BHUBANESWAR  FRIDAY  JULY 11, 2025  `9.00  PAGES 16  LATE CITY EDITION ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICES TO DISPLAY ‘OIL AND SUGAR BOARDS’ Under the initiative of the health ministry, these informative boards will list the amount of sugar and oil in food items and their health hazards FSSAI, ICMR ROPED IN FOR MODEL HEALTHY MEAL LIMITS DAILY SUGAR INTAKE TO 25 GRAMS The ministry has asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN), which have prepared these ‘sugar and oil boards’, to suggest a model healthy meal that can be served in canteens and eateries of public institutions, instead of the greasy, oily and sugary meals ■ ■ The boards recommend that people consume only 27-30 gm of fat every day and that their sugar intake should not exceed 25 gm per person per day for adults and 20 gm for children | P11 The fiat comes after CBSE directed all its schools to establish ‘sugar boards’ to educate students about perils of excessive sugar or oil 20% OF ADULTS IN URBAN AREAS ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE AS PER NFHS-5 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 No stay on Bihar roll revision Indian negotiators SC asks ECI to consider Aadhaar, voter ID, ration card as acceptable documents for proof S U C H I T R A K A LYA N M O H A N T Y @ New Delhi Chandran KR, counsel for ‘Save Nimisha Priya Int’l Action Council’ | PTI Urgent hearing to save Nimisha Priya on July 14 S U C H I T R A K A LYA N M O H A N T Y @ New Delhi THE Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on July 14 a plea seeking immediate direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, 38, who is likely to be executed in Yemen on July 16 for murder charges. The petitioner, Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council (SNPIAC), moved the court seeking its immediate intervention. A bench of justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi listed the matter for hearing on July 14 after Subhash Chandran K R, counsel for SNPIAC, argued that diplomatic channels needed to be explored at the earliest. He submitted that the option Nimisha Priya of payment of blood money to the family of the deceased can be explored. The family of the deceased may pardon the Kerala nurse if blood money is paid, he submitted. The bench asked the counsel to serve a copy of the petition to the Attorney General and sought his assistance. Quoting media reports, Subhash said since Priya’s execution is scheduled for July 16, the Centre should immediately intervene to save her life. Priya, who hails from Palakkad in Kerala, was found guilty by a court in Yemen of murdering Talal Abdo Mahdi in 2017. THE Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider Aadhaar card, voter ID card and ration card as acceptable documents in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in the state. Refusing to stay the voter list revision, a bench comprising justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagch called the SIR a “constitutional mandate” and permitted the ECI to continue the exercise. The court took on record the poll panel’s submission that the list of 11 documents it put out on June 24 to prove citizenship in Bihar was illustrative, nor exhaustive. “In our prima facie view, since the list is not exhaustive, it will be in the interest of justice if the ECI will also consider the Aadhaar card, Electoral CITIZENSHIP CHECK AMBIT “ISN’T IT TOO LATE NOW FOR THAT?” ASKS JUSTICE DHULIA ON THE TIMING OF CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION 1 Bench wonders whether the issue of citizenship falls within the Election Commission’s jurisdiction Photo Identity Card issued by the Election Commission and the ration card,” the bench said. This, the court said, was a suggestion, not a direction. “If you have good reason to discard Aadhaar, you do it, but give reasons,” it added. While asking the ECI to file its counter-affidavit by July 21, the court fixed the case for further hearing on July 28. The bench was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the SIR in Bihar. It observed that the petitions raised an im- 2 ECI says Aadhaar is for identity verification, not citizenship proof. But citizenship check is govt’s job, says SC 3 Poll panel argues it has role as the Representation of the People Act, 1950 mandates that one must be a citizen to vote portant question which goes to the root of the functioning of democracy — the right to vote. “We are of the prima facie opinion that three issues are involved in this case: (a) The very powers of the Election Commission to undertake the exercise; (b) The procedure and the manner in which the exercise is being undertaken, and (c) The timing, including the timings given for the preparation of draft electoral roll, asking objections and making the final electoral roll etc, which EASTERN ZONAL COUNCIL TO B’DESH MEET IN PURI NEXT YEAR: CM EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bhubaneswar CHIEF Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday announced that the Eastern Zonal Council (EZC) meeting will be held in Puri next year. On his return from the EZC meeting held at Ranchi, Majhi said he requested Union Home minister Amit Shah to hold the meeting in Odisha, which he has agreed and suggested Puri as the venue. Majhi said the EZC meeting on the day was successful and focused on accelerating social and economic development in the region comprising Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar. The meeting prioritised reaching out to inaccessible areas and promoting development in those regions. He also highlighted the importance of providing banking facilities to areas that still lack access to such services. Stating that these four states have an important role to play in achieving the Viksit Bharat goal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Majhi said discussions were held on how to achieve the target. The states also discussed the issues of Naxalism and congratulated the Home minister for the success in reducing their presence through his focused approach to eliminate the menace. The chief minister said he has urged the Centre to direct commercial banks at the apex level to open brick and mortar (B&M) branches in the unbanked g ram panchayats (GPs) in view of the low geographical penetration of the banking system in the CONTINUED ON P5 state. EXPRESS READ 302 released from holding centres Bhubaneswar: As many as 302 of the 444 migrant workers who were detained on suspicion of being Bangladeshis and Rohingyas and shifted to holding shelters in Jharsuguda district have been released, police said on Thursday. While police released 25 people on Wednesday, 277 more were allowed to leave on the day after their documents established they were Indian citizens. The verification of the remaining 142 people is underway | P3 URBAN WILDERNESS Students walk through a lush green Nagar Bana to take part in a plantation drive, in Bhubaneswar on Thursday | DEBADATTA MALLICK Self-styled godman kills nephew, held Jagatsinghpur: A self-styled godman allegedly killed his 21-year-old nephew over previous enmity and dumped his body in a pond at Jahanpur village within Jagatsinghpur police limits on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sumant Das, a Plus Three Science student of SVM College. The accused, Sanjay Das (40), has been arrested by police. Sources said Sanjay, who is unmarried, proclaimed himself as a ‘baba’ and was involved in spiritual activities | P4 are very short, considering the fact that the Bihar elections are due in November 2025 and notifications for this elections will come in advance weeks earlier,” the bench said. While questioning the ECI on the timing of the SIR, the court rejected the argument of the petitioners that the poll panel did not have any power to carry it out. When senior lawyer, Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the ECI said Aadhaar wasn’t a proof of citizenship, the bench rebutted, saying the ECI had nothing to do with citizenship, as the matter is in the domain of the home ministry . The court asked the ECI why it started the SIR so close to the Bihar polls. There is nothing wrong with SIR but it should have been done months before the election, it said. Senior lawyer Gopal Sankarnarayanan, appearing for one of the petitioners, argued that the SIR drive was completely arbitrary and discriminatory . TRIBUNAL INDICTS HASINA, TRIAL TO BEGIN ON AUGUST 3 A special tribunal on Thursday indicted deposed premier Sheikh Hasina in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity | P13 to visit US again to resume trade talk D I PA K M O N D A L @ New Delhi WITH the Trump administration’s deadline for imposing higher import tariffs on its trading partners shifted to August 1, Indian trade negotiators are likely to visit the US again to iron out the differences and seal a deal, government sources said. India was expecting to sign an interim trade deal with the US ahead of the earlier deadline of July 9 but could not, due to differences over tariff rates on agriculture, dairy and automobiles. The government de, cided to send the trade negotiators again after the earlier team led by Rajesh Agrawal, special secretary, Department of Commerce, returned without a deal in hand. The dates for the team’s next US visit have not been finalised, but it could be sometime next week. According to sources, the Indian government is trying to negotiate a “complete deal” and it is not differentiating between an interim deal and the first phase of the Bilateral Trade Agreement. “Whatever will be finished, we can package it as an interim deal and for the rest, talks will continue,” said an official. While US President Donald Trump has been claiming that a deal with India would be signed soon, finance ministry sources say talks so far have hit a deadlock. Officials say the Indian side has been guarding against any tariff reduction on agriculture and dairy products. Tariff on automobiles is also said to be one of the contentious issues. Initially India appeared to relent on agri, culture tariffs, but after pressure from the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, the government seems to have hardened its stand. Rajesh Agrawal, chief negotiator ‘NO DEAL IS BETTER THAN BAD DEAL’ Sources close to the government say no deal is better than a bad deal. For the record, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has said that India is in no hurry to seal a deal with the US unless it is mutually beneficial for both countries ‘REJECTING DEAL WON’T HURT INDIA’ India may refuse to ink a trade deal and accept US reciprocal tariffs, said sources. “US is imposing higher tariffs on other countries too. So, our export competitiveness may not get impacted at all,” the sources reasoned Modify Balukhand ESZ to facilitate Swaminarayan temple: CM to Min SUDARSAN MAHARANA @ Bhubaneswar THE Odisha government has requested the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to amend the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) notification of Balukhand wildlife sanctuary in Puri to facilitate construction of Shree Swaminarayan temple along the Puri-Konark Marine Drive. The proposal has been moved by no less than Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who has written a letter to Union minister Bhupender Yadav urging him to consider reducing the ESZ boundary from existing 500 metre to 50 metre or grant environment clearance to the project while maintaining the integrity and conservation objectives of the sanctuary. In response to the CM’s letter, Yadav has sought a detailed proposal for consideration of the matter. Consider reducing the ESZ boundary from existing 500 metre to 50 metre or grant environment clearance to the project while maintaining the integrity and conservation objectives of the sanctuary Mohan Charan Majhi, Chief Minister PRESS CLUSIVE The letter to Yadav stated that the Shree Swaminarayan Temple Trust at Puri had purchased a land on Puri-Konark Marine Drive road within Balukhand mouza for development of a temple and civic amenities. However, the current ESZ notification of sanctuary posed impedim e n t t o t h e p r o j e c t ’s progress. As per the notification, published on May 19, 2017, the ESZ of Balukhand ranges from 0 metre to 500 metre from the sanctuary boundary “However, the selected . site for development of Swaminarayan temple lies in close proximity to the sanctuary and currently falls within the ESZ which poses a statutory constraint on the proposed construction,” the letter stated. Stating the temple project will be undertaken with full commitment to environmental safeguards, Majhi urged Yadav to consider amending the ESZ boundary of the sanctuary. “Necessary measures will be taken to ensure minimal ecological disturbance and adherence to all nor ms laid down by the MoEFCC,” he CONTINUED ON P5 assured. MORE THAN HISTORY Tech-help: Visually-impaired fans go app & mobile at Lord’s F I R O Z M I R Z A @ London IMAGINE an app cloning the whole stadium, compressing data of every corner, stairs, balconies and concourse for a visually impaired person to use and wander about more relaxingly All the information in the . palm of their hands (mobile phones to be precise) with a guiding voice in the ears. That’s how Lord’s has become more disabled-friendly when it introduced the visually-impaired apps this Summer. Now, the fans can not just listen to commentary but can feel and soak in the atmosphere of a game with more ease. At a time when even basic amenities for fans at stadiums across India seem to be a far cry , Lord’s, the Home of Cricket, in London has introduced this novel feature to make it more disable-friendly. The Marylebone Cricket Board (MCC), which runs the stadi- um, in collaboration with Waymap has installed a personal navigation system to help specially-abled fans to their seats and other amenities. The technology was tested ahead of the third Test between England and London last month and is now operational. The MCC also runs ball by ball commentary that allows fans to follow the game. “We hope that the introduction of Waymap at the home of cricket breaks down some of the barriers currently being faced by visually impaired fans,” Cel- ROOT, NITISH SHARE HONOURS ON DAY 1 On a traditional, attritional day of red-ball cricket, India picked up timely wickets on a hot London day. England set the platform, thanks to a typically composed innings from Joe Root. Nitesh Reddy took 2 wkts | P15 so Zuccollo, the chief executive of Waymap, told this daily “Our . partnership with Lord’s cricket ground is improving the matchday experience for all visitors and we’re extremely proud of the positive impact this has on accessibility for all within our first sporting venue.” He said the wayfinding app is a highlyaccurate personal navigation system which offers step-by-step audio and on-screen instructions. The company mapped the venue using Lidar technology . Sachin Tendulkar rings the bell before the third Test on Thursday | AFP