INDIA (National Affairs)
‘As CM, taking anti-Hindu stance doesn’t suit you’, Manoj Tiwari tells Arvind Kejriwal on Chhath puja
Had the Delhi government been serious about holding Chhath puja, it would have asked for directions from the Union health ministry in September itself before announcing the ban, said Manoj Tiwari
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-chhath-puja-manoj-tiwari-arvind-kejriwal-7569668/
Ticket hopes dented, but Ashish remains his father’s political heir in his village
Despite his arrest, Ashish, popular as Monu Bhaiyya, most villagers vouch for his innocence.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/ashish-mishra-lakhimpur-kheri-violence-ajay-mishra-7570818/
In Bastar, tribals protest turning gram panchayats into nagar panchayats
Over 200 people have decided to stay put in Raipur until the government takes heed of their demands, they said. Shivram Markam said he started marching towards Raipur on October 3, with no knowledge of when he would return.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-bastar-tribals-protest-turning-gram-panchayats-into-nagar-panchayats-7570799/
Abortion allowed till 24 weeks of pregnancy in special cases
The new rules come under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 passed by Parliament earlier this year.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/govt-notifies-new-rules-abortion-till-24-weeks-of-pregnancy-women-7570594/
INDIA (Community Affairs)
‘Your speech-writer should be fired’: Owaisi to Rajnath over Gandhi-Savarkar remark
During the launch of a book on Savarkar at Ambedkar International Centre, Rajnath Singh had alleged that there was a deliberate conspiracy to defame Savarkar and that it was on Gandhi’s advice that he wrote his mercy petitions.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/twist-history-asaduddin-owaisi-targets-rajnath-singh-over-gandhi-savarkar-remark-7570236/
Delhi HC sends 16-year-old ‘rape survivor’ to shelter home, grants ‘accused’ bail and custody of her child
The court last month granted bail to the accused, a 19-year-old Hindu, after the minor girl, a Muslim, gave a statement that it was a consensual relationship and that she had married him out of her own will and that there was no coercion.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-hc-sends-16-year-old-rape-survivor-to-shelter-home-grants-accused-bail-and-custody-of-her-child-7569495/
Booked under anti-conversion law: Gujarat HC grants bail to all accused after plea to quash FIR
The complainant–a 25-year old woman married to a 21-year-old Muslim man — already submitted in her petition that the FIR registered is an “incorrect, untrue and exaggerated version of the information” given by her that “arose out of a petty and trivial domestic matrimonial dispute”.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-hc-anti-conversion-law-bail-7570858/
FOREIGN
Kongsberg: Five dead in Norway bow and arrow attack
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58906165
MUSLIM WORLD
Deaths reported after Israeli airstrike in Syria’s Homs province
One Syrian soldier and three pro-Iranian fighters reported killed, seven others injured in attack east of Palmyra.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/14/deaths-reported-after-israeli-air-strike-in-syrias-homs
EDITORIAL
Human rights and basic needs are one and the same thing — PM Modi’s sequencing is fraught
PM Modi’s stress on human rights mattering only when basic needs are fulfilled is problematic, in as much as it sees the two as disparate and divisible, and as counting for more and less.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/narendra-modi-human-rights-lakhimpur-kheri-7570704/
OPED ARTICLES
Freebies, handouts and other myths loved by income tax payers
Renuka Viswanathan writes: Schooling, water, healthcare and other services and utilities, which are made available for free by the government to everyone, cannot be called ‘freebies’.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/freebies-handouts-and-other-myths-loved-by-income-tax-payers-7570655/
ECONOMIC / BUSINESS / FINANCE
India to eventually gain from OECD global tax deal: CBDT
https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/india-to-eventually-gain-from-oecd-global-tax-deal-cbdt/2348922/
TWEETS
The Good News: Maharashtra has crossed mark of 9 crore covid vaccination doses at 5:30 pm today.
Till date, Maharashtra has fully vaccinated 2.76 crore population, highest for any State in the country.
https://twitter.com/AUThackeray/status/1448270163657121792
Devinder Sharma @Devinder_Sharma
How in the name of efficiency and competitiveness of value chains pvt co’s suck income from farmers pocket to the top. Everyone else in the value chain make profits, except for farmers. I explain in this short video clip. #PTCNews
https://twitter.com/Devinder_Sharma/status/1448198401275748352
Aditya Menon @AdityaMenon22
Centre clearly wants to stir trouble in Punjab ahead of elections. Even the smallest incident or arrest will be used to create a national security bogey. Cong, AAP, SAD need to bury differences and resist this.
https://twitter.com/AdityaMenon22/status/1448335861351784452
