The Catch Up: Overnight rain paralyses Kolkata, 9 dead (23 Sept)

The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is a catch up on three things by the
Innian Express and I am Flora's Swine. Today's the twenty
second of September, and here are the headlines ahead of
the GST two point zeros rollout today midnight. Companies are
luring buyers with discounts, freebies and reduced prices. The GSD

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Council's third of September decision to cut rates on three
hundred and seventy five items is expected to make essentials cheaper.
Amul and Mother Dairy have slashed pnice slices by three percent,
with two hundred gram packs now at ninety two rupees
UHT Milk curtains are also cheaper, with Mother daiies priced
at seventy five repiece and Amuls at eighty rupees per liter.

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More brands are set to follow, signaling substained relief for consumers.
In other news, today, the Supreme Court issued note on
a plea for an impartial probe into the twelfth of
June Air India Dreamliner crash in Hendabad that killed two
hundred and sixty people. A bench of Justices Surya Kant

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and En Casing criticized media reports blaming pilot error citing
premature leaks from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau that is
the AAIB. Notices were sent to the Center AAIB and
DGCA following a petition by Safety Matters Foundation. The AVIX
Court stressed the need for an independent, transparent and speedy

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investigation by experts. Meanwhile, the Uda Pradesh government has banned
casts based political rallies, citing risks to public order and
national unity. The directive issued yesterday also prohibits cast based
workings in police records and public display of caste symbols.

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Vehicles with cast stickers or slogans will be penalized under
the Motor Vehicles Act. Officials say the move aims to
curb cast based discrimination ahead of state elections in the
next two years. Exceptions will remain only for cases under
the SESD Prevention of Atrocities Act, according to officials. That
has been clarified in the ten point order in some

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global news, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natania, who formally rejected
the establishment of a Palestinian state after the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,
France and Portugal formally recognized it, calling the move a
prize for hamas he vowed it will not happen west
of the Jordan River Natania, who said Israel's official response
would follow his US trip next week, where he meets

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US President Donald Trump. Recognition by the four allies reflects
growing concern over Gaza and West Bank settlements. UK Prime
Minister Kstarmer insisted recognition aimed to revive peace efforts in
the neighborhood. At least fine four people were killed today
when bomb making materials stored at a Pakistani Taliban compound

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exploded in Kaiber, pakhan quas Sera valley. Who is confirmed
fourteen militants and ten civilians, including women and children, were
among the dead. Several homes nearby were also destroyed. Officers
accused commanders among Gul and Masud Khan of operating the
site as a bomb factory and using civilians as human shields.
Pakistani authorities say militants recently stored weapons in mosques. Security

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forces have intensified operations against Pakistani Taliban outfits in Kayber
and Berjor. That's all for today. This was a catch
up on three things by the Indian Express