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The Catch Up: 29 January
This is the Catch Up on 3 Things for the Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.
It’s the 29th of January and here are the headlines.
The Election Commission today announced that elections for 56 Rajya Sabha seats from 15 states will be held on 27th of February 27. The terms of the 56 MPs in question are set to end on 2nd and 3rd of April. The elections will cover seats in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Odisha, and Rajasthan. Among the MPs whose terms are ending are Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, former prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, BJP president JP Nadda, and Samajwadi Party MP, actor Jaya Bachchan.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami today said that a draft for a Uniform Civil Code prespred by an expert committee would submit it on 2nd of February. He added that the government would thereafter introduce a Bill in the Assembly to implement the UCC. The report is learnt to have emphasised gender equality and equal rights for daughters in ancestral properties. It does not, however, suggest raising the marriageable age of women to 21 years.
As per a Finance Ministry report, the Indian economy is likely to grow at over 7 per cent in the coming years. The report titled ‘The Indian economy — A review’ said India is expected to become the third-largest economy in the world in the next three years, with a GDP of $5 trillion. This would be driven by domestic demand along with supply-side measures such as investment in infrastructure and measures to boost manufacturing.
An 18-year-old girl died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Kota early today, leaving behind a note saying that she is taking this extreme step as a last resort. As per reports, the teenager was preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination. The police said she was tense about the exam and hence took this step. This is the second death by suicide in Kota this year. Last year, about 30 students died by suicide in the city.
A 25-year-old Indian student who recently earned an MBA degree in the US was hammered to death by a homeless drug addict whom he had been helping for the past couple of days in Georgia. The incident was caught on camera when assailant Julian Faulkner mercilessly struck Vivek Saini nearly 50 times on the head with a hammer. Saini, a part-time clerk at a store that sheltered Faulkner, had shown kindness to the accused for almost two days and provided him with chips, a coke, water, and even a jacket for warmth.
This was the Catch-Up on the 3 Things by The Indian Express.
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