66 dead, 55 injured in Turkey hotel fire As many as 66 people were killed when a massive fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early on Tuesday. At least 51 people were injured in the fire that broke out at the Grand Kartal hotel in Kartalkaya, in the Koroglu mountains of Bolu province, some 300 km east of Istanbul. Officials said said at least two of them were killed when they jumped from the building to escape the flames. belagavi l wednesday l january 22, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 14 l late city EDITION 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 Short-term pain, long-term gain... D IPA K M O N D A L @ New Delhi HOURS after taking charge as US president, Donald Trump took a slew of major executive actions to effect major policy shifts, many of them with global ramifications whose ripple effects would be felt across the world including India. The Indian equity markets felt the tremors on Tuesday with benchmark indices falling by 1.6%, while the rupee tanked 14 paise to close at 86.59 against dollar. However, most analysts and commentators expect limited economic impact on India as most decisions won’t impact India directly though , the uncertainties could shake a few indicators in the short term. In his America First Trade Policy Trump announced withdraw, al from global tax deals. He declared a national energ y emergency, reinstating the country’s oil and gas industry at the centre stage. Trump also hinted he would target countries with trade surplus with the US. India figures in this list but Soumya Kanti Ghosh, SBI’s group chief economic adviser, says the impact will be limited as India has broadened its export market. Ajay Sahai, CEO, Federation of India Exports Organisation, believes India stands to gain. “These measures create opportunities for Indian exporters to fill supply chain gaps in textiles, pharma and engineering goods,” he said. Trump also signalled potential sanctions on Russia and Iran, which could disrupt energy imports for India. But on the positive side, there is a possibility of more US energy coming to India, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. India must diversify its energy sources to reduce external shocks,” said Ajay Srivastava, founder, Global Trade Research Initiative. P11 4 held for selling 7-yr-old boy for `4L E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Belagavi DON’s 1st day key executive orders Donald Trump signed on HIS INAUGURATION DAY Withdraws US from the Paris Agreement and WHO Pardons for Jan 6 US Capitol Attack Combating consumer inflation Trump pardoned around 1,500 people convicted or charged in the Jan 6 attack Easing regulatory burdens Ordered easing of regulatory burdens on oil and natural gas production Tariffs on Canada, Mexico 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Feb 1 Calls for an “all of government” response to bring down costs for Americans Ending Birthright Citizenship It denies citizenship to children born in the US whose parents lack legal immigration status even if they are not illegals ...India sees window of opportunity amidst tests J ayan t h J a c o b @ New Delhi External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be the first foreign minister to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a bilateral discussion, as India aims to strengthen its ties with the US following the inauguration of President Donald Trump as its 47th President. Rubio will be meet Jaishakar in the state department soon after his meeting with foreign ministers of India, Japan and Ausralia under the Quad format in the same venue. Jaishankar, who represented India at the inauguration, was seated in the front row alongside Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa. He also had brief interactions with members of Trump’s administration, including Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and FBI Director nominee Kash Patel. Trump is expected to visit India to attend the first Quad summit later this year. Sources said India-US ties will continue to grow under Trump despite negotiating some of the challenges, like the tariff plans and the efforts to draw outsourced manufacturing units back to the US. “Tariff on imported goods, we need to wait and see. It could also be the case that the new American administration takes some time before arriv- ing at any definite plans,” said a source. New Delhi has maintained that Trump’s policies that change the global order will have less impact on countries like India as New Delhi is not heavily invested in the existing order. “For the countries who are less invested, it could very well be a time of opportunity ,” Jaishankar said during the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture on January 18.  Four people have been arrested for allegedly selling a seven-year-old boy from Sultanpur in Hukkeri taluk of Belagavi district for Rs 4 lakh. This is the third such case reported in the district in the past three months. The arrested have been identified as Sadashiv Shivbasappa Magdum, 32, child’s stepfather, who hails from Sultanpur; Laxmi Babu Golbhavi, 38, who hails from Bhadgaon, but resides in Sultanpur; Sangeeta Vishnu Sawant, 40, of Nagala Park in Kolhapur and a resident of Ambedkar Nagar; and Anasuya Girimallappa Dodmani, 50, of Kesroli in Haliyal taluk of Karwar. Superintendent of police Bheemashankar Guled said Shivbasappa Magdum and some middlemen from Kolhapur and Karwar sold the boy to a woman, Dilshad Sikandar Tehsildar from Belagavi city, for Rs 4 lakh. Dilshad, who has two daughters, wanted a son. Magdum married the boy’s mother Sangeeta Gudappa Kammar, 30, four months ago. Magdum had children from his previous marriage. Their children used to fight frequently and fed up with this, Magdum wanted to sell the boy . Lakshmi helped Magdum marry Sangeeta four months ago. She conspired with Sangeeta and asked her to hand over the boy to Anasuya Dodmani at Kesroli in Karwar. Anasuya later sold the boy to Dilshad, claiming that he was an orphan. CONTINUED ON: P5 Accused in M’luru robbery case tries to escape, shot at E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Mangaluru Mangaluru city police shot at one of the key accused in Kotekar co-operative society bank robbery case when he tried to escape after assaulting two policemen during an inspection of the bank premises near Alankar Gudde on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday . A police team investigating the robbery case arrested three accused in Tamil Nadu on January 20. One of the accused, Kannan Mani, 36, a resident of Tilak Nagar, Chembur, Mumbai, was brought to Mangaluru after his arrest. The spot inspection was conducted by the team around 4.20pm in the presence of inspector Balakrishna HN of jurisdic- tional Ullal police station when Mani attempted to escape from custody He attacked policemen . Anjanappa and Nithin with a broken beer bottle found at the spot. He also pushed the investigation officer and attempted to stab him with the broken beer bottle. Despite the warning by the CCB inspector, who shot in the air, Mani continued to attack the policemen. The inspector then shot the accused in his leg. Balakrishna, Anjanappa and Nithin suffered injuries in the attack. The injured policemen and the accused were shifted to Yenepoya Hospital near Mangaluru. The robbery took place on January 17. The accused took away cash and valuables, estimated at Rs 4 crore after threatening the bank employees. express read 14 Naxals killed in Chhattisgarh shoot-out Raipur: Fourteen Naxals, including a top CPI (Maoists) leader with a bounty of Rs 1 crore, were killed in a joint operation by central and state police forces along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border.