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Here are the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites.
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 encounter in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, report on Israeli outpost settlers rapidly seizing West Bank land, to Bengal Assembly unanimously passing state’s new anti-rape Bill.
9 Maoists killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, Hindustan Times
A joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) killed nine Maoists during an ongoing encounter in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, Hindustan Times reports, as per official confirmation. The operation was launched based on intelligence inputs that indicated the presence of Maoists in the area, officials said. According to police, the encounter began at around 10:30 am and is still underway. Read the full report here.
Israeli outpost settlers rapidly seizing West Bank land, BBC analysis
The number of illegal Israeli settler outposts has risen rapidly in recent years in the West Bank, new BBC analysis shows. There are currently at least 196 across the West Bank, and 29 were set up last year - more than in any previous year. The outposts - which can be farms, clusters of houses, or even groups of caravans - often lack defined boundaries and are illegal under both Israeli and international law, the report says. But the BBC World Service says it has seen documents showing that organisations with close ties to the Israeli government have provided money and land used to establish new illegal outposts. Experts say outposts are able to seize large swathes of land more rapidly than settlements, and are increasingly linked to violence and harassment towards Palestinian communities. Read the full report here.
Haryana student mistaken for cow smuggler, killed, India Today
A 19-year-old Class 12 student was shot and killed after he was mistaken for a cattle smuggler in Haryana's Faridabad. India Today reports that the accused chased the victim's car for 25 kilometres before killing him. Five people were arrested in connection with the incident. Read the full report here.
Putin shrugs off ICC war crimes warrant on visit to Mongolia, Al Jazeera reports
Al Jazeera reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin has started an official visit to Mongolia undisturbed, as Ulaanbaatar ignored an arrest warrant for the Russian president. An honour guard welcomed Putin in the Mongolian capital on Tuesday as he arrived to meet the country’s leader Ukhnaa Khurelsukh. Mongolia has blanked calls for it to arrest the Russian leader on the international warrant, the report says. Read the full report here.
Indian Express: Bengal Assembly unanimously passes state’s new anti-rape Bill
The West Bengal Assembly unanimously passed the newly drafted anti-rape Bill today, Indian Express reports. After it was tabled this morning, CM Mamata Banerjee addressed the House and hailed the new anti-rape Bill as “a model and historic”. The two-day special session of the Assembly was called by the TMC government in the wake of the rape-murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month. The Bill proposes capital punishment to rape convicts if their actions result in victims’ death or send them into a vegetative state, the report mentions. Banerjee also said that a special unit of the state police — ‘Aparajita Task Force’– will be set up once the Bill becomes a law. Read the full report here.
