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Source: From The Hindu

Since 2021, Jammu accounts for 40% of killings of security personnel in J&K

In the past three years, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed the killing of 119 security forces personnel, and over 40% of these killings were reported from the Jammu division, data available with The Hindu shows. From 2021, at least 51 security personnel have been killed in various incidents initiated by terrorists in Poonch, Rajouri, Kathua, Reasi, Doda, and Udhampur districts, a deviation from the past three years, when the Kashmir Valley was the epicentre of such incidents.

Election Commission offers multiple choices to candidates to re-check voting in recently held polls

Candidates who have applied for a re-check of the voting process in the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly elections can choose from a number of options given by the Election Commission, including picking electronic voting machines (EVM) from any polling station in an Assembly segment and opting for a mock poll and mock voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slip count.

Medical colleges asked to enter seats on portal for NEET-UG 2024 counselling

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has issued a notice urging medical colleges to enter their seats on its official portal for the NEET-UG 2024 counselling as the counselling process is likely to begin soon. The next hearing of the Supreme Court on the NEET-UG exam matter is on July 18.

Calcutta High Court restrains Mamata Banerjee from defaming Governor Ananda Bose

The Calcutta High Court has restrained West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from making any defamatory statements against Governor C.V. Ananda Bose. The court observed that prima facie there is a case of defamation.

Five killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh in violent clashes over government jobs quota

At least five people were reported killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh on July 16 as student protests against a government jobs quota led to violence around the country, media reports said. Student protesters clashed with pro-government student activists and with police, and violence was reported around the capital of Dhaka, the southeastern city of Chattogram and the northern city of Rangpur. At least three of the dead were students, one was a pedestrian and one was not identified, media reports said, citing officials.

Justices Kotiswar Singh, R. Mahadevan appointed to Supreme Court; top court to regain full strength

President Droupadi Murmu on July 16 appointed Justices N. Kotiswar Singh and Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice R. Mahadevan as Supreme Court judges. A five-member Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud had recommended their names in a resolution on July 11. The Centre notified the two appointments which would return the top court to its full sanctioned strength of 34 judges.

Pakistani troops kill 10 militants responsible for attack on military base that left 8 soldiers dead

All 10 militants who rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a Pakistani military facility were killed in an 18-hour operation, officials said July 16, adding that militants in a separate attack on a health facility killed five civilians. In its statement, the Pakistani military said eight soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber early on Monday rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the outer wall of an army housing complex in Bannu, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill more than 30 as both sides weigh latest ceasefire proposal

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed more than 30 people as Israel and Hamas continued to weigh the latest cease-fire proposal. In central Gaza, strikes overnight into July 16 killed 24 people. The deaths in Nuseirat and Zawaida included 10 women and four children.

NCLT starts insolvency proceedings against Byju’s

An Indian tribunal on July 16 started insolvency proceedings for EdTech firm Byju’s after the country’s cricket board complained about failure to recover $19 million in dues, dealing another blow to a company that was once India’s biggest startup. Byju’s has suffered numerous setbacks in the past few years, leading to a crisis of investor confidence, thousands of job cuts and a collapse in its valuation from $22 billion in 2022 to less than $3 billion.

After losing to Spain in Euro 2024 final, Gareth Southgate resigns as England manager

Gareth Southgate said on July 16 he was resigning as England manager, two days after they lost to Spain in the Euro 2024 final. “It’s time for change, and for a new chapter. Sunday’s final in Berlin against Spain was my final game as England manager,” Southgate said in a statement. Names immediately bandied around as 53-year-old Southgate’s successor are Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, and two former Chelsea handlers, Graham Potter and Mauricio Pochettino. Football Association CEO Mark Bullingham said Southgate had “made the impossible job possible”.

Paris Olympics 2024: Returning to the ‘terre battue’ at Roland Garros

The competition surface doesn't change for most Olympic sports. A pool's a pool. A track's a track. A wrestling mat's a mat. And so on. Tennis? That's a whole other story, with tournaments contested on clay, hard or grass courts — and now there's a shift for the Paris Games. For the first time in more than 30 years, the tennis competition at an Olympics will be held on red clay, which means players who recently made the adjustment from the dirt at the French Open in early June to grass at Wimbledon in early July will need to reverse course again in short order.