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COP27 | India opposes draft textual content on agriculture
India has opposed the developed world’s efforts to increase the scope of mitigation to agriculture on the ongoing U.N. local weather summit in Egypt, saying wealthy nations don’t need to change their existence to scale back emissions and are “trying to find cheaper options overseas”, sources stated on Thursday.
Electoral bonds value ₹10,246 crore offered in 21 tranches to this point
Electoral bonds value ₹10,246 crore have been offered by the State Financial institution of India (SBI) for the reason that instrument was launched in March 2018. Electoral bonds have been pitched as an alternative choice to money donations made to political events as a part of efforts to carry transparency to political funding.
Centre seeks evaluate of Supreme Courtroom order releasing Rajiv Gandhi case convicts
The Centre on Thursday moved the Supreme Courtroom in search of a evaluate of its order prematurely releasing six convicts serving life imprisonment for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. The Union authorities contended that the courtroom didn’t afford it sufficient alternative of listening to earlier than ordering the quick launch of the convicts.
Nancy Pelosi to step down as high U.S. Democrat after Republicans take Home
Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing first feminine speaker of the U.S. Home of Representatives, stated on November 17 that she’s going to step down as celebration chief when Republicans take management of the chamber in January. “I cannot search reelection to Democratic management within the subsequent Congress,” Ms. Pelosi stated in an emotional speech on the Home flooring. “The hour has come for a brand new technology to steer the Democratic caucus.”
Gujarat Meeting polls | Migrant employees maintain key votes in Surat’s Ashapuri space
The dingy lanes of Ashapuri in Surat, a house for migrants from a minimum of half a dozen States, is alive with hectic political exercise nowadays in view of subsequent month’s Meeting elections. Affected by the dearth of fundamental facilities, these migrants from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana have made this locality, one of many largest residential areas within the metropolis, their house for the previous a number of a long time.
TMC hopes Bengal Govt, Raj Bhawan to share cordial relations after appointment of latest Governor
The Trinamool Congress on November 17 hoped that the West Bengal Authorities and the Raj Bhawan would share cordial relations after C.V. Ananda Bose was appointed because the Governor of the State. Mr. Bose (71) is a 1977 batch (retired) Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Kerala cadre. He final served as an administrator within the Nationwide Museum in Kolkata earlier than superannuating in 2011.
Sri Lanka’s Tamil events sceptical of Ranil’s outreach
Reaching out to Sri Lanka’s Tamil events in Parliament on November 10, President Ranil Wickremesinghe invited them for a dialogue this week, and pledged to resolve their pending points earlier than the island nation’s seventy fifth Independence Day falling on February 4, 2023. Nonetheless, Tamil politicians, who’re but to obtain a date for the stated assembly, are extremely sceptical.
Telangana, Gujarat HC advocates oppose proposed switch of judges
Telangana and Gujarat Excessive Courts’ advocates have determined to abstain from work following social media posts in regards to the proposed transfers of Justices A. Abhishek Reddy and Nikhil S. Kariel, respectively, to the Patna Excessive Courtroom by the Supreme Courtroom Collegium. It’s advised that the Collegium led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has additionally proposed the switch of Madras Excessive Courtroom Performing Chief Justice T. Raja to Rajasthan.
ED director Sanjay Kumar Mishra will get one-year extension
The Union Authorities on Thursday gave a contemporary one-year extension in service to the director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sanjay Kumar Mishra, in accordance with an official order. That is the third extension given to the officer.
Ajay Maken named as one in all Congress star campaigners for Rajasthan bypoll
In a sign that the Congress’ high management is unwilling to simply accept Ajay Maken’s request to be relieved of his obligations because the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) in-charge for Rajasthan, the celebration on Thursday named Mr. Maken as one of many star campaigners for the Sardarshahar Meeting constituency the place byelection is to be held on December 5.
MCD polls ticket bribery case | AAP MLA questioned by ACB for 11 hours, denies allegations
AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi was on Thursday questioned for practically 11 hours by the Delhi Authorities’s Anti-Corruption Department in reference to the MCD polls ticket bribery case, officers stated. Throughout the questioning, a senior official stated, Mr. Tripathi refuted the allegations in opposition to him and his associates, together with his relative, who have been arrested by the ACB on Wednesday.
In newly liberated Kherson, Ukrainians have fun however fear about what’s subsequent
Beneath wet skies, Ukrainian-controlled Kherson’s central sq. was a frenetic melee on Thursday afternoon of humanitarian support queues and shows of patriotic celebration tinged with uncertainty in regards to the future. Russia final week pulled its troops out of a pocket on the west financial institution of the Dnipro River in Ukraine, which included Kherson, the one regional capital it had captured for the reason that February invasion.
RSS-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh asks Centre to rethink PSU privatisation resolution
1000’s of employees affiliated to the RSS-backed commerce union Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Thursday protested in New Delhi in opposition to the Centre’s insurance policies of privatisation and corporatisation of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). The leaders of the BMS met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him to evaluate the choice to corporatise ordnance factories. In a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BMS stated the Centre should rethink its resolution on privatisation of the PSUs on a rational foundation and to get an perception and floor actuality, it should maintain discussions with the representatives of commerce unions.
Six-month-old child dies of measles in Mumbai
A six-month-old little one, admitted to a civic hospital in Mumbai on November 13, died of measles on Thursday. Sakina Usman Ansari from Thane’s Bhiwandi district was admitted to the Kasturba Hospital on November 13 and died on Thursday because of septic shoch with measles with bronchopneumonia, officers stated.
