Author: Harshita Pandey

Nitin Gadkari, the union minister for Road Transport and Highways earlier announced that the existing toll plaza system in India will soon be eliminated and will be replaced by a satellite-based toll system. In December 2023, he said that the NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) plans to start with the work from March 2024 and the process by which it will work was explained in detail to the news agency, ANI. Mr. Gadkari said that the money now will not be paid physically or by the present FastTag system but will automatically be deducted from bank accounts of people,…

Every year 1st April marks the beginning of a new financial year and it is always important as most of the budget proposals on income tax come into effect from 1st April. It also impacts other individual finances making changes in other sectors of the market applicable from then as well. With the start of the new fiscal year 2024-2025, there are some noteworthy changes that have been made to India’s income tax regulations. These changes announced by India’s Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech, aim to simplify tax planning for the taxpayers of the country.  The government…

The water scarcity in Bengaluru has become an opportunity amidst a crisis for the neighbouring states to lure IT companies to shift to their states for investments. The Kerala industries & law minister, P Rajeeve recently invited companies in Bengaluru, to his state. Rajeeve is wooing major IT companies from Bengaluru which is currently facing an acute deepening water crisis. Kerala through this, is highlighting its abundant water resources as an advantage against Bengaluru, making a clear contrast with Bengaluru’s continuing water shortage of 500 million litres daily. Is Kerala making use of Bengaluru being in a water crisis ?…

The Union Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman on 27th March, Wednesday, said while responding to a question at the Times New Summit 2024, that she will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections because she does not have the required money for it. The Bharatiya Janata Party offered her to contest elections but she pleaded that she did not have the ‘kind of fund’ that was required to contest in the Lok Sabha General Election Polls. What’s the reason behind her not contesting elections? The BJP President JP Nadda had given Sitaraman the option to contest from either of…

The Karnataka High Court has imposed a fine of ₹10 Lakh on the owner of the Express Publications Ltd, the company which publishes the New Indian Express newspaper. It was done in lieu of an unprofessional behaviour by them of publishing a report which indicated the findings of an inquiring authority’s report  which was conducted against a district judicial officer, despite the Administrative Committee, of the High Court already resolving  to not accept the report of the inquiring authority dated on 30/5/2013. What was the court case about? The court, in its proceedings found out that the newspaper had not…

The Calcutta High Court Judge, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, resigned from service and recently joined politics. He usually faced criticism from Trinamool Congress, West Bengal’s ruling party, for his judgments and observations. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has resigned as a judge in the Calcutta High Court and has joined politics with the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). Abhijit said that he was approached by the party and he also did the same during his tenure as judge. He declared that from now on, he will be a “party soldier”. The former judge sent his resignation directly to the President of India and came into…

The Bharatiya Janata Party released its 5th list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha General elections on 24th, March 2024, Sunday. In this list popular actors like Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil have made a place as candidates from the BJP. Arun Govil who played the popular character Ram in the TV serial Ramayan, will be contesting from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Kangana Ranaut, the National Award-winning actress will be contesting the elections from her hometown, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. What does Kangana Ranaut have to say in this announcement? Kangana Ranaut was born in Bhambla which is a small town…

Mohamed Muizzu, the Maldives President has now changed his mind and has called India, Maldives’ “closest ally” in a reconciliatory tone. This happened a few months after his anti-India rhetoric. Maldives now urged the national capital, New Delhi to provide them a debt relief. They owed India around USD 400.9 million by the end of 2023. Why is Muizzu in talks? In a recent interview with their local media, Muizzu highlighted the fact as to how direly they need continued support from India, specifically when it comes to addressing the Maldives’ debt burden. “India will continue to remain the Maldives’…

Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal got arrested by the ED (Enforcement Directorate) just ahead of the Lok Sabha General Elections 2024. The arrest has altered the electoral dynamics as all the opposition leaders are openly supporting him. The INDIA bloc currently is facing a lot of challenges in choosing their face, due to internal divisions and differing strategies amongst their constituent parties. Happening right before the elections, this arrest has made people question democracy. What is happening in the elections? The Aam Aadmi Party is a part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc with a seat sharing…

PM Narendra Modi spoke to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President a few hours after speaking to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. The Prime Minister’s conversation with the two leaders comes in the backdrop of Vlamdir Putin’s reelection as the President and no sign of the Russia-Ukraine war de-escalating. The two leaders allegedly said they see India as a peacemaker and have invited him to visit their countries after the Lok Sabha General elections.  PM Modi had last gone to Russia in 2018 and this time congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation for his “landslide” victory. Within a few…