The Catch Up: 9 September

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This is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.
Today is the 9th of September and here are the headlines.
The Supreme Court today said there was a delay of “at least 14 hours” in the registration of the FIR in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Led by the Chief Justice of India, the bench was perusing a status report filed by the CBI, which is probing the case. The CBI informed the court that it had decided to resend samples taken from the crime scene to AIIMS and Central Forensic Sciences Labs. Additionally, it was stated that CBI had been given only four video clips of a total duration of 27 minutes. The bench, which sought a fresh status report from the CBI, also fixed the matter for hearing next on the 18th of September.
During his first international trip as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha to the US, Rahul Gandhi said that following the Lok Sabha election results earlier this year, people’s fear of the BJP had vanished. He added that the people realised they would not tolerate attacks on the Constitution, religions, and states. Gandhi is on a four-day unofficial trip to the US during which he will interact with the members of the Indian diaspora and the youth, with stops in Dallas, Texas, and Washington DC.
A day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival began, Surat city witnessed riots in old wall city areas, after four teenagers allegedly pelted stones to damage a Ganesh idol and injured a man. The damage led to people stone pelting and setting parked vehicles on fire near the Saiyedpura police station, where a huge mob gathered. Police resorted to lathi-charging to control the mob near the station. According to police, they apprehended the four accused, including two teenagers, and detained around 27 people who were said to be involved in the stone-pelting.
According to Syria’s state news agency, SANA, the Israeli airstrikes targeted several areas in central Syria, killing at least four people and injuring 13 late Sunday. The strikes caused significant damage and sparked fires along a highway in Hama province, which firefighters were battling to control earlier today morning. SANA reported that Syrian air defenses responded to the strikes, which hit multiple points in the region.
According to a report by Informa Connect Academy that tracks wealth, world’s richest person Elon Musk is on track to become the first trillionaire in the world by 2027. The report also adds that the second entrepreneur to hit trillionaire status would be India’s businessman Gautam Adani. Where Musk has seen his wealth growing at an average annual rate of 110 per cent. Adani Group’s founder and chairman Gautam Adani’s wealth has been growing at an average annual rate of 123 per cent.
This was the Catch Up on 3 Things by The Indian Express