News Dabba for 03 March 2025: Five stories for a balanced news diet

Indie Journal brings you the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites. Here's a glance through some of the National and International news updates, from Ranveer Allahabadia being allowed to resume show, Mamata alleging voter fraud, to the fate of Russia-Ukraine war.

Top court allows Ranveer Allahbadia to resume show, NDTV reports

There is a need to balance morality and freedom of expression, the Supreme Court said today, NDTV reports. It asked the Centre to keep this in mind before laying down guidelines for digital content in the aftermath of the massive row over YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia's crass remarks. The 31-year-old YouTuber, earlier restrained from shooting any show, has been allowed to resume his podcast, The Ranveer Show. The report adds that the court, however, said he must provide an undertaking that his shows will maintain desired standards of morality so that viewers of any age group can watch them. Read the full report here.

Indian Express on Mamata alleging voter fraud

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is now the latest Opposition leader to raise concerns over the purity of the electoral roll, Indian Express reports. The Trinamool Congress chief last week flagged several electors with the same Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number. Banerjee alleged that the BJP was colluding with Election Commission to try and influence next year’s West Bengal Assembly elections using fake voters. Similar allegations have previously been made in Maharashtra and Delhi. Read the full report here.

Arab states and UN condemn Gaza aid blockade by Israel, BBC

Several Arab states and the UN have condemned Israel for blocking the entry of all humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. BBC reports that Egypt and Qatar said the Israeli move on Sunday violated a ceasefire deal, while UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher described it as "alarming". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country acted because Hamas was stealing the supplies and using them "to finance its terror machine". A Hamas spokesman said Israel's blockade was "cheap blackmail" and a "coup" against the ceasefire agreement, the report adds. Read the full report here.

Kerala man shot dead while trying to illegally enter Israel, wife recalls last chat: Hindustan Times

The wife of a man from Kerala's Thiruvanthapuram who was shot dead in Jordan by security forces, said that in his last call to her they talked for only two minutes and he asked her to pray for him, reported Hindustan Times. The man, 47-year-old Thomas Gabriel Periera, was shot dead by security forces in Jordan while he was trying to illegally cross the border to Israel, as per a mail sent to his family by the Indian Embassy in Amman, the report said. His wife said that the last time she received a call from him, “he only spoke to me for two minutes. He just asked me to pray for him…” Read the full report here.

Ukraine’s Zelensky says he can salvage relationship with US

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 2 that he believed he could salvage his relationship with US President Donald Trump after their explosive meeting in the Oval Office, The Straits Times reports, but that talks needed to continue behind closed doors. Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine would not concede any territory to Russia as part of a peace deal. He said he was still willing to sign a minerals deal with the US, the report adds, and described a discussion on March 2 with European leaders to send a draft peace plan to the US as a key development. Read the full report here.