Morning Digest: Jammu accounts for 40% of security personnel killings in J&K; Medical colleges asked to enter seats on portal for NEET-UG 2024 counselling, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest on July 17, 2024, gives a select list of stories to start the day

Since 2021, Jammu accounts for 40% of killings of security personnel in J&K

In the past three years, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed the killing of 119 security forces personnel, and over 40% of these killings were reported from the Jammu division, data available with The Hindu shows. From 2021, at least 51 security personnel have been killed in various incidents initiated by terrorists in Poonch, Rajouri, Kathua, Reasi, Doda, and Udhampur districts, a deviation from the past three years, when the Kashmir Valley was the epicentre of such incidents.

Election Commission offers multiple choices to candidates to re-check voting in recently held polls

Candidates who have applied for a re-check of the voting process in the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly elections can choose from a number of options given by the Election Commission, including picking electronic voting machines (EVM) from any polling station in an Assembly segment and opting for a mock poll and mock voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slip count.

Medical colleges asked to enter seats on portal for NEET-UG 2024 counselling

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has issued a notice urging medical colleges to enter their seats on its official portal for the NEET-UG 2024 counselling as the counselling process is likely to begin soon. The next hearing of the Supreme Court on the NEET-UG exam matter is on July 18.

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