The Morning Standard - July 18, 2024

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July 18, 2024

K'taka job bill on ice after uproar

Business leaders pan Karnataka govt's move to impose reservation for locals in pvt firms

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Ahead of polls, 10% quota for Agniveers in Haryana

WITH assembly polls only a few months away, the Haryana government on Wednesday announced a 10% reservation for Agniveers in the police, forest guard, jail warden and Special Police Officer recruitment, besides other incentives such as age relaxation and quotas in other posts.

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12 Naxals dead in encounter with police

GADCHIROLI AT least 12 Naxalites, including a Senior Divisional Committee Member (DVCM), were killed by the police at Wandoli village on the MaharashtraChhattisgarh border on Wednesday.

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'Insurance arrest': Kejriwal bail plea verdict reserved

THE Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on the plea filed by Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the CBI over alleged irregularities in the nowscrapped excise policy of 2021-22.

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8 Indian crew of capsized ship rescued, search on for others

EIGHT Indian and one Sri Lankan crew of an oil tanker that capsized off the coast of Oman three days ago were rescued on Wednesday.

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Indian canines on Paris Olympics duty

IN a first-of-its-kind cooperation with France, 10 speciallytrained commandos of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFS) along with a sniffer dog squad are in France to provide security cover to various venues of the Paris Olympics that will begin on July 26.

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Prez declines assent to bill on axing guv as Punjab chancellor

A bill that sought to replace the Punjab governor with the chief minister as the chancellor of state-run universities was recently sent back by President Droupadi Murmu without giving her assent, official sources said on Wednesday.

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Khaki way: Comfy cargos, trendy T-shirts

DELHI cops could soon be seen togged up in new attire pants and comfy T shirts - with better cloth material following trials at some police stations.

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GTB hospital firing: Mastermind kept more shooters on standby

IN the latest development in the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital shootout case continues, the mastermind even made a backup plan in case the four shooters had failed to complete the task.

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Govt to revamp unplanned industrial areas, bear 90% cost, says minister

WITH an aim to revamp industrial areas, Delhi Industries Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Wednesday met factory owners from 27 industrial areas.

1 min

SC raps govt for allowing tree felling

Says govt must take blame for granting permission to DDA to fell 422 trees in Ridge area

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Fire breaks out at Gulati restaurant, polyethene factory; no one injured

TWO major fires broke out in the national capital in the early hours of Wednesday, at the popular Gulati restaurant in Pandara Market and at a polyethene manufacturing factory in Narela Industrial Area.

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BJP MPs trying to ruin city, says AAP citing demolitions

CONDEMNING the demolition of slums in the national capital under BJP-ruled central government, the AAP said that that the Delhi BJP MPS were \"ruining\" the city and doing nothing to stop demolition activities being conducted by different agencies.

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Kuwait Embassy worker arrested for molestating housekeeping employee

A worker employed at Kuwait Embassy in central Delhi's Chanakyapuri has been arrested for allegedly molesting a housekeeping staff, officials said on Wednesday.

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DMRC launches luggage check-in service for international travellers

THE Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced the introduction of international flights check-in facilities at New Delhi and Shivaji Stadium metro stations on the Airport Express Line, starting from the first week of June.

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Man sentenced to life in prison for raping minor

A court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl, saying the child was treated \"with animallike passion\" by the convict.

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Hospital seeks MHA degree for recruitment, sparks row

Non-medical qualifications made mandatory for medical officers

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DUSU committee passes proposal to oust vice-president

THE Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) on Wednesday said the executive committee of the students' body has passed a proposal to oust DUSU VicePresident Abhi Dahiya from his postition for allegedly vandalising the offices of other union office bearers.

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'Dham' to be replaced by 'temple': Delhi Trust

FAR from the maddening metropolis, a temple is being built on an area of around three acres surrounded by lush green fields of north Delhi's Burari.

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Jamia prof suspended over 'sexual harassment' charges

TWO months after three women research scholars accused a professor at Jamia Millia Islamia's Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies of sexual harassment, the administration finally issued a suspension order on July 16 stating that the matter is extremely serious as one of the scholars has quit from the PhD programme because of professor's conduct.

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Bulldozer action against influential persons, says min

REVENUE and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari on Wednesday said establishments of the rich and the influential built illegally on government land will be razed using bulldozers, in what reminds of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's brand of action to free encroached land.

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Rescue op on in K'taka, many still under rubble

SEVEN people died in Tuesday's landslide at Shirur in Uttara Kannada district, while many are still feared trapped under the rubble.

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Hyd Startup Builds 1st Low-Energy Nuclear Reactor

IN a bid to revolutionise power generation, a Hyderabad-based startup Hylenr claimed to have built the world's first low-energy nuclear reactor (LENR) using cold fusion technology to generate clean energy, the founders said during its launch at T-Hub on Wednesday.

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Pvt sector opposes K'taka job quota

Say proposed 100% reservation of Group C’ and D’ jobs violate the constitutional provisions

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Rain, wind destroy 73 houses in Kerala's Ernakulam; IMD issues orange alert

HEAVY rain accompanied by strong winds battered Ernakulam district for the third consecutive day on Wednesday.

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Farmer denied entry over 'inappropriate attire', B'luru mall made to apologise

A farmer from Haveri, who went to GT Mall in the city along with his wife and son on Tuesday evening to watch a movie, was denied entry.

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Speeding van kills 5 devotees on padayatra

FIVE people, including four women, died and another woman was injured when a speeding mini truck rammed into a group of devotees who were undertaking a padayatra to the Samayapuram Mariamman Temple on the ThanjavurTiruchy National Highway at Valambakkudi in Thanjavur district on Wednesday morning.

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The Paradox Of High Food Prices Amid Surpluses

Food inflation is refusing to climb down despite the government's efforts. So we must ask whether we really have surplus production of grains, pulses and sugar

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ARREST LANDSLIDES WITH SCIENTIFIC METHODS TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE

A massive landslide on Tuesday morning near Ankola in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district has buried at least 12 people, of which six are confirmed dead.

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WHEN FIERCE FANS HAVE TO COPE WITH FAVOURITES' FALLIBILITY

WHEN the Canadian Alice Munro, one of the world's leading short-story writers and the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, died in June 2024, no one expected her illustrious life to be damned by a posthumous scandal.

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DEBT RELIEF COMMISSION A NECESSITY ACROSS INDIA

TRUE to its word, the Congress government in Telangana has begun waiving crop loans, with over 11 lakh farmers getting relief of up to ₹1 lakh on Thursday.

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'Nanhe Farishtey': Over 84K children rescued from trains, stations in 7 yrs

THE Railway Protection Force (RPF) has rescued a staggering 84,119 children over the past seven years through their initiative 'Nanhe Farishtey', the Railways said on Wednesday.

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‘India's vax plan better than listed countries'

THE latest WHO and UNICEF estimates of national immunisation coverage (WUENIC) data have said that India's antigenwise coverage is better than that of the world average for all antigens for 2023, sources said.

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Sowing of kharif crops this year delayed in the face of deficient rainfall

INDIA has received normal rain in the monsoon season so far, says the India Meteorological Department (IMD), but the kharif sowing acreage reflects otherwise.

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PM, Shah discuss BJP's UP potboiler

Contrary to speculation of changes, BJP is not considering any surprises for Yogi government

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CJI-led bench to hear pleas seeking cancellation of NEET-UG exam today

THE Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions on Thursday seeking the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam, which has been mired in controversies of irregularities, question paper leaks, and other issues.

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Terrorists behind Jammu attacks militarily trained

AMID a spate of killings of troops in the Jammu region, intelligence agencies have found an astute pattern in the shots fired by terrorists, indicating they are \"militarily trained\".

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NAAC introduces major reforms in higher education accreditation

THE higher education quality, a key aspect of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, will undergo significant improvements with reforms from the Dr Radhakrishnan Committee.

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Char Dham road project may get SC panel nod

THE Supreme Court's highpower committee has reached a consensus to grant permission for the widening of the roads leading to the Char Dham shrines in Uttarakhand though a final approval is awaited, a panel member said.

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Disaster management in HP: Sukhu meets Shah, seeks release of ₹9K cr

HIMACHAL Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and requested release of the pending ₹9,042 crore financial assistance for disaster management in the state.

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Suvendu wants to shut BJP minority wing, stop ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas'

WEST Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said the BJP's slogan 'Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas' should be replaced with 'Jo Hamare Saath, Hum Unke Saath' (Those who are with us, we are with them).

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Buzz of Ajit homecoming after 4 MLAs join Sharad

NCP(SP) chief says taking Ajit back will be decided by party leaders

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Bihar BJP chief joins Nitish to seek special eco package

BIHAR deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Wednesday reiterated his demand from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider long-standing demand of political parties of the state for special financial package to accelerate state's growth.

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All MP schools told to organise 2-day Guru Purnima Utsav, Cong protests

ALL government and private schools in Madhya Pradesh have been asked by the Dr Mohan Yadav-led BJP government to organise a special two-day event to mark the Guru Purnima festival on July 20 and 21.

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Calm Doesn't Mean Silence On Truth: Biden

PRESIDENT Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail on Tuesday for the first time since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, continuing his calls to calm the divisive rhetoric on both sides but also arguing that doing so "doesn't mean we should stop telling the truth" about his Republican rival.

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Former foe Haley endorses Trump

INDIAN-American Republican leader Nikki Haley has endorsed her former boss Donald Trump as the party's candidate for the presidential election, delivering the message of unity after their bitter rivalry during the primaries.

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Netanyahu ramps up pressure on Hamas after truce talks fail

GAZA ISRAEL kept up its air strikes on Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed to ramp up the pressure on Hamas as hopes fade for a US-announced ceasefire plan.

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Labour vows to reform House of Lords, to axe 100 hereditary lawmakers

KING Charles III outlined Labour's first programme for government in 15 years on Wednesday, with promises of economic stability and tougher action on irregular immigration to improving relations with Europe soured by Brexit.

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Dhaka university closed indefinitely after six killed over job quota protest

AUTHORITIES at the premier Dhaka University on Wednesday announced an indefinite closure of the institution after ongoing protests demanding reforms in the quota system in government jobs turned violent and left at least six people, including three students, dead across the country.

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Don queers the pitch, says Taiwan should pay protection money to US

Cribs America is being treated as an insurance policy by the island

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Nazara Technologies gets GST notice of $1,120 crore

TWO subsidiaries of gaming firm Nazara Technologies have received notices nearly ₹1,120 crore the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in retrospectively for the period from FY18 to FY23.

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Populist budget unlikely: Experts

They say govt has enough revenue to boost demand by focusing on labour intensive sectors

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Why govt won't withdraw angel tax in Budget 2024

DESPITE persistent industry demands to address the issue of angel tax, sources suggest that the government is unlikely to abolish it in the upcoming budget to be announced on July 23.

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MG Motor to launch 5 new cars in next one year

ON the back of fresh funds and a local joint venture (JV) partner, MG Motor is gearing up to launch five new products in India over next 12 months.

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AI announces VRS for permanent ground staff

CUTTING down headcount as part of its merger process with Vistara, Air India on Wednesday announced a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for its permanent ground staff.

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Asian Paints net profit falls 25% to ₹1,170 crore for June quarter of FY25

HIT by the severe heat wave condition and the general election induced poor market sentiment, the paints major Asian Paints saw a steep 25% year-on-year decline in consolidated net at ₹1,170 crore for the June quarter of the current financial year.

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Godrej and Boyce planning to expand footprint in Chennai, to set up facility

GODREJ AND BOYCE, flagship company of Godrej group, is planning to expand its footprint in Chennai by setting up another manufacturing facility in the outskirts of the city and is likely to invest around ₹350 crore to ₹400 crore, according to Vikas Choudaha, executive vice-president and business head of Godrej Solutions.

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Jyothi ready to roar in Olympics

WORLD University Games in July 2023 and Motonet GP Jyvaskyla athletics meet in May 2024 brought similar results for India's track and field athlete Jyothi Yarraji.

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