News you need to know before starting your day: 03 October 2021

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3 October, 2021

News:

  1. Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are hard at work to get all the systems in place, including a human-rated launch vehicle, crew and service modules, a crew escape system, and the environment control and life support systems (ECLSS), to meet the launch timeline of the Gaganyaan mission slated for late 2022 or early 2023, according to people familiar with the matter at the space station. HT
  2. With Brazil’s presidential election one year away, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and dozens of other cities around the country to protest President Jair Bolsonaro and call for his impeachment over his government’s handling of the pandemic. HT
  3. Left with only four MLAs in the 40-member Assembly after senior leader Luizinho Faleiro joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Congress in Goa may be in for the exit of another legislator, it was learnt on Saturday. Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, Congress MLA from Curtorim, may consider joining the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), sources said. Indian Express
  4. The counting of votes for the West Bengal bypolls will begin in Kolkata at 8 am on Sunday amid heavy security deployment. HT
  5. Besides triggering a strong pushback internally, the draft e-commerce rules of the government’s Department of Consumer Affairs have drawn flak from at least one sovereign government — Australia — and multiple foreign trade bodies for being intrusive and detrimental to trade. Indian Express
  6. In what could mark a significant departure from the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) that governs the process of appointment of judges to the higher judiciary, a month after the Supreme Court collegium reiterated its recommendations for the second time to appoint two advocates as judges of the Karnataka High Court, the government is yet to act on them. Indian Express

 

Hindi News: ( so that you don’t miss out )

  1. जी एंटरटेनमेंट एंटरप्राइजेज लिमिटेड, निवेशक इनवेस्को और OFI ग्लोबल चाइना फंड LLC के खिलाफ बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट चली गई है। दरअसल, ये दोनों कंपनियां जी के मैनेजिंग डायरेक्टर पुनीत गोयनका को हटाने समेत कई मसलों पर चर्चा करने के लिए एक्स्ट्रा ऑर्डिनरी जनरल मीटिंग (EGM) बुलाने की मांग कर रहे थे। जी एंटरटेनमेंट का कहना है कि पुनीत गोयनका को MD पद से हटाने की मांग गलत है। Bhaskar
  2. पंजाब के CM पद से इस्तीफा देने के बाद से कैप्टन अमरिंदर सिंह कांग्रेस पर हमलावर हैं। अब अमरिंदर का कहना है कि पंजाब में कांग्रेस की कलह को संभालने में नाकाम नेता उनके खिलाफ दुष्प्रचार कर रहे हैं। कैप्टन ने कहा कि एक तरफ हरीश रावत कहते हैं कि 43 विधायकों ने मेरे खिलाफ पत्र लिखा। अब रणदीप सुरजेवाला कह रहे हैं कि 79 में से 78 विधायकों का पत्र मिला था। इससे साफ जाहिर है कि पूरी पार्टी सिद्धू की कॉमेडी के रंग में रंग गई है।Bhaskar
  3. मैसेजिंग ऐप वॉट्सऐप ने अगस्त में भारत में 20 लाख से भी ज्यादा यूजर्स के अकाउंट बंद किए हैं। यह कार्रवाई भारत के आईटी नियमों और वॉट्सऐप की सेवा शर्तों का उल्लंघन करने वाले अकाउंट्स के खिलाफ की गई है। मंगलवार को जारी की गई वॉट्सऐप की मंथली कंप्लायंस रिपोर्ट से यह जानकारी सामने आई है।Bhaskar
  4. किसानों के विरोध के मद्देनजर केंद्र सरकार ने 3 अक्टूबर से हरियाणा और पंजाब में धान खरीद शुरू करने का फैसला लिया है। हरियाण के मुख्यमंत्री मनोहर लाल ने केंद्रीय खाद्य एवं आपूर्ति मंत्री अश्वनी चौबे से मुलाकात के बाद इसकी जानकारी दी। फैसले के बाद किसानों ने भी अपना विरोध-प्रदर्शन वापस ले लिया है।Bhaskar

 

Relevant Google Trends Today

  1. Several people have been detained following a raid on a party on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai by the Narcotics Control Bureau or NCB, sources said on Saturday. The NCB team boarded ship disguised as passengers based on a tip, sources said.
  2. Pakistan’s celebrated comedian Umer Sharif passed away on Saturday in Germany where he was admitted to a hospital after his condition deteriorated while being flown to the US on an air ambulance to undergo a life-saving heart procedure. He was 66.

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