Author: Akshara Dangayach

For many years, the Turkey government, led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey escalates increasing assaults on press freedom and has exercised near-total control over the Turkish mass media Still, it has recently begun to control what foreign media reports about developments in Turkey.   Human Rights Watch discovered that the Gülen movement’s media and journalists were not the only targets of the crackdown. Last week, Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK), set a 72-hour deadline for the Turkish services of international news agencies Voice of America (VOA), Deutsche Welle (DW), and Euronews to apply for…

K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), the Chief Minister of Telangana, attacked the BJP on Sunday, accusing the party of utilizing religious and military themes to win state elections. KCR claimed that surgical strikes in Pakistan in response to the Uri assault in 2016 should be credited to the Army, not the BJP.  He demanded documentation from the central government over surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in September 2019. Rao remarked, “Even today, I am asking for the proof. Let the government of India show (the proof). The BJP makes false propaganda; that is why people are asking for it.”   In…

In Uttar Pradesh, voting for the second phase of elections is underway. According to the Vidhan Sabha general election statement, the average voter turnout in UP election until 9 a.m. in the second phase of polling was 9.45 percent. Two crore voters will decide the destiny of 586 candidates in this round. Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly, and Shahjahanpur are nine assembly constituencies. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 38 of the 55 seats in the 2017 elections, followed by the Samajwadi Party (SP) with 13, the Congress with two, and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)…

Voter Turnout So Far UP Election: In Uttar Pradesh, voting for the second phase of elections is underway. According to the Vidhan Sabha general election statement, the average voter turnout in Uttar Pradesh until 9 a.m. in the second phase of polling was 9.45 percent.   Two crore voters will decide the destiny of 586 candidates in this round. Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly, and Shahjahanpur are nine assembly constituencies.   The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 38 of the 55 seats in the 2017 UP Elections, followed by the Samajwadi Party (SP) with 13, the Congress with…

54 Chinese Apps Banned. As the border tensions persist, the government has moved to prohibit 54 more Chinese-made apps. They have cited that they represent a “threat to India’s security.” Although the government has yet to formally reveal the complete list of 54 apps, news agency ANI has confirmed the names of 11 Chinese apps among the 54. The latest list of banned apps consists primarily of clones of apps that were banned in India since 2020. Some of the previously prohibited apps have discreetly rebranded and relaunched in India. With 54 more banned apps, the total number of apps…

IPL Auction Updates : The marquee list was led by Shreyas Iyer, who was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 12.25 crores. Punjab Kings paid Rs 8.25 crores for Shikhar Dhawan. KKR also purchased Pat Cummins at Rs 7.25 crores. On the other hand, Suresh Raina and Steve Smith found no takers. 

To confront China, India and Australia have grown closer strategically. Last year, as the Covid-19 pandemic raged worldwide, New Delhi and Canberra boosted their ties to the level of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. They inked the Mutual Logistics Support Agreement, a defense deal (MLSA). Since then, initiatives have been taken to strengthen these ties. These include financial aid to students. Forty-five scholarships are offered, similar to the Rhodes and Fulbright awards, for exceptional graduate and undergraduate students. You will be compensated for your studies and receive a stipend to assist with living expenses: Dan Tehan, Australia’s Minister in Delhi. In addition,…

withdraw the recovery notices. The Supreme Court has urged the Uttar Pradesh government to withdraw the recovery notices issued to alleged anti-CAA demonstrators in December 2019, stating that the actions violated the law. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant offered the State one more chance to drop the recovery notices, adding that if it did not, the proceedings would be quashed for being illegal. During the hearing, the court noted that the Uttar Pradesh government had behaved as a “complainant, adjudicator, and prosecutor” in conducting the processes to seize the accused’s property. The Uttar Pradesh government came…

Mayawati’s !! Ghadkoli, also known as the ‘great Chamar’ hamlet in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is holding assembly elections on February 14, but inhabitants complain that nothing has changed in their neighborhood since Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati lost power in 2012. “Mayawati made one medical college here, but Akhilesh Ji just changed the name. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave us groceries, but he should have given the latest medical equipment to the college for better treatment.Whatever progress happened here in the village was done during Mayawati’s tenure.” told a Village Local to ANI.   On February 14, the Saharanpur constituency…

Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Australian Minister for Trade and Investment Dan Tehan held detailed and wide-ranging talks on Thursday to strengthen India-Australia’s economic and trade ties, helping to build momentum for an interim free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.  “I can assure you that we have a very strong partnership in the making, which we will finalise over the next 30 days. That’s the kind of aggressive timelines that have been set for our teams today. I’m quite confident we will come up with some very exciting news for businesses in both countries,”Goyal said after a…