Some wrestlers went on protest at Jantar Mantar on 18/1/2023. Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia led the protest. They demanded resignation of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as President of Wrestling Federation of India. They accused him of sexual harassment of wrestlers. They had written to Indian Olympic Association’s President P. T. Usha. Sports…
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Joshimath Sinking
Joshimath and some other towns are sinking. Houses and hotels have cracks. Uttarakhand Government has ordered evacuations. Some people don’t want to leave. Roads to Badrinath, Hemkund Sahib and Auli pass through Joshimath. As per Indian Space Research Organisation (ISR0), between April and November 2022 Joshimath sank by 8.9 cm. Between 27/12/2022 and 8/1/2023 it…
Argentina Football Champions 2022
On 18/12/2022 Argentina won Football World Cup in Qatar. They defeated France in a match with twists. Lionel Messi scored the first goal from penalty kick at 23rd minute. Angel Di Maria scored the second goal at 36th minute. At 64th minute Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni substituted Angel Di Maria with Marcos Acuna. After leading…
Eva Kaili Arrest
Eva Kaili was arrested in Belgium on 9/12/2022. She is from Greece. She has been a Member of European Parliament since 2014 and was Vice President of European Parliament. When I first read about her arrest, I thought she was the only Vice President of European Parliament so a very important person. Usually, a Parliament…
AAP National Party
On 7/12/2022 votes of Delhi Municipal Corporation election were counted. AAP won 134 out of 250 seats. BJP lost power after 15 years. On 8/12/2022 votes of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections were counted. Arvind Kejriwal had talked of AAP winning in Gujarat. Isudan Gadhvi was CM candidate. AAP won 5 seats out of 182,…
Supreme Court and Election Commission
Supreme Court has a case about Election Commission. Some want a collegium to appoint Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners. The bench consists of Justices K. M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C. T. Ravikumar. The bench said CEC should be someone with character who does not allow himself to be bulldozed…
Judicial Dynasties
There are many dynasties in India. Political, business, film and many other dynasties are well known and talked about. Not much is known and talked about judicial dynasties. The present Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Chandrachud is the son of Yeshwant Chandrachud who was CJI from 22/2/1978 to 11/7/1985. Former CJI Uday Lalit is son…
Battle for Gujarat 2022
On 3/11/2022 Election Commission announced dates for Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections. Voting is on 1/12/2022 and 5/12/2022 and counting is on 8/12/2022, same day as of Himachal Pradesh. Election Commission had announced Himachal Pradesh election schedule on 14/10/2022. Voting is on 12/11/2022. It is not fair that people of Himachal Pradesh have to wait for…
Sixth CICA Summit
CICA is Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Russia, S. Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Uzbekistan and Vietnam are members. Its sixth summit took place in Astana on 12-13/10/2022. During the summit…
PFI Ban
On 28/9/2022 Government of India banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and eight of its associates for five years under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Its associates were Campus Front of India (CFI), National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO), National Women’s Front (NWF), Rehab India Foundation (RIF), All Indian Imams Council (AIIC), Junior Front (JF),…