DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2024, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY `6.00 (`12 IN NORTH EAST STATES, `17 IN ANDAMAN) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 NEW RULES KICK IN NOV 20 RG KAR RAPE-MURDER Sebi tightens F&O rules to curb market speculation Bengal jr doctors back to ‘total cease work’, say govt not fulfilling its promises SWEETY KUMARI KOLKATA, OCTOBER 1 HABEAS CORPUS PLEA ON 2 SISTERS Police reach Sadhguru’s ashram after HC order ARUN JANARDHANAN CHENNAI, OCTOBER 1 A BATTALION of 150 police personnel, led by an Additional Superintendentof Policerankofficer from Coimbatore, entered the Isha Foundation’s ashram in Thondamuthur on Tuesday to conductinquiries,adayafterthe Madras High Court sought a report on all criminal cases registered against the foundation. The operation by the police also comprised three DSPs. A senior police officer said the focus is on verification of inmates and rooms at the foundation. In response to the development, the Isha Yoga Centre said, “As per the court order, the police, including the SP, have come to the Isha Yoga Center for a general inquiry. They are inquiring with residents and volunteers, understanding the lifestyle, understanding how they come in and stay, etc.” The court had ordered the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ESCALATINGITSprotestsseeking security for healthcare workers inhospitalsandmedicalcolleges, thejuniordoctors’associationin West Bengal resumed its “indefinite” and “total cease work” on Tuesday, accusing the TMC government in the state of failing to fulfill its promises. After over a month-long strike in the wake of the August 9 rape and murder of a junior doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, the medics had withdrawn their “full cease work” on September 19 and resumed “partial” duty following several rounds of talks with the government on improving security and healthinfrastructureinthestate. Patients at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital on Tuesday after junior doctors went on indefinite strike. Partha Paul A video grab of projectiles being intercepted over Jerusalem on Tuesday. AP “On September 19, the chief secretary (Manoj Pant) assigned the Health Secretary the responsibilitytoimplementalldecisions related to structural changes for As Iran rains missiles on Israel, Indian Embassy issues advisory FULL COVERAGE SHUBHAJIT ROY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PAGE 3 NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 (Reuters adds: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Iran had launched tens of missiles at Israel,andthatif Israelretaliated, Tehran’s response would be “more crushing and ruinous”. A senior Iranian official said the order to launch missiles at Israelwasmadebythecountry's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Khameneiremainsin a secure location, the senior official added. The Israeli Army said Israel’s airspacewasclosedfollowingthe Iranian attack. Alarms sounded across Israel and explosions Todissuadeinvestors,regulatorhikes contractsize,seeksupfrontpayment HITESH VYAS MUMBAI, OCTOBER 1 THE SECURITIES and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Tuesday tightened the norms for equity derivatives (F&Os or futures and options) trading by raising the entrybarrierandmakingitmore expensive for retail investors to tradeinF&Os.Thenewruleswill comeintoeffectfromNovember 20, 2024. The market regulator announced a set of six measures which include increasing the contract size for index futures and index options to Rs 15 lakh from the present contract size between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, and rationalisation of weekly index derivatives products by allowing each exchange to provide contract for only one of its benchmark index with weekly expiry. The move follows the government’s decision in Budget 2024-25 to raise the securities transaction tax on F&O trading (STT on futures from 0.0125 per cent to 0.02 per cent and that on ‘Positive signalling’, militaries to work out ground details: Army Chief on India-China AS IRAN fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for Israel’s campaign againstTehran’sHezbollahallies in Lebanon, the Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv issued a security advisory to its nationals in Israel. AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA 1968 IAF PLANE CRASH Closure for Kerala family as body found after 56 years Portal for internship scheme with top 500 firms to open October 12 SHAJU PHILIP AANCHAL MAGAZINE A KERALA family’s 56-year-long wait for closure, after their son went missing in a 1968 aircraft crashinthesnow-cladmountains of Rohtang in Himachal Pradesh, finally ended on Monday. IN PARTNERSHIP with India Inc, the government is set to roll out the one-year internship scheme for youth aged 21-24 years on Wednesday, October 3. The top 500 companies are expected to uploadavailableinternshipposi- NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 THERE has been “positive signalling” and “some kind of indication” from the diplomatic sides of both India and China on the ongoing standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, and the military leaders of both sides will now seehowthiscanbetranslatedon the ground, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi said on Tuesday. On the existing ground situationattheLAC,hesaid:“Itissta- Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi ble but it is not normal, and it is sensitive.” Saying that the military would remain “fully operationally prepared to face any kind of contingency” until the pre-April 2020 situation is restored, he added that trust has been the “biggest casualty”. 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