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Iran executed Ali Ardestani for allegedly spying for Israel’s Mossad, relaying sensitive information in exchange for cryptocurrency and promises of a reward and visa. Human rights groups condemned the execution, citing coerced confessions and closed trials, while Iran claims it targets hostile intelligence operatives

Adopting lethal injection in India would create deep ethical and practical conflicts for doctors, erode public trust in medicine, and risk inhuman suffering

Before debating whether hanging or lethal injection is cruel, India must ask the bigger question: Does death penalty actually deter heinous crimes?

Residents of Noorinagar in Bandlaguda staged a protest rally demanding capital punishment for Mohd Akbar, who allegedly killed his three-year-old son Anas and disposed of the body in the Musi river. The child, who had a congenital heart condition, was reportedly smothered before being stuffed into a bag.

One of the accused, Maruthi Rao, had died by suicide during the trial. Among the seven remaining accused, Subhash Sharma was awarded death sentence while the rest, including Asgar Ali, Abdul Bari, MA Kareem, Shravan, Shiva and MA Nizam were sentenced to life imprisonment

Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-NDA government, which promised to protect cows, was encouraging cow slaughtering and slaughterhouses

A similar number of cadres in flood-stricken area were executed at the same time late last month

Some states are looking for new ways to execute people because the drugs used in lethal injections have become difficult to find. Three states — Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma — have authorised nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method, but no state had attempted to use the untested method until now.

The Central Narcotics Bureau stated that Saridewi Djamani, 45, received a death sentence in 2018 for trafficking approximately 31 grams (1.09 ounces) of diamorphine, also known as pure heroin.

Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged at Changi Prison at dawn, the BBC reported quoting his family members.

While handing down the punishment, Additional District Sessions Judge of Limkheda (Dahod) B. S Parmar also directed the District Legal Aid Service Authority to pay Rs five lakh compensation to the victim's family.

Dinesh Kumar kidnapped the girl, who lived with her parents, both construction workers in the same labour camp, after luring her with chocolates at a tea stall.