Year: 2020

Nepal’s Parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance Committee recently endorsed an amendment bill on the country’s Citizenship Act. It mandates a seven-year probation period for a foreign woman married to a Nepali national, to acquire neutralised citizenship. The bill is expected to be presented to the Lower and Upper house for approval. This comes weeks after Nepal updated its political map to include the areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura as part of its territory, toughening its stance on a recently flared-up border dispute with India. India has laid claims to…

On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rewa solar power plant in Madhya Pradesh via video-conferencing.   According to Prime Minister Modi, Solar Energy would be a major medium for providing the energy needs of an aspiration India in the 21st Century. Solar Energy projects are a true representation of Aatmanirbhar Bharat or Self-Reliant India. He also told that the International Solar Alliance (ISA) was launched with an aim to unite the entire world in terms of solar energy. The spirit was One World, One Sun, One Grid. The…

It was around 7.30 am on Thursday in the temple town of Ujjain, which houses the famous Mahakaleshwar Mandir, when dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey arrived in a private car having Uttar Pradesh registration number with two others for a darshan of the deity. Devotees chanted Jai Mahakal inside the Lord Shiva temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlings in the country, blissfully unaware about the presence of a man, who had triggered one of the biggest multi-state manhunts by the police in recent times.   But Dubey, wanted for the killing…

Observing that the Indian economy is seeing a revival, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that should consider investing in the world’s “most open economies” at the India global meet organised by London based NRI Group Indian Inc,   “Indians have the spirit to achieve what is believed to be impossible. No wonder that in India, we are already seeing green shoots when it comes to economic recovery,” he said, while speaking at the “India Global Week 2020” conference, organised by a London-based NRI group, India Inc.   “India remains one…

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Thursday told the Supreme Court that migrant workers were returning to cities to reclaim their old jobs as “lockdown is over”, “economy is opening up” and the situation is turning “very healthy”. The Supreme Court was hearing compliance reports by the Centre and States on the return of migrant workers to their native states, which it had earlier directed the government to ensure. Mehta, who was appearing for the Maharashtra government, was expressing his view on what the Bihar government called the “reverse migration” of…

Million Dollar Vegan, which operates in ten countries and has inspired over 130,000 people to switch to a plant-based diet this year, was established to raise awareness of how the rearing and consumption of animals affects the environment, farmed animals, wildlife populations, and human health – including the global risks of zoonotic diseases and antibiotic resistance. Rakul who went vegan earlier in the year, has become a passionate advocate for the cause. With Rakul’s support, 1000 meals a day will be served on July 11, 12, 18 and 19 across…

It is evident that, we are somehow closer to stop functioning of the Chinese apps in India but what about the Chinese investments in various companies in India. Indian Army has asked its personnel to delete 89 apps from their smartphones including Facebook, TikTok, Truecaller, Instagram,PubG to plug leakage of information.   The 13-lakh strong Army has directed all its officers and soldiers to delete their Facebook and Instagram accounts as well as 89 apps from their mobile phones by July 15th. “The directive has been issued because there has…

PM Modi on Saturday launched ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge‘ to facilitate the techies and start-up community to create Made In India Apps.   The challenge is an endeavour of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Atal Innovation Mission. Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister said that there is immense enthusiasm among the tech and start-up community to create world class Made In India Apps. He penned down in Linkedin and Twitter about the challenges and urged the youngsters to take active part in the challenge.   “Today…

Telangana hospital detains COVID patient for not paying bill of 1.15 lakh for a single day A lady doctor was allegedly detained by a hospital on Saturday for not paying a hospital bill of 1.15 lakh for a single day.   While speaking to the press, Dr Sultana (the victim) said, “I was treating myself at home as my symptoms were not very severe. On July 1, I had moderate shortness of breath for which I got admitted in Thumbay Hospital in Chaderghat. I stayed only for a day and…