Author: Anushka Saha

The two transport andhra officials had instructed a taxi driver to report to Ongole quickly since the car had been allocated to the Chief Minister’s convoy when the driver was transporting a family to Tirumala. Andhra Pradesh: On Thursday, two transport department personnel were suspended after Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed officials to take intense action against them for forcibly snatching a taxi and evicting a family in the car. Following the Chief Minister’s directives, one home guard, Tirupal Reddy, and an assistant motor vehicle inspector, Sandhya, were suspended on Thursday. The two transport department officials requested a…

Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft, has finally expressed his thoughts on Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. Gates said he’s unclear how Musk would affect the microblogging platform if he takes control of it, speaking on the sidelines of The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Summit earlier this week. He also raised expressing worries about the propagation of disinformation on the network. Why does Bill Gates have doubts? Gates said on the occasion that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a ‘mind-blowing’ track record at previous firms. He also stated that Musk had done an excellent job assembling a team…

According to Chinese official media, the Asian Games, which were scheduled to take place in Hangzhou from September 10 to 25, have been postponed by china  owing to the epidemic. So yet, no replacement date has been offered. The Decision The decision comes as China, where the virus first appeared in late 2019, is in the midst of its largest Covid-19 epidemic. In Shanghai, which has been under lockdown for more than a month, the country is dealing with many daily cases. Shanghai is only 175kms away from Hangzhou, where widespread Covid-19 testing began last week to watch the growing…

“It’s not just mosques,” the MNS chief continued, “there are many temples where illegal loudspeakers are running.”  Raj Thackeray, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) head, stated on Wednesday that playing Hanuman Chalisa outside mosques would continue until the government acts and addresses the matter in compliance with the Supreme Court’s loudspeaker rules.  “Mumbai has about 1,140 mosques, as far as I am aware. One hundred and thirty-five mosques broke the rules by playing azaan at 5 a.m. We want the state to be at peace. I’d like to inquire why the cops are exclusively targeting our employees. I argue that…

According to the country’s finance minister, Sri Lanka’s significant economic troubles will last at least two more years, who also warned of an impending cash constraint.  Across the South Asian island country, months of outages and severe shortages of food, gasoline, and medications have caused widespread hardship  Protests have raged on for months, demanding that the government quit for mishandling the country’s most significant economic crisis since independence in 1948.  “Everybody should know the truth. I’m not sure whether people realize how serious the situation is, “Ali Sabry, the Finance Minister, addressed the House of Commons.  “We won’t be able…

According to the UN and Ukrainian officials, Russian forces in Ukraine are allegedly raping men and boys.  “I have received allegations, not yet verified… concerning sexual abuse instances against men and boys in Ukraine,” the UN special representative to stop rape in war Pramila Patten said in Kyiv.  Male rape survivors, she claimed, would have a difficult time reporting the incident.  “It’s difficult for women and girls to report (rape) for a variety of reasons, but it’s frequently much more difficult for men and boys to tell… “We need to establish that safe environment for all victims of sexual abuse…

By the end of March 2024, the bank hopes to reduce the number of branches by 600 by closing or combining loss-making branches. According to Reuters’s sources and document, the Central Bank of India, a state-owned commercial bank, aims to close 13 percent of its branches to restore its financial health, which has been under pressure for several years. According to a copy of a document acquired by Reuters, the bank wants to cut the number of branches by 600 by closing or merging loss-making operations by the end of March 2024. Branches to close down? According to a government…

After a leaked Supreme Court draught revealed the court might soon overturn its 1973 decision allowing abortion, US President Joe Biden encouraged people to protect abortion rights by voting for politicians who support them in November’s elections. Joe Biden stated that his administration would respond after the Supreme Court’s decision. Still, he stopped short of advocating for more radical reforms, such as changing Senate rules to allow a simple majority to enact legislation ensuring abortion access. The Senate is split 50-50 between Biden’s Democrats and Republicans, with Vice President Kamala Harris empowered to break any ties. A draught Supreme Court…

“Look at you: Muslims, Hindus, and Catholics are all present. All of their blood is the same.”      “This is the true Sri Lanka.” Lukshan Wattuhewa gestures over Galle Face Green, Colombo’s colourful coastline, where tens of thousands of activists congregate every day. He thinks that the country’s worst-ever economic crisis, which has fueled large anti-government rallies, would signal a turning point in the decades of ethnic and religious bloodshed that have damaged so many communities across Sri Lanka. A Buddhist monk in the area concurs: “People are putting their differences of religion and race aside to join this…

According to a leaked draught of a majority opinion released by Politico, the US Supreme Court is poised to strike down the right to abortion and enable each state to decide whether to restrict or abolish abortion. According to AFP, the draught was drafted by Justice Samuel Alito and circulated among the conservative-dominated court. The Supreme Court decided to reverse the historic Roe v Wade decision from 1973, declaring abortion rights “egregiously flawed from the outset.” The US Supreme Court ruled in Roe v Wade that a woman’s constitutional right to abortion was protected. “We conclude that Roe and Casey…