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Rahul Gandhi’s Big Brain moment: Claims drug seizure at Mundra port is govt’s failure

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Rahul Gandhi’s Big Brain moment: Claims drug seizure at Mundra port is govt’s failure

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi unleashed another rant against the BJP and the Adani group on Monday, September 5, while addressing the ‘Parivartan Sankalp’ convention of the Congress’ ‘booth warriors’ at the Sabarmati riverfront in Gujarat. However, in keeping with his habit, he ended up contradicting himself a few seconds into the speech.

The Gandhi scion, taking a dig at the Adani Group that manages the Mudra port in Gujarat’s Kutch district and the BJP government in the state, claimed that Gujarat has turned into a major drug hub and that all drugs move via the Mundra Port, but the state government does nothing to stop this. Nevertheless, in the same breath, he asserted that drugs are routinely seized from the Mudra port, thereby invalidating his own accusations.

“What is the reason that drugs are recovered every two three months at Mundra Port,” said Rahul Gandhi, inadvertently admitting that the government along with the port authorities have continuously been working to stop the smuggling of the contraband.

Basically, what Rahul Gandhi was trying to do was first, attack the Adani Group, which manages the port, by implying that the port is being used to smuggle contraband, an accusation that the Gandhi scion has time and again used to malign the chairman of the group, Gautam Adani.

In addition, Rahul Gandhi, who has repeatedly asserted that only Adani and Ambani (Adani Group CEO Gautam Adani and Reliance Group CEO Mukesh Ambani) have benefited from all the reforms the Modi government has implemented, attempted to defame the BJP by alleging that the Gujarat government has turned a blind eye to the drug trade through the Mudra port.

The Gandhi scion’s accusation, however, fell flat as he himself acknowledged in the next breath that drugs are frequently recovered from the Mudra port. Perhaps he failed to notice that the drugs being seized by authorities mean that they are alert and active steps are being taken against narcotics smuggling.

Congress spreads blatant lies, uses drug bust to target Adani and Gujarat state

It may be recalled that last year, the Adani Group had been forced to issue a media statement after the Congress party and its supporters indulged in spreading blatant lies over the seizure of almost 3,000 kg of heroin at Mundra port in Gujarat’s Kutch district by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs officials.

In September 2021, Indian officials seized nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan worth an estimated ₹200 billion ($2.72 billion).

The Congress party used the aforementioned drug bust to launch a vicious attack on the Adani Group that manages the port and accused the chairman of the group, Gautam Adani, of using the port to smuggle the contraband. The Congress party and its leaders had also used the major drug bust to maliciously target the Gujarat government and the Central government over the drug bust.

Congress had then held a press conference addressed by Pawan Khera, alleging conspiracy behind the drug bust. It is notable here how maliciously Congress had spun the issue.

DRI works under the Indian government. It was a combined effort by DRI and other authorities that the major drug consignment was busted. The authorities have made arrests and raids at various locations during the investigation. If the authorities were inefficient, the drug would have reached India to be sold or smuggled elsewhere and nobody would have known about it.

Over the months, several individuals across multiple Indian states have been arrested in the case, the latest being a Delhi-based businessman who owns several high-profile bars and pubs.

But just because the bust happened in Gujarat and it was a port that is managed by Adani, Congress had spun the issue to target the Modi government, Gujarat state and Adani Group.

CBI refutes Manish Sisodia’s false claims about officer’s suicide, says no clean chit to anyone in Delhi liquor scam

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CBI refutes Manish Sisodia’s false claims about officer’s suicide, says no clean chit to anyone in Delhi liquor scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation has refuted the wild claims made by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia that the Centre was putting pressure to arrest him and that as a result, a CBI official has committed suicide. The agency has stated that the aforementioned officer had no involvement in the case’s investigation.

In its official statement, the CBI said that the claims made by Sisodia are mischievous and misleading. “It is clarified that the gentleman officer Late Jitendra Kumar was in no way connected with the investigation of the case,” the statement reads.

“He was supervising prosecutors who are conducting the trial of already charge-sheeted cases in Delhi. Delhi Police, which is conducting inquest into the death, the officer has not held anyone responsible for his death in his suicide note,” it further adds.

Accusing Manish Sisodia of creating hindrance in the proceedings of the case, the agency stated, “The Excise policy case is under probe. As such no clean chit has been given to any of the accused. The mischievous & misleading statement of Manish Sisodia is an attempt to divert attention from the ongoing probe in Delhi Excise Policy case and also amounting to interference in the inquest proceedings into the death of the gentleman officer.”

This comes after Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is accused in the Delhi liquor scam, stated during a press conference on Monday that the CBI official was forced to frame him in a bogus case, and unable to withstand the emotional strain, committed suicide.

On August 19, Manish Sisodia was raided by the investigating agency in connection with the national capital’s liquor scam. The Delhi Excise Policy of 2021-2022 is at the crux of the controversy. The Delhi government’s now-cancelled liquor policy was first planned in 2020. It modified the way alcohol was sold in Delhi once it came into effect in November 2021.

The Delhi Excise Policy 2021-2022 allowed for the entry of private businesses into the sector. While the goal of Excise Policy 2021-2022 was to eliminate black marketing and the booze mafia, the AAP government was promptly criticized over charges of corruption. In the new liquor policy, Naresh Kumar, who was appointed Chief Secretary of Delhi in April 2022, discovered inconsistencies and procedural failures.

As per a report by the Chief Secretary, it is alleged that irregularities were perpetrated in amendments to the Excise Policy, offering disproportionate favours to licensees, waiving/reducing licencing costs, extending L-1 licences without authorization, and so on. It is further alleged that illicit proceeds from these operations were channelled through private parties to interested public officers, who subsequently made fraudulent entries in their books of accounts.

Police complaint filed against Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair over working in tandem with Pakistan to build “Khalistan” narrative

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Police complaint filed against Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair over working in tandem with Pakistan to build “Khalistan” narrative

BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday said that a police complaint has been filed against Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair for allegedly working in tandem with Pakistan agencies and setting a ‘Khalistan’ narrative against cricketer Arshdeep Singh over India vs Pakistan match.

In the police complaint, Sirsa pointed out how some of the tweets shared by Zubair were from accounts that were very new and quite likely created for the sole purpose of tweeting such Khalistani narrative. He said how Zubair tweet was amplified by Pakistanis to fuel anti-Sikh sentiments and defame India as well as to spread unrest. He urged the Delhi Police commissioner to file an FIR against Zubair and initiate investigation.

Earlier, he had said that a police complaint will be filed against Zubair for propagating the ‘Khalistani’ agenda.

Sirsa pointed out how Mohammed Zubair had obtained screenshots with the search word ‘Khalistani’ to claim that Arshdeep was being abused and called Khalistani by angry Indian cricket fans after India lost to Pakistan in the Asia Cup match on September 4, 2022.

Sirsa further said that Zubair’s tweets were used by Pakistani agencies to defame India and fuel hate against Sikhs in India. He added that this move by Zubair was a planned conspiracy to create communal disharmony in India. Sirsa also demanded an inquiry into who all supported Zubair in creating this ‘Khalistani’ agenda.

Arshdeep’s Wikipedia page vandalised

Other than the tweets shared by Mohammed Zubair, there was also a targeted effort to vandalise Wikipedia page of Arshdeep from IP addresses based in Pakistan. When you check the history of the changes made on Wikipedia, you can see who changed it and which IP was used for the change.

OpIndia verified the changes and found out that an unregistered user on Wikipedia with IP address 39.41.171.125 made the changes. The changes included Country Name (from India to Khalistan Punjab), Name (Arshdeep Singh to Major Arshdeep Singh Bajwa), Birth Place (Mohali, Punjab, India to Mohali, Punjab, Khalistan) and more. Even in the Wikipedia page’s body, Times of India was changed to Times of Khalistan, and wherever there was mention of India, it was changed to Khalistan. The changes were reverted by Wikipedia editors within a couple of minutes.

IT Ministry summons Wikipedia executives

Union Minister of State for Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that such deliberate efforts to spread misinformation harms India’s security and no intermediary can be permitted to operate such.

Earlier in the day, the ministry summoned Wikipedia executives in India and sought an explanation of the incident where someone changed the entry to say that the young cricketer is associated with ‘Khalistanis’. As per media reports, a high-level panel of the IT Ministry that is likely to be led by the IT Ministry secretary, will meet the Wikipedia executives and question them on the checks and balances in place to avoid such edits.

To put things in perspective, Mohammed Zubair shared a part of clip from Times Now debate in May this year wherein ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma had commented on the divine figures of Islam. Triggered by her comments on what is already written in Islamic scriptures, Zubair led an online mob that eventually culminated into riots and many who even mentioned they supported Nupur’s freedom of speech were threatened with beheading where some were even killed by Islamists.

Note: Report updated with latest information.

Central Vista Avenue to be open to public soon, check out stunning pictures

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Central Vista Avenue to be open to public soon, check out stunning pictures

Following months of construction, the 3-kilometre-long Central Vista Avenue in central Delhi is ready to greet visitors. After a few delays over the last eight months, the avenue is finally ready to be open to the public. Wonderful images from the Avenue are now in the public domain, drawing already enthusiastic visitors.

Stunning visuals from the site have inundated social media drawing widespread attention and excitement. Images were shared by several social media users highlighting the enhancement in the beauty of the area which was primarily developed by the British coloniser.

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Sunset near India Gate.

According to The Indian Express, citing Ministry of Urban Development sources, the stretch is finished and should be dedicated soon. “The minister is not in the country so far and the inauguration date will be finalised once he is back on Monday,” the source said.

Central Vista Avenue
The garden around India Gate.

The Central Vista project involves the reconstruction of Central Vista Avenue, which runs between the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the India Gate and houses all of the union government’s significant buildings. This project is divided into two parts: a new parliament building and a new secretariat complex that will house all of the key government departments in one location.

Central Vista Avenue

A third component entails the development of the Rajpath and the surrounding region, which is usually accessible to the general public, as well as the creation of public utilities. This project entails the demolition of several non-historical buildings in the neighbourhood and the construction of new structures in their stead.

Central Vista Avenue
The garden around India Gate.

The pathways, lawns, kiosks, and parking lot have been ready for many weeks, according to insiders, but the four underpasses, which will aid in seamless accessibility, were completed just a few days ago.

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Fountain in the canal adjacent to India Gate.

At the newly restructured avenue, pathways have been renovated, public amenity facilities have been constructed, and the nearby lawns and gardens have been restored. A number of new trees have been planted because many of the older trees in the area have perished or will soon. To guarantee that the right species of trees were chosen for planting, a survey of tree species was also conducted for this. The sites of street vendors that serve tourists and visitors have been pinpointed.

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The open grass acreage will grow from 3,50,000 square metres to around 3,90,000 square metres in accordance with the proposal, and walkways over the canal will also be constructed. With space set aside for about 1,000 cars, efforts have also been taken to expand parking space, which remained a problem at India Gate.

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The master plan of the Central Vista project has been prepared by HCP Design, Planning and Management Pvt. Ltd, which had won the bid. The company is headed by renowned architect Bimal Patel, who has designed several public places, including the Sabarmati Riverfront at Ahmedabad, the Central Vista project at Gandhinagar and the Mumbai Port Complex.

UK: Liz Truss becomes the new Prime Minister as she comprehensively beats Rishi Sunak

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UK: Liz Truss becomes the new Prime Minister as she comprehensively beats Rishi Sunak

Mary Elizabeth Truss, serving as the Foreign Secretary since 2021, has emerged victorious in her race with Rishi Sunak to become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Liz Truss got over 57% of the votes compared to Sunak, who served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Boris Johnson’s administration before resigning, who could only get just over 42%.

Over 172,000 members of the Conservative Party were eligible to vote during this election to elect their next leader, with 82.4% turning out to vote. Liz Truss got 81,326 votes while Sunak could only muster 60,399 votes. 654 ballot papers were rejected.

47 years old Truss was widely expected to win the PM race against Sunak after a campaign spanning the entire summer. The election for the new leader of the Conservative Party took place after the outgoing PM Boris Johnson was forced to resign following the resignations of most of his cabinet due to a number of scandals in his government.

Liz Truss, who says she was born to “left-wing” parents, switched to conservatives during her time at Oxford. She first fought elections on Tory party ticket from Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, albeit unsuccessfully. Currently, Truss is the MP from South West Norfolk.

Under Theresa May’s premiership, Truss served as justice secretary before moving on to become chief secretary to the Treasury.

When Boris Johnson became prime minister in 2019, Ms Truss was appointed as international trade secretary and later in 2021, she replaced Dominic Raab as the Foreign Secretary, becoming one of the senior-most members in the government.

Earlier in the summer, Boris Johnson resigned as the Prime Minister of the country paving the way for the election of Liz Truss as his successor. Johnson, who was already under pressure over his Covid parties, faced a full-blown rebellion over his appointment as Chris Pincher as the deputy chief whip of the party. The deputy chief whip had to step down after allegations that he groped two male colleagues at a London club in an inebriated state. Following this development, multiple sexual assault allegations surfaced against Pincher.

Boris Johnson appointed him as the deputy chief whip despite knowing about these allegations back in February. The party MPs said that they could no longer support a leader who lied blatantly while appointing Pincher. This initiated the flood of resignations from his government which ended up with Johnson leaving 10 Downing Street.

‘Forcing me to use my Muslim name’: Ramasimhan, previously Ali Akbar, slams Censor Board as his movie on 1921 Malabar Genocide of Hindus gets stalled

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‘Forcing me to use my Muslim name’: Ramasimhan, previously Ali Akbar, slams Censor Board as his movie on 1921 Malabar Genocide of Hindus gets stalled

On June 27, news emerged that the censor committee of Kerala had denied a certificate to the upcoming Malayalam film ‘Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare’ by filmmaker Ali Akbar aka Ramasimhan Aboobakker. The film revolves around the 1921 Malabar genocide of Hindus by Moplah Muslims. Speaking to OpIndia, Ali Akbar aka Ramasimhan slammed the censor board for trying to distort the facts in his movie by demanding cuts that would essentially whitewash the genocide of Hindus by Moplah Muslims.

Speaking to OpIndia, Ramasimhan said that among the many cuts that would change the character of the movie, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) during its Revising Committee meeting also was forcing him to use his Muslim name, Ali Akbar, as the Director of the movie.

In January 2022, Ali Akbar decided to reconvert to Hinduism, taking on the name Ramasimhan. While leaving Islam in December 2021 itself, Akbar had said that he would be known as Ramasimhan.

Ali Akbar had said, “Ramasimhan is a person who was killed while sticking to the culture of Kerala. Tomorrow Ali Akbar will be called Ram Singh. That’s the best name”. Ramasimhan and his family were butchered by Islamists for converting to Hinduism from Islam in 1947. Ramasimhan, his brother Dayasimhan, Dayasimhan’s wife Kamala, their cook Raju Iyer and other members of the family were brutally butchered by Islamist Jihadists in Malaparamba, Malappuram district on 2nd August 1947, just two weeks before the independence.

During the Revising Committee meeting, Ramasimhan was questioned as to why he had used that name as the Director of the movie and apart from the many cuts, the Censor Board had insisted that he use his Islamic name, Ali Akbar, as the Director of the movie. Pertinently, Ramasimhan had decided to use his Hindu name as the Director of the movie and his Islamic name as the producer, however, the board insisted that his name must be “Ali Akbar” as the Director as well.

“I think they have a problem that a Muslim man converted to Hinduism and is making a movie on the Malabar genocide of Hindus”, he told OpIndia. “They don’t want this message going out”, he added.

Pertinently, after the Kerala Censor Board had denied certification to the movie, they referred the movie to CBFC for a Revising Committee review. According to the Director, the cuts that alter the character of the movie were suggested over 2 sittings of the Revising Committee. Akbar suspects that the local Censor Board has influenced the decision of the Central Board and there is pressure from the PFI to stop the release of the movie.

On being asked why the central board is behaving in this fashion, the Director said, “Please remember the famous dialogue of Kashmir Files by Vivek Agnihotri – The government might be ours, but the system is theirs”, referring to Islamists and Leftists.

The Malabar Genocide of Hindus

The Malabar genocide of 1921 was a systematic campaign of jihad against Hindus. The genocide, orchestrated by the likes of Variankunnath Kunhamad Haji, Ali Musaliar and others, led to an estimated death of 10,000 Hindus in Kerala. It is believed that as many as 100,000 Hindus were forced to leave Kerala in the wake of the massacre. The number of Hindu Temples that were destroyed in the genocide is speculated to be a hundred. Forcible conversion of Hindus was rampant and unspeakable atrocities were poured upon Hindus.

The Moplah pogrom was described by the likes of Annie Besant and Babasaheb Ambedkar in their respective published books. Annie Besant described the events in her book ‘The Future of Indian Politics’ as, “They murdered and plundered abundantly, and killed or drove away all Hindus who would not apostatize. Somewhere about a lakh, people were driven from their homes with nothing but the clothes they had on, stripped of everything. Malabar has taught us what Islamic rule still means, and we do not want to see another specimen of the Khilafat Raj in India.”

Babasaheb Ambedkar, in his book, Pakistan or the Partition of India, wrote, “The blood-curdling atrocities committed by the Moplas in Malabar against the Hindus were indescribable. All over Southern India, a wave of horrified feeling had spread among the Hindus of every shade of opinion, which was intensified when certain Khilafat leaders were so misguided as to pass resolutions of “congratulations to the Moplas on the brave fight they were conducting for the sake of religion”. Even after 100 years of the event, the wounds of the genocide remain afresh in the Hindu conscience.

80% profit, bribes, 6% share to AAP: Video of liquor scam accused Sunny Marwah’s father goes viral

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80% profit, bribes, 6% share to AAP: Video of liquor scam accused Sunny Marwah’s father goes viral

On August 5, a 6-minute video allegedly of the father of Sunny Marwah, an accused in a liquor scam, went viral on social media. Two parts of the video were initially shared by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tajinder Singh Bagga on his Twitter account.

OpIndia got access to the complete six-minute video. The video was in Punjabi. In most of the video, the person who appears to be Kulvinder Singh Marwah, Sunny’s father, was talking about how changes in the liquor policy favoured the Aam Aadmi Party.

At the beginning of the video, Marwah claimed that they were getting 80 per cent profit following the new policy. He said, “Out of the total cost, 20 per cent is the cost of the item, and 80 per cent is our share. This is why we give one-plus-one offer.” When asked how such huge margins were possible, Marwah said, “They told us we could sell our products at any price, but we have to give them a fixed amount. They took Rs 235 crores from us and told us we can open as many shops as we want and do whatever we want.”

He further stated that they paid 235 crores, but there were several others who had paid Rs 500 crores and above. He added, “We were able to get the license at such a low price because we filled tender at a lower rate. The rest of them had to take the license as per the tender they filled.” Marwah said he filled tenders for areas where shops were cheap.

He said with low-cost shops, they were able to sell cheap brands, and as the price of the items they were selling was low and margins were high, many retailers started giving a one-plus-one offer, and some even offered one-plus-two.

When asked if the margins were that high earlier, Marwah said, “Earlier out of 100 paise, 20 paisa was the cost of the items, and the government charged 70 paise. We only got ten paise as a share. Now the government has changed the rules, and we buy items for 20 paise and do whatever we want. We only have to give a fixed amount.”

At this point, Marwah made an explosive revelation. He said, “They took Rs 60 crores from us. Later, Rs 60 crores were paid to another person.” When those who were sitting with him asked if that went to the government’s account, he said, “You are intelligent,” and hinted that the money allegedly went to the party and not to the government.

Furthermore, Marwah said the only mistake government made was that they gave licenses to blacklisted companies. They discussed that AAP favoured those who were loyal to the party while giving out licenses and those who were willing to pay them for the license.

Later Marwah said they (the government) should not have charged anything in the beginning. He said, “The 12 per cent system was good. Imagine a truck arrives at your place. The middleman would have happily given 12 per cent.” He added, “We did not deal with the middleman. It was decided that we would pay them six per cent. The problem is not paying them six per cent, but the problem is how are we going to arrange the six per cent.”

Marwah then explained how difficult it is to pay money under-the-table. He said, “Imagine we sold Rs 100 crores worth of items. In that case, we have to pay them Rs 6 crores. That is not a problem. The problem is, how are we going to make that Rs 6 crores black? Nowadays, cash is not lying around that we pick it and give them the money. It is very difficult.”

Sunny Marwah is accused in the Liquor Scam

On August 19, CBI released a list of accused in the Liquor Scam, with Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia as the first accused. Sunny Marwah, the signatory of M/S Mahadev Liquors, was noted as accused number 12. M/s Mahadev Liquors, a proprietorship firm, was granted an L-1 License. Sunny Marwah is the authorized signatory of the firm. Sunny Marwah is also a director in companies being managed by the family of the Late Ponty Chadha. The CBI source has reportedly informed that Sunny Marwah is in close contact with accused public servants and has been regularly giving undue pecuniary advantage to them. The CBI has booked all 15 accused under sections 120B, 477A of the Indian Penal Code and section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 (amended in 2018).

The tragic death of Cyrus Mistry reaffirms the need for wearing a seat belt: Here is how it could save lives

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The tragic death of Cyrus Mistry reaffirms the need for wearing a seat belt: Here is how it could save lives

On Sunday (September 4), the former Chairman of Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry, died in a tragic road accident near Palghar in Maharashtra. The deceased businessman was en route from Ahmedabad to Mumbai when the incident took place.

Besides Mistry, one Jehangir Pandole also lost his life in the accident. According to police sources, the duo was sitting on the back seat without a seat belt. The Mercedes Benz car was being driven by Anahita Pandole while her husband Darius Pandole sat beside her.

The husband-wife duo managed to survive and are currently being treated at the hospital. Reportedly, the accident took place when their vehicle attempted to overtake another car from the wrong side. The vehicle lost control and ended up hitting a road divider on the Surya river bridge.

Given that Anahita Pandole and Darius Pandole were wearing seat belts, the frontal airbags opened in time and minimised the impact of the accident. Unfortunately, the curtain airbags did not open for Jehangir Pandole and Cyrus Mistry as they were not wearing seat belts.

The Indian government has made it clear that wearing a seat belt is mandatory, even if the passenger is sitting in the rear seat of the vehicle. Rule 138(3) of the Central Motor vehicles Rules states [pdf], “It shall be ensured that the driver, and the person seated in the front seat or the persons occupying front facing rear seats, as the case may be, wear the seat belts while the vehicle is in motion.”

Media personality, Rajesh Kalra, shared a simulation video on social media which exemplified the need to wear seat belts, even while sitting in the back seat. A passenger, without a seat belt, can end up ejecting from his seat bumping his head on the roof of the car, during a collision.

At this point, it becomes imperative to understand how seat belts work. The primary objective of a seat belt is to keep the passenger tied to his seat in case of a sudden stop (change in momentum) as seen during a collision.

In its absence, the passengers are likely to eject out of their seats and hit their heads on the frontal part of the vehicle. In worst-case scenarios, they can be ejected out of their car altogether. The seat belt is made of webbed fabric, which in turn is attached to a retractor box.

One component of the belt goes over the passenger’s pelvis region into the buckle while the other part extends from the chest to the shoulder (called the 3-point belt system/ Y arrangement). The seat belt must allow for a little movement after being worn. If not tightly fitted, it will not serve its purpose during an accident.

Besides seat belt, modern-day cars make use of airbags to provide an additional layer of protection in the event of a collision. However, airbags are not a replacement for seat belts.

During an accident, the airbags inflate immediately and deflate when a passenger’s head bangs against them. If a passenger hits his head when an airbag is not completely inflated, it can cause serious head injuries. The deflation of the air bag is crucial, in the absence of which the passenger’s head will bounce back.

Air bags make use of a chemical reaction to inflate themselves in time. Until some years ago, sodium azide would be exposed to a heating element to produce sodium metal and nitrogen gas. However, modern cars used Guanidine nitrate to inflate air bags with nitrogen gas.

They give time to the passengers to slow down and bear the impact of the collision. For airbags to work, they need an accelerometer which can trigger the airbag circuit. The circuit employs a heating element that results in chemical reactions and the formation of nitrogen. Due to a rise in sudden pressure, the bag inflates in front of the passenger.

On impact, the airbag deflates through the edges. Thus, its use coupled with seat belts can save lives.

‘Jharkhand government is uncooperative and impeding the probe into the death of two minor girls in Dumka’: NCPCR chief

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‘Jharkhand government is uncooperative and impeding the probe into the death of two minor girls in Dumka’: NCPCR chief

Priyank Kanoongo, head of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), has alleged that the Jharkhand government is being uncooperative and impeding the probe into the deaths of two young girls in separate incidents in Dumka district. The NCPCR chief took to Twitter to express his ordeal trying to visit and contact the families of the victims.

In a tweet, Kanoongo wrote, “I have come to Dumka to investigate two cases, had informed the Jharkhand government earlier that the family of a Scheduled Tribe girl who was raped and hanged from a tree, will be visited by a team of @NCPCR_ on which the local The collector had also given consent.”

In a subsequent tweet, he wrote, “and after deciding the program to go to the victim’s house, the administration had confirmed us. But after coming to their village, the parents could not be found at home, the neighbours told us that before we came, someone had taken the parents in a jeep. This attitude of the government is very uncooperative and obstructing the investigation.”

Priyank Kanoongo was scheduled to visit the families of the 14-year-old Dalit girl who was first raped and then murdered and a 15-year-old girl whose stalker torched her alive while she was sleeping at her home. As per the letters sent to the District Administration Dumka and the Jharkhand government, a team of NCPCR including the chief was scheduled to have a tour of the Dumka district on September 4 and 5.

The letter.

The entire plan of the visit was conveyed in two separate letters. The first letter dated 31 August mentioned, “Shri Priyank Kanoongo, Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), will be visiting Dumka District, via Ranchi, Jharkhand on 4th & 5th September 2022, to take stock of the status on the death of a minor girl who died days after set on fire by her alleged stalker in Jaruauadih, Dumka.”

The letter.

The second letter was sent on September 4. It stated referring to the death of the minor Dalit girl, ” In addition to the scheduled visit of NCPCR team led by Shri Priyank Kanoongo, Chairperson, NCPCR to Dumka on 5th September 2022, as conveyed vide ibid letter dated 31.8.2022, the team will also take stock of the status of the said incident on 5m September 2022, by convening a meeting with DC, SP, Investigating Officer of the case and Doctors who conducted the autopsy of the minor victim girl, besides to meet/interact with the family members of the deceased minor girl.”

The two horrible murders that took place recently in Dumka have shocked the whole nation. A 14-year-old tribal girl was raped and hanged from a tree by a certain Arman Ansari. Late last month, a teenage girl was burnt alive while sleeping in her home by her stalker Shahrukh Hussain and his friend for ignoring his advances.

Telangana teenager gets hit by a train while making an Instagram reel on railway tracks, disturbing video emerges

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Telangana teenager gets hit by a train while making an Instagram reel on railway tracks, disturbing video emerges

Disturbing visuals have emerged from Kazipet in Telangana wherein a young man can be seen getting hit by a fast-moving train on the railway tracks. The incident reportedly took place on Sunday on the tracks at the Waddepally tank near the Kazipet railway station in the Hanamkonda district in Telangana. The injured, identified as Ch Akshay Raj (17), was reportedly shooting a video for his Instagram reel with his two friends when the incident happened.

Please note that this video contains disturbing visuals. Viewer discretion is advised.

In the video of the incident that has gone viral on social media, Raj can be seen walking very close to the track to shoot his video. In a couple of seconds, he is hit by the train and thrown aside. His friend, who was recording the video on a mobile phone, is heard warning the youth before he was knocked down.

After the accident, the railway police rushed the youth to the government-run MGM Hospital from where he was later shifted to a private hospital by his relatives. Doctors confirmed that the youth suffered multiple fractures in a leg and also sustained injuries on his face. He is said to be out of danger and recuperating in the hospital.

A gangman of the railways, who was working on the tracks when the incident took place, said, “He was walking along the track closely when the train was coming and he was hit by the engine of the train.”

“Though he was warned to move away from the train by his friends, and other gangmen, he did not pay heed to their warnings,” said the gangman adding that the railway police have registered a case and are investigating the incident.

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