Daily Newsletter | Tuesday, May 16, 2017
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| Let civil courts try Jadhav-like cases, UN panel tells Pakistan |
| The UN panel has asked Islamabad to “end the resort to military courts for terrorism-related prosecutions and transfer criminal cases against civilians from military courts to civilian courts and provide the opportunity for appeal in civilian courts of cases involving civilians already adjudicated under military jurisdiction”. |
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| India: Jadhav could be executed even as trial’s on |
| India said Jadhav was framed on the basis of a “confessional video” and had been denied consular access, leaving his family and the Indian government with no information of his well-being. The court later turned down Pakistan’s bid to play Jadhav’s “confession” even as India said it was extracted under duress. |
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| China plans to turn Pak into its economic colony |
| The range and scope of the plan is breathtaking, showing a deep penetration into Pakistan’s economic life. This could have several implications for India – Pakistan’s sovereignty could be forfeited to Chinese interests and China would be uncomfortably close to India’s borders in the east and west. |
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| Man stabs wife to death on moving bus in Tamil Nadu |
| An 18-year-old woman was stabbed to death on a moving bus by his husband in Mettuplayam near here on Monday morning. The woman, a victim of domestic torture, refused to return to his husband, and was stabbed to death. |
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| Ransomware ‘WannaCry’: Banks, ATMs in Karnataka not affected |
| Banks in Karnataka remained unaffected by the ransomware ‘WannaCry’ as they strictly adhered to advisory issued by the Union ministry of electronics and information technology and installed latest patch of anti-virus into their computer systems. |
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| India women put on a world record stand in ODIs |
| The base for this record score was setup by openers Deepti Sharma (188) and Punam Raut (109) who combined for a women’s world record of 320-run stand. The partnership is the first 300 plus stand in Women’s ODIs. |
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| Toshiba delays results again, warns of $8.4 bn net loss |
| The delay comes after one of Japan’s best-known companies twice postponed its nine-month earnings before releasing unaudited results last month. The delays have stirred fears that the huge conglomerate’s shares could be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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| Follow CERT-In instructions on WannaCry attack: RBI to banks |
| RBI has asked banks to follow the instructions of government organisation CERT-In to prevent the attack by ransomware, ‘WannaCry’. It also asked all banks to put in place a software update at ATMs to prevent their systems from a malware that has attacked payment systems across the world. |
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