The big news: CBSE Class 10 students await clarity over re-test, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Congress named Ashok Gehlot the party’s general secretary, and seven people were killed in Gaza as Palestinians began a six-week-long protest.
A look at the headlines right now:
- CBSE to hold Class 12 economics exam on April 25, Class 10 maths re-test only for Delhi, Haryana: Whether Class 10 students need to write the mathematics paper again will be decided within 15 days based on the investigation into the paper leak, the Centre said.
- Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot appointed Congress general secretary: Former Union minister Jitendra Singh will look after the party’s affairs in Odisha, and MP Rajeev Satav will now oversee the Gujarat unit.
- Seven killed, over 300 injured in Gaza as Palestinians begin ‘March of Return’ to Israel: Over 20,000 Palestinians began their six-week-long protest demanding that refugees be allowed to return to their homes, which are now across the border.
- Centre to file review petition in Supreme Court against verdict on SC/ST Atrocities Act: The top court’s decision that public servants cannot be arrested without preliminary inquiry under the Act led to protests by three BJP ministers.
- Clashes break out in Bihar’s Nawada after Hanuman idol is allegedly desecrated: The police had to fire several rounds in the air to calm the crowd.
- Police arrest murder suspect after body of abducted Delhi University student was found in a drain: The accused is a man the victim had met on a dating application.
- AIADMK cadres to hold hunger strike on April 2 over Cauvery board, says Panneerselvam: Party workers in all districts will fast, the deputy chief minister said.
- Indian banking sector reported 12,533 frauds worth Rs 18,170 crore in 2016-’17, says report: Proxy advisory firm Institutional Investor Advisory Services said that the Bank of Maharashtra reported as many as 3,893 frauds.
- Moenjodaro was likely the world’s largest settlement of its time, finds latest analysis of cores: A fresh study of cores drilled in the Sindh region found ‘portions of the settlement buried beneath many metres of flood deposit’.
- South Korea seeks clarity after Donald Trump threatens to hold up trade agreement: The US president warned that he might delay the passage of the deal till the talks with North Korea are over.