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Israel pounds South Gaza after evac order

ISRAELI forces carried out deadly strikes on Tuesday on southern Gaza and battled militants after issuing an evacuation order.

Brokerages on equity trade may go up following Sebi circular

NITHIN Kamath, founder and CEO, of discount brokerage firm Zerodha has said it may have to let go of the zero brokerage structure for equity delivery trades, which the brokerage house has been able to offer for the past nine years.

Global index inclusion yet to reflect on Gsec yields

THOUGH the much-anticipated inclusion of the government bonds (G-secs) in the JP Morgan's emerging market bond index from last Friday has underwhelmed the market with muted response, both in terms of inflows as well as in the flat bond yields.

HC sets aside NCLT order on rights issue, sends the matter back to tribunal

THE Karnataka High Court on Tuesday set aside the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) order that had restrained Byju's from launching a second rights issue.

Developers continue to sign high-profile land deals in B'luru

BIG property developers continue to sign high-profile land deals in Bengaluru.

Hindenburg's 'nasty' reply to Sebi

Says regulator pushed brokers to close short positions in Adani stocks, failed to name Kotak

Guy sues Mamata over 'slanderous comments'

WEST Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, on Tuesday confirmed that he has filed a defamation suit against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Calcutta High Court, allegedly for some slanderous comments made by her against him.

Rahul House barbs trigger protest in Gujarat, stones thrown at Cong office

MEMBERS of the VHP and Bajrang Dal targeted the Congress office in Ahmedabad late on Monday night, spraying black ink on Rahul Gandhi's posters and photos in response to his remarks in the Lok Sabha.

Maha OBC outreach as Pankaja Munde BJP nominee in council poll

AFTER the Lok Sabha debacle in Maharashtra, the BJP has decided to \"reframe\" its original Other Backward Class (OBC) vote bank by giving it the maximum representation in the state legislative council's biennial election due on July 12.

5 special children die of food poisoning at Indore orphanage

FIVE orphan and speciallyabled boys have reportedly died at an orphanage in Madhya Pradesh's most populated city Indore since Sunday.

Rain continues to batter Gujarat, cities submerged

INCESSANT rain continued to pound Gujarat for the second straight day on Tuesday leading to waterlogging, traffic congestion, and closure of several roads.

Assam seeks IAF help to rescue affected, toll 38

AS the flood situation in Assam continues to remain grim with the toll mounting to 38, the state government is taking the help of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to rescue the affected people.

Weapon system school to take on IAF challenges

To recalibrate and transform its combat training towards a specialised cadre, the Indian Air Force has established the Weapon Systems School (WSS) at its Begumpet station in Hyderabad.

Behavioural support among other steps in WHO guideline on tobacco cessation

IN a move to help more than 750 million people quit all forms of tobacco, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday recommended a comprehensive set of tobacco cessation interventions, including behavioural support by healthcare providers, digital cessation interventions and pharmacological treatments.

NEET-PG likely in Aug; cyber wing holds meet

IN view of the announcement of fresh dates to conduct the postponed National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, Postgraduate (NEET-PG), which is likely to take place in August, a highlevel meeting of senior officials of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) wing of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the ministries of Information Technology and Health was held to find ways to plug any possibility of paper leak, sources said on Tuesday.

Why parts of my speech expunged, Rahul asks Birla

A day after several parts of his speech in Lok Sabha were expunged from records, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi shot off a letter to Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday, saying that it goes against tenets of parliamentary democracy.

Oath-taking procedure recast after Owaisi's 'Jai Palestine' remark in LS

A significant amendment has been introduced in the Lok Sabha about the oath-taking procedure for the elected members.

Dhankhar jibe at Jairam evokes Kharge's retort

Cong chief's 'Varna' remark comes after RS Chairman's advice to Ramesh to take over as LoP

NEW FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT FOR A CHANGING WORLD

IMMANUEL Kant's moral philosophy centres around the concept of the 'categorical imperative', the idea that we must act in line with practical rules that we can 'will' to become universal laws.

KARNATAKA CONG NEEDS TO UNITE BEFORE BYPOLLS

WITH the Lok Sabha elections concluded, the Karnataka Congress has done away with all pretence of unity.

SLOWER GST GROWTH, FEWER NEW PROJECTS ARE WARNING SIGNALS

RECENT data on the economy's performance seem to indicate India's growth story may be hitting the pause button.

WHY BRIDGES KEEP FALLING ACROSS INDIA

About 2,000 bridges are reported to have failed in India during 1977-2017. One essential remedy would be a systematic bridge health monitoring system with regular inspections

After report on pvt college refusing to admit boy with disability, institute asks him to enrol

A boy with learning disability, who was denied admission at a private college as he had not written the English exam in Class 12, was asked to enrol after a report titled 'College denies admission to boy with learning disability' was published in these columns on Tuesday.

India's Aditya-Ll completes first 'halo' orbit around L1

ADITYA-L1, India's maiden mission to the Sun launched on September 2, 2023, has completed its first halo orbit around the Sun-Earth Lagrange 1 point, ISRO announced on Tuesday.

Probe on as pet Rottweiler bites two men outside Tasmac bar in Tiruppur

THE city municipal corporation officials started investigating an incident where two men were allegedly bitten by a Rottweiler outside a Tasmac bar on Monday.

Land 'illegally' given to Siddu's wife, alleges BJP

CM refutes claim, says wife entitled to said land under scheme introduced by BJP govt

Her-story: In a first, tribal girl secures seat in NIT-Tiruchy

IT has taken 60 years for a tribal student to secure a seat at the National Institute of Technology-Tiruchy.

Defence ministry to set up 3 testing facilities in TN

THE Defence Ministry will be establishing three state-of-theart testing facilities in Chennai of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), Electronic Warfare (EW) and Electro Optics (EO) domains under the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor.

Artefacts in Perumbalai excavation site reveal an Iron Age story

ARCHAEOLOGISTS who studied the excavations undertaken at Perumbalai in Dharmapuri district have concluded that the shapes and size of pottery unearthed at the site undoubtedly belongs to the Iron Age.

AIADMK ex-minister booked in land fraud, kidnap case

FORMER minister in the AIADMK cabinet MR Vijayabaskar has been booked by the Vangal police for land fraud and kidnapping.