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She's a freelance legal consultant, specialising in economic offences. She has harboured a very soft spot for the world of journalism and content writing for as long as she can remember, and has 5 published literary pieces in reputed magazines and journals, accessible easily on the internet. She's an avid athlete, loves to sing and has had an extensive debating career throughout her 5 years of law school. She hopes she can make a niche for herself in the media world, too.

Supreme Court Commutes Sundarrajan’s Death Penalty

Crime

Today, the Supreme Court commuted a man’s death sentence for the 2009 kidnapping and murder of a seven-year-old boy in Tamil Nadu. A three-judge panel consisting of the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, and Justices Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha upheld the conviction, but overturned the death penalty and substituted it with 20 years of imprisonment without reprieve. Background of the Case The perpetrator, Sundararajan, abducted the second-grade student from his school in the village of Karkudal in the district of Cuddalore. He demanded a ransom of Rs. 5 lakh from the boy’s parents. Sundararajan strangled the boy and…

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Japanese PM Fumio Kishida arrives in New Delhi

Geopolitics

Today, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a 27-hour visit to Delhi for the annual India-Japan Summit. Since the last summit between India and Japan was held in March 2022, now is an important time to engage on a bilateral level, as both New Delhi and Tokyo hold the G20 and G7 Presidency, respectively. At a time when the global order is in a state of massive upheaval and there is a growing need to establish a multipolar world order, his visit focuses on three main objectives. These agendas include bilateral economic and security cooperation, a regional Indo-Pacific security agenda…

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J$K SIA Conducts Raids to Investigate Slush Funds

Crime

The J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) began a search operation at eight different locations on Saturday to investigate the recipients of slush funds flowing through the known secessionist Maulavi Sarjan Barkati in south Kashmir. They reported that SIA detectives, assisted by police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, conducted the searches. The officials stated that the searches were part of an ongoing investigation into a terror funding case. Earlier this year, the SIA, a division of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, filed a case against Barkati to investigate the collection of funds and…

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