BADMINTON PHOTO HUBBALLI MONDAY MARCH 11, 2024 `9.00 PAGES 12 CITY EDITION RISE OF SAT-CHI CONTINUES: WORLD NO. 1 DUO CLINCH PARIS OPEN Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty make short work of unseeded Chinese Taipei’s Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan in straight games RUBBER-STUMPING A DOMINATING WEEK GOOD START TO THE YEAR ROAD TO TITLE The Indian pair, one of the favourites to return from the French capital with a medal at the Olympics this Summer, didn’t lose a single game all week in the 750 Super Series tournament. Across the five matches, they never allowed their opponents to settle. Their next event is the one at the All England beginning this week R1: bt Ong Yew Sin/ Teo Ee Yi 21-13, 24-22 While this is their first title of the year, they have always looked in control. That this is their third final of the year (India Open and Malaysia Open in January) is a testament to that. R2: bt Man Wei Chong/ Kai Wun Tee 21-13, 21-12 QF: Supak Jomkoh/ Kittinupong Kedren 21-19, 21-13 SF: Kang Min Hyuk/ Seo Seung Jae 21-13, 21-16 2 THE INDIAN PAIR HAS WON THE PARIS OPEN FOR THE SECOND TIME CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI State may ban cotton candy, regulate sale of manchurian, kabab R I S H I TA K H A N N A @ Bengaluru AFTER Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, Karnataka may soon ban cotton candy and regulate the sale of popular street foods, like chicken kabab, gobi manchurian and others, that are said to contain Rhodamine B, a textile dye, which is a cancer-causing chemical. Sources from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said they collected food samples from across the state, including Bengaluru, and the test results “confirmed” the presence of Rhodamine B, a carcinogen that is added to give food items the bright hue. The laboratory results of the collected food samples have been received and keeping this as the foundation, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao is on Monday likely to announce the ban on cotton candy and regulate the sale of other food items. Earlier this year, cotton candy a , favourite among children, was labelled “very harmful” after tests conducted at a government laboratory in Tamil Nadu detected the presence of Rhodamine B. Following the test results, both the Puducherry and Tamil Nadu governments imposed a blanket ban on cotton candy . Health experts said Rhodamine B, which is cheap, is commonly used to give vibrant colours not only to cotton candy , but also jellies and candies, and surprisingly even chilli pow, der. “We collected cotton candy samples across the state. We also randomly collected the samples of food items that are believed to be infused with chemicals to give them a bright, attractive colour. These chemicals when consumed can cause various health problems, ranging from throat irritation to stomach pain, and have the potential to lead to birth defects and several types of cancers,” an FSSAI source said. Did Modi stop Putin from nuking Ukraine? Y E S H I S E L I @ New Delhi THE Biden administration feared that Russia may nuke Ukraine sometime in late 2022, when it was a step back in its war with Ukraine. So the US administration enlisted India and China’s help to prevent Russia using a tactical or battlefield nuclear weapon, according to a new book, The Return of Great Powers written by CNN analyst and anchor Jim Sciutto. He says without taking the officials’ names. A chapter of the book is shared on the CNN website and the book is to be published on March 12. US officials said outreach and public statements from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping helped avert a crisis. “I think the fact that we know China weighed in, India weighed in, others weighed in, may have had some effect on their thinking,” a senior US administration official said. “I can’t demonstrate this pos- itively, but I think that’s our assessment.” It may be recalled that Modi had said “Today’s era must not be of war’’ and urged both Russia and Ukraine to resolve the issues through dialogue and diplomacy. His statement “Today’s era must not be of war’’ was also used in the G20 Bali Leaders’ Declaration in November 2022. The Biden administration’s fear was not just hypothetical—it was also based on some infor mation that it picked up, the book revealed. It picked up a collection of developments, analysis and highly sensitive new intelligence. In 2022 Ukrainian forces had a lead on Russian-occupied Kherson and Ukrainian forces advanced, entire Russian units were in danger of being surrounded, the book revealed. The view inside the administration was that such a catastrophic loss could be a “potential trigger” for the use of nuclear weapons, it added. TMC goes solo, INDIA out of Bengal Mamata Banerjee announces candidates for all 42 LS seats: Cong says talks still possible THE GREENHORNS PRANAB MONDAL & PREETHA N A I R @ Kolkata / New Delhi OFFICIALLY closing the door on the INDIA bloc in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state, roping in both veterans and greenhorns. Despite the snub, the Congress said there is still time to make the alliance work through negotiations. “Our doors are always open and an alliance can happen anytime before withdrawal,” said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. Among the newcomers in the TMC list are former cricketer Yusuf Pathan, who will contest from state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s Baharampur constituency in Mamata Banerjee Murshidabad district. Adhir, a vocal critic of TMC, was against the Congress having any truck with the Trinamool. Murshidabad has the highest Muslim population in Bengal at 67% and Chowdhury has been winning the Baharampur seat since 1999 though his victory margin has dropped over the years. Reacting to Pathan’s candidature, Chowdhury said: “If PM launches airport terminal buildings in Belagavi, Hubballi Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin presents a copy of an article published in this newspaper in 1947 to commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday in New Delhi. The article pitches for enhancing trade between India and Switzerland | PTI India, Euro bloc deal targets $100bn FDI E X P R E S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ New Delhi INDIA on Sunday signed a trade pact with a four-nation European bloc that gives access to India’s goods and services to their markets and opens up possibilities of $100 billion investments as FDI in the country spread over the next 15 years, according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce and Industries. The four nation bloc includes Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Dubbed Eu, ropean Free Trade Association (EFTA), the trade pact would not include foreign portfolio investments and it would take an year for it to come into force. This agreement can generate upto one million jobs in India. EFTA will eliminate or reduce the import tariffs on 99.6% of India’s exports. Similarly India will eliminate or reduce import tariffs on 95.3% of the exports from EFTA nations. The deal gives the four nations market access to non-agri products, concessions on processed agricultural products. However, agricultural products are out of the ambit of the pact and there is no change on duty on gold. The trade pact also mutually recognises professional services, allowing Indian professionals to have more opportunities in the bloc. On IPR, P7 both the sides agreed to follow TRIPs. Bajrang Punia Ravi Kumar Dahiya juries for quite some time. The trials at SAI Centre in Sonepat were held jointly by the WFI and ad-hoc committee after United World Wrestling said it would accept entries only by WFI. The Asian championships and qualifier next month will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Gold medallists from six Olympic weight categories each in men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman will represent the country at the qualifying event. The women’s trials are scheduled at SAI Centre in Patiala on Monday . Even as the loss was second consecutive selection trial loss for Ravi in the last nine months, it was Bajrang’s defeat that garnered attention. He was given a direct entry for the Asian Games by the ad-hoc committee headed by Bhupinder Singh Bajwa last year. Call it poetic, aggrieved wrestler Sujeet Kalkal, who moved the Delhi HC against Bajrang’s direct entry unsuccesfully found a place in , the squad. Bajrang, who had a tough first bout too, didn’t compete in the bronze play-off. India team for Asian qualifiers 57KG Aman Sherawat 65KG Sujeet Kalkal 74KG Jaideep 86KG Deepak Punia 97KG Deepak Nehra 125KG Sumit Malik Did EC quit due to differences with CEC or Modi, asks Oppn Azamgarh (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched development projects worth more than Rs 42,000 crore across the country. He inaugurated or laid the foundation stone of 15 airport projects, including terminal buildings in Belagavi and Hubballi in Karnataka. Error at trials for Oly medallists Bajrang, Ravi TOKYO bronze medallist Bajrang Punia had been in the forefront of a massive protest against former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh last year. Missing most of the season last year, he failed to medal at the Asian Games despite getting a direct entry in 65kg. To add to his woes, on Sunday, he failed to secure a place in the India squad for the Asian Championships and Asian Olympic Games qualifiers to be held next month. Joining him is another Tokyo silver medallist Ravi Dahiya, who had been nursing in- Mamata Banerjee wanted to show respect to the cricketer, she could have sent him to the Rajya Sabha. Bur she decided to field him in Baharampur to divide Muslim votes.” Notably, the TMC decided to field Mahua Moitra, who was suspended from Lok Sabha in connection with cash-for-question scandal, from Krishnagar. “The allegation levelled against her was during the tenure of EXPRESS READ ASIAN QUALIFIERS F I R O Z M I R Z A @ Chennai The TMC list has six political newcomers, including former cricketer Yusuf Pathan. The other fresh faces are actor Rachana Banerjee, psychiatrist Sharmila Sarkar, PhD scholar Shahnawaz Ali Raihan, former IPS officer Prasun Banerjee, and Padma Shri recipient Kalipada Soren her previous term in Lok Sabha. If she gets elected fresh, the old allegations will not hold and there will be no bar for her to become an MP said a senior ,” TMC leader. Among the five sitting MPs axed from the list is Nusrat Jahan from Basirhat, where Sandeshkhali uproar surfaced. The talks between the two parties hit a roadblock last month after TMC supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee refused to part with more than two seats for the Congress in the state. Though the Congress scaled down its demand from 10 seats to six, the TMC chose to contest solo in the state. The TMC’s main grouse was West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s continuous attacks on Mamata and the party . New Delhi: A day after Arun Goel resigned as election commissioner, the opposition parties on Sunday asked the government to explain the real reason for his act. “Did he actually resign over differences with the CEC or with the Modi government?” asked Congress leader Jairam Ramesh | P7 Hegde: BJP aiming at 400 seats to amend Constitution SUBHASH CHANDRA NS @ Siddapur (Uttara Kannada) UTTARA Kannada MP Ananth Kumar Hegde on Sunday triggered yet another controversy, saying BJP’s slogan of “ab ki baar 400 paar” is aimed at ensuring two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha to allow the incoming government to amend the Constitution, which has been tampered with by the previous Congress governments. At the BJP workers’ meet at Halageri in Siddapur taluk of Uttara Kannada district, Hegde who is known for his infamous speech stating he will rewrite the Constitution in the past, said, “We have a majority in the Lok Sabha, while we have a simple majority in the Rajya Sabha. We need two-thirds majority in both Houses and in the states too to amend the Constitution.” He said, “Congress twisted and amended the original Constitution and inserted unwanted things in such a manner as to create a setback for Hindu soCONTINUED ON: P5 ciety .
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