The Congress has accused Facebook of influencing India's elections and undermining democracy. Congress has demanded a joint parliamentary committee inquiry into it. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera has raised the issue of the social media giant's internal report on not initiating action against hate speech posts on the platform in India, saying Facebook has turned itself into a fakebook. There was no response from FB India on the allegations. Pawan Kheda Said – Facebook Is Working As An Ally Of BJP He also alleged that FB was acting as an ally of the ruling BJP and pushing its agenda. Kheda, citing research documents of whistleblower Frances Haugen, who worked at Facebook, alleged that he did not take any decisive action against those who posted such hateful posts in Hindi and ...
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Texas Governor Passes The Bill Restricting Transgender Girls From Participating In Sports
Protest against the Texas bill restricting trans women from sports Gregg Abbott, governor of Texas, signed a bill on Monday (October 25th) banning transgender girls from participating in female sports at public schools. This southern US state is the latest to join seven other states that passed a similar law this year. The bill was passed by lawmakers on October 15th. Gregg Abbott signed the bill into law on October 25th, which will come into effect from January 18th. How people have reacted? Supporters of the bill say it is an attempt to protect and provide fair competition by eliminating what they see as an inherent advantage of female transgender athletes — those assigned male at birth but since transitioned — on female teams. While the equal rights activists have...
Read MorePrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated nine medical colleges of the state including Madhav Prasad Tripathi Medical College in Siddharthnagar district. Along with this, he started the Prime Minister's Self-Reliant Healthy India Scheme. PM Modi also addressed the public. PM Modi said that what was the government in Delhi 7 years ago and the government here in UP 4 years ago, what did they do in Purvanchal? PM Modi took a jibe at Samajwadi Party and said, "Cycle of corruption ran a lot in UP." Those who were in the government earlier, they used to sit for votes by announcing dispensary somewhere, some small hospital. For years and years, either the building was not built, if there was a building, there were no machines, if both were done, there would be no doctors and other staff. The c...
Read MoreWill TMC Become A National Party? Is Mamata Banerjee Trying To Hit In UP Elections 2022!
After returning to power in Bengal for the third time in a row, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is now seriously working on the agenda of giving national party status to the Trinamool Congress. Under this, TMC is moving fast in making its political presence outside Bengal only in small states. Ipac, the company of famous election strategist Prashant Kishor, is trying to take this political ambition of Trinamool to the ground. Small states like Goa, Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur have been chosen by Trinamool as their political laboratory for this goal, where IPAC teams are sensing the political mood of these states. On Monday, Mamata got a shot in arm with senior leader from congress, Priyanka Gandhi loyalist and former legislator from UP, Lalitesh Pati Tripathi joining her. Lalitesh jo...
Read More“Minorities Have Seen ‘Real Change’ In Last Seven Years,” Feels Union Minister Naqvi; Deets Inside
Amidst the caste and religion dice being thrown by political parties in the election environment, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that some parties keep secularism as a means of political convenience and do political deceit with the basic spirit of the Constitution. However, this is a constitutional commitment for the BJP. The BJP is following the mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, whereas for some parties it has been limited to the development of their own leaders. Addressing the workers of BJP Minorities Morcha, Naqvi appealed to them to expose these parties by example. On Sunday, there was a meeting of the National Executive of the BJP Minority Morcha. In its inaugural address, Naqvi was an attacker on the opposition. He said, “In 75 years of independence, 75 chess tric...
Read MorePM Modi Will Attend G-20 And COP-26; Have A Look At The Agenda Behind This Visit?
When PM Modi is on two global forums later this week and early next week, he is expected to discuss a united global approach to tackle the current situation in Afghanistan and the challenges posed by climate change and the coronavirus pandemic. Will insist All these issues are very important for India's economic and strategic interests. Prime Minister Modi will be on a visit to Italy and Britain from October 29 to November 2. In Italy, PM Modi will participate in the G-20 meeting, while in Britain he will participate in the 26th Conference of the United Nations (COP-26) organized by the United Nations on Climate Change. During his visit, PM Modi will have bilateral meetings with Italian PM Mario Draghi, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and some other important leaders. Prio...
Read MoreLight Goes Out On Women First; Let’s Explore Why And How?
Coal, fuel and electricity are running short and getting dearer in India and the world. It’s a good time to look at our collective crises from a gendered perspective. Picture this: There has been no power for 24 hours now. The days prior to this blackout were no cakewalk either. Hardly 2-4 hours of electricity in a day for several months now. Children’s education cannot be compromised. Husband’s job cannot be compromised. The household’s basic health and hygiene cannot be compromised. The lady of the house now plans all household chores around the few hours of electricity supply. Remember, in the absence of electrical appliances, her work has more than doubled. Picture this: An international bottle-neck in crude oil supply is driving up cooking fuel prices. At home the gas...
Read MoreCheck Out Why Did Varun Gandhi Question Yogi Government On Agricultural Policies?
Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh, Varun Gandhi has been advising the Yogi government of UP for a long time continuously on the issue of farmers. Along with writing letters to the UP government, he often draws attention to the issues of farmers by tweeting etc. On Saturday too, Varun tweeted on the issue related to the neglect of farmers in the mandis regarding paddy crop in Uttar Pradesh. On Saturday, Varun Gandhi tweeted a video of a farmer and wrote, "Farmer Samodh Singh of Uttar Pradesh was roaming in the mandis to sell his paddy crop for the last 15 days, when the paddy was not sold, he was disappointed in it. set himself on fire. Where has this system brought the farmers to stand? The need of the hour is to rethink agriculture policy." Read more: Light G...
Read MoreIND vs PAK T20 WC 2021: Pak Minister Sheikh Rashid Said, “Muslims Of India Should Celebrate Too!”
After the big win against India in the T20 World Cup, while the cricket lovers of Pakistan are celebrating, the ministers of Pakistan are spewing venom against India. Actually, Pakistan's minister Sheikh Rashid is looking at it from the angle of religion and is trying to provoke the Muslims of India too. He said that all Muslims of the world, including Indian Muslims, should celebrate after Pakistan won the first T20 match by ten wickets. This win against India is a bigger win for us than the final. Rashid termed this victory against India as the victory of the whole of Islam and called Fateh Mubarak to Muslims all over the world. Check out entertainment news here. "I regret that this is the first India vs Pakistan match that I could not watch on the ground due to my national re...
Read MoreMaking sense of the incessant spate of disasters in the Himalayan state. Uttarakhand as a naturally disaster prone state made worse by reckless human activities. Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand On good days Uttarakhand is in the news for high-profile visitors thronging the state seeking spiritual rejuvenation. Political faces like PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, and many others have walked up its winding, paved paths leading up to its famed Kedarnath temple. On bad days, the state is buried under landslides or submerged under floodwaters. On such days, the same high-profile visitors are back in the state on choppers, aerially surveying the extent of the damage. Life in Uttarakhand looks like a seamless dance between profound spiritual existence and climatic tragedies of epic propor...
Read MoreAmerica is going to join hands with Pakistan to eliminate terrorist groups in Afghanistan. The US administration has given this information. According to the report, the US is close to a formal agreement with Pakistan to use the airspace to conduct military and intelligence operations in Afghanistan. CNN quoted sources as saying that Pakistan has expressed its willingness to sign a memorandum of understanding in return for counter-terrorist efforts and ties with India. But the talks are not over yet. At the same time, some sources say that Pakistan's motive behind bowing to America may also be to increase friendship with India. Pakistan feels that relations with India can improve if it supports America in ending terror. At the same time, some sources say that this step can help Pak to get...
Read MoreCM Yogi Adityanath Renamed Faizabad Railway Station As Ayodhya Cantt
The Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh has done another work in Ramnagari Ayodhya. After the completion of the foundation work for the construction of the grand Ram temple, now the Yogi government of the state has changed the name of Faizabad Junction. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has decided to rename Faizabad Railway Junction as 'Ayodhya Cantt'. The Chief Minister's Office has also ordered this. The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to change the name of Faizabad railway junction to Ayodhya Cantt as well as sent the proposal to change the name to the central government for issuing an official notification. The official change notification will be issued soon after the approval of the Narendra Modi-led central government. Read entertainment news here. ...
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