Morning Digest: SC to hear today Kejriwal’s pleas against arrest by CBI; BJP names 67 candidates for Haryana Assembly polls

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today September 5, 2024.

Employ ex-servicemen, State security forces in high-risk areas of hospitals: Health Ministry

The Union Health Ministry has suggested employing ex-servicemen as security personnel in hospital areas which have been identified as high-risk, as one of the measures to enhance safety and security for doctors and healthcare workers. Manpower can also be engaged from State security forces, it said.

Turkiye seeks to join the BRICS bloc of emerging economies, a Kremlin official says

NATO member Turkiye has applied for membership in the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a senior Kremlin official said on Wednesday (September 4, 2024), as Russia and China seek to counter the West’s global influence.

Ex-principal of Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Hospital moves SC; challenges CBI probe against him

Former principal of Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, has moved the Supreme Court against an order of the Calcutta High Court transferring the probe into allegations of irregularities in tender processes and mismanagement against him from a Special Investigation Team to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Companies bought over by the Adani Group got ‘haircut’ of 96% to 42% on loans from public sector banks: Congress