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Top 5 of the news of the Week

1- European Parliament puts off vote on anti-CAA resolution
2- All party Meeting Concluded ahead of Budget session-2020
3- Assam: 1,615 cadres of different factions of NDFB laid down their arms
4- The suspect behind the Jamia Gun Violence was Rambhkt Gopal.
5- First case of corona virus reported from Kerala

Never-before-seen images of Sun’s turbulent surface released (ANI)

National

All party Meeting Concluded ahead of Budget session-2020

Union Minister Prahlad Joshi said to media that Centre ready to debate any issue in the House.

An all-party meeting was held in the national capital attended by several senior leaders from opposition parties, Union leaders. The meeting was called by the government and moderated by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Meghwal.

The opposition raised concerns over economic slowdown and farm distress and strongly demanded that detained Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah be allowed to attend the House.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress: The govt is least bothered about the people protesting on streets over CAA-NRC. This shows their arrogance. They are not bothered about farmers too. The opposition wants that these issues be discussed too and the govt should be sensitive about it.

Former JnK Minister Altaf Bukhari led delegation to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, to follow up demands of restoration of statehood and domicile rights.

Informal meeting of some senior political leaders, academics, legal luminaries, activists, and likeminded people took place in Jammu on Jan 29, 2020.Meeting took stock of present socio-economic and political situation in JnK.

Assam: 1,615 cadres of different factions of NDFB laid down their arms

Assam: 1,615 cadres of different factions of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) laid down their arms at a ceremony in Guwahati. The Government of India had signed a tripartite agreement with NDFB groups & the Assam Government on 27^th Jan in Delhi.

Himanta Biswa Sarma on this occasion said, “Glad to announce the Arms Laying Ceremony by members of the NDFB groups today at Guwahati.”

The historic Bodo Peace Accord heralds a new era of peace in Assam. The path laid down by Hon PM Modi, and HM Sri Amit Shah on prosperity of NE gets a shot in the arm.

Harsh Shringla took over charge of Foreign Secretory

MEA tweeted “I am as committed to @MEA India’s role in nation building as I was almost 36 years ago when I first entered these very portals as a young probationer” FS as he took charge as Foreign Secretary

Bhima Koregaon case: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed an application in Pune Sessions Court seeking transfer of all records and proceedings to a Special NIA Court in Mumbai and that a fresh FIR has been registered in the case by NIA.

Delhi Police Sources: Interrogation has revealed that Sharjeel Imam is highly radicalized and believes that India should be an Islamic state, he has also admitted that no tampering has been done with the videos of his different speeches.

Police are also examining Sharjeel Imam’s connections with Islamic Youth Federation & Popular Front of India. He has said he has no remorse over his arrest. All his videos are being sent to Forensic Science Lab & his social media accounts are being examined.

Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) organized march against CAA and NRC, from Jamia to Raj Ghat. But due to bullet fire, Police stopped them to go ahead. The suspect behind the Jamia Gun Violence was Rambhagat Gopal

A man identifies himself as Rambhagat Gopal, brandishes gun in Jamia area of Delhi, culprit has been detained by police but before he fired and one student got injured.

Man, who brandished the gun and opened fire in Jamia area, has been taken into custody. He is being questioned. The injured, said to be a student, has been admitted to a hospital. Investigation is continuing.

Protest continues near JMI University, against CAA and NRC.

The three students of JMI University who were summoned by Delhi Police Crime Branch today in connection with violence which broke out during anti-CAA protests on 15.12.19, arrive at the Crime Branch’s office.

Delhi: People protesting outside Raj Ghat against CAA and NRC have been detained by the Police.

Dr. Kafeel Khan after being arrested by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force from Mumbai, and granted 5 days transit Remand to UPSTF.

He said “I was given a clean chit in Gorakhpur children death case, now they are trying to frame me again. I request Maharashtra Govt to let me stay in Maharashtra, I don’t trust Uttar Pradesh Police.”

He has also been alleged for conspiracy while he was posted in Gorakhpur Medical college, in which 70 kids have been killed. Later, he become quite vocal against govt.

Corona Virus Row

One positive case of Novel Coronavirus has been found, in Kerala. The student was studying at Wuhan University in China. The patient is stable and is being closely monitored.

However, as per MEA “we do not have any confirmation about any Indian being affected by coronavirus”.

Tamil Nadu: Manufacturers in Madurai working extra hours to produce N95 masks as demand soars in China due to Corona Virus outbreak. Abhilash, MD, AM

Mediwear, says, “We’re getting huge number of orders from Indian exporters who will send masks to China. We’ve doubled our production”.

At least 170 people are dead and more than 7,700 cases have been confirmed in mainland China, as the Wuhan coronavirus spreads across Asia and the rest of the world.

China on lockdown: Nearly 60 million people have been under partial or full lockdowns in Chinese cities for a week.

Global spread: There are more than 100 confirmed cases in 20 places outside of China, with India and the Philippines reporting their first cases.

Evacuations: The US, Japan, and several other countries are now flying their citizens out of Wuhan.

Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in India, Counselor Ji Rong: Chinese Embassy in India has maintained close communication with Indian govt, timely briefed on the development of the epidemic and China’s efforts in epidemic prevention and control.

Jammu and Kashmir: A Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist has been arrested with arms and ammunition, by a joint team of Army and Special Operations Group (SOG) Kupwara Police, in Kupwara of North Kashmir.

International

European Parliament puts off vote on anti-CAA resolution

In a relief for India, the European Parliament decided to postpone voting on a critical anti-CAA resolution to March even as it went ahead with the debate on Wednesday. The resolution was jointly introduced by five major groups across political leanings.

Out of the 751-member house, when the resolution was taken up, of the 483 MEPs present, 271 voted to delay the vote on resolution, while 199 didn’t want it postponed and 13 abstained.

MEA: We have noted the decision of EU Parliament not to put the CAA resolution to vote today. We have noted that European Commission’s clarification that the opinions expressed by European Parliament its members don’t represent official position of EU.

An official source said India’s diplomatic offensive in the past few days, mainly in Brussels but here too with European envoys, resulted in a “diplomatic win” where the vote has been put off.

The diplomatic drive was aimed at clearing up “misunderstandings” over the nature and implications of the CAA.

With the vote kicked down the road, India has more time to work diplomatic channels and reach out to MEPs. India has also blamed POK-born MEP Shaffaq Mohammed for the resolution.

The problem for India is that the resolution still retains some of the nastiest bits from the earlier resolutions.

MEA: Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa will be on a state visit to India from 8 to 11 Feb. He will arrive on 7th February. 8th February will be main engagement day where he will hold delegation level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Sri Lankan PM will travel to Varanasi, Sarnath, Bodhgaya and Tirupati.

Dharamshala, HP: Tibetans raise doubt on China’s intent behind closing Dalai Lama’s residence in Tibet, Potala Palace, in view of Corona Virus outbreak. Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok, Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in exile says, “This is not right. We condemn this move”.

China is playing politics over his holiness’ palace. UNESCO should be careful about how China is handling Potala Palace as it is a world heritage site.

Kalpetta: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leads 'Save the Constitution' march in his LS constituency Wayanad

He compared Nathuram Godse and Narendra Modi believe in the same ideology, there is no difference except Narendra Modi does not have guts to say he believes in Godse.

He further added “Notice that whenever you ask Narendra Modi about unemployment and jobs, he suddenly distracts attention. NRC and CAA are not going to get jobs, the situation in Kashmir and burning Assam are not going to get jobs for our youth.’

Congress calls a meeting of senior party leaders over the National Population Register (NPR), in Delhi on 4th February.