Aspirants holding placards stage a protest over RO/ARO examination paper leak allegations, in Prayagraj, on February 26, 2024
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Government ‘examining’ Indian tech firm in EU, U.S. sanctions record
The authorities is analyzing particulars of an Indian tech firm concerned in semiconductor analysis, that was sanctioned by the European Union on Friday for its dealings with Russia. The firm is a accomplice of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for a really latest “Atmanirbhar Bharat” (Make in India) collaboration, officers confirmed to The Hindu.
The firm, Bengaluru-based high-tech agency Si2 Microsystems, has a posh historical past because it has been banned by the U.S. from “dual-use” expertise transfers as effectively, and its administrators had been positioned on Lookout Circular (LOC) notices by Indian authorities over debt defaults.
India expresses severe issues in WTO meet over unilateral protectionist measures
India has expressed “serious” issues in a WTO assembly in Abu Dhabi over improve in the usage of commerce protectionist measures by sure nations within the title of setting safety. The remarks assume significance because the nation has earlier flagged points over the European Union’s (EU) resolution to impose carbon tax (a type of import tax) on sectors corresponding to metal and fertiliser; and adoption of deforestation regulation by the 27-nation bloc.
Uzbekistan court docket sentences Indian, 22 others over contaminated cough syrup deaths
A court docket in Uzbekistan sentenced 23 folks to jail phrases on February 26 over the deaths of 68 kids linked to contaminated cough syrups produced by India’s Marion Biotech, following a six-month-long trial. The Central Asian nation had beforehand reported 65 deaths linked to the medicines, however final month the prosecutors on the Tashkent metropolis court docket up to date the dying toll and stated two extra folks had been charged throughout the hearings.
MEA says a number of Indians discharged from Russian Army after India ‘strongly took up the cases’
The Ministry of External Affairs stated on February 26 that a number of Indians who joined the Russian Army had been already discharged after such instances had been “strongly” taken up with the Russian authorities. The Ministry stated it has “seen some inaccurate reports in the media regarding Indians with the Russian Army seeking help for discharge.”
“Each and every such case brought to the attention of the Indian Embassy in Moscow has been strongly taken up with the Russian authorities and those brought to the attention of the Ministry have been taken up with the Russian Embassy in New Delhi. Several Indians have already been discharged as a result. We remain committed, as a matter of top priority, to actively pursuing with the Russian authorities all the relevant cases of Indian nationals for an early discharge from the Russian Army,” the Ministry stated.
Fresh protests erupt in U.P. in search of re-exam for posts citing ‘paper leak’
The Uttar Pradesh police on Monday allegedly beat up and chased away those that had gathered exterior the State service fee’s workplace in Prayagraj demanding that the examination for the recruitment of evaluate officers be held once more, claiming paper leak. In a purported video of the incident that surfaced on social media, police personnel may be seen chasing away some kids. The Prayagraj Nagar Deputy Commissioner of Police couldn’t be reached for feedback regardless of a number of makes an attempt.
The incident has come two days after the State authorities cancelled the police constable recruitment examination following complaints of query paper leak and different irregularities from throughout Uttar Pradesh.
Congress leaders meet in Delhi to debate seat-sharing association with DMK
Ahead of the formalising of the seat-sharing settlement with the DMK, Congress basic secretary Ok.C. Venugopal and convener of the occasion’s nationwide alliance committee (NAC) Mukul Wasnik held a gathering with Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) chief Ok. Selvaperunthagai and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) chief in Tamil Nadu, S. Rajesh Kumar, in Delhi on Monday.
A supply stated that the dialogue was relating to the ‘rotation’ of among the Parliamentary seats which are being held by the Congress. Another supply stated that the DMK was providing solely 9 seats whereas the Congress had sought 12.
As BSP MPs desert the occasion, Lok Sabha election to be a reckoning for Mayawati
In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) noticed 10 MPs get elected on its tickets. The run-up to the 2024 General Election, nevertheless, seems to be extra like a countdown of their diminishing numbers as many of those MPs are in search of and securing completely different political choices.
SC asks Coast Guard to make sure ladies officers get everlasting fee
The Supreme Court on February 26 urged the Indian Coast Guard to make sure that ladies are granted everlasting fee. “Women cannot be left out. If you do not do it, we will do it. So take a look at that,” Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, heading a three-judge Bench, addressed Attorney General R. Venkataramani, showing for the Centre. The high court docket was listening to a plea filed by Indian Coast Guard officer Priyanka Tyagi in search of the grant of everlasting fee to eligible ladies short-service fee officers of the pressure. “You speak of ‘nari shakti’ [woman power]. Now show it here. You are in the deep end of the sea in this matter. You must come up with a policy which treats women fairly,” the court docket had noticed in an earlier listening to.
India voices ‘great concern’ over state of affairs in war-ravaged Gaza
Addressing the fifty fifth Session of the UN Human Rights Council, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that terrorism and hostage-taking are usually not acceptable and hoped that the battle doesn’t unfold inside or past the area. He stated that worldwide humanitarian legislation should all the time be revered. “It is vital that the conflict does not spread within or beyond the region,” he stated, including that the efforts should additionally give attention to in search of a two-state resolution the place Palestinian folks can dwell inside Israelis.
Paytm Bank rejigs board, inducts ex bankers, retired IAS officers, Sharma steps down as chairman
One 97 Communications Ltd (OCL)., the promoter of Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. (PPBL), on Monday stated Vijay Shekhar Sharma had stepped down because the non-executive chairman and board member of the cost financial institution.
Director and producer Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer , the story of the lifetime of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the beginning of the atomic age, gained the highest prize on the thirty fifth Producers Guild of America Awards — a frequent predictor of Oscar greatest image winners — the evening after doing the identical on the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma handed debuts to 4 gamers — Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel and Akash Deep — and three of them carried out remarkably effectively underneath strain. “Such victories don’t come often,” Rohit stated after the win. “Playing a five-match series is gruelling. You have to find your way, keep fighting, whatever contest you are in, with the bat or the ball. You have to do that consistently over a period of five to seven weeks. So it’s quite pleasing.”
