News Dabba for 18 November 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 Supreme Court on Delhi pollution, medical students booked for junior’s death, to US nod for Ukraine to attack inside Russia.

15 medical students booked for junior’s death after ragging in Gujarat

A day after an 18-year-old medical student died after allegedly being ragged at his college hostel, police in Gujarat’s Patan district have booked 15 of his seniors for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, Indian Express reports. All the 15 were also suspended by the medical college following a report from its anti-ragging committee. Anil Natwarbhai Methaniya, from Jesda village in Surendranagar district, was a first-year student at GMERS Medical College at Dharpur in Patan. The report says that in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, he was allegedly made to stand for three hours during ragging by seniors at his hostel, after which he died. Read the full report here.

Supreme Court pulls up authorities as Delhi gasps, NDTV reports

As Delhi's air quality plunged to the 'severe-plus' category this morning, the Supreme Court today pulled up authorities over the delay in implementing tough restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to tackle the capital's bad air days. NDTV reports that the court also told the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the national capital region and the Delhi government that restrictions under Stage 4 of GRAP -- implemented after Air Quality Index crosses the 400 mark -- must not be relaxed without its permission even if AQI drops below 300. The bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice AG Masih asked the authorities why GRAP 3 was implemented three days after the AQI crossed the 300 mark, the report adds. Read the full report here.

Sri Lanka leader reappoints Amarasuriya as PM, retains finance and defence, Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka’s Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reappointed educationist Harini Amarasuriya as the country’s prime minister after sweeping the snap parliamentary elections last week. Al Jazeera reports that Dissanayake on Monday picked a 21-member cabinet, retaining the key defence and finance portfolios as he plans sweeping reforms, including a campaign promise of a new constitution, and to fight corruption in a nation recovering from its worst economic crisis. The swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet, which was telecast live, took place at the Presidential Secretariat in the capital, Colombo. Read the full report here.

India Today: 1 protester dead in fresh Manipur violence

One person was killed, and another sustained injuries on Sunday as protests and violence continued in Manipur’s valley areas, India Today reports. Security forces opened fire in Jiribam district to disperse the crowd, killing a 20-year-old man identified as K Athouba. The report says that the incident occurred around 11 pm at Babupara. A mob ransacked and set fire to furniture and other property taken from the local offices of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress in the same area. The violence took place within 500 meters of the Jiribam police station. Read the full report here.

Biden allows Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US missiles, BBC reports

BBC reports that US President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range US missiles to strike inside Russia. The news has not been formally announced, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said "the missiles will speak for themselves". The US will reportedly allow Ukraine to use the missiles to hold onto the small chunk of Russian territory it occupies in Kursk, the report says. Read the full report here.