Today’s Top News Headlines and Latest News at 10:30 am on 17 August 2023

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In top national news: Blaming faulty structural design, indiscriminate construction work and “migrant architects” for the destruction faced by his state this week, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu hinted at tougher building rules in the future. The CM also said the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) should go for more tunnelling instead of widening the roads, and its engineers need to cut the mountains more scientifically. At least 70 people have died and more than 1,000 homes damaged in landslides and flash floods following heavy downpours in the state. In other news: Railway Protection Force Constable Chetansinh...