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Keir Starmer has become Britain's prime minister after his Labour Party  bagged a landslide majority on Friday in the parliamentary elections and dealt a bruising defeat for incumbent premier Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party. "We did it, you campaigned for it, you fought for it, you voted for it and now it has arrived, change begins now," said Starmer, after Labour crossed the halfway mark of 650 constituencies to clinch the minimum 326 required for a majority in Parliament.

The central government has told the Supreme Court that  scrapping the entire May 5 NEET-UG entrance examination won't be rational in the absence of proof of large-scale breach of confidentiality. In its affidavit submitted in response to a batch of petitions filed by candidates, coaching institutes and parents of the NEET-UG aspirants, the Union Ministry of Education said the government has asked the CBI to conduct a comprehensive probe into the entire gamut of alleged irregularities. “It is also submitted that at the same time, in the absence of any proof of any large-scale breach of confidentiality in a pan-India examination, it would not be rational to scrap the entire examination and the results already declared,” the Centre said. It added that in any examination, there are competing rights that are created whereby the interests of a large number of students who have taken the examination without adopting any unfair means must not also be jeopardised.

Outgoing British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has resigned as Conservative Party leader after a crushing election defeat. Sunak stated he will resign as Tory leader, but not immediately and only when formal arrangements for a successor have taken place.

The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has announced the date for NEET-PG exam. A release from the agency stated that the agency has set August 11 as the date of examination. The examination will be conducted in two shifts.

A major fire broke out on Friday in a clothing store at Logix Mall in Noida. After receiving an emergency call,  firefighters responded quickly and began extinguishing the blaze.

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer, an ex-human rights lawyer and public prosecutor, will be the oldest person to become British prime minister in almost half a century. Britain's opposition Labour Party has won 326 seats in the parliamentary election, broadcaster ITV said, meaning it now holds a majority in the 650-seat strong House of Commons.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today met the family members of those who lost their lives in the stampede in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. Gandhi left from Delhi on Friday early morning by road for Hathras and was accompanied by state Congress chief Ajay Rai, state Congress in-charge Avinash Pande, party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate and other office bearers.

The senior Congress leader landed in Pilakhna village in Aligarh around 7.15 am after he left by road from Delhi. Later, Gandhi is scheduled to meet families of the stampede victims in Hathras's Vibhav Nagar area.

According to police, of the 121 people who died due to the stampede on July 2, 17 were from Aligarh and 19 were from Hathras. "Rahul ji left for Hathras from Delhi at around 5.10 am (on Friday)," Rai told PTI. Elaborating the senior Congress MP's schedule for the day, Rai said, "Rahul Gandhi will make a condolence visit to the family of the victims of the Hathras tragedy at Pilakhna in Aligarh. Later, he will meet the families of the victims at Green Park and Vibhav Nagar near Navipur Khurd in Hathras." Rai had on Thursday told PTI that Gandhi will meet the family members of the victims of the Hathras stampede tragedy, which claimed the lives of 121 people at a religious gathering.

Keir Starmer, the Labour Party leader on track to be the UK's new prime minister, on Friday thanked voters and said the people of the country are "ready for change" and to "end the politics of performance".

Starmer, 61, in his victory speech after winning from Holborn and St Pancras, said whether people voted for him or not, "I'll serve every person in this constituency."