Month: March 2023

“One Earth, One Family, One Future’ signals the need for unity of purpose as well as the unity of action”

Manish Kumar

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the meeting of the Foreign Minister of G20 via video message today. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister underlined why India chose the theme of  ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ for its G20 Presidency. He explained that it signals the need for unity of purpose as well as the unity of action. He expressed the belief that today’s meeting will reflect the spirit of coming together for achieving common and concrete objectives. Acknowledging that multilateralism is in a state of crisis in…

PM’s address during the meeting of Foreign Ministers of G-20

Manish Kumar

Foreign ministers, Heads of international organizations, Excellencies, I welcome you to India for the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting. India has selected the theme of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ for its G20 Presidency. It signals the need for unity of purpose and unity of action. I hope that your meeting today will reflect this spirit of coming together for achieving common and concrete objectives. Excellencies, We must all acknowledge that multilateralism is in crisis today. The architecture of global governance created after the Second World War was to serve two functions.…

Meghalaya Election Results 2023: Constituency-wise full list of winners

Manish Kumar

Meghalaya Assembly Election Result Live: All eyes are on former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma who along with 11 of the 17 Congress MLAs in the state joined the Trinamool Congress in 2021. It would be interesting to see how changing sides would play in the state. Meghalaya Election Result Live: Meghalaya politics saw major changes in the last couple of months. Several prominent leaders switched sides seeking brighter electoral fortune in the sate. The biggest surprise of former chief minister and senior Congress leader Mukul Sangma who along with 11 of the 17…

Delhi: AAP’s Saurabh Bhardwaj, Atishi to be elevated as cabinet ministers

Manish Kumar

 Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi, MLAs and prominent leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), will be elevated as ministers in Arvind Kejriwal’s Cabinet after Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain quit their respective posts. Both the AAP leaders, accused of corruption, submitted their resignations on Tuesday evening. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accepted their resignation. Their resignations will now be sent to Delhi LG VK Saxena. “Due to the conspiracies of the ruling BJP at Centre, two ministers of the Delhi government are in jail today. They have resigned from their posts.…

Congress demand Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation,

Manish Kumar

The Congress in Delhi today (March 1) staged a protest near the Aam Aadmi Party office, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal following the arrest of his deputy Manish Sisodia by the CBI. Several Congress leaders and workers, led by their state unit president Anil Chaudhary, gathered near the AAP’s DDU Marg office and raised slogans against Kejriwal and Sisodia. The party said a fair probe would not be possible as long as Arvind Kejriwal remains in power. “The entire Delhi government is fully immersed in corruption. As…

Entities operating in India must comply fully with laws: UK Foreign Secretary told on BBC

Manish Kumar

UK Foreign Secretary on Tuesday brought up the BBC tax issue with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar where he was firmly told that all entities operating in India must comply fully with relevant laws and regulations. I-T officials had spent three days carrying out what they called a “survey” at the BBC offices. In its statement following the survey, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said it had found discrepancies and that the income and profits disclosed by the organisation’s units were “not commensurate with the scale of operations…

Nagaland Election Result Live UPDATES: NDPP-BJP alliance headed for landslide victory

Manish Kumar

Vote counting is underway and results will be out today (March 2) for Nagaland assembly elections 2023. The state went for assembly polls on February 27 (Monday). The results will come on 59 out of 60 seats, as the Akuluto seat in Zunheboto district was won uncontested by BJP nominee and sitting MLA Kazheto Kinimi. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio is contesting from Northern Angami-I and as the CM candidate for the NDPP-BJP alliance, he will be eyeing the top post for the 5th term. The stronghold of Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton,…

Tripura Election Result Live: TIPRA emerges a kingmaker after putting BJP, Congress in tight spot

Manish Kumar

Tripura is set to witness a triangular contest as the newly formed political party Tipra Mothawith is likely to give a run for their money to the BJP-IPFT and Congress-Left Front alliances. According to reports, Tipra Motha is likely to emerge as the “kingmaker” in the state. Banking on its stupendous performance in the 2021Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) polls, in which it bagged 18 of the 30 seats in the body, Tipra Motha has decided to go solo and hopes to sweep the 20 tribal-dominated seats that…

Bola Tinubu declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, Nigerians celebrate, Opposition parties reject the results.

Manish Kumar

Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, despite early demands from rivals for a re-vote. Tinubu received 37 percent of the votes, or nearly 8.8 million, while main opposition candidate Abubakar won 29 percent with almost 7 million. There were 18 presidential candidates – 17 men and one woman – running in this year’s Nigerian election. The two leading opposition parties rejected the results and expected to take their appeals to court. Nigeria’s economy has been going through a torrid time and voters will be hoping…

Ukraine will receive a fresh batch of highly capable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): Bad News for Russian Main Battle Tanks!

Manish Kumar

Ukraine will receive a fresh batch of new and highly capable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) as a part of the latest security aid worth $2 billion. Of the current tranche, two UAV systems stand out for their technical novelty and sophistication – the JUMP 20 vertical take-off landing (VTOL) UAV and Switchblade 600 loitering munitions. They are two of the platforms assessed to be a massive boost in surveillance and long-range precision strike capabilities. Together, they add significant tactical battlefield enhancement to Ukrainian forces as the war enters its final…