON PAGE 2 Ahmedabad