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Goa Elections Result 2022: BJP close to halfway

Our CorrespondentMarch 10, 20220

In Goa, preliminary figures show that in Goa, the BJP is leading in 20 assembly constituencies, while the Congress is leading in 19 seats. TMC is leading in 5 seats. After exit polls predicted that the results in Goa would end in a dead heat, political parties in the state are preparing for a post-poll scenario. The counting of votes in the 40-seat state began at 8 am on Thursday. With over 300 candidates contesting in 40 assembly constituencies, Goa is witnessing a multi-cornered contest with parties including BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congress, and AAP. Meanwhile, BJP Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Tuesday traveled to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The Congress on Wednesday said talks are on with the Aam Aadmi Party to garner sup...

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UP Election 2022: Officer Admits To “Lapse”, SP Shares Video On EVM Row

Snehashish RoyMarch 9, 20220

Samajwadi Party (SP) has tweeted a video where an election official was shown accepting there were "lapses" during the movement of electronic voting machines (EVM). The district commissioner of Varanasi Deepak Agarwal had accepted in front of the reporters that there was a lapse in following the protocol to move EVMs. He claimed that those voting machines were used for training purposes. "If you talk about the protocol for the movement of EVMs, there was a lapse in the protocol, I accept that. But I can guarantee you, it is impossible to take away machines used in voting," Agarwal said. According to sources, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered action against Agarwal over the issue. The SP chief and former chief minister of UP Akhilesh Yadav had earlier made a...

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Tamil Nadu Student Joins Ukrainian Army

Our CorrespondentMarch 9, 20220

According to a Ukrainian media report on Tuesday, India is among the countries from where volunteers have joined the Volunteer Military Force of Ukraine, the International Army, and are currently engaged in warfare. Media reports claimed that 21-year-old Sainikesh Ravichandran, a resident of Thudaliyur in Coimbatore, has joined a paramilitary unit of volunteers in Ukraine. Sainikesh went to Ukraine in 2018 to study at the National Aerospace University in Kharkiv. He was to complete the course by July 2022. During the ongoing war in Ukraine, his family had lost contact with Sainikesh. After taking the help of the embassy, ​​they were able to get in touch with Sainikesh. Then He informed his family that he had joined Ukrainian paramilitary forces to fight against Russia. Wh...

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BJP confident of winning more than 40 seats in Manipur Assembly elections

Our CorrespondentMarch 9, 20220

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Manipur President, Adhikarimayum Sharada Devi on Tuesday exuded full confidence over her victory in the Assembly election that took place in two phases in the northeastern state over the past few days. She said the BJP has set a target of more than 40 seats and we are confident of forming a stable government. When the final results are declared, we expect this number to be 40 plus only in the assembly elections Our party has not taken a decision on the chief ministerial candidate and there is no point in a new CM. Exit polls in Manipur gave the ruling BJP a clear lead in forming the next government, with many predicting that it could be reduced to less than half. As predicted by India News-Jan Ki Baat, the BJP will emerge as the single largest party...

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Centre Decriminalises Stubble Burning; Focus On New Methods To Tackle Issue

Sonia SolankiMarch 9, 20220

The environment minister Bhupender Yadav has announced that the Centre has made a provision to 'Decriminalise' the stubble burning in the law.   Stubble burning is a major problem among the farmer's community. As farmers do not have many options to use the stubble in an eco-friendly way. So, the most convenient and economically viable method is to burn them. According to the sources, the government has proposed providing financial aid or incentives to use stubble for the production of biogas, ethanol, manure etc. So, farmers are motivated to use stubble as an additional source of income too. Yadav, during a meet on clean air organised by the Commission for Air Quality Management [CAQM], said that people have misconceptions about the term 'environment'. "We don't wa

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Women’s Day 2022: India Fails To Celebrate Womanhood, Fizzles To Criminalise Marital Rape

Snehashish RoyMarch 8, 20220

The term marital rape is self-explanatory which refers to non-consensual sexual intercourse of a man with his wife. However, the Indian judiciary fails to recognise this as a crime and protects a man from being prosecuted on charges of rape. "Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape,” reads exception 2 of Section 375. This states that women in India are only protected when they are below 15 years of age, unmarried or separated. Either of the conditions has exceptions according to the Indian context. Criminalising marital rape has remained a burning topic in contemporary times as awareness around consent is increasing rapidly. Many are challenging marital rape more than ever. Amid growing conversati...

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‘Operation Ganga Will Bring Positive Results In Favor Of BJP’: Amit Shah

Sonia SolankiMarch 7, 20220

Operation Ganga, which is still in progress to evacuate Indian citizens from Ukraine, will bring positive results for the BJP, said the Union home minister Amit Shah during a press conference. "The government sent Russian-speaking teams to four nearby countries of Ukraine and also set up a control room. Over 13,000 citizens have reached India and more flights are coming in. This process had a positive impact on elections and on the people also," Shah said. On March 7, the last phase of UP polls will conclude and the results will be announced on March 10. During the press conference, Shah was accompanied by the BJP president J.P Nadda. He said that BJP will emerge victorious in all poll-bound states. Operation Ganga Details And Impact In the ongoing war between Ukraine-Russia, m...

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Delhi Tops In Adding Plastic Waste To Environment In India: CSE’s Report

Sonia SolankiMarch 7, 20220

Delhi tops the list in plastic waste generation across the country. This information is by the CSE (Centre for Science and Environment) in their latest report titled 'State of India's Environment 2022'. Delhi generates 689.8 tonnes of plastic in a single day. CSE is an NGO that calculates the data provided by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). According to the data analysis, India produces a huge amount of plastic waste, 25,940 tonnes of plastic waste every day. Plastic waste is a major issue, especially in metropolitan cities like Chennai, Kolkata,  Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and others. The amount of wastage is increasing at a high rate too due to many factors. Like the growing population, Increasing consumption of packed foods and items, plastic packaging is ...

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Manipur Elections: Nearly 77% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 pm Amid Incidents Of Violence

Snehashish RoyMarch 5, 20220

Manipur recorded 76.04% voting till 5 pm on March 5 in the last phase of the Assembly elections. Some incidents of violence were reported from places before and after polling started. As many as two people were reportedly killed in the violence. One incident of killing was reported from Senapati district and the other in Thoubal district. The BJP candidate from the Karong seat reported the incident and said both were shot at "without proper reason." One of the killed was identified as Amuba Singh, who was a BJP worker. He was allegedly shot at by a Congress supporter. The election commission is waiting for a detailed report from the district election officer. The voting began at 7 am and ended at 6 pm on Saturday. The second and last phase of the election was conducted for 22 ...

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Ukraine-Russia War: Indian Embassy Urges Stranded Students To Stay Inside, Centre Presses For Ceasefire

Snehashish RoyMarch 5, 20220

The situation of Indian students stranded amid continuous fighting between the Russian and Ukrainian forces has raised concerns for the Centre. The ministry of external affairs has urged students to stay inside and take safety precautions. In a message issued on March 5, the Indian Embassy in Ukraine has assured students stranded in the northeastern city of Sumy that the authorities are looking for possible routes to evacuate them. "Discussed evacuation and identification of exit routes with all interlocutors including Red Cross. The control room will continue to be active until all our citizens are evacuated. Be safe, be strong," said the embassy. Around 800 students are stuck in Sumy and they have sent several SOS messages to get them evacuated as the city is being attacked....

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Delhi government To Hold Business Blasters Investment Summit and Expo Today

Pooja YadavMarch 5, 20220

Delhi government is going to hold Business Blasters Investment Summit and Expo on March 5 with the aim of providing an even bigger platform to young entrepreneurs. It will be held at the Thyagaraj Stadium. “Business Blasters project is a practical component of the EMC curriculum for Classes 11 and 12, where students are given seed money (Rs. 2000 each) to build on an idea that generates profit, or solves a social problem,” said the statement on the official website. Over 100 business ideas by student entrepreneurs will be selected and showcased. This will provide a chance to varied investors to directly invest in a project of their choice. A total of 51,000 ideas were submitted for this event. "Out of these 1,000 ideas, over 100 student-led top business ideas have been selected. W...

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Centre Appoints Madhabi Puri Buch As First Woman Chairperson Of SEBI

Pooja YadavMarch 4, 20220

The Centre has appointed Madhabi Puri Buch as the first woman chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on February 28. She was previously the head of ICICI Securities. In between 2017 to 2021, she also served in SEBI as an entire Time Member. Now, she is going to replace Ajay Tyagi as the chairperson of SEBI. Ajay Tyagi is a 1984 batch IAS officer from the Himachal Pradesh cadre. He was appointed as SEBI Chairperson for 3 years, on March 1, 2017. He was given a six-month extension. Later, his tenure was extended by 18 months in august 2020.   The finance ministry had invited applications from eligible candidates for the post of SEBI Chairperson in October 2021. The deadline to submit the shape was December 6, 2021. As per the procedure for a...

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