Month: July 2023

Initiates distribution of 75 lakh cards to the beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat

Manish Kumar

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation various development projects worth around Rs 7500 crores in Raipur, Chhattisgarh today. He dedicated and laid the foundation stone for 5 National Highway projects worth around Rs 6,400 crores. The Prime Minister also dedicated to the nation the doubling of 103 km long Raipur – Khariar Road Rail Line which has been completed at a cost of Rs 750 crores, a 17 km long new railway line connecting Keoti – Antagarh developed at a cost…

NSA Ajit Doval to meet UK counterpart, Tim Barrow, to raise Khalistani issue

Manish Kumar

India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will meet his UK counterpart Tim Barrow.  The meeting comes after the death of Avtar Singh Khanda – UK-based chief of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) and alleged handler of separatist Amritpal Singh.  Both leaders will meet in New Delhi and discuss a host of several other bilateral issues including the threat issued by Khalistanis.  Doval has been in constant contact with Barrow over the rise of Khalistan extremism in the UK and has also highlighted its impact on bilateral ties.  India’s National…

Mahi Bhai turns 42: fans across the country shower the player with blessings in many ways

Manish Kumar

MS Dhoni is celebrating his 42nd birthday today.   He is the only captain to have bagged all the T20 World Cup, the ODI World Cup, and the Champions Trophy.  The cricket fraternity has taken a break to wish the legendary captain.  In his 90 Test matches, MS Dhoni scored 4,876 runs with six centuries and 33 fifties. He has 10,773 runs in 350 ODIs. Dhoni made 1,617 runs in 98 T20Is.  MS Dhoni turns 42 today, July 7. The former India captain and wicket-keeper, or as his teammates lovingly…

HC rejected Rahul’s plea for stay on conviction; Rahul will remain disqualified as an MP

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Rahul Gandhi will remain disqualified as a Lok Sabha MP after a Gujarat High Court today rejected his request to put on hold his conviction in a defamation case.  The Congress leader will now approach the Supreme Court with his request.   The court said there were “as many as 10 cases pending” against Rahul Gandhi and he was “seeking a stay on absolutely non-existent grounds”.  Today’s decision is a huge blow to Congress as it plans strategy for a series of upcoming polls, including the 2024 national election.  Under…

Bad weather forces the suspension of the Amarnath Yatra; More than 7,000 pilgrims have been stopped at bases camps

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Amarnath Yatra was suspended due to bad weather. The decision to temporarily put a hold on the annual pilgrimage was taken by authorities after a spell of heavy rains in the region. The yatra to the holy cave shrine will remain suspended till the weather improves. Soon after the decision to halt the Amarnath Yatra was taken, pilgrims were restricted to move towards the holy cave from the base camps. As per reports, more than 7,000 pilgrims have been halted at various base camps including Pahalgam, Baltal, and Nunwan due…

Twitter accused Threads violates Twitter’s “intellectual property rights”; “Competition is fine, cheating is not,” says Elon Musk

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Twitter threatened a lawsuit, claiming that Threads violates Twitter’s “intellectual property rights”.  Meta claimed that no one in the engineering team at Threads is a former Twitter employee.  Elon Musk, in response to a tweet citing the news said, “Competition is fine, cheating is not.”  Some analysts are also saying Meta’s new app could be a significant headache for Twitter.  Twitter Threatens to Sue Meta Over Threads. Elon Musk‘s lawyer accused Meta of hiring dozens of former Twitter employees who “had and continue to have access to Twitter’s trade secrets”.…

know the secret sauce of Instagram’s new Threads app

Manish Kumar

The Twitter landscape has changed dramatically since Elon Musk acquired the platform last year. Many new competitors have emerged, hoping to dethrone the giant. But despite the buzz around some of them, like Bluesky, none have really taken off. Instagram Threads is different. Instagram Threads has not only breezed past 5 million users already, but it has also done so in record time. It outperformed ChatGPT, which reached 1 million users in 5 days. So, what is the secret sauce of this platform? Let’s take a look. Threads is a…

Google accuses India antitrust body of protecting Amazon in Android probe case

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Google has challenged India’s decision on Android market abuse  India’s antitrust body wrongly backed Amazon’s arguments-Google  Google says its Android market conduct is not abusive  Google earlier accused the Indian body of copying parts of the EU order  Google has accused India’s antitrust body of ordering changes to its business model “only to protect” rival Amazon, which complained about its struggles to develop a modified version of the Android system due to Google’s restrictions, legal papers show. Google has approached India’s Supreme Court to quash the Competition Commission of India‘s…

Canadian PM says Indian govt ‘wrong’ about going soft on Khalistan

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brushed aside the Indian government’s concerns that it was “not serious” about cracking down on Khalistani elements in the country and said that Canada ‘always takes serious action against terrorism and we always will’. Trudeau’s comments came during a media interaction when he was asked about the country giving space to Khalistan extremism and a float depicting former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination at a rally in Brampton. When Trudeau was asked about their government going soft on Khalistan due to vote bank compulsions, the PM…

Excise policy scam: AAP leader Manish Sisodia moves SC seeking bail in CBI & ED cases

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking bail in the CBI and ED cases arising out of the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. He has moved the apex court challenging the two orders of the Delhi High Court which had dismissed his separate bail petitions in these cases. Sisodia, who also held the excise portfolio among many that he handled as the deputy chief minister of Delhi, was first arrested by the CBI on February 26 for his alleged role in the “scam”,…