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August 03, 2024

CBI will probe coaching centre deaths, says HC

THE Delhi High Court on Friday directed the CBI to take over the investigation into the death of three UPSC aspirants at a flooded IAS coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar.

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No roving probe into charges of quid pro quo on electoral bonds: SC

THE Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a batch of pleas seeking a court-monitored SIT probe under the supervision of a retired SC judge into the scrapped electoral bonds scheme.

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Food, water or both? What led to deaths?

A report compiled by the Chief Medical Officer at the Medical Care Unit of the Asha Kiran shelter home revealed that of the 14 mysterious deaths of the inmates reported in July, nine exhibited symptoms of diarrhea and difficulty in breathing, and most of them died on the same day or the next day of hospitalisation.

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Sniffer dogs, thermal radar add to search, rescue efforts

● WAYANAD LANDSLIDES TOLL CROSSES 300; OVER 200 STILL UNTRACEABLE ● STRANDED FAMILY OF 4 RESCUED

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Petition in HC over fatal drain accident in Ghazipur

A petition was moved in the Delhi High Court on Friday seeking to hold the contractor, responsible for maintenance and safety of drains, accountable for the tragic deaths of a 23-year-old mother and her three-year-old son in an open drain in east Delhi's Ghazipur area.

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Amid Wednesday rain chaos, authorities in three cities rush to transport live heart

IN a race against the clock, a live human heart was transported all the way from Kolkata to Gurugram via Delhi, while chaotic scenes unfolded across the city following the heavy rains that lashed the national capital; disrupting flight operations, clogging roads and ushering traffic jams that streched for kilometers.

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Another UPSC aspirant electrocuted in city coaching institute, hospitalised

DAYS after the death of three UPSC aspirants in central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area, another female student, preparing to appear for the UPSC exam was reportedly electrocuted while she was using a biometric system to register her attendance amid waterlogging at a coaching centre in Karol Bagh area, another hotspot for civil service aspitants.

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HC flays police probe into basement deaths

MCD officials responsible for desilting drains not summoned by cops: Court questions authorities

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Share list of pharmacists selling restrictive drugs illegally: Govt to med body

IN a bid to prevent substance abuse, the Delhi Drugs Control Department has asked All Chemists Association Delhi to send data on pharmacies which are selling restrictive drugs, have a high potential for abuse and addiction and include narcotics and psychotropics but haven't installed CCTV cameras inside their premises.

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Gokalpuri road rage: Accused held in encounter, shot on legs

POLICE have arrested the accused, who had allegedly shot dead a 30-year-old woman during a road rage incident in the city's northeast Gokulpuri area, an official said on Friday.

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SC asks Haryana, Punjab, to suggest mediators for negotiating with farmers

THE Supreme Court on Friday asked the governments of Haryana and Punjab to suggest neutral and eminent persons who could be part of a committee to mediate with the farmers protesting at the Shambhu border near Ambala over MSP and other farm-related issues.

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Manu Bhaker coach receives demolition notice

THERE has been no end to the bafflement of national pistol coach Samaresh Jung and his Commonwealth gold medal winner wife Anuja, as well as scores of residents of Khyber Pass, who have been asked to vacate their homes in the colony where they have been living for decades.

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'Inadequate, poorly maintained': HC forms committee to overhaul city's infra

THE Delhi High Court on Friday established a high-level committee to revamp and reform the city's administrative, financial, and physical infrastructure.

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Three killed, four injured in Jahangirpuri house collapse

Locals claim that recent heavy rain had weakened the structure

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Undergrad admissions: DU to use 12th board exam results to fill vacant seats

IN addition to the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) marks, the Delhi University (DU) will also use Class 12 marks to fill vacant seats after the regular admission rounds conclude.

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Orissa HC directs chief secy to depute ‘responsible officer' for contempt cases

EXPRESSING concern over the large number of contempt petitions pending against state government officers, the Orissa High Court on Friday directed chief secretary Manoj Ahuja to depute \"a responsible officer\" for coordinating compliance updates regarding such cases.

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Naidu chairs meet to develop Amaravati as AP capital city

CHIEF Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asserted that the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) will encompass 8,352 sq km as per the GO No.207 issued in 2015.

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Govt-pvt collaborations crucial to higher education growth: Sahasrabudhe at VIT

THE higher education rate can only improve when both government and private institutions collaborate, said Professor Anil D Sahasrabudhe, chairman of National Educational Technology Forum and executive committee member of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, on Friday.

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Wayanad: Where humanity rises over religion and politics

THERE may be squabbles over rain forecast and rescue operation outside the landslide hit areas, but the scenes at landslide hit areas of Wayanad are different.

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Siddu says not scared of Guy notice

CHIEF Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday asserted that he is not scared of notices and will face governor's action and opposition attacks legally and politically.

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MACHINE-MADE FAKE RESEARCH LEADING TO DIGITAL INBREEDING

RESEARCH recently published in Nature suggests that intelligent machines planning to replicate themselves for world domination are doomed to failure.

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SULEKHA: A SWADESHI INK FLOWS AGAIN

It was one of the earliest fountain pen inks made in India. Bengal's labour militancy forced the company shut in 1991. There is a colourful revival on now

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Chouhan ups ante on Cong 'anti-farmer DNA'

ALLEGING that being 'antifarmer' is in the DNA of the Congress, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday tore into the Opposition party for \"misleading\" the farmers on various issues since long for electoral gains.

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Cong moves motion as Rahul suspects ED raid

■ LOP says his 'chakravyuh' speech in Parliament against Budget has angered govt ■ Agri minister accuses grand old party of misleading farmers for political gains

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Guvs are interfaces between Centre & states: PM

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged governors to play the role of an effective bridge between the Centre and states and interact with people and social organisations in a manner that would co-opt the underprivileged.

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SC lists steps to make NEET foolproof

THE Supreme Court on Friday said it cannot order holding of NEET-UG afresh as no sufficient material is on record at present to indicate a systemic leak or malpractice compromising the integrity of the test.

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Vertical split in SAD likely as Dhindsa slams Badal for 'unconstitutional' decisions

THE unsavoury developments in the 103-year-old Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), including expelled Akali stalwart Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and rebel leader Gurpartap Singh Wadala tearing into party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, are indicative of the party heading for a vertical split.

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Rift widens as Yogi govt, UP BJP chief agree to disagree on Nazul bill

THE political rumblings, which had apparently subsided in the UP BJP camp after New Delhi's intervention, apparently resurfaced when the ruling party dominated Legislative Council referred the Nazul Property (Management and Use for Public Purpose) Bill 2024, to a select committee.

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18 MISSING AFTER KEDARNATH LANDSLIPS

IAF's Chinook and MI17 copters join rescue ops along pilgrimage route. Villagers stay awake at hillocks fearing rain AT least 18 people have been missing after a cloudburst and landslides along the Kedarnath pedestrian route late Wednesday night, state government sources said.

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8 dead, over 45 missing in Himachal cloudbursts

EVEN as rescuers raced against time to trace 45 people missing since late Wednesday's heavy rains in three districts of Himachal Pradesh, the death toll from flashfloods trigged by cloudbursts rose to eight with the recovery of three more bodies on Friday, sources said.

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Russia confirms its spies were among prisoners freed by US in swap deal

NEW details emerged Friday on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West were from its security services.

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Harris has enough votes to win nomination: party

US Vice President Kamala Harris had secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to officially be the party's nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison said on Friday.

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Terrorists ambush judges' convoy in Pak's restive province, 2 cops killed

TWO police personnel on security duty of judges were killed and two others injured on Friday when their convoy was ambushed by terrorists in the restive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan, police said.

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Hezbollah moves its leaders out of Beirut amid tensions

We are highly prepared for any scenario, says Netanyahu as Israel braces for Iranian response to Haniyeh's killing

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Two killed amid fresh protests in Bangladesh

NEW protests erupted in Bangladesh on Friday, leaving two people dead and more than 100 injured the latest in a wave of unrest that killed more than 200 people last month in violent demonstrations following weeks of rallies over controversial reforms in the job quota system.

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Byju's gets breather from insolvency process, promoters get control

THE National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Chennai, on Friday quashed an insolvency order issued by the NCLT.

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iPhone 15 series most saleable smartphones in 2nd quarter of 2014

THE iPhone 15 series dominated global sales in the second quarter, with the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPhone 15 Pro being the top three bestselling smartphones worldwide, according to Counterpoint Research.

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Sebi performance validation agency to verify investor claims

AS part of Sebi's broader efforts to facilitate and streamline the registration and operational processes for intermediaries, the regulator will soon have a performance validation agency for investors to verify all claims of market outperformance.

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Sensex falls 1% on global cues, dull corp earnings, Middle-East tension

WEAK global cues, lacklustre Q1FY25 corporate earnings and rising tensions in West Asia weighed down heavily on stock markets worldwide, including India, as benchmark indices the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 plunged over 1% each on Friday.

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Ola Electric IPO booked 35% on Day 1

THE much-anticipated ₹6,145 crore initial public offering (IPO) of electric two-wheeler company Ola Electric received a dull response, with the issue being subscribed only 35% or 0.35 times on the first day of the bidding on Friday.

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TMB profit rises 10% to ₹287 crore

HEALTHY margin expansion, better asset quality and a surge in non-interest income helped the old-generation private sector lender Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) to report better set of numbers, recording the highest quarterly net income of 287 crore in the June quarter, up 10% from ₹261 crore a year ago.

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Al will process IPO papers: Sebi chief

Deploying technology tools will help market regulator issue approvals at a faster pace

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Telcos directed to display broadband coverage map, service quality reports

IN a move to enhance transparency and quality of service, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has mandated broadband service providers to display mobile coverage maps on their websites, categorised by technology (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G), starting from October 1, 2024.

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CLIMBING UNCHARTED TERRITORY

While Manu has already written her name in the history books, a medal on Saturday would take her to a peak no Indian has ever been to

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Mixed archery team misses out on bronze

THE history-making Indian mixed team of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara came agonisingly close to ending India's 36-year wait for an Olympic medal in archery but fell short to finish fourth at the Games on Friday.

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Shuttler Sen makes history on court

\"THIS is what I had dreamt off,\" sums up Lakshya Sen's enormity of the achievement.

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THE GOAT WHO TRANSCENDS SPORT

SIMONE Biles buried her demons to recapture the Olympic gymnastics allaround crown on Thursday, warning she was ready to have fun as she targets three more gold in Paris.

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Sri Lanka pull off a tie vs India

IT was the 32nd over of the chase.

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'Don't mind if T20 gives attacking Test batters'

VIRENDER Sehwag wouldn't mind if youngsters starting with T20 cricket develop an aggressive streak which helps them grow as Test players who can be crowd-pullers in future.

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A denim odyssey

All about the Bombay Shirt Company and Arjun Khanna's latest collaboration

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