tirupati l sunday l june 16, 2024 l `12.00 l PAGES 24 l late city EDITION Zelenskyy hopes peace meeting in swiss resort will make history 50 heads of state expected to attend Switzerland, which is hosting the peace summit, said more than 50 heads of state and government will join the meet at the B’rgenstock resort overlooking Lake Lucerne. Russia and China and a bunch of other nations will not participitate. The US has sent Vice President Kamala Harris to the event. An official from India will be attending the summit | P9 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the summit brought the focus back on the war. Joint efforts can stop it and establish peace 100 Host has three items on the agenda ■ Switzerland has three items on the peace summit agenda: nuclear safety of the Zaporizhzhia power plant; humanitarian assistance and exchange of PoWs; and food security, which has been disrupted because of war ■ Putin wants any peace deal to be built around Ukraine’s neutral status and limits on its armed forces, while delaying talks about Russia-occupied areas delegates are attending the peace summit in the swiss resort 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 Ami d s e l f i e d i p l o m a c y India-Middle east corridor gets g7 shot kuwait fire Victim families to get `8 lakh relief, wages for four years E x p r e ss N e w s S e r v i c e @ Kochi Italian PM Giorgia Meloni takes a selfie with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the G7 summit in Italy | PTI Agencies If the Group of Seven summit in Italy was all about heavy-duty diplomacy it had , its moments of fun as well. Like Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni taking a selfie video with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tagging it as Meloni and sharing it from her official X handle as well as her Instagram account. Her four words as caption — Hi friends, from #Melodi — broke the internet with 23 million views in 10 hours. Modi attended the summit at the invitation of host Meloni. As for the business end of the summit, the G7 industrialised nations committed themselves to promoting con- express read Govt issues orders to rename Spandana prog Vijayawada: The TDP government issued orders on Saturday renaming the ‘Spandana’ as ‘Public Grievance Redressal System’. This order will come into force with immediate effect | P4 Praja Vedika’s remains will not be cleared: CM Vijayawada: Describing Praja Vedika’s (Grievance Hall) demolition as a classic example of YSRC’s destructive rule, CM Naidu said remains of the building will not be removed | P4 crete infrastructure initiatives such as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) in their communique at the end of the meet, also attended by Modi. The communique also reiterated the commitment to a ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ based on the rule of law. “We will further promote concrete G7 PGII (Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment) initiatives, flagship projects, and complementary initiatives to develop transformative economic corridors for quality infrastructure and investment, such as the deepening of our coordination and financing for the Lobito Corridor, the Luzon Corridor, the Middle Corridor, and the In- dia-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, also building on the EU Global Gateway, the Great Green Wall Initiative, and the Mattei Plan for Africa launched by Italy the ,” communique read. The IMEC envisages a vast road, railroad and shipping network among Saudi Arabia, India, the US and Europe to ensure integration among Asia, the Middle East and the West. It is also seen as an initiative by like-minded nations to gain strategic influence in the face of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which has faced increasing criticism over lack of transparency and disregard for sovereignty of the nations. The IMEC was firmed up on the sidelines of the G20 summit in India last year. The founder of the company whose 49 employees died in an inferno at their residence in Kuwait three days ago, on Saturday offered a public apology . As many as 45 of the victims were Indians. K G Abraham, 70, the founder of the NBTC Group that hired them, hails from Pathanamthitta. He dismissed charges of overcrowding in the residential apartments or irregularities in the building permits. He said the company will protect the families of the victims, including providing educational support to students. “We are sorry We are so sor. ry. I was crying at home hearing about the tragic accident. They are our people. They are like our families. Some of them had been working with us for 25-27 years,” Abraham said. “We believe this did not happen because of our mistake. But, still we will take the responsibility. They were working with us. They built our c o m p a n y. T h e y a r e o u r family .” He said the company will give `8 lakh each to the families of the deceased. “Further, there is insurance coverage for all the employees. This will ensure that the families receive four years’ salaries of the victims. We will also provide jobs to the dependents of the victims’ families as per their educational qualifications,” he said. The NBTC Group is into construction, manufacturing, oil and natural gas, and retail. CM may take up major bureaucratic rejig soon S V i s w a n at h @ Vijayawada A major reshuffle of IAS and IPS officers is on the cards as Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is learnt to have held deliberations with the Chief Secretary and DGP for overhauling various departments. Sources said Naidu is likely to show the door to officials who were known to have worked favouring YSRC leaders. He is keen on appointing upright and efficient officials to head the key departments, they added. As the exercise of allocating portfolios to Cabinet ministers has concluded, sources said Naidu has now shifted his focus GHMC demolishes unauthorised structures outside Jagan’s home E x p r e ss N e w s S e r v i c e @ Hyderabad The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Saturday dismantled the unauthorised structures abutting the compound wall of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s residence at Lotus Pond in Banjara Hills. The unauthorised structures, built on the footpath and a portion of the road, were intended for the YSRC chief ’s security . According to GHMC officials, several complaints were received from people saying the illegal structures were obstructing the road and incon- veniencing commuters. This demolition comes shortly after Jagan lost power in the recently concluded Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. It was carried out by the enforce- BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (BIT) Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act 1956 Mesra, Ranchi- 835215 Second Coming Since 1955 ADMISSION NOTIFICATION 2024 PLUS 12 PAGES 8 Maoists, 1 STF jawan killed in C’garh e j a z k a i s e r @ Raipur Eight fighters of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), including three women, and a jawan were killed in a gunfight at the forested terrain of Maad region of Narayanpur district, about 400 km south of Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday . Besides the jawan, two other security officials sustained injuries, said Sunderraj P, Bastar’s Inspector General of Police. The injured jawans have been airlifted to a hospital in Raipur and are said to be out of danger. All three belonged to the Special Task Force (STF). The deceased jawan was identified as Nitish Ekka. He is a resident of Jashpur district. Based on intelligence inputs about the presence of senior Maoists, a joint operation was conducted by the District Reserved Guards, the STF, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Border Security Force on Saturday morning, Sunderraj said. The operation continued throughout the day along the Kutul, Farasbeda and Kodtameta jungles resulting in the death of the Maoists and jawan, he added. The bodies of the radicals have been recovered but are yet to be identified. Security forces are continuing to comb the area. So far they have recovered INSAS rifles, .303 rifles, BGL launcher and shells, a huge cache of ammunition, besides items of daily use from the gunfight site. About 1,200 jawans are engaged in the anti-Maoist joint operation for the first time in the Maad area, an insurgent stronghold. Since January the forces have , liquidated as many as 131 Maoists after various operations in Bastar. The tour nament has truly turned global too. The likes of New Zealand and Pakistan, are already out of the World Cup, while the future of defending champions England is only partially in their hands (late night match on Saturday/Sunday). On the other hand, Afghanistan (ranked 10 in ICC T20I rankings) and the USA (ranked 17) have qualified for the Super 8 for the first time. The reasons these so-called big teams have struggled to make it to the Super 8 can be traced back to the conditions in the US. At the same time, the lower-ranked teams, especially from the associate nations, have raised the bar to a new level. Undoubtedly there have been , A pioneer in entrepreneurship promotion (STEP) and Space Engg. & Rocketry with outstanding record of academic leadership, engineering innovation. B.Tech Programs BC I / BC II Category (Mesra, Deoghar, Jaipur) (Deoghar, Patna and Jaipur Off Campus) B.Tech B. Pharmacy B. Pharmacy (Regular) a handful of upsets, but there could have been more such results. 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There were talks of sluggish pitches, weather disruptions, one-sided matches but in the end what mattered was results in the middle. And to be fair, teams that played well won. Remains of the unauthorised structures outside former AP CM Jagan’s residence in Hyderabad I Sri Loganathan Velmurugan ment wing of the GHMC with the help of machinery, including a JCB. Anticipating that Jagan’s supporters would gather at Lotus Pond, GHMC authorities took the assistance of police to prevent any untoward incident. While Jagan’s supporters argued that the structures were needed for his security, residents welcomed the civic body’s action. “All these days, we were facing hassles in accessing the road,” a resident said. Authorities of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation said that the civic body will lay a new pavement in front of Jagan’s residence. WITH THIS ISSUE T20 World Cup k a lya n i m a n g a l e @ Chennai on selecting efficient officers to head various departments. 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