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<keyword id="19895037" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bengaluru" source="keywords">Bengaluru</keyword>, Karnataka’s bustling capital, is currently witnessing a worrying surge in dengue fever cases, sending waves of concern across its populace. In just 20 days, the city has recorded an alarming 1,000 cases, highlighting a drastic surge compared to previous years. Alongside dengue, there has been a notable uptick in viral fever cases, further straining local healthcare resources. Experts point to the unusual weather conditions as a key culprit. The lack of rain and unexpected cold winds have created a breeding ground for mosquitoes, the carriers of dengue. Additionally, BBMP's increased vigilance with fever surveys has led to more detections, contributing to the higher case numbers. Chief Health Officer Dr. Syed Madani emphasised the proactive stance of the health department, noting a quadrupling in checks compared to previous years. In the first half of 2024 alone, Bengaluru has already reported nearly 5,000 dengue cases, significantly surpassing last year’s figures for the same period. Most of the surge came after May this year. The eastern and Mahadevpura zones of Bengaluru have been hit the hardest by dengue, with construction work creating stagnant water – a perfect haven for mosquitoes. The southern zone, meanwhile, is grappling with chikungunya, another mosquito-borne illness. The health department is pulling out all the stops to combat the outbreak. Fogging drives are underway to kill mosquito larvae, and public awareness campaigns are educating residents on preventing water stagnation around their homes. Continuous fever surveys are also being conducted to identify potential cases early on. The severity of the outbreak hit close to home when Chief Civic Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath tested positive for dengue. Despite the setback, Nath is expected to resume his duties shortly, underscoring the personal toll of the city's health crisis. In response to mounting cases, <keyword id="19909918" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chief-Minister-Siddaramaiah" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Chief Minister Siddaramaiah" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Chief Minister Siddaramaiah">Chief Minister Siddaramaiah</keyword> has convened high-level meetings with BBMP officials and health authorities to strategize further containment efforts. With June alone witnessing 1,036 reported cases, Bengaluru braces for potentially higher numbers during the monsoon season, traditionally conducive to mosquito proliferation. However, BBMP officials are confident that their preventative measures, including extensive surveillance, fever detection, and source reduction activities, will help control the situation.

Bengaluru on dengue alert: City reports over 1,000 cases in 20 days; BBPM Chief falls prey to disease

Around 62 per cent of Indians who were surveyed are planning to use the AI chatbot <keyword id="15681942" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="chatgpt" source="Orion">ChatGPT</keyword> to help write their love letters this <keyword id="6426726" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="valentine" source="Orion">Valentine</keyword>'s Day, the highest out of all the countries surveyed, with 73 per cent also using AI to boost their dating profiles, a report showed on Thursday. With ChatGPT starting to infiltrate every aspect of our daily lives, 78 per cent of Indians surveyed were also unable to spot the difference between a love letter written by the AI chatbot and one written by a human, according to the report by cyber-security company McAfee. The vast majority (60 per cent) of Indian respondents preferred a machine-generated love note. The most popular reason given for using AI as a ghost-writer was that it would make the sender feel more confident (59 per cent), others cited lack of time (32 per cent) or lack of inspiration (26 per cent), while 14 per cent said it would just be quicker and easier, believing they would not be found out. However, 57 per cent of respondents said they would be offended if they found out the note they had received was produced by a machine. "With Valentine's Day around the corner, it's important to stay vigilant and use security solutions that can help safeguard your privacy and identity and protect you from clicking on malicious links a scammer might send," said <keyword id="3541923" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="steve-grobman" source="Orion">Steve Grobman</keyword>, <keyword id="16450720" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="mcafee-chief-technology-officer" source="Orion">McAfee Chief Technology Officer</keyword>. "It is easy to drop your guard when chatting to a potential partner but it's important to be on alert if you're asked suspicious requests for money or personal information," Grobman added. With the rise in popularity of artificial intelligence, particularly tools such as ChatGPT that anybody with a web browser can access, the chances of receiving machine-generated information are on the rise. In fact, 76 per cent of Indians admit to being catfished -- which is when somebody pretends to be someone they're not online -- or knowing somebody who has. Additionally, 89 per cent of Indian respondents have engaged in direct conversations with strangers on social media across platforms, compared to 66 per cent globally. "Those looking for love are often more vulnerable to scams, and cyber criminals use that to their advantage, engaging in long, sophisticated attempts to steal from their victims," said the report. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/reliance-capital-case-battling-for-higher-value-to-stakeholders-says-iihl/articleshow/97776304.cms">Reliance Capital case: Battling for higher value to stakeholders says IIHL</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/banks/news/rate-hikes-will-not-impact-collections-efficiency-of-nbfcs-icra/articleshow/97776942.cms">Rate hikes will not impact collections efficiency of NBFCs: ICRA</a>

This V-day, Indians want ChatGPT to play Cupid & write their love letters

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Palace guards continuously stood vigil over the Queen's coffin during her lying-in-state.</li><li>The iconic Beefeaters were among those who kept the 24-hour vigil.</li></ul>This photo offers a rare glimpse of "Beefeaters" taking a break, as they took part in the continuous vigil over Queen Elizabeth II's coffin during her lying-in-state in Westminster Hall before her funeral on Monday.Beefeaters – officially the "Yeomen Warders of His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London" – are the iconic ceremonial guards who defend the Tower of London where the crown jewels are kept.But following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, they were among those standing vigil over her coffin during the four days she lay in state in Westminster Hall.The continuous 24-hour vigil was broken into four six-hour shifts for the guards, ITV reported. The shifts involved them standing totally still and rotating around the monarch's coffin.On Sunday, <a href="https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1571454159404109830">the UK Ministry of Defence shared four photos</a>, including one of the Beefeaters between shifts, without their shoes on resting on red armchairs, with their red jackets hanging on racks in the background.The caption read: "The UK Armed Forces are continuing to honor their Commander-in-Chief of 70 years, Her Majesty The Queen, as they stand vigil alongside The King's Body Guard."As well as the Beefeaters, two other ceremonial parties were responsible for looking after Elizabeth's coffin during her lying-in-state: The Gentlemen at Arms and The Royal Company of Archers, <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/2022-09-14/who-are-the-bodyguards-standing-vigil-around-the-queens-coffin">ITV reported.</a>The Royal Company of Archers are the Queen's official bodyguards in Scotland, who guarded her coffin <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62876366">during her lying-in-state in Edinburgh last week,</a> per ITV.Beefeaters are all ex-members of the UK Armed Forces, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tower-of-london-hiring-40000-beefeater-help-defend-crown-jewels-2022-6">having each served for at least 22 years, reached the rank of warrant officer and received the Long Service and Good Conduct medal</a>.The lying-in-state drew hundreds of <a href="https://www.insider.com/david-beckham-joins-queue-pay-tribute-to-queen-westminster-hall-2022-9">thousands of people</a> who wanted to pay their respects to Britain's longest-serving monarch.

Photo shows iconic Beefeater guards between their shifts keeping vigil over the Queen's coffin

New Delhi, Apr 28 () Former Andhra Bank chief Suresh N Patel will take over as the vigilance commissioner in the anti-corruption watchdog CVC on Wednesday, officials said.The post of vigilance commissioner has been lying vacant for over 10 months."Patel will be administered the oath of office by newly-appointed Central Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari," an official said on Tuesday.Patel's name to the post was recommended by a high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February this year. He was a member of the advisory board for banking and financial frauds of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). Patel resigned from the board after his selection as the vigilance commissioner. He was appointed the managing director and chief executive officer of Andhra Bank in November 2015 till his superannuation on December 31, 2017.Patel, 62, has over three decades of banking experience, and has also worked as the executive director in Oriental Bank of Commerce before taking over as the chief of Andhra Bank. He will have a tenure of over two years, till late December, 2022.The post of the vigilance commissioner was lying vacant since June last year after T M Bhasin completed his tenure.The CVC is appointed by the president on the recommendation of the committee consisting of the prime minister as its chairperson, and the home minister and the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha as its members.The tenure of vigilance commissioner is of four years or till the incumbent attains the age of 65 years.With Patel's appointment, the commission will be in its full strength.The CVC can have a central vigilance commissioner and two vigilance commissioners. At present, Sharad Kumar is working as the other vigilance commissioner. AKV KJKJ

Ex-Andhra Bank chief Suresh N Patel to take over as vigilance commissioner on Wednesday

<ul class="summary-list"><li>We exercised our BS-detecting muscles under Trump, and we need to keep it up during the Biden era and beyond. </li><li>Don't give politicians and authority figures the benefit of the doubt: demand receipts. </li><li>Whether it's police unions or the CDC, <keyword id="196530" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Andrew-Cuomo">Andrew Cuomo</keyword> or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — it's in the public interest to always call out <keyword id="26856" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="lies">lies</keyword> and demand the truth. </li><li>This is an <keyword id="6356002" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="opinion">opinion</keyword> column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.</li></ul><keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword>'s constant lying defined his presidency. More than incompetence, vulgarity, and cruelty - it was the 45th president's allergy to the truth that informed the rest of his administration's other toxicities. It was only two days into his presidency that Kellyanne Conway offered the phrase "<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/conway-press-secretary-gave-alternative-facts-860142147643">alternative facts</a>" in defense of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's lies about the comparatively small crowd at Trump's inauguration. Trump's presidency concluded with his insistence on a truly "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dominion-lawsuits-retractions-election-fraud-newsmax-rudy-giuliani-smartmatic-2021-1">Big Lie</a>" - that the 2020 election had been stolen from as part of a conspiracy that no one has yet cogently explained and which has been laughed out of scores of courtrooms, including the Supreme Court. In the exhausting four years between, the chief executive relentlessly lied over everything from the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/politics/fact-check-timeline-of-trumps-alabama-dorian-map-fiasco/index.html">weather</a> to the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/opinion/trump-bob-woodward-coronavirus.html">lethality of COVID</a>. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/fact-check-daniel-dale-reflections-fact-checking-trump/index.html">Fact-checking</a> presidents has long been a staple of journalism, but by necessity it went into high gear <a href="https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/fact-checking-trump-was-a-volume-business-how-will-that-change-with-biden/">documenting and debunking</a> Trump's lies - big and small, with the "Trump's lies" beat becoming its own <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-fact-checker-tracked-trump-claims/2021/01/23/ad04b69a-5c1d-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html">cottage industry</a>. It was a public service.Now that Trump's in the Mar-a-Lago self-exile phase of his political career, we shouldn't let down our guard. We need to just as vigorously fact-check <keyword id="1533678" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="President-Joe-Biden">President Joe Biden</keyword> and his administration, as well as all elected officials and institutional authority figures. <h2>Keep your BS detector well-tuned</h2>Don't get me wrong, there's little reason to believe Biden will lie as prodigiously over inconsequential matters as his predecessor. Trump's lies were part of a deeply-ingrained pattern and an authoritarian attempt to destroy <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mask-debate-not-culture-war-trump-trying-distort-reality-facts-2020-7">the public's perception of reality</a>. But Biden will lie, dissemble, and obscure the truth when it serves his interests. All presidents do, as <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/biden-will-lie-you/617820/">Adam Serwer</a> wrote in The Atlantic. They lie about wars, affairs, healthcare policies, and anything else they'd rather the citizenry not know. With nearly a half-century in government, Biden's <a href="https://www.politifact.com/personalities/joe-biden/">already lied plenty</a>, a somewhat recent example being his <a href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/04/joe-biden/joe-bidens-pants-fire-claim-about-his-arrest-south/">ridiculous campaign trail whopper</a> about getting arrested while trying to visit Nelson Mandela in a South African prison. "These are deceptions, not mere errors of fact, which all mortals make," Serwer wrote of past presidential lies. Now that Biden's president, his inevitable lies will be some of the most consequential in the world. And it's not just lies from the White House that remain of great consequence. We - the media and the general citizenry - need to continue exercising the diligence learned from calling out Trump's lies, to more effectively root out mistruths wherever they affect public life.<div type="image" title="White House press secretary Jen Psaki." height="640" width="1280" msid="80773781" hostid="261"></div>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andrew-cuomo-hero-rise-and-fall-like-rudy-giuliani-2021-2">prominently-lauded</a> as any state-level official has been in a long time, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cuomo-lied-nursing-home-covid-death-new-york-attorney-general-2021-1">lied and deceived the public</a>. He's also kept <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Judge-orders-DOH-to-turn-over-detailed-15921672.php">vital public information</a> under tight lock-and-key, far from public scrutiny. For months he has offered conflicting and mutually-cancelling explanations for his administration ordering nursing homes to accept COVID patients, and for the huge spike in nursing home deaths that erupted shortly thereafter. If any one of Cuomo's excuses were the truth, they'd make lies of the others. Thankfully, a report from the state's attorney general Letitia James confirmed that they were all lies, and that the state's health department had been cleverly cooking the books by undercounting nursing home deaths by about 50%. These, too, aren't mere errors of facts. These are lies and using the power of the governorship to withhold vital information from the public. Beyond politicians and the media, there is a crisis of confidence in institutions. The Centers for Disease Control <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html">manipulated the public</a> by discouraging mask use at the start of the pandemic to prevent hoarding of hospital grade N95 masks, and as a result, now faces skepticism over its current guidance on post-vaccination mask-wearing.The "big tech" social media companies are hated by the left for not sufficiently policing misinformation on their platforms, while being hated by the right for a perception of politically biased censorship. And as 2020 showed us again and again, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/police-unions-enable-abuse-spread-destructive-propaganda-philadelphia-walter-wallace-2020-11">police</a> departments and their <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nypds-shake-shack-hoax-stop-taking-police-word-2020-6">unions</a> lie <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/briefing/minneapolis-coronavirus-new-york-your-monday-briefing.html">all the time</a>. <h2>Truth matters, no matter who's president. Don't sell it out for political convenience.</h2>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in one of her first interviews after taking office in 2019 brushed off Anderson Cooper's question about a "<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/04/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-trillion-mistake/">four Pinocchio</a>" rating she received in a Washington Post fact check. At issue was a tweet about unaccounted Pentagon spending that was wildly off-base from a factual perspective. "It's unconvincing to try to pass this off as a rhetorical point being misread," the Post's fact-check read before noting, "The tweet is still up, probably causing confusion."At the mention of this fact check, Ocasio-Cortez lamented to Cooper: "I think that there's a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right."Two years later, AOC's <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1069455599149219840">factually incorrect tweet</a> is still up. <div type="image" title="AOC" height="1000" width="2000" msid="80773784" hostid="261"></div>Ocasio-Cortez has it precisely backward. Lies and hyperbole undermine morals and ethics, regardless of <keyword id="6358883" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="politics">politics</keyword>. If the arguments used to back a cause aren't based in reality, the arguments are misdirections, and without merit. A self-granted claim of "morality" is no defense, just as it wouldn't be when <a href="https://www.salon.com/2018/04/02/how-the-anti-abortion-movement-helped-invent-fake-news/">anti-abortion groups traffic in misinformation</a> to justify their own cause, which they surely believe to be "morally right." We, the public, need to be cynical about authority regardless of which side is in power. That doesn't mean a knee-jerk disrespect or an implicit opposition to authority at all turns. It just means we should demand receipts. If elected officials and institutional leaders won't back up their claims or let the public see what's under the hood, we shouldn't give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they've got nothing to hide.Our fact-checking and bullshit-detecting muscles were made stronger by Trump. Let's keep using them now that he's gone.

Trump's gone, but leaders still lie. Stay vigilant and demand the truth.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Reece Young was fatally stabbed on Tuesday night in Croydon, <keyword id="6354968" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="london">London</keyword>.</li><li>He was attending a small vigil in remembrance of another fatal <keyword id="6356345" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="stabbing">stabbing</keyword> victim.</li><li>Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said.</li></ul>A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death while attending a vigil to remember a <keyword id="145432" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Knife-attack">knife attack</keyword> victim, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56595001">BBC News</a> reported.Reece Young was fatally wounded on Tuesday night in south London, the media outlet said.The stabbing was witnessed by several people, according to a <a href="https://news.met.police.uk/news/murder-investigation-launched-after-fatal-stabbing-in-croydon-424565">statement</a> from London's <keyword id="157066" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Metropolitan-Police">Metropolitan Police</keyword>."They had gathered for a small vigil in remembrance of another recent fatal stabbing victim when an altercation began," Detective Chief Inspector Richard Vandenberghhe said.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/police-reform-black-lives-matter-union-racism-blm-george-floyd-2021-3">A Black police union president says it's time for America to overhaul law enforcement and address how racial bias plays a big role in policing practices</a>Police officers found Young after they responded to reports of three men fighting, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police added.The two other people believed to have been involved in the altercation left the scene before officers arrived, according to the Metropolitan Police's statement.Later that night, two men attended a local hospital with stab wounds. These injuries are believed to have been sustained in the fight. Both people have since been arrested on suspicion of murder, the statement said.One of the men, aged 33, is being treated in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The other forced his way out of the hospital after assaulting police officers and NHS staff. He was returned to custody later on Wednesday evening, police added.The Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation into the murder and witnesses are being asked to <a href="https://mipp.police.uk/operation/01MPS21S16-PO1">provide authorities with videos or images</a> that could assist them.

Man stabbed to death while attending vigil for a knife crime victim

<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Whistleblower+">Whistleblower</a> bureaucrat <keyword id="1885007" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Sanjeev-Chaturvedi">Sanjeev Chaturvedi</keyword> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=human+rights+activist+">human rights activist</a> <keyword id="280021" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Anshu-Gupta">Anshu Gupta</keyword> are among five people from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Indian+Institute+of+Technology-Bombay+">India</a>, Myanmar, Laos and the <keyword id="3750" type="COUNTRY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Philippines">Philippines</keyword> who will receive Asia’s coveted <keyword id="270398" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ramon-Magsaysay">Ramon Magsaysay</keyword> Award this year. 
 Chaturvedi, who was removed from the post of <keyword id="84569" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="chief-vigilance-officer">Chief Vigilance Officer</keyword> at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=AIIMS">AIIMS</a> in August 2014, was recognised for “his exemplary integrity, courage and tenacity in uncompromisingly exposing and painstakingly investigating <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=corruption+">corruption</a> in public office…”, while Anshu Gupta, founder of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=NGO">NGO</a> Goonj, will be facilitated for “his creative vision in transforming the culture of giving in India, his enterprising <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=leadership+">leadership</a> in treating cloth as a sustainable development resource for the poor…” 
 
But they are not the only recipient of the premier prize. We bring you 10 Indians who are conferred with the Asia's highest honour. 
 
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10 Indians who received Asia’s coveted Ramon Magsaysay Award

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Police say Kate Middleton's attendance at <keyword id="10910798" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="sarah-everard">Sarah Everard</keyword>'s vigil was legal because she was working. </li><li>The event itself, which saw hundreds of people gather, was described as illegal due to COVID-19.</li><li>Photo and video footage of the event shows police shoving and arresting attendees. </li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/kate-middleton">The Duchess of Cambridge's</a> visit to Sarah Everard's vigil in London was legal because "she was working," the UK police have said. Speaking on Radio 4's Today Programme, Metropolitan Police Chief Constable Cressida Dick defended Kate Middleton's attendance at the vigil on March 13, despite previously saying that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/14/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-rebukes-met-chief-cressida-dick-policing-sarah-everard-vigil">the gathering was illegal due to COVID-19.</a>Asked whether Middleton's attendance was legal, she said: "I would imagine that, of course I have not asked her this question, but I think it's worth looking at ... just how strongly people felt, what she said about her attendance there," according to the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9421773/Cressida-Dick-insists-Kate-Middleton-did-not-break-law-going-Sarah-Everard-vigil.html">Mail Online.</a>"She's in the course of her duties, she was working," she added. Dick's comments contradict what some members of the press were reportedly told by the duchess' representatives at Kensington Palace.Chris Ship, royal editor at ITV, <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisshipitv/status/1377184670803128326">wrote on Twitter</a> that he was told it was a "private visit."A royal source previously told <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/touching-reason-behind-kate-middletons-23710644">The Mirror</a> that Middleton made the "private visit after being horrified by Sarah's tragic murder.""She remembers what it is like to walk alone as a young woman in London and elsewhere and like so many other women, has been thinking deeply about her experiences walking alone at night," the source said.The chief constable went on to say the vigil was "calm" and "social distanced" when the duchess attended in the afternoon of March 13.Middleton laid flowers at Clapham Common park in London, where hundreds gathered to pay their respects to Everard, who went missing after walking home from a friend's house on March 3.Police officer Wayne Couzens was <a href="https://www.insider.com/sarah-everard-london-disappearance-human-remains-found-kent-2021-3">arrested on suspicion of her kidnap and murder</a> in the days following. Human remains found in a nearby woodland area were later identified as Everard's on March 13, the same day that the vigil was held. Couzens was later <a href="https://www.insider.com/sarah-everard-uk-watchdog-says-police-vigil-arrests-shoves-appropriate-2021-3">charged with Everard's kidnapping and murder</a>, and is due to stand trial later this year.Reclaim These Streets, the group who originally organized the vigil, said it had canceled the event after being warned by police that it wouldn't be safe, <a href="https://www.insider.com/kate-middleton-attends-sarah-everard-vigil-police-arrest-demonstrators-2021-3">Insider's Sophia Ankel previously reported.</a>Despite this, hundreds still gathered at the park's bandstand. Police arrived later in the evening - photo and video footage from the event shows <a href="https://www.insider.com/sarah-everard-uk-watchdog-says-police-vigil-arrests-shoves-appropriate-2021-3">officers shoving women and arresting them.</a>A police watchdog report released after the event defended the police's actions, saying officers were <a href="https://www.insider.com/sarah-everard-uk-watchdog-says-police-vigil-arrests-shoves-appropriate-2021-3">"calm and professional" and "did their best to peacefully disperse the crowd."</a>Kensington Palace did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

UK police say Kate Middleton's visit to Sarah Everard's vigil was legal despite arresting other attendees

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NEW DELHI: Parliament on Wednesday passed the crucial <keyword id="6356353" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="lokpal">Lokpal</keyword> Bill with the <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> adopting the measure as amended by the Rajya Sabha after a short discussion. Following are the salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill. 
 
1. Lokayuktas: The new bill mandates states to set up Lokayuktas within 365 days. States have the freedom to determine the nature and type of Lokayukta. 
 
The old bill said the law shall be applicable to states only if they give consent to its application. 
 
The old bill gave power to the central government to appoint state Lokayuktas while the new draft gives this power to the states. 
 
2. Constitution of Lokpal: The Lokpal will consist of a chairperson and a maximum of eight members, of which fifty percent shall be judicial members. Fifty percent members of Lokpal shall be from among SC, ST, OBCs, minorities and women. 
 The older version said the chairperson shall be the <keyword id="42759" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Chief-Justice">Chief Justice</keyword> of India or a present or former <keyword id="18182" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Judge">judge</keyword> of the <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> or a non-judicial member with specified qualifications (chief justice or a judge of a high court). 
 
3. Selection of Lokpal: The selection committee will have <keyword id="71" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Prime-Minister">Prime Minister</keyword>, Lok Sabha Speaker, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India. A fifth member of the selection committee for selection of Lokpal under the category of "eminent jurist" may be nominated by the <keyword id="2540" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="President">President</keyword> on the basis of recommendation of the first four members of the selection committee. 
 
In the old bill, selection of the fifth person was left entirely to the President. 
 
4. Religious bodies and trust: The new bill includes societies and trusts that collect public money, receive <keyword id="6357455" type="EVENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="Funding">funding</keyword> from foreign sources, and have an income level above a certain threshold, it excludes bodies creating endowments for or performing religious or charitable functions. 
 
The old bill expanded definition of public servant by bringing societies and trusts which receive donations from the public (over a specified annual income) and, organisations which receive foreign donations (over Rs 10 lakh a year) within the purview of the Lokpal. 
 
5. Prosecution: In the new version, before taking a decision on filing a chargesheet in a case upon consideration of the investigation report, the Lokpal may authorise its own prosecution wing or the concerned investigating agency to initiate prosecution in special courts. 
 
Under the old bill, prosecution of the case could be done only by the prosecution wing of the Lokpal. 
 
6. Central Bureau of Investigation: For independence of the CBI, in the new bill a directorate of prosecution will be formed. Appointment of the director of prosecution will be on the recommendation of the <keyword id="403158" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Central-Vigilance-Commissioner">Central Vigilance Commissioner</keyword>. 
 
Transfer of officers of CBI investigating cases referred by Lokpal will be only with the approval of Lokpal who will also have superintendence over CBI in relation to Lokpal referred cases. 
 
7. Hearing: The new bill says a government servant will get a hearing before a decision is taken by the Lokpal. 
 
8. Prime Minister: The Prime Minister will be under the purview of the Lokpal with subject matter exclusions and specific process for handling complaints against the Prime Minister. 
 
9. Investigation: Inquiry has to be completed within 60 days and investigation to be completed within six months. Lokpal shall order an investigation only after hearing the public servant. 
 
Inquiry against the prime minister has to be held in-camera and approved by two-thirds of the full bench of the Lokpal. 
 
10. Penalty: False and frivolous complaints - imprisonment up to one year and a fine of up to Rs.1 lakh. Public servants - imprisonment up to seven years. Criminal misconduct and habitually abetting corruption - jail term up to 10 years. 
 
 
Lokpal’s journey to transparency 
 
1966 
 <keyword id="238033" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Morarji-Desai">Morarji Desai</keyword> led First Administrative Reforms Commission recommends setting up of Lokpal at Centre and Lokayukta in states to look into complaints against public functionaries, including MPs 
 
1968-2001 
 
Successive governments introduce Lokpal bill eight times 
 
2002 
 
Justice MN Venkatachaliah led Constitution Review Commission stresses the need for Lokpal and Lokayuktas 
 
2004 
 
UPA-I's national common minimum programme promises that Lokpal bill would be enacted 
 
2005 
 
Veerappa Moily led Second Administrative Reforms Commission reiterates that Lokpal be established without delay 
 
2011 
 Jan: UPA-II's GoM headed by <keyword id="6359124" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Pranab-Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</keyword> suggests a range of anti-corruption measures, including the Lokpal bill 
 Apr 5: <keyword id="57766" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Anna-Hazare">Anna Hazare</keyword> begins his first fast at Jantar Mantar demanding enactment of <keyword id="541695" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Jan-Lokpal-Bill">Jan Lokpal bill</keyword> drafted by his team 
 
Apr 9: Anna ends fast as the government forms a joint drafting committee consisting of ministers and civil society members 
 
Jun 21: The last meeting of the drafting committee ends with the two sides coming up with separate drafts 
 
Aug 4: Govt introduces a Lokpal bill, widely attacked as fl awed 
 
Aug 8: Bill referred to standing committee 
 
Aug 16: Anna launches second fast for Jan Lokpal bill 
 
Dec 22: Govt re-introduces Lokpal and Lokayuktas bill 
 
Dec 27: Lok Sabha passes bill 
 
Dec 29: Introduced in Rajya Sabha 
 
2012 
 
Re-introduced in Rajya Sabha. Referred to select committee 
 
2013 
 
Dec 10: Anna Hazare begins fast in his village in Maharashtra, demanding urgent introduction of a new anti-corruption law 
 
Dec 13: Amended bill tabled in Rajya Sabha 
 
Dec 18: Lok Sabha passes the ammended bill. Anna Hazare breaks his fast. 
 
(With inputs from IANS)

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New Delhi, Jan 28 () The Finance Ministry has invited applications for the next chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to succeed Ajay Tyagi, whose three-year term comes to an end next month.
 Tyagi, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, was appointed as head of the market regulator in 2017 for the period of three years. He assumed charge on March 1, 2017.
 It was widely expected that Tyagi would get at least two years' extension given his stellar performance on the job.
 However, the public notice dated January 24 inviting application from eligible candidates indicates that the government in not inclined to give an extension of two years to the incumbent.
 Applications of eligible candidates in prescribed proforma along with attested copies of annual confidential report for the last five years, vigilance clearance and no penalty and integrity certificate in case of serving government employees should reach on or before February 10, a public notice issued by the Finance Ministry's Economic Affairs Department said.
 In the past, the government has given extension to U K Sinha for three years, making him the second longest-serving chief of Sebi.
 In case of Tyagi, the government issued appointment notification twice. According to the first notification issued on February 10, 2017, Tyagi, the then Additional Secretary (Investment) in Department of Economic Affairs, was appointed chairman of Sebi for a period not exceeding five years or till the age of 65 years or until further order, whichever is earlier.
 Subsequently, another notification curtailed his appointment to initial period of three years.
 Since age in on his side, Tyagi can apply for the job again. However, this will be considered as fresh appointment and not an extension.
 As per the procedure for the appointment of regulators, the candidates will be shortlisted by the Financial Sector Regulatory Appointments Search Committee (FSRASC) headed by Cabinet Secretary.
 The shortlisted candidates are interviewed by the panel comprising of Economic Affairs Secretary and three external members having domain knowledge.
 Based on interaction, FSRASC recommends name to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approval. DP SID ANS
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