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Centre notifies anti-paper leak law, forms committee to review NTA

Amid the NEET and the UGC-NET controversy, the centre has notified a law against cheating, paper leaks, and irregularities in competitive examinations, Indian Express reported. Under the new law – the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 – which came into effect on June 21, the offenders will…

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After NEET, UGC-NET row, Bihar’s TET cancelled over ‘unavoidable circumstances’

Amid the NEET controversy and days after the cancellation of the UGC-NET examination, Bihar’s Teacher Eligibility Test has been cancelled by the state examination board, citing “unavoidable circumstances”.

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Delhi L-G ordered 3-hour paid leave to construction workers. But even govt sites fail compliance

The severe heat in Delhi has reportedly claimed at least 53 lives in the national capital. This week, the Indian Meteorological Department issued a red alert in Delhi, warning of an “extremely high likelihood” of heatstroke and heat illness.

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Victims of medical negligence at Assam govt facilities are chronically ignored

This report is the second instalment of a series on medical negligence. Read the first part here.

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‘Not targeted at any community’: HC lifts stay on Maharaj release on Netflix

The Gujarat High Court on Friday allowed the release of the film Maharaj on Netflix, which was earlier scheduled to be released on June 18, Bar and Bench reported.

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Awful and Awesome Ep 355: LSD 2, Inside Out 2, The First Omen

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On NEET row, editorials point to ‘political class’s shortage of ideas, need for a rethink’

The controversy over NEET is refusing to die down. Amid widespread protests and a slew of petitions before the judiciary, the Centre has said that a high-level committee will recommend improvements in the NTA, the examination process, and security protocols.

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Day after bail, Delhi HC stays Kejriwal’s release

A day after a court granted bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court has halted his release after the Enforcement Directorate opposed the trial court’s order, Bar and Bench reported.

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Delhi court grants bail to CM Arvind Kejriwal in liquor policy case

A Delhi court has granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy case, livelaw reported.

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‘No reason provided’: Another French journalist says ‘forced to leave’ India

Sébastien Farcis, a French journalist who was the India correspondent for Radio France Internationale and Libération, has claimed that he was forced to leave the country with the Ministry of Home Affairs denying the renewal of his journalist permit. “No reason has been provided to justify this work ban,” he…

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Russian court to hold WSJ reporter’s espionage trial behind closed doors

Over a year into detention in Russia, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s trial in an espionage case will begin in secrecy on June 26, the WSJ reported, citing the Russian state media. The US is reportedly trying to get access to the trial and consular access to Gershkovich.

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Has a ‘bid to block a journalist’ clouded Chinese premier’s Australia tour?

Two Chinese diplomats allegedly blocked an Australian journalist, who was jailed for three years in China, from camera view at an event part of Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s Australia tour, news agency AFP reported.

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HC grants anticipatory bail to Bhavani Revanna, cautions against media trial

Granting anticipatory bail to Prajwal Revanna’s mother Bhavani Revanna, the Karnataka High Court has warned against a “media trial”, LiveLaw reported. “Because, when we...common man read newspapers they believe it. Print media, social media in case of a woman should be cautious, they should not disturb the family life,” it…

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Delhi HC dismisses bureaucrat’s defamation suits against HT, Hindustan

The Delhi High Court has dismissed two defamation suits filed by 1999 batch IFS officer Mahaveer Singhvi against Hindustan Times and Hindustan over two reports published in 2002, LiveLaw reported.

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Washington Post points to incoming editor’s links to ‘thief’, questionable record

Days after Washington Post executive editor Sally Buzbee’s exit from the newsroom, the publication has reported that its incoming executive editor Robert Winnett’s links to a “self-described thief” in connection with his reporting has “raised questions” about his “journalistic record”.

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‘Sweeping powers to govt’ under new laws concern Indian journos: Reuters Digital News Report

Indian journalists and digital media groups are concerned about the “sweeping regulatory powers given to the government” under new laws introduced by the Modi government, said the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in its annual Digital News Report released today.

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‘Baseless’: RSS official slams Jagran report on Bhagwat’s ‘clarification’ on Nadda’s comment

An RSS top official has denied Hindi news daily Dainik Jagran’s front-page report on the right-wing body’s chief Mohan Bhagwat’s purported clarification over the comment made by BJP president JP Nadda about the party “running itself”, independent of the RSS.

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‘Not students, it’s about 25 lakh families’: Aspirants on NEET hopes, hype and harm

Results of the NEET-UG 2024 examinations – conducted by the National Testing Agency – have triggered an uproar due to allegations of paper leaks, the distortion of rankings with the grant of grace marks to some, and unusually high cutoffs.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 325: NEET, 3 decades of secrecy, and SP’s poll strategy

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and independent journalists Alishan Jafri and Nidhi Suresh.

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3 days after Cong leader’s police complaint, Rajat Sharma files defamation case

India TV editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma has filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court against Congress leaders Ragini Nayak, Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera over their tweets alleging that he used abusive language on air during a show on the day election results were announced, LiveLaw reported.

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Bastar activist ‘helped tribals navigate the system with Hindi’. Now she is held in 5 FIRs

It was a cold November day in 2015. Sukku Kunjam was working at his paddy field in Itavar village, nestled in the hills around Gangloor in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur. But hours later, he ran to the jungle, allegedly apprehending police torture, as security forces stormed the village for a search operation.…

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Hafta letters: Hafta on YouTube, accountability, election coverage

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Awful and Awesome Ep 354: Panchayat Season 3, Hit Man, Eric

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Days after poll win, Yusuf Pathan sent ‘encroachment’ notice by Gujarat civic body

Two days after he was elected as the Baharampur MP on a Trinamool Congress ticket, cricketer-turned-politician Yusuf Pathan received a notice from the Vadodara Municipal Corporation asking him to vacate encroachments on land owned by the civic body. And five days later, a local BJP leader wrote to the civic…

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‘No breaks, AC problems, blisters’: Heatwave puts focus on ‘labour law violations’ at Amazon

Smita*, 25, scurries around the Amazon India warehouse in Haryana’s Manesar for most of her 10-hour work shift – storing products in different parts of the warehouse. She walks around 15-20 kilometres continuously, with two half-hour breaks and no place to rest.

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