ED can summon anyone
for ‘ any information ‘ : SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed sweeping
power of Enforcement Directorate ( ED ) saying that it could call “ anybody for
any information “ ,and the individual is
“ bound to attend in person or through authorised agents “ .
ED had summoned four senor officials of
TamilNadu govt .
They officers were summoned in sand mining
corruption case . Tamil Nadu govt in its reply said that as Election was due to
19 November they needed more time .
The court rapped Tamilnadu government saying
they have no respect for court and constitution.
The court has ordered the four to appear
before the court on April 25 .
Why did center turn a blind eye to Patanji’s ‘CoViD cure ‘
claim , asks SC
The. The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the government for “ shutting
eyes’ ‘ while Patanjali Ayruved “ tom tommed’ ‘ its wares as CoVID 19 panacea
during the pandemic .
On Patanjali Advertisement during Pandemic
The court asked the government that why they
did not inform the public during
Pandemic that the products advertised by Patanajali were supplement to
the main medication .
The court directed the government both center
and state to file an affidavit “ to dispel
the impression “ that government machinery was complicit with Patanjali
.
During Pandemic Patanjali Ayurved was
advertising its product Coronil as a Panacea .
Patanjali was also advertising that there was
no such product in modern medical science .
Apology by Swami Ramdev
The court on February 27 had issued a contempt
proceeding against Patanjali Ayurved and Patanjali MD Acharya Balkrishna for
violating an assurance that they would refrain from advertising Patanjali
products as “ permanent relief “ for certain diseases .
The court on Tuesday said that the contemnors
were taking the proceedings “ too lightly “ . The court also expressed
dissatisfaction with the affidavit filed by Patanjali and Mr . Balkrishna .
The court has given a week’s time to file a
fresh affidavit .
Sanjay Singh gets bail ; no trace for money trial : SC
Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP ) leader SanJay Singh got bail from the Supreme
Court on Tuesday in Delhi Excise Policy
Case .
The Supreme Court Judges observed that no
headway was made in recovering the proceeds of crime . The court also pointed
out that the accused turned approver Dinesh Arora only in his 10 th statement
had implicated Sanjay Singh of taking ₹2 crore bribe .
ED conceded to the demand of bail by Sanjay
Singh lawyer .
Got offer to join BJP , threatened with arrest : Atishi
Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi minister
Atishi said on Tuesday that she had received an offer by BJP in order to “ save
“ her “ political career” adding that
she was threatened with arrest if she did not accept it .
BJP has dismissed the charges and asked her to
either give proof to apologize for her “ false allegation “ . BJP has said that it will take legal
actions if she doesn’t provide proof .
ED for the first time in a statement said that
Arvind Kejriwal had said that Vijay Nair one of the accused used to report to Atishi and Saurav Bharadwaj
and not him .
First batch of 64 Indian workers from Haryana , Uttar Pradesh
leave for Israel
First batch of 64 Indian workers from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh departed for
Israel on Tuesday .
Israel in November 2023 had signed an
agreement with India . The agreement was to transfer 10,000 strong workforce
from India to work in Israel .
Days after the October 7 strike by Hamas ,
Israel had banned Palestinian workers in its territory.
Later it signed an agreement with India for
more workers .
World
Seven Charity workers killed in Israel air strike in Gaza
An Israeli air strike killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen
. Those killed include three British Nationals , an Australian , a polish
national , an American Canadian dual citizen and a Plaestinian , according to
hospital records .
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin. Netanyahu
acknowledged that the country’s forces had carried out an “ unintended strike
…. On innocent people “ .
He said officials were looking to ensure it
didn’t happen again .
World Central Kitchen is a charity based NGO ,
it is delivering aid through the sea route from Cyprus .
Iran vows to punish Israel for attack on embassy complex
On Monday strike on Iran’s consulate buliding in Damascus ( Syria )
,Iran’s state. the media has said that 13 people were killed in the strike in
which seven people were from Iran ‘s Revolutionary Guard . It said that Israeli
F35 fighter jets fired six missiles that levelled five storey consular building
.
Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini
vowed that Israel “ will be punished at the hands of our brave men . We will
make them regret this crime and other ones “.
Iran’s mission at the UN has called the
security council “ to condemn this unjustified criminal act “ .
Russia working to remove terrorist from terrorist list
Russia said on Tuesday it had important
matters to discuss with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders and that it was working
to remove the Taliban from the list of banned terrorist organizations .
“ This is the country that is next to us ,and
one way or another we communicate with them “ ,” we need to resolve pressing
issues , this also require dialogue “ , Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told
the reporters .
Mr. Peskov didn’t elaborate on the “Pressing
issues “ , but Russia suffered its deadliest attack in 20 years last month when
gunmen struck a concert hall . Islamic State Khorasan , which is based in
Afghanistan, has taken the responsibility of the attack .
Russia might be looking to take some major
action against IS K.
Biden ,Xi discuss AI , Taiwan , fetanyl in a bid to
resume talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President
Joe Biden on Tuesday talked on a phone
call .
The two leaders talked on range of issues
including AI ,Taiwan and Fetanyl .
The call described by the white house as “
candid and constructive “ .
There is going to be some major visit of US
Treasury Secretary Jenner Yellen . And
US secretary of state Antony Blinken
this week and next week respectively.
Fetanyl
– Fetanyl is a synthetic opiods .Its illegal trafficking from China to
US is a major issue between the two counties .
China has agreed to crack on illegal Fetanyl transportation from China to
US .
