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1.NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan was elected the next vice president of India Tuesday as he bagged 452 votes against the opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy’s 300, winning the contest with a bigger than expected margin, indicating cross-voting from the rival camp.
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2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday announced an immediate relief of Rs1,500 crore for rain-affected Himachal Pradesh. He took stock of the situation in both the states in the wake of floods and landslides and also conducted aerial surveys of the affected areas.
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3.French President Emmanuel Macron named loyalist Sebastien Lecornu, a one-time conservative protege who rallied behind his 2017 presidential run, as prime minister Tuesday, defying expectations he might tack towards the left.
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4.Nepal reeled under a serious political crisis Tuesday as Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and President President Ramchandra Paudel resigned in the face of massive anti-government protests.
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5.Rajyalaxmi Chitrakar, the wife of Nepal’s ex-prime minister Jhalanath Khanal, died Tuesday, say media reports, after protesters, led by Gen Z, trapped her in their home and set the house on fi re.
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6.Gold prices skyrocketed by `5,080 to hit an all-time high of Rs1,12,750 per 10 grams in the national capital Tuesday in line with strong global trends .
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7.Director General of Police (DGP) Yogesh Bahadur Khurania expressed concern over the poor conviction rate in crimes against women in Odisha and asked police officers to expedite investigations, improve evidence handling and treat victims with empathy.
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8.Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin Monday inaugurated a series of development projects worth around Rs 30 crore at the Virugambakkam canal, in a move aimed at strengthening Chennai’s flood preparedness ahead of the Northeast Monsoon.
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9.The two children of Bollywood actor Karisma Kapoor Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking share in their late father Sunjay Kapur’s assets reportedly worth Rs30,000 crore.
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10.Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district slipped seven places to rank 19th among 39 cities with population less than three lakh (Category-III), while Rourkela ranked 17th, a drop in five places, in the list of 39 cities with population between three lakh and 10 lakh (Category-II) , according to Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan-2025 rankings published Tuesday that assessed efforts to improve the air quality.
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11.Six family members of people who died in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast have moved the Bombay High Court, challenging a special court judgment acquitting the seven accused in the case, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit.
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12.A central panel monitoring the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) has directed authorities in Delhi and Noida, which are lagging in pollution control fund utilisation, to take immediate corrective measures.
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13.Air India and IndiGo are among the airlines that cancelled their flights connecting Kathmandu Tuesday as the airport in Nepal’s capital has been temporarily closed amid massive anti-government protests in the neighbouring nation. Nepal Airlines also cancelled its flight from Delhi to Kathmandu Tuesday.
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14.Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Tuesday urged the Delhi High Court to protect her personality rights and restrain online platforms from illegally using her name, images and AIgenerated pornographic content.
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15.Thailand’s infl uential former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was sent to prison Tuesday after the Supreme Court ruled his hospital detention was a ploy to avoid jail, a major blow for a powerful family that has dominated politics for two decades .