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| Death toll has reached to 170 in flood-hit Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The current spell of flood, triggered by incessant rains in Bihar and neighbouring Nepal, has claimed over 130 lives, while nearly 98 lakh in 18 districts of the state. Bihar reported 11 deaths on Friday alone. The floods in UP has claimed over 40 lives so far. Army was called in for relief and rescue operations in deluge-hit eastern Uttar Pradesh districts adjoining Nepal. |
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| In a blow to the Army’s modernization plans, the govt has junked the procurement plan for over 44,000 light machine guns for foot soldiers. This is the third such project, after the cases for new assault rifles and close-quarter battle carbines, to be junked over the last two years. This once again shows that often in the race to acquire big weapon systems like tanks and howitzers, desperate need to equip soldiers with basic infantry weapons, bullet-proof jackets, webbing and ballistic helmets often fall by the wayside. |
| India and US hope to take bilateral ties to a new level with the announcement of new talks’ format 2 + 2. The recently announced India-US 2 + 2 ministerial dialogue that will entail joint dialogue between foreign and defence ministers of the two countries would be a breakaway from the Strategic & Commercial Dialogue established in 2015 and seeks to elevate strategic partnership under the Trump Presidency. |
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| Slamming the use of money and ‘politics of poaching’, EC said lack of morality is the new normal in Indian politics. He said although money was necessary for political parties and candidates, experience had shown that there was a “real and present risk” that some parties and candidates, once in office, would be more responsive to the interests of a particular group of donors rather than to wider public interest. |
| AIADMK merger could not come through as aides demand CM’s post for Panneerselvam. The much expected<a href=”http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/aides-demand-cms-post-for-panneerselvam-hold-up-merger/articleshow/60127095.cms”> merger of the two major factions in the AIADMK</a> – one led by Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami and the other by former chief minister O Panneerselvam — did not fructify on Friday. There were serious differences within the Panneerselvam camp over the modalities of merger which could not be sorted out during the over 4-hour deliberation held at the ex-CM's house, according to sources. |
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