The Morning Standard - June 29, 2024

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June 29, 2024

AFTER HEAT, THE DELUGE

Record 228.1 mm rainfall in 24 hrs, 2nd highest since 1936 | Total rainfall in June so far is 234.5 mm

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Oppn stalls House to make NEET point, govt retorts

BOTH Houses of Parliament witnessed dramatic scenes and multiple adjournments on Friday with the Opposition led by the Congress pressing for a debate on alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG exam.

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Bridge-tone: It’s all blue for now

A World Cup final in the last week of June? If Indian fans are looking for some signs from up above, this one is right there, staring you in the face, front and centre.

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Rain a great leveller as VVIPs, too, face ordeal

NOT only ordinary Delhiites but even MPs who were in the capital for the ongoing Parliament session were affected by the overnight rain.

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Cabbie killed, 6 hurt in airport roof crash; flight ops suspended

Parked vehicles damaged following the collapse of a canopy at Terminal 1 of Indira Gandhi International Airport amid heavy rain, on Friday pti

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Amid deluge, capital’s power politics peaks

A political slugfest broke out among parties after rains wreaked havoc in the national capital on Friday. While the Congress accused PM Modi of inaugurating a \"half-finished terminal\" in haste due to the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP retaliated by saying that the part of Terminal 1 was inaugurated during the UPA government in 2009 and the area inaugurated by Modi remains intact.

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Soren out of prison on bail after 5 months

Spending nearly five months behind bars, Hemant Soren on Friday walked out jail after the Jharkhand HC granted him regular bail in a money laundering case linked to a land scam.

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Minor gangraped, killed in Narela, accused held

Body found in an abandoned plot near the girl’s house, say police

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TN House nod to Stalin resolution

Seeks immediate assent to NEET Exemption Bill pending with President’s office since 2022

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Lingayat seer wants CM post for community

THE issue surrounding a possible change of guard in the state continues to gain momentum.

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CBI arrests 2 from J'khand, says origin of leak established

THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday succeeded in establishing the origin of the NEET-UG paper leak and arrested the principal and vice-principal of a school in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand in this regard, officials said.

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Vikram Misri named new foreign secy, Kwatra in race for ambassador to US

DEPUTY National Security Advisor Vikram Misri is all set to take over as the next foreign secretary.

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India debunks US human rights report, says 'misleading & biased'

INDIA on Friday debunked the US report on religious freedom, saying that the findings as in the past are biased and lack understanding of the nation's social fabric.

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Not allowed to speak on NEET in House, says Rahul

Calls exam a disaster, which has hit 2 crore students 70 times in 7 yrs

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Jaishankar to represent India at SCO Summit in Astana on July 3 and 4

EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Astana on July 3 and 4.

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NCRB teams to help rollout of 3 criminal laws

AHEAD of rolling out the three newly enacted criminal laws replacing the British-era Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act from July 1, sources in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has formed 36 support teams and has set up call centres for a constant review and handholding of the states and Union Territories for their smooth implementation.

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Van panchayats can take steps to check forest fires

IN the wake of the devastating forest fires this year, the Uttarakhand government has made a significant move to prevent future incidents.

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Ask husbands to drink at home if you want them to quit alcohol: MP minister

ASK husbands to drink at home, if you want them to quit drinking alcohol,\" a Madhya Pradesh minister has advised women for getting their betterhalves free from alcoholism.

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MahaYuti takes Maha step, will adopt Ladli Behna plan

SMARTING under the Lok Sabha poll debacle and only a few months away from the Assembly elections, Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday presented a ₹6.12 lakh-crore state Budget full of sops to pacify the disgruntled voters.

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Who will win Dalit votes BSP or Azad-in bypolls?

AFTER drawing a blank in the recent Lok Sabha polls, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), in a departure from its long-standing stance, has decided to contest the upcoming assembly bypolls to 10 seats vacated during general elections in UP.

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Trump in command, Biden falters in first US presidential debate

Panicked Democrats privately discuss replacing 81-year-old Biden with a younger candidate

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US Supreme Court rules in favour of January 6 Capitol rioters

THE US Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge used in hundreds of prosecutions and also faced by former US President Donald Trump.

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137 Indians arrested in Sri Lanka

AS many as 137 Indian nationals who were allegedly involved in a large-scale online financial scam across multiple locations in Sri Lanka have been arrested by police, according to a media report on Friday.

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Digital tax relief for US MNCs extended till June 30

INDIA and the United States have decided to extend the relief enjoyed by the US multinational companies (MNCs) equalisation levy (digital taxes) paid in India till June 30, 2024.

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FATF lauds India's efforts to curb money laundering

Evaluation report at FATF plenary positions India in 'regular follow-up' category, a distinction shared by only 4 other G20 countries

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Core sector growth slows to 6.3% in May

THE growth in output of the eight key infrastructure industries (core sector), slowed to 6.3% in May from 6.7% in April due to slowdown in output of six sectors including cement, fertliser and natural gas during the month, the government data showed.

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Telecom services get costlier as companies raise tariff

A day after Reliance Jio announced a tariff hike for its prepaid and postpaid plans, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (VIL) announced an increase in tariff up to 25% for all their prepaid and postpaid plans.

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Copa America: USA campaign hang by a thread after shock loss to Panama

A MOMENT of madness from Timothy Weah left the USA's Copa America campaign hanging by a thread on Thursday as the hosts crashed to a shock 2-1 defeat to Panama.

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THIS TIME FOR AFRICA?

SOUTH Africa had overpowered Afghanistan to enter their first-ever Men's T20 World Cup final on Wednesday.

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PERILS OF THE AI REIGN

SHATAVARI is a plant from the asparagus family that is known in Ayurvedic medicine for its benefits to female reproductive health.

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