All Assam Students Union (AASU) members take out a torch procession to protest towards the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Guwahati, on March 12, 2024
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Indian troops start withdrawal from Maldives
Indian troops stationed within the Maldives have begun withdrawing from the island nation, its defence authorities stated, consistent with President Mohamed Muizzu’s ‘India out’ promise to his supporters. Last month, the Ministry of External Affairs stated a technical workforce from India had reached the Maldives to switch the troops that had been stationed to function the India-gifted plane and coppers. The deployment of a technical crew indicated that Male and New Delhi had reached a compromise after many rounds of bilateral dialogue following Mr. Muizzu’s relentless demand that Indian troops depart the island nation.
Muslim our bodies condemn CAA notification, need it repealed
In a present of energy, Muslim our bodies have “vehemently condemned” the notification of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by the Centre, 4 years after the Act was handed by Parliament in December 2019. They have referred to as for the Act to be repealed as it’s “discriminatory in nature”. Among the signatories are prime officers of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith, Milli Council, and Imarat-e-Shariah.
Panel recommends regulation to control Big Tech corporations
The Committee on Digital Competition Law, shaped by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs final February, launched its report on March 12, recommending laws to control the market energy of Big Tech corporations like Google and Meta. The Competition Act of 2002 “intervenes after the occurrence of an anti-competitive conduct,” the committee stated. “Such a framework was designed at a time when the extent and pace of digitalisation as is witnessed today could not be foreseen.” The suggestions, if applied, would higher equip the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to rule on competitors issues for tech corporations.
CAA received’t influence citizenship of Indian Muslims, says Centre
In a bid to allay the fears of Muslims after the principles of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) had been notified a day in the past, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stated that “no Indian citizen would be asked to produce any document to prove his citizenship after this Act.” The MHA, in a press observe titled “positive narrative on CAA, 2019”, has answered eight questions concerning its influence on Islam and Muslims. The doc was pulled down from authorities’s web site late on March 12.
India world’s prime arms importer between 2019-23: SIPRI
India was the world’s prime arms importer for the interval 2019-23 with imports having gone up by 4.7% in comparison with the interval 2014-18, based on the Swedish assume tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). At the identical time, arms imports by European international locations elevated by 94% between 2014–18 and 2019–23, the report stated, which comes within the backdrop of the battle in Ukraine. In the interim finances offered in February for monetary 12 months 2024-25, the full allocation for the Defence Ministry was at ₹6.2 lakh crore of which the capital allocation, for brand new procurements, was ₹1.72 lakh crore, 5.78% increased than the Budget Estimates of final 12 months.
Supreme Court asks Centre to present Kerala a monetary fillip as a ‘one-time measure’
The Supreme Court urged the Centre to present Kerala a one-time bundle to tide over its present monetary disaster as a “special case” earlier than March 31. An initially reluctant Centre, represented by Attorney General R. Venkataramani and Additional Solicitor General N. Venkataraman, who stated a “bail-out package is impossible”, relented to debate the problem with the federal government and report again to the court docket on March 13.
Blocking itemizing proposals in UNSC to sanction terrorists smacks of double-speak: India, in veiled reference to China, Pakistan
India has stated that blocking evidence-based proposals within the U.N. Security Council to blacklist international terrorists with out justification smacks of “double-speak” in coping with the scourge, a veiled reference to China that has put holds on bids to sanction Pakistan-based terrorists. “Let us turn to the subsidiary bodies inhabiting a subterranean world, with their own custom-made working methods and obscure practices which do not find any legal basis in the Charter or any of the Council’s resolutions,” India’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj stated.
Mahua Moitra case: Sharing login particulars for typing assistance is unfathomable, Lok Sabha Secretariat tells SC
The Lok Sabha Secretariat has informed the Supreme Court that expelled Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra’s defence that she shared her “confidential” Lok Sabha login credentials with Dubai-based business tycoon Darshan Hiranandani to assist her kind her questions is “unfathomable”. The Secretariat stated Ms. Moitra’s login credentials, that’s, person ID and password for the Lok Sabha Members’ Portal, had been used 47 occasions from the IP tackle belonging to Mr. Hiranandani, together with when she was not in Dubai.
Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of creating Adivasis homeless as yatra enters Maharashtra
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of taking away “jal, jungle, and jamin” (water, forests, and land) from tribals and transferring them to 2 company entities, making the Adivasis homeless. He criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for granting a mortgage waiver of ₹16 lakh crore to 22 industrialists whereas no reduction has been supplied for tribals, Dalits, and the poor. The quantity was equal to the outlay for MGNREGS (rural employment scheme) for twenty-four years, as in a single 12 months, ₹65,000 crore is spent on the scheme, he stated.
PM flags off 10 new Vande Bharat trains; dedicates initiatives price over ₹1 lakh cr. from Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi devoted to the nation and laid the muse stone of assorted improvement initiatives price over ₹1.06 lakh crore from Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Of these, initiatives price round ₹85,000 crore are devoted to railways. He additionally flagged off 10 new Vande Bharat trains from Ahmedabad to Mumbai Central, Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam, Mysuru to Dr. MGR Central (Chennai), Patna to Lucknow, New Jalpaiguri to Patna, Puri to Visakhapatnam, Lucknow to Dehradun, Kalaburagi to Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru, Ranchi to Varanasi and Khajuraho to Delhi (Nizamuddin).
Airlines broken baggage of 1 in each two flyers: survey
In the final two years, each one in two flyers in India had skilled broken baggage not less than as soon as, as per a survey by LocalCircles. In the identical interval, each two in 5 flyers in India had their baggage delayed or misplaced by an airline not less than as soon as. Moreover, one in 4 flyers whose baggage was misplaced/delayed/broken by an airline stated that once they reached out to complain, customer support and the responsiveness of the airline was poor or pathetic.
Source: www.thehindu.com
