6. Private insurance companies looting farmers: Sidhu
Amid the ongoing farmers protest in and around the national capital, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday claimed that private crop insurance companies have replaced government insurance companies and are indulged in looting farmers with high premiums and negligible payments for crop failure.
7. NHRC issues guidelines to fast track sexual assault cases
The National Human Rights Commission has come out with the guidelines after it observed that in many cases of alleged rape and sexual assault, there is a substantial delay in medical examination, collection and processing of scientific/forensic evidence.
8. Netizens call for ban on Ashram web series, seek arrest of Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha's web series Ashram has stirred social media storm yet again. Fuming with anger, netizens are calling for a ban on the web series for defaming Hindu saints and culture.
9. Places of religious importance in UP to have solar power
Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma has said that cities having religious significance, including Ayodhya, Mathura, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur, will have clean and green energy by 2024.
10. 'Bali bomber' moved to Jakarta for investigation
Twenty-three suspects were flown under the tight guard of Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism squad from Lampung province on Sumatra island to a police detention centre in Jakarta for further questioning.
