News Dabba for 19 August 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 updates in Russia-Ukraine war, Centre defending law against triple talaq, to Trinamool MP's statement against protesting doctors.

Ukraine says it has destroyed second Russian bridge, BBC reports

Ukraine says it has destroyed a second strategic bridge in a week as it continues its incursion into Russia's Kursk region, BBC reports. The Ukrainian military on Sunday released aerial footage of the strike on the bridge - reported to be over the Seym River in Zvannoe. Hours later, the report says, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said for the first time that the aims of the military incursion into Kursk included the creation of a "buffer zone" to stop Russian attacks. Ukraine is nearly two weeks into its biggest attack on Russian territory since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Read the full report here.

Centre defends law against triple talaq, The Indian Express

Backing the triple talaq law, Indian Express reports, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that the Act “helps in ensuring the larger constitutional goals of gender justice and gender equality of married Muslim women. It also said that the law helps subserve their fundamental rights of  non-discrimination and empowerment.” The Centre said this in response to an affidavit filed earlier this month in response to a plea by the Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema, which sought a declaration that the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, is unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14, 15, 21, and 123 of the Constitution, the report adds. Read the full report here.

Poland seeks to contain toxic algae as tons of fish die, The Straits Times

The Straits Times reports that Poland has taken steps to contain the spread of toxic golden algae in the river Oder’s tributary system to prevent a repeat of the pollution crisis that hit the waterway in 2022. Hydrogen peroxide has been pumped in at the junction of the Gliwice Canal and the Klodnica river, helping to reduce the algae by more than 90 percent, the Climate Ministry said in a statement. Between August 3 and 16, the report says, some 77 tonnes of fish have died in the affected section of the canal and in nearby lake Dierzno Duze. The risk related to the algae remains critical in the canal, it said. Read the full report here.

Hindustan Times on Trinamool MP's statement against doctors protesting over RG Kar hospital case

Amid nationwide doctors' strikes following the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar hospital in Kolkata, Trinamool Congress MP Arup Chakraborty has warned doctors that “we will not save you” from public anger. Hindustan Times reports that Chakraborty made the statement during a public rally in Bankura, West Bengal. “In the name of the movement, you may go home or go about with your boyfriend. If a patient dies because of your strike and public anger falls on you, we will not save you,” he was reported to be saying. When questioned further, Arup Chakraborty refused to back down from his stance, the report adds. Read the full report here.

Ethnic minority shop owners targeted in UK riots fear more attacks, Al Jazeera

As rioters went on the attack in dozens of British towns and cities recently, Al Jazeera reports that some targeted businesses belonging to ethnic minority Britons. The unrest began in the aftermath of a fatal stabbing attack in Southport that killed three young girls, which agitators misleadingly blamed on a Muslim migrant. As disinformation about the suspect travelled at pace online, the report adds, angry crowds took to the streets to abuse migrants and Muslims at random. Black and Asian Britons were also targeted. Read the full report here.