HYDERABAD l friday l may 16, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 38 l LATE CITY EDITION Voyager 1 makes comeback as dormant thrusters revived NASA engineers have revived thrusters aboard Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from Earth, just before a planned communications blackout feat accomplished just in time: nasa revival process took lots of planning The feat was accomplished just in time, as a scheduled maintenance period for a crucial Earth-based antenna threatened to sever communication with the probe. The revived thrusters are the original roll thrusters, which have been dormant since 2004. These thrusters allow Voyager 1’s orientation in space and let it send data back to earth ■ ■ Voyager 1 operates at an immense distance, beyond the heliosphere, and the team had to carefully plan and execute the revival process In addition to the risk, the team faced time constraint. A giant antenna in Canberra went offline on May 4. The antenna is the only one with enough signal strength to send commands to the probe 56,000 kmph is the speed at which the voyager moves in space 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 Put rogue Pakistan’s nukes under IAEA’s supervision, says Rajnath Metro ride to pinch pockets Calls out the neighbour’s nuclear blackmail during recent Operation Sindoor India rebuts Trump claim on zero tariffs MAYA N K SI N GH @ New Delhi Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday demanded IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) supervision over Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, arguing they were not safe in the hands of the rogue nation. Pointing out that India was not deterred by Pakistan’s nuclear blackmail, he said Operation Sindoor sent a clear message to the terrorists in Pakistan that they no longer had a safe sanctuary . Addressing soldiers in Srinagar, Rajnath said the world has witnessed how irresponsibly Islamabad has issued nuclear threats to New Delhi several times. “I raise this question before the world: Are nuclear weapons safe in the hands of such an irresponsible and rogue nation? Pakistan’s nuclear weapons should be taken under the supervision of the IAEA,” Rajnath said. Pakistan had sought to play the nuclear card amid Operation Sindoor as media reports suggested that a meeting of D i pa k M o nd a l @ New Delhi their Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) — the highest decision making body on the use of nukes — would be held shortly While it sent the inter. national community into a tizzy, Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif later denied any proposal to call the meeting. Another lie peddled on social media that Pakistan’s nuclear facilities were hit during Operation Sindoor, was rebutted by the IAEA, which said there was no radiation leak. “Based on information available to the IAEA, there has been no radiation leak or release from any nuclear facility in Pakistan,” the IAEA said. Defence minister Rajnath Singh in Srinagar on Thursday | PTI Work on CBMs to continue “Further to the understanding between the two DGMOs on 10 May, it has been decided to continue the confidence building measures so as to reduce the alertness level,” the army said on Thursday | P9 BCAS diktat, RGIA grounds Turkish firm E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Hyderabad Complying with Union government directives, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has revoked the security clearance of Çelebi Airport Services at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad. Confirming this to TNIE, the RGIA officials said that they were actively coordinating with other service providers and relevant encounter 10 militants neutralised in Manipur E x p r e s s ne w s s e r v i c e @ Guwahati TEN suspected militants were killed by the Assam Rifles in an encounter near the India-Myanmar border in Manipur’s Chandel district. The Army’s Eastern Command said an Assam Rifles unit under the Spear C o r p s ( N a g a l a n d ’s D i mapur-based 3 Corps) had launched an operation on May 14 acting on intelligence about the movement of militants near New Samtal village in Khengjoy Tehsil of Chandel. “During the operation, troops were fired upon by suspected cadres, to which they retaliated in a calibrated manner. In the ensuing firefight, 10 cadres were neutralized,” the Eastern Command posted on X. A cache of arms and ammunition was recovered. The Army did not disclose the name of the group. The operation is in progress in a remote area. “We will share the inputs as soon as possible,” an Army of ficer said. T his was among the major counterinsurgency operations in Manipur since the ethnic violence between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo tribals on May 3, 2023. In the past 24 hours, security forces apprehended seven militants. W ITH THI S I S S UE CITY’S BEST WEEKEND GUIDE 38 PAGES, INCLUDING 24 OF INDULGE (TABLOID) regulatory authorities to ensure uninterrupted operations. The airport management has assured passengers and stakeholders that all necessary measures are being taken to guarantee a seamless transition. The Turkish firm is a major player and was operating at nine airports in India, responsible for ground handling and cargo terminal services, at the time its security clearance was revoked.  Related report: P9 MANUU scraps MoU with Turkish varsity Hyderabad: The Maulana Azad National Urdu University has announced cancellation of its academic MoU with Yunus Emre Institute, Turkey, with immediate effect | P2 US President Donald Trump on Thursday said India has decided to drop all tariffs on US goods, a statement the latter immediately denied. “They [India] have offered us a deal where basically they have agreed to charge us literally no tariffs,” Trump has said while responding to a question in Doha on Apple’s plan to shift iPhone manufacturing to India. He told the Apple CEO not to shift manufacturing to India. India rebutted the claims. “Between India and the US, trade talks have been going on. These are complicatS Jaishankar ed negotiations. Nothing is decided till everything is. Any trade deal has to be mutually beneficial; it has to work for both countries. That would be our expectation from the trade deal. Until that is done, any judgment on it would be premature,” minister of external affairs S Jaishankar said. Meanwhile, a commerce ministry official said every country negotiates with its national interests in mind. “Negotiations must balance sensitivities and strengths on both sides. The aim is always a mutually beneficial agreement, as mentioned in the joint statement.” Citing financial sustainability and affordability balance, the Fare Fixation Committee has increased fares for Metro travel, effective May 17, 2025 Revised fare structure Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy performs rituals at the Triveni Sangam on the first day of Saraswathi Pushkaralu near Kaleshwaram on Thursday CM promises `200 cr for Kaleshwaram temple Funds to be released through green channel: Revanth E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Hyderabad Declaring that the state government will allocate `200 crore for the development of the Kaleshwaram temple as a major tourist destination, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said that the funds would be released through the green channel. The chief minister was speaking after taking a holy bath at the confluence of the Godavari and Pranahita rivers near Kaleshwaram after the Saraswathi Pushkaralu commenced. He directed officials to prepare a mas- ter plan for the project ahead of the upcoming Godavari Pushkaralu. Addressing the devotees present, Revanth asserted that his government was committed to preserving Telangana’s culture and traditions. He acknowledged the officials for the arrangements made for pilgrims and noted that a tent city had been established to provide accommodation. Referring to the upcoming Godavari and Krishna Pushkaralu over the next three years, he remarked that it would be a privilege for him to oversee arrangements for the two events. Distance Existing Fare Revised Fare Up to 2 km `10 `12 Above 24 km `60 `75 express read Kancha Gachibowli tree felling ‘pre-planned’: SC Delhi: Warning the Telangana govt of stern action if no decision is taken on restoration of Kancha Gachibowli forest, the Supreme Court on Thursday said felling of trees next to the University of Hyderabad prima facie appeared to be “pre-planned”. “The govt has to restore it or its officials could land in jail,” a bench led by the Chief Justice of India said | P4 inside SC reprimands M.P. Minister for slur I P9