The New Indian Express Chennai - November 29, 2024

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November 29, 2024

College girl confined and raped for 2 days, 1 held

IN a suspected gang-rape of a 17-year-old college girl, one person was arrested under the Pocso Act and remanded in judicial custody on Thursday, and at least five more, including a juvenile, are under investigation in Mayiladuthurai.

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Buzz on tough talk as Jaishankar meets Modi

AMID escalating tensions in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the situation.

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Mild intensity blast in Delhi's Rohini area, second in forty days

A mild-intensity explosion at the entrance of a park near Delhi Police's Crime Branch office in Rohini on Thursday cocked a snook at the security apparatus in the national capital at a time when Parliament is in session.

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Mahayuti leaders discuss Maha power-share formula with Shah

Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar hold talks with the Union home minister

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No road to reach hospital, TN girl dies of snakebite

A 13-year-old girl of Alakattu Vattuvanahalli panchayat, a hamlet located on a hillock, died of snakebite on Thursday after it took nearly two hours for the villagers to reach the bottom of the hill by carrying her on a doli for 8km on unmotorable road.

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Weather system weakens, but red alert for city on Saturday

THE deep depression over the Southwest Bay of Bengal remained stationary about 100 km east-northeast of Trincomalee.

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CCI launches probe against Google

THE Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday launched an investigation into Google after online gaming firm WinZo accused the US tech giant of anti-competitive practices.

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Docs to intensify stir from Nov 30 over govt's failure to record main demands

THE Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) announced that it will intensify the protest from Saturday and will stop all elective surgeries from December 3, condemning the 'record of discussion' held with Health Secretary Supriya Sahu on Tuesday.

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Textbook corpn plans to sign 1,000 translation agreements this book fair

THE Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation is planning to sign at least 1,000 MoUs with foreign publishers for translating books at the upcoming Chennai International Book Fair, scheduled to be held from January 16 to 18, 2025.

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Chennai, Thoothukudi among ports used for smuggling poppy seeds

THE Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recently flagged a nation-wide alert regarding the smuggling of poppy seeds from Malaysia and other southeast Asian countries through ports across India, including Chennai and Thoothukudi, by either misdeclaring the cargo or concealing it in some other consignment.

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DEVISE MONSOON PLAN TO PROTECT HOMELESS

Following the major impact of the 2015 floods in Chennai, the government of Tamil Nadu has been putting special focus on flood mitigation measures in the city.

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CORPN DROPS PLAN TO CONSTRUCT ECO-PARK IN PERUNGUDI

Move follows uproar over proposal to use reclaimed dumpyard land

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0.57 acres of waterbodies to be given for ECR expansion

THE Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has passed a retrospective resolution confirming the issuance of a no-objection certificate (NOC) for transferring 0.57 acres of the total 13.09 acres of government porambokku land located in Palavakkam, Kottivakkam, Neelankarai, and Injambakkam, to the Highways Department for expanding the East Coast six-lane highway road near Sholinganallur.

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Parks & burial grounds in shambles, not consulted on vending zones: Councillors

WARD councillors raised concerns about the poor maintenance of parks and attributed it to a delay in renewing maintenance contracts, at the council meeting at Ripon Building on Thursday.

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Honorarium of surgeons, other med staff hiked

THE GCC revised the honorarium for private medical specialists performing surgeries in Urban Community Health Centres, on Thursday.

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5-member panel to assess safety of new Pamban bridge

UNION Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said a five-member committee under the guidance of Additional Members (Bridges) of the Railway Board has been set up to examine the concerns raised by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), South Circle, AM Chowdhary, regarding the new Pamban bridge.

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₹25K cost slapped on caste assn for ‘inhumane’ plea

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently imposed ₹25,000 cost on a caste welfare association for filing an ‘inhumane’ petition seeking to forbear non-members of the association from taking out funeral processions through the residential streets of its members in Panayadipatti panchayat in Virudhunagar district.

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ED can issue summons in money-laundering cases even after filing chargesheet, says court

THE Madras High Court has ruled that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is empowered to issue summons to the accused as part of further investigations even after the complaint (equivalent to a chargesheet for an FIR) is filed in the jurisdictional court in a case of money laundering.

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BRING STRICTER LAWS TO STOP SEXUAL ASSAULT OF KIDS BY KIN, HC TELLS GOVT

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently urged the state to bring stricter laws and punishment to curtail sexual offences against children by family members or close friends.

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Udhaya attends swearing-in event of Jharkhand CM

DEPUTY Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday attended the swearing-in ceremony of JMM president Hemant Soren as Chief Minister of Jharkhand.

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Stalin has betrayed Tamil people by rejecting Modi's Vishwakarma scheme: BJP

THE state unit of the BJP on Thursday took strong exception to the decision of Chief Minister MK Stalin not to implement the Prime Minister's Vishwakarma Scheme saying it strengthens the system of caste-based vocation.

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Crops on 14K ha under water across state, says minister

If crops had sustained over 33% damage, ryots will be compensated

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India considers whole world its family: Murmu

INDIA has always followed the principle of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' and considers the whole world its family, President Droupadi Murmu said on Thursday.

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Man tries to save wife who set herself on fire, both hospitalised with severe burns

A 22-year-old woman and her husband sustained severe burns after the woman allegedly immolated herself at their house in Kelambakkam on Tuesday and the man tried to rescue her.

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6 fishers whose boat capsized among 10 rescued by coastguard from jetty

SIX fishermen and four jetty workers stranded at a private jetty in Cuddalore were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Thursday.

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Cong woman cheats family of ₹59L in med seat fraud, held

THE Job Racket Wing of the Avadi City Police has arrested a Congress functionary for allegedly swindling ₹59 lakh from a couple under the guise of getting a medical college seat for their daughter.

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Food poisoning: Telangana CM pulls up officials

TAKING serious note of the recent food poisoning incidents in government educational institutions across the state, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy directed district collectors to conduct frequent inspections of schools, hostels and residential institutes to keep the quality of food being served to students in check and submit detailed reports on their findings.

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K'taka plans bill to oust governor as varsity chancellor

THE state government has proposed to make the chief minister the chancellor of Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University (KSRDPRU).

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Kovai councillor dies; both city, rural cops say not our limits

DISTRICT and city police squabbled over jurisdiction to investigate the death of CCMC ward 56 councilor M Krishnamoorthy of the Congress, who died allegedly after falling from a bridge on the banks of Noyyal river at Pattanam on Wednesday night.

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Day after tiger's death, eight snares recovered in Gudalur

A day after a three-year-old male tiger was found dead, Gudalur forest division officials conducted a combing operation in Chelukkadi estate on Thursday and recovered eight snares.

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Suspecting theft, gang ties up, assaults Nepal boy; held

A three-member gang, including a Hindu outfit functionary, in Negamam near Pollachi was arrested for tying up a 17-year-old Nepal boy and assaulting him, suspecting him of stealing money from a hotel.

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A SEASON FOR ONE NATION, MANY ELECTIONS

The power of incumbency and local factors highlighted by the year-end elections should make us rethink the plan to hold simultaneous polls. There's a lesson for political dynasties too

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WIKI & THE RIGHT TO CREATE KNOWLEDGE

HUMANS have an innate right not only to acquire information but also to contribute to its creation.

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SC slams C'garh govt for firing woman sarpanch

THE Supreme Court recently hauled up the Chhattisgarh authorities for removing a 27-year-old female sarpanch on \"flimsy grounds\", citing delays in completion of her work.

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This is how you encourage sportspersons, asks SC

THE Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Himachal Pradesh government for denying employment to Pooja Thakur, an Asian Games gold medallist, under the sports quota, asking \"this is how you (state govt) encourage sportspersons?\"

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Disruption of House a malady: Dhankhar

Parliament adjourned for third straight day on Thursday amid Oppn protests

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Wanted LeT operative brought back from Rwanda; CBI, NIA work together

THE CBI in coordination with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) extradited Salman Rehman Khan, a member of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who was wanted in a terror case in India -- from Rwanda through Interpol channels, officials said on Thursday.

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JPC on Waqf Bill gets extension till Budget session

The government will not introduce the contentious Waqf Amendment Bill in the winter session of Parliament, as the Lok Sabha on Thursday adopted the motion to extend the term of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Bill.

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UGC approves flexible study duration of UG, draft norms for feedback soon

SOON, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will be able to offer an option to undergraduate students to shorten or extend their study duration instead of the standard period of their degree programmes.

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NIA raids 22 places in human trafficking case

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches in 22 locations across six states as part of its probe into a case relating to human trafficking.

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40 projects worth ₹3.2K cr for tourist sites okayed

THE Centre has approved 40 projects worth ₹3,295 crore for transformation of tourism places into iconic centres with the primary aim to decongest traditional and popular tourist sites under special assistance scheme for states, which was part of the budget announcement.

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BJP govt renames 10 Gehlot schemes in 11 months in Raj

THE BJP-led government in Rajasthan has been actively rebranding schemes initiated during the tenure of former CM Ashok Gehlot.

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Forces crack down on terror networks in Jammu

AFTER a series of terror strikes in the Jammu region, security forces have launched a massive crackdown against the overground workers (OGWs) of terrorist organisations to deny the outfits logistics support and prevent attacks.

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Over 15L cases pending in Gujarat, but 535 judicial vacancies not filled

GUJARAT'S District and Subordinate Courts are grappling with a staggering backlog of 15.61 lakh pending cases, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

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Soren takes oath, calls spl House session from Dec 9

JHARKHAND Mukti Morcha (JMM) executive president Hemant Soren took oath as the 14th chief minister in a grand ceremony amid the presence of a galaxy of INDIA bloc leaders at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi on Thursday.

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Teenager raped inside ambulance in MP, 2 arrested

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside an ambulance in Mauganj district of Madhya Pradesh.

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After 13-day shutdown, schools and colleges in Manipur to reopen today

EDUCATIONAL institutions in Manipur will reopen on Friday after they remained closed for 13 days in the wake of violence even as the protesting Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) locked the offices of state and Central governments defying curfew.

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Bear, cub electrocuted at sewage plant in Chamoli district, safety issues raised

A female bear and her cub died due to electrocution after coming into contact with the transformer of a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials said.

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After Kedarnath win, BJP readies for local polls

INVIGORATED by the party's recent victory in the Kedarnath bypoll, the ruling BJP in Uttarakhand has accelerated preparations for the local body polls.

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Xi Jinping's close ally Admiral Miao suspended

A top Chinese military official has been dismissed while an investigation into \"serious violations of discipline\" takes place, Beijing said on Thursday, the latest senior figure to fall in a sweeping crackdown on graft in the country's armed forces.

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B'desh HC rejects plea to ban ISKCON

Issue does not warrant court’s involvement, says two-judge bench

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Day 2 of ceasefire: Hezbollah facility hit by Israeli raid

THE Israeli military on Thursday said it hit a facility in southern Lebanon belonging to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, a day after a cease-fire between the group and Israel began.

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Mobs storming courts worries Supreme Court

BANGLADESH's Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed on Thursday said untoward incidents in the country's apex and lower courts deeply concerned him after a lawyers' group tried to assault a Supreme Court judge in an open courtroom and another lawyer was killed in the past two days.

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After new tariff threat, Mexico prez, Trump talk migration

PRESIDENT-elect Donald Trump declared a win on stopping illegal immigration through Mexico on Wednesday after talking with that country's leader.

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Over 1 million homes powerless as Russia bombs Ukraine energy grid

A massive aerial bombardment of Ukraine's energy facilities was in response to Kyiv striking Russian territory with Western-supplied missiles, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

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Aus Senate passes rules on social media ban for teens

AUSTRALIAN lawmakers passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media on Thursday, approving one of the world's toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X.

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IHC, Sri Lanka Port Authority, Tanzania back Adani Group

ABU DHABI'S International Holding Company (IHC), a sovereign fund that manages $100 billion assets, has reaffirmed its support to Adani Group, saying its outlook on investments in the group remains unchanged despite the US indictment of the conglomerate's founder chairman Gautam Adani.

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Market witnesses sharp sell-off

Sensex plunged 1.48% to close at 79,043.74, Nifty dropped 1.49% to settle at 23,914.20

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GCCs to pay 50% higher salary than non-tech sectors

Data scientists, full-stack developers in demand

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Godrej Enterprises Group sees revenue in excess of ₹20,000 crore by 2032

GODREJ Enterprises Group (GEG), new entity carved out of the 127-year-old group after the brothers Adi and Jamshyd amicably divided the group this April, expects its revenue crossing ₹20,000 crore by the turn of 2032 from current ₹16,000 crore.

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Experts see GDP growth below 6.5% in second quarter

AHEAD of the release of official GDP numbers for the second quarter of FY25, economic analysts present varied estimates ranging from 6.2% to 6.9%.

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AI facing delays in Boeing aircraft deliveries: CEO Campbell Wilson

AIR INDIA CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said on Wednesday that the airline is experiencing delays in receiving aircraft deliveries from Boeing, largely due to a strike at the aircraft manufacturer's U.S. factory.

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No delays in banking, Aadhaar OTP messages due to new traceability rules

THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has assured consumers that there will be no disruptions in the delivery of essential net banking and Aadhaar OTP messages starting December 1, as the new traceability rules are implemented.

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GAIL, INEOS revive PTA plant in M'luru

GAIL (India) Limited, via wholly-owned subsidiary GAIL Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (GMPL), has re-engaged process licensor INEOS to support revival of its 1.25 million tonne per annum purified terephthalic acid (PTA) manufacturing plant in Mangaluru.

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Rohit & Co call on Oz PM ahead of practice tie

AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday hosted a reception for the travelling Indian cricket team ahead of their two-day pink-ball practice match against PM's XI here from November 30.

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Perfect Liverpool on top of CL, Dortmund also among winners

LIVERPOOL are the only team with a perfect record in this season's Champions League after beating title-holders Real Madrid 2-0 in their heavyweight clash on Wednesday, with last season's runners-up Borussia Dortmund among the night's other winners.

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Doping shocker again in tennis: Swiatek accepts one-month ban

In another high-profile doping case in tennis, five-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month ban for failing a test.

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India in line to host 'very major event in 2025, says top FIDE official Sutovsky

THE world governing body for chess (FIDE) could be set to host a 'very major event' in India in 2025.

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MIND AT REST, EYES ON NEXT MOVE

With three games of the chess World Championship done, some themes are emerging from the tournament. A look...

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PCB does not want Hybrid CT; ICC board to meet today

A day before an all-important ICC board meeting scheduled to be held virtually to finalize the schedule of the 2025 Champions Trophy, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday afternoon has conveyed to the world governing body that the hybrid model is not acceptable to it.

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MOP Vaishnav win 20th consecutive title

MOP Vaishnav College secured the 20th consecutive rolling trophy with their stellar performance by winning the women's overall title at the 56th Dr Sir A Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar athletics meet organised by the University of Madras at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai.

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TOP 5 TECH TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2025

ROM the emergence of smaller GenAI language models and AI agents to semiconductors and spacetech, Capgemini's tech trends for 2024 received a lot of attention.

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India's PC market at all-time high in third quarter of 2024

India's traditional PC market, which includes desktops, notebooks, and workstations, achieved an all-time high of 4.49 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24), reflecting a modest 0.1% year-over-year (YoY) growth, according to data from IDC.

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Investing in differentiated connectivity can boost telcos' revenue: Ericsson

Recently, telecom equipment maker Ericsson suggested in one of its reports that Indian telecom service providers invest in differentiated connectivity as consumers are willing to pay extra for it.

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