Author: Aman Niranjan

After making false claims that a 2012 school massacre was a fabrication, US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was sentenced to pay $49.3 million (£41 million) in damages. In addition to the $4.1 million in compensatory damages they had earlier given, a Texas jury decided that the radio presenter must pay $45.2 million in punitive damages. The parents of a kid slain in the incident initiated the two-week slander trial. Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut saw the deaths of twenty children and six adults. Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, the estranged parents of Jesse Lewis, 6, who perished in the…

After three days of fighting, Israel and Palestinian terrorists maintained a ceasefire overnight. The truce arranged by Egypt was not broken by isolated weapon fire from both sides in the moments leading up to and immediately following the deadline on Sunday night. The worst flare-up since an 11-day battle in May 2021 has claimed at least 44 lives. Leaders of the US and the UN pleaded with both sides to uphold the ceasefire. US Vice President Joe Biden applauded the cease-fire and urged the parties “to properly execute [it] and to guarantee fuel and humanitarian supplies are flowing into Gaza.”…

Om Prakash, popularly known as Pasha, was included on the police’s list of the “most wanted offenders” in the Haryana state in northern India. The former Indian army man, who was wanted for questioning in relation to a robbery and a murder, spent 30 years hiding in plain sight in Uttar Pradesh, a neighboring state. He got a brand-new life there with legal papers, married a local woman, and had three kids with her. But earlier this week, when police detained the elderly 65-year-old at his home in a slum in the city of Ghaziabad. Om Prakash, according to the…

Following the visit of US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi, China has begun its largest-ever military drills in the waters around Taiwan. The live fire drills started at noon local time (04:00 GMT) and were scheduled to occur in a number of locations within 12 miles of the island. Taiwan said that China was attempting to alter the current situation in the area. Ms Pelosi paid for a quick but divisive trip to Taiwan, which China views as a separatist province. Although it has also restricted certain commerce with the island, Beijing’s major response has been the exercises. Long-range live ammunition shooting…

According to data from the Personnel Ministry presented in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) requested permission from the State government to look into as many as 91 instances six months before the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) administration’s downfall in Maharashtra. The petitions were still pending since Maharashtra, along with five other Opposition-ruled States (Punjab, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Rajasthan), had revoked general approval for the CBI to look into matters inside their borders. In the Rajya Sabha, Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions, responded. Data as of…

On Thursday, July 28, 2022, the State Legislative Assembly defeated the no-confidence resolution put up by the opposition BJP against the Congress government in Chhattisgarh, where Assembly elections are scheduled for next year, by voice vote. The no-confidence motion was the subject of a contentious debate in the House during which the opposition members attacked the Congress government for its “infighting,” alleged corruption, and failure to keep election promises. The ruling party rejected the accusations, claiming the opposition had failed to identify any specific problem. During the 13-hour discussion on the resolution, which was lost by a voice vote after…

Tension over Taiwan: Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden will address the nation on Thursday, according to an American official. As tensions between the United States and China over Beijing’s claims to Taiwan have risen, this will be their first conversation in four months. The scheduled discussions between the two leaders have been planned for weeks and will be the sixth in a series of routine check-ins. The possibility of a trip to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress and the second in line to the presidency, has further strained the already difficult relationship. If…

As the 15th president of India, Droupadi Murmu was sworn in on Monday, culminating an incredible journey from Rairangpur to Raisina Hills. The oath of office was delivered to Murmu, 64, the youngest president to date and the first to be born in independent India, in the Central Hall of Parliament by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana. A poor woman’s ability to dream and ascend to hold the highest institutional position of the Indian republic, according to Murmu, was made possible by Indian democracy, not by her election as president of India, she remarked in her inaugural speech.…

Jimmy, a proponent of democracy, and Phyo Zeya Thaw, a former lawmaker and rapper who was also a supporter of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were among those put to death. Murder of Democracy. Four democracy campaigners convicted of aiding in “terror actions” were put to death by Myanmar’s military rulers, according to state media on Monday. These were the country’s first executions in many years. The four men were found guilty of aiding militias in their struggle against the army, which had taken control in a coup last year and had unleashed a brutal crackdown on its…

The Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha have yet to complete any important work since the monsoon Session began on July 18. Additionally, the fourth day of the Session on Thursday began on a sour note with both Houses adjourning minutes after convening. Even with the bulk of the opposition MPs leaving, the Lok Sabha continued to meet. While the Congress MPs left the chamber in protest of Sonia Gandhi’s Enforcement Directorate summons, the DMK, Left, and NCP did so in protest of price increases and the GST. There were no TMC lawmakers in the Lower House. While this was…