The Morning Standard - August 31, 2024

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August 31, 2024

Modi apologises over collapse of Shivaji's statue

Takes a swipe at Rahul Gandhi for insulting Veer Savarkar, another son of the land

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Alert: Cyber fraud capital has moved – from Jamtara to Tarapith

IN a multi-state operation running nearly a month, Delhi Police arrested 19 fraudsters allegedly involved in separate cases of cybercrimes, a senior officer said on Friday.

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GDP growth slips to 15-month low in Q1

POOR performance of the agriculture and services sectors pulled down India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in the April-June 2024 quarter to a 15-month low of 6.7%, against 8.2% in the yearago period, government data released on Friday showed.

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Takht holds Badal guilty of 'religious misconduct'

IN another twist to Akali politics in Punjab, the Akal Takht on Friday declared Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal “tankhaiya” (guilty of religious misconduct) for the \"mistakes\" of his party and its government from 2007 to 2017.

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EAM: Era of non-stop talks with Pak over

THE era of uninterrupted dialogue with Pakistan is over, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.

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Court nod to frame charges against Tytler

THE Rouse Avenue Court on Friday ordered the framing of charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 Pul Bangash Sikh killings case.

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66 candidates file nominations for ward committee elections

CANDIDATES from the AAP, BJP, and Congress on Friday filed their nominations for the zonal level ward committee elections with the Municipal Secretary.

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HC rejects bail of PFI chairman OMA Salam

THE Delhi High Court on Friday rejected an interim bail plea filed by OMA Salam, Chairman of the Popular Front of India (PFI), who sought release following the recent death of his daughter.

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Govt writes to Centre seeking nod for artificial rain to combat winter smog

DELHI environment minister Gopal Rai on Friday urged the Centre to convene an urgent meeting with stakeholders to evaluate the feasibility of cloud seeding technology (artificial rain) in the national capital to curb the intensity of air pollution during winter months, and secure necessary permissions in that regard.

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AAP councillors withdraw pleas as HC declines rescheduling MCD polls

TWO AAP councillors on Thursday withdrew their petitions, which sought rescheduling of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) ward committee polls, from the Delhi High Court.

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Docs flag safety risks at hospitals

Allege acute shortage of security guards in health facilities, demand deployment of ex-servicemen

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Authorities to use drones to monitor, protect govt land

THE Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Survey of India (SOI) to utilise drone technology for land surveys, aimed at tackling encroachments in the national capital, an official statement on Friday said.

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Chandrasekhar granted bail in bribery case

NOT FREE YET A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to conman Sukesh Chandrashekar in connection with the bribery case related to the AIADMK's \"two-leaves\" election symbol.

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BJP asks Prez to dismiss govt; AAP calls move a defeat before elections

A delegation of BJP MLAs met President Droupadi Murmu on Friday and demanded dismissal of the AAP government in Delhi, alleging a situation of \"constitutional crisis\" in the wake of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's imprisonment.

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'Jealous' teenager girl creates influencer's fake profile with morphed pics

DELHI Police has arrested a 19year-old girl who allegedly created a fake Instagram account of a social media influencer woman and posted her morphed pictures as she envied her, an official said on Friday.

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Delhi zoo to welcome Bengal tiger, rhinoceros

After a long hiatus, the Delhi Zoo is set to welcome new residents this month, including a Bengal tiger, a rhinoceros and a blackbuck, as part of an animal exchange programme with Assam, an official announced on Friday.

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HC sets October 19 to hear pleas related to 2020 riots in the city

THE Delhi High Court on Friday scheduled October 9 for hearing a series of petitions related to the February 2020 riots in North-East Delhi, including the alleged hate speeches by several politicians.

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6-year-old girl rescued from Indo-Nepal border

A 6-year-old girl “kidnapped by her maternal uncle and wife\" was rescued from the India-Nepal border, an official said on Friday.

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Recruitment for over 20K govt posts by March: L-G

Says more than 17,000 permanent posts were filled in last 2 years

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New fraud in town: DTP card

LAST month, an Army Colonel complained to the police of being duped of 3.39 lakh when he clicked on an unknown link he had received through a message.

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'3 mega water treatment plants almost complete'

THE Delhi Jal Board on Friday said that the three large wastewater treatment projects (WWTP) being developed under the Yamuna Action Plan-III are nearing completion.

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HC notice to Centre over veg product claim

THE Delhi High Court on Friday sought the Centre's stand on a petition claiming that Ramdev co-founded Ayurvedic conglomerate Patanjali's toothpaste 'Divya Dant Manjan' contains \"non-vegetarian ingredients\" like fish extract, and was \"misbranded\" as vegetarian.

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Techie arrested for harassing woman worker

A 32-year-old techie was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a woman employed by a USbased company in a Gurugram hotel, police said on Friday.

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Illegal LPG godown busted in Narela, 1 held

A man was arrested on Friday for allegedly running an illegal LPG cylinder godown in outer-north Delhi's Narela area, police said.

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DU releases 3rd phase schedule for UG admission

THE Delhi University on Friday released the schedule for the third phase of admissions to undergraduate courses for the 2024-25 session through performance-based programmes.

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'We are now forced to pay 40% commission'

TUMAKURU District Civil Contractors' Association president and senior Congress leader AD Balaramaiah on Friday alleged that contractors have to pay more than 40 per cent commission to get their bills cleared after Congress came to power.

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Stalin inks 6 MoUs for investment of ₹900 cr to generate 4K jobs in Chennai

THE Tamil Nadu government has inked pacts with companies such as Nokia, PayPal, Yield Engineering Systems, Microchip, Infinx, and Applied Materials for an investment commitment of 900 crore and employment target of 4,100 jobs in Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai, the state government said on Friday.

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Now, KMF products to enter Delhi's market

COME October, Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) will start selling milk and curd in Delhi.

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Hema panel: More trouble for actor

THE tremors that followed the release of the Justice Hema Committee report continued to shake the Malayalam film industry with one more woman levelling harassment allegation against actor Jayasurya.

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Hidden in girls cameras washroom spark protests

TENSION prevailed at Seshadri Rao Gudlavalleru Engineering College in Gudlavalleru near Gudivada as hundreds of students launched a protest late on Thursday night, alleging that two final year students had installed hidden cameras in the girls hostel washroom and recorded their videos.

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In a first, RSS Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak in Kerala

THE Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will hold its annual Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak for the first time in Kerala.

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2 Maoists from C'garh surrender before Odisha cops

TWO area committee members of the banned CPI (Maoist) surrendered before Bargarh police on Friday, in what was a significant achievement in the fight against left wing extremism (LWE) in the region.

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Pak woman who honeytraps three for info on INS Kadamba, nabbed by NIA

THREE men, who were taken into custody by NIA sleuths on Wednesday for allegedly sending pictures and vital information on the INS Kadamba naval base to enemy countries, were honey trapped by a Pakistani woman agent.

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'Justice Kohli protector of women's rights'

CHIEF Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday paid glowing tributes to outgoing Supreme Court judge Hima Kohli, calling her a \"fierce protector of women's rights\".

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AG Noorani: Man who reminded us of the values that make nations great

A BDUL Ghafoor Majeed Noorani, who left us on August 29, was an outstanding constitutional scholar whose value based analysis of events over the past half-century enriched the nation.

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Rebellion in BJP over distribution of ticket

THE BJP is facing a full-blown rebellion in its ranks in Jammu and Kashmir over denial of the party ticket to senior leaders and loyalists in its Jammu stronghold.

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NIA carries out raids at 9 locations across 4 states to tackle Maoists

THE National Investigation Agency on Friday conducted raids across Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, as part of its efforts to scuttle the attempts of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit to revive its presence, the agency said.

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UCC a measure of justice for women: V-P

VICE-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said Uniform Civil Code will be a measure of justice to women.

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BJP relies on freshers, farmers, sports icons

THE BJP is likely to field some distinguished sportspersons as candidates in the Haryana assembly polls due October 1.

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SC to hold 2-day nat'l meet of district judiciary

THE Supreme Court will organise a two-day national conference of the district judiciary on August 31 and September 1, according to a statement issued by the apex court on Friday.

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India's projects in Bangla in limbo as 'strong anti-Delhi sentiment' persists

INDIA-led projects in Bangladesh will continue to remain in deep freeze for some time, owing to the strong anti-India sentiment across the country fuelled by student leaders.

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Hit by flash floods, U’khand rescues 189 tourists from Valley of Flowers

A sudden downpour on Thursday afternoon led to a flash flood in the Valley of Flowers trekking route, sweeping away a concrete bridge over a stream and leaving 189 tourists stranded in Uttarakhand.

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Didi again writes to Modi seeking Central laws, hikes salary of civic volunteers

CHIEF Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing concern over the lack of response to her earlier appeal for a stronger legislation on crimes against women in the wake of a trainee doctor's rape and murder in Kolkata.

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Assam Assembly abolishes 2-hr Friday namaz break rule

THE Assam Assembly has abolished a British-era rule that granted a two-hour break to Muslim MLAs to offer namaz on Fridays.

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Rain respite, but floods wreak havoc in Gujarat

EVEN as rains abated in most parts of Gujarat on Friday morning, several towns and villages witnessed water logging due to swollen rivers.

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Chirag: No rift with BJP, love for PM unshakable

UNION minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Friday denied any rift between him and ally BJP, and claimed that his love for Prime Minister Narendra Modi was \"unshakable\".

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Champai joins BJP, levels snooping charge against Hemant-led JMM govt

FORMER Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Friday joined BJP along with his supporters in Ranchi.

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Harris defends policy flip flops in first interview

KAMALA Harris declared on Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump as she reached out to centrist voters in her first interview since her dramatic entry into November's presidential election.

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Berlin deports 28 to Af, first since Taliban took control

GERMANY deported Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power.

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New rules to kick out members lacking 'revolutionary spirit'

THE ruling Communist Party of China headed by President Xi Jinping has issued a new set of rules to remove incompetent members deemed lagging in their faith, loyalty and performance, in a bid to further strengthen the party's control over the conduct of its nearly 100 million members.

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UN to deploy team to probe abuses in Bangladesh rights

THE UN human rights office said on Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses and violations through use of excessive force by security forces to quell protests led by students against the former government this summer.

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Pak relaxed rules to give contract to build key highway to China: report

PAKISTAN relaxed bidding rules to directly award a USD 2 billion contract to China for the construction of a strategically important road, according to a media report on Friday.

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Israeli air strike kills three in West Bank

ISRAEL said it killed three Hamas militants in an air strike in the occupied West Bank on Friday, taking the death toll from a large-scale military operation now in its third day to at least 19.

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Brazil freezes financial assets of Musk's Starlink

Top judge's spat with Musk over appointment of legal officer escalates

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Sebi tightens norms for entry, exit of F&O stocks

CAPITAL market watchdog Sebi has tightened norms regarding the eligibility for the entry and exit of securities into the derivatives space by increasing the value and volume caps by three times.

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B'luru houses 35% of BFSI global capability centres

BENGALURU secures the top spot as the premier destination for Banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) Global Capability Centres (GCCs), as it houses 35% of all BFSI GCCs.

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ONGC Videsh steps up efforts to recover dividends from Russia and Venezuela

ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), the overseas arm of ONGC, on Friday said it has stepped up efforts to recover divideds stuck in Russia and Venezuela due to the US sanctions.

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39 stock, 7 commex brokers, 22 DPs lose registration

THE markets watchdog Sebi has cancelled the registration of as many as 39 stock brokers and seven commodity brokers for not meeting their registration requirements apart from cancelling registration of 22 depository participants who aren't affiliated with any depositories.

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Fiscal deficit touches 17.2% of annual target as of end-July

THE country's fiscal deficit reached 17.2% of the annual target as of the end of July in the current fiscal year (FY25), according to data published by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) on Friday.

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APSEZ acquires 80% stake in Astro for $185 million in all-cash deal

ADANI Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 80% stake in Astro, in an all-cash deal for $185 million, implying an enterprise value (EV) of $235 million and EV/FY25E earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) at 4.4 times.

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Vistara to fly for last time on November 11

Customers will no longer be able to book Vistara flights from September 3, for travel on or after November 12

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Govt taking many policy measures to promote fintech sector: PM Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government is taking many policy measures to promote the fintech sector, which attracted over $31 billion foreign investments in the past 10 years and has grown by over 500% in terms of their number.

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Avani creates history, India bag four medals

22-year-old becomes India's 1st para-athlete to clinch two straight Paralympics gold

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TNCA XI thrash Mumbai by 286 runs; enter semis

R SAI Kishore (3/52) and CV Achyuth (3/37) picked up three wickets each to propel the TNCA XI to a creditable 286run over Mumbai in the TNCATake Sports All-India Buchi Babu Invitation tournament played at Coimbatore.

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Chennai set for India's first night street race

CHENNAI is the country's Mecca for tennis and chess.

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1500m runner Parvej Khan fails dope test

PARVEJ Khan's journey had been meteoric.

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INDIANS SHARE BIT MORE FREELY: UPTON

HERE is perhaps a perception that Indians consider talking about their vulnerabilities as taboo.

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Sporting a vision on canvas

SPORTS is an integral part of our lives, whether you are genetically predisposed to athletic activities or not. In one’s growing up years, it always served as a break from the monotony of geographical map drawings and mathematical calculations.

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