AAP Ke News #E490

AAP Ke News #E490

1. Meghalaya High Court wants direct Shillong-Bhopal flights since judges have to visit National Judicial Academy.

   

2. "it is more than strange that the Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh, who was invited as chief guest at the seminar, did not advise the organisers that conducting the seminar on March 26 would violate the MCC."
   https://thewire.in/security/a-veterans-concerns-about-an-increasingly-political-army

3. Meanwhile, the IAF with its 30 fighter squadrons instead of 42, and massive shortfalls in AWACS and mid-air refuellers, now faces this.

   

4. Can't be true when the economy is booming after 10 years of Modi govt. Farmers' incomes have already doubled in 2022 and those in hawai chappals are flying in aeroplanes.asf

   

5. Like Llyod Austin announced when he was nominated to become US Defence Secretary that he won't be using his rank as he is a political appointee now, so should Bhadauria. That'd be a healthy practise for a military professional in a democracy.

   

6. Growing voices against proposed 70% quota in Jammu and Kashmir.
   Growing voices against proposed 70% quota in Jammu and Kashmir

7. Wages of Indian workers have remained almost same in last 10 years: Data
   https://www.thehindu.com/data/no-major-change-in-employment-status-or-wages-in-10-years-data-point/article67979708.ece

8. Nothing that some stupid rhetorical statement by a wolf-warrior minister cannot cover up. Four years since Galwan and India's dependency, and consequent strategic vulnerability, on China has only increased.

   

9. Under-recoveries. If Orwell wrote Politics and the English Language, under-recoveries for losses would definitely feature. Along with challenges when the writer means problems.

   

10. The FDI is not coming into India. The slope and direction of the graph tells a story.
    Three of top five countries from which FDI is coming to India are Singapore, Mauritius and UAE. IYKYK.

    
    

11. Let's see how much ED listens to the commissioners. Last time, after 2019 polls, the agencies went after the family members of one of the election commissioners who had dissented on giving a clean chit to poll code violations by Modi and Shah.

    

12. This is someone who retired from the army in 2018 and is now asking the Modi govt to help him before the Russian army sends him to the frontlines to fight against Ukraine. Imagine what it will be like after short-term contractual recuit Agniveers become available for such jobs.

    

13. One diplomat doesn't get the Lok Sabha elections ticket.

    

14. This was even before Kerala’s decision to break away, which was triggered primarily by the opposition to the scheme from trade unions on the grounds that it would lead to private control of the state’s power sector.
    How smart is the Centre’s smart meter plan and why Kerala’s move to opt out underscores some of the scheme’s inadequacies.
    https://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/how-smart-is-the-centres-smart-meter-plan-and-why-keralas-move-to-opt-out-underscores-some-of-the-schemes-inadequacies-9233379/

15. 9 CBI cases pending, Karnataka’s mining baron Janardhan Reddy returns to BJP.
    https://indianexpress.com/elections/9-cbi-cases-pending-karnatakas-mining-baron-janardhan-reddy-returns-to-bjp-9233418/

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17. 119 villages in Hingoli (Maharashtra) get contaminated water Water storage in 750 minor irrigation projects across the Marathwada region is down to 12.92%.

    
    

18. दिल्ली की क़ानून व्यवस्था ध्वस्त

    4 साल की मासूम बच्ची के साथ बलात्कार किया गया और Amit Shah-LG दिल्ली सरकार और AAP के ख़िलाफ़ साज़िश करने में व्यस्त हैं। इसके विरोध में AAP कार्यकर्ताओं ने Mandawali police station का घेराव किया।

19. Arvind Kejriwal: কেজরিওয়ালকে ফাঁসাতেই ৬০ কোটির লেনদেন? নাড্ডাকে চিঠি আপের, সত্য সামনে আনার দাবি
    https://bengali.indianexpress.com/election/aap-writes-to-nadda-questions-bjps-silence-on-links-with-electoral-bonds-donor-reddy-9232312-ieart-import/

20. In Dibrugarh, AAP rolls out 14 guarantees for Assam Mar 24, 2024.
    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/in-dibrugarh-aap-rolls-out-14-guarantees-for-assam/articleshow/108742020.cms

21. https://thewire.in/electoral-bond

22. In #Punjab’s Malerkotla, Sikhs and Hindus Hold Iftar Events for Muslims 'In fact one of our temple priests Raju Sharma Pandit even organised iftar at his house last year.'
    https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-sikhs-hindus-muslims-ramzan-iftar

23. Left Groups Win All Key Posts in #JNU Students' Union Elections The elections saw a record 73% voter turnout, the highest in 12 years, indicating significant student engagement.
    https://thewire.in/politics/in-photos-left-groups-win-all-key-posts-in-jnu-students-union-elections

24. Was Trial Judge Who Convicted GN Saibaba Biased?
    https://www.newsclick.in/was-trial-judge-who-convicted-gn-saibaba-biased-we-will-never-know

25. Protest site against Adani's coal mines in Hasdeo Aranya burned down overnight. Hasdeo Aranya Bachao Sangharsh Samiti has been on a non stop protest at this site for 750 days to stop further mining and displacement of Adivasis in the region.
    https://x.com/AbirDasgupta101/status/1772146430112870792?s=20

26. https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/imageview/465899/24918905/71.html

27. Nine out of 10 Indians earn less than the average income of $2,800. Once 100 million adults establish a similar stranglehold on affluence in Modi’s India, the oligarchs may be in complete control of the nation’s political narrative.

    

28. This is touted as a big success of the Modi govt. On every metric - actual investment, actual production/ incremental sales, and actual employment - the PLI schemes have fallen way short of the targets. The data is striking.

    

29. Green is a colour some folks actively dislike. So what if that is the colour of trees.

    

30. As a % of nominal GDP, FDI is down to 2.1%, compared to 3.8% in 2008-09. In the 10-year period to 2022-23, the FDI great at a CAGR of 6.6%, compared to 27% in the previous 10-year period. How can this be so when the whole world is dying to invest in India?

    

31. INDIA VOTES 2024: Be wary of allurements, threats, AAP leadership tells its Punjab MLAs

32. It’s murder, sellers booked under Sec 302: Mann on liquor deaths

33. Power demand crosses 10K MW

34. Samosa, tea to cost candidate Rs 15, paneer pakora Rs 20

35. 1,269 litres of liquor seized in 2 districts

36. 96.55 % claims under PM Suraksha Bima Yojana settled: Official

37. Mumbai lost over 21,000 trees in 6 years to make way for Metro, road projects

38. Why Pakistan’s ‘piracy’ of Indian basmati rice varieties is concerning
    https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-economics/pakistan-piracy-indian-basmati-rice-9230794/

39. 32% said the banks opened the Atal Pension Yojana accounts without the explicit permission; 38% said that they needed money and can't pay for a scheme that will pay back at the age of 60; and 15% didn't have the money to run the account.

    

40. What's the point of having oligarchs then?

    

41. The law, the MCC and the court judgement is very clear. It is only how the Election Commission implements the rule.

    

42. The Gujarat Model. The phrase was extremely popular in 2014 but has since gone completely missing. Like Achhe Din.