Morning Digest: April 24, 2023

Morning Digest: April 24, 2023

‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh being brought to Dibrugarh Central Jail following his arrest from Punjab’s Moga, in Dibrugarh. | Photo Credit: PTI Amritpal shifted to Assam on Centre’s directive, to be in solitary confinement The Punjab government has decided to shift pro-Khalistan propagator Amritpal Singh to a jail in Assam, more than 2,600 km away […]

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Morning Digest: October 8, 2022

Morning Digest: October 8, 2022

Varna and caste system should be discarded, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said the concepts like  varna and  jaati [caste] should be completely discarded. Speaking at a book release function in Nagpur, he said the caste system has no relevance now. India objects to recent visit of U.S. Ambassador to PoK […]

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Morning Digest: October 7, 2022

Morning Digest: October 7, 2022

Cough syrups exported only to Gambia, says preliminary report The preliminary enquiry of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has said Maiden Pharmaceutical’s four cough syrups which are suspected to have caused the death of children in the Gambia, according to a warning issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO), were manufactured and exported only to […]

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Morning Digest: October 6, 2022

Morning Digest: October 6, 2022

Pitch on cost of poll promises not linked to freebie debate: Election Commission official The Election Commission of India’s (EC) proposal that political parties disclose the financial ramifications of promises in their manifestos was not linked to the recent debate on freebies, but was aimed at improving the implementation of existing guidelines, a top EC official said […]

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Morning Digest: October 5, 2022

Morning Digest: October 5, 2022

Modi, Zelenskyy discuss Ukraine conflict; PM says there can be ‘no military solution’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and asserted that there can be no military solution to the Ukraine conflict, while also underlining that endangerment of nuclear facilities could have catastrophic consequences. Another encounter erupts in Shopian An encounter broke […]

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Morning Digest: October 4, 2022

Morning Digest: October 4, 2022

AFSPA retained in parts of Assam, Arunachal, Nagaland, and Manipur for another six months The uncertainty around the culmination of the Naga peace process is one of the reasons that led to the Armed Forces (Special) Powers Act (AFSPA) being retained in some parts of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh for another six months, according to […]

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Morning Digest: October 3, 2022

Morning Digest: October 3, 2022

Brazil presidential race goes to Lula-Bolsonaro runoff Brazil’s top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff vote after neither got enough support to win outright Sunday in an election to decide if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office. Poverty, unemployment […]

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