Author: Amna Lakdawala

Issues of women’s safety and river water sharing are discussed by states.

Shah reportedly requested that the concerns be settled peacefully and through dialogue amongst the states, as per the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Amit Shah, the union home minister, spoke with representatives from three states and a similar number of union territories on Saturday throughout a conference of the Northern Zonal Council in Jaipur about issues such as river water sharing, women’s safety, creating fast-track courts, cyber security, and the need to strengthen rural banking. Shah reportedly requested that the concerns be settled peacefully and through dialogue amongst the states, per the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The “complex difficulties”…

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Meenakshi Lekhi: Agnipath to incur ‘huge expenses’ from centre

The Indian government has opted to incur “huge expenditure,” despite the fact that many countries require military service, according to Meenakshi Lekhi, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture, who made this statement on Saturday on the Agnipath Approach. Lekhi was speaking during the publication of “Swadhinta Sangram Na 75 Shoorveero,” a book that summarises 75 Indian liberation warriors on one page. Lekhi stated, “Here, the government takes you formally and It is also giving you Rs 22 lakh in four years,” pointing out that “countries like Singapore, Israel” effectively demand “children to join with the military…

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As Argentina's president exclaims for unity, anti-government protests

On Saturday, as demonstrators marched through the capital city to the doors of the presidential palace and denounced his government for skyrocketing inflation and crippling national debt, Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez made a call for unity. A socialist left of the ruling coalition is mounting an increasing challenge to the center-left president and wants more government spending to reduce high poverty and inflation. In the past month, two significant moderate supporters have quit his Cabinet. The South American nation, which is a significant soy and grain producer, is struggling with inflation that is over 60%, severe pressure on the peso,…

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Elon Musk Twitter Saga: Moved to the courts

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the richest man in the world, announced on Friday that he was cancelling his $44 billion bid to acquire Twitter since the social several merger agreement clauses had been broken by the media industry. Bret Taylor, the CEO of Twitter, said on the microblogging system that the board intended to take legal steps to maintain the merger agreement. He said that the Twitter Board is committed to executing the transaction in accordance with the terms and circumstances stated in the contract with Mr. Musk. Musk’s attorneys said in a document that Twitter has…

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Massive protests in Shri Lanka, and the president was completely silent about it.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena stated that Rajapaksa has informed him that he will step down as President on July 13 during a press briefing this evening, as per Sri Lankan news source Newswire. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced his resignation on Saturday, hours after tens of thousands of demonstrators surrounded the official residence in the nation’s capital. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena stated that Rajapaksa has informed him that he will step down as president on July 13 during a media briefing today evening, according to Sri Lankan news source Newswire. The change happened after Ranil Wickremesinghe, the prime minister of Sri…

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Oil prices dipped below $100 globally, a signal of recession fear

If the economy worsens, petroleum could fall to $65 per barrel. WTI futures experienced their biggest decline in almost three months. Because of market-wide recession fears that outweighed a fundamentally constrained supply market, oil saw its lowest trading day in nearly three months. West Texas Intermediate crude futures dropped more than 8%, the most since March 9, before settling below $100 on Tuesday. Markets became risk-averse due to growing worries that a global recession may ultimately hurt demand. Since traders left the market in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which reduced liquidity, oil prices have indeed been prone…

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Amidst his latest scandal, Boris Johnson’s allies abandoned him

As a new controversy threatens to derail his leadership, Johnson is seen as clinging to his position as premier by a thread. On Wednesday, UK time, a rising number of government officials pushed the embattled British Prime Minister to quit. Boris Johnson’s scandal-ravaged leadership was hanging by a thread as he fought attempts to remove him from office. Johnson vowed to continue fighting at the start of the day despite the shocking leaving of his finance minister, health secretary, and dozens of other politicians who were enraged by the latest scandal to engulf Downing Street: Chris Pincher, Johnson’s former deputy…

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Highland Park III shooting, suspect charged with 7 counts of murder.

At a news conference held on Tuesday evening, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart announced that the suspect in the mass shooting that occurred on Monday at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, and left seven people dead and more than twenty-dozen injured has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. According to Rinehart, the allegations against 21-year-old Robert E. Crimo III could result in a mandatory life sentence. Rinehart stated that additional charges, such as those for attempted murder, aggravated discharge, and aggravated battery, are anticipated. Thomas Durkin, an attorney, verified to CNN that Crimo is…

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Flood in Austria worsens as several more flee from Sydney homes

State Emergency Service (SES) staff members make preparations to dispatch as flood waters immerse residential areas in Sydney Windsor suburb following heavy rains. Torrential rains continued in Australia’s east coast on Tuesday, escalating the flood emergency in Sydney as a hundred thousand more residents were ordered to evacuate after rivers quickly rose above danger levels. Authorities in New South Wales have told approximately 50,000 residents, the majority of whom live in Sydney’s western suburbs, to evacuate or have been warned that they may receive evacuation orders, up from 30,000 on Monday. “This event is far from over,” said New South…

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Explosions took place in a Russian city North of Ukraine, 4 killed

Explosions struck the centre of a Russian city just north of Ukraine early Sunday, massacring four people, according to officials, in the deadliest known incident affecting civilians in Russia since the conflict erupted. The Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukraine of the explosions in Belgorod. While Ukraine has occasionally attacked fuel and military targets in Russia’s border region, this is the first occasion Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out a lethal attack on a major city center on the Russian side of the border. According to Russian officials, Ukraine launched three Soviet-era missiles at Belgorod, all of which were intercepted…

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