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China Aims At Annexing Taiwan Taking Cue From Russia

Monomita NagFebruary 28, 20220

China has called Taiwan a renegade province. The island is separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. It has a population of around 23 million with its democratically elected govt. Since the election of Tsai Ing-wen in 2016 as the President of Taiwan, tension with mainland China has escalated. However, Tsai has outrightly rejected any increased tie with China as it was formulated by her predecessor Ma Ying-jeou. But China considers Taiwan as a part of the mainland and therefore refuses to accept it as an independent country. Of late, China has become aggressive towards the country. Experts fear that it may take steps to unify the island by means of military action, thus drawing the US into war with China. China asserts in one-China principle and does not believe in the existen...

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Crippling Impact Of Russian Invasion To Be Felt In India; Check Out Reasons

Monomita NagFebruary 28, 20220

The Russia-Ukraine crisis will dent India's household budget. The first day of the conflict has already skyrocketed the fuel price. It will come as a setback to Indian consumers as Putin's military action will end the short respite in local fuel prices. It needs to be mentioned here that there has not been any hike in fuel prices since November.4 World diplomacy has failed to deter Putin from his plan of invading Ukraine. This will naturally soar up oil and gas prices putting pressure on India's oil-importing budget. Finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman warned that the global crude oil price hike will negatively affect India's financial stability. After attending the FSDC meeting she warned that the Centre was considering certain options to deal with the emerging situation. As ...

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Imran’s Visit To Russia: A Big Fiasco

Monomita NagFebruary 28, 20220

Opposition in Pakistan criticized Imran's visit to Russia amid the military operation in Eastern Ukraine. They avered that possibly no purpose was served by this visit. However, Pakitan's foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi rejected the criticism and said that the visit was of bilateral nature and had, in fact, been planned well in advance, much ahead of the crisis. Qureshi, who was part of the delegation, said that before undertaking the visit, the pros and cons of it were considered and then it was decided to go ahead. He defended the visit by saying that Imran Khan's maiden visit has improved the diplomatic space of Pakistan. He said that they had an extensive talk about their need for gas, and Moscow was interested to build Pakistan Stream Gas Pipe Line. Stating that Pakist...

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NATO Activates 40,000 Troops As Response Force Amid Russian Threat

Pooja YadavFebruary 28, 20220

NATO has positioned its Response Force on standby in a bid to reassure allies neighbouring Ukraine and Russia that their protection is assured. This, however, does no longer imply that the troops will move into Ukraine, which isn't a member.   As Russia presses in advance with its onslaught in Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has activated its Response Force as a shielding measure. NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg stated Friday the bloc had activated defence plans and "as a result...are deploying factors of the NATO Response Force on land, at sea and withinside the air." This consists of a multinational pressure which includes lots of extra troops and over a hundred jets placed on excessive alert in 30 places that may installation fast in assist of a...

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Tirumala Temple To Display Replica Of Sri Venkateswara Swamy In Its Craft Expo

Pooja YadavFebruary 28, 20220

The Tirumala Temple trust has determined to show the craft in the expo gallery in the course of the following Brahmotsavams at Tirumala this year. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the unbiased trust which manages the hill temples of Lord Venkateswara atop Tirumala hills in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, preferred the inventive expertise of a junior college scholar for his extra-curricular talent of creating artwork out of waste. M Omkar, son of M Madhusudhan, from Kadiri of Anantapur district, has had a ardour for drawing and crafts on account that his childhood. After his university hours, he used to make crafts out of antique newspapers and mastered this artwork on his own. He currently finished making a reproduction of Sri Venkateswara Swamy with waste paper and gave it a stu...

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Women Pilot Trainee Killed In Telangana Plane Crash; Probe Underway

Pooja YadavFebruary 28, 20220

A woman trainee pilot died after her two-seater Cessna-152 crashed into a field in Nalgonda district in Telangana. According to locals, the aircraft broke into pieces after it nosedived into the field. The district superintendent of police Rema Rajeshwari said the trainee pilot took off her Cessna 152 aeroplane at around 10.30 a.m. from the Academy’s operations institute placed at the proper financial institution facet of Nagarjunasagar reservoir, bordering Nalgonda, in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Preliminary reviews and eyewitness accounts, she stated, confirmed that the two-seater plane which she was driving alone, crashed withinside the barren lands close to Thungathurthy village at around 10.50 a.m. The motives for the crash aren't recognised yet. Eyewitnesses, which inclu

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Russia Halts Launches From French Guiana Amid European Sanctions

Pooja YadavFebruary 28, 20220

In reaction to the European Union's sanctions on Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has now halted area launches from French Guiana. Dmitry Rogozin, director-preferred of Russian area employer Roscosmos tweeted, "In reaction to EU sanctions towards our enterprises, Roskosmos is postponing cooperation with European companions in organizing area launches from the Kourou cosmodrome and chickening out its technical personnel, consisting of the consolidated release crew, from French Guiana." On Friday, EU states agreed to freeze any European belongings of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his overseas minister as Ukraine's chief pleaded for quicker and greater forceful sanctions to punish Russia's invasion of his country. The pass towards Putin and his pinn...

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Wearing Masks Inside 4-Wheelers No Longer Compulsory: Delhi Disaster Management Authority

Pooja YadavFebruary 28, 20220

Wearing masks will now no longer be obligatory for people in Delhi touring in personal four-wheelers, the Delhi authorities notified on Saturday. This new rule has been in the works from Monday while all Covid curbs may be lifted. DDMA has removed the penal provision after analyzing all of the applicable statistics associated with the problem of wearing a mask inside a personal four-wheeler. "This provision will now no longer be relevant to men and women touring collectively in personal four-wheeler car from 28.02.2022," the order stated. During the height of the pandemic, the authorities had made the wearing of masks obligatory for passengers in a personal automobiles as they come beneath the definition of a public vicinity. The restriction has been calmed down early this mo...

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Mysterious Yogi: CBI Arrests Anand Subramanian In Relation With Market Manipulation Case

Pooja YadavFebruary 26, 20220

The CBI has arrested former group operating officer of National stock market (NSE) Anand Subramanian after expanding its three-time inquiry into the fraud within the exchange. It is seeable of “fresh data” that came up during a genuinely disastrous SEBI report relating a mysterious yogi who was guiding the conduct of former CEO Chitra Ramkrishna and other irregularities, officers said on Friday. Subramanian was taken into custodianship late Thursday night in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The agency will produce him before a court in Chennai for his conveyance remand to bring him to Delhi once the plea is granted. The CBI will bring him to the city and produce him before a special court to seek his custodial remand to question the inapplicability of the case at its headquarters. An ins...

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Russia-Ukraine War: India Abstains On UNSC Vote, Suggests Return To ‘Path Of Diplomacy’

Snehashish RoyFebruary 26, 20220

The United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) resolution that "deplores in the strongest terms Russia's aggression against Ukraine," has been abstained by India on Friday. New Delhi remarked that disputes and differences can be settled only through dialogues. It further showcased "regret" voicing that the path of diplomacy was given up. The resolution, however, failed to advance as Russia, being the permanent UNSC member, used its power to veto. The official action received 11 votes in its favour out of the 15-member council and three abstentions including China, UAE and India. Despite trying to strike a diplomatic balance in the Russian-Ukraine war, India pulled back from voting against Russia. However, the US had increased pressure on India to come up with a strong response against the...

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Wildfire Risk Increasing, Adding To Air Pollution, says UNEP; Suggests Investing In Prevention

Sonia SolankiFebruary 25, 20220

Incidences of wildfires are rising and as per different studies across the globe, the problem is expediting. Recently, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report 'Spreading Like Wildfires: The Rising Threat Of Extraordinary Landscape Fires'. It stated that climate change and land-use change are worsening the wildfires. Andrew Sullivan, one of the report's authors and a scientist from Australia, said places like northern Syria, Siberia, the eastern side of Australia, India has seen an increase in wildfires in recent years. He also said that it's impossible to eliminate the calamity but we can reduce the risk and exposure. The debut of wildfires in places where they never occurred is also an alarming sign. According to Sullivan, extreme wildfires can destroy people, wild...

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman To Meet PM To Discuss Russia-Ukraine Conflicts

Pooja YadavFebruary 25, 20220

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said she's going to be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to debate the case arising out of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Requests are rattled by Russia's attack on the Eastern European country. When asked whether there'll be a gathering with the Prime Minister on the Russia-Ukraine issue, Sitharaman said, "surely." On Thursday, Russian President Putin blazoned an exertion in Ukraine and also the move has raised enterprises over the chance of a full-scale military battle between the two countries. The 30- share standard Sensex crashed over points in line with the global meltdown amid the irruption of Ukraine by Russia.   The recent stock behavioural pattern is not very impressive at the same time is a cause of worry amo...

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