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News Dabba for 23 May 2025: Five stories for a balanced news diet
Here are the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites.
Indie Journal brings you the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites. Here's a glance through some of the National and International news updates, from India's dossier to FATF on Pakistan, victory procession of Karnataka gang-rape accused following bail, to Israel's insufficient blockade ease in Gaza.
Karnataka gang-rape accused celebrate bail with victory procession, Hindustan Times
Seven men accused in the Hanagal gang rape case in Karnataka’s Haveri district were welcomed with celebratory greetings by their supporters triggering widespread outrage. Hindustan Times reports that the accused, who were released on bail by the Haveri additional district and sessions court earlier this week, were seen parading through Akki Alur town on Wednesday night in a convoy of five cars, flanked by at least 20 supporters. Videos of the event circulated on social media show the accused flashing victory signs as the convoy moved through crowded streets, the report adds. The bail was granted after the survivor failed to identify the accused during court proceedings — a key reason cited by the court for its decision. Read the full report here.
India to submit dossier to FATF to bring back Pakistan in grey list, Indian Express
India will take up terror funding charges against Pakistan to make a case for putting it back in the ‘grey list’ of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terror financing watchdog, Indian Express reports as per its government sources. India is specifically going to point out the non-compliance of legal provisions that Pakistan had promised to comply with when it was taken off the grey list in 2022, the report says. Also, India would be raising objections to a review of World Bank funding to Pakistan which is slated for June. Read the full report here.
Al Jazeera: G7 threatens further sanctions if Russia fails to agree Ukraine ceasefire
Finance officials from the Group of Seven (G7) nations have threatened they could impose further sanctions on Russia should it fail to agree a ceasefire in its war on Ukraine, Al Jazeera reports. Ending their G7 meeting in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, where foreign ministers were also convening this week, the finance chiefs said on Thursday night that if efforts to end Russia’s “continued brutal war” in Ukraine failed, the group would look at how it could push Moscow to step back. The G7, comprised of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, also pledged to work together to ensure that no countries that financed the war would be eligible to benefit from Kyiv’s reconstruction, the report adds. Read the full report here.
Supreme Court frees man convicted of sex with minor, India Today
India Today reports that the Supreme Court on Friday used its extraordinary powers under Article 142 to not impose any sentence on a man convicted of engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor. The top court had last year overturned the Calcutta High Court's acquittal of the man but paused his sentencing. Citing an expert panel report, a bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said the victim, now the man's wife, did not view the act as a crime and suffered more due to the legal fallout of the incident itself, the report says. Read the full report here.
Gazans need more aid as Israel eases blockade, BBC reports
About 130 lorries carrying humanitarian aid have crossed into the Gaza Strip this week after Israel eased an 11-week blockade, BBC reports. This is "a drop in the ocean of our needs", the BBC reporter quotes a displaced father in southern Gaza. The Palestinian health ministry said 29 people have died in Gaza of "starvation-related deaths" this week. Israeli officials said "there is no food shortage in Gaza at this time", the report adds. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked the leaders of the UK, France and Canada, saying "they effectively said they want Hamas to remain in power". Read the full report here.
