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American reporter Evan Gershkovich, convicted with spying charges, sees his trial’s end days on Friday as the last earing comes due. US reporter in Russia Evan Gershkovich, a journalist at the Wall Street Journal, was working in Russia by Federal Security Service (FSB) in March of 2023. He was detained in the city of Yekaterinberg where he was on a reporting assignment since 2017 having complete press rights from the visiting country’s foreign ministry. The journalist is born in America and is son of Soviet origin migrants. He is being accused of “acquiring secret information” according to the instructions of…

The world witnessed strengthening of ties between India and Mauritius as India’s Foreign Minister attended the inaugural ceremony of nation’s first Jan Aushadhi Kendra at Mauritius. India-Mauritius Relations The Indo-Mauritius relations date back to 1730s, and the formal diplomatic relations were established in 1948, post New Delhi’s independence, but to be noted that the ties bide before Mauritius was declared an independent state. According to report, more than 68% of Mauritian diaspora is of Indian origin, thus connecting dots with cultural ethnicity as well. There is an embassy of Mauritius at New Delhi and Mauritius has it at Port Louis.…

Educational institutions in Bangladesh are shut down due to tragic death of around 6 students in the havoc of protests against the disagreed quota system Bangladesh’s Quota History The South-Asian country has government jobs as best source for stable income for the massive amount of graduates with a provision of 3,000 posts available. After the country’s independence, these government jobs had 56% quota system based on minorities of women and underdeveloped regions having 10% reservation each, tribal regions got 5% and specially abled got 1% of reservation. The largest chunk of this quota was received for the people whose ancestors…

Supreme Court has decided to hear Delhi Ex Dep. CM Manish Sisodia’s plea for bail in the Delhi excise policy scam case and also hear response from the CBI as well as ED on Tuesday. Sisodia’s Arrest Story The then CM was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on February 26, 2023 for his alleged hand in the Liquor policy case and then was again arrested a month later by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in March 2023 for money laundering case when he handed his resignation from the Dep. CM’s post. He had been incarcerated for around 16 months…

Against the ‘Shariah Laws’, says the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) regarding Supreme Court’s recent verdict on Muslim women on receiving alimony after their divorce. Supreme Court on ‘Alimony Verdict’ The Apex Court has entitled women, irrespective of their religion, to a claim alimony for maintenance after divorce under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The verdict has been announced under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986. The verdict was announced by a bench of two judges, Justice B V Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih held that the arrangement was a degree…

Gaza Strip hailers, Hamas, have withdrawn their support for talks accusing Israel for ‘unserious attitude’ towards the negotiations. Hamas’ accusations about ‘Leniency’ The weekend’s terrible attack of Israel on Gaza has caused the parties to come down on a consensus involving Arab moderators as well as countries of Egypt and United States. The Bomb attack was targeted for the Hamas Military Chief, Moh. Deif in Southern part of Gaza. Both the parties had an intense 3-day discussions about disarming and exchange of hostages from the October 7 attacks of Hamas. Adding to this, this would have been a six week long…

Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a mutual consensus of provision for a 37 months period Financial Aid of USD 7 Billion to solve their contemporary national pecuniary difficulties. Pakistan’s Debt Story The Russian invasion on Ukraine in the year 2022, caused severe spike in the inflation rate along with political instability and low per capita income. This has caused issues like problems of Balance of Payments for the country as well as ever-rising burden of external and international debts. There was restriction on import of luxury and unnecessary items declared by the incumbent government in the country.…

India abstained its position on the resolution proposed in the UN General Assembly held on Thursday, July 11, 2024. The resolution demanded immediate ceasefire from Russia and withdrawal of military and other illegal appointment of personnel in the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Background of the Nuclear Power Plant The largest nuclear power plant in Europe, Zaporizhzhia, has 6 Soviet designed nuclear reactors containing Uranium 235. This reactor is on the border of on-war countries and is a major threat if handled without necessary caution. The reactors are in cold shutdown, i.e they are kept in cold temperatures below boiling point…

Amid the upcoming Presidential elections in the USA, Joe Biden receives backlash from prominent stakeholders to back off and rather put forth Kamala Harris. This has been a cause of action of his undeterminable and rather incoherent behaviour during the election campaigns held for a few months. Biden at CNN Presidential Debate Biden was present for the first Presidential debate for the elections of 2024 along with his capable opponent and ex-President Donald Trump. It was uncertain to find Biden ‘almost asleep’ during the ongoing debate. It was to be noted that during the entire debate, he was found fumbling…

The Supreme Court has considered the West Bengal’s Gov’t lawsuit moved against Centre for affirming CBI’s registering of FIRs in the state’s jurisdiction despite withdrawal of general consent from the state on Wednesday. Supreme Court Approached Bengal Government knocked the doors of the top court regarding Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for conducting investigation and registering FIRs in the state’s territory in the face of withdrawing the general consent in the year 2018. The verdict was reserved for the same lawsuit on May 8 for maintainability. On Wednesday, panel of two judges Justice BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta approved the…