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Jun 23, 2021
China is building villages in Bhutanese territory it claims as its own. But this creeping invasion is more than an attempt at land grab

Explained: China’s Village Construction In Bhutan’s Territory And What It Wants To Achieve With This Creeping Invasion

The construction of hundreds of border villages by China in the Himalayas is not limited to its frontier with India and the Indian territory under its occupation. Bhutan, too, is at the receiving end of China’s creeping invasion.
Jun 23, 2021
Missile assembling and integration with the launcher, exclusively developed for the missile are nearing end

DRDO set to back in action with 'Agni Prime' test scheduled next week

BHUBANESWAR: After a lull of more than three months due to the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic leading to restriction in movement of manpower, material and machinery, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is set to back in action.
Jun 23, 2021
Saket Gokhale pointed towards the affidavit where the income of Hardeep Singh Puri’s spouse income was mentioned as Rs 11.52 lakh for the financial year 2016-2017

“Prepare to be sued”: Former IFS officer Lakshmi M Puri shuts up Congress supporter Saket Gokhale for misleading allegations against her

On June 23, Lakshmi M Puri, wife of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, gave a befitting reply to alleged activist and Congress mouthpiece Saket Gokhale for creating a mischievous Twitter thread filled with baseless allegations against her. Lakshmi Puri has served as Assistant Secretary-General at United Nations, Deputy Executive Director at United Nations Women, and Ambassador of India to Hungary and accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is currently working as a commentator on National and International Affairs.
Jun 23, 2021
Radical Islamic literature has been in existence since 2016. It was developed by a Pakistani company Tareensoft owned by Muhammad Adeel Khan

Google removes ‘Ghazwa e Hind’ app from play store after uproar

On June 19, netizens took notice of an app on the Google Play Store named ‘Ghazwa e hind’ after an uproar of social media platforms. Ghazwa-e-Hind that literally translates to ‘holy raid of India’, is a common term used by Islamic invaders and terrorists. The term finds its origin in Islamic literature named Hadiths.
Jun 23, 2021
There are other such controversial papers published as well. TISS Tuljapur published a paper titled, “State’s Coercive Apparatus: A Study of Military Occupation in Kashmir”

More controversial TISS papers surface: ‘India controlled Kashmir’, ‘Military Occupation’, romance with a research subject and embracing Islam

A dissertation paper submitted by a student of TISS, Hyderabad as part of her academic propgramme stirred a significant controversy for blaming domestic violence in Kashmiri society on the Indian Army. The paper, authored by one Ananya Kundu, repeatedly called the region “India occupied Kashmir”.
Jun 22, 2021
Earlier, the high court had directed the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to constitute a committee for examining all cases of alleged human rights violations in the post-poll violence in West Bengal

Bengal: Calcutta HC Asks NHRC To Examine Pleas Of People Displaced By Post-Poll Violence; Warns State Government Against Obstruction

On Friday (18 June), taking note of the inaction of the state government over the matter of post-poll violence in West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court ordered the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to constitute a committee to examine the complaints filed by persons who were displaced during the violence.
Jun 21, 2021
If a party says that it wants to contest elections on its own without joining hands with others, it should first generate confidence among the public of its ability to provide jobs

Is Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra on the verge of an imminent collapse?

With the rift widening between the members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha MP and senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday reassured that Uddhav Thackeray will continue to remain the chief minister of Maharashtra.
Jun 21, 2021
Mr Champat Rai is a senior leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and a member of the Ram Temple Trust and the accusations against him by the accused are baseless and prima facie the accusations against his relatives are baseless too

Three booked for falsely accusing general secretary of the Ram Temple Trust in a Facebook post in ‘land scam’

Invoking 15 sections of the IPC and three sections of the IT Act, Bijnor Police have booked journalist Vineet Narain and two others for falsely accusing the general secretary of the Ram Temple Trust in a Facebook post.
Jun 20, 2021
Odisha’s Raghurajpur village is a hub of Pattachitra, an indigenous art form, with at least one artist involved in the trade in every family. This art form dates back to the 12th century

An Artisan Heritage Crafts Village: Indigenous Sustainability of Raghurajpur

Raghurajpur is a heritage crafts village in the district of Puri in the state of Odisha. This village is recognized for its folk art called Pattachitra, an art form which dates back to 5th Century B.C. and Gotipua dance which existed as a predecessor before the emergence of Odissi dance and is hence the home of a prominent visual art as well as a performing art.