Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the excise policy case on Thursday (Mar 21). In other news, a team of doctors successfully transplanted a genetically-edited pig (porcine) kidney into a living patient for the very first time.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the excise policy case on Thursday (Mar 21). The move came hours after the Delhi High Court refused interim protection from coercive action to Kejriwal stating that at this stage the court wasn’t inclined to grant interim relief.
Ahead of the general elections 2024, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was thrown into turmoil as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was apprehended by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team on Thursday (Mar 21) for his alleged involvement in the liquor scam. The ED’s move comes after a series of arrests in the case of other party leaders, including former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the excise policy case on Thursday (Mar 21). The move came hours after the Delhi High Court refused interim protection from coercive action to Kejriwal stating that at this stage the court wasn’t inclined to grant interim relief.
In a major milestone, a team of doctors successfully transplanted a genetically-edited pig (porcine) kidney into a living patient for the very first time. The surgeons carried out the four-hour long operation on Saturday (Mar 16) on a 62-year-old man suffering from end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), said Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) on Thursday (Mar 21).
The United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) on Wednesday (Mar 20) released an updated assessment of the Gaza Strip, highlighting the extent of damage inflicted on buildings in the region amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
The 17th edition of the Indian Premier League is about to get underway, with two giants of the league – Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, slated to face off in the curtain-raiser at Chepauk on Friday (March 22). While MS Dhoni relinquishing CSK’s captaincy on the eve of the IPL 2024 opener made headlines, the contest between the two powerhouses is one to look out for.
Taiwan’s defence ministry on Thursday (Mar 21) said that 32 Chinese military aircraft were detected around the island in the past 24 hours which is the second-highest number this year. The island’s top security official told President Tsai Ing-wen he does not currently recommend her to visit the South China Sea amid possible risk to her flight from “relevant countries”.
Ahead of the upcoming Indian general elections in 2024, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has unveiled its third list of candidates in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Among the prominent individuals announced is Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, the firebrand candidate of the party from the state, a DMK bastion where BJP has been failing to secure a victory.
The Indian National Congress, the main opposition party against the ruling BJP made public its third list of 56 candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on Thursday (Mar 21). It included prominent names including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Member of Parliament from West Bengal’s Berhampore since 1999.
British explorer Chris Brown achieved a huge milestone by leading an expedition to Point Nemo, which is the oceanic pole of inaccessibility in the Pacific Ocean. He said he became the first person to “ever swim at Point Nemo”. The point is located in the southern Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand.
