eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE The Summer Lookbook NEWDELHI,LATECITY APRIL6,2025 Designers are reinforcing ideas of versatility and fluidity this season 18+4PAGES,`7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, ` 15 SRINAGAR) DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA Manipur ethnic groups sit for talks with Centre, ‘draft’ pact circulated SUKRITA BARUAH GUWAHATI, APRIL 5 WEEKS AFTER President’s rule was imposed in Manipur, the Centre Saturday held a meeting in New Delhi with representatives of Meitei and Kuki-Zo organisations to find a way forwardinthestateroiledbyethnic violence that began almost two years ago. Delegates who met officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs said the meeting concluded without a resolution. Representatives from two valley-based civil society organisations (CSOs), All Manipur United Clubs’ Organisation (AMUCO) and the Federation of Civil Society Organisations (FOCS),anddelegatesfromKukiZo organisations, the Kuki-Zo Council and the Zomi Council, attendedthemeetingwhichwas led by A K Mishra, MHA’s advisor on North East affairs. This is the first time that organisations from both sides of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 10% BASELINE TARIFFS KICK IN Govt view on tariffs: No instant reaction, patience key as we negotiate trade deal Advantage India over rival nations in manufacturing, says top govt official RAVI DUTTA MISHRA NEW DELHI, APRIL 5 AS THE 10 per cent ‘baseline’ US reciprocal tariffs took effect Saturday, a top government official said India holds a comparativeedgeoverothermanufacturingcompetitorsandalsobenefits from a first-mover advantage, having initiated trade negotiations with the US early on. Theofficialsaidthatoveralldemand in the US may be affected bythenewtariffs,butsaidIndia’s low manufacturing costs and lowercommoditypricescurrently work in the country’s favour. While the 10 per cent baselinetariff tookeffectSaturday,individual tariffs on other countries,includingIndia,aresettobe effective from April 9. US THE WORLD IT WON’T BE EASY, HANG TOUGH, SAYS TRUMP AS MARKETS REEL FROM TARIFFS FROMPOST-COACHINGburnout to a grading system that reinforces “toxic competitiveness”, relentless academic demands and a culture marked by caste and gender-based discrimination: these are among key triggers flagged by a committee set up by IIT Delhilast year to “study the institutional processes and INSIDE RAJ THACKERAY TELLS MNS WORKERS TO WITHDRAW MARATHI PROTESTS MIGRATION, DRUGS LEADING TO FEWER SIKH REGIMENT RECRUITS: MANN SANYAL REINSTATED AS CHANCELLOR OF GIPE PAGES 7, 12 Therewere5studentsuicides inIITDelhiin2023and 2024 environment” in the context of student suicides, The Sunday Express has learnt. Pactssignedon defence,power, health;specialaid packagefor easternLanka President Donald Trump announceda26percentreciprocal tariff on India, but higher tariffs onChina,Vietnam,Thailand,and Indonesia — key hubs of manufacturingactivityinAsia,triggering fears of dumping in India. Addressing concerns about dumpingduetoaglutinChinese exports and the potential diversionof ChineseproductstoIndia, the official said India is closely monitoringthesituationandwill AS COLOMBO and Delhi signed pacts on defence cooperation, power,health,digitaltechnology and a special assistance package for the island nation’s eastern provinces, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who held bilateral talks Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said the Sri Lankan government To alleviate student distress, the 12-member committee has recommended sweeping structural campus reforms that include: a clear anti-discrimination policy; rethinking CGPA (or Cumulative Grade Point Average)asthesolesuccessmetric; choosing more empathetic campus leaders; strengthening faculty-student ties; mandatory civiclearningtoreducebias;and greater administrative responsiveness to student concerns. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Rahul, Vijayan slam RSS over Organiser article on Church land DEEPTIMAN TIWARY & SHAJU PHILIP NEW DELHI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 5 SEIZING ON a row over a nowdeleted article published by the RSS-linked magazine Organiser on its website, which claimed that the “Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental land owner” in the country, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday hit out at the Sangh CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 AI in the sky: Police to soon deploy facial recognition tech across Delhi UPASIKA SINGHAL NEW DELHI, APRIL 5 THE DELHI Police is set to significantly expand its use of facial recognition — from localised experiments to full-scale, centralised operations — as part of a major shift towards AI-powered surveillance. HARDLOOK SMILE, YOU ARE ON CAMERA PAGE 4 Police have major ambitions from this citywide surveillance overhaul that will kick in from June: not just facial recognition, but number plate identification and predictive analytics too. But the move has also raised concerns about a legal framework for the deployment of the technology and potential misidentification of suspects. Currently, the North and North-WestDelhipolicedistricts run vans equipped with an CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Neeraj’s latest launch: Dials competitors to bring home big-ticket athletic action PAGE 1 ANCHOR MIHIR VASAVDA MUMBAI, APRIL 5 FROM BEING the country’s firstevertrackandfieldOlympicgold medalist to inviting the world’s top javelin throwers for an internationally-recognised event near his home, Neeraj Chopra continues to put Indian athletics on the global map. While training at his base in South Africa, Chopra, 27, has Most hate speeches we see are against minorities, oppressed classes: SC judge NEW DELHI, APRIL 5 Committee calls for sweeping reforms: ‘Life lessons’ to more empathetic leaders; easing first-year pressure NEW DELHI, APRIL 5 Won’tallowuseofSri LankasoiltotargetIndia, DissanayaketellsPM SHUBHAJIT ROY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Neeraj Chopra/Instagram Neeraj Chopra at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula in February. Next month, the venue will host the NC Classic. FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT NATION’S HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD FOR PM PAGE 14 Campus suicides: IIT-D panel flags toxic competition, caste bias, burnout VIDHEESHA KUNTAMALLA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM spent the last couple of years pulling strings and making calls to fulfill his long-time dream of bringing big-time athletics action to India and give his fans a chance to see him compete against the best. The result is the eponymously-named NC Classic, scheduled to take place on May 24 at the Tau Devi Lal StadiumatPanchkula,aHaryana town that is not too far from Chopra’s village. “Neeraj is very, very handson,” said Manisha Malhotra, the president of Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) and a key member of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, APRIL 5 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is conferred with the ‘Mithra Vibhushana’ award by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo on Saturday. PTI SUPREME COURT judge Justice A S Oka has said that in cases of hate speech that come to the top court most are against “religious minorities or castes which are in minority, oppressed classes like Scheduled Castes”. Speaking via virtual mode at aneventorganisedFridaybystudents of the Columbia Law School, Justice Oka said, “It’s 75 years of the existence of the Constitution, we celebrated that CONTINUED ON PAGE 2