The Morning Standard - November 05, 2024

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November 05, 2024

meanwhile, Pak blames India for AQI

WITH AQI level in Lahore soaring to an alarming level of 1,900, the Pakistan government has blamed the winds blowing from India for the severe conditions.

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36 die as bus falls into U'khand gorge

A private bus plunged into a gorge in Uttarakhand's Almora district on Monday, killing 36 people and injuring 27 others.

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22-yr-old held for fight with 3 women at nightclub

A 22-year-old man was arrested for thrashing three women at a nightclub in the city after they tried reporting his alleged misbehavior on the dance floor.

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JITTERY MARKETS TUMBLE AHEAD OF TIGHT U.S. POLLS

INDIA's equity markets fell sharply on Monday with benchmark indices NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex plummeting up to 2% in intraday deals to their lowest level in four months.

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Lokayukta police to quiz Siddaramaiah tomorrow

THE Lokayukta Police have summoned Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for questioning on Wednesday in connection with the alleged irregularities in allotment of 14 MUDA sites to his wife Parvathi.

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SC pulls up govt, cops over cracker ban, seeks list of measures taken...

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its concern over the high pollution levels recorded in the city during Diwali and inquired about the measures taken by the Delhi government and the police commissioner to implement the firecracker ban besides the actions taken against the alleged violators.

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Khalistani attack on Canada temple cowardly: Modi

People beaten up, consular event disrupted; 3 held; violence unacceptable, says Trudeau

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'Do Patti': Hooda khap calls for meet on Nov 10 to decide future action

THE Hooda khap, an influential community council in Haryana, will hold a meeting on November 10 to decide the future course of action against the makers of Do Patti movie and Netflix India.

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MCD mayoral polls on Nov 14 with tenure limited to 5 months

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will hold mayoral polls on November 14, according to an official of the civic body.

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No relief yet from 'severe' city air

Monitoring stations say AQI likely to remain 'very poor' till Thursday; wind speed may improve

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Wanting to implicate someone else, accused men trapped in own plan

THREE men, all with a criminal mindset, who wanted to exact revenge from one of their relatives found no other way but to indict him in a false case.

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Court sets date to review supplementary chargesheet by ED in Amanatullah case

A Delhi court will review the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) latest supplementary charge sheet on the alleged Delhi Waqf Board money laundering case involving AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.

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BJP's BB Tyagi joins AAP in run-up to polls

BJP leader from East Delhi, BB Tyagi, joined Aam Aadmi Party on Monday.

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BJP stages protest over delay in reappointment of 10,700 bus marshals

THE Delhi BJP staged a massive protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Atishi Marlena demanding the reinstatement of bus marshals and civil defence personnel.

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Work on war footing to ensure grand Chhath celebrations, says Atishi

THE Delhi government has said that it has engaged all departments to work on a war footing to ensure a grand celebration of the Chhath festival across the city.

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Court summons primary witness, ex-WFI chief allowed to renew passport

A Delhi court on Monday issued a summons for one of the primary witnesses and complainants to record her testimony on November 14 in the Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh sexual assault case.

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Mayor flags 'irregularities' in teachers' transfer policy

Asks MCD commissioner to conduct probe, issue strict guidelines

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Warning shots fired at two places in city, ransom demanded

THE city recorded two firing incidents on Monday—one at a property dealer's office in Alipur and another at a furniture shop in Nangloi.

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Excise dept plans to reopen liquor shops in city malls before Christmas

THE Excise Department is planning to open premium alcohol shops in city malls before the year ends.

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HC asks DGP to address lack of basic facilities for lawyers at Tihar premises

THE Delhi High Court has directed the Director General of Prisons to promptly address concerns regarding the insufficient facilities for lawyers visiting their clients at Tihar Jail.

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Transport dept seeks more cooperation from police to seize overage vehicles

AS air quality continues to decline in the city, the Transport Department has flagged the need for stricter imposition of guidelines for removing end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) from the streets.

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DESULTORY CONG CAMPAIGN MAY MAKE BJP LOSE AGAIN

THE churn has begun in the political circles of the national Capital, where the assembly polls are due for early next year.

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Waqf Bill: TDP treads with caution

NDA ally has been maintaining that it will not compromise on the interests of Muslims

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K-Rail protests rage again after statement by Rly Minister

THE K-Rail SilverLine Virudha Janakeeya Samithi took out a major protest rally at Kattilapeedika on Monday in response to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's recent comments.

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Telangana state caste census: Rahul Gandhi to lead consultations

Electoral promise

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Govt school enlists robot tutor to make learning fun

EVEN as education moves away from being mechanical to analytical, there are still certain lures of learning that call for robotic rigour.

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Don't want to waste time by responding to 'newbies': Stalin

DAYS after Thamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam chief Vijay launched a broadside against the DMK at his party's first state conference, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday took a veiled dig at him, saying that he doesn't want to waste his time by responding to those 'newbies' who want DMK to be destroyed.

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Pawan wants strict action in heinous crimes in AP

TAKING exception to the law and order situation in the state not improving even after five months of the NDA government, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan said that things would have been different had he been the Home Minister.

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Heavy rains forecast in 9 TN districts

THE Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) on Monday predicted heavy rain at isolated places across nine districts including Chengalpattu, Viluppuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai and Ramanathapuram on November 8 and 9.

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Once defecation-free, Berhampur now has acute shortage of public toilets

BERHAMPUR city was declared open defecation free in 2018. Two years later, the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) was awarded ODF++ ranking in the Swachhat Sarvekshan (cleanliness survey) conducted by the Centre.

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THE FIVE PILLARS OF AI GOVERNANCE IN INDIA

THE US experiences with unregulated growth in social media and finance illustrate the dangers of delayed regulation.

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SLUGGISH CAPEX BARES THE CHINKS IN ECONOMIC ARMOUR

FOR an economy already bogged down by a consumption slowdown and a shrinking middle class, the moderation in public and private capital expenditure comes off as a new headache.

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A BIG WEEK FOR INDIAN CRICKET

THE past week has been a bit of a revelation for Indian cricket. Of course, the biggest blow was the three-nil loss against New Zealand-India's first ever in their 92-year long Test history at home.

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CHINA'S PERCEPTION ABOUT INDIA'S POWER ASPIRATIONS

India's actions across the LoC and in J&K made China wary of it being a perceived obstacle to its growth. The Ladakh adventurism was just a message Beijing calibrated in an awkward way

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EC defers bypolls in UP, Punjab, Kerala

Instead of Nov 13, bypolls to 14 constituencies to take place on Nov 20, says poll panel; Festival rush cited

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Skilled manpower, land pocket needed for solar mission

The two-day 7th International Solar Assembly, an India-driven global alliance on harnessing solar energy with 120 countries as members, began in Delhi on Monday.

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5 movies for 'Best Debut Director of Indian Film'

FIVE movies selected for the \"best debut director of Indian film\" award, being introduced this year, will highlight new perspectives, diverse narratives, and innovative cinematic styles from across India.

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Pal 'bulldozing' Waqf Bill JPC's proceedings: Oppn MPs write to Speaker

IN another face-off between the Opposition and the ruling BJP over the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, the Opposition MPs wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday flagging the unilateral decisions by the panel head and warned that they might be forced to disassociate with JPC as they have been stonewalled.

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Decide on mercy plea of Beant Singh assassin, else we will, SC tells Centre

THE Supreme Court on Monday said it would consider the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab CM Beant Singh, if the Centre does not decide on the matter \"either way\".

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First significant results from payload onboard maiden solar mission Aditya-L1

\"Using the unique data obtained with the VELC onboard Aditya-L1 we were able to precisely estimate the onset time of a coronal mass ejection (CME) that erupted from the Sun on July 16. This is the very first science result from the maiden solar mission of ISRO,\" said Senior Professor, IIA and Principal Investigator for the VELC payload, R Ramesh.

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JMM schemes a game-changer in the state: Kalpana

M Hemant Soren's wife and Gandey MLA Kalpana Soren tells Mukesh Ranjan that the 'Maiyan Samman Yojana' launched by the JMM-led government is going to change the scenario in Jharkhand and pave way for the 'mahagathbandhan' government once again in Jharkhand.

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In Mowgli land, night bagh chaupals for villagers to keep off prowling tigers

IN the Pench Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh, famous as the Land of Mowgli from the Jungle Book, special night chaupals are being organised to educate villagers about the increasing tigers-humans conflicts and ways to prevent loss of lives in the attacks.

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Maha rebel headache in Maha Yuti & MVA

As many as 983 candidates withdrew from the poll fray on the last day of the withdrawal of candidature for the Maharashtra assembly elections.

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Ruckus marks 1st day, 1st session of J&K House

The first day of the maiden Assembly session of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Monday witnessed a brief commotion on Article 370 after a People's Democratic Party (PDP) member read a resolution on restoration of J&K's special status, which prompted protests from the BJP members.

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Modi tears into 'mafia-slave' JMM govt in J'khand

Accuses Soren-led Jharkhand govt of nepotism’, supporting Bangla infiltration and corruption in all welfare schemes

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Wind of change blowing in J'khand this time: Marandi

HARKHAND BJP president Babulal Marandi believes that the people of the state are fully prepared for a change and will vote for the BJP this time.

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8 on hate crime trial in Paris over beheading of a teacher in 2020

EIGHT people went on trial in France on Monday, charged with contributing to the climate of hatred that led to an 18-year-old Islamist radical of Chechen origin beheading teacher Samuel Paty outside Paris in 2020.

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At least 10 dead after Indonesian volcano erupts

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted overnight, killing at least 10 people as it spewed fireballs and ash on surrounding villages, officials said on Monday as they raised the alert to its highest level.

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One last push from Kamala, Trump before presidential election today

Both are campaigning in Pennsylvania, signifying its importance to enter the White House

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Pak govt rams bill, tenure of Army Chief up by two years

PAKISTAN's National Assembly on Monday hurriedly amended relevant laws to increase the terms of armed services chiefs, including the army chief, to five years from three and double the number of Supreme Court judges amidst protest by jailed former premier Imran Khan's party.

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Music titan rose from being a gang member to executive

QUINCY Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic \"Thriller\" album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91.

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Israeli air strike kills another Hezbollah leader in Lebanon

THE Israeli military said on Monday it killed a top Hezbollah commander it accused of overseeing rocket and anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.

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RIL likely to launch Jio IPO at valuation of $100 bn next yr

BILLIONAIRE Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) likely to launch the initial public offering (IPO) for its telecom arm, Jio Infocomm, next year, while the IPO for its retail venture, Reliance Retail, may be launched at a later date.

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Sebi allows AMCs to invest in overseas mutual funds, unit trusts

DOMESTIC asset management companies (AMCs) can now invest in overseas mutual funds and unit trusts (UTs) that have exposure to domestic securities if such exposure is not more than 25% of their total assets.

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Pay $250 mn quickly: Adani to B'desh

Bangladesh govt has fast-tracked payment of outstanding dues ahead of Nov 7 deadline

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Sebi advisory on unauthorised virtual trading, gaming platforms

MARKETS watchdog Securities and Exchange Board (Sebi) has issued an advisory against unauthorised virtual trading, gaming platforms, apps and web applications, which are offering virtual trading services, paper trading and fantasy games to the public based on stock price data of listed companies.

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Quick commerce hottest category: Swiggy co-founder

QUICK commerce is the hottest category with its fast growth, large TAM (total addressable market), as the category can be $30-$50 billion in four years, supported by strong CAGR, said Swiggy co-founder and group CEO Sriharsha Majety.

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Applications invited for RBI DG as Patra retires in Jan

MICHAEL DEBABRATA PATRA, senior-most deputy governor of the Reserve Bank in charge of key monetary policy department, is set to step down once his term ends in January.

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Sebi asks Embassy REIT to sack CEO Aravind Maiya

Following the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA)'s findings of serious lapses and gross negligence leading to market fraud when he was the lead auditor of Coffee Day, market regulator Sebi has ordered Embassy REIT's manager to immediately sack its acting chief executive Aravind Maiya for \"harming ordinary investors\" and also appoint an interim CEO in his place.

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Carmakers gear up to launch new models in the market in November

TOP automakers are gearing up to introduce new models this November to lift market sentiment following the festive season.

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Southern states lead in white-collar hiring in Oct

WHEN it comes to white-collar hiring, Southern states saw significant growth with strong year-on-year gains.

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Women's FTP: More Tests, slot for leagues

INDIA will host Australia and England and play multiple Tests away from home as the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the women's cricket Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the 2025-29 cycle.

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GHOSTS OF PAST AND PROMISES OF FUTURE

Test series Down Under will define what lies ahead for Indian team

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Five-star Chennaiyin thrash Jamshedpur

CHENNAIYIN FC ran riot in the opening 25 minutes or so against Jamshedpur FC to eventually go on to record a 5-1 victory in the Indian Super League in Jamshedpur on Monday.

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From being go-to reserve to MVP of series, tale of Will Young

WILL Young doesn't get to put on his Black Caps Test cap as much as he would like to. For the longest time, he has been New Zealand's go-to reserve batter.

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We hope Chennai Grand Masters will become city tradition: Srinath

IN the final weeks of 2023, a few stakeholders quietly got together for the Chennai Grand Masters, India's highest-rated Classical super tournament ever.

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Filmmaking is my form of politics'

MID the din of doom and gloom narratives that usually dominate works on climate change, Shawn Sebastian's projects offer an oasis of quiet.

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Gemstone Glory

AS Diwali just went by, gold prices have reached an all-time high of around 80,000 per 10 grams for 24 carat.

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