# The Catch Up: Indian, Pakistani warships collide (16 September)

An episode of [3 Things](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1406730235), 16 Sep 2026, 5:18.

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The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

## Transcript

[0:03] Speaker 1: This is the catch up on three things by the
[0:06] Speaker 1: Indian Express and I'm Ichha Sharma. Today is the 16th
[0:13] Speaker 1: of September and here are today's headlines. While former Punjab
[0:18] Speaker 1: Chief Minister and Shiromani Akaledal stalwart late Prakash Singh Badal's cousin,
[0:24] Speaker 1: major retired Bhupinder Singh Dhillon, who joined the BJP on Monday,
[0:29] Speaker 1: may not be an established political figure like his nephew
[0:32] Speaker 1: and ex-minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who switched to the BJP
[0:36] Speaker 1: from the Congress in January 2023, Bhupinder's political salience lies
[0:41] Speaker 1: in his long association with the Badal family. Dhillon had
[0:45] Speaker 1: served as Prakash Singh's political advisor for 25 years, making
[0:49] Speaker 1: his induction into the BJP significant. His son, Ameer Veer
[0:54] Speaker 1: Singh Bawa, also joined the BJP along with him. The
[0:57] Speaker 1: development comes four months after Gyan Singh Maan, a cousin
[1:02] Speaker 1: of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan.
[1:04] Speaker 2: Joined the BJP in May.
[1:05] Speaker 1: Gyan Singh had earlier been an active ARP supporter who
[1:09] Speaker 1: had campaigned for it, during the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections
[1:13] Speaker 1: swept by the party. However, he later became a vocal
[1:17] Speaker 1: critique of the Maan government, especially over its now-scrapped land-pooling policy.
[1:26] Speaker 1: In other major news, a special National Investigation Agency court
[1:30] Speaker 1: in Jagdalpur city in Basta district today convicted 10 Maoists
[1:34] Speaker 1: and awarded them death on charges of criminal conspiracy and
[1:38] Speaker 1: murder for their involvement in in the Jimram Ghati attack.
[1:42] Speaker 1: In the 2013 attack, armed cadders of the banned Communist
[1:46] Speaker 1: Party of India Maoist had surrounded and launched an attack
[1:50] Speaker 1: on Congress convoy, killing at least 27 people and almost
[1:54] Speaker 1: whipping out the state party leadership. As many as 38
[1:58] Speaker 1: people had suffered injuries. NIA Judge Ajay Singh Rajput convicted
[2:03] Speaker 1: the accused under several sections of the Indian Penal Code
[2:06] Speaker 1: and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, The death sentence was
[2:10] Speaker 1: awarded for criminal conspiracy and murder of the IPC. Meanwhile,
[2:18] Speaker 1: the government is not considering any rollback of the proposed 0.4%
[2:23] Speaker 1: merchant discount rate on Unified Payments Interface or UPI transactions
[2:28] Speaker 1: above Rs 2,000, government sources told PTI today. A senior
[2:33] Speaker 1: official responding to questions on whether the MDR charge scheduled
[2:37] Speaker 1: to take effect from 15 October could be withdrawn, said
[2:40] Speaker 1: the decision had already been taken and there was no
[2:43] Speaker 1: question of revising it. The framework announced yesterday ends nearly
[2:47] Speaker 1: six years of completely free UPI payments. Under it, 0.4%
[2:51] Speaker 1: NDR will apply from 15 October to merchant payments above
[2:53] Speaker 1: Rs 2,000. Person-to-person transfers and smaller payments will remain outside
[3:02] Speaker 1: the charge.
[3:03] Speaker 2: According to government sources, the move has.
[3:05] Speaker 1: Been introduced in the broader interest of the UPI ecosystem,
[3:09] Speaker 1: particularly to strengthen its safety and security. They said the
[3:12] Speaker 1: decision to levy MDR, a practice followed in several other countries,
[3:16] Speaker 1: was taken when the UPI system was introduced in 2020.
[3:20] Speaker 1: The new framework, they added, is aimed at making UPI
[3:23] Speaker 1: financially self-sustainable, according to the report. In other major news,
[3:30] Speaker 1: making national headlines, a frontline warship of the Indian Navy
[3:33] Speaker 1: and a Pakistan Navy vessel were involved in a collision
[3:36] Speaker 1: on Tuesday evening in the international waters in the North
[3:39] Speaker 1: Arabian Sea, prompting Delhi to lodge a strong protest with
[3:43] Speaker 1: Islamabad today over the unprofessional conduct of Pakistan naval units.
[3:48] Speaker 1: The incident was said to have taken place about 120
[3:51] Speaker 1: nautical miles from the Gulf of Oman. For several months now,
[3:54] Speaker 1: Indian Navy destroyers and frigates have been deployed on missions
[3:58] Speaker 1: in the North Arabian Sea. Official sources identified the Pakistani
[4:02] Speaker 1: vessel as PNS Hunain and said it was damaged in
[4:06] Speaker 1: the collision and had headed to its home port. No
[4:10] Speaker 1: damage to the Indian warship was reported and it continued
[4:12] Speaker 1: on its routine surveillance missions, the sources said. And in
[4:20] Speaker 1: the end, we talk about Kannada cinema legend Anant Nag,
[4:23] Speaker 1: who has been named the recipient of the Dada Sahib
[4:26] Speaker 1: Phalke Award for 2024, India's highest honour in the field
[4:30] Speaker 1: of cinema, Anant Nag will be presented with the Dada
[4:33] Speaker 1: Sahib Phalke Award at the National Film Awards Ceremony, scheduled
[4:37] Speaker 1: to be held in Kewadia, Gujarat.
[4:39] Speaker 2: On Tuesday, 22nd September.
[4:42] Speaker 1: One of the most celebrated and revered film actors in
[4:44] Speaker 1: the country, Anant Nag has appeared in more than 300
[4:48] Speaker 1: movies over a remarkable career span, spanning five decades. While
[4:52] Speaker 1: over 200 of his movies are in Canada, the rest
[4:55] Speaker 1: are in various languages.
[4:57] Speaker 2: Including Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and English. He is also
[5:01] Speaker 2: a renowned name in the theatre world.
[5:07] Speaker 1: And with that, this was all for today. This was
[5:08] Speaker 1: the Catch-Up on 3 Things by The Index Press.

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