NDRF team conducts a rescue operation after a landslide in Chooralmala area, in Wayanad on July 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI
Landslide in Wayanad: At least 106 dead, some feared missing; A 50-member Navy team to reach the disaster site
A massive landslide hit Kerala’s Wayanad district in the early hours of July 30, burying large areas in debris, killing at least 106 people and injuring many more. The death toll may rise due to the number of missing persons. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of ₹ 2 lakh to the relatives of those killed in the landslides that hit Wayanad in Kerala. The hamlets known for their beauty – Mundakkai, Chooralmala, Attamala, and Noolpuzha – are now a grim picture after landslides hit the area, wiping it out from the rest. Flooded vehicles can be seen stuck in tree trunks and submerged here in many places.
Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh bagged bronze in the 10m air pistol at the Paris Olympics
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh beat South Korea’s Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event to win bronze, India’s second medal at the Paris Olympics. This is the second bronze for Manu Bhaker, perhaps the first time India has won two medals at the Olympics since Independence. Bhaker and Singh hail from Haryana and have won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold for the state in the 2022 national shooting championship at the Madhya Pradesh Academy in Bhopal.
No state denied money in FY25 Budget: Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 30 called a misleading statement by the opposition leader that any state that is not named in the Budget speech will not get the budget allocation. Responding to the Budget discussion in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman stressed that no state has been denied money. He recalled that in the past budget by the UPA government also did not mention the names of all the states in the Budget speech.
Karnataka rains: Landslips at Shiradi Ghat, Sakleshpur hit vehicular movement on Bengaluru-Mangaluru NH 75
After incessant heavy rains, the coastal and southern regions of Karnataka witnessed several landslides during the night of July 29-30. A large landslide was reported near Harle estate in Sakaleshpur on Saturday night which swept away part of the alternative road. to the Bengaluru-Mangaluru highway, which has seen many landslides in the past few weeks. Landslides also disrupted the road network to many villages in the taluk.
Two killed, 20 injured as 18 coach Mumbai-Howrah Mail derails in Jharkhand
Two people were killed and at least 20 injured when 18 Mumbai-Howrah Mail coaches derailed in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district early on July 30, officials said. The accident took place at 3.45 am near Badabamboo, about 80 km from Jamshedpur, under Chakradhatpur Division of South East Railway, he said. “Eighteen Mumbai-Howrah Mail coach derailed near Badabamboo. Two passengers were killed and 20 injured in the accident. The injured were given medical aid at Badabamboo. They are now being taken to Chakradharpur for better treatment,” said a senior SER official.
The Uttar Pradesh Assembly passed an Amendment Bill increasing the penalties under the Unlawful Religious Conversion Act
The Uttar Pradesh Assembly on July 30 passed the UP Prohibition of Religious Conversion (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, making the law stricter in cases of fraudulent or forced conversion. Earlier, the maximum punishment given to a person found guilty of marrying a woman by deceiving her and converting her was 10 years with a fine of ₹ 50,000.
INDIA bloc protest at Jantar Mantar: Opposition demands release of Delhi CM Kejriwal
INDIA bloc leaders gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on July 30 to demand the release of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal amid his deteriorating health and attacked the BJP-led Center for “finding” opposition voices. He also blamed the Center for obstructing the work of the Delhi government, hence the incident in Rajinder Nagar, where three students died after being trapped in a flooded basement of a coaching centre.
Death in basement: Delhi court passes order on SUV driver’s bail plea
A Delhi court on July 30 reserved its order on the bail plea of ​​an SUV driver who was arrested for flooding the basement of a coaching center in Old Rajinder Nagar area that resulted in the death of three civil services aspirants. Judicial Magistrate Vinod Kumar recorded the order on Manuj Kathuria’s bail plea. Mr. Kathuria is accused of driving a Force Gurkha car through a road flooded with rainwater, causing the water to swell and breach the gate of a three-storey building and flood the basement.
Delhi court to hear IAS Puja Khedkar’s anticipatory bail on July 31
A Delhi court will hear on July 30 the anticipatory bail plea of ​​IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused in the cheating and forgery case. Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala, who was scheduled to hear the matter on Tuesday, adjourned the hearing after the public prosecutor sought time.
‘One Rank One Pension’: Supreme Court pulls up Center over delay in resolving regular captain’s pension anomaly
The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Center on July 30 for failing to take a decision for years on the pension payable to retired regular captains of the Army under the ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) scheme and imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh on it. A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and R. Mahadevan gave one last chance to the Center till November 14 to resolve the anomaly in regard to the pension of such retired officers in the scheme.
The Supreme Court granted bail to TMC leader Anubrata Mondal in the cow smuggling case
The Supreme Court on July 30 granted bail to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal, who was arrested by the CBI in a cow smuggling case. A Bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and SC Sharma gave relief to Mr. Mondal after noting that the trial in the matter would take time and he would be in jail for two years.
Money laundering case: Supreme Court grants bail to NCP leader Nawab Malik on medical grounds
The Supreme Court on July 30 granted bail to NCP leader Nawab Malik on medical grounds in a money laundering case. A bench of justices Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma noted the submissions of counsel, appearing for the former Maharashtra minister, who is suffering from various ailments. The top court said the medical bail against Mr. Malik would be valid till the regular bail plea pending before the Bombay High Court.
Global investors look at India, don’t miss this ‘golden opportunity’: PM Modi at CII post-Budget conference
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 30 addressed the post-Budget session organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Mr. Modi said that investors from all over the world are eager to see India and the domestic industry should rise up and seize this ‘golden opportunity’ to play its role in achieving the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047. Addressing the conference titled ‘Journey Towards Viksit Bharat’, he said, the Modi government does not lack political will and will take all decisions keeping in mind the ‘nation first approach’.
No second thoughts on supporting Chinese investment in India: Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on July 30 said the government is no longer thinking of supporting foreign direct investment from China as suggested by the Economic Survey recently. He said it is a report that always talks about new ideas and gives out his own thoughts. The survey, he said, had nothing to do with the government and had no intention of supporting Chinese investment in the country.
An attempted murder case filed against the ex-husband of a US woman who was found chained in a Maharashtra forest
Police have registered a case of attempted murder of the ex-husband of a 50-year-old American woman after she was found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district, a senior police official said on July 30. The case was registered based on the note written by the woman in the hospital, he said. According to the records, the woman claimed that her ex-husband tied her up with an iron chain in the forest at Sonurli village in coastal Sindhudurg district, about 450 km from Mumbai, and left the place, he said.
Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, is a suspect in 11 cases, including the attack on the army headquarters
Bushra Bibi, the wife of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, has been named as a suspect in 11 cases, including the attack on an army headquarters on May 9 last year, the Rawalpindi district police told the Islamabad High Court on July 30. The Rawalpindi Police presented a report at the IHC, providing details of the case filed against 49-year-old Mrs. Bibi, who has been lodged in Adiala Jail Rawalpindi along with her husband. The court has directed the authorities to provide details of the cases registered against them.
Russia is relying on Americans to unwittingly spread election disinformation, US officials say
The Kremlin is targeting Americans and commercial public relations firms in Russia to spread disinformation about the US presidential race, a top intelligence official said on July 29, detailing the latest effort by America’s adversaries to shape public opinion ahead of the 2024 election. weeks in US politics that forced Russia, Iran and China to change some details of the propaganda playbook. What hasn’t changed, intelligence officials say, is the determination of these countries to flood the internet with false and incendiary claims about American democracy to undermine faith in elections.
The UAE blocked a meeting between AI firm G42 and US congressional staff, a spokesman said
The United Arab Emirates disrupted a meeting this month between US Congressional staff and the G42 after US lawmakers expressed concern that an Emirati AI firm could transfer powerful US AI technology to China, according to a congressional spokesman. The UAE ambassador to the US “personally intervened” to stop staff from the House Select Committee on China from the G42 meeting and Emirati government officials, said the person, who was briefed on the cancellation and declined to be named due to internal committee policy.
Six British MPs are in the running to lead the Conservative Party after overcoming electoral defeat
Six British MPs have announced that they will lead the Conservative Party in a contest that will decide whether the opposition party moves to the right or towards the political centre. Contenders include former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and MP Tom Tugendhat from the party’s centrist group. Former Home Minister Priti Patel and former Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch have support from the right wing of the party.
