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Thursday, October 31, 2024
TopicCapital punishment

Topic: capital punishment

Alabama executes man using nitrogen gas, first new execution method in US

Jonathan Allen -
Kenneth Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, is the first to be executed using a new method of capital punishment since lethal injections began in the US four decades ago.

UP woman who axed family to death likely to become India’s first female to be executed

Bismee Taskin -
Shabnam and her lover Saleem have been convicted of killing seven members of her family, including her 10-month old nephew.

Consider making death penalty a punishment for corruption, Madras HC tells Centre

Bhadra Sinha -
Madras High Court says corruption is deep-rooted, has spread like cancer, and, therefore, the punishment needs to be made more stringent.

For these 6 men on death row, freedom has been a 15-year-long wait

Manasi Phadke -
In an unprecedented judgment, the SC has set free six men accused of murder and rape in Nashik but not before they spent nearly two decades in prison.

It’s been 10 years, but India still doesn’t want to replace hanging with lethal injection

Maneesh Chhibber -
A decade after looking at options to replace death by hanging with a 'more humane' way, ministry says no such proposal being examined.

Swati Maliwal: The woman on an indefinite hunger strike that India hardly cares about

Sanya Dhingra -
Maliwal is demanding the death penalty for rapists of minors, but the Centre or the BJP have taken no cognisance of her protest at Delhi’s Rajghat.

Seven other countries where the punishment for rape is death

Rajgopal Singh -
Indian courts apply the principle of “rarest of rare” circumstances when they award capital punishment. RAJGOPAL SINGH

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Opinion

Iran’s real fantasy is to take over Muslim world. Palestine is just a façade

Khinvraj Jangid -
Since 1979, Iran has used the Palestinian issue as a façade for its regional agenda to oppose American diplomacy, the Western world, and the existence of Israel.

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Economy

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Defence

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

Smruti Deshpande -
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

National Interest

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Shekhar Gupta -
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.

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