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The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed petitions seeking a court-monitored SIT probe – under the oversight of a retired Justice of the top court – into the sale of (now banned) electoral bonds amid allegations of “quid pro quo” arrangements between political parties and their corporate donors. The court said individual grievances – referring to discrete claims of quid pro quo deals between a political party and a corporate organisation – “will have to be pursued on basis of remedies available under the law”, which includes options should authorities decline to investigate specific claims. “At present, absent recourse to remedies…
Cloudbursts in the twin Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have claimed over a dozen lives since yesterday as rescuers scrambled this morning to search for survivors in the mountains. The two states brace for more rain today amid concerns that the showers may hamper rescue work. The inclement weather has forced people to relocate to higher reaches while the centre has assured all possible help to the two states. NDRF, SDRF, ITBP as well as Army personnel have been deployed for rescue. In Uttarakhand, at least 13 bodies have been recovered while 16 others remain missing. An orange…
A New Jersey man has been arrested for his alleged disruptive and life-threatening behaviour on an American Airlines flight. Twenty-six-year-old Eric Nicholas Gapco, travelling on flight 2101 from Seattle to Dallas on July 18, exhibited what authorities described as “unruly” behaviour. Apart from propositioning a female crew member for sex, Gapco also attempted to open the plane’s door mid-flight multiple times, forcing the emergency landing, the New York Post reported. The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah said that Gapco removed his shirt mid-flight and began inhaling on a vape pen while cursing and hitting on a crew…
A three-and-a-half-year-old girl died after an iron gate fell on her while she was playing with other children in Pune’s Pimpri-Chinchwad area On Wednesday. CCTV footage installed in the locality captured the moment when the gate crushed the child, killing her on the spot. On the day of the incident, the victim, Girija Ganesh Shinde, was playing with her friends in her neighbourhood in the afternoon. As they were playing, two children entered the space behind the gate while Girija and another child stood in front of it. When one of the children standing behind the gate started pulling it,…
“Ellen Maud Bennett died on 11 May 2018, because she was fat. Ms. Benett had been feeling unwell for several years and had repeatedly sought medical intervention… She was offered no support or suggestions about her ill health beyond weight loss. When the root of her malaise was eventually identified as an inoperable cancer, Ms. Bennett was given just days to live.” This is the opening statement of a study published in the National Library For Medicine, which documented the medical struggles of ‘fat women’. Only, this struggle is not with being fat or obese, but with getting a diagnosis for…
A hoarding collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Friday morning, crushing three vehicles, an official said. There are no reports of any injuries so far in the accident that occurred around 10.30 am at the busy Sahajanand Chowk in the Dombivili area, he said. Kalyan Tehsildar Sachin Shejal said the hoarding came crashing down on three vehicles parked below it. A team has been sent to the spot and rescue operations are underway, he said, ruling out the possibility of anyone being trapped under it. The exact size of the hoarding was not immediately known. (Except for the headline, this story…
Olympics 2024 Day 7, Live Updates: The seventh day of the Paris Olympics 2024 will be a crucial one for India as they will be aiming to add more medal to the tally. Shooter Manu Bhaker, who has already claimed two bronze medals, will be in action today in women’s 25m air pistol qualification event. If qualified, Manu would look to win her third medal of the campaign tomorrow. Along with Bhaker, shooter Esha Singh will also be competing in the same event. Shuttler Lakshya Sen will be facing Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen in the quarter-final match of badminton.…
The Supreme Court has directed the National Testing Agency – the under-fire central body responsible for the conduct of the NEET-UG test – to “rectify deficiencies in the exam system”. The court told the NTA to avoid “flip-flops” in the context of the NEET exam, which was held on May 5 but ran into trouble a month later, when results were declared. Such “flip-flops” – in a national test for aspiring medical professionals – do not serve students’ interests, the court said. Original Source
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Braving rains and adverse terrain, 40 teams of rescuers resumed search operations in landslide-hit Wayanad district on the fourth day on Friday, officials said. The search and rescue operations that got underway early morning received an impetus due to the completion of the 190-foot-long Bailey bridge that will enable the movement of heavy machinery, including excavators, and ambulances to the worst-affected Mundakkai and Chooralmala hamlets, they said. A Defence source said Columns with dog squads commenced search operations at 7 am. Search operations were planned based on local interest. The 40 teams will conduct search operations in six zones of…