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In today’s release: What the indictment against WFI President Brigg Buchan says; legal challenges to repeal J&K Section 370; Counting polls in Bengali panchayat today; What went wrong between Vedanta and Foxconn? and more
In the first conclusive indictment of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Charan Singh, the Delhi Police indictment states that based on the “investigation so far” of the complaints lodged by six top wrestlers, Singh was “subject to prosecution and punishment for the offences.” Sexual harassment, harassment and stalking.
The Indian Express reviewed the charge sheet and This is what we found.
Meanwhile, the same allegations were made by wrestlers during their dislocation before the censorship committee set up by the government in February. However, the Oversight Committee Not a single red flag was raised or recommending police action in its report to the Sports Ministry in April.
🚨 Great storyline
The petitions challenging the 2019 changes and the reconfiguration of the state into the union territories of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh are set to be heard by the Supreme Court today. in Submit an affidavit before the courtThe center said these changes “brought unprecedented development, progress, security and stability to the region, which was often missing during the old Article 370 regime.”
What changes were made in 2019, and what does a legal challenge to these changes mean for J&K? We explain.
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In In the wake of widespread violence in West Bengal polls, Governor of West Bengal biographer Ananda Bose told The Indian Express He will ensure that “all steps are taken” to control the situation. Votes are being counted today, stay tuned for live updates here.
the The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said that its ability to identify beneficial owners of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) still exists under the 2019 regulations. However, “actual investment components with economic interest may not be identified as BOs of an FPI. investors through several foreign investment institutions.” This, according to Sebi, has been identified as a “global challenge.”
The Supreme Court and several higher courts have confirmed concerns about the criminalization of teenage sex. However, the 22nd Legal Commission of India is not in favor of lowering the age of majority for minors, I learned Indian Express.
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Less than a year after it was announced, the partnership between Vedanta and Foxconn to build a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Gujarat has come to an abrupt end, with Foxconn announcing its decision to withdraw from the joint venture on Monday. We explain What went wrong in “The Chip Dream”?.
A report submitted by the state government to the Supreme Court on Monday revealed that two months of violence left 142 people dead in Manipur, with the bulk of the casualties recorded in the districts of Imphal West, Imphal East and Churachandpur. Find out more from the report here.
In our opinions section today is a human rights advocate and activist Albertina Almeida writes On Goa’s experience of family laws, “which are presented as uniform civil law”. “…the question will be whether the family laws of Goa are just and implemented in this way, especially for marginalized stakeholders in the family and society…Does the consolidated part of the family law contain any discriminatory provisions?”
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Last month, an IAS officer from Gujarat flagged “rotten” and “poor” state of education after inspecting schools in Chhota Udepur district. we visited one – Al-Jamali (Dollar) Elementary School. The school is among the participants in the state government’s Mission Schools of Excellence scheme. However, on the ground, the school faces many challenges – from absenteeism to the language barrier.
🤫 Find out why MP Sushmita Dev has been removed from the Trinamool Congress candidate list for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections for 6 seats from West Bengal, only in Delhi today Sri!
🎧 in The latest episode of the 3 Things podcastwe discuss torrential rains in northern India, the detention of 11 men for “disrespecting” the national anthem, and a case of communal violence.
till tomorrow,
Sonal Gupta and Arushi Bhaskar
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