Author: Ariba

Ariba Aleem is a recent history (hons) graduate from the University of Delhi and works for the Asiana Times. She has reported extensively on issues related to politics, education and global current affairs. Ariba is involved in social and cultural issues, fighting against gender-based discrimination and advocates for goals such as good governance and equal human rights.

IIT

IIT Bombay now stands at the rank of 40 in the 15th QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) annual list of Asia’s best universities. While it increased its rank by two positions, IIT-Delhi stands at 46, down a rank from last year’s 45 and IISc has also increased its position from 56 to 52 now. Breaking all records, Peking University claimed Asia’s top rank challenging even the first position of the National University of Singapore which was winning the spot for four years. Besides, China’s other university, Tsinghua University stood at the third position after being labeled at the fifth spot in the…

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UN

India refused from voting on yet another draft resolution sponsored by Russia at the UN Security Council, involving Ukraine, which sought to establish a commission to investigate claims by Moscow that the U.S. and Ukraine are carrying out military biological activities in Ukraine laboratories in violation of the BWC or biological weapons convention. India refused from voting on yet another draft resolution sponsored by Russia at the UN Security Council, involving Ukraine, which sought to establish a commission to investigate claims by Moscow that the U.S. and Ukraine are carrying out military biological activities in Ukraine laboratories in violation of…

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AAP

Isudan Gadhvi was declared as the Aam Admi party’s chief ministerial candidate for the next Gujarat Assembly elections by Arvind Kejriwal on Friday. Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener, Arvind Kejriwal announced the name of Isudan Gadhvi on Friday for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022. Who is Isudhan Gadhvi Gadhvi is the national general secretary of the Aam Aadmi Party and a member of its national executive. Born on January 10, 1982, he hails from a farmers’ family in Dwarka district’s Pipaliya village and belongs to the other backward castes, which account for 48 percent of the state’s…

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OPEC To Cut Output

OPEC and its allies, known as OPEC+, have been boosting output for most of this year to unwind cuts made in 2020. OPEC + decision Founded on 14 September 1960, the Riyadh-led OPEC+ alliance is a 13- member (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries that accounts for about 44 percent of global oil production and counters U.S. dominance of oil markets. It decided to cut its 2022 forecast for growth in world oil demand for a fourth time since April. The reasons cited for the same were the slow functioning of the economies, the resurgence of China’s COVID-19 containment measures…

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morbi tragedy

The over more than century-old bridge, which had reopened on October 26 after extensive repairs and renovation, collapsed around 6.30 pm on 30th October. It has been reported that Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel rushed to the town of Morbi on the night of 30 October to inquire about the ongoing rescue operation after a bridge over the Machchhu river collapsed in the evening, claiming the lives of least 134 people and injuring others. According to Gujarat Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi, the state government has formed a committee to probe the collapse. Over 350 people plunged into…

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UN

Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland said 2022 is on course to be the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the U.N. started covering fatalities in 2005, calling for immediate action to calm down the chaotic situation and move toward renewing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. In what follows a disturbing analysis, the special coordinator for the Middle East peace process noted that the current abysmal situation in the West Bank and a volatile situation arises from decades of violence that has taken a toll on both Israelis and Palestinians, the prolonged absence of meaningful negotiations,…

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BJP

In what turned out to be an argumentative exchange between the leaders of the two major parties, the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat will have much to say on the future of the state’s electoral system. Political tussle between AAP and BJP in Gujarat In what can be described as a political tussle in the state of Gujarat, the two leading parties, AAP and BJP are monitoring and analyzing each other’s tactics to gain an upper hand in state politics.Attacking the policies of Delhi’s CM Arvind Kejriwal, Gujarat BJP chief Chandrakant Raghunath Paatil criticized the bid to completely ban firecrackers…

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