Kashmir Is A Bilateral Issue Admits Trump

The US administration has switched into damage control mode after Trump’s remarks that PM Narendra Modi asked him to mediate between India and Pakistan. But the US administration reaffirmed that Kashmir is a bilateral issue to be resolved by India and Pakistan.

A State Department Spokesperson said that Kashmir was a bilateral issue for both parties to discuss and that Trump administration welcomed Pakistan and India sitting down and the Unite States stood ready to assist.

Indian stand

India has categorically rejected Trump’s claim that PM Narendra Modi sought his meditation to resolve Kashmir issue. According to Trump, PM Narendra Modi asked Trump to mediate on the sidelines of G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.

Pakistan stand

PM Imran Khan welcomed the remarks by Trump saying that Trump would have payers of Pakistani people if he can mediate and resolve the issue.

US stand

The Trump administration is busy containing the issue that is spiraling into a political crisis. India is clear on its stand that PM Narendra Modi request no mediation and that Kashmir is a bilateral issue. The US administration is pressing for the view that what Trump offered is a wish to resolve the Kashmir and other issues as early as possible.

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Iran Starts Tanker War With UK In The Strait Of Hormuz

Iran seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on July 12 in retaliation to the British Royal Marines seizing its oil tanker in the British territory of Gibraltar on July 4.

Strait of Hormuz

Situated between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, Strait of Hormuz has Iran on its north and Oman peninsula on its south. With almost one-third of the global crude oil passing through this stretch, it is one the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Its size – 21 nautical miles at its narrowest point – forces tankers to pass the stretch from the territorial waters of Iran and Oman.

Tension with Iran

The US has bitter relations with Iran since the 1979 Iranian Revolution that established strict Islamic rule by deposing the US-backed Shah of Iran. But the present-day military standoff is the result of 2000 economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations, US and the European Union.

2000 economic sanctions

The world was of the view that Iran was developing nuclear capabilities with the help of a uranium enrichment program and that it could use the nuclear power to make weapons. In 2013, the then US President Barack Obama opened dialogue with the new regime in Iran. After two years, Iran agreed to scale down its nuclear development program and let the international inspectors visit its facilities with the condition of lifting the sanctions. But the agreement got struck.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ranks First In India And Sixth In The World

Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns out to be the world’s most admired Indian in the annual study by YouGov. This UK based market research and data analytics firm conducts annual surveys on popularity of important personalities from politics, entertainment, sports and society.

Modi in YouGov

PM Narendra Modi tops the list of popular Indians but his global ranking is number six. Also, he’s the only Indian politician on the list rest of the names on the list are from Bollywood.

Bollywood in YouGov

The top 20 most admired men include Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan. The list of most admired women includes Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and former beauty queens Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai.

World’s most admired man/woman

Bill Gates of Microsoft holds the title of being the most admired man in the universe followed by the former US President Barack Obama but his wife and former First Lady of the US, Michelle Obama is titled the most admired women of the world

In addition to Obama’s Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan also declared the power couples of the world in the list.

YouGov list

It is an Internet-based firm and it conducts surveys only through online voting.

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Imran Khan And Team Comprising Top Generals Reach US For July 22 Meeting

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Washington but this time with Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar JavedBajwa and the director-general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Faiz Hameed and Advisor to Prime Minister for Commerce Abdul Razzak Dawood.

This is the first time in history of Pakistan that a PM arrives with two top serving military generals for a bilateral meeting with US President.

Trump Khan meeting

Imran Khan landed in the US for a 3-day official visit with US President Donald Trump. The Trump Khan meeting would take place on July 22 and the two leaders are expected to discuss issues including Afghanistan and peace in South Asian region. Pakistan PM would outline his vision for “Naya Pakistan” during his various engagements in Washington.

Qamar JavedBajwa will meet US Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan, the new chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Mark Milley and other senior officials in the Pentagon.

Pak US relationship

The bilateral relationship of Pakistan and US took a plunge when Trump struck down USD 1.3 billion aid to Pakistan following the 14 February Pulwama attack on Indian territory. The US President categorically said that the aid would remain suspended until Pakistan takes concrete measures against terrorist groups working from its soil.

Hafiz Saeed arrested

Pakistan has three months to prove that action has been taken against terror organizations before FATF puts sanctions on it. The arrest of Hafiz Saeed is seen as a political drama to create a friendly environment to escape sanctions.

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International Champions Cup Football: Bayern Munich VS Real Madrid

Bayern Wallops Real 3-1 in the international championship match. The match was highly thrilled for full time. For you, we have shared every minute report to know what exactly Bayern did.

The game has it all fantastic players, goals, plays, and moves. Bayern adores competitive match against real.

Here are the minutes:

92 min: Singh twists and shoots the pass receives from Goretzka in Madrid’s penalty area.

90 min: the match was stopped for 3 minutes

85 min: Rodryo takes the faultless free-kick and fired the ball to the right corner past to Hoffmann’s area.

80 min: The referee shows a red card to Sven, Hoffmann is apt up and ready to take a shot, and take a free-kick.

75 min: Singh is ready to take big move against Parvard, but he has not defeated him. Lewandowski makes 4-0 after brings downs another long ball in Madrid’s area. He is not come up with a good shot.

73 min: Gnabry cannot beat Navas.

69 min: Singh comes for Tolisso, Zaiser discharges Alaba.

67 min: Gnabry shoots up a shot from outright.

66 min: Lewandowski shot a long ball from Sule and make 2-0

63 min: Ulreich cannot make an except

55 min: Kimmich playing in Midfield and Pavard at RB. Madrid changes their entire team in the second half, on comes of Jovic.

38 min: Arp makes hit

33 min: Benzema and co. sensations misfortune finishing

29 min: Thiago makes a good shot, the chances are on both side.

20 min: the match is amazing. Both have temp and passion for UCL game.

14 min: Tolisso scores and make 1-0

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Sheila Dikshit Rests In Peace After A Turbulent Political Career

Delhi’s longest serving Chief Minister and Congress leader, Sheila Dikshit, breathed her last at 03:55 PM in the Escorts Hospital in Delhi. Admitted to the hospital a few days ago, Ms. Dikshit suffered a cardiac arrest today.

Three-times Chief Minister

Sheila Dikshit remained Chief Minister of Delhi from 1998-2013 until the Arvind Kejriwal led AamAadmi Party came to power in the 2013 election. She represented Gole Market assembly from 1998-2003 and the New Delhi parliamentary constituency in 2008.

Political career

• Member of Parliament from Kannauj constituency from 1984-1989

• Member of Indian delegationUnited Nations Commission on the Status of Women from 1948-89

• Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs from 1986-1989

• Member of Legislative Assembly Gole Market from 1998-2008 (Seat Delimited)

• Member of Legislative Assembly New Delhi from 2008-2013 (Seat Created)

• 22nd Governor of Kerala from 2014-2015

Personal life

Born on 31 March 1938 in Kapurthala, Punjab, British India, Sheila Dikshit married Vinod Dikshit, IAS officer and son of former West Bengal governor Uma Shankar Dikshit. She has two children – son Sandeep Dikshit and daughter Latika Syed. Her son is a former Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha from East Delhi.

Death

Sheila Dikshit died of a cardiac arrest on 20 July 2019 in Escorts Hospital in Delhi.

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Trump Hushed Up His Illicit Affair With The Help Of Michael Cohen

The US President Donald Trump is said to be aware of the efforts made to silence a porn star and a Playboy centerfold about their alleged affair with Trump during 2016 US presidential election.

Revelation

The new court records released on Thursday shed more light on the role the US President played to bury stories about his alleged affairs with two women – porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal. But the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said nothing on the revelation.

The statement was recorded by two anonymous people familiar with the matter. But the federal prosecutors that are already investing the charges of illegal money paid to the said women decided not to file any additional charges.

Prosecution

The federal prosecutors investigating the role of Trump’s then lawyer Michael Cohen said that they also investigated whether anyone made false statements or tried obstructing justice by giving false testimonies in the court.

The phone records clearly show that Trump was in contact with Cohen from October 8 to 28. This was the time when Trump was looking for ways to contain the stories regarding his illicit affair.

The prosecutors have Cohen’s phone records and text messages he used to communicate with Daniel’s lawyer Keith Davidson. Cohen thanked Davidson for the favor. Cohen pleaded guilty to financial crimes and serving three-year prison term.

Trump’s version

The US President Donald Trump denied the allegations and the knowledge of illicit money being paid to the said women to maintain silence during Trump’s election campaign.

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Google’s Doodle Gives More Insight On The First Lunar Mission

Google celebrates 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 Mission by dedicating its Doodle to the first lunar mission of mankind. The Doodle takes the viewers through the journey to the moon and highlights the challenges the three astronauts faced while navigating into an unknown and unexplored world.

The Doodle gives an eyewitness narration of the journey in the words of Michael Collins, former astronaut and command module pilot of Apollo 11. Also, it unearths the facts that were hitherto unknown to the world.

For example, approximately 4 lac people belonging to different trades including construction workers and the astronauts were associated with the mission.

The historic journey

It began on 16 July 1969 at 13:32 UTC in the most powerful rocket of that time – the Saturn V – blasting off from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida.

Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins were going to create history by entering into the lunar orbit for the first time. After navigating in the space for three days, the trio entered the lunar orbit and prepared for the landing. The entire world was watching the mission with bated breath.

The day for which the world was eagerly waiting came on 20 July 1969 when the two astronauts – Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin – landed in the Sea of Tranquility in their vehicle Eagle. Neil Armstrong first put his foot on the moon and said “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Michael Collins remained in the command module to provide technical and logistical support to the men on the moon.

Challenges in Apollo 11

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Karnataka Live Updates: Kumaraswamy Addresses Assembly

The drama of Karnataka raised on the peak when BJP MLA slept on the ground of the house for the instantaneous trust vote. The former CM of Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa was sighted in the discussion, ate dinner, and slept on the ground of the house.

Yeddyurappa said the congress Janata Dal government was not prepared for the trust vote because The CM has no sell-esteem on folks as well as assembly. Even he said, Congress party tiresome its feet on the ground test.

The floor test may be anticipated today in the morning or by the afternoon. The Governor Vajubhai Vala said Kumaraswamy government to demonstrate the majority on the ground of the house by 1.30 Pm.

Few live updates of Assembly:

• At 11:50 am Kumaraswamy addressed the house and said I was drawn, nearby congress leaders. If I wanted to take a chair, I’d have done so long. I have declares so many times this seat is not crucial for me, but for the upcoming peer group.

• At 11:45 am Kumaraswamy said there is no hurry to form a government. I will tell you how these resignations were given in 2008. BJP doesn’t want to talk on this matter but it is crucial.

• At 11:40 speaker Ramesh Kumar said, there is a question of resignation. We have to follow constitutional provision to look into resignation, and that is a law.

• At 11:35 Kumaraswamy said all the time BJP senior leaders saying we are not a stable government from the very beginning when we took the oath. Even they said we will stay only for 17 weeks.

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Overall Support For Donald Trump Remains Unaffected From His Racial Remarks

The US President Donald Trump enjoys firm support of Republicans even after facing flak for his racial tweet against four minority Democratic congresswomen.

Reuters conducted an online poll opinion in England and declared that support for Donald Trump has increased by 5 percentage points to 72% in comparison to similar poll conducted last week. But the net approval – the percentage of approval mins the percentage of disapproval – is down by 2 points among Democrats.

But Trump’s overall performance remained stable over the past week, according to poll results. 41% of the US voters still support Trump but 55% of voters disapproved Trump for his actions.

Donald Trump is seeking re-election next year but his recent racial comment against minority community made him unpopular among Democrats and Independents. The poll results show that 3 out of 10 Independents support Trump against 4 out of 10 a week ago.

“go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” tweeted Trump.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan are the women Democrats mentioned by Trump. They are US citizen andthree are born in the US.

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