The Morning Standard - April 15, 2022

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April 15, 2022

School resumption behind Covid uptick in some states

Experts don’t think there will be a fourth wave, but parents in panic mode

1 min

1K BJP Leaders In Himachal ‘Ready' To Join AAP: Sisodia

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday claimed that a large number of leaders from the ruling BJP in Himachal Pradesh would join the Aam Aadmi party soon.

2 mins

Toll in Andhra chemical factory explosion rises to six

FOUR more people died in the blast at the chemical manufacturing unit in Eluru district taking the toll in the mishap to six. As many as 12 people have been injured.

1 min

Trains run packed, 3.5L commuters take bus during festive rush in Chennai

BUS STANDS, railway stations and the airport in Chennai were flooded with people for two consecutive days as thousands left the city for their home towns ahead of the extended weekend.

1 min

LANKA CRISIS BRINGS REFUGEE ISSUES TO THE FORE

The flow of people to India is likely to increase because the nation-building experiments in neighbouring countries are based on the religion and language of the majority

5 mins

Punjab wheat export-bound, feeding frenzy among pvt players

AS Russia and Ukraine account for nearly 40% of the global wheat supply, the ongoing war between the countries has disrupted that.

1 min

Kashmir border tourism to get social media boost

Located about 170 km from Srinagar, Gurez is close to the Line of Control

1 min

HOODA MAKES PITCH FOR HARYANA CONG CHIEF POST

THE infighting in Haryana Congress for change in leadership has reached the party high command with former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Hooda, a member of the G23 group, pushing his name for the state party chief post and for a complete overhaul of the state unit.

1 min

Lankans shun New Year holiday to protest outside president’s office

Celebrities, musicians, artists and writers join stir demanding Rajapaksa’s resignation

2 mins

Sank Russian flagship, says Ukraine; Moscow denies

UKRAINE on Thursday claimed to have hit Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea with missiles, igniting a fire that Moscow said “seriously damaged” the warship as it accused Kyiv of helicopter strikes elsewhere over its territory.

2 mins

IGL hikes price of CNG and PNG in Delhi-NCR

THE Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) on Thursday announced a fresh hike in the price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by ₹2.5 per kg to ₹71.61 per Kg and domestic piped natural gas (PNG) by ̀₹4.25 per standard cubic meter (SCM) in Delhi. Following the hike, the CNG price in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad cost ₹74.17 per Kg, while in Gurugram, it will cost ₹79.94 per Kg.

1 min

BoI starts insolvency against Future group

Future Retail defaulted in payment of ₹5,322.32 crore to a string of lenders by the due date of March 31

1 min

Alliance Air breaks free from Air India

ALLIANCE Air, an independently held government airline, will be booking and handling all other services of its airline on its own beginning Friday.

1 min

Compliance, economic recovery behind higher tax-GDP ratio: Govt

THE government has credited better compliance and economic recovery for the significant jump in tax-GDP ratio to 11.7 percent in 2021-22.

1 min

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