Month: May 2022

Imran Khan withdraws protest, says will return to Islamabad if polls not announced in 6 days

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With a stern warning to the government, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has withdrawn his protest march after reaching Islamabad. Announce election in six days, or will return to Islamabad with the ‘entire nation’, former Pakistan Prime Minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan warned the government as he addressed the protestors in Islamabad. He denounced the ‘tactics’ used by the ‘imported government, including raids and arrests, to stop the PTI’s march and thanked the Supreme Court (SC) for taking notice of the matter,” the Dawn reported. Imran Khan, who…

PM Modi remains silent as BJP-ruled states pit Hindus against Muslims: Mehbooba Mufti

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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday raised questions on the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as she claimed that the BJP was pitting Hindus against Muslims across the country. Comparing the BJP’s rule to that of the British empire and taking pot-shots at the BJP-ruled states, Mufti claimed that all these states were competing against each other when it came to harassing Muslim citizens. “Muslims are being provoked to react so that these people get a chance to execute another episode…

China Unicom and Huawei Announce New Solutions of the 5G Private Network PLUS Series

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Hohhot, China:  At the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day Conference 2022 held recently, China Unicom, Huawei, and other partners presented on the latest solutions of China Unicom’s 5G Private Network PLUS product series: the 5G Free-Mobility Private Network solution and the 5G Private Network for Multiple Campuses solution. As 5G develops apace, services in many sectors are gaining popularity, including mobile offices, remote education, smart tourism, smart logistics, and smart cities. However, the demand for efficient and secure access to intranets has continued to explode in these sectors. China…

Pandemic has seen a new billionaire emerging every 30 hours: Oxfam Report

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Oxfam International on Monday has in its report said the COVID-19 pandemic has seen one new billionaire emerging every 30 hours, while nearly one million people could be pushed into extreme poverty every 33 hours this year. In its report titled ‘Profiting from Pain’, that the rights group has released in Davos, it further said that as the cost of essential goods rises faster than it has in decades, billionaires in the food and energy sectors are increasing their fortunes by $1 billion every two days. The World Economic Forum…

Kapil Sibal resigns from Congress, files Rajya Sabha nomination with SP’s support

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Deepening the crisis in Congress further, Kapil Sibal, a prominent face of the G-23 group of the dissenting leaders, hasresigned from the party and filed nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections as an independent on Wednesday in Lucknow backed by the Samajwadi Party (SP). Sibal filed his nomination papers from Uttar Pradesh in the presence of the SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and other party leaders in Lucknow. Sibal is retiring from the Rajya Sabha on July 4. “I had tendered my resignation from the Congress party on May 16,”…

BJP top brass to meet today to deliberate events to mark 8th anniversary of Modi govt, 2024 LS polls

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a high-level meeting with Union Ministers and top leaders today at the party headquarters to finalize the programmes to celebrate the eighth anniversary of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi-led government from May 30 to June 15 on the theme of ‘Sewa, Sushashan and Gareeb Kalyan’ and discuss the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The meeting will be chaired by party president JP Nadda. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, party national general secretary BL Santosh and all union ministers will be present in the meeting. There will be…

Qutub Minar row: Govt considering iconography after Hindu, Jain idols found inside complex

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Amid the Qutub Minar row that erupted in Delhi, a senior official said that the Ministry of Culture is most likely planning to conduct the iconography of the Hindu and Jain idols found inside the complex of the monument. Though the government is considering the iconography of the idols found on the Qutub Minar site, there is no decision regarding the excavation of the monument, as was being claimed by media reports earlier. The Chairperson of the National Monument Authority Tarun Vijay wrote to the ASI a few days back, requesting that…

Ahmedabad Municipal Corp seals McDonald’s outlet after ‘lizard in cold drink’ pic goes viral

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A McDonald’s outlet was sealed on Saturday at Sola by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) after a picture of a dead lizard in a cold drink that was served by the restaurant surfaced on social media. On the complaint filed by one Bhargav Joshi, AMC Food Safety Officer Devang Patel collected cold drink samples from the outlet for testing at the public health laboratory in Ahmedabad and sealed the restaurant with immediate effect for “larger public health safety”. AMC directed that the outlet is not permitted to reopen its premises…

All central investigation agencies should be made autonomous bodies: Mamata Banerjee

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Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that all central investigation agencies should be made autonomous bodies. Her comments come in the wake of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids on former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in an alleged railway recruitment scam. “Central agencies should be given full autonomy so that they can act impartially. The government should only give them their salary. This should be the goal of new India. Only this autonomy can save India from disaster,” the West Bengal chief minister told…

Spicejet faces ransomware attack; flights impacted

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Hundreds of SpiceJet airlines passengers were stranded at various airports due to a ransomware attack that impacted the morning flight departures on Wednesday. Confirming the development, a spokesperson informed that a ransomware attack on Tuesday night had slowed down the departure of flights today morning. “Certain SpiceJet systems faced an attempted ransomware attack last night that impacted and slowed down morning flight departures today. Our IT team has contained and rectified the situation and flights are operating normally now,” the SpiceJet tweeted after getting numerous queries over the delay in…