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News18 Afternoon Digest: PM Modi Carries Out Aerial Survey Of Landslide-Hit Areas Of Wayanad And Other Top Stories

In today’s digest, News18 brings you the latest updates on Kolkata Trainee Doctor Death case, Protesters Surround Bangladesh Supreme Court and other top stories.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday carried out an aerial survey of disaster-hit areas of this north Kerala district where landslides claimed hundreds of lives. Modi conducted aerial survey of the landslide-ravaged Chooralmala, Mundakkai, and Punchirimattom hamlets aboard an Indian Air Force helicopter, on which he departed to Wayanad from Kannur Airport around 11.15 am. 

A semi-nude body of a woman doctor was found under mysterious circumstances on the fourth floor of the emergency building of RG Kar Medical College in West Bengal’s Kolkata on Friday morning. The victim, a second-year postgraduate student of the medical college, was found dead inside the Seminar Hall on the 3rd floor of the campus. She was on duty on Thursday night. 

Days after massive unrest ousted Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh, the students have now turned towards the Supreme Court, and are demanding the resignation of all judges, including the Chief Justice. According to Daily Star, hundreds of protestors on Saturday reportedly surrounded the Supreme Court and issued an ultimatum to Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan and judges of the Appellate Division to resign by 1pm (local time). 

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Saturday at least 90 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced people in the besieged Palestinian territory. The agency said three Israeli rockets hit the school in Gaza City, describing the incident as a “horrific massacre”, with some bodies catching fire. 

As Vinesh Phogat awaits the decision of her appeal filed with Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for a joint silver medal, she continues to draw support from across the world with Japanese wrestler Rei Higuchi sympathising with the India star.

Malaika Arora has opened up about reading nasty comments about herself on social media. The diva, who has also been making headlines because of her breakup with Arjun Kapoor, was recently talking to the magazine Harper’s Bazaar when she admitted that negative comments about her “mess up” her day. 



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