Karni Sena National President Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi Killed - Gangster Rohit Godara Claims ResponsibilityKarni Sena National President Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi Killed - Gangster Rohit Godara Claims Responsibility
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  • Telangana Congress Chief Anumula Revanth Reddy will be the new Chief Minister of the state. The decision taken by the party was announced to the press by senior Congress leader KC Venugopal, who added that Revanth Reddy would take oath on Thursday.
  • Cyclone Michaung made its landfall later this afternoon near Bapatla in Andhra Pradesh with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph. The cyclone, ahead of its landfall, unleashed 33 cm of rainfall in Chennai alone in just two days, killing 17 people. 
  • Indigo Airlines had to cancel 550 flights due to heavy rains in Chennai, in turn affecting 1000 other flights. In neighboring Andhra Pradesh, 51 flights operating in and out of its three major airports, Vizag, Tirupati, and Vijayawada, were canceled. 
  • Karni Sena National President Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen in Jaipur at a close range. Reports say one of the assailants got killed in retaliatory fire. Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang member, Rohit Godara, has claimed responsibility for Gogamedi’s murder.
  • According to NCRB 2022 data, crime against women rose by 4% from the previous year, with a significant number of them committed by their husbands or their husband’s relatives, followed by kidnappings and abductions. 
  • One-third of people who died by suicide last year were daily wagers and farm workers. Though farm suicides have dropped by 2.1 percent since 2021, suicides by farm laborers have risen by 9.3 percent in 2022. As per NCRB report, 1.71 lakh people have killed themselves last year.
  • The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is rolling out free and cashless treatment for accident victims in two to three months across the country. The facility is part of the amended Motor Vehicle Act 2019 (MVA 2019).