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The Hindu Morning Digest, November 01, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, November 01, 2024

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers sweets to BSF personnel during his visit to Lakki Nala in the Sir Creek area to celebrate Diwali festival with the Armed Forces, Kachchh on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI PM Modi celebrates Diwali with armed forces near Indo-Pak border in Kutch Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (October 31, 2024) celebrated Diwali with the personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF), Army, Navy and Air Force near the Indo-Pak border in Gujarat’s Kutch district. J&K BJP MLA Devender Singh Rana passes away at 59 Senior BJP leader and sitting MLA from the Nagrota Assembly constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, Devender Singh Rana (59), passed away at a private hospital in Haryana’s Fraidabad on Thursday, a party spokesman said. Spanish rescue teams hunt for missing after deadly floods Spain issued another storm warning on Thursday (October 31, 2024) for part of the Valencia region devastated by floods that have killed at least 95 people, as rescuers scoured flooded fields and stranded cars for those still missing. Delhi air pollution: Relentless firecracker bursting during …

The Hindu Morning Digest, October 31, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, October 31, 2024

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Indian and Chinese troops and tanks disengage from the banks of Pangong lake area in Eastern Ladakh where they had been deployed opposite each other for almost ten months now. | Photo Credit: PTI Troop disengagement completed at Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh The troops of India and China completed disengagement at Depsang and Demchok in Eastern Ladakh on Wednesday (October 30, 2024), Army sources confirmed. This also marked the completion of disengagement from all the friction points of the stand-off that began in May 2020. Following this, the two sides were likely to exchange sweets at all five Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) points on the account of Deepavali along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Actor Darshan released on bail from Ballari Central Prison Kannada film star Darshan, who was lodged in Ballari Central Prison in connection with the Chitradurga-based Renukaswamy murder case, was released on bail on Wednesday (October 30, 2024) evening. India seeks FBI, Interpol help to trace airline bomb hoax callers With more than 400 bomb hoax threats disrupting international and domestic air travel in India …

The Hindu Morning Digest, October 30, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, October 30, 2024

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NCP candidate from Mankhurd seat Nawab Malik files his nomination for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Mumbai on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI No clarity yet on sharing of seats in Mahayuti, MVA Maharashtra witnessed dramatic scenes on the last day to file nominations for the Assembly election, with confusion in both the ruling and Opposition alliances regarding their exact formulas for seat-sharing. For both the Mahayuti and the Maha Vikas Aghadi, full clarity is only likely to arrive after Deepavali when the deadline to withdraw nominations arrives on November 4. Mobile app for birth and death registration launched Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (October 29, 2024) launched the Civil Registration System (CRS) mobile application to “integrate technology with governance”. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority directs firms to cut prices of three anti-cancer drugs The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has directed manufacturers to reduce the maximum retail price (MRP) of three anti-cancer drugs – Trastuzumab, Osimertinib and Durvalumab – in line with the government’s commitment to ensure the availability of drugs at affordable prices.   Kerala temple fireworks explosion: 101 …

The Hindu Morning Digest, October 7, 2024

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A member of the Airport Security Force ASF stands guard near the wreckage of vehicles after an explosion near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan October 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Maldives President Muizzu to meet Modi, request India support over looming debt crisis Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu landed in Delhi on Sunday (October 6, 2024), for a four-day State Visit to India, and is expected meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (October 7, 2024) morning with a looming economic crisis and an imminent debt repayment on his hands back home. Massive blast outside Pakistan’s Karachi Airport kills 2, injures at least 8 A massive blast outside Karachi Airport in Pakistan on Sunday (October 6, 2024) killed two people and injured at least eight, officials said. Police and the provincial government said a tanker exploded outside the airport, which is Pakistan’s biggest. Add POCSO charges to Jaynagar child murder and rape case, Calcutta HC tells police The Calcutta High Court on Sunday (October 6, 2024) expressed concerns that charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual …

The Hindu Morning Digest, September 27, 2024

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the launch of 3 PARAM Rudra Supercomputers & High-Performance Computing system, on Thursday (September 26, 2024). | Photo Credit: PTI Pilgrims from Tamil Nadu stranded in a flooded river in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar  A luxury bus carrying several dozen passengers, all pilgrims from Tamil Nadu, has been stranded in a turbulent flooded causeway over Maleshri river in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district. After their bus was stranded in heavy flood waters, a truck was sent with rescuers to bring the passengers out of the bus but that truck also got stranded in turbulent waters while passengers on board. PM Modi launches 3 PARAM Rudra supercomputers, says tech upgradation should empower poor Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three PARAM Rudra supercomputers, developed indigenously under the National Supercomputing Mission, and asserted that today’s India is carving new opportunities in the infinite sky of possibilities. PM Modi said a country can aim for high achievements only if it has a big vision and asserted that technology upgrades should be to empower the poor. Will prepare …

The Hindu Morning Digest, September 19, 2024

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People gather outside American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) in Beirut, after hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon’s south and in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a security source and a witness said, Lebanon on September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir | Photo Credit: Reuters Another wave of blasts in Lebanon; 20 killed as walkie-talkies explode in Hezbollah strongholds At least 20 people were killed and hundreds injured after another round of explosions in Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut, Lebanon. A source close to Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said walkie-talkies used by the group members exploded in its Beirut stronghold with State media reporting similar blasts of pagers and “devices” in east and south Lebanon. Mpox in India: Kerala confirms second case in UAE returnee A 38-year-old man undergoing treatment in Kerala’s northern Malappuram district has been confirmed to have contracted mpox infection, the State Health Department said. The man, who came to the state from the UAE recently, was already admitted to a hospital here with mpox symptoms, State Health Minister Veena George said in a …

The Hindu Morning Digest: September 9, 2024

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Italy’s Jannik Sinner holds the U.S. Open trophy after winning his men’s final match against USA’s Taylor Fritz in New York on Sunday, September 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Kolkata rape-murder: SC to hear R.G. Kar hospital incident case on September 9 The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday (September 9, 2024) the case related to the murder and alleged rape of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Centre dissolves panel on statistics, surveys amid delayed Census The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has quietly dissolved the 14-member Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS) headed by eminent economist and former chief statistician of the country Pronab Sen, allegedly after its members questioned the delay in conducting the census. Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz to win U.S. Open World number one Jannik Sinner, who won his maiden Slam at the Australian Open in January, produced a brutal display of baseline power as he became the first Italian man to win the U.S. Open with a 6-3 6-4 7-5 win over …

The Hindu Morning Digest: May 27, 2024

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Kolkata Knight Riders players celebrate with the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 trophy after winning the final match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: PTI Cyclone Remal makes landfall; one lakh evacuated in Bengal The severe cyclonic storm Remal started its landfall process between Sagar Island in West Bengal and Khepupara in Bangladesh around 9.15 p.m. on Sunday, as it intensified and moved northwards. By 11.30 p.m., the eye of the cyclone touched the land. IPL 2024 Final: KKR vs SRH: Kolkata Knight Riders thrash Sunrisers Hyderabad to lift third title Chasing a meager target of 114, Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen smashed the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers and won the match with 57 balls to spare and lifted their third title in the Indian Premier League 2024 final in Chennai on May 26. Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrike kills at least 35 in Rafah and displaced people are hit Palestinian medics said at least 35 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike Sunday on the southern Gaza city of Rafah …

The Hindu Morning Digest, May 16, 2024

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Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal paying respect at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on May 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Arvind Kejriwal asked for ₹100 crore as kickbacks, Enforcement Directorate tells Supreme Court The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) told the Supreme Court on May 16 that a complaint against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in the pipeline and there is direct evidence of its national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal “demanding” ₹100 crore as kickbacks in the liquor policy case. Swati Maliwal assault case: Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar booked The Delhi police on Thursday filed an FIR against Bibhav Kumar, the personal assistant of AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Mr. Kumar has been booked under IPC sections pertaining to assault, criminal intimidation, and outraging a woman’s modesty, based on a statement by Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Rajya Sabha member and former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal. Sandeshkhali on the boil again over allegations of a woman’s abduction Two weeks before Sandeshkhali goes …

The Hindu Morning Digest – May 11, 2024

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses supporters outside Tihar Jail after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in a money laundering case, amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, in New Delhi on May 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Arvind Kejriwal bail | Grant of interim bail is based on individual facts of each case, Supreme Court notes The Supreme Court order in the Arvind Kejriwal case said interim bail is granted on the basis of individual facts of each case. A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta has thus negated any propensity to use the interim bail order in the case of Mr. Kejriwal as a judicial precedent in the future. As Sandeshkhali women retract complaints, NCW writes to EC seeking inquiry Women from Sandeshkhali in West Bengal were being forced to withdraw their complaints by the ruling Trinamool Congress, the National Commission for Women (NCW) said on Friday and asked the Election Commission of India (EC) to inquire into the matter. 12 Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district At least 12 Naxalites …