The Editorial Page: Amid cable newsification, journalism must reclaim its role as check on power 12 THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2026 Journalism of Courage NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 22 PAGES ₹7.00 (₹8 RAIPUR, ₹15 SRINAGAR) l www.indianexpress.com DA I LY F R O M : A H M E DA B A D , C H A N D I GA R H , D E L H I , J A I P U R , KO L K ATA , L U C K N O W , M U M B A I , N AG P U R , PAT N A , P U N E , VA D O DA R A U.S. PRESIDENT ADDRESSES wORLD fROM DAVOS Trump rules out force but wants immediate talks on Greenland Happening today lSC IS LIKELY to hear the Con- stitutional challenge to the 2025 Waqf law. Last year, SC refused to stay the entire law, but limited powers of district collectors in determining the status of a waqf property and capped non-MuslimrepresentationinWaqfBoards. lAfTER bECOMINg the first player to reach 100+ match wins at three Grand Slams, Novak Djokovic takes on Italian Francesco Maestrelli in the second round at the Australian Open. Carney takes stage and the high ground: If we are not at table, we are on the menu ‘Say yes, we’ll be appreciative, or you can say no, and we will remember’ Ian Austen Davos, January 21 Steve Holland & Trevor Hunnicutt Davos, January 21 USPRESIDENTDonaldTrump said on Wednesday he would not take over Greenland by force,butstuckfirmlytohisdemand for control of the Danish territory during a speech in Davos and hinted at consequences if his ambitions were US President Donald Trump speaks at the World Economic forum in Davos, Wednesday. AP MORE REPORTS, PAgES 18, 19 thwarted. “PeoplethoughtIwoulduse force, but I don’t have to use force,” Trump said at the World EconomicForumannualmeet- ingintheSwissAlpineresort.“I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force,” he added, without mentioninghisthreatoftariffs. »CONTINUED ON PAgE 2 PRIME MINISTER Mark Carney of Canada did not mention the United States or President Donald Trump by name in a speech at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, but it was clear where he placed the blameforwhathecalleda“rupture” in the world order. “I will talk today about the breakingoftheworldorder,the endofapleasantfictionandthe beginning of a brutal reality The Canadian PM in Davos. AP EDITED ExCERPTS Of HIS SPEECH, PAgE 13 »CONTINUED ON PAgE 2 Business as Usual By EP UNNY T20 WC: Play in India or E. ExPlAINED Scotland replaces you, What queered the pitch ICC warns Bangladesh Ananthakrishnan g Mumbai, January 21 THEINTERNATIONALCricket Council(ICC)hastoldtheBangladeshCricketBoard(BCB)that if it doesn’t agree to send its team to India for the T20 World Cup, it will be replaced by Scotland for the tournament starting next month. The BCB has been told to convey its decision within a day. The decision was taken at an ICC Board meeting, held via video conference, on Wednesday. It is learnt that the world body, headed by chairman Jay Shah, took the opinion of its Board on the matter and, apart fromBangladeshandPakistan, everyone voted in favour of having a replacement team »CONTINUED ON PAgE 2 New Delhi, January 21 THESUPREMECourtsaidWednesday that the power of the Election Commission of India (ECI)tocarryoutaSpecialIntensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rollsthough“unique”is“notunlimited”,andthattheexerciseof thepowermustbe“inconformitywithprinciplesofnaturaljus- New Delhi, January 21 NEARLY 60 per cent of orders passedinthepastthreeyearsby anindependentself-regulatory body for private TV and digital newsbroadcasterswereagainst programmes that violated its ethics code on communal harmony, according to records reviewed by The Indian Express. Theseorderswereissuedby the News Broadcasting & lFrom2023to2025 Complaints 54 Penalising orders 43 Communal cases 39 Non-communal cases 15 Orders for removal of content 37 Orders imposing fines 6 Total value of fines ₹3.2 lakh Avg time taken from complaint to order 11-12 months AT CENTRE Of ROw OVER ED SEARCHES I-PAC said it got Rs 13.5-cr loan from Rohtak firm — company doesn’t exist EC power to hold SIR not unlimited, must be transparent, says SC Ties between Delhi and Dhaka dived after Sheikh Hasina sought refuge in India following her ouster in August 2024. These were strained further following IPL franchise KKR’s removal of Bangladesh player Mustafizur Rahman. This was the trigger for the Bangladesh cricket board’s refusal to play in India citing security concerns. Vineet bhalla & Amaal Sheikh »CONTINUED ON PAgE 2 where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint,” said Carney, Devendra Pandey TRACK THESE AND MORE ON www.INDIANExPREss.cOM In 3 years, nearly 60% orders by TV & digital news regulator cite communal code breach tice” and “transparent”. Hearing petitions challenging the constitutional validity oftheSIRexercisebeingcarried out across the country, the bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi made these remarks after Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi,appearingfortheECI, underlined its power to carry »CONTINUED ON PAgE 2 Firm with similar name struck off from ROC records 3 years before declaration Shyamlal Yadav New Delhi, Rohtak, Jan 21 AT THE eye of a political storm ever since West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee interrupted an Enforcement Directorate search of its director’s residenceinKolkataonJanuary 8, political consultancy firm In- dianPoliticalActionCommittee (I-PAC)gotan“unsecuredloan” of Rs 13.50 crore in 2021 from a Rohtak-based firm which, The Indian Express found, doesn’t exist in official records. A firm with a similar name at the same address in Rohtak had been struck off from the »CONTINUED ON PAgE 2 Mission Samriddhi We stand in gratitude with those who protect India’s borders, people, and future. You protect our nation. Let us help navigate your financial life. Mission Samriddhi An investor education and awareness initiative specially for our armed forces. Call the dedicated missed call number today. 73581 12345 Mutual Fund Benefits Professional Fund Management Diversified Portfolio Flexibility to Choose Investment Amount An Investor Education and Awareness Initiative Visit https://www.hdfcfund.com/information/key-know-how to know more about the process to complete a one-time Know Your Customer (KYC) requirement to invest in Mutual Funds. Investors should only deal with registered Mutual Funds, details of which can be verified on the SEBI website (www.sebi.gov.in/intermediaries.html). 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