Superstar Aamir Khan is being heavily criticised on social media for his recent meeting with First Lady of Turkey Emine Erdogan. Aamir is currently shooting for ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ in Turkey and took some time off to meet the first lady. https://twitter.com/EmineErdogan/status/1294684499075366913?s=20 Emine Erdogan shared her experience of meeting the superstar and said, “I had the great pleasure of meeting Aamir Khan, the world-renowned Indian actor, filmmaker, and director, in Istanbul. I was happy to learn that Aamir decided to wrap up the shooting of his latest movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ in different parts of Turkey. I look forward to…
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Karnataka government has decided to invoke the stringent UAPA law along with the Goonda Act in the Bengaluru violence case in which three people were killed in police firing after violent clashes broke out in a locality over a social media post. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa held a meeting with Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday to discuss the measures being taken following the violence. Three people were killed, over 60 police personnel were injured while several private and police vehicles were burnt in the violence last week in Bengaluru. The government has also decided to approach the high court…
The Centre has warned of an alleged terror plot by “Pakistan establishments” to murder select leaders of right wing organisations, including the BJP and the RSS, and called for adequate measures to protect them. The terror groups were under pressure to carry out the attack at the earliest, sources in the Tamil Nadu police In an alert sent to all States, central intelligence agencies, quoting reliable inputs, warned that India-based transnational criminal and underworld networks were tasked [by Pakistan establishments] to gather details of the target persons including their place of stay, routine activities and day-to-day movement. State intelligence units…
The Supreme Court of India dismissed a plea seeking the postponement of JEE Main and NEET 2020 entrance examinations scheduled to be held in September. The Supreme Court Bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra and comprising Justices BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, said that the postponement of exams will result in students losing an academic year and will put their careers in peril. Appearing for the National Testing Agency, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the exams will have to be conducted and that adequate precautions will be taken for conducting these tests. Pointing out that “life has to go on”…
Engaged with India at their border in eastern Ladakh, China is, at the same time, helping Pakistan to enhance its firepower by selling to it state-of-the-art defence items. Intelligence sources said Pakistan is procuring medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle ‘Cai Hong-4’ (CH-4) from China in bulk. Sources said that a 10-member Pakistan Army team, led by Brigadier Mohammad Zafar Iqbal, has visited China to review the procurement process. “The Pakistan Army team went to China for factory acceptance test for items procured from the Aerospace Long-March International Trade Company (ALIT), China. The team was led by Brigadier Mohammad Zafar Iqbal,”…
More than 50 people who became known for their protests against the citizenship law in Delhi, have joined the BJP, triggering the claims of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party that the protests were a BJP ruse for political gains. The 24-hour, 101-day protest at northwest Delhi became the template for anti-CAA protests across the country and fizzled out after the panic over coronavirus. The list of people who joined the BJP on Sunday, includes social worker Shahzad Ali, gynecologist Dr Mehreen and former AAP worker Tabassum Hussain, who were among the well-known faces at Shaheen Bagh. AAP now claims that…
President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday gave assent to the change in name of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) as Ministry of Education, an official notification said. The name change was among the key recommendations of the draft new National Education Policy (NEP), which was also cleared by the Union Cabinet last month. A gazette notification published on Monday night said the President had given his nod to changing the name of HRD ministry to Ministry of Education. The heading Ministry of Human Resources Development stands substituted to Ministry of Education, it said. The Ministry of Education was…
In the midst of a historic heat wave in the West, the temperature in Death Valley, Calif., surged to 130 degrees Sunday afternoon, possibly setting a world record for the highest recorded August temperature. If the temperature is valid, it would also rank among the top-three highest temperatures ever reliably measured on the planet at any time and may be the highest. The temperature in Death Valley hit 130 degrees at 3:41 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. If verified, the reading would break Death Valley’s previous August record by three degrees, the National Weather…
On his Independence Day address PM Modi talked about the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM),to be rolled out on a pilot mode in six Union territories. Under NDHM every Indian will get a health ID that will ease access to medical services in the country. The National Health Authority (NHA), which is also the apex agency responsible for the implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana has been given the mandate by the government to design, build, roll-out and implement the NDHM in the country. The six Union Territories where the mission has been rolled out through a…
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1295350526939283458?s=20Pandit Jasraj, one of the world’s most prominent Indian classical vocalists, has died of cardiac arrest in New Jersey, US, his family said. He was 90. “With profound grief we inform that Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj ji breathed his last this morning at 5.15 EST due to a cardiac arrest at his home in New Jersey, USA,” a statement issued by his family read. “May Lord Krishna welcome him lovingly through the doors of heaven, where Pandit ji will now sing Om Namo Bhagwate Vasudevaya exclusively just for his beloved Lord. We pray that his soul rests in eternal musical…