Indian officials will be allowed to meet detained crew ‘soon’ : Iran
Iran said on Monday that it would “ soon “ allow Indian officials
to meet with the 17 Indian crew members detained by Iran .
They were detained after an Israeli bound ship
MSC Aries was detained by Iran on
Saturday .
EAM on Israel Iran
conflict :
After Iran attacked Israel on Sunday night EAM
S Jaishakr called both of his counterparts from Israel and Iran
EAM S
Jaishankar talking to pressoersons said
“ We have been telling both of them to not
allow the situation to escalate “ .
A MEA statement released on Sunday had not
condemned Israel and Iran and had suggested a more neutral approach .It has
asked both parties for restraint.
India’s approach to not condemning Iran over
attack has not gone well with Israel .
Israel ambassador to India Naor Gillon said
That Israel expects India to make sure that Iran stops destabilization in
western Asia .
Iran’s summoning of USA , UK , Germany diplomats
US and It’s allies has strongly condemned
Iran’s attack on Israel .
On Sunday , the Iranian MFA summoned envoys of
UK , Germany and France to protest their statements condemning the Iranian
actions . Iran also warned the US against
any “ misadventure “ in support of Israel .
India will get above average rainfall , says IMD
The Indian Meteorological Department ( IMD )
has forecast a beautiful monsoon for the year .
IMD has predicted that Rainfall over the
country will be 106% of the Long Period
Average (LPA) .
Rainfall over the country over the whole June
September 2023 was 82cm ( 94% of LPA ) .
IMD categorizes rainfall as Average , Above
Average and Below Average rainfall . 95-105 % of LPA is average rainfall . 95 –
90% of rainfall is below average and 105-110 % of LPA is called above average
rainfall .
The LPA of the southwest monsoon rainfall (
June to September ) from 1971 to 2020 is 87cm .
Scrapping poll bond
scheme a mistake : Modi
PM Narendra Modi in an interview on Monday
said that the country had been pushed towards black money in elections after
the Supreme Court scrapped the electoral bond scheme . The PM said that on
honest reflection “ everyone will regret it “ .
It was the first detailed take on the
electoral bonds scheme by PM Modi .
The PM said that an electoral bond was brought
to curb corruption in elections . Though not the absolute way and has scope for
improvement..
“ But today we have completely pushed the
country towards black money , hence I say everyone will regret it . When they
think honestly, everyone will regret it “ . He said .
The Prime Minister took over allegations of
accusations of ED action . 16 companies that bought electoral bond when they
faced action.
“ Of these 37 % of the amount went to BJP and
63% to the parties opposed by BJP .
The PM lauded ED and said that since he had
taken charge at the center , the central agency had significantly contributed towards tackling corruption .
He said that corruption has destroyed the
country and it had to be tackled with full might .
SC seeks ED response on Kejriwal arrest , denies interim
relief to CM
The
Supreme Court on Monday declined to give “ interim release” to Aravind
Kejriwal in the Delhi Excise Policy case .
The petitioner had sought “ timing of the
chief minister’s arrest “ by the ED as one of the reasons for his bail .
Supreme Court had asked the Supreme Court
The case is listed on April 19. .
Election Commission pegs pre poll seizure at ₹4650 crore
The election commission ( EC ) on Monday
said that it was on
track to seize the largest amount of inducement , including drugs and cash .
Even before the start of polling for the Lok
Sabha elections , it had seized ₹4650 crore, an amount higher than recovered in
previous Lok Sabha elections . It was
₹3475 crore in previous elections .
World
Israeli military chief vows response to Iranian attack
Israel’s military chief said on Monday that
Israel will respond to Iran’s weekend military strike , but didn’t elaborate on
timing .
Iranian strikes of missiles and attack drones
“ will be met with a response “ Lt Gen Hezri Halevi said .
Let’s Israel speak
US NSC Spokesperson John Kirby declined to say
whether the US will be involved in Israel’s decision making process .
“ We are not involved in their decision making
process about a potential response “ , he said .
How the strike unfolded
On April 1 , Israel struck the Iranian
consulate in Syria . This led to the death of seven Iranian officials .
On Sunday night Iran launched a barrage of
missiles , drones on Israel . Nearly 300 drones were launched over Israel .
Most of these were diffused with the help of US , UK and Jordanian forces .
This is the first direct strike by Iran over
Israel . the history of tension between the two countries is from decades .
Israel lost deterrence , Jewish terrorist violence
spreading , says former PM Yair Lapid
Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid on
Monday accused Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of leading a “ total loss of Israeli deterrence “ in the
wake of the Iranian attack .
Four Israeli injured in Hezbollah attack
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Monday it has detonated “ explosive devices “ ,
targeting Israeli soldiers who the group said had crossed the Lebanese
territory .
Israel’s army said four soldiers were wounded
overnight in the region .
It was the first time Hezbollah claimed the
attack in six months of nearly daily cross border crashes .
Myanmar Rocket attack kills 4 , injured military cadets
A rocket attack by Myanmar anti-coup fighters
killed four persons and wounded 12 , including cadets from the military’s elite
officer academy .
