Saturday, December 14, 2024

OpIndia Explains

Floods, barricades and Google Maps: As car with 3 young men falls off a damaged bridge in UP, read what went wrong

The trio was travelling to attend a wedding in Faridpur on Sunday. Earlier, they had attended a family function in Budaun on Saturday night and took the Budaun-Faridpur route instead of the usual Moradabad-Bareilly route and relied completely on Google Maps.

Adani indictment in US court: Another Congress drama before Winter Session of Parliament? Rahul Gandhi’s party scores self goal and stirs outrage over mere...

The Adani indictment document itself mentions that “the charges in the indictment are allegations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.”

Thousands of farmers march towards London against Labour Party’s imposition of Agricultural Inheritance Tax: All you need to know

The NFU president Tom Bradshaw has said that around 75% of the working farms will fall under the scope of the agricultural inheritance tax. He also called the tax imposition as a “stab in the back”.

Why the Haka inside New Zealand Parliament? As Maori MP’s unique protest goes viral, here why a treaty from 1840 is the reason behind...

The Treaty Principles Bill 2024 proposes extending the treaty to all New Zealanders through a referendum, but Maori leaders and activists argue that this will not only undermine Māori rights and promote anti-Māori discourse.

Punjab and Haryana’s Chandigarh dispute: How decades-old Congress govt-created problem that persists due to political indecisiveness

On 29 January 1970, the central government announced that Chandigarh should, as a whole, be transferred to Punjab

Students protest against UPPSC over multiple shifts, normalisation policy and more: Read what they want, and what the commission said

The protest against the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) was a week after multiple shifts for a single exam were scheduled. Notably, the RO-ARO preliminary exams will take place in three shifts on December 22 and 23, while the UPPCS PCS preliminary exams will be held in two shifts on 7 and 8 December.

TISS study reveals that Illegal Muslims from Bangladesh, Myanmar are influencing politics in Maharashtra, here’s how Muslims plan to mobilize for upcoming elections

Amid the ongoing campaign for the upcoming elections scheduled on 20th November in the state, around 180 NGOs are working on the ground among the Muslim community to raise 'awareness' and increase the community’s voter turnout, the strategy that helped MVA during the Lok Sabha elections.

Nine-judge bench of Supreme Court redefines Article 39(b), says govt can’t acquire all private properties to redistribute equally – Read details

The Supreme Court ruling limits Article 39(b) as grounds for state acquisition of private property, emphasising the protection of individual ownership rights over socialist ideals.

Why are Hindu organisations demanding demolition of the disputed mosque in Uttarkashi: Here’s all you need to know

Hindus say that the mosque in Uttarkashi has been built illegally on government land. However, the district administration says that the mosque is old and is built on the land of the people of the Muslim community.

Former Army personnel duped of Rs 83 lakh through ‘Digital Arrest’ scam; Here’s what the scam is and how it is looting people of...

'Digital arrest' is a method used by cybercriminals to confine victims to their houses to defraud them. The perpetrators create fear in the minds of internet users by making audio or video calls.

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