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The ‘Biggest’ Stories in World and Indian Headlines – March 22nd, 2025
Bar Council Announces AIBE 19 Result with a New Pass Mark Twist
The suspense’s over for India’s budding lawyers. On March 20, 2025, the Bar Council of India (BCI) released the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) 19 results, leaving contenders scrambling to allindiabarexamination.com to check their destiny. The December 22, 2024, exam saw its provisional answer key released by December 28, with the final one arriving March 6, 2025. To verify their status or scorecards, aspirants require their user ID and password—easy peasy, but the actual buzz is the shake-up in scoring. Following the pruning of seven questions, the BCI reduced the total to 93 from 100. General and OBC individuals now require the bar to be 45% of that, or 42 marks, and SC, ST, and the disabled can also manage 40%, i.e., 37 marks. It’s a revision that’s given some joy and others redoing the calculations, a milestone moment for those keen on getting into the legal books.
Supreme Court Clarifies on Justice Varma’s Home Brawl
A fire, a cash heap, and a judge’s reputation—it’s a saga from a courtroom thriller. On Friday, March 21, 2025, the Supreme Court intervened to put an end to rumors surrounding Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court. Following a fire at his official residence last week that revealed stacks of cash, rumors flew rampant—until the top court put things in perspective. The Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court initiated an in-house inquiry prior to the Supreme Court Collegium convening on March 20, taking evidence to reach the bottom of it. A report due to the Chief Justice of India today, with the court assuring it’ll be “examined and processed” for action. “Misinformation and rumors” received a firm rebuff, and even with the commotion, the Collegium didn’t insist on Varma’s transfer—silencing speculation with a resounding “nope.” It’s a sordid story still being written, with the judiciary protecting its own.
Karnataka Locks Down for 12-Hour Pro-Kannada Protest
Saturday morning in Karnataka was like a pressure cooker waiting to explode. A 12-hour statewide bandh, organized by pro-Kannada activists, commenced March 22, 2025, under strict security, precipitated by last month’s reported attack on a bus conductor in Belagavi for failing to speak Marathi. From Bengaluru’s Mysore Bank Circle to Mysuru’s outer bus stand, activists took to the streets—placards aloft, slogans raised—appealing to shopkeepers to take up the cause. Most shops shrugged and remained open, but the fervour was genuine. In the capital, some petitioned at BMTC and KSRTC depots, pleading drivers to go on strike; when it got heated, police picked them up in preventive custody. Mysuru witnessed sit-ins and bus stoppages, with further detentions as KSRTC rigs continued to move on Belagavi roads despite Maharashtra route setbacks. Deputy Commissioner Jagadeesha G ensured schools remained open, while transport officials procrastinated—buses would roll unless anarchy reigned. With autorickshaws and cabs backing the shutdown but hotels just nodding morally, it’s a linguistic feud with deep border roots.
CUET UG 2025 Registration Clock Ticks Down to March 22
Time’s running out for India’s college hopefuls. The National Testing Agency (NTA) is concluding CUET UG 2025 registrations on March 22, 2025, with the last fee deadline a day later, March 23. Prospective undergrads can log into cuet.nta.nic.in to secure their place in the Common University Entrance Test, scheduled to take place between May 8 to June 1 across 37 subjects and 13 Indian languages. Each paper’s a brisk 60 minutes, spread over multiple shifts depending on the crowd and combos—up to five subjects, including languages and aptitude, with fees tied to your picks. No age cap here; if you’ve passed 12th grade or are tackling it in 2025, you’re in. Corrections open March 24-26, giving a last tweak before the big dance. It’s a high-stakes gateway, and the countdown’s on.
Apple TV’s ‘Severance’ Rings Up a Third Season Renewal
Break out the applause for devotees of dark office sagas. “Severance,” Apple TV’s subversive foray into work-life chaos, grabbed a third season pickup on Friday, March 21, 2025—immediately after Season 2’s finale dropped. Star and exec producer-director duo Adam Scott and Ben Stiller once worried this surreal gem would not make it through its bumpy beginning—scheduled to film in March 2020, only to crash into pandemic delays and then Hollywood walkouts. Three years between seasons put patience to the test, but the Associated Press interviewed them before the announcement, editing down their conversation for punch. Critics love it, viewers are addicted, and now it’s booked for more rounds of mind-bending fun. From brink-cancelation to a victorious third act, it’s a comeback tale as twisted as the series itself.
Trump’s DHS Pulls Plug on Immigrant Protections, Targets Deportation
A seismic shift just shook more than half a million lives. On Friday, March 21, 2025, Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) pulled legal protections for 532,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, starting a 30-day clock to possible deportation. These individuals, who were greeted under Biden’s humanitarian parole program since October 2022 with two-year work authorization, are now threatened with an April 24 deadline to lose status, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem through the Associated Press. It’s a reversal of a policy that had limited admissions to 30,000 a month, now labeled “abused” by Trump’s team. No asylum or benefit applications for them now—just a blunt “depart” directive if no lawful foothold is left behind. Legal battles are on the horizon, but for the time being, it’s a body blow to families who believed they had discovered a sanctuary.
CBI Cracks Down on Noida Sports City Land Scam
Noida real estate just got knocked by the law. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday, March 21, 2025, registered three FIRs against the developers associated with the Sports City projects, claiming a staggering ₹9,000 crore loss to the state in illegal land transactions between 2011-2017. It’s a consequence of the Allahabad High Court’s February 24 ruling, in which Justices Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Prashant Kumar called for a CBI and ED investigation into developers, consortiums, and Noida authority insiders for diverting homebuyer money and messing up sports facilities. The first FIR pins Logix Infrastructure and its top brass—Shakti, Meenu, and Vikram Nath—along with unidentified officials. Then Lotus Green and its three—Nirmal Singh, Vidur Bharadwaj, Surpreet Singh Suri—are targeted, followed by Xanadu Estates with the same team. Still no word from the accused, but this investigation’s got bite—and a hefty price tag.
MK Stalin Assembles States for ‘Fair Delimitation’ Summit in Chennai
Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister is stirring the federal pot. On Saturday, March 22, 2025, DMK leader MK Stalin holds a ‘Fair Delimitation’ meeting in Chennai, rallying chief ministers and political heavyweights to save India’s federal fabric. In an X post, Stalin hailed it as a historic kickoff, writing, “Today is a movement to secure our country’s federal framework with #FairDelimitation.” He’s inviting allies to join forces, and updates position him heading a 7-state, 14-party forum on this. It’s about reshaping voting districts equitably, he explains—a cause that has regional powers in agreement and the central stage paying attention. Stalin’s presenting it as a moment of legacy, and with high-profile names behind him, it’s a move worth monitoring.
Musk Weighs In as Grok’s Blunt India Takes Go Viral
Elon Musk’s AI companion is making waves—and adversaries—in India. Grok, an xAI chatbot, caused a virtual frenzy after hurling Hindi slang and unfiltered opinions at an X user’s “best mutuals” question and subsequently launching into corruption, politics, cricket, and Bollywood with unfiltered relish. Days ago, it went fully viral with responses users had branded “brutally honest,” catching the attention of the BBC in an article titled “Why Elon Musk’s Grok is kicking up a storm in India.” Musk himself weighed in, giggling over a tweet that described Grok rating Rahul Gandhi as more truthful than PM Modi, according to Grok’s own analysis: “He thinks the controversy is funny.” From gossip to government, Grok’s loose lips have India’s online community abuzz—and arguing about free speech in the age of AI.
10. Shardul Thakur’s Last-Minute IPL Call-Up Gives Lucknow’s Decimated Lineup a Boost
Cricket has a comeback kid. Shardul Thakur, the Indian all-rounder who didn’t sell at the IPL 2025 auction, is set to join Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), replacing the injured Mohsin Khan, out for the season with an ACL tear and calf strain. Times of India says Shardul’s been tipped off and will roll with the squad to Visakhapatnam for their opener against Delhi Capitals. It’s a lifeline for LSG’s pace attack, already limping—Avesh Khan’s still healing a knee, Akash Deep and Mayank Yadav are stuck at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence, and Mayank hasn’t played since October. No confirmation yet, but Shardul’s inclusion might stabilize a ship troubled by fitness issues, providing supporters with a glimmer of hope.
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