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Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana on Monday suggested three options for the settlement of the displaced people in land subsidence-hit Joshimath, officials said.

The first option offers one time settlement by providing financial assistance to the affected land/building owners, Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Kumar Sinha said at a press conference here. They will be paid compensation as one time settlement for their damaged land or buildings as per the prescribed norms, he said. However, before they are paid fully, the land/building of the affected person will have to be registered in favour of the state government, he said. Under the second option, land up to a maximum area of 100 square metres will be provided to the affected land/building owners for house construction and a compensation for the affected building. (PTI)

. Telecom and broadcast regulator Trai on Monday issued a consultation paper for a complete overhaul of existing legal framework around entertainment apps like Netflix, MX Player, Hotstar and Prime Videos.

Through its consultation paper on Regulating Converged Digital Technologies and Services - Enabling Convergence of Carriage of Broadcasting and Telecommunication services , the regulator has invited comments from interested entities around reducing complications as well as addressing gaps in the existing rules to manage convergence of technologies across IT, telecom, broadcast and space sector. (PTI)

. Nepal will elect a new president on March 9, the country's election commission announced on Monday.

The tenure of the current president, Bidya Devi Bhandari, will end on March 12. (PTI)

. Batting icon Sachin Tendulkar will felicitate the Indian U-19 women's cricket team for winning the inaugural ICC U-19 T20 World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

. On the second day of his visit to India, UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and held talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar focusing on pressing global challenges.

After meeting Korosi, Jaishankar said they discussed global challenges, UN reform, the Ukraine conflict and G20 agenda. (PTI)

. A committee set up to look into the January 27 ruckus at the Delhi University submitted its preliminary report on Monday and will now question students and talk to their parents as part of its detailed investigation.

The seven-member committee, headed by Chief Proctor Rajni Abbi, will investigate lapses in security and suggest ways to strengthen security on the campus. (PTI)

. Due to a proposed visit of the delegates of the G20 nations here, the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort may be closed for four or more hours on February 12, officials said on Monday.

"Arrangements are being made in full swing to welcome delegates for a G20 meet proposed to be organised in Agra in the month of February," District Magistrate Navneet Singh Chahal said. (PTI)

. A Delhi court on Monday awarded two-week interim bail to businessman Amit Arora, who was arrested in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam.

Special Judge M K Nagpal granted the relief to Arora, the director of Buddy Retail, on "humanitarian grounds" as his wife was to undergo a surgery for the removal of gallbladder stones. (PTI)

. Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission secretary-cum-scientific director Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi has been recommended to be the next Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has recommended to the government his name as the successor to Dr V G Somani, whose extended tenure will end mid-February, officials said. (PTI)

. Russia has accused the BBC of "waging an information war" on different fronts - not only against Moscow, but also against other global centres of power pursuing an independent policy, days after the British broadcaster released a controversial series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Our Indian friends have already made a comment on this situation. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that it is yet another evidence of the BBC waging an information war on different fronts - not only against Russia, but also against other global centers of power pursuing an independent policy,"Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. (PTI)

. Granting relaxations, the government on Monday said the 30-minute daily obligatory public service broadcast by private broadcasters could be embedded in programmes telecast by other television channels.

In an advisory, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting also said the public service broadcast content need not be of 30 minutes at a stretch and could be spread over smaller time slots. (PTI)

. Shah Rukh Khan thanked audiences for the success of his latest movie, Pathaan .

"Want to thank audiences for the film's success even though situations could have curtailed it,' the veteran Bollywood star said at a press conference. Pathaan has, over the weekend, raisedRs 542 crore gross worldwide at the Box Office.

. Abu Dhabi conglomerate International Holding Company on Monday said it will invest 1.4 billion dirhams ($381.17 million) in Adani Enterprises' follow-on public offer.

The Indian conglomerate owned by Asia's richest man, Gautam Adani, has faced a deepening market rout that has led to losses of $65 billion in the group's stock values after Adani's rebuttal of a USshort-seller's criticism failed to pacify investors. (Reuters)

. A reactor at a Japanese nuclear power plant automatically shut down on Monday after an alert, but no radiation rise was detected and regulators said they were investigating the cause.

The reactor at the Takahama power plant in central Fukui region halted at around 3:20 pm (0620 GMT) after an alarm warning of a rapid decrease in the number of neutrons, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA). (AFP)

. Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday described as a "waste of the Supreme Court's precious time" the petitions, which challenged the ban on a BBC documentary in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots.

. A powerful suicide blast ripped through a mosque during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Peshawar city in Pakistan, killing at least 25 people and wounding 120 others, mostly policemen, security and health officials said. (PTI)

. Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture to unruly behaviour on flights and what needs to be done in this regard.Several officials from the Civil Aviation ministry will be present before the Committee.

. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list on February 6 a PIL against the Centre's decision to ban the BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots in the country. Advocate M L Sharma mentioned the matter for an early hearing before a bench headed by DY Chandrachud.

. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena pay floral tribute at Raj Ghat on Mahama Gandhi's punya tithi

. India vibrant democracy, emerging superpower; its future held back by Adani Group through ‘systematic loot’: Hindenburg Research

. The ATS has arrested all accused in the Gujarat paper leak scam. The competitive recruitment examination paper of junior clerks was "postponed" on Sunday after reports of a question paper leak which came barely a few hours before the scheduled exams.The ATS had rounded up 15 suspects

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