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LIVE: 41 missing, rescue work on; Amarnath yatra to resume soon, says CRPF

Live news updates: Officials said 15,000 stranded Amarnath pilgrims were shifted to the lower base camp of Panjtarni and 25 injured people were rushed to hospitals

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Live news updates: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has expressed confidence that green fuel will end the need for the use of petrol in vehicles in the country after five years. He made the statement in Maharashtra's Akola on Thursday, where he was conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth.

Rescue operation was resumed at the Amarnath cave shrine on Saturday where 16 people were killed and over 40 injured in a cloudburst Friday evening. Authorities have temporarily suspended the Yatra from both Baltal and Pahalgam base camps. Teams of NDRF, SDRF, BSF, CRPF, Army, police and ITBP resumed rescue operation with the first light on Saturday morning, officials said.

Moscow has taken a page out of Washington's playbook to troll both the US and the UK by renaming the streets in front of their embassies in the Russian capital. The streets are now officially named for the two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine where fighting is now the fiercest. The US and Britain have not recognised the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, but Moscow officials said they will at least have to recognise the new addresses if they want to receive their mail.

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Sri Lanka Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign on July 13

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign on July 13, according to a local media report.

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Zelensky suspends Ukraine's ambassador to India

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday sacked Ukraine's ambassadors to Germany, India, Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary, a media report said.

Reportedly, these envoys have been suspended for being in contact with Russia.

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Amarnath tragedy: Evacuated 64 survivors, brought back 7 bodies, said IAF

Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday said it has deployed 4 Mi-17V5 & 4 Cheetal helicopters for rescue & relief efforts at the Amarnath shrine. Air assets continue to be on standby at all major air bases in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh areas, it added.

Cheetal helicopters delivered 3.5 tonnes of relief material & evacuated 45 survivors. Mi-17V5 helicopters delivered 9.5 tonnes of relief material & evacuated 64 survivors. They also brought back 7 mortal remains.

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Protestors set ablaze the private residence of Sri Lankan PM

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Met department issues red alert to 8 districts in Telangana

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Welfare schemes will go if my govt falls, warns AP CM Jagan

Warning that all freebie schemes being implemented by his government would be stalled if the YSR Congress lost power in the 2024 general election, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday exhorted his party rank and file to alert the people on this.

Delivering the closing speech at the two-day plenary of YSRC here, the party chief alleged that the "yellow media" was already indicating that welfare schemes benefiting crores of people in the state would be stopped if his government fell.

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Govt moots norms of medical devices, e-pharmacies; penalties for mishaps during clinical trials in new bill

The government has proposed a new bill which for the first time seeks to regulate e-pharmacies and medical devices and provides for penalties including imprisonment for failing to pay compensation for injury or death during clinical trials for both drugs and medical devices.

Also, for the first time, regulations for conduct of clinical trials for new drugs and medical devices have been brought under the draft New Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2022 which seeks to replace the existing Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1940.

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