The Hindu Morning Digest, December 22, 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the Lok Sabha in the course of the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023.
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Underneath new legislation, medical doctors face two years of imprisonment for loss of life attributable to negligence
Opposite to what Union House Minister Amit Shah instructed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the amended Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Invoice, 2023 (BNSS) doesn’t present a blanket exemption to medical doctors in circumstances of loss of life attributable to negligence; as an alternative, it prescribes a most two-year imprisonment in such circumstances, barely decrease than the punishment for different circumstances.
Caught in a row, RSS says it isn’t in opposition to a caste census
Days after certainly one of its senior functionaries opposed a caste census, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday mentioned that any such census must be used for the upliftment of society, emphasising that political events should make sure that social concord shouldn’t be disrupted attributable to any purpose.
Modi promised corrective measures for ‘severe’ safety breach at Parliament
Terming the breach of Parliament safety in the course of the Winter Session that concluded on Thursday as “severe”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence that corrective measures shall be taken thereof. These remarks have been reportedly made by Prime Minister Modi on the customary assembly over tea with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and leaders of various political events on the finish of the session. It was then that the he additionally made a word of the incident of a civilian sitting among the many MLAs within the Meeting in Congress-ruled Karnataka. In response to the sources, he remarked that such a large safety breach had not acquired any prominence.
Parliament passes new legal guidelines to repeal IPC, CrPC, and Proof Act
The Parliament handed the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Payments — changing the Indian Penal Code-1860, the Code of Prison Process Act-1898 and the Indian Proof Act of 1872, respectively — with Rajya Sabha clearing the three Payments on Thursday. The Lok Sabha had earlier handed the Payments on Wednesday.
Three Military personnel killed in J&Okay ambush
Three Military personnel have been killed and three others have been injured as militants ambushed an Military car within the Pir Panjal valley’s Rajouri on December 21. Two Military automobiles carrying troops have been shifting to an operation web site when the terrorists fired on it at about 3:45 p.m. “The fireplace was instantly retaliated upon by our personal troops. Within the ongoing operation, troops sustained three deadly and three non-fatal casualties,” an Military spokesman mentioned.
By no means know who will want whom in future, Mayawati cautions INDIA bloc
Bahujan Samaj Occasion (BSP) president Mayawati on Thursday mentioned it was not applicable to make feedback about events that aren’t a part of the Opposition’s Indian Nationwide Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) as nobody is aware of once they would possibly want the opposite group. “It’s not appropriate for anybody to make pointless feedback on events, just like the BSP, which aren’t part of the opposition bloc. I’d counsel that events ought to chorus from doing it as a result of you possibly can by no means say who will want whom sooner or later within the public curiosity,” she mentioned in an announcement.
Holders of Constitutional positions are concerned in partisan politics, Kharge tells Congress assembly
Constitutional functionaries, who’re answerable for defending Opposition members, have grow to be part of partisan politics, and there are makes an attempt to transform Parliament right into a platform for the ruling social gathering, Chief of the Opposition within the Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, mentioned in his opening remarks to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Thursday.
All schemes of the earlier authorities will proceed, Madhya Pradesh CM says
On the final day of the primary session of the sixteenth Madhya Pradesh Legislative Meeting, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday mentioned that each one schemes of his predecessor, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, together with the Ladli Behna and Ladli Lakshmi schemes, could be continued by his authorities.
At the very least 15 killed after mass taking pictures at a Prague college, says metropolis’s police chief
Prague’s police chief on December 21 mentioned an armed man who killed a minimum of 15 folks was a pupil at a college the place the mass taking pictures passed off. Police and the Czech Republic’s Inside Ministry earlier mentioned the suspect was useless. He has not been named publicly. Officers sealed off Jan Palach Sq. and evacuated the philosophy division constructing of Charles College, which is the place the taking pictures passed off.
Volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea | India sends aid materials value $1 million
India on December 21 despatched aid materials value $1 million for the folks affected by a volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea. A significant volcanic eruption of Mount Ulawun in Papua New Guinea resulted in widespread injury and destruction within the island nation. Greater than 26,000 folks have been evacuated from the area affected by the volcanic eruption.
India vs SA third ODI | Samson hits maiden ton; India has the final chuckle
India rode on Sanju Samson’s maiden ODI century and Arshdeep Singh’s four-wicket haul to beat South Africa by 78 runs at Boland Park on Thursday and clinch the three-match ODI sequence 2-1. Chasing 297, South Africa was off to a powerful begin as Reeza Hendricks and Tony de Zorzi put up a 59-run opening stand in fast time. Arshdeep then received Hendricks to play away from the physique and edge a catch behind to the wicketkeeper.
