Morning digest | Stress-relief sessions on for 10,000 children in 350 Manipur relief camps; ‘designed’ disruptions lower the dignity of the House, says Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and more

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Coordinated and ‘designed’ disruptions lower the dignity of the House, says Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Coordinated and “designed” disruptions lower the dignity of the proceedings of the House, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on July 30, while inaugurating a new building of the Assam Legislative Assembly. Mr. Birla’s comment came amid the ongoing disruptions in Parliament over the Opposition’s demand that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak on the Manipur conflict.

10,000 children in 350 Manipur relief camps; stress-relief sessions on 

Nupimacha was diagnosed with cancer just two months before a blaze destroyed her home in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on May 3, during the breakout of ethnic violence in the State. At a relief camp in Imphal three days later, the 15-year-old began wondering if she would live long enough to see her five-member family back in their native village of Dairy.

Discontinued UDAN routes are being put up for bidding again, says Jyotiraditya Scindia

Discontinued routes under the government’s regional connectivity scheme (RCS), also known as UDAN, are being put up for bidding again, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on July 30. The Minister was responding to an article published in The Hindu on July 30, which reported that 50% of RCS routes have shut down since the launch of the scheme in 2017.

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