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India: Today’s news in pictures
India news in pictures --a roundup of today’s top news across the country from a fifteen day notice to telecom companies to submit a plan to stop using Aadhaar numbers for eKYC verifications, to the Delhi High court clearing the way for activist Gautam Navlakha's release from house arrest.
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Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev meets with President Ramnath Kovind (C) as Ziroatkhon Hoshimova (L), Savita Kovind (2R) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) look on, during Mirziyoyev’s reception at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. India and Uzbekistan will jointly work together and strive for a stable, prosperous and peaceful Afghanistan, said PM Modi on Monday. (Ajay Aggarwal / HT Photo)
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Telecom companies have been given 15 days to submit a plan to stop using the 12-digit Aadhaar number for customer authentication. The Supreme Court, last week, struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, which allowed private companies to use the 12-digit biometric ID-based eKYC. Following this, private companies like telecom operators will not be able to use this instantaneous and inexpensive eKYC route. (HT Archive)
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Students dressed as Mahatma Gandhi take part in an event to mark Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, at a school in Ahmedabad. (Amit Dave / REUTERS)
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A view of a bus stand during the ‘Chakka Jaam’ strike called by the All J&K Transport Welfare Association against the fuel hike, RTO officials and demanded revision in the passenger fare, in Jammu. (PTI)
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Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra held court, along with his successor Ranjan Gogoi, for the last time on Monday. Misra, who presided over benches that delivered a series of key verdicts like the one on Aadhaar and Section 377 during the last 10 days, appeared to be emotional during the brief court proceedings that lasted about 25 minutes. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)
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Uttar Pradesh minister Brijesh Pathak Sunday hit out at the state police for showing “laxity” and “hushing up” the murder of a tech company executive in the city’s posh Gomti Nagar neighbourhood. Apple executive Vivek Tiwari was shot dead early Saturday morning by a policeman when he allegedly refused to stop his car. (PTI File)
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The Southwest Monsoon, which brings rain from June to September, recorded a countrywide deficit of more than 9% this year, with the north-eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura receiving scanty rainfall, according to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD). There was an overall 5% monsoon deficit in 2017. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Archive)
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