Monday, May 6, 2024

ENHANCED NEWS DIGEST dated 06 May 2024, Monday

 INDIA (National Affairs)

Identities out after Prajwal Revanna clips, many women leave home amid fear, stigma
Hassan is the bastion of JD(S) chief and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda. Prajwal, Deve Gowda's grandson, is the sitting MP from Hassan, and is seeking re-election.

Lok Sabha polls: In Bihar, inflation, jobs are top issues but don’t cross caste lines
Incidentally, for all the political energy being lost on the issues of inheritance tax and reservation, people here are barely even talking about them.

Canada claims 3 held for Nijjar killing are Indian nationals, Delhi waits for details
Karan Brar (22), Kamalpreet Singh (22) and Karanpreet Singh (28), all Indian nationals residing in Edmonton, have been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Courts should not act as ‘mere tape recorders’, says SC; flags role of public prosecutors
The apex court said while making appointments, like for the post of public prosecutor, the only consideration for the government should be the merit of the person.

Many nations now seeking friendship with India: Jaishankar
Jaishankar outlined India's ability to engage with a diverse array of nations, including the US, Europe, Russia, African nations, Israel, Gulf countries, and Arab nations.

INDIA (Community Affairs)

Muslim community understands Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns, says PM Modi
PM Modi said that the poor and those belonging to the SC, ST and OBC communities have also come to the BJP.

No Muslim candidate by Congress either, BSP only national party to field one in Gujarat
Bharuch was one seat from where Cong would field a Muslim candidate. This time ally AAP is contesting from there. The only Muslim MLA in the state Assembly, Cong's Imran Khedewala, says it is a wise move

It is high time Muslims learnt from Rajputs: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi
In the last five years the whole world, including India, was hit by the two waves of Covid-19.

BJP’s ally Chandra Babu Naidu backs Muslim reservation amid political stir
NDA in Andhra Pradesh, which includes BJP, TDP and Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party, had released a joint manifesto on April 30, showing consensus among the partners. However, it did not mention TDP assured reservation for Muslims.

ECONOMIC / BUSINESS / FINANCE

Paytm COO Bhavesh Gupta quits; company rejigs senior management

FOREIGN

Surfers found dead in Mexico well were shot in head

WOMEN related

44% of women who suffered cardiovascular disease were obese, finds PGIMER study
A recent study, says Dr Neelam Dahiya, Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, PGI, Chandigarh, shows 44 per cent of women who suffered cardiovascular disease were obese.

EDUCATION related

Bringing Education To Doorstep: ‘School On Wheels’ Initiative Launched For Manipur’s Students In Relief Camps

MUSLIM WORLD

Israeli forces pound Rafah as truce talks stall

NEWS FROM RIGHT WING PUBLICATION

‘Hoping that this pronoun illness doesn’t reach India’: Ola co-founder slams woke culture, speaks out about schools brainwashing kids
Bhavish Aggarwal raised alarm about multinational companies indoctrinating unsuspecting Indians with 'pronoun illness.'

EDITORIALS 

Student protests in the US: Campus and Camp
Agitations across US universities could have been an occasion for a deeper conversation. That armed police and maximalist slogans have taken over marks a failure.

Poll shadow over onions

OPED ARTICLES

Girish Kuber writes: Why Maharashtra worries the BJP
The number of visits made by the PM to the state indicate how little faith the national leadership has in the state-level leaders to navigate the many challenges before them, not least of which are their allies

Rafah: Past the point of no return
Israel’s mass slaughter in Rafah will not start with a ground invasion; it has already been taking place.

MEDIA DEBATE (Alternate Media)

2024 Elections- Can BJP get 272 seats? Why Use of Hindu Muslim binary? | PM MODI | ASHUTOSH

MEDIA DEBATE (Mainstream Media)

Ex WHO Chief Scientist, Top Doctors Answer AstraZeneca Vaccine Concerns








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