Speaker 1: This is the catch up on three things by the
Speaker 1: Indian Express and I'm Ichasharma. Today is the twenty fourth
Speaker 1: of July and here are this week's headlines, starting with
Speaker 1: major news.
Speaker 2: For the first time since nationwide protests.
Speaker 1: Over alleged neat paper League's gathered momentum, Prime Minister and
Speaker 1: Arranged Romodi addressed the issue, announcing fast track codes to
Speaker 1: ensure speedy justice in such cases. His remarks come amid
Speaker 1: ongoing protests led by the Koko Chunka Party with support
Speaker 1: from opposition parties including the Amadhni Party congress An Choseina Yubiki.
Speaker 1: The CGP is demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister
Speaker 1: Ermind Prghan, seeking fixing of accountability.
Speaker 2: For the need paper leaks.
Speaker 1: Earlier, the protests in Delhi took a violent tournament. CGP
Speaker 1: tried to march to Parliament on twentieth of July. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: Congress MP Casey Venugopal said that all the opposition parties
Speaker 1: have decided that they would not engage in any discussion
Speaker 1: before Union Education Minister.
Speaker 2: The remainder of demand resigns.
Speaker 1: Venu Gopal said quote, we have conveyed this to Speaker
Speaker 1: Umbila except ARP and DMK, all parties had agreed to
Speaker 1: the opposition stance. The opposition's decision comes amid the student's
Speaker 1: protest raging across the country demanding for the hans resignation
Speaker 1: over the need paper leaks. The government, however, said it
Speaker 1: wants to discuss the matter in parliament. Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Speaker 1: kurrent Rijidu said that the government is ready for a
Speaker 1: discussion on the need issue. Soon after the opposition MP
Speaker 1: staged a protest on the parliament premises. BJP National President
Speaker 1: Natin Nabin said that the entire opposition including Congress, is
Speaker 1: running away from discussion because they know that as soon
Speaker 1: as they come to the floor of the House, their
Speaker 1: double standards will be completely exports before the people of
Speaker 1: the country and the good We issue an open challenge
Speaker 1: to the entire opposition. Come, let us have an open
Speaker 1: discussion on every issue related to the students and youth,
Speaker 1: including NEAT on the.
Speaker 2: Floor of the House.
Speaker 1: The NDA government is fully prepared to engage in dialogue.
Speaker 2: On every subject and answer every question.
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, in other news, last week, a tender floated by
Speaker 1: a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India reveal the
Speaker 1: Central Bank's intention to go ahead with a trial of
Speaker 1: plastic notes, some fifteen years after a similar field trial
Speaker 1: was announced. But while the twenty twelve trial disappeared without
Speaker 1: a phrase, there seems to be more momentum this time around.
Speaker 1: The Bahartia Reserve Bank Note Mutran Private Limited or brbnmpl's
Speaker 1: tender invited bids for three point pok roar polymer sheets
Speaker 1: that are to be used to print currency notes.
Speaker 2: These aren't just any.
Speaker 1: Old plastic sheets, but have special security features. More interestingly,
Speaker 1: the tender said that the three point four crore sheets
Speaker 1: were an immediate requirement. Once the field trials were successful,
Speaker 1: the body would look to buy larger quantities.
Speaker 2: In other news, four.
Speaker 1: Months after Mumbai Civic Body returned from its longest spell
Speaker 1: under bureaucratic rule, confrontations between corporators and the administration are
Speaker 1: exposing an unexpected consequence of administrator rach bureaucrats, who ran
Speaker 1: the country's richest civic body alone for four years of struggling.
Speaker 2: To share park. The latest flashpoint came this week.
Speaker 1: Dick Sha Karker, chairperson of the BMC Law Committee, and
Speaker 1: a ships in her corporator, escalated her complaint against Municipal
Speaker 1: Commissioner Ashwini Pride to industries in Marathi language. Minister U,
Speaker 1: there's a month over unanswered requests on Marathi signboats and shops.
Speaker 1: Kirkher told The Indian Express quote, I had written a
Speaker 1: letter to the civic chief earlier on first.
Speaker 2: Of June asking for an immediate meeting.
Speaker 1: However, since the letter didn't elicit any response from her,
Speaker 1: I have escalated the issue with the Honorable State Cabinet Minister.
Speaker 1: It's the latest sign of a month long rift between
Speaker 1: pmc's elected representatives and its bureaucracy that has flared into
Speaker 1: three flashpoints. Corporators across parties, including a ruling Mahayuti Alliance
Speaker 1: that Kirker belongs to, say the administration hasn't.
Speaker 2: Adjusted to their return announce some news from North.
Speaker 1: As demolition work continues in parts of Muhammad Ali Jafar University,
Speaker 1: students are left grappling with questions over their academic future
Speaker 1: awaiting the results of his final year exams. Twenty six
Speaker 1: year old Muhammad Shoyub, a student of m Firemat University,
Speaker 1: is worried what will happen to the convocation three months
Speaker 1: from now when he is scheduled.
Speaker 2: Get his degree, or will the degree even be valid.
Speaker 1: With all but the medical college building and academic block
Speaker 1: to be spared, the demolition would virtually shut down Muhammad
Speaker 1: Ali Jahor University, spread over two hundred and fifty acres
Speaker 1: and founded almost twenty years ago by senior Samajwadi Party
Speaker 1: leader Azam Khan.
Speaker 2: Under the BJB government and of thea Pradesh, Azam Khan, who.
Speaker 1: Is the lifelong chancellor of the university, has had nearly
Speaker 1: one hundred cases registered against him, over seventy of them
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen alone, of which sources said nearly thirty
Speaker 1: are related to the university. And in the end of
Speaker 1: news making global headlines, US President Donald Trump is pressing
Speaker 1: ahead with fresh tariffs some dozens of trading partners, just
Speaker 1: as an earlier round of temporary levies runs out, marking
Speaker 1: another shift in Washington's approach to trade after months of
Speaker 1: legal setbacks.
Speaker 2: The Associated Press.
Speaker 1: Reported the US will impose tariffs of ten to twelve
Speaker 1: point five percent on imports from sixty trading partners, covering
Speaker 1: ninety nine percent of all US imports. The move targets
Speaker 1: countries Washington says have not done enough to stop goods
Speaker 1: made with post labor from entering their supply chains. This
Speaker 1: includes countries like Canada, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaker 1: and United Kingdom.
Speaker 2: And with that this was also this week. This was
Speaker 2: the catch up on three Things by the Indian Express.