News Snippets

  • Former Punjab Police DSP Jaspal Singh, facing life imprisonment for the abduction and murder of activist Jaswant Singh Kalra (on whose life the banned movie Sutluj is made), has gone absconding after he was released on bail in May 2023
  • The Supreme Court has ruled that failure to report child abuse is punishable under sections 19 and 21 (read conjointly). It sais a headmistress who failed to report a rape complaint to the police will face prosecution
  • Novo Nordisk has introduced Awiqli, the weekly insulin for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients dependant on daily shots
  • India and Australia boost defence ties and agree to fast-track talks on economic cooperation as PM Modi visits the country to hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Anthony Albanese
  • With monsoon changing gears, the entire country gets coverage and deficit was reduced to just 14%
  • Police searched the homes of the accused in the Ayodhya temple theft case and seized cash and valuables from the homes of three accused
  • Calcutta HC allows Mamata faction of TMC to use party bank accounts, says freeze order 'hurried'
  • 3 former TMC MPs - Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Barik join BJP, get the party ticket for Rajya Sabha by-polls from Bengal
  • Government announces customs duty waiver for Li-ion cell and induction coil and electronics parts in order to boost domestic battery manufacture
  • TCS bucks the tech trend: Q1 revenue rises 2.7% and company adds 9000 to workforce amidst layoffs in most other firms
  • Stocks recover somewhat on Thursday: Sensex gains 238 points and Nifty 80 points
  • U-23 Athletics Championships: India win gold in 4X400 mixed relay
  • FIFA World Cup: Mbappe scores once as France beat Morocco 2-0 to enter the semifinals
  • 4th T20 versus England: India continue their woeful display in this tour, score just 158 for 7 with Shreya Iyer top scoring with 80 not out. England win by 9 wickets. With this, India have lost the 5-match series 0-3 with the first match washed out
  • Calcutta HC says that the rate at which SIR appeals are being disposed, it will take 21 years to clear all such appeals
FIFA World Cup: France beat Morocco 2-0 to enter the semifinals /////// India lose the 4th T20 by 9 wickets and the series to England