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Mere production of telephone records cannot substitute substantive proof of an illicit affair leading to murder, the Supreme Court has held while upholding the acquittal of a woman accused of murdering her husband along with her alleged lover and another co-accused in 2007. Read more: https://t.co/cRBSKuBDvV #SupremeCourt

The OCI/PIO discussion in the ISL and IFL is getting more interesting. ISL clubs were proposing two OCI/PIO players in the squad, with one allowed in the playing XI as part of a 4+1 foreign-player model, though it would not be mandatory. With salary demands expected to be high, clubs were also discussing whether AIFF should negotiate collectively and potentially conduct a draft process. AIFF's proposal, however, is understood to be one OCI/PIO player in the playing XI at all times as part of a 3+1 model, effectively making it mandatory. Another interesting angle is that a Europe-based player agent has reportedly been advising the AIFF (FFB) that he can help identify and bring OCI/PIO footballers into the system. The obvious question then becomes: if OCI/PIO players start entering Indian football through a limited network, who controls access to that talent pool and who benefits from it? #IndianFootball

Japan has unveiled shopping bags made from potato starch that dissolve in water within minutes! The plastic is non-toxic, food-safe, recyclable, and completely free of microplastics. Once it dissolves, naturally occurring bacteria convert it into nutrients — not pollution. If scaled globally, innovations like this could help prevent: • 100,000 marine mammal deaths every year • Over 1 million seabird deaths • Billions of microplastic exposures across the food chain • Coral diseases linked to plastic waste With India generating 9.3 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, should this be adopted urgently? #Sustainability #PlasticPollution #JapanInnovation #OceanConservation #GoodNewsGlobal [Good News Global, Pollution, Sustainability, Plastic Prevention, Japan Scientists, University of Tokyo, Ocean Conservation]