World 🌎| UN Human Rights Commission asks India to end lockdown in Kashmir
- The UNHRC asked the govt to respect basic human rights and restore mobile communications
- Kashmir is in lockdown now for more than a month
Hindu: http://bit.ly/2N7Fj6m
Tie my hands, but I will leave: Boris on Brexit
- He promised to go through with Brexit even if a deal is not worked out
- This despite a law being passed that will extend the deadline by 3months, to Jan 2020
Reuters: https://reut.rs/2ZLEPcR
National 🇮🇳| Nothing to fear in Citizenship Bill, Amit Shah
- The Home Minister said people of northeast had nothing to fear from the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which will come up in the RS in the next session
- Shah also said that article 371 was not in danger
- The Article gives special protection to the rights of the indigenous people of NE
Hindu: http://bit.ly/32AyUEa
To understand the dangers of religion based citizenship, check the video: http://bit.ly/2XfG9CG(Youtube, Akash Banerjee)
Vande Bharat express production stopped due to ‘discovery’ of high energy consumption
- It was ‘found’ that the train has far higher energy consumption than world standards, as mass production was to begin
Livemint: http://bit.ly/2N5VEZl
NHAI doesn’t require more govt support: Gadkari
- In what has been an ongoing parley between the PMO and Gadkari’s ministry, there is little clarity on how NHAI will service its massive debt
- The matter appears to be more of internal party politics than just economics (stay tuned for more on this)
Livemint: http://bit.ly/2Naiz5t
Economy & Business 💰| Passenger vehicles record worst ever drop in sales in Aug
- PV sales fell 31.57% while car sales dropped 41.09% y-o-y
- This is worst drop since 1997-98, when SIAM started recording data
Reuters: https://reut.rs/2N97HoM
#SIAM: Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures
Tribunal revokes ban on PWC
- SEBI had enforced a 2yr ban on PWC to audit firms in 2018
- The Securities Appellate Tribunal also said that SEBI had overstepped its jurisdiction
- The matter relates to the Satyam scam in which SEBI detected fraud
Livemint: http://bit.ly/32ElUxH
Paytm loses triple to ₹4,217cr
- This amount is higher than its revenue for ‘19 at ₹3,579cr
- Despite so called cashbacks, Paytm revenue grew only 8.2%
Livemint: http://bit.ly/2N6kbgH
Tech 📱| Anti-trust case launched against Google
- The case relates to ‘Google’s overarching control of online advertising and search results’
- The case has been opened by 48 US state Attorney Generals
Reuters: https://reut.rs/2NSZZi8
🗣⭐️When ’90s kids were getting drawn to cola, this Doodh ad made drinking milk cool again
- The story of Amul’s ‘Doodh doodh doodh doodh, piyo glass full doodh ad’
Print: http://bit.ly/2NeKKR9