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PM Modi to visit flood affected Kerala

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday evening, will leave for Kerala to review the flood situation in the state.

“Had a telephone conversation with Kerala CM Shri Pinarayi Vijayan just now. We discussed the flood situation across the state and reviewed rescue operations. Later this evening, I will be heading to Kerala to take stock of the unfortunate situation due to flooding,” tweeted by PM Modi.

PM Modi had earlier on Thursday spoke to Kerala CM and discussed the flood situation in the state. He had also asked Defence Ministry to further step up the rescue and relief operations across the state.

Kerala is witnessing continuous rain since past few days, causing flood and landslides across the state.

More than 90 people have lost their lives so far. Rescue operations are in full fledge.

Thousands of people have been evacuated and are living in the relief camps.”

Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter underway between terrorists, security forces

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According to media reports, an encounter is underway on August 17 between security forces and terrorists in Karalgund area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara District.

A search operation is currently underway and Troops of 92 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 32 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group cordoned off the area.

In the meantime, another encounter broke out between the security forces and terrorists in Hajin area of Bandipora District.

There is no report of casualties and injuries so far.

More details are awaited on the encounters underway in Kupwara and Bandipora.

The Kashmir has witnessed a sudden spurt in incidents of encounter since the past few months.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s funeral: Delhi Police issue traffic advisory, make security arrangements

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The Delhi Police on August 17 have made elaborate security arrangements in wake of last rites procession of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who dies at 93 on August 16 at AIIMS Delhi.

“The procession will go to the BJP headquarters on DDU Marg from Krishna Menon Marg, at 9 am. It is expected to reach the cremation ground in the afternoon,” Special Commissioner of Police (law and order) R P Upadhaya said.

Police expect over 5 lakh people, including VVIPs, politicians, and dignitaries, at the BJP party office as well as the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal near Rajghat.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Madhur Verma said, “They have made elaborate security arrangements in the city today. It will be ensured that the people who come to pay their last respect face minimum inconvenience. Also, there will be no compromise with security”.

The Delhi Police issued traffic advisory, and almost closed 25 arterial roads from 8:00 am, leading to central Delhi, including Krishna Memon Marg, Akbar Road, Janpath and India Gate C-Hexagon, Shahjahan Road, Zakir Hussain Marg from SBM to India Gate (C-Hexagon), Tilak Marg From C-Hexagon to Tilak Bridge, Bhagwan Dass Road, Sikandara Road among others, to ensure smooth vehicular movement during Vajpayee’s final journey.

Over 2,000 Delhi Armed Police and paramilitary police, along with force from three districts — Central, North, and New Delhi — will be on the ground in order to ensure security and smooth movement during the procession.

Police are putting up CCTVs on the stretch and local police will be deployed at every intersection, apart from gunmen and snipers.

Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away at 93

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Aditi Chahar
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Former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna awardee Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away at 93 on Thursday at AIIMS Delhi where he was being treated since last nine weeks.

Alarm bells rang when Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee became critical and had been put on life support system after his health deteriorated on August 15. 

 According to the press release by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday evening, “It is with profound grief that we inform about the sad demise of Former Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee at 05:05 pm on 16.08.2018.

Shri Vajpayee was admitted in AIIMS on 11.06.2018 and was stable in the last 9 weeks under the care of a team of AIIMS doctors.

Unfortunately, his condition deteriorated over the last 36 hours and he was put on life support systems. Despite the best of efforts, we have lost him today.

We join the Nation in deeply mourning this great loss.”

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, being a diabetic had only one functional kidney. He suffered a stroke in 2009, weakening his cognitive abilities. Later, he developed dementia.

He was elected as Prime Minister thrice during 1996, 1996-1999 and during 1999-2004 — when he completed the full five-year term as a non-Congress Prime Minister. As his health deteriorated, he slowly withdrew himself from public life and was confined to his residence for years.

Mourning the loss of Vajpayee, PM Narendra Modi tweeted, “India grieves the demise of our beloved Atal Ji. His passing away marks the end of an era. He lived for the nation and served it assiduously for decades. My thoughts are with his family, BJP Karyakartas and millions of admirers in this hour of sadness. Om Shanti.”

President Ram Nath Kovind expressing his condolences, said, “Extremely sad to hear of the passing of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, our former Prime Minister and a true Indian statesman. His leadership, foresight, maturity and eloquence put him in a league of his own. Atalji, the Gentle Giant, will be missed by one and all.” 

SC asks NRC coordinator to submit detailed report on people excluded in draft list

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The Supreme Court on August 16 asked the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Prateek Hajela to provide it the data of district-wise percentage of the population excluded from the NRC draft in the state. Coordinator Hajela has been asked to submit the report in a sealed cover. The court will hear the matter next on August 28.

A SC bench comprising justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and K M Joseph sought the response of all the stakeholders, including All Assam Students Union, All Assam Minority Students Union on the Centre’s Standard Operating Procedures on the NRC issue.

The top court directed NRC coordinator to make available the copies of draft NRC at panchayat offices for the general public of the state.

The court has also asked that the claim and objection forms will be made available to the public from August 20 and the receipt of the same forms will commence from August 30.

The bench said that after the publication of the final NRC list, those people whose names will figure in it will be given usual Aadhaar number as applicable to legal residents in the nation.

On August 14, the Centre had told the Supreme Court that distinct IDs will be created by collecting biometric details of 40 lakh people filing claims and objections with respect to the NRC.

Jammu and Kashmir: Four soldiers injured in encounter along LoC in Kupwara

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Four soldiers were injured on Thursday during a gunfight with terrorist on the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowgam sector of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

As per the reports, army noticed some suspicious movement near the Sangam post on Line of Control and challenged the suspected militants in the wee hours of Thursday morning. 

The infiltrating militants started firing towards the position of Army personnel, triggering an encounter. 

Four soldiers were injured in the exchange of fire and were evacuated to a medical facility in Kupwara.

The entire area has been cordoned off.

Special court frames additional charges against Naveen Jindal in coal scam

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A special court on August 16 framed an additional charge of abetment to bribe against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal in a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand.

Special judge Bharat Parashar framed the charges against the accused after Jindal said he was pleading not guilty and claimed trial.

Madhu Koda did not appear before the judicature today citing personal reasons, the formal framing of former Jharkhand chief minister would take place on August 31.

The CBI had alleged that Mr. Koda had favored Jindal group firms — Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and Gagan Sponge Iron Pvt Ltd — in the allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal block.

Abetment of bribery is a punishable offense under Section 12 in the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, with imprisonment for a term of six months to five years.

In July, the court ordered framing of charges under Section 120B (Criminal Conspiracy) against Jindal Steel and Power’s (JSPL) then adviser Anand Goel, Nihar Stocks Ltd director BSN Suryanarayan and Mumbai’s Essar Power Ltd Executive Vice Chairman Sushil Kumar Maroo. All three were named in an additional charge sheet filed by the investigating agency in the case.

Due to lack of evidence the court discharged Mumbai-based KE International’s Chief Financial Officer Rajeev Aggarwal and Gurgaon-based Green Infra’s Vice-President Siddharth Madra from the case.

Unknown gunmen attack military training centre in Kabul

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On August 16 Unknown gunmen reportedly attacked military training centre in Qala-e-Wazir in Kabul city.

“At the moment, we are trying to evacuate people trapped inside the building,” the Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai reportedly said.

Reportedly the assault which is currently underway begins at approximately 10.15am local time at the training centre overseen by the National Security Directorate in the city’s Qala-e-Wazir area.

There are no details on any casualty or injury figures as yet.

No group has claimed the responsibility of the attack so far.

Kabul Police spokesman added, “Afghan security forces have cordoned off the area as the clashes are ongoing. Gunmen were firing from a construction site opposite the centre”

Stanekzai added that the attackers were firing rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons but it was unclear how many gunmen were involved.

Local residents said that at least they heard one explosion in the area.

The attack comes a day after a suicide bombing at an educational centre in Dasht-e-Barchi in the west of the Afghan capital killed 48 people.

Madhya Pradesh: 45 people rescued from Sultangarh waterfall in Shivpuri district

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45 people stranded at the Sultangarh waterfall in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district were rescued early this morning.

Meanwhile, five people were airlifted, who were trapped on a rock downstream.

At least 11 of 56 people are still reported to be missing.

“With the help of the Border Security Force, State Disaster Response Force, the local police, and residents, those who were stranded in the waterfall were being rescued”, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

The incident happened on Wednesday evening when a large number of people went on a picnic to Sultan Garh Waterfalls.

Earlier the water level was low but due to the sudden release of water from the dam, a flash flood came, in which 11 people swept away.

The rescue operation which began on Wednesday evening, ended on Thursday morning after 45 people, stranded in the waterfall were rescued.

Rupee hits a fresh record low of 70.32 against US Dollar

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In early trade on August 16, the rupee hit a fresh record low of 70.32 against the US dollar. Experts believe that the rupee is unlikely to recover soon.

However, the government on August 15 said that the foreign exchange reserves are comfortable by global standards and can combat any undue volatility in the rupee.

“Recent developments relating to Turkey have generated global risk aversion towards emerging market currencies and the strengthening of the dollar. However, India’s macro fundamentals remain resilient and strong. The developments are being monitored closely to address any situation that may arise in the context of the unsettled international environment,” Union Minister Arun Jaitley said.

Reportedly the rupee opened at a record low of 70.25 a dollar and weakened further to trade at a fresh low of 70.32, down by 43 paise.

At around 9:13 am, the rupee was trading at 70.25/26 per dollar, versus its August 14 close of 69.90/91.

Rushabh Maru, Research Analyst, Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers said, “The trade deficit is the major trigger for today’s fall in the rupee. Even though the Turkish lira has recovered, the dollar index continues to move higher. The rupee will recover when the global market stabilizes. I think the rupee will remain under pressure in the next few sessions.”

He added, “Even if the rupee appreciates, the appreciation would not sustain for long due to global uncertainty.”

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