Author: Navya Aggarwal

A 13-year-old child with special needs was denied boarding by the staff of Indigo Airlines at Ranchi airport on Saturday. The action resulted in the airline facing a lot of backlash all over social media, with netizens urging the airline to make special arrangements to fly the child and his family to their designated destination the next morning. Specially abled child denied entry on-board The child was in a wheelchair and was denied boarding by the airline staff who justified their actions by stating that the child’s behavior was not normal. The crew announced that the child was a potential…

“Russia will always remember with gratitude, the contribution of India to the defeat of Nazi Germany”, said Russian Ambassador Dennis Apilov as Russia marked the 77th anniversary of Victory Day, the day when the Second World War came to an end. These statements were made by him while expressing his gratitude towards India for its unindemnified contribution to defeating Nazi Germany. Russian ambassador calls out the doubled standards of European countries The Russian ambassador advised all countries to be united against the “double standards” and the “hypocrisy” which is quite ubiquitous in international politics. He made it very clear that…

In a very controversial statement, TMC leader Yashwant Sinha on Monday stated that the simple solution to all of India’s problems is to declare it a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ by amending the constitution and putting a ban on all other religions in the country. “Only the timid and the weak leave things to destiny but the strong and the self-confident never bank on destiny or luck.” – Hindu rashtra Sarcastic remarks against the BJP administration The former finance minister and Vice President of the Trinamool Congress lashed out at the BJP administration and made a sarcastic tweet on the current scenario…

A rare viral disease called Tomato flu has infected more than 80 infant kids below the age of 5 years in the state of Kerala. As per media reports, 82 instances of ‘Tomato Flu’ more commonly known as ‘Tomato Fever’ have been recorded in the state so far. Is Another Flu underway? At a time when the state of Kerala is already fighting a deadly spread of the Covid-19 virus, another pernicious flu has racked the state. The virus has been detected after several cases of food poisoning were reported across the state. In addition to the 80 cases reported…

A division bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to provide a 16-year-old rape victim, the permission to terminate her 29-week-old pregnancy. The termination plea was filed by her father who sought medical termination of pregnancy and compensation as per law. Abortion denied The decision came in after a hospital opined that the termination will most likely be unsuccessful and will result in a premature baby who would hence suffer from lifelong morbidity. The bench directed the state to admit the girl to an NGO named Vatsalya Trust till her delivery and pay her Rs 50,000 as interim compensation.…

In the midst of a scorching heatwave that is already impairing the northern and central parts of the country, the Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave warning for 15 states and Union territories over the course of the next five days. Heat Wave likely to continue On Thursday, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, the Director-General of Meteorology at the India Meteorological Department issued a fresh warning of the commencement of a heatwave in several parts of north-west and central India. The welcomed presence of western disturbances over the north-western parts of the country had thawed the month-long heatwave which prevailed across the…

On Wednesday PM Modi met the leaders of 5 Nordic countries namely Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland in a high-level summit. The India-Nordic summit highlighted that the collaboration of the 5 countries leaders will together lead to global prosperity and sustainable development. India-Nordic Summit In a public statement made on Wednesday PM Modi conformed that the summit will go a long way in boosting ties within the region. These statements were made by the PM during the second India- Nordic summit held in Copenhagen which he attended during the second leg of his European tour. The PM’s first tour…

Communal clash on Eid – Hours before Eid, a ruckus broke out in Jodhpur between two communities of people which resulted in heavy stone pelting from both sides. The violence that took place past midnight resulted in tear-gas shells, and lathis and left 5 policemen heavily injured in communal clash on Eid.  Why did the communal clash on Eid break out?  The tensions were triggered on Monday night when the members of the two groups clashed over the installation of religious flags in certain parts of the city. The associates of the minority community were allegedly reported to be raising…

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to France, where he is supposed to meet the French President Emanuel Macron, Naval Group; a French company announced that it will not be able to participate in the P-75 India project which encompasses the construction of six conventional submarines in India for the Indian Navy.   Why did they pull out of the project?  The Naval group stated that it is unable to participate in the project on account of the conditions mentioned in the request for proposal (RFP) related to the air-independent propulsion (AIP) system. In a statement made to the…

In a public statement made on Sunday, the Uttar Pradesh police stated that they have been removed over 54000 illegal loudspeakers  from various religious places across the state. The eradication drive took place following orders of an Allahabad High Court, the volume levels of over 60,000 speakers have also been reduced to the permissible decibel