Evening briefing: ‘Will Rahul Gandhi apologise’, asks BJP amid NEET-UG row; Eyewitnesses recount Nepal plane crash; more

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Published on: Jul 24, 2024, 18:53:15 IST

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on July 24 accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of creating distrust in India's exam system after the alleged NEET-UG paper leak in several places. They questioned whether he would apologise following the Supreme Court's decision on the matter. The Apex court on July 23 rejected the requests to cancel the exam and hold a re-test, stating that there was no proof of a "systemic breach" that compromised the exam's integrity. The court noted that the leak happened in only a couple of cities. After the verdict, BJP leader and former union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad criticised the opposition, particularly Gandhi. Prasad said that while Gandhi used words like "fraud" to criticise the entire examination, the court clarified that there was no systemic breach in the exam's integrity. Dig Deeper

Nepal plane crash LIVE: Rescuers and army personnel stand at the site after a Saurya Airlines' plane crashed during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on July 24, 2024. (AFP)

Eyewitnesses of the Saurya Airlines plane crash at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport said they thought the loud sound was caused by a tyre burst or a vehicle accident. At least 18 people were killed in the crash after the plane caught fire while taking off from Nepal's capital Kathmandu on July 24. The Search and Rescue Centre of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said in a statement that the Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft suffered a runway excursion and burst into massive flames immediately. Saurya operates domestic flights in Nepal with two Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets, both around 20 years old, according to Flight Radar 24. Dig Deeper

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That’s all we have at this hour in our evening briefing. Catch you tomorrow morning.

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