Author: Kumar Gaurav

Abhay Kumar, India’s Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros, called on the Prime Minister of Madagascar Christian Ntsay and informed the donation of 5,000 tonnes of rice to Madagascar as humanitarian aid. Piyush Goyal Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution, Govt. of India, has also confirmed this news on his Twitter handle. See here; https://twitter.com/PiyushGoyal/status/1535268813318414336 The rice shipment from India to Madagascar is expected to arrive at the Malagasy port of Tomasina in July 2022. Previously, in March 2021, India had donated 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to Madagascar for its drought-affected people in the…

Roddur Roy, a YouTuber and vlogger whose real name is Anirban Roy, was arrested in Goa by Kolkata Police on charges of allegedly abusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in a video posted on social media (See here; https://www.facebook.com/roddurroyofficial/). He was brought to Kolkata on transit remand. After a complaint was filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Riju Dutta at Chitpur police station on Saturday, a FIR was filed against the vlogger under various sections of the IPC, which led to the arrest of Roy for his comments. The recent uproar over ex-BJP…

The India-Bangladesh cross-border bus service, a popular mode of transportation between the two neighbors, was launched on Friday from Agartala, Tripura, with the goal of increasing tourism and people-to-people ties. See here; Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, both the countries had suspended the train and bus services to avoid the spread of the virus. However, on May 29, this year, passenger train services — Maitree Express and Bandhan Express — between both sides resumed. The Maitree Express train service between Kolkata and Dhaka resumed with 165 passengers on board. Notably, the flights between India and Bangladesh were resumed…