NASA revives dormant Voyager 1 thrusters NASA engineers have revived thrusters aboard Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from Earth. The feat was accomplished just in time, as a scheduled maintenance period for a crucial Earth-based antenna threatened to sever communication with the probe. These thrusters allow Voyager 1’s orientation in space and let it send data back to Earth. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM l friday l may 16, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 16 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 Put rogue Pakistan’s nukes under IAEA watch: Rajnath Says India brushed aside the neighbour’s nuclear blackmail during Op Sindoor India rebuts Trump claim on zero tariffs D i pa k M o n d a l @ New Delhi Defence Minister Rajnath Singh offers sweets to an army officer in Srinagar on Thursday | PTI M AYANK S IN G H @ New Delhi Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday demanded IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) supervision over Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, arguing they were not safe in the hands of the rogue nation. Pointing out that India was not deterred by Pakistan’s nuclear blackmail, he said Operation Sindoor sent a clear message to the terrorists in Pakistan that they no longer had a safe sanctuary . Addressing soldiers in Srinagar, Rajnath said the world has witnessed how irresponsibly Islamabad has issued nuclear threats to New Delhi several times. “I raise this question before the world: Are nuclear weapons safe in the hands of such an irresponsible and rogue nation? Pakistan’s nuclear weapons should be taken under the supervision of the IAEA,” Rajnath said. Pakistan had sought to play the nuclear card amid Operation Sindoor as media reports suggested that a meeting of their Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) — the highest decision making body on the use of nukes — would be held shortly While it sent the inter. national community into a tizzy, Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif later denied any proposal to call the meeting. Another lie peddled on social media that Pakistan’s nuclear facilities were hit during Operation Sindoor, was rebutted by the IAEA, which said there was no radiation leak. “Based on information available to the IAEA, there has been no radiation leak or release from any nuclear facility in Pakistan,” the IAEA said. Rajnath termed Op Sindoor as the biggest action ever taken by India against terror. Work on CBMs to continue “Further to the understanding between the two DGMOs, it has been decided to continue confidence building measures to reduce alertness level,” the army said on Thursday Security approval revoked Aviation watchdog BCAS revoked the security clearance of ground handling firm Celebi Airport Services India, a unit of Turkiye, in the “interest of national security” | P7 US President Donald Trump on Thursday said India has decided to drop all tariffs on US goods, a statement the latter immediately denied. “They [India] have offered us a deal where basically they have agreed to charge us literally no tariffs,” Trump has said while responding to a question in Doha on Apple’s plan to shift iPhone manufacturing to India. He told the Apple CEO not to shift manufacturing to India. India rebutted the claims. “Between India and the US, trade talks have been going on. These are complicated negotiations. Nothing is decided till everything is. Any trade deal has to be mutually beneficial; it has to work for both countries. That would be our expectation from the trade deal. Until that is done, any judgment on it would be premature,” Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar said. Meanwhile, a commerce ministry official said every country negotiates with its national interests in mind. Youth murdered in road rage, two CISF men held A B D U L NA Z E R M A @Thuravoor (Ernakulam) An incident of road rage ended in the shocking death of a 24-year-old man, Ivin Jijo, allegedly at the hands of two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel in Nayathode near Nedumbassery late on Wednesday . The CISF personnel involved — sub-inspector Vinayakumar and constable Mohan Kumar, both natives of Bihar attached to the Kochi airport — have been arrested by the Nedumbassery police on charges of murder. Mohan is currently undergoing treatment for injuries suffered in the aftermath of the incident, police said. The incident occur red around 11 pm when Ivin, a native of Thuravoor near Angamaly and a chef at a CAFS airline caterers in Nedumbassery , was reportedly hit by the car driven by the CISF personnel and dragged for nearly a kilometre while he was on the vehicle’s bonnet. After Ivin fell off the bonnet, he was dragged for almost another 50 metres. According to preliminary police findings, the incident began with a minor road altercation between them near the Government HSS in Nayathode, around 8 km from the Kochi airport. The CISF personnel’s vehicle, which was driven by Mohan Kumar, was behind Ivin’s car and reportedly honked aggressively in an attempt to overtake. A minor collision ensued while they overtook Ivin. This led to a heated argument. Eyewitnesses said after the initial altercation, Ivin attempted to confront the officials again. He began recording the confrontation on his phone, which appeared to have further rankled the CISF personnel. Standing in front of their vehicle, he sought an explanation for their conduct. It was then, witnesses claim, the officials accelerated the car, causing Ivin to fall on its bonnet, and drove off — dragging him for nearly 1km. ● More on P4 Ivin Jijo Duo suspended The deputy inspector general of CISF suspended the two personnel reportedly involved in the incident. An internal inquiry by a senior CISF officer has been initiated, said a release issued by CISF. The officer has been asked to submit the report in a time-bound manner, the release said. e x pre s s rea d IUML names 2 women as nat’l office-bearers Kozhikode: The IUML has appointed two women as its national office-bearers — a first for the party. Fathima Muzaffer and Jayanthi Rajan were named the national assistant secretaries at the party’s national council held in Chennai on Thursday. P4 Man mauled to death by tiger in Kalikavu Malappuram: A rubber tapper was mauled to death by a tiger in Kalikavu, Malappuram, in the early hours of Thursday. The tiger grabbed Kalikavu resident Gafoor by the neck and dragged him into the jungle, said a fellow tapper. P4 Lawyer who attacked his junior arrested T’Puram: Police have arrested Beyline Das, a lawyer hailing from Poonthura, who is accused of beating up his junior lawyer. He had been on the run after the police booked him on the complaint of his junior. P4 16 pages, including 4 pages of THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Express SC raps MP minister for ‘irresponsible’ remarks S U C H I T R A KALYAN M O H AN T Y @ New Delhi THE Supreme Court on Thursday rapped Madhya Pradesh tribal affairs minister Kunwar Vijay Shah, against whom an FIR has been filed for his scurrilous remarks targeting Col Sofiya Qureshi, saying persons holding constitutional post must exercise utmost restraint. “What kind of statement you are making? Such a person holding a constitutional office should be responsible... when this country is going through such a situation (Operation Sindoor),” said a bench led by Chief Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai. The court’s remarks came when lawyer Vibha Makhija, appearing for Shah, mentioned a petition against the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s order to register an FIR against the minister for his alleged remarks. Shah’s counsel said the minister’s comments were over-hyped and he was misunderstood, adding that he has already apologised for the controversial remarks.The bench declined to grant any stay on the FIR at this stage but agreed to hear the matter on Friday .