Day: May 20, 2023

Wrestlers’ protest: Top grapplers ready to ‘sacrifice medals for justice’

Manish Kumar

The protesting wrestlers said they were willing to ‘sacrifice’ their careers in the sport, in order to ensure justice for the women grapplers.  They won’t budge till Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is arrested for alleged sexual harassment of women grapplers including a minor.  “Our fight for justice will continue. We are getting great support from the entire country.” Bajrang said.  IOA panel’s decision to conduct the selection trials for U-17 and U-23 Asian Championships, scheduled to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from June 10 to 18.  The protesting wrestlers said…

Debit, credit cards not to be taxed for overseas spending up to Rs 7 lakh: Govt

Manish Kumar

The Union government tweaked the imposition of 20 percent Tax Collection at Source (TCS) on transactions through international credit cards and debit cards under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) from July 1 by clarifying that the applicability will only be after a limit of Rs 7 lakh has been breached in a financial year. Faced with massive social outrage, the Finance Ministry admitted that concerns have been raised about the applicability of TCS to small transactions under the Liberalized Remittance Scheme (LRS). “To avoid any procedural ambiguity, it has been…

Kejriwal took a dig at PM on RBI’s ‘₹2000 note’ move: ‘That’s why the PM should be educated

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took a dig at PM Modi over RBI’s decision to withdraw its highest-value currency notes from circulation.  Over six years after introducing the RBI announced the withdrawal of ₹2,000 currency notes from circulation. However, it clarified that the currency will continue to be the legal tender.  RBI has given the public time till September 30 to either deposit such notes in accounts or exchange them at banks.  This move led to several opposition parties targeting PM Modi and his government.  Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal took…

Zelenskyy arrived in Japan for talks with G7 leaders, set to hold face-to-face talks with Mr. Biden

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flies in for talks with G7 leaders. Mr. Zelenskyy and Mr. Biden are now set to hold face-to-face talks over the weekend at the G7 summit. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly called on the US to provide the fighter jets, but Joe Biden had so far refused the requests. The US and its allies are planning to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, the White House has said as the US approves sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. The timing for when Kyiv will receive the aircraft,…

Prime Minister’s meeting with Prime Minister of Japan

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with H.E Mr. Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan, on 20 May 2023 on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima. This was their second meeting in 2023, following the visit of Prime Minister Kishida to India in March this year. Prime Minister thanked Prime Minister Kishida for planting in Hiroshima the Bodhi sapling that had been gifted by Prime Minister Modi in March 2023. Prime Minister recalled that the Indian Parliament commemorated every year the Hiroshima Day, and noted…

India-based Clouds to flourish in future

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Smith Gonsalves, Director – Cyber Smith SECURE I will just point out two major aspects, if the cloud provider is a foreign-based entity and the customers are in India then it is certainly going to be pretty important to watch how the Indian companies who have sensitive data or working in sensitive sectors are going to collaborate. As I have been looking at some of the companies in India who are not using Cloud like, Oil and Gas, Power sector etc. They are using the India-based Clouds and that is what…

Delhi: AAP cries foul after Centre issues ordinance on transfer, posting of Group A officers

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According to the ordinance, the authority will involve the chief minister of the government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi as its chairperson, alongside the central secretary and the chief home secretary, who will be the part secretary to the power, it said. The AAP government on Saturday reacted sharply after the Centre issued an ordinance to establish an authority for the transfer and posting of Group-A officers in Delhi. The law, which comes seven days after the High Court handed over the control of administrations in Delhi, excluding…

IPL playoff scenarios: CSK, LSG, RCB favorites to win remaining three spots

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Punjab Kings (PBKS) became the latest team to get eliminated from the Indian Premier League 2023 after a narrow four-wicket defeat against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Friday, May 19. Both RR and PBKS needed to win their last group-stage game to remain alive in the playoff qualification race with just four group-stage matches to go. Rajasthan Royals moved to fifth position with a win and are tied with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) with 14 points. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clash against already eliminated Delhi Capitals (DC)…

Karnataka Govt formation: Siddaramaiah to take oath as CM, DK Shivakumar as his deputy at 12:30 pm

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Karnataka Govt Formation: Congress Legislature Party formally elected Siddaramaiah as its leader and Chief Minister of Karnataka, following which he met the Governor and staked his claim to form the government in the state. Karnataka Govt Formation: A week after the Congress won the Assembly elections in Karnataka, the state is set for Siddaramaiah to be sworn in as Chief Minister today (May 20) along with his deputy DK Shivakumar. In addition, a group of MLAs will also be taking oath as ministers. Even after the comfortable win in polls, grabbing the top post…

PM Modi on Pakistan: ‘New Delhi wants ‘normal, neighborly relations’ but…’

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PM Modi, who arrived in Japan for G7 Summit, while speaking to Japanese newspaper Nikkei Asia said that New Delhi wants “normal and neighborly relations” with Pakistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India wants a ‘normal and neighbourly’ relations with Pakistan, however, it is for Pakistan to create a conducive environment free from terrorism and hostilities. PM Modi while speaking to the Japanese newspaper Nikkei Asia ahead of his Japan visit said that New Delhi wants “normal and neighborly relations” with Pakistan. However, it is incumbent upon them…