The Morning Standard - January 12, 2025

The Morning Standard - January 12, 2025

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In this issue
January 12, 2025
Fan, fandom & Harish: Cricketing bridge between India-Australia
IN terms of support, the Melbourne Cricket Ground almost looks like any other ground in India. There is a sea of blue in every corner and the din was as loud as one could hear back home.

1 min
20 Arrested for Kerala Minor's Horrific Rape
NCW SEEKS STATUS REPORT IN THREE DAYS

1 min
Maha shift as Uddhav's Sena to go it alone in civic body polls
IN a seismic shift that threatens to upend Maharashtra's political landscape, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has announced its decision to contest the upcoming local body elections on its own.
1 min
Former CM's son, ex-AAP minister on BJP's 2nd list
The BJP on Saturday released its second list of 29 candidates for the February 5 Assembly polls.

1 min
NTA Exams May Go UPSC Way for Better Security
Would involve DM, SP to make the process of conducting entrance tests fully secure

1 min
BJP, AAP Spar Over CAG Report on Liquor Policy
In the run-up to the Assembly polls, the BJP has intensified its attack on AAP over the findings of the CAG report, which says the Delhi government has allegedly ensured a loss of ₹2,026 crore to the state exchequer by tweaking excise policy.
1 min
AAP's Delhi model sets blueprint for developed India, says Jasmine Shah
THE AAP's Delhi model has been talked about and followed across the country, and this is a road map for India to become a developed country, said Delhi Model's author Jasmine Shah on Saturday.

1 min
Rhino horn trafficking ring busted, four arrested
DELHI Police Crime Branch has arrested four persons for their involvement in the possession and trafficking of two rare rhinoceros horns, valued at ₹3 crore in the international market.
1 min
Kejriwal Challenges BJP's CM Face to Public Debate
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday \"congratulated\" BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri, saying that it has been learnt that Bidhuri may be considered as the BJP's candidate for Delhi's top post and called for a public debate between him and the former MP.

1 min
Man killed as speeding Audi collides with car
A 28-year-old man died after an Audi crossed the divider and collided with a Maruti Suzuki Ertiga traveling from the opposite direction, police said on Saturday.
1 min
Dip in crime against women in 2024; spike in fatal accidents, narco cases
THE national capital witnessed a significant decline in major crimes in 2024 as compared to the previous year, including crimes against women and snatching.

1 min
Uproot AAPda: Shah to slum dwellers
BJP leader says not a single scheme for the poor will be stopped if their party forms govt

1 min
Alcohol, drugs in JNU: No fine yet on students
A day after the news went viral of two hostel students of JNU fined Rs 1.79 lakh for allegedly allowing outsiders into their rooms and consuming alcohol and drugs in their room, the officials confirmed that no fine has been imposed on the students yet.

1 min
Fog affects 220 flights; rain intensifies cold wave
THE national capital and nearby areas were shrouded in a thick layer of fog on Saturday, disrupting flight services and road traffic as several north Indian states continued to reel under a cold wave.
1 min
ISRO Brings SpaDex Mission Sats Within 230m for Docking
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday corrected the drift anomaly between the two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites by closing the distance between them to 230 metres.

1 min
Kochi water metro model inspires 18 similar ventures
FOLLOWING its successful implementation in Kochi, the Union Government has asked the Kochi Water Metro Ltd (KWML) to explore the feasibility of similar ventures in 18 locations nationwide.
1 min
AP to use drones, AI to prevent cockfights
ANDHRA Pradesh State police will use the advanced technology such as drones and artificial intelligence to control the organisers from conducting banned rooster fights and other illegal activities in the name of Sankranthi festivities.

1 min
AIADMK to boycott Erode (East) bypolls
THE AIADMK has decided to boycott the by-election to the Erode (East) Assembly seat scheduled for February 5, alleging that the bypoll will not be conducted in a \"free and fair\" manner.
1 min
My Davos visit will help attract big investments for Andhra, says Naidu
CHIEF Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has felt that his visit to Davos to participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 will come in handy to attract large scale investments to the state.

1 min
Retain Waltair division: Rly panel
Political uproar over carving out South Coast railway zone from East Coast, South Central zone

2 mins
Forest dept in a fix over Siddu, NTCA orders on tribals
KARNATAKA forest department officials face a double-edged sword over implementing the tribal relocation programme, protecting forests from becoming townships, and reducing man-animal conflict.
1 min
Road to riches: A shopping mall owner's odyssey
Deben Kakoty, once evicted from his pan shack by the road, came to own a shopping mall in the same location, Prasanta Mazumdar writes

2 mins
From Fields To E-Commerce
Farmers in Haryana have formed a producers' organization that has become a model of agricultural transformation, supplying vegetables across Delhi and NCR through e-commerce platforms, reports Harpreet Bajwa

3 mins
'Pathshala' of a different kind
The initiative is empowering residents with crucial knowledge to guard themselves against rising online crimes, writes Ejaz Kaiser

2 mins
FIVE PROBLEMS TO RESOLVE IN BUDGET 2025
NOTHING crystallises public attention like a data point.

3 mins
Why Is Delhi Important For Modi?
LEGEND says the modern city of Delhi is built on seven older ones. Though the nuances of ideological substrata are more than seven, Delhi has one face—power. From the Pandavas to the Chauhans to the Mughals to the British, it has always been a seat of power. Delhi is the heart and soul of India. The battle for ballots between the beleaguered Arvind Kejriwal and the pugnacious Narendra Modi is to capture that soul.

4 mins
PLANNING OUR LIVES BEYOND WORK
Stepping into the new calendar year means surfing through a barrage of forwarded new year greetings.

4 mins
508km Mumbai-Ahmedabad railway corridor to have 100% green buildings
ALL railway stations along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor, which spans 508 kilometres and includes 12 railway stations, will have 100% green building attributes, according to Railway Ministry officials.

1 min
Acute crunch of weapons forces Naxals to change tact to looting, says intel
WITH security forces and enforcement agencies gaining gradual success in their onslaught against left-wing extremists in state after state, the Naxal leadership has of late been facing a major weapon crunch, as they are now using outdated age-old firearms, intelligence sources said.
1 min
A serious mind behind an exuberant persona
BIM BISSELL, who died last Thursday, was an institution in Delhi.

2 mins
India joins UN expert panel on Big Data monitoring SDGs
INDIA has joined the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics, a key body focused on leveraging big data to monitor and report on the Sustainable Development Goals.
1 min
Bonding over food: PM's day-out with 3K youths at Bharat Mandapam
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi is set to engage with 3,000 dynamic young leaders from across the country during the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders' Dialogue 2025, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Sunday.

1 min
Shah Bats For NDPS Courts In States For Speedy Trials
Dark web, cryptocurrency emerging challenges in fight against drugs

1 min
The Boy Who Dreamt of Stars
In the tranquil village of Mela Kattuvilai, nestled in the heart of Kanniyakumari district, the rustling coconut leaves once bore witness to the dreams of a boy who dared to reach for the stars.

2 mins
‘Punishment’: 100 girl students forced to take off shirts inside school
IN a shocking incident, more than 100 girl students from Class 10 at Carmel school in Dhanbad were subjected to humiliation when they were forced to remove their shirts as punishment for celebrating Pen Day on Thursday.
1 min
EVMs in, ballot papers out in C'garh U-turn
The Chhattisgarh BJP government is now preparing to hold the urban bodies polls with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

1 min
Rebels wreak havoc for BJP, Cong in U'khand
IN Uttarakhand, the long-awaited local body elections are set to take place on January 23, a year later than initially planned.

1 min
Crash course on individual rights at Maha Kumbh
MAHA Kumbh bids to blend spirituality with a message of justice, transparency, and individual rights.

1 min
Huge rush to Ajmer dargah, locals step in as all hotel rooms booked
AMID the controversy over the claims that the Ajmer Dargah is built over a Hindu temple, a record number of pilgrims attended the 813th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

1 min
Dallewal health worsens amid chorus for meeting
Doctors say farmer leader's vitals fluctuating, ketone levels high

1 min
23 injured as Kannauj railway station building collapses, rescue ops on
AT least 23 people were injured when an under-construction building at the Kannauj Railway Station collapsed on Saturday afternoon, trapping around two dozen workers under the rubble, officials said.

1 min
Huge rush to Ajmer dargah, locals step in as all hotel rooms booked
AMID the controversy over the claims that the Ajmer Dargah is built over a Hindu temple, a record number of pilgrims attended the 813th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

1 min
After hospital death, Bengal firm blacklisted
WEST Bengal's Health Department has blacklisted West Bengal Pharmaceuticals, the company responsible for a batch of spurious saline that resulted in a woman's death at Midnapore medical College and Hospital.
1 min
Truth can't be hidden for long: Yogi in Ayodhya
SAYING that truth could not be hidden for long, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was the testimony to this notion.
1 min
4 Bodies Found, 5 Still Trapped in Assam Coal Mine
THE bodies of three miners, who were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district, were recovered by the personnel of Army, Navy and National Disaster Response Force during a joint operation on Saturday.
1 min
Two children among eight killed in Israeli strike on school: Gaza rescuers
GAZA'S civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter on Saturday killed eight people, including two children, while the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants.
1 min
LA families in shock as they return to charred homes
Scores of people head home even as the threat of new fires lingers

1 min
I Would Have Beaten Trump, Says Biden
OUTGOING US President Joe Biden on Friday said that he would have defeated Donald Trump in the November general elections, but he decided to withdraw from the race midway for the sake of the unity of the Democratic Party.

1 min
Black boxes of S Korean jet failed to record final 4 minutes
THE black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, South Korean officials said on Saturday, possibly complicating investigations into the cause of the disaster that killed 179 people.
1 min
No bar on pvt foreign deals for Don's firm
THE Trump family business released a voluntary ethics agreement Friday that allows it to strike deals with private foreign companies, a move that could help outside actors try to buy influence with the new administration.

1 min
AIG Hospitals to invest ₹800 cr in cancer therapy
HYDERABAD-based AIG Hospitals will invest ₹800 crore for installing a Proton Therapy System for treatment of cancer.
1 min
Grappling With Donald Trump's New Imperialism
As the world awaits with trepidation for Donald Trump's second presidency, allies and foes alike are aghast at his threat to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere.

4 mins
WORK-LIFE BALANCE: THE DEBATE CONTINUES
As per law, in most states working hour limit is set at 48-hour week

3 mins
No plan to put more curbs on derivatives: Sebi
MARKETS regulator Sebi is not planning more curbs on trading activity in the derivatives segment, but is working on improving the system, including risk management and ease of doing business, a senior Sebi official said on Saturday.
1 min
Sebi watchful of 'pump & dump' trades in index heavyweights
MARKET regulator Sebi is \"watchful\" of instances of market players trying to manipulate one segment to profit in another, specifically when a few stocks have high weighting in the index, a senior official said on Saturday.

1 min
India's Economy Likely to Be Weaker in 2025 Despite Global Growth: IMF MD
The Indian economy is expected to be \"a little weaker\" in 2025 despite steady global growth, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said.

1 min
India Connect, It's Official Too
With growing popularity of cricket among Indians, officials like Rao are getting prominence as administrators

4 mins
Shami back in India T20I fold
NEARLY 14 months after he last played an international match, veteran seamer Mohammed Shami on Saturday returned to the Indian team for the upcoming five-match T20I series against visiting England.

1 min
Liverpool Rout Stanley 4-0 in FA Cup
LIVERPOOL'S bid to win an unprecedented quadruple is still on after a 4-0 victory over Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup on Saturday.
1 min
Certificates from WFI not valid for recruitment: Rlys
SINCE December 24, 2023 when the sports ministry suspended newly-elected executive council of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), certificates issued by the federation have not been considered for recruitment purposes by the Indian Railways, one of the biggest employers of the athletes in the country.
2 mins
Mohammedan beat Bengaluru
MIRJALOL Kasimov's stunning 88th-minute free-kick secured Mohammedan SC's 1-0 victory over former champions Bengaluru FC, marking their second win of the Indian Super League, here on Saturday.
1 min
Eye on Alcaraz & Sinner rivalry
WHEN Carlos Alcaraz is on court for a training session, perhaps working on his newly revamped service motion, he's doing so to buttress a game already good enough to claim four Grand Slam titles.

1 min
History awaits women's hockey in Ranchi
SALIMA Tete is back in Ranchi.

2 mins
SA20: Super Giants pip Capitals by two runs
DURBAN'S Super Giants claimed a dramatic two-run victory over Pretoria Capitals in their high-scoring SA20, despite fireworks from Will Jacks (64) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (89).
1 min
Malaysia Open: Tough day at office for Sat-Chi
OVER the years, doubles specialists, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, have flourished to become a difficult proposition for their rivals at the BWF circuit.

1 min
UNLOCKING POTENTIAL OF INDIA-US NUCLEAR DEAL
WHEN dealing with major powers, context is everything. The farewell visit of the US National Security Adviser to India, aimed at finalising certain details of ongoing nuclear and high-technology cooperation, brought the landmark 2008 civil nuclear deal back into focus.
3 mins
Parental Guidance
The supporting role world chess champion D Gukesh's father played in his career highlights the role of parents dedicating their all to their child's success as a sportsperson

10+ mins
All that Remains is Pure Cinema
Yahi Sach Hai was the short story by Mannu Bhandari on which director Basu Chatterji based his new film.
2 mins
The Us that Refuses to Acknowledge Them
A computer engineer recently wrote an online post about the discrimination that graduates from Tier 2 colleges face from IIT alumni at the workplace.

2 mins
River Sutra of Hidden Hierarchies
English philosopher Herbert Spencer's theory of evolution, popularised by Charles Darwin, argues survival of the fittest, thereby leading to a natural process of selection and extinction.

3 mins
Stepping Up for the Punjab
Dancer Divya Goswami's performance focusing on an eternal love story of the region is a testament to her authenticity and the relevance of Kathak as a means of storytelling

2 mins
The Constancy of God's Love
In a world where everything is in constant flux, we find peace and assurance in the unchanging, eternal love for the divine

3 mins
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