HAL receives first pvt sector-made rear fuselage for LCA MK1A thrissur l monday l march 10, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l city EDITION From Dubai with love Rohit and Co beat Black Caps to win their first 50-over ICC trophy in 12 years s w a r o o p s w a m i n at h a n @ Chennai THIS generational team finally has global gold to rubber-stamp their status as the greatest ODI side this country has known. Rohit Sharma, threeand-a-half-years after he was entrusted with the task of bringing about a cultural reset, has now two ICC titles, the only Indian captain apart from MS Dhoni, who won three, to do so. It’s significant because for all the cricketing commerce they had commanded, the trophy cabinet hadn’t kept pace. From 1984, about the time when the the country began to learn the spelling of the sport, till the beginning of 2024, this team had three ICC crowns (excluding the one shared with Sri Lanka). You can count all those near misses but finishing second best is no good when you are — or want to be — the apex predator (the walls of the Louvre are adorned with some of the greatest artists but there’s a halo around Da Vinci). India have gone big since last June. Tournaments across formats in three continents have now resulted in two of the biggest prizes this sport has to offer. It’s important to state here they Team India celebrates after winning the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday | afp had an advantage over each of the other seven teams in the tournament. Even if coach Gautam Gambhir labelled them as ‘cribbers’, India are the only team who were afforded the luxury of picking a squad for one venue (pacer Mohammed Shami himself called it an ‘advantage’). But they have maximised the conditions on offer. After the spinners restricted the Black Caps to 251 on one of the better Dubai surfaces, their batters, predictably found gaps in the Matt Henryshaped hole that was the Kiwi bowling. What was so striking about India’s march to the final, and the win under the stadium’s imposing Ring of Fire, was the absurd lack of jeopardy The last two finals have be. come balms to address the permenant heartache of 2023. Some dopamine to address a battered mind, body and soul. Extreme dieting claims teen girl’s life in Kannur P o o j a N a i r @Kozhikode Maestro’s pride of place Legendary music director Ilaiyaraaja’s ‘Valiant’, the first ever Western classical symphony by an Indian composer, debuted at London’s Eventim Apollo Theatre on Sunday. The maestro was joined by Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. The music was conducted by Mikel Toms | X | P7 Oppn sharpens knives as Parl session begins today Another issue that may rock the session is the duplicate Electoral WITH the Opposition set to corner Photo Identity Card numbers. The the Centre on the alleged manipula- TMC has taken the lead in flagging tion of electoral rolls, Waqf Bill, de- the issue, following which the Eleclimitation and the Trump tion Commission said it administration’s tariff DMK to oppose would take corrective measdelimitation claims, the Parliament sesures within three months. sion starting Monday is The Opposition will also Tamil Nadu CM likely to be rocky . raise the issue of fresh vioM K Stalin met On Sunday, the Dravida DMK MPs ahead of lence in Manipur, as Home Munnetra Kazhagam Minister Amit Shah is exParliament’s (DMK) MPs met and passed pected to move a statutory Budget session a resolution to raise the deresolution seeking Parliafrom Monday, limitation and alleged ‘Hinment approval for Presiurging them to di imposition’ issues in dent’s Rule in Manipur. oppose Parliament. Finance Minister Nirmadelimitation. DMK The session may also see leaders will also try la Sitharaman is scheduled a showdown over the Waqf to table the budget for Mato rally support Amendment Bill, which the nipur, for Parliament’s and will raise government is looking to budgetary approval. issues of fund pass in this session. Last disparity and Hindi Jairam Ramesh said Conweek, the Union cabinet apgress will raise the threat imposition. proved 14 amendments proof reciprocal tariffs by US posed by a joint parliamentary com- President Donald Trump and called mittee. Congress leader Jairam for a bipartisan collective resolve to Ramesh said INDIA bloc leaders will deal with the threats.. hold consultation with other parties The second leg of the Budget sesto oppose the Waqf bill. sion will end on April 4. P r e e t h a N a i r @ New Delhi An 18-year-old lost her life after following an extreme weight-loss diet regime that she came across on YouTube. M Sreenanda, a resident of Koothuparamba in Kannur, had reportedly been surviving almost entirely on water for months, leading to severe health complications. A first-year student of Pazhassi Raja NSS College, Mattannur, Sreenanda was admitted to the Thalassery Co-operative Hospital a week ago after she showed signs of extreme tiredness and vomiting. She had been on ventilator support and died on Saturday night. Dr Nagesh Prabhu, who treated Sreenanda, confirmed she was suffering from anorexia nervosa, a severe eating disorder characterised by an intense fear of weight gain. “She had been starving herself for nearly six months. One of my colleagues had earlier advised her family to seek psychiatric help, but they underestimated the seriousness of the condition,” he said. Anorexia Nervosa is a complex disorder that not only affects eating habits but also has deep psychological roots. “Patients eventually lose their sense of hunger, and in Sreenanda’s case, her sodium and sugar levels plummeted beyond correction,” the ● More on P5 doctor said.  e xp r e s s r e a d No surprises, Govindan to continue as CPM state secy Kollam: The 24th CPM state conference will go down in Kerala’s history as the party meet where the CPM made a capitalistic shift in its approach towards private capital. On the organisational front, there were no major surprises as incumbent state secretary M V Govindan continues in the post. The meet also elected an 89-member state committee and a 17-member state secretariat. P4 Railways plans TN to Kashmir train service B AN B U SE LV AN @ Chennai Rail passengers, tourists and pilgrims from Tamil Nadu will soon be able to make an affordable and seamless train journey to the picturesque valleys of Kashmir. The Southern Railway is planning to introduce the Amrit Bharat Express that will connect either Kanniyakumari, the southernmost town of India, or Rameswaram, the tip of the Indian peninsula, to Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The new train service would run for a length of over 4,000 kilometres. The Amrit Bharat rake has a highspeed push-pull configuration, equipped with engines at both ends, capable of reaching speeds of up to 130 kmph. It has been designed to offer Vande Bharat-like comfort for non-AC passengers. This initiative comes as the 111-km Katra-Banihal section, the last leg of the 272-km Udhampur-SrinagarBaramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project, is set to be inaugurated next month. At present, the only way for visitors from the state to reach Kashmir is either by road or by air. Describing the proposal as an ambitious project of the Southern Railway, official sources revealed to TNIE that, “At the policy level, the decision has been taken to provide a train link to Srinagar/ Baramulla either from Kanniyakumari or Rameswaram. A Vande Bharat trial run from New Delhi to Srinagar was conducted recently and the line is likely to be thrown open for operation soon. The decision on introducing the AB Express from Kanniyakumari/Rameswaram to Srinagar will be finalised once the line is inaugurated.” The rear fuselage for Light Combat Aircraft Mk1A, produced by private firm Alpha Tocol Engineering, was handed over to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Bengaluru on Sunday PTI Singh termed the handing over as a milestone in India’s defence manufacturing Already manufactured 12 LCA MK1A rear fuselages, which are on the aircraft in the manufacturing line With this supply, a major structure module produced by an Indian private partner will be integrated into the LCA Mk1A aircraft, enabling HAL to meet additional delivery commitments for IAF from 2025-26 onwards 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 ■ ■