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A bust of Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj which the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated at Rajkot fort in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district one year back fell down on Monday. The statue of the Maratha king, located at 35-feet-long had toppled around 1 pm at Rajkot in Malvan. Police and district administration are also on the spot and senior officers are assessing the extent of damage, as said by an official to the news agency PTI. While the doctors will nail down what led to the fall the district has in the past two to three days encountered heavy rains…
OTT Releases: Your weekly dose of OTT releases is here and the coming week has both, movies and shows to fit all your streaming moods. Vijay Varma plays Captain Sharan Dev in IC 814: The Kandahar Highjack, a series based on the 1999 Indian Airlines Flight hijacking; Kay Kay Menon stars in Murshid, a gangster thriller exploring the Mumbai underworld; Hollywood legend Adam Sandler presents a new stand-up comedy special titled Love You; The Lord of the Rings: Here is the continuation of Tolkien’s magical world in season 2 of The Rings of Power. ADAM SANDLER: LOVE YOU (August 27)…
Telegram CEO’s arrest: French police have authorised further detention of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov in relation to charges that its messaging service assists in crime including money laundering and drug dealing through planning and coordination. An investigating magistrate has ruled that Durov, who is 39 years old, should be held beyond Sunday night, according to the AFP news agency citing an unidentified man involved in the probe. Durov can be detained without being charged for 96 hours when in actual sense he must be charged or released from police custody. According to local sources, Durov has been flying…
Ukraine: Officials from Ukraine are asserting that their military action into Russia this month is occurring at the same time as a series of diplomatic efforts that could bolster Kyiv’s quest for broader international support for its negotiating stance in any future peace discussions. This diplomatic strategy has included efforts to engage neutral countries or those with ties to Russia, such as China and India. Furthermore, Ukraine pointed to an upcoming visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India to Kyiv as proof that diplomatic success is intertwined with its military operations in Russia. “It’s crucial to have diplomatic proof…
Mpox in Asia: Thailand has announced the first confirmed case of a more severe strain of mpox in a traveler from Africa. The disease control department reported that tests on a 66-year-old individual confirmed his infection with the mpox Clade 1b variant. “The Thai Department of Disease Control is pleased to announce the laboratory confirmation of mpox Clade 1b in a patient from Europe,” the department stated, noting that the World Health Organization (WHO) would be notified about this development. The World Health Organization has declared a worldwide public health emergency due to this new strain, calling for an increase…
Badlapur school sexual assault case: Bombay High Court has recently taken suo motu cognisance of the gang rape of two girls in Badlapur after mass protests; the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has called for special branches or ‘mini-police stations’ for women and children. In view of the violent protest against the incident of sexual assault in Badlapur, Maharashtra the Cabinet Minister and Guardian Minister of Mumbai Suburban District has launched certain important directions for protection of women and children. In a recent press release, Lodha said that from September 1, all girls in all Industrial Training…
Monkeypox Virus is currently circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo and over a dozen other African countries; as of now, there is no case in India. The Union Health Ministry in New Delhi on Monday (August 19, 2024) described the circulating variant of the monkeypox virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and more than a dozen African nations as virulent with the mortality rate of 3% as against traditional. One percent comprises the members recovered form the less virulent strain. According to our estimation the probability is moderate that it will spread from Africa into India We are…
1. Transport strike leaves commuters in the lurch (07.08.2018) Unions affiliated to AITUC, INTUC, IFTU TADS and JDAA are some of the unions that have planned the one-day strike across India. The worst affected will be the office employees and school or college students. The drivers are campaigning against raised challan and other fees. They chafe at the fact that the fines have since been raised to 1,000 from 100 for parking in prohibited zones. The fine for not having vehicle insurance has been raised from 250 to 5,000 and the fine for driving while holding a cellphone has also…
Bharat ‘bandh’ called for August 21 is a protest action arranged by the Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti to protest the recent judgment of the Supreme Court of India regarding the reservation for SCs and STs. The ruling that enables states to develop sub-divisions in those groups has caused a lot of debate across the nations. While coming up with the sub-categories the apex court said, “Only those who require it should be given priority in the reservation policy.” The essence of the Bharat Bandh is to protest against this ruling and call for its reversal while noting that, as it…
“Israel and Hamas are not similar in any way when it comes to morality,” This, however, brings into view what one could venture to say is the most pertinent argument that is in play within the Israeli public relations campaign. But is it true? Short answer: No, you cannot get a long answer from a yes/no question. However, you can give a detailed answer from a specific question which may require more than ‘yes’ or ‘no’ as an answer. The below post is an analysis of Zachary Foster, an historian on Palestine. Thus, ‘moral equivalence’ is not a legal term;…