Author: News Analysis India
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will get all-round support if she is selected to take over as Congress president, senior Congress leader and Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said on Monday. The chief minister, who was among the first senior Congress leaders to pitch for a youth leader to step into Rahul Gandhi’s shoes after he resigned, said Priyanka Gandhi would be the best choice to take over the party reins. But the decision, he made it clear, would depend on the Congress Working Committee, the party’s top decision-making body. Congress president Rahul Gandhi had announced his decision to resign from the party’s…
The Tiger population in India has increased from 2,226 in 2014 to 2,967 in 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. “Nine long years ago, it was decided in St. Petersburg that the target of doubling the tiger population would be 2022. We in India completed this target four years early,” He said releasing the results of the fourth cycle of All India Tiger Estimation at his official residence here. “The results of the just declared tiger census would make every Indian, every Nature lover happy,” he added.
Rajya Sabhachairman Venkaiah Naidu said he was “pained” by the scenes played out in the Upper House on Thursday over the RTI Amendment Bill. On Thursday, opposition members had alleged “intimidation” and “influencing” of votes by a BJPMP to get the motion to send the amendment to the select committee rejected. The treasury benches had countered the allegations vociferously.Congress and most other opposition members had walked out in protest over the voting process. The bill was passed in the Upper House following a voice vote. While not elaborating on the happenings, Naidu said in the House on Friday, “What happened yesterday pained me. It has…
fter smartphones, Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi is gearing up to launch smart TVs. The company is already working on two smart TVs. Earlier on Friday, a leak revealed some key details about the Redmi TV. The leak revealed that there will be two Redmi TVs and not one as rumoured previously. One is a 70-inch screen TV while the other one is a smaller TV and sports 40-inch screen. The Redmi TV 70-inch has already received certification from 3C. This hints at the imminent launch of the 70-inch Redmi TV. The Redmi TV with 70-inch screen may come before the 40-inch model. This…
BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday attacked Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for his sexist remark against MP Rama Devi in the Lok Sabha, saying he should not only apologise in Parliament but to all women. “The indecent language used by Azam Khan, an SP MP from Uttar Pradesh, against a woman presiding officer in Lok Sabha yesterday hurt the dignity and honour of women, and is very condemnable. For this he should not only apologise in Parliament but to all women,” Mayawati said in a tweet. Khan on Thursday courted a fresh controversy when he made a sexist remark against Devi, who was in the Chair in the…
The Delhi University is opposing the intervention application filed by three RTI Activists in the case concerning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree from the University of Delhi. RTI Activists Anjali Bhardwaj, Nikhil Dey, and Amrita Johri had filed the intervention application last year in order to assist the Court in determining the importance of the right to information in such cases. DU has claimed that the application is bereft of any merits and is thus liable to be dismissed. “.. the intervenor is nothing but a busybody or meddlesome interloper, who is surreptitiously trying to intervene in the present matter, not to assist this Hon’ble…
Twenty years after Pakistani regulars and the armed militants supported by it were bombed by Indian forces from the mountains in Kargil, Islamabad has been warned not to repeat its mistake by Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat. General Bipin Rawat couldn’t have been more direct in his advice: “You will get a “bloodier nose,” he told Pakistan, if it chose to repeat Kargil-like misadventure. “Don’t do it. Misadventures are normally not repeated. You will get a bloodier nose next time,” he said in a press conference when asked to articulate his message to Pakistan on the 20th anniversary of India’s…
An honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army and currently taking rest from cricket duties, India’s former captain MS Dhoni will soon be seen patrolling the hills in Kashmir valley in army uniform, according to ANI. “Lieutenant Colonel (Honorary) MS Dhoni is proceeding to 106 Territorial Army Battalion (Para) for being with the Battalion from 31 Jul-15 Aug 2019,” the ANI tweeted on Friday. “The unit is in Kashmir as part of Victor Force. He’ll be taking duties of patrolling, guard & post duty and will be staying with troops,” the tweet added. The 38-year-old Dhoni was accorded the honorary rank of…
ainstream smartphones have just begun exploring higher refresh rate displays, something that was previously done on just a few niche smartphones. The OnePlus 7 Pro was widely praised for its 90Hz display that lent the phone some of its smoothness and fluidity. Other flagships released this year have come with more conventional 60Hz displays; but some of these flagships, like the Xiaomi Mi 9, can have their displays tweaked to run at a higher-than-stock refresh rate. Now, we are seeing similar modifications appear for the Xiaomi Mi 9T (or the Redmi K20, as it is called in some regions) and the Redmi K20 Pro.…
Lok Sabha is discussing instant triple talaq bill. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minority Affairs Minister, says that the Opposition is against the triple talaq Bill because they are afraid of losing a certain set of votes. The Bill is in lines with the constitutional commitment. The Bill will protect Muslim women, he adds. After Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and MP Meenakshi Lekhi, DMK’s Kanimozhi opposes the Bill. Kanimozhi says women’s rights includes men’s rights also. She questioned the bail clauses. “What about Hindu women and Christian women? No one sends a Hindu man to jail for abandoning his wife,” she says. “Domestic violence…