Author: News Analysis India
Rescuers are still digging through the rubble of a decades-old four-storey building in south Mumbai’s crowded Dongri area that collapsed on Tuesday morning. Fourteen people have been killed and many more are feared trapped. Nine people – including two children – have been rescued. Three teams of the National Disaster Response Force, joined by residents of the south Mumbai neighbourhood where several old buildings stand cheek by jowl, worked through the night to remove blocks of broken concrete and bricks using portable power tools. Heavy machines could not reach the collapsed building on Tuesday as the lanes – with overhead…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will pronounce its judgment in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at 3 p.m. (6.30 p.m. IST) on Wednesday in the Peace Palace in the Netherlands. According to an ICJ statement, the President of the UN judicial organ Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf will deliver the judgment. Fifteen other judges on the panel — including the representative from Pakistan — will either concur fully with the final verdict or read out supporting or dissenting opinions. The Supreme Court on Tuesday took a swipe at the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) combine in Karnataka for questioning its power to give directions…
The Centre will identify illegal immigrants staying in any part of the country and deport them as per international law, Union home minister Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.The minister was replying to a supplementary query by Samajwadi Party member Javed Ali Khan on whether the National Register of Citizens will be implemented in other states as well. Currently, the NRC is being updated under the strict monitoring of the Supreme Court in Assam and July 31 has been set as a deadline for final publication of the registered data.”It is a very good question. The NRC is part of the Assam Accord and was…
Rebel Congress MLA Roshan Baig, who was detained on Monday evening by the Special Investigation Team probing the multi-crore IMA ponzi scheme, moved the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday challenging the SIT’s move. Baig had courted detention as he was set to board a chartered flight to an unconfirmed location on Monday evening where many of the rebel MLAs of the ruling coalition are staying. The news of his detention on Monday evening was tweeted by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy himself. “BJP MLA Yogeshwar was present at the time (of Baig’s detainment). It’s a shame that BJP is helping a…
iaomi’s Android One phone series has gained wide popularity among consumers across the globe. The first phone that Xiaomi launched under the Android One series is the Mi A1 that was then followed by Mi A2. Xiaomi launched the Mi A2 in India last year. The Mi A2 received great response from the consumers especially because of its software (because no MIUI and no Ads), hardware and camera. Xiaomi claims that the Mi A2 successor will be much better and improved. The company has announced that the Mi A3 is coming on July 17. Yes, it is the same date…
The Supreme Court will pronounce its order Wednesday morning on the pleas of 15 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs seeking direction for Karnataka Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to accept their resignations from the Assembly. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi concluded the hearings of the rebel MLAs, the Speaker and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. Summing up the arguments, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the 15 MLAs, asked the bench to continue with its interim order directing the Speaker to maintain status quo on the issue of resignations and disqualification of the MLAs. The counsel for the rebel MLAs…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today tore into ministers who had skipped parliament duty and asked for a list of absentees to be given to him every evening. At a weekly meeting of the BJP parliamentary party, PM Modi asked Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi to give the names of ministers who had been absent despite being rostered for parliament duty. The Prime Minister advised his party’s parliamentarians to “work beyond the sphere of politics,” according to BJP leaders present at the meeting. Stressing on the water crisis, PM Modi reportedly asked lawmakers to sit with officials in their constituencies and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 15 spoke to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and took stock of the flood situation in the state, where the deluge has claimed 11 lives this year while millions are affected, officials said. During the telephonic conversation, the Chief Minister briefed the Prime Minister about the current situation and informed him that 31 of the state’s 33 districts were hit by the current spell of floods. Modi assured Sonowal of all assistance from the central government in dealing with the situation, an official said. On July 13, the chief minister had briefed Home Minister…
Former Indian captain and cricket legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni may be dropped from the Indian squad as he is not in the future plans of Team India, the Times of India reported. According to reliable sources quoted by TOI, Dhoni is not the same batsman that he used to be and MSK Prasad will speak to him about retirement so that he retires and youngsters get chances. “We’re surprised that he’s not done it so far. There are youngsters like Rishabh Pant waiting to grab their chance. As we saw in the World Cup, Dhoni isn’t the same batsman anymore.…
Budget smartphones are getting better by the day when you look at the features they offer, but there are very few entry-level phones that offer what the Redmi 7A brings to the table. Last year’s Redmi 6A, did come across as a mild disappointment considering how well the Redmi 5A (review) did for Xiaomi, but with its latest entrant, the company’s definitely tried to up the game for its rivals — Realme and Samsung. Xiaomi’s latest sub-Rs 6,000 phone boasts of an octa-core processor, a sturdy, splashproof build, a capable camera and a monstrous battery, making it a pretty obvious choice for…