SC to list please to verify count in EVMs before polls
The Supreme Court on Wednesday has agreed to
hear a petition on Wednesday seeking a
directive from the election commission
to cross verify the vote count in all Electronic Voter Machines ( EVM ) , by
counting all the Votes Verification Paper Audit Trail Slips ( VVPAT ) .
Association Of Democratic Right ( ADR ) along
with several others had requested the Supreme Court for hearing .
Supreme Court
orally and said that it will hear the case week after next week .
Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail ( VVPAT )
is an independent system attached with EVMs . This helps voters to verify their
votes is castas intended .
EC earlier replying to this had said that
slips would pose great difficulty because of the amount of time it would take .
TN accuses center of delaying disaster relief fund
TamilNadu on Wednesday filed a suit in the Supreme Court accusing the Union govt
for treating the state in a “ step motherly
“ fashion by delaying the release of disaster relief funds of nearly
₹38,000 crore sought by Chief Minister
M.K Stalin to help in Cyclone Michaung and unprecedented floods .
The suit was filed under article 131 of the
Constitution .
A similar suit has been filed by Karnataka
govt for the release of drought fund under National Disaster Response Fund.
Three freed Rajiv Gandhi case convicts sent back to Sri Lanka
Three Srilankan Nationals convicted in the
former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case – Murugan alias Sriharan
, Robert Payas , and Jayakumar who were
prematurely freed from prison in 2022 ,by Supreme Court orders were deported to
Sri Lanka on Wednesday .
Seven persons were convicted for life term in
the Rajiv Gandhi Murder case . But in 2022 , Tamil Nadu Government recommended
remission of six of them on grounds that they already had been in jail for a
long time in their life .
India rejects report on abusive condition at Shrimp
hatcheries
Corporate Accountability Lab ( CAL ) a Chicago
based human rights group in its recent
report has cited “ dangerous and abusive “ working conditions in Shrimp hatcheries in India .
Ministry of Commerce has refute such
allegation as an attempt to malign Indian reputation in Shrimp export .
Shrimp
export by India
India is the world’s biggest supplier of
Shrimp .
In 2022-23 India’s seafood export stood at
8.09billion dollar of which Shrimp export accounted for 5.06 billion dollar .
It’s share in US market has increased from 21% to 40% in. a year by 2022-23 .
Andhra Pradesh alone accounts for 70 %
Shrimp production in India .
Shrimp is USA’s favorite seafood .
Three more bodies of
Naxalites recovered in Bijapur district
On Tuesday police has killed 10 Naxalites in
Bijapur district of Karnataka .
Three more bodies were discovered on Wednesday
.
World
Nine dead 1000 injured as 7.4 strong quake hits Taiwan
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday killed
nine people in Taiwan and more than 1,000 were injured .
The earthquake damaged dozens of buildings
,Tsunami warning was sent to Japan and Phillipines before being lifted .
The epicente of the earthquake was 18 km South
of Taiwan ‘s. Hulien city at a depth of 34.8 km . It was at 8:00 AM local time
( 0000 GMT ) .
A quake of 7.6 magnitude in September 1999 had
killed around. 2400 people .
Taiwan is at the junction of two tectonic
plates making it prone to earthquakes .
Ukraine’s new law lowers conscription age to 25 in a bid
to replenish troops
Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military
conscription age from 27 to 25 . In an effort to replenish its depleted ranks
after war with Russia .
Earlier Zelensky has called for mobilization
of more than five lakh troops . Lowering the age seems to be in direction of
that .
Science
India
among countries mulling telescopes on , around the moon
Astranaumers are looking to put forward to
opening a new window on the universe , by posting high resolution telescope in
the moon and orbit around it .
There are numerous proposals to do it ,
including one from India known as PRATUSH .
The telescope is being built by Raman Research
Institute ( RRI ) in collaboration with ISRO .
A similar project is being launched by NASA
and ESA to.be launched by 2030 .
China is expected to launch its first moon
orbiting telescope by 2026 .
