The New Indian Express Wishes its readers a HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY Our offices press will today and Ourthere willandpress will remain closed Thursday offices and no issue of remain closedtoday and be the paper on there will be no issue of the paper on Wednesday sambalpur l wednesday january 26, 2022 `7.00  PAGES 14  LATE EDITION BHUBANESWAR  TUESDAY lJANUARY 26, 2021  l `9.00 l PAGES 14 l cityCITY EDITION 16,880 CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ WARANGAL ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI No Supreme court relief for ngos that lost fcra licence The SC on Tuesday turned down a plea seeking quashing of the Centre’s refusal to renew the FCRA licences of 5,789 NGOs PETITIONER WANTED EXTENSION OF permits Approach govt authorities, says SC FCRA registration is mandatory for entities in India for receiving foreign funding. The plea was filed by US-based ‘Global Peace Initiative’. Its counsel advocate Sanjay Hegde told a three-judge bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar that they were seeking a direction from the court to extend the FCRA licences of NGOs if they applied within the next two weeks ■ ■ However, the bench refused any interim relief and directed the petitioner to approach relevant government authorities Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the licences of 11,594 NGOs, which had sought renewal within a cut-off date, had been renewed | P9 Number OF ACTIVE FCRA licences issued in the country as on January 25 CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Biggest Padmas to Kalyan Singh, Minor face-offBipin Rawat Gen on LAC, this time in Naku La Padma Vibhushan 7 from Odisha in Padma list E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bhubaneswar Six from Odisha to receive Padma awards Seven illustrious personalities of Odisha with rich contribution to varied fields like literature, art, sciKalyan Singh 2 lakh tractors will work andwomen, too, are Gen Bipin Rawat ence, social overtaking allowed   500 administration have been selected fordrive tractors take part in the kisan expected to the pres Over 3,000 volunteers, paradetigious Padma Awards this year. today, according to  Tractor march likely CPM’s Buddha rejects his Padma Bhushan including women, to The farmers’ unions awards announced by the to begin at 11.30 am and manage the parade S a n a S h a k i l @ New Delhi Ministry of tenure ended in Rajya Sabha in FebEXPRESS NEWS SERVICE  Thousands of farmers Home Affairs on hours continue for over 12 the  Three routes decided RPN Singh’s turn to @ Bhubaneswar eve of the Republic Day celebration ruary last year. Azad has been vocal are ready with tractors  Each tractor can carry a for rally; expected to cover In what appeared to be an attempt to on calling for sweeping organisationon Tuesday M AYA N K S I N G H @from Cong bolt New Delhi at three Delhi borders - included eminent aumaximum of five persons, over 100 km in Delhi strike the right notes in the poll- al changes and a permanent accountSinghu,thorand Ghazipur Ray, who will be honTikri Pratibha including the driver; no AS many as six personalities  Coming up, protest on New Delhi: The haemorrhage in concluded stateson Uttar Pradesh and able leadership in the Congress. bound talks of oured with Padma Bhusan for her HOURS after India and China from Odisha have found place in budget day, Feb 1. Farmers the Congress continued with Uttarakhand, the literary achievements. One of the Vaccine makers featured promiresolving the months-long stand-off along the Centre on Tuesday the list of Padma awards this will march towards another dynast and former Union It has been 60 awarded Padma most widely read Odia writer, Ray Ghulam Line of Actual Control, reports of another face-off Vibhushan, the sec- nently among the list. Cyrus Poona- days since the farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan year. Parliament on foot | P9 minister RPN Singh (57) joining are Serum Nabi Azad had been awarded the Padma Shri on January 20 between troops ond both sides on highest civilian award in India, walla, founder of Pune-basedprotesting near Delhi. Did the country’s PM enquire about them? - NCP supremo Sharad Pawar Sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo the BJP on on Tuesday. That it posthumously to former Uttar Institute of India and Covaxin maker in 2007 and Jnanpith Award for the emerged, this day after his name will receive Padma Vibhushan, happened a time in north Sikkim area. chief minister Kalyan Singh Bharat Biotech’s chairman Krishna Pradesh year 2011. M AYA N K S I N G H @ New Delhi “There was a minor face-off the second highest civilian figured on the list of Congress star at Nakula area of e x p r award,r e a d contribution to e s s for his Similarly, para-shuttler and Toand General by North Sikkim on January 20. It was resolvedBipin Rawat, who hailed Ella and his co-founder wife Suchitra campaigners for the first phase of kyo Olympics 2021 gold medalist from Uttarakhand and was India’s Ella bravery local commanders as per established protocol,” an ACKNOWLEDGING thewere awarded Padma Bhushan. the field of Art while five other elections in Uttar Pradesh, IMF cuts India’s Freebies more than Pramod Bhagat, renowned scienIndian-origin army officer said, which indicatesfirst entire of Defencesoldiers who fought against Silicon Valley titans the Chief bor- of Staff. Gen Rainspiring persons from different indicated the party high command Buddhadeb tist and vice chancellor of Asian wat to be a helicopter crash in De- Microsoft CEO der clueless about his with China continues died in hot. PLA troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Satya Nadella and Alsegments of the society FY22 growth union budget: have Bhattacharjee was possibly Institute of Public the Padma cember party’s E X P R E classical India’s terriHowever, the ruling Chinese last year. valley to safeguard phabet CEO Sundar Pichai, S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ New Delhi Chandrasekaran been chosen for the Padma Shri ents of Padma Vibhushan along Health, Bhu-Shri for their achieve-to 9% N bolting. Singh hails from Padrauna forecast Supreme Court baneswar, Prof Aditya Prasad Two senior leaders of the opposi- vocalists Dr Parbha Atre and Rashid , mouthpiece Global Times called it tory the Army decided to confer honour. with late singer S P Balasubrama- ment in the field of sports. in UP and is the son of late Dash, Odissi vocalist tion — Ghulam Nabi Azad (Congress) Khan and former Comptroller and The IMF on Tuesday cut The Padma Shri awardees this New Delhi: The Supreme FORMER Union minister late niam and ex-director-general of Shyamamani 102 people have been fake news. This was the second awards on them that are given A total of Congress leader C P N Singh. He Devi, author India named for Padma India’s economic growth and Buddhdeb Bhattacharjee (CPM) Auditor General of India Rajiv MeRam Vilas Paswan, two ex-chief face-off former year Court on Tuesday issued include teacher Nanda Archaeological Survey of Narasingha Prasad Shri this year. was considered close toin over eight months in the only during wartime. — the first one forecast by 0.5 percentage notice to Rajat Kumar Kar, ministers — late Col Bikumalla hrishi, too, were awarded Padma Tarun Gogoi of same spot at Naku La; were on the list of Padma awar- Santosh Babu, Prusty authorthe Centre and the , B B Lal, who Guru and spiritual guru Srimad was part of the team The list includes billionaire party chief Rahul Gandhi. “I spent the Centre on Galwan offensive points to 9% singElection Commission seeking Assam and late Keshubhai Patel which foundBaba Balia will receive PadmaSridhar Vembu,for the current happened on May Gandhian social worker from a Hindu temple techie 32 years in one party. But that 9. dees announced bywho led the the Bhushan. Shri. Besides, eve of the 73rd and laid down his Among sports direction to seize election of Gujarat — Monday’s meeting of Corps Com- Republic Day. Both life, has been persons, paralympicrenowned Islamic beneath the now-demol- Odisha-born IAS ofRayagada district Shanti Devi, er Bombay fiscal year, with its Chief Jayashri, and party has not remained the same ficer (Gujarat cadre), late Guruwere on Tues- awarded Padma Economist Gita Gopinath symbols and singer scholar Kalbe Vir medallist manders ofbefore,” Singhwent He till 2.30 amhonoured with the the Maha gold Chakra. Devendra Jhajharia Sadiq and PM ished Babri mosque. tribal poet andderegister from lyricist Kaithapram Daas it was both sides said. on Satya Narayana Krishna princi- Nadella prasad Mohapatra was at the foreBhushan, but Bhushan. Modi’s former Ella saying that political parties Purnamasi joins statement Congress Six others later was conferred day A joint a long list of issued later stated, “The twoBhattacharjeewho were part of the PadmaNarendraPara . Kandhamal district that Table tennis player modaran Namboothiri. the slight front of Covid-19 management said he would reject it. “I don’t know javelin thrower Sumit Antil, para downgrade is are deserters push Prasada, pal secretary Nripendra Mishra Mouma Das is among the sides agreed tolike Jitinfor an early disengagement same operation will receive the Jani promised to distribute and Dr Krishna Mohan Padma Awards mainly due to during the anything about Padma Bhushan the highest the spread of Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sushmita will para badMaha Vir of the frontline troops. They also agreed to follow theVir Chakra. Theshooter Avani Lekhara, be awarded Padma Bhushan, six sportspersons namedsecond wave will be Pathiirrational freebies from public from Ganjam, who has among the impact ofcivilhonoured with the Padma ian awardsthe Omicron variant | P13 Shri award, nobody funds | P10 the government . Chakra was last given during the the Dev.“RPN Singh left just before their state leaders,told me about it. If I minton player Pramod Bhagat and said on Monday important consensus of dedicated his life to treating tribfor Padma Shri, the Union announced on posthumously Even after being eve of the Republic Day have been awarded 1999 Kargil operations. Wing Neeraj Lok the elections... This was not a maintain the good momentum of dialogue and ne- the Padma Bhush- Olympic gold medallistFormerCho- Sabha speaker home ministry said in .a al people. The 98-year-old Prusty the incoincidence. It was planned... But pra were named Sumitra Mahajan and singer K S statement. fected with Covid, Mohapatrayear, will NATIONWIDE Jan 24 Jan 25by Jab-o-meter been 24 a life-long mission to gotiation.... The two sides agreed toan, I would reject it,” he said. continue their Commander Abhinandan Var- for Padma Shri. Fahas January on every conbe conferred odisha Jan 24 Jan 25 the question for in ensuring tinued to monitor supply of oxygen Azad, of of members of the mous singer Sonu Nigam and Jamia also receive this Take 49,52,290 doses Freshwhile author Chithra will effective efforts us in INC is, whythe restraint onethe thethaman was honoured with the eradicate illiteracy cases Boxer Virender Singh, P Ani- the President on 119 people 2,55,874 from Fresh cases 3,06,064 7,291 5,891 your holds the record of being the did we let it happen this way?” in Nambiar, Sudha arts, science, G23, the Congress rebel group, was Millia Islamia’s first woman Vice-Bhushan. year’s Padma frontline troops, stabilize and control the situation Vir Chakra in 2019 for downing a Kar January 25 tha, Madhavanthe country. He succumbed to medicine, agriculCyrus Sundararajan Recoveries 2,43,495 2,67,753 10,309 10,244 shot 51,64,473 doses Recoveries of Puri Salman Soz, another dynast, Sector of the emotional Pakistan F-16 and his fortitude the Singh, andJune 18 ture, trade, sports, education and disease on K Y last year at given an China- farewell by Prime Chancellor Najma Akhtar, too, were PM Shinzo Abe Poonawalla Ex-Japanese along the LAC in the Western longest commentator Hari Narayan Pichai Deaths 439 614 Total doses: 1,63,49,62,688 Deaths 05 07 tweeted. Full among P2 AIIMS-New Delhi.   P2 will be list: P9 the seven recipi- Venkatesh will also be conferred spiritualism fields. while in enemy territory . India border, and jointly maintain Minister Narendra Modi when his on that list.P9 peace.” Rath Yatra. 2 lakh tractors to roll into Delhi today Padma Bhushan Galwan warrior Colonel Babu gets Maha Vir Chakra PADMA FOR ABE, SPB, PASWAN, GOGOI