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| Here’s everything that transpired during the course of the day… |
| South Korea has seized another ship suspected of transferring oil products to North Korea. The Panama-flagged KOTI, capable of carrying 5,100 tonnes of oil, was seized at Pyeongtaek-Dangjin port. The seizure was the second within a few days, as the UN steps up efforts to squeeze essential oil supplies to North Korea following its nuclear and ballistic missile tests. Read |
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| A political crisis in Gujarat was averted after deputy chief minister Nitin Patel assumed charge today. Patel had not visited his office or used the government vehicle as mark of protest at being stripped of key portfolios. He said the matter has been settled after BJP chief Amit Shah reached out to him and requested him to assume charge. |
| Online softwares used by travel agents to book on Railways’ Tatkal booking system are now under CBI scanner. CBI sources said these softwares speed up the PNR generating process, bypassing the IRCTC captcha and allowing login with multiple IDs, enabling a large number of bookings simultaneously on a single click. The lid was blown after a CBI techie was nabbed for authoring and selling such illegal software. |
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| Tamil superstar Rajinikanth has announced his plan to enter politics and said he would float his own party. Rajinikanth said he would contest the next (2021) assembly elections and would field candidates in all the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. The superstar said, “My politics will be based on spirituality, not on religion or caste.” |
| A suicide attack at a funeral in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan killed at least 15 people and wounded 13. The attacker blew himself up as people gathered for the funeral of a former district governor at a cemetery in the city. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which comes days after at least 41 people were killed in a suicide attack on a Shi’ite cultural centre in Kabul. |
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