FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 164 | INDORE | THURSDAY | NOVEMBER 21, 2024 | Pages 18 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports MESSI TO DAZZLE ON INDIAN TURF P.16 CBSE class 10, 12 exams to start on February 15 FP News Service MUMBAI The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that the Class 10 and 12 board exams will begin on February 15, 2025. The exams for Class 10 will conclude on March 18, while the Class 12 exams will end on April 4. For the first time, the datesheet has been released a full 86 days ahead of the exams. CBSE Exam Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj assured students that the datesheet accommodates over 40,000 subject combinations, ensuring no student has overlapping exams. "Adequate gaps have been provided between subjects," he said. According to the schedule, the CBSE Secondary School Examination 2025 will begin on February 15 and run until March 18, 2025. The Science exam is scheduled for February 20, 2025, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, followed by the Social Science (087) exam on February 25, 2025. The Mathematics exam is set for March 10, 2025, and the Hindi exam will take place on February 28, 2025. For the CBSE Senior School Certificate Exam 2025, exams will also start on February 15, 2025, and conclude on April 4, 2025. The Physics exam is scheduled for February 21, 2025, while the Mass Media Studies exam will be held on March 7, 2025. ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK MONEY ‘India’s GDP growth likely to slip to 6.5% in Sept qtr’ JHARKHAND NDA MVA OTH NDA INDIA OTH 150 125 13 39 38 4 Agencies NEW DELHI VOTER TURNOUT 68.01% 62.05% IN MAHA Cabinet nod for Shri Krishna Pathey Nyas with 28 members Specialists to identify paths taken by Lord Krishna in MP Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL POLLS OF POLLS Tribal community voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their vote in Ranchi The exit polls of Maharashtra and Jharkhand predicted NDA win. The seven exit polls gave ruling Mahayuti an average of 153 seats (eight above majority mark) with Maha Vikas Aghadi receiving only 126 seats. While four gave clear victory to NDA, three others predict a hung assembly. The Matrize, Chanakya Strategies, Times Now-JVC, Poll Diary, and Peoples Pulse, exit polls give the Mahayuti - Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party - 122-195 seats. Matrize has given the Mahayuti between 150 and 170 seats, Peoples Pulse between 175 and 195 seats, Chanakya Strategies between 152 and 160, and Times Now-JVC 150-167. 4Continued on | P6 CONG REJECTS EXIT POLL Dalit woman's body found in sack ‘Cop threatening voters with gun’ "We reject most of the exit polls. They are often manipulated. We would like to wait till the official results but we are certain that the INDIA bloc will form the government in Maharashtra," AICC secretary-incharge of Maharashtra BM Sandeep told media. A 23-year-old Dalit woman was found dead in Mainpuri with her family on Wednesday alleging she was killed as she refused to vote in favour of the Samajwadi Party in the Karhal assembly bypoll. Police in Mainpuri district on Wednesday arrested two persons. Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday demanded EC to suspend the Station House Officer (SHO) of Kakrouli police station, located in Meerapur and accused him of threatening voters with force and revolver and stopping them from casting their vote. State Cabinet on Wednesday approved formation of Shri Krishna Pathey Nyas. The Trust will be headquartered in Bhopal and have 28 members, Speeding truck mows class X student, injures two others Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL A rashly-driven truck mowed down a class X girl student and injured two others in Shivpuri on Wednesday morning. The three girls were jogging in preparation for upcoming sports event in their school. The three girls were jogging in preparation for upcoming sports event in their school Sources said that the speeding truck hit three girls, killing Anjali Pal (15) and injuring two others near Kankar village on Agra-Mumbai Highway at 5am. The injured were rushed to a hospital for treatment. Satanwada police registered a case against the truck driver who managed to escape from the scene. Anjali Pal was a bright student and wanted to become a police officer. Her uncle said that in absence of sports ground, youngsters used road for jogging. Yadav to perform N-war jitters grip Europe Ukraine uses Medicity Bhoomi UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles Pujan in Ujjain today inside Russian FP News Service KYIV Our Staff Reporter UJJAIN Chief Minister Mohan Yadav is going to perform Bhoomi Pujan of Madhya Pradesh's first Medicity and 550-bed Medical College in Ujjain on Thursday. At the hospital, medical education will be provided to 150 students. The hospital, which will provide emergency services for 24 hours, will also have general and super specialty OPDs. The Medicity will have super specialty and multi-specialty hospitals, diagnostic centres, pharmacy, medical education and research centres, wellness centres for various treatments, AYUSH hospitals, paramedical colleges, integrated and holistic health care facilities, eco-friendly infrastructure and facilities to promote health tourism. Yadav will also unveil the statue of Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar at Tower Chowk after the Bhoomi Pujan of the medical college. Full Report on pg 4 The US, Spain, Italy and Greece are temporarily closing their embassies in Kyiv. The US said it was acting "out of an abundance of caution", after receiving a warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital. The knee-jerk response came after Russian officials promised a response to President Joe Biden's decision to let Ukraine strike targets on Russian soil with US-made missiles — a move that has angered the Kremlin. To aggravate matters, US President Joe Biden has also agreed to give Ukraine’s army anti-personnel landmines to E-paper Cinema Bollywood votes for change P.15 NDA ahead in Maha, close fight in J’khand MAHARASHTRA MUMBAI Edit Trump seeks Nobel for Ukraine move P.10 EXIT POLLS | Four give clear victory to NDA, three predict hung assembly in Maha, while three polls claim loss for Soren in J’khand, one backs Mahagathbandhan IN JHARKHAND UJJAIN PRESS territory for first time slow the advance of Russian ground troops. In what might lead to a further escalation, a late night report on BBC said Ukraine is believed to have used UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles inside Russian territory for the first time. The war, which reached its 1,000-day milestone on Tuesday, has taken on a growing international dimension with the arrival of North Korean troops to help Russia on the battlefield — a development which US officials said prompted Biden's policy shift. Russian President Vladimir Putin subsequently lowered the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal, with the new doctrine announced on Tuesday permitting a potential nuclear response by Moscow even to a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power. of them 23 will be ex-officio members and 5 renowned intellectuals will be private trustee members. The Nyas would identify paths traversed and placed related to Lord Krishna and develop them as religious tourist spots. It will also undertake research work and help in restoring cultural heritage. Specialists committee too would be constituted for the purpose. Later, Cabinet ministers of the area from where Lord Krishna’s FIRST IN COUNTRY: AAGANWADI WORKER, SAHAYIKA HIRING PORTAL n a first of its kind in the country, state Cabinet launched Aaganwadi worker and sahayika recruitment portal on Wednesday. Estate Directorate I path passes would be included in the trust as members. The trust will manage temples of lord Krishna, seek suggestions for establishment of Sandipani Gurukul, devel- ‘Avoid Galwan-type incidents in future’ Rajnath Singh meets Chinese counterpart LONDON The word "manifest", which has evolved with its use by celebrities to mean imagining an achievement in the belief that doing so will make it more likely to happen, was on Wednesday revealed as the Word of the Year by 'Cambridge Dictionary'. The dictionary noted that the word had jumped from use in the self-help commu- SELECTION CRITERIA nity and on social media to being widely used across mainstream media and beyond, as celebrities such as singer Dua Lipa and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles spoke of manifesting their success in 2024. Mentions of it gained trac- hat word was looked up the most, or spiked the most? W hich one really captures what was happening in that year? W tion during the COVID pandemic and have grown in the years since, especially on TikTok and other social media channels where millions of posts and videos are branded #manifest. Wendalyn Nichols, Publishing Manager at the 'Cam- hat is interesting about this word from a language point of view? W bridge Dictionary', revealed three criteria for choosing their Word of the Year: What word was looked up the most, or spiked? Which one really captures what was happening in that year? 4Continued on | P6 Sule Bitcoin audio possibly AI generated eral meeting with Chinese Defence Minister Mr Dong Jun in Vientiane, Lao PDR," Singh's office said on 'X'. Various fact-checkers have analyzed viral audio clips linked to a potential Bitcoin scam allegedly involving MP Supriya Sule of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) and Maharashtra Congress leader Nana Patole. According to India Today, the Deepfake Analysis Unit (DAU), consisting of tech and AI experts, found that audio samples involving Supriya Sule were AI-generated. However, the clip featuring Nana Patole showed lower confidence in detection. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 PTI Rajnath Singh during a bilateral meeting with Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun, in Vientiane CM watches ‘Sabarmati Report’ with film artists, Cabinet mins Special screening at Drive-in-Cinema Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Chief Minister Mohan Yadav watched ‘The Sabarmati Report’ along with film artists, including actor Vikrant Massey and Rashi Khanna, in a special screening at Drive-inCinema in the city on Wednesday. Film actor Vikrant Massey said that Madhya Pradesh was his second home and his relation with the state was deep. He said that his three to four films were shot in the state. “After Mumbai, a large number of films have been shot in MP," the actor said. CM Mohan Yadav, BJP state president VD Sharma with Sabarmati Report stars Vikrant Massey and Rashi Khanna in Hotel Lake View on Wednesday Vikrant further said that the reason behind making ‘The Sabarmati Report’ was to highlight the incident which occurred 22 years back, especially the role of the media. “No movie is made on the incident,” he said, adding that “I Despite dropping two spots, India among top 10 climate performers WORD CROWN PTI 4Continued on | P6 FP News Service 4Continued on | P6 MANIFEST: Cambridge’s word of the yr opment of places of Shri Krishna Pathey by view point of social, economical and tourist, establishment of library etc. MUMBAI NEW DELHI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday held delegation-level talks with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun in Vientiane, weeks after Indian and Chinese militaries completed disengagement of troops from two last face-off points in eastern Ladakh. The meeting took place in the capital city of Laos on the sidelines of a conclave of 10nation ASEAN grouping and some of its dialogue partners. "Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh holding bilat- Online House Allocation portal too was dedicated during the meeting to enable government officials file online application for house allocation. PTI BAKU (AZERBAIJAN) India ranked 10th on a list of over 60 countries assessed for efforts to fight climate change despite dropping two spots compared to last ago, thanks to its low per capita emissions and rapid deployment of renewables, a report said on Wednesday. The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI 2025) report, released at the annual UN climate conference here, leaves the first three places empty followed by Denmark INDIA RANKS 10TH On a list of over 60 Countries assessed for efforts to fight climate change (fourth place) and the Netherlands while the largest two emitters, China and the US, remain very low at 55th and 57th place, respectively. am very thankful to CM Mohan Yadav for making the movie tax free.” Yadav congratulated the team for the movie which reveals the truth of the incident. 4Continued on | P6 Suicide attack kills 12 military personnel in Pak IANS ISLAMABAD At least 12 security personnel from the Pakistan Army were killed and another 10 critically injured in a suicide attack on a security check post in MaliKhel in Bannu District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. As per Pakistan military's media wing ISPR, the deadly attack took place late Tuesday night when a joint security post of Pakistan Army and the Frontier Constabulary (FC) was attacked by at least six men, who rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the wall of the post. "The attempt to enter the post was effectively thwarted by troops. The suicide blast resulted in shahadat (martyrdom) of 12 brave sons of soil that include 10 soldiers of Frontier Constabulary," read a statement issued by the ISPR.