BJP Leaders Meet To Discuss Modi’s Eight Years In Centre; Congress To Release ‘Report Card’ Of Govt’s Performance
On Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) top leaders and union ministers, including party president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, held a series of meetings in Delhi to discuss various issues and the party’s path forward. This included the expansion of the party’s outreach, party leaders’ visit to Lok Sabha constituencies for […]
Quad Summit: Japan Scrambles Jets After Chinese And Russian Warplanes Threaten Airspace
On Tuesday, Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said that Chinese and Russian warplanes neared the country’s airspace while the Quad Summit was in progress. The gathering is being hosted by Tokyo this year, and is being attended by leaders of the member countries – Australia, India, the United States – at the invitation of Japanese […]
BAMCEF Calls For Bharat Bandh, Demands A Caste-based Census
The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) has called for a Bharat Bandh today. The list of demands includes a caste-based census by the central government, the call for which is also being supported by political parties like the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s party, and the BJP-ally […]
Russia’s Permanent Mission To The UN Quits Citing The Country’s Invasion Of Ukraine
On May 23, Russia’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Boris Bondarev, resigned after his 20 years of service, largely because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “I went to the mission like any other Monday morning and I forwarded my resignation letter and I walked out,” said Bondarev. “I started to imagine […]
Davos Summit: Zelenskyy Willing To Talk To Putin To End Conflict
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Monday, addressed the ongoing Davos Summit in Switzerland, during the World Economic Forum annual meeting, via a video link. Zelenskyy said that considering the Russian President Vladimir Putin decides everything, he will not accept meeting any other Russian official but him to talk about ending the armed conflict. Additionally, while […]
Mamata Banerjee Demands Autonomy For Central Agencies, Refuses To Cut Fuel Prices In West Bengal
On Monday, while addressing the press in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the central government’s revision of the fuel rates. Referring to the recent Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe of former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav, Banerjee demanded […]
PM Modi Arrives In Japan For Quad Summit, Launch Of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tokyo on a two-day visit to attend the Quad leaders’ summit. The summit aims to further bolster the cooperation among its member nations and discuss developments in the Indo-Pacific region. US President Joe Biden, Australian PM Anthony Albanese, and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida were also in […]
Gyanvapi Row: Let Facts Come Out In The Open, Says RSS; SC To Hear Matter On May 20
Amid the ongoing Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi hearings, on Wednesday, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said that facts are coming out and it’s time to put them in the right perspective, in front of the public. On the other hand, the Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has appealed to all people, especially the Muslim community, to avoid partaking […]
India Rejects Pakistan’s ‘Farcical Resolution’ Over J&K Delimitation Move
On Tuesday, India responded to a “farcical resolution” recently passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan, regarding the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir. The statement was made by Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, who reiterated that Islamabad has no locus standi to interfere in India’s internal matters. “We categorically reject the farcical […]
Afghanistan: Taliban Dissolves Human Rights Body, Four Other Departments, Deems Them ‘Unnecessary’
Earlier this week, Taliban officials in Afghanistan announced that they are dissolving five key departments, including the former US-backed government’s Human Rights Commission. Citing a financial crunch, these departments have been deemed “unnecessary”, as indicated by a Taliban official on Monday. Last week, Afghanistan announced its first annual national budget since the Taliban took over […]
