Center
calls for talks , farmers want better offer
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Center has invited farmers for
another meeting . As protesting farmers
continue to clamp at different location in Punjab and Harayana .
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Farmers have asserted that meeting
will be fruitful only if government has something ‘ positive ‘ to offer .
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Farmers have a long list of
demands including legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price ( MSP ) .
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On Tuesday , scores of farmers
from different parts of Punjab started their “ tractor trolley “ March to seize
Delhi , as they came near Shambhu border of Haryana police barricading forced
them to stay at the border .
Centre uses British era law to block internet
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Home ministry used the Temporary
Suspension of Telecom Services ( Public Emergency or Public safety ) Rules
,2017 and Indian Telegraph Act ,1885 to suspend internet services at 20 police
stations in Punjab .
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This is the first time that the
central government has issued such orders to block the internet outside the
national capital .
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During CAA protest in Delhi Center
had suspended internet using same power .
·
CPI ( M ) ,CPI , Congress are all supporting farmers demand
, and has called for support to farmers movement.
PM inaugurates Abu Dhabi’s first Hindu at ne temple
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PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday
inaugurated first stone temple in UAE in Abu Dhabi .
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The temple is built by Bachosanwansi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan
Sanstha ( BAPS ) at the cost of ₹700 crore in 27 acre site .
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Speaking at this occassion PM Modi said “ I hope that the BAPS temple
will become a symbol of communal harmony and global unity for the whole world “
.
Congress old timers , loyalist to return to Parliament via
Rajya Sabha route
·
Congress released a list of 10
candidates that will be brought to Rajya Sabha from various states .
·
Former Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi
filed her nomination from Rajsthan , this will be her first stint to Rajya
Sabha after being a member from Lok Sabha several times .
·
Ajay Maken , G . C. Chandrahsekhar
, Sayeed Nasir Hussain , Renuka Chaudhary , Ashok Singh are among those
who are in the Congress’s list .
Govt plans mega summit to woo global investors
·
The government is planning to conduct a mega
Global Investment Conference this year, that hopes to bring back who’s who of
global investment world .
·
The event can be organized in
Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi later this year .
·
This will be the first time govt
will be formally inviting global investors on such a large scale .
·
“This could be India’s own Davos “
said a senior offical .
·
Davos is famous for organizing
World Economic Forum ( WEF ) every year .
BJP got 90% of all corporate donations in 2022- 23 : report
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The Bhatiya Janta Party received
nearly 90 % of all corporate donations worth ₹680 .49 crore , that five
national parties together got says a
report by Association of Democratic Reform ( ADR ) .
·
The report focusses on donation
received above ₹20,000 .
·
The BJP received ₹719.85 crore ,
Congress received ₹ 79.92 crore .
·
There is 12.09 % rise in donation
from previous Financial year .
TamilNadu
passes resolution against delimitation ,’ One Nation, One Election ‘
World
Former Indonesian General Subianto
claimed poll victory
·
Preliminary polling results of
Indonesian election is out . Former defense minister Subianto emerged
victorious in the results .
·
Mr Subianto got 57 % of all votes
.
·
Official results will come on next
month .
·
Mr. subianto in his address said “
This victory should be the victory of all Indonesians “ .
Israel forces say it has ‘ begun series ‘ of airstrikes in Lebanon
·
The Israeli military said on
Wednesday it’s fighter jets “ began a series of strikes in Lebanon “ , raising
fears of war between the two countries .
·
The attack came after seven
persons were wounded in a Hezbollah attack in the town Safed on the Israeli side
.
·
Fighter jets struck a series of “
Hezbollah targets “ in the areas of Jabalia El Brain , Houneh , Dunin , Adchit
and Sawwaneh , the military said .
·
Israel and Hezbollah have been
fighting at the border since the Israeli operation started in Gaza , but the
fighting has not been intense .
·
Fears have grown of a full blown
conflict between Israel and Hezbollah .
Turkey’s Erdogan visits Egypt as
ties are back in full swing
·
Turkey’s President Erdogan held
talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Abdel Fateh El Sisi.
·
This brings ties between Ankara
and Cairo back on track .
·
Egypt and Turkey has had frosty
relationship in recent past . Turkey has long been backer of Pan Islamist
Muslim brotherhood group which has been outlawed as a terrorist organisation .
Maldives deport 186 foreigners ,
including 43 on criminal charges
·
Maldives has deported 186
foreigners , including 43 Indians , 83 Bangladeshis , 25 Srilankans and 8
Nepalis .
·
They have been accessed of
committing crimes such as VISA violatons and drug offences according to media
report .
·
The news of deportation has been
reported by Adhandhu news Channel of
Maldives .
PML -N allies are mulling a 25
member cabinet in Pakistan
·
Discussion is underway in
Pakistan on composition of new
government . It is expected that Shahbaz Sharif will be Prime Minister . There
will be 25 minister initially with 15 from
Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz ( PML – N
) and 10 from other parties .
Ukriane says it’s forces destroyed
Russia. warship in Black sea
·
Ukriane on Wednesday said that it
“ destroyed “ another Russian warship named “ Caesar Kunikiov “ of the
coast of Crimean Peninsula .
North Korea fires multiple cruise
missiles as part of weapons trial
·
North Korea fired multiple cruise
missiles on Wednesday. ,North Korea
announced it had tested a new control system for a multiple rocket launcher ,
these it said will have an increased “ battlefield “ role.
