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1. President Mukherjee Speaks up as Deceased Congolese Student’s Family Arrives in Delhi
President Pranab Mukherjee expressed concern over the rising incidents of clashes between the African and Indian students while addressing the delegates of the 7th Annual Heads of Mission Conference on Monday.
The family members of the Congolese student Masonga Kitanda Olivier (29) arrived in Delhi on the same day.
Ten days after three men in Vasant Kunj, South Delhi killed Olivier after a scuffle over an auto-rickshaw, his body is lying in a mortuary at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Speaking to The Indian Express, Olivier’s friends said that his family could not gather the strength to see him.
When the incident took place, only a few people knew about it. At the stroke of midnight, his Facebook page was flooded with birthday wishes, but he was not there to read any of that. It was so painful for us.Michel Kitanda, Olivier’s Cousin to The Indian Express
Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma on Monday met a delegation of Africans and assured them of prompt action, in the wake of a series of attacks on Africans in the city.
Complicating matters further, an Ola driver was allegedly thrashed by a group of Africans after he refused to take more than four passengers in his cab.
2. Lata-Sachin Video: Complaint Against Tanmay Bhat, Police Steps in
Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Shiv Sena, and the BJP on Monday filed a complaint against AIB (All India Bakchod) comedian Tanmay Bhat’s Snapchat video, in which he allegedly mimicked veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
MNS Chitrapat Sena chief Amey Khopkar threatened to “beat” him up and stop his shows in the state.
The AIB video, which liberally ridiculed and ‘roasted’ Lata and Sachin, who are revered by their fans, went viral on social media and other channels, but triggered outrage all around.
Mumbai police has asked Facebook and YouTube to block Bhat’s video. Protests were held in Mumbai by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) members who burnt his effigy.
Bhat, however, poked fun at the publicity that Snapchat garnered out of one the episode.
Read The Quint’s report.
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3. Govt Trains Guns on Robert Vadra for Proxy Land Deal in London
Investigative agencies have launched an inquiry into Robert Vadra’s alleged ownership of a property bought for him by an arms dealer, reports NDTV. The dealer Sanjay Bhandari is under the Enforcement Director (ED)’s scanner.
Agencies claim to have unearthed an exchange of emails between the two during a raid on 18 premises owned by Bhandari.
According to unconfirmed reports, the email exchange centres around the price quoted for the purchase and renovation of a property in London – 12 Ellerton House, Bryanston Square – which was bought in October 2009 and sold in June 2010.
There was an email dated 4.04.2010 in which Sumit Chadda (Bhandari’s London-based relative) reported the progress of work of renovation and repair work to Robert Vadra and asked for reimbursement of expenses.Govt Report (According to NDTV)
After an email exchange between Bhandari and Vadra, the task was handed down to their subordinates.
Sumit Chaddha was dealing with Vadra’s executive assistant Mohit Arora through an email ID of Exim Real Estate.
Read the full report on The Quint.
4. Dream of Things That Are Worth Dying For: Satya Nadella
On a one-day-long trip to India, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, student developers and entrepreneurs on Monday.
During his speech, Nadella quoted Mirza Ghalib in his words of encouragement for youngsters.
Hazaaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle, Bahut niklay mere armaan, lekin phir bhi kam nikle.
This is Nadella’s third visit to the country since he took over as Microsoft CEO in February 2014. In December, he visited Mumbai and the IT-Hub in Hyderabad.
Read the full report on The Quint.
5. Amul MD RS Sodhi Gets Extortion Call From Gangster Ravi Pujari
Managing Director of Amul, RS Sodhi, based in Anand, Gujarat, allegedly received a threatening phone call demanding Rs 25 crore by way of protection money. The call was made by a person who claimed to be a member of Ravi Pujari’s gang, the police said on Monday.
A probe was initiated by the Ahmedabad crime branch, according to PTI.
Dairy brand Amul belongs to the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).
The extortion call was made from an international number. Sodhi was asked to pay Rs 25 crore or else face consequences. Since we are already probing few other cases related to extortion calls claimed to be made by Ravi Pujari gang, the state DGP has ordered to hand over the probe to us. Though it was an international number, it is possible that the call might have been made from India. Using some softwares, one can convert the local number into an international number. We are now probing the case from different angles.KN Patel, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Ahmedabad
Read The Quint’s report.
6. Kolkata Hasn’t Learnt, Suzette: Another Girl Gangraped in the City
A 26-year-old woman was kidnapped and gangraped in a moving car in Kolkata on Monday. She was dumped on a deserted road in AG block region of the city in the early hours of Monday.
The woman filed a complaint at the Bidhannagar women’s police station in Sector V after she was discovered by a taxi driver.
In her complaint, she stated that she got off a taxi in Sector Five of Salt Lake area at 11:30 pm and asked a person for directions to a restaurant, reports The Telegraph. Before she knew it, he had called his “driver” and, within minutes, a sedan with two passengers and a driver arrived. She was forced into it and driven off to a deserted spot. The incident is similar to the Suzette Jordan case in February 2012.
According to The Telegraph report, several eateries in the area draw customers working late nights.
Read The Quint’s report.
7. What Haryana Govt Hasn’t Made Public: Report That Indicts Top Brass for Inaction, Caste Bias
A 451-page report has pointed out institutional failure and inaction in Haryana during the Jat stir in February, reports The Indian Express.
The report by a committee headed by former Director General of Uttar Pradesh Prakash Singh has not been made public even though it was submitted on 13 May. The report has come at a time when Jat agitators have threatened to resume their protest.
The report holds former chief ministers of Haryana responsible for “the tendency to centralise all powers in their office, thus eroding the powers of the administration,” The Indian Express report claims.
After the report was submitted, the Lal Manohar Khattar-led Haryana government transferred four IPS and three IAS officers and suspended three officers of Haryana Civil Services and 10 deputy superintendents of police.
8. TRAI Issues Fresh Paper on Net Neutrality
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) published a pre-consultation paper on Monday seeking comments till 21 June.
The TRAI is in “the process of exploring a model for providing free Internet within the framework of net neutrality,” reports Livemint.
The latest paper has provided a definition of network neutrality:
The principle that TSPs must treat all Internet traffic on equal basis, without regard to the type, origin or destination of the content or the means of transmission.
A separate consultation paper regarding the matter was published on 19 May by the TRAI.
After the public furore on differential pricing, the TRAI had to withdraw permission to put a price on Internet services which can generally be accessed for free – WhatsApp, Facebook, Snapchat. This had forced giants like Facebook and Airtel to recall their projects, Free Basics and Airtel zero, respectively.
9. Sitharaman Backs Apple Plea’s for Sourcing Waiver, Rejects Request for Refurbished Phones
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, contrary to the government’s stance, has supported the local sourcing waiver sought by Apple in order to set up a single-brand store, reports The Economic Times.
The norms require Apple to source 30 percent of the material locally in order to set up independent retail stores in India.
Sitharaman has also said that she will try to convince the Finance Ministry to allow Apple to do so. Speaking to reporter, she said:
We are asking to waive the sourcing norm only for singlebrand retail where there is cutting-edge technology. We are not touching manufacturing. In single brand, already the market has the product and people are buying it.
Meanwhile Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has written to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) seeking a definition of “cutting-edge technology”.
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