Morning, I’m Shreya Das. Our lead story today examines how the NHPC had been aware of methane gas in the tunnel before the blast that killed 25 personnel in July. Elsewhere in the edition: a bill criminalizing insults to ‘Vande Mataram’ becomes law with the president’s assent, and two TISS professors have been served notice for “suspicious” messages to an arrested former student. Also worth your time: a piece discussing how authorities treat noise pollution differently during religious events across different religions.
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Just ten days before the tragedy, the company issued a tender for services that included management of methane gas in the tunnel.
Intentionally preventing the singing of the song or disrupting an assembly singing it can be punished with imprisonment of up to three years, the law states.
Abhirup Paul, the former student, was held for allegedly shouting slogans in support of jailed activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.
Why is noise during religious events sometimes a public health violation, but other times a celebration that the administration must accommodate?
The rusty-spotted cat is prone to being killed by vehicles due its small size, among other factors, say researchers.
An excerpt from ‘Imperial Bureaucracy: An Untold Story of a Stormy Voyage (1914-1947)’, by Satyaki Nath.
An excerpt from the story ‘So Much Sky’ in ‘Once Elephants Lived Here: Stories’, translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell.
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