Author: Shreeyashi Ojha

Conservative lawmakers will vote on Wednesday to narrow the field of eight candidates hoping to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader. Source: Eight hopefuls wanting to be next UK PM face first vote to narrow field – Bing images London:  Conservative lawmakers will vote on Wednesday narrowing the competition between eight candidates for the Prime Minister’s seat in Britain. Initially, there were 11 candidates in the race of which three fell away on Tuesday after a lack of support from other members of the house. Boris Johnson’s fall was sealed after the finance minister, Rishi Sunak resigned. He is considered…

Showing 5 galaxies, colloquially known as the “Stephan’s Quintet” interacting with one another, NASA has changed the face of space science forever. Source: NASA – Stephan’s Quintet NASA’s James Webb Telescope released a new wave of photographs of 5 galaxies which is the largest ever galactic conjugal to be captured on camera, heralding a new age. The pictures offered a glimpse of the Carina Nebula, one of the bright stellar nurseries in the sky, along with a cluster of galaxies much farther away. According to their website, the galaxy group image is the Webb telescope’s largest image to date covering…

US President, Joe Biden, announced last month that a four-nation dialogue under the grouping I2U2 will be held on July, 14th. Source: I2U2 New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be participating in an I2U2 Summit along with the Prime Minister of Israel Yair Lapid, President of the UAE Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President of the USA Joseph R. Biden. The meeting will be held virtually on July 14th, 2022. The grouping was conceptualised during the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the four nations held in October last year. An official statement on the India-Israel-UAE-USA…

India on Thursday rejected China’s criticism over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday greetings to the Dalai Lama. Source: dalai lama an honoured guest – Bing images New Delhi: Besides border disputes, India and China have had major differences over the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader who was granted refuge in India by the Jawaharlal Nehru government in 1959. The Dalai Lama has always been a bone of contention between India and China, where India’s claims are valid but China, often known for its muscle flexing, has not accepted this claim. This dispute began with China’s invasion of Tibet in 1950…

The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal announced that the Delhi government will host a 30-day “Delhi Shopping Festival” in the capital next year.

The GoI recently issued orders to the social media giant instructing it to block certain content on the grounds that they do not pass the IT Act. Source: twitter moves karnaktaka hc – Bing images Twitter’s Side of the Story: The micro-blogging giant has moved the Karnataka high court, against the Centre’s order to block contents. Twitter argues that some of the directives are not in line with the legal provisions and suggest “disproportionate use of power”. Filing a writ petition Twitter seeks a judicial review against this order. Resorting to legal measures as a result of the expiry of…

Commemorating the 125th birth anniversary of freedom fighter Alluri Sitharam Raju, PM Modi unveiled a bronze statue on the 4th July. Source: alluri seetharama raju photos – Bing images Bhimavaram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 30-foot-tall bronze statue of Alluri Sitharam Raju in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh on Monday, July 4. The bronze statue pays a tribute to the legendary freedom fighter who led the Rampa rebellion against the British.The statue weighed 15-tonnes and has been built at a cost of Rs 3 crore. The Government of India has begun a campaign as a part of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”…

Sri Lanka left with less than a day’s worth of fuel informs Sri Lankan Minister; the next shipment to arrive between 22nd and 23rd July Source: sri lanka in distress fuel queues – Bing images Colombo: The Energy Minister said on Sunday that Sri Lanka has less than a day’s worth of fuel left. The nation is persistently struggling in the clutches of failing economy and incompetent politics. With the halt of public transport the economic crisis has deepened. Though most fuel stations have been without fuel for days yet the queues for fuel have been increasing for days. Kanchana…

The report designates 15 countries including India and other countries of Asia and South-East Asia as “countries of particular concern” with respect to religious freedom. Source: arindam bagchi – Bing images The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has rejected a report published by a US government commission on religious freedom calling it “biassed and inaccurate,” on Saturday, July 2. New Delhi further reprimanded the publisher calling it “a motivated agenda” and lacking in understanding India’s maxims. Published by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the report designated India along with 14 other nations as “countries of particular…

Implementing the new labor code with the introduction of a 4-day work week; the Government of India has introduced some necessary changes including charging TDS on Crypto, changes in credit card rules and charging a penalty at the inability of not linking the PAN card with the Aadhaar card. Source:india.com Here’s a look at the changes for the month of July: TDS on cryptocurrency and Virtual Digital Assets: In accordance with the Union Budget, 2022, the Center has published a circular with details of tax deduction on transfers of VDA and crypto from July 1, 2022. As of now, the…