Month: April 2023

Vinod Adani resigns from 3 Companies Connected to Adani’s Australian Coal Mine: Report

Manish Kumar

A News agency reports that Vinod Adani, the elder brother of Gautam Adani whose role was also questioned by short-seller Hindenburg, may be far more important in shoring up Adani’s mining project in Australia, resigned from three key companies’ . These resignations happened just days before India’s Supreme Court ordered a committee to probe if regulators had failed to oversee Adani Group. It has been reported earlier that The Securities and Exchange Board of India is examining whether some transactions between the group and Vinod were properly disclosed. Vinod stepped…

Riots will hit Karnataka if Congress returns to power, says Amit Shah

Manish Kumar

The campaigning for the May 10 elections is gaining momentum, with a 98-member group of central BJP leaders visiting all 224 assembly constituencies. Polling for the 224-member Karnataka legislative assembly will be held on May 10 and the results will be announced on May 13. The union minister Mr Shah, is on a two-day tour of Karnataka to hold a series of public meetings, road shows and review meetings with BJP leaders. If the Congress comes to power in Karnataka, dynastic politics will be at an all-time high in the…

The Sudanese envoy appreciate India’s Response to the ‘sensitive’ evacuation process

Manish Kumar

Operation Kaveri was launched by India to evacuate Indians stranded in Sudan where the Sudanese Army and paramilitary groups are fighting. Ambassador of Sudan to India appreciated India’s response and its prompt action to bring back its stranded citizens in Sudan. “The estimated Indian citizens in Sudan is around 3000,” said the Sudanese Envoy in an interview. The evacuation operation started from Port Sudan. Between 300-500 Indian citizens have been evacuated by ship and other evacuation processes are going on. India and Sudan ties are deeply rooted, India and Sudan…

Joe Biden launched his re-election bid with a promise to protect American liberties

Manish Kumar

President Joe Biden launched his re-election bid making his 2024 presidential run official. Biden must overcome Americans’ concerns about his age in order to win re-election, with 44% of Democrats saying he is too old to run, a poll found. A poll showed that a majority of registered voters don’t want either Biden or Trump to run again. In a statement about Biden’s candidacy, Trump criticized the president over his record on immigration, inflation, and the chaotic U.S. pull-out from Afghanistan. Biden is unlikely to face much competition from inside…

UP: 2 ex-MLAs, in their 50s, clear Class 12 exams, say will now pursue degree courses

Manish Kumar

There is no age for learning and studying, say two former Uttar Pradesh lawmakers, in their fifties, who cleared the state Class 12 board exams and now aim to take up degree courses. While former MLA from Bareilly district’s Bithri-Chainpur seat Rajesh Mishra secured 263 marks out of 500, Prabhudayal Valmiki, a two-time MLA from Hastinapur, got second division marks in the exam, the result of which was declared on Tuesday. “Two years ago, I cleared the Class 10 board exam and now I have passed the Class 12 exam…

UP Board Exam Results: Girls outperform boys in UP Board’s high school, intermediate exam

Manish Kumar

Girls outperformed boys in the high school and intermediate examinations conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Council this year, a senior official of the board said while announcing the results here on Tuesday. The pass percentage of girls in the high school examination was 93.34 per cent, while it was 86.64 per cent for the boys. In the intermediate examination, the pass percentage of boys was 69.34 per cent, while it was 83 per cent for girls. Priyanshi Soni of Sitapur topped the high school exam by scoring 98.33…

All-round Gujarat Titans crush Mumbai Indians by 55 runs in IPL

Manish Kumar

Gujarat Titans produced a clinical performance to outclass Mumbai Indians by 55 runs in a completely one-sided IPL match here on Tuesday. Set a stiff target of 208, MI were stopped at 152 for nine. MI didn’t get the kind of start they would have liked and were struggling at 29 for the loss of captain Rohit Sharma’s wicket in six overs, the team failing miserably to utilise the powerplay. While trying to work the ball on the onside, Rohit got a leading edge and ended up giving a return…

Yogi Adityanath slams Cong over ‘anti-constitutional’ religion-based reservation in poll-bound Karnataka

Manish Kumar

In his first election rally in poll-bound Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday attacked the Congress over religion-based reservation saying that it was against the Constitution. He also claimed that no riots took place in Uttar Pradesh in the past six years due to the strong “double engine government”. “Congress appeases the Popular Front of India (PFI) and gives religion-based reservation, which is against the Indian Constitution,” Adityanath said during an election rally here in the Vokkaliga heartland, the stronghold of JD(S) headed by former Prime Minister…

Rajnath to chair SCO Defence Min’s meeting on April 28

Manish Kumar

India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO)Defence Ministers’ Meeting here on April 28, Friday as the Chair of the SCO, the Defence Ministry said here on Tuesday.  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will also hold bilateral meetings with the Defence Ministers of participating countries on the side-lines of the SCO Defence Ministers’ Meet. The SCO is an intergovernmental organization established in 2001. The SCO membership includes Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan besides India. Apart from the member states, two observer countries Belarus and Iran will also be participating…

Mega PTM for Classes 3-8 in MCD, Govt schools on April 30

Manish Kumar

A Mega parent-teacher meeting (PTM)  will be organised for students from classes 3 to 8 in all schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)  and Delhi Government schools on April 30.  This will be the first time that Delhi government schools, under the ambit of the Directorate of Education, and those run by the MCD  will hold mega PTM together. Delhi Education Minister Atishi and Mayor Dr. Shelly Oberoi announced the plan during a press conference on Monday. The Education Minister urged all parents to participate in the…