The New Indian Express wishes its readers a Happy Republic day tadepalligudem l thursday l january 26, 2023 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l city EDITION Pay day, pay day: Women’s Premier League gets big The Indian cricket board (BCCI) announced on Wednesday that five WPL teams were sold for `4,669.99 crore Adani bid of `1,289 crore is the highest Board gets richer by `5,650.99 crore Having missed out on a chance to buy a men’s team, the Adani Group made the highest bid of `1,289 crore in the auction to secure Ahmedabad as one of the five franchises. Others include Mumbai Indians (`912.99 crore), Delhi Capitals (`810 crore) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (`901 crore). Capri Global (`757 crore) will be based out of Lucknow ■ ■ ■ After adding media rights value — sold for `951 crore — the BCCI has made `5,650.99 crore even before a ball is bowled at the WPL The average cost of a team — `933.99 crore — is 10 times more than the cost of what WNBA teams were sold for A total of 22 games will be played in the inaugural season `447.60cr Was Mumbai Indians’ bid in 2008. It’s `842 cr less than Adani’s buy 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 of Padmas to Mulayam, S M Krishna E x p r e ss N e ws Se r v i c e @ New Delhi FORMER Uttar Pradesh chief minister late Mulayam Singh Yadav, ex-foreign minister in the UPA government S M Krishna, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and ORS pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis were among the luminaries selected for the country’s second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan. A total of 106 Padma awards were announced on Wednesday — six Padma Vibhushan, nine Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri. No one has been named for padma vibushan padma bushan padma shri padma shri for keeravani MM Keeravani, Kota Satchidananda Sastry & CV Raju (art), Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajappa and Abbareddy Nageswara Rao (Science & Engg), Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar (social work) & Prakash Chandra Sood (literature) the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award. Eminent architect B V Doshi (posthumous), industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, educationist and social worker Sudha Murty, actress Raveena Ravi Tandon and noted singers Vani Jairam and Suman Kalyanpur were also on the list. Among the awardees are 102year-old Mangala Kanti Roy, the oldest living folk musician of West Bengal, and expert snake catchers Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan. Dr Ratan Chandra Kar was recognised for his exemplary work that brought Jarawa tribe from the verge of extinction during the measles epidemic in 1999 while 99-year-old V P Appukuttan Poduval, a freedom fighter from Payyanur in Kerala was honoured for his relentless efforts for the upliftment of the weaker sections of society for the past eight decades. Also among the Padma awardees is 81-year-old Ghulam Muhammad Zaz, the 8th generation Santoor craftsman from a family based out of Srinagar that is known for making the finest Santoors in Kashmir for the past 200 years. BBC film row: Dozens of Jamia students detained UJ WA L JA L A L I @ New Delhi A day after the Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Hyderabad and a few campuses in Kerala screened the controversial BBC film on the 2002 Godhra riots, Left-affiliated student groups of Delhi’s Jamia Milia Islamia tried to show the film, but the administration and police thwarted the move. Hours before the scheduled screening, Delhi Police detained over a dozen students. Deputy Commissioner of Po- lice (southeast) Esha Pandey said the Jamia University administration had informed police that some students were creating ruckus on the streets following which 13 students were detained, four of them SFI members, around 4 pm to ensure peace in the area. The action came after the university administration had asked students not to participate in any gathering or screening of the documentary adding , that no permission has been given for it. shubh aarambh Brahmani, wife of TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh, applies tilak to him as he leaves his Hyderabad home to set off for his padayatra, Yuva Galam | Express | P4 Local culture, key focus of Global Investors’ Conf culture, art, and cuisine during the two-day conference,” Amarnath said while speaking to reThe upcoming Global Inves- porters in the city after undertors’ Summit will be different taking site visits to inspect as it will witness ground-break- preparations for the summit ing and inauguration ceremo- and holding interactive meetnies of some industries, Minis- ings with local industrialists. ter for IT and Chief Minister YS Industries Gudivada Jagan Mohan Reddy Amar nath said on will inaugurate the exWednesday . hibition and an indusWe have set a Scheduled to be held trial expo with 200 target to secure on March 3 and 4, this investments worth stalls will be set up to is the first time the showcase the infraover `1.87 lakh. YSRC will host a sum- Our target is much structure and busimit after forming gov- higher than what ness-friendly environernment in 2019. As the previous TDP ment in the State and many as 2,500 indus- regime secured in 4 forge mutually benefitrialists and investors summits they had cial partnerships. conducted from across the globe Stating that the sumare expected to take Gudivada Amarnath mit will change the fupart in the summit ture of Andhra IT Minister themed ‘Advantage Pradesh, Amarnath Andhra Pradesh Where Abun- noted that such events were not dance Meets Prosperity’. The conducted for the past two two-day programme will be ye a r s d u e t o t h e C ov i d conducted at Andhra Univer- pandemic. sity Engineering Colle ge He explained that the sumground. mit will offer an all-inclusive “Steps are being taken to pro- platform to international dovide a holistic experience of mestic investors, policy makers Andhra Pradesh to the dele- and diplomats from various P5 gates by showcasing the local countries.  E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Visakhapatnam Sania gets final call Playing her last Grand Slam tournament, Sania Mirza has a chance to win her seventh major title by reaching the Australian Open mixed doubles final with compatriot Rohan Bopanna on Wednesday The unseeded Indian pair knocked out third seeds Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 10-6 in the semifinal in one hour 52 minutes “I’m not a crier but I’m almost there right now, I feel the love for the last 18 years I have been coming here. It feels like home for me,” Sania said Sania-Bopanna will meet Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos of Brazil, who beat Olivia Gadecki and Marc Polmans 4-6, 6-4, 11-9