Author: Nehal Sharma

During a press conference yesterday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the new policy for dealing with immigration in the UK. The new immigration policy will allow the UK government to transfer asylum seekers in Britain to the East African country of Rwanda. Johnson claims that this will disrupt the business model of those who smuggle people into Britain. Boris Johnson has clearly stated that anyone entering the UK illegally or having arrived after January 1st illegally will be deported to Rwanda. From there, people will be sent to their respective nations and the Rwandan government will provide them with…

US scientists believe that a single mutation in the Zika virus, spread by the mosquito, could lead to a dangerous outbreak.  Earlier, the World Health Organization issued a warning that infection through insect-borne pathogens will lead to the next pandemic. These insect-borne pathogens include Zika and dengue viruses. The Zika virus, spread through mosquitoes, is just a mutation away from turning deadly. Scientists are concerned that the Zika virus could become more infectious with the next mutation. In 2016, the virus outbreak caused a global medical emergency. It caused brain damage in new-born babies by infecting pregnant women in America.…

In a recent court decision, a Pakistani court ordered Hafiz Saeed, the head of Islamist Terrorist organisations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, who was responsible for the Mumbai attacks on November 26, 2011, to spend 32 years in jail. The Pakistan anti-terrorism court has sentenced Hafiz Saeed to 32 years of imprisonment in two terror financing cases. Earlier, Saeed had been summoned for 36 years in five such cases by the Pakistani court. Hafiz Saeed is imprisoned for 2 more cases. So, Hafiz Saeed, 70, will be imprisoned in Pakistan for 68 years. His lawyer confirmed that Saeed might not have to…

The European Union chief, Ursula Von Der Leyen reaches the town of Bucha in Ukraine to pay visit to the victims of the war-struck country.  Ursula Von Der Leyen, the European Union Chief, on her visit to Bucha, Ukraine paid visit to the Ukrainians. She said, that the conditions prevailing in Bucha and areas near Kyiv, demonstrate the cruel picture of Russia. Further, Von Der Leyen assured a speedy alliance of Ukraine with the European Union.  The EU chief, witnessed the forensic investigation of bodies from mass graves in the areas outside Kyiv. According to Reuters, Von der Leyen was…

Stew builds as demonstrators converge outside Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa’s residence in Colombo. Amidst the ongoing turmoil in Sri Lanka, several people protest outside the residence of the Prime Minister. The island nation is facing the worst economic crisis and the citizens are growing impatient. People are holding ant-government protests in the entire nation and asking the authorities to resolve the issues. The protestors demand the resignation of the Gotabaya Rajapaksa led government. Further, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued a proclamation revoking the state of emergency in the nation. This instigated a large number of people to protest in…

Russia becomes the second member state to be removed from the United Nations Human Rights Council after Libya. Yesterday, the United States moved a resolution against Russia in the UN General Assembly. The US accused Russia of killing the civilians of Kyiv while Russian troops were withdrawing from the area. The 193-member General Assembly voted for “the suspension of the rights of membership of the Russian Federation in the Human Rights Council.” With 93 members voting in favour of suspending the Russian Federation, Russia is no longer a UNHRC member country. Meanwhile, 24 members opposed the resolution, and 8 abstained.…

The first case of the COVID variant XE, reported from Mumbai by the Municipal Corporation, shows no severe symptoms in the patient.  Yesterday, Mumbai reported the first case of the XE variant of the Coronavirus. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation stated this in a press release. Further, Mumbai has also reported the first case of the Kappa variant. Both patients have detected no severe symptoms till now.   Omicron was found in 99.13 percent of 230 samples from patients who took the 11th Covid virus genetic formula test, the ANI said. One patient is affected by the “XE” variant and another is…

The Lok Sabha passes a bill prohibiting the financing of any activity involving weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems.  Yesterday, the Lok Sabha gave a nod to the law pertaining to the prohibition of any activity related to weapons of mass destruction. The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha following the debate of the Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The MEA replied to the house on the issue of the Russia-Ukraine War and the debate on the bill regarding WMD.   Minister Jaishankar said that the bill was presented in the house as something was missing in…

The European Union has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia following the Bucha Massacre in which Europe plans on banning coal imports from Russia. The European Union plans to impose deeper sanctions against Russia on Tuesday. The bans include a refusal to accept coal supply from Russia. Further, the EU has also suspended ongoing trade worth 20 billion euros ($22 billion). The sanctions follow the possible war crimes committed by the Russian forces.  All 27 EU countries must sign a list of sanctions against Russia in order to ban Russian imports from European nations. Furthermore, the nations might adopt the list…

he Kremlin on Tuesday stated that the killings in Bucha are a ‘Monstrous Forgery’ against Moscow aimed at defaming the Russian army. On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed all the western allegations. According to the images disseminated by the Ukrainian authorities, they describe the violent war crimes Russian forces committed. The actions of Russian forces have been condemned by the world’s major leaders.  However, Russia has repeatedly declined western and Ukrainian claims regarding the Bucha massacre. Since the Russian army withdrew from Bucha and areas near Kyiv oblast, Ukraine has been exhibiting the lying corpses of soldiers. The corpses…