Author: Dharshini Mahendran

The President of Ukraine takes the issue to twitter, talks about the ‘pure terror’ by Russia. As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to escalate, another attack surges after a Russian missile destroys a Ukrainian clinic. A clinic in Dnipro, an eastern Ukrainian city, was devastated after a Russian missile hit on Friday. There were two fatalities and about 23 injuries as a result of the violence. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shared this heart wrenching visuals through his tweet that expressed the incident as “a terror with no military purpose”. A building, which seemed to be of three storey,…

The cost included construction of the house and a camp office for the CM A report submitted by the Delhi government states the amount of expenditure towards the construction of the residence of Delhi CM, Arvind Kejriwal. The Vigilance Directorate of Delhi government submitted a “factual report” to the Lieutenant governor according to which a total of ₹52.71 crores was splurged for the renovation of the official residence of CM Arvind Kejriwal, said the official sources on Thursday. Referring to the records of Public Works Department (PWD), ₹33.49 crores have been spent on the construction of his house and ₹19.22…

Andhra CM, Jagan Mohan Reddy takes a stand against the boycott of parliament inauguration. As several opposition parties boycott the inauguration of the parliament building, Andhra CM, with a tweet, encourages others to join. Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the president of YSRCP and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, shared his thoughts with a tweet on Wednesday regarding the boycott of the parliament inauguration. Congratulating PM Narendra Modi on dedicating the nation to such a massive parliament building he said that rejecting such a good initiative is against the essence of democracy. Reddy described the parliament as a temple…

Journalists arrested amidst the G20 meeting held in J&K, Governor answers with reasons. After the orders made by the CPJ to release the Kashmiri journalists, Lieutenant Governor of Kashmir states “media here is free and active” Questions have been raised, in both national and international levels, concerning the arrests of journalists amidst the G20 meeting held at Jammu and Kashmir. Answering this, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, stated that the media here in J&K is ‘absolutely free’.  On Monday, the desk of Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in Asia questioned the governor of J&K regarding the…

The tribal Meities and Kukis of Manipur are still migrating since the violence that erupted earlier this month. The Manipur issue that led to various causalities and immigration throughout the past few weeks, hasn’t come to a standstill as of yet. The sudden burst of outrage in Manipur that created immense severity has caused the death of around 73 lives and been a reason for the homelessness of thousands. Entities in knowledge of the situation have claimed that the violence has created evacuation in this small state. They stated that the Meitei community are leaving their hills while the Kuki…

Delhi’s CM Arvind Kejriwal slams PM Narendra Modi against the decision of withdrawing the ₹2000 denomination notes, with a tweet. PM Narendra Modi ordered a ban on the use of ₹500 and ₹1000 notes and introduced notes of ₹2000 in the year 2016. However, RBI has now claimed the withdrawal of ₹2000 denomination bank notes.  After the ban on ₹500 and ₹1000 notes and introduction of ₹2000, the RBI has now announced the withdrawal of ₹2000 notes claiming that the objective of demonetisation has been fulfilled. After hearing the news many prominent personalities and leaders took this discussion over twitter…

Hiroshi Suzuki, the ambassador of Japan explains the reason behind their Prime minister’s invitation to PM Narendra Modi for the G7 Summit. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi steps on the lands of Japan for the G7 Summit, Japan’s ambassador explains why PM Modi plays a crucial role in this Summit and the amount of progress that can be made through the bilateral meet of the countries in simultaneity with the G7. With the G7 Summit taking place at Hiroshima, the country looks forward to the inputs from the leaders of G7 as well as other invited countries. With an intent…