Year: 2020

30th May, 2020 marks the completion of one year of Narendra Modi Govt. 2.0 which took office on 30th May, 2019. The emergence of Narendra Modi as a popular leader of global stature marks an extraordinary milestone in the democratic polity of India. In 2014, under his leadership the BJP and the NDA registered a thumping majority with the BJP crossing the majority mark by itself. This kind of verdict was witnessed after 30 years. The first term of our Government saw some visionary initiatives designed to reform, perform and transform. The…

Ajit Jogi, the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and a mass leader who dominated the state’s politics for long, died at a private hospital on Friday.  He was 74. Jogi was battling for life at the private hospital for the last 20 days and suffered a cardiac arrest in the afternoon, according to the news.   He is survived by his wife Renu Jogi, the MLA from Kota constituency, and son Amit Jogi, a former MLA. The first Chief Minister of the state breathed his last at around 3:30 pm…

A Pakistani man has threatened to protest on border if his pigeon Golden Madi is not returned to him that was held in India on the charges of spying. 42-year-old Habibullah has claimed that the alleged spy detained by Indian forces is his pet female pigeon and demanded an apology from the Indian government and media.   Habibullah said, “On Eid day, I let about 12 pigeons, including Golden Madi, fly. All pigeons returned except Golden Madi. I have almost 250 pigeons and have been keeping pigeons for the last…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today formally launched the facility for instant allotment of PAN cards using Aadhaar-based e-KYC as announced in the Union Budget earlier. The facility is now available for all those PAN applicants who possess a valid Aadhaar number and have a mobile number registered in the UIDAI database.   Issued on a near to real time basis, the allotment process is paperless and an electronic PAN (e-PAN) is issued to the applicants free of cost by the income tax department.   Although the facility of instant PAN…

BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra has been admitted to a private hospital in Gurgaon after he showed symptoms of Covid-19,  as per the sources. He is admitted to the Medanta hospital in Gurgaon, hospital sources said on Thursday.   Patra is one of the most visible BJP faces on news channels. He is also very active on social media and posted several tweets on Thursday as well.   If confirmed to have COVID-19, Patra would be the second major spokesperson of a national party to get infected by the virus.…

“The country needs Rs 50 lakh crore to revive the economy. The economy is in serious problem so is unemployment. Businesses have been closed for two-three months. Everyone is in problems. We need more liquidity in the market to tide over this. The Centre’s package of Rs 20 lakh crore, another Rs 20 lakh crore from the states coupled with Rs 10 lakh crore from public-private investments will be important to get the wheels of the economy rolling,” said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.   As per the per government directions,…

A man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower was seen in the CCTV footage from a Dutch business park.   Flames burst out as the man jogs back to his Toyota to flee into the evening. It’s a scene that’s been repeated dozens of times in recent weeks in Europe, where officials are pushing back against conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and the coronavirus pandemic are fuelling arson attacks on cell towers.   Popular beliefs…

Tuesday morning saw the large number of bats dead in Bhojpur district of Bihar. Panic and curiosity gripped citizens after the incident was reported.  A team of doctors from Bihar government’s animal husbandry department collected the swab samples of the dead birds, and now these samples will be sent to Patna for testing. Doctors said any reason for their death could only be attributed after the test reports are obtained.   The villagers were apprehensive as bats have been linked to the raging coronavirus pandemic, however, the exact reason for their death can only be ascertained after getting medical reports from Patna. Following procedures, the dead bats have now been buried…

The figures projected by a joint research team of Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University and Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policies. It’s an SEIR model, taking into account the number of people in Odisha who are infected, have recovered, are exposed and/or are prone to COVID-19.   However, the basics of the report has not mentioned. Some experts says, Johns Hopkins is increasing the fear factor. If Odisha would effect by 46.00 lakh Plus ,then what will happen to other states like West Bengal, U.P, Rajasthan, Maharastra and rest…