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Indian Military Successfully Flies Sukhoi Fighter With 450-km Brahma Missile

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 16, 20220

From Chandipur in Odisha, a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft launched an extended-range version of the Brahmos Supersonic (fastest) cruise Missile on May 12, 2022. India and Russia worked together to develop the Brahmos Supersonic (fastest) cruise Missile. This project was a collaborative effort. The missile successfully impacted the Bay of Bengal, which was its intended target. In a statement that the Indian Air Force released, it was said that a version with an increased range was made accessible for the very first time. A missile's attack range was evaluated from the air, and the findings revealed that it was more than 450 kilometres (up from the initial 290 kilometres). A senior defence official has said that the Sukhoi has a combat radius of around 1,500 kilometres, which

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Know Who Is Newly Elected Prime Minister Of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Will Take The Seat For Fifth Time!!

Gunjan ChaudharyMay 16, 20220

Sri Lanka's former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed as the country's next prime minister on Thursday. Ranil Wickremesinghe has only one seat in the 225-member parliament. United National Party (UNP) leader Wickremesinghe, 73, spoke to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, senior UNP leaders had said that Wickremesinghe may be administered the oath of office by President Rajapaksa at 6:30 pm (local time) today. Main opposition leader Sajith Premdas also expressed his desire to become Prime Minister. In the parliamentary elections held in 2020, the country's oldest party, the UNP, failed to win a single seat in the districts. Even Wickremesinghe, the candidate from Colombo was considered a party stronghold, had to face defeat. He later made his...

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Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Government Terminates DGP Mukul Goel For ‘Negligence’ And ‘Indolence’

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 13, 20220

According to an official statement, the administration of Yogi Adityanath terminated Mukul Goel's position as the chief policeman in the state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night. The administration cited Goel's "indolence" and "ineffectiveness" as the reasons for his termination. The government of Uttar Pradesh has done something that has never been done before. Since the current government assumed office, there has been a rise in the number of particularly severe crimes, such as rape and murder. It has never happened before that a director-general of the Police has been dismissed from their position for this particular reason.  The state government of Uttar Pradesh disciplined him by assigning him a subordinate position in one of the state's civil defence agencies. The DGP h...

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Sri Lanka Crisis: Factors Behind Triggering A Historic Depression

Pooja YadavMay 13, 20220

Sri Lanka has been in the news such a lot recently that its current woes are the things of popular knowledge. The acute deprivation caused to its people thanks to the absence of their staple food at a reasonable price within the market and therefore the shortage of petrol at the pump is evident. The Covid-19 Pandemic that put the entire tourism industry on hold which was the beauty of Sri Lanka. As far as the percentage is concerned, It accounted for 10% of Sri Lanka’s GDP. This led to a dip in the forex reserve (from $7.5 billion in 2019 to $2.8 billion in July 2021). High debt resulting from other sources of revenue led to high cost in importing of essential items, including food. A depreciated currency, high dependence on imports and hoarding led to a steep rise in food ...

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India Made No Progress In Treating Anaemia Among Women, Children: Global Nutrition & NFHS-5 Report

Sonia SolankiMay 11, 20220

India, in the last few years, has failed to make any progress in treating Anaemia among women and children. The results from the two renowned platforms show similar findings. These two reports come from the Global Nutrition Report (2019-21) and NFHS-5 (2019-21). According to them, Anaemia is worsening in women aged between 15-49 years and in children aged between 0.5- 5.0 years. Along with this NFHS-5 (National Family Health Survey) data shows that the biggest spike is seen in children between 0.5 - 5 years old, with 67.1% of children suffering. This value was at 58.6% in the year 2015-16 in the NFHS-4 report. The condition is more severe in interior parts of India with 68.3% compared to 64.2% in urban Indian children. More than 50% of Indian women are anaemic As per the survey co...

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Roar of Loudspeakers; Politics Of Vested Interest

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 10, 20220

Since Raj Thackrey, President of the MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena), in a press conference on Tuesday, called on the people to demonstrate the strength of the Hindu community by playing "Hanuman Chalisa" on loudspeakers, the topic of Loudspeaker Row has become one of the most contentious issues in the state. Raj ThackreyRaj Thackrey had previously said that the final day for removing loudspeakers from mosques would be Wednesday. He claims that if Muslims played Azan on a loudspeaker, the people of Maharashtra would respond by chanting the Hanuman Chalisa. On Wednesday morning, MNS employees in Mumbai's Charkop neighbourhood took the initiative and played the Hanuman Chalisa over loudspeakers. During the Fajr (First Namaz) at 5 a.m., the next day. In the meanwhile, people gather...

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UIDAI Cannot Share Aadhaar Data In Police Investigation; Check Out Reasons!

Snehashish RoyMay 10, 20220

A petition has been opposed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) that seeks the Delhi High Court's direction to allow investigators to match fingerprints and pictures of the suspect with the Aadhar database to identify the accused in a murder case. The petition was filed by the Delhi Police. The provider of unique Aadhaar numbers, UIDAI, has prohibitions under the rule of law that it cannot share any core biometric information with police. The plea was opposed by the statutory authority and said the data is not "technologically feasible" to share with the investigating authority. The investigating case at hand is regarding a murder case where Hemant Kumar Kaushik, a jeweller, was killed by three alleged robbers in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar. Two robbers loo...

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Delimitation Commission Issues Its Findings On Constituencies Of J&K

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 9, 20220

The Centre established a delimitation panel on Thursday, and the commission has given its final report for the delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and the delimitation of the Assembly for Jammu and Kashmir, which has been the most contentious state since 2019. Because of the increased number of Assembly seats as a result of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, this delimitation commission was essential. As a result, all political parties, with the exception of the BJP, were hostile to the report. Previously, the state of Jammu and Kashmir had around 111 Assembly seats, with 46 seats in Kashmir, 37 seats in Jammu, 4 seats in Ladakh, and an extra 24 seats reserved for Kashmir held by Pakistan, according to the 2011 census. The Delimitation Commission, on the oth...

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Rahul Gandhi Accuses PM Of “All Rank, No Pension”

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 9, 20220

A tweet from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in which he expresses his support for veterans, has been trending throughout India for the last few days. On Wednesday, he resorted to Twitter to accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "insulting the nation" by failing to pay pensions to a large number of military personnel. According to this source, the veterans, who included numerous three-star commanders, did not get their pensions in April as scheduled. As stated in the tweet, Rahul Gandhi claims that the Modi administration initially conned people with the OROP (One Rank, One Pension) programme and is now implementing the ARNO (All Rank, No Pension) strategy. As a result, he asserts that the Modi administration is disrespecting the country by insulting the troops, and that the gover...

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Contribution To Post-Disaster Sri Lanka: DMK’s House Of Representatives To Give One-Month Pay

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 9, 20220

Sri Lanka is going through a difficult period as a result of its socio-economic crises. As a result, in order to alleviate their predicament, DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) members stated that they would pay one month's salary to the Sri Lankan chief minister's fund. As of Thursday, DMK President M K Stalin said that members of the ruling party's House of Representatives will be giving their one-month pay to help the Sri Lankan people in their time of need. According to the report, all of the DMK's members of Parliament, including those in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, would contribute to this beneficial measure. This call for support comes from the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and President of the DMK, despite the fact that the party has already been informed that it would...

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Amit Shah In West Bengal: Introduces Water Ambulance To Deliver Life-Saving Drugs

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 7, 20220

Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, has begun a two-day tour to West Bengal, his first visit to the state since the assembly elections in 2021. When Amit Shah arrived at the Kolkata International Airport on Thursday morning, he was received by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nitish Pramanik and senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari. Over the course of his two-day tour, the Union Home Minister will go to the front area along the Indo-Bangladesh border, where he will have an organisational meeting with members of the state unit that has been demoralised, as well as participate in cultural events and public demonstrations. While in India, Shah will meet with the Director-General of the Border Security Force, Pankaj Kumar Singh, and other senior personnel. Amit takes a huge lea...

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