Author: Devesh Kumar

Mamata Banerjee has called upon all progressive opposition forces to meet and deliberate on the future course of action  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to opposition Chief ministers and leaders of opposing parties, inviting them to a meeting on June 15 in preparation for the presidential elections and to strengthen opposition to a “divisive force.” The meeting will take place on June 15 at the Constitution Club in Delhi. Banerjee has written to 22 political leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar…

Putin drew a parallel between what he portrayed as their twin historic quests to win back Russian lands.  After three months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has hinted that his country may make additional territorial expansion efforts. The suspicions were heightened when Putin, paying tribute to Tsar Peter the Great on his 350th birthday, drew a parallel between their twin historic quests to reclaim Russian lands.  “Peter the Great waged the Great Northern War for 21 years. It would seem that he was at war with Sweden; he took something from them. He did not take…

Congress’s Ajay Maken lost to BJP-JJP-backed independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma with a margin of barely 2/3rd of a vote Kuldeep Bishnoi, the Congress party’s Haryana MLA, was expelled from all of his current party positions on Saturday for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections, which ended on Friday. According to the Haryana Congress, Bishnoi, an MLA from Hisar’s Adampur constituency, did not vote for the Congress candidate Ajay Maken and instead crossed-voted for BJP-JJP-backed independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma, who eventually defeated Maken. Aside from Bishnoi, another MLA, Kiran Choudhry, had “wrongly cast her ballot,” according to Congress sources. In…

RBI’s focus on the withdrawal of its accommodative policy, both in response to rising inflation.  The Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate by 50 basis points in its bi-monthly review on Wednesday. This move, combined with the RBI’s emphasis on withdrawing its accommodative policy in response to rising inflation, is expected to result in a further rise in interest rates in the banking system. The 50-basis-point hike, which comes after a 40-basis-point hike on May 4, was undertaken to combat inflation. Noting that headline inflation increased by 170 basis points between February and April 2022, the RBI forecasts…

CDS position has been vacant since General Bipin Rawat’s death in a helicopter crash in December last year. The Ministry of Defence has issued gazette notifications to amend regulations of three defence forces – the Army, Navy, and Air Force – regarding the appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff, a position that has been vacant since General Bipin Rawat’s death in a helicopter crash in December last year. According to the Air Force notification, the government may consider an officer who is currently serving as Air Marshal or Air Chief Marshal, or an officer who has retired in similar…

Australia accuses Chinese plane of firing flares and cutting in front of the Australian surveillance plane Australia has accused a Chinese fighter jet pilot of performing a dangerous maneuver near one of its aircraft over the South China Sea. According to the report, the Chinese plane fired flares and cut in front of the Australian surveillance plane.  The Chinese plane then dropped “chaff,” an anti-radar device made up of small pieces of aluminum that entered the Australian plane’s engine. Beijing claims the majority of the region as its own. The Royal Australian Air Force P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft was intercepted…

Three astronauts will go on a six-month mission to construct country’s space station  China successfully launched a mission on Sunday to complete the construction of China’s space station. China appointed three astronauts for the mission who went on a six-month mission for the construction.   The Shenzhou-14 spacecraft carried the astronauts who will coordinate with the ground team. It will be to complete the development of Tiangong Space Station. They will transform it into a three-module national space laboratory from single-module structure currently. The three modules will be the core module, Tianhe and two lab module – Wentian and Mengtian.  The…

India’s team led by a senior official from the Ministry of External Affairs met Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mottaqi  India’s officials met with the Taliban in Afghanistan for the first time on Thursday since the group took control of the country last year. Although India has no formal diplomatic relations with the Taliban government, its envoys have previously met with Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar’s capital, where they have an office. According to MEA spokesman Arindam Bagchi, the visit by Indian officials to Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Thursday was primarily to oversee the delivery of aid. India has stated…

After Mediterranean issue, Turkey’s recent dispute comes as it accuses Greece of airspace violations Turkey on Wednesday announced that it is halting talks with Greece amid rising differences between the two NATO members. The recent dispute arose when Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Greece of airspace violations. The dispute marks the latest reversal in long-friendship between the two countries. After a five-year hiatus, the two NATO members resumed talks last year. It was to settle their differences over the Mediterranean Sea and other bilateral issues. The talks have made little progress, with the countries frequently exchanging barbs. Erdogan…

UK’s first flight to Rwanda carrying migrants is scheduled to leave in two weeks, on June 14th.  UK on Tuesday announced its plans to fly the first planeload of asylum seekers to Rwanda on June 14. It was part of a new agreement that has sparked legal challenges from outraged campaigners. The one-way flights are intended to offer would-be refugees’ new life in Rwanda and thus discourage others from entering Britain. It will affect illegal migrants coming particularly via perilous Channel crossings from France. For the first time, Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed the target date. She also acknowledged that…