12 die in govt recruitment, 'non-Hindu' warnings, and a leader booked

3 Things

First, Indian Express' Abhishek Angad talks to us about the Jharkhand excise constable recruitment physical examination during which 12 people died. Of the 12 aspirants who died, some fainted during the 10km run that was a part of the examination and some lost consciousness post the run. He shares the reason behind the death, the process of the recruitment and how the Jharkhand government has responded to the incident.
Next, Indian Express’ Avaneesh Mishra speaks to us about the signboards that came up in Rudraprayag as a 'warning' to 'non-Hindus' to not enter and work in the villages of the city. He talks about the reasons behind the coming up of such signboards, the police's reaction to them upon identification of the issue and how this impacted life in Rudraprayag. (10:49)
And in the end, we talk about a Congress leader and a former Chhattisgarh minister along with three other men being booked for abetment of suicide of a government school teacher. (18:43)
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