A man holding a Bangladeshi flag stands in front of a burnt vehicle at Ganahaban, the Prime Minister’s residence, after the resignation of PM Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 5, 2024. | Photo credit: Reuters
MEA remains silent on Bangladesh crisis as Sheikh Hasina resigns
Despite the dramatic developments in Dhaka and the arrival of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Hindon air base outside Delhi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not make a statement on the situation in Bangladesh or on Ms. Hasina on Monday. Sources said that the MEA, headed by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, attended several meetings with government as well as military officials as soon as news of Ms. Hasina’s resignation broke, after which she decided to fly to India as she was awaiting asylum. abroad.
The Preamble to the Constitution was removed from the selected new NCERT textbooks
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has released the Preamble to the Constitution from several Class 3 and 6 textbooks published this year. In the old textbooks for Grade 6, the Preamble was printed in the English book Honey GrassScience books, Hindi textbooks Durvaand all three Social Science books – We are Past-I, Social and Political Life-Iand Our Habitat Earth.
Train services between India and Bangladesh were suspended after Sheikh Hasina resigned
Indian Railways on August 5 suspended all train operations to Bangladesh amid unrest in the neighboring country, where Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and fled after protests.
Rocket attack on Iraqi military base injures US personnel
Several US personnel were injured in a suspected rocket attack on a military base in Iraq, US defense officials said on August 5, in what has been a recent uptick in attacks on American forces by Iranian-backed militias.
The Union Minister’s findings on landslides in Wayanad led to another row in the Central State
Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav seems to have fueled another Centre-State conflict after the disastrous landslide in Wayanad by blaming the State government for “putting the soil to natural disasters by encouraging illegal mining and settlements in ecologically vulnerable districts”.
Governor CV Ananda Bose said Bengal is in a financial meltdown; ask for a white paper
On August 5, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said that Bengal is currently facing a financial crisis and cited diversion of funds and unnecessary luxury behind this economic situation. He also emphasized that the Prime Minister requested all State Governors to be more proactive in the implementation of projects and programs in the States.
Google loses big antitrust case over search dominance
A judge on Monday ruled that the ubiquitous search engine Google has illegally exploited its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s most famous companies.
Paris Olympics Sable storms into the 3,000m steeplechase final
India’s Avinash Sable, who finished fifth in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase qualifier, qualified for the final with a time of 8:15.43. She became India’s first Olympic track finalist since Lalita Babar in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase in 2016.
Elon Musk sues OpenAI, renews claims ChatGPT makes profit before ‘benefiting humans’
Elon Musk filed a lawsuit on Friday against OpenAI and its two founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, renewing claims that the ChatGPT-maker betrayed the purpose of its founding for the public benefit rather than the pursuit of profit. The lawsuit, filed in Northern California federal court, calls Musk’s case “a story of altruism versus greed.”
Neeraj begins his quest to defend his crown today at the Paris Olympics
At noon in Paris, at the Stade de France, Neeraj Chopra will get his campaign to defend his title in the qualifying round of the men’s javelin competition. Neeraj must either be one of the top 12 throwers in the qualifying round or must throw 84m in three attempts to automatically qualify for the final on August 8.
Mass funeral for 27 unidentified Wayanad landslide victims
Twenty-seven unidentified bodies and 154 body parts of the July 30 landslide victims in Chooralmala and Mundakkai were buried on Monday. The mass burial which took place in a grave prepared at Harrisons Malayalam plantation was accompanied by prayers of all religions. Eight unidentified bodies were buried on Sunday afternoon.
