Apoorva Choudhary

India cuts all windfall tax on crude oil

April 4, 2023

According to a government notification on Tuesday, the central government has withdrawn all windfall taxes on crude oil with immediate effect. Windfall tax is levied by governments when an industry unexpectedly earns large profits. The tax was levied in July last year as high energy prices led to soaring profits for...

Priyanka Gandhi’s arrogance to compare Gandhi family with Lord Ram: Anurag Thakur

March 27, 2023

Union Minister Anurag Thakur attacked Congress Leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra saying it was out of “arrogance” that she compared the Gandhi family with the dynasty of Lord Ram. Priyanka Gandhi had criticized BJP for mentioning the Congress party as a “dynastic” party, while she was addressing a rally on Sunday...

Khalistan supporters protest at Times Square in New York

March 27, 2023

In order to show their support for the wanted radical preacher Amritpal Singh, numerous Khalistan sympathisers staged a demonstration in this city's famous Times Square. On Sunday afternoon, in the midst of heavy security, the demonstrators staged an automobile procession that began at the Baba Makhan Shah Lubana Sikh Center...

Bilkis Bano case convict shares stage with BJP MP and MLA at government event

March 27, 2023

At a government function conducted at Limkheda in the Dahod district of the state, one of the prisoners in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape and murder of her family members case—freed last year under Gujarat's remission policy—shared the stage with BJP MP Jaswant Bhabhor and his MLA brother Shailesh Bhabhor....

Protesters take to streets in Israel after Netanyahu fires Defence Minister

March 27, 2023

Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for opposing his proposed judicial reforms, protesters gathered in Tel Aviv, according to a report from Al Jazeera on Monday. Tens of thousands of protesters stopped a highway in Tel Aviv after the decision, while police and demonstrators fought...

‘We’ll fight it legally and politically’, says Congress on Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification

March 24, 2023

Rahul Gandhi was sentenced for two years in a defamation case over his ‘Modi surname remark’ made in 2019 by a Surat Court, he has been disqualified as MP. Now, Congress will hold a solidarity march against the verdict. Soon after Rahul Ganhdi was disqualified as an MP, Congress leader...

Rahul Gandhi conviction row: Police detain Karnataka Congress chief, others

March 24, 2023

Congress State President DK Shivakumar and other protesting party leaders and workers were detained by Karnataka police. The detained party leaders were protesting against the Surat Court verdict against Rahul Gandhi. "Their (BJP) party will collapse in Karnataka. It is on the verge of collapse. They are just trying to...

North Korea tests underwater nuclear-capable attack drone

March 24, 2023

According to Al Jazeera, citing the North Korean government's official news agency, KCNA, the country has conducted a test of a brand-new underwater nuclear-capable attack drone. Notably, the drone was destroyed as part of the rehearsal to terrify the US and South Korean armed forces after operating continuously for 59...

Lawyers go on 3-day strike in Gwalior against HC’s new policy on resolving cases

March 23, 2023

In opposition to the new Madhya Pradesh High Court rule for case resolutions in the Gwalior area starting on Thursday, a group of attorneys went on a three-day strike. The Madhya Pradesh High Court allegedly ordered all of the state's district courts to finish at least 25 open cases within...

Water cess doesn’t violate rights, assures CM Sukhu

March 23, 2023

Hiamchal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukvinder Singh Sukhu clarified on Thursday that “none of the provisions of the water Cess Act passed by the state violates the water rights of neighbouring states.” He further stated that the water cess has already been imposed by various state governments like Uttarakhand and Jammu...

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