The Editorial Page: In workers’ protests, a test of labour reforms 10 THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026 Journalism of Courage MuMbAI, 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 REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 ExprEssinvestigation IN ASSOCIATION wITH ICIJ 96 124 153 75 Business as Usual By EP UNNY 7 Indian firms in race, experts eye cheaper Keytruda version in 2 yrs Anonna Dutt significant drop in New Delhi, April 15 prices, sometimes by as much as WITHATleastseven 70%. This is the Indian manufacsimplest way to turers in the race to THE CANCER makecancerdrugs develop generic vermore affordable sions of Merck & Co’s and accessible. 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The Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) entry of biosimilars leads to a »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 calculus STARTING TODAy, THREE-DAy SITTING Of PARlIAMENT ON CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT bIllS Govt plan: Keep south share same in LS, list states’ new count in ‘schedule’ Delimitation exercise to demarcate constituencies based on 2011 Census, LS seats for all states to go up 50% vikas Pathak & Jatin Anand New Delhi, April 15 THEGOVERNMENTwillmost likely bring on Thursday a ‘schedule’ in Parliament to clearly specify the number of Lok Sabha seats for each state, and this will show that the percentage share of each state in theLokSabha’stotalstrengthis the same as it is now, top sources said. A‘schedule’isanadditional sectiontoalegislationthatprovidesdetailedinformationsupporting its text. Stating that the three Bills cleared by the Cabinet to facilitate women's reservation and delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies could not have mentioned a pro-rata increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats for states, the sources said, it would be done in the ‘schedule’. “There will be no »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 E. ExplainEd Challenge to Opp The Opposition parties have primarily criticised the government's move to link women's reservation to the increase in the Lok Sabha strength and the delimitation exercise. With the government keen to maintain a pro-rata distribution of the increased seats in the Lok Sabha, the Opposition, including states in the midst of Assembly polls, will find it challenging to push its case. Opp chorus: For women’s quota, but 3 more held, part of accused’s house delimitation a devious BJP agenda Asad Rehman razed; 18 videos allegedly circulated AMRAvATI ObSCENE vIDEOS CASE New Delhi, April 15 Ankita Deshkar Nagpur, April 15 A DAY after arresting 19-yearold Ayan Ahmed Tanveer Ahmedforallegedlycirculating videos of minor girls, Amravati Police on Wednesday arrested three more persons, even as municipal authorities bulldozed a part of Ahmed’s house, citing illegal construction. Three others arrested have been identified by police as Uzair Khan Iqbal Khan (20), Mohammad Saad Mohammad Sabir (22), and Tabrez Khan Taslim Khan (24). Three of them have been sent to police custody until April 21. Uzair, police said, is a friend of the main accused, Ahmed. Ahmed was arrested late Monday for allegedly recording objectionablephotosandvideos »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 A part of the house of the accused is bulldozed. EXPRESS SETTINGTHEstageforaturbulent three-day session of ParliamentwhichwillmeetThursday, OppositionpartiessaidWednesday that they will vote against the Constitution amendment Bill provisions on delimitation, some among them calling the delimitation plan “a devious agenda”and“atooltowinamajority for the ruling party”. The Opposition parties »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and LoP Rahul Gandhi with other INDIA bloc leaders in New Delhi, Wednesday. ANI ‘India was not built through arithmetic, but on trust’ Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin campaigns in Dharmapuri, Wednesday. PtI Arun Janardhanan Chennai, April 15 A DAY after issuing a “final warning” to the Union government over delimitation, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin moved swiftly from rhetoric to mobilisation, convening an urgent meeting of DMK district secretaries on Wednesday and calling for statewide black flag protests on Thursday. Invoking Tamil Nadu’s history of political assertion, Stalin suggestedthatifinstitutionalresponsesfailed,publicexpression would follow. Excerpts from an interview on Wednesday after ExprEss interview M K STAlIN ChIEf MINIStER, tAMIl NADu the DMK’s latest escalation: You have described delimitation not just as a political issue but as a question of fairness and federal balance. What, in your view, is the principle that should guide India at this moment? India was not constructed »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2