Starmer new U.K. PM as Labour Party wins polls
The UK’s labour party , led by Keir Starmer , won the July 4 general election by landslide victory.
He won 412 seats out of 650 seats total .
Rishi Sunak’s conservative party won 121 seats .
The Labour party got 34 % of total votes , while conservative won 24% of total votes .
The liberal democrats party won 71 seats .
And the Reformist UK party won five seats .
But the seats won by the Reformist UK party was 14 .
Rishi Sunak won his seat from Yorkshire’s Richmond seat . Exit polls were showing that he may lose his seat .
Mr Rishi Sunak congratulated Keir Starmer and apologised to his supporters after in a speech after the result .
The seat of the two parties parties in previous general election was Conservative Party (365 , 42.4 % vote share ) , Labour Party ( 202 , 40% ) of vote share
‘ Country first , Party second ‘ , PM starmer promises a changed UK
In a speech at 10 downing streets ( UK ‘s PM house ) Mr Starmer said , Mr Starmer promised that his government would put ‘ country first , party second ‘ .
“ You have a government , unburdened by doctire , guided only by determination to serve your interests “ , says the new labour party chief .
David Lammy has been appointed as Foreign Secretary and John healey was named the defense. secretary.
Rishi Sunak term was marred by division within the party
The term of conservative party was marred by Economic slump , ethics scandal and a revolving door of leaders over the last two years .
Boris Johnson was removed from PM post after CoVID related scandal . Lij Truss became PM who was soon removed as MPs of his party didnt like his tax policies.
The election in UK was to be in January 2025 .
Rishi Sunak called the elections months ago .
Arguably ‘ Mr Sunak’s biggest blunder was to
his decision to leave early from 80 year D Day celebration of France . Critics says his decision to skip the international event showed disrespect to veterans and diminished UK’s international standing .World leaders including , Joe Biden and Olaf Scholaz and Vkdmir Zelensky was present in the occassion .
Mr Sunak had to later apologize for his mistake .
A.P. in crisis , needs more than special status : CM
AP Chief Minister Chadra Babu Naidu was in Delhi on Friday where he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ministers of several ministries to put his demand regarding the state.
He said that state’s financial condition has gone beyond the stage of even a special status .
Tough start
Comparing his early tenure Mr Naidu said this time he is starting his tenure “ not from scratch but far below that “ .
He put a long list of demands before the state , including “ hand holding the state fisnces in the long term “ , center’s support for commissioning the polabaram irregiatoon project , assistance to complete infrastructure works in Amravati , and designated capital city in the state , and support of backward region of Andhra Pradesh on the lines of Bundelkhand .
Recently JD( U) also demanded “ special status or special package “ for Bihar .
NDA government has already ruled out special status special package to Bihar .
Scrapping NEET -UG not a good idea ; Center to SC
Center in Supreme Court in a affidavit filed about exam said that it is irrational to scrap NEET UG.2024 test in its entirety .
Cancelling would not be advisable in the “ absence of any proof of any large scale breach of confidentiality “ .
A three Judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India , DY Chandrachud is scheduled to hear on July 8 , over 25 separate petitions concerning various aspects , irregularities in
Yet another jolt to BRS as six of its council ministers Joins Congress
In yet another set back for BRS ( Bhartiya Rashtra Samiti ) six of its members joined the Congress late on Thursday .
Last month six BRS members had defacated to Congress . This has increased the number of Congress MLAs by 12 .
BRS has come down to 21 .
Under anti defection law , the speaker has power to disqualify the defacated members . But there is no time limit to use such provision.
At ₹1.27 lakh crore , defence production registered a new high in 2023 -24 , says centre
Country has recorded highest ever growth in defense production over the years . The value of the figures of ₹1,28, 887 crore , reflects a growth of 16.7 % over the previous year .
Of the total value 79.2% comes from public sector while 20 . 8 % from private sector .
The defense export also touched a record high of ₹21,083 crore in FY 2023 -24 , reflecting a growth of 32.5% over the last fiscal budget .
Over 24 lakh hit as Assam flood situation worsens
The flood situation in Assam has worsened . About 24.21 lakh people have been displaced in 30 of 35 districts in Friday evening .
Bdahamputra and it’s 12 tributaries is flowing above danger mark .
Two person got killed in Landslip . 3 rhinos were among 77 animals killed in Kajiranga National park .
African swine cases registered in Kerala farm
Kerala’s Thrissur district has witnessed African Swine Flu cases .
The highly contagious swine disease has been confirmed in the pigs at the farm of Veliyanthara . Nearly 310 pigs has to be culled .
The 10 km radius area of the farm has been declared as diseases surveillance area .
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Iran holds run off pitting conservative Jalili against Reformist Pezeshkian
Iranian voted on Friday in a runoff presidential election between conservative Saeed Jalili and Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian ..
Junta under pressure as fierce fight breaks out in north eastern Myanmar .
Myanmar is currently goind under a civil war this time in Shan State near the Chinese border .
Arakan Army has already occupied a major part of Rakhine state .
It is still not clear whether the revolt in Shan State is fuelled by Chinese group across the border or whether Arankan Army has joined the ethnic group has joined fight in Shan State .
