What happened: Nupur Sharma made hateful remarks about Prophet Muhammad during a Times Now debate on the Gyanvapi mosque controversy last week.
What followed:
What followed:
❗️Communal violence in Kanpur—Several people were injured after clashes erupted between Muslims and Hindus in Kanpur after Friday prayers.
❗️Social media outrage—Trending Twitter hashtags calling for the boycott of Indian products in Arab countries with accounts with large followings, including The Grand Mufti of Oman's, supporting the call. And, some counter-support for Sharma from some, including BJP leaders.
BJP's reaction: Sharma suspended. BJP Delhi's Media Head Naveen Jindal expelled.
Not the end: Qatar wants a public apology, condemnation of Sharma's statements, by the Indian government.
A timeline of the Hyderabad gangrape case—
May 31:Father of girl files an FIR on May 31.
Charges: Gangrape, POCSO charges
June 3: News of rape surfaces after six days. No arrests made till now, despite several 'police sources' telling news organisations about the family background of the accused.
The National Commission or the Protection of Child Rights is now questioning the cops over the three-day delay.
June 4-Political pressure on police increases, after sons of leaders are revealed as the accused. One is arrested, two minors are apprehended.
June 4-FIR against two persons and a Youtube channel for circulating videos of the minor rape victim and the accused juveniles in contravention of Section 23 of POCSO. Also on June 4—
June 5-Police track down second of two cars involved in the crime and collect forensic evidence. They also add destruction of evidence charges to the FIR. Another accused minor is apprehended.
What: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a no-confidence vote on Monday evening.
Why: 40 Conservative Party MPs demanded that Johnson resign after he and his staff members held parties at 10, Downing Street during Covid-19 lockdowns, also known as 'partygate'. In all, 54 Party MPs have asked for his resignation. With this, the 15% requirement for a trust vote has been met and a ballot will be held to decide Johnson's future as PM.
What now: Johnson needs the support of 180 Conservative legislators to remain Party head and PM. They have 359 MPs in the House of Commons.
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Context: The folks over at Layer'r Shot deodorants thought it wise to put out ads where a "shot" of deodorant doubles as an innuendo for sexual violence against women—during the eyeball-catching Indian Premier League telecast on national television.
Then: A massive outcry on social media followed, with people tagging the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), demanding a review and ban on the ad.
Now: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has, in fact, ordered the suspension of the controversial ad and ordered an inquiry as per the advertising code.
“The above mentioned video is detrimental to the portrayal of women in the interest of decency or morality, and in violation of the...Information Technology Rules, 2021, which provides that the users shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information which is insulting or harassing on the basis of gender."
Also: The ASCI has also ordered the advertiser to withdraw the ad and asked it to explain itself before the Consumer Complaints Council. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) wrote to the I&B Ministry seeking an action against the deodorant brand for “misogynistic advertisement” that promoted “gang-rape culture”.
“Are you making perfume ads or promoting gang-rape mentality? What level of inferiority is being sold by hiding it under the guise of creativity,”—DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal
Not an apology: "We the brand Layer'r Shot would like to inform one and all that only after due & mandatory approvals, we have aired the advertisements, wherein, we never intended to hurt anyone's sentiments or feelings or outrage any women's modesty or promote any sort of culture, as wrongly perceived by some. However, we sincerely apologise for the advertisements that consequentially caused rage amongst individuals and several communities and beg their pardon."—Company statement
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Nigeria: On June 5, gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church during service and opened fire din southern Nigeria. At least 50 people were killed, including women and children. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack, but Ondo, where this happened, is actually one of Nigeria's more peaceful states.
Bangladesh: On June 4, a fire broke out at the BM Inland Container Depot in Bangladesh’s Chattogram city, detonating chemicals stored inside some of the containers, including the highly inflammable hydrogen peroxide. 41 died, including nine firefighters. Hundreds are still missing; the death toll is likely to rise. The fire is under control, but not completely extinguished, even three days later.
USA: Over June 4 and 5, 12 people were killed and over two dozen wounded in five separate mass shootings in Tennessee, Philadelphia, Michigan, South Carolina and Arizona. Gun attacks are common in America, but the shock felt over a recent mass shootings at an elementary school in Texas, which killed 19 children and two teachers—have spurred cries for action.
India: 26 persons died and four others were injured after a bus carrying pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh fell into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on June 5.
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