The Hindu Morning Digest: July 28, 2024

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 1 highlights The Paris 2024 Olympics kicked off on July 27 with an exceptional feat by Indian shooter Manu Bhaker. At NITI Aayog meeting, PM Modi calls for combined efforts of States Political fault lines that emerged after the Lok Sabha election deepened in the first NITI Aayog meeting of the Modi 3.0 government on July 27 with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the lone leader of the Opposition bloc to attended the meeting, storming out saying she was “not allowed” to speak. Three dead as basement of coaching centre flooded in central Delhi Three students died after the basement of a building housing a popular civil service coaching centre was flooded following heavy rain in central Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar area on July 27, officials said. Lakshman Acharya appointed Assam Governor; Gulab Chand Kataria replaces Banwarilal Purohit in Punjab Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been made the Governor of Assam with the additional charge of Manipur while Gulab Chand Kataria has replaced Banwarilal Purohit as the Governor of Punjab under major gubernatorial appointments announced late on July 27. Congress divided over Mamata’s walkout: Jairam supports her, Adhir feels she is lying On a day when the Congress leadership in Delhi came out in support of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying the treatment she received at the NITI Aayog meeting was “unacceptable”, State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged Ms. Banerjee may be lying.