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'SC hijacked Constitution':
Rijiju cites Judge’s sane view
the government will have
no role in it.’. Rijiju,
commenting on it said
that a majority of people
have similar sane views.
Rijiju on Monday
reminded the judges that
in the age of social media
people watch
Judges all the time and
make assessments about
the way they deliver
justice. Nothing was
hidden in the era of social
media. Referring to a
request from the Chief
Justice of India to reign in
attacks on Judges over
social media, Rijiju said
that that was not possible
if people commented on
justice delivered on a
mass scale.
On Tuesday, Rijiju reacted
to the Supreme Court’s
decision to publicize RAW
and Intelligence Bureau
(IB) reports on the
appointment of judges.
Kiren Rijiju said that
putting such details in the
public domain is a “matter
of serious concern".
At: News18, DailyPioneer, LiveMint
Jan 27, the SC refused to
entertain the Andhra
Pradesh (AP) state’s plea
to allow it to designate an
executive officer to
oversee the affairs of the
Ahobilam Temple in
Kurnool. The top court
ruled that the state has no
right to appoint such an
officer and ordered that
they let the temple people
deal with it. At: OpIndia
India issues notice to
Pakistan on water treaty
Ram Setu: Centre
considers national
heritage status
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Jan 19, the Centre
informed the Supreme
Court that the proposal
to declare Ram Setu as
a national monument is
underway. The DMK
government had
demanded the creation
of an 83 km water
channel by extensive
dredging and removal
of limestone shoals in
the Ram Setu. Once
declared a heritage
monument it will be
protected and the
project, shelved.
At: TNIE
Pakistan rupee
crashes after its
electric grid
Jan 26, the Pakistani
Rupee crashed by nearly
10% to an all-time low at
₹ 255 against the US
dollar in the interbank
market.
The latest fall came as
the government ended
its control over the
rupee-dollar exchange
rate as part of the
International Monetary
Fund (IMF) conditions
for loans. The global
lender had asked the
government to let the
market forces, mostly
commercial banks,
determine the exchange
rate.
Earlier, on Jan 23, a
power grid collapse had
plunged 220 million
people into darkness. It
was subsequently
blamed on a surge in the
grid as internal
Pakistan's generators
produced more power
than was required. The
outage was reminiscent
of a massive blackout in
January 2021.
At: Tribune, ABCNews, OpIndia
Arbitration. India saw
two simultaneous
processes as self-
defeating. Despite
repeated efforts by
India to find a mutually
agreeable way forward,
Pakistan refused to
discuss the issue during
the five meetings of
the Permanent Indus
Commission from 2017
to 2022.
India's notice is being
seen as a follow
through on Prime
Minister (PM) Modi’s
statement following
the deadly 2016 Uri
attack by Pakistan-
based terrorists on the
Indian Army men that
blood and water
cannot flow together.
At: TimesNow, TribuneIndia
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PM renames 21 Andaman
isles after PVC recipients
Renowned
architect BV Doshi
passes away at 95
nuclear bombs. The FAS
estimates 165 nuclear
warheads for Pakistan,
350 for China, 5,428 for
the US, and 5,977 for
Russia. India increased
its nuclear weapons
from 156 in Jan 2021 to
160 in Jan 2022 .
At: TimesNow
Jan 23, PM Narendra
Modi named the 21
largest unnamed islands
of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands after Param Vir
Chakra recipients in a
ceremony on the
occasion of Parakram
Diwas.
He also unveiled the
model of the National
Memorial dedicated to
Netaji to be built on
Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose Dweep, earlier
known as Ross Islands.
The largest unnamed
island was named after
the first Param Vir
Chakra awardee, Major
Somnath Sharma, who
lost his life in action on
Nov 3, 1947 at the
Srinagar Airport fending
of Pakistani infiltrators.
SC to AP: let
temples be run by
religious people
Jan 22, Union Minister
for Law and Justice,
Kiren Rijiju tweeted a
video of a retired high
court judge, who said
the Supreme Court (SC)
‘hijacked’ the
Constitution by
arrogating to itself the
power to appoint
judges. Rijiju echoed the
sentiment, pointing to
the people’s and hence
the Parliament’s
supremacy amid
ongoing debate over the
Collegium system of
appointing judges.
Former Justice Sodhi, of
the Delhi High Court
says in the video that
the right to frame laws
lies with Parliament. He
also said the apex court
had no right to frame
laws. Only the
Parliament can amend
Constitution. Sodhi then
went on to say. ‘Here I
feel the SC for the first
time ‘hijacked’ the
Constitution. After
‘hijacking’ they (SC) said
that we will appoint
(judges) ourselves and
The other 20 Param Vir
Chakra awardees after
whom the Islands are
named, are Karam Singh,
Raghoba Rane, Nayak
Jadunath Singh, Major
Piru Singh, GS Salaria,
Dhan Singh Thapa,
Joginder Singh, Shaitan
Singh, Abdul Hamid,
Ardeshir Tarapore, Albert
Ekka; Hoshiar Singh, Arun
Khetrapal; Nirmaljit Singh
Sekhon, Ramaswamy
Parameswaran, Bana
Singh, Vikram Batra,
Manoj Kumar Pandey,
Sanjay Kumar and
Yogendra Singh Yadav
At: IndiaDefenseNews
Image: AsiaNetNews, ANI
Jan 27, the fall in the share
price of Adani Enterprises
(AEL) has put the firm’s
₹ 20,000-crore follow-on
public offering (FPO) under
a cloud. The sudden dip in
the group stock price was
triggered by a
controversial report by
Hindenburg Research,
which accused AEL of
market manipulation and
accounting fraud.
The share sale on the first
day garnered just 1%
subscription, attracting
bids worth ₹ 150 crore as
against ₹ 14,908 crore on
offer. AEL shares crashed
18.3% on Friday to close at
₹ 2,769 which is an 11-15.5
% discount to the FPO
price. The price band for
the FPO is ₹ 3,112-3,276
per share. An analyst
expressed the concern that
if the stock price fails to
recover over the next two
days, the FPO will struggle
to garner adequate
subscription.
AEL’s FPO closes on
Tuesday. The company has
received commitments for
₹ 5,985 crore from anchor
investors.
At: Business-Standard
Jan 27, India has issued
notice to Pakistan for
modification of the
Indus Waters Treaty
(IWT) due to its
‘intransigence’ on
disputes over the
Kishenganga and Ratle
Hydro Electric Projects
(HEPs). The notice gives
90 days to Pakistan to
rectify its material
breach and also aims to
modify the treaty for
lessons learned over the
last 62 years. In 2015,
Pakistan first requested
for an appointment of a
neutral expert to
examine its objections to
India’s Hydro Electric
Projects. In 2016, it then
unilaterally retracted
this request and
proposed a Court of
Russia frowns on
Leopard 2 and M1
Abrams tanks
Jan 25, Dmitri Peskov,
the Kremlin spokesman,
said that delivering
American M1 Abrams
and German Leopard 2
tanks to Ukraine would
burden Europe without
strengthening the
Ukrainian military.
After some hesitation,
Germany has said it
would send an initial lot
of 14 Leopard 2 tanks
and the US, 31 M1
Abrams tanks to Ukraine
for a spring escalation.
Russia has warned that
by supplying heavier
weapons systems to
Ukraine, Western
nations were simply
prolonging the conflict
and risking escalation. It
also pointed out that
American involvement
now goes beyond
providing ‘defensive-
weapons’ to Kiev.
Russia also plans to
impose a Moscow time
zone in the four annexed
regions, Donetsk,
Luhansk, Kherson and
Zaporizhzhia, symbolic
of integrating them into
Russia.
At: RT-1-2, NYTimes, MSN
Jan 26, several tableaux
celebrated Bharat’s
Sanatan heritage with
pride. Uttar Pradesh’s
float depicted Ayodhya
Deepotsav, Lord Ram
and Sita’s return from
from exile and the great
sage Vashishta.
Haryana’s tableau
brought forth Bhagwan
Krishna’s Gita discourse
to Arjun. The J&K float
featured the Amarnath.
cave shrine, Jharkhand’s,
the Baidyanath temple,
Assam’s the Kamakhya
temple, West Bengal’s
depicted its Durga Puja
and Tamil Nadu’s show
cased Brihadeeswarar
temple.
At: HinduPost, Siasat, TribuneIndia
Sanatan heritage prominent in
Republic Day Parade celebration
Parakram Divas, Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary, Jan 23, image courtesy Twitter; Republic Day, Jan 26, image courtesy MoneyControl; BasantPanchami, Saraswati, Jan 26, image courtesy Facebook
Jan 24, acclaimed architect
and Padma Bhushan
recipient Balkrishna Doshi,
who worked on IIM
Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore
and other projects of
national prominence,
passed away at 95. PM
Narendra Modi paid rich
tributes to him. At: IndiaToday
IIT-Madras linked
firm makes mobile
operating system
UN observers to
be asked to quit
India, say reports
Cloud over Adani
Enterprises FPO on
Hindenburg report
Jan 25, Trinamool's Saket
Gokhale has now been
arrested by Enforcement
Directorate (ED) in a case
related to the alleged
misuse of funds collected
through crowd-funding.
He's currently in Gujarat
jail in a cheating case.
Gokhale is accused of
misappropriating ₹ 1.07
crore collected through
crowd-funding, sources in
the agency said. This was
the third time Gokhale has
been arrested. At: NDTV
Trinamool's Saket
Gokhale now
arrested by ED
Jan 26, reports indicate
that India may ask the
United Nation’s Military
Observer Group (UNMOG)
to quit the country. Ridden
in controversy from spying
on Indian troop movement
to soft pedaling separatism
the UNMOG’s role is also
defunct as Pakistan never
withdrew its forces from
occupied Kashmir making a
UN plebiscite impossible.
Also Pakistan unilaterally
and illegally altered the
geography of the land by
ceding a part to China.
At:: DailyExcelsior
Jan 27, 1,100 people
were brought back to
the Hindu faith after a
ghar-wapasi event by
washing their feet with
the holy Gangajal. The
incident occurred in the
Basna region of
Chattisgarh. It is
believed that these
people, belonging to
325 families had been
earlier converted from
Hinduism to Christianity
by missionaries.
At: OpIndia
1,100 Chattisgarh
Christians return
to Hinduism
Jan 28, Federation of
American Scientists
(FAS) reports that India
is modernising its
nuclear arsenal and its
strategy, which was
formerly centred on
Pakistan, now appears
to focus on China.
India’s existing two
nuclear-capable
aircrafts, four land-
based ballistic missiles,
and two submarine-
launched missiles,
which make up its
nuclear triad, are being
supplemented or
replaced by at least
four new weapon
systems. It believes
India generated about
700 kgs (+/- 150 kgs)
of weapon-grade
plutonium which is
enough for 138 to 213
India upgrading
nuclear arsenal:
US report
Tiranga unfurled at Lal Chowk
Jan 26, the AVBP hoisted the tricolour atop the
clock tower at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. This is the 2nd
year in succession that it has been done. At: MSN
Jan 24, an Indian
Institute of Technology
(IIT) Madras-incubated
company has developed
a mobile operating
system called ‘BharOS’.
BharOS is an important
step in building a strong
indigenous digital
infrastructure. It is
similar to Android OS
and is currently being
provided to
organizations that have
stringent security
requirements. At: TimesNow
Email: IndiaWiki2020@gmail.com Website: http://TheGoodWord.IndiaWiki.OrgLet us give up all this
foolish talk of doing
good to the world. It is
not waiting for your or
my help; yet we must
work and constantly
do good, because it is
a blessing to
ourselves. That is the
only way we can
become perfect. No
beggar whom we have
helped has ever owed
a single cent to us; we
owe everything to
him, because he has
allowed us to exercise
our charity on him. It
is entirely wrong to
think that we have
done, or can do, good
to the world, or to
think that we have
helped such and such
people. It is a foolish
thought, and all foolish
thoughts bring misery.
We think that we have
helped some man and
expect him to thank
us, and because he
does not, unhappiness
comes to us. Why
should we expect
anything in return for
what we do? Be
grateful to the man
you help, think of him
as God. Is it not a
great privilege to be
allowed to worship
God by helping our
fellow men? If we
were really
unattached, we should
escape all this pain of
vain expectation, and
could cheerfully do
good work in the
world. Never will
unhappiness or misery
come through work
done without
attachment. The world
will go on with its
happiness and misery
through eternity.
There was a poor man
who wanted some
money; and somehow
he had heard that if he
could get hold of a
ghost, he might
command him to bring
money or anything
else he liked; so he
was very anxious to
get hold of a ghost.
(to continue next
week)
Swami Vivekananda
Karma Yoga
a series of extracts
Bharat First
PAGE 4 THE GOOD WORD
Under Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh our
defence services have
transformed into a
modern, atmanirbhar,
youthful and tech-savvy
force. India has also
introduced theatre
commands to enhance
operational readiness,
synergy and the combat
potential of the armed
forces.
General Anil Chauhan
had assumed charge as
the second Chief of
Defence Staff in Sep
2022.
MBT Arjun
The main battle tank
Arjun of the 75th
Armoured Regiment was
led by Captain Amanjeet
Singh. Its motto is
`Sahasam Vijayate’.
The state of the art MBT
Arjun is a third
generation tank
developed indigenously
by India’s Defence
Research and
Development
Organisation (DRDO).
It is equipped with a 120
mm main rifled gun, a
7.62 mm coaxial machine
gun, and a 12.7 mm anti-
aircraft machine gun.
It is powered by a 1400
HP Diesel engine and
can achieve a maximum
speed of 70 km/hour
and a cross-country
speed of 40 km/hour.
Nag Missile
India’s DRDO developed
Nag missile consists of a
tracked Armoured
Fighting Vehicle (AFV),
which has a crew-less
turret capable of firing
six ‘Nag’ Anti-Tank
Guided Missiles (AGTM).
It has been developed
for the reconnaissance
and support units of the
mechanised infantry to
reinforce and enhance
anti-tank combat
capability along our
borders. The Nag missile
is a fire-and-forget
ATGM with a range of 5
km. Its tandem warhead
has the capability to
lock-on before launch
and top-attack targets
that are moving with
accuracy.
Quick Reaction Fighting
Vehicle
These vehicles are
being manufactured by
Tata Advance System
and Bharat Forge
Limited under the
atmanirbhar Bharat
initiative, for the Indian
Army. The 4×4 wheeled
Armoured Platform has
full Armour Protection
with a 360 Degree
Turret which mounts a
7.62mm Medium
Machine Gun, can carry
10 Fully Armed Troops.
The vehicle is ideally
designed for troops
operating in Ladakh,
Sikkim and Arunachal
Pradesh.
The vehicle is also mine
and bullet proof which
makes it suited as an
escort and special
response vehicle for
counter-intelligence
operations. It has a
maximum speed of 80
km/h with an
operational range up to
600 kms and can
negotiate a gradient up
to 25 degrees.
The parade also show
cased the 10 m short
span bridge, a mobile
.
microwave network
centre of Corps of
Signals and the
Wheeled Armoured
Platform, WHAP 8×8
on 70-ton trailer.
Egypt-India ties
It is for the first time
that the President of
Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-
Sisi, was the Chief
Guest on our Republic
Day. A military
contingent from the
Egyptian Army also
participated in the
parade. Egypt is a
strategic ally for New
Delhi as it straddles
the Suez Canal. Out of
the total 4.8 million
barrels per day of
crude oil shipped
through the canal,
500,000 barrels per
day is shipped to India.
Egypt is a gateway for
the African continent
and has offered to
double bilateral trade
to $12 billion by 2028.
Egypt as also agreed to
enhance cooperation
on counterterrorism
as well as enhance
defence ties. Al-Sisi had
ordered ruthless
crackdowns on the
Muslim Brotherhood that
saw over 638 dead. He
also engaged the Hamas
in counter terrorism
operations.
The Hindustan
Aeronatuics Limited has
offered the Tejas LCA to
Egypt, which is looking to
purchase 100 LCAs. It has
also offered to create a
production and
manufacturing facility for
the aircraft in the Arab
country and the set up of
a production facility for
helicopters in Egypt too.
Two of the oldest
civilizations
of the world have shared
historical ties as well.
King Ashok’s edicts refer
to these.
Culture, Women
Empowerment and Fly-
Past
‘Nari shakti’ and women
empowerment
dominated the theme of
tableaux and parade.
There were 16 marching
contingents, including
ones from the Pipes and
Drums Bands, Delhi
Police, NCC, NSS, and
Central Paramilitary
Forces. 23 tableaux
displayed the country's
rich cultural heritage and
strong internal and
external security. These
tableaux came from 17
states and Union
territories and six
different ministries and
departments.
The parade concluded
with a spectacular fly-
past with 50 aircrafts and
helicopters of the Army,
Navy and Air Force. 45
were of the Air Force,
one from the Navy and
four helicopters of the
Army. The fly-past
exhibited MiG- 29s,
Dorniers, Jaguars, the
Prachand LCH, Apache
Helicopters, Sukhois and
the recently acquired
Rafales.
Towards the conclusion
one Rafale flew in at 900
kmph behind a Trishul
formation over water
channel north of
Kartavya Path. The
aircraft pulled up for
Vertical Charlie and
made several turns while
approaching the Dais.
Source: MSN, BT, DC,
TOI, RisingKashmir,
DefenseView, Wikipedia
Image: DoorDarshan
The grand parade of
Republic Day 2023 at
Kartavya Path was special
for India as it
underscored the arrival of
an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’,
showcasing indigenously
developed weapon
systems.
This year, only made-in-
India weapon systems
were showcased at the
Republic Day parade. For
the first time, the 21-
Gun-Salute was given to
President Droupadi
Murmu with 105 mm
Indian Field Guns on
Kartavya Path replacing
the British-made 25-
pounder guns. The
parade also showcased
the recently inducted
light combat helicopter,
Prachand, the K-9 Vajra
howitzers, India’s main
battle tank, Arjun, the
Nag anti-tank guided
missiles, Akash air
defence missiles, the
quick reaction fighting
vehicles and 10 m short
span bridge vehicle.
Many firsts as India’s 74th Republic Day Parade highlights an atmanirbhar
nation, its culture and women-empowerment
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This year, only
made-in-India
weapon systems
were showcased at
the Republic Day
parade.
For the first time,
the 21-Gun-Salute
was given to
President Droupadi
Murmu with 105
mm Indian Field
Guns on Kartavya
Path replacing the
British-made 25-
pounder guns.
The parade also
showcased the
recently inducted
light combat
helicopter,
Prachand, the K-9
Vajra howitzers,
India’s main battle
tank, Arjun, the
Nag anti-tank
guided missiles,
Akash air defence
missiles, the quick
reaction fighting
vehicles