Headlines- Kurdish troops reported that a coalition led by the United States shot down multiple drones over Erbil, the capital of the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq, on Wednesday.
- The potential sale of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $1.96 billion was approved by the US State Department on Wednesday.
- In protest of this week's ban on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's foreign ministry summoned Britain's ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, vowing that the move would "not go unanswered".
- U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Wednesday that a U.S. aircraft fired on an oil tanker that "attempted to violate the U.S. blockade" on Iranian ports.
- US President Donald Trump stated that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cannot be negotiated with and that the United States might have to eliminate it.
Tag: Focus India
Indian President Election 2022
On July 18, India will elect a new president.4,800 MPs and MLAs will vote to choose India’s 15th president. The Presidential college,which consists of elected members of both Houses of parliament, chooses its president. Members of the legislatures of states, including the Union Territory of Pondicherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, are elected. Voting is not permitted for nominees. The value of each legislator’s vote is calculated using the state’s population divided by 1,000 and multiplied by the number of state legislators
Gokarna a Popular Tourist Destination in...
Gokarna is a city in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district that literally means “cow’s ear”. It is said to be the location where Lord Shiva arose from Mother Earth’s incarnation as a cow, according to popular mythology.Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, is around 483 kilometres away.There are so.many temples here like Tamra Gauri (Parvati) Temple, Mahaganapati Temple, Uma Maheshwari Temple, Bhadrakali Temple, Varadaraj Temple and others
Tawang- Tourists Paradise
Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh which is located in north eastern part of India famed for being the birthplace of the 6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso. It is located at a height of roughly 3048m and is noted for numerous important and beautiful monasteries
Focus India: Kolkata
Kolkata, the capital of the state of West Bengal, was founded as a commerce hub by an agent of the East India Company Job Charnok. Local landlords sold him Sutanati, Gobindapur, and Kalikata, three villages on the east bank of the Ganges. Dalhousie Square, originally the headquarters of the British Government’s administration, is still Bengal’s power hub, with Laldighi (a historic pond) in its midst. It has been renamed BBD Bag (after the freedom fighters Binay, Badol, and Dinesh who killed a high-profile police officer inside the Writers Building), and it is flanked by some land mark buildings
Focus India:Parliamentary System of India
The President and two chambers of India’s Central Legislature are referred to as “Parliament.”
The House of the People (Loksabha) is the lower body, while the Council of States is the upper house (Rajya sabha)