tadepalligudem l monday l january 13, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l city EDITION Youth power will make India a developed country by 2047: PM Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India’s young population will power the country’s rise towards becoming a developed nation ‘Citizen’s help necessary to reach big goals’ youth are owners of viksit bharat: PM Modi said it was time for a quantum leap. “Big targets have to be set for a country to march forward. This is what today’s India is doing,” he said, adding the government alone cannot drive the country forward and achieving ambitious goals requires participation of every citizen. Hosting the Olympics in the next decade is one of the goals, he said | P7 ■ ■ Modi said he has full confidence the youth will realise ‘Viksit Bharat’ dream by 2047. He said the ownership in ‘Viksit Bharat’ is theirs too He was addressing the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue in Delhi to mark Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary. “Swami Vivekananda said youth will find solutions to all problems,” he said $10 trillion will be the size of India’s economy by the next decade: Modi 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 EAM to attend Trump’s inauguration Jaishankar expected to have a short call on with the new US President, Secretary of State J AYA N TH J ACOB @ New Delhi External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be representing India at the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday . Sources said Jaishankar is likely to have a short call on with Trump as well as Marco Rubio, the incoming Secretary of State. The meetings are expected to set the tone for IndiaUS relations under the Trump administration. India-US relations have traditionally enjoyed bipartisan political suppor t. However, new pitch Saikia, Prabhtej take charge Devajit Saikia and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia were elected unopposed as the new secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at the Special General Meeting in Mumbai on Sunday | P11 Trump’s inauguration comes amid concerns over trade disruptions due to his hawkish tariff policies. Trump has said he will strive to boost American manufacturing and cut down on international engagements. Traditionally, US Presidential inaugurations are a low-key a f f a i r. H o w e v e r, Trump has extended invitations to leaders from a clutch of select countries including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. For India, the invitation was for Jaishankar. “EAM will also have meetings with representatives of the incoming Administration, as also some other dignitaries visiting the US on that occasion,” the External Affairs Ministry said. While bilateral ties under the outgoing Joe Biden administration saw improvement, such as the successful Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies, political ties were strained following Gurpatwant Singh Pannun murder plot. Trump’s tariff discussions and the policy of bringing man- ufacturing back to the US are raising concerns in India but New Delhi is optimistic about smoother bilateral relations. This confidence is based on the strong foundation of India-US ties and the personal rapport between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to Jaishankar, India is better equipped to deal with these global disruptions. Speaking in Sydney last November, he had said: “There was already a reordering of supply chains, and this is likely to accelerate following the US election results. While some disruption may occur, India sees it as an opportunity .” CM urges the top 10% to help poor E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Vijayawada Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday called on the top 10% of society to extend a helping hand for the uplift of the bottom 20%, under the Public-Private-People’s Partnership (P4) model. Greeting Telugu people across the world and in Andhra Pradesh on the occasion of Sankranti, he reiterated the State government’s goal to achieve zero poverty and emphasised that the P4 model has been adopted to make this a reality . Highlighting the launch of the Swarna Andhra Vision-2047 document, he stressed that the P4 model is vital to achieving this target. “We have been striving to bring light into people’s lives through welfare, development, and good governance. We have already unveiled the Swar- na Andhra Vision-2047 with 10 principles to ensure Telugu society stands at the forefront globally he remarked. ,” Pointing out that reforms implemented in the combined State of Andhra Pradesh since 1995 have transformed the lives of millions, Naidu noted that the Public-Private Partnership (P3) model introduced then, as part of economic reforms, generated significant employment P4 and wealth.  Kumbh: Where grandeur meets spirituality Pa r a m i ta G h o s h @ Prayagraj AT the ground zero of Kumbh, Malwa’s Baba Yashwant Swaraj — goggled, high, and trident-wielding — is having a ball. He says he is “wi-fi Insta famous”, and pats the top of his trident on which he is convinced his guru, having shed his material form, sits as a flower. He gets a crowd but after a few minutes it moves on. At every bend in Kumbh, everyone is looking for a spectacle to match the hype. Saurabh Basu, an advocate at the Allahabad High Court, says that for ages, there has been no business in Allahabad as profitable as the Kumbh. “It was so when it was a Mughal city; now when it’s Prayagraj, it gives the riverine economy a boost.” For the 40 crore devotees expected to land in Prayagraj for the Kumbh, said to be the largest congregation Bangladesh summons Indian envoy e x p r e s s ne w s s e r v i c e @ New Delhi Bangladesh on Sunday summoned India’s High Commissioner in Dhaka and expressed its “deep concern” over the recent border tensions. Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma was summoned after Dhaka accused New Delhi of violating a bilateral agreement by attempting to construct fences at five locations along the India-Bangladesh border. “Foreign Secretary Ambassador Md. Jashim Uddin today expressed deep concer n of Gover nment of Bangladesh to the High Commissioner of India at his office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the recent activities of the Border Security Force (BSF) of India along the Bangladesh-India border,” Bangladesh foreign ministry said. “We have an understanding with regard to fencing the border for security. We expect understandings will be implemented to combatcrime,” Verma said. Baba Yashwant Swaraj, who claims he is a rage on the internet, at the Kumbh in Prayagraj on Sunday. The mela kicked off to a rousing reception | Paramita ghosh anywhere in the world, the main target are the Shahi Snans, the first of which is on January 14 (Makar Sankranti). And there have been early movers, who have already made themselves home in the tent-city. While some seek spiritual enlightenment, others are drawn to the luxury and convenience offered by the Kumbh Mela. Somesh Tripathy an advertising per, sonnel from Noida, is here for the holy dip. So is Puspendra Singh from nearby Pratapgarh. Judy a New Yorker, has opted for a , `3-`4 lakh per night tent, complete with yoga facilities and a stunning view of the Sangam. “The moment I saw those cottages I knew I had to be here,” she said. In contrast, the kalpavaasis, or short-term dwellers leading an austere life at the Kumbh, can stay in tents free of charge. “There is convenience at the Kumbh for every class. If God has given you wealth, you stay in luxury tents,” says Anand Shukla, a priest from Mumbai, whose father did kalpavaas during Kumbh Continued on p8 in the past.  ISRO to reassess strategy after space docking trial put on hold, yet again E x p r e s s ne w s s e r v i c e @ Bengaluru WHAT looked like an inevitable achievement in the early hours of Sunday was put on hold by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists, who are closely observing and controlling the two spacecraft of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission. After bringing the two spacecraft — SDX01 and SDX02 — as close to 230 metres on Saturday evening, at 3.11am Sunday ISRO , said on ‘X’ that the two satellites were close to each other and were spotted from an intersatellite distance of 105m. Two hours later, ISRO said Chaser and Target spacecraft were visible 15m apart. The news brought cheer among space science enthusiasts hoping for a successful maiden docking mission. At The two spacecraft, Chaser and Target, to be launched into space| Express Successful docking A successful docking is when the two spacecraft lock into each other for easy transfer of supplies, equipment and even astronauts. Before this, the docking of SDX01 and SDX02 was twice postponed on January 7 and January 9 6.19am, the ISRO team shared the news that the two SpaDeX satellites had been put on hold position at 15m, along with pho- tographs of the craft clearly visible at close range. However, at 7.06am, the scientists decided to put on hold the docking exercise until further analysis. They said they were successful in bringing the spacecraft just 3m from each other. The scientists did not divulge any reason for moving the spacecraft away to a ‘safer distance’, after they were close to completing thedocking experiment crucial for future Gaganyaan and Indian space missions. Experts, however, are speculating the reasons for the delay in the docking trial. While some said the two spacecraft were not aligned accurately for the docking to take place, others said the distance between the two was much more than what the scientists had announced and that there were er rors in calculation. express read `1 crore fine on pvt bus operators Vijayawada: The State Transport Department has slapped a fine of around `1 crore on private bus operators for violating rules, and fleecing passengers during Sankranti festival season. Over 800 cases have been registered against private bus travel firms in the past two days | P4 Security forces kill 5 Maoists in C’garh Raipur: Five Maoists, including two women, were killed in an encounter in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, about 400 kilometres south of Raipur on Sunday. “After the encounter, the forces recovered five bodies of Naxalites, including two women in uniform,” a senior police official said | P8