- CK Raulji, the BJP leader who was part of the Gujarat government’s panel that decided to release the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, said, “They are Brahmins and they have good sanskar.”
- Probing alleged irregularities in Delhi Excise Policy, CBI today carried out searches in 21 locations. The probe agency has named Deputy CM Manish Sisodia as an accused in its FIR.
- The Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives Association said that Dolo company (Makers of DOLO 650) gave freebies worth Rs.1000 crores to Doctors to prescribe their formulation.
- The Supreme Court has set a deadline of three months for the trial court handling the Elgar case to frame charges, and also hear discharge pleas sought by the accused.
- A gang in Bihar operating a fake police station in a hotel for over eight months was busted. Dressed up as police, they have been extorting money from the public.
- Ashish Dhawan, Founder, and CEO of Convergence foundation became a part of the board of trustees in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday.
- The National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir has called for an all-party meeting over the election commission’s decision to allow non-local Kashmiris to vote. Meanwhile, Lashkar-backed terror outfits have threatened to intensify their attacks on “migrant Pandits’ and others from outside.
- With increasing strikes around the Zaporizhzhia power plant, Russia has warned that it will shut down the plant. Meanwhile, Ukraine has blamed Russia for using the nuclear plant as a shield to launch strikes.
- Signaling support for Taiwan, the US government said it would host trade talks with the Island nation. Beijing was quick to say it would carryout necessary actions to “safeguard its sovereignty.”
- Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is on the run, has applied for US green card to settle in the country, along with his family.
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