In case you missed itOn alert: DMK president M Karunanidhi’s health has declined once again and doctors at the Kauvery Hospital in Chennai are facing a challenge in maintaining his vital organ functions, the medical bulletin released on Monday said. Karunanidhi was admitted to the hospital on July 28 after his blood pressure dropped and he has been receiving treatment at the intensive care unit since then.
Last month, five innocent men, suspected of being child lifters, were killed by enraged villagers in Maharashtra’s Dhule district. Apparently, rumours of a gang of child kidnappers had been circulating on WhatsApp. The incident was tragically familiar to a series of incidents that have swept the country from Assam to Tamil Nadu. However, the story became dated after one week as new events captured the media imagination. Lt General *Retd) DS Hooda writes how thee killings are representative of the dark side of social media.
In Assam’s Mazidbhita, a char village around 15 kilometres from Kalgachiy with 200 households, a large number of residents of have been excluded from the National Register of Citizens. Mazidbhita is an island of the Beki River, a ferocious tributary of the mighty Brahmaputra. Zahedul Islam, one of the youths from the char who volunteered to check the draft NRC online, says. “It seems more than 40 per cent names are not in the list and those excluded are mostly women and children". Abdul Kalam Azad writes how 2.9 million women who did not receive the ‘Original Inhabitant’ status under NRC have been left high and dry instead.On reel
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