THURSDAY 04 JANUARY 2024 www.thestatesman.com Pages 12 |` 5.00|LC Twitter.com/thestatesman Facebook.com/thestatesman INDIA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER SINCE 1818 KOLKATA | NEW DELHI | SILIGURI | BHUBANESWAR ‘BRS IS THE VOICE OF TELANGANA’ MP CM REMOVES COLLECTOR WHO INSULTED TRUCKER P5 SENSEX 71,356.60535.88 WEATHER Mainly clear sky with Fog in the morning.Maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 25 °C and 14 °C respectively. NIFTY 21,517.35148.45 ` vs $ 83.193 PAISE Min. 53 % Max: 22.5°C (-3) SUN RISES 06:17 hrs MOON RISES 23:22 hrs Min: 14.0°C (0) SUN SETS 17:4 hrs MOON SETS 10:59 hrs New Moon on 11 January THUMBNAILS Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav shares a video of three cheetah cubs after their birth by Namibian cheetah 'Aasha' in MP's Kuno National Park.  ANI Wrestlers protest at Jantar Mantar: Nearly a year after India’s top wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat rallied at Jantar Mantar demanding the arrest of thenWrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh after accusing him of sexual misconduct against female grapplers, hundreds of young grapplers on Wednesday assembled at the same location protesting the loss of one crucial year of their careers, a situation for which they blamed the trio of Sakshi, Bajrang and Vinesh. (PG12) GOLD 63,820270 NEW DELHI, 3 JANUARY he Supreme court on Wednesday refused to order a CBI or SIT investigation into the Hindenburg report on the Adani group of companies, stating that no ground is made out for transferring the investigation from the market regulator. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is probing the allegations made by the Hindenburg Research group that the Adani group of companies violated rules and regulations to shore up their share prices, which eventually suffered a meltdown in the wake of Hindenburg releasing its report. “The facts of this case do not warrant a transfer of investigation from SEBI. In an appropriate case, this Court does have the power to transfer an investigation being carried out by the authorised agency to an SIT or CBI. Such a power is exercised in extraordinary circumstances when the competent authority portrays T Truth has prevailed: Gautam Adani AGENCIES AHMEDABAD , 3 JANUARY Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani onWednesday welcomed the ruling of the Supreme Court declining to transfer the probe into the Adani-Hindenburg matter from market regulator SEBI to a SIT (Special Investigation Team) or the CBI. Adani tweeted saying that the judgement shows that truth has prevailed and said he was grateful to those who stood by the Adani Group. “Satyameva Jayate. I am grateful to those who stood by us," he posted on X. "Our humble contribution to India's growth story will continue," the X post added. a glaring, wilful and deliberate inaction in carrying out the investigation. The threshold for the transfer of investigation has not been demonstrated to exist” said a Bench comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra in a judgment today. The court, however, directed that “the SEBI and the investigative agencies of the Union Government shall probe into whether the loss suffered by Indian investors due to the conduct of Hindenburg Research and any other entities in taking short positions involved any infraction of the law and if so, suitable action shall be taken.” Ruling out transferring the investigation from the Securities and Exchange Board of India to the CBI or a Speciial Investigation Team, the court noted that Jaishankar speaks to Ukrainian counterpart, discusses ongoing war SC notice to LS secy general on Mahua expulsion STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 3 JANUARY NEW DELHI, 3 JANUARY External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday held “useful” talks with his Ukranian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, exchanging views on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict as well as bilateral ties. “A useful conversation with FM @DmytroKuleba of Ukraine today. Discussed advancing our bilateral cooperation in the year ahead. Exchanged views on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine,” the Indian leader said in a post on microblogging site 'X'. The Ukrainian foreign minister also wrote on 'X': “My first call in 2024 was with @DrSJaishankar on Ukrainian-Indian relations. I informed my counterpart of Russia's recent escalation of terror and mass air attacks, which caused civilian suffering and destruction.” Mr Kuleba said he dis- The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Lok Sabha secretary general on a plea by TMC leader Mahua Moitra challenging her expulsion from the House on the cash-forquery allegation. The court was told that her indictment by the Ethics Committee and expulsion was carried out in violation of the rule of natural justice both before the Ethics committee and the House (Lok Sabhas). Issuing notice, a Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta gave the Lok Sabha Secretary General three weeks’ time to reply and another three weeks to Mahua Moitra to file her rejoinder to the Secretary General’s reply and posted the matter for further hearing in the week comm- encing from 11 March, 2024. (PG 5) cussed further cooperation on the “peace formula”. In this regard, he said he informed Dr Jaishankar of Ukraine’s vision for the Global Peace Summit of leaders. He said the two of them agreed to hold the first meeting of the India-Ukraine InterGovernmental Commission in the near future. “The rejuvenation of this primary mechanism of our bilateral ties will allow us to jointly move forward in a comprehensive manner,” he added. The phone conversation between them came days after Dr Jaishankar paid a five-day visit to Russia. India has been treading cautiously ever since the war broke out in Ukraine in February 2022, keeping in mind its long-standing ties with Russia. However, it has repeatedly called for cessation of hostilities and resolution of the crisis through peaceful diplomatic talks. Hospitals can’t admit patients to ICU without consent: Govt issues guidelines AGENCIES NEW DELHI, 3 JANUARY The government has come up with guidelines for hospitals on ICU admissions and directed that hospitals cannot admit critically ill patients in the ICU without the consent of the patient and family. According to the latest guidelines, patients who are critically ill should not be admitted to an ICU if they do not give their consent. “Critically ill patients should not be admitted to the ICU; if Patient's or next-of-kin informed refusal to be admitted in ICU.” The guidelines also mention that the specialist in the ICU should also have specific qualifications. The Intensivist should have a postgraduate qualification in Internal Medicine, Anaesthesia, Pulmonary Medicine, Emergency Medicine, or General Surgery, with an additional qualification in P8 P12 SILVER 78,600300 BRENT CRUDE (IN $) 76.080.19 Siraj’s fiery six-fer dips SA to Hindenburg case: SC lowest Test total since 1932 refuses SIT/ CBI probe PARMOD KUMAR Max. 91 % TEMPERATURE P4 SEBI given 3 months to complete investigation of two pending matters RAINFALL: NIL RELATIVE HUMIDITY DE MINAUR STUNS DJOKOVIC TO GIVE AUSTRALIA QF LEAD ‘NO PROPOSAL TO CUT FUEL PRICES’ intensive care, or at least one year’s training in a reputed ICU abroad. Alternatively, they are required to have at least three years’ extensive experience in ICUs. The new guidelines have been developed by doctors with expertise in critical care medicine working in different levels of Hospital and Intensive Care Units (ICU) across the country. The criteria for admitting a patient to ICU should be based on organ failure and the need for organ support or in anticipation of deterioration in the medical condition, the guidelines stated, The guidelines specified priority for “Patients with severe acute (or acute-onchronic) illness requiring intensive monitoring and/or organ support. Any medical condition or disease with anticipation of deterioration Patients who have experienced any major intraoperative complication (e.g. cardiovascular or respiratory instability).Patients who have undergone major surgery, (e.g. thoracic, thoraco-abdominal, upper abdominal operations, trauma who require intensive monitoring or at a high risk of developing postoperative complications).” “The following critically ill patients should not be admitted to ICU ~ patient's or next of kin's informed refusal to be admitted in ICU, any disease with a treatment limitation plan. Anyone with a living will or advanced directive against ICU care. Terminally ill patients with a medical judgement of futility. Low priority criteria in case of pandemic or disaster situation where there is resource limitation (e.g. bed, workforce, equipment),” the guidelines state. The ICU discharge criteria guidelines state: “Return of physiological aberrations to near normal or baseline status. Reasonable resolution and stability of the acute illness that necessitated ICU admission. Patient/family agrees for ICU discharge for a treatment-limiting decision or palliative care. Based on lack of benefit from aggressive care (should be a medical decision, not obligating family agreement and as far as possible should not be based on economic constraint." The guidelines also goes into detail on the minimum patient monitoring required while awaiting an ICU bed and the minimum monitoring required for transferring a critically ill patient to an ICU. CMYK out of 24 cases relating to the Adani Group, the market regulator has concluded its probe into 22 cases and in the remaining two cases the investigations are pending due to inputs being awaited from foreign regulators. “SEBI has completed twenty-two out of the twenty-four investigations into the allegations levelled against the Adani group. Noting the assurance given by the Solicitor General on behalf of SEBI we direct SEBI to complete the two pending investigations expeditiously, preferably within three months,” the court ordered. Speaking for the Bench, Chief Justice Chandrachud said: “The reliance placed by the petitioner on the OCCPR report (the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Report) to suggest that SEBI was lackadaisical in conducting the investigation is rejected. A report by a third-party organisation without any attempt to verify the authenticity of its allegations cannot be regarded as conclusive proof.” TRIDIB BAPARNASH NEW DELHI, 3 JANUARY With the two-match Test series against South Africa on the line after the Centurion Park disaster, India landed in Cape Town seeking redemption, and the under-fire bowlers responded with a spectacular show, led by Mohammed Siraj’s career-best six-wicket haul, to bundle out the hosts for a paltry 55 ~ their lowest ever total after their readmission in Tests. India needed just 23.2 overs and two hours to skittle South Africa for the lowest total by any team against India in Test cricket. This was also South Africa’s lowest Test total since 1932. Left with dejection after being handed an innings defeat within three days in Centurion, the leadership group in the Indian team, also comprising pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah had their task cut out, and it was evident from the moment Bumrah was handed the new ball with Siraj operating from the other. The new ball pair walked in with a clear plan, targeting the leg side of the two most successful left-handers in the previous Test, Dean Elgar and Tony de Zorzi, and kept it simple to the right-handers. They started with a couple targeting Elgar’s rib cage. There was no jail-break for the man, fresh from scoring a mammoth 185 just a week back in Centurion as both Siraj and Bumrah left the batters with no room to produce a shot. The frustration on Elgar’s face was evident and his eyes lit up seeing the sucker ball outside off, but with no foot movement, jabbed at it and got an inside edge back onto his stumps to give Siraj his second wicket, after the pacer had Aiden Markram edged behind. The Hyderabad right- arm pacer needed only nine overs to set up the procession of the South African batters that started with Markram’s dismissal. South Africa soon fell from 8 for 2 to 11 for 3 and 15 for 4. Siraj claimed his fifer with a double wicket maiden in his 8th over, then completed his six-fer by inducing Verreynne for an outside edge towards second slip where Shubman Gill latched onto it to reduce the home side to 45 for 7. Meanwhile, Mukesh Kumar, who replaced Shardul Thakur in the Indian lineup took care of the tail, ending with figures of 2/0. (More on Page 12)