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National Testing Agency (NTA) clarified that a NEET (UG) aspirant who was allotted a retest centre in Abu Dhabi, UAE, had himself applied to appear there. - The Congress said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should learn from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, after she sharply responded to Donald Trump’s claim that she had requested a photograph with the US president during the recent G7 Summit.
- US Vice President JD Vance took a dig at Pakistan accusing it of lacking press freedom while defending the delayed public release of a draft US-Iran agreement.
- MNS chief Raj Thackeray backed his cousin Uddhav Thackeray amid a rebellion by six Lok Sabha MPs of Uddhav’s Shiv Sena (UBT), alleging that efforts were being made to engineer a split among elected representatives for political gain.
- Sri Lanka A captain Sahan Arachchige has said his team will not be focusing on India A batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the tri-series final, despite the teenager being involved in an on-field confrontation during the teams’ previous meeting.
Here are top 5 stories of the day:
NEET centre mix-up: NTA says Nasik candidate himself selected Abu Dhabi option
Highlighting the NTA’s web-activity records, the test-conducting body said its record indicated that the city was changed through “candidate’s own registered login credentials” during the open correction window. The NTA also claimed that the centre was previewed twice from the candidate’s credentials. Read full story here
‘Learn how to respond from Giorgia Meloni’: Congress attacks PM Modi over Trump meeting
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said PM Modi should learn from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on how to respond with confidence. “Narendra Modi does not want to learn from Indira Gandhi ji; at the very least, learn from Giorgia Meloni ji how to respond with eye-to-eye confidence,” he said. Read full story here
‘No press freedom there’: JD Vance takes swipe at Pakistan over US-Iran deal disclosure
JD Vance’s remarks came after days of speculation about the contents of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, which American officials later disclosed ahead of planned negotiations in Switzerland. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif postponed a planned trip to Switzerland for a formal US-Iran peace deal ceremony after the Memorandum of Understanding was signed electronically and entered into force. Read full story here
‘Only living corpses remain’: Raj Thackeray backs cousin Uddhav amid MPs rebellion
Raj Thackeray said that in the race to capture power, political parties were losing sight of larger issues facing Maharashtra and the country. “In this game of abducting MLAs and MPs, we are forgetting our fundamental things. We are forgetting Maharashtra’s tradition, Maharashtra’s history, the nation’s tradition,” he said. Read full story here
Will Sri Lanka A ‘target’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in tri-series final? Captain makes big statement after ugly clash
Sri Lanka A secured a place in the final after beating Afghanistan A by 103 runs and will now face India A in Dambulla. The last meeting between the two sides ended in a tense Super Over. Chasing 14 runs from the final three deliveries, Sooryavanshi could not take India A over the line and later got involved in a heated exchange with Sri Lanka A players. Read full story here