QBullet: France Lifts FIFA World Cup; PM Modi Slams Opposition
Here’s the news roundup of top headlines of the day.
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1. Adaptability Helps France Beat Croatia to Lift FIFA World Cup for the Second Time
In football, pragmatism usually trumps panache. At least that has been the case in modern football with teams forced to try different styles of play in order to break down conservative opponents.
On Sunday, Croatia were expected to press a France team that has throughout this World Cup campaign refused to have a go at opponents despite possessing one of the most heralded attacks in the world. Didier Deschamps’s France team has been dubbed reactionary by fans and media alike but it is not just the ability to react to the style of play of opponents but also to different situations that has helped them reach this far.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
2. No 1 vs No 2: War in CBI is Out in the Open
Exposing the fault lines in India’s top investigating agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has written to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) saying that its second most senior officer, Special Director Rakesh Asthana, does not have the mandate to represent its chief, Director Alok Verma.
That’s not all, it has informed the CVC that several officers being considered for induction in the agency “were under examination by the CBI as suspects/ accused in criminal cases under investigation with the Bureau”.
(Source: The Indian Express)
3. Those Who Delayed Projects Now Shed Crocodile Tears: PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, 15 July, accused Opposition parties of shedding “crocodile tears” over farmers while having neglected crucial development and irrigation projects during their rule.
He was addressing a public meeting in Mirzapur district after inaugurating the Rs 4,000- crore Bansagar Canal project on the last day of his two-day trip to Uttar Pradesh.
(Source: The Indian Express)
4. Kumaraswamy on Congress Tie-Up: Not Happy, Swallowing Pain Like Lord Shiva Who Drank Poison
In an apparent reference to the problems of running a coalition government, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said he was “not happy” and was swallowing the pain “like Vishakantha”.
Striking an emotional note at a gathering of party workers on Saturday, a teary-eyed Kumaraswamy said: “All of you are happy because your elder or younger brother has become the chief minister. But I am not happy. I am swallowing my own pain like poison, like Vishakantha (Lord Shiva, who drank poison to save the world).’’
(Source: The Indian Express)
5. Karnataka Lynching: Techie Killed Half-An-Hour After Whatsapp Message About ‘Child-Lifters in Red Car’
“Don’t allow these persons in (the) red car to escape. They are child kidnappers.’’
That was the message sent, along with a video of four men distributing chocolates to schoolchildren, to WhatsApp groups in Murki and surrounding villages of Bidar district in Karnataka on Friday evening. Within half-an-hour, one of the men, a software engineer, was killed and the other three were seriously injured after they were attacked by villagers in Murki.
(Source: The Indian Express)
6. After 6-Month Wait, Dalit Marriage Party Passes Through Thakur-Dominated Village
“Waah mazaa aa gaya (This is fun)”, “Aaj hume garv ho raha hai (We are proud today)”: these are some of the words that echoed sentiments of around 300 people in a marriage procession passing through Nizampur village —about 15 km from Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh — on Sunday evening. The baraatis have a reason to be elated. Never before has a Dalit man’s marriage procession been allowed to pass through the Thakur-dominated village the bride, also a Dalit, hails from.
As the marriage party danced to Bollywood numbers, about 200 police personnel flanked them with batons, guns, and tear gas shells.
(Source: The Indian Express)
7. Facebook Disables Accounts of Hafiz Saeed’s Political Party Ahead of Pakistan Polls: Report
Ahead of the general election in Pakistan, Facebook has disabled numerous accounts and pages of the Islamist Milli Muslim League (MML), in a setback to the political outfit launched by Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa, according to a media report on Sunday.
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg had said that it was his priority to make sure his social networking website supports positive discourse and prevents interference in the upcoming elections in Pakistan, India, Brazil, Mexico and other countries.
(Source: The Indian Express)
8. He Left Valley to Join Militancy, is Winning Hearts With His Song
When Altaf Ahmad Mir, then 22 years old, left his home in Janglat Mandi in Anantnag and went to Pakistan in 1990, he wanted to become a militant. Almost three decades later, while Mir is yet to return home, he has sent back a song that is winning hearts in Kashmir and outside.
A rendition of legendary poet Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor’s famed classic, “Ha Gulo” is the first Kashmiri song to make it to Coke Studio Pakistan’s new venture — “Coke Studio Explorer”.
(Source: The Indian Express)
9. Delhi Cabinet Nod to Charging Rs 50 Extra for Doorstep Delivery of Public Services
For an extra fee of Rs 50, Delhi government will provide 100 public services, such as birth certificate, caste certificate, driving licence, ration card, at people's doorstep from next month.
According to the minutes of recent Cabinet meeting, the administrative reforms department's proposal to charge a "facilitation fee" of Rs 50 from the citizens for "each successful transaction" by intermediary agency has been approved.
(Source: The Economic Times)
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