As the BBMP elections are nearing a date, the state cabinet had a consultation aboutthe chances to have an increase in the number of wards to 225 from the earlier countof 198. The new wards will extend to areas which are outside BBMP limits. They have also given a proposal for increase in the zones…
Six young Portuguese activists have filed complaints for a European human rights case as an attempt to charge 33 countries for stepping up their fights against climate change on Thursday. The activists charged a case to European Court of Human Rights about the countries questioning their accountability and insufficient efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions. The…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the US – India Strategic Partnership Forum on Thursday stated that India was one of the first nations taking actions to combat the virus. Modi also mentioned that India is at the forefront in terms of developing a vaccine against Coronavirus. In the same context, he added that India…
China’s Commerce ministry stated on Thursday that it strongly opposes the latestIndia induced by India on Chinese mobile apps. The Commerce Ministryspokesperson Gao Feng mentioned in a briefing that Indian actions are violating thelegal interests of Chinese investors and service providers and that China has askedIndia to correct its mistakes.India has announced a ban on…
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has taken a step to stop the practice of posting stickers outside the houses where infected Covid-19 patients live. This move is to stop the raising stigma related to Covid-19 patients, as the stickers outside houses made the residents see it in bad light. This comes weeks after BBMP…
The Trump administration has given a clear statement on Wednesday about not paying more than USD 60 million in dues as per what it owes to the World Health Organization (WHO). The money would rather be used for other contributions to other projects of United Nations. This announcement was followed a day after White House…
In order to set a new benchmark for learning for the public servants, the Union Cabinet gave a green signal to Mission Karamyogi on Wednesday. Mission Karmayogi called as National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) which is a skill development scheme for civil servants with the objective to establish a future – ready…
About five hundred experts from the country have written a letter on Wednesday to the Union Environment ministry with the request to withdraw the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2020. The experts being the scientists, researchers and academics from top institutes including Indian Institutes of Technology requested stating that draft EIA might be a…
Afghanistan has started the controversial process of releasing hundreds of prisoners belonging to Taliban. As per the AFP news agency, the Afghanistan authorities have liberated 200 prisoners since Monday, whereas, The Taliban have set-free four Afghan commandos. Ending the two decades conflictTaliban and Afghanistan have a 19 years long conflict and to settle it withnegotiations,…
India at the United Nations has called for permanent removal of Jammu and Kashmir issue under outdated agenda item from the agenda of the Security Council. Pakistan’s UN envoy, Munir Akram was bringing up the J & K issue during the virtual meeting on the report of the Security Council. Akram mentioned that the Security…
