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The Manager, Listing Department The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400 051 NSE Symbol: PANACEABIO
BSE Limited Corporate Relationship Department, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai - 400 001 BSE Scrip Code: 531349
Reg.: Compliance under Regulation 47 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
Dear Sir / Madam,
Pursuant to Regulations 47 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, please find enclosed herewith copies of the public notice, requesting shareholders to register their email addresses with the Company in connection with the ensuing 41[st] Annual General Meeting of the Company scheduled to be held on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 11:30 A.M. through Video Conferencing / Other Audio-Visual Means as published on August 30, 2025 in the following newspapers:-
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Business Standard (All editions);
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Desh Sewak (Punjabi)
This is for your kind information and record please.
Thanking you,
Sincerely yours,
for Panacea Biotec Limited
Vinod Digitally signed by Vinod Goel Date: 2025.08.30 Goel 17:04:29 +05'30'
Vinod Goel Group CFO and Head Legal & Company Secretary
Encls: As above
Panacea Biotec Limited (CIN: L33117PB1984PLC022350) Regd. Office : Ambala Chandigarh Highway, Lalru – 140501, Punjab Correspondence/Corporate office : B-1 Extn../A-27, Mohan Co-op. Indl. Estate, Mathura Road, New Delhi - 110 044, India Ph.: 91-11-4167 9000, 4167 8000, Fax: 91-11-4167 9070 Email: [email protected]
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B NEW DELHI | SATURDAY, 30 AUGUST 2025
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Chinaonmind,India,Japan deepensecuritypartnership
arChis MOhan
New Delhi, 29 August The governments of India and Japan on Friday said they supported private sectorled efforts that safeguarded the economic securityofbothcountries. Theyalsoproposedanannualdialogue of their national security advisers to take stockofthesecuritysituationfacingIndia and Japan, and have increased consultationbetweentheirmilitaryleaderships. Thetwocountrieswelcomedthelaunch oftheIndia-JapanPrivate-SectorDialogue onEconomicSecuritybetweenKeidanren (Japan Business Federation) and the ConfederationofIndianIndustry(CII). With New Delhi and Tokyo wary of an increasingly assertive Beijing, the two Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented a Daruma Doll by Chief Priest of countries signed an agreement to deepen Shorinzan Daruma Temple, in Tokyo. The tradition is based on the legacy of their economic-security partnership. The Bodhidharma, a monk from Tamil Nadu, known in Japan as Daruma Daishi, pactidentifiedsuchapartnershipas“akey who travelled there over a thousand years ago PHOTO: PTI pillar”ofIndia-Japanbilateralcooperation “emanating from a growing convergence in our strategic outlook and economic imperatives”. Modi, Xi likely to meet twiceonSCO The two countries agreed to advance bilateral cooperation in building resilientsupply chains and secure critical infrasummitsidelinestofirmupties structure. India and Japan said that key PrimeMinisterNarendraModiandChinesePresidentXiJinpingareexpectedto sectors would receive heightened priority holdtwobilateralmeetingsonthesidelinesoftheSCOsummitinTianjinon forstrategiccollaboration—semiconducSunday,asbothnationslooktostrengthentiesamidglobaltradetensions tors, critical minerals, pharmaceuticals, sparkedbyUSPresidentDonaldTrump. clean energy, and information and comPrimeMinisterModi,whowillarriveinTianjinonSaturdayeveningfrom municationtechnology Japan,willhaveabilateralmeetingwithPresidentXiaroundSundaynoonanda On semiconductors, the Ministry of possiblesecondonebeforetheofficialbanquetoftheSCOsummit,accordingto Electronics and Information Technology sources.OnMonday,thePrimeMinisterwilltakepartintheSCOSummitandis ofIndia(Meity),ontheIndianside,andthe likelytohaveabilateralmeetingwithRussianPresidentVladimirPutinbefore Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry leavingforhome.Thesummit isregardedas mostconsequentialfromthepoint ofJapan(METI),ontheJapanesehalf,had ofviewofIndia-Chinarelationsinthecurrentcontextofasuddendownturnin signed an agreement in July 2023, India-UStiesafterTrumpimposed50percenttariffsonIndianexports.Thiswill strengthening cooperation on enhancing beModi’sfirstvisittoChinainsevenyears,perhapsthemostsignificant. PTI semiconductor supplies. They have held regularmeetingssincethen. India and Japan issued a joint declara peaceful maritime environment in the ister Narendra Modi and his Japanese ation on security cooperation “to reflect Indo-Pacificregion. equivalent,ShigeruIshiba,expressedserithe new stage of their partnership” and India and Japan agreed to facilitate ous concern over the situation in the East agreedthattheyshouldstrivetocontribute technologicalandindustrialcollaboration and the South China Seas. Meanwhile, to each other’s defence capabilities and between their government entities and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema readinessbyconductingbilateralexercises private-sector stakeholders for resilience Khandu on Friday expressed gratitude to between their forces and explore a new insectorscriticaltonationalsecurity,with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for highmeeting framework on a comprehensive a focus on startups and micro, small, and lightingthestate'sculturalheritageonthe dialoguebetweenjointstaffs. mediumenterprisestowardsbothcurrent global stage during his official visit to It has also envisaged collaboration andfuturesecurityneeds.Thetwoleaders Japan. Modi, during his engagements in betweenspecialoperationsunits,utilising welcomed the evolution of the Quad into Tokyo, wore the traditional Tukok of the eachother’sfacilitiesforrepairandmainanenduringregionalgrouping,andlooked Galotribe,acustomaryoutfitsymbolising tenanceofdefenceplatformsandpromotforward to its next Leaders’ summit, to be the vibrant identity and craftsmanship of ing naval and coast guard cooperation for hostedbyIndialaterthisyear.PrimeMinthepeopleofthenortheasternstate.
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SCagreestohearpleas PublicSectorEnterprises seekingtime for filing arecatalystsofgrowth:Prez harsh KUMar objections in SIR case New Delhi, 29 August Bhavini Mishra President Droupadi Murmu on Friday presented the SCOPE New Delhi. 29 August EminenceAwardsfor2022-23inNewDelhi.Shelaudedthecritical role of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in India’s growth TheSupremeCourtonFridayagreedtohearonSeptember journey and their contribution to nation-building since 1 petitions seeking more time for filing claims and Independence. objectionsinthespecialintensiverevision(SIR)ofelectoral Addressing the gathering, the President said the awards celrolls in Bihar. ebratethe“significantcontributionofpublicsectorenterprisesto A three-judge Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, thedevelopmentofIndia”acrosssocial,economic,environmental, Joymalya Bagchi, and Vipul M Pancholi listed the matter technologicalandethicaldimensions.SheappreciatedtheStandafter senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the ingConferenceofPublicEnterprises(SCOPE)forhonouringgood Association for Democratic Reforms, said the Rashtriya performanceinsustainabledevelopment,corporategovernance, Janata Dal and other parties had sought an extension of the PHOTO: PTI corporate social responsibility September1deadline. and innovation, calling it a Advocate Nizam Pasha, appearing for MLA Akhtarul “holistic approach towards Iman, also pressed for more time, pointing out that over progressanddevelopment.” 170,000claimswerefiledinthepastmonth.Bhushanadded SCOPE is a coordinating that the parties had already approached the Election Comand advocacy body for Public missionofIndia(ECI),whichdeclinedtherequest. Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in In the last hearing of August 22, the court told the ECI to India, while Department of accept,apartfromotherdocuments,theAadhaarcardforthe PublicEnterprises(DPE)isthe “claimsandobjectionstage”oftheSIR. nodalgovernmentdepartment Stressingthattheexerciseshouldbe“voter-friendly”,the under the Ministry of Finance courtsaidthepersonsexcludedfromthedraftelectoralroll, that formulates policy guideaheadoftheAssemblyelections,couldsubmitonlineapplilines for these enterprises. cationsforinclusion.And,submittingtheminphysicalform Highlightingthehistoricalrole wasnotnecessary.TheAadhaarcardwasinitiallynotonthe ofPSEs,shesaidtheyhavelaidthefoundationforindustrialisation, ECI’s list of 11 documents that could be accepted as identity infrastructure, social upliftment and balanced regional growth. proofforvoters. “Apart from economic and financial contributions, Public Sector Justice Bagchi had made a suggestion to the ECI that Enterpriseshavegivenprioritytobalancedandinclusivegrowth, includingtheAadhaarasarelevantdocumentinthestageof keeping the national goals paramount. They are truly catalysts of claims and objections would mean more time was required growthandpillarsofprosperityforthenation,”sheremarked. for verification. The court is hearing pleas challenging the SheunderlinedthatCentralPublicSectorEnterprises(CPSEs) ECI’sJune24directiveonSIR. havealsobeenattheforefrontofinitiativessuchasAatmanirbhar Thedirectiverequiresvotersnotlistedinthe2003electoBharat and Make in India. She cited the indigenous Air Defence ralrolltosubmitdocumentsprovingtheircitizenship. ControlandReportingSystem–Akashteer,whichproveditscapaThose born after December 2004 must also furnish the bilityduringOperationSindoor,isamatterofprideforthepublic citizenship documents of both parents, with additional sector fraternity. Murmu also emphasised that CPSEs would play requirementsifaparentisaforeignnational. apivotalroleinachievingthevisionofadevelopedIndiaby2047.
SCagreestohearpleas seekingtime for filing objections in SIR case
Bhavini Mishra
New Delhi. 29 August
TheSupremeCourtonFridayagreedtohearonSeptember 1 petitions seeking more time for filing claims and objectionsinthespecialintensiverevision(SIR)ofelectoral rolls in Bihar.
ALL IN A DAY
Bihar SIR: Poll 5 killed in landslides, authority notice to cloudbursts in 300,000 electors with Marathaquotaactivist Uttarakhand ‘doubtful citizenship’ beginshungerstrike Fivepeoplewerekilledandelevenothers Maratha quota movement leader Manoj went missing as heavy rains and a series Poll authorities in Bihar have issued Jarange began his indefinite hunger of cloudbursts wreaked havoc in various notices to nearly 300,00 with “doubtful strike at the Azad Maidan in south districtsofUttarakhandearlyFriday,trigcitizenship”, officials said on Friday. The Mumbai on Friday, vowing not to leave gering landslides that damaged houses three lakh electors are among the 7.24 the city till the community’s demands and left people buried under mounds of crorepeoplewhohavefoundtheirnames weremet.“Iwilldie,butwon'tbackdown rubble,officialssaid. in the draft electoral rolls this time. We will not leave Mumbai till Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri and published on August 1 as part of the our demands are met,” he said, as he Bageshwardistrictsborethebruntofthe Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the beganhisfastat10am. naturalcalamitywhichcamecloseonthe voterlistinBihar. Thousands of office-goers faced heelsoftheTharalidisasteronAugust23. Thoseissuednoticesaresuspectedto inconvenience as Maratha protesters A total of 69 people went missing, be from Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar headedtoAzadMaidan.“IfthestategovincludingnineArmypersonnel,25Nepali and even Afghanistan, officials said, ernment agrees to our demands, we will nationals, 13 from Bihar, six from Uttar citinggroundreports. withdrawtheagitation,”hesaid.“Butyou Pradesh, eight from Dharali, five from During verification of documents, have to be sincere or else, the Marathas areas close to Uttarkashi, two from Tehri discrepancieswerenotedbytheelectoral willshowtheirpowertoboththestateand and one from Rajasthan. The Uttarakregistration officers (EROs). Field centregovernments,”headded. handStateDisasterManagementAuthorinquiries were done thereafter and Hesaidthestategovernment’slackof itysaidexcessovernightrainfalldamaged notices were issued, they said. Notices cooperation had compelled the communearly half-a-dozen houses in Pausari were issued by the EROs largely in East nitytomarchtoMumbai. gram panchayat in Kapkot area of Champaran, West Champaran, Madhu“We want the government to grant us Bageshwar district. Uttarakhand has bani,Kishanganj,Purnia,Katihar,Araria reservationandacceptallourdemands,” been hit hard by natural calamities this andSupaul. PTI saidJarange. PTI monsoonseason. PTI
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Chinaonmind,India,Japan deepensecuritypartnership
arChis MOhan
New Delhi, 29 August The governments of India and Japan on Friday said they supported private sectorled efforts that safeguarded the economic securityofbothcountries. Theyalsoproposedanannualdialogue of their national security advisers to take stockofthesecuritysituationfacingIndia and Japan, and have increased consultationbetweentheirmilitaryleaderships. Thetwocountrieswelcomedthelaunch oftheIndia-JapanPrivate-SectorDialogue onEconomicSecuritybetweenKeidanren (Japan Business Federation) and the ConfederationofIndianIndustry(CII). With New Delhi and Tokyo wary of an increasingly assertive Beijing, the two Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented a Daruma Doll by Chief Priest of countries signed an agreement to deepen Shorinzan Daruma Temple, in Tokyo. The tradition is based on the legacy of their economic-security partnership. The Bodhidharma, a monk from Tamil Nadu, known in Japan as Daruma Daishi, pactidentifiedsuchapartnershipas“akey who travelled there over a thousand years ago PHOTO: PTI pillar”ofIndia-Japanbilateralcooperation “emanating from a growing convergence in our strategic outlook and economic imperatives”. Modi, Xi likely to meet twiceonSCO The two countries agreed to advance bilateral cooperation in building resilientsupply chains and secure critical infrasummitsidelinestofirmupties structure. India and Japan said that key PrimeMinisterNarendraModiandChinesePresidentXiJinpingareexpectedto sectors would receive heightened priority holdtwobilateralmeetingsonthesidelinesoftheSCOsummitinTianjinon forstrategiccollaboration—semiconducSunday,asbothnationslooktostrengthentiesamidglobaltradetensions tors, critical minerals, pharmaceuticals, sparkedbyUSPresidentDonaldTrump. clean energy, and information and comPrimeMinisterModi,whowillarriveinTianjinonSaturdayeveningfrom municationtechnology Japan,willhaveabilateralmeetingwithPresidentXiaroundSundaynoonanda On semiconductors, the Ministry of possiblesecondonebeforetheofficialbanquetoftheSCOsummit,accordingto Electronics and Information Technology sources.OnMonday,thePrimeMinisterwilltakepartintheSCOSummitandis ofIndia(Meity),ontheIndianside,andthe likelytohaveabilateralmeetingwithRussianPresidentVladimirPutinbefore Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry leavingforhome.Thesummit isregardedas mostconsequentialfromthepoint ofJapan(METI),ontheJapanesehalf,had ofviewofIndia-Chinarelationsinthecurrentcontextofasuddendownturnin signed an agreement in July 2023, India-UStiesafterTrumpimposed50percenttariffsonIndianexports.Thiswill strengthening cooperation on enhancing beModi’sfirstvisittoChinainsevenyears,perhapsthemostsignificant. PTI semiconductor supplies. They have held regularmeetingssincethen. India and Japan issued a joint declara peaceful maritime environment in the ister Narendra Modi and his Japanese ation on security cooperation “to reflect Indo-Pacificregion. equivalent,ShigeruIshiba,expressedserithe new stage of their partnership” and India and Japan agreed to facilitate ous concern over the situation in the East agreedthattheyshouldstrivetocontribute technologicalandindustrialcollaboration and the South China Seas. Meanwhile, to each other’s defence capabilities and between their government entities and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema readinessbyconductingbilateralexercises private-sector stakeholders for resilience Khandu on Friday expressed gratitude to between their forces and explore a new insectorscriticaltonationalsecurity,with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for highmeeting framework on a comprehensive a focus on startups and micro, small, and lightingthestate'sculturalheritageonthe dialoguebetweenjointstaffs. mediumenterprisestowardsbothcurrent global stage during his official visit to It has also envisaged collaboration andfuturesecurityneeds.Thetwoleaders Japan. Modi, during his engagements in betweenspecialoperationsunits,utilising welcomed the evolution of the Quad into Tokyo, wore the traditional Tukok of the eachother’sfacilitiesforrepairandmainanenduringregionalgrouping,andlooked Galotribe,acustomaryoutfitsymbolising tenanceofdefenceplatformsandpromotforward to its next Leaders’ summit, to be the vibrant identity and craftsmanship of ing naval and coast guard cooperation for hostedbyIndialaterthisyear.PrimeMinthepeopleofthenortheasternstate.
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SCagreestohearpleas PublicSectorEnterprises seekingtime for filing arecatalystsofgrowth:Prez harsh KUMar objections in SIR case New Delhi, 29 August Bhavini Mishra President Droupadi Murmu on Friday presented the SCOPE New Delhi. 29 August EminenceAwardsfor2022-23inNewDelhi.Shelaudedthecritical role of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in India’s growth TheSupremeCourtonFridayagreedtohearonSeptember journey and their contribution to nation-building since 1 petitions seeking more time for filing claims and Independence. objectionsinthespecialintensiverevision(SIR)ofelectoral Addressing the gathering, the President said the awards celrolls in Bihar. ebratethe“significantcontributionofpublicsectorenterprisesto A three-judge Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, thedevelopmentofIndia”acrosssocial,economic,environmental, Joymalya Bagchi, and Vipul M Pancholi listed the matter technologicalandethicaldimensions.SheappreciatedtheStandafter senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the ingConferenceofPublicEnterprises(SCOPE)forhonouringgood Association for Democratic Reforms, said the Rashtriya performanceinsustainabledevelopment,corporategovernance, Janata Dal and other parties had sought an extension of the PHOTO: PTI corporate social responsibility September1deadline. and innovation, calling it a Advocate Nizam Pasha, appearing for MLA Akhtarul “holistic approach towards Iman, also pressed for more time, pointing out that over progressanddevelopment.” 170,000claimswerefiledinthepastmonth.Bhushanadded SCOPE is a coordinating that the parties had already approached the Election Comand advocacy body for Public missionofIndia(ECI),whichdeclinedtherequest. Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in In the last hearing of August 22, the court told the ECI to India, while Department of accept,apartfromotherdocuments,theAadhaarcardforthe PublicEnterprises(DPE)isthe “claimsandobjectionstage”oftheSIR. nodalgovernmentdepartment Stressingthattheexerciseshouldbe“voter-friendly”,the under the Ministry of Finance courtsaidthepersonsexcludedfromthedraftelectoralroll, that formulates policy guideaheadoftheAssemblyelections,couldsubmitonlineapplilines for these enterprises. cationsforinclusion.And,submittingtheminphysicalform Highlightingthehistoricalrole wasnotnecessary.TheAadhaarcardwasinitiallynotonthe ofPSEs,shesaidtheyhavelaidthefoundationforindustrialisation, ECI’s list of 11 documents that could be accepted as identity infrastructure, social upliftment and balanced regional growth. proofforvoters. “Apart from economic and financial contributions, Public Sector Justice Bagchi had made a suggestion to the ECI that Enterpriseshavegivenprioritytobalancedandinclusivegrowth, includingtheAadhaarasarelevantdocumentinthestageof keeping the national goals paramount. They are truly catalysts of claims and objections would mean more time was required growthandpillarsofprosperityforthenation,”sheremarked. for verification. The court is hearing pleas challenging the SheunderlinedthatCentralPublicSectorEnterprises(CPSEs) ECI’sJune24directiveonSIR. havealsobeenattheforefrontofinitiativessuchasAatmanirbhar Thedirectiverequiresvotersnotlistedinthe2003electoBharat and Make in India. She cited the indigenous Air Defence ralrolltosubmitdocumentsprovingtheircitizenship. ControlandReportingSystem–Akashteer,whichproveditscapaThose born after December 2004 must also furnish the bilityduringOperationSindoor,isamatterofprideforthepublic citizenship documents of both parents, with additional sector fraternity. Murmu also emphasised that CPSEs would play requirementsifaparentisaforeignnational. apivotalroleinachievingthevisionofadevelopedIndiaby2047.
SCagreestohearpleas seekingtime for filing objections in SIR case
Bhavini Mishra
New Delhi. 29 August
TheSupremeCourtonFridayagreedtohearonSeptember 1 petitions seeking more time for filing claims and objectionsinthespecialintensiverevision(SIR)ofelectoral rolls in Bihar.
ALL IN A DAY
Bihar SIR: Poll 5 killed in landslides, authority notice to cloudbursts in 300,000 electors with Marathaquotaactivist Uttarakhand ‘doubtful citizenship’ beginshungerstrike Fivepeoplewerekilledandelevenothers Maratha quota movement leader Manoj went missing as heavy rains and a series Poll authorities in Bihar have issued Jarange began his indefinite hunger of cloudbursts wreaked havoc in various notices to nearly 300,00 with “doubtful strike at the Azad Maidan in south districtsofUttarakhandearlyFriday,trigcitizenship”, officials said on Friday. The Mumbai on Friday, vowing not to leave gering landslides that damaged houses three lakh electors are among the 7.24 the city till the community’s demands and left people buried under mounds of crorepeoplewhohavefoundtheirnames weremet.“Iwilldie,butwon'tbackdown rubble,officialssaid. in the draft electoral rolls this time. We will not leave Mumbai till Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri and published on August 1 as part of the our demands are met,” he said, as he Bageshwardistrictsborethebruntofthe Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the beganhisfastat10am. naturalcalamitywhichcamecloseonthe voterlistinBihar. Thousands of office-goers faced heelsoftheTharalidisasteronAugust23. Thoseissuednoticesaresuspectedto inconvenience as Maratha protesters A total of 69 people went missing, be from Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar headedtoAzadMaidan.“IfthestategovincludingnineArmypersonnel,25Nepali and even Afghanistan, officials said, ernment agrees to our demands, we will nationals, 13 from Bihar, six from Uttar citinggroundreports. withdrawtheagitation,”hesaid.“Butyou Pradesh, eight from Dharali, five from During verification of documents, have to be sincere or else, the Marathas areas close to Uttarkashi, two from Tehri discrepancieswerenotedbytheelectoral willshowtheirpowertoboththestateand and one from Rajasthan. The Uttarakregistration officers (EROs). Field centregovernments,”headded. handStateDisasterManagementAuthorinquiries were done thereafter and Hesaidthestategovernment’slackof itysaidexcessovernightrainfalldamaged notices were issued, they said. Notices cooperation had compelled the communearly half-a-dozen houses in Pausari were issued by the EROs largely in East nitytomarchtoMumbai. gram panchayat in Kapkot area of Champaran, West Champaran, Madhu“We want the government to grant us Bageshwar district. Uttarakhand has bani,Kishanganj,Purnia,Katihar,Araria reservationandacceptallourdemands,” been hit hard by natural calamities this andSupaul. PTI saidJarange. PTI monsoonseason. PTI
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Chinaonmind,India,Japan deepensecuritypartnership
arChis MOhan
New Delhi, 29 August The governments of India and Japan on Friday said they supported private sectorled efforts that safeguarded the economic securityofbothcountries. Theyalsoproposedanannualdialogue of their national security advisers to take stockofthesecuritysituationfacingIndia and Japan, and have increased consultationbetweentheirmilitaryleaderships. Thetwocountrieswelcomedthelaunch oftheIndia-JapanPrivate-SectorDialogue onEconomicSecuritybetweenKeidanren (Japan Business Federation) and the ConfederationofIndianIndustry(CII). With New Delhi and Tokyo wary of an increasingly assertive Beijing, the two Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented a Daruma Doll by Chief Priest of countries signed an agreement to deepen Shorinzan Daruma Temple, in Tokyo. The tradition is based on the legacy of their economic-security partnership. The Bodhidharma, a monk from Tamil Nadu, known in Japan as Daruma Daishi, pactidentifiedsuchapartnershipas“akey who travelled there over a thousand years ago PHOTO: PTI pillar”ofIndia-Japanbilateralcooperation “emanating from a growing convergence in our strategic outlook and economic imperatives”. Modi, Xi likely to meet twiceonSCO The two countries agreed to advance bilateral cooperation in building resilientsupply chains and secure critical infrasummitsidelinestofirmupties structure. India and Japan said that key PrimeMinisterNarendraModiandChinesePresidentXiJinpingareexpectedto sectors would receive heightened priority holdtwobilateralmeetingsonthesidelinesoftheSCOsummitinTianjinon forstrategiccollaboration—semiconducSunday,asbothnationslooktostrengthentiesamidglobaltradetensions tors, critical minerals, pharmaceuticals, sparkedbyUSPresidentDonaldTrump. clean energy, and information and comPrimeMinisterModi,whowillarriveinTianjinonSaturdayeveningfrom municationtechnology Japan,willhaveabilateralmeetingwithPresidentXiaroundSundaynoonanda On semiconductors, the Ministry of possiblesecondonebeforetheofficialbanquetoftheSCOsummit,accordingto Electronics and Information Technology sources.OnMonday,thePrimeMinisterwilltakepartintheSCOSummitandis ofIndia(Meity),ontheIndianside,andthe likelytohaveabilateralmeetingwithRussianPresidentVladimirPutinbefore Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry leavingforhome.Thesummit isregardedas mostconsequentialfromthepoint ofJapan(METI),ontheJapanesehalf,had ofviewofIndia-Chinarelationsinthecurrentcontextofasuddendownturnin signed an agreement in July 2023, India-UStiesafterTrumpimposed50percenttariffsonIndianexports.Thiswill strengthening cooperation on enhancing beModi’sfirstvisittoChinainsevenyears,perhapsthemostsignificant. PTI semiconductor supplies. They have held regularmeetingssincethen. India and Japan issued a joint declara peaceful maritime environment in the ister Narendra Modi and his Japanese ation on security cooperation “to reflect Indo-Pacificregion. equivalent,ShigeruIshiba,expressedserithe new stage of their partnership” and India and Japan agreed to facilitate ous concern over the situation in the East agreedthattheyshouldstrivetocontribute technologicalandindustrialcollaboration and the South China Seas. Meanwhile, to each other’s defence capabilities and between their government entities and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema readinessbyconductingbilateralexercises private-sector stakeholders for resilience Khandu on Friday expressed gratitude to between their forces and explore a new insectorscriticaltonationalsecurity,with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for highmeeting framework on a comprehensive a focus on startups and micro, small, and lightingthestate'sculturalheritageonthe dialoguebetweenjointstaffs. mediumenterprisestowardsbothcurrent global stage during his official visit to It has also envisaged collaboration andfuturesecurityneeds.Thetwoleaders Japan. Modi, during his engagements in betweenspecialoperationsunits,utilising welcomed the evolution of the Quad into Tokyo, wore the traditional Tukok of the eachother’sfacilitiesforrepairandmainanenduringregionalgrouping,andlooked Galotribe,acustomaryoutfitsymbolising tenanceofdefenceplatformsandpromotforward to its next Leaders’ summit, to be the vibrant identity and craftsmanship of ing naval and coast guard cooperation for hostedbyIndialaterthisyear.PrimeMinthepeopleofthenortheasternstate.
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SCagreestohearpleas PublicSectorEnterprises seekingtime for filing arecatalystsofgrowth:Prez harsh KUMar objections in SIR case New Delhi, 29 August Bhavini Mishra President Droupadi Murmu on Friday presented the SCOPE New Delhi. 29 August EminenceAwardsfor2022-23inNewDelhi.Shelaudedthecritical role of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in India’s growth TheSupremeCourtonFridayagreedtohearonSeptember journey and their contribution to nation-building since 1 petitions seeking more time for filing claims and Independence. objectionsinthespecialintensiverevision(SIR)ofelectoral Addressing the gathering, the President said the awards celrolls in Bihar. ebratethe“significantcontributionofpublicsectorenterprisesto A three-judge Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, thedevelopmentofIndia”acrosssocial,economic,environmental, Joymalya Bagchi, and Vipul M Pancholi listed the matter technologicalandethicaldimensions.SheappreciatedtheStandafter senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the ingConferenceofPublicEnterprises(SCOPE)forhonouringgood Association for Democratic Reforms, said the Rashtriya performanceinsustainabledevelopment,corporategovernance, Janata Dal and other parties had sought an extension of the PHOTO: PTI corporate social responsibility September1deadline. and innovation, calling it a Advocate Nizam Pasha, appearing for MLA Akhtarul “holistic approach towards Iman, also pressed for more time, pointing out that over progressanddevelopment.” 170,000claimswerefiledinthepastmonth.Bhushanadded SCOPE is a coordinating that the parties had already approached the Election Comand advocacy body for Public missionofIndia(ECI),whichdeclinedtherequest. Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in In the last hearing of August 22, the court told the ECI to India, while Department of accept,apartfromotherdocuments,theAadhaarcardforthe PublicEnterprises(DPE)isthe “claimsandobjectionstage”oftheSIR. nodalgovernmentdepartment Stressingthattheexerciseshouldbe“voter-friendly”,the under the Ministry of Finance courtsaidthepersonsexcludedfromthedraftelectoralroll, that formulates policy guideaheadoftheAssemblyelections,couldsubmitonlineapplilines for these enterprises. cationsforinclusion.And,submittingtheminphysicalform Highlightingthehistoricalrole wasnotnecessary.TheAadhaarcardwasinitiallynotonthe ofPSEs,shesaidtheyhavelaidthefoundationforindustrialisation, ECI’s list of 11 documents that could be accepted as identity infrastructure, social upliftment and balanced regional growth. proofforvoters. “Apart from economic and financial contributions, Public Sector Justice Bagchi had made a suggestion to the ECI that Enterpriseshavegivenprioritytobalancedandinclusivegrowth, includingtheAadhaarasarelevantdocumentinthestageof keeping the national goals paramount. They are truly catalysts of claims and objections would mean more time was required growthandpillarsofprosperityforthenation,”sheremarked. for verification. The court is hearing pleas challenging the SheunderlinedthatCentralPublicSectorEnterprises(CPSEs) ECI’sJune24directiveonSIR. havealsobeenattheforefrontofinitiativessuchasAatmanirbhar Thedirectiverequiresvotersnotlistedinthe2003electoBharat and Make in India. She cited the indigenous Air Defence ralrolltosubmitdocumentsprovingtheircitizenship. ControlandReportingSystem–Akashteer,whichproveditscapaThose born after December 2004 must also furnish the bilityduringOperationSindoor,isamatterofprideforthepublic citizenship documents of both parents, with additional sector fraternity. Murmu also emphasised that CPSEs would play requirementsifaparentisaforeignnational. apivotalroleinachievingthevisionofadevelopedIndiaby2047.
SCagreestohearpleas seekingtime for filing objections in SIR case
Bhavini Mishra
New Delhi. 29 August
TheSupremeCourtonFridayagreedtohearonSeptember 1 petitions seeking more time for filing claims and objectionsinthespecialintensiverevision(SIR)ofelectoral rolls in Bihar.
ALL IN A DAY
Bihar SIR: Poll 5 killed in landslides, authority notice to cloudbursts in 300,000 electors with Marathaquotaactivist Uttarakhand ‘doubtful citizenship’ beginshungerstrike Fivepeoplewerekilledandelevenothers Maratha quota movement leader Manoj went missing as heavy rains and a series Poll authorities in Bihar have issued Jarange began his indefinite hunger of cloudbursts wreaked havoc in various notices to nearly 300,00 with “doubtful strike at the Azad Maidan in south districtsofUttarakhandearlyFriday,trigcitizenship”, officials said on Friday. The Mumbai on Friday, vowing not to leave gering landslides that damaged houses three lakh electors are among the 7.24 the city till the community’s demands and left people buried under mounds of crorepeoplewhohavefoundtheirnames weremet.“Iwilldie,butwon'tbackdown rubble,officialssaid. in the draft electoral rolls this time. We will not leave Mumbai till Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri and published on August 1 as part of the our demands are met,” he said, as he Bageshwardistrictsborethebruntofthe Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the beganhisfastat10am. naturalcalamitywhichcamecloseonthe voterlistinBihar. Thousands of office-goers faced heelsoftheTharalidisasteronAugust23. Thoseissuednoticesaresuspectedto inconvenience as Maratha protesters A total of 69 people went missing, be from Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar headedtoAzadMaidan.“IfthestategovincludingnineArmypersonnel,25Nepali and even Afghanistan, officials said, ernment agrees to our demands, we will nationals, 13 from Bihar, six from Uttar citinggroundreports. withdrawtheagitation,”hesaid.“Butyou Pradesh, eight from Dharali, five from During verification of documents, have to be sincere or else, the Marathas areas close to Uttarkashi, two from Tehri discrepancieswerenotedbytheelectoral willshowtheirpowertoboththestateand and one from Rajasthan. The Uttarakregistration officers (EROs). Field centregovernments,”headded. handStateDisasterManagementAuthorinquiries were done thereafter and Hesaidthestategovernment’slackof itysaidexcessovernightrainfalldamaged notices were issued, they said. Notices cooperation had compelled the communearly half-a-dozen houses in Pausari were issued by the EROs largely in East nitytomarchtoMumbai. gram panchayat in Kapkot area of Champaran, West Champaran, Madhu“We want the government to grant us Bageshwar district. Uttarakhand has bani,Kishanganj,Purnia,Katihar,Araria reservationandacceptallourdemands,” been hit hard by natural calamities this andSupaul. PTI saidJarange. PTI monsoonseason. PTI
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POLITICS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS 7
B mumbai | SaTuRDaY, 30 auGuST 2025
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Chinaonmind,India,Japan deepensecuritypartnership
arChis MOhan
New Delhi, 29 August The governments of India and Japan on Friday said they supported private sectorled efforts that safeguarded the economic securityofbothcountries. Theyalsoproposedanannualdialogue of their national security advisers to take stockofthesecuritysituationfacingIndia and Japan, and have increased consultationbetweentheirmilitaryleaderships. Thetwocountrieswelcomedthelaunch oftheIndia-JapanPrivate-SectorDialogue onEconomicSecuritybetweenKeidanren (Japan Business Federation) and the ConfederationofIndianIndustry(CII). With New Delhi and Tokyo wary of an increasingly assertive Beijing, the two Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented a Daruma Doll by Chief Priest of countries signed an agreement to deepen Shorinzan Daruma Temple, in Tokyo. The tradition is based on the legacy of their economic-security partnership. The Bodhidharma, a monk from Tamil Nadu, known in Japan as Daruma Daishi, pactidentifiedsuchapartnershipas“akey who travelled there over a thousand years ago PHOTO: PTI pillar”ofIndia-Japanbilateralcooperation “emanating from a growing convergence in our strategic outlook and economic imperatives”. Modi, Xi likely to meet twiceonSCO The two countries agreed to advance bilateral cooperation in building resilientsupply chains and secure critical infrasummitsidelinestofirmupties structure. India and Japan said that key PrimeMinisterNarendraModiandChinesePresidentXiJinpingareexpectedto sectors would receive heightened priority holdtwobilateralmeetingsonthesidelinesoftheSCOsummitinTianjinon forstrategiccollaboration—semiconducSunday,asbothnationslooktostrengthentiesamidglobaltradetensions tors, critical minerals, pharmaceuticals, sparkedbyUSPresidentDonaldTrump. clean energy, and information and comPrimeMinisterModi,whowillarriveinTianjinonSaturdayeveningfrom municationtechnology Japan,willhaveabilateralmeetingwithPresidentXiaroundSundaynoonanda On semiconductors, the Ministry of possiblesecondonebeforetheofficialbanquetoftheSCOsummit,accordingto Electronics and Information Technology sources.OnMonday,thePrimeMinisterwilltakepartintheSCOSummitandis ofIndia(Meity),ontheIndianside,andthe likelytohaveabilateralmeetingwithRussianPresidentVladimirPutinbefore Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry leavingforhome.Thesummit isregardedas mostconsequentialfromthepoint ofJapan(METI),ontheJapanesehalf,had ofviewofIndia-Chinarelationsinthecurrentcontextofasuddendownturnin signed an agreement in July 2023, India-UStiesafterTrumpimposed50percenttariffsonIndianexports.Thiswill strengthening cooperation on enhancing beModi’sfirstvisittoChinainsevenyears,perhapsthemostsignificant. PTI semiconductor supplies. They have held regularmeetingssincethen. India and Japan issued a joint declara peaceful maritime environment in the ister Narendra Modi and his Japanese ation on security cooperation “to reflect Indo-Pacificregion. equivalent,ShigeruIshiba,expressedserithe new stage of their partnership” and India and Japan agreed to facilitate ous concern over the situation in the East agreedthattheyshouldstrivetocontribute technologicalandindustrialcollaboration and the South China Seas. Meanwhile, to each other’s defence capabilities and between their government entities and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema readinessbyconductingbilateralexercises private-sector stakeholders for resilience Khandu on Friday expressed gratitude to between their forces and explore a new insectorscriticaltonationalsecurity,with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for highmeeting framework on a comprehensive a focus on startups and micro, small, and lightingthestate'sculturalheritageonthe dialoguebetweenjointstaffs. mediumenterprisestowardsbothcurrent global stage during his official visit to It has also envisaged collaboration andfuturesecurityneeds.Thetwoleaders Japan. Modi, during his engagements in betweenspecialoperationsunits,utilising welcomed the evolution of the Quad into Tokyo, wore the traditional Tukok of the eachother’sfacilitiesforrepairandmainanenduringregionalgrouping,andlooked Galotribe,acustomaryoutfitsymbolising tenanceofdefenceplatformsandpromotforward to its next Leaders’ summit, to be the vibrant identity and craftsmanship of ing naval and coast guard cooperation for hostedbyIndialaterthisyear.PrimeMinthepeopleofthenortheasternstate.
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SCagreestohearpleas PublicSectorEnterprises seekingtime for filing arecatalystsofgrowth:Prez harsh KUMar objections in SIR case New Delhi, 29 August Bhavini Mishra President Droupadi Murmu on Friday presented the SCOPE New Delhi. 29 August EminenceAwardsfor2022-23inNewDelhi.Shelaudedthecritical role of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in India’s growth TheSupremeCourtonFridayagreedtohearonSeptember journey and their contribution to nation-building since 1 petitions seeking more time for filing claims and Independence. objectionsinthespecialintensiverevision(SIR)ofelectoral Addressing the gathering, the President said the awards celrolls in Bihar. ebratethe“significantcontributionofpublicsectorenterprisesto A three-judge Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, thedevelopmentofIndia”acrosssocial,economic,environmental, Joymalya Bagchi, and Vipul M Pancholi listed the matter technologicalandethicaldimensions.SheappreciatedtheStandafter senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the ingConferenceofPublicEnterprises(SCOPE)forhonouringgood Association for Democratic Reforms, said the Rashtriya performanceinsustainabledevelopment,corporategovernance, Janata Dal and other parties had sought an extension of the PHOTO: PTI corporate social responsibility September1deadline. and innovation, calling it a Advocate Nizam Pasha, appearing for MLA Akhtarul “holistic approach towards Iman, also pressed for more time, pointing out that over progressanddevelopment.” 170,000claimswerefiledinthepastmonth.Bhushanadded SCOPE is a coordinating that the parties had already approached the Election Comand advocacy body for Public missionofIndia(ECI),whichdeclinedtherequest. Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in In the last hearing of August 22, the court told the ECI to India, while Department of accept,apartfromotherdocuments,theAadhaarcardforthe PublicEnterprises(DPE)isthe “claimsandobjectionstage”oftheSIR. nodalgovernmentdepartment Stressingthattheexerciseshouldbe“voter-friendly”,the under the Ministry of Finance courtsaidthepersonsexcludedfromthedraftelectoralroll, that formulates policy guideaheadoftheAssemblyelections,couldsubmitonlineapplilines for these enterprises. cationsforinclusion.And,submittingtheminphysicalform Highlightingthehistoricalrole wasnotnecessary.TheAadhaarcardwasinitiallynotonthe ofPSEs,shesaidtheyhavelaidthefoundationforindustrialisation, ECI’s list of 11 documents that could be accepted as identity infrastructure, social upliftment and balanced regional growth. proofforvoters. “Apart from economic and financial contributions, Public Sector Justice Bagchi had made a suggestion to the ECI that Enterpriseshavegivenprioritytobalancedandinclusivegrowth, includingtheAadhaarasarelevantdocumentinthestageof keeping the national goals paramount. They are truly catalysts of claims and objections would mean more time was required growthandpillarsofprosperityforthenation,”sheremarked. for verification. The court is hearing pleas challenging the SheunderlinedthatCentralPublicSectorEnterprises(CPSEs) ECI’sJune24directiveonSIR. havealsobeenattheforefrontofinitiativessuchasAatmanirbhar Thedirectiverequiresvotersnotlistedinthe2003electoBharat and Make in India. She cited the indigenous Air Defence ralrolltosubmitdocumentsprovingtheircitizenship. ControlandReportingSystem–Akashteer,whichproveditscapaThose born after December 2004 must also furnish the bilityduringOperationSindoor,isamatterofprideforthepublic citizenship documents of both parents, with additional sector fraternity. Murmu also emphasised that CPSEs would play requirementsifaparentisaforeignnational. apivotalroleinachievingthevisionofadevelopedIndiaby2047.
SCagreestohearpleas seekingtime for filing objections in SIR case
Bhavini Mishra
New Delhi. 29 August
TheSupremeCourtonFridayagreedtohearonSeptember 1 petitions seeking more time for filing claims and objectionsinthespecialintensiverevision(SIR)ofelectoral rolls in Bihar.
ALL IN A DAY
Bihar SIR: Poll 5 killed in landslides, authority notice to cloudbursts in 300,000 electors with Marathaquotaactivist Uttarakhand ‘doubtful citizenship’ beginshungerstrike Fivepeoplewerekilledandelevenothers Maratha quota movement leader Manoj went missing as heavy rains and a series Poll authorities in Bihar have issued Jarange began his indefinite hunger of cloudbursts wreaked havoc in various notices to nearly 300,00 with “doubtful strike at the Azad Maidan in south districtsofUttarakhandearlyFriday,trigcitizenship”, officials said on Friday. The Mumbai on Friday, vowing not to leave gering landslides that damaged houses three lakh electors are among the 7.24 the city till the community’s demands and left people buried under mounds of crorepeoplewhohavefoundtheirnames weremet.“Iwilldie,butwon'tbackdown rubble,officialssaid. in the draft electoral rolls this time. We will not leave Mumbai till Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri and published on August 1 as part of the our demands are met,” he said, as he Bageshwardistrictsborethebruntofthe Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the beganhisfastat10am. naturalcalamitywhichcamecloseonthe voterlistinBihar. Thousands of office-goers faced heelsoftheTharalidisasteronAugust23. Thoseissuednoticesaresuspectedto inconvenience as Maratha protesters A total of 69 people went missing, be from Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar headedtoAzadMaidan.“IfthestategovincludingnineArmypersonnel,25Nepali and even Afghanistan, officials said, ernment agrees to our demands, we will nationals, 13 from Bihar, six from Uttar citinggroundreports. withdrawtheagitation,”hesaid.“Butyou Pradesh, eight from Dharali, five from During verification of documents, have to be sincere or else, the Marathas areas close to Uttarkashi, two from Tehri discrepancieswerenotedbytheelectoral willshowtheirpowertoboththestateand and one from Rajasthan. The Uttarakregistration officers (EROs). Field centregovernments,”headded. handStateDisasterManagementAuthorinquiries were done thereafter and Hesaidthestategovernment’slackof itysaidexcessovernightrainfalldamaged notices were issued, they said. Notices cooperation had compelled the communearly half-a-dozen houses in Pausari were issued by the EROs largely in East nitytomarchtoMumbai. gram panchayat in Kapkot area of Champaran, West Champaran, Madhu“We want the government to grant us Bageshwar district. Uttarakhand has bani,Kishanganj,Purnia,Katihar,Araria reservationandacceptallourdemands,” been hit hard by natural calamities this andSupaul. PTI saidJarange. PTI monsoonseason. PTI
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