Jharkhand's JPSC-JSSC exam row intensifies as students' protest enters Day 13, BJP demands a CBI probe, CID arrests rise to 19, and talks with protesters are planned.
The Supreme Court sought responses on the Centre's proposal to conduct NEET-UG in a computer-based format and scheduled the next hearing for August 19.
AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal sought national disaster status for Assam floods, a Rs 10,000 crore relief package, and urged PM Narendra Modi to visit flood-hit areas.
ISRO provided 33 flood inundation maps to ASDMA during the monsoon to improve flood monitoring, rescue, relief operations and damage assessment in Assam.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said there is no need to seek flood relief funds abroad, responding to the controversy over Meghranjani Medhi's London fundraiser.
Assam will provide Rs 15.86 crore in DBT assistance to 793 flood-affected schools across four districts, with each school receiving Rs 2 lakh under SDRF norms.