BJP’s Christian Outreach- Genuine Initiative or Clever Politics for Votes- A Podcast

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Greetings to all listeners and readers!! BJP has been trying very hard to execute its Hindutva project and othering of minorities for years. At this juncture, the BJP is trying to expand its foothold in new regions and among new communities like never ever before. Since the early 2020s, BJP has been trying to reach out to the Christian community mainly through the clergy and leaders of the Church. Understanding this topic is needed to understand whether it is in fact a genuine step to integrate a community into its policy-making or it is solely for votes for which the concerns of the community might be taken granted for. This podcast episode will dive through these topics directly from the expert on all these topics.  About The Guest  Joseph Jose- I s the co-founder and secretary of the NGO Asian MUN Circuit and he is a professional trader Adv. Mukund Rajesh- Has experience in various political parties and currently is the legal officer at a Commercial Bank Read the Newscapsule of the

News Capsule for the Month of March 2024

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Kerala 

  • Veterinary student killed due to ragging. Fingers pointed at SFI. 
  • T20 leader Sabu Jacob comes in against Campus politics. 
  • LDF leader EP Jayarajan claims the fight is between LDF and BJP. 
  • All parties unveil candidates for 20 seats. 
  • Kerala CM hands over Siddharth's ragging case to CBI. 
  • The state is marred with a series of man-animal conflicts. 
  • No plan to check the purity of the crown offered by Suresh Gopi, we stand for peace: Thrissur Church. 
  • Padmaja Venugopal, daughter of ex-Kerala Chief Minister joins BJP. 
  • 15 people got injured on the floating bridge in Varkala. 
  • Kerala, Karnataka sign inter-state agreement to curb human-wildlife conflict.  
  • Kerala MVD warns motorcyclists against triple-riding. 
  • Chennithala was appointed as chairman of Congress's Kerala LS election campaign committee. 
  • UDF Holds Night March In Kannur City Against CAA Implementation. 
  • PM Modi holds a massive roadshow in Palakkad. 
  • HC stays in order ousting MK Jayaraj as Calicut University Vice-Chancellor. 
  • Candidates favour Ashika's chocolates for election campaigning. 
  • Governor refuses to accept Sree Narayana guru Open University's VC's resignation. 
  • Will not take sides in the controversy, says Suresh Gopi; invites Ramakrishnan for performance in the temple after racist comments against the participant. 

India 
  • Major clashes occur in JNU over poll committee selection. 
  • SC upholds disqualifying people with more than two children having govt. benefits. 
  • Massive cross-voting was reported in Rajya Elections including Himachal and UP. 
  • The blast occurred in Bangalore's Brookfield Rameshwaram Cafe. One person arrested, linked with ISIS claims intelligence. 
  • RLD Officially Joins Ruling NDA Alliance, Ditches INDIA Ahead of Lok Sabha Polls.
  • Shivraj Singh Chauhan made candidate from Vidisha. 
  • Gandhi family will not contest in the strongholds of Rae Bareli and Amethi. 
  • Spanish tourist raped in Jharkhand receives maximum protests across the country. 
  • BJP Chief JP Nadda Resigns As Rajya Sabha MP. 
  • Proceedings initiated against BJP MLAs for creating ruckus in HP assembly: Speaker.
  • CBI To Take Shahjahan Into Custody, Probe Attack On ED Team In Sandeshkhali: Calcutta HC's Big Verdict. 
  • West Bengal Police hands over Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI.
  • PM Modi Meets Victims From Sandeshkhali, Says 'TMC Does Not Trust Bengal's Women'. 
  • In a Push to 'Nari Shakti', PM Modi Announces LPG Cylinder Price Cut by Rs 100.   
  • Sudha Murthy was nominated to Rajya Sabha by the President of India,
  • BJP-Chandrababu Naidu-Pawan Kalyan Alliance Finalised. 
  • BJD-BJP talks fail in the state. 
  • Congress-AAP entered into an alliance in Haryana and Delhi. 
  • Election Commissioner Arun Goel Resigns Ahead of Crucial Lok Sabha Polls. 
  • 'Pakistan supporters should be shot dead': Karnataka minister on slogan row. 
  • Setback before Nyay Yatra’s Gujarat leg: Veteran leader Der, MLA Modhwadia resign over Cong’s Ayodhya stand. 
  • Yousuf Pathan to contest against Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary in Bahrampur. 
  • Karnataka cafe blast: NIA, CCB detain two including cloth merchant. 
  • BJP loses majority in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. 
  • SC declares the electoral bonds scheme as unconstitutional and asks SBI to furnish all details. 
  • BJP says it will amend the constitution if it gets 400 seats. 
  • Churu MP Rahul Kaswan joins Congress after quitting BJP.
  • The government releases CAA rules. Protests were reported in various parts of the country. 
  • Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar Resigns Ahead of Lok Sabha Elections.
  • Actor Vijay calls out against CAA.
  • Nayab Singh Saini, BJP state president, to be Haryana's next Chief Minister. 
  • Mukhtar Ansari Sentenced to Life Imprisonment in 1990 Arms Licence Case.
  • 13 Pakistani Hindu refugees in Gujarat's Morbi become first to get Indian citizenship under CAA.
  •  EC announces 7 phased elections in the months of April and May. The results will be out in June. 
  • Elvish Yadav arrested by Noida Police in snake venom case. 
  • Modi participates at a rally in AP with tonnes of voters. 
  • Gujarat MLA resigns from assembly. 
  • New ECIs take charge. 
  • Congress leader from Ahmedabad resigns without contesting the seat. 
  • "There Will Be Chaos": Supreme Court refuses to hold Poll Officers' Appointment. 
  • Congress fingers crossed after govt survey returns positive on the seat sharing. 
  • Congress moves EC against BJP's 'Modi Parivaar' and 'Modi ki Guarantee' ads. 
  • Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal arrested by ED, bail plea rejected by HC'.
  • Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje was booked for MCC violation for statements on the Bangalore blasts. 
  • 'Delhi CM Won't Resign': AAP Releases Statement, Launches 'Mai Bhi Kejriwal' Campaign After ED Arrest. 
  • PM Modi went on a two-day visit to Bhutan and received the Guard of Honour award. 
  • MEA to bring back Indians fighting a war in Russia. 
  • Shiv Sena confirms its seats amidst MVA talks. 
  • Kangana Ranuat to contest on BJP ticket. 
  • UP police claim Gangster Muqtar Ansari dead of a heart attack. 
  • Gujarat Court sends Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in Jail. 
World/International


  • Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown. 
  • Putin calls upon World War if the West sends in troops. 
  • Republicans end the bipartisan border deal. 
  • Donald Trump beats Nikki Haley in three Republican caucuses- Idaho, Missouri, Michigan etc. 
  • SC allows Trump to be on the ballot unanimously. 
  • Nikki Haley wins DC Primary. 
  • Mitch McConnell endorses Donald Trump in 2024 race. 
  • Shehbaz Sharif has been sworn in as Pakistan's new prime minister. 
  • French lawmakers have approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution during a historic joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles. 
  • The Maldives directs Indian officials to leave by May 10 following a military agreement with China. 
  • Kyrsten Sinema announces she is retiring from the Senate. 
  • Russia to use nuclear weapons says intelligence through ballistic missiles. 
  • Super Tuesday ended with Biden and Trump triumph. Nikki Haley quits race without endorsements. 
  • Biden wins: Iowa Democratic mail-in caucus, Vermont, Virginia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Maine, Massachusetts, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Colorado, Minnesota, Utah and California Democratic primaries
  • Trump wins: Virginia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Maine, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Colorado, Minnesota, Massachusetts and California Republican primaries
  • Jason Palmer: The Democratic candidate will win the American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses,  handing Biden his only defeat so far this primary season.
  • Other key races: Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein will face each other in the North Carolina governor's race, Sen. Ted Cruz is also projected to win the Texas Senate GOP primary.
  • Both Biden and Trump clinches enough delegates for their nomination. 
  • Malaysia renews search for flight MH370. 
  • Maldives signs a deal with China. 
  • Haiti sees massive violence. 
  • Mitch McConnell endorses Donald Trump in 2024 race. 
  • Sweden has formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality. 
  • IVF treatments could resume immediately in Alabama. 
  • Filipino seafarers killed in first fatal Houthi attack on commercial shipping. 
  • Talks for ceasefire halted.
  • War in Sudan leaves 25M in hunger.  
  • Hamas delegation left Cairo after the talks stalled. 
  • US President Biden holds his best-ever State of the Union speech. 
  • As the election gears up, he touted his record and went after Republicans.
  • The funding bills now head to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law.
  • Asif Ali Zardari was elected as the 14th President of Pakistan. 
  • Miss World 2024 Winner Name and Photo: Krystyna Pyszková of Czech Republic Wins The 71st Miss World Crown!. 
  • Machine guns have been tightly regulated in the U.S. since the bloody violence of Prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone. 
  • Francis Scott Key Bridge in the city of Baltimore collapsed after a Singapore-based ship from an Indian company with a fully Indian Crew hit the central part of the bridge.
  • The holy month of Ramadan begins. 
  • Violent crime has reached the lowest point in US history. 
  • PAC announces $30 M to Biden Campaign. 
  • Oscar awards were announced with Best Film and a whole lot of awards to Oppenheimer. 
  • Russian Missile hits just near by Greek PM's visit. 
  • Andrew Tate was detained in Romania. 
  • Biden and Trump win Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington primaries. 
  • Pakistan Peoples Party wins 4 of six seats in Senate by-elections. 
  • Russian President Putin wins in a landslide. 
  • USA raised concerns about India's CAA law. 
  • At Least 100 Killed As Gunmen In Combat Fatigues Open Fire At Moscow Concert Hall. Declared as a terror attack is claimed responsible by ISIS.
  • President Putin addressed the situation over TV and chose to blame Ukraine for the same. 
  • 'India Stands With Russia': PM Modi Condemns 'Heinous Terror Attack' in Moscow.
  • Several countries come in support of Russia after the attack. 
  • Russian court charges four men with acts of terrorism. 
  • House of Representatives passed a $1.2T funding bill. 
  • Trump Biden rematch confirmed in 2024. 
  • Ukraine claims it hit two Russian ships. 
  • Belarus rejects Russian claim of Ukrainian involvement in terror attack. 
  • Indian student contesting on LSE student council seat alleges harassment and hate campaign because he is Indian he claims. 
  • Biden hosts star-studded NYC fundraiser with Obama and Clinton with record $26M. 
  • Central Asian migrants face xenophobic backlash in Russia after Moscow terror attack. 
  • A bus carrying Easter worshipers plunges off bridge killing 45 people in South Africa. 
  • In the Turkish local elections, the secular opposition party- the Republican Party(CHP) (Ataturk's party) has won a landslide in the country just a year after RW Populist Erdogan was elected as the President. 
  • Ekrem İmamoğlu is re-elected as the mayor of Istanbul, the home turf of Erdogan. CHP is leading in almost all major cities.
  • Francis Scott Key Bridge in the city of Baltimore collapsed after a Singapore-based ship from an Indian company with Indian Crew hit the central part of the bridge.
Israel-Palestine
  • Indian labourers recruited by Israel. 
  • Kamala Harris met with Israeli war Cabinet members. 
  • The U.S. has shot down and destroyed more than 100 Houthi missiles since January.
  • Schumer the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history –  criticized Hamas and Palestinians who support the militant group.
  • Israel should hold elections and oust Netanyahu, Schumer said in a harsh speech. 
  • Biden and Netanyahu spoke over the phone about the operation in Rafah.
  • UN Security Council passes resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza. 
  • Israel skips the US delegation talks in Washington after the US abstains. 
  • Israel Withdraws from Al Shifa Hospital. 
  • Netanyahu is in the Hospital for hernia surgery. 
  • Israeli air strike destroys Iranian consulate in Syria. 

Technology

  • Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for breach of contract. 
  • PM Modi Launches India's First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Ferry. 
  • Global carbon pollution reaches a new high. 
  • Disruptions are seen in Red Sea Cables. 
  • Facebook and Instagram face massive outages for an hour. 
  • PM Modi inaugurates the Tripunithura route of Kochi Metro; the first phase is completed. 
  • Ashwini Vaishnaw launches NITI Aayog's digital public infra platform. 
  • PM Modi inaugurated new 15 airports in the country. 
  • Bangalore faces a massive water crisis. 
  • Thalassery-Mahe byepass opened for public. 
  • Vandhebharat trains extended to Mangalore. 
  • Ten new vande Bharats flagged off. 
  • The new route of Vande Bharat was inaugurated. 
  • President's nod clears the way for Seaport-Airport road expansion in Kochi. 
  • Ageing Voyager 1 sends back a surprising response after a ‘poke’ from Earth. 
  • Cusat allocates Rs 10L for open-air theatre refitting. 
  • Kerala switches to an automatic signalling system. 
  • US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones. 
  • Kannur Airport to see massive airport expansion. 
  • India Successfully Tests Indigenous Akash Missile Air Defence System, Demonstrates Accurate Engagement Capability. 
  • Francis Scott Key Bridge in the city of Baltimore collapsed after a Singapore-based ship from an Indian company with a fully Indian Crew hit the central part of the bridge. 
Business and Finance

  • Flipkart launches digital payments. 
  • The European Union has fined Apple nearly $2 billion for breaking competition laws by unfairly favouring its own music streaming service over rivals. 
  • Manjummel Boys becomes the first Malayalam film to cross Rs 200 cr box office. 
  • Biden's Campaign was way ahead in cash than Trump. 
  • Trump sells his social media Truth Social for $3 B. 
  • KSRTC doubles its Ad revenue. 
  • Paytm gets NPCI nod to become a third-party UPI app. 
  • EC uploads data shared by SBI on its official website. 
  • Centre Announces Rs 2 Cut In Petrol, Diesel Prices ahead of elections. 
  • Fresh Data On Funding To Political Parties Through Electoral Bonds Released. 
  • US, G-7 allies warn Iran to back off deal to provide Russia ballistic missiles or face new sanctions. 
  • Judge Arthur Engoron had ordered Trump to pay $355 million plus interest. 
  • Tata plans to split into two. 
  • States and union territories to borrow over Rs 50,000 crores by auctioning loan documents. 
  • IT raids held at Meghana Foods outlets. 
  • Patanjali MD tenders apology over ads after Supreme Court instructions. 
  • India, EFTA ink free trade agreement; USD 100 bn investment target in next 15 yrs. 
  • The FTX founder Sam Freidman was sentenced Thursday following his fraud conviction.
  • Chidambaram-led manifesto panel skips OPS, Priyanka & other Congress leaders who want it as a poll promise. 
  • New York Attorney General takes initial steps to prepare to seize Trump assets. 

Sports 
  • Virat Kohli Likely To Be Dropped From Team India For T20 World Cup 2024. 
  • IPL seasons begin in the country. 
  • RCB wins in the Women's IPL.  
  • World number one Novak Djokovic has split with coach Goran Ivanisevic.
  • Former Wimbledon champion Ivanisevic became Djokovic's main coach in March 2022, having worked with him alongside long-time mentor Marian Vajda since 2018.
  • Georgia qualifies for Euro 2024 after beating Greece 4-2 in penalties. 
  • Ukraine and Poland qualified for Euro 2024. 
  • Luis Rubias kissed a Spanish National team player on the lips without consent when they won the Women’s World Cup last year.
  • Chennai to host the IPL final 2024.
Thanks to Alan Bince for his contribution to the sports section. 

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