Did security drill scare away tigers ahead of PM Modi’s safari?  https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/apr/11/did-security-drill-scare-away-tigers-ahead-of-pm-modis-safari-2564658.html 11th April 2023
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi couldn’t spot a single tiger or any big cat while on his 22-km safari in Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR) from 7.15 am to 9.30 am on Sunday. ...Excited and jittery, Madhusudhan, who is still having goosebumps after driving the PM, told The New Indian Express: “Sightings in forests is just luck. When I did the trial run on Friday and Saturday for the security teams, two tigers were sighted. In fact, the PM saw fresh tiger pugmarks, but just missed the tiger.

Criminal intent, direct act instigating suicide must to prove abetment: SC http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/99392117.cms  Swati Deshpande Apr 11, 2023,

The arrest of a first-year student of IIT-Bombay on charges of abetting the suicide of his batchmate Darshan Solanki has again turned the spotlight on what constitutes this offence and the judicial pronouncements on abetment.
"In matters of abetment of suicide, human emotions play a very big part and, therefore, police must always be circumspect in exercising their power of arrest. The law on abetment to suicide is now fairly clear and well settled: such allegation of abetment must have a live link with the actual suicide," said senior counsel Amit Desai.

"Abetment involves a mental process of instigating a person or intentionally aiding a person in doing a thing. Without a positive act on the part of the accused to instigate or aid in committing suicide, conviction cannot be sustained," a Supreme Court bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and K S P Radhakrishnan said in 2010 defining 'abetment'.

Balika Panchayat: The Story of Kunariya https://youtu.be/MB1Y_ru1sxM   Vikalp Sangam 
The Balika Panchayat of Kunariya aims to empower women in the active functioning of the Gram Panchayat.

  https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/indias-first-balika-panchayat/ “Balika Panchayat” is managed by people in the 11-21 age group and its main objective is to promote the social and political development of the girl child and to remove the evil practices from the society such as child marriage, and the dowry system. The main objective of panchayat is that the girls should move forward in politics. In Balika panchayat, the member is nominated just like Gram panchayat...

India’s first-ever ‘Balika Panchayat’ aims to promote active participation of girls in politics ANI 17 June, 2022 https://theprint.in/india/indias-first-ever-balika-panchayat-aims-to-promote-active-participation-of-girls-in-politics/1000055/

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Viral Video of 'Ramayana' Playing at Noida Pub Sparks Arrests, Case Filed  https://www.thequint.com/news/india/ramayana-clip-noida-pub-arrests-case-registered-latest-news THE QUINT 11 Apr 2023
Police are also on the lookout for the DJ seen behind the turntable in the purported video.

Noida bar plays dubbed Ram-Ravan dialogues for dance floor, 1 arrested https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/noida/story/noida-bar-plays-dubbed-ram-ravan-dialogues-for-dance-floor-2358224-2023-04-10
A video from a popular bar in Noida shows people dancing while a dubbed Ramayan clip plays in the background. Police have arrested a person in connection with the incident.

In a 34-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Naseeruddin Shah spoke about a range of issues that have been in the news recently. They include the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur’s boast that “India has everything that any developed nation in the world has”, Foreign Minister Jaishankar’s criticism that the West “has a bad habit of commenting on others … if (they) keep doing this other people will also start commenting and they will not like it when it happens” as well as the Prime Minister’s claim, made most recently at President Biden’s Summit of Democracies, that India is “the mother of democracy”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaxHSQf2B-A 

Besides the political motive, the arbitrary changes also reflect a lack of professionalism. Little respect was shown for discipline and pedagogical requirements.

The general criteria for ‘Rationalisation of the Content in the Textbooks’ are briefly spelt out somewhat vaguely:

“In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative to reduce the content load on students. The National Education Policy 2020 also emphasises reducing the content load and providing opportunities for experiential learning with a creative mindset. In this background, the NCERT has undertaken the exercise to rationalise the textbooks across all classes.”

by Amar Farooqui

10/04/2023

Raj Mungase's song attacked the Eknath Shinde-led government without mentioning names. Umesh Khade criticised politicians for ignoring poverty. Notably, neither named anyone in their songs. https://thewire.in/the-arts/maharashtra-rappers-eknath-shinde-raj-mungase-umesh-khade 

Two young rappers posted videos of their songs on the internet. In a matter of minutes, both songs went viral on social media. The two men, from two different parts of Maharashtra and perhaps unknown to each other, had raised similar political and social questions. 

While Raj Mungase’s rap attacked Maharashtra’s Eknath Shin

de-led government (without mentioning names), Umesh Khade criticised politicians for ignoring poverty-stricken people for their personal gains .The Maharashtra police found both the songs “obscene” and booked the rappers in two separate cases. 

DB Dialogue With Ex Governor Satya Pal Malik | Adani Case | India | Rahul Gandhi | Breaking #dblive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zePA9QnuIZ4