The Hindu Morning Digest: January 5, 2024

Eight Indian Navy veterans get 60 days to contest Qatar jail phrases

Families of victims of the explosions collect on the courtyard of a hospital within the metropolis of Kerman, about 510 miles (820 kilometres) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 3, 2024.
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Eight Indian Navy veterans get 60 days to contest Qatar jail phrases

Qatar has commuted loss of life sentence for eight Indian Navy veterans and turned that into “varying quantum” of jail phrases, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) mentioned on Thursday, placing out the official affirmation concerning the high-profile case relating to the boys who had been arrested by the Gulf nation in August 2022. Addressing the weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned the authorized crew had been given 60 days to attraction in opposition to the jail phrases.

Health Ministry seeks information on single girls taking the Assisted Reproductive Technology route

The Union Health Ministry has sought information from all States and Union Territories on the full variety of single girls (divorcees/widows) and single girls who’ve efficiently used Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) as a way to assess the functioning of the ART Act, 2021. Fertility consultants have welcomed the transfer, together with the inclusion of single girls/single girls as a class.

INDIA bloc seat-sharing talks delayed as Congress panel presents State models’ wishlist to Kharge

With their INDIA bloc allies respiration down their neck to give you a seat-sharing system on the earliest, the Congress’ five-member National Alliance Committee on Thursday briefed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on the consultations they held with the get together’s State models, 12 days after their first assembly on December 23. 

Aadhaar enabled fee comprised 11% of economic frauds: I4C evaluation

Aadhar Enabled Payment System (AePS) frauds had been 11% of the cyber monetary scams that had its origin in India in 2023, an evaluation by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has mentioned. Most of those had been dedicated in Bihar and Jharkhand. Last 12 months, the central authorities’s portal (cybercrime.gov.in) and 1930 helpline obtained 13,10,329 complaints relating to cyber enabled monetary frauds. The AePS frauds included cloning of biometrics.

Trinamool wants the help of Congress greater than the Congress wants them: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday mentioned that the Congress get together was not going to beg for seats from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) within the forthcoming General Election. The remarks come at a time when Congress MP from Malda Dakshin Abu Hashem Khan Chowdhury has mentioned {that a} deal had been struck with the Trinamool on giving two seats to the Congress within the State. The Congress MP was referring to the Malda Dakshin and Behrampore Lok Sabha seats.

Congress holds first assembly of manifesto committee 

The first assembly of the Congress Manifesto Committee was held right here on Thursday. It was presided over by Chairman P. Chidambaram and attended by different members of the committee, together with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah, Jairam Ramesh, T.S. Singh Deo, Anand Sharma, Shashi Tharoor and others. 

Election Commission tweaks guidelines for allocation of symbols to unrecognised political events

The Election Commission of India on Thursday introduced in new guidelines for allocation of symbols to Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs), making it necessary for them to furnish audited accounts of final three monetary years, expenditure statements of final two elections, and the signature of the authorised office-bearer of the get together together with the applying kind for symbols.

Iowa faculty taking pictures | One lifeless, 5 wounded at highschool in Perry; suspect lifeless

A 17-year-old opened fireplace at a small-town Iowa highschool on the primary day of college after the winter break, killing a sixth-grader and wounding 5 others as college students barricaded in workplaces and fled in panic. The suspect, a scholar on the faculty in Perry, died of what investigators imagine is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and at the very least one of many victims is a college administrator, a regulation enforcement official informed The Associated Press.

Islamic State claims accountability for Iran assault

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and first Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber vowed revenge on Thursday for explosions that killed at the very least 84 at a ceremony to commemorate high commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone in Iraq in 2020. Islamic State has claimed accountability for the assault. Earlier, a senior official in U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration mentioned the blasts appeared to signify “a terrorist attack” of the sort carried out up to now by Islamic State militants.

Myanmar’s army authorities pardons practically 10,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day

Myanmar’s army authorities on Thursday pardoned practically 10,000 prisoners to mark the 76th anniversary of gaining independence from Britain, however they apparently included only a small proportion of the hundreds of political detainees jailed for opposing military rule.

Centre eager to increase ECGC cowl to particular person jewelry exporters

Union minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday mentioned that the Centre was eager to increase the ECGC (Export Credit Guarantee Corporation) cowl, now offered to banks in the direction of the credit score limits for exporters, to even particular person exporters of gems and jewelry. He was talking on the India International Jewellery Trade Show (IIJS) organised by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council at Jio Centre in Mumbai.

India’s heavy digital footprint makes it extra engaging to cybercrooks: consultants

With a inhabitants of over 1.4 billion and a quickly increasing financial system, India’s digital footprint has made it an alluring goal for cybercriminals in search of to take advantage of vulnerabilities, warned a bunch of cyber-security suppliers. Data breaches would skyrocket in 2024, there could be continued acceleration in ransomware actions along with a surge in identity-based assaults ensuing from growing cloud adoption, and deepfakes would additionally pose a looming menace to the nation’s cybersecurity this 12 months, they cautioned.

IND vs SA second Test | Fiery Bumrah helps Team India break a Cape Town hoodoo

The ultimate frontier will stay the ultimate frontier for some extra time, however India’s cricketers will head again residence, their heads held excessive. They expectedly wrapped up the second Test with loads of time to spare on Thursday to sq. the two-Test sequence 1-1. Aiden Markram scored a surprising hundred (106, 103b, 17×4, 2×6) on an extremely difficult observe the place no one else touched 50, however that would solely delay the inevitable. India’s seven-wicket victory got here within the second session on the second day. It was the crew’s first-ever Test victory on the Newlands Cricket Ground.

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