Author: Shaurya Mahajan

Humanities stream, 12 grader from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula. Well read and always eager to do more!

Russian Offensive on Donbas

Russia has in its latest move launched an offensive on the Donbas region of Ukraine. This attack in the Donbas region is the largest action on European soil since the second world war. Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba said called the attack a ‘ruthless battle,’ and urged Ukraine’s allies to speed up deliveries of weapons and ammunition to the country. As per a local government official, the Russia-appointed administration of Ukraine’s Kherson region will ask Moscow to set up a military base on its territory. Russia has seized the Kherson region adjacent to Crimea, has installed a new administration…

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Russia Against Ukraine

“These are some of the darkest hours for Europe since World War Two” – Joseph Borell (EU Foreign Policy Chief) Introduction: The ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia is advancing rapidly. The seeds of this conflict can be traced as far back as the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and even further back to the times of the imperial Russian Empire. US observations have called the current situation the largest conventional state on state conflict since WW2. Ukraine is the only country on the face of the planet that willingly gave up nuclear weapons, with security assurances from…

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Jet Airways get back their AOC (Flight Permit) - Asiana Times

Jet Airways has been granted the Air Operator Certificate (AOC), otherwise known as a flight permit. This allows the airline to resume operations after roughly three years. The airline took to twitter and tweeted “AOC received? Check!,” with the hashtag, #TheJoyIsComingBack, and a photo of the staff. The airline was given the AOC by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation otherwise known as the DGCA. “The airline has completed all requisite operations that require the grant of air operator certificate (AOC) by aviation regulator DGCA,” a senior DGCA official told news agency ANI on Friday. On Tuesday, Jet Airways…

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Congress doesn’t want to be Big Daddy - Asiana Times

Rahul Gandhi’s comments have triggered a major row with regional parties, when he said it is only the Congress which can defeat the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). He has now said he was ‘misconstrued,’ and added that his party does not want to be the ‘big daddy’ in the fight against the BJP.  “The point I made in Udaipur, which was misconstrued, is that it is an ideological battle now. This means that of course we respect (ally) the DMK as a Tamil political organisation, but the Congress is the party that has the ideology at the national level,”…

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Raj Thackeray urges PM Modi to bring in UCC and population control law - Asiana Times

A public rally was organised in Pune by the MNS. There, the chief Raj Thackeray requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring in Uniform Civil Code and population control law in the country. “I request the Prime Minister to bring the Uniform Civil Code at the earliest, also bring a law on population control and change the name of Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar,” he stated while addressing the event. Speaking to the MNS workers at the rally, he lashed out at the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and also accused them of allowing the AIMIM to win the Lok Sabha seat…

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Elongate: Elon Musk Sex Scandal - Asiana Times

Everyone is well aware of the Watergate scandal that brought down the Nixon administration. And there is definitely no one who js not aware of the richest man in the world today: Elon Musk. What we are not aware of is Elongate. A report was published online which claimed that the Tesla boss, Elon Musk, had paid a flight attendant $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct accusation filed against him in 2018. The buisness magnate broke his silence on the matter, stating on the record that the “wild accusations are utterly untrue.” The report was published by Business Insider on…

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CBI raids P. Chidambaram’s property

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram has once again come into the news. He put out a tweet today saying that his properties or homes in Delhi and Chennai were searched by the Central Bureau of Investigation. He further mentioned that his son Karti was also probed earlier in the day. “This morning, a CBI team searched my residence in Chennai and my official residence in Delhi. The team showed me an FIR in which I am not named as an accused. The search team found nothing and seized nothing. I may point out that the timing of the search is…

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Netflix Employees can quit if they don’t like it’s content - Asiana Times

The streaming giant and the go to name when we think of OTT, Netflix has updated it’s cultural guidelines. This has happened for the first time in 7 years. As per the updated guidelines the company has asked employees to be prepared for working on content they may not agree with. The company also added that anyone who does not support the kind of content offered on the platform could quit. A new section called “artistic expression” has been added, detailing the company’s plans to offer an array of programming for its audiences. “We let viewers decide what’s appropriate for…

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Khalistani flags draped around Himachal Pradesh Assembly Gates

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur has ordered Associate in Nursing investigation once flags of ‘Khalistan’ were found draped over the gates and boundary wall of the Himachal Pradesh legislature in Dharamshala this morning. Pro-Khalistan graffiti was conjointly painted the walls. The state police same they think the involvement of tourists from Punjab. The state, Chief Minister Thakur same, can review the safety on the borders with neighboring states – Jammu and geographical area, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, and Punjab. Himachal Pradesh attracts tourists from across India. “It may need happened late at midnight or early morning nowadays,” Khushal Sharma, the…

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UK to provide 1.3 Billion Pounds military aid to Ukraine

Britain has in a latest statement said that it would provide a further 1.3 billion pounds ($1.60 billion) in military support and aid to Ukraine. The pledge has been made ahead of a planned video call on Sunday by Group of Seven leaders with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Prime Minister Johnson has been one of the strongest supporters of Ukraine’s efforts to resist the Russian forces since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion on Feb. 24. Johnson’s government has sent anti-tank missiles, air defense systems and other weapons to Ukraine as an effort to help the country protect it’s…

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