India’s retail inflation, which is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to a five-month excessive of seven.41 per cent in September, up from 7.00 per cent in August. Separately, India’s manufacturing facility output, measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), witnessed a contraction of (-)0.8 per cent in August, two separate knowledge launched by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) confirmed. This is the ninth consecutive time that the CPI print has come above the RBI’s higher margin of 6 per cent.
A day after Kerala police arrested three folks in reference to the killings of two girls as a part of ‘human sacrifice for financial prosperity’, officers suspect the accused had consumed the flesh of one of many victims. The police additionally stated restaurant proprietor Muhammed Shafi alias Rasheed, who they stated is the prime conspirator within the case, had dedicated the crimes due to his ‘sexual perversions’. Kochi metropolis police commissioner C H Nagaraju stated Shafi would derive pleasure from such perversions.
The Supreme Court at present directed no citizen may be prosecuted below part 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which it had scrapped in 2015. A bench headed by Chief Justice U U Lalit stated in all instances the place residents are dealing with prosecution for alleged violation of part 66-A of the Act, the reference and reliance upon the stated provision shall stand deleted. Meanwhile, throughout a listening to on demonetisation, the highest courtroom stated it’s conscious of the “Lakshman Rekha” on judicial evaluation of presidency coverage selections however must study the 2016 observe ban choice to determine whether or not the problem has change into a mere “academic” train.
The authorities at present accepted a one-time grant of Rs 22,000 crore to a few state-owned gasoline retailers to cowl for the losses they incurred on promoting home cooking fuel LPG beneath price within the final two years. The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a gathering, accepted the one-time grant to a few oil advertising corporations – Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. The Cabinet additionally accepted the bonus for railway workers for the monetary 12 months 2021-22. The productivity-linked bonus (PLB) quantity equal to wages of 78 days has been paid to about 11.27 lakh non-gazetted Railway workers with the utmost quantity payable per eligible railway worker being Rs 17,950.
Political Pulse
As Sourav Ganguly’s time period as BCCI president heads to an finish, political events in West Bengal are alleging foul play by the BJP. Pointing to how Ganguly had been courted by the BJP forward of the 2021 Assembly elections, they’ve alleged that the previous India skipper was paying the worth for saying no to the BJP. If the Trinamool Congress focused the BJP, particularly Union house minister Amit Shah, after news emerged that Roger Binny was set to interchange Ganguly, the CPM and Congress requested how the BCCI might justify retaining Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah however “dumping” Ganguly. Atri Mitra and Ravik Bhattacharya report.
Express Explained
Addressing a rally in Gujarat on Tuesday, PM Narendra Modi made a veiled assault on Jawaharlal Nehru over the Kashmir disaster. “Sardar Patel persuaded all the princely states to merge with India. But another person handled this one issue of Kashmir,” he stated, with out naming Nehru. In September this 12 months, Union Home minister Amit Shah, whereas addressing a rally at Goregaon, accused Nehru of permitting Pakistan to occupy elements of Kashmir. But why has the primary prime minister been blamed for the Kashmir disaster on a number of events prior to now by BJP politicians? What occurred in Kashmir within the months previous Independence and after? We clarify.
Interpol has rejected a request by India to situation a Red Notice towards Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, saying Indian authorities haven’t offered enough info on him. Who is Pannun, and what are the allegations towards him? Read right here.
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