News Digest: 'Good laws, not enforced; bold political will needed'

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		Friday, May 12, 2023
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		India
		'Good laws, not enforced; bold political will needed' ED summons Maharashtra NCP chief in 2019 IL&FS case After killing, Kerala to tweak law for health workers' safety More India News»

		Science
		Sleep apnoea linked to deteriorating brain health Long Covid risk 46% higher for people in most deprived areas: Study First babies born in Britain using DNA from 3 people More Science News»

		Technology
		Elon Musk is asking users to be cautious about newly launched encrypted DMs on Twitter Since taking charge of Twitter, Elon Musk has made several alterations to how certain features operate on the microblogging platform. Recently it was reported that Elon Musk wants to bring encryption to Twitter DMs (Direct Messages). It appears that now the microblogging platform has released its first version. Disney+ lost four million subscribers ahead of third round of layoffs Earlier this year, in February, Disney made an announcement that it would lay off 7,000 employees as part of a larger reorganization and cost-saving effort. The entertainment conglomerate recently initiated its second round of layoffs, which will reportedly result in a total reduction of 4,000 jobs. Now the company is gearing up for the third round of layoffs. However, ahead of the job cuts the online streaming service Disney+ lost about four million subscribers in the second quarter which ended on April 1. Explained: What is PaLM 2, Google's newest AI language model Google's 2023 I/O keynote was all about AI. Do you know what's behind those AI features coming to Google products? It is Google's newest AI large language model -- PaLM 2 -- which the company explains as "a state-of-the-art language model with improved multilingual, reasoning and coding capabilities." But what exactly is PaLM 2? More Technology News»

		Business
		Wall Street edges lower following inflation data, drops for Disney, banks Wall Street suffered losses as US bank health concerns flared and media giant Disney posted losses. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, with two-thirds of stocks dropping, while the Nasdaq composite increased 0.2%. Disney’s shares fell 8.7% to cause the most substantial market weight, as analysts were surprised by its loss of streaming subscribers. In win for e--gaming companies, HC quashes Rs 21k crore GST notice Mutual fund assets hit new high even as SIPs slow More Business News»

		Sports
		IPL: Jaiswal, Chahal shine as Rajasthan Royals thrash Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets A record-breaking day for Rajasthan Royals on Thursday as they thrashed hosts Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets in their crucial Indian Premier League match to resurrect their play-offs hopes at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The Royals ended their three-match losing streak with the big win and jumped to third in the standings with 12 points from 12 games. Yashasvi Jaiswal smashes fastest IPL fifty ever Rajasthan Royals young batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal came out all guns blazing and made a mockery of Kolkata Knight Riders bowling as he created the record of smashing the fastest fifty ever in the IPL. Breaking Sachin's record will be an emotional moment for me: Kohli Former India captain Virat Kohli, who is just three shy away from equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most ODI centuries in the world, has admitted that breaking the Master Blaster's record of 49 ODI centuries would be an emotional moment for him. More Sports News»

		Education
		5 lakh register for CUET-PG with 195 institutions on board This year’s CUET-PG has received nearly 5 lakh applications, up from 3.75 lakh in 2022 with the number of participating universities increasing to 195 from 66 last year. The deadline for online applications will end on Thursday night. CUET-PG 2023 receives record 5 lakh applications Kerala HC allows conduct of vacation classes for students aged above 14 The Kerala High Court has stayed the state government's order prohibiting schools from conducting vacation classes during summer. The order allows schools to conduct classes for students aged above 14 during summer vacation with the consent of students and their guardians. The decision was welcomed by teachers, who feared that it would be difficult to complete curricula without the additional class time More Education News»

		Environment
		8-year-old climate change activist Aneeshwar Kunchala attends royal lunch, interacts with UK PM Rishi Sunak Canada's Alberta declares state of emergency over wildfires Intense debates needed to study increasing heatwaves, below normal monsoons, abnormally heating up of oceans More Environment News»

		World
		Pakistan SC declares Imran Khan's arrest 'illegal', orders his 'immediate release' In a major relief for Imran Khan, Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday declared the former prime minister's arrest "illegal" and ordered his immediate release after he was produced before a bench on its orders. The order to produce 70-year-old Khan was issued by a three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah. Two Indians on final list of Rs 2 crore global nursing award Electric vehicle maker Polestar cuts production guidance, jobs More World News»

		Environment
		8-year-old climate change activist Aneeshwar Kunchala attends royal lunch, interacts with UK PM Rishi Sunak Canada's Alberta declares state of emergency over wildfires Intense debates needed to study increasing heatwaves, below normal monsoons, abnormally heating up of oceans More Environment News»

		Hyderabad
		Texas mall shooting: Friends & family bid farewell to Aishwarya Thatikonda, leaders console kin The grieving family of Aishwarya Thatikonda performed her funeral in Nagole on Thursday. Toxic algal blooms in Hyderabad's Hussainsagar with sewage, industrial waste inflow With the formation of algae across various corners of Hussainsagar lake, sanitation workers have begun spraying chemicals to clear them across the water body. Plant a sapling, make Green India Challenge a big success, says Kapil Sharma Television comedy show presenter Kapil Sharma called upon people to plant saplings to keep everyone smiling forever. More Hyderabad News»

		Chandigarh
		Haryana govt relieves IAS Vijay Dahiya from all administrative posts The Haryana government on Thursday relieved the controversial state IAS Vijay Dahiya, who has been recently booked by the anti-corruption branch (ACB) of Haryana police, from all the administrative posts. #InternationalNursesDay: Nursing officer calls empathy leading quality of a nurse On International Nurses Day, which is celebrated on May 12, a nursing officer in a hospital in Mohali says that empathy, kindness and compassion are the important attributes for a professional in the caregiving industry Haryana CM inaugurates 46 health institutions, including 1 district civil hospital Taking his vision of ‘Swasth Haryana’ a step further, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday inaugurated 46 health institutions in 17 districts, including 275-bedded Mukand Lal District Civil Hospital at Yamunanagar during the state-level programme to be organized at Yamunanagar. More Chandigarh News»

		Ahmedabad
		Sattadhar flyover: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will not increase liability period It seems the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has not learned anything from the Hatkeshwar flyover debacle, as its standing committee on Thursday made a U-turn on its April 13 decision to increase the defect liability for the proposed Sattadhar flyover in Ghatlodia from three years to five years. Building collapses in Ahmedabad's Vejalpur, 8 rescued A three-storey residential building collapsed at around 9.30pm on Thursday, trapping eight people under it. Sizzling stats: Amdavadis dial 108 every 6 minutes The heat is playing havoc in Ahmedabad, and how! On Wednesday, EMRI 108 recorded 192 heat-related emergencies in the city. Excluding eight hours of the night, the services fielded 11 calls every hour at an average of one call every six minutes! More Ahmedabad News»

		Chennai
		Chennai may face extreme high/low temperatures The city is likely to face several extreme weather events including unseasonal rain in the coming years, say researchers from Anna University who have found high variations in this year’s maximum, minimum and the diurnal (the difference between maximum and minimum temperature on the same day) in comparison to last decade’s average. Chennai Metro diversions send traffic down roads too small I t’s 6pm. It takes Suresh Subramanian between 45 minutes and one hour to drive from Ambattur to Koyambedu as the traffic is diverted via Anna Nagar Second Avenue due to metro rail work. He used to cover the stretch in 25 minutes. The reason: There are no traffic signals or personnel to guide vehicles and minimise congestion at the junction. Cloudy, sultry days to continue in Chennai as Cyclone Mocha stays in Bay of Bengal Cyclone Mocha, which originated over the Bay of Bengal on Thursday, currently lies parallel to the Tamil Nadu coast, causing cloudy conditions in the city. More Chennai News»

		Bangalore
		Karnataka high court quashes Rs 21,000 crore GST demand on gaming firm Gameskraft, founded in 2017 by former Grofers engineer Prithvi Singh, operates platforms RummyCulture and Gamezy. Woman, 69, dies on Air India flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru The woman had complained of uneasiness on the flight and is believed to have died of natural causes, the sources said. Karnataka polls: BJP, Congress reject exit polls, confident of winning majority CM Basavaraj Bommai said BJP will win comfortably and gave examples of how exit polls are way off the mark sometimes. More Bangalore News»

		Bangalore
		Karnataka high court quashes Rs 21,000 crore GST demand on gaming firm Gameskraft, founded in 2017 by former Grofers engineer Prithvi Singh, operates platforms RummyCulture and Gamezy. Woman, 69, dies on Air India flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru The woman had complained of uneasiness on the flight and is believed to have died of natural causes, the sources said. Karnataka polls: BJP, Congress reject exit polls, confident of winning majority CM Basavaraj Bommai said BJP will win comfortably and gave examples of how exit polls are way off the mark sometimes. More Bangalore News»

		Mumbai
		Nitish Kumar's 'unity tour' takes him to Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray in Maharashtra Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav have met NCP president Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray to discuss opposition unity at the national level. To mobilise anti-BJP parties, Kumar had recently met AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress politician Rahul Gandhi and New Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of AAP. Apex court observation on resignation of Uddhav Thackeray underscores historic blunder Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray's sudden resignation from the chief minister's post on July 29, 2022 has cost him the possibility of being reinstated. The Supreme Court has said it is not possible to restore status quo ante for the MVA as the former CM had chosen to quit and not face a floor test. 'Reasonable time for Speaker may be 3 months' In a landmark judgment in 2020, the apex court had said that while the Speaker has to decide disqualification petitions in 'a reasonable time', "What is reasonable will depend on the facts of each case, but absent exceptional circumstances for which there is good reason, a period of three months from the date on which the petition is filed is the outer limit within which disqualification petitions filed before the Speaker must be decided if the constitutional objective of disqualifying persons who have infarcted the Tenth Schedule is to be adhered to.'' More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		NDMC starts drive to install more bins in market areas New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has initiated a drive to install two steel bins of 100 litres capacity each for dumping dry and wet waste in busy markets and other commercial areas. Delhi govt has power over all services except police, land, public order: Supreme Court The AAP government scored a decisive victory over the Union government in its almost decade-old battle to control ‘services’, with the Supreme Court on Thursday ruling that the elected government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) had both executive and legislative jurisdiction over ‘services’, enabling it to decide bureaucrats’ postings and make them accountable to ministers. What next? Easier path for projects in the offing The Supreme Court order on Thursday has settled the constitutional position on who has the prerogative on services, a topic that had caused an intense turf battle between lieutenant governor VK Saxena and the elected Aam Aadmi Party government. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		NDMC starts drive to install more bins in market areas New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has initiated a drive to install two steel bins of 100 litres capacity each for dumping dry and wet waste in busy markets and other commercial areas. Delhi govt has power over all services except police, land, public order: Supreme Court The AAP government scored a decisive victory over the Union government in its almost decade-old battle to control ‘services’, with the Supreme Court on Thursday ruling that the elected government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) had both executive and legislative jurisdiction over ‘services’, enabling it to decide bureaucrats’ postings and make them accountable to ministers. What next? Easier path for projects in the offing The Supreme Court order on Thursday has settled the constitutional position on who has the prerogative on services, a topic that had caused an intense turf battle between lieutenant governor VK Saxena and the elected Aam Aadmi Party government. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		NDMC starts drive to install more bins in market areas New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has initiated a drive to install two steel bins of 100 litres capacity each for dumping dry and wet waste in busy markets and other commercial areas. Delhi govt has power over all services except police, land, public order: Supreme Court The AAP government scored a decisive victory over the Union government in its almost decade-old battle to control ‘services’, with the Supreme Court on Thursday ruling that the elected government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) had both executive and legislative jurisdiction over ‘services’, enabling it to decide bureaucrats’ postings and make them accountable to ministers. What next? Easier path for projects in the offing The Supreme Court order on Thursday has settled the constitutional position on who has the prerogative on services, a topic that had caused an intense turf battle between lieutenant governor VK Saxena and the elected Aam Aadmi Party government. More Delhi News»

		Allahabad
		Education officers interact with UP govt school students The ambitious campaign of UP Secondary Education Board—’Naye Satra mein Naya Savera’—started on Wednesday. 141 education officers participated in the morning prayer meeting of 246 schools in 43 districts of the state at the same time. Niranjan bridge closure affecting business of traders, posing problems for commuters in Prayagraj The closure of both ways of road under bridge no 38 (Niranjan bridge) from Johnstonganj crossing towards Niranjan cinema has left over 100 traders in a fix. With district traffic police authorities placing barricading at Johnstonganj crossing and blocking traffic movement towards Niranjan bridge following the construction work at Niranjan bridge, traders asserted their business has been adversely affected in absence of customers. 'Letter claiming CBSE results on May 11 fake' Lakhs of students and their parents, who are eagerly awaiting the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) classes 10 and 12 results, were taken for a ride on Wednesday when a letter was shared on several WhatsApp groups stating that the results would be declared on May 11. More Allahabad News»

		Bhopal
		Couple locks 9-year-old girl to steal Rs 6 lakh cash & jewellery in Bhopal In a major theft case reported in high security 45-Bungalows in TT Nagar in broad daylight on Wednesday, a couple targeted a doctor's home and locked his 9-year-old daughter in a room. The accused stole Rs 1 lakh cash and jewellery worth more than Rs 5 lakh. Hottest day of the season as temperature inches close to 42°C in Bhopal The day temperature in Bhopal was close to 42 degrees mark while in the state the day temperature was near the 45 degrees mark. Thursday was the hottest day of the season for the city as well as for the state. The rise in the temperature was set to continue for the coming days. Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik seeks MP wrestlers' support in fight against Brij Bhushan On the 18th day of their protest at Jantar Mantar against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh, Olympic medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik sought help from wrestlers in Madhya Pradesh. More Bhopal News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Bhubaneswar: Axe hangs over Govt Girls' High School in Unit-9 area After closing down Government Boys' High School in Unit-2 in the city, the school and mass education department is also planning to close down the Government Girls' High School in Unit-9. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to meet PM Narendra Modi in Delhi today Chief minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi around 4.30pm in New Delhi on Thursday, official sources said. 'Use solar fences to curb jumbo deaths' More Bhubaneswar News»

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