AAP Ke News #E494

AAP Ke News #E494

1. In the name of infrastructure, tourism & development of Ladakh, we are witnessing an invasion of the economy of the plains over the ecology of the hills, the consequences of which have already been seen in Uttarakhand & Sikkim.
   https://themorningcontext.com/chaos/ladakhs-betrayal-is-a-strategic-disaster

2. What happens if you are rejected as a CAA applicant? Won't you end up in a detention centre?

   

3. 10 years is a long time to judge anyone on the issue of creating jobs.

   

4. Professor of practice, indeed.

   

5. 20,000 books, worth Rs 9.6 lakh. That's the cost; their value, priceless.

   

6. In 2019, a landmark scientific review estimated more than 1 billion people across the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, spanning 8 countries from Afghanistan to Myanmar, are exposed to more frequent and severe weather events, including flash floods, avalanches.
   https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-india-climate-disaster-himalayas/

7. "Common man's predicament really stirred me": Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna on her dissent in Demonetisation case.

   

8. India makes it to the list of the largest 10-year declines in freedom, as per the February 2024 report of Freedom House.

   

9. It is so very unfortunate that the Supreme Court order led to a loss to the exchequer of the bonds it had already printed.

   

10. Surrogate ads are illegal. To headline it as a BJP edge is normalisation of what is blatantly wrong, and on which Meta should be coming down heavily.

    

11. All the bad ideas that were discarded in the 1980s are coming back under the current dispensation. Must be some form of minimum government.

    

12. This is happening in a K-shaped economy. Imagine.

    

13. This makes no sense unless that there is heavy underinvoicing by Indian importers and some payments are then made in third countries. To evade the high tax/ duties imposed by the Modi govt.

    

14. Wait for the Supreme Court to reverse it.

    

15. "While there were 147 attacks against Christians in the country in 2014, it rose to 687 in 2023. Yet there are no effective interventions from the authorities against this."

    

16. And then people ask about the abysmal state of Indian universities?

    

17. After putting up a brave face, finally the Modi govt capitulates.

    

18. Government spent Rs 38 crore on Google ads in 6 months, promoting PM Modi and his achievements. Highest expenditure was in February 2024, with a 73% increase from September.
    https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/03/19/government-spends-rs-38-crore-in-over-6-months-on-google-ads-promoting-modi

19. Wangchuk is planning a Border March of 10,000 Ladakhi shepherds and farmers soon. He has pointed out that the BJP had promised inclusion of Ladakh in the Sixth Schedule in its 2019 election manifesto, but failed to keep the promise in these five years.
    https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/editorial/heed-wangchuk-s-warning-on-ladakh-2958091

20. The jobless rate for graduates was 29.1%, almost nine times higher than the 3.4% for those who can’t read or write, a new ILO report on India showed.
    The unemployment rate for young people with secondary or higher education was six times higher at 18.4%.
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-29/young-indians-more-likely-to-be-jobless-if-they-re-educated

21. "According to the data submitted by the university to the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2023 accessed by The Hindu, only 6.8% of the students in undergraduate programmes belonged to SC, ST and OBC." 6.8% for what is 68% of India's population at least.

    

22. Earlier only FCI could buy wheat from the farmers. Now NAFED and NCCF have also been asked to buy wheat directly from the farmers. Evidence of minimum governance and the Modi govt staying out in non-strategic business that private sector can provide.

    

23. Only five states will have a daily wage of more than Rs 300. So much for the much-hyped MGNREGS wage increase.

    

24. India's former royalty, all collaborators of colonial rule, are part of the BJP in these elections.

    

25. How Govt and Private Sector Investments Have Fared in Recent Years 2022-23 saw the highest number of government investment projects being dropped in the last few decades, data shows.
    https://thewire.in/economy/in-charts-how-govt-and-private-sector-investments-have-fared-in-recent-years

26. #Manipur: BJP Govt Silent as Arambai Tenggol Imposes Campaigning Restrictions.
    #Manipur has been engulfed by violence since May 2023 and the role of Arambai Tenggol, including its sudden rise and political domination, has particularly come under greater scrutiny.
    https://thewire.in/politics/manipur-bjp-govt-silent-as-arambai-tenggol-imposes-campaigning-restrictions

27. Finance Min Asked SBI to Stop Printing Bonds 12 Days After SC Judgement: Report The SPMCIL had dispatched over 8,000 #electoralbonds to the SBI close to two weeks after the bonds were declared unconstitutional, the report said
    https://thewire.in/government/finance-min-asked-sbi-to-stop-printing-bonds-12-days-after-sc-judgement-report

28. Was Stirred by Common Man's Predicament After #Demonetisation, SC Judge Says.
    Justice B.V. Nagarathna, who dissented on #demonetisation's legality in Jan last year, also expressed embarrassment over governors needing direction.
    https://t.co/dJ8Amq4V6x

29. Why the Govt's Claim of 52 Million New Formal Jobs in the Last Four Years Is Misleading The government's use of EPFO data to suggest new job creation overlooks inherent fallacies in drawing such conclusions.
    https://thewire.in/labour/why-the-governments-claim-of-52-million-new-formal-jobs-in-the-last-four-years-is-misleading

30. 'People for Himalaya Campaign' Calls for Alternative Devlopment Model to Free Region of Disasters.
    https://thewire.in/uncategorised/people-for-himalaya-campaign-calls-for-alternative-devlopment-model-to-free-region-of-disasters

31. More IT Notices on Election Eve: Rs 11-Cr Tax Notice to CPI; CPI(M) Fighting Rs 15.59-Cr Levy
    https://thewire.in/government/income-tax-department-notice-cpi-pan-card-cpim

32. Inquiry into AAP MLA’s bribe charge handed over to VB

33. Big relief for fliers as operations resume at Adampur airport

34. Lok Sabha poll nearing, PSPCL to carry burden of outstanding dues into next fiscal year

35. Ahead of LS election, spurt in drug smuggling

36. #MGNREGA Wage Hike Announced Much Lower Than What Agriculture Labourers Make All states and UTs covered by the MGNREGA saw hikes in their daily wages, though the amounts vary from state to state.
    https://thewire.in/labour/mgnrega-wages-revised-fy-2024-25-released-haryana-highest

37. India’s media – captured and censored Across almost every form of media in India – social, broadcast and print – Narendra Modi and the BJP hold sway.
    https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-india-report/2024/3/28/indias-media-captured-and-censored

38. Bonds Jumlas Party (BJP) - The party that welcomes all criminals with a red carpet - only one condition. They have to pay first. No matter what the crime as long as they pay - they get the party ticket or a business contract or the opportunity to white all the black money

    

39. Six poll promises pitched by jailed Arvind Kejriwal:
    ■ Ensuring no power cuts with 24x7 electricity across the nation.
    ■ Providing free electricity for the poor across India.
    ■ Building government schools in every area to ensure quality education for all.
    ■ Establishing mohalla clinics and multi-speciality hospitals for proper and free treatment.
    ■ Guaranteeing farmers MSP according to the Swaminathan report.
    ■ Statehood to Delhi.
    "People of Delhi have faced injustice for the last 75 years. Their govt was handicapped. We will make Delhi a full state if the INDIA bloc comes to power. If you give an opportunity to the INDIA bloc, we will build a great nation," Sunita Kejriwal

40. Police have registered an FIR on the complaint of Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Jalalabad Goldie Kamboj. Notably, MLA Goldie Kamboj earlier claimed that he was offered Rs 25 crore to switch sides
    https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=181752#:~:text=Chandigarh%2C%20March%2030%2C%202024%3A,25%20crore%20to%20switch%20sides

41. In a major relief to the commuters, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Saturday, announced that two toll plazas on Ludhiana-Barnala state highway will be closed on April 2nd at 12 PM as their concession period is expiring.
    https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=181753&headline=Punjab-Govt-shuts-down-two-more-toll-plazas;-Read-details%C2%A0

    

42. ED files first chargesheet in Delhi Jal Board money-laundering case Former DJB chief engineer Jagdish Kumar Arora, contractor Anil Kumar Agarwal, former NBCC general manager D K Mittal, one Tejinder Singh and NKG Infrastructure Ltd, are named as accused
    https://www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/ed-files-first-chargesheet-in-delhi-jal-board-money-laundering-case-557975

43. 'Whatever questions were asked to me, I answered all of them... The government bungalow was allotted to me in Civil Lines, but I have always stayed in my private residence in Vasant Kunj': Kailash Gahlot
    Unaware of Goa election campaign, answered all questions: AAP's Kailash Gahlot after ED interrogation.
    This is the second summons sent to him as he could not depose for the first time about a month back as the Budget session of the Delhi Assembly was on.

    

44. Kejriwal summon revision matter: ED files replies to revisions, counsels for Kejriwal sought time to respond
    https://thenewsmill.com/2024/03/kejriwal-summon-revision-matter-ed-files-replies-to-revisions-counsels-for-kejriwal-sought-time-to-respond/

45. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday (11 Jan 2017) the demand for a probe into bribes allegedly paid to politicians mentioned in the so-called Birla-Sahara diaries, saying it would be dangerous for democracy to order a probe on the basis of loose sheets inadmissible as evidence.
    A bench of Justices Arun Kumar Mishra and Amitava Roy concluded that “no case is made out to order an investigation”. Today the democracy is being murdered by the same BJP leadership!

46. ZERO Electricity Bill to 90% domestic consumers in Punjab Nearly 90% of the domestic power consumers in Punjab received zero bills between Jan & March 2024, up from 88.04% during 2022-23 Here's how

    @BhagwantMann

    Govt has been fulfilling the promise of providing 600 units free electricity to the people of Punjab.

    

47. Modi government hikes MGNREGA pay from 3 to 10 per cent, but wages still below state rates
    https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/modi-government-hikes-mgnrega-pay-from-3-to-10-per-cent-but-wages-still-below-state-rates/cid/2009951

    

48. "We have enough power plants to generate 4.25 lakh MW power, our peak demand is 2 lakh MW, yet there are power cuts. Power cuts are due to mismanagement and lack of vision.
    "Delhi has no power cuts and there is 24x7 supply here. There can be 24x7 supply in the country in three to four years if there is an end to corruption and mismanagement": Arvind Kejriwal on 15 August 2023

49. AAP put in all its strength for the Delhi rally - From ministers to local in-charges, many senior leaders of AAP Punjab reached Delhi on Friday itself.

    

50. A Day after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Jalandhar (West) Sheetal Angural defected to Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), his pictures with an alleged kingpin of a UK-based drug cartel busted by Jalandhar police in March this year surfaced on social media.
    https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/bjp-mla-angural-pictures-uk-kingpin-surface-9239827/

51. People of Punjab are angry with the Centre over AAP supremo's arrest: Harjot Bains.

    

52. 44% of outgoing MPs have criminal records, 5% of them are billionaires: ADR 21 of 28 MPs accused of attempting to murder, are from the BJP.

    

53. STP water will reach 93 MCD Parks.

    

54. Based on the employment condition index for 2022 released by the ILO, Delhi secured the top spot with a score of 0.79, followed by Himachal Pradesh with a score of 0.67. Only these two States have scored higher than the national score of 0.65.

    

55. Emergency at Guwahati's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport as heavy rainfall triggers ceiling collapse, sparking chaos and concern among travellers.

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57. UP: The court has sentenced 22-22 months imprisonment to 6 people including Bulandshahr BJP District President Vikas Chauhan, MLA Laxmiraj Singh. In 2014, he had created a ruckus at the hospital regarding the businessman murder case. Since the sentence was less than 2 years, everyone got bail immediately.

58. I-T, ED actions against Opp can disrupt level playing field in polls: Former CECs

59. Explained: The Fine-Print In Modi Govt’s Rooftop Solar/Free Electricity Scheme
    https://www.indiaspend.com/explainers/explained-the-fine-print-in-modi-govts-rooftop-solarfree-electricity-scheme-899893

60. Data: India’s Net Import Dependency of Various Energy Commodities Marginally Increases in The Last 10 Years
    https://factly.in/data-indias-net-import-dependency-of-various-energy-commodities-marginally-increases-in-the-last-10-years/

61. Data: More than 60% of Captive Elephants in India are in Private Custody
    https://factly.in/data-more-than-60-of-captive-elephants-in-india-are-in-private-custody/

62. (26 March 2024) Government Data Roundup: HLC Report on One Nation, One Election, National Cooperative Database, Energy Statistics Report Among Those Released Recently.
    https://factly.in/26-march-2024-government-data-roundup-hlc-report-on-one-nation-one-election-national-cooperative-database-energy-statistics-report-among-those-released-recently/

63. In past year, ‘tracking system’ red-flags absence of 6 lakh kids at Delhi govt schools

64. 3 trials, 2 death sentences and a decade in jail later, court acquits man in rape-murder case

65. India’s trade reliance on China and EU rising: UN trade body

66. MP minister's son booked for assaulting couple; 4 cops suspended for ‘manhandling’ him

67. Dalit boy beaten for ‘touching water bucket’, ‘terrified to go back to school’

68. The concoction of business, politics and religion is very potent in BJP-ruled states.

    

69. A badly-behaved minister's convoluted statements about China can't hide the fact that India is more reliant on China today than it was four years ago, prior to 20 Indian soldiers dying at the hands of the Chinese in Galwan.

    

70. India's goods exports have fallen over the previous year. Too much economic growth happening, it seems.

    

71. The hype of the fastest growing economy and the reality of an increasing budget this year and the next to provide food to the poor people.

    

72. Good governance, the Madhya Pradesh BJP government way.

    

73. The least that should be done.

    

74. The economy is booming. The world is wooing us. So what if MGNREGS, despite all attempts by the govt to suppress enrolment, has a higher demand in villages because there are no real jobs available.

    

75. Who is BV Nagarathna, the SC judge who sent Bilkis Bano rapists back to jail
    https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/who-is-bv-nagarathna-the-sc-judge-who-sent-bilkis-bano-rapists-back-to-jail