Morning Digest: At least 122 dead as landslides ravage Wayanad villages; Opposition, Treasury benches clash over caste census in Parliament, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest on July 31, 2024, gives a select list of stories to start the day

Shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh bagged the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match. This is India’s second bronze medal in the Paris Olympics after Bhaker became India’s first woman shooter to win a bronze.

At least 122 persons were killed and 197 injured after multiple landslides flattened some three villages in Vythiri taluk of the hilly Wayanad district of Kerala early on July 30.

Opposition and Treasury benches clashed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday over the issue of taking out a caste census across the country.

Countering the Opposition’s charges that the Union Budget had ignored the interests of many States and reduced allocations for social sectors like health, education, and agriculture, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday indirectly hit out at the Opposition parties for spreading negativity about businesses and scaring off investors.

Israel’s military said Tuesday it carried out a strike on Beirut targeting the militant commander allegedly behind the deaths of 12 children and teens in a rocket attack on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights over the weekend.

Close to 200 students protesting outside Rau’s IAS Study Circle started an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday evening, seeking ₹1 crore compensation for each victim’s family, transparency in the probe, and the resolution of the drainage issues.

Days after the Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre and the West Bengal Governor over delay in clearing eight bills passed by the State Assembly, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose told The Hindu in an interview that no bill was pending with the Raj Bhavan. The Governor brought up the issue of “illegal migrants” entering West Bengal and said they were getting identity documents and Aadhaar cards, “arguably or allegedly aided and abetted by the State government.”