Morning Digest: Rishi Sunak says he is ‘fighting hard for every vote’ ahead of U.K. polls; BJP veteran L.K. Advani hospitalised again; and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on July 4, 2024

Advani admitted to Apollo Hospital in Delhi days after being discharged from AIIMS

Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi on June 3 night, sources said. This comes days after the 96-year-old former Deputy Prime Minister was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after a night-long stay there.“ Advani is stable and under observation. He has been admitted under Dr. Vinit Suri, senior consultant, Neurology,” a hospital source said, adding that he was admitted around 9 p.m. The details of Mr. Advani’s ailment were not known immediately.

CBI arrests another key accused in NEET paper leak case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on July 3 arrested an alleged key conspirator in connection with the Patna National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) paper leak case. The accused, Aman Singh, was picked up by the agency from Dhanbad in Jharkhand following a tip-off. Earlier, three persons were arrested by the CBI from Hazaribagh for their purported role in the paper leak. They were identified as Jamaluddin, who worked as a journalist with a Hindi newspaper; Oasis School Principal Ahsanhul Haque and Vice-Principal Imtiaz Alam.

U.K. elections 2024: Faced with prospect of defeat, Rishi Sunak says he is ‘fighting hard for every vote’

As the last full day of campaigning dawned, the U.K.’s Conservative Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, faced with the prospect of a crushing defeat at the hands of the opposition Labour Party , said he was still “fighting hard for every vote”. Earlier in the day, one of his Cabinet colleagues, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride, had told the BBC that the Conservatives should focus on the kind of opposition party they would become, with Labour on its way to getting the “largest majority that this country has ever seen”. On July 2, former Home Secretary Suella Braverman had said the election was “over.

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