FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLII No. 167 | INDORE | SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 23, 2025 | Pages 16 ` 4 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 NATIONAL CASHEW DAY FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports Golden girl Sandhu makes history P.16 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE WORLD G20 adopts landmark declaration despite strong US objections G20 SUMMIT | PM calls for profound rethink of global development parameters, proposes four plans Modi: India’s civilisational values can drive progress PTI JOHANNESBURG Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for a profound rethink of the global development parameters and proposed setting up of a G20 initiative to counter the drug-terror nexus and a global healthcare response team. Addressing the opening session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting here, Modi said the G20 has long shaped global finance and growth, but prevailing models have deprived large populations of resources and driven the over-exploitation of nature challenges felt acutely in Africa. Modi also presented the principle of Integral Humanism -- part of India's civilisational values -- which he said Trilateral tech ties with Aus, Canada A new trilateral technology and innovation partnership was announced by PM Narendra Modi after a meeting with Australian PM Anthony Albanese and Canada's Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit. "We are delighted to announce an Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership today," Modi said in a social media post showed a way forward in striking a balance between development and nature. The prime minister outlined four path-breaking Modi meets Meloni PM Narendra Modi met Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, engaging in discussions as both leaders participated in the ongoing multilateral deliberations in Johannesburg Declaration adopted despite US attempt to stop it The heads of state attending the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg adopted a Declaration by consensus despite US attempts to stop it. "It is a great moment for us because we believe that this will revolutionise the (African) continent," South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola said on host broadcaster SABC, calling the Declaration as "an affirmation of multilateralism" See World new initiatives - the Global Traditional Knowledge Repository, the G20-Africa Skills Multiplier Initiative, the G20 Global Healthcare Response Team, and the G20 Initiative on Countering the Drug-Terror Nexus. MP attracts Rs 36,600cr investment in Hyderabad Pak-linked drone arms delivery racket busted Our Staff Reporter 4Continued on | P8 Agencies BHOPAL NEW DELHI Madhya Pradesh received investment proposals worth Rs 36,600 crore during the ‘Investment Opportunities in Madhya Pradesh’ session held in Hyderabad on Saturday. The proposals, submitted by 10 companies, are expected to create 27,800 jobs across sectors. Addressing the conclave, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said Madhya Pradesh government is keen to welcome investors and strengthen ties with industry. 4Continued on | P8 fp Briefs HYDERABAD 37 Maoists surrender In yet another blow to the banned CPI (Maoist), 37 underground cadres, including three State Committee Members, surrendered before the Telangana Police on Saturday Seven cadres also handed over eight firearms, including one AK-47 rifle, two SLRs, four .303 rifles and one G3 rifle, along with 343 live ammunition of various calibres. BHOPAL Disabled youth urinated upon A disabled youth being urinated on came to light in Mandideep, Raisen district. After the video went viral on social media, police arrested the accused, Rajkumar Lavanshi and Govind Lavanshi, on Saturday. According to the police, both the accused are relatives of the disabled youth. The three had gone to sell paddy, and after drinking alcohol, an argument escalated into a physical altercation. See Page-5 Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri, director of Ananth Technologies, honours CM Mohan Yadav CM engages with pharma, biotech leaders During a roundtable with leading players in pharma and biotech sectors, the CM announced world-class infrastructure for a Medical Device Park in Ujjain, with investor invitations soon. He also said the state is charting a new direction in biotech, with its first biotech park to be established in Neemuch under GoI’s National Biotechnology Parks scheme. IAS officers not keen to stay in MP, 17 opted for deputation in one year Only 3 of them have returned Nitendra Sharma BHOPAL The IAS officers in the state are more interested in serving the Centre than working for the state government. Seventeen IAS officers have gone to the Central Government on deputation in the past year. On the other hand, only three officers returned to the state, and one of them is a secretary-level officer. The Department of Personnel and Training has issued an order for the deputation of 2009-batch IAS officer Avinash Lavania to the Centre. 4Continued on | P8 Swatantra and Abhishek are also in the queue The secretary-rank officers Swatantra Kumar Singh and Abhishek Singh are also trying to go to the Centre on deputation. Both have submitted applications for it. Two other secretary-rank officers, Shriman Shukla and John Kingsley, were also keen to go to the Centre. They applied for deputation, but as they did not get postings in the Central Government, they stayed back in the state. An international arms trafficking network linked to Pakistan's ISI-backed suppliers has been busted with the arrest of four operatives involved in supplying highend foreign-made weapons to organised crime groups across north India, police said on Saturday. The network sourced foreign-made weapons smuggled from Pakistan using customized, low-altitude, radar-evading drones and supplied them to gangsters in Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. Traffickers based across the border dropped consignments at pre-marked GPS locations along vulnerable stretches of the international border in Punjab late at night. Local receivers retrieved the packages, transported them to safe houses, and supplied them to crime networks across India. The module used encrypted communication and changed drop locations frequently to avoid surveillance, police said. The traffickers wrapped weapons in carboncoated material to evade scanning, and payments were made through hawala and proxy accounts. A total of 10 pistols, including three Turkiye-made PX5.7 pistols and five China-made PX-3 pistols, have been seized, along with 92 live cartridges have been seized. The Turkish weapon is apparently used only by special forces. 4Continued on | P8 Over 300 children abducted in Nigerian school attack AP ABUJA A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. The tally was changed "after a verification exercise and a final census was carried out," according to a statement issued by the Most. Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, chairman of the Niger state chapter of CAN, visited the school on Friday. He said 88 other students "were also captured after they tried to escape" during the attack. The students were both male and female and ranged in age from 10 to 18. The school kidnapping in Niger state's remote Papiri community happened four days after 25 schoolchildren were seized in similar circumstances in neighbouring Kebbi state's Maga town, which is 170 kilometres (106 miles) away. 4Continued on | P8 UJJAIN PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK MUMBAI E-paper Nation Cong: New labour codes... P.7 Cinema Shraddha suffers fracture P.14