The Morning Standard - July 19, 2024

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July 19, 2024

SC directs NTA to publish centre-wise NEET scores

THE Supreme Court on Thursday directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to publish the marks obtained by students in the controversy-ridden NEET-UG 2024.

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PM chairs CCS amid spurt in terror attacks in Jammu

AMID a spurt in terror attacks in the Jammu region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to assess the situation.

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Teen accused in GTB hosp firing nabbed

THREE of the four shooters involved in the \"mistaken identity\" killing of a patient undergoing treatment at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital were nabbed four days after the incident.

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Coming up soon in capital - country's first 'sunken' museum

DELHI is set to get a new landmark the country's first 'sunken' and contemporary museum built on the campus of a Unesco World Heritage Site, the Humayun's tomb.

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AAP says will go it alone, contest all 90 Haryana seats

THE AAP will contest all 90 Assembly seats in Haryana and play solo in a state where its former Lok Sabha ally in Delhi, Congress, is the main opposition.

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Avoid local travel, India advises citizens in B'desh as unrest toll touches 32

WITH student protests snowballing in Bangladesh, leaving at least 32 people dead so far, India on Thursday advised its citizens there to avoid local travel.

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3 dead, 35 injured as train derails in UP's Gonda

AT least three persons were killed and 35 injured when eight coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express train derailed between Motiganj and Jhilahi railway stations near Gonda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.

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Former registrar among three Jamia officials booked for casteist remarks

THE Delhi Police has registered a case against three Jamia Millia Islamia University officials, including a former registrar, for allegedly passing casteist remarks against a Dalit employee.

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NGT seeks Centre's reply on waste dumping near AIIMS

Applicant flags accumulated garbage as major source of pollution

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Back-to-back classes: Skill univ denies lunch break to students

\"THERE is no such thing as a lunch break.

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Court directs K Kavitha's medical check-up at AIIMS

A Delhi court on Thursday directed authorities to conduct a medical examination of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha at the AIIMS, New Delhi, while extending her judicial custody till July 22.

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Delayed CUET results will not hamper Jamia academic calender: V-C

AFTER the Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University expressed concern over delay in CUET-UG results, while considering alternative ways to complete the notified syllabus within the allotted semester, Jamia Millia Islamia University too held a meeting on Thursday to discuss the undergraduate admission process as the CUET-UG results have been delayed.

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'Action will be taken to rescue child labourers'

THE Delhi government on Thursday assured the Delhi High Court of prompt action to rescue minors trafficked from various parts of the country and forced into bonded labour in the national capital, upon receiving relevant intelligence.

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20 years after stealing jewellery, 62-year-old man arrested from Hisar

DELHI Police has arrested a 62-year-old man from Haryana's Hisar, who had 2004 stolen gold and silver jewellery from a person on a train who was on his way to attend a marriage function of one of his relatives, a senior official said.

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Kalkaji residents to hold candle march to protest against encroachments

THE Delhi Kalkaji residents will carry out a candle march at the Hansraj Sethi Marg on July 21 over \"inaction\" against encroachments that have crippled their normal life.

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High Court notice on petition for 33% women's quota in Bar elections

THE Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD), the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA), and all district bar associations of the capital in response to a plea seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in all Bar elections.

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Rajiv Gandhi Hosp cancels medical officer interviews

Non-medical degree as eligibility criteria for posts sparked row

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Tipped by employees, armed dacoits loot ₹3.5 cr from transport company, six held

SIX armed dacoits, tipped by two drivers of a transport company about the presence of hard cash at the transporter's office in the Kishanganj area, committed a dacoity and fled away with cash amounting to more than Rs 3.5 Crore.

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Leader of gang, a juvenile, took first shot at victim: Cop

THE GTB hospital shooting incidents appear to be another case of minors getting attracted to machismo or gangsterism.

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ED pressuring suspects to name CM: K’taka

ST Corporation scam: Cabinet minister alleges ED was sent to destabilise the Congress government

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Dad stabs to death 9-day-old daughter with scissors, held

A 38-year-old man was arrested by the Vyasarpadi police on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing his nine-dayold daughter to death with a pair of scissors.

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Kalliasseri - Kerala's 1st 'medicinal village'

IN the face of crop failures and persistent wildlife incursions to farmlands, the farmers of Kalliasseri had been struggling to sustain their livelihoods.

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Cabinet nod to ₹3L cr Odisha Budget

THE state budget for 2024-25 fiscal is likely to touch ₹3 lakh crore, around ₹50,000 crore more than that projected by the pervious BJD government.

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CENTRE, STATES MUST WORK TOGETHER FOR GIG WORKERS' WELFARE

HE internet revolution has spawned a large number of platform-based e-commerce companies in India.

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LESSONS FROM INDIA'S MIDNIGHT TRYST WITH FISCAL DESTINY

Many leaders and scholars came together to make GST a reality. The model of cooperative federalism that made it possible could be used in other areas too

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DISEASE OUTBREAKS TEST KERALA GOVT COMPETENCE

A surge in infectious diseases has plunged Kerala into a health crisis its worst since the end of the Covid pandemic.

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BUDGET BOOST NEEDED FOR MISSION-ORIENTED R&D PLAN

INNOVATION and technical progress are essential for economic growth.

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Modi hails BJP workers for 3rd term, says work towards 'Viksit Bharat'

AFTER becoming the prime minister for a third consecutive term, Narendra Modi reached the BJP central office and interacted with party workers and staffers.

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UP U-turn after backlash on Kanwar Yatra diktat

FOLLOWING outrage over Uttar Pradesh police order asking eateries and shops along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their owners, Muzaffarnagar district police on Thursday issued a revised order leaving it to the \"free will\" of eatery owners and shopkeepers.

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No clarity yet on next law panel chief

22nd Law Commission, formed under Justice Awasthi, is tasked with drafting nationwide UCC

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One can aspire to become Devta, but there're always uncertainties: RSS chief

IN a statement open to various interpretations, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said a man could aspire to become a 'superman', a devta' (god) or 'vishwaroop,' but uncertainty persists in his endeavours.

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Shah bats for more teeth to security agencies in checking narco-terror

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Thursday that India cannot become a developed nation by 2047, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, unless the country succeeds in keeping its youth away from drugs.

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Pay more toll fee if FASTag is not fixed on windscreen

IF you haven't fixed the FASTag sticker on the windscreen of your vehicle, you will have to shell out double the toll charges, and the defaulter may also be blacklisted, according to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) guidelines.

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Vikram Misri off to meet Bhutan King on his first visit after taking charge

THREE days after assuming the role of foreign secretary, Vikram Misri will undertake an official visit to Bhutan from July 19 to 20.

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2 soldiers hurt in another Doda gunfight

TWO army men were injured in a fresh gunfight with militants in a remote forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district while security personnel killed two infiltrating militants along the Line of Control in border district of Kupwara on Thursday.

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Shinde eyes Maha CM post, says will contest 100 seats

AFTER winning seven out of 15 Lok Sabha seats and strengthening his position within the ruling NDA, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde called his party ministers and leaders meeting at his official residence Varsha bungalow on Wednesday where the party decided to contest 100 state assembly seats in 288-member assembly.

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IAS officer's mother held & booked under Arms Act, father on the run

CONTROVERSIAL trainee IAS officer Dr Pooja Khedkar's mother, Manorama Khedkar, was arrested on Wednesday morning in Mahad, Raigad.

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Govt consent mandatory for CBI for probes in MP

The notification has been published by the state government in compliance with the implementation of the newly introduced Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) criminal code law.

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4 AIIMS-Patna students among 5 held by CBI in NEET paper leak case

THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested five persons, including four students of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna (AIIMS-Patna) in connection with NEET-UG paper leak.

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Gujarat in grip of Chandipura; toll reaches 15, kids among 29 infected

THE death toll from suspected Chandipura virus went up to 15 in Gujarat with six more children's deaths reported on Thursday and the number of suspected cases reached 29, according to the state health department.

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'Sau lau, sarkar banao': Akhilesh's 'monsoon offer'

AS the UP BJP struggles to shed puzzlement post-Lok Sabha poll defeat, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday made a cryptic 'monsoon offer' aimed at his adversary's detractors: arrange 100 MLAs and form the government in the state.

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Gay partners entitled to insurance in South Korea

SOUTH Korea's Supreme Court recognised new rights for samesex couples on Thursday, saying the state must provide health insurance for a gay man's partner in a landmark ruling that left activists weeping for joy.

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Israeli raid in Lebanon kills Jamaa Islamiya commander

AN Israeli strike killed the commander of a Hamas-allied group in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Thursday, state media and the group said.

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32 dead in new wave of violence in Bangladesh, state TV channel torched

AT least 32 people were killed and over 2,500 injured in Bangladesh on Thursday, media reports said, as violence escalated in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere over student protests demanding quota system reform for government jobs.

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After blocking X, Pak restricts Insta, Facebook

AFTER successfully blocking X for over six months, the Pakistan government has targeted more social media platforms Facebook and Instagram - and restricted their access to the people, a step seen as a plan to impose a complete ban on social media.

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Zelenskyy Says No Deal With Russia Behind Kyiv's Back After Orban's Visit

UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday slammed any attempts to cut deals with Moscow behind Kyiv's back, after Hungary's PM Viktor Orban visited Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

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Biden now down with Covid, in self-isolation

Two top Dem leaders meet him, ask him to opt out of the WH race

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Economists ask FM to review inflation targeting

AHEAD of the Union Budget 2024 announcement, it is learnt that economists have suggested finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to revisit the inflation targeting by the Reserve Bank of India.

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Govt sets $500 billion target for India's electronics manufacturing by 2030

THE government has set the target of reaching $500 billion worth of electronics production in the country by 2030.

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Govt to establish PMU to oversee BSNL's 4G rollout

TELECOM minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced on Thursday that the government is establishing a project monitoring unit (PMU) to oversee 4G rollout of state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).

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Rural demand revival pushing overall spending: RBI

LED by a revival in rural demand on the back of a positive outlook for the agriculture sector has been pushing the overall demand conditions in the economy, leading to a surge in economic activity in the June quarter of the current fiscal, the Reserve Bank of India said in its monthly bulletin.

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Karur Vysya Bank net profit up 28% to ₹459 cr

TAMIL NADU-based old generation, mid-sized private sector lender Karur Vysya Bank has reported a 28% year-on-year growth in net income at ₹459 crore for the June quarter, driven by rise in fee and interest income coupled with improved asset quality.

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South Indian Bank profit increases 45% to ₹294 cr

THE Thrissur, Kerala-based old generation private sector lender South Indian Bank had reported 45.4% on-year growth in net income at ₹294 crore for the June quarter boosted by improved asset quality and higher income from rising credit disbursals.

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AB Group to enter jewellery biz next week

BILLIONAIRE Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya Birla Group is all set to enter the branded jewellery market with the launch of Novel Jewels on July 26, almost a year after it first announced its intention to foray into this consumer-facing business.

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Nifty knocking at 25k; Sensex crosses 81k

Equity rally fuelled by TCS kicking off Q1 earnings season on a positive note; analysts see Nifty at 25K level in near term

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Infosys Q1 profit up 7%; raises FY25 revenue guidance

THE country's second largest IT services company Infosys on Thursday revised its FY25 revenue guidance to 3% to 4% from 1% to 3%.

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