Author: Ashish Paikray

Ashish is a firm believer in research and to be more specific a purpose-driven one. Writing has always been a part of his life and adding facts in some form into has what made his work standout. He believes very strongly in "It's not who we're underneath, but what we do exactly defines us"

Tell Zelenskyy I will thrash them: Putin

Even after sanctions the European countries especially under NATO, are using a huge supply of Russian gas and oil. State-owned Russian energy giant Gazprom said it was cutting off Poland and Bulgaria from the supply of natural gas. This came after these 2 countries refused to pay in Rubles as demanded by President Putin. Payment in Rubles is demanded because of the sanctions imposed on Russia, especially on the swift payment method. This action of Russia has been opposed because the contract has a brief mention of payment to be carried out only in Euros or Dollars. Impact and Reform…

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Tesla

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said if the US-based Tesla is ready to manufacture its electric vehicles in India but must not import its cars or any component from China.  In an interactive session at the Raisina Dialogue, Gadkari further said India is a large market and there is a huge potential for all electric vehicles.   Tesla has been lobbing officials in New Delhi for nearly a year to cut tariffs as they’re among the highest in the world.   Last year, the minister of heavy industries asked Tesla to first start production in India before any tax concessions can…

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Shinku La pass to get the world’s highest highway tunnel

The construction of the tunnel will be taking place at Shinku-La Pass present at a height of 16,580 feet making it the highest highway tunnel project in the whole world. Since 2015, Border Road Organization (BRO) falls under the Ministry of Defense. Recently it was announced by BRO that it’ll be connecting Himachal’s Lahaul valley and Zanskar valley of Ladakh with a 4.25 km long world’s longest highway tunnel. The strategic tunnel will have its Northside at Lakhang and south side .Construction of the tunnel is expected to start in July of this year. Widening and blacktopping of the highway…

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Reliance Calls Off Retail Deal with Future Group

The two-year arrangement between Reliance Group and Future Group, which involves the acquisition of retail, wholesale, logistics, and warehousing assets, is about to come to an end. RIL (Reliance Industries Limited) on Saturday said the asset acquisition of the future group cannot go ahead as the secured creditors of the Future group have voted against it. To understand exactly what happened we need to have look at the differences. The main difference between secured and unsecured creditors is the order in which they receive money and the kind of security they hold over the company. If we look at the…

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Hackers from China target the Indian power grid

Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeted Indian electricity distribution centers near Ladakh in recent months, according to a report by a private intelligence firm recorded, Future said. On Wednesday. In a potential flashpoint following a month-long military standoff between the two countries in the region. The intelligence firm recorded future incorporate is considered to be among the world’s largest with specialization and identifying threats from state-sponsored hackers. Victim states Recorded Future Inc. A press release said “in recent months, we observed lightly network intrusion targeting at least seven Indian state low dispatching centers (SLDCs) responsible for carrying out real-time operations for grid…

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India calls for an independent probe in UNSC

President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of committing terrible war crimes after World War 2 in an address to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday as outrage and revulsion swept through Western capitals at what appeared to be incontrovertible evidence of a grisly civilian massacre in Ukrainian areas recently vacated by Russia. The scenario Bucha is a town located about 25 km to the northwest of the capital with an estimated population of around 36,000 before the invasion began. More than 300 bodies have been found in the town that Zelensky visited on Monday, some with their hands bound,…

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Decoding Pakistan ’s political drama

In Pakistan, the political drama has turned into a constitutional crisis, with the Prime Minister ducking the no-confidence vote and the vote of the president dissolving the national assembly. The opposition has taken the matter to court and the people are bracing for an early election. The Pakistan Army has done the unthinkable by condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is pushing for closer ties with the west. Adding to the political drama, The no-confidence vote that was about to be held on Sunday has now been cancelled and PM Imran Khan didn’t turn up, nor did his party members…

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Sri Lanka ’s Emergency

Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency and things are going from bad to worse. The entire cabinet has resigned today which includes all of the 26 ministers but President Gotabaya and Prime Minister Mahindra Rajapaksha didn’t and instead named 4 new cabinet ministers pitching a unity government. Protestors have gathered near Mahendra Rajapaksa’s house and were greeted with water cannons this was the result of clinging on to power and awaiting the last roll of the dice. The Rajapaksa’s have reached out to the opposition and called it a unity government. What does it even mean? Is this…

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Can Pakistan see a Military Coup?

According to defense expert Sanjiv Srivastava, Pakistan Army and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) might carry out a coup d’état if the political situation in the country becomes more unstable. Defense expert Sanjiv Srivastava further added, “In the coming days if we see a political or constitutional upheaval in Pakistan or an increase in instability then we cannot rule out the possibility of another coup in the country. We have to see how the real rulers of Pakistan which are the Army and ISI respond to the events that transpired.” Imran Khan very cleverly played a trick and the no-confidence vote…

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Tata’s Super App

Tata Groups super app Tata Neu is set for launch on April 7th after the company announced a teaser image on the app’s Google Play Storage page. It had started publicly advertising the super app for the first time along with the ongoing Indian Premier League tournament. So far, the app has been restricted for use for the Tata Group employees but from April 7th it’ll be open to the public. Tata Neu is the conglomerate’s super app that brings together all of its digital services and apps on a single platform. On its play store page, the app’s description…

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