Latest News, Live Updates Today June 16, 2024: Evening briefing: NCERT chief responds to tweak in textbooks; respite from heatwave likely after June 19; and more
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June 16, 2024 6:30 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Evening briefing: NCERT chief responds to tweak in textbooks; respite from heatwave likely after June 19; and more
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June 16, 2024 6:29 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Only efforts involving Russia, Ukraine will lead to peace: India at Swiss summit
- India has decided not to associate itself with a joint communique or any other document emerging from the peace summit hosted by Switzerland because of its position on Russia and Ukraine
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June 16, 2024 6:11 PM IST
India News Live Updates: EVM row: ‘No OTP required to unlock voting machine,’ says Mumbai poll official
- The poll official said that a notice has been issued to Mid-day newspaper for defamation and spreading false news.
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June 16, 2024 6:10 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Amit Shah directs forces to replicate Kashmir Valley success in Jammu as well
- Union home minister Amit Shah stressed on using modern technology to strengthen the local intelligence network, locating the tunnels used by terrorists and dealing with the drone intrusions
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June 16, 2024 6:06 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: BJP to stage protests across Karnataka against fuel price hike
- The Karnataka government on Saturday hiked sales tax on fuel which will make petrol and diesel costlier.
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June 16, 2024 5:39 PM IST
World News Live Updates: UN approves Israel’s ‘pause’ to fighting in Gaza; urges for more concrete measures
- Israel has long defended its efforts to let aid into Gaza including via its Kerem Shalom border near Rafah, blaming militants for looting supplies.
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June 16, 2024 5:37 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Sheena Bora murder case: Indrani Mukerjea reacts to ‘missing remains’ report
- Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, claims no skeleton remains were found in 2012, reacting to reports of them going ‘missing’.
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June 16, 2024 5:28 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Two held in Assam with Yaba tablets worth ₹9 crore: Police
- Police said they intercepted an auto-rickshaw in that area and recovered the Yaba tablets kept under the seats
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June 16, 2024 5:15 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Bihar: 5 feared drowned as boat capsizes in Ganga, 12 rescued
- Officials said several teams, including the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), began their operations and rescued 12 people
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June 16, 2024 5:10 PM IST
India News Live Updates: At marathon 6-hour meeting, Amit Shah pushes for area domination plan in Jammu
- The high-level meeting, attended by key security officials including NSA Ajit Doval, discussed intensifying counter-terror operations.
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June 16, 2024 5:00 PM IST
India News Live Updates: ‘Why should we teach about riots in schools?’: NCERT chief on tweaks in textbooks
- The NCERT is revising the curriculum of the school textbooks in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
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June 16, 2024 4:33 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Diddy returns key to New York City in wake of video of him attacking singer Cassie
- Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs returns the key to New York City in response to the video of him attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
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June 16, 2024 4:30 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Heat stress may reduce from June 19; monsoon remains weak and slow
- There is a red category warning for Punajab, Haryana, Delhi Uttar Pradesh on Sunday and Monday owing to very high temperatures
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June 16, 2024 4:30 PM IST
India News Live Updates: IMD alerts: Heatwave to persist in north India, heavy rainfall in select states
- IMD weather forecast: The heatwave is expected to persist in Uttar Pradesh until June 18 and in Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi until June 17.
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June 16, 2024 4:19 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Michigan splash pad shooting: Suspect dies of suicide after injuring 9, leaving an 8-year-old in critical condition
- Oakland County Sheriff called the incident a “gut punch” to the country, as the suspect left 9 people injured, including two young children and their mother.
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June 16, 2024 4:06 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Indian economy projected to grow by 8% in FY25: CII president Sanjiv Puri
- Puri said the Indian economy is on a higher growth trajectory and the estimate is achievable because of tailwinds such as a strong capex momentum, robust domestic demand, expectations of normal monsoon and global demand revival
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June 16, 2024 3:56 PM IST
India News Live Updates: NEET row: Kapil Sibal demands probe by SC-appointed officials, says ‘not neat for PM Modi to…’
- Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said that it was “not neat for PM Modi to maintain his silence” over the ongoing row on the NEET UG 2024 examination.
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June 16, 2024 3:55 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Day after calling Indira Gandhi ‘Mother of India’, Union minister Suresh Gopi issues clarification
June 16, 2024 3:32 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: ‘To fund public transport’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah defends fuel price hike
- He said that even after the ₹3 hike in fuel charges per litre, the fuel price in Karnataka is still lesser than many states in the country.
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June 16, 2024 2:48 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Delhi water crisis: DJB office vandalised, 3 injured in clash over tap access | Top updates
- BJP leaders have accused the AAP government of corruption and mismanagement, blaming them for the severe water crisis.
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June 16, 2024 2:40 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: 4 tribals, 2 Dalits in new Odisha council of ministers led by CM Majhi
- The move comes after the BJP successfully breached the Dalit-tribal vote bank of the BJD in the 2024 assembly as well as the Lok Sabha elections in the state
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June 16, 2024 2:19 PM IST
World News Live Updates: ‘More to say when we assume presidency’: Trudeau on whether Canada will invite Modi to G7 next year
June 16, 2024 2:04 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Lok Sabha Speaker election: Sanjay Raut offers INDIA bloc support to TDP; JD(U) backs ‘BJP’s right’
June 16, 2024 1:54 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: BJP team led by Biplab Deb to take stock of Bengal’s post-poll violence
- The four-member BJP team led by Biplab Kumar Deb has been asked to submit a detailed report on the post-poll violence in West Bengal to party president Jagat Prakash Nadda
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June 16, 2024 1:50 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Texas mass shooting leaves multiple injured at Juneteenth event
- Gunman opens fire at festival in Round Rock, Texas, injuring six, including two children. Victims in serious condition, possible fatalities being investigated.
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