Morning Digest | Polling for the first phase in Uttar Pradesh begins today; Three-judge bench of Karnataka High Court to hear hijab petitions, and more

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The high-stakes electoral battle in Uttar Pradesh will begin with polling on February 10 for 58 seats in the state’s western belt, where the BJP’s dominance since 2014 is facing a challenge from a resurgent alliance of SP and RLD.

A three-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court will hear on Thursday the petitions questioning the ban on wearing of hijab by students in colleges.

Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday hit out at the government over the high unemployment rate in the country and said the Union Budget 2022-23 failed to address the concerns of the poor. He said that the purpose of the budget is only to benefit the big corporate houses.

The government on Wednesday banned the import of drones with immediate effect except for research and development, defense and security purposes.

In a ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court asked judges across the country not to impose the death penalty merely because of the heinousness of the crime, to consider equally the factors that could help a prisoner save his life.

Data from human trials of India’s first indigenous mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be submitted to authorities for evaluation by the end of the month, and company officials are targeting to roll out the product before April, the department said. Two senior scientists associated with biotechnology told Hindu,

Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have achieved a new milestone in the production of nuclear fusion energy, or the simulation of the way energy is produced in the Sun. Energy by nuclear fusion is one of mankind’s long-standing discoveries because it promises to be low-carbon, safer than producing nuclear power now and with an efficiency that is technically 100 percent. Can be more than %.

Suryakumar Yadav played a responsible innings of 64 before the famous Krishna made a brilliant four-wicket haul as India beat West Indies by 44 runs in the second ODI to take an unassailable 2–0 lead in the three-match series. Wednesday.

The Home Ministry on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that between 2018 and 2020, more than 16,000 people committed suicide due to bankruptcy or indebtedness, while 9,140 people ended their lives due to unemployment.

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