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It’s all about Mamata Banerjee, ‘seasonal Hindu’ on Times Now, Aaj Tak & Zee News

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

On Camera

Too many juveniles are locked up in adult jails. Police bias is to blame

The police decide whether a young person in custody will be treated as a child or an adult. Placing discretion with them is based on the erroneous presumption that age is clear.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.