VK News Today https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Watch: China unveils truck-mounted EMALS that fires drones into the sky in seconds Angelina Jolie's best action movies: 'Lara Croft', 'Salt' and more Russia launches major drone and ballistic missile attack on Kyiv; at least 8 killed as explosions rock Ukrainian capital Jul 02, 2026, 09:50 IST UPT20 League to return to Lucknow amid over Green Park infra, technical concerns? | Cricket News Stock Market Live Updates Today: BSE Sensex opens over 250 points up, Nifty50 above 24,050; crude oil prices continue to drop ‘Camp Rock 3’ trailer: The Jonas Brothers return for another camping adventure, while fans hope for ‘a Demi cameo’ | ‘I never thought I’d be here’: Delhi woman laid off by Wipro after 5.5 years says it’s ‘A sign from God’ Dipke alleged that unnamed sources within the system had informed the organisation that its internal communications were being intercepted NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday alleged that the mobile phones of protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar were under surveillance, claiming that WhatsApp calls and chats were being monitored, as the group’s agitation over alleged examination irregularities entered its 13th day.Dipke made the allegation in a post on X, saying unnamed sources within the system had informed the organisation that its internal communications were being intercepted.”Sources within the system have informed us that our phones are under surveillance and that our WhatsApp calls and chats are being monitored. The sources told us the exact conversations word to word we had in the internal team,” he wrote. In a separate post, Abhijeet Dipke shared the snippets of from the day 13 of the protest at the Jantar Mantar. The post was shared as protesters continued their demonstration despite heavy rain. Dipke also posted a photograph of education reform activist Sonam Wangchuk, whose indefinite hunger strike entered its fifth day on Thursday. Earlier, Wangchuk had shared a health update, saying doctors had advised him to increase his intake of water and salt after his blood pressure was found to be low. He said his blood sugar level was 66 after several days without food but maintained that his condition was not yet life-threatening.”My sugar level is low at 66, but that’s because of no food for 3 days, as ketosis takes over; the body starts consuming fats, etc. In a prolonged fast, it may consume muscles and organs, resulting in death, but I’m nowhere near that,” Wangchuk said. He added that he had lost two kilograms during the fast, describing a daily weight loss of around 650 grams as normal.”My inconveniences are nothing compared to the 20+ students who gave their lives and the five youths who died in Ladakh last September,” he said, thanking supporters for standing with the movement.Dipke also provided an update on Inesh, a student who had been on hunger strike for eight days before being shifted to hospital on Tuesday night after his health deteriorated.”Inesh is recovering well at the hospital. Our team is in touch with him and monitoring the situation,” Dipke said in another post on X. Renewing his criticism of the Centre, Dipke said the movement had been driven by repeated examination controversies and the government’s alleged failure to respond.”What it takes today to seek accountability: Countless paper leaks, Millions of dreams shattered, 20+ student suicides, A hunger strike by an educationist and the youth,” he said, alleging that India had never before seen such an “arrogant” government.The CJP protest began on June 20 over alleged irregularities in the examination system, including the NEET examination. Dipke has said the campaign has since expanded to include broader demands for accountability, including concerns related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Get the latest India news and live updates. 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This viral brainteaser claims only people with sharp vision can solve it quickly Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 strikes Tajikistan; no immediate reports of damage Ratna Debnath says all behind RG Kar crime and cover-up will face justice BJP MLA Ratna Debnath, the mother of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder victim, on Wednesday said she knows the identities of those involved in her daughter’s killing and the alleged cover-up, asserting that everyone responsible would be brought to justice.Speaking to ANI, Debnath said those responsible for the crime and those who allegedly concealed evidence would not escape punishment.”Those who killed my daughter are not humans. I know their names. Those who committed the crime and concealed evidence are all criminals. They will be caught and punished,” Debnath told ANI.Her remarks come weeks after the Calcutta High Court directed the formation of a fresh Special Investigation Team (SIT), expressing dissatisfaction with the earlier probe into the case.Earlier, on June 27, the victim’s father, Shekhar Ranjan Debnath, had said recent developments in the Tamanna Khatun case had strengthened his belief that those responsible for his daughter’s death would also be brought to justice.He had said the High Court’s monitoring of the investigation had given the family renewed hope. He also criticised the functioning of the earlier SIT, alleging delays in taking over the investigation and claiming the family’s concerns were not adequately recorded.According to the victim’s father, the high court found the earlier investigation unsatisfactory and ordered the constitution of a fresh SIT, giving it one month to make progress.The RG Kar Medical College and Hospital case dates back to August 9, 2024, when the body of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor was found inside a seminar room on the hospital campus. The incident triggered nationwide protests by doctors, medical students and civil society groups, who demanded a transparent investigation and stronger safety measures for healthcare professionals.On May 21, the Calcutta high court directed the formation of a fresh SIT after expressing dissatisfaction with the earlier investigation. A Sealdah court had also observed that the probe had not made adequate progress.Get the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.About the AuthorTOI News DeskThe TOI News Desk comprises a dedicated and tireless team of journalists who operate around the clock to deliver the most current and comprehensive news and updates to the readers of The Times of India worldwide. With an unwavering commitment to excellence in journalism, our team is at the forefront of gathering, verifying, and presenting breaking news, in-depth analysis, and insightful reports on a wide range of topics. 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The Joy of Life is in expression, not in begging.” What the yogi has to say on keeping expectations and not expecting outcomes World’s oceans break June heat record: Monitor Meta-owned app issued key clarification amid safety & privacy concerns WhatsApp on Thursday issued clarifications on its upcoming ‘Username’ feature, addressing privacy, safety and impersonation concerns as users begin reserving usernames ahead of the wider rollout later this year. The Meta-owned messaging platform answered several frequently asked questions, including whether usernames are mandatory, how they will protect against scams and whether strangers can contact users through usernames.The ‘Username’ feature is designed to let users connect on WhatsApp without sharing their phone numbers, particularly in group chats and conversations with new contacts.WhatsApp said the feature will be optional and users will not be required to create a username. The company also explained why some usernames may be unavailable, noting that existing Instagram and Facebook usernames are reserved for their owners, while names of public figures, celebrities, government entities and Meta Verified accounts are protected to prevent impersonation. “We’ve held well-known names and some variations of them – like public figures, celebrities, government entities and Meta-verified accounts – so they can only be claimed by their legitimate owners,” it said.Further addressing privacy concerns, WhatsApp said usernames will not be searchable, similar to phone numbers on the platform. It added that when username-based messaging becomes available, users will receive safety information about first-time contacts, including the sender’s country and account details, alongside the existing block and report tools. The company also introduced a “username key”; an optional extra layer of protection that requires someone to know both a user’s username and the key before initiating contact. Users will also be able to change their usernames later, provided the new one is available. It explained it as, “An extra layer of protection you can enable with your username, so that another user will have to know both your username and your username key to contact you. You can reset your key at any time to stop new inbound contact through your username.”WhatsApp further said users who want the same username as their Instagram or Facebook account will need to link those accounts to verify ownership, after which they can unlink them if they choose. The company also refuted alleged claims that popular or well-known usernames can be reserved by anyone, saying such usernames are available only to their legitimate owners.Centre’s notice to WhatsAppThe Centre has directed Meta-owned WhatsApp not to roll out its proposed username feature until consultations with the government are completed, citing concerns that it could fuel impersonation, phishing, digital arrest scams and financial fraud. In a notice, the government asked the company to submit a detailed explanation of the feature, along with supporting documents, within three days.”It is felt that the feature may materially increase the incidence of online fraud, phishing, digital arrest scams and impersonation attacks, by enabling bad actors to solicit and message victims,” the notice said. It also warned that usernames resembling those of individuals, public authorities, financial institutions and government agencies could facilitate identity spoofing.Responding to the notice, WhatsApp spokesperson said, “We’ve announced the option for people to reserve their preferred username on WhatsApp. The ability to use a username is not yet live and will roll out slowly later this year.”The company rep added that it has reserved usernames of “public figures, government entities, celebrities, verified Meta accounts” for their legitimate owners and introduced safeguards such as requiring users to know the exact username, limiting outreach to new users, blocking repeated attempts to guess username keys, and detecting impersonation and abuse patterns. It also said users will continue to need a phone number to use WhatsApp.Read more: Govt directs Meta not to roll out WhatsApp username feature, seeks explanation in 3 days; company reactsGet the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.About the AuthorTOI News DeskThe TOI News Desk comprises a dedicated and tireless team of journalists who operate around the clock to deliver the most current and comprehensive news and updates to the readers of The Times of India worldwide. With an unwavering commitment to excellence in journalism, our team is at the forefront of gathering, verifying, and presenting breaking news, in-depth analysis, and insightful reports on a wide range of topics. 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The somewhat subjective factors that affect happiness (Good health? Freedom? Control of one’s time? Leisure?) also correlate well with it: People in high income countries also tend to have more leisure and better health, for example.The most widely followed categorisation of countries is by the World Bank and uses a per capita nominal GDP threshold of $14,000 for high-income status. This was fixed at $6,000 in 1987 prices, and has risen at around 2% annually since then, broadly tracking developed-economy inflation. At least 85 countries (around 40% of those ranked) were classified high-income in 2024.Per capita GDP is not a perfect measure. First, it ignores income distribution within a country. If income is concentrated in the hands of a few, even if the mean per capita income is high, many people would be poor. One can track median income, which is the middle-value when incomes are lined from smallest to largest. If there are too many poor and very few rich, the median would be lower than the mean. We note though that the gap between them tends to narrow significantly as economies become prosperous.Second, consumption may better indicate material well-being and differs from income, as savings, the gap between income and consumption, vary between economies, and between the rich and the poor. Some researchers even adjust for leisure and life-expectancy to arrive at ‘consumptionequivalent welfare’. However, this is hard to measure and compare accurately and frequently.Third, purchasing power parity (PPP)-based per capita GDP is a better measure of welfare, as it adjusts for cost-of-living differences. For example, a haircut or a taxi ride would be much cheaper in India than in the US, even though they deliver similar value. Per capita GDP in the US is 29 times India’s in nominal USD terms, but only seven times India’s in PPP-adjusted terms. On nominal GDP per capita, India ranked 140 globally among 196 nations, versus 162 in 2005, and is expected to rank 134 by 2030. Its PPP-adjusted rank was 124 and expected to rise to 117 by 2030. Over time, though, these series converge.Thus, a macroeconomic target based on per capita GDP, though not perfect, is the most appropriate.India’s move up the ranks over the past two decades has been among the most consistent globally, but China and Vietnam have moved faster. China was at India’s 2025 per capita GDP in 2007 and ranked 123. It has moved up to 73 and is on the verge of high-income status with a per capita income nearly five times that of India. Vietnam was at our level in 2016 and is now ranked 122, with per capita GDP around 60% higher than India’s.Can India reach high-income status? And by when? As chart 2 shows, to cross the high-income threshold by 2047, India must grow per capita GDP in USD terms by at least 9% annually, and GDP by 9.5%. If inflation averages 4%, and the rupee depreciates 2% annually against the USD, real growth needs to average 7.5% annually for the next 25 years.While this is indeed India’s current growth rate, as the economy moves towards the productivity frontier, growth will begin to taper: economies at the frontier grow less than 2.5% annually. Thus, growth must be faster over the next decade to compensate for the nearly inevitable slowdown in the 2040s.How must one accelerate growth? It helps to view growth in GDP as coming from growth in labour input, in capital formation, and in productivity.While labour input is linked to slow-changing-demographics, and cannot be changed quickly, India can and must lift its abysmally low female workforce participation in paid work. A large part of India’s demographic dividend would otherwise be wasted. While weak demand for labour is a major challenge, improved law-and order, regulations that ease part time work, and focus on job-creation in sectors that are dominated by women globally are essential interventions.The bulk of the acceleration in growth must come from faster capital formation. The starting conditions are in place, with a significant drop in the cost of capital, driven by the govt’s fiscal discipline and the remarkable flow of household savings into equities (through systematic investment plans, and insurance and pension funds) worth nearly 2% of GDP annually. The significant expansion in financial system capacity to provide credit now needs channels to facilitate flows to where credit is needed, like to MSMEs, via frameworks like OCEN (open credit enablement network).Policy must also prioritise easing real estate supply via regulatory changes and construction of urban infrastructure. Real estate and infrastructure form a major part of capital stock in developed economies — their construction creates demand for labour and materials and are an important driver of growth.India must also maintain its current rapid pace of productivity improvement. Individual prosperity cannot be achieved without productivity growth.Among other requirements (like better health and education), this needs significant investments in science and technology. Unlike what Japan, Taiwan, Korea and even China saw while they grew, India cannot hope for an ‘assisted’ rise and instead must prepare for a ‘resisted’ rise, where it must develop its own critical technology. This is also important to prevent getting stuck in the middle-income trap, which has plagued many Latin American and eastern Europeans. Building a risk-capital and innovation ecosystem well in advance is important to make the transition from middle-income to high-income.While new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics will improve productivity globally, we believe they can help India much more, by bringing down unit costs across a range of critical sectors, breaking through vicious cycles that slow progress.Lastly, some of the societal shifts that Joel Mokyr emphasises in his book ‘A Culture of Growth,’ drove the industrial revolution in Britain, seem to be underway in India. Entrepreneurship is becoming socially respected and is now getting rewarded, the seeds of an innovation system are now falling in place, and the govt is beginning to see itself as a partner of business instead of viewing it with distrust.If we focus relentlessly on building a high-trust society (enabled by a modernising judiciary), with higher risk appetite (not just for entrepreneurs and investors but also policymakers), a high-income India by the late 2040s is not an unachievable dream.The writer is chief economist, Axis BankGet the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.About the AuthorNeelkanth MishraWriter is chief economist, Axis Bank.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos’Highly Deplorable’: India Slams Pakistan Over Demolition Of 125-Year-Old Gurdwara In FarooqabadHealth Concerns Mount As Sonam Wangchuk’s Blood Sugar Falls, Weight Drops As Fast ContinuesDMK Seeks FIR Against CM Vijay, Alleges Plot To Induce MLAs And Alter Assembly NumbersCongress Claims BJP in West Bengal “Will Be Equally Aggressive”; MP Sparks Debate On GovernanceIran Invites BJP Chief Nitin Nabin, Congress Prez Kharge, Pawan Khera To Khamenei’s Funeral: ReportModi Cabinet Reshuffle Buzz: Will NDA Allies And Rebel MPs Find A Place In The Union Cabinet?Three Arrested, Senthil Balaji Under Scanner In Alleged TVK Government Toppling BidCongress Moves Privilege Motion Against Rajnath Singh Over Op Sindoor Claims; Seeks Transparency’Neglecting For 2.5 Years’ Kailash Vijayvargiya’s Letter To CM Mohan Yadav Triggers Political StormWATCH: Eggs, Vegetables Hurled At Mahua Moitra; TMC MP Accuses ‘BJP Goons’, Says Police Stood By123PhotostoriesLock Upp 2: Ram Kapoor, Sunita Ahuja to Akanksha Chamola—contestants’ net worth revealed; this celebrity tops the list with Rs 135 croreWilliam Faulkner’s quote, ‘You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore,’ perfectly explains why growth demands riskThink you will get your full deposit back? 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The HC order was based on a 1976 ruling .Madras HC order on cow slaughter ban based on 1976 rulingOn May 27, the high court, while hearing a PIL filed by K Surya Prasanth, the general secretary of Hindu Makkal Katchi, which sought direction to prevent the slaughtering of cows in public places, directed the state govt to impose the blanket ban. The plea also sought directions that slaughter be carried out at designated places only.The high court order was based on a 1976 ruling, which prohibited cow slaughter in the interest of milk production and improvement of rural economy. In its plea, the state govt termed the order contrary to the Tamil Nadu Animal Preservation Act, 1958.The Act permits the slaughter of cows aged over 10 years that are unfit for work and breeding, on the basis of a certificate issued by a competent authority. The high court, however, imposed a blanket ban.Get the latest India news and live updates. 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