All-civilian crew blast off into space for 1st private spacewalk SpaceX on Tuesday launched its Polaris Dawn mission, carrying a 4-member civilian crew, for the first spacewalk by non-professional astronauts. The mission is jointly funded by US billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX. Isaacman is the CEO of US firm Shift4 Payments MADURAI l wednesday l september 11, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 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 Medics defy SC fiat, reject Didi’s invite Apple supplier Jabil plans for `2,000-cr facility in Tiruchy E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Kolkata E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Chennai Tiruchy is likely to emerge as an electronics manufacturing cluster soon, with Jabil — a Fortune 500 company and supplier to Apple, Cisco and Hewlett Packard — planning to set up its electronics manufacturing facility in the city with an investment of `2,000 crore, expect, ed to create 5,000 jobs. The company has manufacturing units in China, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore and the United States. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed in Chicago on Monday in the presence of Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is on a fortnightlong trip to the US. Jabil’s executive vice president Matt Crowley , senior director Nitu Sinha and senior manager of global energy P J Farrenkopf were present. If the deal comes to fruition, TN will be host to all of Apple’s major suppliers, with Foxconn, Pegatron and Tata Electronics already operating in the state. “This will significantly boost the central zone’s economy, creating a new hub for electronics manufacturing. With this, we have TN’s third major emerging electronics cluster, after Sriperumbudur and Hosur,” said Industries Minister T R B Rajaa in a post on X.  P5 Yechury in critical condition CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury’s condition is critical and he is on respiratory support at AIIMS Delhi, his party said. He has acute respiratory tract infection Students clash with security personnel during their protest over the recent violence, in Imphal | PTI 50 protesters hurt, Net banned in Imphal valley Protests in Manipur over the fresh spurt of violence P r a s a nta M a z u m d a r @ Guwahati Over 50 protesting students were injured in Manipur on Tuesday when the police used force to thwart their attempt to march to Raj Bhavan even as the state government imposed a five-day ban on internet services in five Imphal valley districts. The government also ordered the closure of all colleges till Thursday. Curfew was reimposed in Imphal East and Imphal West districts while prohibitory orders under Section 163 BNSS were clamped in Thoubal district. One of the injured students, a girl, sustained grievous injuries, a senior government official said, adding she was admitted in the ICU of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal. For the second straight day , students attempted to march to Raj Bhavan but they were stopped by security personnel. This led to scuffles and the personnel dispersed the protesters by firing tear gas shells. The students of Manipur University also took out another protest march. The protests on Monday had turned violent when the students pelted stones outside Raj Bhavan. The students are on the streets demanding the removal of state’s security advisor and director general of police for failing to protect the lives and properties of citizens. Hundreds of them have been camping at Khwairamband Women Market. The home department said internet services had been suspended “to thwart the design and activities of anti-national and anti-social elements, maintain peace and communal harmony and prevent any loss of life or danger to public/private property .” 2 more CRPF battalions The Centre is deploying two fresh CRPF battalions comprising about 2,000 personnel in Manipur - one from Warangal and the other from Latehar in Jharkhand drone bomb probe team A joint team of officers from the CRPF, the BSF and some independent technical experts will study the drones and improvised rockets used to launch attacks in some places PROTESTING junior doctors in West Bengal on Tuesday defied the Supreme Court’s directive to resume work by 5 pm, saying they would continue with their ‘cease work’ protest till their demands are fulfilled and the rapemurder victim of the RG Kar Hospital gets justice. The agitating doctors also rejected an email invite from a state government official for talks with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to resolve the impasse. An email sent by Health Secretary N S Nigam on Tuesday evening read: “Your small delegation (maximum 10 persons) may visit Nabanna now to meet government representatives.” During the day the protesting , doctors had marched to Swasthya Bhavan, the headquarters of the health department, and staged a sit-in outside the office building. One of the protesters said the official could have come out and spoken to them in person, instead of sending an email. Junior doctors march towards Swasthya Bhawan during a protest in Kolkata | PTI Dr Debasish Halder, who organised a sit-in, said the communication was insensitive, adding: “We find no reason to reply to this mail.” Another medic said: “We got the mail from the health secretary whose resignation we seek. , This is an insult.” Meanwhile, RG Kar hospital authorities issued notices to 51 doctors, including to senior residents and professors, accusing them of intimidation and disrupting the institution’s democratic atmosphere. They have been asked to appear before an inquiry panel on Wednesday . SANDIP GHOSH, aide sent to JUDICIAL CUSTODY A special CBI court on Tuesday sent former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, his security personnel Afsar Ali, and two others to judicial custody till September 23 in a financial irregularities case Wing Commander booked for rape in J&K F aya z W a n i @ Srinagar The J&K police have registered a first information report (FIR) against a Wing Commander at the Air Force station here after a woman flying officer accused him of rape and mental harassment. The FIR was lodged at the Budgam Police Station under Section 376(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which pertains to aggravated rape by persons in positions of authority . An Inspector-rank police officer is overseeing the probe. The complainant alleged that she was sexually assaulted on December 31, 2023 during a New Year’s party held at the Officers’ Mess at the Air Force station in Srinagar. Both officers are posted there. “On the guise of giving me a gift, the Wing Commander asked me to collect the gift from his room. Once I went inside the room, the Wing Commander forced himself on me and sexually assaulted me. I tried to resist it in all possible ways and managed to run away .”