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Police arrest six, exhume body of Ekiti varsity ex-DVC

The Punch 

The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeniran Akinwale, said on Thursday that the police had arrested six prime suspects in connection with the kidnap and killing of the former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof Olorunfemi Olaofe. Olaofe was taken away by armed men from his residence at the Federal

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Delhi's Greater Kailash area school receives bomb threat; probe declares hoax

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Recently, schools, hospitals and airports have been targeted by bomb threats. Previously, over 60 schools, the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and over half a dozen government hospitals in the national capital received bomb threats through emails. Delhi police later said that nothing suspicious was found.​​

Mamata Banerjee supports demand to withdraw GST on life, medical insurance premiums

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee supported the removal of GST on life and medical insurance premiums, stressing its negative impact on essential needs. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari initiated this demand, supported by various opposition leaders. The GST council will address this issue in its upcoming August meeting.

In Xi Jinping's China, politics eventually catches up with everyone

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The Xi generation is risk-averse. Its members are more unhappy about their government, but are unwilling to resist. Hessler assigned "Animal Farm," by George Orwell, to his students. The two characters they most identified with were the donkey, who is skeptical of the new farm but keeps his thoughts to himself, and the horse, who is hardworking but blindly loyal.

Bomb smuggled into Iran guesthouse months ago killed Hamas leader

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader of Hamas, was assassinated by an explosive device hidden in the Tehran, Iran, guesthouse where he was staying. The bomb had been hidden approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, which is run and protected by Iran's Revolutionary Guard and is part of a large compound known as Neshat. Haniyeh was in Iran's capital for the presidential inauguration. The bomb was detonated remotely, once it was confirmed that he was inside his room at the guesthouse.