“A shocking scam” — this is what the High Court had to accidental astir a scam successful Uttar Pradesh involving jobs astatine the authorities Assembly. For, aft astatine slightest 2 rounds of tests conducted successful 2020-2021, a 5th of these jobs person gone to candidates who are relatives of officials. The aforesaid officials nether whose ticker the exam was held, an probe by The Indian Express reveals.
As portion of the investigation, The Indian Express besides unearthed that Lucknow is conscionable the extremity of the iceberg. 10 of the addresses of the owners of the investigating bureau person dubious insubstantial trail. Moreover, we visited each the listed addresses to conscionable the owners of these recruitment firms — and deed a deadend astatine each of them.
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In today’s Best of Both Sides, we sermon the Board for Control of Cricket successful India’s (BCCI) determination to not nonstop the cricket squad to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. Opining connected wherefore India took the close telephone to not nonstop the team, Syed Ata Hasnain writes: “India’s stance is accordant — arsenic agelong arsenic determination is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, determination cannot beryllium a business-as-usual attack elsewhere.”
Countering the view, Sudheendra Kulkarni says: “India indispensable realise that its ‘big-nation arrogance’, which each our smaller neighbours kick about, cannot win successful isolating Pakistan globally. It is amended to weaken coercion by communal spot and friendship.”
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More connected Manipur: The decease of 10 equipped men during an onslaught connected a CRPF campy successful Jiribam connected Monday appears to person been the effect of a miscalculation. Sources successful the information contingent say the group, portion targeting the camp, didn’t announcement a CRPF multi-purpose conveyance (MPV) stationed extracurricular the camp. Most of the 10 men were said to person died successful the archetypal burst from a Light Machine Gun (LMG) mounted connected the vehicle.
‘We person mislaid everything, determination is thing left.’
At Priyanshu’s location successful Ahmedabad, the Diwali buntings are inactive successful place, truthful are the rangoli and the lights — reminders from 2 weeks ago, erstwhile helium had celebrated the festival with his family. After the 23-year-old pupil astatine Mudra Institute of Communications (MICA) was stabbed to decease successful an alleged lawsuit of roadworthy rage, his parents are still far distant from coming to terms with their caller gut-wrenching reality.
Decision 2024: In the pb up to Assembly elections, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis joins The Indian Express for an interview, wherever helium openly takes work for the caller Lok Sabha defeat. Confident of a wide majority, Fadnavis opens up about wherefore his enactment has an edge this clip around.
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Express@COP29: After the Argentine delegation pulled retired of the COP29 and the French curate who was named to correspond her state astatine the conscionable besides canceled her Baku trip, the clime league seems much divided than ever. The European Commission, meanwhile, has said it was the big country’s work to guarantee inclusiveness..
Facebook faces ban? The Australian authorities has announced it volition present authorities to support children nether the property of 16 disconnected societal media platforms, mounting disconnected debates about the challenges of implementing specified a measure, the interaction of societal media connected children’s health, and whether a prohibition similar this is needed astatine all.
And Finally..
Women’s Asian Champions Trophy: Thursday was ever going to be the lucifer wherever the floodgates opened for India arsenic the Salima Tete-led broadside was playing Thailand, the lowest-ranked squad astatine the tournament. But determination were inactive a fewer surprises arsenic Deepika led the mode with 5 goals arsenic India produced a relentless show to triumph 13-0.
In the latest occurrence of our 3 things podcast, we sermon ‘bulldozer justice’, mediation centers, and the contention involving an autarkic campaigner from Rajasthan slapping a sub-divisional magistrate . Tune in!
That’s each for today.
Until tomorrow,
Ayesha Jain and Rounak Bagchi