News Dabba for 04 September 2024: 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 Vinesh Phogat likely to contest Haryana election, Bombay HC refuses to direct CBFC to release certification copy to Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Emergency’, to Zelenskiy reshuffling Ukraine cabinet.

Vinesh Phogat likely to contest Haryana election, Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times reports that wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are likely to contest the Haryana assembly elections from Julana and Badli seats, respectively, as Congress candidates. The names will be cleared by the Congress Central Election Committee on Wednesday or Thursday, as per the report. The Congress CEC has approved candidates in 66 of 90 seats so far. Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia's names are not in the list of 66. Read the full report here.

Indian Express: Bombay HC refuses to direct CBFC to release certification copy to Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Emergency’ producers 

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said that it was unable to pass directions at present stage to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to release the certificate granted to the Kangana Ranaut-starrer Hindi film Emergency to its co-producers in light of a Madhya Pradesh High Court order of September 3. Indian Express reports that the Madhya Pradesh High Court had directed the Sikh groups who had moved the court against the film to submit their objections to the movie and the trailer before the CBFC within three days. It had asked the CBFC to consider the same expeditiously. However, the Bombay High Court division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh P Pooniwalla asked the CBFC to consider the objections and take a decision on or before September 18. Read the full report here.

BBC on Telegram's apology for handling of deepfake porn material

Telegram has apologised to South Korean authorities for its handling of deepfake pornographic material shared via its messaging app, amid a digital sex crime epidemic in the country, BBC reports. It comes days after South Korean police said they had launched an investigation into Telegram, accusing it of "abetting" the distribution of such images. In recent weeks, a large number of Telegram chatrooms - many of them run by teenagers - were found to have been creating sexually explicit "deepfakes" using doctored photographs of young women. Read the full report here.

Zelenskiy reshuffles Ukraine cabinet as Russian missile strike targets Lviv, The Guardian

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has resigned as part of a wide-ranging government reshuffle, designed to give what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called “new strength” to his embattled country, The Guardian reports. Kuleba’s departure – announced in a handwritten note – came as Russia continued its relentless air barrage. At least seven people died in a missile strike in the western city of Lviv, with 38 injured, the report adds. Andriy Sadovyi, the mayor of Lviv, usually considered a safe haven, said three of the seven dead were children. Read the full report here.

e-Shram portal falters due to digital and technical hurdles, Scroll.in reports

As of August, the government’s e-Shram portal for informal and unorganised workers had listed a total of 29.8 crore registrations. Scroll.in reports that the Economic Survey of 2021-’22, however, estimated that India had 43.99 crore informal workers in the 2019-’20 fiscal year – which means that half the workforce is not represented on the portal. As per report, the numbers show that there is a long way to go for the portal to become completely effective. The e-Shram portal launched in August 2021 as part of the response to the distress of informal and unorganised workers following the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Read the full report here.