Canopy collapse at
Delhi airport leaves one dead
One person died and six others was injured when a canopy of
Delhi airport’s terminal 1 fell over .A
Hundreds of flights that were scheduled for Terminal 1 were cancelled .
Ministry of Civil Aviation has assigned a team to conduct a
thorough investigation of the case .
Police has registered a case of criminal negligence .
The Delhi International Airport Limited ( DIAL ) is a joint
venture led by GMR group , The Airport Authority of India and Frafort Airport
Frankfurt Airport Services .
Soren gets bail : HC
says ‘ not guilty of offence as alleged ‘
The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to former CM
of Jharkhand , Hemant Soren ..
In the court order Justice Ranjan Mukhopadhyay said , “
there is reason. to believe that petitioner is not guilty of the offence as alleged . “ , this satisfying the
condition under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act .
The timing of Mr
Soren’,s release is crucial as the state heads for elections this November.
Core sector growth
slowed down to 6.3% in May
India slams ‘ deeply
biased ‘ U.S. report on religious freedom
India on Friday slammed the US state’s department report on
International Religious Freedom as “deeply biased “ and reflects “ one sided
projection of the issues . “
During the weekly press briefing , External Affairs Ministry
spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the report questioned “ certain “ legal
judgements.
“ The exercise itself is a mix of imputations , miserable
presentation , selective usage of facts
, relience on biased sources and a one sided projection of the issue . This
extends eve to the depiction of laws and constitutional provisions in India .
It has selectively picked the incidences in advance , a preconceived narrative
as well ,” Mr Jaiswal said .
US Home department report on religious freedom dedicated 69
pages to the state of religious freedom
to India .
“ In India we see concerning increase in anti conversion
laws , hate speech , demolition of homes and places of worship for members of
minority faith communities . At the same time people also are working hard to
protect religious freedom . “ the report said .
India achieved ‘
outstanding outcome ‘ in FATF evaluation
India has achieved outstanding outcome in the mutual
evaluation conducted during 2023 -24 Financial Action Task Force ( FATF ) .
The Mutual evaluation report of India which has been adopted
at the FATF , plenary held in Singapore between June 26 to June 28 has put
India in the list of “ regular follow up “ category. A distinction shared by
only four other G20 countries .
The statement of FATF , says that India has reached a high
level of technical compliance with its requirement. The country’s Anti Money
Laundering (AML ) , countering the finance of terrorism ( CFT ) and counter Pro
filtration financing regime was
achieving good results , including international cooperation , access to basic
and beneficial ownership information and depriving criminals of their assets .
FATF works to counter illegal money , terror financing ,
Black money etc .
Screen all pregnant
women for gestational diabetes with point of care test , says experts
Researchers from India , London and Africa have proposed
that a Oral Glucose Tolerance test ( OGTT ) used to determine the pregnancy of
women has developed gestational diabetes be replaced by HbA1C test . The HbA1C
test can also be used at the point of care .
The proposal is significant for India .
More than 90 % of gestational diabetes occur in low and
middle income countries .
OGTT is a concentrated 75g oral solution at fasting , and
then wait two to three hours and then testing is done .
Hb1Ac testing kit tests pregnancy with a drop of blood . This
can be used as a point of care testing kit , where the test can be conducted even at home .
Have full faith in
government , Manipur figures in NDA’s hundred day plan
The Union government has started having “ positive
discussion “ on Manipur and it is a “ great achievement “ that the resolution
of the crisis is part of the 100 day plan of the newly formed NDA government ,
said Manipur CM N Biren Singh .
Biren Singh said that he was confident that the center will
not succumb to the demand that threaten territorial integrity of Manipur .
Recently Kuki Zo group had held a massive protest demanding
a separate state for themselves , calling this to be the only solution to end
current strife .
52 day Amarnath Yatra
begins today , security tightened in Kashmir valley
Amarnath Yatra started on Friday , Delhi LG Manoj Sinha
flagged off the first batch of 4603 pilgrims from the Yatri Niwas at Bhagwati
Nagar in Jammu .
This year , the Amarnath Yatra will be held for 52 days
. Trekking for Amarnath starts from
Pahalgam and Sonmarg .
World
Biden , Trump clash
in presidential debate
US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump faced each other in
the first live presidential debate .
The two accused each other , made personal allegations .
Donald Trump accuses Biden of failure on economy , war over
Ukraine. ,failure over world stage , border and immigration issues .
Mr Joe Biden accused
Trump of having several charges of corruption against him.
Russia warns of ‘
response ‘ against US drones over Black Sea .
Russia’s Defense Minister ordered officials to prepare a
“ response “ to US drone flights over
the Black sea .
The Russian Defense ministry noted a recent “ increased
intensity “ of US drones over the Black sea . Saying that they “ conduct
“ intelligence .
“ It shows an increased involvement of the US and other NATO
countries in the conflict in Ukraine on the sides of the Kyiv regime .”
The ministry said ,” NATO members will bear responsibility
for that.”
US Supreme Court order
curbs power of federal agencies
In a major judgement, the US Supreme Court struck down 40
years of legal precedent on Friday , curbing the power of Federal agencies to
regulate critical issues affecting
Americans daily lives , from air quality to drug safety and more .
In a 6-3 vote ,
judges overruled the landmark 1984 ruling in Chevron vs Natural defence council , which said that judges should
defer to government experts in determining a “ reasonable “ interpretation of
law if the language is ambiguous .
The judgement will give more power to the judge to give
judgement and pass orders regarding critical issues . Judges has not have to
depend on government experts more often .
Make world governance
more effective and balanced : Xi
On the 70 th anniversary of “ five principles of peaceful
coexistence “ , Chinese President Xi Jinping
called on the Global South to actively participate in reforming and
developing the global governance and make it more balanced and effective .
He said that China’s path was of peaceful development and
not of using hegemony and plunder , he
said this in a veiled attack on the West .
Mr Xi praised the
five principles for peaceful coexistence .
The “ five principles of peaceful coexistence “ was a
Chinese foreign policy initiative first
mentioned in Indo Chinese relations in 1954 .
The five principles are : Mutual respect , Mutual non
aggression, Mutual non interference in internal affairs , equality and
cooperation and peaceful coexistence .
It was later used by China in relation with Myanmar . It was
the principle of the formation of NAM .
Editorial
A fresh start
The GST council must not lose sight for broader reform
The GST council was convened last week first time in nine
months .
Some major decisions taken was to keep hostel accommodation
upto ₹20,000 and railway services out of GST .
Decision was taken to use biometric based Aadhaar
authentication for all GST Registration in a phased manner .
Simplifying the GST regime is one of the key issues to talk
.
Debt trap
Kenya must find ways to service it’s debt without
punishing it’s people
The editorial
is about recent violence in Kenya over the government’s decision to increase
taxes .
Kenya is facing an economic
crisis . The government secured around 1 billion dollars of lending from
the IMF . One of the IMF’s conditions was to increase taxes .
This led to massive protests across the country . Several
people entered the Assembly building that led to police firing and the death of
about 23 people .
President Ruto has now aborted the decision of tax increase
.
The editorial says Multinational and bilateral lenders
should help debt-laden counties come out of any debt trap without exerting
extra burden like tax increase .
