TODAY NEWS ON July 09, 2024

News Headlines for CAT, CLAT and IPM aspirants

From The Hindu:

National News

• Four soldiers injured as terrorists ambush security vehicle in J&K’s Kathua
• Campaigning ends for Assembly byelections in 13 seats
• ED moves Supreme Court against bail to Hemant Soren
• Centre set to tweak criteria for according classical language status
• NEET-UG 2024: Supreme Court says exam compromised, orders CBI to submit report on status of probe
• Mumbai rain highlights: Schools shut, flights diverted as IMD predicts heavy rainfall, high tide
• Assam flood situation grim; nearly 23 lakh people affected in 28 districts
• Sharing of Google location PIN in return for bail violates privacy: Supreme Court
• Stereotyping differently-abled persons in films, visual media perpetuate discrimination, says Supreme Court
• Supreme Court asks Centre to frame model policy on menstrual leave for women

International News

• PM Modi lands in Moscow, to hold summit talks with Putin tomorrow
• Ahead of talks with Putin, Modi says will ‘support’ peace in region
• A major Russian missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 20 people and hits a children’s hospital
• Japan, Philippines sign defence pact in the face of shared alarm over China
• Macron refuses French Prime Minister’s resignation after chaotic election results
• Alcaraz overcomes hiccup to beat Humbert, enters quarterfinals

Headlines in Detail

Four soldiers injured as terrorists ambush security vehicle in J&K’s Kathua

At least four army personnel were injured on July 8 when terrorists ambushed their vehicle in the remote Machedi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The terrorists hurled a grenade and opened fire targeting Army vehicles which were on a routine patrol on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar road at around 3.30 p.m. near Badnota village in Lohai Malhar, 150 km from Kathua town. Security forces retaliated but the terrorists fled into the nearby forest, the officials said, adding an intermittent exchange of firing was going on between the terrorists and security forces when the last reports were received.

PM Modi lands in Moscow, to hold summit talks with Putin tomorrow

In his first trip since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 8 began a two-day high-profile visit to Russia to hold summit talks with President Vladimir Putin with a focus on boosting bilateral ties in areas of energy, trade and defence. Mr. Modi was received at the airport by Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. The Russian First Deputy Minister also accompanied the Indian Prime Minister to his hotel from the airport in the same car, officials said.

Ahead of talks with Putin, Modi says will ‘support’ peace in region

The solution to the Russia-Ukraine war will not be “found on the battlefield” is the message Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to deliver, even as he and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on July 9 for structured talks and the 22nd Annual bilateral Summit. The two leaders met on Monday night for a personal dinner hosted by Mr. Putin at his Dacha in the Moscow suburb of Novo-Ogaryovo to set the tone for the visit, embracing each other, and discussing Mr. Modi’s return to office for a third term. In formal talks on Tuesday, economic issues and the issue of discharge of Indians “misled” into joining the Russian military on the Ukraine warfront will be at the top of India’s wish list.

Campaigning ends for Assembly byelections in 13 seats

Campaigning ended on July 8 for the Assembly byelections to be held on July 10 in 13 constituencies across seven States — Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.

The bypolls will be keenly watched, specially in Himachal Pradesh, where polling will be held in the three seats of Dehra, Hamirpur, and Nalagarh, vacated by Independent MLAs who joined the BJP. Though the Congress has crossed the majority mark of 35 seats in the Assembly by winning four of the six seats in the bypolls held simultaneously with the recent Lok Sabha election, the BJP is hoping for a windfall in these three.

ED moves Supreme Court against bail to Hemant Soren

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday (July 8) against the grant of bail to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren by the State High Court in a money laundering case linked to a land scam.

A major Russian missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 20 people and hits a children’s hospital

A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine killed at least 20 people and injured more than 50 on Monday, officials said, with one missile striking a large children’s hospital in the capital, Kyiv, where emergency crews searched rubble for casualties.

Centre set to tweak criteria for according classical language status

Amid a clamour for classical status for many languages, the Central government has decided to tweak the criteria for giving this special tag. The Linguistics Expert Committee of the Union Culture Ministry submitted a report on October 10 last year, suggesting some tweaks and changes in the criteria for according classical status to any language, sources in the Ministry told The Hindu.

NEET-UG 2024: Supreme Court says exam compromised, orders CBI to submit report on status of probe

The Supreme Court on July 8 observed that there is no doubt that the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024 held on May 5 was compromised due to a paper leak. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud said that the decision to conduct a re-test can only be taken once it is ascertained if the leak was widespread or an isolated incident. It however flagged that if the paper leak took place on social media then it is likely that it would have spread like “wildfire”.

Mumbai rain highlights: Schools shut, flights diverted as IMD predicts heavy rainfall, high tide

Heavy rains pounded Mumbai and adjoining areas, severely affecting the Central Railway’s suburban services due to waterlogging on tracks and also hit the airport operations leading to 50 flight cancellations on July 8. The rain mayhem led to the inundation of many low-lying areas in the city, impacting vehicular movement, and people were seen wading through flooded streets. The State Government declared a holiday for all schools in Mumbai, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts.

Assam flood situation grim; nearly 23 lakh people affected in 28 districts

“Assam’s flood situation remained grim on July 8 with a population of nearly 23 lakh affected in 28 districts as the water level of most rivers continue to flow above the danger mark,” according to an official bulletin. The death toll in this year’s flood, landslide and storm was 78 with 66 succumbing in the deluge alone. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi was scheduled to arrive at Silchar on July 8 and visit a flood relief camp at Fulertal in Cachar district en route to Manipur.

Sharing of Google location PIN in return for bail violates privacy: Supreme Court

A Bench of Justices A.S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said a condition for bail should not defeat the very purpose of grant of bail. “There cannot be a bail condition defeating the purpose of bail. We have said Google PIN cannot be a condition. The police cannot peep into the private life of an accused on bail,” the apex court observed during the pronouncement of judgment. The verdict came in an appeal filed by a Nigerian national, Frank Vitus, who is an accused in a drugs case, challenging a Delhi High Court order of 2022, mandating him to share his Google Map location with the probe officer as a condition for his bail.

Stereotyping differently-abled persons in films, visual media perpetuate discrimination, says Supreme Court

A Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud held on July 8 that stereotyping differently-abled persons in visual media and films perpetuate discrimination and creators ought to provide an accurate representation of disabilities rather than mocking or mythifying them. The judgment, described as “path-breaking” by Justice J.B. Pardiwala on the Bench, denounced the use of words like ‘cripple’, ‘spastic’, etc, which stigmatise disabled persons.

Supreme Court asks Centre to frame model policy on menstrual leave for women

The Supreme Court on July 8 directed the Centre to frame a model policy on menstrual leave for women employees by holding consultations with States and other stakeholders. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said the issue related to policy and was not an issue for the courts to look into. Moreover, such a decision from a court on granting such leave to women may prove to be counterproductive and “detrimental” to the cause as employers may avoid employing them.

Japan, Philippines sign defence pact in the face of shared alarm over China

Japan and the Philippines signed a key defence pact on July 8 allowing the deployment of Japanese forces for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills, to the Southeast Asian nation that came under brutal Japanese occupation in World War II but is now building an alliance with Tokyo as they face an increasingly assertive China.

Macron refuses French Prime Minister’s resignation after chaotic election results

French President Emmanual Macron refused the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister, asking him on July 8 to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo. French voters split the legislature on the left, center and far-right, leaving no faction even close to the majority needed to form a government. The results from July 7 (Sunday’s) vote raised the risk of paralysis for the European Union’s second-largest economy.

Alcaraz overcomes hiccup to beat Humbert, enters quarterfinals

The ‘Middle Sunday’ holiday at Wimbledon was delightfully anachronistic. The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club thought that the break was necessary to allow the pristine grass courts a breather. But many saw it as an extravagance when sports worldwide were trying to cram in as much action as possible. At the 2024 edition, this responsibility first fell to defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and 16th seed Ugo Humbert. The duo passed the test — not quite with flying colours, but good enough to keep the capacity crowd riveted — before Alcaraz came through 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5.
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