DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE Test to check regular intake of medicines, AI to read slides: Tech may join TB fight ANONNA DUTT NEW DELHI, MARCH 24 IMAGINE A quick strip test that reveals whether a patient has been taking their tuberculosis (TB) medicines regularly or not. Or a simple test that can detect the infection in blood, saliva or even stool samples. Picture drones flying across remote areas, delivering life-saving medicines and transporting patient samples with ease. These aren’t just ideas. These innovations,selectedbynational experts recently, could soon become part of India’s fight against TB.Atlastweek’sIndiaInnovation Summit,whichlooksforpioneeringsolutionstoendTB,thecountry’s top experts chose five innovations from 228 cutting-edge ideas from across the globe. Each innovation was scored basedonitsreadinessforhuman use, whether it was cost-effective or not, and if it could be im- BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY WHY THIS MATTERS India accounts for 26% of global TB cases, 29% of deaths due to TB 2023 2024 Estimated TB cases 27.4 L 27.8 L Cases reported 24.2 L 25.5 L Estimated mortality 3.2 L CASH AT HOME ROW: ALLAHABAD BAR BODY CALLS STRIKE SCshuntsJudgetoAllahabadHC, BarcallsforFIR,movetoimpeach Even if Govt clears his transfer, Justice Varma, who will be No. 9 there, won’t sit in court as judicial work withdrawn SOHINI GHOSH INDIA TB REPORT 3.2 L Source: Global TB Report, India TB Report plemented in India, particularly within the country’s national TB elimination programme. The summitwasapartof India’sambitious push to eliminate TB by 2025 — five years ahead of the global target. “The idea behind the conferencewastolookforwhatwecan `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `15 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 NEW DELHI, MARCH 24 EVEN AS the Allahabad High Court Bar Association protested Monday, the Supreme Court Collegium stood firm on its decisiontorepatriateDelhiHighCourt judge Justice Yashwant Varma, caught in the eye of a storm after wads of burnt currency were allegedlyfoundathishomeduring a fire, to his parent High Court. OnMonday,theSCCollegium published its recommendation: “The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meetings held on 20th and 24th March, has recommended repatriation of Justice Yashwant Varma, Judge, High Court of Delhi, to the High Court of Justice Yashwant Varma Judicature at Allahabad.” JusticeVarmawillbeninthin seniorityatAllahabadHCbutitis likely that he will not sit in court. CJI Sanjiv Khanna on March 22 had instructed the Delhi HC Chief Justice “not to assign any judicial work” to Justice Varma. On Monday, the Delhi HC CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPLAINED PAGE 16 Ahead of reciprocal tariffs, US trade team begins 4-day To ‘aid inquiry’, 5 cops India visit today who reached fire site submit phones to HQ MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL NEW DELHI, MARCH 24 FIVE POLICE personnel who wereamongthefirstresponders during a fire at the residence of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma on the night of March 14 have submitted their phones to the Delhi Police headquarters, The Indian Express has learnt. The devices, highly placed sources said, will be used in the inquiry being conducted by a three-member committee of judges set up by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna in the wake of cash allegedly being found during the blaze. OnMondaymorning,thefive police personnel, including the station house officer of Tughlaq Road police station, were called by Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora to his office. It is learnt that Arora asked them to cooperate with the inquiry and not to hesitate in divulging any information. The five personnel include the SHO, a sub-inspector, two head constables and a constable. One of the head constables is also the investigating officer (IO). CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Kamra booked, BMC team lands at hotel where Shinde video was shot I will not apologise, I don’t fear this mob, says Kamra EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, MARCH 24 A DAY after comedian Kunal Kamra posted a video of his Kamra posted a photo with the Constitution on Monday stand-upshowinwhichhetakes a jibe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde among others, the Mumbai Police on Monday booked him for defamation. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also sent a team to the hotel (The UniContinental) in Khar area which houses the studio CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT THE EDITORIAL PAGE A JOKE Target Kunal Kamra, shrink space for irreverence — and hope India will be a creative superpower PAGE12 RAVI DUTTA MISHRA NEW DELHI, MARCH 24 WITH INDIA indicating its willingness to offer tariff cuts on a range of American products underthebilateraltradeagreement (BTA),ahigh-levelUSdelegation, including the Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia, Brendan Lynch, is set to begin a four-day visit to India starting Tuesday. The visit comes days before the US plans to impose reciprocal tariffs on April 2, which are feared to affect Indian exports of key products such as agriculture, meat and processed food, automobiles, diamonds, gold products, chemicals and pharma products, where tariff differentials range between 8 and 33 per cent. Indicatingabroad-baseddis- PAGE4 ● Key US visits FROM US Vice President J D Vance to Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, a series of high-level visits to India are scheduled in the coming months, seeking to boost the strategic partnership between the two sides. These visits will prepare the ground for President Donald Trump's likely visit for the Quad Summit later this year. cussion with India, the US Embassy on Monday stated that CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BJP stalls House over Shivakumar remarks, Congress hits back Dismissing the BJP’s claims, the Congress called it another tactic bytheruling party toavoidadiscussion on serious issues in the House,includingallegedcashrecovery from Delhi High Court Judge Yashwant Varma’s house. LIZ MATHEW & DIVYA A NEW DELHI, MARCH 24 CITY PROTESTS OVER PVT HOUSING PROJECT IN MORPHOLOGICAL RIDGE AREA OF DELHI E E X P L A I NE D TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 22 PAGES PARLIAMENT proceedings remaineddisruptedon Mondayas the BJP alleged that senior Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar had spoken of “changing the Constitution” to implement a Muslim quota. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha, Monday. PTI IN PARLIAMENT PAGE 6