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Wayanad received 7% of its seasonal rainfall on July 30

WAYANAD received extreme rainfall in the few days prior to Tuesday's landslide, according to data released by India Meteorological Department.

Thakur's Caste Jibe At Rahul Sparks Uproar

Anyone who speaks for Dalits, tribals and backward classes and fights for them will be insulted, says LoP in Lok Sabha

Why It's Crucial To Revisit The 1975 Emergency

India's third Emergency curtailed human rights in a massive way. What has happened in the recent past is not comparable for a variety of reasons

SWIMMING'S NEXT-GEN CLAIM SPOTLIGHT

From Canada's McIntosh to Romania's Popovici & Australia's O'Callaghan, youngsters have arrived at big stage

No fresh loans to wilful defaulters for a year: RBI

TO tackle the menace of wilful defaulters, the Reserve Bank has asked banks and other lenders to scrutinise non-performing accounts with outstanding of ₹25 lakh and above and has barred them from extending new loans to those borrowers who have been classified as wilful defaulters for a year after being removed from the list.

Insolvency case: Byju's in talks with BCCI for debt settlement

EDTECH firm Byju's and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are in 'discussions' to settle their dispute.

Adani Energy Solutions launches QIP to raise ₹6,000 cr at ₹1,027 floor price

ADANI Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) on Tuesday said it will file the preliminary placement document for fundraising through the qualified institutional placement (QIP) route today.

Vedanta gets 75% secured creditors' nod for demerger

ANIL AGARWAL-led Vedanta Limited has received approval from 75% of its secured creditors to proceed with its proposed demerger.

Sebi panel for F&O lot size of ₹20-30 lakh

Plans to limit fewer weekly expiries on options contracts on single benchmark index of an exchange, among others

Fresh protests loom in Venezuela in wake of disputed vote

THE National Electoral Council (CNE) certified the reelection of Maduro, 61, to another six-year term until 2031, with the president winning 51.2% of votes cast compared to 44.2% for Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.

Third girl child dies in UK stabbing, 5 gravely injured, suspect in custody

A third child died on Tuesday and five others remained critically injured after a knife attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in a quiet seaside community in northern England, police said.

Spain PM mum on wife graft probe

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez refused to answer questions on Tuesday from a judge investigating alleged influence-peddling by his wife, and countered with a lawsuit against the magistrate accusing him of illegalities.

Islamic radical Anjem given 26 yrs in jail for terrorism

A judge on Tuesday sentenced Anjem Choudary, one of the UK's most recognised radical Islamist preachers, to life jail after he was found guilty of directing a banned \"terrorist organisation\".

3.6 lakh volunteers sign up for Harris; $200 million raised

AS many as 3,60,000 people have signed up to volunteer in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, her campaign said, reflecting the groundswell of support in her favour in her race for the November election.

Israeli strike kills Hezbollah leader responsible for death of Golan kids

Earlier IDF struck around 10 targets in Lebanon; Iran-backed militants fired Katyusha rockets

13 cases every hour as cybercrime plagues Gujarat

IN a rather alarming turn of events, two high-profile fake Facebook accounts were paraded across the web on Monday night one for Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi and the other for Surat Police Commissioner Anupam Gehlot.

J&K govt grants land ownership rights to Pakistan, Pok refugees

IN a significant development, the Lieutenant Governor administration in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday announced ownership rights of land to West Pakistan Refugees (WPRS), who are living in J&K after their migration from Pakistan since 1947.

Howrah-Mumbai Exp derails in Jharkhand, 2 killed and 8 hurt

TWO persons were killed and eight injured after 18 coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district early on Tuesday, officials said.

...U'khand reserves 33% seats for women in co-ops

THE Uttarakhand government has approved 33% reservation for women in cooperative societies, becoming the first state to do so.

More teeth to law against conversion get House nod...

THE UP Assembly passed an amended bill on unlawful religious conversions on Tuesday making the original Act harsher in terms of punishment which can extend up to life imprisonment and a penalty of up to ₹10 lakh.

SC imposes fine on govt over pension to Army captains

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday hauled up the Centre for failing to take a timely decision on the payable pension and other entitlements of retired regular captains under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme, and imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh.

Budget: Economics prevails over politics

OVER a century ago, British economist Alfred Marshall said economics meant political economy.

4 FACTORS TO INFLUENCE OUR EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM

ONE of the much-anticipated news from this year's budget was the financial outlay the Indian government gave to existing clean energy policies such as the promotion of green hydrogen, electric vehicles and rooftop solar systems.

COACHING CENTRES: TOO BIG A TRADE TO BE LEFT UNREGULATED

THE mushrooming of coaching centres needs to be reined in.

K'taka's August quota to TN fulfilled as rains trigger increased Cauvery outflow

UNPRECEDENTED rains in the Cauvery basin in the past two weeks have led to a record increase in the outflow from Karnataka's reservoirs to the interstate point Biligundlu.

ICT Academy signs ₹88-crore MoUs to train 90K students

Aimed at training over 90,000 students across the state, the Information and Communication Technology Academy has signed multiple memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth a total of ₹88 crore with corporate companies, government departments and product-specific companies.

NGT expresses concern over tragedy in Wayanad, to take up suo motu case

THE southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday expressed concern over the massive landslides in Kerala's Wayanad that claimed many lives, and decided to take up a suo motu hearing into the matter.

Courier scam: 2 held in Kerala for cheating woman of ₹3.6 lakh

TWO men were arrested in Kerala by the Chennai cyber crime police for allegedly swindling ₹3.6 lakh from a woman through a courier scam.

Indecent portrayal of women: YouTuber 'Biryani Man' nabbed

ABHISHEK Rabi, a 29-year-old who runs a YouTube channel named 'Biryani Man', was arrested by the cyber crime police on Monday for alleged indecent portrayal of women and projecting Semmozhi Poonga, a public park in Chennai, in bad light through his videos.

Court raps customs for shoddy probe, acquits man accused of importing ecstacy

An NDPS trial court in Chennai, on Monday, acquitted a 29year-old Malaysian-Indian accused by the Chennai airport customs of smuggling in 100 tablets of the drug ecstasy from Germany through foreign post during the first wave of Covid19 pandemic.