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1.A twoyear-old girl chosen as Nepal's new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in an alley in Kathmandu to a temple palace Tuesday during the country's longest and most signifi cant Hindu festival.
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2.More than 10,700 people from the farming sector committed suicide during 2023 and 38.5 per cent of them were from Maharashtra and 22.5 per cent from Karnataka, according to a report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
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3.Odisha reported the highest number of incidents of assault or use of criminal force on women with intent to disrobe in 2023, registering 1,978 cases under Section 354B of IPC, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 1,750 such cases, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
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4.US President Donald Trump gave Hamas three to four days Tuesday to accept a US-backed peace plan for Gaza, warning of “a very sad end” if the group rejected the proposal that he said was close to ending the two-year-old conflict.
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5.The total number of electors in pollbound Bihar have come down by nearly 47 lakh to 7.42 crore in the fi nal electoral roll published Tuesday from 7.89 crore before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list carried out by the Election Commission
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6.The rupee fell 5 paise to an alltime low of 88.80 against the US dollar on Tuesday, pressured by sustained foreign capital outfl ows amid global trade uncertainties. However, a steep fall in global crude oil prices, along with a weaker greenback, prevented a sharp decline in the local unit, according to forex traders.
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7.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approving the Bahuda Port project. The Bahuda Port, with a capacity of 150 MTPA, will catalyse port-led industrialisation, create thousands of jobs, and strengthen Odisha’s position in India’s global maritime network, while attracting an estimated investment of Rs21,500 crore.
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8.Crime against women was highest in Delhi with over 13,000 cases registered in 2023 alone, as the national capital recorded the most number of dowry death and rape cases among 19 metropolitan cities, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.
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9.A total of 1,77,335 cases of crime against children were registered in the country in 2023, showing an increase of 9.2 per cent over 2022, according to the latest NCRB report.
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10.Most parts of India, except some areas in the northwest, are likely to receive above-normal rainfall during the post-monsoon season of October to December, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Tuesday.
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11.President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza will allow countries like India to carry out reconstruction activities in the region as New Delhi has been playing a positive role for peace in the Middle-East, Israeli ambassador Reuven Azar said Tuesday.
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12.The Bombay High Court has refused to quash a rape case against a 29-year-old man, noting that he cannot be absolved of charges under the POCSO Act merely because he married the minor girl and now they have a child together.
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13.Nine migrant workers died after an under-construction building collapsed at the Ennore thermal power station here Tuesday, police said.
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14.Zoho Corporation will make its homegrown messaging app Arattai interoperable like UPI and email, as the platform witnesses an unprecedented surge in downloads, Chief Scientist and Co-founder, Sridhar Vembu said Tuesda.
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15.Gold prices Tuesday climbed Rs 500 to touch a lifetime high of Rs 1.20 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital due to a weak dollar and expectations of further rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve.