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  | Days after getting bail in the kidnapping case of a 17-year-old girl, a man allegedly kidnapped the teenager again a...
10/09/2024

| Days after getting bail in the kidnapping case of a 17-year-old girl, a man allegedly kidnapped the teenager again and repeatedly r...ped her.

- The accused Veer Nath Pandey, originally from Bhojpur district in Bihar, had previously been jailed for kidnapping the same girl.

- After being released on bail, Pandey allegedly kidnapped the teenager again on August 5, 2024, and r...ped her.

- Inspector Kumar said the victim's medical examination confirmed the r**e.

  | The GST Council has cut the GST rate on cancer drugs from 12% to 5%, aiming to make cancer treatment more affordable...
10/09/2024

| The GST Council has cut the GST rate on cancer drugs from 12% to 5%, aiming to make cancer treatment more affordable. The tax on helicopter services for pilgrims and tourists has also been reduced from 18% to 5%.

- The Council is considering reducing the GST on life and health insurance premiums, currently at 18%, which could make insurance cheaper.

- However, no decision has been made yet on applying an 18% GST for transactions under ₹2,000 via payment aggregators.

- Additionally, the GST on Namkeen has been lowered from 18% to 12%, according to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

  | In a tragic incident from Chhapra, a 15-year-old boy named Golu Shah died after an unqualified person performed a ki...
09/09/2024

| In a tragic incident from Chhapra, a 15-year-old boy named Golu Shah died after an unqualified person performed a kidney stone surgery on him while following a YouTube video.

- The boy had been taken to a local nursing home with complaints of stomach pain and vomiting. His grandfather, Pralhad Prasad Shah, stated that they had only requested emergency medication.

- It has since been revealed that the man who performed the surgery was not a doctor, but a compounder working at another clinic.

- Both the compounder and the nursing home staff are currently absconding.

  | As many as 12 candidates died while completing the mandatory 10 km run, which is the initial stage of the Jharkhand ...
08/09/2024

| As many as 12 candidates died while completing the mandatory 10 km run, which is the initial stage of the Jharkhand Excise Constable Competitive Examination conducted by the Jharkhand Police, media reports said.

- Top officials said the deaths during this year's Jharkhand Excise Constable Competitive Examination recruitment drive were caused by several factors, including a change in assessment rules that required candidates to run 10 km instead of 1.6 km, the absence of fitness level evaluations, high humidity, and the decision to conduct physical tests before the written exam, according to an Indian Express report.

- The state government asserts that the tests were carried out in compliance with legal procedures. Meanwhile, the police state that "many candidates died from heart attacks, which can occur for a variety of reasons."



  | A 30-year-old man in eastern China, identified as A'bao, died from multiple organ failure following a grueling work ...
08/09/2024

| A 30-year-old man in eastern China, identified as A'bao, died from multiple organ failure following a grueling work schedule of 104 consecutive days with only one rest day.

- The Zhejiang province court ruled that the company was 20% responsible for his death and ordered compensation for his family.

- The cause of death was determined to be multiple organ failure due to a pneumococcal infection, often associated with a weakened immune system.



  | Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Group, recorded a 74% jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 49,000 crore in f...
08/09/2024

| Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Group, recorded a 74% jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 49,000 crore in fiscal 2023-24, according to the Mumbai-headquartered firm’s 106th annual report released on September 6.

- Out of the total profit, the portion attributable to shareholders stood at Rs 34,625 crore, more than double of Rs 16,847.79 crore posted in FY23.

- The company’s consolidated revenue surged 14.64 percent to Rs 4.76 lakh crore for the reported year, according to the report.

- Moreover, the group paid a dividend of Rs 35,000 based on the company’s performance, its highest ever, according to the annual report. In FY23, Rs 17,500 was provided as the dividend for the year.

- Significantly, the group’s combined market capitalisation at the end of FY24 stood at Rs 30.37 lakh crore, which was 47 percent higher than the Rs 20.71 lakh crore in the previous financial year.



  | In a significant development in the ongoing insolvency case of BYJU’S, Aakash Educational Services, a fully-owned su...
08/09/2024

| In a significant development in the ongoing insolvency case of BYJU’S, Aakash Educational Services, a fully-owned subsidiary of the beleaguered edtech giant, has filed a claim of Rs 1,400 crore (approximately $166 million) against the company.

- This claim is detailed in a document available on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) website, revealing that Byju’s owes Rs 1,404 crore to Aakash Educational Services, which is listed as an “unsecured financial creditor.”

- The Government of India’s claims include over Rs 157 crore from the Central Board Of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) and the Department of Revenue, while the Government of Karnataka has claimed over Rs 184 crore and Rs 506 crore from the Commercial Tax Department.



  | Musheer Khan played a knock for the ages in India B’s Duleep Trophy fixture against India A at the M Chinnaswamy Sta...
08/09/2024

| Musheer Khan played a knock for the ages in India B’s Duleep Trophy fixture against India A at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

- The 19-year-old scored a fine 181 in 373 deliveries to help his side get to a decent score in the first innings.

- Musheer's 181 was the third-highest score by a teenager on Duleep Trophy debut behind Baba Aparajith and Yash Dhull. Sachin scored 159 on his first match ever in the competition.



  | Two coaches of the Indore-Jabalpur Overnight Express derailed near Jabalpur Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh.  - Th...
07/09/2024

| Two coaches of the Indore-Jabalpur Overnight Express derailed near Jabalpur Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh.

- The train was en route from Indore and derailed about 150 metres from platform number six of Jabalpur station at around 5 am.

- No casualties or injuries have been reported, as the train was moving at minimal speed at the time of the derailment.

This derailment follows a series of similar incidents in the recent past.

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  | An elderly man who was offering prayers was k.lled in a rocket-propelled bømb attack by Kuki insurgents in Manipur's...
07/09/2024

| An elderly man who was offering prayers was k.lled in a rocket-propelled bømb attack by Kuki insurgents in Manipur's Moirang town today, the police said. Five others including a 13-year-old girl were injured in the attack.

- The INA Museum is dedicated to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose; Moirang town is where the INA flag was first unfurled on April 14, 1944 on Indian territory.

- Sources said the INA Museum was the likely target of the rocket attack.

- The elderly man from the Meitei community, RK Rabei, 78, was offering prayers when shrapnel from the rocket hit his head, neighbours said. He d.ed on the spot, with blõód dripping on the floor near the prayer items such as leaves and fruit he had assembled.



  | Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, pleaded guilty to federal tax charges on Thursday, a surprise move th...
07/09/2024

| Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, pleaded guilty to federal tax charges on Thursday, a surprise move that avoids a potentially embarrassing trial weeks before the U.S. presidential election.

- Biden had been set to stand trial in a Los Angeles federal courthouse on criminal charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes while spending lavishly on drugs, s*x workers and luxury items

- Instead, he pleaded guilty to all nine counts he faced.

- Judge Mark Scarsi told Biden he faces up to 17 years in prison and up to $450,000 in penalties.

- In a statement after the hearing, Biden said he pleaded guilty to spare his family from having to sit through a trial that would have aired messy details from a period of his life where he was suffering from drug addiction. "For all I have put them through over the years, I can spare them this," he said. He added that he had paid back his taxes.



  | Bengaluru-based food aggregator Swiggy disclosed that a former junior employee had embezzled Rs 33 crore over a peri...
07/09/2024

| Bengaluru-based food aggregator Swiggy disclosed that a former junior employee had embezzled Rs 33 crore over a period of time, the company said in its annual report for the financial year 2023-24, as mentioned by Moneycontrol.

- The report states that IPO-bound Swiggy engaged an external team to probe the incident and has lodged a legal complaint against the ex-employee.

- Moneycontrol quoted the company as saying, "The group, during the current year, identified embezzlement of funds in one of the subsidiaries by a former junior employee amounting to Rs 326.76 million over the past periods."



  | An unemployed young man from Muzaffarnagar has become unwittingly involved in a massive GST fraud involving e-way bi...
06/09/2024

| An unemployed young man from Muzaffarnagar has become unwittingly involved in a massive GST fraud involving e-way billing transactions totaling approximately Rs 250 crore.

- The situation came to light when GST department officials visited his home to discuss fraudulent activities connected to his name.

- Ashwani Kumar, who lives in Barsu village under the Ratanpuri police station, recently received a job offer via WhatsApp.

- Eager for work, he sent the requested documents, including his home electricity bill and his father's Aadhaar card, and paid Rs 1,750 as part of the application process.

- Unfortunately, Ashwani never got the job he was promised. Instead, his personal information was used to establish a fake company and bank account.



  | The main accused, a 71-year-old former employee at France's power utility EDF, is facing trial along with 50 other m...
06/09/2024

| The main accused, a 71-year-old former employee at France's power utility EDF, is facing trial along with 50 other men in the southern city of Avignon.

- The men are charged with r..ing the woman, who, as per her lawyer, was so heavily dr.gged that she was not aware of the s.xual ab.se.

- The woman endured the r**es over 10 years and was not aware of the abuse as she was heavily sedated, Antoine Camus, one of her lawyers, told news agency AFP.

- The abüse began in 2011, when the couple was living near Paris, and went on till they shifted to Mazan two years later.

- The man used a now-inoperative site called coco.fr to hire strangers to s.xually assault his wife, chat logs discovered by the police revealed. The husband gave the woman powerful dr_g.

- He also told the men not to wake her up when they abused her during the night

- However, Dominique told police that the men were aware that his wife had been dr.gged without her knowledge. Only three men went without participating, while the others committed the a..ault.



  | While directing authorities concerned to revisit its order of denial of licence, the Allahabad high court has held t...
06/09/2024

| While directing authorities concerned to revisit its order of denial of licence, the Allahabad high court has held that poker (card games) and rummy are games of skill and not gambling.

- This order was passed in relation to an application made by the petitioner for granting permission to run a gaming unit wherein games such as poker and rummy would be played.

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  | Parents were forced to carry the bodies of their two children on their shoulders in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli distric...
06/09/2024

| Parents were forced to carry the bodies of their two children on their shoulders in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district after they d.ed from an unknown illness.

- They walked 15 kilometres carrying the bodies and the children died before reaching a health center.

- Efforts were made to arrange an ambulance, but the family declined. Authorities have confirmed the deaths but have yet to determine the exact cause.

- An investigation is underway, and a report has been requested.

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  | A woman was allegedly molested inside an ambulance in Lucknow while accompanying her husband to the hospital.- The a...
06/09/2024

| A woman was allegedly molested inside an ambulance in Lucknow while accompanying her husband to the hospital.

- The ambulance staff then threw her and her husband out, removing his oxygen support. Her husband later died during treatment at Gorakhpur Medical College.

- During interrogation, the accused helper identified the driver as Suraj Tiwari from Unnao, though he remains missing despite police raids.

- Before fleeing, Tiwari and the helper also stole ₹10,000, a mangalsutra, anklets, and important documents from the woman.

  | Namibia plans to cull over 700 wild animals to help feed nearly half of its population, facing a hunger crisis due t...
06/09/2024

| Namibia plans to cull over 700 wild animals to help feed nearly half of its population, facing a hunger crisis due to the worst drought in a century.

- The cull will include 83 elephants, 30 hippos, 60 buffaloes, 50 impalas, 100 blue wildebeest, 300 zebras, and 100 elands.

- Over 157 animals have already been culled in the African country, yielding about 63 tons of meat.

- Professional hunters will carry out the process, and the meat will be distributed to those most affected, especially in rural areas.

- The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism stated this aligns with their Constitution, which allows using natural resources to benefit Namibians.

  | A heinous case has surfaced in Udham Singh Nagar, where a 4-year-old girl was g...ng-r...ped by three schoolmates.- ...
05/09/2024

| A heinous case has surfaced in Udham Singh Nagar, where a 4-year-old girl was g...ng-r...ped by three schoolmates.

- The accused are students of the first, second, and fifth grades, aged 9, 11, and 14.

- The police have registered a case, taken the children into custody, and sent them to a Child Care centre.

  | The Netflix series “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack” has sparked controversy, but survivors Rakesh and Pooja Kataria, wh...
05/09/2024

| The Netflix series “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack” has sparked controversy, but survivors Rakesh and Pooja Kataria, who were on the hijacked flight, confirmed its accuracy.

- The couple, returning from their honeymoon in 1999, shared that the hijackers used Hindu codenames like "Bhola", "Burger", "Chief" and "Shankar" but were Muslim.

- Rakesh said, “What Netflix has shown is the truth,” while Pooja added that the series brought back painful memories.

- The makers of the IC814 series were accused of naming the terrorists as Hindus, but these were the codenames used during the hijacking, experts confirm.

  | Sunil Sangwan, who resigned from Bhondsi Jail Superintendent, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and will contest...
05/09/2024

| Sunil Sangwan, who resigned from Bhondsi Jail Superintendent, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and will contest the Haryana Assembly election from the Charkhi Dadri.

- While serving as Jail Superintendent, Sunil oversaw the release of r...pe and m...rder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim on parole or furlough six times.

- Sunil Sangwan is the son of former Haryana Minister Satpal Sangwan.

  | A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly r...ping his mother in an inebriated state in Bundi District. The incid...
05/09/2024

| A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly r...ping his mother in an inebriated state in Bundi District. The incident occurred on Friday (August 30).

- Police arrested the accused, who during the initial interrogation confessed his crime. He was produced before a court and was sent to jail.

- According to the police, the victim with her son had gone to her brother's house. When both were walking back, he r...ped his mother at an isolated place.

  | For a sweeper job in Haryana government offices, which pays ₹15,000 a month, over 6,000 postgraduates, nearly 40,000...
04/09/2024

| For a sweeper job in Haryana government offices, which pays ₹15,000 a month, over 6,000 postgraduates, nearly 40,000 graduates, and 1.2 lakh candidates with class 12 education have applied.

- Despite no fixed number of advertised positions, many educated candidates seek the job through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam Limited (HKRN).

  | At a BJP press conference in Mumbai, Narayan Rane responded to a question by saying, “I’m not a historian, but from ...
04/09/2024

| At a BJP press conference in Mumbai, Narayan Rane responded to a question by saying, “I’m not a historian, but from what I’ve learned from Babasaheb Purandare, Shivaji Maharaj looted Surat.”

- A day before, Fadnavis attacked Congress, stating, “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj never looted Surat,” and blamed former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for misrepresenting Shivaji in his book ‘The Discovery of India’.

- This debate over Shivaji Maharaja’s legacy has heated up in Maharashtra, especially after a statue of the Maratha warrior-king collapsed in Malvan, leading to a political war of words.

  | When Siyanand Mishra, a frail man, visited the local jail in Faridabad, he faced his son’s killer, Anil Kaushik. Kau...
04/09/2024

| When Siyanand Mishra, a frail man, visited the local jail in Faridabad, he faced his son’s killer, Anil Kaushik. Kaushik asked for forgiveness and touched his feet, Mishra says.

Kaushik said — “I thought your son was a Muslim. Now I regret killing a Brahmin.”

- Anil Kaushik, known as Faridabad's Monu Manesar (a notorious cow vigilante from Gurugram), along with four others, was arrested for the murder of 19-year-old A***n Mishra.

Mishra said he asked him — “Why kill a Muslim? Just over a cow? You could have shot at the wheel to stop or called the police. Why take the law into your own hands? He had no response.”

Shailendra Hindu, another accused, told the father — “This incident is a blot on us. It's the first time something like this has happened in a decade. It’s a sad truth that we killed our brother.”

This excerpt is from an interview by The Print. To read the full article, visit: The Print - Faridabad Gau Rakshak Regrets Killing a Brahmin, Says Victim’s Father.

  | The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday extended Asaram Bapu's parole by five more days.- Asaram, serving a life sentenc...
04/09/2024

| The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday extended Asaram Bapu's parole by five more days.

- Asaram, serving a life sentence in Jodhpur Central Jail for a r...pe conviction, was granted the extension to continue ayurveda treatment at Madhavbaug Hospital near Pune.

  | A yoga teacher in Chikkamagaluru District, Pradeep Ullal (54), was arrested after an NRI woman, who had been taking ...
03/09/2024

| A yoga teacher in Chikkamagaluru District, Pradeep Ullal (54), was arrested after an NRI woman, who had been taking online yoga classes with Ullal, alleged that he r...ped her, claiming they had a relationship in a previous life.

- In her complaint, the woman stated that her family is originally from Punjab and has been living in California since 2000. She was asked to visit Pradeep Ullal three times in 2021 and 2022, during which she alleges she was s...xually assaulted.

- The woman further said that she became pregnant and eventually had a miscarriage. Ullal runs the Kevala Foundation in Chikkamagaluru.

- A police officer stated that Ullal, who previously worked in Dubai, began teaching yoga there before returning to India.

- In 2010, he bought acres of land in Chikkamagaluru and started yoga classes. Many of his sessions were online. He also organized Himalayan trips and bird-watching events.

  | The 2024 placement season at IIT-Bombay ended with mixed results. The average salary package for graduates increased...
03/09/2024

| The 2024 placement season at IIT-Bombay ended with mixed results. The average salary package for graduates increased to ₹23.5 lakh per year, up 7.7% from last year.

- However, fewer students secured placements compared to 2023. A total of 558 job offers with salaries over ₹20 lakh per year were made and 78 of these were international positions.

- Additionally, 22 students received offers with packages exceeding ₹1 crore per year.

- The lowest salary offer dropped from ₹6 lakh to ₹4 lakh, with ten students accepting jobs in this lower range.

- This decline raises concerns about job prospects even for graduates from top institutions like IIT-Bombay.

  | A 19-year-old Class 12 student, A***n Mishra, was shot and killed by alleged Gau-rakshaks (Cow vigilantes) in Farida...
03/09/2024

| A 19-year-old Class 12 student, A***n Mishra, was shot and killed by alleged Gau-rakshaks (Cow vigilantes) in Faridabad on suspicion of cow smuggling.

- The attackers chased A***n's car for 25 kilometres before opening fire. A***n and his four friends including two girls were out to eat noodles when the incident occurred.

- Five people have been arrested. The attackers claimed they were acting on a tip about cattle smugglers in the area. A bullet struck A***n after they fired at the car.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙉𝙚𝙬 - 𝘼 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙:

- Last year, two Muslim men from Bharatpur (Rajasthan) were found dead in a burned car in Bhiwani (Haryana), torched by cow vigilantes led by Monu Manesar.

- Numerous videos show these armed vigilantes patrolling Haryana highways, harassing drivers on suspicion of cow smuggling.

- Incidents of firing are frequent, with new videos surfacing weekly. What’s alarming is their apparent evasion of police scrutiny.

- There were claims that Monu Manesar and his group had ties to state cow protection squads when they killed the two men.

  | Increasing imports of items like umbrellas, toys, fabrics, and musical instruments are severely affecting India’s MS...
02/09/2024

| Increasing imports of items like umbrellas, toys, fabrics, and musical instruments are severely affecting India’s MSMEs, as many of these products are also made locally.

- From January to June 2024, India exported goods worth only USD 8.5 billion, while imports hit USD 50.4 billion, leading to a trade deficit of USD 41.9 billion.

- Cheaper Chinese goods are making it hard for MSMEs to compete.

- China supplies a major share of India’s umbrellas, artificial flowers, ceramics, and musical instruments, hurting local artisans and the 'Make in India' initiative.

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