TODAY NEWS ON September 24, 2024

News Headlines for CAT , CLAT and IPM  aspirants

Source: The Hindu

National News

• Reform global institutions for peace and development, Modi tells U.N.
• India reports first case of mpox from new, fast-spreading clade 1b variety
• Man accused of sexually assaulting two minors at Badlapur school shot dead
• Food safety authority issues show-cause notice to firm on contamination in Tirupati laddus
• MUDA case: Karnataka High Court to deliver verdict on CM Siddaramaiah’s petition on September 24
• Viewing, storing child sexual exploitative and abuse material an offence under POCSO, IT Act, says Supreme Court
• Punjab, Haryana commit to ‘eliminate’ stubble burning this winter
• Atishi takes charge as Delhi CM with an empty chair beside her
• Court grants interim bail to CEO, coordinator of RAU’s IAS Study Circle in Delhi coaching deaths
• Subramanian Swamy moves Supreme Court seeking court-monitored probe in Tirupati laddu row
• EPFO logs 20 lakh net new members in July
• Spicejet faces another insolvency plea from operational creditor; NCLT issues notice
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International News

• Capsule carrying 2 Russians and 1 American heads to Earth from space station
• Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in; says he is no magician
• Israel launches intense airstrikes in southern Lebanon, killing 356, including 24 children
• Xi says wants to deepen BRI cooperation with Sri Lanka under new leader
• Iran walls off part of border with Afghanistan: media

Headlines in detail:

Reform global institutions for peace and development, Modi tells U.N.

Speaking at the two-day United Nations ‘Summit of the Future’ conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said global peace was contingent on the reform of global institutions. “The success of humanity lies in our collective strength, not in the battlefield,” Mr. Modi said, presumably referring to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing war between the two countries as well as the Israel-Hamas conflict in West Asia.

Israel launches intense airstrikes in southern Lebanon, killing 356, including 24 children

Israeli strikes killed 356 Lebanese, including 24 children, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war as the Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate their homes ahead of a widening air campaign against Hezbollah. Thousands of Lebanese fled the south, and the main highway out of the southern port city of Sidon was jammed with cars heading toward Beirut in the biggest exodus since the 2006 fighting. More than 1,000 other people were wounded in the strikes — a staggering one-day toll for a country still reeling from a deadly attack on communication devices last week.
India reports first case of mpox from new, fast-spreading clade 1b variety

India has reported its first case of the clade 1 variant of Mpox which, according to Health Ministry sources, has been confirmed in a 38-year-old youth who landed in Kerala last week from the UAE. The youth was admitted to the government medical college hospital in Malappuram’s Manjeri on Monday after he developed symptoms of the disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Mpox a global public health emergency again in August 2024 due to the spread of a new and deadlier strain of the virus, Clade 1b.

Man accused of sexually assaulting two minors at Badlapur school shot dead

Maharashtra’s Thane police shot dead Akshay Shinde, accused of sexually assaulting two minors at a school in Badlapur town, after, as per police, he snatched the gun of one of the policemen and opened fire at them. The Thane crime branch police visited the Taloja jail at 5:30 p.m. and took 24-year-old Mr. Shinde in custody in connection with a fresh case of sexual assault filed by his wife. When the team approached the Mumbra bypass road around 6:30 p.m., Mr. Shinde snatched a gun from one of the constables and shot him, the police said. Police personnel Nilesh More was injured in the incident.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in; says he is no magician

Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake promised to strengthen democracy and “work hard to win people’s trust”, with the disclaimer that he is no “magician”. “I am not a magician; I am not a miracle-worker. There are things I know and don’t know. But I will commit myself to doing the right thing at all times, and lead a collective effort to rebuild our nation,” he said, in his first address as President, just after being sworn in at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

Food safety authority issues show-cause notice to firm on contamination in Tirupati laddus

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the government’s food regulatory authority under the Health Ministry, has issued a show-cause notice to A.R. Dairy, one of the companies which supplied ghee to the Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh, for allegedly providing substandard product to the temple.

MUDA case: Karnataka High Court to deliver verdict on CM Siddaramaiah’s petition on September 24

The Karnataka High Court will pronounce on Tuesday (September 24, 2024) its verdict on the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah challenging the approval given by the Governor of Karnataka for conducting investigation against him in the alleged illegalities in Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in allotting 14 sites to his wife in prime location of Mysuru city.

Viewing, storing child sexual exploitative and abuse material an offence under POCSO, IT Act, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that viewing in private, downloading, storing, possessing, distributing or displaying pornographic acts involving children attract criminal liability under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and the Information Technology Act.

Punjab, Haryana commit to ‘eliminate’ stubble burning this winter

Weeks ahead of the onset of winter in India, both Punjab and Haryana have promised to “eliminate” stubble burning this year, the Centre said in a statement on Monday (September 23, 2024). P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, chaired a high-level task force meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to assess plans to address deteriorating air quality in Delhi-NCR.

Xi says wants to deepen BRI cooperation with Sri Lanka under new leader

Chinese President Xi Jinping said he hoped to broaden cooperation with Sri Lanka under his Belt and Road infrastructure initiative (BRI) as he congratulated the island nation’s new leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Iran walls off part of border with Afghanistan: media

Iran’s military has built a wall along more than 10 km of its eastern border with Afghanistan, the main entry point for immigrants, local media reported on Monday (September 23, 2024). “More than 10 km of walls have been built on the border, and another 50 km are ready to be walled off,” Iran Students News Agency (ISNA) said, citing General Nozar Nemati, deputy commander of army ground forces.

Atishi takes charge as Delhi CM with an empty chair beside her

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi took charge as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi on Monday (September 23, 2024) after taking the oath of office on Saturday (September 21, 2024). Refusing to sit on the chair used by her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal, Ms. Atishi chose to sit on a different chair. The third and the youngest woman Chief Minister of Delhi, Ms. Atishi has retained the 13 portfolios she held in the Kejriwal government, including those of education, revenue, finance, power and PWD.

Court grants interim bail to CEO, coordinator of RAU’s IAS Study Circle in Delhi coaching deaths

A Delhi court on Monday (September 23, 2024) granted till December 7 interim bail to Rau’s IAS Study Circle CEO Abhishek Gupta and its coordinator Deshpal Singh in a case related to the death of three civil services aspirants in July in the centre’s flooded basement. Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna granted relief to the accused persons on a personal bond of ₹1 lakh each with two sureties of the like amount.

Subramanian Swamy moves Supreme Court seeking court-monitored probe in Tirupati laddu row

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday (September 23, 2024) moved the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged use of animal fat in making Tirupati laddus. The BJP leader requested the Court to direct the Andhra Pradesh Government to file a detailed report on the source and sampling of the ghee used for making the laddus. Mr. Swamy also urged the court to issue an interim direction to obtain a detailed forensic report from the authorities concerned.

EPFO logs 20 lakh net new members in July

Retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) recorded a net addition of 19.94 lakh members in July this year, the Labour Ministry said on Monday (September 23, 2024). Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a press conference that 10.52 lakh new or first-time workers subscribed to Social Security schemes run by the EPFO. He also informed that 8.77 lakh members added in July are in the age group of 18-25 years.

Spicejet faces another insolvency plea from operational creditor; NCLT issues notice

A two-member bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) comprising Mahendra Khandelwal and Sanjeev Tanjan issued a notice to debt-ridden air carrier SpiceJet on Monday (September 23, 2024) over the plea filed by one of its operational creditors. The bench has directed Spicejet to file a reply and list the matter for the next hearing on November 14. SpiceJet is already facing several insolvency petitions from creditors, including Willis Lease, Aircastle Ireland Ltd, Wilmington and Celestial Aviation at NCLT and the appellate tribunal NCLAT.

Capsule carrying 2 Russians and 1 American heads to Earth from space station

A Russian space capsule undocked from the International Space Station on Monday (September 23, 2024) to take three astronauts back to Earth, two of them completing a record-long stay on the orbiting laboratory. The capsule carrying Russians Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and American Tracy Dyson is expected to land in the vast Kazakhstan steppe about 3 1/2 hours after the undocking.