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Holi is over and so is the long weekend. Now, we have to brace for Tuesday (26 March) which is going to bring some big developments.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) plans to ‘gherao’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence following the arrest of their leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal last week.
In the United States, the Supreme Court will hear an important case on the availability of widely used abortion pills. The judgement is set to impact millions of women across America.
Here’s all this and more that is expected to grab headlines throughout the day.
AAP to ‘gherao’ PM residence
The AAP said earlier it would demonstrate against CM Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a graft case related to the scrapped Delhi excise policy case. The party launched a four-day protest plan to condemn their leader’s arrest last week.
As part of this plan, the AAP will ‘gherao’ Modi’s residence today. Kejriwal’s party has been staging protests over the past few days.
The Delhi CM’s arrest has been criticised by Opposition leaders, who have hit out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre. The development has come just weeks before India heads to crucial general elections.
Kejriwal’s party has moved the Delhi High Court against his arrest and a lower court’s order granting his custody to the ED for seven days. However, the court turned down an urgent hearing, saying it will take up the matter on Wednesday.
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The US Supreme Court, which struck down the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, will again hear the crucial issue. The abortion opponents seek to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Any ruling in favour of this has wide implications for the scientific authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The US president Joe Biden’s administration is appealing a lower court’s order that would revoke the FDA’s actions in 2016 and 2021 that had eased access to mifepristone, the first of two pills taken in medication abortions.
While a ruling is expected by the summer, it would have wide ramifications on women seeking to end their pregnancies as well as the FDA’s authority over drug safety.
India-US tri-service exercise
The Indian and US navies will commence the Sea Phase of the bilateral tri-service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise, Tiger Triumph - 24, from today.
This phase, which will end on 31 March, would see the naval forces of both countries establishing a joint command and control centre and a joint relief and medical camp.
The Harbour Phase of the exercise was held from 18 to 25 March at Visakhapatnam. As per a defence ministry press release, this phase included “pre-sail discussions, subject matter expert exchange on professional subjects and deliberations on planning and execution procedures of various tasks”.
Shiv Sena (UBT) to release LS nominees’ list
Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray is expected to declare its Lok Sabha candidates for Maharashtra today. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said yesterday that the party will reveal its nominees after a final round of discussions with its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies.
He said the party would release the first list of around 14-15 candidates for the general elections.
The Congress has already named 12 candidates for the Maharashtra Lok Sabha polls. The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar), another MVA ally, has reportedly finalised the names of six candidates that will contest the Lok Sabha polls and is expected to make the announcement soon.
IPL 2024: CSK vs GT at Chennai
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will clash with Gujarat Titans in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Tamil Nadu’s capital, Chennai. The match will pit two new captains – Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad – against each other.
Gaikwad bagged the captaincy role after Mahendra Singh Dhoni stepped down as skipper on the eve of CSK’s opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. CSK registered a six-wicket win against RCB.
At 24, Gill is the youngest IPL captain. GT beat Mumbai Indians on Sunday, with the latter maintaining their tradition of losing the opening match since 2012.
Now, these two new captains have a chance to show their mettle.
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