tirunelveli l Monday l December 16, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l city EDITION Subsidiaries of Indian pharma giants recall products in U.S. Aurobindo Pharma, Glenmark and Zydus are recalling products due to manufacturing issues, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said U.S. Regulator flags purity concerns Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc is recalling over 1 lakh bottles of Cinacalcet tablets over “presence of N-nitroso Cinacalcet impurity” above prescribed limit, FDA said. Similarly, the US subsidiary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals is recalling 90,000 bottles of Diltiazem Hydrochloride capsules over “presence of N-nitroso-Desmethyl-Diltiazem impurity” above the US regulator’s limit ■ 20% Class ii nationwide recall initiated ■ Zydus (USA) Inc is recalling 4,404 packs of Esomeprazole Magnesium for Delayed-Release Oral Suspension due to errors in labelling The companies have initiated Class II nationwide recall. According to the US regulator, such an action is taken when products can cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences India’s share in the global supply of generic medicines 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 Fadnavis expands Maharashtra cabinet with 39 new ministers Focus on young, new faces; 19 berths go to BJP, Shiv Sena gets 11, and NCP 9 ministers S U D H I R S U R YA W AN S H I @ Chennai Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday effected the first expansion of his ministry with 33 Cabinet ministers and six ministers of state. Gover nor C P Radhakrishnan administered the oath to all 39 ministers, many of them fresh faces, at the Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on the eve of Maharashtra state assembly’s winter session. Among the newly sworn-in ministers, 19 are from the BJP (16 cabinet berths and 3 MoS); 11 from the Shiv Sena (9 cabinet and 2 MoS); and 9 from NCP (8 cabinet ministers and 1 MoS). With this, the BJP has 20 ministers including CM Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena has 12 including deputy CM Eknath Shinde, and NCP 11 including deputy CM Ajit Pawar. The Cabinet is now in full strength with 43 ministers. Notably, 12 ministers from the Shinde-led government were dropped to give representation to young leaders. Those dropped include BJP leaders Sudhir Mungantiwar, Vijay Kumar Gavit, and Ravindra Cha- Ceremony held at Nagpur’s Raj Bhavan The ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in Nagpur was the first to be held in the state’s second capital in 33 years. The last such event was Sudhakarrao Naik cabinet’s expansion in 1991 Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy CMs Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde during the swearing-in of Cabinet ministers | PTI van; NCP leaders Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Anil Patil, and Dharmaraobaba Atram; and Shiv Sena leaders Tanaji Sawant and Deepak Kesarkar. While focusing on fresh faces, Fadnavis also included some experienced hands in his team. Among the young BJP ministers are Jaykumar Rawal, Pankaja Munde, Ashok Uike, Ashish Shelar, Shivendrasinh Bhosale, Jaykumar Gore, Sanjay Savkare, Nitesh Rane, Akash Fundkar, Madhuri Misal, Pankaj Bhoyar, and Meghna Bordikar Sakore. Meanwhile, Ajit Pawar denied berths to veterans Chhagan Bhujbal and Dilip Walse Patil to accommodate Dhananjay Munde, Datta Bharane, Aditi Tatkare, Manikrao Kokate, Narahari Jirwal, Makarand Patil, Babasaheb Patil, and Indranil Naik. As for Eknath Shinde, he had a tough task to keep each one happy with a limited number of berths. Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Bondekar resigned as Shiv Sena deputy leader after he was denied a berth in the new cabinet. Shiv Sena ministers include Sanjay Rathod, Uday Samant, Sanjay Shirsat, Pratap Sarnaik, Bharat Gogavale, Prakash Abitkar, Ashish Jaiswal, and Yogesh Kadam A senior BJP leader said the party has tried to keep the delicate balance of caste and regional representation in the new cabinet. “Each section of the society voted for us. Therefore, we wanted to give representatives to each section even if the faces from these societies were new. This is a new team under new leadership and we are hopeful that they will perform better,” he said. Techie suicide: Wife and Chennai-Tada NH toll family members arrested fee may be cut by 15% Haryana. Her mother Nisha and brother Anurag were A week after 34-year-old soft- nabbed from a hotel in Prayaware engineer Atul Subhash graj in Uttar Pradesh. All three ended his life by hanging at his arrests were made on Saturday residence in Bengalumorning, and the trio ru’s Marathahalli, his has been brought to estranged wife Nikita Bengaluru. Singhania, mother-inShivakumar also said law Nisha Singhania, that Atul’s son is curand brother-in-law Anrently staying with Niurag Singhania have kita’s relative and added been arrested on chargthat more information Nikita e s o f ab e t m e n t o f cannot be shared as he suicide. is a minor (aged 4). The trio, during quesStating that Sushil is tioning, is said to have absconding, the DCP claimed innocence and said efforts are on to have been remanded in trace him. “The investijudicial custody . gating teams are also Nikita’s uncle, Sushil collecting other eviNisha Singhania, who has also dence,” he added. been named as an acA senior police officer cused by the Marathatold this newspaper that halli police, is yet to be the trio, during inquiry, arrested. defended themselves Speaking to the media and claimed that the alon Sunday Deputy Com, legations made by Atul Anurag missioner of Police in the death note and (Whitefield division) the video are false. Shivakumar Gunare said that The accused were produced based on a tip-off and other before a magistrate on Saturday technical clues, Nikita was ar- and were shifted to Bengaluru rested from a paying-guest ac- Central Prison in Parappana commodation in Gurugram in Agrahara. R a k sh i t h G o wd a @ Bengaluru B ANBus e lv a n @ Chennai Marking a first for Tamil Nadu, the toll fee for vehicles plying on the Chennai-Tada National Highway is set to be slashed by 14-15% at the Nallur toll plaza. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has proposed transferring a 10km stretch of the Chennai-Kolkata NH 16 from Madhavaram Junction to Padiyanallur to the state highways, making it a tollfree section. Once approved by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH), the total tolled road length of the highway will come down from 54.5km to 44.5km. This change will cut the `80 toll fee for cars and jeeps by `15, bringing it down to `65. Fee for light motor vehicles (LMVs) and minibuses will be reduced by `20, lowering it from `125 to `105. Similarly, trucks and buses will see a `45 reduction, cutting the toll fee down from `265 to `220. This will be the first section of an NH in the state proposed to be removed from the tolled network due to vehicular congestion.  P5 Zakir Hussain passes away at U.S. hospital Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away on Sunday at a San Francisco hospital where he was undergoing treatment at the ICU for problems related to heart wpl mini auction Dharavi to crorepati, Simran’s dream rise k a lya n i m a n g a l e @ Bengaluru Simran Shaikh was bought for her base price of `10 lakh by UP Warriorz at the inaugural Women’s Premier League auction. A resident of Mumbai’s Dharavi, Asia’s biggest slums, Simran’s poor returns in the 2023 season meant she was released by the franchise. The right-hand batter didn’t find a team for the second edition held early this year. Her father, Jahid Ali, an electrician, was in disbelief when Simran was bought by UP in February last year. Almost a year and 10 months later, Jahid is over the moon as her daughter has become the costliest buy at the WPL mini auction held in Bengaluru on Sunday. She was bought by Gujarat Giants for `1.90 crore. “She comes from Dharavi. If you look at it from the financial point of view, it is great for her that she is getting the opportunity once again. She has worked extremely hard for this and the results are there for everyone to see. It is important in terms of financial stability Shaikh’s coach ,” and former India international Sunetra Paranjape told this daily . Along with Paranjape, the Giants’ head coach, Michael Klinger praised the journey of his player. “If we can change her life, not just for her, but for her family, it’s fantastic. Mind you, this is not a charity given to her, she has earned this. She has put on some great performances in recent times. It is great to hear that this can change her life,” he told this daily in an exclusive interview. West Indies superstar Deandra Dottin was among the highest-paid overseas players at `1.70 cr and joined Mumbai girl Shaikh at Giants. Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru persisted with a bid for Uttarakhand’s Prema Rawat as she eventually joined them for `1.20 crore. TN girl bags `1.6cr Tamil Nadu’s G Kamilini had one of the best days a player could ask for. Earlier in the day, playing for India for the first time in the U19 Asia Cup, the 16-year-old hit 29-ball 44 to bag player of the match trophy. A few hours later she was bought by Mumbai Indians for `1.60 crore. met forecast Heavy rain likely over TN delta dists tomorrow move west-northwestwards towards the Tamil Nadu coast in the next two days. Close on the heels of the As per the RMC’s forecast, recent weather system that an orange alert (heavy to brought significant rainfall very heavy rains) has been to Chennai and the delta dis- issued to Cuddalore, Mayitricts, along with extremely laduthurai, Nagapattinam heavy downpours in and Tiruvarur disthe souther n districts and Karaikal tricts of Tamil Nadu, area for Tuesday. the Regional MeteHeavy rain is likely orological Centre to occur at isolated (RMC) on Sunday places over Chengalannounced that a pattu, Villupuram, new low-pressure Kallakurichi, AriyaOrange area is likely to form alert issued lur, Perambalur, over southeast Bay Tiruchy, Thanjavur of Bengal on Mon- RMC has issued and Pudukkottai day. The system is an orange alert d i s t r i c t s a n d expected to bring (heavy to very Puducherry . heavy to very heavy heavy rains) to On Wednesday, Cuddalore, rainfall to the delta heavy to very heavy districts on Tuesday Mayiladuthurai, rains are likely in , Nagapattinam isolated places over it stated. The low-pressure and Tiruvarur Cuddalore and Vildistricts and area is to be formed lupuram districts Karaikal area under the influence and Puducher ry. for Tuesday of an upper-air cyHeavy rain is likely clonic circulation, to occur at isolated which was located over the places over Tiruvallur, ChenSouth Andaman Sea and ad- n a i , C h e n g a l p a t t u , joining areas on Saturday Kancheepuram, Ranipet, and subsequently moved to Tiruvannamalai, Kallakuthe South Andaman Sea and richi, Mayiladuthurai, Nathe adjoining Bay of Bengal gapattinam and Tiruvarur by Sunday It is likely to be- districts and Karaikal area, . come more marked and the forecast stated.  P5 e x p r e ss n e ws s e r v i c e @ Chennai Rajya Sabha to hold debate on Constitution from today r a j e sh k u m a r t h a k ur @ New Delhi Rajya Sabha is expected to witness fiery debates between the government and the opposition on Monday as it begins a two-day debate on the Constitution to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding document’s adoption. It comes as the Lok Sabha, after two days of spirited discussions, wrapped up its debate on the Constitution on Saturday . Rajya Sabha is also likely to see high-octane sessions, especially in the backdrop of a noconfidence motion moved against Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar by the opposition alleging bias. Sources told this newspaper that BJP president JP Nadda will critique the Congress’s historical record in adhering to the Constitution during its tenure in power. Key BJP members scheduled to participate include: Nirmala Sitharaman, Hardeep Puri and Kiren Rijiju. On the opposition side, the Trinamool Congress has tasked 10–11 MPs to speak on the Constitution. MPs from the Congress, RJD and SP will also participate.