Newscapsule for the Month of April 2023

Important news saw headlines in Kerala, India, World, Sports, Russia-Ukraine, Technology, Business, and Finance

Article of the month

Kerala

• Arrears pending in petrol pumps; police cut down patrolling
• G20 Sherpas Meet was held in Kumarakom successfully.
• Man attacked people on train using petrol in the bottle. Three were killed, and the accused was arrested from Maharastra. NIA joined the investigation to find the terror angle.
• Anil Antony, veteran Congress leader AK Antony’s son, joins BJP.
• Attappady Madhu mob lynching: 14 out of 16 accused held guilty.
• Thrissur food poisoning victim was murdered by his son, who is an Ayurveda doctor.
• The First Vandebharat Express rakes arrived in Kerala within hours of the announcement.
• K J Alphons was inducted to the BJP core committee.
• Plea questioning election victory of R Bindu quashed by HC.
• Ibrahim Kunju’s plea was rejected for ED questioning in the Palarivattom Flyover case.
• Kochi Corporation fines the contractors on waste management.
• CM Pinarayi Vijayan wrote letters to PM Modi to reconsider his decision on Vandebharat Express.
• CMDRF misuse: Kerala Lok Ayukta tones down attack on petitioner; case posted to June 5
• Kerala’s power consumption crosses 100 Million Units.
• Kerala Police arrests accused who wrote threat letter warning suicide bomb attack
• 2019 accident case: Sriram Venkitaraman had the intention of evidence destruction, observes HC.
• The KPCC chief to visit Arch Bishop as part of Christian outreach.
• Vande Bharat trains were surprisingly announced for Kerala and the fight for the same began.
• PM Modi arrived in Kerala for the Yuvam conference, political rallies, and various inaugurations.
• PM Modi inaugurated Vandebharat Express, Kochi Water Metro, Digital Science Park, and Tallest Hanuman Statue.
• Kerala BJP leader visits St Thomas’s shrine.
• Comedian and Actor Mamu Koya passed away.
• Dressed in ‘Mundu’, PM Modi holds a roadshow in Kochi.
• A case has been taken against Congress leaders for putting posters on Vandebharat Express.
• Governor does a U-turn, and hands Saji Gopinath KTU VC charge.
• Mission Arikomban was successful, and Tusker was transported to Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary.
• KSRTC-SWIFT to employ female drivers to run electric buses in TVM.
• Thrissur Pooram successfully conducted.
• Thrissur Pooram fireworks light up the sky; Messi featured in ‘Kudamattam’.

India

• Cow Vigilantes kill a Muslim man to death for cow smuggling.
• Govt clears 26th tranche of electoral bonds ahead of Karnataka Elections.
• BJP leader H R Chennakeshava joins JDS.
• The Vatican Apologizes for the Church’s Historical Role in Justifying European Colonialism.
• HC- Husbands have a moral and legal liability for providing alimony to wives even if he is unemployed.
• NCERT deletes important History content in textbooks.
• Muslims offer sweets to Hindus on Ram Navami in Bengal’s Asansol.
• Heavy violence was reported on Ram Navami day.
• K’Taka CM Bommai decided to contest from Shiggon, Siddaramiah from Varuna, DK Shivakumar from Kanakapura,
• IUML decides not to contest the elections and instead support Congress.
• Seven tourists killed as avalanche hits the road from Gangtok to Nathu La.
• BJP meeting Christian delegation in Parliament as part of Kerala outreach.
• Telangana SSC question paper ‘leaks’.
• Kerala ASI was suspended for dancing on duty.
• PM Modi flags off Vandebharat trains in TN, Rajasthan and Kerala.
• Sachin Pilot fasts against CM Gehlot in Rajasthan.
• Himachal passes Bill for the welfare of orphans and persons with special needs.
• Fifty years of ‘Project Tiger’ commemorated.
• SC raised the issue of Same-Sex marriage.
• Bihar Ram Navmi clashes: British-era madrasa library bears the brunt of the violence.
• Indian Army pays tribute to the Bravehearts of Op Meghdoot on 39th Siachen Day.
• Gangster Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad was killed in an encounter in Jhansi by UP Police STF.
• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre anniversary commemorated.
• Amit Shah launches Vibrant Villages Programme in Arunachal.
• SC slams Karnataka order scrapping Muslim quota.
• Samajwadi Party will be contesting elections in Madhya Pradesh.
• NCP, CPI, and TMC lose their national party status.
• ‘Modi Silenced Me on Lapses Leading to Pulwama, Is Ignorant on J&K, Has No Problem with Corruption’- Ex-Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik to The Wire Interview.
• The Kannada actor’s OCI card was canceled.
• Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in public view on camera.
• UP forms a Judicial committee to probe the same.
• Lakshman Savdi and Jagdeesh Shettar of BJP join Congress and are contesting on party tickets.
• Sachin Pilot enters a hunger strike against his own government.
• All accused are acquitted in the Naroda Dam case.
• SC stays Lokayukta probe against former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa.
• Thane Court Grants Rahul Gandhi Permanent Exemption From Appearance In 2014 Case.
• India starts Operation Kaveri.
• Nandini vs Amul Controversy begins in Karnataka.
• Kerala BJP leader visits St Thomas’s shrine.
• Man opens fire at Woman in Saket Court.
• Satya Pal Malik summoned by CBI.
• Assam, Arunachal ink MoU to resolve the decades-long boundary dispute.
• NCERT removes Darwin’s evolution theory from science textbooks.
• Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal quotes a fake account of Satyapal Malik to attack the Modi government and CBI.
• Radical Sikh ‘preacher’ Amritpal Singh arrested in Punjab.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a phone call with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.
• Shashi Tharoor lauds Kerala’s attempt to teach students about the 2002 Gujarat riots and the Mughals.
• New Indian Army headquarters ‘Thal Sena Bhawan’ likely to be ready by 2025.
• India-China high-level talks held.
• UP Court Convicts Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari In A Gangster Act Case, Handed 10-Year Jail Term, ₹5 Lakh Fine Also Imposed.

International/World

• A “catastrophic” tornado moved through Little Rock on Friday afternoon.
• China’s Colleges Give Students 7-Day Break ‘To Fall In Love’ As Birth Rate Plummets.
• Biden issues his second Veto.
• Donald Trump is set to be arraigned Tuesday on the first criminal charges against a former president.
• Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces 2024 White House bid
• A pro-Putin military blogger was killed in a Cafe in St. Petersberg.
• Ron-DeSantis signs the bill to allow the permitless carrying of guns in Florida.
• Pet owners are facing longer wait times and rising costs at U.S. vet clinics. Some are taking their business to Mexico.
• Hush money case: Trump flies to New York for court surrender
• OIC raises the issue of Ram Navami violence.
• Brandon Johnson Is Elected Mayor of Chicago.
• SC refuses to entertain the plea of 14 parties alleging misuse of central probe agencies.
• Finland joins NATO.
• Nigeria shooting: Gunmen kill at least 50 in attacks on village.
• Top secret US documents leaked from Pentagon on Russia-Ukraine war.
• PM Modi holds talk with UK counterpart Sunak, calls for strong action against anti-India elements.
• Two black lawmakers were expelled by the Republican supermajority in the state House of Representatives and taken back.
• FBI arrests 21-year-old US Air National Guard for online intelligence leaks.
• Japanese PM Fumio Kishida evacuated after an attack on him.
• Civil War in Sudan restarts. Countries pull out their citizens.
• Aravind Kejriwal was summoned by ED for questioning.
• White House Correspondents Association Dinner held.
• Ron Desantis escalates legal tussle with Disney, which it fights back through a lawsuit.
• Joe Biden ends COVID-19 emergency.
• ‘Mehul Choksi can’t be removed from Antigua and Barbuda’ as per the court.
• 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization held.
• The Rohingya and Myanmar’s planned election as ICJ keeps the heat on the junta.
• Indian Students Restricted from Five Australian Universities Over Sham Visas.
• Massive flooding was reported in Fort Lauderdale.
• NATO chief visits Kyiv for the first time since the Russian invasion.
• China rows back after envoy denies the sovereignty of former Soviet states
• Indian Masters student working as fuel station clerk shot dead in the US.
• DeSantis asks the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster area.
• Gov. Bill Lee proposed keeping guns away from those deemed a risk to others.
• SCOTUS allows abortion pills.
• The US has seen one mass killing a week this year.
• The law against caste-based discrimination was passed in the US.
• Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif wins trust vote in Parliament.
• 5 Killed in Texas shooting.

Technology

• German investor accuses Zonta of fraud, complains to PM Modi.
• There was a chemical leak in the Adani pipeline in Kochi.
• Twitter replaced the bird logo with a dog.
• Varanasi-bound flight makes emergency landing at Shamshadabad after ‘technical problem’.
• UGC NET results out.
• The new fleet of 131 K-SWIFT started their service.
• Kerala gets Semi-High-Speed Rail Vandebharat Express.
• A train accident took place in The Netherlands.
• Elderly woman earns praise for averting train mishap in Mangaluru.
• Bank account of a shop frozen in Kochi as per instruction of Gujarat Cyber Police.
• NASA launches device to monitor air pollution from space
• SC bans the sale of Illegal Firecrackers online.
• NPR ends its usage of Twitter as it was called a state-funded Mediahouse.
• Germany shuts down its last nuclear power plant.
• Vodafone placed a 200 cr order with Huawei.
• Railway Minister says K-Rail still not off the cards.
• Kerala MVD installs AI cameras to catch and fine traffic violators.
• Kerala to issue smart card driving licenses with seven security features from April 20.
• The starship of SpaceX explodes soon after takeoff.
• A deal was done using cards, UPI & Russian financial messaging system.
• PM Modi’s 100th Mann ki Baat episode goes live.

Business and Finance

• Fox News faced a lawsuit for spreading lies about the 2020 election by Dominion Systems.
• Elon Musk seeks to end its $258B Dogecoin lawsuit.
• Stormy Daniels and her alleged tryst with Donald Trump gained attention.
• Rents double in Bangalore city.
• Cyrus Poonawala attacks the Socialist policies of the current Indian government.
• Two hundred per cent increase in Jharkhand’s pension coverage.
• Russia records a new high oil production level amidst war.
• Bank of Baroda stops clearing paperwork for Russian oil purchase.
• Substack CEO dismisses Musk’s claims.
• Fox News settles its dispute outside court for $787 Million.
• Indian authorities dismiss news of India-UK trade talks being stalled: Report
• Sardar Sarovar Dam reaches record low on profits.
• Brahmapuram fire: Kerala HC stays NGT order imposing Rs 100 cr fine on Kochi Corporation.
• Milma withdraws price hike of Rich milk; Smart packet will cost Rs 25.
• Elon Musk loses $12.6B in a day.
• Fox News ends the contract with Tucker Carlson.
• CNN ends the contract with Don Lemon.
• Byju’s office was raided by ED.

Sports

• Odisha FC beat Gokulam Kerala FC to qualify for the AFC Cup 2023–24.
• IPL continues in a splendid fashion.
• Saina Nehwal to skip Asian Games.
• Ding Liren becomes China’s first Chess Champion.
• Protests by Wrestlers in Delhi continue.

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