Morning Digest | Four students dead in stampede at tech festival in CUST; NDMS says Silkyara tunnel rescue may take a ‘long time’, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on November 26, 2023

Four students dead in stampede at tech festival in Cochin University of Science and Technology

At least four students were killed and 61 were injured in a stampede at an auditorium on the main campus of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) where a tech fest was concluding on Saturday. Two of the injured are reported to be serious.

Two weeks after Silkyara tunnel collapse, NDMA says rescue is ‘dangerous’ and may take a ‘long time’

Multiple hurdles are now delaying the rescue of 41 labourers, who have been trapped inside the trapped Silkyara tunnel for two weeks now. With no sign of rescue in the next one or two days, the kin of the trapped workers are getting restless, even as Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami promised the workers that their safe evacuation was the government’s “top priority”.

IVF treatments find a place in political manifestos

The Congress party has included In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) as an area of focus in its manifesto for the Rajasthan Assembly election. Integrating infertility with political agenda is not a new development — Goa recently became the first Indian State to offer free IVF, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), and Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) services; Maharashtra is also looking into providing financial support to people from rural areas for IVF treatments under the Mahatma Phule Jan Arogya Yojana.

Rejection by Governor does not mean death of Bill, says Supreme Court