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Hate speech is happening because State impotent: Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court said Wednesday that hate speech “is happening because the State is impotent, State is powerless, State doesn’t act in time”, and will stop “the moment politics and religion are segregated”. Justice K M Joseph, heading a bench that also comprised Justice B V Nagarathna, also said, “Why do we have a State at all when all this is happening?”. He made these remarks while hearing a plea by Shaheen Abdullah, a multimedia journalist from Kerala, seeking contempt proceedings against Maharashtra Police for not acting to restrain inflammatory speeches at rallies organised by some Hindu outfits despite the court’s direction. https://www.btwa.wa.edu.au/lms-user_profile/5550 https://www.nes.edu.vn/profile/collect-the-latest-information-about-one-part-conductive-silver-epoxy-adhesive-glue/profile https://www.spgrrok.catholic.edu.au/profile/one-part-conductive-silver-epoxy-adhesive-glue-a-few-knowledge-gaining-about-these-de...

CAPF recruitment: In 3 days, 5 ‘unfit’ overweight candidates declared ‘fit’, CBI lodges FIR

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against eight people, including two chief medical officers and a senior doctor of the Border Security Force, for allegedly manipulating the medical records of five overweight candidates during the recruitment in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)-2022-2023. Investigation has revealed that two of the applicants, Gagan Sharma and Mukul Vyas, weighed 80.340 kg and 91.280 kg during their Physical Standard Test (PST), but within three days, the Review Medical Examination (RME) board recorded their weights as 69 kg (a difference of 11.340 kg) and 81 kg (a difference of 10.280 kg). The matter was reported to the CBI on March 28, 2022, after a written complaint was filed by IG (Pers) of BSF, Ayush Mani Tiwari, and an FIR was lodged on Tuesday on the basis of an inquiry report of BSF. On November 3, DG (BSF) also granted approval under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption (PoC) Act to conduct ...