Morning Digest: 14 February 2022

Fierce contest in Uttarakhand, Goa on February 14; Important period in UP

In the high-stakes election for the BJPGoa and Uttarakhand, Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are to go to polls in the second phase of seven-phase polling in the state on Monday along with 55 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Voting is being held for all 70 assembly seats in more than 13 districts of Uttarakhand, in which 632 candidates are in the fray. The ruling BJP, which won 57 seats in the last election, is keen to defend its majority in the state, where it is directly up against the Congress, although this time the AAP has fielded candidates for all seats.

New Delhi not committed to curb funding to UK NGOs

United Kingdom officials last week discussed foreign funding restrictions imposed on Oxfam and other British NGOs with the Modi government, requested the Union Home Ministry to reconsider its decision to reject Oxfam India’s registration renewal application under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). The request came during a virtual meeting in which British Permanent Home Secretary Matthew Rycroft met with Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla during a series of high-level exchanges ahead of a possible visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson later this year. was one of them.

Ensure peace and harmony on campuses, says CM Bommai as schools reopen today after hijab controversy

High schools in Karnataka are reopening on Monday amid an ongoing controversy over dress code. Chief Minister Basavaraj BommaI have directed the Deputy Commissioners, SPs and Education Department officials not only to coordinate among themselves, but also to visit the schools to ensure the spread of cordial conditions. “High schools are being reopened from tomorrow. I am sure the classes will be conducted in a peaceful manner,” Mr Bommai told reporters in Hubballi.

LIC ready for stock market debut; Government will sell 5% stake

Govt files draft red herring prospectus with stock market regulator to sell 5% of its shares Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) gave this information on Sunday evening. “The IPO is 100% OFS (Offer for Sale) by the Government of India and there is no fresh issue of shares by LIC,” said Mr. Pandey, adding that 31.6 crore shares are on offer representing 5% of the government’s equity. Firm.

Thanjavur student dies Supreme Court will hear the matter today

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a Appeal filed by Tamil Nadu to live Madras High Court Order transfer the probe 17 year old student dies by suicide Amidst the controversy that reached CBI from Thanjavur A private video on social media in which the girl allegedly said that she asked to convert to Christianity. The matter is before the bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Bela M. Trivedi.

Police looking insensitive towards common people; Complaints of corruption against IPS officers: Parliamentary committee

A parliamentary panel expressed displeasure that public image of police There is a negative across the country and the police are often seen as insensitive towards the common man and weaker sections. The Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Home Ministry, headed by Congress leader Anand Sharma, also noted with concern that complaints of corruption had been filed against some IPS officers. “The committee notes with anguish that the public image of police throughout the country is on the negative side,” said its report submitted to parliament this week.

Punjab Assembly Elections | Akali Bank on its traditional voter base

This is the first assembly election in which Shiromani Akali The party is contesting elections after its bitter divorce from the Bharatiya Janata Party. (BJP). Since 1997, the Akalis left the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in 2020 over controversial agricultural laws. This is also the first assembly election where the Akalis do not have the seat of urban votes, which the BJP managed to secure for them. Coming back with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) after a hiatus of 26 years, the Akalis are hoping to erase memories of the forgotten results of 2017 as Punjab goes to polls in six days. And his hopes are pinned on the committed voters who have stood by him election after election. Since 1997, the party has never received less than 30 percent of the vote. The chorus for the Akalis is not as loud as it is for you. It’s “a low point in favor of” Takhri(Weight scales), the election symbol of the Akali Dal.

Anti-CAA protesters crossed political boundaries in Deoband

Every movement gives birth to new political faces. In Deoband, Iram Usmani is one of the five women who led Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Actt (CAA) in January 2020, under the banner of Mutahida Khawateen Samiti (MKC). Two years later, Ms. Usmani, a homemaker, is busy campaigning for SP candidate Kartikeya Rana in the narrow streets of the city, where women in hijabs are ubiquitous. “The BJP is whipping a dead horse. People have rejected his Hindu-Muslim agenda in this election. Hence, their allied groups are finding new ways to fragment the people and corrupt Muslims,” said Ms Usmani.

Important for other states to follow Tamil Nadu against NEET: Thorat

Former University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Sukhadev Thorat on Sunday stressed the need for other states to follow Tamil Nadu. Attempt against National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (neat). Addressing a webinar organized by the Association for Social and Economic Equality (ASEE) on the impact of entrance examinations in providing access to education for socio-economically disadvantaged groups, he said that the central government will soon open admissions to all courses. Will enforce the test if concrete action is taken. Didn’t take to stop.

Stalin supports Mamata’s call to meet non-BJP chief ministers

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK President MK Stalin On Sunday, she supported her West Bengal counterpart and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee’s call to organize a conference of chief ministers of non-BJP ruled states. Mr Stalin tweeted that Ms Banerjee had called him to share her concern and anguish over the constitutional overabundance and abuse of power by governors of non-BJP ruled states. “He suggested a meeting of opposition chief ministers. I assured them the commitment of the DMK to maintain the autonomy of the state. The opposition chief ministers’ conference will soon be held outside Delhi,” Mr Stalin said.

Punjab Assembly Elections | BJP candidate Sucha Ram Ladhar injured in car attack in Ludhiana

Sucha Ram Ladhari, BJP candidate from Punjab’s Gill seat His car was attacked by unidentified men on Sunday evening, injuring him and admitted to the hospital, police said. The attack took place when he was returning after campaigning from a village in his constituency in Ludhiana. Some people threw bricks at Mr. Ladhar’s car and he was injured in the attack, a police officer in the area where the incident took place said over the phone. Mr. Ladhar was taken to Civil Hospital in Ludhiana, he said, adding that his condition is stable.

Odisha’s Dhinkia village is out of bounds, say activists, academics

Activists and academicians here on Sunday alleged that they were not allowed to go to Dhinkia village. center of protest against Setting up of a Mega Steel Plant Meet more villagers, in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha. amid growing controversy Protesters are being subdued and informedactivists and academics had tried to meet Villagers of Dhinkia on Saturday. However, it is alleged that at the behest of the Jagatsinghpur district administration and the company’s supporters, residents of other villages removed them from the road.

US says more than 130,000 Russian troops are now staged outside Ukraine

Ukraine’s president urges calm amid intense warnings Possible Russian invasion within days, saying they had yet to see convincing evidence of it, even as the US reported on Sunday that Moscow deployed more of its troops closer to Ukraine’s borders and that some airlines canceled flights Or changed to the capital of Kiev. President Joe Biden spoke with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky for nearly 50 minutes on Sunday and new promises of what the West says will be tough economic sanctions Against the creation of Moscow and NATO in the event of “another Russian aggression” against Ukraine, the White House said. It said they agreed to pursue both deterrence and diplomacy in crisis.

IPL 2022 | This time the auction method was very different and challenging: Kumble

Punjab Kings head coach Anil Kumble is extremely satisfied with the addition of new players including Liam Livingstone and Odeon Smith to his franchise. IPL Auction, whose dynamics were “very different and challenging”. England batsman Livingstone struck a huge deal of Rs 11.50 crore from Punjab Kings, who bought West Indies pacer Smith for Rs 6 crore on the second day of the IPL mega auction here on Sunday. “There is absolutely more demand than supply, but I think there were challenges because there were 10 teams and it was different,” Kumble said.