Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of four outpatient departments of the Composite Regional Centres for Persons with Disabilities in Sundernagar town.


Himachal CM lays foundation stone of OPDs for physically disabled


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Israel launched a massive airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, hitting 35 targets and a cross-border tunnel, the latest in a back-and-forth exchange of fire after Palestinians launched mortars from Gaza into Israel.


Israel strikes 35 targets, cross-border tunnel in Gaza


Japan's Lower House of Parliament on Tuesday approved bills to lower the legal age of adulthood from 20 to 18, as the government grapples to contend with its rapidly ageing and declining population and the need for more youngsters to be socially active.


Japan's Lower House passes bills to lower adulthood age


Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking the recall of its March 27 order appointing Justice Jawad Rahim as the acting Chairperson of the NGT, asserting that he was the rightful claimant to the position being the senior-most member.


NGT member moves SC against acting Chairperson's appointment


The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Madhya Pradesh High Court order pronouncing the death sentence for a person convicted along with an accomplice of the kidnapping, gang rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.


SC stays death sentence of co-convict in minor's rape-murder case


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the Jawaharlal Nehru University's Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) will take a decision on the suspension of Professor Atul Kumar Johri, accused of sexually harassing women students, after examining the material on record.


Let JNU committee take call on Johri's suspension: HC


The number of people killed in the last two weeks during anti-drug operations in Bangladesh climbed to over 103 on Tuesday, after another 10 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, police said.


103 dead, 9,000 arrested in Bangladesh anti-drugs campaign


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed media organisations to remove news items disclosing the identity of an eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.


HC directs media to remove news identifying rape victim


Acting tough over the acute shortage of portable water in the capital for almost a week, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday suspended all construction activity for a week and said no water would be supplied through tankers to the VIPs, including judges.


Construction banned, fest postponed in Shimla over water woes


The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday said it was sending a fact-finding team to Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu to probe the circumstances in which 13 protesters demanding the closure of the Sterlite copper smelter plant were killed in police firing on May 22.


NHRC team to probe Thoothukudi deaths


The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Madhya Pradesh High Court order sentencing to death two men convicted of kidnapping, gang-raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl.


SC stays death sentence of two in rape-murder case


Far from the commonly held impression of silenced, cloistered and acquiescent Muslim women, an exhibition reminds Indians of the post-Independence contribution of some women who became role models for new generations.


Beyond purdah: 20th century Muslim women who broke societal barriers


The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday put a stay on the dumping of garbage and municipal waste at a city forest and park in Noida Sector 54 on a plea by residents who claimed people there were getting sick due to this.


NGT stays dumping of waste in Noida city park


The DMK on Tuesday decided to boycott the state assembly sessions until the Tamil Nadu cabinet takes a policy decision to shut down the Sterlite Copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi belonging to the Vedanta group.


DMK to shun assembly session until Sterlite plant is shut down


An undertrial criminal was injured on Tuesday when a juvenile gangster opened fire at him at north Delhi's crowded Tis Hazari court, police said.


Criminal injured in firing at Tis Hazari court


Starbucks will temporarily shut down about 8,000 company-owned locations across the US on Tuesday to offer 175,000 employees mandatory anti-bias training.


Starbucks US outlets temporarily shutting down for anti-bias training


An undertrial criminal was injured on Tuesday when a man opened fire at him in Delhi's crowded Tis Hazari courts, police said.


Firing at Tis Hazari court, one injured


An investigation has been launched after a video showed a police officer punching a woman at a New Jersey beach in an attempt to arrest her for being a minor in possession of alcohol, the media reported.


US police officer punches woman


Reliance Infratel, a subsidiary of Reliance Communications (RCOM),  has informed the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday that an amicable settlement has been arrived at with its minority investors holding 4.26 per cent equity in the company, and consent terms will be filed shortly.


RCOM subsidiary reaches settlement with minority investors


As cybercrime becomes the new battlefield, Microsoft at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington, is working round-the-clock to intercept, analyse and mitigate threats -- creating a road-map for various industry stakeholders to plan relevant actions.


Decoded: Microsoft's war room taking on global cyber crimes (Tech Trend)


Towards the goal of adequate menstrual hygiene to young girls,the National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked Union Human Resource Minister Prakash Javadekar to install sanitary napkin vending machines within the premises of all schools and universities across India.

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