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Judges bribery allegations: SC junks petition seeking judicial probe

Apurva Vishwanath -
The petition had sought that a special investigative team headed by a former chief justice of SC to replace the ongoing CBI probe.
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Reputation worries may have led India to choke air quality deal with Obama

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
The bilateral agreement to tackle air pollution in Indian cities gathers dust as New Delhi is thought to be worried about damage to the country’s image.
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Another clash at SC: CJI takes away 2G-related case from Justice Chelameswar

Apurva Vishwanath -
Case involving ED officer was listed to be heard by Justice Chelameswar, but was shifted to CJI Dipak Misra’s court through supplementary listing.
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Row over engineering degrees: Govt to order CBI probe into UGC ‘lapses’

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Within a week of the Supreme Court order cancelling engineering degrees secured through correspondence courses, the human resource development (HRD) ministry has decided to get to the crux of the matter.
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Delhi government rolls back odd-even plan despite NGT nod

Priyamvada Grover -
The move comes after the green court asked government not to give exemptions to women drivers, two-wheelers.
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Odd or even, data shows road rationing just not effective

Priyamvada Grover -
Experts call it an emergency measure, suggest long-terms solutions like augmenting public transport, to check air pollution in Delhi.
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Bus karo: Delhi govt will hire 500 buses for odd-even, hasn’t bought one since 2010

Priyamvada Grover -
As per Master Plan 2021, DTC is short by 10,000 buses. Congress didn’t buy after CWG, AAP promised 10,000, but floor height issue has stalled the process.
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‘Smells like paint’: What international publications reported on Delhi’s smog

Nikhil Rampal -
Media houses across the world have been reporting on the smog that has enveloped Delhi. Here's what they said.
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Visiting police stations and hospitals still an ordeal for rape survivors: Report

Sanya Dhingra -
Five years after ‘Nirbhaya’ case, Human Rights Watch report says nothing much has changed when it comes to filing FIR or getting medical help.
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NDA restores subsidy to flagship Gujarat PSU that UPA had stopped for ‘abuse’

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
UPA had stopped subsidy to GSFC in 2013 after it was found the company wasn’t passing it on to farmers. Modi govt reversed decision this March.
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An electric vehicle is parked in a bay at a charging station in New Delhi | Representational image| Photo: T. Narayan | Bloomberg

EV makers are losing their sheen. Turns out, making future-forward cars is kind of hard

Anjani Trivedi -
Blame Covid or supply chains or geopolitics — the reality is, there aren’t many EVs on roads in 2022. Investors need to pressure manufacturers to produce — at scale, and soon.
Cotton balls grow on a plant | Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg

Cotton, other crops shouldn’t meet fate of wheat. Govt needs an empowered group

A portrait of Han Fei | Wikimedia Commons

Not Sun Tzu or Confucius, Xi Jinping & elite Chinese politicians are reading this philosopher

Economy

World’s $300 trillion in debt. Here’s what it means for services like health, education

Victoria Masterson -
To meet debt payments, at least 100 countries will have to reduce spending on essential services, the IMF estimates.

Defence

Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet pulls off its first successful launch from a ski-jump at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, US | Photo credit: Boeing

2 American Super Hornets in India as Boeing looks to showcase fighters for Navy deal

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Navy looking at about 26 multi-role deck-based fighters for its aircraft carrier. Visit by Super Hornets comes close on heels of similar trip by competitor Rafale M of Dassault Aviation.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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