On 9/8/2022 there were two closing ceremonies. First one was of Commonwealth Games 2022 at 12.30 a.m. in Birmingham. It was 8/8/2022 in England. Second one was of Chess Olympiad 2022 at 8 p.m. in Madras officially known as Chennai. Madras is Tamil. It comes from Madraspatnam. Chennai is Telugu. I like historical names like…
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TMC-BJP Deal
On 21/7/2022 as the counting of votes in Presidential election was going on TMC announced it will not support Opposition candidate Margaret Alva in Vice Presidential election. It will abstain. TMC’s general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said the process of choosing her was not right. There was no proper consultation. BJP VP candidate Jagdeep Dhankar as…
Shiv Sena Split
Shiv Sena had been Bal Thackeray family property. Uddhav Thackeray took over the party after the death of his father. His hold on Shiv Sena is under threat. Eknath Shinde revolted with two thirds of Shiv Sena MLAs in Maharashtra. He had BJP’s support. He unexpectedly became CM when it was expected that Devendra Fadnavis…
Yashwant versus Draupadi
On 21/6/2022 soon after 2.30 p.m. Opposition parties decided Yashwant Sinha as their candidate for President. He was fourth choice. Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah and Gopalkrishna had declined to contest. He had to give up TMC membership as Congress and Left Front were not ready to support a TMC member. At around 9.29 p.m. BJP…
Mamata Upstages Sonia
On 9/6/2/2022 Election Commission announced the schedule for election of President of India. Sonia Gandhi had spoken to Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar and Sitaram Yechury about a common candidate from Opposition. She had deputed Mallikarjun Kharge as point person for talks. Kharge had gone to Bombay and met Sharad Pawar. On 11/6/2022 Mamata wrote to…
Nupur and Naveen
On 5/6/2022 BJP suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its head of media unit in Delhi Naveen Kumar Jindal for their comments regarding Islam. Kuwait, Qatar and Iran had summoned Indian ambassadors. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was on tour to Qatar. In the days that followed Afghanistan, Bahrain, Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives,…
Vijay Singla Arrest
On 24/5/2022 Punjab CM sacked Health Minister Vijay Singla for corruption. Singla was later arrested by Punjab Police. Bhagwant Mann went public about sacking. Bhagwant Mann had advised people to have audio recording in case bribe is demanded. In this case it was done and led to the sacking of minister and arrest. It is…
India Win Thomas Cup
On 15/5/2022 India won Thomas Cup. First time India had entered the final and first time it won. When the tournament began not many expected India to do well in Thomas Cup. India was in Group C. On 8/5/2022 India defeated Germany 5-0. On 9/5/2022 India defeated Canada 5-0. On 11/5/2022 India lost to Taiwan…
CM Post for Sale
Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on 6/5/2022 claimed that some people from Delhi came and offered to make him Karnataka CM if he paid Rs.2,500 crores. They assured him of candidature of Assembly election and meetings with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and BJP President J. P. Nadda. Yatnal said people should not fall prey to such assurances….
UK and Human Rights
UK PM Boris Johnson was in India on a two-day visit. On 22/4/2022, second day of visit, he was in Delhi. He said UK raises human rights issues in India privately and in a friendly way. India should remind UK its record on lack of human rights. Children have died because of judicial and medical…