Friday, April 5, 2024

ENHANCED NEWS DIGEST dated 05 April 2024, Friday

INDIA (National Affairs)

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: Work, wealth and welfare- theme of manifesto, says Chidambaram
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: Congress party might give reinstatement of OPS scheme a miss and will likely put forth repeal of PMLA, CAA, among others.

EC notice to AAP MLA Atishi over statement that she was approached to join BJP
Delhi News Today Live Updates: Sanjay Singh vowed to expose not just minor figures within the BJP, but also high-ranking officials.

NCERT drops 3 Babri demolition references, revises Ayodhya dispute section in Class XII political science book
The official reason for this latest exercise was to reduce the curriculum load further, and to help students recover from learning disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

‘People of Amethi expect me to represent them’: Robert Vadra
Congress has not yet named its candidates for Amethi and Rae Bareli seats in Uttar Pradesh, where it is contesting the Lok Sabha polls in alliance with the Samajwadi Party.

BJP slams Surjewala over remarks against Hema Malini, NCW writes to poll panel
BJP IT department head Amit Malviya had shared an undated video, accusing Surjewala of making "vile, sexist" remarks against Hema Malini. In the video, Surjewala was seen purportedly making some objectionable remarks about the actor-politician while attacking the ruling BJP.

ED driven by legal mandate, evidence, not shifting sands of politics: Official in response to Express report
The official was responding to the report ‘Since 2014, 25 Opposition leaders facing corruption probe crossed over to BJP, 23 of them got reprieve’, published in The Indian Express Wednesday.

Indians will work on residential projects in safe zones: Israel
1,500 already selected from UP, Haryana, as many to be picked from Telangana, Maharashtra next

INDIA (Community Affairs)

How dubious YouTube ‘news’ channels are shaping India’s election
In YouTube’s largest market, self-proclaimed news channels are booming, gaining millions of viewers peddling falsehoods aimed at helping Prime Minister Modi’s campaign.

Now, BJP eyes twin goals by stepping up Muslim outreach

With a Muslim face against Rajnath in Lko, has BSP upped the odds for SP’s Ravidas?

LS Elections 2024: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's vote appeal to Muslim community in PM Modi's rally

FOREIGN

Judge Rejects Trump Dismissal Effort in Classified Documents Case
Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that the former president cannot escape prosecution by arguing that the Presidential Records Act allowed him to claim secret government material as his own property.

MUSLIM WORLD

Israel to briefly open Gaza aid route

ECONOMIC / BUSINESS / FINANCE

MPC holds rate at 6.5% to tame inflation, FY25 real GDP growth projected at 7%, CPI inflation at 4.5%
The committee has projected real GDP growth for FY25 at 7%

NEWS FROM RIGHT WING PUBLICATION

The Guardian’s ‘investigative article’ has glaring factual errors and picture of a ‘wrong’ terrorist, British publication makes corrections without admitting mistakes






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