The New Indian Express Chennai - October 10, 2024

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October 10, 2024

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for 10th time in a row

THE Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%, for the 10th time in a row, but changed its stance to 'neutral' that may lead to a cut in the forthcoming policies.

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Youth hurt in Chennai student clash dies

A 20-year-old Presidency College student, who was attacked allegedly by five students from Pachaiyappa's College at the Chennai suburban terminal on Friday, succumbed to his injuries at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) early Wednesday morning. Periamet police, which arrested the five students on Friday evening, has altered the charges against them from attempted murder to murder.

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10 Samsung workers held; end stir, FM asks union

A month after Samsung workers started striking work at Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram police on Wednesday arrested 10 workers from their houses and detained over 600 others from the protest venue.

1 min

Knives out for Congress from INDIA bloc allies after Haryana debacle

Shiv Sena (UBT), AAP, TMC lead the attack, say grand old party's arrogance led to defeat

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Drama over Atishi's 'eviction' from official house

THE never-ending political tussle between Delhi's AAP government and the Lieutenant Governor has a new flashpoint: the chief minister's official residence.

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HC allows state's appeal against compensation for injured student

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently allowed an appeal filed by the state school education department against the compensation awarded by a single bench of the court to a boy, who lost vision in his right eye allegedly after an accident at his school in May 2010.

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TN govt releases Samagra Shiksha salaries for Sept

Following protests, state pays over 20K employees from own pocket

1 min

AI Cannot Replace Core Engg Courses, Experts Opine

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is simply a tool and can never replace the need for core engineering technology, opined industry experts and academicians, calling for support from all stakeholders to popularise traditional engineering courses.

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Court refuses to restrain corpn from creating ponds on race club premises

THE Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to restrain the Greater Chennai Corporation from going ahead with creating ponds to store runoff rainwater in the golf course belonging to the Gymkhana Club in the premises of the Madras Race Club at Guindy in Chennai.

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30 yrs on, risk allowance for TN forest staff stagnates below ₹1K

STAFF of the Tamil Nadu forest department, from forest guards to forest range officers, who spend hours patrolling the forest to keep the region free from poaching, have been receiving only a meagre amount as monthly risk allowance for the past three decades. Following a series of miniscule hikes over the years, the allowance amount -- from ₹200 -- currently stands at just ₹800, staff members said.

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‘Frustration of right wing a win for DMK ideology’

REFERRING to a viral video of Jana Sena Party members placing his picture on temple steps and stepping on it to humiliate him, TN Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin posted on X, \"We may not be able to cleanse their filthy minds, but at least their feet might be cleaned in the process.\"

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Son's testimony helps court convict man for killing wife

40-year-old man gets life sentence for strangulating wife using son's belt in 2018

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Min urges workers to give up strike, says CM keen on resolving issues

PROMISING that the state government will implement whatever verdict to be given by the Madras HC regarding the recognition of the Samsung workers union, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu, on behalf of the state government, appealed to the CITU to give up its protests keeping in mind the interests of the thousands of workers and their families and the future of the thousands of educated youth.

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Cops claim arrest fallout of protesters 'shoving' SSI at accident spot

Kancheepuram district secretary of CITU, E Muthukumar, says the protests will continue. EPS accuses DMK govt of trying to quell the strike instead of resolving issue through talks. Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu refutes reports of arresting workers from their houses

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4 Nagai fishers escape mid-sea 'SL' gang attack

A group of four from the district escaped assault by an armed gang, allegedly from Sri Lanka, while fishing near Kodiyakarai in the early hours of Wednesday. They, however, had to cut off their nets, weighing around 300 kg, and abandon them at sea while fleeing.

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AIADMK youth wing leader held for ₹8 crore fraud

AN AIADMK district youth wing functionary has been arrested for allegedly embezzling over ₹8 crore from the provident fund of municipal employees in Villupuram, on Wednesday.

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Court says no bar on peaceful stir, closes HCP claiming illegal detention

AMIDST the attempts of the police to thwart the ongoing strike of a section of Samsung workers by effecting arrests at night hours and removing the temporary sheds at the protest venue, the Madras High Court on Wednesday said that there is no bar on peaceful stir of the workers.

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Politicos flay crackdown, DMK allies back staff

LEADERS of various political parties condemned the state government and police for the crackdown. Meanwhile, the leaders of DMK's alliance partners, including CPM, CPI, and VCK, have planned to meet CM MK Stalin to urge his direct intervention over the ongoing strike to settle the issue amicably.

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Hizb-ut-Tahrir case: NIA arrests one more key suspect

ANOTHER key accused in the Tamil Nadu Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) case was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Chennai on Tuesday, the agency said in an official statement.

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MaSu chairs NE monsoon review meet for Adyar Zone

MINISTER Ma Subramanian chaired a review meeting in Velachery on Wednesday to discuss preparedness measures for the upcoming Northeast monsoon in Zone 13 (Adyar).

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Death toll rises to four in T'pur cracker blast

TIRUPPUR: The death toll in Tuesday's firecracker explosion in a house in Pandian Nagar increased to four after a 6-year-old girl succumbed to injuries in the Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital on Wednesday.

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8 councillors skip no-trust motion against chairperson

TIRUNELVELI: AIADMK Thisayanvilai town panchayat chairperson M Jansirani and eight councillors, who supported her, boycotted the no-confidence motion scheduled to be tabled on Wednesday.

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4 of family die in car-tourist van collision

FOUR members of a family, including an 11-year-old boy, died in a collision between a car and a tourist van near Madathukulam in Tiruppur district on Tuesday night. Fourteen people were injured.

1 min

Man held for abducting, marrying minor

THE Kanniyakumari All Women Police arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly abducting and marrying a 14-year-old child.

1 min

"'Guv Khan making farfetched and baseless claims'

Sparing continues over Khan's comment that CM hiding information on anti-national activities

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WHY KARNATAKA'S POLITICAL PILOTS CAN'T AVOID TURBULENCE

KARNATAKA politics has become familiar with tumult. Over the last four decades, less than two years after every new government has settled into office with fanfare, it has gotten caught in crossfires regarding visible misgovernance, allegations of corruption, waves of political instability or challenges to leadership. It has often been a combination of these factors.

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ELECTORS GIVE REALITY CHECKS TO CONGRESS, BJP IN ASSEMBLY POLLS

THE two latest assembly election results have delivered important lessons for the two main national parties-the BJP and the Congress.

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OUT OF THE BOX & INTO PROVINCES ACROSS THE BORDER

Not resuming bilateral dialogue with Pakistan may make sense for now, but not forever. It could be time to foster reciprocal approaches with our neighbour's provinces

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MICRO FIND WITH MEGA GENE THERAPY POTENTIAL

TWO US scientists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, have won the 2024 Nobel prize in medicine for their discovery of microRNA-a new class of tiny ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation, unfolding how multicellular organisms live.

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LIKE SANKARA AWARD FOR EVR PERIYAR?

IMAGINE Bhagwan Mahaveer Award for promoting vegetarianism is given to a butcher—a Jain by accident of birth who says the Bhagwan is a hoax. By a jury that has no reverence for the Bhagwan. And the apostate butcher proudly accepts the award in the name of the apostle. How humiliated his Jain devotees will be? Apologies to Jains for taking the Bhagwan's name for a fictional analogy. Similarly, devotees of Carnatic music to whom it is not just an art but divine and sacred, have been hurt and humiliated in Tamil Nadu. Here unfolds the sordid story.

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Trilateral highway project on agenda of ASEAN Summit

THE ambitious India-Myanmar-Thailand highway project will come up for discussion at the ASEAN-India Summit for which PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Vientiane (Laos) on October 10 and 11.

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CCS nod to nuclear-propelled hunter submarines to counter China in IOR

IN a major approval that could add heft to the Indian Navy's underwater combat capability, the Cabinet Committee on Security on Wednesday green-flagged construction of nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN). The project to procure 31 armed MQ 9B Unmanned Aerial Vehicles also got a nod.

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Nod to rice scheme, infra projects worth ₹21K cr

Fortified rice to be distributed under PMGKAY till 2028 at ₹17K crore; 2,280-km roads to be built in border at ₹4k cr

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SC: Plea of juvenility can be raised after judgment

THE Supreme Court on Wednesday held that a plea of juvenility can be filed even after the judgment, order of conviction, and sentence granted against a person have attained finality.

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Cong team seeks inquiry into 'tampering' of EVMs

A day after the drubbing in the Haryana assembly polls, a Congress delegation met the Election Commission on Wednesday and submitted complaints citing “serious discrepancies” with the counting process and the functioning of the EVMs.

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15 more senior docs quit in support of juniors

AT least 15 senior doctors from various state-run hospitals tendered their resignation on Wednesday in solidarity with their juniors' movement, seeking justice for the rape-murder victim of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

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Modi rolls out ₹7K cr Maha sops, calls for MVA defeat

A day after the BJP regained power in Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually inaugurated infrastructure and development projects worth over ₹7,600 crore in Maharashtra. He also launched a scathing attack on the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), saying that it aims to weaken the state, and urged the people to reject the coalition in the upcoming Assembly polls, similar to what happened in Haryana.

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Buzz on appointment of Kejriwal's aide Bibhav as Mann's chief adviser

WITH Delhi assembly elections expected within four months, the Aam Aadmi Party wants to clean up its act in Punjab and present it as a model of good governance. That perhaps is why it is purging Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's trusted core in a hurry.

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Omar says new cabinet's 1st resolution will be on restoration of statehood

THE National Conference (NC) is set to hold a meeting of newly elected legislators in Srinagar on Thursday. Omar Abdullah, who is tipped to take over as the first chief minister of J&K UT, stated that the new cabinet's first order of business would be to pass a resolution seeking restoration of statehood.

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Day after Haryana results 3 independents back BJP

A record third-time victory in Haryana assembly elections and a strong performance in Jammu and Kashmir have given a boost to the BJP ahead of the polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

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Ukraine drone strikes arms depot in Russia

A Ukrainian drone struck an important arms depot inside Russia, the Ukraine military said on Wednesday, three weeks after another drone blasted a major Russian armoury and three days after a drone smashed into a key oil terminal in Russia-occupied Crimea.

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Florida hunkers down in final hours before Hurricane Milton's landfall

FLORIDA residents fled – or defied warnings and hunkered down – in the final hours on Wednesday before Hurricane Milton, a lethal Category 4 storm, pummels the Gulf Coast and tears across the state.

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UK auction house withdraws sale of Naga Human Skull amid outcry

A UK auction house has withdrawn a 'Naga Human Skull' from its lots for a live online sale on Wednesday following outcry in India over the issue.

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Trump Sent Covid Test Kits To Putin: Book

THEN-PRESIDENT Donald Trump secretly sent Covid test kits to Vladimir Putin despite a US shortage during the pandemic, and spoke multiple times with the Russian leader after leaving office, investigative journalist Bob Woodward says in an explosive new book.

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HEZBOLLAH FIRES ROCKETS FROM SEVERAL DIRECTION INTO ISRAEL

Biden speaks to Netanyahu as the Jewish nation weighs its response to Iran's missile attack

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Star health data hack: More than 3 crore customers' information up for sale online

A hacker claims to have data of over 31 million customers of Star Health Insurance and that it is available for sale at $150,000.

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Hyundai sets price band at ₹1,865-1,960 for ₹27,870 cr IPO

HYUNDAI Motor India on Wednesday announced the price band for its initial share sale worth ₹27,870 crore, making it the biggest-ever share sale in Dalal Street's history at ₹1,865-1,960 a share.

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Telcos' ARPU rises to ₹157.45 in June quarter

THE average revenue per user (ARPU) of telecom service providers in India increased by 2.55% to ₹157.45 in the June quarter of 2024, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

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Annerie Dercksen, the heir apparent of Marizanne Kapp

ANNERIE Dercksen looked up to Marizanne Kapp since she was a young player coming through provincial cricket ranks in South Africa. So much so that she wanted to have her hero's number on her back at any cost.

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Line judges out, AI technology in: Wimbledon breaks with tradition

THAT long-held Wimbledon tradition of line judges dressed in elegant uniforms is no more. The All England Club announced on Wednesday that artificial intelligence will be used to make the 'out' and 'fault' calls at the championships from 2025.

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