Government Bodies Told Don't Go To Media On Joshimath Without Permission

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Uttarakhand government have asked over a dozen government-run organisations and institutes and their experts not to make any unauthorised comment or statement on the situation in Joshimath.

In its communication to the heads of these organisations and institutes, the NDMA said people associated with them should not interact with the media and share data on social media regarding the ground subsidence in Joshimath, where cracks have developed in buildings and other infrastructure.

Official sources said the purpose of the advisory is not to deny information to the media but to avoid confusion because so many institutions are involved in the process and they are giving their own interpretation of the situation.

The NDMA said it has observed that various government institutions are releasing data related to the subject on social media platforms and also they are interacting with the media with their own interpretation of the situation.

The statements on Joshimath are creating confusion not only among affected residents but also among citizens of the country, the NDMA said.

It said the issue was highlighted during a meeting convened by the central government on January 12 and subsequently discussed at a meeting led by the NDMA on the same day.

The NDMA said an expert group has been formed for assessment of the ground subsidence in Joshimath in Uttarakhand.

The NDMA asked the organisations to sensitise its experts about the matter and added they should refrain from posting anything on media platforms until the final report of the expert group is released by the NDMA.

In a similar communication, the Uttarakhand government conveyed to the organisations that some of the institutions and agencies are publishing and uploading the information or reports about Joshimath without taking due permission from the competent authorities that is adversely impacting the ground situation as well as triggering panic among the community.

The Uttarakhand government said the ground subsidence around Joshimath has aggravated and the authorities are taking all necessary measures for the safety of habitation in the affected areas.

The state government has deployed team of experts from various scientific and technical institutions to assess the situation and providing the mitigation measures of the town.

The media is also propagating this blatantly, it said.

The communication said the organisations, before publishing or uploading any such reports or information, should obtain prior approval either from the respective central ministries or the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority.

The NDMA directive has gone to the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, Geological Survey of India (GSI), National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the ISRO, Hyderabad, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), New Delhi, Surveyor General of India, Dehradun and Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun.

The communication has also been sent to the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority.

The Uttarakhand government sent the communication to the Geological Survey of India (GSI), Uttarakhand Space Application Centre, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, National Geophysical Research Institute, Central Building Research Institute, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the ISRO and National Seismological Centre, Dehradun.

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Family Of 4, Including 2 Children, Found Dead At Home In Pune: Cops

A couple and their two children were found dead in their house here, police said suspecting it to be a case of suicide pact.

Dipak Thote (55), his wife Indu (45), their son (24), and daughter (17) were found dead in their house in the Keshavnagar area late Friday night, said a police officer from Mundhwa police station.

"No suicide note has been found so far. We are probing the suicide angle and according to the preliminary information, there was some financial loss to the family," the police officer said.

He said the deaths were caused due to consumption of a poisonous substance.

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Mumbai Man Arrested For Raping 21-Year-Old Woman On Pretext Of Marriage

A man from Mumbai has been arrested for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman on the pretext of marriage, the police said on Friday.

The accused, identified as Brijesh Pal (22), has been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim at Mumbai's Didosi Police Station.

The victim in her complaint to the police alleged that the accused had promised to marry her and had physical relations with her for one year. Later he refused to marry her, said police.

The woman having no other option approached the police and lodged a complaint against him.

According to police, a case of rape under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered and the accused has been taken into custody.

The accused was produced before the court and sent to police custody, officials said.

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Exclusive - World Needs A Leader Like India: Suriname President To NDTV

Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi on Friday said the world needed a country like India to take the lead in resolving conflicts and raising the voice of the global south on a wider stage like the G20, reiterating his country's support for New Delhi's UN Security Council membership.

"India as chair of G20 is very important now, not only for G20 members but for so many other countries who don't have a seat and don't have a voice. PM Modi has initiated a very good strategy to include us all in the Voice of Global South Summit and take it to the G20 platform," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview.

"My country supports it (India's membership to the UN Security Council). India has shown the world its capacity and strength in the area of peaceful settlement of issues. India has shown the world that it's the world's largest democracy," he said.

"In the area of leadership, we have seen India is always historically following the path of peace and dialogue. And at this time when we do have turmoil and conflicts, you have to look for such a leader," President Santokhi said.

"Moreover, where we see a decline of the economy and a lot of countries are getting setbacks because of COVID-19 and war in Ukraine... I think Prime Minister Modi is the right man for this period to take the lead," he added.

President Santokhi said the "best result" of his visit this time was a deal on debt restructuring. "We will pay back the loans, but the current crisis has made my government seek support from the world. India has supported us and I want to express my sincere thanks for it," he said.

He said the Indian government had expressed its interest in cooperation with his South American country in not just maritime security but also blue economy. He expressed hope that India and Suriname will also partner in the technology and healthcare sectors.

The second Indian-origin person to be elected President of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi was the guest of honour at the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held in Indore this week.

He also attended the two-day Voice of Global South virtual summit organised by India to highlight concerns and challenges facing developing nations amid increasing geopolitical turmoil. India has said it plans to channel the concerns of the Global South into discussions at the G20 during its presidency.

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Rajasthan Court's Observations In Murder Case "Unwarranted": Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday termed as "absolutely unwarranted" and against "judicial discipline and propriety" certain observations made by the Rajasthan High Court in its verdict in a matter in which the top court had earlier confirmed the conviction of an accused in a murder case.

A bench of Justices M R Shah and S R Bhat said it was "not open" for the high court to make comments on the investigation or merits of the case when the conviction was already confirmed by the top court after hearing the counsel for the accused.

The bench noted the top court had earlier set aside an order commuting the death penalty of the accused to life imprisonment and remanded the matter to the high court to consider the question of sentence for murder.

It also noted that thereafter, after considering the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the high court not only commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment, but made certain observations in its judgement, including the investigation.

"Judicial discipline requires that once the conviction was confirmed by this court that too after hearing the accused, the high court should not have thereafter made any comment on the merits of the case, more particularly, when the conviction was specifically confirmed by this court and the matter was remitted to the high court only for the purpose of considering the sentence," the bench said.

The top court passed the order on an appeal filed by the state against the May 2022 judgement of the high court which commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment.

The bench noted that the state is also aggrieved by certain observations made by the high court in one of the paragraphs of its verdict. It also noted the accused was earlier convicted in the case and the trial court had awarded him death penalty.

Later, the high court commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment and the state challenged it before the top court.

In its judgement, the Supreme Court noted the high court directed fresh investigation to book certain other accused whose DNA samples were obtained from the leggings of the victim in the case.

"....having gone through the impugned judgment and order passed by the high court, more particularly, the observations made in paragraph 42, we are of the opinion that the observations made by the high court in paragraph 42 are absolutely unwarranted and against the judicial discipline and propriety," the bench said.

"When this court earlier confirmed the conviction of the accused for the offence under section 302 IPC and that too after hearing senior advocate appearing on behalf of the accused, thereafter, it was not open for the high court to make comments upon the investigation and/or on merits of the case," it said.

The bench noted the high court ought not to have made the observation that certain aspects were not brought to the notice of the top court and conviction was upheld without hearing the side of the accused.

The top court said it is required to be noted that when it had passed the order remanding the matter for sentence and confirmed the conviction, it had heard the advocate appearing for the accused.

"Therefore, the high court is not right even factually in observing that this court confirmed the conviction without hearing the side of the accused on merits," it said, while setting aside the observations made by the high court.

Regarding the high court judgment commuting the death penalty to life imprisonment, the bench said it saw no reason to interfere with it.

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'क्रिप्टो करेंसी' जुआ के अलावा कुछ नहीं, उनकी वैल्यू सिर्फ धोखा है: RBI गवर्नर

भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक (RBI) के गवर्नर शक्तिकांत दास (RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das)ने शुक्रवार को क्रिप्टो करेंसी (Cryptocurrencies) पर पूरी तरह प्रतिबंध लगाने की अपनी अपील दोहराई. उन्होंने कहा कि क्रिप्टो 'जुआ के अलावा कुछ नहीं' है और उनका कथित 'मूल्य सिर्फ एक छलावा है.'

इस तरह की मुद्राओं पर अपने विरोध को आगे बढ़ाने हुए और अन्य केंद्रीय बैंकों के मुकाबले बढ़त लेने के लिए आरबीआई ने हाल में ई-रुपये के रूप में अपनी डिजिटल मुद्रा (केंद्रीय बैंक डिजिटल मुद्रा) पेश की है.

शक्तिकांत दास ने यहां शुक्रवार को एक मीडिया हाउस के कार्यक्रम में क्रिप्टो पर पूर्ण प्रतिबंध की जरूरत पर फिर जोर दिया. उन्होंने कहा कि इसका समर्थन करने वाले इसे एक संपत्ति या वित्तीय उत्पाद कहते हैं, लेकिन इसमें कोई अंतर्निहित मूल्य नहीं है. यहां तक कि एक ‘ट्यूलिप' भी नहीं है.

गौरतलब है कि पिछली शताब्दी की शुरुआत में ट्यूलिप के फूल की मांग बहुत बढ़ गई थी. इसकी कीमत आसमान पर पहुंच गई. लोग किसी भी कीमत पर ट्यूलिप पाना चाहते थे.

गवर्नर ने कहा, ''प्रत्येक संपत्ति, प्रत्येक वित्तीय उत्पाद में कुछ अंतर्निहित मूल्य होना चाहिए, लेकिन क्रिप्टो के मामले में कोई अंतर्निहित मूल्य नहीं है... एक ट्यूलिप भी नहीं ... और क्रिप्टो के बाजार मूल्य में वृद्धि सिर्फ एक छलावा है.'' उन्होंने कहा कि इसे बहुत स्पष्ट रूप से कहें तो यह जुआ है.

आरबीआई गवर्नर ने जोर देकर कहा, ''हम अपने देश में जुए की अनुमति नहीं देते हैं, और अगर आप जुए की अनुमति देना चाहते हैं, तो इसे जुआ ही मानें. जुए के नियम भी निर्धारित करें... लेकिन क्रिप्टो एक वित्तीय उत्पाद नहीं है.''

क्रिप्टो करेंसी क्या है? 
आसान भाषा में हम यह कह सकते हैं कि क्रिप्टो करेंसी एक डिजिटल या आभासी मुद्रा है. इस आभासी मुद्रा को क्रिप्टोग्राफ़ी के जरिए सुरक्षा दी जाती है. इस मुद्रा के जरिए ऑनलाइन लेनदेन ही हो सकता है, इसमें किसी भी थर्ड पार्टी का कोई दखल नहीं होता है.

किसी देश या बैंक का नहीं होता कंट्रोल
क्रिप्टो करेंसी पर किसी देश की सरकार या बैंक का कोई नियंत्रण नहीं होता और न ही कोई अथॉरिटी क्रिप्टो करेंसी की कीमत तय कर सकती है. आज क्रिप्टो करेंसी के सैकड़ों रूप दुनिया में मौजूद हैं. बिटकॉइन, ईथर, लाइटकॉइन और मोनेरो कुछ लोकप्रिय क्रिप्टो करेंसी हैं.

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इथेरियम (Ethereum) भी एक ओपन सोर्स, डी-सेंट्रलाइज्ड और ब्लॉकचेन पर आधारित डिजिटल करेंसी है. इसके संस्थापक का नाम है Vitalik Buterin. इसके क्रिप्टो करेंसी टोकन को ‘Ether' भी कहा जाता है. बिटकॉइन के बाद ये दूसरी सबसे प्रसिद्ध क्रिप्टो करेंसी है.

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Tax Laws Can't Be Tested On Same Principles As Civil Rights: Supreme Court

Taxing statutes cannot be tested on the same principles as laws affecting civil rights and lawmakers should be given "greater latitude" while testing these legislations, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

The apex court set aside the July 2007 judgement of the Himachal Pradesh High Court which had held section 3A (3) of the Himachal Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Act, 1999, as ultra vires.

A bench headed by Justice S K Kaul observed that courts must show judicial restraint and not interfere with tax legislation unless it is shown and proved that such taxing statute is manifestly unjust or glaringly unconstitutional.

The top court noted that the high court was of the opinion that tax imposed by section 3A (3) was in the nature of penalty for which the state legislature had no power to make laws.

While referring to the scope of interference in fiscal statutes, the apex court observed, "It is by now well settled that any tax legislation may not be easily interfered with."

"Taxing statutes cannot be placed or tested or viewed on the same principles as laws affecting civil rights such as freedom of speech, religion, etc. The test of taxing statutes would be viewed on more stringent tests and the lawmakers should be given greater latitude," said the bench, also comprising Justices A S Oka and Vikram Nath.

The bench noted the object and reasons for bringing out the Amending Act of 1999 was mainly to augment funds and finances for development, construction and maintenance of roads and bridges that were a vital part of expanding and developing trading facilities in the state.

It also noted that by the Amending Act of 1999, section 3A (levy of special road tax) was introduced and this special road tax was in addition to the tax levied under section 3.

"From the very object and reasons of the Amending Act 1999, it is apparent that the special road tax was introduced as a compensatory measure," the bench said.

It noted that section 3 of the Himachal Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1972 provided for levy of taxes on all motor vehicles kept or used in the state as per the schedules appended to the Act, and insertion of section 3A provided for levy of special road tax.

"The Legislatures of the State have not only the power to make laws on the taxation to be imposed on motor vehicles as also the passengers and goods being transported by motor vehicles but also the power to lay down principles on which taxes on vehicles are to be levied," it said.

It said there is nothing on record to indict the provision as being manifestly unjust or glaringly unconstitutional.

"For all the reasons recorded above, the validity of section 3A(3), in our opinion, has been wrongly held to be ultra vires by the high court. The tax imposed under section 3A(3) is regulatory in character and is not a penalty," the apex court said, while allowing the appeals.

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