India has strongly refuted the objections raised by China to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, saying the state is an integral and inalienable part of India. Objecting to such visits does not stand to reason and will not change the above reality, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a statement. “We completely reject the comments made by the Chinese Official Spokesperson. Indian leaders routinely travel to the state of Arunachal Pradesh as they do to any other state of India,” Bagchi said. “Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable…
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The BJP on Tuesday released its first list of 189 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023. While Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be contesting from Shiggaon, former CM B S Yediyurappa’s son Vijayendra will be contesting from the Shikaripura constituency. The announcement comes hours after Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, along with state party leaders, had a meeting with party president J P Nadda at the latter’s residence in New Delhi. Assembly elections in the state are scheduled to be held on May 10 and the counting of votes will take place on May 13. The filing of nominations…
For the western Indian states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, the winter of 2022-23 had been the most polluted in the last four years – says a new analysis by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) of the region’s winter air quality (PM2.5) trends. The analysis, done for the period October 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023, has been carried out by CSE’s Urban Lab. In these states, winter pollution typically sets in during late November and early December, when the cooler and calmer conditions trap local pollution. “The fact that the big cities as well as smaller towns have experienced…
Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, R. K. Singh released the report of State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) 2021-22. The SEEI was released during the RPM (Review, Planning and Monitoring) meeting of States and State Utilities in New Delhi. The index developed by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under the Ministry of Power, in association with Alliance for an Energy-Efficient Economy (AEEE), assesses, the annual progress of states and UTs in energy efficiency implementation, for FY 2020-21 and 2021-22. SEEI 2021-22 has an updated framework of 50 indicators aligned with national priorities. Programme-specific…
The valour of army and ITBP personnel ensures that no one can encroach even an inch of India’s land, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday. The minister, who is on a two-day visit to the state amid stiff opposition from Beijing, launched the ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ (VVP) in Kibithoo, a village along the India-China border. “The era is gone when anyone could encroach on our lands. Now, not even land equal to ‘sui ki noke’ (inch of land) can be encroached…,” the minister said. Pointing to the infrastructure and other development works carried out in…
The Election Commission on Monday granted national party status to Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), based on its electoral performance in four states — Delhi, Goa, Punjab and Gujarat. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party is in power in Delhi and Punjab. It also de-recognised Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congres Party (NCP) and Mamata Banerjee’s TMC as national parties. The ECI had issued show-cause notices to the three parties in July 2019, asking them to explain why their national party status should not be revoked, after their performance in the Lok Sabha elections that year. The polling body has also withdrawn the state party status…
Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, expressed concern over the arrest of three Afghan journalists by the Taliban forces in the south Asian country and demanded the authorities to stop persecuting the scribes. Local media outlets reported that two reporters from Radio Television Afghanistan (Safiullah Wafa and Noor Agha) and a scribe from TV Tanwir (Ghulam Ali Wahdat) were picked up by the intelligence agencies from Pule-e-Khumri locality in Baghlan province on 5 April. According to Afghanistan Journalists Center, over 236 cases of media freedom violations were documented in the last 12 months. Days back, a…
Reviving rivalry with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday demanded action against alleged corrupt practices during the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government and announced a day-long fast against corruption on Tuesday. “No action was taken on corruption by the Vasundhara Raje government. While in Opposition, we had promised to probe the Rs 45,000 crore mines scam, but nothing has happened. Elections are round the corner. We are answerable to the people,” said the former Rajasthan Deputy CM at his residence in Jaipur. He said he would observe a fast at Shaheed Smarak. Pilot and Gehlot…
By Nava J Thakuria Expressing concern over the alleged unusual increase of monthly electricity charges after shifting to prepaid bill paying system, a forum of graduate engineers urges Assam Power Distribution Company Limited, a division of the government run Assam State Electricity Board, to clarify its stand as the process of changing conventional electro-mechanical meters (with a rotating aluminum disc) to electronic (digital/smart) meters with an LCD or LED display must not record more energy consumption (to increase the monthly bills) at any cost. All Assam Engineer’s Association (AAEA), while supporting the new technology as preferred by many countries across…
The tiger population in India was 3,167 in 2022, as per the latest tiger census data released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bandipur on Sunday. This is an increase of 6.74% from 2,967 in 2018 to 3,167 now. The announcement coincides with Modi’s arrival at Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Chamrajnagar, Mysuru to mark the 50 years of ‘Project Tiger’. According to the data, the tiger population stood at 1,411 in 2006, 1,706 in 2010, 2,226 in 2014, 2,967 in 2018 and 3,167 in 2022. The number of tiger reserves has increased from 28 in 2006 to 51 today. While…