FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. 14 No. 296 | BHOPAL | THURSDAY | APRIL 10, 2025 | Pages 16 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.in ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL WORLD Sports ‘After Sachin, he’s a miracle’ P.14 ‘US to take back Panama Canal’ UJJAIN PUNE INDORE NASHIK MUMBAI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates on Wednesday for a second consecutive time and signalled more easing to come as it sought to bolster the economy in face of further pressure from damaging US tariffs. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), consisting of three central bank members and an equal number of external members, voted unanimously to cut the repurchase or repo rate by 25 basis point to 6 per cent. It had reduced rates by an equal measure in February -- the first cut since May 2020. 4Continued on | P8 fp Briefs BHOPAL Classes up to VIII to end by noon Collector Kaushlendra Vikram Singh on Wednesday issued an order directing to end all classes up to 8 by noon in view of rising temperatures in the district. MOSCOW Russia invites Modi for Victory Day Parade Russia has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the May 9 celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Germany in World War II, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has said. Moscow is expecting the Indian Prime Minister at the May 9 parade. The invitation has already been sent and the visit is being worked out, Rudenko was quoted as saying by the state-run Tass news agency. LONDON Banks win appeal in Mallya case A consortium of Indian banks, led by State Bank of India, on Wednesday won their court appeal in London to uphold a bankruptcy order against Vijay Mallya in a long-standing legal battle seeking repayment of a judgment debt owed by his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines. High Court judge Anthony Mann ruled in favour of the banks to allow an appeal heard in February. GAYA Union min’s granddaughter shot dead Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's granddaughter was shot dead allegedly by her husband in Bihar's Gaya on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place when the victim, Sushma Devi, her children and sister Poonam Kumari were at home in Tetua village under Atri block. Reserve Bank on Wednesday cut India's growth forecast to 6.5 per cent from 6.7 per cent estimated earlier for the current financial year on account of impact of global trade and policy uncertainties. Prospects of agriculture sector remain bright on the back of healthy reservoir levels and robust crop production in 2025-26, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said China retaliates with 84% levies China on Wednesday hit back at US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese exports with 84 per cent levies on its imports from America, intensifying the trade war between the top two economies of the world. The hike in levies, up from 34 per cent, came hours after Trump's explosive new tariffs on 60 countries, including 104 per cent on China, came into effect after midnight Wednesday US time. Trump to announce major tariff on Pharma US President Donald Trump continues to be belligerent on his policy of reciprocal Tariffs despite strong opposition both within the US and outside. On Tuesday night (local time), the US President announced that Tariffs on the Pharma sector were coming soon. The sector has so far been exempt from the Tariffs. Trump said, "Tariffs on pharma will be there because we don't make our own pharma drugs.’’ Xi pledges to strengthen ties with neighbours Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday pledged to strengthen the strategic relationships with neighbouring countries by "appropriately" managing differences and enhancing supply chain ties as the Trump administration escalated the tariff war with Beijing. Xi called for building a community with a shared future with neighbouring countries and striving to open new ground for China's neighbourhood work. 26/11 plotter Rana to land in Delhi today Online Report NEW DELHI Tahawwur Hussain Rana, India's most wanted who is accused of plotting the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, is on way back to face the law. A special flight carrying him departed from the US this evening after he exhausted all legal avenues to stop his extradition. Rana will land in Delhi on Thursday afternoon, sources said, and he will be arrested by the National Investigation Agency immediately. A joint team of the National Investigation Agency and the Research and Analysis Wing is reportedly bringing him back. He is likely to be presented in a Delhi court, sources said. The Mumbai police have not Top court orders clear labelling on packaged food within 3 months been officially informed when he would be transferred to the city. A Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin who was based in Chicago, Tahawwur Rana is accused of playing a key role in the attacks that cost 166 lives. Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, prime accused in the 2008 attack, had said Rana had extended logistical and financial support for the terror operation and in its run-up. Headley had con- ducted a recce of Mumbai before the attacks by posing as an employee of Rana's immigration consultancy. Rana was convicted in the US in 2011 for conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist plot in Denmark and providing material support to Pakistan-based terror group Lashker-e-Taiba, which was responsible for the Mumbai attacks. 4Continued on | P8 You all have grandchildren? Let the order on petition come. You will know what Kurkure and Maggi are and how their wrappers should be. The packets have no information Justice JB Pardiwala Centre and states to make the Front of Package Warning Label mandatory. In June 2024, the FSSAI approved a proposal to display nutritional information, including total sugar, salt and saturated fat in bold letters and prominent font size on labels of packaged food items. 4Continued on | P8 PTI NEW DELHI The government on Wednesday is understood to have cleared the procurement of 26 naval variant of Rafale jets from France at a cost of around Rs 64,000 crore, sources in the defence establishment said. The mega procurement project has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they said. In July 2023, the defence ministry approved the purchase of 26 Rafale (marine) jets from France, primarily for deployment on board the indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. The ministry had also cleared procurement of three Scorpene submarines from France. However, the CCS is yet to clear the project. Under the Indian Navy's Project 75, six Scorpene submarines have already been constructed in India by the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in cooperation with the Naval Group of France. The procurement of the Rafale (M) jets along with associated ancillary equipment, including weapon systems and spares, would be based on an inter-governmental agreement (IGA). The Indian Air Force bought 36 Rafale fighter aircraft in fly-away condition. Our Staff Reporter Over 4,000 girls are reported missing from MP. Police records say more than 5,000 children have gone missing, and among them, 1,099 are boys and 4,002 are girls. But last year, the police did a lot of work to search for the missing children. They found 11,760 girls and 2, 771 boys last year, but 12, 017 girls and 2,740 boys are reported missing this year. Although the government has launched Operation Muskan to search for the missing children, a large number of children go missing every year.
