TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2025 www.thestatesman.com Pages 12 |` 5.00|LC X.com/thestatesmanltd. Fb/thestatesman1875 SINCE 1818 KOLKATA | NEW DELHI | SILIGURI | BHUBANESWAR WHITE HOUSE SAYS COLOMBIA AGREES TO TAKE DEPORTED MIGRANTS CONGRESS WILL BREAK THE WALL OF 50 PERCENT RESERVATION P9 SENSEX 75,366.17q−824.29 WEATHER SMOG/MIST LIKELY IN THE NIGHT. WIND SPEED UPTO 05 KMPH LIKELY DURING THE DAY. THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WOULD BE AROUND 24 AND 08 DEGREES CELSIUS RESPECTIVELY RAINFALL: NIL RELATIVE HUMIDITY Max. 91 % TEMPERATURE Min. 41 % Max: 23.6°C (+1.5) SUN RISES 07:11 hrs MOON RISES 7:10 hrs Min: 07.2 °C (-1.2) SUN SETS 17:57 hrs MOON SETS 16:40 hrs THUMBNAILS A huge crowd of tourists gather during Urs of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in Agra. ANI Sridhar Vembu steps down as Zoho CEO to become companyÊs chief scientist:Sridhar Vembu, Founder and CEO of software major Zoho Corporation, on Monday stepped down as the CEO to serve as the company’s chief scientist. In a post on X social media platform, Vembu who was touted as 39th richest person in India with a net worth of $5.85 billion last year and was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 2021. (Page 10) HOW CAN ANYONE OPPOSE UCC THAT BRINGS ABOUT GENDER EQUALITY? P5 NIFTY 22,829.15q−263.05 ` vs $ 85.79 P8 GOLD 82,795.00 PM Modi congratulated US President Donald Trump over phone on his second term STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 27 JANUARY P PM Modi had congratulated Trump on his return to the White House for a historic second term. "Congratulations my dear friend President Donald Trump on your historic inauguration as the 47th President of the United States! I look forward to working closely together once again, to benefit both our countries and to shape a better future for the world. Best wishes for a successful term ahead," wrote PM Modi as Trump took the oath at Capitol Rotunda. PM Modi and Trump had also spoken soon after the Republican leader's triumph in the Presidential election. Taking to X, PM Modi wrote: "Had a great conversation with my friend, President Donald Trump, congratulating him on his spectacular victory. Looking forward to working closely together once again to further strengthen India-US relations across technology, defence, energy, space and several other P12 SILVER 99,000 India & US will work together for global peace, says Modi rime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening spoke with US President Donald Trump over phone, saying that India and the United States will work together towards global peace, prosperity, and security. Modi congratulated Trump on his second term in office. This was the first telephone conversation between both leaders since US President Donald Trump took office, last week. In a post on X after the telephone conversation, Modi said, "Delighted to speak with my dear friend President @realDonaldTrump @POTUS. Congratulated him on his historic second term. We are committed to a mutually beneficial and trusted partnership. We will work together for the welfare of our people and towards global peace, prosperity, and security." Earlier, on 20 January, JASPRIT BUMRAH NAMED ICC TEST CRICKETER OF 2024 sectors." Both leaders had affirmed the resolution to work together for global peace. Trump was quoted saying that the whole world loves PM Modi, adding that India is a magnificent country and the Indian Prime Minister is a "magnificent man". PM Modi had congratulated Trump on his victory in the US presidential elections, asserting that he is looking forward to renewing collaboration with the 78-year-old leader to further strengthen the India-US Comprehensive Global and Strategic Partnership. Trump has already promised to strengthen the "great partnership" with India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his second term, continuing the close ties he forged in his first term. In his Diwali 2024 greetings, Trump said: "Under my administration, we will strengthen our great partnership with India and my good friend, Prime Minister Modi." BRENT CRUDE (IN $) 75.7q−0.35 India and China to resume Kailash Mansarovar Yatra STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 27 JANUARY In a major step towards normalisation of bilateral ties, India and China on Monday decided to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in the summer of 2025 and agreed to hold an early meeting of the Expert Level Mechanism to discuss resumption of provision of hydrological data and other cooperation pertaining to trans-border rivers. The two sides also decided to take appropriate measures to further promote and facilitate people-to-people exchanges, including media and thinktank interactions. They agreed in principle to resume direct air services between the two countries. The relevant technical authorities on the two sides will meet and negotiate an updated framework for this purpose at an early date. The decisions were taken during talks Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had with Chinese leaders and top officials during his two-day visit to Beijing. Mr Misri was in China for a meeting of the Foreign Secretary-Vice Foreign Minister mechanism. As agreed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at their meeting in Kazan in October last year, the two sides reviewed the state of IndiaChina bilateral relations com- prehensively and agreed to take certain people-centric steps to stabilise and rebuild ties.They agreed to take appropriate measures to further promote and facilitate people-to-people exchanges, including media and thinktank interactions. They agreed in principle to resume direct air services between the two countries; the relevant technical authorities on the two sides will meet and negotiate an updated framework for this purpose at an early date. An official statement said the two sides recognise that 2025, being the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and China, should be utilised to redouble public diplomacy efforts to create better awareness about each other and restore mutual trust and confidence among the public. The two sides will conduct a number of commemorative activities to mark this anniversary. The two sides took stock of the extant mechanisms for functional exchanges. It was agreed to resume these dialogues step by step and to utilise them to address each other’s priority areas of interest and concern. Specific concerns in the economic and trade areas were discussed with a view to resolving these issues and promoting long-term policy transparency and predictability.