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Debroy constituted an internal fact-finding committee after he assumed office which found that Ranade's appointment as the VC in the institute a couple of years ago had violated the regulations of the UGC. However, now Ranade moved to the Bombay High Court, on September 18th seeking an urgent hearing for a stay on his termination.

In response to Israel's next-level warfare, Hezbollah changed its tactics. Cell phones, which may trace a user's location, have been prohibited on the battlefield instead more old-fashioned methods such as pagers and couriers are being used.

Byju’s, once valued at $22 billion, faced financial and legal woes due to mismanagement, controversial sales tactics, and legal disputes, leading to office closures and the ousting of its CEO, Byju Raveendran.

Sitaram Yechuri was sent to Nepal by PM Manmohan Singh to meet Maoist leader and friend Baburam Bhattarai.

Meanwhile, the Bhartiya Janata Party has hit back at the Samajwadi Party saying that it supports and offers condolences to criminals like Mukhtar Ansari, and Mangesh Yadav among others.

Editors of the Wikipedia page on Godhra train burning gives more importance to ‘opinions of scholars’ over court verdicts

Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Waqf Amendment Act 2024 has sought suggestions from stakeholders including the public, NGOs, experts, and institutions.

OpIndia called Karan Singh Rajput, Range Forest Officer, Vadodara Forest Department who stated that more than 14 crocodiles had been rescued until today (Thursday, August 29, 2024). The forest department and local non-governmental organizations helped in rescuing seven crocodiles.

Elon Musk slammed Brazil's top court judge who ordered freezing of Starlink bank accounts and threatened to take down X (formerly Twitter) in Brazil.

In August 2024, a task force at Rutgers University released a "Caste Report," which they wanted to push forward to include "caste" as a new protected category under the university's discrimination policy.