The Catch Up: 30 July

The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is a catch up on three things by The
Indian Express and I Am Flora's Wine. Today's the thirtieth
of July and Hirnati headlines. External Affairs Minister Doctor S. J.
Shunker opened the Raja Saba debate on operations Sindur, clarifying
that there was no call between Prime Minister and Arindramodi

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and he was President Donald Trump between twenty second of
April and sixteenth of June. He dismissed any notion of
mediation or nuclear blackmail on the Indus Waters Treaty. Jaishunka
declared that India will suspend the agreement until Pakistan irreversibly
ends its support for terrorism. He stated firmly an I quote,
blood and water will not flow together, thus reinforcing India's

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hardened diplomatic posture in response to Pakistan's provocations. In major
headline making global news, Today's tsunami way began striking California
after a historic eight point eight magnitude earthquake hit Russia's
Kamsha Peninsula. According to CNN, alerts were issued for Japan, Hawaii, Indadesia,

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and Philippines. The quake, which is the strongest since nineteen
fifty two shook Russia's Kuril Islands and Japan's Hokkaido. Russia's
Geophysical service called it a unique event and one of
aftershocks up to magnitude seven point five that could continue
for a month. Coastal visits were discouraged. The epicenter was
near the site of a recent twentieth of July quake,

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and authorities are maintaining high vigilance amid ongoing seismic activity.
In other national news, the Supreme Court today reserved its
verdict on Justice Yashwan Verma's plea challenging an in house
probe ordered by the Chief Justice of India after cash
was allegedly found at his dearly residence during a fire.

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Justice the punkerd Data said the Judges Protection Act of
nineteen eighty five allows the top port to order such
in quiries to protect institutional integrity. The Court clarified that
the in house panel is an investigating ownership of the cash,
but is instead examining issues of judicial propriety and internal
accountability within the higher Judiciary. Now moving on to some

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trade news. A day before the first of August trade deadline,
President Trump threatened to impose up to twenty five percent
tariffs on Indian imports if a trade agreement isn't reached,
he said, and I quote, they are going to pay
twenty five percent. India has been near my friends. The
warning escalates pressure on New Delhi to finalize a long
delayed pact. US trade representative Jamieson Grier noted the deal

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still requires more discussion, with talks dragging. Trump's tough stands
signals potential trade tensions between the two countries. That's all
for today. This was a catch upon three things by
the Indian Express.