The editorial Page: We have a model investment treaty. and are losing billions because of it 8 FRIdAY, OCTOBER 2, 2026 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 lTHE CENTRE will launch ‘Reform Utsav’ campaign celebrating key transformative steps taken for citizen welfare. Business as Usual By EP UNNY EXPRESS exclusive COURSE CORRECTION CONVEYED IN WRITING, AND AT MEETING WITH STATE CEOs ‘Left out’ voters: EC orders special drive in 20 states where SIR over Form 6, changes to which the two ECs had red-flagged, will be re-entry route for those deleted, without the SIR question Vallabh Ozarkar & Ritika Chopra Mumbai, October 1 Under fire over the scale of deletionsfromvoters’listsinthe nationwide special intensive revision(sir)exercise,theelection Commission of india (eCi) has directed the 20 states and Union territories where the exercise has been completed to run a “special drive” to enrol voters“leftout”oftherolls,The The Indian Express report published on September 23 Indian Express has learnt. the instruction was conveyed in writing on september 29 and repeated at a video conferencewithallstateChiefelectoral Officers (CeOs) thursday. itcomesastheCommission faces intense scrutiny over the 13 crore names struck off draft rollsin30statesandUnionterritories, and a week after an investigation by The Indian Express (september 23) showed »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 He saved us from a 9/11: PM leads Tawang chosen as venue praise for flydubai’s Indian pilot ORGANISED bY MINISTRY Of TOURISM for tourism meet, China among countries invited Divya A New Delhi, October 1 the GOVernMent is set to hold a mega international event in tawang in Arunachal Pradesh towards the end of this month. the international tourism Mart, being organised by the Ministry of tourism from October 27 to november 1, will bring together delegates from around 20 countries. delegates from China have also been invited to the annual event which is held, by »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 E. EXPlainEd Tawang not just a tourism hotspot Tawang is a primary bone of contention between India and China. Beijing refers to Arunachal Pradesh as Zangnan or South Tibet and claims it belongs to China. Delhi rejects China’s claim, reiterating that Arunachal Pradesh is an “inalienable and integral part of India”. ‘Gujarati spirit in his veins’: CM Patel announces award for pilot Injured Machchhar airlifted to UAE, envoy meets him Divya A New Delhi, October 1 A dAy after indian pilot smit Machchharfoughtoffaco-pilot who attacked him and allegedlyattemptedtocrashaflydubai aircraft headed to tel Aviv from dubai, Prime Minister narendra Modi praised the pilot thursday and said he had prevented a “9/11” — a reference to the 2001 terror attack in the Us when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked and crashed pas- Smit Machchhar recovering, smiling, says Indian envoy. PTI senger aircraft. the government said Machchharwasgravelyinjured in the incident but was safe, and had been airlifted to the United Arab emirates after receiving emergency treatment in saudi Arabia’s tabuk where »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Parimal A Dabhi Ahmedabad, October 1 As the world hails the heroic act of Gujarat-origin pilot smit Machchhar for “preventing another9/11-likeattack”,Gujarat ChiefMinisterBhupendraPatel announcedtheprestigiousstate honour Vishisht Gujarat »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 more reporTs, p 10, 16 Ahmedabad