Bhopal:  11 killed in Madhya Pradesh Betul bus-car collision. The injured were admitted to the hospital. The accident happened at two o’clock this morning. The accident happened to a car coming from Amaravati. It is indicated that the occupants of the car died.
Police informed that all of them are workers. The preliminary conclusion is that the driver of the car fell asleep. The police have registered a case and started an investigation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh to the families of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 to the injured.

New Delhi:  As part of controlling air pollution, more measures are being tightened in Delhi. Primary schools will be closed from tomorrow. Activities outside the classroom will be suspended.
Activities including sports competitions are not allowed in schools.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that there is no political war over air pollution. But air pollution in North India is dangerous. Many places were covered with smoke. Delhi’s air quality index yesterday was a poor 389. Some schools in Delhi and Haryana have moved classes online due to air pollution.
Smog continues in national capital Delhi for a week. According to the Air Quality Index, around 10 areas in Delhi are still in danger of air pollution. RK Puram in Delhi recorded a hazardous air quality index of 486 yesterday. Alipur, Anand Lok, Anand Vihar, Ashok Vihar, Dwarka Sector, Karol Bagh also recorded an index above 400. There is no solution to Delhi’s air pollution. Excessive use of vehicles has increased pollution. People say that air pollution is reduced only during monsoons and if you want to live in Delhi, you need to boost your immune system.
In Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, burning of fields after harvesting also increases the pollution. Inhaling polluted air can also cause major health problems, according to reports.

Ahmedabad: Morbi Municipal Corporation Chief Officer has been suspended in the Gujarat Morbi bridge accident. On the last day, the suspension bridge collapsed in which 135 people fell.

At the same time, authorities said that rescue operations have ended in the incident. So far 135 bodies have been found in the five-day search. The suspension bridge across the Machu river in Morbi collapsed on Sunday.

It is concluded that no one can be found at present. State Disaster Management Authority Commissioner Harshad Patel said that this is why the rescue operations have been stopped. The Indian Coast Navy and the National Disaster Response Force were leading the rescue operations with the help of local bodies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the accident site on Tuesday. The Gujarat government has also appointed a five-member committee to study the accident in detail and provide proper assistance to those affected. Four people have been arrested out of the nine who were found guilty in the incident. The Oreva Group was awarded the contract for the renovation and maintenance of the 135-year-old suspension bridge. Two managers and two workers of the company have been arrested.

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New Delhi: Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan resigns. This was released by Meta Platforms itself. Currently available reports are that Ajith will go to Facebook’s ‘rival’ social media platform Snapchat.”Ajit has decided to step down from his role at Facebook to pursue another opportunity outside of Meta Company,” Nicola Mendelson, vice president of Meta Global Business Group, said in a statement.
 Ajit Mohan started as the Managing Director of Facebook India in January 2019. In the two years that Ajith Mohan was the director, the number of users of WhatsApp and Instagram from India has increased by more than 200 million, according to reports.
Before joining Facebook Meta, Ajit Mohan was the Chief Executive Officer of Star India’s video streaming service Hotstar. He was the CEO of Hotstar for four years.

New Delhi: Supreme Court says that ED can also take action against those who give bribes. The court directed that the ED can file a case against the bribe payers under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

Bribery is also an offense under the Prevention of Corruption Act and falls under the purview of the PMLA, the court said. The Supreme Court issued the order on a petition filed by the ED Chennai Zonal Office.

At the same time, the Supreme Court had ordered to take strict action against those who conduct two-finger tests in rape cases. The action was based on the observation that the two-finger test is re-victimizing the survivors. Stating that the test has no scientific basis, the court directed that it be removed from the curriculum of medical colleges. The order came from a bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli. 

New Delhi: The central government has decided to grant Indian citizenship to minorities who have migrated from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Citizenship is granted to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians settled in two districts of Gujarat. Notably, it has been granted under the Citizenship Act, 1955, instead of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA).

According to a notification by the Union Home Ministry, District Collectors are authorized to grant Indian citizenship under Section 5 to Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian immigrants residing in Anand and Mehsana districts of Gujarat. Such people residing in these two districts of Gujarat should submit their applications online. These will be checked by the Collector at the district level.

The application and its reports are simultaneously accessible online by the central government. The Collector will conduct an inquiry for the necessary verifications as to whether the applicant is eligible for citizenship. They are forwarded to institutions for verification. After all these procedures, if the Collector is satisfied that the applicant is suitable, he will be issued an Indian citizenship or naturalization certificate.