FREE PRESS - VOL. XXXIX NO. 217 | INDORE | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 11, 2023 | PAGES 16 Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; RNI No. 38281/83 `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER ‘NRIs’ stellar role is PREZ WORTHY’ WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE FOR 24X7 UPDATES EDIT HOLD THE CENSUS AT THE EARLIEST ANJUM CHOPRA SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCED FOR TALENTED FEMALE CRICKETERS Pg-14 PRAVASIS CAN enhance our capacities to fulfill the vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat, says President Murmu GLOBAL DEMAND for Indian talent will only increase: S Jaishankar ATUL GAUTAM Indore Noting that the Indian diaspora overcame many challenges to achieve excellence in different fields, President Droupadi Murmu on Monday said here that the NRIs today have become an important and unique force in the global system. While delivering a valedictory address at 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conference in Indore, she said, “It (Indian diaspora) has grown into an energetic and confident community in every region, and is making stellar contributions to world affairs in leadership positions.” “Our diaspora has exhibited extraordinary dedication and hard work, and has overcome many challenges to achieve excellence in all walks of life – including art, literature, politics, sports, business, academics, phi, lanthropy science and tech,” nology she added. The President said, “Indian diaspora can contribute with their energy, experience, ideas, business acumen, investments, techni- From left: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel, Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President Droupadi Murmu, Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia with recipients of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards on the concluding day of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention in Indore on Tuesday FULL COVERAGE ON PAGE 2, 3, 4 & 13 PIC: PINTU NAMDEV More demand for Indian talent, says EAM Hailing the role of Indian talent and creativity in foreign lands, external affairs minister S. Jaishankar said the global demand for Indian talent, skills & practices will only increase. “Our diaspora has demonstrated the exceptional quality of dedication, commitment and perseverance in many fields. Their contributions and achievements and successes have earned them an enviable reputation in their respective societies,” Jaishankar said. LEARN, EARN & DO RETURN: SCINDIA URGES NRIs C ivil aviation minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia, said the Indian diaspora has always helped the country during difficult times.“During the recession, the diaspora had sent remittance to India especially when many countries had imposed sanctions on India after it conducted the nuclear tests in Pokhran. It was the Indian diaspora which had played a crucial role in changing the narrative of the world towards India,” he said. Scindia said, “I have a message for young NRIs working abroad. That message is LER. Learn, Earn, and do Return because your destiny is here in Mother India.” there emotional today. I am my heart too. tinge of Iaamcompanysadness in days.happy butWe hadis Indore was for three your dressed up like we do during our daughter’s wedding, but when she leaves her father’s abode, the heart aches Hearing to continue today CM SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN Invest in Madhya Pradesh, Chouhan tells NRIs Describing Madhya Pradesh as the fastest growing state in the country, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, asked the Indian diaspora to invest here.“MP’s growth rate is the highest in the country at 19.67 per cent. MP’s contribution to the country’s GDP has also increased from 3.6 per cent to 4.6 percent. We are the food basket of the country. We are ahead of Punjab in the production of wheat… and are moving ahead in ease of doing business. I request you to invest in MP and convince others also to do the same,” he said. I INDIA TO EXPLORE HYDROCARBONS IN GUYANA ndia has promised to help Guyana in exploiting its oil and gas reserves and it has also assured Suriname in restructuring its debt. Ausaf Sayeed, secretary (CPV and OIA) and Surabh Kumar, secretary (East) in the ministry of external affairs informed this while interacting with the media here on Tuesday at the conclusion of the three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) convention. Both the secretaries of MEA were briefing about the meeting bilateral meetings of President of Guyana Mohmmad Irfan Ali and President of Suriname Chandrika Prashad Santokhi held with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sideline of PBD Convention. Both the secretaries said that Guyana has discovered oil and natural gas reserves in the last 2-3 years. Currently they are exploring very low quantity. 'Remittances from NRIs up to $100 bn in 2022' Underlining the contribution of non-resident Indians, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said remittances sent to the country by overseas Indians were about USD 100 billion for the year 2022, an increase of 12 per cent in one year. GIS to kick off in Indore today Centre draws SC flak over compensation to Bhopal gas victims News Brief Prachanda wins trust vote KATHMANDU: Nepal's new Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, won the vote of trust on Tuesday, receiving 268 votes in the 275member Parliament.This is the first time in the history of Nepal's Parliament that a Prime Minister received such overwhelming support from different political parties. STF nabs ex-SIMI activist in Khandwa KHANDWA: Kolkata Police has nabbed a man who was earlier associated with the banned SIMI from Khandwa, a police officer said on Tuesday. The man was arrested in the past in three cases including two under the UAPA he said. OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its displeasure towards the Centre's failure in providing compensation to the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy till now. Hearing will take place on Wednesday too, according to the additional advocate general. The pleas regarding compensation paid to Bhopal gas tragedy victims were heard by the SC’s Constitution bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul. The Attorney-General representing Central government informed the bench that ?the Welfare Commissioner is working according to the plan of the SC. Expressing dissatisfaction over Centre’s reply the , SC bench questioned, “Why was the money not distributed to the victims?” Gas victims had staged a hunger strike without water for revision of facts in curative petition in the SC. They called off their HEARING TO BE HELD TODAY ALSO Additional Advocate General, Delhi, Saurabh Mishra, talking to Free Press said, ‘Hearing will also be on Wednesday. The SC has asked why the compensation has not been distributed to gas victims.’ hunger strike after they got a positive response from the MP government. Advocate Pragati Neekhara said, ‘Supreme Court has asked the Central government about the delay in distribution of compensation expressing its displeasure on laxity on part of the Centre. However, the advocate general informed the SC that the Welfare Commissioner is working according to the plan of the apex court.’ Rachna Dhingra of Bhopal Group of Information and Action said that the AG mostly led arguments on maintainability of the curative petition. The matter will also be heard today . BANGALORE AIRPORT INCIDENT DGCA issues show cause notice to Go First Airline apologises to passengers MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI Aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday issued a show cause notice to Go First for "multiple mistakes" that led to 55 Delhi flight passengers being left behind in a coach at Bangalore airport on Monday and the budget airline has apologised for the incident, saying it happened due to inadvertent oversight in reconciliation. The airline has been given two weeks time to respond to the show cause notice and based on the response, further action will be initiated. OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal, Indore The two-day Global Investors' Summit (GIS) is going to be set in motion in the Indore on Wednesday after four years. The summit has a lot to do with the state government after the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD). Both UP and MP have been vying with each other for the past few months. Therefore, the financial experts will keep an eye on the investors' summits be- Musk breaks Guinness World Record for largest-ever loss of personal fortune Elon Musk has secured a world record for the largest loss of personal fortune in history, Guinness World Record (GWR) said on Fri. day In a blog post, the organisation cited Forbes' estimate that Mr Musk had lost around $182 billion since November 2021 but noted that other sources indicate the figure is close to $200 billion. "Although the exact figure is almost impossible to ascertain, Musk's total losses far surpass the previous Stone found in meal served on A-I flight on Bangalore-Delhi sector leaving behind 55 passengers in the passenger coach at Bangalore airport. After perusal of the incident report submitted by Go First on Tuesday the watchdog said , prima-facie it emerges that the airline failed to comply with various norms. "In the instant case, multiple mistakes such as lack of proper communication, co-ordination, reconciliation and confirmation have resulted in a highly avoidable situation," DGCA said. CONTD. ON P8 P PM MODI TO ATTEND SUMMIT VIRTUALLY rime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate and address the 7th GIS. President of Suriname Chandrika Prasad Santokhi, President of Guyana Dr Mohammed Irfan Ali and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will also address the inaugural session. Union minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal will also have a virtual address in the session. The summit will be inaugurated at 10:30 am at Brilliant Convention Centre on the theme 'Madhya Pradesh - a future ready state' and it will be completely based on 'Carbon Neutral' and 'Zero Waste'. Delegations from more than 65 countries will participate in this Summit. It will be attended by ambassadors, high commissioners, consulates and diplomats from more than 20 countries. In the International Pavilion of GIS, 9 participating countries and 14 International Trade Organisations will showcase different aspects of their countries. MEN IN BLUE WIN 1ST ODI AGAINST ISLANDERS BY 64 RUNS SAN FRANCISCO Air India has landed in another controversy. This time, a woman took to Twitter to complain about a piece of stone she found in a meal served to her. The Twitter user named Sarvapriya shared 2 pictures of the meal, showing a small piece of stone that she found in her meal aboard A-I flight 215. Go First has derostered the staff involved in the incident pending an inquiry . The airline has issued a show cause notice to the ground handling agency concerned at the Bangalore airport for the lapse. The incident happened on Monday with the passengers who were to board a Delhi flight and later in the day the , DGCA had sought a report from the airline. In a statement on Tuesday , the regulator said that Go First operated flight G8-116 ing held in both the states, especially because of their timings. In MP the GIS is being held , on January 11 and 12. It will be organised in UP from February 10 to 12. Before the GIS, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had met industrialists in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. As many as 400 industrialists are coming to MP Similarly UP. , CMAdityanath, had met the industrialists and people from the film industry before the GIS in his state. CONTD. ON P8 Cricketers celebrate after the dismissal of Lanka's Avishka during the first one-day international (ODI) cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in (See sports page) Guwahati on Tuesday. 25.30c. 09.00c Sunrise : 07.09 Sunset : 05.59 cal expertise and knowledge sharing, to enhance our capacities to fulfill the vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat. The President urged each and every member of the diaspora family to become a complete partner in this . journey The President said that over the last two decades, the PBD convention has served as a unique platform to enable fruitful engagement between the government, people of India and the diaspora. Referring to the theme of this year’s PBD convention, the President said that it reflects India’s desire to make its diaspora a partner in the achievement of its national developmental goals. She said in the next 25 years, India will embark on an ambitious journey of collective hard work, sacrifice and intensive development to transform into a self-reliant world leader by 2047, when the country would be celebrating the centenary of Independence. The President said that the call of the soil of the Motherland is something that transcends the barriers of time and distance. President Murmu also conferred the Pravasi Samman Bharatiya Awards-2023 to around 25 overseas Indians. “The awards symbolise nation’s highest the recognition of the diaspora members for their contributions to India and in their home countries,” she said. Need to decide on constitutional validity of Citizenship Act Section 6A, says SC ONLINE REPORT NEW DELHI The Supreme Court Constitution Bench on Tuesday, while hearing petitions challenging the Citizenship Act Section 6A, said it needed to decide whether the provision was constitutionally valid before hearing other matters in the case. Section 6A deals with “special provisions” regarding the citizenship of persons covered by the Assam Accord. Section 6A of the Citizenship Act says that all those who came to Assam between January 1, 1966, and March 25, 1971, from all territories of Bangladesh and are residents of Assam must register themselves under Section 18 for citizenship. The provision was introduced in 1985 after the Assam Accord was signed between the Indian government and agitating groups in the north-eastern state. “Presently, the following issue, as framed for primary determination for the Bench, Constitution whether Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, suffers from any constitutional infirmity,” said Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, who was presiding over the five-judge Constitution Bench. India-American named NASA's new chief technologist WASHINGTON record of $58.6 billion, set by Japanese tech investor Masayoshi Son in 2000," GWR wrote in its blog. According to The Hill, Elon Musk's net worth dropped from $320 billion in Nov 2021 to $137 billion as of Jan 2023, largely due to the poor performance of Tesla's stock. The outlet reported that Mr Musk sold $7 billion worth of Tesla stock as he was trying to finance his deal to buy Twitter and another $4 billion in November. CONTD. ON P8 An Indian-American aerospace industry expert has been appointed as NASA's new chief technologist to serve as principal advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson on technology policy and programmes at the space agency's headquarters here. In his position, AC Charania will align NASA's agencywide technology investments with mission needs across six mission directorates and oversee technology collaboration with other federal sociate adminisagencies, the pritrator for technolovate sector, and gy policy and , , external stakestrategy was quot, holders, NASA ed as saying in the said in a statestatement. ment on Monday . “Charania is an The position experienced leader works within in managing large, AC Charania NASA's Office for rapidly shifting Technology Policy and , , technology portfolios. I am Strategy “Technology plays . eager for him to apply his a vital role in every NASA knowledge and enthusiasm mission. Making sure that at NASA," Lal said. we're pursuing the best poliLal served as acting chief cy objectives allows this technologist prior to the agency to continue to serve appointment of Charania, as a global leader in innovawhose first day working at tion,” Bhavya Lal, NASA asNASA Headquarters was January 3. “The rate of advancement we seek in the 21st century is dependent upon selecting and maturing a portfolio of technologies into systems to execute our missions,” Charania said in the statement. “With this in mind, there are incredible opportunities in partnerships within and outside of NASA. I now look forward to the opportunity to work with the entire community to increase the rate of space and aviation progress,” he added. CONTD. ON P8