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[00:00:10] Hello, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama.
[00:00:14] I am your host Meenu and these are the major news stories of Monday, May 20, 2024.
[00:00:23] The Gujarat anti-terrorist squad has nabbed four terrorists of the Islamic State from
[00:00:27] the Sardar Walifai Patel airport in Ahmadabad.
[00:00:34] Iran has officially confirmed that its President Ibrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister
[00:00:40] and several other officials have died in a helicopter crash.
[00:00:46] Over 47% water turnout was recorded till 3pm on Monday in 49 constituencies in the fifth
[00:00:53] phase of Lok Sabha elections amid spore deag incidence of violence in West Bengal and a
[00:00:59] poor boycott in Uttar Pradesh.
[00:01:04] The Indian Council of Medical Research criticised a recently published study on the long-term
[00:01:09] safety analysis of the Covaxin vaccine in adults and adolescents for its poor
[00:01:14] metrology and design.
[00:01:19] The Kaila High Court on Monday upheld the law court's order awarding a death sentence
[00:01:24] to Amirul Islam, a convict in the rape and murder of a law student at Perimbabu.
[00:01:30] Let's get into the details.
[00:01:35] The Gujarat anti-terrorist squad on Monday nabbed four terrorists of the Islamic State
[00:01:40] from the Sardar Walifai Patel airport.
[00:01:42] The eight years in a brief note said the four accused West Sri Lankan citizens.
[00:01:48] The authorities are probing the reasons behind their presence in Ahmedabad and their
[00:01:52] intended activities.
[00:01:55] In August last year, the ATS arrested three persons from Rajkot for their alleged links
[00:02:01] to al-Qaeda.
[00:02:02] They were prime of fees working for a Bangladeshi handler to radicalise and recruit
[00:02:08] people for the banned terrorist organisation, ATS claimed.
[00:02:15] Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and several other officials
[00:02:21] died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
[00:02:24] The crash comes as the Middle East remains unsettled by the Israel-Hamas war.
[00:02:28] During Raisi, who was 63, and the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched an
[00:02:34] unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel just last month.
[00:02:39] During Raisi's stay in office, Iran enriched uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade
[00:02:44] levels, further escalating tensions with the West as Tehran also supplied bomb-carrying
[00:02:50] drones to Russia for its war in Ukraine and armed militia groups across the region.
[00:02:56] Meanwhile, India announced state mourning on May 21 as a mark of respect for Iranian
[00:03:02] President Ibrahim Raisi.
[00:03:05] National flag to be flown at half-mast all over India, no official entertainment
[00:03:09] during state mourning, says official.
[00:03:15] Over 47 percent water turnout was recorded till 3pm on Monday in 49 constituencies
[00:03:21] in six states and two union territories in the fifth phase of locks-up by-elections
[00:03:26] amid spodiac incidents of violence in West Bengal and a poll boycott in a village of
[00:03:31] Uttar Pradesh.
[00:03:33] AVM glitches were also reported in some booths of Odisha and West Bengal.
[00:03:39] While Maharashtra recorded the lowest water turnout till 3pm with 38.77 percent
[00:03:46] of voters exercising their franchise, West Bengal recorded the highest voting percentage
[00:03:51] of 62.72.
[00:03:54] The poll panel said it has received 1,036 complaints from different political parties
[00:04:00] alleging AVM malfunctioning and agents being stopped for entering booths.
[00:04:06] Clashes broke out between supporters of the TMZ and BJP in Arambagh constituency.
[00:04:14] The report also reported from various parts of the Hara constituency.
[00:04:18] In Uttar Pradesh, the Congress claimed AVM malfunctioning and accused the BJP of not
[00:04:23] allowing people to cast votes in three booths in Bela Khara village in Rahi block.
[00:04:29] In Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray claimed there were a lot of
[00:04:34] complaints from the electors about facilities outside polling booths.
[00:04:38] In Odisha, some unidentified persons allegedly hacked an auto rickshaw driver to death.
[00:04:44] The deceased was carrying some bottles to the polling booth.
[00:04:48] Polling for 23 states and union territories and 379 seats has been completed so far.
[00:04:57] The sixth and seventh phases are on May 25th and June 1st respectively.
[00:05:03] The counting of votes is on June 4th.
[00:05:08] The Indian Council of Medical Research criticised a recently published study on the long-term
[00:05:13] safety analysis of the Covaxin vaccine in adults and adolescents for its poor methodology
[00:05:18] and design and clarified the article misleadingly and erroneously acknowledges ICMR.
[00:05:25] ICMR said the study had no control arm of unvaccinated individuals for comparing
[00:05:31] the rates of events between the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups.
[00:05:36] Hence, the reported events in the study cannot be linked or attributed to COVID-19 vaccination.
[00:05:45] The KLA High Court on Monday upheld the lower court's order, avoiding a death sentence
[00:05:50] to Amirul Islam, the convict, in the rape and murder of a law student at Birmbourg.
[00:05:56] Rejecting the convict's appeal against capital punishment, the HC granted permission
[00:06:00] to execute the order.
[00:06:02] In the appeal moved before the High Court, Islam immigrant worker claimed that the
[00:06:07] trial court had fabricated evidence against him.
[00:06:11] But the division bench of Justice P. B. Suresh Kumar and Justice S. Manu confirmed
[00:06:16] the death penalty awarded to him after examining the scientific and circumstantial
[00:06:21] evidence including the DNA test report in the case.
[00:06:25] The law student was found dead at her one-room house in Perimbourg on April 28, 2016.
[00:06:32] According to the prosecution, Islam dispersed him to a young woman's house on the fateful
[00:06:37] day, attempted to rape her and brutally murdered her when she resisted.
[00:06:45] That brings us to the end of this episode.
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