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Indian economy can grow at a speed of 6.2 percent in the year 2024: United Nations

Friday, January 5, 2024

The United Nations has said that India's economy may grow by 6.2 percent in the year 2024.

Indian economy will see momentum due to strong domestic demand along with good growth in both manufacturing and service sectors.

The United Nations' World Economic Situation and Prospects Report, 2024 says India's economy could grow at 6.2 per cent in 2024, down from the 2023 estimate of 6.3 per cent.

However, growth in 2024 will be supported by strong domestic demand along with good performance of the manufacturing and service sectors. The UN has estimated India's GDP growth to be 6.6 percent in the year 2025.

News agency PTI has quoted the UN report as saying that the Indian economy will grow faster than many peer economies. Its good performance has continued during the last few years.

India's GDP growth has been above six percent for the last several years and it is expected that this pace will continue in 2024 and 2025.

North India including Delhi shivered due to severe cold, shivering cold is expected to increase in many states

Friday, January 5, 2024

The entire North India including the Indian capital Delhi is in the grip of severe cold. On Friday, January 5, 2024, shivering cold is being seen in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan including Delhi.

There are chances of heavy cold wave in Punjab and Rajasthan in the coming days. The Meteorological Department may warn of severe cold on Friday, January 5, 2024.

According to the Meteorological Department, if the maximum temperature falls between 4.5 to 6.4 degrees as compared to the normal days of the season, then it is called a cold day. If the temperature drops below 6.5 degrees then it is termed as an extremely cold day.

According to the latest information from the Meteorological Department, there are chances of dense fog in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Western Rajasthan. There is a possibility of dense fog at some places in Uttarakhand.

The maximum temperature in Delhi on Thursday, January 4, 2024 was 12.5 degrees. The minimum temperature was 6.8 degrees below normal. The minimum temperature in Hisar, Haryana was 6.8 degrees.

In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the maximum temperature in Meerut, Lucknow, Shahjahanpur, Fursatganj, Bareilly, Jhansi and Aligarh ranged between 14.6 to 17.2 degrees.

Where will Rahul Gandhi pass through during his 66-day journey of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra?

Thursday, January 4, 2024

In India, Congress has given a new name to Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Nyay Yatra. Now it will be called 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra'.

During this, Rahul will travel 6700 kilometers in 66 days. He will pass through 110 districts of 100 Lok Sabha constituencies during this journey. This journey will last for 11 days in Uttar Pradesh.

This yatra will last for the maximum number of days in 15 districts of Uttar Pradesh. Now Arunachal has also been added to the yatra. This yatra will start from Manipur on 14 January 2024 and will end in Mumbai on 20 March 2024.

Giving more information about the yatra in New Delhi on Thursday, January 4, 2024, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said, "This yatra will remind people about social justice and inflation, unemployment, the plight of farmers and laborers, the growing gap between the rich and the poor. And will create awareness on caste census.

We hope that with this visit the issue of social justice will once again become a national discussion.''

'Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra' is starting after one year of Bharat Jodo Yatra.

This time, 55 Congress leaders will accompany Rahul Gandhi in the yatra. Congress is expecting political benefits from this journey starting before the Lok Sabha elections.

Therefore, the Indian state Uttar Pradesh has been given special importance in this. Here Rahul Gandhi will travel 1074 kilometers for 11 days. There are 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.

India's tripartite agreement with ULFA, announcement of removal of AFSPA from 85 percent of Assam

Friday, December 29, 2023

On Friday, 29 December 2023, a tripartite agreement has been signed between the Government of India, the Government of Assam and ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam).

On this occasion, ULFA representatives, Union Home Minister of India Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were also present.

India's Union Home Minister Amit Shah has termed this agreement as historic and said that it is very important for peace in Assam and the North-Eastern states.

Amit Shah also informed that AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) is being removed from 85 percent of Assam.

Amit Shah said, "For a long time, Assam and the entire Northeast have suffered violence. Under the guidance of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, the Home Ministry has been running with the vision of a Northeast India free from extremism, violence and conflict. The Government of India, the Government of Assam and Due to the agreement reached between ULFA, we have been successful in ending all the armed groups of Assam here.''

Amit Shah said, "At least 10,000 people were killed in ULFA's long-term struggle and those who died on both sides from 1979 till now, died for this country. Today this problem is being completely resolved, I am happy about it.''

"After talking to ULFA representatives, a big package has been approved by the Government of India along with a lot of projects for the development of Assam."

Amit Shah said, "We assure you that each and every item of the agreement will be implemented in a time bound manner and the Narendra Modi government will live up to your trust."

Amit Shah said that in the last five years, 9 peace and border related agreements have been signed in different states of the North-East. On record 9 thousand cadres have surrendered.

Opposition leaders protest at Jantar Mantar against the suspension of opposition MPs in India

Friday, December 22, 2023

The 'India' coalition protested on Friday, 22 December 2023, against the suspension of opposition MPs demanding answers from the Modi government on the lapses in Parliament security in India.

During this, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also criticized the media. He said, “They definitely said that I took photographs, but no one talked about what the real issues were. The real issue is unemployment, which was not discussed.

TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee is reportedly seen mimicking Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar in a video outside Parliament. Many MPs from opposition parties are also present on this occasion. Along with this, in the video, Rahul Gandhi is seen recording it on his phone.

He said, "By expelling about 150 (total 146) MPs from the Parliament, the government has silenced 60 per cent of the people of the country (India)... The more hatred the BJP spreads, the more love and brotherhood the parties of the India alliance will spread."

Meanwhile, Mallikarjun Kharge said, "We all have to fight together. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to create fear among us through ED and CBI, but Congress will not be afraid of this."

Randeep Surjewala said, "We will all fight for 140 crore people, parliamentary dignity and the Constitution."

Many big faces of the opposition were present in this protest named 'Save Democracy' organized at Jantar Mantar near the Parliament House in the capital of India, New Delhi.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Sitaram Yechury, Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, Randeep Surjewala were prominent among these leaders.

In the counting of votes held on 3 November 2023, BJP has won in three states of India, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, while Congress has won in one state, Telangana.

In Chhattisgarh, BJP has won 54 seats, leaving behind the ruling party Congress. Congress has won 35 seats in Chhattisgarh. In Rajasthan also, BJP defeated Congress by winning 115 seats. Congress has got 69 seats in Rajasthan.

Whereas in Madhya Pradesh, BJP was again successful in maintaining its government. BJP won 163 seats. Whereas Congress has won 66 seats.

Congress has won 64 seats in Telangana, leaving BRS behind. Whereas BRS has got 39 seats, BJP has got 8 seats and Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM has got 7 seats.

According to the changed schedule by the Election Commission, the counting of votes in Mizoram has started from 8 am on November 4, 2023, which was earlier to be held on November 3, 2023.

The main fight in Mizoram is between the ruling party Mizo National Front, Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) and Congress. The three parties have fielded candidates on all 40 assembly seats.

Mizo National Front had won 26 seats in the 2018 elections. At that time Congress could win only five seats, whereas in 2013 Congress had won 34 seats.

The date of Mizoram Assembly election results was advanced by one day to December 4, 2023. The first counting of votes was to take place along with the remaining four states on December 3, 2023.

Opposition alliance Zoram People's Movement has secured majority in Mizoram by winning 27 seats. Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has lost the election from his seat.

Lalthansanga of Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) has won from Aizawl East 1 by a margin of more than two thousand votes.

ZPM performed well and won 27 out of 40 seats.

Whereas Mizo National Front (MNF) of Zoramthanga has won nine seats. MNF is leading on 1 seat.

BJP has won two seats and Congress is leading on one seat.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has once again tried to corner India in the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder case after a case was registered against Indian man Nikhil Gupta in America.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that this case underlines what Canada is saying about the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and that India needs to take this matter seriously.

Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, that Canadian agencies had been working with their American counterparts since August 2023 on allegations related to the Indian government's involvement in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was murdered on 18 June 2023 in the British Columbia province of Canada.

After this, Canada had made serious allegations like the involvement of the Indian government in this matter.

But the Indian government termed the allegations made by the Canadian government as 'gross' and 'motivated'.

India had given Hardeep Singh Nijjar the status of a terrorist in the year 2020 itself.

What are the allegations against Nikhil Gupta?

In the indictment filed in the US court, Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta has been accused of giving contract for the murder of an American citizen in exchange for one lakh dollars in cash.

According to documents presented in the court, Nikhil Gupta, at the behest of an official working for the Indian government, contacted a hitman in America and gave him a contract to kill a Sikh separatist leader.

The indictment claims that during a conversation with an Indian official, Nikhil Gupta had told that he was involved in international smuggling of narcotics and weapons.

The indictment also claims that Nikhil Gupta is facing a criminal case in the Indian state of Gujarat in which he had agreed to carry out a murder in New York for an Indian official in exchange for help.

According to the document, the hitman whom Nikhil Gupta contacted was an undercover agent of the US Intelligence Department.

India forms investigation panel into conspiracy to murder Sikh separatist leader in America

Thursday, November 30, 2023

India has constituted a high-level inquiry panel to probe allegations of a conspiracy to kill a Sikh separatist leader in the US.

On the evening of Wednesday, November 29, 2023, America claimed that it had foiled the plan to assassinate a Sikh separatist American citizen living in New York. America accused Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta in this case on Wednesday, 29 November 2023. According to the documents presented in the court, he had received instructions from an employee of the Government of India.

Earlier last week, the British newspaper Financial Times, quoting sources, had reported that America had foiled an attempt to assassinate pro-Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. The newspaper had claimed that Indian government officials were involved in this conspiracy and America has warned the Indian government regarding this.

On Wednesday, 29 November 2023, India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that India has constituted a high-level panel on 18 November 2023 to investigate the matter.

Following the Financial Times report, US National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said the US was taking the issue "extremely seriously".

The Washington Post wrote in a report on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 that the Biden administration was deeply concerned after the conspiracy to assassinate a Sikh separatist was discovered. It had sent CIA Director William J. Burns and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes to India in August 2023 and October 2023 and demanded an investigation into the matter.

What did the Ministry of External Affairs of India say on the case of conspiracy to kill Sikh separatist leader in America?

Thursday, November 30, 2023

The Indian Foreign Ministry has said that charges have not been brought against the Indian official in the US court. Information about what inputs India has received from America cannot be made public.

Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi has said in response to a question, "I want to clarify one thing that the case is not being filed against the Indian official in the American court. We cannot share the inputs we have received but If you are talking about a legal case, a person has been charged in an American court.''

“The allegation that the man was working with an Indian official is a matter of concern. We have repeatedly said this is not India's policy. Our high level investigation panel will also investigate the case from the angle of nexus of drug racket and organized crime.''

The US has claimed to have uncovered a conspiracy to kill a Sikh separatist leader and an American citizen on American soil.

A man named Nikhil Gupta is accused of giving a contract to a hired killer to kill a separatist leader in exchange for one lakh dollars (about Rs 83 lakh) in cash.

There are allegations that Nikhil Gupta was being guided by an Indian officer. The Indian official is not named in the indictment.

On 18 November 2023, India has constituted a high-level inquiry panel to investigate these allegations.

All 41 workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel of Uttarakhand were rescued safely

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

All 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara Tunnel in the Indian state of Uttarakhand have been rescued safely.

Uttarakhand government has issued a press release giving information about this.

The Uttarakhand government says that state and central government agencies as well as the army, various organizations and world-renowned tunnel experts were involved in the rescue operation of the workers.

Many organizations, officers and employees including NDRF, SDRF, BRO, RVNL, SJVNL, ONGC, ITBP, NHAIDCL, THDC, Uttarakhand State Government, District Administration, Indian Army, Indian Air Force played an important role in the rescue operation.

What did Congress say?

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote on social media site

Jairam Ramesh said, “The entire country salutes the amazing patience and courage of the workers. The nation also appreciates the dedication, skill and tenacity of the entire rescue team and wholeheartedly thanks them.”

What did Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi say?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the safe evacuation of 41 laborers trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand as an emotional success.

PM Modi wrote on social media site X, "The success of the rescue operation of our labor brothers in Uttarkashi is making everyone emotional. I want to say to the friends who were trapped in the tunnel that your courage and patience is inspiring everyone. I wish you all well and good health. It is a matter of great satisfaction that after a long wait these friends of ours will now meet their loved ones. The patience and courage that all these families have shown in this challenging time cannot be appreciated enough.''

PM Modi has also saluted the spirit of the people engaged in this rescue operation.

PM Modi said, "I also salute the spirit of all the people associated with this rescue operation. His bravery and determination have given new life to our labor brothers. Everyone involved in this mission has set an amazing example of humanity and teamwork.”

After being taken out of the tunnel, the workers have been taken to a temporary hospital built near the tunnel where their mental and physical health will be examined.

Uttarakhand CM said, the workers who came out of the tunnel will get financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh.

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, has given information to the media after all the workers were safely evacuated from the Silkyara Tunnel on the evening of Tuesday, 28 November 2023.

Pushkar Singh Dhami said that all the workers have come out of a different environment so we will work as per the advice of the doctors. He will be kept under medical supervision, monitored but nothing is serious. All the rescued workers will be given an assistance amount of Rs 1 lakh each. The tunnel under construction will be reviewed.

All 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel of Uttarakhand have been rescued safely.

At present all the workers are present in the health center and their treatment is going on.

But after 17 days, the families of the workers are also heaving a sigh of relief.

The family members of a laborer from Arrah in the Indian state of Bihar shared both their pain and joy with news agency PTI.

In the pictures coming on different news channels, the families of the workers are seen celebrating and expressing happiness.

The Supreme Court of India, while hearing the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, has asked questions from CBI and ED regarding the evidence.

Manish Sisodia was arrested a few months ago in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

According to 'Bar & Bench', a website that broadcasts news related to law, Justice Sanjeev Khanna and SVN Bhati have asked the investigating agencies what evidence they have to prove the case of money laundering against Manish Sisodia.

The Supreme Court asked, "Where is the evidence, where is the evidence. You have to prove it. Where are the proceeds of crime?''

Both the federal investigating agencies claim that there were irregularities during the change in excise policy and illegal benefits were given to the licensees.

The court said, ''We understand that the policy has been changed and everyone wants to change it so that it benefits them. If we say that a discriminatory policy was followed against a particular group, then it does not constitute a crime without taking into account the monetary transaction.''

The court said that when any policy decision is taken, there will always be some pressure and contradiction, adding, "It is true that bribe cannot be taken."

The court wanted to know how the money reached the former Deputy Chief Minister.

The court asked, ''You gave two figures, one of Rs 100 crore and one of Rs 30 crore. Who gave him this money? It is possible that these may have been given by many people, it is not necessary that they be people associated with the liquor business. Is there any other evidence apart from Dinesh Arora's statement?''

The Supreme Court has given the date of next hearing as 12 October 2023. Manish Sisodia had the responsibilities of the Excise Department of Delhi Government.

Manish Sisodia was arrested by CBI on 26 February 2023.

After this, ED arrested Manish Sisodia on March 9, 2023 in the money laundering case on the basis of CBI FIR. Since then he is in Tihar jail.

Manish Sisodia resigned from the Delhi Cabinet on 28 February 2023.