FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. 14 No. 97 | BHOPAL | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.in Sports ‘Such knocks build strength’ P.13 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE UJJAIN MONEY PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK Banks to play crucial role in achieving vision of Viksit Bharat Cinema Brutal and hard hitting P.12 MAKE INDIA SWACHH, SWASTH AUR VIKSIT, SAYS PREZ MURMU FP News Service UJJAIN fp Briefs NEW DELHI SC’s mediation web-portal The Supreme Court has launched an online mediation training web-portal developed by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) in collaboration with the apex court's Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC). Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, executive chairman NALSA, launched the portal on Wednesday. Speaking at the function, Chandrachud said this training programme will help make mediation the first and a default mode of dispute resolution by training lawyers, judges, law students etc. in the art of mediation. JAIPUR Leopard mauls girl to death A 16-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in Rajasthan's Udaipur district, police said Thursday. According to the police, the incident happened in Undithal village under Gogunda police station area. Kamla had gone to graze goats in the jungle on Wednesday afternoon. When she did not return home by the evening, family members started searching for her in the jungle. "The villagers along with family members searched the jungle and today morning they found the girl's body in the jungle. President Droupadi Murmu with Governor Mangubhai Patel and CM Mohan Yadav during Safai Mitra Sammelan, in Ujjain on Thursday. Later, she also participated in cleanliness drive at Mahakal temple implement Mahatma Gandhi's ideals of 'swachhata' (cleanliness). The Swachh mission has become a nationwide movement in the last 10 years and has led to changes on a wider scale in the country, she said. "Because of Swachh Bharat Mission, the level of awareness towards swachhata has increased and people's behaviour towards cleanliness has changed a lot. This gives me immense pleasure," she said. 4Continued on | P6 ‘Encourage women for higher edu’ Our Staff Reporter INDORE Noting that women will play a major role in achieving India’s goal of becoming the most developed nation by 1947, President Droupadi Murmu on here Thursday said they need to be encouraged to pursue higher education and become independent to Unsubstantiated, says MEA on Pannun’s lawsuit He has accused India of trying to assassinate him Agencies NEW DELHI The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday dismissed the lawsuit filed by proKhalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun as an "unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations" over the 'assassination' attempt against the Indian government in the US. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that it doesn't change India's views about the underlying situation, now that the case has been lodged. "As we've said earlier, these are completely unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations. Now that this particular case has been lodged. It doesn't change our views about the underlying situation. I would only invite your attention to the person behind this particular case whose antecedents are well known," the Foreign Secretary said in a press briefing on Thursday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US. Pannun is an India-designated terrorist who holds American and Canadian citizenship. "I would also underline the fact that the organization so-called that this person represents is an unlawful organization.” 4Continued on | P6 achieve the target. She also sought everyone's cooperation to help people from backward communities join the march of development. "I would like to call upon all educational institutions and teachers to encourage daughters to pursue higher education and become self-reliant as we want to make India the most developed and most Canada reduces study permits for foreign students Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar Pakistan Defence minister Khwaja Asif’s remarks on how the return of the Congress-National Conference alliance to power in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to lead to restoration of Article 370 led to a war of words between the Congress and the BJP on Thursday. With the state in the midst of the Assembly elections, the BJP accuses Congress-NC alliance of working at behest of Pakistan government; Congress asks why Centre is trying to infringe on J&K political executive’s powers BJP latched on to the issue to describe the Congress-NC alliance as “treacherous” and to advanced country by 2047," Murmu said at the convocation ceremony of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) in its diamond jubilee year. "...Therefore, all of us need to support and encourage women to move ahead as they constitute half of the country's population. 4Continued on | P6 Canada has announced to reduce study permits for international students, a move that is likely to affect many Indian nationals. In a post on X late Wednesday night, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, "We're granting 35% fewer international student permits this year. And next year, that number's going down by another 10%." "Immigration is an advantage for our economy - but when bad actors abuse the system and take advantage of students, we crack down," he said. The move comes as the Canadian government is looking to reduce the number of temporary residents. Canada is one of the most sought-after destinations for Indian students. accuse it of operating on the agenda of the Pakistan government. The saffron party had attacked the National Conference for promising the restoration of Article 370 and 35(A), which were abrogated in 2019 by the Centre as it had ended the special status of the state and divided it into the union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. 4Continued on | P6 Not taking legal step: Father of EY employee who died of ‘overwork’ Agencies RAPE OF 3-YR-OLD Amid protests, school sealed KOCHI Sibi Joseph, the father of Pune-based Chartered Accountant (CA) Anna Sebastian Perayil (26), who died due to "work-related stress", on Thursday said the family has no plans to take legal steps against the company. Perayil, who worked with S R Batliboi, a member firm of EY Global, at Yerawada in Maharashtra's Pune, passed away on July 21. Her mother had claimed that Perayil died after being burdened with a "backbreaking workload" and "work stress". However, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje has assured that a proper probe would be conducted. "Deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Anna Sebastian Perayil. A thorough investigation into the allegations of an unsafe and exploitative work environment is underway," said Karandlaje in a post on X. The MoS said this in response to a post by BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who described Anna's death as "very sad but also disturbing at many levels". 4Continued on | P6 Parents, student activists protest in front of the school Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The district administration sealed the errant school on Thursday after massive protests erupted over the rape of a 3-year-old girl. The protests, led by parents and members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), also included participants from Karni Sena, Sanskriti Bachao Manch, and students from Nutan College as well as several private institutions. The protesters demanded the immediate cancellation of the school’s recognition and called for the death penalty for the accused teacher, Qasim Rihan Khan. In the course of the demonstration, the protestors vandalized the school by breaking its display board and burning an PTI NEW DELHI Global anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing body FATF on Thursday released India's much anticipated mutual evaluation report, saying the country's systems in these domains were "effective" but "major improvements" were required to strengthen prosecution in such cases. The report said India achieved a high level of technical compliance across the FATF recommendations and took significant steps to implement measures to tackle illicit finance. The 368-page report with a cover picture of India's new Parliament draped in Tricolour lights was released after the assessment was adopted by the Paris-headquartered body during its plenary meeting held in June. The last such review of India's combating of money laundering and terror financing regime was published in 2010. India will "report back" to the plenary after three years. The report, which comes after a visit of FATF experts to India last November, has placed the country in the YSRCP slams AP CM over ‘animal fat in Tirupati laddu’ remark 4Continued on | P6 PTI PTI NEW DELHI The YSRCP on Thursday lashed out at Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for claiming that animal fat was used in making Tirupati laddus during the previous regime and said this has undermined the deity and hurt the sentiments of the devotees. State Congress chief Y S Sharmila, sister of YSRCP president and former CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, demanded a CBI probe to ascertain Naidu's claim. She assailed the CM and YSRCP for indulging in 'heinous politics' over the preparation of Tirupati laddus. Sharmila said Naidu's allegations hurt the sentiments of crores of Hindus who consider Lord Venkateswara as a revered deity. Dismissing a report by a news agency claiming that ammunition sold by Indian manufacturers has been diverted to Ukraine by European customers and New Delhi did not stop the trade, the Ministry of External Affairs has termed it "inaccurate and mischievous". Answering questions on the report, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday, "We have seen the report. It is speculative and Ash-Jaddu’s rescue act On opening day of first Test against Bangladesh at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja rescued the team after a shaky start. After India lost six wickets for just 144 runs, the duo put up a resilient partnership, steering the team to 339 runs at the end of the day, with both remaining unbeaten—Ashwin scoring 102 runs and Jadeja contributing 86 runs The flurry of activity is driven by Indian buyers eager to secure permanent residency under Greece’s Golden Visa Programme before significant regulatory changes took effect on September 1 Indians flocking to buy property in sunny Greece "regular follow up" category, a distinction shared by only four other G20 countries. India will undergo its next evaluation in 2031. The Union finance ministry issued a series of posts on its X handle, saying India achieved "a significant milestone by securing regular follow up rating from FATF" and that this was a "proud moment". AMARAVATI Indians buy houses in Greece to gain residency rights Greece has witnessed a remarkable 37 per cent surge in property purchases by Indian investors between July and August. This flurry of activity is driven by Indian buyers eager to secure permanent residency under Greece's Golden Visa Programme before significant regulatory 4Continued on | P6 Report on Indian ammo in Ukraine misleading: MEA offgrid NEW DELHI effigy of the accused. Members of the Karni Sena and ABVP also attempted to enter the school premises but were stopped by police officers deployed at the scene. TT Nagar Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Archana Rawat Sharma, addressed the protesters and assured them that a proposal to revoke the school’s recognition was being prepared. She said that the proposal would be sent to a committee, which would then oversee the process of revocation. She urged the protesters to end the demonstration, adding that a four-member investigation committee has already begun its inquiry and would submit a report to the administration within three days. FATF lauds India’s handling of terror finance cases PTI OTTAWA Aligned with Cong, NC on Article 370, says Pak defence min; BJP hits back NEW DELHI E-paper Edit High-tech attack on Hezbollah P.8 PREZ IN MAHAKAL’S CITY: Lays foundation stone of Ujjain-Indore six lane road President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said cleanliness only will make India healthy and developed and appealed to the people to come forward and take a step to make country country “swachh, swasth aur viksit” (clean, healthy and developed). Addressing the Safai Mitra Sammelan near Shani Mandir in Ujjain, Murmu also praised Madhya Pradesh's Indore city for remaining on top in the cleanliness survey for the seventh time in a row and Bhopal for being the cleanest state capital in the country. "It gives me immense happiness to honour safai mitras (sanitation workers). Cleanliness only will make the country healthy and developed. By honouring safai mitras we are hounouring ourselves," she said. The president hoped that people across the villages and lanes in the country will come forward to work under the Swachh Bharat Mission and added that by doing so only the nation will be able to MUMBAI changes took effect on September 1. Launched in 2013, Greece's Golden Visa programme offers residency per- mits in exchange for property investments, making it an attractive option for non-EU citizens. Its initial €250,000 (Rs 2.2 crore) threshold was one of Europe's lowest, drawing significant investment and boosting Greece's real estate market. However, the surge in demand pushed up property prices, particularly in high-demand areas like Athens, Thessaloniki, Mykonos and Santorini. 4Continued on | P6 misleading. It implies violations by India, where none exist and, hence, is inaccurate and mischievous." Emphasising that India has an impeccable track record of compliance with international obligations on the export of military and dual-use items, Jaiswal added, "India has been carrying out its defence exports taking into account its international obligations on non-proliferation and based on its own robust legal and regulatory framework, which includes a holistic assessment of relevant criteria, including end-user obligations and certifications."