In this issue

November 24, 2022

Shraddha’s 2-yr-old SOS to police revealed Aaftab design

THE horrific case of murder and dismemberment of a woman in Delhi by her live-in partner took a new turn on Wednesday after the copy of a letter she wrote to the Maharashtra police exactly two years ago revealing his threats to “kill and cut her into pieces” surfaced.

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Drug addict out of rehab kills four of his family in Delhi

A drug addict just out of rehab allegedly went on a killing spree, stabbing four members of his family in southwest Delhi’s Palam area, the police said on Wednesday.

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LAND OF RISING SONS

Asian powerhouse, eight of whom ply their trade in Germany, shock World Cup royalty

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Gutkha case: Chargesheet filed against 2 ex-ministers

THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a supplementary charge sheet in the gutkha scam case against 21 people, including former AIADMK ministers C Vijaya baskar and B V Ramanaa, before the CBI special court in Chennai a few days ago.

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LAND OF RISING SONS

JAPAN’S players did not know what to do apart from run in all directions. Some of them were going right, some were going straight, others left.

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MBC mom kills girl to stop her from wedding BC man

IN a gruesome manifestation of caste hatred, a 45-year-old woman of Palamadai village in Tirunelveli district strangled her daughter to death with the girl’s stole to stop her from marrying a man from another caste.

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Appointment of new EC Arun Goel under SC lens

Constitution bench says it wants to check if there was anything hanky-panky’ in the process; govt directed to submit files today

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BURY CASTE, MAKE CREMATORIA COMMON FOR ALL, HC TELLS TN

LAMENTING that the shackles of caste could not be broken even after 75 years of independence, the Madras High Court has asked the state government to make a good beginning by turning burial grounds common for all communities.

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RSS moves HC against order restricting march

THE RSS has moved the Madras High Court with an appeal against a recent order of a single judge restricting its route march within compounded premises.

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Committee to audit death post surgery in 4 dists

Ma Su says regional panel to track avoidable complications & analyse spl cause of deaths

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CM Stalin inaugurates new projects in Kolathur

Chennai: Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated various completed projects and laid the foundation stones for several new projects in his Assembly constituency Kolathur on Wednesday.

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Beach-Tambaram EMU services hit due to snag

THOUSANDS of passengers were stranded at suburban railway stations on Beach - Chengalpattu route after the train services were disrupted for two hours.

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CMDA likely to surrender 75 posts, reorganise staff structure

CHENNAI Metropolitan Development Authority has proposed to surrender more than 75 posts to the government and is likely to discuss the reorganisation of staff structure based on new service regulations during the authority meeting to be held on Thursday.

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School staff booked for sexually harassing girls

A correspondent of a private school in the suburbs was booked on charges of sexually harassing many girl students in the school. A police officer from the Avadi commissionerate said he was booked under the Pocso Act after the students and their parents staged a protest outside the school on Wednesday. The man is absconding, the police said.

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'Palaniswami unable to digest govt's successes, making baseless claims'

INDUSTRIES Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Wednesday said the allegations levelled by Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami after the latter's meeting with Governor RN Ravi are totally baseless and Palaniswami didn't adduce any evidence to prove his charges.

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Teen gathering coconuts for teacher dies of electrocution

A 17-year-old student was electrocuted to death after a power line fell on him while he was helping gather coconuts from a tree at his teacher’s relative’s house near Panruti on Tuesday. The teacher has been sacked and arrested.

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'Those who cross Lakshman Rekha will be weeded out'

DEFENDING the suspension of actor Gayathri Raghuram and the inquiry into the telephonic conversation of party functionaries Daisy Saran and Surya Siva, BJP state president K Annamalai on Wednesday said, This is only a beginning.

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Udhayanidhi remains youth wing secy, Kanimozhi 'gives up' DMK women's wing post

THE DMkK leadership has reappointed Udhayanidhi Stalin as the party’s youth wing secretary but replaced Kanimozhi Karunanidhi from the post of women’s wing secretary; she now only holds the post of deputy general secretary

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State govt highly corrupt, EPS tells Guv, seeks probe

Palaniswami submits memorandum to Ravi, blames govt for Coimbatore blast, says TASMAC loot’ goes straight to min

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Village-level co-op banks yet to come under common platform

COOPERATIVE banks are not only less efficient, but also more affected by corruption because of the delay in modernising their operations.

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Woman pushed out of moving train

A man was arrested for attempting to kill a female passenger by pushing her out of a moving train in Vellore.

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M'luru blast is Shariq's third attempt at terror activity

He is among the youth under scanner in varioui terror cases after CAA protests

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High Court asked CBI to probe into all angles

THE DMK government on July 23, 2022, granted permission to the investigating agency to proceed against the former ministers under Section 120-B of IPC with Sections 7, 11, 12 and 13 2) read with 13 1) d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1988.

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KNOWLEDGE GASPING FOR AIR IN TUTORIAL COLLEGE NATION

Copycat knowledge might sustain bits of applied science but destroys the joy of original research

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FRIEND-SHORING AND INDIA'S G20 PRESIDENCY

A lot has been said, and indeed is being said, about India’s showcase of its sustainability attributes, commitment to renewable energy, and affirmations of its Paris pledges and efforts to transition parts of its econo-my to clean energy.

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'Some forces trying to destabilise Indo-Pacific'

THE Indian Chief of Naval Staff CNS) Admiral R Hari Kumar on Wednesday said that the region of Indo-Pacific has numerous challenges which also include the forces trying to destabilize the region.

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Cong leader moves SC seeking review of EWS quota verdict

CONGRESS leader Jaya Thakur has approached the Supreme Court seeking a review of the SC verdict that upheld 10% reservation granted to the economically weaker sections EWS) in jobs and admissions.

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Delegates from Central Asian countries dance to Bollywood songs

THE Department of Youth Affairs is hosting the100 member youth delegation from Central Asian countries to India as part of one-of-its-kind international youth exchange programme.

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Despite border stand-off, trade between India, China up 14.6%

INDIAS reliance on trade with China continues to be on the rise irrespective of the political and diplomatic stand-off between the two nations.

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Before poll panel post, retd babu led EV movement

Arun Goel will occupy the position which fell vacant in May this year

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Stents in essential medicines list, to get cheaper

THE Union health ministry has notified the inclusion of coronary stents in the National List of Essential Medicines NLEM) 2022, making these life-saving devices more affordable.

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No nod from guv, Mann govt frames policy to regularise contract workers

AFTER a long wait for Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s assent to the bill regarding regularisation of services of contractual employees, the AAPled Punjab government has started the process to go ahead without his nod.

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In MP, Shivraj's tribal yatra to counter Rahul's Bharat Jodo

It was a battle of yatras in the tribal-dominated Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.

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Unhappy with seating arrangement, Suvendu skips guv's swearing-in

MERCURY in Bengal politics soared up on the day of newly appointed governor C V Ananda Bose’s swearing in ceremony on Wednesday as Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari skipped the event over sitting arrangement.

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Oppn unity at work? Aaditya meets Tejashwi, Nitish in Patna

IN yet another push to the opposition unity ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha election, Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav in Patna.

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Congress leaders shortchanged by own party in Guj

They say they recieved less amount than what they had signed on for poll expense

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Assam cops could have fired fewer shots: CM

ASSAM Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the Assam Police could have fired fewer shots than they did during their confrontation with villagers from Meghalaya on Tuesday.

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Rains delay relief, quake survivors lack food and water

SURVIVORS of an Indonesian earthquake that killed at least 271 people, many of them children, appealed for food and water on Wednesday as heavy rain and aftershocks hampered rescue efforts among the rubble of devastated villages.

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Next polls to be a de facto referendum: Scottish leader

LONDON BRITAIN'S highest court on Wednesday rejected a bid by the devolved Scottish government in Edinburgh to hold a new referendum on independence without London's consent.

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Missile attack on hospital kills newborn

RUSSIAN strikes killed a newborn baby at a maternity ward in southern Ukraine and targeted energy infrastructure in the capital Kyiv on Wednesday.

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EU gives 'state sponsor of terrorism' tag to Russia

THE European Parliament on Wednesday recognised Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism”, accusing its forces of carrying out atrocities during its war on Ukraine.

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Ather Energy plans third facility; may venture into electric-motorcycles

WITH the rising demand for electric scooters, Hero MotoCorp-backed Ather Energy is exploring location options for its third facility in India, and it is likely to announce the same by the end of this fiscal.

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Air India expands operations in US and Europe

WITH an aim to capture 30% traffic in the international market to and from India) over the next five years, Tata Group-run Air India AD has launched new flights connecting Mumbai with New York, Paris and Frankfurt, and announced the resumption of non-stop flights connecting Delhi with Copenhagen, Milan and Vienna.

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Job search platform Monster rebranded as foundit

FROM a job search portal, Monster is transforming into a talent management platform called found it’. Quess Corp acquired Monster World wide’s APAC ME business in 2018.

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Paytm share falls another 6%, wipes out 1.10L cr m-cap

PAYTM shares continue to hit new lows with each passing day. After collapsing over 11% on Tuesday, shares of One 97 Communications, Paytm’s parent firm, fell nearly 8% to hit a record low of 440.35 intraday before calling the day off at 450, down 6% from previous session’s closing.

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Shriram Cap to be merged with transport finance biz

SIMPLIFYING the corporate structure, Shriram Financial Ventures Chennai) Private Limited SFVPL) will be the promoter and holding company of the financial services and insurance businesses of the Chennai-based conglomerate Shriram Group.

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India aims to conclude UK FTA by March '23

Free trade agreement with Canada, Gulf Cooperation Council countries could be finalised by the end of this year

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Mobile operators to lose $2.5 billion in messaging revenue to OTT apps globally

MOBILE operators globally will lose out to over-the-top OTT) business messaging providers such as Messenger, WeChat and WhatsApp to the tune of 2.5 billion next year, according to a study done by Juniper Research.

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Telcos' ARPU improves 5% from ₹ 127 to ₹ 134 in April-June quarter

TELECOM operators improved their monthly average revenue per user ARPU) by 5.02%, from 127.17 to 133.55 in April-June 2022 quarter.

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SAMURAI SPIRIT

Asian powerhouse, eight of whom ply their trade in Germany, shock World Cup royalty

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Magnificent seven for Spanish armada

SPAIN shredded Costa Rica 7-0 on Wednesday in a brutal destruction in their Group E opener which launched their bid to lift a second World Cup.

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Brazilian carnival enters the desert

In many ways, this World Cup is a déja vu for Brazil coach Tite: he will once again encounter Serbia and Switzerland and yet again the success of the tournament. of the five-time champions will hinge on how they deal with European elite opposition.

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Nurturing leaders of tomorrow

No discussion about India goes without mentioning the glaring urban-rural divide, in terms of lifestyle, outlook, and quality of education.

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NO LONGER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

The Prajnya Trust’s Swarna Rajagopalan, talks about their Upcoming 16 Days Campaign against Gender Violence and the change it has seen over the years

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