PALGHAR MOB LYNCHING
Recently three men were lynched by a mob in Maharashtra’s Palghar district after allegedly suspecting them to be child-kidnappers and organ harvesters. So far 101 people have been arrested and nine minor detained ... Read More>>
MIGRANT WORKERS SPRAYED WITH DISINFECTANT ON RETURING HOME
A controversy was sparked after many videos emerged in which migrant workers returning home during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, were sprayed with a disinfectant ,apparently to sanitise them. INFORM YOUR OPINION h... Read More>>
RBI CUTS REVERSE REPO RATE, INJECTS LIQUIDITY TO PROP UP ECONOMY
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday slashed the reverse repo rate, or the rate at which banks park their funds with the central bank, by 25 basis points to 3.75 per cent in order to force financial institutions to lend m... Read More>>
CHINA EXPELS JOURNALISTS FROM MULTIPLE US MEDIA GROUPS
China has decided to expel journalists working for The New York Times, Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and asked them to provide details about their operations. Beijing has defended its d... Read More>>
PAKISTAN COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF KEY CONVICT IN DANIEL PEARL KILLING
Recently a Pakistani court set aside the death sentence awarded to Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British-born militant convicted for the kidnapping and murder of the American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. INFORM YOUR OP... Read More>>
CHINA’S CENTRAL BANK BUYS STAKE IN HDFC
China’s central bank has bought 1.01 per cent stake in HDFC. According to the shareholding disclosures for the March quarter, People’s Bank of China held 1.75 crore shares of India’s biggest housing mortgage lender... Read More>>
TRUMP THREATENES TO FREEZE US FUNDING TO WHO
Recently President Donald Trump threatened to freeze US funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), saying that the international group has “missed the call” on the coronavirus pandemic. He accused the organisat... Read More>>
POLICEMAN’S HAND CHOPPED OFF FOR ASKING CURFEW PASS IN PUNJAB
A group of Nihangs chopped off a policeman’s hand and injured two others in Punjab’s Patiala district. The police said that the group of four-five Nihangs (Sikhs armed with traditional weapons and dressed i... Read More>>
GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO SUSPEND MPLADS
On April 6, the government decided to suspend operation of the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for the next two financial years, and divert Rs 7,900 crore to the fight against COVID-19. IN... Read More>>
INDIA, US SIGN DEFENCE DEALS WORTH OVER $3 BILLION
The U.S. Department of State on April 13 cleared the possible sale of 10 AGM-84L Harpoon Block II air-launched missiles and 16 MK 54 lightweight torpedoes and related equipment for service on the Indian Navy’s Boeing P... Read More>>
