BHUBANESWAR  THURSDAY  NOVEMBER 07, 2024  `9.00  PAGES 12  LATE CITY EDITION COLLATERAL-FREE EDUCATION LOAN UNDER PM-VIDYALAXMI SCHEME The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved PMVidyalaxmi scheme to provide financial support to meritorious students for higher education OVER 22 LAKH STUDENTS TO BENEFIT EACH YEAR `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- 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 P9 congratulate him on his victory . ‘GOLDEN AGE FOR U.S.’ | P9 ‘TRUMP’S WIN POSITIVE FOR INDIA’S IT INDUSTRY’ | P10 SENATE RESULT HOUSE RESULT 52 Republicans 38 seats not up for poll, Trump’s A team ELON MUSK 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 Democrats 43 3 fipped 50 207 Republicans 28 seats not up for poll Democrats 188 218 TO WIN 5 flipped 2 flipped 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 A G E 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 Harris concedes defeat, calls up President-elect Trump and congratulates him on his victory KAMALA HARRIS 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 re-elected. 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- 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. SC pulls up UP govt over J&K passes resolution seeking restoration of Wheat distribution indecision by illegal house demolition spl status, guarantees govt led to PDS rice supply delay MANGO KERNEL DEATHS S U C H I T R A K A LYA N M O H A N T Y @ New Delhi F AYA Z W A N I @ Srinagar THE newly-elected Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution calling on 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 Jammu 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. Assembly did Sharma said the resolution was not part of the listed business of the House. “Arits job: Omar ticle 370 is history. Nothing is going to J&K Chief Minister happen as Article 370 abrogation was Omar Abdullah passed by Parliament and supported by said the assembly the Supreme Court,” he said. has done its job. Amid the uproar, Speaker Abdur Ra“The assembly him Rather asked the BJP lawmakers to has done its job. I speak. “If the opposition members do will only say this not want to speak, I will put it to vote.” much,” he said on As the protests continued, the Speaker the passage of put the resolution to voice vote and it the resolution 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 chanting Jai Shri Ram and slogans against the resolution. Sharma warned that the BJP won’t allow any further proceedings until it’s withdrawn. The Congress, which remained silent on Article 370 while campaigning for the J&K elections, said the resolution is “the first democratic expression” of the people of J&K and reflects their aspirations. B I J O Y P R A D H A N @ Bhubaneswar WITH the state government in a spot over the mango kernel deaths in Kandhamal district, it has now come to light that distribution of PDS rice for the October-December quarter was delayed for about a month, thanks to the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare (FS&CW) department’s overdrive to provide wheat to ration card holders without due diligence. Absence of proper evaluation of intended beneficiaries and logistics required for transportation of the foodgrain led to multiple instructions to the district civil supplies officers (CSOs) for holding up ration distribution, sources said. The delay in delivery of free ration by nearly a month was not Kandhamal-specific and hit a much larger population covered under the food security programme. Software upgradation of point of sale (PoS) machines caused the first problem. “Software upgradation of PoS machines with the newlysupplied digital weighing machines to PDS dealers halted the ration distribution for five days from October 10 to 15. The offline centres where PDS dealers face internet issues had to start rice distribution from October 25 as they received their quota It will take time for collecting data about the consumer interest on wheat. Besides the tendering process for wheat transportation from FCI godowns to districts is underway. Wheat distribution to the card holders will be possible for the January-March quarter Krushna Chandra Patra, FS&CW minister for the current quarter on October 23,” said sources in the FS&CW department. Earlier, FS&CW minister Krushna Chandra Patra had announced that the state government will distribute wheat along with rice to the card holders from October. In its August 30 allotment order to the districts, the department instructed the district CSOs to start rice distribution for the October-December quarter from October 1. Then came the revised order on September 28 with instruction for distribu- tion of rice only to card holders who have opted for a mix of rice and wheat. Accordingly, the PDS dealers were instructed to give rice after deducting the quantity of wheat the card holders asked for. Curiously the department on , November 6 directed districts which have lifted wheat for distribution for the current quarter to hold up wheat supply to PDS dealers. Only rice will be supplied to card holders. “I received instruction today from the CSO not to deliver wheat at dealers’ points as minister Patra announced that only rice will be distributed for the current quarter. I have already lifted 4,000 quintal of wheat and not sure what will be the fate of the foodgrain. I have no facility for scientific storage of the stock,” rued a PDS contractor not willing to be named. The minister said the department is in the process of conducting a survey to know the quantity of wheat required for each district. “It will take time for collecting data about the consumer interest on wheat. Besides the tendering process for wheat transportation from FCI godowns to districts is underway. Wheat distribution to the card holders will be possible for the January-March quarter,” Patra told mediapersons on Wednesday . 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. EXPRESS READ Bhubaneswar metro rail sets 2027 deadline Woman, her 98-yr-old mother die in house fire Bhubaneswar: If things go as per plan, denizens of the state capital might enjoy their first metro ride by mid 2028. The Bhubaneswar Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) has set the deadline to complete all metro rail infrastructure by the end of 2027 financial year. The first phase of the 26-km metro project with 20 stations being taken up at a cost of `6,255.94 crore will serve major educational institutions, hospitals, commercial complexes, transport nodes and government and corporate offices. Testing of soil for construction of elevated tracks and stations is underway at several places | P2 Sambalpur: Bodies of an elderly woman and her 98-year-old mother were recovered from the first floor of a house in Hatpada within Sadar police limits late on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Sairendri Dixit (62) and her mother Snehalata Dixit (98). While Sairendri was burnt alive in the kitchen, her bed-ridden mother was found dead in another room. As per police, Dixits’ neighbours noticed smoke emanating from the windows of their house at around 10.30 pm. They rushed to the house and found that Sairendri was on fire and reportedly running around for help | P4