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Vinesh Phogat retires after Olympic disqualification, and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passes away at 80. Read the top 5 news here.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former chief minister of West Bengal, passes away at 80
As reported by CPI(M) state secretary Mohd Salim, former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passed away on Thursday at his home in Kolkata. He was ill with age-related conditions. The 80-year-old former chief minister is survived by his daughter Suchetana and wife Mira. A party official stated that Bhattacharjee died at approximately 8:30 in the morning. In 2000, Bhattacharjee, a seasoned member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), succeeded Jyoti Basu as the chief minister of West Bengal. After the Left Front ruled the state for 34 years, Bhattacharya lost the 2011 assembly elections to the Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee. During his term, Mamata Banerjee, the current chief minister, led rallies against land acquisition for industries.
Vinesh Phogat announces retirement from wrestling, day after Olympic disqualification:
Following her disqualification from the Olympics in Paris, Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, devastated and disillusioned, announced her retirement from the sport on Thursday. On social media, Vinesh posted an emotive statement. When it was discovered that she was 100 grams overweight at the weigh-in before her gold medal match, she was disqualified. “Maa, main haar gayi, kushti mere se jeet gayi.”
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Tuesday night in the semi-finals, Phogat defeated Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba 5-0 to advance to the gold medal fight. She was scheduled to fight for the gold medal against Sarah Ann Hildebrandt of the United States, but on Wednesday, she was disqualified for weighing too much.
Interim Bangladesh government to prioritize relationship with India: Dhaka policy experts:
Leading figures in Dhaka’s policy-making circles contended that the interim government would place a high priority on bilateral ties because it is in the interest of various sectors in Bangladesh to maintain a good relationship with New Delhi, so the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government should not be seen as a fatal blow to India-Bangladesh relations.
The Indian administration must embrace the reality of a people’s revolution immediately and seriously. People’s voices and ambitions need to be heard. “No government, interim or elected, would want to pursue policies against India,” Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies’ Shafqat Munir told The Hindu. “India must signal that it stands with the people of Bangladesh.”
Supreme Court frowns at the ‘5,000 cases to 40 convictions’ ratio in PMLA cases:
The Supreme Court expressed skepticism about the glaringly disproportionate ratio of 5,000 cases filed to a pitiful 40 convictions secured by the Directorate of Enforcement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the past ten years, but on Wednesday it allowed a businessman-based in Chhattisgarh to remain on bail until the conclusion of his trial in a money laundering case.
Sunil Kumar Agarwal and his co-accused, who are being defended by senior attorney Mukul Rohatgi and lawyer Sriram Parakkat, “deserve to continue on bail during the pendency of the trial,” according to a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan. They were accused of money laundering in a case involving the shipment of coal.
In the first meeting after the Budget, RBI keeps the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided on Thursday, in its first monetary policy review after the Union Budget 2024, to maintain the benchmark repo rate at 6.5%. This is the eighth time in a row that the rate has remained steady, in line with market expectations.
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