BHUBANESWAR l tuesday l june 11, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l JEYPORE EDITION The future of audio and video phone call is possibly here Pekka Lundmark As though you are near the caller Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark made the first call using the new 3GPP Immersive Voice and Audio Services (IVAS) codec that allows users to hear sound spatially in real time. Imagine getting a call from a relative abroad, and being able to hear everything in their environment as if you are near them. A smartphone and a 5G network were all it took to make the call Nokia billed the immersive audio, video call as the biggest leap in live voice calling since the introduction of monophonic telephony ■ 3D audio Massively improved listening experience ■ “It takes you to the caller’s environment creating a spatial and massively improved listening experience for voice and video calls,” Lundmark said During his call with Stefan Lindström, Finland’s ambassador of digitalisation, Lundmark showed the distinctive acoustic dimensions that can be experienced with the new IVAS technology, Nokia said Uses multichannel microphones to capture sound from all directions 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 HDK to handle steel and heavy industries; Chirag food processing; Rammohan civil aviation Top ministers retain 2.0 charges, Shivraj gets agri, Vaishnaw I&B Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs the first meeting of his new Cabinet, attended by the newly-inducted ministers, at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi on Monday | PTI RAJ E SH K UMAR T HA K UR @ New Delhi There were no surprises in the portfolios allocated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to his 72-member ministry as all key charges continued to be with his colleagues from the outgoing cabinet. As this newspaper said on Sunday , it indicated continuity while being alive to the needs of coalition dynamics. Heavyweights like Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar retained their portfolios of defence, home, road transport and highways, finance and external affairs respectively This newspaper had . earlier reported that the BJP was unlikely to part with any of its core ministries — home, defence, finance, external af- Safeguarding border top priority: Rajnath “Safeguarding India’s border will remain our topmost priority and we shall continue protecting India’s integrity & sovereignty,” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said adding efforts will continue to take defence manufacturing and exports to greater heights fairs, railways, IT and law — to the NDA allies. Former chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Manohar Lal Khattar got the important ministries of agriculture and housing and urban affairs, respectively Their experience . in governance is expected help them deal with the crucial portfolios. Khattar also has the charge of power. Ashwini Vaishnaw, who is credited with rollout of the Vande Bharat trains and many other mega railway projects, retained railways, electronics and information technology. The important portfolio of in- formation and broadcasting got added to his bouquet. Dharmendra Pradhan and Piyush Goyal retained their education and commerce and industry ministries respectively while Hardeep Singh Puri continues to be the petroleum and natural gas minister. J P Nadda has returned to the health ministry he held before he became BJP president. Kiren Rijiju has been moved from earth sciences to parliamentary affairs, while Arjun Ram Meghwal will continue as law minister and Sarbananda Sonowal has retained the shipping portfolio. Bhupender Ya- dav, too, retained the environment ministry. Annapurna Devi is the new women and child development minister. As for the allies, former Bihar chief minister and HAM founder Jitan Ram Manjhi got the ministry of micro, small and mediums enter prise (MSME). JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy got heavy industries and steel, and JD(U)’s Lalan Singh panchayati raj, fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying. TDP’s K Rammohan Naidu has be given civil aviation. LJP (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan was allocated food processing. RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary has been allocated the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry while Shiv Sena leader Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao will handle the Ayush ministry . Know your ministers CABINET MINISTERS Rajnath Singh: Defence Amit Shah: Home; Cooperation Nitin Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways J P Nadda: Health; Chemicals and Fertilizers Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Agriculture; Rural Devel. Nirmala Sitharaman: Finance; Corporate Affairs S Jaishankar: External Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar: Housing and Urban Affairs; Power H D Kumaraswamy: Heavy Industries; Steel Piyush Goyal: Commerce and Industry Dharmendra Pradhan: Education Jitan Ram Manjhi: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Lalan Singh: Panchayati Raj; Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Sarbananda Sonowal: Ports; Shipping and Waterways Dr Virendra Kumar: Social Justice and Empowerment Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: Civil Aviation P ralhad Joshi: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; New and Renewable Energy Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs Giriraj Singh: Textiles Ashwini Vaishnaw: Railways; I&B; Electronics and Information Technology Jyotiraditya Scindia: Communications; development of Northeast B hupender Yadav: Environment, Forest and Climate Change G ajendra Singh Shekhawat: Culture; Tourism Annpurna Devi: Women and Child Development K iren Rijiju: Parliamentary Affairs; Minority Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri: Petroleum and Natural Gas Mansukh Mandaviya: Labour and Employment; Youth Affairs and Sports G Kishan Reddy: Coal, Mines Chirag Paswan: Food Processing C R Patil: Jal Shakti MINISTERS OF STATE INDEPENDENT CHARGE Rao Inderjit Singh: Statistics and Programme Implementation; Planning; Culture MoS Jitendra Singh: Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; MoS in PMO; MoS in Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; MoS in the Dept of Atomic Energy; MoS on Dept of Space Arjun Ram Meghwal: Law and Justice, MoS in Parliamentary Affairs Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao: Ayush; MoS in Health and Family Welfare Jayant Chaudhary: Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; MoS in Education Now, Sena says it’s not happy with MoS post SUDHIR SURYAWANSHI @ Mumbai A day after the Ajit Pawar-led NCP rejected a Minister of State (MoS) position in the Narendra Modi cabinet saying it wants a Cabinet post, the Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena said it was not happy with the MoS berth given to it. Prataprao Jadhav is the sole representative of Shinde-led Sena in the new government. He has been allocated the AYUSH ministry as MoS with independent charge and health & family welfare as MoS. Expressing disappointment over the issue, Shiv Sena MP Shrirang Barne said his party is one of the oldest allies of the BJP We will face assembly and deserves a cabinet minister. “In this election, the strike ratio of Shiv Sena was elections in the next three higher than that of the BJP in Maharashtra. The Shiv Sena contested 15 seats and months... Sena should get fair won 7, while the BJP contested 28 seats but treatment won only 9. Our performance is better,” Shrirang Barne said Barne. “Injustice has been done to the Shiv Sena. Even smaller allies have got Cabinet ministers, but we have been given only MoS,” he added. He pointed out that Chirag Paswan was made a Cabinet minister though his party won only five seats. Similarly, the JD(S) with just two Lok Sabha MPs got a Cabinet post, Barne contended. Meanwhile, Maharashtra CM Ekanth Shinde held a meeting of Shiv Sena MLAs and MPs on Monday to discuss party’s strategy and plan of action going forward. The meeting was held at Varsha Bungalow, the CM’s official residence. BJP legislature party to elect new CM today B i j o y P r a d h a n @ Bhubaneswar As Odisha waits with bated breath for its new chief minister, the legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet on Tuesday to elect their leader, paving way for formation of the first ever government of the saffron party in the state. The leader of the BJP legislature party will take oath as chief minister at a state level function at Janata Maidan to be attended by a bevy of dignitaries including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and party president and Union Health Minister JP Nadda. As suspense over the new chief minister continues, three names have been making the rounds for the top post. Brajarajnagar MLA Suresh Pujari is the front runner followed by state BJP president Manmohan Samal and former minister KV Singhdeo. The BJP leadership may spring a surprise like it had done in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh by announcing a CM who is not in contention. In all probability, the future chief minister of Odisha has been decided at Delhi and the legislature party meeting is a mere formality to obtain the stamp of approval, informed sources said. Defence Minister Singh and Union Environment and Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav, both appointed central observers, will arrive here on Tuesday morning to attend the legislature party meeting to be Prior to the legislature party meeting, the two central observers will have a one-onone discussion with party MLAs to know their choice of leader to head the government BJP sources held at about 4.30 pm, Balasore MP Pratap Sarangi told a media conference. “Prior to the legislature party meeting, the two central observers will have a one-on-one discussion with party MLAs to know their choice of leader to head the government. A consensus candidate will be chosen and Singh will announce the leader who will be the next chief minister of the state,” said a par ty functionary . After election of the leader of the treasury benches, the chief minister designate will meet Governor Raghubar Das to stake claim to form the next government in the state, Sarangi said. As per the revised schedule, the Prime Minister will arrive here in a special flight from Andhra Pradesh at 2.30 pm of June 12. He will be given a reception after his arrival at the city airport from where he will proceed to Raj Bhawan. He will join the swearing-in ceremony at Janata Maidan at 5 pm. The roadshow of Modi has been cancelled. “We are still in dark if ministers will take oath apart from the chief minister. If the party decides for a deputy chief minister’s post, then two persons may be administered oath of office by the Governor,” a senior BJP leader said. mystery Modi’s reposes faith in Big 3 of Odisha animal during swearing-in event is a house cat A mysterious animal resembling a leopard was seen on a video of BJP MP Durga Das Uikey’s oathtaking ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday. It went viral and led to speculation. Delhi Police say it’s a common house cat A day after inducting three senior Members of Parliament from Odisha in his council of ministers with cabinet rank, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reallocated the education ministry to Dharmendra Pradhan and Railways to Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday . Pradhan who served as the minister of education and skill development and entrepreneurship in the Modi 2.0 has retained education ministry while the other ministry went to Jayant Chaudhary of Rastriya Lok Dal. The Prime Minister reposed confidence in Pradhan for initiating a massive transformation in the education system through the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 which Dharmendra Pradhan Ashwini Vaishnaw Jual Oram is aligned to the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and aims to transform India into a vibrant knowledge society and global knowledge superpower. Pradhan took to X to express gratitude to PM Modi. “Grateful to Hon. PM @narendramodi ji for reassigning me the role of Minister of Education in Modi 3.0. A vibrant knowledge vertical will be one of the strongest pillars of Viksit Bharat,” he said. Vaishnaw, a Rajya Sabha member from the state, retained the railway portfolio. He proved his ability by retaining the ministry of electronics and information technology. Known for his proximity to the axis of power, Vaishnaw, a former Odisha cadre IAS officer turned politician, also got information and broadcasting (I&B) in lieu of communication ministry which he held in the previous government of Modi. Expectedly, Sundargarh MP Jual Oram got the ministry of tribal affairs which he was entrusted under the AB Vajpayee government in 1999. He was appointed as cabinet minister in the same ministry in the first term of Modi government at Centre. However, he could not make into the Modi cabinet in the second term. 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