INDIA (National Affairs)
Thermal plant worries: Enough coal stock, fears of crisis misplaced, says govt
Thermal power plants in the country are currently facing a shortage of coal due to a sharp uptick in power demand, restricted supplies due to heavy rainfall in September, low accumulation of stock in April-June, and a sharp increase in the price of imported coal.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/thermal-plant-worries-enough-coal-stock-fears-of-crisis-misplaced-says-govt-7564469/
Lakhimpur violence: Police launch raids to trace Ashish’s ‘friend’
Ashish, who has denied that he was present at the spot during the incident and submitted a pendrive purportedly containing videos and photographs to support his version.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/lakhimpur-violence-police-launch-raids-to-trace-ashishs-friend-7564494/
Pushpak Express case: ‘They had knives as well as knuckle dusters’
Youth who witnessed incident on Pushpak Express and helped catch an accused, recounts the horror
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/they-had-knives-as-well-as-knuckle-dusters-7564496/
Facilitating the return of Kashmiri Pandits
The displaced community must be welcomed back in an atmosphere of peace and harmony in the Valley
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/facilitating-the-return-of-kashmiri-pandits-7564173/
INDIA (Community Affairs)
Madhya Pradesh: Muslim family ‘beaten up, asked to leave village’; dispute over money, say police
The family alleged that these men chanted Jai Shree Ram and were beating them up because they had not vacated the house and left the village by Saturday, paying heed to an earlier warning by the group, a month ago.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-muslim-family-beaten-up-asked-to-leave-village-dispute-over-money-say-police-7563526/
Karnataka: Hindu women abused for travelling in Muslim man’s car, two arrested in Dakshina Kannada
The two Hindu women were travelling on a two-wheeler to Moodbidri. Their friend Soudha and her husband Ashraf offered to drop them at the temple since they were also going the same way.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-hindu-women-abused-for-travelling-in-muslim-mans-car-two-arrested-in-dakshina-kannada-7563249/
Hindus converting for marriage are committing wrong, says RSS chief
Mohan Bhagwat said this was happening for small selfish interests and because Hindu families were not giving their children the values of pride for one’s religion and traditions.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/hindus-converting-for-marriage-are-committing-wrong-says-rss-chief-7564574/
Money donated to Hindu temples going to ‘vidharmis’ and minorities: Sadhvi Pragya
The MP said the Bharat Bhakti Akhada will oppose the government’s control of Hindu shrines and temples.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/money-donated-to-hindu-temples-going-to-vidharmis-and-minorities-sadhvi-pragya-7564387/
FOREIGN
Czech election: Milos Zeman in intensive care after vote
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58863671
MUSLIM WORLD
Polls close in Iraq’s parliamentary election after ‘low turnout’
Chief Iraq election observer from the EU says low voter turnout ‘is a clear political signal’ she hopes will be heard by politicians.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/10/polls-close-in-iraqs-parliamentary-election-after-low-turnout
EDITORIAL
Sale of Air India to Tatas signals govt’s determination to push forward with the privatisation agenda
Now that this complex sale has been closed, attention will turn to the privatisation/disinvestment of PSUs that has been on the agenda for some time — Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Container Corporation and others — prompting a re-rating.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/lifting-off-tata-sons-air-india-756441/
OPED ARTICLES
Pandora papers reveal legislative limits of preventing tax dodging
Suranjali Tandon writes: For tax system to be truly reformed socially unacceptable tax avoidance must be made legally impermissible.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pandora-papers-india-list-reveal-legislative-limits-of-preventing-tax-dodging-7564365/
ECONOMIC / BUSINESS / FINANCE
RBI to make repo rate the operating policy rate; signals gradual tapering of liquidity
https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/rbi-to-make-repo-rate-the-operating-policy-rate-signals-gradual-tapering-of-liquidity/2346795/
TWEETS
Anjali Bhardwaj @AnjaliB_
As part of the ‘Reimagining India’ lecture series, I talk about the need for the free flow of information to empower people to hold the government to account. For the full lecture: https://youtu.be/6oXAMXjAwm0 #ReimaginingIndia
https://twitter.com/AnjaliB_/status/1447160527155699719
Abubakr Sabbaq@AbubakrSabbaq
Zaheer bhai from Karnataka visited my place today. He along with his brother was detained under TADA in 1994 only to be declared innocent by SC in 2016 after 23 yrs in jail. Irony is that system has no compensation or accountability for this torture & detention.
https://twitter.com/AbubakrSabbaq/status/1446879005622169601
Aditya Menon @AdityaMenon22
Nothing wrong if Priyanka Gandhi begins her speech with a shlok or if Kejriwal does Hanuman Chalisa. But then people shouldn’t object to use of Allahu Akbar either. Also support for Ram Mandir is different from general Hindu religiosity as it is a reminder of an act of injustice
https://twitter.com/AdityaMenon22/status/1447180126232268805
