The Morning Standard - October 21, 2024

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October 21, 2024

90 and counting as 25 more Indian flights get hoax bomb threats

HOAX bomb threats continued to disrupt the aviation sector for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday, grounding planes and unnerving passengers.

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IMD: Severe cyclone 'Dana' to hit Odisha on October 23

OVER the next 48 hours, a severe cyclonic storm threatens to roar over the Bay of Bengal following the formation of a low pressure area over the Andaman Sea. Various current models suggest that the fall of the cyclonic storm would be at the coast of Odisha or adjoining West Bengal or it may recurve towards Bangladesh.

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Brinkmanship as Uddhav's Sena, Cong bicker on 15

Both refuse to yield; grand old party looks to contest from more if push comes to shove

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WOOL BLANKETS WASHED 'ONCE A MONTH': RAILWAYS

HOW often does the Indian Railways wash the blankets provided to passengers paying for AC coach travel? In an RTI response to TNIE, the Ministry of Railways said the linen provided to passengers is washed after each use but the wool blankets are to be washed \"at least once a month, preferably twice in a month, subject to available capacity and logistics arrangements\".

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Kuno awaits more cubs as one of the cheetahs pregnant, may deliver soon

ONE of the African cheetahs introduced to the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh is pregnant and is expected to deliver cubs soon, Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav shared on micro-blogging social media platform X.

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Mysterious blast outside CRPF school in Delhi, multi-agency investigation on

A mysterious blast occurred near a CRPF school in Delhi's Rohini area on Sunday morning, sparking a security alert in the national capital. The blast, which appeared to be triggered by a crude bomb, partially damaged the school's wall and some cars parked nearby. Nobody was injured.

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Doc, 6 migrant workers shot dead in J&K's Ganderbal dist

IN a major terror attack, militants on Sunday evening shot dead a local doctor, identified as Dr Shahnawaz, and six migrant labourers working in a key infrastructure project at Gagangir area of Sonmarg in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district.

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Woman slits wrist & shares video, her friend faints, dies

A 30-year-old man collapsed and died after his girlfriend sent him a video of her severed wrist in Anand Parbat area of Delhi's Shahdara, an official said on Sunday.

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"'Woke up by a deafening sound': Panic grips Rohini

High alert sounded in city as the blast occurred just days before Diwali

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‘₹15 crore sanitary fittings’: PWD finds luxurious items in CM’s house, says BJP

TRAINING guns on former chief minister and AAP's national convener Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi BJP on Sunday alleged that the inventory list prepared by the PWD of the Chief Minister's residence at 6 Flagstaff Road in Civil Lines reveals expensive fittings and renovations.

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Farm fires, brick kilns and diesel buses in Haryana, UP worsen pollution: CM

ATTACKING the BJP, Chief Minister Atishi on Sunday alleged that stubble burning, brick kilns and diesel buses in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were \"responsible\" for aggravating the city's pollution.

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Day 15: Wangchuk continues fast, supporters detained

CLIMATE activist Sonam Wangchuk along with his supporters continued their fast for the 15th day on Sunday. Several others who wanted to join the group for a 'maun vrat' (vow of silence) were not allowed to assemble and were detained by the Delhi Police.

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At 277 AQI, air quality continues to be 'poor' in city

AS cold weather settles in, pollution in all its forms is tightening its grip on Delhi, with the air quality in the city remaining in the \"poor\" category, though stubble burning has declined this year compared to previous years, according to a recent research.

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Atishi targets central govt, questions law and order situation in city

REACTING to the bomb blast incident outside a school in Rohini on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said it revealed the crumbling state of the city's security.

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AAP SHOULD LEARN TO GOVERN CITY BEFORE ADVISING J&K CM

HE great thing about the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership is that in the worst of the situations, they find reasons to celebrate. Like in the just concluded assembly polls in the states of Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir. Through the campaign party's founder Arvind Kejriwal projected himself as 'Haryana ka beta' (son of Haryana). This did not cut much ice with the voters. The party got thrashed miserably in the polls with nothing much to write home about. But Kejriwal found a window to escape embarrassment, the victory of a lone AAP candidate Mehraj Malik from Doda seat.

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MUDA scam: Enforcement Directorate seizes 800-page document, hard disk

ENFORCEMENT Directorate officials, probing the MUDA site allotment scam, involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi BM, concluded their two-day raid and took away 800 pages of documents and a hard disk from the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

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4L ryots' loans up to ₹2L to be waived after Diwali, says Telangana minister

EXCISE and Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Sunday announced that crop loans up to ₹2 lakh of four lakh more farmers will be waived after Deepavali.

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Pineapple farmers in Kerala hit sweet spot as price spike prolongs

PINEAPPLE farmers are enjoying the fruit of their labour. They have not had it this good in a long time, especially in Vazhakulam, near Muvattupuzha, considered the hub of the tropical plant's cultivation in the country.

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Kadapa girl set ablaze by paramour dies

The teenage girl, who was set ablaze by a youngster in Gopavaram mandal of YSR district on Saturday, succumbed to her injuries early on Sunday while undergoing treatment at RIMS Hospital, Kadapa.

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Sabotage suspected in derailment

Cops say investigation to explore all aspects, including technical failure, in Bagmati Express

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Kerala by-elections: UDF urges Anvar to withdraw candidates

THE UDF has approached estranged LDF MLA P V Anvar, urging him to withdraw his candidates to the Palakkad and Chelakkara assembly by-elections.

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Sonia to campaign for Priyanka in Wayanad

SONIA GANDHI will campaign for her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is making her electoral debut in the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election.

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BJP implements economic policy for capitalists: Prakash Karat

THE central BJP government implements economic policy for capitalists, said Prakash Karat, Coordinator of the Polit Bureau and the Central Committee of CPM, said on Sunday.

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TRUDEAU'S PATHETIC POSTURING WITHOUT PROOF IS SHOWING

BY framing the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder last year as an infringement on national sovereignty by Indian state actors without proper contextualisation and making bilateral diplomatic ties hostage to its resolution, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau appears to have sunk further in the quicksand of perception.

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BEING NICER TO WOMEN AS A SOCIETY

WITH Sharad Navratri concluded, a number of thoughts about the condition of women in Hindu culture invariably spring to mind.

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URBAN FLOODING CALLS FOR SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS

A recent 'landslide' and 'waterfall' at a deep excavation site in Bengaluru, where an ambitious skyscraper is due to come up, has become the subject matter of much social media mockery and a political slugfest.

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NAWAZ'S LAST SHY AT PEACE WITH INDIA

The growing Chinese presence in Pakistan is poised to take on an even larger footprint. This in itself must spur India into taking a fresh look at ties with its western neighbour

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Petition seeks to make snakebite treatment available at PHCS

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to make available poly-venom (anti-venom) and snakebite treatments at PHCS, CHCS and district hospitals along with all the government hospitals in the country.

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BJP retains 71 MLAs in first Maha list of 99

THE BJP on Sunday announced its first list of 99 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly polls on November 20, retaining 71 MLAs.

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Plea in SC seeks urgent relief from demolitions after Bahraich violence

THREE people allegedly involved in the October 13 Bahraich violence in UP have approached the Supreme Court seeking urgent relief against the demolition notices issued to them for Sunday.

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Prasar Bharati plans live telecast of TV channels on mobile phones, trial on

PUBLIC broadcaster Prasar Bharati has moved a step ahead to facilitate telecast of live TV channels on smartphones without an internet connection as the trials to check feasibility of the direct-to-mobile (D2M) technology took off.

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Statistics ministry asks CPWD to undertake upkeep of ISI campuses

THE Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoS&PI) has approached the Central Public Work Department (CPWD) to take up upkeep work of premises of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) — an institution of national importance — in states, including its historic campus spreading over 32 acres in Kolkata.

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RSS starts outreach for BJP to propel Maha Yuti victory

WITH the Maha Yuti and Opposition MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) set for a keen contest in the elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has launched an extensive outreach programme to shape public opinion in favour of the BJP-led ruling alliance in the state, sources said.

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Amid seat deadlock, Cong defers CEC meet

AS the stalemate over seat-sharing of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies for the Maharashtra polls continues, the Congress postponed its crucial Central Election Committee (CEC) for Monday.

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J'khand: INDIA rift out, RJD threatens to go solo

RIFT in the INDIA bloc widened over seat sharing, with the RJD threatening on Sunday to go it alone in the Jharkhand Assembly polls if not given a reasonable number of seats.

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After Omar cabinet call for statehood, all eyes on Assembly's first session

AFTER the passage of a resolution on statehood restoration in the first cabinet meeting of the Omar Abdullah-led government in J&K, it remains to be seen if the ruling National Conference would move a similar resolution in the first session of the Assembly.

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No bias in govt works, says Modi

WHILE visiting his parliamentary constituency Varanasi for the second time after Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that since his government was working with good intention to bring about a positive change in the life of each countrymen for the last one decade, the country was also blessing the BJP-led NDA repeatedly and the outcome of Haryana polls was the testimony to it.

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Tigress' 400-km journey from MP to C'garh reveals two safe corridors

A tigress' 400-km-journey from Pench Tiger Research to neighbouring Chhattisgarh's Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, has made wildlife establishment upbeat about the safety of two key tiger corridors connecting three tiger reserves in the adjoining states.

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Junior doctors firm on health secy's exit, threaten to resume cease-work

A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to the junior doctors and called a meeting on Monday to resolve the impasse over RG Kar hospital rape-murder, agitation junior doctors on Sunday said they would launch a cease-work along with senior doctors from Tuesday if their demands are not met in the meeting.

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1,700 participate in int'l Kashmir marathon

WITH the improvement in ground situation and decline in militancy, the first-ever international marathon was held in picturesque Kashmir on Sunday in which over 1700 runners, including 12 foreign nationals, participated.

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Kanchi seer hails PM, says he is key factor in progress

KANCHI Kamakoti Peetham pontiff Jagadguru Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal on Sunday hailed the strong leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is the \"key factor behind the nation's progress\".

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Laundering case: IAS officer to be questioned

IAS officer Sanjeev Hans is likely to be taken on remand for further questioning in connection with a money laundering case lodged against him.

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Pak cabinet approves bill to reduce judicial independence

The Pakistan Cabinet on Sunday approved the proposed draft of the controversial 26th Constitutional Amendment during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after seeking consensus from the coalition partners.

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87 killed in Israeli strikes on north Gaza

40 others injured in attack on Hamas target in Beit Lahiya; three Lebanese soldiers killed in an airstrike on Sunday

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Drones from Kyiv shot down, Russia sends missiles

RUSSIAN air defences shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones on Sunday over Russia's western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack.

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Dollar-starved Maldives notifies new forex rules

DOLLAR-STARVED Maldives has floated a new foreign currency regulation, limiting types of transactions allowed in foreign currency and imposing mandatory foreign currency exchange controls on tourism establishments and banks.

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SC revives judicial council, rules B'desh Parliament power to sack judges illegal

BANGLADESH'S Supreme Court on Sunday reinstated the Supreme Judicial Council with authority to investigate allegations of judicial misconduct, while upholding its previous ruling that declared the 16th constitutional amendment, which transferred the power of removing judges to parliament, as \"illegal\".

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Bibi blames Hezbollah for house attack

ISRAEL's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of trying to assassinate him, with the Middle East already on edge after Israel had vowed retaliation for an Iranian missile barrage.

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Reliance Infrastructure's ₹6k cr fund raising plan gets shareholders nod

RELIANCE Infrastructure on Sunday in a stock exchange filing said it plans to raise ₹6,000 crore through preferential issue of shares and qualified institutional placement (QIP) route.

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Why non-bank lenders continue to come under regulatory axe?

Several NBFCs and lending apps are accused of usurious loan pricing and employing heavy-armed recovery methods that include social media humiliation

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Chinese brand Vivo secures top spot in India's smartphone market

CHINESE mobile maker Vivo has captured the top spot in India's smartphone market, achieving a 19% market share by shipping 9.1 million units in the third quarter of this year. According to Canalys research, Vivo experienced a 26% year-on-year growth; it held a 17% market share with shipments of 7.2 million devices during the same period last year.

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YOU ARE LOSING MONEY WITHOUT KNOWING IT!

SEE how you have been losing money, some knowingly and some unknowingly! Some of it could be hereditary and some of it is your own behaviour.

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WHY REAL ESTATE IS NOT A RETIREMENT PLAN

That means people believe retirement is possible only if you own a house. It also shows the inadequacy of retirement planning and execution at all levels.

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Starbucks feels inflation heat; revenue grows at 2% in Q2

TATA Starbucks, a joint venture between Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Consumer Products Limited, is facing the pinch of sluggish consumer spending in urban areas as revenue growth remained underwhelming in the current financial year.

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Liverpool pass Chelsea test

LIVERPOOL passed a major test of their Premier League title credentials to move back to the top of the table by beating Chelsea 2-1 at Anfield on Sunday.

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White Ferns world champions

WELL, all the odds are, they are in my favor; Something's bound to begin; It's gotta happen, happen sometime; Maybe this time, I'll win... sung Liza Minnelli in the debut motion picture named Cabaret, directed by Bob Fosse. Her character, Sally Bowles, a Manic Pixie American Dream Girl living in 1931's Berlin, through this song has an air of \"desperate hope\" around it.

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India go for broke but Kiwis hold ground

AFTER two balls on Sunday, the impossible dream was on. Jasprit Bumrah got one to straighten after pitching on offstump.

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RED-LETTER DAY FOR NEW ZEALAND

India face 2nd home loss of 2024 as Black Caps register first Test win in country since 1988

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Dubai show up to cheer for the new winners

ON Sunday, all roads in the United Arab Emirates led to the Dubai International Stadium.

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Dhull slams ton for Delhi, but TN still on top

YASH Dhull, with his brilliant century (103 batting; 189b, 11x4, 3x6), single-handedly engineered Delhi's fightback against Tamil Nadu as the hosts ended the third day's play with 264/8 in 97 overs at the Arun Jaitley stadium on Sunday. Delhi trail by 410 runs.

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TRAVEL LIGHT, FOLLOW THE HOOPOE

THE hoopoe skips up to the book that's fallen from my sleepy fingers. My half open eyes greedily devour its crisp jewelled crest, idly wondering if enough poetry has been written on this soft-spoken beauty.

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A festive curation

Pili Taxi comes to Delhi with a two-day festive pop-up bringing 20-plus sustainable lifestyle brands

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