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Tuesday Morning News Brief, August 15

Tuesday morning brief Aug 15 2017
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the whole nation is with families of those affected by the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy. Delivering his Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Modi said, “Many parts of the country faced natural calamities in the recent past. Children died at a hospital, the entire nation is with them.” He added that natural calamities are a big challenge as well as climate change.
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The Centre honoured 40 of the 190 police gallantry medals to Jammu & Kashmir police and CRPF/BSF personnel deployed in the Valley. In appreciation of the forces engaged in sustained counter-terror operations, two CRPF commandants were awarded Kirti Chakra for acts of bravery. At the same time, 52 personnel of Andhra Pradesh police, including Grey Hound commandos, were honoured with police gallantry medals for killing a record 24 Maoists in a single operation along the Andhra-Odisha border in October 2016.
Security has been beefed up in different part of New Delhi following intelligence inputs of terror strike on Independence Day. Security agencies have reportedly received an alert that there could be an attempt to hijack a small aircraft, or a helicopter, on the Independence day. As many as 50 cameras have been installed inside Red Fort and a no-fly zone has been put in place over Red Fort today. Even before receiving the alert, police had put in place a seven-layer cover with more than 25,000 men deployed at various positions.
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US President Donald Trump ordered probe into China’s alleged intellectual property theft. Trump broke from his 17-day vacation in New Jersey to sign the memo in the White House at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. This was the first direct trade measure by his administration against Beijing, and the officials have estimated that the theft could be as high as $600 billion.
On the eve of Independence Day, President Ram Nath Kovind said that India must have integral humanism. “New India must include that integral humanist component that is in our DNA, and which has defined our country and our civilisation,” Kovind said. The President also made a strong pitch for a “compassionate and egalitarian society that does not discriminate on gender or religious background”.
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