Monday Subsidiaries of Indian pharma giants recall products in U.S. 16 Aurobindo Pharma, Glenmark and Zydus are recalling products due to manufacturing issues, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said December, 2024 epaper.morningstandard.in facebook.com/TheMorningStandard X.com/TheMornStandard antony blinken in touch with Syrian rebels US officials have been in contact with the terrorist -designated rebel group that led overthrow of Bashar Assad, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Page 9 U.S. Regulator flags purity concerns A CAPITAL VIEW OF NEWS l New Delhi l J8.00 l 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 PAGES 12 Fadnavis expands Maharashtra cabinet with 39 new ministers 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- van; NCP leaders Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Anil Patil, and Dharmaraobaba A t r a m ; a n d S h iv S e n a 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 20% India’s share in the global supply of generic medicines @ New Delhi 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  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 rajesh kumar thakur Ceremony held at Nagpur’s Raj Bhavan 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 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. P8  Zydus (USA) Inc is recalling 4,404 packs of Esomeprazole Magnesium for DelayedRelease Oral Suspension due to errors in labelling RS debate on Constitution from today 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 A N S H I @ Mumbai Class ii nationwide recall initiated another fifer Jaspit Bumrah has brought India back into the Brisbane Test, after the India pacer scalped 5 for 72 and reducing Australia to 405/7 from 316/3 on Day 2 of the Third Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy. On his way to weaving his magic, he broke the record of Kapil Dev by claiming 8th five-wicket haul in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) | PTI | P11 Zakir Hussain in ICU; condition critical Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, who has been undergoing treatment at a US hospital for heart-related problem for the past two weeks, is critical, according to reports the 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 . The Rajya Sabha is also likely to see high-octane sessions, especially in the backdrop of a no-confidence 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 in the discussion include Nirmala Sitharaman, Hardeep Puri and Kiren Rijiju. Amit Shah may respond to the debates on Tuesday. On the opposition side, the Trinamool Congress has tasked 10–11 MPs to speak on the Constitution. MPs from the Congress, RJD and the SP will also participate. Techie suicide: Wife, her AAP 4th list out, Kejriwal family members arrested 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 at his resarrests were made on idence in Bengaluru’s Saturday morning, and Marathahalli, his esthe trio has been tranged wife Nikita brought to Bengaluru. Singhania, mother-inShivakumar also said law Nisha Singhania, that Atul’s son is cura n d b ro ther- in- law rently staying with Anurag Singhania Nikita’s relative and Nikita have been ar rested added that more inforon charges of abetment mation cannot of suicide. be shared as he is a miThe trio, during quesnor (aged 4). tioning, is said to have Stating that Sushil is claimed innocence and absconding, the DCP have been remanded in said efforts are on to judicial custody . trace him. “The investiNisha Nikita’s uncle, Sushil gating teams are also Singhania, who has collecting other evialso been named as an dence,” he added. accused by the MarA senior police officathahalli police, is yet er told this newspaper to be arrested. that the trio, during inSpeaking to the mequiry, defended themdia on Sunday, Deputy selves and claimed that Anurag Commissioner of Police the allegations made by (Whitefield division) Atul in the death note Shivakumar Gunare said that and the video are false. based on a tip-off and other The accused were produced technical clues, Nikita was ar- before a magistrate on Saturday rested from a paying-guest ac- and were shifted to Bengaluru commodation in Gurugram in Central Prison. R akshith G o w d a @ Bengaluru BJP to take a leaf out of to contest from New Delhi Maha book on 30 SC seats E x press N ews S er v i c e @ New Delhi ...The BJP is missing. It has no chief ministerial candidate, no team, no planning, and no vision for Delhi. They have only one slogan, one policy, and one mission — ‘Remove Kejriwal’ Arvind Kejriwal Atishi from Kalkaji CM Atishi has been fielded from Kalkaji, Satyendra Jain from Shakur Basti, Durgesh Pathak from Rajinder Nagar, Ramesh Pehalwan from Kasturba Nagar. The AAP released its fourth and final list of candidates for the remaining 38 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections on Sunday Arvind Kejriwal, . the party’s national convener and former CM, will contest from the New Delhi constituency, while current Chief Minister Atishi has been fielded from Kalkaji. This marks Kejriwal’s fourth time contesting from New Delhi seat. According to the candidate list, Satyendra Jain will contest from Shakur Basti, Durgesh Pathak from Rajinder Nagar, Ramesh Pehalwan from Kasturba Nagar, Raghuvinder Shokeen from Nangloi Jat, Som Dutt from Sadar Bazar, Imran Hussain from Ballimaran, and Jarnail Singh from Tilak Nagar. The contest for the New Delhi constituency is particularly significant as it pits Kejriwal against Congress’s Sandeep Dikshit, the son of former CM Sheila Dikshit. R A J E S H K U M A R T H A K U R @ New Delhi The BJP is expected to field Parvesh Verma, son of former CM Sahib Singh Verma. In a post on ‘X’, Kejriwal said, “The party is contesting these elections with full confidence. BJP is missing. It has no CM candidate, no team, no planning, and no vision for Delhi. They have only one slogan, one policy, and one mission — ‘Remove Kejriwal’. If you ask them what they accomplished over the past five years, their response will be, We abused Kejriwal.” He said the AAP has a clear plan for the development of the people of Delhi, supported by a capable team of educated individuals to implement it. wpl mini auction Dharavi to WPL riches: Simran bags `1.9 cr ka lyani manga l e @ Bengaluru 16-year-old Tamil Nadu girl bags `1.6cr 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 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. 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. 30 out of the 70 assembly seats have Dalit voters, comprising between 17% and 44% of the electorate. Outreach to these voters could alter the narrative against the ruling AAP Sources Other strategies BJP’s door-todoor campaign aims to have an effect on the psyche of Dalit voters. The party has also approved plans to LOK SABHA ELECTION conduct 2019 rath yatras Encouraged by the success of its strategy in Haryana and Maharashtra elect i o n s, t h e B J P c e n t r a l leadership has solidified its plans for the upcoming crucial Delhi Assembly elections scheduled for February 2025. As part of a carefully crafted strategy for Delhi, the party has developed a targeted approach to attract Scheduled Caste voters, who played a decisive role in shaping the results in over two dozen assembly constituencies. At the same time, the BJP’s central electoral think tank is working to mobilize voters from the Poorvanchal region (Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar), who have settled in across many assembly segments and are obtaining voting rights. On Sunday, a senior party leader said, “Around 29-30 assembly segments have a significant presence of SC voters. They have been direct Punjab DSP may face axe over Bishnoi jail interview HARPREET SINGH BAJWA @ Chandigarh A DSP who allegedly facilitated , an interview with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi for a private TV channel, is likely to lose his job. This recommendation for dismissal has come from the home department of the Punjab government based on the findings of a special investigation team (SIT). Sources indicate that DSP Gursher Singh was dismissed based on the SIT’s findings which was headed by Special DGP (Human Rights) Pramod Kumar. The interview, conducted via video conferencing, was shows in March 2023 while Bishnoi was in custody at the CIA Kharar on September 3 and 4, 2022. More than three dozen cases were lodged against him in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. The interview coincided with the first anniversary of the death of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. Balkaur Singh Sidhu, father of the deceased singer, had alleged the police to be hand in glove with the gangster, which the SIT found to be true. At that time, Singh served as DSP (Investigations), and Bishnoi had been brought from Tihar Jail in connection with the murder of Moosewala. beneficiaries of free rations and other benefits from the Narendra Modi government. We are reaching out to them about how the BJP has supported their progress and will continue to do so if we replace the AAP in Delhi.” Another party leader said, “In the 70-member Assembly, 12 seats are reserved for SCs. The turnout of Dalit voters significantly influences the results in 17-18 other assembly seats. So our party will certainly need to extend its outreach to them.” Sources said the BJP has appointed representatives from the SC community to win support. “A nameplate campaign, covering 60,000 houses, is now on,” said a senior functionary . A source said the BJP recognises that 30 out of the 70 assembly seats have Dalit voters, comprising between 17% and 44% of the electorate. Outreach to these voters could alter the narrative against the ruling AAP in this election. Express read Stop whining about EVMs: Omar to Cong Opening another point of friction with a key ally, J&K CM Omar Abdullah has dismissed the Congress vehement objection to Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), and echoed the BJP’s defence — you can’t accept election results when you win, and blame EVMs when you lose. Surrender & give up arms, Shah tells Naxals Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to Maoists to give up arms, saying that their rehabilitation was responsibility of the government. At ‘Bastar Olympics’, Shah said the country would be free of Maoists by March 2026. “... Give up arms, surrender and join the mainstream.” | P8