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cide and discussions around his
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mental health state and clinical
Court-mandated Ram Temple depression due to professional
to be constructed in Ayodhya. rivalry, did the rounds. Soon af-
The construction of the Ram ter Rajput’s death, actor Kan-
temple has been BJP’s poll gana Ranaut caused a stir when
pledge since 1991. Construction she alleged that Rajput could
work is set to be completed in not have any mental problems
36-40 months, as per the Tem- as he was a rank holder, and
ple trust. The temple would be accused a section of the film
the final resting place of Ram industry of not acknowledging
Lulla, the infant Ram which Rajput and driving him to his
is currently housed in a tent. death. Cases were filed against
On August 5, the first an- Bollywood celebrities and
niversary of the revocation of members of the film industry
special status granted to Jam- in connection with the death.
mu and Kashmir, Modi called The police summoned a num-
it a day that marked the free- ber of producers, filmmakers
dom of Ramjanmabhoomi and actors in connection with
from the chain of “destruction youths display a syringe with the theme bye-bye 2020 and welcome 2021 in the case.
and resurrection”. ranchi on thursday. (ani) Meanwhile, Sushant’s fam-
ily filed an FIR against actress
eConomy turns wobbLy houses of parliament passed On June 14, after a group Rhea Chakraborty, his former
India recorded a GDP drop the farm bills amid protests of PLA soldiers erected tents girlfriend, and five others of
of 23.9 per cent, in the period by the opposition parties and and an observation post on abetment to suicide. On 8 Sep-
April-June 2020. This is the a longtime ally of the ruling the LAC, senior Indian Army tember, Rhea was arrested by
worst contraction since India party. Opposition legislators officer Colonel Suresh Babu the Narcotics Control Bureau
started reporting GDP data in raised slogans, tore documents and two of his soldiers went, (NCB) after three consecutive
1996. The stringent lockdown and tried to grab the speaker’s unarmed, to meet their Chi- days of questioning, in con-
measures, which put a huge microphone in the upper house nese counterparts and discuss nection with a drugs case. Ac-
dent on the economy, caused of parliament before bills were de-escalation measures. They tors Deepika Padukone, Sara
all sectors, apart from agri- passed by a voice vote. were attacked with iron rods Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor
culture to suffer huge losses. While the government said and barbed wires, unprovoked. and Rakul Preet Singh were
The gross value-added growth the law will make it easier for In the resultant hand to hand also summoned by the NCB
(GVA) in the manufacturing the farmers to sell their pro- combat, during the interlud- over the drugs racket case un-
sector shrank by 39.3 per cent, duce directly to big buyers, the ing night between June 15 and earthed during the investiga-
while industries such as con- Opposition slashed the bills 16, 20 Indian army personnel tion.
struction, trade, travel and hos- and called them “anti-farmer” and 43 Chinese soldiers were Bollywood actor Kangana
pitality, were all badly affected. and “pro-corporate”. On Sep- killed. Ranaut’s statement on Mum-
The RBI’s monthly bulletin for tember 24, the controversial bai police created a political di-
November has projected con- bills got the President’s assent while anti-China senti- vide. Ms Ranaut locked horns
traction for a second consecu- and they became laws. And with Maharashtra’s ruling Shiv
tive quarter, meaning that In- with it, the political face-off ments flared in India, with Sena and its party leaders after
dia has entered into a technical too intensified. While the Op- a call for banning Chinese she expressed her distrust in
recession for the first time in position continued to attack the Mumbai Police in view of
its history. the government, and urged goods, the Indian govern- actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s
Demand conditions remain to repeal the “black” law, the ment reacted by banning death.
weak, evidenced by the decline government accused the Op-
in exports and imports, which position of “misdirecting” the 59 mobile apps developed ‘Love JIhad’ beComes a
reflect the state of external and farmers. in China, along with sever- Law
domestic demand, according to The anti-religious conver-
NCAER. The November RBI ChIna threatens al infrastructural projects sion law, which came into force
Consumer Confidence Survey border PeaCe for which Chinese compa- in the form of an ordinance on
showed that while consum- On May 5th, a scuffle November 28, is seen as giving
er sentiment was higher that broke out between Indian and nies had won contracts. legal teeth to the BJP’s battle
month than in July and Sep- Chinese forces, who had en- against so-called ‘love jihad’,
tember 2020, confidence was croached into the Indian bor- the unproven conspiracy the-
lower in November compared der at the Pangong Tso lake non-stoP tv drama ory that Hindu women are be-
to the same period a year ago. in Ladakh. Soldiers from both Actor Sushant Singh Ra- ing falsely enticed and convert-
sides engaged in stone-pelting jput was found dead in his ed by Muslim men. When UP
farmers get angry and fistfights and around 11 Bandra residence on June 14.
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