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[00:00:09] Hello, this is your Daily Dose of News from Onmanorama. I am your host Vishnu and these are the major news stories of Thursday, June 13th, 2024. Kuwait's foreign minister assured full support to the Indians affected in a massive fire at
[00:00:25] an apartment housing foreign workers in the country and promised to promptly investigate the tragedy that killed 49 people of whom over 40 are Indians. Amid a raging row over the neat UG examination, the centre told the Supreme Court it has
[00:00:40] cancelled the grace marks given to 1,563 candidates who took the examination for admission to MBBS and other such courses. They will have the option to either take a retest or forego the compensatory marks awarded to them for loss of time.
[00:00:56] Massive search operations continued on Thursday in forest belts of different districts of Jammu and Kashmir to track down and neutralise terrorists involved in recent attacks in the Union territory. The Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafa amid one of the worst
[00:01:11] nights of bombardment from air, ground and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes in tents under darkness. BGP leader Pema Khandour took oath as the Chief Minister of Varnachal Pradesh for the third consecutive term on Thursday. Let's get into the details.
[00:01:29] Kuwait's foreign minister Abdullah Ali Al Yahya on Thursday assured full support to the Indians affected in a massive fire at an apartment housing foreign workers in the country and vowed to promptly investigate the tragedy that killed 49 people, including about 40 Indians.
[00:01:43] The Kuwaiti minister gave this assurance as Minister of State for External Affairs Keerthi Vardhan Singh, who reached the Gulf country to oversee relief efforts and meet the injured called on him. Singh on Thursday met some of the Indians injured in a massive fire and assured
[00:01:57] them all support from the Indian government. At least 49 foreign workers were killed and 50 others injured in the fire and many The Prime Minister announced an ex-grass shear relief of Rs 2 lakh to the families of the deceased Indian nationals from the PM Relief Fund and detected that the
[00:02:10] government should extend all possible assistance. The PM's response was that the government should extend all possible assistance to the families of the deceased Indians. The PM also said that he would be concerned about the safety of the Indians who were killed in the incident.
[00:02:26] The PM's response was that the government should extend all possible assistance The officials had said most of the Indian victims were from Kerala. The Chief Minister of Kerala announced a Rs 5 lakh financial package for the kin of the deceased.
[00:02:39] The fire erupted just after 4 am on Wednesday when the majority of the 196 all-men residents of the building were asleep. It resulted in huge thick clouds of black smoke that led to the suffocation of most of the victims, according to officials from the interior ministry and the fire department.
[00:02:54] Those injured are presently admitted to five government offices and Those injured are presently admitted to five government hospitals. I made a raging row over the NEET UG examination. The centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday it has cancelled the grace marks
[00:03:09] given to 1,563 candidates who took the examination for admission to MBBS and other such courses. They will have the option to either take a retest or forego the commensurate remarks awarded to them for loss of time. Refusing to stall the counselling for NEET UG 2024,
[00:03:24] scheduled to commence from July 6, the top court made it clear that the admission of successful candidates to medical colleges and other institutions will be subject to the outcome of the petitions which have sought relief like cancellation of the examination held on May 5th
[00:03:37] on grounds of question paper leak and other malpractices. A vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta termed as fairly reasonable the decision to cancel the grace marks awarded to 1,563 candidates on the recommendation of a panel set up to look into the grievances voiced by the petitioners.
[00:03:54] The National Testing Agency conducts the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test. Massive search operations continued on Thursday in forest bells of different districts of Jammu and Kashmir to track down and neutralise terrorists involved in recent attacks in the Union Territory, officials said.
[00:04:10] Police joined the paramilitary forces in searches in the Narval bypass area on the outskirts of Jammu after a woman reported suspicious movement of two persons, they said. Terrorists struck at four places in Riyasi, Kathua and Dodar districts
[00:04:22] over the past four days, killing nine pilgrims and a CRP of Jawan and leaving seven security personnel and several others injured. Two suspected Pakistani terrorists were also killed in an encounter with security forces in Kathua and a large quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered from them.
[00:04:38] Police had on Wednesday released sketches of four terrorists involved in two attacks in the district and announced a reward of Rs 20 lakhs for information leading to their arrest. Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafa and
[00:04:52] one of the worst nights of bombardment from air, ground and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes in tents under darkness, residents said on Thursday. Residents said the Israeli forces thrust towards the Almavasi area of Rafa near the beach, which is designated as a humanitarian area
[00:05:07] in all announcements and maps published by the Israeli army since it began its Rafa offensive in May. The Israeli military denied in a statement it had launched any strikes inside the Almavasi humanitarian zone.
[00:05:19] Israel has ruled out peace until Hamas is eradicated and much of Gaza lies in ruins. But Hamas has proven resilient with militants resurfacing to fight in areas where Israeli forces had previously declared to have defeated them and pulled back.
[00:05:32] The group welcomed a new US ceasefire proposal but made some amendments, reaffirming its stance that any agreement must secure an end to the war, a demand Israel still rejects. Israel described Hamas' response to the new US peace proposal as total rejection
[00:05:46] but the efforts to secure an agreement are still continuing, according to mediators Qatar and Egypt backed by the United States. BJP leader Pema Khandu took oath as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third consecutive term on Thursday.
[00:06:00] Khandu, who was re-elected and opposed from the Muktu constituency in the border district of Tawang, was sworn in by Governor K.T. Parnaik in the presence of Union Home Minister Ramesh Shah, BJP President J.P. Nardha, Assam CM Hemant Abishwar Sharma and Sikkim
[00:06:13] Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, among others. 11 other MLAs were also sworn in as ministers. The BJP returned to power in this northeastern state for the third time in a row, winning 46 seats including 10 unopposed in the 16-member assembly.
[00:06:29] That brings us to the end of this episode. Thanks for listening to Daily News Toys, hosted and produced by me Vishnu Muralidharan with technical support from IWB Studios. Follow www.onmonautoma.com for detailed updates on the latest news and be sure to come back tomorrow.