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Two police officers, claiming to be on behalf of an MLA of the YSR Congress Party, beat a Dalit man up and shaved his head. The incident took place inside a police station in the East Godavari district and has been labeled as the "return of Jungle Raj" by the opposition parties. The victim Vara Prasad, from Vedullapalli village has been admitted to a government hospital due to severe injuries.
The Supreme Court on March 1 refused to extend bail to 2,674 prisoners from Delhi who were released to decongest jails, following the COVID-19 outbreak. The apex court has ceded the convicts, 15 days to surrender before the jail authorities.… read-more
TAGS: Supreme Court, Apex Court, Prisoners, Covid- 19
Parliamentary channel Lok Sabha TV is set to merge with Rajya Sabha TV to become ‘Sansad TV'. Based on Surya Prakash Committee, the officials are finalising the integration of the technical and manpower resources of both channels. While house… read-more
TAGS: Lok Sabha TV, Rajya Sabhya Tv, Sansad Tv, India
US-based Freedom House has ranked India at 88 in the list of countries with most freedom, and downgraded India's freedom score from "free" to "partly free". The think tank stated that the curtailment in civil liberties in India has been… read-more
TAGS: Washington, Freedom House, India, Human Rights, kashmir, Modi Government
The 'TIME' magazine, for its March edition, has featured women leaders of the farmer protests in its cover story. Its cover displays a group of women protestors at Tikri border, and reads 'On the Frontlines of India's Farmer Protest'. Its article… read-more
TAGS: TIME magazine, Women, Farmers' Protest, Supreme Court
Cybersecurity company Recorded Future has hinted that 'RedEcho' - a China-linked organization - may have had a share in Mumbai's recent electricity blackout. It further revealed that RedEcho had 10 distinct Indian organizations, within power… read-more
TAGS: China, RedEcho, Recorded Future, Blackout, Mumbai, Cyber Attack
Sharjah-Lucknow Indigo flight made an emergency landing in Pakistan's Karachi on March 2 after a 67-year-old passenger Habib ur Rehman fell sick. Reportedly, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority had granted landing permission to the captain on… read-more
TAGS: IndiGo, IndiGo Airlines, Sharjah, Karachi, Pakistan , Lucknow, 6e1412, medical emergency