Many records of scorching heat and heat wave have been broken in Western Europe. For the first time in Britain, the temperature exceeded 40 °C. Several fire tenders were deployed to douse the dry grass fires across London, including Wenington. Germany also recorded the hottest day of the year yesterday. In Portugal too, the death toll due to overheating has increased. On Monday, record heat was recorded in 64 different places in France. In Britain’s southern England, the temperature reached 38 degrees Celsius on Monday. In such a situation, it is being said that by Tuesday, the temperature can reach 41 degree Celsius.
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Britain’s prime ministerial contender Rishi Sunak once again topped the list to be the Conservative Party’s next leader with the support of 118 MPs in yesterday’s fourth and final vote. Sunak had the votes of 115 MPs after Monday’s voting. Junior Trade Minister Penny Mordant came second with 92 votes and Foreign Minister Liz Truss came third with 86 votes. Tory MPs will vote again tonight. All one lakh 80 thousand members of the Conservative Party will vote for the election of the two top candidates in the final contest. The winner will be announced on 5 September.
Counting of votes cast for the election of the 16th President of the country will take place tomorrow. Counting of votes will begin at 11 am in the Parliament House Complex. Votes were held in Parliament and assemblies across the country on Monday to elect a new president. The majority figure for the victory of any candidate in the presidential election is 5,43,216. NDA is being claimed to have a total of 5,33,751 votes. At the same time, there are 3,60,362 votes in the account of the opposition. In such a situation, it is believed that Murmu can win this election. Apart from BJD of…
Amidst the debate over the issue in the country after a United Nations report projected India to overtake China in terms of population next year, the central government on Tuesday clarified that it should bring a law to control population. But she is not thinking anything. This information was given by the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharti Praveen Pawar in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. Pawar said the government accords top priority to the National Family Planning Programme, which is guided by the principles of the National Population Policy, 2000 and the…
Rishi Sunak has taken his lead in the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and as the British Prime Minister. He has got 14 more votes in the latest round of voting by Tory members of parliament. Sunak, 42, has consistently topped the list since voting began last week and received 115 votes in the third round on Monday, leaving only four candidates in the race. Business Minister Penny Mordaunt is second with 82 votes, followed by Foreign Minister Liz Truss with 71 votes and former Equality Minister Cami Badenoch with 58 votes. The fourth round of voting…
In Maharashtra, around 12 Shiv Sena MPs joined the Eknath Shinde faction. Shiv Sena MP Hemant Godse said that Rahul Shewale has been elected the leader of the parliamentary party of the faction. He said that these MPs attended yesterday’s meeting through video conferencing. He said that through a letter, information about this decision will be given to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reached Delhi yesterday and had a detailed discussion with these MPs. Shiv Sena has a total of 19 members in the Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party leader Vinayak Raut last night requested the Lok…
Sri Lanka’s presidential election is expected to be a triangular contest and lawmakers on Tuesday proposed names of three people, including caretaker President Ranil Wickremesinghe, as candidates. Elections to appoint a successor to former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa are due on July 20. The new president will serve for the remainder of former President Rajapaksa’s term until November 2024. Rajapaksa had resigned following a mass movement against the government over the mismanagement of the economy. Wickremesinghe (73) will face Dullas Alhapperuma (63) and Anura Kumara Disanayake (53) in the presidential election. Alhapperuma is a staunch Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist and a member of…
NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar filed his nomination for the post of Vice President today. He filed the nomination in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and other NDA leaders. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Dhankhar said that he did not expect that a person from an ordinary family could be given this opportunity. He said that he would continue to make efforts to enrich the democratic values of the country. Voting for the post of Vice-President will be held on 6th of next month. Nominations can be filed till tomorrow. The opposition has fielded former…
The new rates of Goods and Services Tax-GST have come into effect from today on many goods. Some items will attract higher GST while on some items the GST rate has been reduced. Exemption in GST has been withdrawn on many items. The decision to change the GST rates was taken in the 47th meeting of the GST Council in Chandigarh last month. The GST rate has been reduced from 12 per cent to five per cent for carriage of goods and for ropeway passengers. 5% rebate in GST will be given on electric vehicles. Passengers in North Eastern states and at Bagdogra airport will…
Bangladesh’s National Human Rights Commission has condemned the recent attack on Hindu houses and business places in Digholia village of Narail Lohagra Upazila and ordered an inquiry. The Chairperson of the Commission said that such communal attacks are not acceptable in a non-communal country like Bangladesh. He said that no one has the right to take law into his own hands for insulting other religions, attacking houses and temples and looting in the name of freedom of expression. Several houses, shops and temples of the Hindu community were attacked and set ablaze in Digholia village on Friday for allegedly posting derogatory remarks…