Morning Digest: May 14, 2023

Morning Digest: May 14, 2023

AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, with Congress leaders Siddaramaiah, D K Shivakumar, Randeep Singh Surjewala, and K. C. Venugopal, during a press conference after the Karnataka assembly elections 2023 results, in Bengaluru on May 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Karnataka Congress Legislature Party meeting set for Sunday Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC […]

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Morning Digest | Online platforms must take down PIB-flagged ‘fake news’, Union Cabinet gives nod to Indian Space Policy 2023, and more

Morning Digest | Online platforms must take down PIB-flagged ‘fake news’, Union Cabinet gives nod to Indian Space Policy 2023, and more

Online platforms must take down PIB-flagged ‘fake news’ Social media platforms and other intermediaries on the Internet are now required to make sure that “fake news” articles about the Union government, deemed and declared as such by its Press Information Bureau (PIB), are taken down from their platforms when they are alerted to such posts. […]

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Morning Digest | Nitu, Saweety punch their way to World Boxing titles; SC gives States, UTs and High Courts three months to set up online RTI portals, and more

Morning Digest | Nitu, Saweety punch their way to World Boxing titles; SC gives States, UTs and High Courts three months to set up online RTI portals, and more

A combo picture of India’s Nitu Ghanghas (left) and Saweety Boora displaying their gold medals won at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship held at IG Stadiun in New Delhi on March 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Women’s World Boxing Championships | Nitu, Saweety punch their way to World titles in contrasting style Promising […]

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BJP leaders in Mumbai stage protest against Rahul Gandhi for ‘insulting’ OBCs

BJP leaders in Mumbai stage protest against Rahul Gandhi for ‘insulting’ OBCs

Activists of the BJP take part in a protest against Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi in Mumbai on March 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday staged protests here against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi demanding an apology from him for “insulting” the Other Backward Classes (OBC). The protests, with placards with messages […]

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Mahagathbandhan no longer in competition: Bihar BJP chief

Mahagathbandhan no longer in competition: Bihar BJP chief

BJP leader Samrat Choudhary. File. | Photo Credit: ANI  Samrat Choudhary, the newly appointed BJP State unit president has fastened the belt for the upcoming Lok Sabha election and Assembly election due in 2024 and 2025 respectively. While speaking to  The Hindu on Friday, a day after his elevation from the post of leader of opposition […]

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Nadda terms Rahul ‘casteist’, BJP to run campaign against ‘anti-OBC remarks’ of Congress leader

Nadda terms Rahul ‘casteist’, BJP to run campaign against ‘anti-OBC remarks’ of Congress leader

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at Surat District Court for hearing of a criminal defamation case filed against him over his alleged ‘Modi surname’ remark, in Surat on March 23. | Photo Credit: PTI Hours before the Lok Sabha secretariat notified the disqualification of Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi as member, following his conviction by a […]

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BJP’s Biswabandhu elected Tripura Speaker; Tipra Motha abstains from voting

BJP’s Biswabandhu elected Tripura Speaker; Tipra Motha abstains from voting

Newly appointed Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswabandhu Sen during the first day of the State Assembly session, in Agartala on March 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI BJP MLA Biswabandhu Sen was elected the speaker of the Tripura Assembly on Friday. Mr. Sen received 32 votes, while Opposition CPI(M)-Congress candidate Gopal Chandra Roy got 14 […]

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BJP will be finished for misusing central agencies: Akhilesh Yadav

BJP will be finished for misusing central agencies: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav greets during the party’s National Executive meeting, in Kolkata on Saturday. Party National Vice-President Kiranmoy Nanda was also seen. | Photo Credit: ANI Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday asserted that the BJP would be politically finished in the days to come, “just like the Congress”, for “misusing” central […]

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