Author: Navya Aggarwal
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un has issued another warning regarding the pre-emptive usage of nuclear weaponry if threatened. In a speech made to thousands of military troops and spectators, Kim vowed the use of its nuclear weaponry to counter hostile forces. Kim Jong Un strengthening North Korea’s nuclear defense In a military parade, held in the capital city of Pyongyang, the North Korean leader expressed his firm will continue the development of the country’s nuclear artillery so that it could control and contain all potentially dangerous attempts, ever-escalating nuclear threats, and threatening moves from hostile forces all across the…
India is on the verge of a blackout. India is facing its most dire electricity shortage in more than 6 years in the midst of an extreme heatwave throughout the country. Amidst the scorching temperatures, the rise in the demand for power has left the country scurrying for coal; the dominant source of fuel for the generation of electricity in the country. Depleting coal supply The coal inventories of the country are stunted and the pre-summer reserves of the fuel are the lowest in at least 9 years. As per the reports of the power ministry of India, the demand…
A war of tweets broke out between Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn and Kannada star Kiccha Sudeep. The spat has stirred a debate in the country on Hindi being the national language of India. Soon after a lot of politicians, celebrities, and the general public also weighed in on the discussion, with half of them supporting Ajay while the other half heavily trolling the actor for his insensitivity. What did Ajay Devgn tweet? Ajay Devgn chose Wednesday to be the center of attention and create chaos. Unprompted, the well-known Bollywood actor decided to fire a tweet at a fellow Kannada actor…
IS the USA planning on nuking the moon? Several documents obtained, shared, and circulated publicly reveal that the USA government had potential plans of blasting the crust of the moon by using nuclear explosives. The US government’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) has over the years been studying and researching several speculative and untypical technologies such as invisibility cloaks and boring a tunnel through the moon by using nuclear explosives. All this is being done and will continue to be done out of the public eye. Several top-secret documents discovered However, according to recent reports, on account of clarifications…
Multiple searches are being conducted by the Enforcement Directorate at over two dozen premises linked to ABG shipyard in connection to what might be India’s biggest bank fraud case to date. The ED raided the Mumbai, Pune, and Surat premises of ABG Shipyard Limited as well as its executives What is ABG Shipyard? ABG Shipyard is one of India’s largest private sector shipyard firms According to sources; raids are underway in over 26 premises under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) The group of companies promoted by Rishi Agarwal is one of the major players…
As per the data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India is among the top five military spenders in the world. The other countries on the list include- the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and Russia. These 5 countries account for over 62% of the world’s military expenditure. The world’s military expenditure is at an all-time high According to reports of SIPRI, which monitors developments in worldwide expenditure, the money spent on defense training and acquisition of weapons hit an all-time high in 2021. In a public statement, SIPRI stated that the overall global military expenditure…
Rana Kapoor, the co-founder of Yes Bank in a statement made to the ED has alleged that he was forced to buy a painting amounting to Rs2 crore made by MF Husain from Priyanka Gandhi; whose proceeds were then used for Sonia Gandhi’s medical treatment in New York. Usage of fear and threat by the Congress In a statement made to the Enforcement Directorate, the co-founder has claimed that he was forced by several members of the Congress party to purchase the painting. Kapoor also told the ED that he was warned by the then petroleum minister Murli Deora that…
Two class 9 students suffered an unfortunate fate on Saturday morning when they drowned in a canal near Gurdwara Falahi Sahib on Ludhiana-Malerkotla road. The deceased have been identified by their family members as Vijay and Ayush, both aged 15 and residents of Daba. They were both students of a private school in the same area. What led to the accident? According to Dehlon Station House Officer, the two teens along with six of their school friends left home for school in the wee hours of the morning. However, instead of going straight to school, they decided to take a…
When did the arrest take place? Jignesh Mevani, a Congress MLA was first commuted to Ahmedabad by road and then taken to Assam in the early hours of the morning. Mevani’s office in a statement mentioned that he was arrested by the Assam police from Palanpur Circuit House at 11:30 pm on Wednesday. Grounds of arrest The Dalit leader was arrested on grounds of a First Information Report (FIR) which was filed against him under section 153A of the Indian Penal Code which deals with offenses that promote enmity between communities. The complaint which was filed at Kokrajhar Police station…
In a statement made during a military event, a senior Russian military commander named Rustam Minnekayev made it extremely clear that Russia seeks “full control” over the southern part of Ukraine. He also added that Russia aims to capture the whole of Ukraine’s Donbas region as well as the territory linking it to the Crimean Peninsula. Why is Russia probing control over Southern Ukraine? “Control over southern Ukraine is another way out of Transnistria, where there are claims of oppression of the Russian-speaking population”, he commented during his controversial speech. Transnistria is a small Russian-speaking breakaway region that is located…
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