The Morning Standard - September 10, 2024

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September 10, 2024

First Indian mpox case tests positive, govt issues advisory

THE Centre on Monday wrote to all states and Union Territories (UTS) asking them to screen, test, and trace contacts of all suspected mpox patients.

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Alliance talks with Cong fail, AAP list of 20 candidates out

THE Aam Aadmi Party on Monday released its first list of 20 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections, signalling the end of pre-poll alliance talks with the Congress.

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5 pm today deadline for WB docs to resume work

SC says protest cannot be at the cost of duty; agitators defiant

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Stephen's plea on admission of 7 students

ST.Stephen's College on Monday approached the Delhi High Court against a single judge's order of granting admission to seven students based on Delhi University's seat allocation system.

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Watch out! Waking up with morning alarm shoots up BP

RISHITA KHANNA @Bengaluru WAKING up to the sound of an alarm clock in the morning can cause a significant surge in blood pressure, with a 74% increase compared to those who wake up naturally, according to a recent study by UVA Health.

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New GoM on insurance premium GST

AMID calls for a reduction in the tax rate on health and life insurance premiums, the GST Council meeting on Monday decided to form a Group of Ministers (GoM) to deliberate on the issue.

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BJP, RSS believe that women should stay at home and cook: Rahul

IN his first trip to the US after assuming the role of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the BJP and the RSS on Monday calling them downright patriarchal.

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DDA claims misinformation being spread about Ghazipur drain deaths

THE Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Monday stated that they were being wrongly held responsible for the tragic drowning of a mother and her child in an open drain near Ghazipur paper market in east Delhi.

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Man dies, daughter critical after MCD truck hits their bike in Pul Prahladpur area

A 45-year-old man died, while his 18-year-old daughter is battling with life at a hospital after they were allegedly hit by a speeding MCD truck in southeast Delhi's Pul Prahladpur area on Monday, a police officer said.

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HC lets minor rape survivor abort 26-week pregnancy

THE Delhi High Court has allowed a minor rape survivor, over 26 weeks pregnant, to undergo a medical termination of her pregnancy while emphasising that continuing an unwanted pregnancy can cause significant harm to the survivor's mental health.

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HC urges Amity to consider ex-gratia payment

THE Delhi High Court has asked Amity Law School whether it plans to offer an ex-gratia payment to the family of Sushant Rohilla, a law student who died by suicide in 2016 after allegedly being barred from sitting for semester exams due to insufficient attendance.

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Former Cong MLA gets high court relief in 2018 DDA encroachment case

THE Delhi High Court has suspended the six-month prison sentence of former Congress MLA Asif Mohammed Khan, who was convicted in a 2018 case for encroaching on Delhi Development Authority (DDA) land in Jasola Village.

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Set up panel to resolve old cases, HC tells DDA

DELHI High Court has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to expedite the resolution of its long-standing disputes in an efficient and timely manner.

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HC grants bail to bizman Mahendru, AAP volunteer in excise policy case

Agencies allege significant bribes were paid to gain competitive edge in liquor market

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CBI arrests senior DPCC engineer, another in bribery case, seizes ₹2.39 cr

THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two individuals, including a senior environmental engineer, in connection with a corruption case and seized ₹2.39 crore in cash, an official said on Monday.

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Firecrackers banned in city till Jan 1

Minister Rai says the move is necessary to mitigate air pollution which peaks during winter

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OPD services in Punjab hospitals hit as govt doctors go on three-day strike

THE government doctors in Punjab on Monday began a three-day strike and suspended outpatient department (OPD) services for three hours across the state to press for their demands, including reinstatement of the assured career progression scheme and adequate security measures for healthcare workers.

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MCD finds 148 mosquito breeding locations

IN a bid to arrest the spread of vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, and chikungunya, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday launched a special drive targeting mosquito breeding at construction sites.

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Four held for cheating businessman

FOUR people were arrested for allegedly cheating a businessman on the pretext of listing his products in national and international markets for better sales, police said on Monday.

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AAP MLA Amanatullah sent to 14-day custody

A Delhi court on Monday placed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Amanatullah Khan in judicial custody for 14 days in connection with a moneylaundering investigation.

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Desilting: L-G orders probe into 'corruption' by PWD officials

DELHI L-G VK Saxena has asked the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to look into the allegations of corruption and misuse of public funds to the tune of nearly Rs 80 crore by the PWD officials in carrying out desilting work in the Palam area, Raj Niwas officials said on Monday.

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ABVP releases list of probable candidates for DUSU elections

AKHIL Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad on Monday released a list of nine probable candidates for September 27 DUSU polls.

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T'puram water crisis puts LDF in tight spot

PRESSURE has been mounting on the state government to take action against those erring officials of the Kerala Water Authority which saw the drinking water taps going dry in 46 Corporation wards for almost five days.

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DKS leaves for US on private trip, says will not meet Harris, Obama

DEPUTY Chief Minister and KPCC president D K Shivakumar on Sunday left for the USA on a week-long trip.

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Heavy rainfall causes damage to infra in north coastal districts of Andhra

INCESSANT rainfall disrupted normal life in the districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh, particularly in Alluri Sitarama Raju district.

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Tulu language added to Unicode standard version

TULU, which is widely spoken in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasaragod districts, has been added to the Unicode, a text encoding standard, by the Unicode Consortium.

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Flood-like situation in Malkangiri and Koraput

TORRENTIAL rains triggered by the deep depression left Malkangiri district grappling with a flood-like situation as large parts of the district remained cut off from both Odisha and Andhra Pradesh ends on Monday.

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NIA chargesheet against 4 in Rameshwaram cafe blast case

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday charge-sheeted four accused in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case.

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Pradhan, Stalin trade barbs on funds

TN CM alleges Centre denying funds to states not implementing National Education Policy

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STRATEGIC PATIENCE: A CURRENCY FOR TODAY'S GEOPOLITICS

Forbearance and maturity are needed at a time when there is little clarity in many geopolitical arenas. Some of the fog will lift after the US election

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Accused in custody can seek bail in another case: SC

THE Supreme Court on Monday held that an accused in custody for one case is entitled to seek santicipatory bail in another matter, provided they have not been arrested by any agency or police in connection with the latter.

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Naval might: 2 anti-submarine warfare craft launched at Cochin Shipyard

IN a move to upgrade to its antisubmarine warfare capability, the Indian navy on Monday launched the fourth and fifth ships of the 8 Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft project.

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'Row over IC 814 series unnecessary'

FORMER Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief -A S Dulat tells Preetha Nair about the recent controversy over Netflix series 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack' and why he thinks it is not a diplomatic failure of the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

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India, UAE sign energy and nuclear pacts

PM Modi, Crown Prince acknowledge success of economic partnership agreement and Bilateral Investment Treaty

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IAF to get 240 Sukhoi aircraft engines from HAL

THE Defence Ministry on Monday signed a ₹26,000 crore contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for 240 AL-31FP aero engines for Sukhoi (Su)-30MKI aircraft.

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At GCC, Jaishankar says Gaza situation a concern, India backs 2-state solution

EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while addressing the first India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting of Foreign Ministers in Riyadh on Monday, said that the current situation in Gaza was his country's foremost concern.

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'Return to festivities,' says Mamata

AMID raging protests over the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged people to \"return to festivities\" as Durga Puja is round the corner.

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IIT-G student found dead in hostel room

A student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati was found dead inside his hostel room on Monday morning.

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Shah steps in to check Mahayuti's Maha crisis, calls for united show

AMID mounting tension over seat-sharing in the BJP-led Mahayuti in poll-bound Maharashtra, senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Monday held a closed-door meeting with the alliance partners, emphasising the crucial role of unity for its success in the assembly polls and cautioning them against airing their internal differences in public.

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22-ft-tall idol falls on damaged road in Gwalior

POTHOLED road allegedly triggered the fall of a 22 ft tall Lord Ganesh idol in the heart of Gwalior city of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday night.

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27 arrested for pelting stones at pandal in Surat

IN a swift response, Surat police have arrested 27 individuals allegedly involved in stone-pelting at a Ganesh Pandal in the Sayedpura area on Sunday night.

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Junior doctors say won't join work as demands not met

AFTER the Supreme Court directed agitating junior doctors to join duty by 5 pm on Tuesday, the doctors working in staterun medical colleges said they would continue their ceasework as justice still eludes them even a month after the rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

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Can jailed MP Er Rashid's party spring surprise in Assembly elections in J&K?

AFTER his big win in the Lok Sabha polls, can jailed MP Er Rashid's Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) repeat its feat in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir election the first poll post abrogation of Article 370.

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Manipur students take to the streets, throw stones outside Guy's residence

PROTESTORS pelted stones outside the heavily-guarded Raj Bhawan in Manipur even as the police recovered the body of an ex-serviceman on Monday.

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Google faces new antitrust trial that can break it up

ONE month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.

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Kamala's skills against Trump under test in first match-up today

FROM her earliest campaigns in California to her serving as President Joe Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris has honed an aggressive but calibrated approach to debates.

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1,000s protest Mexican plan on election of judges

CITY THOUSANDS of Mexicans, mainly court employees and law students, protested in the capital on Sunday against a controversial judicial reform proposal that would see judges elected by popular vote.

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UK PM charts plan to reduce knife crimes on the streets

BRITISH Prime Minister Keir Starmer convened a coalition to stop young people from falling into knife crime on Monday, joined by actor and anti-knife crime campaigner Idris Elba.

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US Congress to take bills to cut China's grip in EV, biotech up

HOW to curb and counter China's influence and power - through its biotech companies, drones and electric vehicles- will dominate the US House's first week back from summer break, with lawmakers intending to take up a series of measures targeting Beijing.

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Cluster bombs killed over 1,000 in Ukraine

Pose a lasting threat since many fail to explode on impact, acting as landmines that can go off years later: Monitor

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Israeli strikes on Syria kill 16, wound 36

SYRIAN state media said on Monday that overnight Israeli strikes killed 16 people in central Hama province, while a war monitor reported a higher death toll in the \"intense\" raids on military sites.

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ED clean chit to Burmans; FIR against Saluja

IN a major indictment of Religare Enterprises (REL) chairman Rashmi Saluja, Enforcement Directorate has filed an FIR accusing her of criminal conspiracy to derail the takeover of the REL by Burman family and obfuscate the detection of illegal gains made by her through acquisition of ESOPS of Care Health Insurance Ltd.

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Hyundai focuses on mid-large SUV segment

AFTER solidifying its presence in the compact and mid-size sports utility vehicle (SUV) segment, Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) sees a bigger play in mid-large segment as it launched the new Alcazar at a starting price of ₹14.99 lakh for the petrol variant and ₹15.99 lakh for the diesel variant.

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Bajaj Housing public issue fully subscribed within 4 hrs

THE ₹6,560 croe primary share sale from the Bajaj group-the first since a group went public in May 2008 -Bajaj Housing Finance IPO fully subscribed within four hours of the bids opening Monday.

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PLI scheme for chip: 20 requests pending

Country is likely to have over 10 semiconductor units within next decade to meet domestic, global demand, says officia

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Delta shifts India HQ to B'luru from Gurugram, opens R&D centre in city

TAIWAN-based Delta has moved its India headquarters from Gurugram to Bengaluru, and also inaugurated a new Global Research and Development (R&D) centre in the city on Monday.

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Apple Unveils iPhone 16 Series With Advanced AI

APPLE launched its highly anticipated iPhone 16 series on Monday, with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI).

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No problem with giving subsidies on EVs: Gadkari

NITIN Gadkari said on Monday that he has no problem with the Finance Ministry and the Heavy Industry Ministry giving subsidies on electric vehicles (EVs).

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Liminal says ₹2K crore hack from originated WazirX side

SINGAPORE-headquartered Liminal Custody, which is an estranged security partner of WazirX, on Monday claimed that as per the audit findings, the breach might have occured from the crypto exchange side.

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GITA WISDOM GUIDES THIS ARJUN TOO

Ahead of the Chess Olympiad, which begins in Budapest on Tuesday, Erigaisi talks about his journey, goals and more...

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Weeks after doping exoneration, Sinner wins second Grand Slam title

JANNIK Sinner started slowly at the US Open, dropping the First set he played after being exOnerated in a doping case no one xnew about until shortly before play began at Flushing Meadows.

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For Worlds, Bajrang moves court over NADA suspension

WRESTLER Bajrang Punia has approached the Delhi High Court to quash the National Anti-Doping Agency's notice of charge and provisional suspension dated 21.06.2024 for apparent 'refusal' to give urine samples during the selection trials organised by the now defunct ad-hoc committee at Sonepat in March.

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Ronaldo shines with late goal for Portugal

CRISTIANO Ronaldo is showing just why Portugal is persisting with him at the age of 39.

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ACT Hockey: India thrash Japan 5-1

SUKHJEET Singh struck a brace as defending champions India thrashed Japan 5-1 in a league match to notch up their second consecutive win in the men's Hero Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament here on Monday.

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No play on day one of NZ-Afghanistan Test

NO play was possible on the opening day of the one-off Test between New Zealand and Afghanistan due to a wet outfield here on Monday.

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Whipping up some culinary magic

THE Four Points by Sheraton New Delhi, Airport Highway, has announced the appointment of Chef Pradeep Semwal as its new Executive Chef. With a career spanning over 20 years, Semwal brings a proficiency of skills to his new role, promising to elevate the dining experiences at the hotel.

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