tirupati l monday l december 16, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l late city EDITION Subsidiaries of Indian pharma giants recall products in U.S. Aurobindo Pharma, Glenmark and Zydus are recalling products due to manufacturing issues, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said U.S. Regulator flags purity concerns Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc is recalling over 1 lakh bottles of Cinacalcet tablets over “presence of N-nitroso Cinacalcet impurity” above prescribed limit, FDA said. Similarly, the US subsidiary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals is recalling 90,000 bottles of Diltiazem Hydrochloride capsules over “presence of N-nitroso-Desmethyl-Diltiazem impurity” above the US regulator’s limit ■ 20% Class ii nationwide recall initiated ■ Zydus (USA) Inc is recalling 4,404 packs of Esomeprazole Magnesium for Delayed-Release Oral Suspension due to errors in labelling The companies have initiated Class II nationwide recall. According to the US regulator, such an action is taken when products can cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences India’s share in the global supply of generic medicines 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 Fadnavis expands Maharashtra cabinet with 39 new ministers Focus on young, new faces; 19 berths go to BJP, Shiv Sena gets 11, and NCP 9 ministers S U D HIR S U RYAWA N S HI @ Chennai Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday effected the first expansion of his ministry with 33 Cabinet ministers and six ministers of state. Gover nor C P Radhakrishnan administered the oath to all 39 ministers, many of them fresh faces, at the Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on the eve of Maharashtra state assembly’s winter session. Among the newly sworn-in ministers, 19 are from the BJP (16 cabinet berths and 3 MoS); 11 from the Shiv Sena (9 cabinet and 2 MoS); and 9 from NCP (8 cabinet ministers and 1 MoS). With this, the BJP has 20 ministers including CM Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena has 12 including deputy CM Eknath Shinde, and NCP 11 including deputy CM Ajit Pawar. The Cabinet is now in full strength with 43 ministers. Notably, 12 ministers from the Shinde-led government were dropped to give representation to young leaders. Those dropped include BJP leaders Sudhir Mungantiwar, Vijay Kumar Gavit, and Ravindra Cha- Ceremony held at Nagpur’s Raj Bhavan The ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in Nagpur was the first to be held in the state’s second capital in 33 years. The last such event was Sudhakarrao Naik cabinet’s expansion in 1991 Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy CMs Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde during the swearing-in of cabinet ministers | PTI van; NCP leaders Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Anil Patil, and Dharmaraobaba Atram; and Shiv Sena leaders Tanaji Sawant and Deepak Kesarkar. While focusing on fresh faces, Fadnavis also included some experienced hands in his team. Among the young BJP ministers are Jaykumar Rawal, Pankaja Munde, Ashok Uike, Ashish Shelar, Shivendrasinh Bhosale, Jaykumar Gore, Sanjay Savkare, Nitesh Rane, Techie suicide: Wife and family members arrested Haryana. Her mother Nisha and brother Anurag were A week after 34-year-old soft- nabbed from a hotel in Prayaware engineer Atul Subhash graj in Uttar Pradesh. All three ended his life by hanging at his arrests were made on Saturday residence in Bengalumorning, and the trio ru’s Marathahalli, his has been brought to estranged wife Nikita Bengaluru. Singhania, mother-inShivakumar also said law Nisha Singhania, that Atul’s son is curand brother-in-law Anrently staying with Niurag Singhania have kita’s relative and added been arrested on chargthat more information Nikita e s o f ab e t m e n t o f cannot be shared as he suicide. is a minor (aged 4). The trio, during quesStating that Sushil is tioning, is said to have absconding, the DCP claimed innocence and said efforts are on to have been remanded in trace him. “The investijudicial custody . gating teams are also Nikita’s uncle, Sushil collecting other eviNisha Singhania, who has also dence,” he added. been named as an acA senior police officer cused by the Marathatold this newspaper that halli police, is yet to be the trio, during inquiry, arrested. defended themselves Speaking to the media and claimed that the alon Sunday Deputy Com, legations made by Atul Anurag missioner of Police in the death note and (Whitefield division) the video are false. Shivakumar Gunare said that The accused were produced based on a tip-off and other before a magistrate on Saturday technical clues, Nikita was ar- and were shifted to Bengaluru rested from a paying-guest ac- Central Prison in Parappana commodation in Gurugram in Agrahara. R a k s h i t h G o w d a @ Bengaluru Akash Fundkar, Madhuri Misal, Pankaj Bhoyar, and Meghna Bordikar Sakore. Meanwhile, Ajit Pawar denied berths to veterans Chhagan Bhujbal and Dilip Walse Patil to accommodate Dhananjay Munde, Datta Bharane, Aditi Tatkare, Manikrao Kokate, Narahari Jirwal, Makarand Patil, Babasaheb Patil, and Indranil Naik. As for Eknath Shinde, he had a tough task to keep each one happy with a limited number express read Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain passes away Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain passed away at the age of 73 in the US on Sunday. He was reportedly admitted to a hospital in San Francisco with heart related problems. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu & YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy condoled his death Jagan mocks Naidu’s Vision-2047 document Vijayawada: YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has embarked on yet another publicity stunt in the name of Vision-2047. Taking to social media platform X, he posted, “This is just a ploy to deceive and mislead the people.” | P4 US in contact with Syrian rebels: Blinken Aqaba: US officials have been in contact with the terroristdesignated rebel group that led the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. He was the first US official to publicly confirm contacts between the Biden administration and HTS | P9 of berths. Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Bondekar resigned as Shiv Sena deputy leader after he was denied a berth in the new cabinet. Shiv Sena ministers include Sanjay Rathod, Uday Samant, Sanjay Shirsat, Pratap Sarnaik, Bharat Gogavale, Prakash Abitkar, Ashish Jaiswal, and Yogesh Kadam A senior BJP leader said the party has tried to keep the delicate balance of caste and regional representation in the new cabinet. “Each section of the society voted for us. Therefore, we wanted to give representatives to each section even if the faces from these societies were new. This is a new team under new leadership and we are hopeful that they will perform better,” he said. Naidu promises to establish Telugu varsity, name it after Potti Sriramulu E x p r e ss N e w s S e r v i c e @ Vijayawada Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu promised to establish a Telugu university in the State and name it after Potti Sriramulu, the freedom fighter known for his pivotal role in the for mation on Andhra Pradesh. Speaking during a programme held at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram in Vijayawada on Sunday commemorating the , 72nd death anniversary of Potti Sriramulu, Naidu announced that the freedom fighter’s birth anniversary celebrations will be conducted on a grand note on March 16, 2025. Further, he said Sriramulu’s residence in Nellore district will be developed as a memorial and that another memorial will be established in Amaravati. With the Telangana government mulling over renaming the Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University in Hyderabad, Naidu said the government in Andhra Pradesh will construct a Telugu University here and name it after the freedom fighter. “Telugus always feel proud of Potti Sriramulu. For 58 days, he was on a dedicated hunger strike, ultimately sacrificing his life which set the stage for CM N Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan during the ‘Amarajeevi Sri Potti Sriramulu Gari Atmarpana Day’ Programme in Vijayawada I Express Pawan Kalyan always says my experience is much needed for the State. However, even I am finding it difficult to chalk out a way forward because of the great damage caused by the previous dispensation N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister the creation of linguistic States in India, Naidu recalled. Reiterating that continuous welfare and development is possible with a stable government, Naidu said he released the Swarna Andhra Vision 2047 document taking inspiration from personalities like Potti Sriramulu, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, NT ai system to cut srivari darshan time to 1 hour BSN Malleswara Rao @ Vijayawada In a groundbreaking initiative, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board is set to introduce an AI-based facial recognition system to reduce wait time for devotees.   In an exclusive interview with TNIE, TTD Chairman BR Naidu revealed that the system, inspired by DigiYatra at airports, will be implemented within six months. Once it is established, common devotees can complete darshan of Lord Venkateswara Swamy within an hour, he said, adding that a Bengaluru-based company has already begun preparations to launch the pilot project in Tirupati and Tirumala. Asked how the new system will be different from the time-slot based darshan initiative introduced by the Chandrababu Naidu government in 2000, the TTD chief explained that the old system, introduced to manage crowds, was marred by token origin, to have darshan within one hour.” On the Srivari temple Board’s decision to allow only Hindus to work at the Srivari temple’s premises, he said, “Currently, over 250 non-Hindu employees are working with the TTD, including some in the Sri Venkateswara Bhakthi Channel, which was estabBy leveraging technology, we aim to lished to promote Hinduism. eradicate black ticketing, eliminate Ironically, one of these emtouts, and ensure a more dignified ployees is even running a and efficient experience for church. This blatant disredevotees gard for TTD’s principles is BR Naidu, TTD Chairman unacceptable. As a devout follower of Lord manipulation and black marVenkateswara, my priority ket sales. Moreover, it did not is to uphold the values of address the issue of long wait Hinduism. To address this for darshan, he pointed out. anomaly, we will offer a VolStating that the TTD’s aim untary Retirement Scheme is to provide a seamless and to these employees or surrenefficient experience, espe- d e r them to the cially for devotees travelling government.” from distant places, BR Further, he asserted that Naidu explained, “The AI- he has the full backing of powered facial recognition Chief Minister N Chandrabsystem will ensure that devo- abu Naidu and Deputy CM tees don’t manipulate or Pawan Kalyan to implement transfer their access. This se- necessary measures for recure system will enable any storing Tirumala’s former FULL INTERVIEW: P4 devotee, regardless of their glory  . wpl mini auction Rama Rao and other leaders. Stating that people must not forget the ‘bad governance’ under the previous YSRCP regime, he remarked, “There was a time in the State when people could not discuss anything freely. Even developmental works in Sriramulu’s native place were withdrawn by the previous government. Now, the same leaders are pretending to have affection towards the State.” Crediting Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan with the successful conduct of Grama Sabhas, Naidu reiterated that the NDA government will always work for the welfare and development of the State with P4 good governance.  Rajya Sabha to hold debate on Constitution from today r a j e s h k um a r t h a k u r @ New Delhi Rajya Sabha is expected to witness fiery debates between the government and the opposition on Monday as it begins a two-day debate on the Constitution to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding document’s adoption. It comes as the Lok Sabha, after two days of spirited discussions, wrapped up its debate on the Constitution on Saturday . Rajya Sabha is also likely to see high-octane sessions, especially in the backdrop of a noconfidence motion moved against Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar by the opposition alleging bias. Sources told TNIE that BJP president JP Nadda will critique the Congress’s historical record in adhering to the Constitution during its tenure in power. BJP members Nirmala Sitharaman, Hardeep Puri and Kiren Rijiju, and MPs from the Congress, RJD, TMC and SP will take part. VMRDa solution Dharavi to crorepati, Simran’s dream rise `200-cr project to tackle coastal erosion k a lya n i m a n g a l e @ Bengaluru Simran Shaikh was bought for her base price of `10 lakh by UP Warriorz at the inaugural Women’s Premier League auction. A resident of Mumbai’s Dharavi, Asia’s biggest slums, Simran’s poor returns in the 2023 season meant she was released by the franchise. The right-hand batter didn’t find a team for the second edition held early this year. Her father, Jahid Ali, an electrician, was in disbelief when Simran was bought by UP in February last year. Almost a year and 10 months later, Jahid is over the moon as her daughter has become the costliest buy at the WPL mini auction held in Bengaluru on Sunday. She was bought by Gujarat Giants for `1.90 crore. “She comes from Dharavi. If you look at it from the financial point of view, it is great for her that she is getting the opportunity once again. She has worked extremely hard for this and the results are there for everyone to see. It is important in terms of financial stability Shaikh’s coach ,” and former India international Sunetra Paranjape told this daily . Along with Paranjape, the Giants’ head coach, Michael Klinger praised the journey of his player. “If we can change her life, not just for her, but for her family, it’s fantastic. Mind you, this is not a charity given to her, she has earned this. She has put on some great performances in recent times. It is great to hear that this can change her life,” he told this daily in an exclusive interview. West Indies superstar Deandra Dottin was among the highest-paid overseas players at `1.70 cr and joined Mumbai girl Shaikh at Giants. Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru persisted with a bid for Uttarakhand’s Prema Rawat as she eventually joined them for `1.20 crore. Kadapa girl scripts history Sri Charani from Kadapa has made history by becoming the first female cricketer from the region to be selected for WPL. She was acquired by Delhi Capitals for `55 lakh during the recent auction | P3 U s h a P e r i @ Visakhapatnam The initiative is designed not only to mitigate coastal erosion, but also to restore coastal ecosystems & safeguard the livelihoods of communities dependent on these areas. The Chief Minister has approved the project KS Viswanathan, VMRDA chief Coastal erosion along Visakhapatnam’s coastline, particularly from Coastal Battery to Bheemili, is a well-known challenge attributed to both natural and human-induced factors.   This long-standing issue has not only impacted the environment, but also threatened the livelihoods of communities residing along the coast.   Recognising the urgent need for action, the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) has proposed a `200-crore project to tackle coastal erosion and restore the region’s coastline. If everything goes as planned and the required approvals are obtained, the Port City could be set on a path toward addressing coastal erosion effectively The . project is funded in a 90:10 ratio by the Centre and the State government. The Detailed Project Report (DPR), prepared with inputs from the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), has been submitted to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) and forwarded to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for final approval. “This initiative is designed not only to mitigate coastal erosion, but also to restore coastal ecosystems and safeguard the livelihoods of communities dependent on these areas,” VMRDA (Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority) Commissioner KS Viswanathan explained. He pointed out, “We briefed Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu during his recent review meeting, and he approved the project. The detailed project report was prepared with scientific backing from the NCCR, which had already studied the erosion hotspots along our coast.” The `200-crore project is divided into two phases: structural mitigation and non-strucP5 tural measures.