The Statesman Kolkata - July 10, 2023

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July 10, 2023

Nadda chairs regional consultative meet in Hyderabad to chalk out 2024 polls strategy

Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Sunday chaired a crucial regional consultative meeting of senior party leaders of southern India and some other states in Hyderabad to chalk out the party's strategy for next year's Lok Sabha elections and other important issues.

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RS: TMC likely to field Kunal Ghosh, Ritabrata Bandyopadhyay

The Trinamul Congress is expected to file the nominations of its candidates for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha election soon.

1 min

Torrential rains pound N India, at least 15 dead

Roads washed away in many areas, Delhi, other cities see heavy waterlogging

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Bengal rural poll-related violence toll reaches 16

Although the polling for the three-tier panchayat system in West Bengal has ended, violence continues and one more death has been reported, officials said on Sunday.

1 min

Manipur govt downsizes for VIPs to provide cover to farmers security

To provide security to farmers during a shrinking planting season amidst volatility in the law and order situation, the Manipur government has downsized security for VIPs, police said on Sunday.

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Goyal to visit UK for FTA, EFTA negotiations

India and the United Kingdom will give an impetus to their ongoing negotiations over a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) during Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal’s two-day visit to the UK beginning tomorrow.

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Need to empower bike mechanics to strengthen automobile industry: Rahul Gandhi

Days after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi visited the motor bike market in Delhi and interacted with bike mechanics, he shared his conversation with them on his social media channel on Sunday saying their achievements drive the country’s progress.

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Angry voters hit the streets in North Dinajpur

Irate mob of Cong, CPM, BJP allegedly set fire to vehicles,damaged state buses

1 min

SC sets aside HC order on demotion of teachers

The Supreme Court has set aside the order of the Single Bench of the Calcutta High Court that 32,000 primary teachers will be demoted to the status of para teachers with less salary.

1 min

Central forces'absence during violent voting incidents: BSF points finger at SEC

Facing severe criticism over the poor deployment of central forces during the panchayat elections in the state on Saturday, BSF DIG SS Guleria squarely put the blame on the State Election Commission's Commissioner Rajiva Sinha.

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80 pc turnout recorded during panchayat poll

Birbhum recorded highest turnout at 83.20 pc, South Dinajpur lowest (59.13 pc)

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BJP Kerala woman leader says she is being ignored, ill treated, sidelined

With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner, it has now become clear that all is not well in the Kerala unit of the BJP.

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Muslim League rejects CPM invite to UCC seminar

The Muslim League leaders said that only the Congress can raise voice against UCC in Parliament

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Jaishankar terms Tanzania visit 'productive'

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has described his visit to Tanzania as \"productive\".

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'Where are Central agencies', asks KCR on BJP MLA's ₹100 cr claim

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Sunday questioned why the Central agencies were not probing the claim by Telangana BJP MLA that his party spent Rs 100 crore in an Assembly bypoll in the state.

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Chirag to decide on alliance with NDA after '2-3 more meets'

Before the meeting with the party bearers, he met BJP leader Nityanand Rai in Patna

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With Raj Congress and BJP projecting no CM face, party workers left confused

The Congress after its recent Delhi meeting has announced that the party will be going for the Rajasthan assembly polls without any chief ministerial face.

1 min

Undermining Fairness

While developed countries may attempt to subtly obfuscate the North-South fault-line by arguing that every country has more or less equal responsibility towards the global atmospheric commons, yet, it is now, more than ever, that the construct of the global South has hardened and significantly assumed a distinctive identity in global politics

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US supply of cluster bombs to Kyiv is morally shaky

The Biden administration announced on 7 July that it would send cluster bombs to Ukraine – a deeply controversial move given the munition is prohibited by more than 120 countries because of risks to civilian populations.

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Markets may consolidate this week

Results season kicks in from the week ahead with TCS declaring results on Wednesday the July 12 followed by Wipro on Thursday the July 13

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GST council to discuss taxation under ONDC in next week meet

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) council, which is set to meet on July 11, is likely to give clarity on whether tax collected at source (TCS) should be deducted by the buyer or the e-commerce platform, from whom the product has been purchased under the open network for digital commerce (ONDC) platform.

1 min

NATO's unity will be tested at summit in Vilnius

World’s biggest security alliance is struggling to reach consensus on admitting Sweden as member

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Ukraine and the environment will top the agenda when Biden meets UK politicians and royalty

A dash of pomp and a dose of politics are on the agenda during a stopover visit to the U.K. where President Joe Biden will discuss the environment with King Charles III and the war in Ukraine with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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Amazon Indigenous are leaving the rainforest for cities, and finding urban poverty

In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured to meet a Brazilian government’s expedition on the banks of the Itui River in a remote area of the western Amazon rainforest.

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Ukraine celebrates, Russia denounces Azovstal commander release

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine's garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered last year.

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UN refuses to retract its condemnation of Israel over Jenin military operation

Israel’s United Nations ambassador called on SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres to retract his condemnation of the country for its excessive use of force in its largest military operation in two decades targeting a refugee camp in the West Bank.

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Yellen agrees to address Chinese tech export concerns

A key Chinese complaint is limits on access to processor chips

2 mins

SL debt treatment: India to play 'constructive role' as co-chair of Creditors Committee

India has assured Sri Lanka that it will play a constructive role as a Co-Chair of the Creditors Committee along with Japan and the Paris Club.

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Lessons for the northeast from Manipur

While the continuing ethnic conflict in Manipur since 3 May of this year has received wide media coverage, its short- and long-term implications for the north-east have not received the due importance, even though potential areas of such ethnic conflicts exist in Assam, Tripura and even Meghalaya.

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Manas National Park loses one-horned rhino to poacher

Even though Assam celebrated 2022 as a zero-rhinoceros-poaching year that drew attention from the international media and global celebrities, the running year has reported two incidents relating to the poaching of precious one-horned rhinos in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (NPTR) and Manas NPTR during the first half.

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Sen in final, Sindhu crashes out of Canada Badminton Open

On a day of mixed fortune for Indian shuttlers, Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen advanced to the final while two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu crashed out of the Canada Badminton Open in Calgary

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1st T201: Bowlers, Harmanpreet power India to win over B'desh

India have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-game series, with the next game to be held on Tuesday

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