The probe team revealed that they did not have the CCTV footage requested by Sriram Venkataraman in the case of Journalist K. M. Basheer’s murder. The investigation team told the court that a DVR containing the footage had already been submitted. The DVR, which was to be submitted as a document, was filed in the court. With this, it will take time for the accused to get the footage from the DVR.
Sriram Venkataraman had demanded the accident footage when the court was considering the case last day. The case was adjourned till today. Defendants can only hand over the footage which is currently being hoarded to the defendants by turning it into a document. The prosecution told the court it had no objection to handing over the footage. There are indications that action will be taken in this regard in the coming days.
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Rosgar Yojana’ scheme to create new jobs. The scheme will be subsidized by the Central Government. The plan is for a retrospective effect from October 1 for the next two years. Newly recruited workers in EPFO registered companies with a monthly salary of less than Rs. 15,000 / – will be eligible for the benefit.
Major announcements
* Production Linked Incentive Scheme has been announced for ten major sectors including telecom and automobile. 1.46 lakh crore has been sanctioned for this.
* Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme extended till March 2021.
* The government will provide EPF share for two years. The government will provide employee and employer contributions to companies with up to 1,000 workers. This is 12 percent each. The government will pay the employees’ share in a company with more than a thousand employees. This is also 12 percent.
For the first time in history, the country’s economy has entered a recession, the RBI said in a news release. A team of economists, including RBI Deputy Governor Michael Pathra, has said that India is heading for a recession in the first half of the 2020-21 financial year. In the second quarter ending September, GDP fell by 8.6 percent, according to the RBI. Nowcasting is the current or near-future forecast of the country’s economy. This is the first time the RBI has published ‘Nowcast’. The National Statistical Office (NSO) reported in August that GDP had shrunk by 24 percent in the first quarter. The NSO is expected to release its second-quarter figures by the end of November.
New Delhi: All platforms using digital content, including online media, are now under the purview of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. This also applies to OTT and shopping portals. The Central Government has issued an order in this regard. The rules of the Central Government will also apply to online media. News, contemporary information, the film, audio, and visual programs provided by online content providers will no longer be subject to central laws.
Online video streaming portals such as Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime, and Jio Cinema will now be subject to the same censorship as TV channels. This is stated in the notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat. So far the censorship terms did not apply to OTT platforms as they were outside the rules of the Censor Board. Moreover, in September, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting refused to support the Internet and Mobile Association of India’s (IAMAI) position that self-imposed restrictions were being used. More than 15 video streaming platforms have signed up to implement the Code of Self-Regulation under IAMAI.
In 2019, the then Information Minister Prakash Javadekar had made it clear that the Center would not take any action that would undermine media freedom. But he also made it clear that it would bring in some restrictions similar to those of print and visual media. From now on, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will be empowered to decide the policy matters of online news and content on OTT platforms. The notification, signed by President Ramnath Kovind, will be implemented soon, the ministry said.
Currently, there are no rules for online portals in India. While the Press Council of India regulates the print media, TV channels operate under the Cable Television Networks (Regulations) Act. The TV channels came under the News Broadcasters Association. Advertising Standards Council of India examines the content of advertisements. There is also a Central Board of Film Certification to monitor movies. But so far there have been no rules or specialized organizations for digital content and OTT platforms.Public interest litigation was filed in the Supreme Court seeking to regulate OTT platforms and online portals. Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and Justices A.S. Bopanna, V. The bench comprising Justice Ramasubramanian had sent notices to the Center, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and IAMAI. It is reported that this is the decision of the Center.
Kochi: The Jacobite sect has started a fast in front of the Kothamangalam small church district government in protest of the possibility of taking over the Kothamangalam small church. The Jacobite sect alleges that the Orthodox Church is trying to seize the church during the debate.
The High Court had yesterday slammed the government and the district administration for not implementing the order to take over the church. The court had directed the Central Government to explain as to whether the Central Army could be called in to enforce the judgment. Following this, the Central Government submitted a written explanation to the court.
The court had orally mentioned that the district collector was unfit to hold office and that the police had failed. The court had stated that the order would be issued within two days in the case and if anything had to be done before then. Following the indication that the church would be taken over by the district administration today, the believers had gathered at the church last night to prevent it.
A hartal will be held in Kothamangalam tomorrow under the leadership of the Matamaithri Samrakshana Samithi against the takeover of the church.
Thiruvalla: The Income Tax Department has found that companies under the Believers Church have laundered more black money. The Directorate of Enforcement has launched a preliminary investigation against the Believers Church institutions involved in money laundering. An old note was also found in the innumerable coins found from the Believers Church.
The Income Tax Department seized an unaccounted amount of Rs 15 crore from the Believers Church. During the four-day inspection, about Rs, 15 crore was found. Banned currencies also be among those seized. An Enforcement Special Team has launched a preliminary investigation. Believers’ Church institutions have been found to have laundered more counterfeit money.
Officials have received records of over Rs 6,000 crore in foreign aid for charitable activities in the last five years. But most of this money was invested in the real estate sector. Such illegal investments are also being investigated.
Patna: In Bihar, the ruling party NDA retained power. The NDA has a clear majority in the 243-member assembly. The NDA won 125 seats. The opposition Grand Alliance has 110 seats. And eight seats for the others.
The BJP won 74 and the JDU 43 seats. Hindustani Awami Morcha and Vikas Sheel Insan Party won the RAW seat. The RJD has 75 seats and the Congress 19. The CPI (M) won 2 seats and the CPI (M) 12 seats. The AIMIM has five seats and the LJP, BSP and Independents each
They also won seats. JDU’s Sunil Kumar won the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat.
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WASHINGTON: Democratic candidate Joe Biden is set to become the 46th president of the United States. Biden won a landslide victory in Pennsylvania by 20 votes to 270. With this, Biden got 284 votes.
Republican nominee and current president Donald Trump has returned to the polls after allegations of election irregularities. Thousands of votes were cast illegally after 8 pm on election day. In a series of tweets, Trump alleged that this affected the outcome in Pennsylvania and other states.
Kamala Harris, of Indian descent, will be the Vice President. With this, Kamala will become the first woman vice president in the history of the United States. According to CNN despite the vote count, Biden won a simple majority of 538 electoral votes.
Kasargod: The Muslim League leader and MLA MC Khamaruddin has been arrested in a fashion gold jewelery scam case. The arrest was made following an interrogation led by V Vivek Kumar, head of the probe team. He was arrested in a case of embezzling Rs 150 crore from about 800 people. Khamaruddin was summoned to the Kasargod SP office and questioned from this morning. The investigation team said there was strong evidence against Khamaruddin.
The arrest was made during interrogation at the district police training center. Kallatra Mahin Haji, the mediator appointed by the League to resolve the investors’ grievances, was questioned by the probe team for three hours yesterday. Earlier in the day, jewelery MD Pookoya had also questioned himself for nine hours. The information sought was mainly about the current assets and liabilities of the jeweler.
League leaders in Kasargod district embezzled Rs 150 crore from about 800 people under the guise of jewelery. 96 crore was invested and more than Rs. 50 crore was purchased through gold schemes. Most of the victims are party cadres and activists of the League-affiliated expatriate organization. The state leadership had said in a press conference in Malappuram that the assets of the jewelers and Khamaruddin would be settled within six months.
Khamaruddin sold his assets as soon as the jewelery shop closed. The remaining assets cannot be sold by the directors or intermediaries as the company is registered under the law. Nowhere in the company record is it shown that the investment was received from the public. However, Khamaruddin and the league leadership have so far tried to tarnish the image of investors. Unbeknownst to them, the majority of investors trusted the leadership and waited without complaining to the police. Then they came with a complaint. Khamaruddin is currently accused in 109 fraud cases.
The league leadership had yesterday said that the party had not taken up the matter of paying the investors’ liability. The league took this position when MC Kamaruddin was not ready to answer the question of whether the money would be repaid within six months.
