www.iNdiaNeXpreSS.com A poet for the ages Veteran poet Gulzar on the home he lost, the city he found and all the words in between nEw DElHi, OCtObER 4, 2026 DOwn In JUnGlElanD by ranJIT lal What makes insect wings marvels of natural engineering late city 18+4 pageS ₹7.00 (₹8 raipur, ₹15 SriNagar) d a i l y f r o m : a H m e d a b a d , c H a N d i g a r H , FlyDUbaI MID-aIr SCarE d e l H i , j a i p u r , k o l k a t a , Oman Air had barred co-pilot from flying over extremist concerns The Co-PIloT accused of attackingthecaptain,Indianpilot Smit Machchhar, on an Israelbound flydubai flight with an axe and trying to seize the controls was an omani national who had been barred from flying on his country’s airline becauseofconcernsaboutextremistviews,officialssaidSaturday. Theco-pilothasbeenidentified as hamam al-hammami, Happening today lHaryana CM Nayab Singh Saini begins his three-day visit to Singapore. inside paGe 9 netanyahu speaks to indian pilot: ‘you are a hero’ according to three people with knowledge of the situation, including a Gulf and Western diplomat, who spoke on conditionofanonymitybecausethey were not authorized to speak to the media. The United Arab emirates (UAe), which is leading the »COnTInUED On PaGE 2 inside punjab lGbtq influencer shot dead, probe on paGe 9 N a g p u r , p a t N a , p u N e , v a d o d a r a Arrest powers under GST regime likely to be removed Crown Prince and Minister of Defence of the UAE, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, visits Captain Smit Machchhar at a hospital, Saturday. @HamdaNmoHammed/X Cairo, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, October 3 m u m b a i , bID TO aDDrESS COnCErnS On OvErrEaCH by Tax aUTHOrITIES GST Council to discuss issue on Oct 7, Govt may bring amendment in Winter Session Samy Magdy, Sam Mednick & Cara anna l u c k N o w , aanchal Magazine New Delhi, October 3 MoreThAnnineyearsafterits rollout in July 2017, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime is set to see a major overhaul — removal of arrest powers. In a bid to boost investor sentiment and allay concerns about overreach by tax authorities, the upcoming GST Council meeting, on october 7, will takeuptheproposaltodecriminalise offences under the indirect tax regime, two persons Private sector must lead investment cycle, including R&D, says FM aware of the development told The Indian Express. The Centre and the states are learnt to have held several meetings over the last eightnine months, including involvement at the top levels of the Union government, to reach a broad consensus on removal of the arrest provisions under GST, which were being seen as a major impediment »COnTInUED On PaGE 2 Intit-for-tat move,India, Paksummon topenvoys Shubhajit roy Siddharth Upasani New Delhi, October 3 New Delhi, October 3 FInAnCe MInISTer nirmala Sitharaman has called on the privatesectortobethedriverof investments, including in research & development (r&d), saying that with global uncertainty now a “standing condition”, the coming years demand preparation. She added that the resilience being displayed by the Indian economy now has been built “layer by layer” since 2014, with fiscal prudence giving continuity to thegovernment’sdevelopment commitments. AdAyaftertheBorderSecurity Force (BSF) killed two suspected Pakistani intruders along the International Border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district, India and Pakistan summoned each other’s Charge d’Affaires andlodged“strongprotests”on Saturday. While India protested over the“continuedfacilitationofillegal cross-border infiltration”, Pakistan claimed the two who were killed were “unarmed civilians”. finance Minister nirmala Sitharaman at Kautilya Economic Conclave in new Delhi. pti “raisingboththescaleofinvestment and private sector participation is essential to strengthening our innovation »COnTInUED On PaGE 2 more reports, p 6, 13 »COnTInUED On PaGE 2 E. eXPlAined throwback to Vat If the power to arrest is removed, the GST regime, in a way, will be similar to the Value Added Tax regime that existed before the rollout of the indirect tax regime in July 2017 and did not have any provisions for arrest. Teen archer scripts history with recurve gold, beats world champ eXPRess AT AsiAn GAmes Mihir vasavda Okazaki, October 3 When KUMKUM Mohod was born in 2009, South Korea had already spent two decades ruling women’s recurve archery. When she picked up a wooden bow in 2018, Korea had six straight Asian Games team titles and olympic champions in its ranks. on Saturday, at her first Asian Games, the 17-year- 17-year-old Kumkum Mohod at the Asian Games, Saturday. olympicS.com/aiNagoc; witH lASt-MinUtE GOlD RUSH, inDiA SEt tO finiSH fOURtH in MEDAl tAlly, paGe 16 old tore through that reign of dominance, one Korean at a time, and then shot the final arrow into the 10-ring to become an Asiad champion. She »COnTInUED On PaGE 2 29001/30/2627 OIPR-29001/29001/2/26-27/0024