Time to check out the Tesla SUV Tesla makes India debut with midsized electric SUV Model Y at its first experience centre in Mumbai Comes as a completely built car from its Shanghai unit in China Two variants: rear-wheel drive (`59.89L base price; 500 km range on single charge) and long-range rear wheel drive (`67.89L; 622 km range) Deliveries to start in Q3, Q4 this year respectively for the two variants initially at Delhi, Mumbai and Gurugram | P12 VILLUPURAM l wednesday l july 16, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 14 l 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 Execution of nurse in Yemen postponed The stay of execution also follows Musliyar’s efforts to reach THE execution of Indian nurse out to the victim’s family a nec, Nimisha Priya, scheduled for essary step under Yemeni SharJuly 16 in Yemen, has been tem- ia law, which allows clemency porarily halted, providing a through the payment of blood crucial lifeline for the 37-year- money, a legally-sanctioned old Kerala resident. form of restitution. The reprieve comes after in“It’s a big relief,” Subhash tense behind-the-scenes efforts Chandran, Nimisha Priya’s involving humanitarian activ- lawyer and a member of the acists, legal representation council working for tives, and a timely interher release told this pavention by Sunni per. “We worked tireMuslim cleric Kanlessly, and Musliyar’s thapuram AP Aboointervention helped esbacker Musliyar. tablish the long-needed Official sources concontact with the vicfirmed the postponetim’s immediate ment, saying: “Local aufamily .” Nimisha Priya thorities in Yemen have According to those fapostponed the execumiliar with the negotiation scheduled for July 16, tions, the next phase hinges on 2025.” securing a collective statement Nimisha Priya, a trained from the victim’s heirs expressnurse, was convicted in 2017 for ing their willingness to accept the murder of her Yemeni busi- blood money Without this con. ness partner, Mohammed Me- sent, the execution could still hdi, whom she allegedly inject- go forward at a later date. The ed with a sedative. Her family nurse was sentenced to death insists she acted in self-defense, in 2020, and her final appeal citing abuse and confinement was rejected in 2023. She reduring Yemen’s civil unrest. mains jailed in Sanaa. j ayanth j a c ob @ New Delhi From left: Parachutes of the Dragon Grace spacecraft carrying crew members of the Axiom-4 mission deploy before splashing down off California; the Dragon Grace spacecraft; Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla greets as he reaches Earth | PTI Splashdown Axiom-4 Space Mission successful, pilot Shubhanshu Shukla back after 20 days B O S K Y K H A N N A @ Bengaluru THE Axiom-4 Space Mission’s Dragon spacecraft, Grace, with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (call sign Shux) as its mission pilot, made a textbook splashdown at 3.02 pm (IST) on Tuesday off the US’ Pacific coast of California near San Diego, marking the end of a 20day space sojourn, of which 18 were spent on board the International Space Station (ISS). The Ax-4 mission crew traversed 12 million km while making 282 orbits around Earth while aboard the ISS during their stay there. Shux is now the first Indian to visit and safely return from the ISS and the second to go to space after Sqdn Ldr Rakesh Sharma, as a part of Soyuz T-11 crew in April 1984. The splashdown happened after Grace’s Earth-orbiting free flight lasting nearly 22 hours and 30 minutes. Grace had undocked from the ISS at 4.50 pm IST on Monday before , the crew embarked on the deorbiting procedures to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday afternoon to position itself for a safe splashdown at the predetermined location. The capsule was recovered by SpaceX’s recovery teams, and Shux and his crewmates— mission commander Peggy Whitson from the US, and mission specialists Sławosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary—were extracted in stable condition. After de-orbiting procedures began at 2 pm, the final speed of Grace was reduced from 563.27 km/hour to 24.14 km/ hour before when two Drogue parachutes opened 2.55 minutes before splashdown to stabilize the capsule hurtling towards Earth. Its four main parachutes opened 2.30 minutes before the splashdown. Amid cheers, Shux slid out of the capsule at 3.52 pm and took his first steps in gravity after 20 days, walking towards the medical centre on the Shannon ship, on which the capsule was carried after the four crew members exited the capsule. Shux and other crew members were checked for their vital health parameters before being put into a seven-day quarantine. I am speechless. My son has safely returned, I thank God. I got emotional, after all, my son has returned after many days —Asha Shukla, mother of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Family awaits Subhanshu’s return home Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s mother Asha Shukla and father Shabhu Dayal Shukla said they were happy and relieved that their son reached Earth safely. They said they are proud of Subhanshu’s achievement and are eagerly awaiting his return to India NDA ally TDP says SIR needs enough time E x p r ess N e w s S e r v i c e @ Vijayawada The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday became the first NDA ally to emphasise that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has no authority to adjudicate on citizenship, a position hitherto taken by opposition parties in Bihar following the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of rolls there a few months before state polls. At an all-party meeting convened by the ECI in New Delhi, the TDP urged it not to hold SIR in Andhra Pradesh within six months of any major polls. Citing the Supreme Court’s landmark Lal Babu Hussein judgment (1995), the party reiterated that the ECI is not vested with the authority to adjudicate on citizenship and emphasised that the burden of proof lies with those raising objections — not with voters themselves. The party also suggested farreaching electoral reforms to safeguard the sanctity of the voter list. express read SC: Equip TN jails with disabled-friendly infra Female infanticide: Body of 11-month-old exhumed ‘Pvt colleges need not pay salary to in-service docs’ NEW DELHI: SC directed TN jail officials to identify prisoners with disabilities at the time of admission and said that all prisons must be disabled-friendly. The court ordered an access audit of all prisons in the state to be completed within six months | P5 VELLORE: Body of an 11-monthold girl was exhumed from near the house of the parents of the baby at Bandrikanur village on Tuesday after a medical officer filed a plaint of suspicious death, linked to female infanticide. The couple has three daughters CHENNAI: Madras HC has ruled that self-financing private medical colleges are liable to pay only stipend to in-service government doctors who pursue PG and super-speciality courses in such colleges and not salary as paid to their peers in govt institutions | P2