Daily Inshorts - 03 July 2025

Daily Inshorts - 03 July 2025

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Gaza aid contractor tells BBC he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians

The Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has strongly denied the allegation.

Death of Liverpool forward Jota leaves football world in shock

The football world is mourning the death of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota, aged 28, in a car crash.

A year in power - BBC correspondents assess how Labour are doing

With the economy, immigration, education, welfare and health high on the agenda, has Sir Keir Starmer's top team met their pledges?

The sale of illegal cigarettes signals a deeper problem with UK high streets

Some black market cigarettes have been found to contain dead flies and asbestos. But the trade nods to a wider issue, a BBC investigation has found

Congress passes Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' cutting taxes and spending

The president wins over sparring factions within his own party to get the bill passed after months of wrangling.

PM Modi arrives in Trinidad and Tobago on two-day visit

During the visit, Prime Minister Modi will hold talks with President Christine Carla Kangaloo and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and discuss further strengthening of the bilateral relationship.

Odisha BJP leader arrested over assault on govt. officer; civil servants return to work

Additional Commissioner of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation was dragged out of his office and assaulted on June 30; videos of the incident went viral, sparking outrage, mass protest by civil servants that severely affected the functioning of State government offices

Gujarat HC grants Asaram Bapu his ‘final’ bail extension

The Division Bench of Justices Ilesh Vora and PM Raval rejected Asaram’s lawyer’s request for a three-month extension, granting only 30 additional days. This follows the court’s previous interim extension from June 30 to July 7.

Ground beneath their feet

The 800-year-old, ₹1,400 crore Kolhapuri chappal industry employs close to 1 lakh artisans, and is spread across four districts each of Maharashtra and Karnataka. Vinaya Deshpande Pandit explores the trade and the tradition of this all-leather, nature-derived, hand-stitched footwear, which has been GI tagged. The craft lacks policy impetus, often leading to its misappropriation, the exploitation of its already-marginalised kaarigars, and an erasure of culture

Centre on the defensive over Congress’s accusations of ‘subverting’ Forest Act

Allegations of subverting forest rights act reflects gross misunderstanding of facts: Environment Ministry