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| | Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday told Parliament that the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu refused to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) for “politics”, prompting a strong reaction from the party’s president and chief minister MK Stalin, who accused the former of “arrogance” and asked him to“control his tongue”. HT brings you a round-up of the most important and interesting stories, so you don’t miss your daily dose of news. | THE BIG STORY Parliament session: Pradhan, Stalin slug it out amid language row Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday told Parliament that the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu refused to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) for “politics”, prompting a strong reaction from the party’s president and chief minister MK Stalin, who accused the former of “arrogance” and asked him to“control his tongue”. During his reply in Parliament on the central funds for the PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme, Pradhan called the Stalin government “dishonest”, evoking protests from the DMK MPs, who raised slogans and disrupted proceedings of the House, resulting in its adjournment. Read more. | THE BIG QUESTION Why Vanuatu PM ordered cancellation of Lalit Modi’s passport? Fugitive cricket administrator Lalit Modi’s Vanuatu passport is set to be cancelled on orders from the country’s prime minister Jotham Napat after a request by the Indian government and based on “recent revelations” about him, people familiar with the development said on Monday. The move will potentially make Lalit Modi an illegal alien in the UK as he recently applied to the Indian high commission in London to surrender his Indian passport after obtaining Vanuatu citizenship. The face behind the IPL (Indian Premier League), the former cricket administrator is the subject of an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe. He fled to the UK in May 2010 and has lived there since then. Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED |  Amar and Prem are both trying to win over Karishma. She’s an heiress. They’re not rich. They end up becoming her protectors from the local gangster, Teja. Rajkumar Santoshi’s madcap 1994 film is being re-released this summer. Name the cult hit. | FROM THE EDIT PAGE Negotiating trade deals with Europe Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have set their negotiators the formidable task of stitching together a free trade agreement (FTA) within the year, at a time when the global economy is grappling with the fallout of the chaotic policies of the Donald Trump administration in the US. While the EU is India’s largest trading partner, accounting for trade worth almost $198 billion in 2023, the two sides have struggled to reach common ground on a trade deal. The negotiations began in 2007, before being suspended in 2013 and then revived in 2022. Clearly, the trade wars set off by Trump’s tariff threats and unilateral decisions were a trigger for India and the EU setting a deadline for the first time for their proposed FTA. As negotiators begin the tenth round of talks since the resumption of discussions in 2022, it is clear they have an onerous task on their hands. Read more. | | | Infographic of the Day  (Click to expand) |  Andaz Apna Apna | Photo of the Day Tibetan community protests in Delhi  Tibetan community members protest to mark the 66th Tibetan Uprising Day, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo credit: ANI) | HT THIS DAY: March 11, 1967 India, Burma to demarcate border Though not formally demarcated so far, the traditional boundary is recognised by both sides to be the watershed between the rivers Brahmaputra and Irrawady till it meets the Himalayan ranges in north Read more. | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | | 
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