Even as th
e political row over the 2024 NEET-UG exam hots up, the police in Bihar have uncovered a well-oiled operation run by a syndicate known as the ‘solver gang’, who leaked exam papers and even provided proxies for students to attempt the exam.
Read here: https://thefederal.com/category/news/neet-row-solver-gang-leaked-question-papers-offered-munna-bhais-to-students-129113
[23/06, 15:09] null: A 13-year-old boy was apprehended for allegedly sending an email to Delhi Airport falsely claiming that a bomb had been planted in Dubai-bound flight. The boy had sent the mail “just for fun” after being influenced by the news of another teenager who made a hoax bomb threat call a few days ago.
Read here: https://thefederal.com/category/states/north/delhi/delhi-airport-bomb-scare-13-year-old-boy-apprehended-sent-email-just-for-fun-129117
[24/06, 13:48] null: Taking a swipe at the Congress without naming it, he said the emergency’s anniversary falls on June 25 and termed it as a black spot on India’s parliamentary history when the Constitution was discarded and the country turned into a prison.
Read here: https://thefederal.com/whats-brewing/emergency-a-black-spot-on-democracy-pm-modi-mocks-congress-before-18th-ls-session-129284
[25/06, 08:59] null: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be freed from prison after he pleads guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the US Justice Department. This will resolve a long legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the publication of a trove of classified documents.
Read here: https://thefederal.com/category/international/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-to-walk-free-after-pleading-guilty-in-deal-with-us-129422
[25/06, 17:39] null: EXPLAINER | What’s in a name? The Kerala assembly unanimously passed a resolution to change the state’s name to “Keralam” and urged the central government to officially adopt this name in all languages.
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[26/06, 15:51] null: The Eighth Column | Astronomers estimate a 72% chance asteroid 2023-TTX will hit Earth on July 12, 2038. With 14 years to prepare, are we ready to handle this disaster and other space threats?
(writes Dr TV Venkateswaran)
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Read here: https://thefederal.com/category/the-eighth-column/july-12-2038-is-an-asteroid-going-to-end-life-on-earth-129586
[26/06, 17:07] null: The Zika Virus disease is transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito, which is also known to transmit infections like dengue and chikungunya. The virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947.
Read here: https://thefederal.com/category/states/west/maharashtra/doctor-teenage-daughter-test-positive-for-zika-virus-in-pune-129736
[26/06, 19:11] null: The WHO report, ‘Global status report on Alcohol and health and treatment of substance use disorders’, highlighted that 2.6 million people die every year globally due to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths.
Read here: https://thefederal.com/category/health/indias-alcohol-death-rates-risen-sharply-higher-than-china-who-report-129743