5 army soldiers killed in militant ambush in J&K.
Five army soldiers were killed and five injured in an ambush by militants in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday .
Following the attack , army engaged attackers in a gunfight .
Preliminary report, comprising light and heavy vehicles , came under fire from two directions when the convoy reached Jenada Nollah in Bandnota village , which is 124 km from Kathua town.
Reinforcement has been rushed to the site so that militants do not escape .
It is the fourth militancy related incident in past 48 hours in J & K .
Six militants and two soldiers were killed in South Kashmir on July 6 or 7 .
SC says cancellation of the NEET UG in entirely will be the the ‘ extreme Last resort
Supreme Court on Monday was hearing petitioner’s data
The Supreme Court on Monday said , the cancellation of ( NEET UG ) test is entirely an “ extreme Last resort “.
However, Chief Justice of India D.Y Chandrachud said that the fact that sanctity of exam was compromised and question papers were cancelled was “ beyond question “ .
The Court is examining if there is possibility of segregating the wrong doers to spare students trauma to retest .
The court asked NTA several questions about types of leak , manner in which leak occurred , steps taken etc . The Court has ordered NTA to file its reply before Thursday .
The next hearing of court is on Thursday .
Listen to the people of Manipur , Rahul tells prime Minister after visiting state
Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited Manipur , he met with displaced Kuki Zo and Meitie people who were living in camps .
He asked the Prime Minister to visit the state to know the ground situation.
Ahead of talks with Putin. PM says will : back ‘ peace in the region
PM Narendra Modi reached Moscow for 22 nd India Russia Summit .
He was received at Vnkuovo 2 VIP airport by Deputy Prime Minister Dennis Maturov.
He met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at his personal resident Dacha on the outskirts of Moscow .
Formal meetings will be held on Tuesday .
Many agreements are expected to be signed .
Films should not misrepresent , people with disabilities : SC
The Supreme Court on Monday held that creative freedom include the liberty to lampoon , stereotype , disparage , misrepresent the disable in films and visual media .
“ If overall message of the work infriges right of persons with disabilities , it is not a protected speech . “ CJI said in a judgement .
The petitioner has cited insensitive portrayal of disables in the film Ankh Micholi .
Centre set to tweak criteria for according classical language status
Amid demand for classical languages ,the Union government has decided to tweak the criteria for giving the special tag .
The sources said that the center had asked the panel to reconsider , the rules .
This would mean that classical language status for Marathi language will have to wait .
The classical language status for certain languages especially , Marathi will have wait .
There is long term demand by different Maharashtra government to put Marathi in
Classical language gets special treatment and funds to promote it by f ministry of education and ministry of culture .
Cureen
Currently there are six languages that are identified as classical language list .
The six languages are :
Sanskrit , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , Odia and Kannada are in the list of classical
language .
Downpour from Sunday snaps lifelines of Mumbai
The India Meteorological department has issued incesaant rain between. 267 mm to 300 .mm of rainfall on Sunday ..
Railtaracks and roads are under water . 50 Flights has been cancelled . Holidays has been declared in schools .
World
Russian missile attack in Ukraine capital kills 31 ; children hospital unit
.A major Russian strike across Ukraine killed 31 people and injured more than 150 at the children hospital on Monday , with one missile striking a large children hospital .
Russia hit 40 missiles on Ukrainian cities , Ukrainian President Zelensky informed.
This is among the worst attack by Russia on basis of civilinam casualties.
France faces coalition puzzle after left wing surge to polls
French assembly elections results were soon after second round of polling on Sunday .
No party has got majority .
The Left wing party , New Popular Front (NFP ) has emerged as top performer .
Emanual Macron’s let alliance came second with 168 seats .
National Rally ( NR ) party of Marie Le Pen emerged third , with 143 seats .
Emanual Macron’s party became the major loser in the poll .
Exit polls had shown that , Marie Le Pen’s NR will outperform all other parties . Even in first round NR had got maximum percentage of votes. But NR came third in final results .
After the result , French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal handed his resignation to President Emanual Macron .But he has been asked to “ remain Prime Minister for time being to ensure stability . Mr Macron office said .
NFP had not decided it’s Prime Ministerial candidate .And soon will announce that .
Electoral system in France :
In France President is chosen by direct vote .
The President has power over foreign affairs and Defense of country .
The other election is to choose the assembly , the assembly chooses Prime Minister and Prime Minister chooses the cabinet .
The power of Prime Minister is related to domestic issues .
The current election was to choose the assembly . The election was scheduled to be in 2027 , but early elections were called by Presifent to hold power .
Xi calls world power to help Russia , Ukraine ,’ resume direct dialogue ‘ .
Chinese President Xi Jinping , called for world powers to help , Russia and Ukraine to resume direct dialogues . He was speaking after a meeting with Viktor Obran , the Hungarian president .
Hungary has got presidency of council of European Union ( EU ) . Hungarian President has embarked on journey for consensus to end Russia Ukraine war . Mr Obran made surprise visit to China after similar visit to Russia and Ukraine last week .
His visit to Russia was widely criticised by his EU partners .
“ China is a key power in creating a conditions of peace in Russia Ukraine war . “ , Mr Obran wrote in X . He called his visit being a part of “ Peace mission 3.0 “
China has its own six point peace program to end Russia Ukraine war .
Mr Obran is widely seen as having the warmest relation with Mt Xi and Russian President Putin. Hungary has tried to block funding to Ukraine , by EU members in EU .
Mr Obran hosted Chinese President few months back , the ties between the two countrie were elevated to “ all whether comprehensive strategic partner “ , that china has conferred to only few such as Pakistan, Belarus and Venezuela .
Renewed hope
Telangana and AP CMs have made a good start by talking to each other
The editorial is about efforts being made by Andhra Pradesh newly elected CM Chandra Babu Naidu and Telangana CM Revanth Reddy to resolve border issues .
Three committees has been formed to resolve the issue between two states .
The major issue are related to water sharing , assets and liabilities management , and return of five villages to erstwhile Khammam district that was merged with Andhra Pradesh as they were expected to be submerged by the Polavaram irrogation project .
Three is hope that the two leaders would do. ri ght for people of their states .
