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India won’t bow to terrorism- Modi

  Speaking at a crucial time in Brussels, Indian prime minister has rightly targeted the issue of terrorism in his speech. Addressing the Indian community in Brussels, Modi has expressed his condolences to the victims of recent terrorist attacks. He then took on the UN assembly for not addressing the problem of terrorism. He said that it was unfortunate that UN was still unable to define terrorism and act against the countries which groom terrorism.   Modi might be hinting at Pakistan while giving such statement. However, he said that India has been suffering with terrorism for 40 long years, but would never bow for it. “The world was jolted by 9/11. Till then the world powers did not understand what India was going through. But India never bowed to terrorism and there is no question of bowing before it,” said the prime minister.

Pakistan is a very vital problem- Trump

  American Presidential candidate Donanld Trump has once again made his fears public over Pakistan. Speaking at a town hall in Wisconsin, Trump has mentioned the terrorist attack in Lahore on the Easter day. "When I see that and when I see it put in a park because it was mostly Christians, although many others were killed other than Christians, I think it's just absolutely a horrible story," said Trump recalling the incident where more than 70 people were killed by a suicide bomber.   Trump has promised the audience that he would resolve the problem of Islamic terrorism better than anyone else in the presidential race. Trump has even expressed his fears of Pakistan being a nuclear nation- "Pakistan is a very, very vital problem and really vital country for us because they have a thing called nuclear weapons. They have to get a hold of their situation," said Trump during his speech. Trump has always sounded harsh when it comes to Pakistan. Last year, he called Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world.

Mallya to pay 4,000 crores of his loans

Yes! You have read it right and straight. Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has agreed to pay a part of his loans by this September. His lawyers have revealed this statement in Supreme Court today. They said that Vijay Mallya is ready to pay 4,000 crores of the total 6,903 by this September, and would also pay the remaining without any default. Mallya has left the nation just a few days before these banks reached the apex court to restrain his moment. But the lawyers of Mallya were always reluctant to reveal his whereabouts. They have said that he has been in touch with banks through video conference and that would be enough. Banks would certainly be happy to hear the latest news, but were not sure whether to accept the proposal or not! The Supreme court has granted a week’s time for the banks to respond to the call! What would the banks say now!  

100 percent FDI in e-commerce

  The central government has here upon, made its stand clear on FDI’s in the field of e-commerce. Government has stated that Foreign investors can float a e-commerce business in India with 100 percent investment. However it would be applicable only in case where a company would act as mere facilitator between seller and the buyer. Which means, such company is neither allowed to sell goods by itself nor could it hold any inventory.   Further, such an e-commerce firm will not be permitted to sell more than 25 per cent of its sales from one particular vendor. The present announcement might certainly woo the foreign investors to take part in the online shopping boom of India. Global players such as Alibaba might certainly sniff a chance to set their feet in the country. While some analysts view this decision as harmful to the national market, some other’s view it as best opportunity to attract investors.

A new president for Myanmar

  Htin Kyaw, a close aide of Aung San Suu Kyi, was sworn in yesterday as Myanmar’s president. Hitin Kyaw would be placed in history as the first democratic leader after decades of military dictatorship. Initially it was Aung San Suu Kyi, that was thought to be right person for the post. But a clause in the constitution has prevented her from bearing the seat. The said clause prevents a person with a foreign spouse to reach the presidency.   This clause was thought to have made keeping Aung San Suu Kyi in mind, who married a British national. It was not just the clause. The military has also made it clear that 25 percent of the parliamentary should be reserved to the military. And one of the two vice presidents should be chosen from military. So, the democracy in Myanmar might still be a name sake! But after decades of dictatorship, even a partial form of democracy can be hailed as a victory. Thanks to the fight and effort made by Aung San Suu Kyi for the cause!

Amitabh Vs. Flintoff... the twitter war

  Sunday night might have witnessed a great win of Indian T20 match over the Aussies. The brave knock of 82 not out by Virat Kohli might have made the victory a possibility. While everyone’s busy praising Virat for his unique performance, England’s ex caption Andrew Flintoff seems to have chosen a different step. He compared Virat Kohli to an upcoming England batsman Joe Root. He said that if Virat continues to play in this manner, he would certainly reach the level of Joe Root.   That’s certainly an embarrassing statement for a cricketer like Virat. Amitabh was quick to reply on behalf of Virat. `Root who? We would pluck out any ROOT that comes in our way’ was the tweet by Amitabh. Flintoff was not the man who likes an answer like that. He has questioned `Amitabh who?’ in his reply and that’s it. Fans of both Amitabh and Indian cricked has slammed Flintoff reminding him about the fan following of Amitabh. Tweets poured across comparing the 20 million twitter followers of Amitabh with mere 1.8 million for Flintoff. Finally Flintoff had to read the statistics and sign off for the day. But in a sad mood!

Soon you can dial 112 for emergency

  One need not watch many Hollywood movies to know the significance of 911. 911 is an emergency service in US which responds to every kind of distress call. India too might have an uniform emergency service like that. The central government seems to have accepted a suggestion made by a telecom commission.   According to the suggestion, there would be a uniform emergency service available at 112. This service would be available even for those phones with suspended outgoing facility. A call centre like system would be established to receive these phone calls and divert them to the required department. At present, India is having various emergency services under various numbers. Services such as 100 (police), 101 (fire) were uniform in most of the states... while 108 (ambulance), 1094 (missing cases) were available in specific states. If everything falls in place, this service might be available by next year!

Sikh riots are different from Gujarat riots- Kanhaiya

  JNU student president Kanhaiya Kumar has raised yet another controversy. Kanhaiya has alleged that the Gujarat riots were staged and encouraged by the government, while the Sikh riots in 1984 were the result of mob frenzy. “There is a fundamental difference between a mob killing a common man and massacring people through state machinery. Therefore, the threat of communal fascism we are faced with today, there is an attack being launched on universities, because like Hitler, Modi ji doesn’t have support from intellectuals in India.   No intellectual is defending Modi regime,” were the words of Kanhaiya while speaking at a seminar in Delhi. Kanhaiya hasn’t stopped there. He went on to criticise the fear of common man against terrorism. He called it Islamophobia. “Today it’s an era of Islamophobia. Leave aside the words of terrorism and terrorist. The moment these words will come to your mind, imprints of face of a Muslim person will be there in your mind. This is Islamophobia,’’ was the definition of Kanhaiya.   Interesting Kanhaiya made his statements on Gujarat riots, on the lines of Rahul Gandhi. Rahul has previously said that `while the Gujarat government was involved in the 2002 riots, the Congress government had tried to stop the anti-Sikh riots.’ Rahul’s statement was severely criticised by the opposition as well as by the Sikh leaders. Now! can Kanhaiya get away with his words?

Indian priest crucified on Good Friday by ISIS

  Readers might be aware of a gruesome attack by ISIS on the charity home, run by the Missionaries of Charity in Yemen. Thomas Uzhunnalil, a Christian father from India has been missing from the staff since the day. The external affairs ministry has even confirmed him to be abducted by the ISIS militants. It’s now believed that Thomas has been executed by the ISIS in a gruesome manner.   He was thought to have been crucified on the day of Good Friday, depicting the death of Jesus. Though this report has not been confirmed by the Indian government, ISIS is certainly known to involve in such hideous acts. However people working in the Missionaries of Charity at Yemen, were always ready to face such consequences. Even though they were advised to shut down the charity home by the Indian Embassy, they kept helping the needy risking their own lives.

Reservations to JATs approved!

  The prolonged agitation by JAT community in Haryana seems to have yielded desired results. The Haryana Cabinet has today approved the Jat reservation bill. This bill will soon turn out into a legislation after it is approved by the assembly. The decision has taken just a day after the JAT leaders has threatened the government, that they are ready for a fresh agitation. JAT community leaders have been demanding a separate reservation for them under the BC quota.   The government seem to heed their wish. The bill has intended to provide reservation to Jats under a newly created category for backward classes (BC-3). But it’s not just JATS that are going to be benefited with the bill. Four other castes in the state were included in the list to be beneficiaries. This bill is likely to be approved by the ongoing budget session of the assembly, and could certainly halt the agitation of JATs’ for a while! Minute details of the bill were yet to be disclosed.

Dalai Lama... the last Lama!

  The standoff between Dalai Lama and Chinese authorities might be a fact forever. Dalai lama was exiled from the Tibetan province in 1959, after China took control over Tibet. The Buddhist monk has since been trying to gain autonomy for Tibet, without any success! It’s a belief among the Tibetan Buddhists that the Lama is an incarnation of his previous Lama, and he himself would reincarnate after his death. But China has been too wise to use this belief in its own way. Many activists feel that China would place some person of it’s own choice and would declare him as the Lama of the next generation.   So Dalai lama has declared that he would be the last Lama and he might not incarnate further. This statement has of course outraged the Chinese officials. Writing in the state-run Global Times, the top Chinese officials have accused Dalai lama for betraying, and being disrespectful towards the Tibetan Buddhism by saying that there might be no more reincarnations. They have even warned that if any foreign country approaches Dalai lama, it has face the rage of China! So it seems to be the Buddhist Vs. The communist.

Kohli world's best batsman- Gavaskar

  Kohli might have made more than half of the runs required while chasing the target set by Ausis. His brilliant knock of 82 runs has steered India into the semi finals of T20 Worldcup. Veteran cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has laid all his praises for Kohli after the performance. "At the moment he is got to be the best limited-overs batsman in the world. There is no question about it. There is not the slightest doubt about it because he is beyond phenomenal. He is something else," Gavaskar said to NDTV. Gavaskar is happy to see Kohli performing while   chasing a total or making it. It’s not just that, the legendary cricketer seems to be happy about the character of Kohli too. He praised Kohli for giving an opportunity to the skipper for making the final runs in the match against Ausis. Sunny finds the act as ‘Selflessness’. Gavaskar seems to be pleased about many things in the Indian cricket. He feels that Dhoni is making wise decisions. He’s glad that bowlers are delivering their best performance and to mention again.... he’s happy about the performance of Virat under pressure.

JNU event involved Jihadis- Arun Jaitley

  Finance minister Arun Jaitley has once again went hard against the events that took place in JNU. Jaitley has been speaking to PTI journalists where he has made several remarks regarding the ongoing debate on nationalism and sedation. He felt that the incidents in JNU and Hyderabad University were triggered by `the ultra-Left movements involving a small section of jihadis.’ He slammed the opposition for getting involved in those agitations-   "The moderate Left and the Congress had got trapped into what was otherwise a movement of the ultra-Left." Jaitlsey is of the view that these incidents have raised a debate over nationalism, and BJP has won the debate. Jaitley has even touched the latest issue Bharat mata ki jai slogan "It is not compulsory in this country to raise a slogan (Bharat Mata ki Jai). But it became an issue only when somebody said I take objection and I will not raise it," said the minister hinting at Asaduddin Owaisi.

Bank employees not allowed to strike by High court

  Even the courts seem to have been fed up with strikes. In what could a radical judgement, the high court of Karnataka has disallowed the IDBI bank employees of the state to carry on a strike. Observing that the strike would not only disrupt the lives of its customers, but would also derail the economy... the court has passed an interim order to nullify the proposed strike. Earlier, the 800 odd employees of IDBI across the state of Karnataka has issued a notice to the management, about a strike from March 28 to 31.   But now the High court has allowed them only to hold meeting within the union premises without disrupting the bank activity. The employees have called for the strike against the proposal to reduce the government’s stake in the below 51%. They fear that such a change in the capital might post a threat to their job security. The repeated assurances by the management hasn’t done any good to their confidence. Now the High court’s order might certainly intensify their fears.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Anti-Muslim remarks

Noble peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi might be celebrating her party’s victory in Myanmar. But a new book suggests that she is apathetic towards Muslims. She once was irked by the questions raised by a Muslim reporter that she went on to say- “No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim.” This incident has happened when Mishal Husain, a BBC presenter asked her repeatedly to condemn the communal riots in Myanmar, for which she denied. These comments were revealed in Peter Popham’s book ‘The Lady And The Generals: Aung San Suu Kyi And Burma’s Struggle For Freedom’.   Though the burst out of Aung San is not enough to prove that she doesn’t care for Muslims. She has never agreed to condemn anti Islamic sentiment in Myanmar that led to religious conflicts. Tens of thousands of Muslims were forced to leave their homes, after the religious violence. But Aung San, an active speaker on behalf of oppressed has never raised her voice.  One can certainly wonder why!

National volleyball player stabbed to death

  The bright career of a national level volley ball player was put to an abrupt end by a stalker. 14-year-old Sangita Aich of West Bengal, was a Class 9 student who had played volleyball at national as well as state level. She was killed by another national player Subrata Sinha (18) for rejecting his proposals. The incident took place when Sangitha was attending a training camp in Barasat. Sinha reportedly had an argument with her and later hit her several times on the head before leaving the spot. Though victim was rushed to the hospital, doctors have declared her as brought dead.   The murder took place in front of around 25 volleyball players and three coaches. Even though some of them tried to avert the incident, they couldn’t succeed restraining the culprit. Sinha who has now surrendered to the police accused Sangita of cheating him after running love affair for two straight years. But Sangitha’s relatives were denying his words. They were alleging that Sinha has threatened her on several occasions, and even the complaints made to the police in this regard were ignored.  

Will seal the Bangla border in Assam... says Jaitley

The issue of Infiltration seems to have become the major agenda for BJP in the forthcoming elections of Assam. The Vision document released for the elections has clearly stated the fact. “The Congress tried to destroy and change the demography of the State by encouraging infiltration. It has been doing it for many decades and took no action,” said Arun Jaitley blasting at the present congress regime. The Vision document has stated that BJP would completely seal the Indo-Bangla border, if its it’s let into the power.   The  document has also promised resolving the issue of citizenship, to sort out illegal immigrants present in the state. Taking the occasion, Arun Jaitley has also tried to woo the voters of Assam through some financial statistics. He said that Assam has been sanctioned a far better share in the taxes. He assured them that a law would be enacted soon to deal with agencies employing infiltrators.

In UP almost 30 people die over HOLI

It’s a known fact that the festival of Holi would be celebrated with much fervor in Northern India. But most often, it would end with mishaps. Rash driving, group clashes, drunken driving, heated altercations... would always result in injuries. Even this year, almost 30 people were thought to have been killed in such incidents. In Lucknow alone, as many as 19 people were killed in group clashes and drunken driving. The unofficial statistics might be far more. The trauma centre in Lucknow, was filled with patients suffering from head injuries as they rode without a helmet. The Orthopedic wards in the city too were busy dealing with multiple fractures due to clashes and reckless driving. Though police have declared to have tried their best to avoid such mishaps, truth seems to be contradictory. Some policemen in Moradabad were seen driving in a fire station vehicle using it’s hose to spray water and celebrate holi.

Kejriwal among world’s 50 greatest leaders

  Courts might slam him hard, opponents might lash him harsh... the news about Kejriwal has often be negative for him. But not this time! He has been on the list of world’s 50 greatest leaders by Fortune magazine. Releasing the list for the third time in a row, Fortune has said to have included people who are “transforming the world and inspiring others to do the same.” There were no other Indians on the list including our popular PM. However, South Carolina’s Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley is on the list at 17th place, while Indian-American politician Resham Saujani is at the 20th spot.   Fortune has praised Kejriwal for his attempt to make Delhi free from pollution and corruption. It has even mentioned the odd-even scheme of traffic implemented by Kejriwal as a success. The list released by Fortune has certainly included who’s who on the the stage of world. It was topped by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and was followed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2), Myanmar’s fighter Aung San Suu Kyi (3), Pope Francis (4) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (5). The Bangladesh Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is another notable person to be mentioned from the list. She is placed at no.10.