A hush has fallen over Bangladesh. Military personnel patrolled the deserted streets as Police in Bangladesh have been granted “shoot-on-sight” orders, and a nationwide curfew has been imposed. This silence follows days of student-led protests that have tragically claimed over 115 lives. The curfew, which began at midnight on Friday, is expected to last until Sunday morning with authorities announcing next two days – Sunday and Monday to be public holiday with only emergency services allowed to operate in an attempt to control the rapidly deteriorating security situation as it…
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57-yr-old booked for assaulting woman on 2-wheeler | Pune News
Pune police have booked a 57-year-old man who allegedly assaulted a 27-year-old woman on a two-wheeler in Pune’s Baner-Pashan Link Road on Saturday afternoon. The complainant Jernyl D’Silva, a social media content creator, had posted a video of herself that showed her bleeding from her nose, which was shared widely on social media. In the brief video, D’Silva said that the man, who is unknown to her, chased her bike in his car for a couple of kilometres and finally forced her to stop, and then assaulted her. She was…
Outraged over Olympic snub, India’s Korean archery coach to leave after contract expires | Sport-others News
India’s Korean archery coach Baek Woong Ki is outraged after being denied accreditation for the Paris Games and said he will not continue once his contract expires on August 30. He lashed out at the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for “poor and hasty administration”. According to reports, Woong Ki, who reached Paris with the Indian team after overseeing its preparation in Marseille, said he “was removed from the Olympic coaching role at a critical time” and will now be flying back to India with his return ticket already booked. “I…
Biden fact-checks Trump’s speech, vows to fight on as he prepares to hit the campaign trail again | World News
President Joe Biden hit out at Donald Trump on Saturday for his “dark vision” for the country and said he will resume campaign next week to expose his Republican rival’s Project 2025 agenda amidst Democrats’ calls for him to quit the race. In a thread of 13 posts on X, Biden, 81, said he had the “distinct misfortune of watching” Trump’s speech, which he fact-checked and tore down the latter’s claims one by one, at times, supporting it by what his government did on that issue late on Friday night…
‘Let us plan for 2047’: Pune think tank prof calls for people power to improve city | Pune News
Can the public in Pune play a more active role in reshaping the city? Pune International Centre (PIC) has urged people to participate actively in shaping urban strategies and contribute their suggestions to PIC. “This is a beginning. Let us plan for 2047,” said Professor Amitav Mallik, head of PIC’s research segment – Energy, Environment and Climate Change. Mallik was speaking at PIC’s ‘Pune Samwad’ on ‘Raste Aani Paanitumbaara: Avhane Aani Upayyojana’ (Roads and Waterworks: Challenges and Solutions). The event highlighted how inadequate drainage systems and poor urban planning are…
Family of four from Kerala killed in Kuwait apartment fire | World News
A month after a building fire claimed the lives of 45 Indians in Kuwait, four members of an Indian family in Kuwait City succumbed to another fire incident in the capital city of the Middle East country on Friday night. Local authorities reported that Mathews Mulackal, his wife Lini Abraham, and their two children died from smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in their apartment. The family had just returned that same day from a vacation in Kerala, India. The fire, believed to be caused by a short circuit…
‘Advocate for amendments that ensure press freedom’: Editors Guild of India writes to Rahul Gandhi | India News
The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Saturday urged the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha(LoP) Rahul Gandhi to raise issues of press freedom and right to information in the Parliament. In a letter, the EGI highlighted how the fundamental freedom of the press has come under “increasing threat due to several legislative measures passed by the government”. It added that these measures were “taken without adequate stakeholder consultation and parliamentary scrutiny in the drafting and passing of these laws”. “They carry provisions that are vague and overboard, which could…
100 students return from violence-hit Bangladesh through Tripura border | India News
Around 100 students returned to India on Saturday from violence-hit Bangladesh through two integrated checkposts in Tripura, the Border Security Force said here. More students are expected to return to the country, BSF, Tripura Frontier said in a statement. “Indian and foreign students, who are studying in Bangladesh, are returning to India as the agitation has now become violent. Today, till 1600 hrs, approx 100 students, including those from Nepal, have returned using valid documents,” it said. Bangladesh continued to reel under deadly clashes over a controversial job quota system.…
Unscientific construction along NH-66 caused landslide near Shirur, says Karnataka minister Krishna Byre Gowda | Bangalore News
Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has claimed that unscientific road construction along National Highway 66 was responsible for the landslide near the Shirur region of Ankola in the Uttara Kannada district on July 16. Seven people have died in the incident and several others are still missing. “In Karwar, near Ankola, a landslide has occurred on the national highway. While constructing the national highway, they have cut the hill in a steep manner, it is almost a vertical cut. When a hill is cut for an infrastructure project, a…
UPSC Essentials Mains Special | Expert Talk: How to prepare Sociology optional? | UPSC Current Affairs News
As the UPSC Prelims results were declared on July 1, the Mains season has begun and so have aspirants’ queries about their Optional subjects. At this important juncture of your examination cycle, UPSC Essentials of The Indian Express has commenced a special series on how to approach optional subjects for UPSC. In this series, subject experts will answer queries on optional subjects that we have received from our readers, aspirants, and subscribers in UPSC LIVE with Manas (IE’s UPSC video series) and on other platforms of Indian Express’ UPSC section. Our first two optionals subject in this series…