Revanth gets notice over ‘doctored’ video of Shah
The Police in Delhi , Maharashtra and Assam have filed three
separate cases and arrested at least one person in connection with a doctored
video of Home Minister Amit Shah’s
speech in Telangana .
Telangana Chief Minister K Revanth Reddy and four other
Congress Leaders has also been booked .
In the doctored video Mr Shah is heard saying that the BJP
intends to eradicate reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and
Other Backward Classes .
In the Original Video he says that Party intends to remove
4% reservation for Muslims in Telangana.
The video was posted on X handle of Karnataka Congress .
Being the state president of the party , Mr Reddy has to explain the “ Origin
of video “ , the sources said .
The Police are trying to trace the “ origin of video “ .
Meanwhile CM Revanth Reddy in a rally in Kalaburgi said that
he was not scared . He accuses BJP of using Delhi Police for political mileage
.
US media names RAW officer who allegedly ordered the hit on
Khalistani activist Pannun
A report in The
Washington Post has said that the US
authorities believe that the plot to kill Gurupatwant Singh Pannun was ordered
by a former senior chief of Indian Research and Analysis Wing ( RAW ) .
The report says that it had official sanction from senior
intelligence officials “ with ties to ( Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inner
circle “ ) .
The report says that operation to kill Pannun was approved
by RAW chief at that time Samant Goel , “ Mr. Modi’d NSA Ajit Doval was
probably aware of this .
According to the story , the RAW official identified as
Vikram Yadav had directed Indian businessman Nikhil Gupta to hire a Hitman to
kill Pannun outside his residence in New York.
Nikhil Gupta is currently in custody in Czech republic . US
is trying to extradite him .
In a separate press release the Washington Post said. On the basis of interviews with more
than “three dozens of former senior officials in the United States , Germany
,India ,Canada ,Britain and Australia “ it is clear that it had more
international coordination .
The Ministry of External Affairs ( MEA ) declined to comment
of the post report on Monday .
The stand of the Indian government has been that such
killing is not it’s policy .
SC asks if untainted teacher appointment in Bengal can be
saved
West Bengal government has moved to SC against the High
Courts ( HC ) order to cancel the appointment of school teacher and staff due to
corruption in the appointment process .
The Supreme Court on Monday , refused to stay HC order . The
court asked whether it was possible to segregate valid and invalid appointments
.
The Bench asked CBI to hold the hand in the state cabinet’s
decision to protect irregular vacancies .
Earlier the state had argued that the CBI report had alleged
irregularities in little over 4,000 cases .
Mere non cooperation with ED not a ground for arrest ,
Kejriwal tells SC
Arvind Kejriwal’s side defended his stand for bail in the
Supreme Court on Monday .
A M Sighvi speaking for Kejriwal said that the arrest was
just after Model Code of Conduct was announced … .and that he was not a
hardened criminal who would have roamed freely this much time .
Mr. Kejriwal also said that he had the right not to speak
over ED questioning . He said that he had the right against Self Incrimination
against ED questioning .
Mr. Kejriwal is in ED custody in Tihar Jail till May 7 .
Warming of Indian Ocean set to accelerate : study
A recent study by
Indian Institute of Tropical Management ( IITM ) over temperature rise in the
Indian Ocean has the following findings .
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From 1950 to 2020 , the Indian Ocean had become warmer
by 1.2 degree celsius . But climate models predict that it will heat up from
1.7 degree celcius in 2022 to 3.8 degree celcius in 2100 .
The “ marine heatwaves “ ,
Cyclones, are expected to increase tenfold in this period .
The warming is mostly attributed
to Global warming . The Indian Ocean will be in a “ near Permanent Heat Wave
state “ and accelerated coral bleaching , seagrass destruction , and loss of
kelp forest will affect fisheries .
Rising ocean temperature causes water to expand that also
results in sea level rise .
World
US blames five IDF units for rights abuses
The US state department has found five units of the Israeli
military for gross violation of human rights .
The incident of human rights violation is before the recent
Israel Hamas war started .
Four of these units have remediated the violations , while
Israel has submitted additional information regarding the new unit to the
United States , state department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel gave the
information .
However , he declined to give information that what the type
of violation .
Also the spokesperson said that US weapons sales will not be
affected over these issues .
Israel’s military conduct has come under increased scrutiny
as it’s forces have killed more than 34,500 persons in Gaza .
Humza Younis quits as Scottish first minister , SNP
leader
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousuf will resign as first
minister and from the leadership of Scottish National Party ( SNP ) .
This followed after a days of tussle between SNP and Greens
on the issue of SNP backtracking on climate change commitments .
In Scotland the two political parties SNP and Greens are in
coalition government . However, the Greens were not happy with the government’s
commitment and had proposed internal
party voting on whether to keep in the alliance or not .
Scotland is part of the United Kingdom , but it has autonomy
in certain areas . It has its own First Minister ( equivalent to PM ) .
Blinken calls for a tighter Gulf Arab defence
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken , called on Monday for
tighter defence integration. operation
in Gulf Arabs .
This is Mr Blinken’s first visit since the recent escalation
between Israel and Iran .
In Riyadh , Mr Blinken in a meeting with ministers of Gulf
Cooperation Countries said “ This attack highlights the acute and growing
threat from Iran but also the imperative that we work together on integrated
defence “ ,
Mr Blinken said that the US would held talks with the six
nation blocs in the coming weeks .
The US has already good relation with all the Gulf Arabs
states .
G7 ministers agree to phase out coal fired power plants
by 2030
The G7 energy and
ecological ministers meeting is going on in Turin , Italy .
G7 energy ministers have agreed a time frame for phasing out
coal fired power plant , a British Minister said on Monday .
“ We do have an agreement to phase out coal plants in the
first half of 2030 “ .
UN climate Change chief Simon Stellier on Monday had urged
highly industrialised countries to use their clout , wealth , and technologies
to end fossil fuel use .
