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Police today exhumed the body of a man in Kandhamal district after his family members accused the Rudra Hospital in Cuttack of ‘organ theft’ and lodged a complaint at Baliguda Police Station.

The deceased has been identified as Babula Diggal, a resident of Tikarbaju village under Baliguda police limits in Kandhamal district. 

As per reports, Babula met with a road accident while he along with his son and wife was riding a bike on October 13. The victim was initially taken to Baliguda Hospital. Later, he was referred to MKCG Hospital in Berhampur and then to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.

The victim was reportedly denied admission to the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar due to some strike. Later, he was taken to the private-run hospital in Cuttack, with the help of a broker, on October 15. However, he succumbed to his injuries on October 16.

The hospital authorities asked the family to take Babula’s body without conducting a postmortem of the body. However, the family members were shocked after finding some stitch marks on his stomach.

“My father had suffered injuries on his head. The doctors in the private hospital asked us to pay Rs 1 lakh for surgery.  Accordingly, we deposited Rs 1 lakh for the surgery. The doctors conducted surgery on October 15 and told us that the operation was successful. But my father died at the hospital very next day,” the deceased’s son Iscak said.

“We requested the doctors for an autopsy test on the deceased's body, but in vain.  After we were handed over the body, we found stitch marks on his stomach, whereas my father had suffered injuries on his head in the road accident," he alleged.

The aggrieved family alleged that the doctors in the private hospital removed some vital organs from the deceased’s body.  

Meanwhile, a team of Commissionerate Police visited the Rudra Hospital in Cuttack for an investigation into the alleged organ theft following the complaint at Baliguda police station in Kandhamal district. 

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The initiative aims to bolster individual and organizational capacity development for civil servants across the nation, they added.

Mission Karmayogi was launched in September 2020, and it has made substantial progress since then. It envisions a future-ready civil service rooted in Indian ethos, with a global perspective.

The National Learning Week (NLW) will be the largest event of its kind providing fresh impetus towards individual and organisational capacity development for Civil Servants. This initiative will stimulate a renewed commitment to learning and development. NLW aims to create a “One Government” message, align everyone with national goals and promote lifelong learning.

NLW will be dedicated to learning through various forms of engagement by individual participants and Ministries, Departments, and Organizations. During NLW, each Karmayogi will commit to achieving a target of at least 4 hours of competency-linked learning.

The participants may complete the targeted hours through a mix of individual role-based modules on iGOT, webinars (public lectures/policy masterclasses) by eminent persons.

During the week, eminent speakers will deliver talks on their areas of prominence and help them work towards citizen-centric delivery in a much more effective manner. During the week, the Ministries, Departments and Organisations will also organise seminars and workshops to enhance domain specific competencies.

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The weblink https://appstreaming.sci.gov.in features the option to watch the proceedings live.

Till now, the apex court live-streamed proceedings of the Constitution Bench and other hearings of national importance on YouTube.

Further, it utilised artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology for live transcription of significant hearings.

Recently, the SC hearings in the NEET-UG matter and R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital suo moto case garnered huge public views.

The Supreme Court, in its judgment in the Swapnil Tripathi (2018) case, had favoured live streaming the proceedings in important cases. Thereafter, the full court decided to live-stream the proceedings of the Constitution benches to provide citizens from every nook and corner of the country to witness the top court’s proceedings.

In August last year, during the Constitution Bench hearing in "Re: Article 370 of the Constitution", Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud had said the top court was setting up its own cloud software for video conferencing to enable virtual hearings in all lower courts across the country.

"In Phase III of eCourts (Project), we have a huge budget, so we are in the process of setting up our own cloud software for video conferencing," he said.

The Chief Justice had pointed out that during the pandemic, courts across India held as many as 43 million hearings through virtual mode.

In another initiative shedding the colonial imprint and traditional attributes, under the leadership of CJI Chandrachud, who is set to demit office on November 10, the statue of Lady Justice, in the judges' library of the Supreme Court, now holds a copy of the Indian Constitution, instead of a sword, and the blindfold has come off to leave her with open eyes. Traditionally, the blindfold suggested equality before the law, meaning that the dispensation of justice should not be influenced by the status, wealth, or power of the parties. The sword historically symbolised authority and the capacity to punish injustice.

However, the scales of justice in the right hand of Lady Justice have been retained, symbolising a societal balance and the significance of careful consideration of facts and arguments from both sides before arriving at a verdict. (IANS) 

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