Egyptian Prez sisi begins India visit Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, being accorded a warm welcome as he arrives at Air Force Station Palam in New Delhi on Tuesday. He is on a three-day state visit to India to enhance bilateral ties on a range of areas. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sisi will hold summit talks on Wednesday | PTI tirunelveli l wednesday l January 25, 2023 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l 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 Campuses push back on BBC film Screened in University of Hyderabad and various univs in Kerala; JNU pulls the plug E x p ress Ne w s S er v i ce @ Thiruvananthapuram/Hyderabad/New Delhi RRR leads the Indian brigade at oscar 2023 Chandhini R Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday, and as anticipated, it turned out to be an unforgettable day for India. While Naatu Naatu from SS Rajamouli’s RRR made it to the Best Original Song category, the two documentaries, All That Breathes and The Elephant Whisperers, made the nomination list under the Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short, respectively. However, Chello Show (Last Film Show), India’s official entry to the Oscars under the Best International Feature category, did not feature in the final list. History was created with the nod for RRR’s Naatu Naatu, composed by M M Keeravani and written by Chandrabose, as it became the first Indian song to be nominated at the Oscars. Naatu Naatu also won under the same category in the recently announced Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards as well. Even though Indian musicians like A R Rahman and Bombay Jayashri have been nominated for the Oscars previously, it happened for non-Indian films like Slumdog Millionaire and Life of Pi, respectively . The Indian contingent performed well in the Documentary categories too, as Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes won a nomination under Documentary Feature.  continued on: P9 The Opposition’s pushback against the government purging social media of a controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots came from university campuses with multiple screenings in Kerala and Telangana amid protests by the BJP’s youth wing. An attempt to screen it at the volatile Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi on Tuesday was thwarted as the administration snapped its power connection. The organisers of the screening then shared the link of the first of twopart series, India: The Modi Question, with those in the gathering. While the first screening happened in the University of Hyderabad on Saturday last, the process took off in a big way in Kerala on Tuesday Tension was build. ing up in the JNU where the right-wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) was planning to oppose its exhibition. But by pulling the plug, the institution found a temporary workaround. In Left-ruled Kerala, screenings across the state were organised by the youth wings of both the CPM and the Congress. Tension prevailed in various parts of the state, especially in Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad and Wayanad following vociferous protests by the BJP Yuva Morcha workers, who tried to prevent screenings organised by the DYFISFI and the Youth Congress. The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) organised the screening in Kozhikode Muthalakulam. In Thiru- Mass screening planned The DYFI has decided to organise screenings at 2,000 centres in Kerala, said state president V Waseef. CPM’s student organisation SFI has called for nationwide screening of the documentary Fishermen in TN can use purse seine net two days per week with riders: SC S h rut i K a kk a r @ New Delhi The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed conditional use of purse seine nets by the fishermen of Tamil Nadu beyond territorial waters but within the exclusive economic zone of the state on two days per week. A bench headed by Justice AS Bopanna said that only fishing vessels registered with the state government and under the marine fishing regulation law will be allowed to fish on Mondays and Thursdays from 8.00 am to 6.00pm using purse seine fishing nets. The bench also said permission will be given by the state fisheries department to only those boats that have approved vessel tracking system. The tracking system must be kept running during the operation of vessels, the court said. The bench also mandated sailors to keep their biometric card/photo ID with them and also provide the code of the vessel tracking system to the fisheries department, marine police, coast guard and the Indian Navy . “The state fisheries department shall also give a colour code to these purse seine fishing boats for the above purposes,” the Supreme Court bench CONTINUED ON: P4 said.  vananthapuram, the screening organised by the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in the Government Law College and the University College went off without a hitch. However a screening at Poojapura turned into a street fight with BJP workers trying to remove barricades erected by the police to prevent them from reaching the venue. The police had to fire water cannons six times at the protesters. A similar protest was witnessed at Manaveeyam road where the Youth Congress screened it. In Telangana, a group of students under the aegis of the Fraternity Movement screened the documentary at the University of Hyderabad without seeking the administration’s permission. The matter came to light after the ABVP lodged a complaint with the university’s Registrar. The administration then tried to stop it but the organisers refused to budge. Around 50 students watched it, said Amal Jose Phillips, a PhD student. express read Appoint SPP to dispose of Jaya’s seized assets: Court Bengaluru: A special court in Karnataka has written to the state home secretary to appoint a Special Public Prosecutor to dispose of properties seized from former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case. This was disclosed in an order dated January 17 | P5 Supreme Court simplifies the process for passive euthanasia New Delhi: In a bid to simplify the process to withdraw life support for a terminally ill patient by way of a living will, the Supreme Court on Tuesday removed the clause that mandated a magistrate’s approval for it. Living will is an advance medical directive on end-of-life treatment | P7 ‘Collegium shouldn’t have disclosed IB, RAW reports’ S H R U T I K A K K A R @ New Delhi AMID escalating tension between the executive and judiciary Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday again , targeted the Supreme Court collegium, terming its decision to make public the sensitive reports of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) “a matter of grave concern”. The reports contained the agencies’ objections about certain names reiterated by the court for appointment as high court judges. Rijiju said he will deal with the issue in due time but expressed concern that intelligence agency officials, who work in a secret manner for the nation, will think Kiren Rijiju twice in future if their reports are put out in the public domain. The collegium in its resolution dated January 18 had referred to the “adverse comments” of the IB while reiterating the name of advocate R John Sathyan as a judge in the Madras High Court. It also referred to RAW’s inputs about appointing advocate Saurabh Kirpal as a judge of the Delhi High Court. Rijiju said appointment of judges is an administrative matter, which has nothing to do with judicial order.