JAMES EARL CARTER JR. 1 OCT 1924 - 29 DEC 2024 BHUBANESWAR  TUESDAY  DECEMBER 31, 2024  `9.00  PAGES 14  JEYPORE EDITION FORMER U.S. PREZ AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE JIMMY CARTER DIES AT 100 Democrat Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th president of the United States between 1977 and 1981, died in Georgia on Monday at the age of 100 WINNER OF 2002 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE A VILLAGE IN HARYANA IS NAMED AFTER HIM During his single term at the White House, Carter’s initiatives led to the 1978 Camp David Accords, which ended hostilities between Israel and Egypt. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Human rights was a fulcrum of his foreign policy decisions. Condoling the death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Carter “a statesman of great vision” | P11 ■ ■ In 1978, he visited India, becoming the third US president to do so. He travelled to a village in Haryana, where he left a lasting impression on its residents. They later renamed their village ‘Carterpuri’ The 1979 Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan tarnished his reputation. He lost the subsequent re-election bid 43 years SINCE HE LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE, MAKING HIS THE LONGEST U.S. POST-PRESIDENCY 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 Honouring Gen Zorawar would have had more locational relevance Shivaji statue on Pangong Tso triggers debate SUDARSAN MAHARANA @ Bhubaneswar IN a curious twist of events that may acquire political overtones, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has sought to know from West Bengal’s chief wildlife warden (CWW) why tigress Zeenat, tranquilised on Sunday at Bankura, was not moved to Odisha and i n s t e a d housed at Alipore Zoo in Kolkata in violation of protocols. The three year-old Zeenat was tranquilised by an expert team of Odisha and West Bengal forest departments near Gopalpur village of Bankura district at around 4 pm on Mon- M AYA N K S I N G H @ New Delhi cal input and I question its relevance to our unique A statue of Chhatrapati Shiva- environment and wildlife.” Poji on the banks of Pangong Tso litical activist Sajjad Kargili in Eastern Ladakh, inaugurat- echoed Stanzin, adding such ed by the Indian Army unit “these should not be placed in there a few days, triggered a environmentally sensitive arlively debate on social media eas like Pangong, which reon its locational quire careful relevance. preservation”. The Leh-based Fire Brigadier Hardeep and Fury Corps proudly Singh Sohi (Retd), deposted on X that the fended the gesture, saystatue of Shivaji was ining it was meant to augurated on December boost morale of the 26 at an altitude of troops. “In infantry 14,300 ft, before it ran units where the hand to into a verbal crossfire. hand combat chances While some veterans are more, Heroes associAs a local applauded it, others ated with the Units are resident, I must voice suggested that honourgiven a high pedestal by my concerns ing the memory of DogCdrs (Commanders) to about the ra General Zorawar boost morale of troops. Singh (1784-1841) in- Shivaji statue Statue of Chhatrapati at Pangong. stead with a statue there It was erected Shivaji by a Maratha would have been more without local unit on banks of Panappropriate, as he was gong Tso lake is a step input and I an ace in mountain warin that direction.” question its relevance to fare and had annexed But Maj Gen B S Dhour unique Ladakh and parts of anoa (Retd) and Col Sanenvironment Tibet. jay Pande (Retd) quesand wildlife It was at Finger 4 on tioned the move. “There the North Bank of the Konchok Stanzin, are the statutes (or laws) Pangong Tso lake where of war, but of late our Chusul Indian soldiers and Chiarmed forces are studycouncillor nese PLA troops got into ing the “statues of a scuffle in May 2020. Biwar”...,” Maj Gen Bilateral relations went south be- render Dhanoa (Retd) quipped fo re t h e y we re re c e n t ly on X. Col Sanjay Pande (Retd) restored. said Zorawar Singh died fightChushul councillor Konchok ing in Tibet. The Leh Fort is Stanzin said, “As a local resi- called Zorawar Fort. “Zorawar dent, I must voice my concerns Singh fought wars 180 years about the Shivaji statue at Pan- back, weather was as found togong. It was erected without lo- day He deserves to be there.” . WHY MOVED ZEENAT TO ALIPORE ZOO, NTCA ASKS WB FOREST CHIEF The statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji inaugurated on the banks of Pangong Tso in Ladakh on December 26 MARATHA REGIMENT RAISED THE STATUE Army sources said a Rashtriya Rifles unit comprising troops of the Maratha Regiment “got the statue raised within its area of responsibility with resources voluntarily collected from serving and retired personnel.” NO HISTORICAL OR CULTURAL RELEVANCE Political activist Sajjad Kargili said there is no cultural or historical relevance of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Ladakh. “While we respect his legacy, imposing such cultural symbols here is misplaced.” day after 23 days of its wild exploration. However, instead of being shifted back to Similipal, the caged tigress was taken to Alipore Zoo reportedly for its health examination by the vets. The apex tiger conservation body sought an answer as to why the standard operating procedure (SOP) was not followed in relocation of the big cat following its c ap t u re i n Bankura. The NTCA, in its letter to the head of West Bengal’s wildlife wing, on Monday stated that the tigress was brought to Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Maharashtra under a special PRESS CLUSIVE Skipped ex-PM’s ashes immersion to give privacy to his family: Cong P R E E T H A N A I R @ New Delhi THE row over former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s funeral refuses to die down with the BJP targeting the Congress over its leadership’s absence during the immersion of Singh’s ashes and Rahul Gandhi’s Vietnam trip during the mourning period. In its pushback, the Congress said its leaders skipped the ceremony to give privacy to Singh’s family In a statement, . Congress leader Pawan Khera said after the cremation, Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi met Singh’s family at their resi- dence. “It was felt that since the family did not get any privacy at the time of the cremation and some extended family members could not reach the pyre site, it would be appropriate to give them some privacy for the Phool Chunana and the immersion of ashes, which is an emotionally painful and difficult ceremony for close family members,” Khera said. Raking up Rahul’s foreign trip, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said in an X post: “The country is in mourning. The government has announced seven days of national India lose Melbourne identity to Aussies G O M E S H S @ Melbourne AS Rohit Sharma sat on the dais for the fifth time this year to address the media after a Test match defeat, there was a sense of unease. The usual Rohit charisma was missing. The wit and humour and those frank admissions have deserted the room. Once again he was there to discuss another loss. The gloom before the New Year’s Eve night is not something the India team would have wanted. Yet, it was, after Australia beat them here on Monday More than the loss, the . way India capitulated is something the team management should ponder about. India had lost their last seven wickets for just 34 runs in 20.4 overs and what looked like a well-deserved draw, ended in a loss. As the bandwagon shifts to Sydney, India trail Australia 1-2 with one last Test to play for. The press conference freflected Rohit’s sombre mood. He was struggling, like his form and in- 2-1 30 Australia are up 2-1 in five-Test series No. of wickets Bumrah took in this series ICC: BUMRAH HIGH Jasprit Bumrah was nominated for ICC Test Cricketer of Year award along with England’s Joe Root. Bumrah picked 71 wkts — highest in the world — from 13 Test matches at 14.92 avg Australia team celebrates a wicket against India on Monday | AP It is mentally disturbing when you can’t do what you have come to do. It is pretty disappointing. There are ways to win games and we fell short in finding ways to win the game here — Rohit Sharma nings, to find the apt words. With guns training at his batting and leadership, there is little Rohit can do. In the five innings he played in Australia, he scored only 31 runs at an average of 6.2, considered dismal by his standard. By the look of Rohit, there seemed to be some- thing ominous brewing within. With India needing him and the other senior player Virat Kohli most to salvage a draw, both perished in the most pitiable fashion. They had been the anti-thesis to the mercurial Jasprit Bumrah, who once again finished with a five-wicket haul. Such had been the dependency on his bowling, he had bowled almost one-third of overs sent down by India in the second innings. Kohli once again showed his vulnerability outside off and when he fell India were staring down the barrel. If not for young Yashasvi Jaiswal (84) and Rishabh Pant partnership of 88, India would have folded up their innings well before the last session. “There are things that we as a team need to look at,” Sharma said. “I personally need to look at as well. So we will try and see what happens.” He said Sydney is still there. “If we can play that game well, with 2-2, a draw will be P13 really nice.” JEANS EDITING Carlsen says Anand isn’t ready for FIDE job E X P R E S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ Chennai THE Magnus Carlsen saga has taken new twist. A couple of days after being disqualified from the World Rapid Chess championships in New York for wearing jeans, the former world champion took a dig at Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand, who is a deputy president in the international chess federation (FIDE). While speaking to an online app, Carlsen said the disqualification was ‘draconian’ and criticised the FIDE for mishandling the issue. He even said that there was no grown-ups to discuss with in FIDE and called the officials “robots” unable to make independent decisions. “Well… let’s go back to a couple of days ago. I did have some choice words for FIDE in my interview with you. And I would say that it was a bit imprecise. I definitely mean it when it comes to cer tain people in FIDE. No question about it,” he told an app, adding he almost booked his flight back home. The Nor- initiative to improve the genetic diversity of the big cats in the landscape. “...apprise this authority for the reason why the said tigress was shifted to Alipore Zoo, instead of translocating it back to the state of Odisha as per the wegian is participating in World Blitz after FIDE chief Arkady Dvorkovich intervened. “We had long conversations with Anand yesterday and others, which generally didn’t lead anywhere. It was generally the same answers that arbiters are basically robots who cannot think on their own, who have no way to even deviate slightly from... I don’t even know if I broke any rules. I still haven’t gotten a clear answer on that,” Carlsen said. Anand told Chessbase India that Carlsen was penalised for breaking rules. For his part, Carlsen said he did not break any rules and at least he has not got a favourable reply from FIDE. “ Anand said very clearly that he didn’t know that he had any opportunity to do anything past, you know, go with the arbiters’ honestly draconian decision of not pairing me. And that means that he was, for all his good qualities, not ready for this job. That’s what I feel,” Carlsen said. The FIDE also tweaked the dress code that said “elegant minor deviations (that may in particular, , include appropriate jeans matching the jacket) are allowed.” mourning. As expected from Rahul Gandhi... he has left for tourism and to party .” Countering this, Congress MP B Manickam Tagore said Rahul is on a private visit. He termed the BJP’s allegations as ‘diversionary politics’. Tariq Anwar, another Congress MP said the trip was pre, planned and that Rahul left after paying tributes to Singh. Earlier, a war of words broke out between the Congress and the BJP over the venue and arrangements for Singh’s last rites. The Congress alleged that the BJP insulted Singh by arranging the cremation at Nigambodh Ghat. SOP of the NTCA,” said the letter which was accessed by The New Indian Express. The West Bengal CWW was also pointed out that Zeenat is to be released in the wild and in order to avoid any imprinting or human interaction in captivity the tigress must be translo, cated back to STR at the earliest following due process of SOP under section 38 O (2) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. A senior forest officer from Odisha said though they have been asking their West Bengal counterparts to allow shifting of the big cat to Similipal, the latter have remained silent on the matter citing they are awaiting permission. The West Beng al CWW couldn’t be reached for his comments on CONTINUED ON P4 the matter. EXPRESS READ Govt to roll out Ayushman Bharat, GJAY in February Bhubaneswar: The muchawaited Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana (GJAY) will be rolled out in the state from February 2025. Health and Family Welfare minister Mukesh Mahaling said a central team has completed the survey for implementation of the schemes. Around 3.5 crore people will get individual health cards under these schemes, he said.