DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2025, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 22 PAGES ROUSE AVENUE COURT SPECIAL JUDGE Bribes for bail: Delhi anti-corruption unit flagged judge’s ‘involvement’, High Court transfers him Judge’s staffer faces FIR, denied anticipatory bail; HC told ACB not ‘sufficient material’ against judge MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL & NIRBHAY THAKUR NEW DELHI, MAY 23 ON JANUARY 29 this year, the Delhi government’s AntiCorruption Branch wrote to the Principal Secretary, Department of Law, Justice, and Legislative Affairs,seekingpermissiontoinitiate a probe against a Special JudgeintheRouseAvenueCourt and his court's ahlmad (clerk or official).Theallegation:“Demand and acceptance of bribes for grantingbailtoaccusedpersons.” Therequestwaspassed onto the Delhi High Court, which The Rouse Avenue Court complex in Delhi. Praveen Khanna turned it down on February 14, sayingtheACBdidnothave“sufficient material” against the Special Judge. However, it asked the ACB to continue its investigation and suggested that it approach them again if any material showing the Special Judge’s involvement is found. On May 16, the ACB registered an FIR against the court ahlmad. On May 20, the Special Judge was transferred from Rouse Avenue Court to another court. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Trump warns Apple of 25% tariff if it sells India-made iPhones in the US Apple CEO Tim Cook CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FATF’sJunemeet:India willhanddossieronPak togetitbackongreylist Will put curbs on FDI flows; Govt will flag Pak’s non-compliance as per 2022 commitments NEW DELHI, MAY 23 NEW DELHI, MAY 23 ing only India-made iPhones in the US in the near term owing to higher tariffs imposed on China, where the company has its most significant production base. Duringananalysts’callearlierthis month,Cookhadsaidthatforthe quarter ending June, the companywasexpectingamajorityof theiPhonessoldintheUStohave India as their country of origin. Appledidnotrespondtoarequest for comment. Despite Trump’s earlier warning to Apple that it should focus on production in the US and refrain from expanding in India, earlier this week, Apple’s contract manufacturer Foxconn informed the London Stock Exchange it was investing $1.49 billion in one of its India units, Yuzhan Technologies (India) Pvt Ltd. The plant is expected to come up in Tamil Nadu, where Foxconn also has a major iPhone production base. Last October, the Tamil Nadu government had cleared the Rs 13,180 crore project by Yuzhan Technology in Kancheepuram, COERCIVE DIPLOMACY & OPERATION SINDOOR AANCHAL MAGAZINE SOUMYARENDRA BARIK WEEKS AFTER Apple said that a majority of iPhones to be sold in the United States will be produced in India and its contract manufacturer Foxconn followed it up with a $1.49 billion investmentplaninoneof itsIndiaunit, US President Donald Trump Friday said Apple would have to pay 25 per cent tariff if it sold in the US iPhones that are built in India or anyplace else. Trump had said last week that he had told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he does not want the companytoexpanditsmanufacturingoperationsinIndia,unless it is to cater specifically to its domestic market. His fresh salvo comes as India and the US are currently negotiating an interim trade deal. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhones that will be sold in theUnited Statesof Americawill bemanufacturedandbuiltinthe United States, not India, or anyplace else. If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S. Thank you for your attention to this matter,” Trump said in a social media post Friday. Trump’s comment poses a challengetoApple’splansof sell- `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `15 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 DESTINATION NORTH-EAST Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia with Governor and CMs of North-Eastern states at the Rising North-East Summit in New Delhi, Friday. ANI PAGE6 DGCA: In storm, IndiGo sought course change, IAF & Pak said no SUKALP SHARMA & AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA NEW DELHI, MAY 23 TWO DAYS after an IndiGo Delhi-Srinagar flight hit severe turbulenceandhailstormbefore landing safely in the J&K capital, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said Friday that thepilotshadsoughtpermission from the Indian Air Force Northern Area Control to deviate towards the India-Pakistan international border and also contacted the Lahore Air Traffic Control to briefly enter Pakistani The aircraft landed safely in Srinagar, Wednesday. PTI airspace — currently a no-go zone for Indian aircraft — to bypass the storm. Both these requests were de- nied,andtheflightcrewdecided to go through inclement weather and continue the journey to Srinagar, according to the statement by the pilots to the DGCA which is investigating the incident. “While cruising at FL360 (36,000 feet), aircraft entered hailstormandsevereturbulence near Pathankot. As per crew statement, they requested Northern Control (IAF) for deviation towards left (International Border) due to weather on the route, however it was not approved. Later crew contacted INDIA WILL take up terror funding charges against Pakistan to make a case for putting it back in the “grey list” of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terror financing watchdog, government sources said. Indiais,specifically,planning to flag Pakistan’s non-compliance of the legal provisions that it had committed itself to when it was taken off the grey list in 2022, sources said. “We will take it up (at the FATF meeting). Work is under progress to prepare for it,” a government source said. The government is preparing a dossier on “omissions and commissions”byPakistanintacklingterror financing and is likely to submit it at the next plenary meeting of FATF to be held in June, sources said. When Pakistan was taken off the grey list in 2022, it was kept in the enhanced follow-up category by the FATF having been compliant with other recommendations but being ‘partially compliant’withonerecommendation (recommendation 38 of FATF) — a deficiency relating to the coverage of predicate offences.Originally,itwasfoundto CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 INDIA, PAK EXTEND AIRSPACE BANS FOR EACH OTHER BY A MONTH PAGE 6 The multi-party delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi at a meeting in Moscow, Friday. The team briefed the Russian side on Operation Sindoor. PTI Pak Army replied on behalf of terrorists and attended their funerals, says Shah EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, MAY 23 STATING THAT Operation Sindoorhad“exposed”Pakistan’s complicity in terrorism directed at India, Union Home Minister AmitShahsaidFriday“itwasthe Pakistan Army that replied after we hit their terror bases”. HesaidtopPakistanArmyofficers were seen offering namaz and shouldering the coffins of the terrorists killed in the May 7 strikes by India on terror hubs in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Pakistan. Delivering the Rustamji Memorial Lecture at the Border Security Force (BSF) investiture ceremony, Shah said when Pakistan attempted to target Indian civilians and military installations, the Indian Armed BY UNNY ● Warning to campuses THIS MARKS a major escalation in Trump’s campus crackdown. Not only Harvard students, by framing it as a “warning” to other universities, this triggers anxiety among all US-bound international students waiting for F-1 visas to begin programs in Fall 2025. P15 VIDHEESHA KUNTAMALLA NEW DELHI, MAY 23 AROUND2amThursdaynight,a 24-year-old Delhi-based policy consultant, recently admitted to HarvardUniversity,unlockedhis phone to find a flurry of WhatsAppmessages.“Myphone was bombarded with messages E EXPLAINED BUSINESS AS USUAL about the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notifying Harvard that it cannot ad- mit any international students fortheupcomingacademicyear. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 MUMBAI, MAY 23 IN WHAT MARKS the first decline since the Covid pandemic disrupted overseas travel and study plans of Indians, remittancesbyresidentIndiansunder the Liberalised Remittances Scheme (LRS) of the Reserve Bank of India have declined by 6.84 per cent to $29.56 billion in FY2025, down from $31.74 billion in the previous year. The decline is largely attributedtoa16percentdropinfunds remitted by students for studies abroad,whichfellto$2.92billion CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’ Minister of Industrial Development Uttar Pradesh lowest in five years GEORGE MATHEW Forces responded decisively by attacking their air bases, showcasing “our lethal capabilities and proving their air defence system ineffective”. DescribingOperationSindoor as “a remarkable demonstration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sfirmpoliticalwill,precise intelligenceinputsfromagencies, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ‘No foreign students’: Some relief Student remittances for Harvard in Trump crackdown under LRS in FY2025 University gets temporary restraining order amid deepening student anxiety Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the BSF event in New Delhi, Friday. ANI Golden Gateway for Long-Term Growth REMITTANCES FOR STUDIES ABROAD 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 $2.92 bn $3.48 bn $3.43 bn $5.17 bn $3.84 bn $4.99 bn Source: RBI in FY2025 from $3.48 billion a year ago, according to RBI data. Thistrendislikelylinkedtomany countries tightening student CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Jaswant Saini Minister of State for Industrial Development Uttar Pradesh Bulk Land Allotment for Multi-Modal Logistics Park Near Dadri Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority Scheme Code: ONLINE-MMLP/01/2025 Approved under GNIDA Master Plan 2041, this Park offers significant investment opportunities, promising enhanced efficiency and connectivity, ultimately boosting regional economic growth. The Multi-Modal Logistics Park, the first of it’s kind in India, shall cater to the growing logistics need of the NCR and also enable the industries to become more competitive globally. PROJECT FEATURES In poll-bound Kerala, CPM changes tune, celebrates Malayalam rapper Vedan as Sangh goes after him PAGE 1 ANCHOR ARUN JANARDHANAN & NIKHILA HENRY CHENNAI, HYDERABAD, MAY 23 WITH KERALA in poll mode, politicsisswirlingaroundaDalitrapper in his 30s, whose controversialarrestinaganjacasehasonly added to his rising popularity. DaysafterVedanwasthestar of a show at a Left Democratic Front (LDF) event in Palakkad marking the fourth anniversary of its government, a local BJP councillor filed a formal complaint against the rapper-songwriter, accusing him of “defaming” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and “promoting” castebaseddivisionthroughhismusic. The LDF’s celebration of Vedan was itself a contrast from hisrecentarrestonadrugpossessioncharge—9gmof ganjawere seized from him and others. A leopard tooth pendant he wore led to another case against him. On his release on bail, Vedan promised to “mend his habits”. ItwasnotthefirsttimeVedan foundhimself inacontroversy.In 2021, he was accused of sexual Vedan was the star of an LDF event in Palakkad to mark the fourth anniversary of its government. X/@Pinarayi Vijayan misconduct. In an apology posted on social media then, he hadwritten:“Ifeelgreatself-contemptandterribleregretasIlook backonthelapsesinmyconduct towardsyou,mywomenfriends and partners who came to me in trust and friendship.” At the Palakkad event, the crowdignoredtheministersand partyleadersonthedaistocheer for Vedan. Hundreds swarmed the stage, clapping and singing alongasherappedinMalayalam: “We’ll stitch a palace out of sheer dreams / Where the minister and the king are both… us.” As the surging crowd caused CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 v Plot No. 01, Sector-Kappa-02, Area 174.12 acres v Proximity to Jewar International Airport. of contiguous land. v Easy access to Eastern & Western Dedicated Freight v Land Allotment Rate Rs. 11000/- Per Sqm. Corridors. v I n t e r- m o d a l C o n t a i n e r Te r m i n a l f o r C a r g o v Rail linked Multimodal Logistics facilities for v v v v v Containerization and transpor tation through Road, Railway and Air. Cargo handling yards and mechanized solutions for bulk and break cargo terminal. Mechanized Warehousing and Specialized Storage Solutions with Cold Storage and reefer vans. Stuffing and Destuffing Solutions of Cargo. All kind of logistics services for Cargo terminal business. Bonded and Non-Bonded Warehousing facilities. v Minimum Investment of Rs 1200 Crore v v v v seamless cargo handling and transpor tation services. Digitization of Logistics processes for efficient cargo terminal operations. Customs Clearance and Freight Forwarding Service. Trucking business facilities for first mile/ last mile connectivity. Skill development centre for staff training of related industry processes. Eligibility: Start Date of Application: 23.05.2025 at 11:00 AM v 10 Years of experience in Logistics Sector Last Date of Application: 23.06.2025 upto 05:00 PM GNIDA invites applications for allotment of land for setting up of Multi-Modal Logistics Park. Application can be submitted online.The Land allotment shall be at whole discretion of GNIDA, subject to meeting the Eligibility criteria. Multi-Modal Logistics Park(MMLP) Policy - 2024, Government of Uttar Pradesh policy benefits are also available. The brochure and application form for the scheme shall be available online only on https://niveshmitra.up.nic.in/ www.greaternoidaauthority.in. For registration, enquiry contact mobile no. 9634301156, for scheme related query contact mobile no. 9205691009