The Catch Up: 11 October

It’s the 11th of October and here are the headlines.

Days after the Hamas attack, the Israeli military said that it is carrying out strikes in Lebanon after an anti-tank guided missile was fired from the neighbouring nation at one of its posts near the Blue Line. As per reports, there was a massive buildup of troops along the Israel-Gaza border as the country prepared for a ground invasion in the coming days. More than 2 thousand people have lost their lives so far in the war which started on Saturday.

The Supreme Court today took serious exception to AIIMS authorities seeking clarification of its order from the 9th of October which allowed the abortion of a 26-week-old foetus. The apex court cited some fresh concerns and asked why the concerns were not conveyed to the court earlier when it had sought a medical opinion on the woman’s request seeking permission for Medical Termination of Pregnancy. A special bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Hima Kohli also pulled up the Centre for approaching Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud’s bench on Tuesday against its order.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav was denied permission to go inside the Jai Prakash Narayan International Centre to offer floral tribute to freedom fighter Jayaprakash Narayan on his birth anniversary. Officials cited security reasons for not allowing the former UP CM into the centre today. After he was denied permission, Akhilesh reached the building and jumped the centre’s boundary wall along with other SP leaders and workers. Chaos ensued on the spot, while police tried to stop the SP workers and leaders from entering the premises.

The poster girl of Kerala’s adult literacy programme, Karthyayani Amma died at the age of 101 at her house in Alappuzha today. In 2018, she made headlines by becoming the top scorer in the state literacy mission’s flagship adult literacy programme Akshara Laksham. At the age of 96, Karthyayani scored 98 out of 100 marks in the exam that tested writing and mathematical skills. CM Pinarayi Vijayan, in his condolence message, said Karthyayani was Kerala’s pride and a model individual.

India and Afghanistan are battling each other in the ninth match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi today. India are the clear favorites for this match, having convincingly won their opening match against Australia. On the other hand, Afghanistan lost their opening match to Bangladesh, but they will be looking to perform better against India.

This was the Catch-up on 3 Things by The Indian Express.