Delhi Pro And Anti-CAA Violence: 13 Dead, 150 Injured And CBSE Exams Postponed

Delhi violence by pro and anti-CAA protestors left 13 people killed and more than 150 including a child injured. Armed mobs had a free run in the northeast Delhi just 15 km from the US President Donal Trump and his family. There were stones and glasses strewn on the streets and people were sitting behind closed doors.

Delhi police was criticized for delayed action that led to loss of life and property of the people. Also, CBSE had to postpone the board exams to be held in affected areas. Delhi police responded with brute force. Also, the National Security Advisor AjitDoval visited the office of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Northeast Delhi to take stock of the situation.

Highlights of the event

  1. The Union Home Ministry said ruled out calling in the army saying that the situation was under control and there was adequate police force to control the mob.
  2. But Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik first contradicted the ministry’s claim by saying that there was lack of force but later he gave another statement saying that police have full support of ministry.
  3. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal along with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia prayed before the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat and urged people to stop violence.
  4. Delhi Police cleared the sit-in protest by a group of anti-CAA supporters at the Jaffrabad Metro Station.
  5. Section 144 promulgated in the northeast Delhi to ban large gatherings. Delhi Police also appealed for peace.

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Mukesh Ambani Showered Praises On Satya Nadella

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met at Microsoft Future Decoded CEO Summit and shared their vision for India.

Mr. Ambani on Trump’s visit

He said as they were speaking, Donald Trump had arrived in Ahmedabad and the India he would see in 2020 was different from the India Jim Carter saw or Bill Clinton saw or even Barack Obama saw. He further said that people had mobile phones and the mobile network in India was at par with anybody else in the world.

Mr. Nadella said about Microsoft

India-born Satya Nadella outlined the goal of Microsoft’s products in India. The key message was India’s potential and the focus of Microsoft for next decade. How every organization in India rides the new wave of intelligent cloud and intelligent edge. He further said that their mission was to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Mr. Ambani praised Nadella

He said that every Indian was proud of Nadella. He further said that what he admired about Nadella and what he learned was that Nadella’s leadership style was ability to rely on partnerships and build trust and relationships.

Mr. Ambani also talked about digital transactions in writing country’s growth story. He recalled how his father started Reliance and how RIL moved from a startup to a big business. He said that every small business could become Dhirubhai Ambani or Bill Gates.

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Trump Referred To Modi As “Friend” Before Leaving For India

On Sunday, the US President left for a two-visit to India along with the First Lady Melania Trump, his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Khushner that are also advisors to the President. Also, there is a high-level delegation with the Trump.

Donald Trump on India visit

The US President referred Modi as his “friend” in his tweet and said Modi told him that his visit would be the biggest event India ever had. He also shared a video from the movie “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion”with his face morphed over the face of the lead actor.

Ivanka Trump on India visit

It is the second time that Ivanka Trump is visiting India. The first time she was in India was in 2018 for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad. The second time she is visiting with POTUS, FLOTUS and her husband and she feels honoured to be with PM Modi.

PM Modi on Trump’s visit

Modi shared a video tweeted by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani that said that it was an honour that the US President would be with India and start his historic programme in Ahmedabad.

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Pro-CAA Group Clashes With Anti-CAA Protestors In Delhi

On Sunday, a pro-CAA group led by local BJP leader Kapil Mishra clashed with another group protesting against CAA in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur. But the situation was brought under control by the police.

Jaffrabad anti-CAA protest

A group of protestors were sitting on a road near Jaffrabad since Saturday and the process to disperse the protest were going on. On Sunday noon, Kapil Mishra came out with his supporters and asked police to disperse the anti-CAA protestors else he would hit the streets to disperse the crowd.

Anti-CAA protestors clashed with police

The group protesting against the CAA clashed with police when the latter tried to disperse the crowd. In the clash, a portion of a shop in the area was burnt; a police vehicle vandalized and police officers injured. Similar clashes took place in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Highlights of the news

  1. Protestors were seen stoning each other while standing close to police barricade in television footage.
  2. There were reports that police and para-military personnel used tear gas to disperse the crowd. But the police didn’t use force due to presence of women, old people and children.
  3. In Aligarh, clashes took between anti-CAA protestors and police when the protestors were denied permission to put up tent.
  4. Around 200 women demanding repeal of CAA staged a sit-in near Jaffrabad in Delhi and shouted slogans “Azaadi”.
  5. The protest at Jaffrabad is one of many mushrooming in the country after months long sit-in protest at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi.

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Congress Leader Shatrughan Sinha Meets Pakistan President In A Lahore Wedding

On Saturday, Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha met Pakistan President ArifAlvi during his visit to Lahore. The two leaders discuss Indo-Pak relations but Sinha said that no politics was discussed.

Shatrughan Sinha in Lahore

The actor turned politician was in Lahore to attend a wedding. He was there on the invitation of Pakistani businessman MianAsad Ehsan. It was wedding of the daughter of Ehsan where Shatrughan Sinha was invited. According to Sinha, it was a personal visit to a family friend and there was no official or political about the visit.

Sinha meets ArifAlvi

Sinha met Pakistani President ArifAlvi at the Governor House and both the leaders discussed Kashmir among other matters of interest according to a statement from the office of ArifAlvi.

A report on the meeting of the two leaders said that both the leaders felt the need to work for the peace in the subcontinent. Mr. Sinha gave details of the meeting in a series of tweets. He said they discussed many things on social and culturual issues.

The Congress leader said that his friends, well-wishers and media should know that one shouldn’t discuss politics or policies of countries on foreign soil when the person wasn’t competent or authorized to speak on behalf of the government.

Pakistan President ArifAlvi tweeted

ArifAlvi said that the Congress leaders had endorsed the concerns of Pakistan about the restrictions in Kashmir placed after abrogation of spcial status of Jammu and Kashmir and detention of political leaders of Kashmir.

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3,500 Ton Gold Reserve Found In UP’s Sonbhadra District

The Geological Survey of India claims to discover huge gold deposits in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh after two decades of intense search. Officials of the organization made a statement regarding the discovery on Friday.

Gold deposits found in UP

The Geological Survey of India said that it had discovered over 3,500 tonnes of gold reserves in Sonbhadra district and that the auctioning of these blocks with e-tenders would start soon. Breaking the news about gold deposits, KK Rai, the district mining officer said they found a large reserve of gold in Son Pahadi and Hardi areas of Sonbhadra district.

KK Rai further said that the work on the gold reserves had been going on for the past two decades and that he felt lucky this time to had found the gold. According to intial estimates, Son Pahadi area could have 2943.26 tonnes gold and Hardi block could have 646.16 tonnes.Mr. Rai said that there could be some important minerals in addition to gold.

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Don’t Visit The Taj Mahal On February 24

On 24 February, the Taj Mahal will remain closed for the public 12 noon for US President Donald Trump’s visit to the historic monument. Specific security arrangements are also made for Trump’s visit next week.

Taj Mahal closure

Vasant Kumar Swarnkar, Superintendent Agra Division, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said that on February 24, the Taj Mahal would be closed for public from 12 noon for security reasons. US President Donald Trump is visiting India and he could visit the Taj Mahal on the same day.

Preparations for Trump’s visit in Agra

Massive security operation is carried out in Agra for Trump’s visit to Taj. The US President Donald Trump and the first lady of the US are visiting India on the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And they have plan to visit the Taj.

Superintendent of Police (City) Botre Rohan Pramod said that every mansion whether it is a home, shop, restaurant of hotel near the Taj Mahal area and on the main route had been identified. He informed that the verification process was about to finish. He said that some teams had also been put for getting the verification done.

The locals including vendors and businessmen in the city said that they were asked to produce their Aadhaar cards for verification. The police and the authorities also confirmed that checking Aadhaar was a part of the verification process.

It is to be noted that the US President Donald Trump could visit the Taj Mahal, if his security needs are accommodated.

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Finally, US Scientists Find Breakthrough In Coronavirus Treatment

US scientists have created the first 3D atomic scale map of the part of the novel coronavirus. And this breakthrough came after the death count from the virus jumper past 2,000, while the number of infected persons in China is said to be 74,185.

Breakthrough in coronavirus

The COVID-19 virus attaches to and infects human cells. But a team of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed a stabilized sample of a key part called the spike protein of the virus after studying its genetic code made public by the Chinese researchers.

Spike protein

UT Austin scientist Jason McLellan, who led the research, said that it was the antigen that can activate the response system in the human body. It would make antibodies against this virus. In the event of virus attack or infection. He added that the breakthrough was the result many years of studies on coronavirus family including SARS and MERS. He gave the credit of keeping the spike protein stable to the past research.

Coronavirus vaccine

The team will the share the map of the molecular structure of coronavirus to collaborators around the world so that they can work on the map and get a bigger response for this virus. This model is expected to help scientists in developing new proteins to bind to different parts of the spike and disable it to provide an effective treatment option to those infected with coronavirus.

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UIDAI Sent Notices To 127 People On Police Report

On Tuesday, the Hyderabad office of UIDAI sent notices to 127 people for allegedly obtaining Aadhaar numbers on “false pretences” but it said that these notices had nothing to do with the citizenship.

Aadhaar notices

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said that the notices were issued after reports from the police. The state police reported to the Hyderabad office of UIDAI that 127 people had obtained Aadhaar on false pretences. The report further said that the police found them to be illegal immigrants not qualified to obtain Aadhaar number.

The Hyderabad office sent notices to those people on the basis of their police report and asked them to appear in person to substantiate their claims for getting Aadhaar numbers. The UIDAI further said that Aadhaar number had nothing to do with citizenship and cancellation of Aadhaar won’t affect nationality of any citizen.

In case it is found that those people have obtained Aadhaar numbers with forged documents, their Aadhaar numbers would be cancelled and appropriate would be taken depending on the severity of the transgression.

The UIDAI said that the 127 people who had been served notices are asked to appear before the UIDAI deputy director in Hyderabad for a persona hearing on February 20. It further said that it was a routine quality improvement.

The 127 people were given additional time to collect documents to prove substantiate their claims to retain their Aadhaar numbers. And for this reason, the personal hearing was postponed to May 2020, said UIDAI.

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Donald Trump Said That There Will Be A Big Deal With India

The US President Donald Trumpclearly indicated that a big trade deal with India might not be on the cards during his visit. He said that he was saving the big deal with India for later and that he didn’t know if it (the deal) would be done before the presidential election in November.

US trade deal with India

Donald Trump is visiting with the first lady of the US on February 24 and 25. But the US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer might not accompany the Trumps during their visit. He’s the point-person for trade negotiations with India but the US officials hadn’t ruled out his travel to India.

Trump said that they weren’t treated well by India but he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that he was looking forward to visit to India. He also said that he happened to like Prime Minister Modi a lot.

Trump said that Modi told him that they would have seven million people between the airport and the event. Also, he said that he was excited about the stadium that was the largest in the world. He further said that it was going to be very exciting and hoped that everyone enjoyed that a lot.

President Trump said that they would have a big deal with India but he didn’t know if the deal would be done before the election. But he was certain that there would be a deal with India. He was speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday.

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