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Expressing its lack of confidence in the judicial commission appointed by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the October 3 incidents in Lakhimpur Kheri, the Supreme Court proposed the appointment of a retired judge from “a different High Court” to monitor investigations till the chargesheets are filed. The bench’s suggestion came after it said that evidence of some of the witnesses in the case relating to the death of the driver and the two BJP workers were overlapping with the case related to the death of four farmers. It raised doubts whether this was being done to benefit a “particular accused”.

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China became the second country after Pakistan that is set to give tomorrow's NSA-level meeting on Afghanistan a miss. Sources said the meeting, attended by NSAs from Russian, Iran and other key countries in the region, will look at the challenge arising out of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. However, sources said, there was no request or plan to invite the Taliban since none of the participating countries have recognised or legitimised the regime so far. They did not rule out the possibility of inviting other countries, including the US, in future editions of the event.

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A day after a policeman was shot dead in Srinagar, suspected militants killed a civilian in the Old City area. Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, 45, was shot in the chest and abdomen. He worked as a salesman at a grocery shop run by a Kashmiri Pandit who had returned to Srinagar in May 2019 after migrating to Delhi in the early 90s at the onset of militancy.

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Days before his transfer to Jammu & Kashmir, a CRPF jawan allegedly killed four and injured three of his batchmates at a camp in Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-hit Sukma district. The reasons for his action were not immediately clear, but sources said he fought with his colleagues over some "trivial matter" a few days ago.

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At least four infants died in a fire that broke out in the children’s ward of the Kamla Nehru Hospital, which is located within the premises of Bhopal’s state-run Hamidia Hospital. Officials said that 36 of the 40 infants in the ward were rescued while four, who were already in a critical condition, succumbed in the blaze.

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Meanwhile in Maharashtra, the fire safety recommendations put together by an audit committee of the Maharashtra government after a fire claimed the lives of ten newborn babies inside a hospital are yet to be implemented. Since then, five major fires have been reported in the state’s hospitals with 45 more deaths, including the 11 Covid patients who were killed in Saturday's fire.

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Last month, six men waylaid and murdered his 14-year-old daughter while she was cycling to his coaching institute in Bihar's Samastipur. Within the next 10 days, all the accused were arrested and jailed. And a week later, Umashanker Thakur was back teaching at the institute he started after leaving his job as a marine engineer in Mumbai “to lift the education profile” of rural students.

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There is a new sub-vertical in the online grocery segment — Quick Commerce, or q-commerce, where the promise of deliveries within 10-30 minutes of ordering is the unique selling proposition. But how do companies meet the delivery deadlines? They set up 'dark stores' located closer to the point of delivery.

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⌛ *And Finally...*

Our sports correspondent who is in UAE to cover the cricket T20 World Cup dissects the factors that contributed to India's failed campaign (https://www.inexp.in/ayOcCR). And our chief cricket writer looks back on Ravi Shastri's five years as the team's head coach and the legacy he leaves behind (https://www.inexp.in/mMOby5).

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Three internal reports flagging hate speech, "misinformation" and "problem content", among several other red flags concerning Facebook operations in India in the months ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections were played down during review meetings with Chris Cox, then Vice President of Facebook. Minutes of the meeting concluded: "Survey tells us that people generally feel safe. Experts tell us that the country is relatively stable.”

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The day after a salesman at a wholesale grocery shop was shot by suspected militants in the old city area of Srinagar, the shop-owner, who is a Kashmiri Pandit, said he had been warned Monday afternoon by the local police about a possible attack and advised to leave the shop. Shop-owner Sandeep Mawa told The Indian Express that the killing may have been a case of mistaken identity.

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With fatigue being listed as one of the key reasons for India’s early exit from the T20 World Cup, sources said the BCCI will assess and decide on the workload management of players — before the selectors pick a team – to prevent bio-bubbles from taking a toll on the mental well-being of overworked players. told The Indian Express has learnt that new coach Rahul Dravid will be part of this process along with BCCI secretary Jay Shah.

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The forensic examination of a rifle belonging to Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, has established that the weapon had been discharged, a senior police officer associated with the Lakhimpur Kheri investigation said. However, police said it was not clear when the rifle was fired — whether on October 3, when the incident took place, or on another day.

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Coinciding with Nepal Army chief General Prabhu Ram Sharma's four-day visit to India, Brigadier General Shantosh Ballave Poudyal, Nepal Army spokesperson, wrote in The Kathmandu Post that “Nepal is struggling against the headwind created by growing fissures in the India-China relationship."

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Hearing a petition challenging the clearance granted for improvement and expansion of roads by felling trees, the Surpeme Court asked if it can “override defence needs” on environmental grounds. The Centre has been pushing for increasing the width of the Char Dham road in Uttarakhand to allow the Army quicker access to areas along the boundary with China, but the petitioner contended that the Army was happy with existing roads but was only following the dictates of the political establishment.

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“If I can save the lives of these innocent babies, God will protect mine.” This was the thought that struck Rashid Khan on Tuesday night, when he arrived at the ill-fated infant’s ward at Kamla Nehru Hospital in Bhopal, where a devastating fire killed four babies. He was able to rescue eight infants that night, but could not save his eight-day-old nephew, Rahil.

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The National Security Advisors of seven countries are set to meet today for the ‘Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan’, chaired by India’s NSA Ajit Doval. Pakistan and China have opted out of the talks. Meanwhile, the participating NSAs will discuss some of the challenges Afghanistan faces today — from the threat of terrorism and arsenal of weapons left behind by the US, to the cross-border movement of people and drug trafficking.

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Alarmed by the increasing number of suicides in the CRPF, the force has decided to introduce a system of weekly “chaupals”, where personnel drawn from all ranks will interact with one another on a range of issues other than those concerning their work.

The aim is to promote a culture of talking and greater interaction at its camps so as to prevent the build-up of stress.

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A poster promoting a webinar organised by the Urdu department at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is at the centre of the latest controversy to hit the college campus. Members of the ABVP, the RSS’s students’ wing, took objection to the fact that the poster had the photograph of Urdu poet Allama Iqbal but not that of BHU founder Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya. The university subsequently issued a “warning letter” to Urdu HoD Prof Aftab Ahmad, and formed a committee to probe the issue.

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⌛ *And Finally...*

🤐 Delhi Confidential: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is a stickler for time and cleanliness. On Monday, the minister took a round of various office rooms on different floors and observed that some officers were absent and also inspected the cleanliness of the premises.

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Until tomorrow,

Leela Prasad G and Rahel Philipose