India-China agree on ‘patrol rules’ and military conflict resolution, says Vikram Misri
In a dramatic development, India and China have reached an agreement on “patrol rules” and a resolution of the military standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the government announced on Monday (October 21, 2024). The patrol arrangement agreement extends to areas in the LAC where there has been a withdrawal of military personnel over the past few years, and includes the unfinished Demchok and Depsang areas, sources said. The Hinduindicates that the India-China standoff since April 2020 is now expected to be resolved.
Government to put perpetrators of bomb threats against airlines on no-fly list, Rammohan Naidu said
Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Monday said the government is planning to take legislative action to deal with incidents of bomb threats against airlines, including placing the perpetrators of such threats on the no-fly list. In the past week, nearly 100 Indian airline flights received bomb threats. At a briefing in the national capital, Mr. Naidu said that amendments are being planned to the aviation security rules as well as the Suppression of Violations of the Civil Aviation Security Act, 1982.
The protesting junior doctors met Mamata Banerjee at the Secretariat
Protesting junior doctors in West Bengal arrived at the state secretariat on Monday to meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a bid to resolve the ongoing issue following the rape-murder of a medical woman at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. However, the doctors confirmed that they will continue their hunger strike to demand justice for the slain doctors, removal of Health Secretary NS Nigam and increased security for health workers, among other issues.
A note on the title of PM: The Supreme Court upheld the summons against Arvind Kejriwal in Gujarat
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal challenging the Gujarat High Court’s order refusing to quash summons in a defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualifications. A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti noted that a separate bench of the apex court had dismissed the plea filed by AAP leader Sanjay Singh on April 8 in the same case.
Heavy cyclonic storm to cross between Puri and Sagar island, said IMD
The low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal on Monday intensified and will become a cyclonic storm on October 23 which will cross between Puri in Odisha and Sagar island in West Bengal, the IMD said. India’s Meteorological Department in its latest message said: “…continuing movement of the system is very likely to cross the coast of northern Odisha and West Bengal between Puri and Sagar Island during the night of October 24 and early morning of October 25 as a very severe cyclonic storm. wind speed 100-110 km/h with 120 km/h wind.”
The Haryana portfolio was allocated; CM Nayab Saini looks after Home, Finance
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini kept key departments, including Home and Finance, while Anil Vij got Energy and Transport as portfolios allocated to the Council of Ministers on Sunday (October 20, 2024), three days after taking oath of office. government in the State. Mr. Saini will handle 12 portfolios. In addition to Housing and Finance, he is also responsible for Planning, Excise and Taxation, City and State Planning and urban estates, Information, Public Relations, language and culture, criminal investigation, law and legislation, and Housing for all departments.
Kashmir will never become Pakistan: Farooq Abdullah after J&K terror attack
Former Chief Minister and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Monday hit out at Pakistan for carrying out terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, saying Islamabad must stop terror incidents here if it wants to have cordial relations with India. Mr. Abdullah said there will be no talks between New Delhi and Islamabad until the neighboring country stops the killings in Jammu and Kashmir.
Wikipedia ‘suspends access’ to ANI defamation case page, as per Delhi HC order
Following a Delhi High Court order, the Wikimedia Foundation has “suspended access” to specific Wikipedia pages in connection with a defamation suit filed by Asian News International (ANI) against Wikimedia. Earlier in August, ANI sued Wikipedia’s parent company Wikimedia Foundation for defamation, over its description of the news agency as spreading government propaganda on the website.
Supreme Court to hear challenge to BBC docu-series ‘India: The Modi Question’ in January
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled on the challenge in the second week of January 2025 to the government’s decision to block the screening of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary series titled ‘India: The Modi Question’. A bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna had issued an official notice to the Union of India through the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Twitter Communications India Private Limited and Google India Private Limited more than a year ago, on February 3 last year. The court had taken up the case in April.
The Supreme Court insisted on uniform standards to ensure the safety of students in training centers
The Supreme Court has insisted on having “uniform standards” to the extent possible to ensure the safety and security of students studying in coaching centers. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the matter related to the death of three Civil Service aspirants at a coaching center in the national capital in July due to flooding in the basement of the building.
Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking to change term ‘Hindutva’ to ‘Indian constitutionalism’
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking to replace the term ‘Hindutva’ with ‘Bharatiya Samidhaanitva’ (Indian constitutionalism). “This is a complete abuse of the process,” a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said while dismissing the PIL on the issue.
The Supreme Court has given two more weeks to the expert panel to submit its report on NEET-UG reforms
The Supreme Court on Monday extended by two weeks the time given to the seven-member expert panel appointed by the Center to submit a report on the examination reforms after examining the functioning of the National Testing Agency for holding NEET-UG. The apex court on August 2 passed a formal order and extended the mandate of a seven-member expert panel, headed by former Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chief K. Radhakrishnan, to review the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA). and suggested exam reforms to make NEET-UG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate) controversial, transparent and free from malpractices.
The Supreme Court stayed NCPCR’s communication on transfer of unrecognized madrasah students to government schools
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of a communication issued by the child rights body National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) asking states to transfer students of unrecognized madrassas to government schools. A Bench consisting of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra noted the submissions of the senior advocate, appearing for the Muslim organization Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, that the communication of NCPCR and the consequential action of several states should be followed. stay.
President of Maldives introduced UPI payment service to boost economy
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has taken the “necessary steps” to introduce India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in the archipelago nation, which is slated to benefit the Maldivian economy. Developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), UPI is a fast real-time payment system to facilitate inter-bank transactions through mobile phones.
IMF, World Bank meetings clouded by war, slow economic growth, US election
Global financial leaders will gather in Washington this week amid uncertainty over wars in the Middle East and Europe, a shaky Chinese economy and worries that the US presidential election could spark a new trade war and undermine multilateral cooperation. The annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank is scheduled to attract more than 10,000 people from finance ministries, central banks and civil society groups to discuss efforts to boost sluggish global growth, tackle the debt problem and finance the green energy transition.
World lags 2030 natural goals heading into UN COP16 talks
The world by 2022 has reached its most ambitious agreement yet to end the destruction of nature by the end of the decade. Two years later, countries are lagging behind in meeting their goals. When nearly 200 countries meet on Monday for the two-week UN biodiversity summit, COP16, in Cali, Colombia, they will be under pressure to prove their support for the goals set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreement. A major concern for countries and companies is how to pay for conservation, with the COP16 negotiations aimed at developing new initiatives that can generate profits for nature.
‘Give us what you stole from us,’ an Australian senator shouted at King Charles during a royal visit
Indigenous senators told King Charles III that Australia was not his land and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the king was not needed as Head of State as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday. Indigenous independent senator Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonists had taken Indigenous land and bones.
Rabada became the fastest to 300 Test wickets, as Bangladesh were bowled out for 106
South Africa posted 140-6 on Monday on the first day of the opening test, after Bangladesh collapsed to 106 all out, Kagiso Rabada celebrated becoming the fastest to take 300 Test wickets. The visitors took the lead, reaching 140-6 in 41 overs in reply at stumps in Mirpur, with Wiaan Mulder and Kyle Verreynne not out for 17 and 18 respectively.
Published – 21 October 2024 19:27 IST
