visakhapatnam l thursday l november 07, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l late city EDITION Collateral-free education loan under PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme over 22 lakh students to benefit each year The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved PMVidyalaxmi scheme to provide financial support to meritorious students for higher education `10,700 crore equity infusion in FCI Anybody who gets admission in Quality Higher Education Institutions (QHEI) will be eligible to get collateral-free, guarantor-free loan from banks and financial institutions to cover the full amount of tuition fees and other expenses related to the course. The scheme will cover 22 lakh students every year. An outlay of `3,600 crore has been approved ■ ■ In other major decisions, the cabinet approved infusion of `10,700 crore as equity in Food Corporation of India (FCI) in 2024-25 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this will enhance FCI’s ability to manage food procurement and distribution efficiently, besides ensuring better support for farmers and helping improve food security 860 Higher Education Institutions in India to be covered under pm-vidyalaxmi scheme 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 Trump beats a female rival for 2nd time outperforms Harris in many states compared to 2020 Second in over 130 years to wrest presidency after a four-year gap Don power again in U.S. This will truly be the golden age of America... I am going to stop wars - Donald Trump, US president-elect DONALD TRUMP Total votes so far 71,895,011 (51%) President-elect Donald Trump gestures at supporters during his ‘victory speech’ at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday | AFP 291 223 Total votes so far 67,020,269 (47.4%) 270 to win ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE, WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN @ Washington (AP) Had a great conversation with my friend, President Donald Trump. Looking forward to working closely together once again Narendra Modi, PM Look forward to an era of a strong US under President Trump’s decisive leadership. We rely on continued strong support for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy D onald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday , an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the US Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts. With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. The victory validates his bare-knuckle approach to politics. He attacked his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, in deeply personal—often misogynistic and racist— terms as he pushed an apocalyptic picture of a country overrun by violent migrants. The rhetoric, paired with an image of hypermasculinity resonated , with angry voters—particularly men— in a deeply polarised nation. “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honour of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” Trump told cheering supporters in Florida. Trump’s win after a gap of four years is also spectacular in the sense that only one other American president has secured two non-consecutive terms. Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president, served as the US presi- Village in Godavari district basks in the glory of Usha Vance dent between 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. In state after state, Trump outperformed what he did in the 2020 election while Harris failed to do as well as Joe Biden did in winning the presidency four years ago. Upon taking office again, Trump also will work with a Senate that will now be in Republican hands, while control of the House hadn’t been determined. In his second term, Trump has vowed to pursue an agenda centred on dramatically reshaping the federal government and pursuing retribution against his perceived enemies. The results cap a historically tumultuous and competitive election season that included two assassination attempts targeting Trump and a shift to a new Democratic nominee just a month before the party’s convention. Trump will inherit a range of challenges when he assumes office on January 20, including heightened political polarization and global crises that are testing America’s influence abroad. His win against Harris marks the second time he has defeated a female rival in a general election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to speak to Trump to congratulate him on his victory  P9 . ‘GOLDEN AGE FOR u.s.’ | P9 ‘Trump’s win positive for India’s IT industry’ | P10 House result 52 Republicans 38 seats not up for poll, Expected to head a new entity called the efficiency commission, which will audit the government and recommend drastic reforms, including possible scrapping of entire depts 3 fipped 50 207 Republicans 28 seats not up for poll Democrats 188 218 to win 5 flipped Trump’s A team ELON MUSK Democrats 43 2 flipped Age n c i e s @ Washington Trump’s first term witnessed high turnover rate with many of his team members resigning, being fired, or reassigned. This time, he is expected to fill his Cabinet with loyalists. Here’s who could be part of the Trump-Vance team in 2025 VIVEK RAMASWAMY Helped Trump gain popularity among the young generation. Trump said he would love to have him around, heading a department: “He’ll do a better job than anybody you can think of.” ‘Samosa Caucus’ gets a little bigger RIC GRENELL KASH PATEL Former US ambassador to Germany who also served acting director of national intelligence, enjoys good rapport with Trump. Could be considered for Secretary of State or NSA Served in various roles in the defence and intelligence communities during Trump’s first term; impressed him with ideas over security and defence issues. Could be made NSA or the CIA chief Indian-American lawyer Suhas Subramanyam created history by becoming the first from the community to be elected from Virginia and the entire East Coast to the House of Representatives. He joined the ‘Samosa Caucus’ in the US Congress that had five Indian Americans — Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal and Shri Thanedar. All five were reelected. Subramanyam defeated Mike Clancy of the Republican Party . He is currently a Virginia State Senator. “I am honoured and humbled that the people of Virginia’s 10th District put their trust in me to take on the toughest fights and deliver results in Congress. This district is my home,” Subramanyam said. He had previously served as a White House Advisor to Pres- Cabinet nod to key policies, Land Act E x p r e s s Ne w s Se r v i c e @ Vijayawada S G u r u S r i k a n t h / U s h a Pe r i @ Vijayawada/Visakhapatnam Celebrations erupted in Vadluru, a village in East Godavari district, on Wednesday soon after Donald Trump clinched victory in the US presidential polls. The reason for the jubilance was Usha Vance, wife of JD Vance — the US Vice-President-elect — who has her roots in Vadluru. The village is three kilometres from Tanuku and 15 km from Nidavolu town. Usha’s great grandaunt Dr Chilikuri Santhamma, who lives in Visakhapatnam, told TNIE, “I am happy that my grandniece’s husband has been elected as the US Vice-President. I wish them success.” Usha Vance is the daughter of Santhamma’s brother-in-law’s son. A wellknown and respected professor, the 96year-old physics professor commutes 60 I would encourage km daily to teach at the Centurion Uniher (Usha Vance) versity in Vizianagaram. to visit Vizag and Santhamma said she has never met foster good Usha as she was raised in the US. “If I relations between ever speak to Usha, I would encourage the US and India. I her to visit Visakhapatnam and foster will also urge her to promote good relations between the United States Sanskrit and its and India. I would also urge her to prosignificance in the mote Sanskrit and its significance, helpUnited States ing to restore its importance in India,” she added. Dr Santhamma, Usha Usha’s parents had migrated to the US Vance’s great in the early 80s. Her mother Lakshmi, a grandaunt native of Pamarru in Krishna district, is an expert in molecular biology and biochemistry and currently works as a professor at the University of San Diego. Usha’s father Radhakrishna is well-known as Krish Chilukuri. He is an aerospace engineer. He has worked as an Aerodynamics Specialist at United Technologies Aerospace Systems and as an associP4 ate director at Collins Aerospace.  Senate result Harris concedes defeat, calls up President-elect Trump and congratulates him on his victory Kamala Harris Online attack on govt: CM slams police for lack of action In response to Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan pointing out the lack of action from police on the disparaging comments against the State government on social media, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu took serious exception to the ‘lax attitude’ of the police department The State Cabinet approved the AP Drone Policy 2024-29, Data Centre Policy 4.0, and AP Semiconductor Fab Policy 4.0 during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday . As part of the Drone Policy, the State government has proposed to set up a training institute for drone pilots and developing Kurnool district as a drone manufacturing hub. The policy envisages an investment of `1,000 crore, revenue of `3,000 crore, and the creation of 15,000 direct and 25,000 indi- rect jobs. Additionally the Cab, inet decided to repeal the AP Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 and bring a new law in its place. Briefing media on the decisions, Minister for Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Kolusu Parthasarathi said the State is moving fast towards transforming into a drone hub. The decision to set up a Drone Development Centre in Kurnool is to achieve this goal. Expressing confidence that the policy adopted by the Cabi, net, will enable the establishment of at least 100 drone man- J&K passes resolution seeking restoration of spl status F aya z w a n i @ Srinagar The newly-elected Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution urging the Centre to initiate dialogue with the elected representatives of the Union Territory to work out mechanisms for restoring special status and constitutional guarantees to the erstwhile state. “That this legislative assembly reaffirms the importance of the special status and constitutional guarantees, which safeguarded the identity, culture and rights of the people of Jam- mu and Kashmir, and expresses concern over their unilateral removal,” the resolution read. The resolution was moved by deputy J&K chief minister and senior National Conference leader Surinder Choudhary. BJP members, including the leader of opposition Sunil Sharma, opposed it. Sharma said the resolution was not part of the listed business of the House. “Article 370 is history. Nothing is going to happen as Article 370 abrogation was passed by Parliament and supported by the Supreme Court,” he said. Amid the uproar, Speaker Abdur Rahim Rather asked the BJP lawmakers to speak. “If the opposition members do not want to speak, I will put it to vote.” As the protests continued, the Speaker put the resolution to voice vote and it passed. When the Speaker announced that the resolution was passed, the BJP members intensified their protests with some rushing into the well of the House. ufacturing units in the State, he said the move will result in the setting up of 20 drone pilot training centres and 50 skill development centres across the State. On the Data Centre Policy he said, the initiative , aims at adding an additional 200 megawatts of data and attracting investments for setting up latest data centres with Artificial Intelligence (AI). “The Council of Ministers also approved the Andhra Pradesh Semiconductor Fab policy which will be in force between 2024 and 2029,” he addP4 ed. ident Barack Obama. Subramanyam’s parents arrived in the US through Dulles Airport in the late 1970s. Shri Thanedar was re-elected for the second consecutive term from the 13th Congressional District of Michigan. He won it for the first time in 2023. Raja Krishnamoorthi won the seventh Congressional District of Illinois for the fifth consecutive term. Ro Khanna who represents the seventeenth Congressional District of California and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, who represents the seventh Cong ressional District of Washington State, retained their respective seats. Similarly, Dr Ami Bera, the senior-most Indian American Congressman representing the sixth Congressional District of California since 2013, was reelected for the seventh consecutive term. express read BR Naidu takes charge as TTD Chairman Tirumala: Newly-appointed chairman of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) BR Naidu said the top priority of the Board will be to safeguard the sanctity of Srivari temple — the worldrenowned Hindu pilgrim centre — and provide hassle-free darshan to the multitude of devotees.He officially took charge as the TTD Board Chairman Wednesday | P3 SC pulls up UP govt over illegal house demolition S u c h i t r a k a lya n m o h a n t y @ New Delhi The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government over its “high-handed” approach to demolitions, and ordered it to pay `25 lakh to a man whose house was razed in 2019 without following the due procedure to widen a road. “This is completely highhanded. Where is the due process followed? We have an affidavit that says no notice was issued. You only went to the site and informed the people through a loudspeaker.You didn’t give time to the family to vacate,” the court said. “You can’t come with bulldozer and demolish the house overnight,” it added. A three-judge bench of the court, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, asked the state chief secretary to conduct an inquiry into the illegal demolition in Maharajganj district. The bench was hearing a suo motu writ petition registered in 2020 based on a complaint by Maharajganj resident Manoj Tibrewal Aakash, whose house was demolished in 2019.