Nepal’s parliament today voted on a constitutional amendment bill in a special session to update the country’s map, which includes a stretch of land high in the mountains that India claims as its own. The House of Representatives opened the discussion on the amendment bill, which was put for voting after the deliberations were over. All the 258 votes were in favour and the house has a total strength of 275, so the amendment bill was passed by a two-third majority. India, reacting to the new map, said this artificial enlargement of claims is not tenable. “We have noted that…
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In a shocking development, a 26-year-old man named Rituparna Pegu, a resident of Commerce area of Guwahati, was stabbed to death on broad daylight on Friday (12 June) afternoon, reports Northeast Now. The Guwahati Police has arrested 5 individuals in connection to the gruesome incident that took place in the Noonmati area of Guwahati, Assam. The accused, identified as Dulal Ali, Ibrahim Ali, Manowara Khatun, Hussain Ali and Arman Ali, were arrested based on CCTV footage of the shop. Rituparna Pegu was at a shop named Armaan Home Furnishing which belonged to one Armaan Ali. The murderer, Hussain Ali, was…
In a major development, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has gone ‘Fully Digital’, with the launch of unique cloud-based and Artificial Intelligence-powered Big Data Analytics platform – Data Lake and Project Management Software, reports Zee News. The platform will expedite decision-making process and reduce pending disputes. “With advance analytics, the Data Lake software will forecast the delays, likely disputes and will give advance alerts. Thus, apart from expediting the decision making, it will also facilitate in taking correct and timely decisions as the system is likely to predict financial impacts of different alternatives based on the historical data.…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has praised the indomitable courage of UP Police constable Vatan Pawar who was injured in an encounter with cow slaughters in Saharanpur, reports OneIndia News. CM Yogi tweeted (as translated from Hindi), “Policeman Shri Watan Pawar Ji posted in Saharanpur has shown indomitable courage and unwavering dedication in discharge of his responsibilities and his conduct is highly appreciated. I pray to Prabhu Shri Ram for his speedy recovery.” Earlier, ADG law and order Prashant Kumar also tweeted wishing for speedy recovery of the ‘warrior’. It should be noted that the incident occurred on 21…
For the primary time since the COVID-19 outbreak, India recorded over 10,000 new cases during a day taking the tally to 2,97,535, while the price rose to eight ,498 with a record single-day spike of 396 fatalities, consistent with the Union Health Ministry data. The country has registered 10,956 new coronavirus infections within the last 24 hours till Friday 8 am. India on Thursday went past the UK to become the fourth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic, consistent with the Worldometer. The number of active cases stands at 1,41,842, while 1,47,194 people have recovered and one patient has migrated,…
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Finance Ministry and therefore the Federal Reserve Bank of India to carry a gathering within three days to make a decision on waiver of interest on interest for deferred payments of instalments for loans during the moratorium period announced in wake of the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The court was hearing a plea filed by a Agra resident on the difficulty. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah said the question isn’t of waiver of complete interest for entire moratorium period but it’s limited only to interest charged on…
US President Donald Trump is considering suspending variety of employment visas including the H-1B, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, in sight of the huge unemployment in America thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, consistent with a media report. The proposed suspension could extend into the government’s new financial year beginning October 1, when many new visas are issued, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, quoting unnamed administration officials. That could bar any new H-1B holder outside the country from coming to figure until the suspension is lifted, though visa holders already within the country are unlikely to be affected,…
The NASA official who managed the inaugural private crewed flight into space last month has been promoted to become the first female head of human spaceflight, the agency said Friday, as it prepares to return people to the Moon in 2024. “Kathy Lueders has been selected to lead @NASA’s Human Exploration & Operations Mission Directorate,” NASA head Jim Bridenstine announced on Twitter. “Kathy has successfully managed both the Commercial Crew & Commercial Cargo programs and is the right person to lead HEO as we prepare to send astronauts to the Moon in 2024,” he added. Lueders, who joined NASA in…
NASA has postponed the launch of its Perseverance Mars rover to 20 July after the team determined that it needed additional time to repair an issue with the ground system equipment. Perseverance was earlier scheduled to lift off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket on 17 July. “NASA and ULA are now targeting Monday, July 20, for launch of the Mars 2020 mission of the Perseverance Rover on an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida,” NASA officials said in an update on Thursday (11 June). The launch is…
A Hindu group has moved the Supreme Court challenging Section 4 of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 which calls for maintaining the “religious character” of holy-structures as they existed on 15 August 1947, Press Trust of India has reported. The report says that the petition seeks to open the litigation route to reclaim disputed sites and “assumes significance in the case of Kashi and Mathura where two disputed mosques stand”. The law also prevents conversion of a mosque into a temple and vice-versa. The PIL filed by Vishwa Bhadra Pujari Purohit Mahasangh seeks to declare the Section…