00:00 Hello and welcome to National Headlines. I am Amina Ansari and I will be taking you through
00:22 the top headlines from the leading newspapers of the country.
00:25 Let's start with the Times of India. Government to buy 2 lakh tonne onion as farmers
00:30 protest export duty. A day after major wholesale markets in the
00:35 state suspended onion auctions to protest the 40 per cent export duty, the Centre said
00:40 it would buy 2 lakh tonnes from the state and their MP through NAFATE at Rs 2,410 per
00:47 quintal against the average price of Rs 2,151 in Nashik.
00:52 However, farmers' group were not impressed with the Centre's highest ever rate and said
00:57 the pending stock, 4 lakh tonnes, was too large for this measure to provide much relief.
01:03 Next headline is from the Indian Express. Chhattisgarh.
01:06 After 11 hours of operation, skeleton of news anchor Salma Sultana found.
01:11 Nearly five years after she was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner, the Korba
01:16 police in an 11-hour operation excavated a skeleton suspected to be that of the news
01:21 anchor from Biloar National Highway in Korba city in Chhattisgarh.
01:26 The deceased victim, Salma Sultana Lashkar, who is said to be aged around 30 years, was
01:32 the news anchor working for a local news channel in Chhattisgarh.
01:36 She is believed to have been murdered in October 2018 by her live-in partner Madhu Sahoo, 37,
01:43 a gym instructor, and his two aides, who helped him bury her body in a salute place which
01:48 has now become a national highway.
01:52 Let's move on to the headline from The Hindu.
01:55 Causing floods is a terrorist offence in proposed law to replace Indian penal code.
02:01 The proposed Bharati Naya Sanhita Bill says that causing floods is a terrorist offence.
02:07 The bill that seeks to replace the British-era Indian penal code defines terrorism as a separate
02:13 offence for the first time as part of a general law.
02:16 Section 1116A of the bill says that a terrorist refers to any person who develops, manufactures,
02:24 processes, acquires, transports, supplies, or uses weapons, explosives, or releases nuclear,
02:30 radiological, or any other dangerous substances, or causes fire, flood, or explosion.
02:35 Next, let's move on to the headlines in the Economic Times.
02:40 India's economy likely to grow 7.8% in Q1.
02:45 India's economy likely expanded 7.8% in June Q, according to the median forecast of the
02:51 ET poll of 20 economists.
02:53 Domestic demand, government, capital expenditure, and the revival in private investment support
02:59 growth in the quarter meet global slowdown.
03:02 The Indian economy grew 7.2% in the previous fiscal and 6.1% in the March Q.
03:10 Next headline is from the Telegraph.
03:12 Mob chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' attacks Christians in Delhi.
03:15 Probe underway.
03:16 Around 25-30 people allegedly barge into a Christian place of worship in National Capital
03:22 on Sunday morning, chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' and attack the gathering with sticks before
03:26 ransacking the hall, sources said.
03:29 The sources variously describe the place of worship as a church and a prayer hall run
03:33 by a pastor.
03:34 When the pastor and members of the Christian community rushed to the nearby GTB and Cleve
03:39 police station to complain, around 80-100 people said to be from Bajrang Dal, RSS and
03:44 the VSP allegedly assembled outside the police station.
03:48 Finally, our last headline is from the Hindustan Times.
03:51 All eyes on Chandrayaan 3.
03:54 It's D-Day for Moon mission.
03:56 A nail-biting countdown for the descent of Chandrayaan 3's lander began on Tuesday with
04:01 India aiming to become the fourth country in the world to successfully land on the Moon
04:06 and the first on the lunar south pole.
04:08 Senior scientists said they were confident of the successful landing of Chandrayaan 3
04:13 lander module Vikram and the Indian Space Research Organisation was performing the final
04:18 checks for the successful touchdown as soon as the sun rises on the Moon a little after
04:23 6pm IST on Wednesday.
04:25 That's all for the national headlines.
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