tirupati l wednesday l september 03, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l anantapur EDITION India’s 1st indigenously-developed semiconductor chip unveiled 32-bit processor can handle extreme heat Vikram-32, officially known as VIKRAM3201, is India’s first fully indigenous 32-bit processor chip designed to operate in the harsh environmental conditions of launch vehicles. Built on a 32-bit architecture, it can efficiently handle large volumes of data. Beyond aerospace, it holds significant potential in the defence, automotive, and energy sectors | P10 Vikram-32-bit chip built by Isro was presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the Semicon India 2025 conference on Tuesday ■ 10 Advanced version of vikram 16-bit ■ The chip, designed by Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and fabricated at the 180nm CMOS semiconductor fab of Semi-Conductor Laboratory, is an advanced version of 16-bit VIKRAM1601 chip “First ‘Made in India’ Chips! A moment of pride for any nation. Today, Bharat has achieved it,” Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw wrote on X semiconductor projects worth over $18 billion are underway: 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 Modi: Bihar won’t forgive RJD, Cong for abusing mom NDA gets opportunity to play the women card, announces five-hour Bihar bandh on Thursday RAJ E SH K U MAR THA K U R a n d R a m a s h a nk a r @ New Delhi/Patna in deep water People walk through a flooded street after the Yamuna river crossed the danger mark in New Delhi on Tuesday | PTI K Kavitha suspended from BRS M a n d a R a v i n d e r Re d d y @ Hyderabad Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday cleared the suspension of his daughter and MLC K Kavitha from the party for “anti-party activities”. BRS general secretaries Soma Bharat Kumar and T Ravinder Rao issued a statement confirming KCR’s decision. “Recent activities of Kavitha are causing damage to the party The leadership of the party . has taken serious note of those activities. With this, party president K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to suspend Kavitha from the party with immediate effect,” the statement said. BRS sources said Kavitha Kalvakuntla has called a Kavitha press conference on Wednesday where she is likely to announce her resignation from both the Legislative Council and the primary membership of the party . Kavitha has been at odds with the BRS leadership for several months. Following the state government’s decision to order a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, Kavitha accused former minister T Harish Rao and former MP J Santosh Kumar of indulging in massive corruption which she claimed damaged KCR’s image. Meanwhile, the state presidents of both the Congress and BJP made it clear that there are no open doors for Kavitha. Govt to hand over Preethi case to CBI E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Vijayawada The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to hand over the case of Sugali Preethi to the CBI, in tune with the electoral promise of the ruling NDA. A few days ago Preethi’s mother accused Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalayan of not keeping his promise to do justice to her daughter. Following which Pawan Kalyan reassured to do justice, while addressing the ‘Senatho Senani’ programme in Visakhapatnam. Preethi, a Class X student of Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy High School in Kurnool, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the hostel on August 19, 2017. The girl’s parents alleged that she was sexually assaulted by school correspondent V Janardhan Reddy and his two sons Diwakar Reddy and Harsha Vard, han Reddy Police took Janardhan Reddy and his two sons into . , custody After eight days, the accused were released on bail. . The case is still being investigated by various teams, including an expert committee, a five-member committee, and a recently set up Special Investigation Team (SIT). Interestingly Kurnool Government General Hospital doctors , had issued two postmortem reports in this case, and they were contradictory In 2020, the then government issued a GO, refer. ring the matter to the CBI. But, the CBI failed to take up the case, and Preethi’s parents approached the High Court on September 11, 2020. The CBI submitted to the court that it could not investigate the case citing lack of resources. In his first response to the recent abuse of his late mother from an Opposition platform in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said people will never forgive the RJD and the Congress for the slur. Expletives were hurled at the prime minister’s mother during the Voter Adhikar Yatra spearheaded by Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav in Darbhanga. Speaking to women of the poll-bound state via video conference from Delhi during the launch of a new cooperative, ‘Bihar Rajya Jeevika Saakh Sahkari Sangh’, Modi described the abuse as an insult to all mothers, sisters and daughters of the country especially Bihar. , He accused the RJD-Congress alliance in the state of dragging his late mother into politics though she had nothing to do with it. “I may forgive RJD-Congress, but people of Bihar will never pardon them. Hurling abuses at my mother is nothing for those who insult ‘Mother India’; such people must be punished,” he said. Modi went on allege that the RJD was seeking revenge, as its previous government was ousted because women voted against it. Shortly after Modi response, the ruing NDA gave a five-hour bandh call in Bihar on Thursday to protest against abusive remarks. Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal said the bandh on September 4 will be from 7 am to 12 noon, adding railways and emergency services will be out of its ambit. JD(U) state president Umesh Singh Kushwaha said such abuse from a public platfor m was against democratic norms. “One may differ on political ideologies, but it does mean that family should be dragged into it,” he said. He expressed surprise over the silence of senior Congress-RJD leaders on the matter. Quota stir ends as Maha govt blinks What next Kunbi 1 caste certificates to be issued to Marathas to get them OBC benefits S U DHIR S U RYAWA N SHI @ Mumbai MARATHA quota activist Manoj Jarange ended his fast on Tuesday evening, the fifth day of his hunger strike, saying the Maharashtra government has accepted most of his demands, including implementation of the Hyderabad gazette as documentary proof to issue Kunbi caste certificates to Marathas to make them eligible for reservation benefits currently available to OBCs. The government accepted six out of the eight demands put forth by Jarange and constituted a cabinet sub-committee headed by BJP leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil. The panel sought two months to accept Maratha and Kunbi as the same caste and sage-soyere 2 Maratha community members stop a train during their protest, in Mumbai, on Monday. Inset: Manoj Jarange | pti (close relatives) as demanded by the protestors. “If any Maratha who does not have a land and revenue record to establish himself as Kunbi, and one of the persons in his clan and blood relation has the Kunbi certificate, then the self-affidavit by that clan person will help to get a Maratha caste person to get a Kunbi certificate. The records and self-affidavit claim will be verified by the local village committee,” read a government order. Govt seeks two months to issue certificates 3 Jarange threatnes to resume stir if not demands are not met within two months APCRDA to constitute SPV for major AP records excess infrastructure projects in Amaravati rainfall in August E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Vijayawada The 52nd meeting of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Deve l o p m e n t Au t h o r i t y (APCRDA), chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at the CM’s Camp Office on Tuesday, approved the constitution of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to oversee the key infrastructure development projects in Capital Amaravati. The key infrastructure projects include a greenfield airport, NTR statue, smart in- dustries, iconic bridge, sports city, river front, ropeway, and Inner Ring Road. The Chief Minister suggested that the Bio Design Project be brought under the purview of SPV noting that experts and , organisations from seven countries are ready to partner in this public health initiative. He also announced plans to establish a Health City in Amaravati, along the lines of the proposed Sports City . The SPV will be fully responsible for the design, construction and revenue generation of infrastructure projects. The CRDA meeting has also approved tenders to create necessary infrastructure for the government building complex in Amaravati. Work of 53.68 km of roads and footpaths connecting the government complex will commence soon. The contractors need to maintain the roads for seven years. A notification on urban designs and architectural guidelines for the capital region has been cleared with the Chief Minister asserting that every structure should enhance Amaravati’s appeal, and attract P4 visitors. U s h a p e r i @ Visakhaptanam Andhra Pradesh has recorded excess rainfall in August, with a departure of 39% from the normal.  However, the cumulative rainfall of the State between June 1 and August 31 has remained within the normal range, showing only 1% departure. It may be noted that a series of low-pressure systems contributed to the heavy rainfall during the month. According to data, seven districts in the State recorded large excess rainfall, 10 excess rainfall, and nine normal rainfall. The distribution of rainfall has varied significantly across the State, with Rayalaseema districts in particular witnessing higher departures. The overall rainfall activity during the season so far has remained within normal limits. BJP playing emotional card: Cong Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar said the BJP was trying to divert people’s attention by playing the emotional card before the assembly polls. “They did a similar thing in Karnataka. Now they are trying an encore in Bihar,” he said at a press conference People who hurl abuses at mothers have the mindset that women are weak. Abusing my mother was an insult to the daughters and sisters of Bihar 2020 DELHI RIOTS No HC bail to Umar, Sharjeel, 7 others I F RAH M U F TI @ New Delhi THE Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and seven others in the 2020 Delhi riots case, which left 53 dead and over 700 injured. A bench of justices Naveen Chawla and Shalinder Kaur rejected the challenges to earlier trial court orders denying bail to the accused — Khalid, Imam, Athar Khan, Khalid Saifi, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shi- Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam fa ur Rehman, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, and Shadab Ahmed. All of them were booked under the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Arrested in 2020, the accused have been jail for over five years now. The bail plea of another accused, Tasleem Ahmed, was rejected by a different bench of justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar. During an earlier hearing, the bench expressed concern over the prolonged incarceration of the accused. Khalid’s partner Banojyotsna Lahiri said this was the sixth time bail being denied, adding his legal team would now move the Supreme Court as a last resort.