LS erupts as Birla
reads resolution on emergency
Om Birla was chosen as Lok Sabha speaker for the second time
by voice vote . Pro tem speaker
Bhartruhari Mahtab announced his election as speaker . K Suresh of Congress was
pitted against him .
Generally the speaker is chosen by consensus between ruling
and opposition parties .
Soon after being elected as a speaker , Mr Birla reads out a
resolution on the 1975 emergency .
“ The emergency is a black spot in history . The aim of
these amendments , made by the Congress government was to bring all the power to one person , to
control the judiciary , and to destroy basic principles of the constitution .
By doing this , the rights of citizens were suppressed and
principles of democracy attacked .”
“ The then PM Indira Gandhi also talked about committed
bureaucracy and committed judiciary , which is an example of her anti
democratic attitude , “ Mr Birla said while reading the resolution .
A minute of silence was also observed in the memory of
victims of the emergency .
As CBI arrests him ,
Kejriwal withdraws petition from SC
The Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI ) formally
arrested Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in an excise policy case on Wednesday . CBI
was granted three day custody by a Delhi Court .
Mr. Kejriwal withdrew his petition against Delhi High Court
stay on his bail from Supreme Court ( SC ). He promised a fresh plea.
AAP has called the arrest of Kejriwal by CBI akin to “
dictatorship” and called the condition
as “ emergency “ .
US criticise India in
report on religious freedom
The United Nations in a report published on Wednesday
criticised India over religious freedom .
The US secretary of state unveiling the report said about
India , “ In India we see a concerning increase in anti conversion law , hate
speech demolition of homes and places of worship and members of minority faith
communities . “ .
He said that the United States was facing its own sharp
increase in both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in connection to the Gaza war .
India looking at ‘
potential ‘ institutional reform amid Pannun issue : U.S. official
India is looking at
“potential “ institutional reform at the backdrop of the Pannun issue ,
and alleged assassination attempt .
US Deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell said while
chairing a virtual meeting on the second US India initiative on critical and
emerging technology ( iCET ) dialogue .
He further added that US seeks “ accountability “ from the
Indian side on the Pannun issue and has “ consistently “ asked for updates on
the committee probing the matter , says Deputy secretary Kurt Campbell .
He said that both countries are looking to develop deeper
technology ties .
World
Assagne returns home
to Australia , a free man
Julian Assagne returned to his homeland to Airstaliba after pleading guilty to obtain a US court
order in a deal with the US Justice department.
Assagne was sentenced
for five years of jail by the court ,
he has already spent five year in British Jail . So , he is now a free man .Mr Assagne was
accompanied by Australian ambassador to US Kevin Rudd and UK high commissioner
, Stephen smith both of whom played a key role in negotiating his freedom .
Kenya President puts
off signing a controversial bill
Kenya’s President said on Wednesday , he will not sign into
law a finance bill proposing new taxes that led to widespread protest and
violence .
At least 22 people were killed when police fired on the crowd
entering the Assembly house .
The government wanted to raise funds to pay off debts , but
Kenyan said that the bill would have caused more economic pain as millions
struggle to get by .
NATO names Dutch PM
Mark Rutte as next Chief
NATO’s 32 nations on Wednesday appointed outgoing Dutch
PM Mark Rutte as the alliance’s next
head .
Mr Rutte will take over from secretary general Jens
Stolenberg on October 1 .
Mr Rutte said that it was “ tremendous honour “ to take over
from Stoltenberg .
“ Leading this organisation is a responsibility , I do not
take lightly “ , he wrote online .
Sri Lanka seals deal
with OCC to restructure debt
Sri Lanka on Wednesday sealed a deal with members of OCC
(Official Creditors Committee ) , to restructure deals owed to its bilateral
lenders , including India .
Sri Lanka has signed a debt restructuring for 5.8 billion
dollar debt with OCC .
India has given about 4 billion dollar debt to Sri Lanka .
China is the biggest creditor to Sri Lanka .
Sri Lanka has signed a separate debt restructuring agreement
with China .
The OCC is a platform of 17 countries comprising India and
members of Paris club such as Japan.
Editorial
Ending defections
Engineering defections goes against the spirit of people’s
mandate
The editorial is about defection of BRS MLA M Sanjay Kumar to Congress .
This has brought down the strength of BRS from 39 to 33 .
the 119 member Telangana assembly has 64 Congress and 39 BRS
MLAs.
After defection BRS cmhas come down to 33 .
According to Anti defection law under 10 th schedule , the
MLAs can be disqualified . But the power to disqualify the MLAs is vested with
Speaker . Also there is no time limit to implement anti defection . This has
made anti defection being misused and not effective at times .
Time has come to amend anti defection law , and give the
authority to implement it to independent bodies like the Election Commission .
Science
‘Multi Omics is
transforming how India is transforming and treating cancers
Under the Genome India project , In January , the ministry
of Biotechnology said it had completed sequencing 10,000 genomes from 99 ethnic
groups .
This will help design
disease specific ‘ genetic chips ‘ for low cost diagnostic and research
.
This will help in treatment of many diseases including TB ,
Cancers and Antimicrobial Resistance .
India has also launched Paediatric Rare Genetic Disorder (
PRaGeD ) , which despite rarity , has become a major public health concern .
The ‘ genome India ‘ data will help in curing these diseases
.
Multi Omics is using big data , AI for treatment
in Biology . The treatment given
above comes under multi omics .
