Maha Vikas Aghadi seals poll pact in Maharashtra
The Maha Vikas Aghadi ( MVA ) in Maharashtra
has reached a seat sharing agreement for upcoming Lok Sabha Polls on Tuesday ..
This was the occasion of Gudi Padwa , the
Marathi New Year .
Uddhav’s Thaxkrey ‘s Shiv Sena faction has won
21 seats , 17 goes to Congress and NCP ( SP ) gets 10 .
On Tuesday , Maharashtra celebrated Gudi Padwa , the Marathi New Year . The
Marathi New Year .
20 New companies bought poll bonds , punishable offense
Under Section 182 of the companies act ,firms
that completed at least 3 years were only eligible to purchase electoral bonds
.
However the data shows that 20 such
incorporated firms purchased electoral bonds worth ₹103 crore .
12 firms that donated 75 % of this amount , were incorporated by the Bharat Rashtra
Samiti ( BRS ) . The rest were divided among Telugu Desam Party , the Congress
and the BJP .
Kejriwal to remain in Tihar jail as Delhi High Court
dismisses petition challenging ED arrest
The Delhi
High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP )
national convener Arvind. Kejriwal challenged his arrest by ED in case of money laundering act by ED .
Justice Swarna Kan Sharma , pronouncing the
order said , the arrest can not be termed illegal .”Material which has been
collected by ED reveals that Mr. Kejriwal conspired , and was actively involved
in formulating excise policy . “ .
Mr Kejriwal had also contended the timing of
arrest ,on the ground of elections . The
court refused to give Me Kejriwal any respite on this basis .
Candidates have right to votes from voters ,rules SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that voters
have right to privacy and need not lay out every scrap of his or her personal
possession , past and present , for
electorate to examine .
Under Representation of People Act , 1951 , a person fighting election has to disclose
his property before election commission .
India likely to record normal monsoon this year , says Skymet
Private rain forecasting company Skymet said that India’s rainfall
will be normal this Monsoon .
Skymet said that it will rain 102 % ( with an error of 5%) of the Long Period average ( LPA ) .
Rainfall between 96 % to 104% of the LPA is
considered normal .
Skymet predicts sufficiently good rain in South ,West and Northwest region .
However eastern states of Bihar ,Jharkhand ,
Odissa and West Bengal are at risk of deficit railnall during the peak monsoon
.
States. , UTs asked to
submit data on heatstroke cases
The states and Union Territories should submit
data on heatstroke cases and death on the Integrated Health Information
Portal the National center for Disease
Control said in an advisory.
The advisory also tells to avoid election
campanigning activities between noon and 3 PM .and Check Overcrowding .
World
Israeli proposal for truce not meeting demands : Hamas
A truce in the Gaza war is going on between
Israel and Hamas .
Hamas in a statement on Tuesday said that
Israel was meeting none of its demands .
Hamas demands that Israeli military leave Gaza
, military operation in Gaza be stopped , and also that dospeced people be
allowed to return to their homes .
Israel want that hostage be freed by Hamas .
Israel is ready to reach a prisoner swap deal
with Hamas .
Israel however was not ready to Hamas demand
to stop military operations in Gaza .
Israel says that Rafah city in Gaza’s southern
border with Egypt to be the last stronghold of
Hamas . Foreign Governments have urged Israel not to storm Rafah fearing
large scale death of civilians .
Meanwhile
, Turkey has restricted export of
large number of items to Israel until a ceasefire in Gaza .
Taliban begin to restore properties of displaced Hindus ,
Sikhs in Afghanistan
The ‘
Justice ministry ‘ of Taliban administration in Kabul has started the process
of restoring property of displaced Hindu and Sikh communities , a senior Taliban
offical has told The Hindu.
Taliban govt has set up a commission to ensure
the return of Hindus and Sikhs families to Afghanistan .
Properties of Hindus and Sikhs were usurped by
Warlords during former regime .
UK foreign secretary meets Donald Trump to discuss US aid to Ukraine
UK foreign secretary and former Prime Minister
David Cameroon met with US president Donald Trump to discuss further US aid to
Ukraine as it fights Russia .
US has committed 74 Billion dollar to Ukraine.
, 184 billion dollar by EU , and 15 billion dollar by UK .
Science
Health
sector can not ignore green gains from Telemedicine ; study
A study on the use of telemedicine
and its impact has following findings
Use of telemedicine and telepathology saves
travel time , spending on travel and reduces pollution which were caused by
travel .
Vehicular emissions are a major contributor to
local pollution and global warming in India.
In India about 88 % of the Carbon dioxide
emission comes from traffic ,
E Shramjeevi is an Indian platform on
telemedicine .
Text and Context
Can the
judiciary be truly independent in Pakistan
In. In March 2024 , six judges of Islamabad
High High Court ( IHC ) , wrote to Pakistan’s Supreme Judicial Council
complaining about the intelligence agencies. intervention to establishment in
certain Judicial cases .
On March 28. Chief Justice of Pakistan ( CJP )
met the Prime Minister and “ stated that interference by the executive and
affairs of judicial working of judges will not be tolerated and under no
circumstances independence of Judiciary will be allowed to be compromised . “
While the Pakistan’s military establishment
reach has expanded to all organs of states and civil society . In recent years
there have been pushback . For example ,Imran Khan stood against establishment
and was hugely popular .
This reflects from the recent election results
as well where Imran Khan’s supported groups emerged as a strong opposition in
Pakistan National Assembly
