P T Usha to file nomination for IOA president Legendary athlete P T Usha on Saturday announced that she will contest for the post of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president when the sports body holds its election on December 10. The deadline to file nomination papers ends on Sunday | P13 Chennai l sunday l november 27, 2022 l `12.00 l PAGES 26 l LATE CITY EDITION 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 Guj BJP to form cell to take on radicalisation Manifesto promises Uniform Civil Code as well D i l i p S i n g h K s h at r i ya @ Ahmedabad express read Hindi imposition: DMK functionary ends life Salem: M V Thangavel, an 85-year-old DMK functionary of Mettur in Salem, died on Saturday after setting himself on fire in protest against imposition of Hindi. Thangavel was organiser of Nangavalli Union Farmers’ Wing of the DMK. He is survived by his wife and two sons | P 4 Marketing Murder WITH THIS ISSUE PLUS 12 PAGES Usual suspects like the Uniform Civil Code were part of the Gujarat poll manifesto the BJP released on Saturday, but the main talking point was the setting up of an anti-radicalisation cell, as the promise was made for the first time. The party’s Sankalp Patra was released by BJP national president J P Nadda, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state party president CR Patil in Gandhinagar. “We will create an anti-radicalisation cell to identify and eliminate potential threats, and sleeper cells of the terrorist organisations and antiIndia forces,” Nadda said. He also announced that they would introduce the Gujarat Recovery of Damages of Public and Private Properties Act to “recover damages to public and private properties by anti-social elements during riots, violent protests and unrest.” Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Gujarat cabinet on October 29 announced the setting up of a committee to study the modalities of implementing the Uniform Civil Code. “We will ensure complete implementation India’s NavIC sats to fly with desi atomic clocks S V K RI S HNA CHAITANYA @ Sriharikota The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, NavIC, will soon be expanded as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is building five more advanced navigation satellites with a focus on meeting the needs of the country’s strategic sector. An indigenously developed rubidium atomic clock will also be part of the new satellites. ISRO chairman S Somanath told TNIE, “To start with, one of the four atomic clocks onboard the first Lewy on target J P Nadda releasing the BJP manifesto for Gujarat polls on Saturday | PTI of the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code Committee’s recommendation,” Nadda added. All these were part of the party’s hard Hindutva agenda. To attract first-time voters and youth, the BJP promised loads of jobs. “We will provide 20 lakh employment opportunities to the youth of Gujarat in the next 5 years.” It includes the promise of 1 lakh government jobs to women in five years. Taking a leaf out of AAP’s book, the BJP promised free education to all female students from kindergarten to post-graduation besides free two-wheelers to the meritorious college-going female students. Free bus travel to senior women citizens was part of its basket of promises. In another drama-filled day in Qatar, Australia and Poland kept their dreams alive but Saudi Arabia had a mild setback. First WC win in 12 years Australia edged Tunisia by a solitary goal top keep alive their chances of advancing to the knock-outstages. It was their first World Cup in 12 years Lewy opens account Pole Robert Lewandowski finally opened his World Cup account in a less than comfortable 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia. Both sides can still qualify for the next phase. Today’s Matches Japan vs Costa Rica 3.30 pm Belgium vs Morocco 6.30 pm Croatia vs Canada 9.30 pm Germany vs Spain 12.30 am(Mon) navigation satellite to be launched next month or by end of this financial year will be a desi one.” ISRO’s Space Application Centre in Ahmedabad has developed these clocks which are critical for measuring precision location data. For NavIC to be fully operational and provide accurate real-time positioning and time services, at least seven satellites — three geostationary, four geosynchronous orbits — should be functional. Two more will be standby satellites. Between 2013 and 2018, India successfully placed eight naviga- PSLV-C54 lifts off with nine satellites from Sriharikota on Saturday | P4 tion satellites, but a few of them are now non-functional due to malfunctioning of atomic clocks. Somanath said, “Out of eight satellites, a few are non-functional. NavIC is still operational and services are being provided with limited satellites. We got approval for building five new navigation satellites. One is almost ready . This provides specific strategic sector services. For us (civilian use) commercial services are available, but for them (strategic sector) we need to ensure services are always guaranteed and more accurate.”  P4 Football’s fiery fandom in Kerala S N e e r a j K r i s h n a @ Kochi Kerala’s quaint tea shops play host to the most intense football discussions: pre- and post-match analyses, history, anecdotes, geopolitics, debates, even bets ... they are all served fresh with the trademark red-tinged hot cuppa. The state’s passion for the game runs deep. Here, fans are few, most are fanatics. And, this craze has made Kerala a global talking point, with international media and commentators unable to contain their amusement at the Malayali’s celebration of the Qatar World Cup. In fact, the buzz started way before the tournament kicked off. In September, the official FIFA World Cup handle tweeted a documentary named ‘Maitanam — The story of football A youth kicking off a football in Thiruvananthapuram | Vincent Pulickal in Kerala’, with the succinct caption “Football is love. Football is life. Football is everything in the heart of Kerala.” Keralites proved that right counting down to the greatest sporting event. Giant cut-outs of Messi, Neymar and Ronaldo emerged, one after the other, along the Pullavoor river in Kozhikode district. Yet again, FIFA tweeted it, and the picture went viral globally. Since then, the cut-out war between fan clubs has been raging across the state. Tensions have flared as the contest for prime spots for cutouts boiled over multiple times.  Continued on: P5