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The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside an order issued by the Indian Embassy to Sweden and Latvia revoking the Overseas Indian Citizen status of Ashok Swain. Noting that the February 8, 2022, order stated nothing other than that it was being issued exercising the powers of Section 7(D)(e) of the Citizenship Act, a single-judge bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad set it aside and directed the MHA, MEA and the Embassy to pass a detailed order explaining the reasons for exercising its power under the said section.

Astons, the world’s leading authority on residency and citizenship through investment, has examined the 13 new countries that are considering offering citizenship or residency by investment (CBI/RBI) programs and has selected the four that they feel offer the most alluring investment and lifestyle opportunities for investors.

Narendra Modi will be conferred with Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Pune on August 1 in recognition of his supreme leadership and for awakening the feeling of patriotism among citizens, organisers said on Monday. «The Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust (Hind Swaraj Sangh) will confer the Lokmanya Tilak National Award upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 1, the 103rd death anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak,» Trust president Deepak Tilak said in a release.

Spain just marked the largest operational market in Europe for Sam Altman’s Worldcoin, following the project’s expansion in the country. 

₹2,000 currency notes without any requisition slip and ID proof.  The apex court cited ‘executive policy decision’ in refusing to entertain the PIL filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay. “Allowing exchange of ₹2000 currency notes is matter of executive policy decision" the court said. Upadhyay had said the ₹2,000 banknotes are being exchanged without any requisition slip and ID proof like an Aadhaar card by criminals and terrorists also.

Suvendu Adhikari said he is collecting evidence of alleged malpractice in several thousands of booths during the polling on Saturday and, armed with these, will move the Calcutta High Court. «We had submitted a list of 6,000 booths to the SEC recommending repoll. Actually, false voting had taken place in 18,000 booths at the behest of the Trinamool Congress.

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HDFC Bank special FD for senior citizens: HDFC Bank has yet again extended the special fixed deposit (FD) scheme for senior citizens offering higher interest rates. HDFC Bank's special FD for senior citizens. Senior Citizen Care FD, was launched in May 2020 amid the covid pandemic.

OTT apps into its ambit, although GoI has clarified this is not designed to impose 'same service, same rules'. The intent is to regulate OTT communications services to protect users on the lines permitted by existing laws and court rulings on interception. It also seeks to level the field on the revealed identity of callers across voice and data platforms.

West Bengal on Saturday is the way the state has normalised this tandav. Don't be fooled by the wall-to-wall coverage of the violence across the Kolkata media spectrum. Such 'violence porn' seems to do exactly the opposite of what such graphic images set out to do in theory: shock and shame.

By Clare Jim

There is a possibility of the issue of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) becoming an important electoral issue during the forthcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and of course during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In a public rally in the capital of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, placing emphasis on the need for a UCC, said “How can the country be run on two (laws)? The Constitution also talks of equal rights… The Supreme Court has also asked the government to implement UCC." Evidence from surveys conducted by Lokniti-CSDS over a period of time indicates increasing support for uniform laws for people of all religious communities.

Vande Bharat Express will be 'saffron' in colour, railway officials said on Saturday. The new saffron Vande Bharat Express is however not yet operational and is currently stationed at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai, where Vande Bharat trains are manufactured.

The ministry of consumer affairs on 30 June announced a weird-sounding competition: a ‘Tomato Grand Challenge’ hackathon. Last year, there was an ‘Onion Grand Challenge.’ Both came after the prices of these commodities had risen sharply. The objective is to encourage citizens to share ideas to ensure the availability of tomatoes and onions at prices that are fair for both consumers and producers.

By Steven Scheer

ALSO READ: Monsoon Fury LIVE Updates It took to Twitter and wrote, "The general public is being informed that road dividing sec 14/15, sector 14 side has caved in and the traffic is being diverted from sector 14/15 light point towards PGI Chowk. The Concerned Road Wing department has been apprised of immediate measures." It also added, “Kindly avoid this stretch of road and adopt an alternative route. The citizens are advised and requested not to take this road and to avoid taking any risk by making any attempt to cross from this location." Apart from this, the national capital too received 153 mm of rainfall in just 24 hours which is the highest 24-hour rainfall in July after 2013.

Piyush Goyal, will start his three-day visit to the United Kingdom on Monday with a focus on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a release. During his three-day visit from July 10-12, the Commerce Minister will meet ministers from the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member countries to discuss the progress of the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA).

New Town on Kolkata's northern fringes have claimed that they were not allowed to exercise their franchise in the West Bengal panchayat elections, as «goons» stopped them from entering polling booths in the area. A total of 2.06 lakh candidates are in the fray for elections to 73,887 seats in the three-tier panchayat system in the state, which were held on Saturday. About 5.67 crore people living in the state's rural areas were eligible to vote. A 75-year-old retired academician claimed that he made two attempts to cast his vote at APJ Abdul Kalam College, the polling centre, but was stopped by a group of people. «First, they stopped me at 8 am. Many people blocked roads leading to the polling centre with guard rails. Then again around 12 noon, I tried to go to the booth along with a neighbour, but we had to return. The people standing outside the polling centre told us that our votes have been polled,» the elderly man said. «Later, I heard they had done the same thing at other booths in the township, too,» he added.

Arunachal Pradesh unit of the National People's Party (NPP) has decided to oppose the immediate implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the northeastern state. The decision was taken at the state executive meeting of the party in Itanagar on Saturday, NPP state general secretary Paknga Bage said. NPP state working president Likha Saaya told reporters, «Though NPP is in alliance with the BJP on developmental issues, the regional party follows its own ideology». The party unanimously adopted a resolution at the meeting opposing the UCC, citing the state's diverse multi-ethnic and multi-tribal composition, as well as its strong customary and traditional identity, Bage said. Elaborating on the reason why NPP is opposing UCC, Bage said since Arunachal Pradesh has its own unique laws, the NPP has unanimously adopted a resolution to go with the customary laws with certain modifications. «The state and the central governments should focus on codifying the existing customary laws with necessary modifications to align them with tribal practices,» he said.

Sachin Pilot has said the talk about it is just «kite-flying» as there is no concrete proposal and alleged that the BJP-led Centre has bowled this «googly» to divert attention from the real issues concerning people. In an interview with PTI, Pilot said there is nothing on a UCC in the standing committees or Parliament and the talk is just based on a «rhetorical political speech».