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Here are today's biggest news stories: PM Modi to be chief guest for France's Bastille Day parade. Chandrayaan 3 to be launched on July 13! The Maharashtra govt has decided to provide Rs 300/day to families of farmers caught by Pakistan, Karnataka govt to give cash to BPL card holders instead of 5 kg rice after battling with Centre over the issue. The Centre has decided to provide Rs 1.43 lakh crore incentive to states for power sector reforms. In major developments around the globe, pitch invaders disrupted Day 1 of 2nd Test of Ashes 2023. Canada plans to create an open work-permit stream that will allow 10,000 American H-1B visa holders to come and work in the country. Thank you for joining DH's coverage of news today! For more latest news, log on to https://www.deccanherald.com/

Candle-light vigil by North East Students' Organisation (NESO) in Imphal as they pray for a peaceful Manipur

Army chief Gen Manoj Pande reviewed the induction of Light Specialist Vehicle (LSV) at New Delhi today

Gujarat govt signs MoU with US company Micron for semiconductor plant in Sanand

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India set to play against Lebanon in SAFF Championship semins

Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs meeting took place today, monsoon session of Parliament likely to start in third week of July

A five storey-house has collapsed in Solan due to heavy rains

Oldest-known cave engraving of France, possibly of Europe, has been discovered

Experts believe the engravings were done around 57,000 years ago by the neanderthals.

Three Indian Rafale fighter jets to participate in France's Bastille Day parade, PM Modi to be chief guest

Chandrayaan 3 to be launched on July 13, 2:00 pm, officials have said

ISRO chief S Somnath says, "Currently the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft is fully integrated. We have completed the testing...Currently, the window of opportunity for launch is between 12-19th July...We will announce the exact date after all the tests are completed..."

Maharashtra govt to provide Rs 300 per day to families of fishermen caught by Pakistan

Gustav Klimt's 'Lady with A Fan' portrait sold for a record price of more than $108 million

Photo credit: Reuters

Here's a look at the stunning Lord's Cricket Ground, the Mecca of cricket, on the 1st day of the 2nd Test of Ashes 2023

UP woman shoots dead sleeping daughter-in-law for not doing household chores

Meanwhile, a chargesheet has been filed against Sahil, the Shahbad Dairy murderer. Read the full story right here!

TN Minister Senthil Balaji's judicial custody extended till July 12

Tomato price rise peril disrupts regular consumption

CBI registers case against Shree Mandvi Vibhag Sahkari Khand Udyog Mandali Ltd and its MD on complaint by Union Bank of India, Ahmedabad

The charge against the aforementioned is that of cheating the bank and causing it a loss ofRs 55.39 crore.

Pitch invaders on Lord's pitch during 2nd Test of Ashes 2023

When the pitch invaders ran on to the hallowed grounds of the Lord's Cricket Stadium, as responsible hosts, Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow took it upon themselves to stop the former in their tracks and see to it that the match is not disrupted for long.

Central Cabinet has approved an outlay of Rs 3.70 lakh crore for farmers

"The package has different components that are focused on the well-being & economic betterment of farmers by promoting sustainable agriculture," said Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

Puri's Bahuda Yatra

Puri King Dibyasingha Deb with priests on a chariot during the Bahuda Yatra (return car festival of Lord Jagannath), in Puri. Credit: PTI Photo

Science and Engineering Research Board Act 2008. says I&B minister Anurag Thakur

Thakur further added, "The National Research Foundation Bill 2023 will be brought in Parliament to set up a National Research Foundation".

A 19-year-old woman was allegedly attacked by one of her former male classmates in Maharashtra'sSadashiv Peth's Perugate area. The perpetrator attacked the woman when she, according to reports, refused to speak to him while riding on a motorbike with someone else. A case has been launced and a probe is underway.

Chargesheet filed against Sahil, accused of killing a 16-year-old minor girl in Delhi's Shahbad Dairy: Police

Women members of SHG from Kolar district stage protest outside Siddaramaiah residence over unfulfillment of promise of waiving off their loans

India’s wolf diplomacy against United States is backfiring

Addressing the United States Congress on June 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the relationship between India and the US as "our calling for this century".
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India's aerospace suppliers see upside in parts-making from record jet orders

Indian aerospace suppliers see record jet orders by the country's top two carriers boosting domestic parts manufacturing and aircraft repairs, but argue the government must do more to support production.
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BJP-Shiv Sena to lead 9 party alliance Maha Yuti to contest polls together

The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance would lead a nine-party front and contest the ensuing local bodies polls and the 2024 Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls together in Maharashtra.
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US H-1B visa holders, family members can now apply for open work permit in Canada

Canada intends to create an open work-permit stream that will allow 10,000 American H-1B visa holders to come and work in the country, as per an announcement made by Immigration MinisterSean Fraser on Tuesday.
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GQG, other investors buy $1 bn stake in Adani firms in block trade

US-based boutique investment firm GQG Partners and other investors have bought close to $1 billion worth of stocks in Adani group's two firms from the founding family in large block trades.
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Centre to provide Rs 1.43 lakh crore incentive to states for power sector reforms

The Centrewill provide incentives worth Rs 1,43,332 crore ($17.08 billion) to states for power sector reforms in 2023-24, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Bandra-Versova Sea Link renamed after Veer Savarkar

The Bandra-Versova Sea Link in Mumbai has been renamed after Veer Savarkar, the revolutionary freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue.
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Universalisation of personal laws against Constitution, says AIMPLB after PM Modi's UCC pitch

All India Muslim Personal Law Board, in its executive committee meeting on Tuesday to finalise its position on the Uniform Civil Code, passed the resolution that the universalisation of the personal laws is against the basic structure of the Constitution and is against the diversity of the country.
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UCC can't be forced on people by agenda-driven majoritarian govt: Chidambaram

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Congress leader P Chidambaram said it cannot be forced on people by an "agenda-driven majoritarian government" as it will "widen divisions" among people.
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Praveen Nettaru murder: NIA conducts raids in Kodagu, DK

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted extensive searches at the houses of three absconding suspects in the case related to the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha member Praveen Nettaru by Popular Front of India (PFI) at Bellare in Dakshina Kannada on July 26, 2022.
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FIR filed against BJP leader Amit Malviya over tweet on Rahul Gandhi

An FIR has been filed against BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya in Bengaluru for his tweet againstCongress leader Rahul Gandhi, reported news agency ANI.
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Five people killed after DCM vehicle overturns in Madhya Pradesh

India gears up for multibillion-dollar battery subsidies: Report

The Indian government is preparing a new multibillion-dollar subsidy scheme for companies making electricity grid batteries as part of its transition to clean energy, theFinancial Timesreported on Wednesday, citing a power ministry proposal.
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Sensex, Nifty hit all-time high; Adani stocks lead gains

Equity Benchmark indices Sensex, Nifty touchedtheir all-time high levels in the early trade,lifted by gains in some Adani Group stocks and advances in heavyweight financial stocks.
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Hundreds of people displaced due to flood situation in Assam's Barpeta

Indian firm put toxic industrial-grade material in cough syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths

The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version, two sources with knowledge of the matter toldReuters.
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India starting to reach the limit of its Russian oil splurge

From an island fort outside the heart of historic Mumbai, visitors can spot giant oil tankers unloading their cargoes to two refineries on the city’s southeastern coast. Up until a year ago, those ships would almost certainly have been hauling crude from one of a dozen mainstay suppliers — the Middle East, the US and West Africa. Today, the oil is more likely to be Russian.
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HP govt join hands with Art of Living to curb drug menace

The Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Art of Living to run anti-drug campaigns across the state.

The MoU was signed by Administrative Reforms secretary C Palrasu and Air Marshal (Retd) VPS Rana from the Art of Living (AoL) in the presence of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in Shimla, a statement issued here said.