CBI takes over probe into doctor’s murder
Calcutta High court transferred the investigation of rape and murder of a doctor at R G Kar medical College at Kolkata to CBI .
The doctor was found murdered in the seminar hall of R G kar medical College on Friday .
Doctors had started a strike on Tuesday and had given Wednesday as a deadline to crack down on the case .
Calcutta police have made no significant gains in the case till now .
Transferring the case to CBI , Calcutta High court said that police have not made any significant progress ; it accepts the fear of petitioner over delay of probe , as five days have been lost and no headway was made by police .
The High court urged protesting doctors to call off their strike , saying protesting doctors have a pious obligation towards patients .
The post mortem report has revealed that the murdered doctor had bruises on different parts of body .
The report pointed to signs of sexual penetration , and referred to ‘ throttling ‘ and ‘ smothering ‘ as causes of death .
Issuance of certificates for birth and death registration hit by. glitch in CRS portal
The civil registration system ( CRS ) , the Union government’s centralised portal to register birth and death, has been facing glitches for the past four months .
The malfunction has led to inconvenience and delay in issuing birth and death certificates .
Under Registration of Birth and Deaths ( Amendment ) Act ,2023 all reported births and deaths in India from October 1 ,2023 should be registered through crsorgi.gov.in .
So far 23 states have shifted to this portal .
The digital date of birth certificate will be a single document to prove the date of birth for all purposes .
The centralised database will also update the National Population Register ( NPR ) . The NPR is the first step to creating the National Register of Citizenship( NRC ) as per citizenship act .
BJP MP Jagdambika Pal to head JPC on Waqf Bill
Jagdambika Pal , senior Lok Sabha member if BJP will head the Joint Parliamentary committee ( JPC ) to examine the contentious Waqf ( Amendment ) bill , 2024 .
The bill seeks to make changes in the regulation of the Waqf board . JPC formed has 32 members , 21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha .
Egg or sperm donor has no legal right on Child : Bombay HC
The Bombay High court on Tuesday held that merely donating egg or sperm does not give legal entitlement to the donor to claim that he or she is a biological parent of the child .
The case is that a younger sister had donated eggs voluntarily to her sister and her sister’s husband .
The petitioner, the younger sister, was claiming rights to the twin born .
The court denied such right , the court held that she can be a genetic mother , but not her biological mother . Court however granted her permission to visit children as they were still growing .
SC closes contempt proceedings against Ramdev ,Patanjali
The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed the contempt proceedings against Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev , Acharya Balkrishna and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd .
Patanjali was given contempt notice by court after defying its order of not publishing advertisements of certain products .
Patanjali had to later publish an apology to major dailies .
The court accepted a public apology .
“ Any apology tendered by any party in contempt proceedings must be unconditional and unqualified .” Justice Hima Kohli observed .
Kiren Rijij launch portal for Jiyo Parsi scheme
Union Minority Minister Kiran Rijiju on Tuesday launched the portal for the Jiyo Parsi scheme , a central sector scheme to arrest the population decline of the Parsi community .
The minister said the Parsi population is decreasing and this needs to be addressed .
The scheme provides financial assistance to Parsi couples for medical treatment under standard medical protocol and towards childhood care and to assistance to dependent elderly .
With no remedy for Hindenburg , SEBI looks the other way
According to SEBI officials , the importance given to the Hindenburg report is ‘ disproportionate ‘ and questioning the institutional integrity of SEBI is ‘ unfortunate ‘ .
They said that SEBI had built its credibility over the years and had a robust framework .
Hindenburg in its recent report has alleged that SEBI chairperson Madhavi Puri Buch was involved in the Adani foreign stocks and that was the reason to give clean chit to Adani .
Ms Buch had denied such allegations .
In Parliament opposition is demanding that the matter be reinvestigated .
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Murder case filed against Hasina : concerns rise after her party calls for Dhaka rally tomorrow
A murder case against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was filed by Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday .
The case was filed in the killing of a grocery shop owner on July 19 , during a protest demanding removal of reservation .
Leaders of Students against discrimination platform , which spearheaded mass protests against Ms Hasina , demanded the government file a case against Ms Hasina and her associates in the International crime tribunal for “ killing of students and civilians . “
Bangladesh National Party ( BNP ) has submitted a letter to the UN demanding investigation into mass killings during protests .
Awami League party has announced a gathering to observe National Mourning Day on August 15 ,marking the death anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , the father of Ms Hasina .
According to sources , Ms Hasina has instructed her party members to actively participate in the gathering on the day .
BNP and Students Against Discrimination have announced nationwide counter programmes on that day .
Interim government chief advisor , Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday visited Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka to consolidate support for minorities .
Bangladesh Army has given shelter to influential Awami league leaders
Bangladesh Army chief general Waqar U Zaman on Tuesday disclosed that they have given shelter to some influential people of the ousted Awami league government of extrajudicial killing against them .
This comes after the former law minister and a private investment advisor of Sheikh Hasina was arrested in Dhaka .
Many ministers of Sheikh Hasina government have left the country , many have gone into hiding .
Army chief replied in negative overpressure from any foreign government.
US denies involvement in Hasina’s ousting
The US has denied any involvement in the ouster of Sheikh Hasina .
Asked about allegations press secretary Karine Jean Pierre said : “ We have had. no involvement at all “
“ Any reports or rumours that the United States government was involved are simply false . “, she told reporters .
Ms Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wajed Joy had alleged that unidentified foreign forces had supported the protest .
UN report shows that war crime is on the rise in Myanmar
Editorial
Step down
For the sake of a fair investigation Madhavi Puri Buch must step down
The editorial is about allegations in a new report of Hindenburg on SEBI chairperson. Madhvi Puri Buch . The report alleges that Ms Buch had shares in Mauritius and Bermuda based accounts of companies headed by Vinod Adani , brother of Gautam Adani . These companies were used to inflate the price of Adani shares .
Ms Buch has denied the charges and said that her account and her family’s account are all open .
The editorial however says that a re-investigation is needed to find the truth .
There are some chances that she was involved and that’s why Adani groups were given clean chit . Though chances are less , she should step down and let investigating agencies do a fair investigation .
Single digit
India needs to broaden its sport base for success in the Olympics .
The Olympics ended on 11 th August . Next Olympics will be in Los Angeles in 2028.
In the medal tally ,the United States finished at top with 40 gold and 44 silver , China finished second with 40 gold and 27 silver . Japan ,Austria and France finished at third , fourth and fifth with 20 , 18 and 16 golds respectively .
Several new records were created .
For India. Manu Bhaler , Sharbjot Singh , Aman Sherawat , Neeraj Chopra and the Indian Hockey team won medals .
The case of Vinesh Phogat is still pending in the Arbitration Court .
Overall India might have expected to perform much better .
