Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | Vol. 69 No. 9 | 31 Pages Reg.No MCS/048/2021-23; RNI No. 1541/1957 M.p.c.s office Mumbai. PIN 400001 THE FREE PRESS JOURNAL WHITE CANE SAFETY DAY INDIA EDITION | www.freepressjournal.in ● Leader in E-paper circulation GAMES MUMBAI Top Maoist Mallojula Venugopal Rao, with a bounty of `6 cr, surrenders with 60 cadres in Gadchiroli BHARAT AI SHAKTI | Multi-faceted investment over five years will create the country’s largest data centre campus in Vizag Adani, Google join hands to build $15 billion AI hub FPJ News Service MUMBAI Adani Enterprises and Google on Tuesday announced a landmark partnership to develop India’s largest AI data centre campus, and new green energy infrastructure in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh. Google’s AI hub in Vizag is a multi-faceted investment of approximately $15 billion over five years (2026-2030), comprising gigawatt-scale data centre operations, supported by a robust subsea cable network and clean energy, to drive the most demanding AI workloads in India. “It will be brought to life in close collab- Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, others. oration with ecosystem partners including AdaniConneX and Airtel,” Adani Enterprises said in a statement. “The Adani Group is proud to partner with Google on this historic project that will define the future of India's digital landscape,” said Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group. Unveiled at Google’s flagship “Bharat AI Shakti” event in New Delhi on Monday, the project will be anchored by a one-giga- Eye on China as key ally Mongolia’s prez arrives Ashwin Ahmad NEW DELHI China will be closely monitoring Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa’s arrival in India. The Mongolian president, who has come at the special invitation of President Draupadi Murmu arrived in New Delhi on Monday for a four-day state visit. The president’s visit comes as India and Mongolia mark 70 years of diplomatic ties and 10 years of the India-Mongolia strategic partnership. The president met PM Modi after which both sides held delegation-level talks in key sectors, including  education, energy, defence, and security. In total 10 MoUs were signed in areas such as humanitarian aid, restoration of heritage sites in Mongolia, cooperation on immigration, geology and mineral resources, promotion of coop- Brief 6.6%: IMF ups India growth forecast The IMF on Tuesday revised upwards India’s GDP growth forecast for FY2526 to 6.6% against its earlier estimate of 6.4% on the back of strong growth, offsetting the impact of US tariffs on Indian goods. However, it has lowered (0.2 percentage point) the growth forecast for FY2627 to 6.2%. Earlier this month, the World Bank had also raised India’s growth forecast for FY25 to 6.5% from 6.3%, saying the country is set to remain the fastest-growing economy. SEE MONEY eratives, and the sharing of digital solutions.   Speaking at a joint session post the meetings, Prime Minister Modi announced that the government would provide free e-visas to people of Mongolia. Highlighting the new MoU between the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council and Mongolia’s Arkhangai province to promote local-level cooperation, the prime minister also pointed out development of the oil refinery being built in Mongolia. The refinery is Mongolia’s first domestic oil refinery, and it will aim to strengthen its energy security and reduce dependence on imports.   “The Oil Refinery Project, supported by India’s $1.7 billion line of credit, will strengthen Mongolia’s energy security. It is India’s largest development partnership project globally, with over 2,500 Indian professionals working alongside their Mongolian counterparts to make it a reality,” said Modi. 4Contd on | nation LALU PROPOSES, SON DISPOSES BIG-TICKET DRAMA Dheeraj Kumar PATNA A piquant situation has developed within the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar. RJD chief Lalu Prasad distributed party tickets to several candidates for the assembly polls, only for his son and former deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav to retract them later to avoid confusion among the INDIA bloc allies. The surprising development occurred after Tejashwi returned from New Delhi on Monday evening. In a damage- 71 on BJP’s first list watt data centre campus, fully powered by renewable energy, and connected through a nextgeneration fibre-optic network along India’s eastern coastline. 4Contd on | nation TRUMP’S PREDICTION Agencies SHARM EL-SHEIKH US President Donald Trump on Monday showered praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “very good friend,” at the Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh. Speaking during the summit, Trump said, “India is a great country with a very good friend of mine at the top, and he has done a fantastic job.” The US President’s remarks came as Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was standing in the background. 4Contd on | nation I think Pakistan and India are going to live very nicely together. Donald Trump US President Wangchuk’s hearing today PTI NEW DELHI control move, he asserted the next morning that the seatsharing deal among the INDIA bloc partners had yet to be finalised. The SC on Tuesday adjourned to Wednesday the hearing on a plea filed by activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J Angmo, challenging his detention under NSA and seeking his immediate release. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria deferred the hearing due to paucity of time. The top court had on October 6 issued notices to the Centre and the UT of Ladakh but had refused to pass any interim order on Angmo’s plea for being provided the grounds of detention. 4Contd on | nation 4Contd on | nation BJP, which is contesting 101 seats, released its first list of 71 candidates, including nine women. Missing from the list were 10 MLAs, including Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav. SEE NATION offgrid Chinese twist to Munir’s rare gift Agencies BEIJING China has dismissed as “groundless” reports alleging Pakistan used Chinese equipment and technology to export rare-earth elements to the US - claims that some outlets suggested had prompted Beijing to tighten export controls on rare-earth-related technologies. More interestingly, responding to a Global Times question, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Purchased, not mined? Jian on Monday said “the mineral samples gifted by Pakistani leaders to their US counterparts “were raw Cinema MTV to shut five iconic music channels by year-end India completed a 2-0 series sweep in the second Test against the West Indies gemstone samples purchased by staff.” He was commenting on the mineral samples and stones that Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir and PM Shehbaz Sharif presented to President Trump. The Global Times is a state-run newspaper that airs official views. Lin Juan also stressed that China and Pakistan are “allweather strategic cooperative partners” whose “ironclad friendship has stood the test of time,” marked by “a high level of strategic mutual trust and close communication on major issues.” 4Contd on | nation Edit Durand’s Curse and the long wait for Pakhtoonistan Plot thickens after ASI shoots himself HARYANA COP TALE Rajesh Moudgil CHANDIGARH In a new twist to the ongoing suicide saga of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, an ASI of the state police, Sandeep Lathar, was found dead after reportedly shooting himself with his service revolver at Ladhot village in Rohtak district on Tuesday afternoon. Tension prevailed in parts of Three more get bail in Pansare murder case Urvi Mahajani MUMBAI The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to three persons, including prime accused Virendrasinh Tawade, arrested in connection with the 2015 murder of CPI leader Govind Pansare. Besides Tawade, Justice SG Dige of the HC’s Kolhapur circuit bench also granted bail to Sharad Kalaskar and Amol Kale. Tawade and Kale will walk free, but Kalaskar will be in jail as he has already been convicted in the 2013 murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. 4Contd on | nation Rohtak and Jind districts after members of the Jat community allegedly seized the body of Lathar and refused to cremate, demanding the arrest of IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, the wife of Puran Kumar. 4Contd on | nation 4See also | nation The jury panel for The Mumbai School Survey 2025. (From left) Jatin Paranjape (CEO of KheloMore), Dr Pratibha Jain (mentor & education counsellor, founder of EduAbroad Consulting), Swati Salunkhe (career counsellor & Managing Director at Growth Centre Pvt Ltd), Dr Swaroop Rawal (educational researcher, & a champion for child rights) and Dr Harish Shetty (leading psychiatrist in Mumbai) at the Free Press Journal office. LAIDBACK APPROACH TO ICU, CCU HEALTHCARE SC summons senior babus of 28 states FPJ News Service NEW DELHI The Supreme Court has issued contempt notices and summoned the Additional Chief Secretary or the senior-most health officials of 28 States and Union Territories for failing to comply with its orders on formulating nationwide standards for Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and Critical Care Units (CCUs). A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and N Ko- “We also make it clear that if, by the said date, there is non-compliance or if compliance is casual or by way of a perfunctory report, this court would take a very strict view against the officers concerned and the states/UTs in general” tiswar Singh on Monday asked all the officers concerned to appear before the court on November 20, 2025, along with affidavits explaining why action should not be taken against them for their “casual” approach to the court’s directives. 4Contd on | nation