Author: News Analysis India
Despite the JD(S)-Congress coalition government being reduced to a minority (100 MLAs), the opposition BJP is still wary of seeking a trust vote or of moving a no-confidence motion in the monsoon session of the legislature beginning Friday. Instead, the saffron party has been seeking the resignation of chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on moral grounds. Why BJP is wary of a floor test Although 16 MLAs from Congress and JD(S) have resigned, speaker KR Ramesh Kumar is yet to accept their resignations. Unless resignations are accepted, the strength of the legislative assembly remains 224. In the event of a trust vote or non-confidence motion,…
The phone was naturally quite popular in the budget segment due to its attractive price tag of just Rs. 5999 ($87). At this price, the Redmi 7A offers Snapdragon 439 octa-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, and an HD 720p 5.45-inch display. The polycarbonate body and the 18:9 aspect ratio ensures the phone doesn’t look cheap. Further, there’s a large 4000mAh battery on board to power the device for a couple of days easily. With these specs, you get tremendous value for money under $100. However, it looks like Xiaomi couldn’t prepare enough stock in the first sale with the device…
Smriti Irani is a social media queen and there is no denying that. From her impeccable timing with memes to her adorable pictures with her family, the BJP minister’s Instagram page is the most relatable thing on the internet. Last evening when India lost to New Zealand and its place from the finals in ICC World Cup 2019, Indians were left with shattered dreams. But during the initial overs of the match we all still had hopes from Dhoni, even when Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma were bowled out of the game with just one run. And seems like…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration has asked global warship makers to submit proposals to build six conventional submarines in India to boost local shipyard capability and plug gaps in the navy’s underwater warfare fleet. France’s Naval Group SA, German Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmBH, Swedish Saab Kockums, Spanish Navantia SA and Russian Rosoboronexport OJSC were asked to show if they can transfer technology to build the diesel-electric powered submarines in India, people familiar with the matter said in New Delhi, asking not to be identified as the discussions were private. The request for expression of interest to the foreign companies were…
A Gujarati folk singer who dedicated a song to Prime Minister Narendra Modi met him on Monday after it became a hit. PM Modi said in a tweet later that he was impressed by her efforts to popularise folk music. “People like Geeta Rabari inspire our society. Belonging to a humble background, she dedicatedly pursued her passion of singing and excelled. I am deeply impressed by her efforts to popularise Gujarati folk music among youngsters,” PM Modi tweeted, wishing her the best for her future endeavours. The singer told news agency ANI that she decided to meet PM Modi after…
This special edition comes with a Spider-Man-themed UI and arrives in a red-colored retail box which includes a cool phone case with a Spider-Man logo. There’s also a white-colored gift box which likely includes some goodies. Realme X Spider-Man Edition The Realme X Spider-Man Edition will be making its way to India next Monday alongside the regular model. These phones will be likely joined by the Realme 3i, which is expected to be a new version of the Realme 3.
American aerospace major Boeing on Monday announced the arrival of two new heavy-lift Chinook helicopters for the Indian Air Force at the Mundra port in Gujarat. The Indian Air Force has ordered 15 Chinooks and the first four helicopters arrived in February. The IAF had placed the order in 2015 along with 22 Apache attack helicopters “Two new CH-47F (I) Chinooks for the @IAF_MCC squadron arrive at the Indian shores. The advanced multi-mission helicopter will provide the Indian armed forces unmatched strategic airlift capability,” Boeing India tweeted. The CH-47 Chinook is an advanced multi-mission helicopter. The Chinook has unsurpassed ability…
When finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech omitted numbers relating to the government’s overall revenue and expenditure, for both the previous and current years, this was widely commented on. After all, these numbers are the reason for having a Budget speech in the first place – to provide parliament and the general public a quick overview of the state of the Central government’s finances. Her response to this criticism was that all these numbers are available in the supplementary material provided in the Budget documents, so there is no need to go into them in the speech. But most people do not…
As the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka teetered on the brink of collapse, all the ministers quit Monday to give a free hand to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to reshuffle his Cabinet to include rebel MLAs while two Independent legislators also withdrew their support. There was no immediate word from the rebel camp on the move to reshuffle the Cabinet in a bid to save the wobbly 13-month-old government, as the action shifted to Goa from Mumbai after 13 dissident MLAs — 10 of the Congress and 3 of the JD(S) — submitted their resignations to the Assembly Speaker’s…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held its Parliamentary Party meeting in the national capital on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and had Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP Working President Jagat Prakash Nadda and other senior party leaders in attendance. Prime Minister Modi issued several directives to the BJP MPs during the meeting. This was BJP’s first parliamentary party meeting under Modi 2.0. The meeting was earlier scheduled to take place last Tuesday, but it was cancelled due to sudden demise of BJP’s Rajasthan unit chief Madan Lal Saini. Usually when…