CBI arrests 2 in
Patna for leak of NEET paper
In its first arrest from Patna in the NEET UG paper leak CBI
arrested two persons into custody on Thursday .
According to the agency , Manish Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar –
played a crucial role in arranging to rent the Learn Boys hostel and Play
School in Patna’s Khemnichak , where the leaked question papers were allegedly
distributed to the candidates on the eve of examination .
CBI also questioned Oasis School principle in Hazaribagh . CBI has arrested seven person
from here .
President flags NEET
, mentions Emergency in her Parliament
speech
President Draupadi Murmu on Thursday addressed a joint
session of both houses of parliament .
President Murmu asked MPs to rise above “ partisan politics
“ with regard to row over “ paper leaks “ in examinations for medical College
admission and government recruitment .
President Murmu raised several other issues including the
Emergency imposed by the Congress government .
She called is as “ biggest and darkest chapter of the constitution . “
President Murmu also lauded the role of EVMs in used in
elections across the country .
Article 87 provides two instances when the president
specially addressed both houses of parliament . The President addresses both houses of parliament .The
President addresses both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at the beginning of the
first session after each general election
when the reconstituted lower house meets the first time .
The president also addresses both the houses at the
beginning of the first session after each general election .
President’s address is mainly about government’s policy
priorities, agenda and programmes .
INDIA plans adjournment
motion on NEET issue
Opposition parties belonging to the INDIA bloc will move
adjournment motion in both the houses of
Parliament on Friday , over alleged
irregularities in the NEET test .
However , the government is unlikely to agree to such a
motion .
The Education Minister is expected to brief parliament about
NEET irregularities .
An adjournment motion is a tool that seeks to stop all other
businesses of the house ,and take up the issue for which adjournment motion has
been moved .
Adjournment motion can be brought only in Lok Sabha .
Speaker decides whether the motion is valid or not .
Uttarakhand govt to
study risk posed by 13 glacial lakes during monsoon
With Monsoon setting in , the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management
Department ( USDMA ) will do a vulnerability study of 13 glacial lakes , five
of them in “ high risk zone “ , from July .
The study aims to help avoid calamities such as lake
outbursts.
The five lakes in “ high risk zone “ are : Darma lake ,
Lastarya Ghati lake , Kutiyagati valley , Vasundhra Taal , Dhauli Ganga basin .
India and US in talks
for Stryker infantry vehicle
India has expressed interest in co-producing the Stryker
infantry vehicle and Javelin Anti Tank
Guided Missile ( ATGM ) ; the talk is still in the early stage , says US secretary of state Kurt M Campbell
.
The deals on MQ -9 B , unmanned aerial vehicle and GE – f414
jet engine are making progress under the iCET framework .
Jaishankar urges
Myanmar for safety of Indian projects
External affairs minister S. Jaishankar met with
Myanmar foreign minister U. Then Shwe on
Wednesday in Delhi .
The meeting acquires significance as it materialises after the security situation in Myanmar is
depleting . The Arkan Army has captured lots of
area in Myanmar .
“ Discussed our deep concern at the impact on continuing
violence and instability in Myanmar on our border .
India is open to engaging all stakeholders in addressing this
situation .
Particularly flagged illegal narcotics , arms struggling and
trafficking in persons as priority challenges . “ said external affairs
minister.
Mr Jaishankar also urged Myanmar to return to a path of “
democratic transition “ , in Myanmar .
Mr Jaishankar said that he “ pressed for security protection
for our ongoing projects in the country “.
10 fishermen arrested
in Sri Lanka to be booked for Navy
sailor’s death
Ten Indian fisherman , arrested for alleged involvement in
illegal fishing fishing in Srilankan waters on Monday , will be charged with Srilankan Navy sailor
. The Navy personnel died after fisherman of injuries from dangerous manoeuvres
by Indian fisherman .
The Srilankan Navy has arrested 200 fishermen and seized 27
trawlers this year for illegal fishing .
World
Bolivian general
arrested after failed coup attempt
China has expelled two former Defense ministers from ruling
communist Party over accusations of corruption that are likely to lead to
sentences to prison .
The defence ministry on Thursday accused former defence
minister Li Shangfu and Li’s predecessor Wei Fenghe of corruption .
Such charges has been levelled in past against many military
leaders under the rule of party president Xi Jinping .
Two former Chinese
defence ministers sacked from party
A coup was aborted in Bolivia . The coup was perpetrated
by Army Chief Juan Jose Zuniga , the
troops stormed the government palace , but it was aborted after President Luis
Acre assigned a new defence
minister .
Soon the soldiers pulled back , after three hours .
At least 17 persons have been arrested in the case which
includes a former army general .
Sudanese face ‘ acute
food insecurity ‘ : IPC
More than half the Sudan is facing ‘ acute food insecurity ‘
, a situation exacerbated by the country’s devastating war , said a report
cited by the UN on Thursday .
The crisis would impact “ approximately 25.6 million people
“ .
Sudan has been undergoing
civil war since last year that has led to this humanitarian crisis .
