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In one of the incidents, a 62-year-old man was killed by lightning on Friday while he was working in his paddy field in Cachar district.

The complainant alleged that his daughter-in-law was having an extra-marital affair with a man and this used to result in quarrels between his son and her.

The man who has tested positive for COVID-19 has been admitted to AIIMS. Around ten police personnel, who came in contact with the accused during the investigation, have also been quarantined.

Anil Ambani had given personal guarantee to the loans given to Reliance Communications and Reliance Infratel.

A total of 33,491 candidates appeared for the entrance examinations for MD, MS, MDS, DM, CH, fellowship, BSc-postbasic, MSc Nursing courses which were successfully held across all the states and four Union Territories.

The Supreme Court on Friday called patient care during the Covid-19 pandemic in Delhi "horrendous" and "pathetic", and sought an explanation from the NCT government in five days.

He took over from Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, who has been transferred as Controller Personnel Services at Integrated Headquarters at the Ministry of Defence (Navy) in New Delhi.

The limited data released by the ministry showed that annual retail food inflation eased to 9.28% in May, from 10.5% in the previous month.

With 10,956 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours till Friday 8 am, India's COVID-19 caseload reached 2,97,535 while the death toll rose to 8,498 with a record single-day spike of 396 fatalities, according to the Health Ministry data.

Ending child labour will lead to economic growth by generating employment for adults and attracting international investment by countries who are obligated to ensure labour rights and standards in their supply chains, he said.

Worryingly, the findings of this report are part of a preliminary on-site survey carried out between May 28 and June 2, before fire broke out at the Oil India Limited (OIL) well number 5.

While the BMC attributed the lapse to a technical error because of staff crunch, the MNS accused the civic body of toying with the lives of people.

Speaking at a meeting convened by the National Disaster Management Authority on Wednesday, Bansal gave a seismic history of Delhi, minor earthquakes in Delhi-NCR are not unusual, according to a Home Ministry statement.

The report states that the labour law relaxations “may lead to increase in hazardous work and other forms of child labour, including force labour, debt bondage and child trafficking”.

MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said both sides have agreed to work for an early resolution to the issue in keeping with broader guidance provided by leaders of the two countries for ensuring peace and tranquillity along the border areas.

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