The Morning Standard - October 19, 2024

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October 19, 2024

Purported sack-CM call by 19 Manipur BJP MLAs

NINETEEN BJP MLAs of Manipur have reportedly written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the removal of Chief Minister N Biren Singh.

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VEDANTA TO INVEST ₹1 LAKH CR IN ODISHA

METAL and mining major Vedanta Limited on Friday announced a fresh investment of ₹1 lakh crore in Odisha to set up a 6 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) alumina refinery and a 3 mtpa 'green' aluminium plant, which will be powered by renewable energy.

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Air quality slips to 'very poor', officials told to find out local source

DIWALI is still another 10 days away, but the air quality in the national capital is deteriorating already. Multiple monitoring stations indicating 'very poor' air quality. The overall air quality in Delhi stood at 293, worse than the previous 24-hour average of 285, data showed.

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Tamil anthem: Stalin seeks Guv's ouster

A huge spat broke out between Governor R N Ravi and Chief Minister M K Stalin late on Friday after singers missed singing the 'Thekkanamum Adhir Sirantha Dravida Nal Thirunaadum' line from the 'Tamizh Thaai Vaazhthu' rendered at Doordarshan Kendra Chennai's Hindi month valedictory function presided by the governor. Meanwhile, Doordarshan Kendra Chennai apologised for the 'inadvertent mistake,' and said singers had no intention to disrespect Tamil or the state song.

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Warrant against ex-RAW agent

US court issues arrest warrant; second unsealed indictment identifies him as Vikash Yadav

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Personal laws can't stunt child marriage Act: SC

THE Supreme Court on Friday held that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) cannot be stunted by personal laws and marriages involving children violate the free will to have a partner of choice.

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Gangster strikes again, tells Salman to 'pay ₹5 cr, or face consequences'

The Worli police has registered a case under BNS for threat and extortion. Mumbai police has heightened security outside Khan's residence and his farmhouse in Panvel, officials said.

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‘Incarcerated for 18 months’: Jain granted bail in laundering case

SATYENDAR Jain, a senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi cabinet minister, was granted bail by a Delhi court on Friday in a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

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Respond to disqualified MLA's plea, Speaker told

THE high court on Friday asked the Delhi Assembly Speaker's office to respond to MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar's plea challenging his recent disqualification from the assembly. Justice Sanjeev Narula issued a notice to the office of Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, setting the next hearing for December 9.

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Court acquits three brothers in MCOCA case

A Delhi court has acquitted three brothers accused of running an organised crime syndicate, citing the invalidity of the sanctions under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

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Metro trips may increase after GRAP II kicks in

IN view of the festival season and likely implementation of advanced stages of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) owing to the deteriorating quality of air in the city, the Delhi Metro will be making additional train trips to accommodate the expected higher demand.

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HC seeks city govt's response in Brij Bhushan's plea

THE high court on Friday sought the response of the Delhi government regarding an application filed by former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, seeking an early hearing of his plea to quash criminal proceedings in sexual harassment cases lodged against him by female grapplers.

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Arrest was to stop development: Jain after his release

OUT of jail after two years, Senior AAP leader Satyendar Jain, on Friday evening, said that he was arrested so that the AAP government's welfare projects, such as Mohalla Clinics and Yamuna river cleaning, could be brought to a grinding halt.

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Yamuna toxic foam poses health hazards

Froth containing high levels of ammonia and phosphates forms when fats from decaying plants and pollutants mix with water

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ACB arrests seven more in ₹54 crore GST refund scam

THE Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has arrested three main conspirators and four proprietors of the fake firms who were allegedly involved in an alleged GST refund scam of ₹54 crore.

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Woman, son die in Shahdara house fire, rescue 'delayed'

TWO members of a family—a 42-year-old woman and her 16-year-old son—were killed while four others sustained injuries after a fire broke out in a residential building in the Farsh Bazar area of Delhi's Shahdara on Friday.

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Key accused in jewellery robbery from car held

DELHI Police has arrested the prime accused who, along with his associate, committed the daylight robbery of Rs 54 lakh from a car on the Yamuna bridge in the city, an official said on Friday.

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After Shivaji, JNU plans to open centres on Cholas, Borphukan

JAWAHARLAL Nehru University is willing to set up centres dedicated to Assamese warrior Lachit Borphukan and the Chola dynasty if the money comes its way, having already set up a Centre of Excellence in the name of Maratha leader Shivaji Maharaj, varsity Vice Chancellor Santishree D Pandit said on Friday.

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PFI used funds in 2020 Delhi riots, alleges ED

THE Enforcement Directorate on Friday said the proscribed outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) was using funds for their continuous unlawful activities, which included inciting violence and fomenting trouble that led to the Delhi riots.

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AAP relaunches Jai Bhim, Farishtey schemes

Kejriwal says initiatives are meant for students from marginalised communities, samaritans

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Guard accuses AIIMS security officer of sexual harassment, caste slur

A woman guard at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here has accused the hospital's top security personnel of sexual harassment and hurling casteist slurs.

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97-yr-old woman becomes oldest in country to undergo total knee-replacement surgery

A city hospital on Friday claimed to have successfully conducted a total knee replacement surgery on a 97-year-old woman, marking her as the oldest in the country to undergo the procedure.

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Directorate of Education gets full time director after a year

DELHI'S education department, which was reportedly in a mess for the past year due to the absence of a regular directorate of education (DoE), has finally got one.

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Vegetable prices skyrocket as Kartik month begins, people blame it on polls

AS the holy month of Kartik - when most households in Odisha shun non-vegetarian food - sets in, the sky-high prices of vegetables are bringing unbearable pain to the people.

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2% tax on e-delivery of goods to help gig workers

LABOUR Minister Santosh Lad said on Friday that the state government proposes to impose a cess on every transaction of aggregator platforms such as Swiggy, Zomato, Dunzo and Ola, and a welfare fund will be created for gig workers.

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ED raids MUDA office over site allotment scam in Mysuru

IN a significant development, sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the MUDA office and its Mysuru taluk office here on Friday morning.

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Campaign launched to make contraceptives accessible as OTC drugs

THE Contraception Action Network in collaboration with Jhatkaa.org has launched an online campaign demanding the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) make clear regulations on emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) and ensure their continued over-the-counter (OTC) access.

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Hindi-speaking psychiatrist wanted to examine Kerala train arson case accused

THE prison department is in desperate search of a Hindi-speaking psychiatrist/ psychologist to examine the mental status of New Delhi resident Shahrukh Saifi, who torched a coach of Alappuzha-Kannur Express at Elathur, claiming three lives in April last year.

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Guv terms ADM's death as 'tragic', to seek report from state govt if needed

AFTER the removal of P P Divya from the post of the president of the Kannur district panchayat the focus is now on the alleged 'conspiracy' behind the whole episode that led to the death of the Additional District Magistrate Naveen Babu. Demands have been raised from different corners to probe the role of District Collector Arun K Vijayan, who was present at the farewell meeting where Divya reprimanded the ADM.

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Don't play vindictive politics: Naidu

Chief Ministers urges party MLAs not to repeat 'mistakes' committed by Opposition

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FAIR ACTION IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR

THE tragic suicide of Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Naveen Babu in Kannur district, allegedly following a public rebuke by district panchayat president PP Divya, has kicked up a huge storm in Kerala.

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IT'S RAINING DIVINE SIGNALS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE

UST how much bizarre climate change news can one handle in a week? This has been a strange week on that count. As this was being written, Bengaluru, Chennai, and huge parts of Tamil Nadu were reeling under record-breaking rains, making some apartment folk park their cars on flyovers and ride boats, Venice-like.

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COMPANIES BANK ON FED RATE CUT, FESTIVE Q3 SPEND

THE Q2 earnings season has just begun, but analysts expect a rather muted quarter as key sectors like banking, IT and FMCG may turn in moderate revenue growth.

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REMEMBERING ONE OF INDIA'S GREATEST CORPORATE LEADERS

Humility, simplicity, responsibility to the nation and to the less fortunate, and capacity to listen and act are the lessons that Ratan Tata left behind for generations to follow

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"'Ottawa should have given Nijjar security'

AMID a high-voltage diplomatic row between India and Canada, officials in Intelligence agencies and security establishments here have raised a question mark on the authorities of the North American country for not providing adequate security to Khalistani separatist Hardeep Nijjar, who had several rounds of meetings with Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) before he was killed.

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PM's 2nd visit to Russia this yr, to attend BRICS Summit

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia from October 22-23 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin to attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday.

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MHA asks states to implement bail provisions for undertrial prisoners

IN a move to reduce overcrowding in jails and give relief to undertrial prisoners, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked states and Union Territories to implement Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, which allows bail to inmates who have served considerable periods of detention, officials said on Friday.

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Small biz at higher risk of climate change: Study

A new study of the World Bank has revealed that India's smaller business firms and poor households experience higher levels of climate change-induced extreme heat and flood than better-off ones.

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India's pleas for Nijjar death cert overlooked

OTTAWA has been putting pressure on New Delhi on the killing of former chief of banned terror outfit Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) Hardeep Singh Nijjar, but it has refused to share his death certificate with Indian agencies probing his alleged role in criminal cases against him in India.

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No stay on trial against Ram Rahim in sacrilege case

THE Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for trial of the 2015 sacrilege cases involving Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

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Parliamentary oversight of intel agencies an idea whose time has come: MP

AFTER a former RAW official was charged in the US over the plot to murder Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, Congress leader and former Union minister Manish Tewari said that India would not have been in the embarrassing position if Intelligence agencies were brought under Parliamentary oversight.

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Saini makes dialysis free in Haryana

IN his first cabinet meeting as the chief minister of Haryana, Nayab Singh Saini on Friday announced that free dialysis services will be provided to chronic kidney patients in all government hospitals across the state.

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Raut, Patole fight in Maha MVA slugfest over 26 seats

DIFFERENCES among opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance partners, particularly between Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT), surfaced on Friday over \"disputed\" seats in the Maharashtra assembly elections.

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Jr docs' ultimatum to Didi: 'Fulfil our demands in 4 days or face cease-work'

THE junior doctors protesting in West Bengal have given an ultimatum to the state government: Unless it fulfils their demands by Monday or Tuesday, both senior and junior doctors of private and government hospitals will go on cease-work.

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Migrant worker from Bihar shot dead by terrorists in Shopian

IN the first targeted killing after the government assumed power in Jammu and Kashmir, a migrant worker from Bihar was shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday.

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BJP to contest 68 seats as NDA seals deal for J'khand

THE BJP-led NDA has reached consensus over seat-sharing in Jharkhand. The All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) will contest 10 seats, JD(U) 2 and the Chirag Paswan-led LJP one, leaving the BJP to contest the remaining 68 seats, according to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is also the BJP's co-election in-charge for Jharkhand.

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Amritpal's name figures in Sikh activist's murder

NAME of Khadoor Sahib MP and pro-Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh, currently in Central Jail in Dibrugarh, Assam, has figured in the recent killing of Sikh activist Gurpreet Singh.

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Omar resolution on statehood, PDP asks why silent on Art 370

KEEPING its word, the Omar Abdullah-led government passed a resolution on restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir in its first cabinet meeting, sources said, but there has been no official word yet.

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Headless Hamas defiant, won't free hostages till the war is over

Israeli forces pound Gaza further with air strikes on Friday, rescuers recover three bodies

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Pedestrian's killing puts Tesla's Full Self-Driving system under the scope

THE US government's road safety agency is again investigating Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' system, this time after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian.

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Seoul says North to send troops to war in Ukraine for Russia

NORTH Korea has decided to send \"large-scale troops\" to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Friday, citing Seoul's spy agency.

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US sanctions two Indians for transporting Iranian oil

THE US sanctioned 18 companies and individuals, including two Indians, for their alleged ties to a Houthi network transporting Iranian oil, revenue from which enables Houthi attacks on Israel and disrupting shipping in the Red Sea.

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German parliament backs tougher rules for migrants

THE German parliament on Friday voted to tighten rules for asylum seekers as Berlin takes a tougher line on immigration after recent electoral gains for the far right.

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Women priests ordained without Vatican nod

ON a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was “ordained” in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests.

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Teen held for planning ISIS style stabbing in Singapore

THE city-state has detained a 17-year-old self-radicalised supporter of ISIS under the Internal Security Act (ISA) mere weeks before his alleged planned attack on non-Muslims in a public housing estate.

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Special code for Vistara flights

AIR India has decided to keep the legacy of Vistara alive even as the joint venture (with Singapore International Airline) carrier will be operating its last flight on November 11.

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IT industry hiring again; focus on specific skills

All major IT companies have announced their campus hiring plans, and it will be driven by specialised skills

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Airfares lower up to 38% this festive season due to capacity expansion

UNLIKE past peak festive seasons when airfares go through the roof, so far this year it is on the lower side as rapid capacity expansion by airlines and lower jet fuel prices appears to be keeping the mismatch in demand and supply in check.

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IoB shows improvement in asset quality in Q2

CHENNAI-based Indian Overseas Bank (IoB) has shown massive improvement in asset quality, with its gross NPAs falling by 50% or by 202 bps to 2.72% from 4.74% a year ago, while the net NPAs improved by 21 bps to 0.47% from 0.68%.

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Hindustan Zinc in talks with govt on split: CEO

VEDANTA Group firm Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) on Friday said it is in discussions with the Indian government about the possibility of splitting the company into two units.

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Rate cut at this stage will be premature, risky: RBI Guv

THE Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das, whose monetary policy committee has left the interest rates unchanged for the tenth time earlier this month, on Friday said a rate cut at this stage will be \"premature, and very, very risky.\" \"We are not behind the curve.

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JSW Steel to acquire thyssenkrupp for ₹4,051 cr

JSW Steel through its joint venture company JFE Electrical Steel (J2ES) will acquire thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel India for ₹4,051 crore.

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Kotak Bank to acquire StanChart loan book

MARKING its second major acquisition of a foreign entity after snapping up ING Vysya in November 2014 for ₹15,000 crore, Kotak Mahindra Bank has agreed to acquire the personal portfolio of Standard Chartered Bank India.

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Ranji Trophy: Sai Sudharsan's double century puts TN in command

TAMIL Nadu opener B Sai Sudharsan's magnificent maiden first-class double century (202 batting) put his team in command against Delhi on the first day of the Ranji Trophy played at the Arun Jaitley stadium on Friday.

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Resurrection on Day three

Rohit, Kohli and Sarfaraz hit fifties to keep the hosts in the game against New Zealand

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ISL: In-form BFC edge Punjab FC 1-0

BENGALURU FC produced yet another shutout to beat Punjab FC 1-0 and extend their lead in the ongoing season of the ISL.

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Rachin special in Garden City once again

INDIA had a small window of opportunity in the morning session. To their credit, they had a chance to squeeze through that window after a really good hour's work where they had broken the spine of the visitors' batting unit. Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell and Glenn Philips had all disappeared back into the shed. Ravindra Jadeja had got into his stride while Kuldeep Yadav was proving to be a difficult customer.

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All pointing upwards: Pradhan on growth of women's game

IT has been two years since former India cricketer Snehal Pradhan took over as Manager Women's Cricket at the International Cricket Council.

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Rachin special in Garden City once again

INDIA had a small window of opportunity in the morning session.

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M-powering

For most of us who carry this fixed image of tattooed biceps in mind, it must surely come as a surprise to know that humans have been using their skins as canvases for thousands of years.

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