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REC stock price 1.01 per cent as SensexAll-star goalie Thatcher Demko will return to the Vancouver Canucks lineup Friday. Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet said Demko will backup Kevin Lankinen as Vancouver hosts the Columbus Blue Jackets. It will be Demko’s first game since April 21 when the Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. He suffered an injury to the popliteus muscle in his knee during the game and has been working his way back ever since. When the 28-year-old netminder from San Diego, Calif., gets a start remains to be seen, but having Demko back in uniform is an important step, Tocchet said. “He’s a leader on the team. He’s a different type of leader,” the coach said after morning skate Friday. “The guy works awfully hard. He’s spent a lot of time by himself working out, he’s here at 7 a.m. working with one trainer. So I think the what it’s contagious to me is the hard work he does. The young guys see this stuff how dedicated he is. I see that really helps our locker room.” Demko had a 35-14-2 record with a .918 save percentage, a 2.45 goals-against average and five shutouts in regular-season play last year and played in the all-star game for the second time in his career. Vancouver inked Lankinen to a one-year, US$875,000 deal during training camp and he has split the crease with Arturs Silovs to start the season, with the pair backstopping the Canucks to a 13-7-4 record.

The Dallas Cowboys ruled out right guard Zack Martin and cornerback Trevon Diggs with injuries on Saturday, one day prior to a road game against the Washington Commanders. Martin has been dealing with ankle and shoulder injuries and didn't practice at all this week before initially being listed as doubtful to play on Friday. He also physically struggled during Monday night's loss to the Houston Texans. Martin, who turned 34 on Wednesday, has started all 162 games played in 11 seasons with the Cowboys. He's a nine-time Pro Bowl selection and a seven-time first-team All-Pro. Diggs has been dealing with groin and knee injuries. He was listed as questionable on Friday before being downgraded Saturday. Diggs, 26, has 37 tackles and two interceptions in 10 games this season. The two-time Pro Bowl pick led the NFL with 11 picks in 2021 and has 20 in 57 games. The Cowboys elected not to activate receiver Brandin Cooks (knee) for the game. He returned to practice earlier this week and he was listed as questionable on Friday. Dallas activated offensive tackle Chuma Edoga (toe) and defensive end Marshawn Kneeland (knee) off injured reserve Saturday, placed safety Markquese Bell (shoulder) on IR and released defensive end KJ Henry. Tight end Jake Ferguson (concussion) was previously ruled out. Tight end Princeton Fant was elevated from the practice squad to replace him. Cornerback Kemon Hall also was elevated from the practice squad. --Field Level Media

UCF, LSU face off with improved focus in mindHeat say Jimmy Butler will miss 2 more games before rejoining team next weekThe confirmation comes amid reports that Congress expressed dissatisfaction with the government's decision to designate Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi as the venue for Dr. Singh’s last rites, scheduled for Saturday at 11:45 a.m. The government has announced plans to allocate space for a memorial dedicated to former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, following a request from Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. Union Home Minister Amit Shah communicated the decision to Kharge and Dr. Singh’s family, stating that the government is committed to preserving Dr. Singh’s legacy, news agency PTI reported. “The cremation and formalities can proceed in the meanwhile, as the trust formation and space allocation for the memorial are finalized,” the MHA stated. The confirmation comes amid reports that Congress expressed dissatisfaction with the government's decision to designate Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi as the venue for Dr. Singh’s last rites, scheduled for Saturday at 11:45 a.m. Congress' Push For A Dedicated Memorial Earlier, Kharge had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging that a portion of a national memorial site like Veer Bhumi or Shakti Sthal be allocated for Dr. Singh’s last rites, allowing it to double as a dedicated memorial for the late leader. During a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, MP Priyanka Gandhi proposed this idea, emphasizing the need for a site befitting Dr. Singh’s stature. While the Congress leadership continues to advocate for a memorial honoring Dr. Singh’s contributions to India’s progress, the government’s decision to proceed with Nigambodh Ghat as the funeral site has not met the party’s expectations. Dr. Manmohan Singh, who passed away on December 26 at AIIMS Hospital in New Delhi, will be accorded a State funeral with full military honors. The Ministry of Defence has been tasked with organizing the ceremonial aspects of the event. The cremation is set to take place at Nigambodh Ghat on Saturday afternoon. Dr. Singh, who served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014, was widely regarded as a transformative leader and the architect of India’s economic liberalization. His passing has prompted an outpouring of tributes from across the political spectrum, with leaders and citizens emphasizing the need to honor his legacy through a lasting memorial. As the Congress continues to push for a prominent site to commemorate Dr. Singh’s contributions, the government’s decision to allocate space for a memorial represents a step forward. Stay informed on all the latest news , real-time breaking news updates, and follow all the important headlines in india news and world News on Zee News.

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Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there? - The Associated PressA Manhattan jury has cleared Daniel Penny of criminal wrongdoing in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a crowded subway — a caught-on-video killing that sparked fierce debate over the city’s mental health system and crime underground. The courtroom erupted in applause as the panelists acquitted Penny of criminally negligent homicide — which could have put him behind bars for up to four years — in Neely’s chokehold death aboard a crowded uptown F train in May 2023. “We the jury have come to a unanimous decision on count two,” the foreperson on the jury told the courtroom. Penny immediately broke out a huge smile and turned to hug defense attorney Thomas Kenniff — even as Neely’s father, Andre Zachary, was escorted from the courtroom. “Racist f****** country,” one Black Lives Matter supporter yelled as she left the room. Another Neely supporter, turning to Penney, screamed, “It’s a small world, buddy,” before leaving the room. Manslaughter, the top charge against Penny, was tossed on Friday after jurors twice said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. Jurors sided with Penny’s defense attorneys, who had argued that the Marine veteran was justified in rushing to protect his fellow subway straphangers when he subdued the erratic homeless man. The lawyers had also questioned whether there was sufficient evidence that the chokehold caused Neely’s death. “Who do you want on the next train ride with you?” one of his lawyers, Steven Raiser, in his closing statement in Manhattan Supreme Court. Follow The Post’s live blog for the latest updates on Daniel Penny’s not guilty verdict “The guy with the earbuds minding his own business who you know would be there for you if something happened? Or perhaps you just hope that someone like Jordan Neely does not enter that train when you are all alone, all alone in a crowd of others frozen with fear?” The lawyers had also questioned whether there was sufficient evidence that the chokehold caused Neely’s death. The verdict drew an immediate reaction from across the nation. “Daniel Penny’s actions were heroic & protected the lives of people on that train,” House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote on X. “We used to celebrate bravery like this in America, but the Left continues their crusade to protect criminals and prosecute heroes,” Johnson said. “Good to see this charge dismissed.” In the Big Apple, city Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) said the jury’s decision “underscores nothing other than the perverse sense of justice held by [Manhattan DA] Alvin Bragg. “Every New Yorker is fearful on the subway and had no problem understanding the context of Daniel Penny’s actions,” he said. “The district attorney should resign in shame.” The acquittal comes after jurors heard from more than 40 witnesses, including passengers who described Neely’s terrifying outburst on the train before Penny approached him from behind and took him down at the Broadway-Lafayette station. One straphanger testified she was “scared s–tless” hearing Neely ranting about being “willing to die and go to jail.” She later thanked Penny for stepping in to restrain Neely, who also raged that “someone is going to die today.” Another woman on the train told jurors that she feared for her life after hearing Neely’s “satanic” rant. And a mother who was taking her 5-year-old son to a doctor’s appointment testified that she was so scared of a “belligerent and unhinged” Neely that she barricaded her son behind his stroller. No witness testified that Neely put his hands on anyone, or lunged at a specific person, before Penny put him in the chokehold. Evidence during the month-long trial also revealed that Neely was not carrying a weapon at the time — with cops finding only a muffin in his pocket. The polarizing case kicked off fierce conversation about a mentally ill man who was failed by the city’s broken system — a sentiment even Mayor Eric Adams expressed, saying Penny did “what we should have done as a city” by protecting others that day. Prosecutors argued that Penny went “too far” — and that his actions turned criminal when he kept Neely in the hold after nearly all of the frightened passengers had fled the train. “What’s so tragic about this case is that even though the defendant started out trying to do the right thing, as the chokehold progressed, the defendant knew that Jordan Neely was in great distress and dying, and he needlessly continued,” prosecutor Dafna Yoran said in her closing statement. Jurors watched frame-by-frame footage from a bystander’s six-minute video of Penny holding Neely — including for 51 seconds after Neely’s body appears to go limp. Penny kept holding Neely despite witnesses pleading with him to “let him go!,” the video shows. Dr. Cynthia Harris, who ruled that Neely’s death was a homicide caused by Penny’s chokehold, pointed out for jurors the exact moment when Neely passed out on the subway car’s floor — with Penny still wrapping his arm around Neely’s neck. The city medical examiner, who made her ruling before Neely’s toxicology report came back, testified that she was so confident after watching video of the encounter that she’d stand by her decision even if it later turned out that Neely had enough drugs in his body “to put down an elephant.” Jurors asked for a readback of that specific portion of Harris’ testimony during deliberations. Trial evidence revealed that Neely had the synthetic marijuana drug K2 in his system at the time of the confrontation. Jurors also heard that he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, telling doctors in 2021 that he’d heard the “devil’s voice.” Penny’s mother, sister, friends and fellow Marines took the stand to vouch for his character. The defense’s medical expert, forensic pathologist Dr. Satish Chundru, claimed that Neely died not from Penny’s chokehold, but by “the combined effects of sickle cell crisis, the schizophrenia, the struggle and restraint, and the synthetic marijuana.” Penny declined to take the stand. But jurors heard him tell arriving cops on the train platform, “I just put him out,” before making a choking gesture with his arms. Hours later, at Chinatown’s 5th Precinct, a relaxed Penny insisted during an interrogation that he was merely trying to “de-escalate the situation” and that he didn’t mean to hurt Neely. “I’m not trying to kill the guy,” the Marine veteran told two detectives, as prosecutors watched him through a one-sided mirror. “I’m just trying to keep him from hurting anybody else.” In an apparent reference to the mentally ill Neely, Penny added during his questioning that “all these people are pushing people in front of the train and stuff.” Neely’s death, and Penny’s arrest 11 days later, sparked a national political firestorm about whether Penny’s actions were justified. The episode also sparked outrage about how Neely fell through the cracks of the city’s mental health system, failing to get the treatment he needed despite the NYPD treating him as an “emotionally disturbed person” in more than two dozen prior encounters with him. “This case is about a broken system, a broken system that does not help our mentally ill or our unhoused,” Penny’s attorney Raiser said at the end of his closing statement. “In fact, it is that broken system that led us, that is interwoven into the very fabric of this case.” In a statement, the city council’s progressive caucus denounced the verdict, saying it “highlights the deep-seated [ck] societal discomfort with unhoused individuals. “Jordan Neely was failed by the city’s social service system for years,” the statement said. “He was failed by our city when Daniel Penny put him in a chokehold on the subway. And today Jordan was failed once again, this time by the city’s justice system.” Others Big Apple lawmakers, however, celebrated the outcome of the high-profile and divisive trial. “Justice has prevailed,” city Councilwoman Joanne Ariola (R-Queens) said following Monday’s verdict. “Daniel Penny is a hero and I”m happy to see that a good man was not punished for doing the right thing and defending his fellow New Yorkers from a mentally ill criminal who fell between the cracks.” Originally published as Daniel Penny acquitted in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, sparking applause, uproar in New York courtroomFreelance photographer arrested on Capitol riot chargesSyrian government services come to a 'complete halt' as state workers stay home after rebel takeover

CHENNAI : A total of 336 licenses of retailers and wholesale drug stores and pharmacies in Tamil Nadu have been suspended this year. The suspensions were due to various offenses, including lack of maintenance of registrations. Additionally, 31 retail and wholesale licenses were cancelled for the same reasons. The State Drugs Control Department took action against four firms for manufacturing spurious drugs, including one based in Tamil Nadu. It also ordered the prosecution of these manufacturing units and pharmacies for violating regulations related to the sale and manufacture of drugs. Furthermore, six drug manufacturing units in Tamil Nadu, and 54 from other places were found to be producing substandard quality drugs, and the department took action against them. A senior official from the Drugs Control department said, “From January-November this year, licenses of 293 retailers and 60 wholesalers were suspended. Action was also taken against 48 pharmacies for selling drugs without the supervision of a pharmacist.” The department also supervises the stocking and sale of expired drugs and contravention, under Drugs-Cosmetic Act, 1940, and Corresponding Rules, 1945. “A total of 148 violations were found under this Act that regulates the import, manufacture, distribution, and sale of drugs and cosmetics in India,” added the official. “Several cases of advertising of drugs and magic remedies that make false or misleading claims about their efficacy or safety are surfacing. In such a case, sanction of prosecution was ordered under the contraventions of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.” As per the Drugs, Drugs Price Control Order 2013, pricing of essential medicines is controlled. However, a violation was reported under the Act. For the illegal sale of abortion pills, 27 sales licenses were suspended, 7 licenses were cancelled, and 13 sanctions of prosecution were issued.

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