Summary of The Hindu 01st MAY 2024

Come clean on timing of Kejriwal arrest : SC to ED

The hearing of the Arvind Kejriwal case continued on Tuesday . The  Supreme Court on Tuesday asked ED to justify the timing of  Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest just one week after the model Code of Conduct ( MCC ) ..

“ Life and Liberty is very important We cannot deny that . “ Justice Sanjiv Khanna observed.

Arvind Kejriwal side :– Arvind Kejriwal side is telling that the arrest of a leader just before the election is aimed to crush the opposition. Also that the basis of arrest was just a hearsay.

ED side –

ED has maintained that the arrest was based on material evidence against him .

SC slams IMA chief for remarks about court’s criticism

On Tuesday during the Patanjali case , the Supreme Court took Stern view on IMA over comments of its President R.V. Asokan ..

In the last hearing of April 23 , the Court had said IMA that it would look into the phenomenon of inflated bills , and doctors allegedly prescribing overpriced medicine in cahoot to the Pharmaceutical companies .

In an interview later the IMA President , MV Ashokan commenting on SC observation comments “ It does not behave the Supreme Court , to take a broadside against the Medical profession of the country which after all sacrificed so many lives for the CoVID war “ .

Taking a stern exception to the comments by IMA chief , Justice Hima Kohli asked the IMA lawyers  “ After all this , you do this ?  The IMF has not covered itself with glory … how can you decide , which way we ( SC ) should go “

In the contempt proceeding against Patanjali Ayurveda the Court “ appreciated “ the second round of unconditional apology published by Patanjali in  over. 300 newspapers .

SC raps Uttarakhand licensing body in Patanjali case

On Monday , Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority (SLA ) had annulled the licences of 14 Patanjali Products .

SC on Tuesday rapped Uttarakhand SLA for being in slumber and waking up only after SC chided .

“ This is something you should have done as a routine . So , if you want to you can move like lightning . Otherwise , you’re simply not “ justice Kohli asked .

The Court had given another 10 days to SLA to file a fresh affidavit .

Doctors aware of CoVID Vaccine rate side-effect

Recently Pharma company Astra Zeneca admitted in Supreme Court that it’s  CoVID 19 has the potential to cause Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome ( TTS ) , a rare side effect associated with blood clotting .

Doctors in India said that this was not the new information and they were “ well aware of the warning which has been available in India as an insert with vaccine since the time it was used for general public here “ .

They added that any adverse effect to the vaccine would have occurred within 21 days to a month of the  first dose .

AstraZeneca and Serum Institute had manufactured Covishield Vaccine for CoVID 19 .

10 naxalites killed in gunfight with forces in Chhattisgarh

Security forces have killed 10 naxalites in Abujhmad area in Bastar in Chhatisgarh .

Admiral Dinesh K Tripahth takes Charges as Navy Chief

World

Columbia locks down campus after anti war protests escalate

Protesters in Columbia University on Tuesday occupied one of its main campuses .

The Hamilton hall building was occupied by protesters .

Students are protesting in front of University making ‘ Gaza solidaritay encampment “ .

From Monday Columbia University has started suspending students who leave to ‘ Gaza Solidarity encampment .

Protesters are demanding that their schools break all ties with Israel .

Amid truce talks , Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘ with or without a deal ‘

Israeli Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Tuesday to launch an incursion in the southern Gaza city of Rafah .

Mr Netanyahu said that Israel would enter Rafah and destroy Hamas regardless of a truce or hostage exchange .

“ The idea that we will stop the war before achieving all its goal is out of the question “ ,

“ We will enter Rafah and eliminate Hamas’s battalion there – with or without a deal to achieve total victory there “ .

The current deal between Israel and Hamas would see release of hostages , in exchange of six weeks halt in fighting , Israeli and Egyptian media has said.

The deal is being brokered by US , Egypt and Qatar .

Mr Netanyahu claim came hours before ,US secretary

South Asia diaspora group starts mobilising for Biden

Hamas ,  Fatah held talks in Beijing : China

The representatives of Hamas and Fatah held an “ in depth and candid “ dialogue on Palestinian reconciliation inyfg AQp China , at an invitation of China , according to minsitry of Foreign Affairs in China .

“ The two sides fully expressed their political will of realising reconciliation through dialogue and consultations , had discussion on many specific issues , and made encouraging progress . “ a Chinese  foreign ministry spokesperson said on thursday .

He said that the two sides have also agreed to continue their dialogue to achieve Palestinian solidarity and Unity at earliest .

     Fatah and Hamas are the two main political parties in Gaza . They have seen violence conflict among them in past .. Currently Fatah rules West Bank and Hamas rules Gaza  .

Both forms a Palestinian territory .

There is suspicion of a conflict between the two parties  in case abseoarate Palestinian state is forms.

UN chief warns of ‘ independent ‘ probes into mass graves in Gaza

United Nations chief Antonio Guterrus has expressed concern over finding mass graves in Gaza , including in two hospitals in Gaza .

The allegations is that those burried were unlawfully killed .

He has also demanded an independent investigation into it .

The two hospitals in Gaza were one of the major conflict zones between Hamas and Israeli forces .

Currently International Criminal Court (ICC ) is looking at the case and the case of Israeli violence is Gaza .

Sources have said that ICC has taken interview of the Gaza hospital staffs .

ICC hears criminal cases agai

nst war crimes against humanity , genocide etc .

U.S. to make Marijuana use a less serious crime

Editorial

Poll time ,Prison time

Kejriwal’s continuing imprisonment,  casta a shadow on election campaign

Cometotition , v their differences responsibly .

The editorial is about recent visit of US secrtary of state Antony Blinken to China .

Mr Blinken said that he will make sure that competition among the two countries “  does not veer into conflict “ .

Mr. Blinken raised US concern over what he called “ China ‘s support to Russia’s defense industry “ and threatened action if “ Beijing does not address this problem “ .

     China slammed  “ hypocrisy and irresponsibility “ of the US which recently passed 61 billion dollar package to Ukraine . China said ther it has normal trade ties with Russia . China attacked the US over its policy in South China Sea . China urged US to look China,’s development in a positive light “ .

The editorial says that the two countries should adopt some mechanism that can prevent the competition amonng them turn ugly .

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