The Morning Standard - July 20, 2024

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July 20, 2024

SC says will examine contours of guv's immunity from criminal prosecution

THE Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine the contours of the blanket Constitutional immunity governors in harness have from criminal prosecution, after hearing a plea filed by a woman employee of West Bengal Raj Bhavan.

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Indian evacuation from Bangladesh begins, toll 105

WITH the situation in Bangladesh continuing to remain volatile and the toll of the student unrest over a contentious quota order reaching 105 on Friday, hundreds of Indian students have started streaming into the country through various border crossings.

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Hand-written boarding passes as flight ops hit, hosps impacted

A chaos-like situation erupted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday, with airlines being hit majorly due to outage.

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Tech outage cripples world

MASSIVE TECH BLACKOUT AFFECTS AIRLINES, BANKS, MEDIA OUTLETS | CHAOS AT MAJOR AIRPORTS AS OPERATIONS DISRUPTED | INDIGO CANCELS OVER 200 FLIGHTS

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Hosps report downtime in digital services

City health facilities face heat of Microsoft outage as software applications used for patient care were impacted

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Uzbek national detained at airport with medicines worth ₹49 lakh in luggage

AN Uzbek national was apprehended by CISF personnel at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after a large quantity of medicines, valued at approximately 49 lakh, was found in his luggage, officials said on Friday.

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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court reserves order against Tytler

A Delhi court has deferred its decision on whether to proceed with charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, where three people lost their lives.

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Atishi demands ₹10,000 cr for infrastructure

AHEAD of the Union budget, Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Friday demanded the Centre to allocate 10,000 crore, less than 5 per cent of its 2.07 lakh crore income tax contribution made by Delhi last year, for developing infrastructure in the national capital.

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3 world-class city forests soon for greener and healthier capital: Rai

TO boost the national capital's green cover, the AAP government has launched an ambitious 'City Forests' initiative.

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4th GTB shooter held after gunfight

All four key suspects who carried out the 'mistaken identity' murder now in police net

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20,000 MCD students assessed for sporting potential at Nehru stadium

THE Sports Authority of India in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will assess 20,000 students enrolled in MCD schools for sporting talent as part of the KIRTI (Khelo India Rising Talent Identification) programme.

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JNU urges students to maintain 'discipline' ahead of new semester

THE Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has once again asked students to refrain from holding demonstrations within a 100-metre-periphery of the university's administrative block in view of the new semesters likely to start next month.

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29-year-old held from Jharkhand over thrashing, robbing doctor in hospital

A 29-year-old man was arrested by Delhi Police from Bokaro in Jharkhand, days after he, along with his associates thrashed a doctor at his clinic in south Delhi Aya Nagar area, an official said on Friday.

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High court holds top DDA officials in contempt over land allotment lapse

THE Delhi High Court has found the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and its officials guilty of contempt for failing to comply with court orders regarding a disputed land allotment case.

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Nithari killings: SC to hear CBI, UP govt pleas against Koli's acquittal by HC

THE Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear separate pleas filed by the CBI and the Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict acquitting Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case.

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No unauthorised structure permitted on floodplain: HC

IN a decisive ruling aimed at safeguarding the sensitive Yamuna floodplains ecosystem, the Delhi High Court has upheld the demolition of an unauthorised structure, known as the 'Prachin Shiv Mandir,' near the river in Geeta Colony area.

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K'taka CM tough talk for BJP leaders

Siddaramaih says will jail leaders involved in scams during Bommai government's tenure

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CPM begins key meet for course correction process

AS the CPM gears up for a major course correction, the party's state leadership is fully aware that any minor, superficial move would only prove futile as the rot within is quite deep.

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Ensure schools do not insist on transfer certs admitting children: HC to TN govt

THE Madras High Court has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to take appropriate action to ensure that schools in the state do not insist on submission of the transfer certificates (TC) of children while admitting them in schools and that no remark of fee dues are mentioned in the TCs.

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Concrete steps to empower SC/STs in Odisha soon: Nadda

BJP national president JP Nadda on Friday heaped wholesome praise on the people of Odisha for electing the first saffron party government in the state and playing a major role in cementing a third consecutive term for Narendra Modi as the prime minister of the country.

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Strict action against executive for molesting woman on flight: Jindal

NAVEEN Jindal, the chairman of Jindal Enterprises, on Friday assured a woman of \"strictest action\" against one of his top employees accused of molesting her in a flight.

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Use big data, AI to counter terrorism, says Shah

HOME Minister Amit Shah on Friday stressed on the need to constitute a team of young and tech-savvy officers to dismantle the terror ecosystem utilising big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning driven analytics.

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Vice-Chief of Air Staff says self-reliance can't be at the cost of nation's defence

LAYING emphasis on \"nation's defence\" Air Marshal AP Singh on Friday said that the push to Atma Nirbharta (self reliance) in defence cannot be at the cost of it.

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More Army teeth to counter terror in Jammu

Special Force Commandos and a Brigade size troops added to region, which has recently seen a spurt in attacks

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Govt set to table 6 new bills during Budget session

THE ruling NDA is all set to introduce six bills in the upcoming Parliament session, slated to begin on July 22.

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FIR against Puja Khedkar on UPSC's cheating complaint

THE Delhi Police Crime Branch has registered an FIR against probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar for allegedly misrepresenting and falsifying facts to obtain extra attempts in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations, officials said on Friday.

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Action against 7 MLAs for cross-voting in council polls

THE Congress has decided to take disciplinary action against the seven Congress MLAs who cross-voted in the recent Maharashtra Legislative Council elections.

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Sukhu: Hill states must have special sanction norms for AMRUT projects

HIMACHAL Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday urged the Centre to adopt distinct norms for hilly states like Himachal Pradesh for sanctioning projects under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transport (AMRUT) scheme, keeping in view the difficult terrain and topography.

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ED raids Bihar bridge construction firm in Patna, Delhi & Haryana

THE ED on Friday conducted simultaneous raids on the premises of leading construction company SP Singla Group of Companies in the state capital, New Delhi and Panchkula (Haryana) under provisions of Money Laundering Act.

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Maurya's 'sinking ship' jibe at SP chief 'monsoon offer'

IN a strong retort to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's 'monsoon offer', Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday said that SP is a \"sinking ship\" which would soon disappear into oblivion.

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Russia convicts US journalist of espionage

MOSCOW WALL Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted Friday of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison on charges that his employer and the US government have rejected as fabricated.

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Joe Biden to ‘absolutely' remain in prez race, says his campaign chair

US President Joe Biden's campaign is insisting anew that he is not stepping aside as he faces the stark reality that many Democrats at the highest levels want him to consider how stepping aside from the 2024 election to make way for a new nominee atop the ticket could be the party's best chance of preventing widespread losses in November.

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'Outage shows fragility of world's core internet infra'

AIRLINES, banks, TV channels and other business across the globe were scrambling to deal with one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years on Friday, apparently caused by an update to an antivirus program.

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Curfew imposed in Bangladesh

Military deployed as unrest toll hits 105; student protesters storm prison, free hundred of inmates

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Israeli occupation of Palestine territory illegal: ICJ

THE UN's top court on Friday said Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory was \"illegal\" and needed to end as soon as possible.

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Wipro profit up 5%; to hire 12K freshers in '25

WIPRO beat Street estimates and posted a 4.6% rise in its consolidated net profit for the June quarter at ₹3,003 crore as against ₹2,870 crore in the year-ago period.

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Govt may simplify TDC/TCS framework in Union Budget 2024

THE government may announce major reforms in the existing tax deducted at source (TDS) and tax collected at source (TCS) framework, as these are overly complex and burdensome for taxpayers, sources told TNIE.

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Sanstar's 510 crore public issue booked 4.16 times on Day 1 of offer

THE initial public offering of Sanstar Ltd got fully subscribed on the first day of subscription on Friday.

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Friday crash wipes out ₹8L cr from domestic equity market

SNAPPING a four-day winning rally, India's equity market benchmarks - BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 took a beating on Friday due to the global sell-off, triggered by operating system issues that caused devices to crash worldwide.

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Reserve Bank raises concern over falling deposit mobilisation

WARNING banks and nonbanks in particular and all lenders in general again over the falling deposit mobilisation and increasing credit offtake, leading to asset liability mismatches, Governor Shaktikanta Das has said the Reserve Bank has is reviewing the liquidity coverage ratio framework to address the emerging issues.

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