There is a plan to have a new Parliament House. The construction is set to begin in December this year and is expected to be completed by October 2022. Estimated cost is 971 crore rupees. The plan is to have a triangular building with seats for 888 Lok Sabha members and 384 Rajya Sabha members…
Great Barrington Declaration
On 4/10/2020 Dr. Martin Kulldorff, professor at Harvard University, Dr. Sunetra Gupta, professor at Oxford University, and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor at Stanford University Medical School, authored and signed a declaration in Great Barrington, USA, known as the Great Barrington Declaration (GBD). These three doctors are epidemiologists with other qualifications. It has 42 medical and…
No Right to Protest
There is no right to protest. Article 19 of the Constitution under Right to Freedom mentions the right to assemble peaceably and without arms. This is not the right to protest but is interpreted as the right to protest. On 7/10/2020 Supreme Court gave its judgment in Civil Appeal No. 3280 of 2020, Amit Sahni…
Kashmiris and India
Farooq Abdullah in an interview to Karan Thapar on The Wire on 23/9/2020 said Kashmiris do not feel Indian. They prefer Chinese rule. He wants restoration of Articles 370 and 35A and statehood. Kashmiris are angry about new domicile law which they think is intended to create Hindu majority in Kashmir. Kashmiris are treated like…
Corona Parliament
Parliament is in session. Rajya Sabha meets from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lok Sabha meets from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Members wear masks and observe social distancing. As per Article 85 of the Constitution six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first…
Prashant Bhushan Guilty
On 14/8/2020 Supreme Court declared Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for his two tweets; first about CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde and second about last 4 CJIs. The Bench consisted of Justices Arun Mishra, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai and Krishna Murari. First tweet was on 29/6/2020. “CJI rides a 50 Lakh motorcycle belonging to a…
Map Wars
On 4/8/2020 Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan released a new map that showed Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Sir Creek and Junagadh as Pakistani territories. India did not deal suitably with Nepal when it changed its map to include Indian territory. Now Pakistan has done the same. The map mentions Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh under…
Ministry of Education
The old order changes giving place to a new one. The more things change the more they remain the same. What is new today becomes old tomorrow. What is old today becomes new tomorrow. Ministry of Education is back. Ministry of Human Resource Development is gone. Web site name has to change. At present it…
PM at 45
“Where did you want to reach in such a hurry? Whether you wanted to become chief minister at 43 and prime minister at 45 by joining BJP?” That was Margaret Alva’s question to Sachin Pilot. Why not? Rajiv Gandhi became PM at 40. Any MP can become PM. Age for becoming MP is 25. One…
Digital Strike
India has banned 59 apps with Chinese connection. Ravi Shankar Prasad called it Digital Strike. He said it was for the safety of the country and to safeguard people’s digital data. It seems surgical strike against China is not possible and digital strike was the next best thing. USA is against Chinese apps. After the…