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Vodafone Idea signs $3.6 bn network equipment deal

VODAFONE Idea Limited (VIL), the country's third-largest telecom service provider, announced a deal worth $3.6 billion with Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung for network equipment supply over three years.

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

Frockgate denies Starmer victory lap at Labour shindig

THIS should be a time of celebration for Britain's Labour Party, which opened its annual conference on Sunday less than three months after winning power in a landslide after 14 years in opposition.

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September 23, 2024
Anura overcomes his party's violent past to win the premiership
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Anura overcomes his party's violent past to win the premiership

MARXIST leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake rose from a humble background to the pinnacle of leadership in Sri Lanka, presenting himself as a transformative leader to young voters and those tired of the \"corrupt politics\" of the traditional politicians.

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September 23, 2024
One dead, 11 missing in central Japan after rains trigger floods, landslides
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One dead, 11 missing in central Japan after rains trigger floods, landslides

FLOODS and landslides killed one person and left at least 11 missing in central Japan, with recovery teams at work on Sunday in a remote peninsula already devastated by a major earthquake this year.

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

Kamala to break tradition by skipping charity dinner

VICE President Kamala Harris will skip this year's Al Smith charity dinner in New York, breaking with presidential tradition so she can campaign instead in a battleground state less than three weeks before Election Day.

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September 23, 2024
Gas leak triggers blast in Iranian coal mine killing 51, injuring 20 others
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Gas leak triggers blast in Iranian coal mine killing 51, injuring 20 others

TEHRAN A blast caused by a gas leak at an Iranian coal mine has killed at least 51 people, state media said on Sunday, in one of the country's deadliest work accidents in years.

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

Israeli army shuts Al Jazeera office in West Bank

ISRAELI troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israelioccupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

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September 23, 2024
Hezbollah launches rockets into north Israel
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Hezbollah launches rockets into north Israel

Militant wing’s deputy leader Naim Kassem says the rocket attack is just the beginning of an open-ended battle

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

Probe launched as detonators found on tracks

TRAGEDY AVERTED MULTIPLE detonators (harmless crackers), some of which exploded while a military special train was passing through that railway track in Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh recently, have prompted the railway protection force (RPF) to launch a probe.

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

Fate of four party heads at stake in phase-2 of polls

THE future of the heads of four political parties - NC's Omar Abdullah, J&K Congress chief Tariq Hamid Karra, BJP unit chief Ravindra Raina and Apni Party's Altaf Bukhari -- is at stake in the second phase of J&K Assembly polls due September 25.

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September 23, 2024
Rhino lives on, poaching down by 86%: Himanta
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Rhino lives on, poaching down by 86%: Himanta

ASSAM has scripted a success story in the conservation of rhinos, the pride of the Assamese.

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September 23, 2024
No stone-thrower will be freed: Shah
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No stone-thrower will be freed: Shah

THE BJP came out with its top guns blazing for the second phase of Assembly polls in J&K scheduled for Wednesday.

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September 23, 2024
Didi writes to Modi, says 'DVC released water without consulting Bengal govt
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Didi writes to Modi, says 'DVC released water without consulting Bengal govt

CHIEF Minister Mamata Banerjee has sent Prime Minister Narendra Modi another letter on the flood situation in West Bengal, maintaining that Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) released water from its reservoirs without consulting her government, inundating several districts.

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September 23, 2024
Tirupati prasad row: Widespread outrage among saints in Haridwar
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Tirupati prasad row: Widespread outrage among saints in Haridwar

A laboratory report revealing the use of fish oil and animal fat in the laddus offered to devotees at Tirupati temple has sparked outrage among saints in Haridwar.

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September 23, 2024
'Those with different view in J&K too need support'
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'Those with different view in J&K too need support'

ANGER has subsided after abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir but many in the valley are still not happy.

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September 23, 2024
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Jharkhand HC orders prompt restoration of internet services in state

THE Jharkhand High Court on Sunday ordered the immediate restoration of internet services, which was withdrawn across the state for conducting the JSSC CGL (Combined Graduate Level) competitive examinations on September 21 and 22.

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September 23, 2024
Time to write the violent history of Indian freedom movement, says author
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Time to write the violent history of Indian freedom movement, says author

A LOT has been written on the non-violent history of India's freedom struggle.

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September 23, 2024
Amid raging row, Waqf Bill JPC gets 1.2 cr responses
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Amid raging row, Waqf Bill JPC gets 1.2 cr responses

THE Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for the Waqf Board (Amendment) Bill, 2024, has reportedly received more than 1.2 crore email responses from across the country, both for and against the proposed Bill.

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September 23, 2024
US to return 297 antiquities stolen from India
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US to return 297 antiquities stolen from India

THE Biden administration has facilitated the return of 297 antiquities to India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US in a move that could foster greater cultural understanding between the world's two big democracies.

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

THE HOLIEST MAN OF THE AGE IN UNDIVIDED INDIA

THE only time I went to Pakistan was for the first-ever SAARC lit fest to be held there 20 years ago.

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September 23, 2024
EXPLOSIONS IN LEBANON ECHO IN PALESTINE
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EXPLOSIONS IN LEBANON ECHO IN PALESTINE

This wasn't the first time Israel used non-conventional warfare in a foreign territory. It may deflect attention from Gaza, but the effects will be felt there too

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

'There are no small characters, only small actors'

THE struggle to set foot in Bollywood and settling for onescene roles for remaining relevant in the industry, actors Faisal Malik aka Prahlad Cha from 'Panchayat' and Durgesh Kumar, who is now popular as the hilarious Banrakas from the hit web series, have had their share of ups and downs.

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

Arabic words put on Tricolour in Koppal, 2 held

THE Koppal police arrested two youth for violating the flag code by replacing the Ashok Chakra on the national flag with an Arabic sentence.

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

Two minor girls gangraped, three detained

IN a shocking incident, two minor girls were allegedly gangraped by three miscreants behind the Birsa Munda multi-purpose stadium under Plant Site police limits here on Saturday evening.

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

Doctors demand action after MLA assaults Prof at AP medical college

NOTWITHSTANDING the apology from Kakinada Rural MLA Pantham Nanaji for manhandling a medical professor in Rangaraya Medical College on Saturday, medical students and members of the Government Doctors Association threatened to intensify agitation if no action was forthcoming against the legislator and his followers.

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September 23, 2024
Make best out of history, Odisha deputy CM calls upon youngsters
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Make best out of history, Odisha deputy CM calls upon youngsters

DEPUTY CM Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo on Sunday called upon students and budding poets to pursue their passion of writing and take life forward by analysing the world beyond what they are taught in schools.

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September 23, 2024
Rhythm, revelations: From Gulzar to Lata
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Rhythm, revelations: From Gulzar to Lata

On last day of Odisha Literary Festival, poet Yatindra Mishra takes audience on a musical journey

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September 23, 2024
After facing backlash from CPM and Pinarayi, MLA Anvar softens stance
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After facing backlash from CPM and Pinarayi, MLA Anvar softens stance

THE CPM's well-calculated move to put out the fire that has been blazing for a month after PV Anvar's revelations appear to have worked in its favour for the time being with the Nilambur MLA appearing to have fallen in line.

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

Co-worker stabs woman, her parents, arrested

A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing his colleaguecum-friend and her parents at their residence in west Delhi's Khyala area as the woman had been avoiding the accused for quite some time.

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September 23, 2024
The Morning Standard

‘Kejriwal neither created jobs nor reduced pollution'

THE BJP protested against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal at Rajghat on Sunday, accusing the AAP-led city government of \"failing to fulfil\" poll promises.

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September 23, 2024