tadepalligudem l saturday l october 05, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l city EDITION Apple says it will manufacture entire iPhone 16 lineup in India Weeks after launching its iPhone 16 series, Apple said that it will manufacture its entire iPhone 16 lineup, including premium devices, in India Premium devices to roll out this month Four more Apple stores coming up This marks the first instance of Apple producing its premium devices outside China. The company said Indian-made iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max models will be rolled out this month. These will be available for local customers and will also be exported. “Apple is now manufacturing the entire iPhone 16 lineup, including iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, in India,” it said ■ ■ The iconic phone maker also said that it will open four more stores in India, to be located in Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai Apple’s manufacturing partners in India include Taiwanese giants Foxconn and Pegatron, as well as the Tata-owned Wistron. The Tata Group is Apple’s only Indian manufacturing partner | P10 2017 When the u.s.-based tech giant began manufacturing the iPhone in India CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Modi convenes urgent Cabinet meet to discuss West Asia crisis RA J E S H K U M AR THA K UR @ New Delhi aMID rising global tensions over the prospects of an IsraelIran war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to discuss the evolving situation and its potential impact on India. According to sources, a significant portion of the discussion focused on fuel and crude oil supplies, with Finance Minister Nir mala Sitharaman putting the status on trade with other countries. The committee deliberated on whether the rising international fuel prices, influenced by the situation involving Iran, could affect India’s oil sector. A source said the Ministry of Finance ruled out any immediate adverse implications for India. The CCS meeting, held late on Thursday evening, lasted over 20 minutes, during which various aspects of the unfolding situation were discussed. Apart from ministers, officials from Home Affairs, External Affairs, Finance, and Defence were also present. The ministers deliberated on the potential for trade relations with countries affected by the conflict, noting that India’s trade interests could be hit. Prime Minister Modi urged ministers and officials to maintain heightened vigilance and to closely monitor developments. He stressed the need to ensure the safety of Indian nationals working in West Asia. According to estimates, over 30,000 Indians are currently in Israel, while there are about 10,000 Indians are in Iran. e x p r e ss r e a d Jaishankar meets SL Prez Dissanayake Sri Lanka: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called on Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo on Friday and stressed deepening the ties with the island nation. Dissanayake reiterated that Sri Lankan territory will never allow to be used in a manner inimical to India’s security interests | P7 Hezbollah, Hamas won’t back down: Khamenei Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivering a rare Friday sermon, defended this week’s attack on Israel that deepened fears of a regional war and praised allies’ defiance. Khamenei said armed groups in the West Asia East “will not back down” even after a spate of Israeli killings of militant leaders. | P9 Tirumala Laddu row: SC sets up independent SIT Panel to comprise 2 officers of CBI, two from State Police and one FSSAI official of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The CBI director will suThe Supreme Court on Friday pervise the SIT probe.” constituted a fresh and indeThe court clarified that it pendent five-member Special was constituting the independInvestigation Team (SIT) to ent SIT as sentiments of crores probe into the allegations that of devotees across the world animal fat was used in the prep- were involved with the Laddu aration of the famous Tiruma- Prasadam. la Laddu. YSRC Rajya Sabha The fresh SIT will MP and former Tirureplace the one that mala Tirupati Devwas constituted by the asthanams (TTD) Andhra Pradesh govchairman YV Subba ernment on SeptemReddy and senior BJP ber 26. leader Dr SubramaniWhile hearing a an Swamy were among batch of petitions Jagan: Naidu the petitioners. should seeking investigation During a hearing on apologize into the allegation of September 30, the Suuse of adulterated Following the SC preme Court had asked ghee in making the order, YSRC chief S o l i c i t o r G e n e r a l Tirumala Prasadam, a YS Jagan Mohan Tushar Mehta, repretwo-judge bench, comsenting the Centre, to said if Chief prising Justices BR assist it in deciding Minister N Gavai and KV Viswawhether the State-apChandrababu nathan, asserted that pointed SIT should Naidu had any they will not allow the real devotion, he continue the probe or Supreme Court to be should apologise should an independent used as ‘political agency be given the to the public battleground’. task instead. In its order, the court On Friday, Mehta said, “The fresh SIT will con- t o l d t h e S u p re m e C o u r t sist two officers of the Central that there was nothing wrong Bureau of Investigation (CBI), with the State-SIT and that it who will be nominated by the could be supervised by an ofCBI director, two officers of the ficer from Centre. “If there is Andhra Pradesh State Police to any element of truth in the albe nominated by the State gov- legation, it’s unacceptable,” he P4 ernment and a senior official said. S u c h i t r a K a lya n M o h a n t y @ New Delhi INSIDE jagan misinterpreted SC order, says tdp leader CM Naidu and wife N Bhuvaneswari offer Pattu Vastrams to Lord Venkateswara Swamy; Priests perform Dwajarohanam at the Srivari temple in Tirumala | Express Tirumala Brahmotsavams begin with Dwajarohanam E x p r ess Ne w s S e r v i c e @ Tirumala Heralding the commencement of the nine-day celestial ritual of Navahnika Salakatla Brahmotsavams of Sri Venkateswara Swamy in Tirumala, Dwajarohanam ritual was performed following Vaikhanasa Agama on Friday . The sacred yellow cloth embossed with the imprint of Lord Garuda - the celestial carrier of Lord Vishnu - was ceremoniously hoisted atop the Dwajasthambham (flag post) inside the hill shrine amidst chanting of Vedic hymns. The Garuda Dwajapatam was hoisted in the auspicious Meena Lagnam between 5.47 and 5.59 pm to the pulsating beat of the temple drums. Dhwajarohanam marks extending an invitation to all the chiefs of differ- P4 ent worlds in the cosmos to participate in the Brahmotsavams of Sri Venkateswara Swamy . Both the Pontiffs of Tirumala, Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamy, Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamy all Principal Priests, , Team led by Jaishankar to attend SCO meeting in Islamabad on October 15-16 Yes h i S e l i @ New Delhi External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation for the upcoming SCO Summit in Islamabad, making him the first Indian foreign minister to visit Pakistan in nine years. “Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation for the SCO Summit for Islamabad on October 15-16,” said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Friday . The last time an Indian external affairs minister went to Pakistan was Sushma Swaraj’s visit in 2015. There was no clarity on whether India will have any bilateral talks with other Shanghai Cooperation Organi- sation (SCO) members as Jaiswal said Jaishankar is travelling to Pakistan only to attend the summit. During the SCO foreign ministers’ meeting in Goa in 2023, Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto had travelled to India along with 11 journalists from his country . Significantly Indian fugitive , and radical Islamist Zakir Naik is in Pakistan since the past few days. He also met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday. “We are not surprised that a fugitive from Indian justice has received a high-level welcome in Pakistan. It is disappointing and condemnable, but it is not surprising,” said Jaiswal. Bilateral ties became frosty after IAF jets bombed a Jaish-eMohammed training camp in Balakot deep inside Pakistan in February 2019 in response to a terror attack on a CRPF bus in J&K’s Pulwama. Months later, J&K’s special powers under Article 370 were read down. Pakistan retaliated by downgrading diplomatic ties with India. During his recent UN General Assembly address, Jaishankar said, while many countries get left behind due to circumstances beyond their control, some make conscious choices with disastrous consequences, pointing to Pakistan as a prime example. “A dysfunctional nation coveting the lands of others must be exposed and countered,” he said. Foolproof security Pakistan minister Mohsin Naqvi said personnel from the Army, Rangers, FC and Punjab police will be deployed to ensure foolproof security for guests attending the SCO Summit, reports Dawn 28 Maoists killed in fierce gun battle in south Bastar E J A Z K AI S E R @ Raipur At least 28 Maoists were killed in a fierce gun battle with the security forces close to the forested Nendur-Thulthuli area along the inter-district border of Dantewada and Narayanpur in south Bastar on Friday . Bastar range inspector general of police Sunderraj P said the troopers have recovered 28 bodies so far. The count could go up further. “Based on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists in the region, a joint team comprising District Reserve Guards and Special Task Force launched parallel search operations. While the encounter began around 1 pm, intermittent exchange of firing continued till late Bastar inspector general of police Sundarraj P inspecting the weapons recovered from Maoists after an encounter on September 25 in Narayanpur | Express in the evening. Search operations in the region are underway Pra,” bhat Kumar, Narayanpur district police chief told this newspaper. A large cache of assault weapons, including AK-47, self-loading rifles, explosives, besides other items of Maoists were recovered from the site, the police said. There was no report of any injury sustained by the forces. The recovered bodies will be identified after the safe return of the security forces engaged in the operation. Dantewada and Narayanpur are among the seven Maoist-affected districts in the Bastar zone. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai hailed the operation and said the ‘double engine’ government (BJP government in the state and at the Centre) is determined to eliminate the menace. As many as 185 Maoist fighters have been neutralised by security forces this year alone (see table). Besides, 663 others have been arrested and 556 surrendered since January in the conflict-ridden Bastar zone. chief priests, Agama advisors, TTD EO J Shyamala Rao and other officials participated in the ritual. Lord Malayappa, flanked by His Consorts, Sridevi and Bhudevi, in a golden Tiruchi (palanquin), was taken out in a procession along with Parivara devathas such as Anantha, Chakra, Garuda and Viswaksena, while the Dwajapatham preceded the divine cavalcade. Later, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his wife N Bhuvaneswari offered s a c re d cl o t h e s t o L o rd Venkateswara on behalf of the State Government. Clad in traditional attire, Naidu was received by temple priests, TTD EO and other officials at the Bedi Anjaneya Swamy temple. Temple priests tied Parrivattam to the Chief Minister’s head and handed him the Pattu Vastralu (silk clothes), which he carried on his head and proceeded to the sanctum sanctorum. Amidst Vedic hymns, with elephants leading from the front, he walked from Bedi Anjaneya Swamy temple to Mahadwaram of Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple, where he was received by priests in a traditional manner and led into P4 the temple. Lord Malyappa Swamy rides Pedda Sesha Vahana Processional deity of Lord Malayappa Swamy rode the sevenhooded serpent Pedda Sesha Vahanam on the first day of the Brahmotsavams on Friday. Accompanied by His Consorts Sridevi and Bhudevi, Lord Venkateswara in the form of Vaikunta Narayana, sat majestically on the Pedda Sesha Vahanam
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