TODAY NEWS ON September 01, 2024

News Headlines for CAT, CLAT and IPM aspirants

Source: The Hindu

National Issues:

1. Atrocities against women, safety of children a serious concern, says PM Modi
2. IMA reiterates demands for a central law on violence against doctors, hospitals
3. Supreme Court’s pendency crosses 82,000 despite full force of 34 judges most of the time in past two years
4. Protesting doctors in Kolkata start telemedicine service, health camps
5. Nadda meets Bhagwat as RSS meeting in Kerala debates national affairs
6. Health Ministry begins work to bring in manpower for its Technical Resource Centres
7. Now, Telugu film industry women seek release of 2022 report on harassment
8. Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes | AMMA’s moment of reckoning
9. Safety concerns dominate chaotic opening day of Chennai night street race
10. Haryana Assembly poll date revised to October 5 to accommodate Bishnoi community festival
11. Vinesh Phogat joins farmers protest, says government’s priority should be to resolve their problems
12. IAF helicopter jettisons damaged chopper in transit for repairs over unpopulated area in Kedarnath valley
13. Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker says Uniform Civil Code is essential for gender justice

International Issues:

1. 47 Indians rescued from cyber scam centres in Laos
2. 22 people onboard Russian Mi-8 helicopter missing in Far East
3. Shaktikanta Das says UPI likely to grow further in several countries
4. Rubina Francis wins bronze in Paralympics air pistol SH1 event
5. Defending champion Novak Djokovic falls out of U.S. Open, one night after Carlos Alcaraz lost

Headlines in detail:

Atrocities against women, safety of children a serious concern, says PM Modi

On Saturday (August 31, 2024) Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared concern about atrocities committed against women and children and said that matters of their safety are a serious concern in society. Speaking at the inaugural function of the National Conference of District Judiciary, the Prime Minister highlighted that the quicker the decisions in cases involving crimes against women the greater would be the assurance given to women, who form half the country’s population. His comments follow nationwide protests in the wake of the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor who was on night duty at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital recently.

IMA reiterates demands for a central law on violence against doctors, hospitals

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to the National Task Force (NTF), which has been mandated to formulate a protocol for ensuring the safety and security of healthcare professionals, once again demanded a central law on violence against doctors and hospitals and declaring hospitals as safe zones. Stating that the Supreme Court has constituted the NTF to evolve a national consensus and to formulate protocols with due consultation of all stakeholders, IMA in its letter formulated its submission in three sections.

Supreme Court’s pendency crosses 82,000 despite full force of 34 judges most of the time in past two years

Ever since the appointment of Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud as the top judge on November 9, 2022, the Supreme Court has managed to keep its judicial vacancies to the minimum.

47 Indians rescued from cyber scam centres in Laos

At least 47 Indians trapped in cyber scam centres in Laos have been rescued from Bokeo province of the country, the Indian Embassy in the Southeast Asian country said on Saturday (August 31, 2024).

Protesting doctors in Kolkata start telemedicine service, health camps

As protests against the rape and murder of a female doctor at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) crossed 21 days, protesting resident doctors from medical colleges in the city started telemedicine facilities for patients from Saturday.

Nadda meets Bhagwat as RSS meeting in Kerala debates national affairs

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) paid homage to the victims of the Wayanad landslide on the first day of its three-day-long coordination meeting that kicked off in Palakkad on Saturday.

Health Ministry begins work to bring in manpower for its Technical Resource Centres

The Union Health Ministry along with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is working towards establishing Technical Resource Centres (TRC), which are mandated to systematically synthesise and evaluate evidence with the objective of developing and promoting evidence-based guidelines along with enhancing the adoption of these practices in healthcare.

Now, Telugu film industry women seek release of 2022 report on harassment

Leading women actors, producers, and directors of Telugu films are pushing the Telangana government to release a two-year-old report on sexual harassment in the industry, as the first step toward creating a safe working environment.

Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes | AMMA’s moment of reckoning

As more and more skeletons on sexual exploitation tumble out following the release of the K. Hema Committee report on the problems faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) is facing its biggest litmus test ever in its three-decade-long existence. Nearly a week after the Kerala High Court permitted the Left Democratic Front government to make public the redacted form of the report, the executive committee of the actors’ body was dissolved amidst the growing revelations of sexual assault and harassment experienced by women members in the multi-crore industry.

Safety concerns dominate chaotic opening day of Chennai night street race

There were sky-high expectations and buzz leading up to the second round of the Indian Racing Festival at the Chennai Formula Racing Circuit. It was billed as the country’s first-ever night-street racing event, where fast cars went around some of the major landmarks in the city, which has long been considered the cradle of motorsports in India.

Haryana Assembly poll date revised to October 5 to accommodate Bishnoi community festival

The Election Commission of India said in a notification that the Haryana Assembly elections have now been postponed and will take place on October 5, 2024 (Saturday). Accordingly, the counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir and the Haryana Assembly polls will now be held on October 8 instead of October 4. The poll was earlier set to take place on October 1, 2024 (Tuesday). The poll body cited the “centuries-old festival of the Bishnoi community” for this change in date.

Vinesh Phogat joins farmers protest, says government’s priority should be to resolve their problems

Vinesh Phogat on Saturday (August 31, 2024) participated in the ongoing farmers’ protest supporting their long-pending demands of including a legal guarantee for purchasing their crops at a Minimum Support Price (MSP) in Punjab’s Shambhu village. Ms. Phogat said, “I have come to extend support to my family (farmers)... the farmers of the country are in trouble, their problems should be resolved, in fact, it should be the first priority of the government to resolve their issues.”

IAF helicopter jettisons damaged chopper in transit for repairs over unpopulated area in Kedarnath valley

A damaged helicopter being airlifted from Kedarnath, underslung to an Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17 helicopter, crashed to the ground after it became unstable and was jettisoned mid-air. No casualty was reported in the incident. An inquiry has been ordered by the IAF. According to the IAF, a Mi-17 V5 helicopter was transporting the damaged Kestrel civil chopper in the Kedarnath Valley when the load had to be discarded for reasons of flight safety.

Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker says Uniform Civil Code is essential for gender justice

Assembly Speaker and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ritu Khanduri Bhushan termed the measure to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) on November 9 as “essential for gender justice” since customary law is often discriminatory against women. In an interview with The Hindu on a range of issues, Ms. Bhushan said the requirement that live-in relationships be registered with local authorities under the UCC in Uttarakhand was a measure for the “protection of young women” who were, according to her, tossed aside when relationships soured.

22 people onboard Russian Mi-8 helicopter missing in Far East

Rescuers are searching for a helicopter that went missing in Russia’s Far East on Saturday (August 31, 2024) with 22 people on board. The Mi-8 helicopter took off close to the Vachkazhets volcano in the Kamchatka region, but did not arrive at its destination as scheduled, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency said in a statement. It said it believed that 19 passengers and three crew members were on board.

Shaktikanta Das says UPI likely to grow further in several countries

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das, while on a five-day visit to Odisha, said he is optimistic that the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will grow further in several countries. He said that UPI is already present in many countries through QR codes and the linkage of fast payment systems, and discussions are underway with several other nations. “We expect this to grow further at the global level and internationalise in future,” he told reporters in Bhubaneswar on Friday evening (August 30, 2024).

Rubina Francis wins bronze in Paralympics air pistol SH1 event

India’s Rubina Francis won a bronze medal in the women’s air pistol SH1 event final to continue the strong show from the country’s shooters in the Paris Paralympics on Saturday (August 31, 2024). Rubina scored a total of 211.1 to finish third in the eight-woman final. She had qualified for the final at the seventh spot in the qualification round earlier in the day. This was India’s fourth medal in shooting and fifth overall at the Paris Paralympics.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic falls out of U.S. Open, one night after Carlos Alcaraz lost

Defending champion Novak Djokovic was shocked at the U.S. Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz was, bowing out in the third round with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss to 28th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Australia on Friday (August 30, 2024) night. The No. 2-seeded Djokovic was trying to become the first player in tennis history with 25 Grand Slam singles titles. Instead, he finishes a year without claiming at least one major championship for the first time since 2017. Before that, it hadn’t happened since 2010.

Jannik Sinner never gives U.S. Open opponent hope of an upset like those against Djokovic and Alcaraz

Jannik Sinner never gave his third-round opponent at the U.S. Open on Saturday (August 31, 2024) Chris O’Connell, even a moment to contemplate pulling off the sort of monumental upset that eliminated Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. “It shows that this sport is unpredictable. Whenever you drop a little bit of your level — if it’s mental, if it’s tennis-wise or physical — at the end, it has a huge impact on the result,” Sinner said. “Both opponents who they lost against, they played some incredible tennis. And it happens.”