The Catch Up: 4 August

The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is the cash up on three things by the
Indian Express and I am Flora's Swine. Today's a fourth
of August and Hiradi headlines in headlight making national news today,
Jharkan Muktimorsha founder and three time Jharkan Chief Minister Shibusurain
died at the age of eighty one in Delhi.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
He had been battling kidney related.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Issues and was hospitalized at Shiganga Ram Hospital for over
a month under expert care. Airlifted to Delhi in June,
Sorin remained bedridden until his passing. A former Union coal
minister and tribal rights crusader, he was instrumental in securing Jharkan's.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Statehood in the year two thousand and three.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Revered as Guruji Suren, leaves behind a deep political legacy
and is remembered as a staunch defender of tribal land
and identity. In other national news as Supreme Court Today's
state criminal defamation proceedings against Rahul Gandhi for comments on
the Indian Army's handling of the twenty twenty Guna clash.

(01:10):
The Congress leader had said the Chinese troops were beating
up Indian soldiers, sparking a complaint from Uda Shankar Shivasawa, who.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
Was a former BRRO official.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Raoul's remarks were made during the Bhara Jodo Yatra in
December twenty twenty two. He had appealed the Alaba the
High Court's refusal to stay the Lucknow trial. The Supreme
Court's intervention pauses the case pending further hearings on free
speech and public accountability. Moving on to Global News, a

(01:41):
senior I to U S President Donald Trumps, Steffan Miller,
accused India of financing Russia's war in Ukraine by continuing
to buy Russian oil. In an interview on Fox News,
Miller said Trump had made it clear that.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
Such purchases were unacceptable.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
His comments followed mounting US pressure on India to curb
energy ties with Moscow or face penalties, calling it a
form of war funding. Miller's criticism marks one of the
Trump administration's strongest public rebukes of India, who's a key
into pacific ally raising diplomatic tensions over energy and defense priorities.

(02:23):
In some news from the Middle East, at least seventy
six Ethiopian migrants died in dozens are missing after a
boat sank off Yemen's southern Avian coast. According to officials,
the vessel carrying one hundred and fifty seven people capsized
in the Gulf of Aden, which is a part of
the dangerous migration route to the Gulf States. Human officials

(02:43):
confirmed thirty two survivors were rescued and some brought to Aidan.
The UN's International Organization for Migration initially reported sixty eight deaths.
This later strgedy highlights the growing risks faced by African
migrants fleeing poverty and conflict, often in overcrowded, unseaworthy vessels
operated by human smugglers. In some world weather news, heavy

(03:11):
rain triggered deadly floods and landslides across southern Taiwan, killing
four people injuring seventy seven and leaving three missing. Over
nine hundred residents have been evacuated since late last month.
Some areas received over two point six meters of rain,
surpassing the island's average annual total. Agriculture heavy regions like

(03:33):
Thainan were hit the hardest. The extreme weather was caused
by a lingering depression and strong southwesterly winds. Taiwan Premier
Cho Juang thai a visited then on today and pledged
government support, promising to introduce a special budget for disaster
relief and recovery efforts amid continuing weather alerts.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
That's all for today.

Speaker 1 (03:57):
This was a catch up on three things by the
Indian Express.