Speaker 1: This is the catch upon three things by the inun
Speaker 1: Express and I'm Ihasharma. Today is the nineteenth of August
Speaker 1: and here are the day's headlines. Starting with major news.
Speaker 1: United States Ambassador Sergeiyo Gore today said that Jammu and
Speaker 1: Kashmir is an important part of India and indicated that
Speaker 1: Washington was open to revaluating the travel advisory against its
Speaker 1: citizens visiting Kashmir. After a meeting with Jammu and Kashmir
Speaker 1: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Shri Nagar, Gore said, quote,
Speaker 1: the United States puts out travel warnings and every so
Speaker 1: often we revaluate travel warnings. I cannot make any big
Speaker 1: announcements here today, but it is something we are going
Speaker 1: to look at New Delhi. The CM here, the government
Speaker 1: here have made some incredible steps to make this area safer.
Speaker 1: So we will look at whether the travel warning imposed
Speaker 1: and recommended by the US should be downgraded because it
Speaker 1: is a beautiful area and a lot of Americans will
Speaker 1: like coming here and seeing the beauty unquote. In other
Speaker 1: major news making national headlines, former Delhi water minister and
Speaker 1: Amadmi Party leader Satin ra Jan and other accused today
Speaker 1: were sent to judicial custody by a special quote. The
Speaker 1: court also dismissed Jane's application, which claimed that his arrest
Speaker 1: by the police was illegal ahead of his production in quote.
Speaker 1: Jen claimed that it was political vendetta against him. In play,
Speaker 1: he said, quote it is because of the upcoming Punjab
Speaker 1: elections quote. Jane and former Delhi jel Bold chief executive
Speaker 1: officer Udit Prakash Rai were among the six people taken
Speaker 1: into custody by the Anti Corruption Branch in connection with
Speaker 1: an alleged multi corore sewage treatment plant tender scamp. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: a long way from Juantanmantha, the Cokroa Junta party's new
Speaker 1: campaign school thik Karo, is dodging another BJP government. The
Speaker 1: Subindho Aadakari regime in West Bengal finds itself on the
Speaker 1: back foot over the death of fifty year old soon
Speaker 1: after he was attacked by a group that was angry
Speaker 1: over his son's visit to a local school to expose
Speaker 1: the conditions there. Shikap de Llahaffees, twenty five years old,
Speaker 1: who identified himself as a CJP volunteer, had participated in
Speaker 1: the Juntaman the protests in Delhi and returned home about
Speaker 1: twenty days ago after the remainder Pudahan's resignation as Union
Speaker 1: Education Minister. His father, Sheik Muhammad Mafek, was assaulted on
Speaker 1: thirteenth of August and died two days later. Pillis confirmed
Speaker 1: the assault, but to deny it was the reason for
Speaker 1: Marfik's death. Chief Minister the Khari has denied the BGP
Speaker 1: had any role, saying the men who attacked Marfik were criminals.
Speaker 1: And next we take the stalk of the situation in
Speaker 1: Jharkhand where after twenty six days of protests over alleged
Speaker 1: irregularities in Chaharakan's competitive examinations, both factions of the movement
Speaker 1: officially called off their agitation today, a development that follows
Speaker 1: the state government's decision cancel the Jharkan Staff Selection Commission
Speaker 1: combined graduate level examination and meet other key demands. Chandan Rajak,
Speaker 1: spokesperson for the JPSC JSSC Abiharti Nyai Munch, said the
Speaker 1: organization had officially ended the protest and was removing the
Speaker 1: arrangements from the protest site. However, he set the agitation
Speaker 1: over the postgraduate teacher recruitment examination is set to continue.
Speaker 1: The recruitment process for around three thousand posts was conducted
Speaker 1: through computer based tests between eighteenth August and eighth of
Speaker 1: September in twenty twenty three, and in the end in
Speaker 1: news making global headlines ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikazina's daughter,
Speaker 1: Samya Wazid, who took charge of the World Health Organizations
Speaker 1: Regional Director for the Southeast Asia region in February twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four, but was placed on indefinite leave in July
Speaker 1: last year, has sought an independent investigation into the action
Speaker 1: against her. The Indian Express has lot Vazit is learned
Speaker 1: to have raised the matter with WHO and its Director
Speaker 1: General Tedros Gabriesos repeatedly over the last eight months, seeking
Speaker 1: transparency over the decision. The latest communication was sent last
Speaker 1: month through her legal representatives warning of legal recourse. LABUETO
Speaker 1: placed Bazit on indefinite leave on eleventh of July last year,
Speaker 1: pending an inquiry. Four months after banglades Anti Corruption Commission
Speaker 1: filed two cases against her on charges of corruption, fraud
Speaker 1: and abuse of power. An acting regional director was named,
Speaker 1: whose term has since ended and with that this was
Speaker 1: all for today. This was the catch upon three things
Speaker 1: by the Inian Express