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1.A 15-year-old girl, who had been undergoing treatment at the AIIMS Bhubaneswar after three youths set her ablaze at Balanga in Puri district Saturday, was admitted to AIIMS Delhi Sunday, officials said.
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2.In a significant move towards strengthening the implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013—commonly known as the POSH Act—the Women and Child Development department has directed all departments and institutions to prominently display information, education, and communication (IEC) boards outlining the ‘Dos’ and ‘Don'ts’ under the Act.
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3.In a bid to revolutionise flood management and enhance safety of both infrastructure and personnel at dams, barrages and intra-river reservoirs in the state, the Water Resources department has enunciated the ‘Automated Gate Scheme’.
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4.Vigilance sleuths Sunday unearthed immovable assets -115 plots and a four-storeyed building - from the possession of divisional forest offi cer (DFO), Kendu Leaf Division, Keonjhar, Nityananda Nayak and his family members.
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5.The Mizoram government has been providing vigorous training to the district level officials to collect biometrics and biographic data of Myanmar and Bangladeshi refugees taking shelter in the northeastern state.
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6.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a four-day visit to the United Kingdom and the Maldives from Wednesday to shore up overall bilateral ties and ink the landmark India-UK free trade deal.
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7.The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) will soon operationalise its fi rst contingent of cadaver dogs who can sniff out the dead or human remains in a disaster or accident zone, offi cials in the federal organisation said.
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8.A chargesheet filed by Andhra Pradesh police in connection with the Rs3,500 crore alleged liquor scam in a local court has mentioned former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as one of the recipients of the kickbacks averaging Rs50-60 crore per month.
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9.Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Khaled bin Talal died Saturday, two decades after falling into a coma following a serious car accident in London in 2005. He was 36. Alwaleed, the eldest son of Prince Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, was just 15 when he was involved in a high-speed accident in 2005 while studying at a military college in the United Kingdom.
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10.The CEO of the technology firm Astronomer Inc has resigned after being caught canoodling on camera at a rock concert with a woman who was not his wife, the company said Saturday.
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11.The Congress Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself should respond to debates in Parliament’s Monsoon session on various issues including Pahalgam attack, US President Donald Trump’s cease fi re claims and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
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12.The UIDAI is working on a project to start biometric updates of children through schools after two months in a phased manner, a top official of the Aadhaar custodian body said.
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13.The combined market valuation of 6 of the top-10 most valued firms declined by Rs 94,433.12 crore last week, with Tata Consultancy Services and Reliance Industries taking the biggest hit, in line with a bearish trend in equities
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14.Indian women continue to assert their dominance on the global wrestling stage at the ongoing 4th Ranking Series – 'Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial' being held in Budapest, Hungary, winning a silver and bronze medal Saturday.
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15.India opened its medal account in the World University Games (WUG) through the shuttlers, who won a bronze in the mixed team event despite defeat against Chinese Taipei, while swimmer Srihari Nataraj continued his record-breaking spree in the pool Sunday.