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The Indian men's compound archery team forfeited its bronze medal match against Italy at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea, after failing to turn up at the start of the match on Tuesday. In a report published in Hindustan Times, an Archery Association of India source accused the team of going out for sightseeing before the start of the match. However, team coach Jiwanjot Singh rubbished the accusation, claiming that the reason behind the team forfeiting the match was a broken bow. AAI secretary general Anil Kamineni too towed a similar line, but has ordered a probe into the incident.

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The CBI has said that former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran has destroyed evidence related to the 'illegal telephone exchange' being operated from his residence. In a report in The Times of India, the agency says that BSNL officials in Chennai installed a Primary Rate Interface (PRI) at his Boat House residence which enables traditional phone lines to carry voice, data and video traffic. Also, a PRI line can receive and send 30 calls simultaneously. The CBI has alleged that the infrastructure, including the machines, at Maran's residence was installed by Sun TV employees. This was later destroyed or hidden away later. The agency says that the use of BSNL lines for Sun TV from 2004 to 2007 caused a loss of Rs 1.8 crore to the government.

Source: The Times of India

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The Congress-led UDF government said on Wednesday that it was not in favour of bringing amendments in the legislation that was brought out by the previous UPA government. Chief Minister Oomen Chandy said that their land bill had protected the interests of the farmers and "the government is of the view that there is no need for any amendments." The land bill proposed by the BJP government has raised the heckles of not just the opposition, but has also been severely criticised by farmers' organisations as well as its own allies.

The Maharashtra government has shortlisted a private agency to create artificial rain in case there is poor monsoon. Farmers will have to resort to re-sowing in large parts of western Maharashtra if there is no adequate rainfall. The government had floated a global tender for cloud seeding and has selected one of the three companies. The previous experimenting at artificial rainfall had taken place 13 years back, which had failed. However, this time the government is pinning its hopes on better technology so that it gets that one important rainfall.

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As the Greek financial crisis continues to play on, putting pressure, mostly on Europe, a bigger threat looms on the horizon with the Chinese market falling by a hefty 30 per cent in just three weeks. This massive and quick decline has caused a $3.5 trillion loss to investors, which is more than 20 times the Greek debt. Also, this loss is much more than the entire $2 trillion Indian economy. The sectors that will bear the brunt of this fall are the metals, commodities and industrial sectors.

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It was Pakistan that dominated the Indo-China talks. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his concern at China backing Pakistan, over the release of Mumbai terror attack mastermind, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. In his talks with Chinese President XI Jinping, Modi also took up the issue of the $46 billion economic corridor that China is building through Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. The two leaders, who are meeting for the fourth time, also discussed the border situation in detail. Later, Modi tweeted, "Great meeting President Xi Jinping again. Our talks were comprehensive & a lot of topics came up for discussion (sic)."

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Three years after the death of Namrata Damor - a student of MGM Medical College, Indore, it is still not clear whether whether she was murdered or had committed suicide. She had been charged with using unfair means to clear her entrance exam. While the doctors who had conducted autopsy on her body said that she had died of strangulation, the police had investigated it as a suicide case. Incidently, it was her family that Aaj Tak journalist Akshay Singh was interviewing when he died unexpectedly last week. Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met with the family of the deceased journalist.

AAP MLA from Kondli, Manoj Kumar

AAP MLA Manoj Kumar has been arrested in connection with an alleged case of cheating and land fraud. He has been accused of selling off someone else's property by showing it in his name on forged documents. The Kondli MLA is the third AAP leader in trouble in recent times. Just last month, law minister from the previous government, Somnath Bharti was in the dock after his wife levelled allegations of domestic violence and assault against him. And before that, it was Jitendra Tomar who had to be dropped from the cabinet after he was allegedly found to have submitted forged educational certificates. Also, the Delhi Police plans to file charge-sheets against 21 AAP legislators in connection with criminal cases.

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The Supreme Court has transferred investigations into the Vyapam scam to the CBI. It also issued a notice to the MP governor over the quashing of an FIR registered against him in the scam. Till now, the investigations were being done by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Madhya Pradesh police. Just yesterday, the Madhya Pradesh High Court had rejected a plea by MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to ask the CBI to look into the scam, saying the matter is coming up before the apex court. The Vyapam scam, a recruitment scam, has become murkier with the reported deaths of around 46 people who have been associated with it.