NEET counselling from July third week : govt
The Union government has said that the counselling for the eligibility of NEET UG test will be conducted in four rounds from the Thursday week of July .
Government banked on a latest report that said that no “ mass malpractice “ was done in the NEET UG test .
Union government said that the candidature of students found to be guilty of any malpractice would be cancelled at any stage during counselling process , or even afterwards , cancellation would have no effect on the overall seat allocation process , if done before the third round , says centre .
CBI arrests key accused in NEET paper leak case
The Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI ) on Thursday arrested one of the key accused of NEET paper leak case . Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocket was produced before a special CBI court in Patna , where he was remanded in CBI custody for 10 days .
Cauvery panel asks Karnataka to ensure flow of water for T. N .
TamilNadu water Regulation Committee ( TWRC ) on Thursday asked Karnataka , to ensure the flow of 11,500 cusecs of water at Bilindu every day till July 31 , to supply water from TamilNadu . Karnataka has cited deficit water flow and urged the committee to defer any decision till July 25 .
The Sharing of Cauvery water has been a source of serious conflict between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka .
In a judgement in 2018 , Supreme Court ( SC ) had made final allocation. out of 740 TMC of water .
Tamilnadu would get 404.24 TMC , Karnataka 284.75 TMC , Kerala 10 TMC and Puducherry 7 TMC of Cauvery water .
TWRC was created to regulate the water flow between the rivers .
13 fisherman from Pudukkottai arrested by Srilankan Navy
Srilankan Navy on Thursday arrested 13 fisherman of Pudukkottai district of trespassing
Into waters of the island d nation .
Coastal Security Group Sources , said that the fisherman had put to sea on three Mechanised boats from Jagadattipattanam and Kottaipattinam coastal Village on Wednesday .
The TamilNadu CM M K Stalin has written EAM S Jaishankar requesting to activate an appropriate diplomatic channel to immediately release all arrested fishermen and their boats .
Mr Stalin said that 173 boats and 80 fishermen are currently in Sri Lanka’s occupation .
India hosts BIMSTEC foreign ministers amid raging Myanmar crisis
The BIMSTEC foreign ministers’ meeting was organised in New Delhi . External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that BIMSTEC should find solutions within itself .
The meeting adopts significance as it is being held against the backdrop of conflict between Myanmar military and Ethnic Armed Organisations ( EAO ) .Military Junta has lost control over Naung Cho , a key border town in Shan State of Myanmar . Highway leading to China had also been captured .
EAM S Jaishankar held a meeting with his Myanmarese and Thailand . India is yet to clarify whether it will give humanitarian aid to Myanmar .
EAM said that countering transnational crimes. narcotics and arms trade is a shared priority of the three nations .
India , Nepal , Bhutan , Myanmar , Thailand , Bangladesh and Srilanka are seven members of BIMSTEC .
Indian ship crew win ‘ exceptional bravery ‘ awards for red sea rescue
Captain Avilash Rawat and his crew of an oil tanker have been named among the winners of the International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) , 2024 award for Exceptional. Bravery at sea for their “ extraordinary. Courage shown at Red sea rescue mission .
- The vessel Martin Luanda carrying more than. 84 thousand tonnes of Naptha was hit by the missile of Houthis . Despite the damage, a firefighting team was organised and the ship was made navigable .
HC upholds larger warning labels on pan Masala packs .
The Delhi High court has ruled in favour of the Union government’s decision to increase the size of statutory warnings on pan Masala packages to cover 50 %of the front of the label , up from the initial 3mm front size .
The court’s decision came in response to a petition filed by paan Masala companies against the Food Safety Department recommendation to increase the size .
World
China ‘ decisive enabler ‘ of Russia’s war , says NATO
Annual summit of NATO is currently going on in Washington.
On Thursday NATO slammed China as a “ decisive enabler “ to the Russia war .
The declaration by NATO released on Wednesday called Beijing a “ decisive enabler to Russia’s war in Ukraine “ , through its supplies to dual use goods such as microchips that can help Moscow’s military .
China “ can not enable the largest war in Europe in recent history , without this negatively impacting its interest and reputations “ .
Beijing hit back by warning NATO to stop hypinf up the so-called China threat and provoking confrontation and rivalry . “
“ NATO hyping up China’s responsibility on the Ukraine issue is unreasonable and has a sinister issue . “ Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said .
The key decision announced this time is :
- The US announced that it would begin “ episodic deployment “ of long range missiles to Germany in 2026. The missile will have “ significantly longer range “ than currently deployed in Europe
- NATO allies on Wednesday announced that they had started sending F 16 fighter jets to Ukraine .
- NATO members showed optimism to step up efforts to make Ukraine a NATO member eventually .
Apart from Ukrainian President Vlodmyr Zelensky , leaders from Australia , Japan , South Korea and New Zealand is participating this time .
Clooney , Democrats pile pressure on Biden over repoll
Nearly eight house senators have openly called Mr Biden not to seek reelection .
Among those who are calling Joe Biden to stay away from the presidential race is Nancy Pelosi.,donor. George Clooney and donor Chuck Schumer .
This came after the devastating performace of Joe Biden in the Presidential debate with Donald Trump .
Israel military declares end of operation in Northern Gaza
Israeli air strikes pounded parts of Gaza’s biggest city , Gaza City before Israel declared war in northern Gaza. Currently heavy fighting is going on in Rafah . Israeli PM Netanyahu has called this decisive phase of war .
Bangladesh charges 26 for destruction of mangroves
Bangladeshi police have charged 26 people for destroying a swathes of mangroves forest that protects the low lying nation from storm surge waters exacerbated by clImate change.
They have destroyed part of a unique ecosystem , which has been declared as an Ecological Sensitive Zone .
The men were accused of felling 560 acres of South eastern Senodia coastal forest close to Bangladesh forest with Myanmar .
“ Need control of Gaza territory of Egypt border “
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday demanded that Israel retain control of key Gaza territory along the border with Egypt , as part of any accord to end the war in Gaza .
Netanyahu said that this was to stop flow of weapons to Hamas from Egypt .
Hamas has demanded withdrawal of Israeli forces from all parts of Gaza under a ceasefire deal .
Currently negotiation to end the war is going on in Doha. The efforts is being mediated by US and Qatar .
Editorial
Secular remedy
Muslim women right to maintainable under Secular law is well established
The editorial is about a recent judgement of Supreme Court in which it said that Muslim women can get maintenance after divorce under Article 125 of Cr PC .
The Maintenance of Muslim women after divorce generally is taught on the basis of Muslim personal law .
Section 3 of the 1986 act , of the Muslim Personal law talks that Muslim women has right to maintenance by husband but only to a period of iddat . Also, the husband will maintain children for only two years .
Iddat is a period of three months after divorce , till which Muslim women can not remarry .
Under section 125 of Cr PC , women are allowed to get maintenance for her and for her children after divorce .
The court said that the laws of personal law ( section 3 of Article 125 ) and laws under CrPC is not violative to each other .And if a Muslim women thinks that she won’t be able to maintain herself she can use 125 of Cr PC.
