Religious persecution of minorities, especially Hindus, continues to be rampant in Bangladesh too. The World Hindu Federation, Bangladesh chapter has released a press note which lists a series of incidents conducted by religious fanatics against Hindus in the the month of May. Apart from other incidents of temple vandalisation, forced conversion, rapes and abduction of Hindu girls, the press note mentions as many as 4 incidents where Hindus were murdered in the month of May in Bangladesh. Moreover, it stated 12 cases of loot, around 435 acres of land grabbed from Hindus, 43 Hindu families displaced and almost 10 Hindu…
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Elections for 19 Rajya Sabha seats spread across eight states will be held on Friday with the contest in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan promising to be a close affair between the BJP and the Congress. Voting for 18 seats were deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic. Later the Election Commission announced polls for fours seats in Karnataka and one seat each in Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. Of the 19 seats where polling will be held, four each are from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand, and one each from Manipur, Mizoram…
There is a requirement for cooperation between parents and faculty management for correct education of youngsters, said a director of the Central Board of education (CBSE) on Thursday. His statement came amid growing discontent among parents of varied private schools over, what they claim, irrational fees charged even during the outbreak of COVID-19. “Parents and faculty management must cooperate and complement one another for the sake of their child’s education as, someday schools are sure to open,” CBSE’s Training & Skills Director Biswajit Saha said at a CII organised e- session on education. It is alleged that several private schools…
Cristiano Ronaldo never had an opportunity. Arkadiusz Milik converted the decisive spot kick during a penalty shootout as Napoli won its sixth Italian Cup following a 0-0 draw with Juventus. Ronaldo was likely Juventus’ last penalty taker but after Paulo Dybala had his shot saved and Danilo blasted high over the goal, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner could only stand at midfield and watch as Napoli won the shootout 4-2. Afterward, Ronaldo appeared on the verge of tears. “He was a touch sad at the result,” explained teammate Juan Cuadrado. “It’s always a lottery when it goes to penalties.” Ronaldo…
India on Thursday asked China to confine its activities to its side of the road of Actual Control which it must not take any unilateral action to change it. Referring to the Galwan Valley clash, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India was strongly committed to making sure the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Speaking to reporters at a web media briefing, he also said that no Indian soldiers were missing since the Galwan Valley clash on Monday evening. “Given its responsible approach to frame management, India is extremely clear that each one its activities are always within the…
A statue of Gandhi has been vandalised here within the capital of Netherlands by unknown miscreants with graffiti and painting, amid a wave of attacks on controversial figures following the protests round the world after the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd, consistent with media reports. The statue of Gandhi on the Churchilllaan in Amsterdam was covered with red paint and therefore the pedestal has ‘racist’ and an abbreviation for an expletive against the police chalked thereon, Metro, the Dutch newspaper, reported. According to alderman Rutger Groot Wassink, the municipality will file a declaration for daubing. “Obviously, we are against…
On June 13, Nepal’s lower house of parliament passed the amendment to include a new map including Indian areas of Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh, and Kalapani in the constitution of the country. The bill was supported by all the 258 lawmakers present there in the house. The Upper House of Nepal’s Parliament passed the constitutional amendment backing the New Map Amendment Bill(Coat of Arms) unanimously. All the 57 members of the upper house voted in favour of the bill. The New map amendment bill proposes the inclusion of three Indian territories into Nepal’s updated map. As per reports, on Sunday, Nepal’s parliament…
India has fourth largest coal reserves in the world. PM Modi has launched the auction of coal mines for commercial mining, said that the coal sector has finally been pulled out of decades in lockdown and liberated. Noting that India having the fourth largest coal reserves in the world was importing coal so far, he said that the move will make India self -reliant in terms of coal and also create lakhs of job opportunities. Modi said the opening up of commercial coal mining will help people of Eastern and Central India in terms of jobs and prosperity. The decision…
India, today, witnessed several anti-China protests in various places of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. This comes after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in action at the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on Monday. In Guwahati, protesters burnt the effigies of Chinese President Xi Jinping and shouted slogans against China. The protesters also called for a boycott of Chinese goods and burnt the Chinese flag. Anti-China protests took place in various places including Guwahati and Upper Siang district, Tuting, and Kameng district.
Union Minister of External Affairs, S. Jaishankar, on Thursday took opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to task for peddling misinformation regarding the India-China faceoff in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. Congress parliamentarian Rahul Gandhi had tweeted a video of a national newspaper on Thursday morning, asking why Indian soldiers were “unarmed” during the face-off with the Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night. “How dare China kill our UNARMED soldiers? Why were our soldiers sent UNARMED to martyrdom?” Gandhi had commented, evoking massive response on…