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Four top lawyers flown from London to Dominica to stop extradition of Mehul Choksi

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In a desperate attempt to stop the extradition of economic offender Mehul Choksi from Dominica to India, four lawyers have been flown into Dominica from London, reports Hindustan Times.

The timing seems to be a suspect as Choksi’s extradition hearing is scheduled on 2nd June in Dominica’s Commonwealth Court of Justice as he moved a habeas corpus plea before the said court against his extradition.

Presently, Choksi is admitted to a hospital in Dominica after he was reported missing from Antigua and Barbuda. However, there are reports that Choksi may have taken his girlfriend on a romantic trip to Dominica, where he was arrested.

Choksi has been accused of embezzling 13 thousand crore rupees and the Enforcement Directorate will petition before the court that Choksi is an Indian citizen and that he should be deported to India who also has a Red Corner Notice (RCN) from Interpol issued against him.

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Saturday said, “We live in a globalised world where cooperation among states is required to fight and defeat criminals and to deny criminals the use of the state apparatus for protection and advancement of their criminal conduct. That is precisely why we have and continue to encourage the government of Dominica, to make him persona non grata for illegally entering their country and to deport him to India where he is still a citizen,’.

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Saudi Arabia fully committed to meet India’s requirement for petroleum products

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is the world’s largest exporter of crude oil yesterday (30 May) said that it is fully committed to meet India’s requirement for petroleum products, reports Economic Times.

India is one of the key importers of oil from Saudi Arabia and wants cuts in crude oil prices.

Saudi Ambassador to India Dr Saud bin Mohammed Al Sati said that the energy cooperation between the two countries has been going very well and it has been further reinforced during the recent and ongoing communications between Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Minister of Energy and his counterpart Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Al Sati made the comments in response to a question on Saudi Arabia’s position on India pressing for easing the cuts in crude oil production by OPEC and OPEC+ groupings as high oil prices are hurting the consumption-led recovery of several countries like India.

During an interview with PTI, the Ambassador also shared that Saudi Arabia had made investments of $2.81 billion in India in 2020 alone and that it is looking at a greater momentum in the bilateral economic ties in areas like petroleum, renewable energy, information technology, and artificial intelligence.

India’s relationship with Saudi Arabia has been on the upswing in the last few years as this oil-rich nation sees India as its strategic partner. 

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Isha Foundation offers free cremations in all of its crematoriums for COVID victims

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Steps have been taken to cremate COVID victims free of charge for the next three months in all of the 18 crematoriums that are being maintained by the Isha Foundation. In a post on its Twitter page, the Isha Foundation said: We want to be supportive of those who have lost loved ones to this virus.”

According to the report, Isha maintains 12 crematoriums in Coimbatore, four in Chennai, one each in Namakkal and Neyveli, which brings it to a total of 18 crematoriums.

Earlier, the Isha Foundation had offered 500 oxygen concentrators, 2 vehicles and several hundred PPE kits and masks to the Tamilnadu government on Saturday. They had also contributed 500 PPE kits, 5000 N95 face masks and 500 CPAP machines to the Coimbatore Government Hospital.

In addition to this, Isha volunteers including Brahmacharies, full-time volunteers and Ashram residents have been working on the ground in several villages of Tamil Nadu for more than a year as part of the Isha COVID Action agenda. Relief work includes the daily serving of Nilavembu Kashayam to the community. Other on-ground efforts include the distribution of face masks, sanitisers and PPE besides beverages and snacks to frontline workers.

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Ambulance driver takes patient to hospital on bicycle due to lack of proper roads in Assam

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In a village in Assam where ambulances could not travel due to lack of proper roads, a corona patient was taken to the hospital on a bicycle about a kilometre away and was rushed in by paramedics and health workers.

In light of the second wave of coronavirus, every part of the country has been badly hit. The commitment of frontline workers like ambulance drivers who work tirelessly and sleep in the ambulance is commendable. A similar incident happened in Assam and has restored faith in humanity.

A man from the Telesora village in Kasar district of Assam was affected by coronavirus infection and an ambulance had gone to pick him up. But due to bad roads, the ambulance stopped a kilometre before the town.

At the same time, the oxygen level of the infected person was reduced to 89% and Islam Uddin Laskar, the driver of the ambulance and Jainur Ali, the paramedic accompanying him had reached the village wearing personal protective equipment. They put him on a bicycle since that he could not walk and slowly brought him to the place where the ambulance was. About an hour later, he was loaded into an ambulance and was admitted to Silchar Medical College Hospital where he is currently recovering.

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Annamalai IPS provides free food for kin of COVID victims in Coimbatore

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The BJP has been providing free food to the relatives of patients suffering from corona infection at the Singanallur ESI Hospital in Coimbatore. Annamalai IPS, who is the present BJP Vice President of the state, is the one performing this service.

The spread of corona infection at the national level is currently declining slightly due to the steadfast action of the Central Government. But, the number of people suffering from corona infection in Tamil Nadu has been constantly increasing. Although the number of cases has been declining in the last few days, the cases in Coimbatore have continued to increase.

Due to this, a large number of corona patients are being treated in hospitals. BJP state vice president Annamalai IPS has arranged to feed their relatives while they are waiting outside the hospital. He has been serving free food to the relatives of corona patients at ESI Hospital, Coimbatore for the last seven days. He posted on his Twitter page in this regard. The post read, “I have accepted the responsibility of providing dinner to the relatives of COVID patients at Singanallur ESI Hospital. For the seventh day today, Singanallur BJP volunteers have been providing food. The food service will continue until the last patient is present.”

It is noteworthy that the BJP has been providing various welfare assistance to the people who lost their livelihoods during the curfew to mark the completion of seven years of the BJP in power.

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Adorable video of Kashmiri school girl complaining about online classes to PM Modi goes viral

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An adorable video of a 6-year-old schoolgirl from Kashmir complaining to Prime Minister Modi about the long hours of online classes has gone viral. This video is winning hearts online and has gotten the netizens commenting about it on social media.

The video features the little girl complaining about the prolonged online classes saying she is being given way too much work for a 6-year-old. Even those who are older than her have lesser to study, she says.

She goes on to explain her plight in the most hilarious manner. “My classes start at 10:00 A.M. in the morning in go on 2:00 P.M. in the afternoon. How can I sit for those long hours and listen to those classes? I have to learn English, Maths, Urdu, and EVS all together. I am 6 years old, and this is too much work for my age,” she says in the video.

She goes on to say, “Modi sir, we are kids. Why are you giving us so much work? Now, what can be done for this.” She sighs and says, “Assalamualaikum Modi sir,” before ending the video.

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PTR stoops to a new low: Abuses and makes personal attack on BJP woman MLA Vanathi Srinivasan

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In what can be called as a behaviour unbefitting for a person holding public office, Madurai Central MLA and Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan unleashed abuses and made personal attacks on Coimbatore South MLA Vanathi Srinivasan who had called out the former for insulting Goa during the 43rd GSR Council meeting.

Goa’s Transport Minister, Mauvin Godinho had stated in a press conference that Palanivel Thiagarajan, insulted Goa during the GST meeting by stating that because Goa is a small state, its views should not be given weightage.

Godinho later in a tweet stated, “I want to remind the new Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. Palanivel, refrain from conducting yourself in a manner as a big brother versus small brother or big state versus small state. We all have equal rights. His attitude should be condemned by one and all right-thinking people. He should not target Goa.”

He demanded an apology from Palanivel Thiagarajan for disrespecting smaller states, including Goa, at the meeting.

To this, Thiagarajan issued a long statement in which he justified his stance at the GST Council meeting stating that ‘one state one vote’ and is fundamentally unfair and added that ‘Dravidian Movement’ was always for ‘States Rights’. He said that his entire statement during the meeting was consistent with these two principles.

He also went on to disclose certain proceedings of the meeting public through his statement in order to state that he was not against the interests of Goa.

Unbecoming of a person holding an esteemed public office, Palanivel Thiagarajan went on to make personal attacks on Goa’s Transport Minister.

Following this, Coimbatore South MLA Vanathi Srinivasan condemned the behaviour of Palanivel Thiagarajan’s behaviour at the GST Council meeting and called it an insult to democracy.

To this, the MIT educated Finance Minister remarked if the BJP woman MLA was a ‘congenital liar’ or a person with ‘low IQ’.

The Finance Minister had later blocked the BJP woman MLA.

Palanivel Thiagarajan put out a derogatory post unbefitting of a person holding public office saying “I block you like a normal person closes a window to avoid bad smell”.

Later, Vanathi Srinivasan had put out a dignified response holding up the mirror to the ‘MIT educated’ Finance Minister saying that the latter lacked ‘political maturity’ and ‘social etiquette’.

This is not the first time PTR has gone on a rant against public personalities who does not confirm to his views. Palanivel Thiagarajan had earlier picked fight with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev over the latter’s demand for freeing temples from state control. This had led to spat with two other public personalities namely former Infosys director Mohandas Pai and The Hindu’s Malini Parthasarathy.

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“No talks with India unless Article 370 is reversed”: Imran Khan says as Pakistan’s economy goes into tailspin

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As Pakistan’s economic crisis worsens, Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi has said that talks with India is only possible if the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 that was abrogated on August 5, 2019, is reversed.

Naizi while answering questions during a live with the people said, “If Pakistan revives its relations with India (without the latter restoring the status of Kashmir), it will be similar to turning our back on the Kashmiris,”  and unless India takes back the steps it took on August 5, “then we can definitely hold talks”.

New Delhi has already made it very clear that Jammu and Kashmir are an integral part of India and there will be no formal talks with Pakistan until it ends its support to Islamic jihadists in Kashmir. India has held that talks are only possible when the environment is free of terror, hostility, and violence.

However, due to the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan, there is a semblance of peace on the Line of Control and have been interacting through backchannel diplomacy to ease tension.

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IMA President Johnrose Jayalal summoned by Delhi court for misusing his position and allegedly indulging in proselytization activities

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The Delhi High Court has issued summons to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) chief Dr Johnrose Austin Jayalal after it emerged that he had used his position and his office for proselytization of Christianity.

Jayalal has been asked to appear before the court on May 31 as he has been accused of misusing his position and indulging in proselytization activities.

 
It added, “Next date of hearing is on 31st May on which Dr S A Jayalal has to appear virtually before the Add Distt Judge, Dwarka.”

Earlier, a complaint was filed against Jayalal by Legal Rights Protection Forum (LRPF), a non-profit legal activism collective to take action against him for misusing his position and indulging in proselytization activities.

The complaint points out to two interviews given by Jayalal where he has expressed strong views about proselytizing Hindus.
 
Dr. Johnrose had said “When leprosy, cholera, and other pandemics devastated the world, it was Christian doctors and churches who stood against it, showing Christian compassion.”
 
He had added, “And the urgent need of the proclamation of the Gospel to people who are suffering from the virus has allowed us to share the Gospel even in secular institutions.”
 
In an interview with Haggai International, he has credited it “with revitalizing his spiritual life and infusing his medical work with Gospel urgency.”
 
Haggai International claims “Our vision is to see every nation redeemed and transformed through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
 
He had also attended the Haggai Leader Experience in 2018.
 
The IMA chief never liked the idea propagated by the AYUSH Ministry. In an interview, he had said, “They want to make it one nation, one system of medicine. Next, they will want to make it one religion. This is also based on the Sanskrit language, which is always traditionally based on the Hindu principles. This is an indirect way for the government to introduce the language of Sanskrit and language of Hindutva into the minds of the people.”

Seva Bharathi Tamil Nadu donates 50 oxygen concentrators to hospitals

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Seva Bharati has supplied 50 oxygen concentrators to hospitals in Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Vellore, Ambur and Hosur.

Srinivasan, the state organization secretary for Seva Bharathi, in a press release said, “Sevabharathi Tamil Nadu has been doing community service for the last 21 years in line with Swami Vivekananda’s motto ‘service to man is service to god’. Sevabharathi Tamil Nadu is an organization that is well versed in carrying out relief work in times of calamity. During the tragic times like the 2004 Tsunami, 2015 Chennai floods, and last year’s Corona disaster, Seva Bharati volunteers came down with full force and engaged in relief work.”

He added, “India is currently being jolted by a second corona wave. Seva International, based in Delhi, provides medical equipment for relief efforts in India’s worst-affected areas. So far, Seva International has provided medical equipment to 18 states.”

He went on to say that Seva International has provided Tamil Nadu 100 oxygen concentrators, with the first batch of 50 arriving in Chennai and being distributed to various local hospitals in Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Vellore, Ambur, and Hosur.

He concluded his press release by saying that Seva Bharathi has opened a Corona Service Center in Vyasarpadi, Chennai, with 50 beds. Seva Bharathi has also provided supplies to the government hospitals in Salem, Aththur, and Mettur, including beds, masks, and other medical equipment.

(with inputs from Hindu Tamil)

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