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Top News Highlights: Lalu Prasad praises Bihar caste survey report, A probe ordered into the deaths of 24 patients at a hospital in Nanded, Nepal President denies lapses in approving mass pardon, and more.
Today’s Latest News Transcript at 10:30 AM on 3 October 2023
In top national news: Underlining the need to ensure “efficiency” in administration, the Supreme Court in its 1992 decision in ‘Indra Sawhney vs Union of India’ had fixed the 50% ceiling for reservation. The caste survey data released by the Bihar government on Monday, which puts the general category population at 15.52%, could once again reopen the debate on the Indra Sawhney ceiling. Despite the Indra Sawhney ruling, the idea of breaching the 50% limit for reservation has had political currency. However, even as the Indra Sawhney ruling is under further challenge, several legislations that could breach this limit have been blocked by the judiciary — except the 10% EWS quota in 2019.
Meanwhile, hailing the release of the Bihar caste survey report as a “historic moment”, RJD national president Lalu Prasad said it was a step towards realising socialist icon Jayaprakash Narayan’s dream of “Total Revolution”. “These figures will set an example for the country in making holistic plans for proper development and progress of the neglected and poor and in giving representation to marginalised groups in proportion to the population,” he posted on X. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lauded the team’s efforts in the survey and said, “…The survey has not only taken into account one’s caste but also one’s economic status, which will help us devise further policies for development of all classes.”
In news from Maharashtra: The Maharashtra government has ordered a probe after 24 patients, including 12 infants, died in 24 hours between September 30 and October 1 at the state-run Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded city. This is the second instance of a state-run hospital reporting a high number of deaths in a single day after a similar incident was reported in August when 18 people died at the Thane Municipal Corporation-run Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial (CSMM) Hospital in Kalwa. According to information from the hospital, six infant boys and six infant girls were among those who died in 24 hours, notably higher than the average daily death toll of approximately 10 reported each day.
In news from Asian Games: With 60 medals -13 of which are gold – already in their corner, Team India will begin its journey in another gold contention event. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led men’s cricket team will face Nepal in the quarter-final today in Hangzhou. Earlier, the women’s team had already finished centre of the podium after defeating Sri Lanka in the final. Elsewhere, Lovlina Borgohain will try and ensure India will have representation on the top of the podium in boxing after Nikhat Zareen’s unexpected defeat in the semis. She will also be joined by Preeti and Narender in semifinal action. In Athletics, India will have an opportunity to increase their tally with Tejaswin Shankar leading in the men’s decathlon.
In top international news: Nepal President Ram Chandra Poudel on Monday refused to accept any lapses on his part after a delegation of the opposition Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) members arrived at his office to level allegations against him for approving mass pardon to 670 criminals, including murder convicts. The 78-year-old President skirted the issue and shifted the entire blame on the Nepal cabinet, citing constitutional binding to approve its recommendation for the move. Poudel told the delegation of the fourth-largest party in the Nepal House that in case the objections persist, the Prime Minister and the Home Minister must be held accountable.
In other news: Clergy sexual abuse survivors on Monday unveiled a proposed new church law calling for the permanent removal of abusive priests and superiors who covered for them, as they stepped up their outrage over Pope Francis’ choice to head the Vatican office that investigates sex crimes. The global advocacy group End Clergy Abuse unveiled the draft law at a press conference following days of protests around the Vatican, and before taking their complaints to the UN in Geneva. They are seeking to draw attention to the ongoing scandal in the Catholic Church and the failure of Francis and the hierarchy to make good on years of pledges of “zero tolerance” for abuse.
In news from the UK: In a shocking incident of “institutional racism” in the UK, nurses reportedly tied a Sikh patient’s beard with plastic gloves, leaving him in his own urine and offering him food he could not eat for religious reasons, according to a media report. Despite the man complaining about the discrimination in a note on his deathbed, the nurses were allowed to carry on working, The Independent newspaper reported last week, quoting from a dossier leaked to it from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the UK’s nursing regulator, which outlines multiple counts of alleged racism against nursing staff and patients. The council has launched an investigation into the newspaper’s revelations.
Lastly, Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman from Hungary and the United States respectively won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling the development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, the award-giving body said on Monday. The prize, among the most prestigious in the scientific world, is selected by the Nobel Assembly of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute Medical University and also comes with 11 million Swedish crowns (about $1 million).
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