The Morning Standard - September 13, 2024

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September 13, 2024

SC verdict on Kejriwal bail petition today

THE Supreme Court will deliver on Friday its verdict on CM Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the CBI and seeking interim bail in the excise policy case.

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No talks for 2nd straight day, Didi offers to resign

Attempting to change the optics following widespread protests by people from all walks of life against the horrific rape-murder of a 31-yearold trainee doctor at the staterun Rg Kar Medical College and Hospital here on August 9, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday dramatically offered to quit.

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Retail inflation inches up as base effect diminishes

RETAIL inflation stayed below RBI’s target of 4% for the second straight month in August at 3.65%, though it is a tad higher than July’s 3.60%.

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Heavy rain predicted for Delhi, depression moves to U’khand

MORE of rains this week. A red alert situation has been declared for Delhi, west UP and Uttarakhand as a depression is moving towards the hill state.

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Oppn states seek equal tax share

A conclave of the finance ministers from five Oppositionruled states here on Thursday flagged concerns over the rise in surcharges and cesses and the low share for states from the divisible pool of taxes.

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'Richest woman' enters Hisar fray as 'BJP rebel' candidate

KURUKSHETRA BJP MP Naveen Jindal’s mother Savitri Jindal, 74, is the richest woman in the country this year with a net worth of $29.1 billion.

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HC rejects aspirant's plea for MBBS admission

The Delhi high Court in a recent ruling has refused to grant relief to a medical aspirant with a ‘locomotor disability’, seeking admission into MBBS course.

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Hosp turns away women in labour

Trainee doctors have been issued notices for sending women patients to another hospital

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2020 riots: HC stalls final order on charges

The Delhi high Court on Thursday directed the trial court not to issue a final order on framing charges in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi riots till September 23.

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Four years on, skill varsity faces challenges; only 40% seats filled

WORlD-ClASS education, a plethora of employment opportunities, over 40 multi-disciplinary programmes, numerous scholarships, over 60 industry collaborations and active placement support—these were some of the promises made by Delhi Skill and entrepreneurship University (DSeU).

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HC to CBI: Waterlogging due to rain or other factor?

Non-functional stormwater drain key reason for flooding: Defence

1 min

Modi, Shah among BJP's 40 star campaigners for Haryana assembly polls

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi, Union home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are among the party’s 40 star campaigners for the haryana Assembly polls.

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Punjabi singer held for sending man to US via donkey route

A 42-year-old man, a Punjabi singer by profession, was arrested by the Delhi Police for attempting to illegally send a man to the United States by arranging a fake visa on his passport, an official said on Thursday.

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Man stabs to death his sister-in-law, jumps in front of moving train

A 28-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her husband’s brother, who was a day later, on Thursday, found in a grievously injured condition on railway tracks in the national capital.

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Congress contesting 89 seats in Haryana, gives one to ally CPM

CONGRESS is contesting on 89 seats out of a total 90 assembly segments in the haryana assembly elections as it has left the Bhiwani seat for the INDIA bloc ally Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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Cabinet okays 10% quota for ex-Agniveers in services

THE state Cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal for providing 10 per cent reservation for ex-Agniveers in direct recruitment to Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts in uniformed services.

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Farmers say Chinese garlic, banned for pesticide content, flooding TN markets

IT’S been a double whammy for Tamil Nadu garlic farmers who are facing a drop in harvest due to unseasonal rain in Ooty and Kodaikanal over the past few months.

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Clashes during Ganesh idol immersion, 56 arrested

TENSION prevails in Nagamangala after a communal clash during a procession taken out in the town to immerse Ganesha idols on Wednesday night.

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3 students killed in hit-and-run on B'luru road

IN a hit-and-run case, three degree students of the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), who were triple riding a motorcycle, died on the KIA flyover in Chikkajala traffic police limits around 1.30 am on Thursday.

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Weeds now a threat to forests as they develop resistance to weedicides

WHILE concerns are being expressed over depleting forest cover, the forest department is now faced with a situation where 40-50% of the state’s forests are affected by invasive weeds.

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Declare floods nat'l disaster: Naidu

CM says good Central relief package needed for victims so that they can recover from loss

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Putin proposes bilateral talks with Modi in Oct as Doval meets Russian Prez

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin on Thursday proposed to hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 22 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan when National Security Advisor Ajit Doval called on him in St Petersburg, Russian officials said.

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Dhankhar takes a jibe at Rahul, says Indians must act as ambassadors abroad

IN an oblique reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said that every Indian abroad should act as an ambassador for the nation.

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China ties complex, but 75% of issues sorted: Jaishankar

INDIA’S relationship with China is very complex, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Geneva on Thursday.

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6 cr seniors covered under Ayushman Bharat

WITH the Union Cabinet approving health insurance coverage to those aged 70 years and above, irrespective of their income, the Centre’s flagship scheme said Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), has now become much bigger. It will now cover 6 crore senior citizens and around 4.5 crore families.

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Missile tests stacked, conventional & N-weaponry to be inducted soon

THE armed forces are due for a major upgrade in their missile inventory as the services and manufacturers have chalked out an array of tests for missiles, including strategic deterrence—the nuclear-capable and conventional ones—in different categories.

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Muslim panel seeks sealing of mosque's 'illegal' part in HP

A day after hindu outfits held a massive protest against the “illegal mosque” in Sanjauli area of Shimla, office-bearers of the local muslim welfare committee submitted a memorandum to the municipal commissioner urging him to seal the unauthorized portion of the structure and offered to demolish it once the court delivered a verdict on the matter.

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3 nabbed for thrashing two Army officers, raping woman

MP cops say 10 teams formed to arrest 3 other suspects on the run

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MVA scrambles to defuse Maha tension over 163 Assembly seats

AHEAD of maharashtra assembly elections, the Opposition alliance maha Vikas aghadi (mVa) has ironed out differences over 125 seats while the remaining 163 seats remain contentious among the allies.

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Struggle not limited to Art 370, but for solving K-issue, says Er Rashid

Baramulla MP Er rashid, released on interim bail from Tihar jail by Delhi court, arrived in Srinagar on Thursday. Wearing a black band on his left arm and visibly overcome by emotions, he kissed the ground at Srinagar airport.

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UNICEF horrified by Malaysian child sex abuse

402 children rescued from charity homes in 2 states where they were harmed physically

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Myanmar residents flee deadly floods on makeshift rafts, boats

CARRYING children on their backs or rowing the elderly on makeshift rafts through rising waters on Thursday, thousands of Myanmar residents fled severe flooding triggered by the deadly Typhoon Yagi.

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34 killed in Israeli strikes on UN school in Gaza

ISRAElI airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a UN school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said. A UN official said six staffers were among the dead.

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HISTORY MADE WITH FIRST CIVILIAN SPACEWALK

A tech billionaire performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth on Thursday, a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional astronauts —until now.

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Marvelling Singapore's skyscrapers, Pope bats for fair wages for migrants

POPE Francis on Thursday praised Singapore’s economic strength as a testament to human ingenuity but urged the city-state to look after the weakest, too, especially foreign workers, as he opened the final leg of his tour through some of Asia’s poorest countries in one of the world’s richest.

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Russian attack leaves 18,000 with no gas, water supply

THE key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is without a drinking water supply or natural gas for cooking and heating, authorities said on Thursday, as the Russian army’s attritional slog across the Donetsk region lays waste to public infrastructure and forces civilians to flee their homes.

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Fuel prices may fall if crude remains low: Official

Oil marketing companies (oMCs) may consider reducing petrol and diesel prices domestically if international crude prices remain low for an extended period, according to a senior official from the Petroleum Ministry.

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Mkt rally makes investors richer by ₹6.5L cr

Optimism is fuelled by US inflation in August falling to three-year low of 2.5% which sparked rate cut hopes

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Pvt sector must step up infra investment: DFS secy

India needs to spend 8-10% of gross domestic product on infrastructure for sustaining high single-digit growth rate over next couple of decades, said a senior finance ministry official.

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PM e-drive: Electric 2W buyers can get subsidy of ₹10K in 1st yr, ₹5K in 2nd yr

UNDER the ‘PM Electric Drive Revolution in innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM e-drive) scheme, which will be rolled out soon, electric two-wheeler buyers can avail a maximum subsidy of up to ₹10,000 in the first year and ₹5,000 in the second year.

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South Asian Jr Athletics C'ship: Gold harvest for Indian team

THE Indian contingent exceeded all expectations and were in brilliant form on Thursday as they reaped a harvest of as many as 19 medals, nine of them being gold on the second day of the fourth edition of South Asian Junior Athletics Championship held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai.

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IPL PLAYERS HIGHLY UNDERPAID

The league’s media rights may have skyrocketed since its inception but salary cap hasn’t grown proportionately. Swaroop Swaminathan captures the story through numbers

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Filming Truth on Trial

Nan atmosphere of surveillance and censorship, much remains unspoken. Documentary films, in particular, inhabit a liminal space between the present and the truth, possessing the unique power to unveil unmediated realities with striking force.

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FY LUSION IESTA

Set ina warm, welcoming atmosphere, Chef Sanjeev Kapoor’s latest restaurant presents a fusion of traditional Indian flavours and contemporary culinary innovation, all while remaining true to its neighbourhood roots

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