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Indian men’s squash team of Saurav Ghoshal, Abhay Singh, Mahesh Mangaonkar and Harinder Sandhu won Gold medal in the finals of Squash Men’s Team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games being on September 30, 2023.
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Top news of the day: RBI extends deadline to deposit, exchange ₹2,000 notes to October 7; India wins two golds at Asian Games, and more

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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attends an interactive session at the Hudson Institute, in Washington, D.C. on September 29.

Morning Digest | India is non-Western, not anti-Western, says Jaishankar in Washington; New York flooded by heavy rains, subway partly paralysed, and more

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BJP MP Maneka Gandhi’s video has gone viral on social media where she could be heard making accusations against the ISKCON. File

ISKCON slaps 100-crore defamation notice on Maneka Gandhi

Shiv Sahay Singh

President Droupadi Murmu gives her assent to the women’s reservation bill. File

Top news of the day: Women’s reservation bill gets President’s assent; Law Commission advises against lowering age of consent under POCSO Act, and more

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar say a few words to the news media as they meet at the State Department in Washington, U.S. on September 28, 2023.

Morning Digest | EAM Jaishankar meets Blinken amid India-Canada diplomatic row; three killed in Rotterdam twin shootings, and more

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The India Ageing Report 2023 points out that access to social security schemes for older persons with disability remains far less. Image for representation purpose only. File

Elderly have low awareness about welfare schemes, says India Ageing Report 2023

Shiv Sahay Singh

Collector flags off awareness tour for school students

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M. S. Swaminathan, agricultural scientist and a key architect of the country’s ‘Green Revolution,’ passed away at his residence in Chennai. File

Top news of the day: Eminent agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan passes away; Lok Sabha Speaker refers complaints against BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri to Privileges Committee, and more

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The United Nations Population Fund, India (UNFPA) in its 2023 India Ageing Report has said that by 2046 it is likely that the elderly population will have surpassed the population of children (aged 0 to 15 years) in the country. Image for representation purpose only. File

Morning Digest | India’s elderly population to double to over 20% by 2050, says UNFPA report; EPFO likely to give employers extension to validate joint forms, and more

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The publication of the new briefing by Amnesty International comes ahead of India’s fourth round of the mutual evaluation process of the FATF in November 2023. File

India has used FATF recommendations to target entire civil society: Amnesty International

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Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya. File

Centre committed to support States in tackling dengue, says Mansukh Mandaviya

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Tariq Mansoor resigned from the post of V-C in April following his nomination as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. File

Delay in AMU V-C appointment hints at ’ulterior motives’ on minority education, say two SP MPs

School students hold rally at Moirangkhom in Imphal West district on September 27, 2023 to protest against the “murder” of two students.

Top news of the day: AFSPA extended in Manipur for 6 months barring 19 police stations of Imphal Valley; Supreme Court to hear Chandrababu Naidu’s plea on October 3, and more

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in parts of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh for another six months, beginning October 1. Image for representation purpose only. File

Morning Digest | Centre extends AFSPA in parts of Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh for another six months; ‘High level of military tension’ with China over last three years, says EAM Jaishankar, and more

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