New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): India has released the second tranche of USD 2.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), fullfilling its annual contribution of USD 5 million for the year 2024-25, Representative Office of India to Palestine said on Monday. Over the years, in its endeavour to support the Palestinian refugees and their welfare, India has provided financial support to the tune of USD 40 million for the UN Agency's...Read More
New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army is likely to visit the Muktinath Temple in Nepal this week, the Indian Armysaid on Monday. The temple, situated in the Mustang district, holds a special place for both Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims, and a significant tribute to the late General Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), is permanently enshrined here, the statement added. During his Nepal visit, General Dwive...Read More
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 19 (ANI): Campaign ended on Monday for the Maharashtra and second phase of Jharkhand assembly polls as also 15 assembly bypoll seats with voting due to take place on November 20. In Maharashtra, BJP-led Mahayuti alliance trying to retain power and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) combine hoping for a strong comeback. The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance comprises BJP, Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) i...Read More
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 18 (ANI): Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi visited and offered prayers at Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar on Monday. During his visit, the Rae Bareli MP also offered 'Sewa' at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. "Darshan, Simran, Samarpan! Today, I bowed my head at Shri Harmindir Sahib in Amritsar and offered my seva," Rahul Gandhi stated in a post on Facebook. Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal...Read More
A summary of world news briefs includes Hezbollah's media chief killed by Israeli airstrike, U.S. policy shift allowing Ukraine to use American weapons against Russia, Xi Jinping's final talks with Joe Biden, and other geopolitical developments including climate finance consensus at the G20 in Brazil. In a significant escalation of regional tensions, Lebanese Hezbollah's media relations head, Mohammad Afif, was killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut. The attack targets a senior Hezbollah...Read More
The directive from the Supreme Court to the UT of Jammu and Kashmir to formulate a policy on the premature release of convicts marks a significant development in the legal landscape of the region. This call comes in light of the absence of any structured framework to guide decisions on premature release based on the period of incarceration-a framework that is present in other states and UTs in the country. The SC's order came while hearing the case of a convict serving a life sentence for murder...Read More
JAMMU, Nov 17: National Conference president, Dr Farooq Abdullah today slammed the BJP for its "lack of concern" for Jammu and said the Omar Abdullah-led Government will ensure comprehensive development of the region. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp The former Chief Minister also emphasized the importance of the 'Darbar Move', an age-old practice stopped by the Lieutenant Governor-led administration in J&K under which the Government used to function six months each in Srinagar a...Read More
JAMMU, Nov 17: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting of senior civil, police officials and DCs, SSPs of Jammu Division to review the progress of development projects and security situation in the region. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo; DGP, Nalin Prabhat; Principal Secretary, Home, Chandraker Bharti; ADGP (Law & Order) Vijay Kumar; ADGP, Jammu, Anand Jain; ADGP, CID, Nitish Kumar; Principal Secreta...Read More
JAMMU, Nov 17: Maharashtra police along with Military Intelligence and Army have arrested nine persons hailing from the border district of Rajouri for taking up jobs as security guards in different cities in Maharashtra and carrying weapons with fake licenses. Nine 12-bore rifles and 58 bullets have been recovered from their possession. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp The arrests were made during a joint operation of Ahilyanagar (formerly Ahmednagar) police in Maharashtra, South...Read More
An overnight drone attack by Kyiv targeted Bryansk, a Russian border region. Air defense units managed to destroy 26 Ukrainian drones. This statement was released by Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of the region, emphasizing ongoing defensive measures. In an escalating conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian forces initiated a drone offensive targeting the Bryansk region, which lies along the Russian border. According to regional governor Alexander Bogomaz, air defense units successfull...Read More
ABUJA, Nov 17: Nigeria on Sunday conferred its second-highest national award - the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger - on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, making him the second foreign dignitary to receive the distinction. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp "Honoured to be conferred with the 'Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger' Award by Nigeria. I accept it with great humility and dedicate it to the 140 crore people of India and the friendship of India and Nigeria," Mod...Read More
NEW DELHI, Nov 17: In a jolt to AAP ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls, senior leader and Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot quit the party on Sunday, alleging "political ambitions" have overtaken its commitment towards people. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp "Instead of fighting for people's rights we have increasingly only been fighting for our own political agenda," the 50-year-old said in his resignation letter to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal. Gahlot, a prom...Read More
Candidates for the Gidderbaha bypoll have preferred to hold door-to-door meetings and conduct small gatherings in the constituency over large election rallies. Apart from this, the contestants have also tapped digital tools significantly for aggressive electioneering in the predominantly rural assembly segment of Muktsar district. Gidderbaha will go to polling on November 20, where 1.66 lakh registered voters will exercise their franchise. The segment has 173 polling booths. Political analyst...Read More
Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, Nov 17: Security forces today apprehended a militant associate and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession while a militant hideout was busted in Shopian. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp An official said that based on specific input, a MVCP was established by 46 RR of the army,53 CRPF Bn and SOG of Baramulla Police at Janbazpora-Binner road in Baramulla district. Click here to watch video He said that during the checking, one Showka...Read More
IMPHAL, Nov 17: The NPP on Sunday withdrew support from the BJP-led Government in Manipur, even as violence continued to rock the state as offices of the Congress and the saffron party were ransacked in the hill district of Jiribam where an unidentified body was found earlier in the day, officials said. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp A BJP MLA's ancestral house was vandalised in Imphal Valley while a building owned by Ashab Uddin, the Independent legislator of Jiribam, was rans...Read More
Those arrested have been identified as Vansh alias Billa (23), a resident of Billai Wala Chowk in Amritsar and Sonu Chaurasia (20), a resident of Dashmesh Nagar in Amritsar. The DGP said that further investigations are going on to establish backwards and forward linkages in this case. Sharing more details, Amritsar commissioner of police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that following reliable inputs about the involvement of accused Vansh in the smuggling of narcotics, police teams from CIA-Amritsa...Read More
Even as paddy harvesting is at its fag end, there is let-up in farm fires in Punjab, with 404 cases being reported on Sunday. Of these, 332 (82%) cases were recorded in south Malwa districts, where harvesting is still on. According to the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, from September 15 to November 17, the state has seen 8,404 stubble-burning incidents, registering a 75% dip in such cases over the corresponding period last year. The state saw 47,788 and 33,082 farm fires during the same period i...Read More
Times of India's Edit Page team comprises senior journalists with wide-ranging interests who debate and opine on the news and issues of the day. Stop weapon supplies to stop wars. Trump sees this for Ukraine but not for Gaza The Ukraine war is soon going to hit the 1000-day mark. But we are seeing something absent for around 900 days - let's-end-this-war musings in Kyiv and western European capitals. First, German Chancellor Scholz had a conversation with Putin - the first such chat in two yea...Read More
By KUMAIL JAFFER POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL The Prime Minister's latest jaunt abroad to Brazil is the 15th time he has been out of the country since being elected in July. Sir Keir Starmer's four-day trip to Rio for the G20 - where he said his focus is delivering a 'better future' for Britain - means he will have ventured outside of Britain for more than three weeks in total since summer. This includes time in Ireland, Italy, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Washington DC, France, ...Read More
Christian community groups have pointed out that the recently-constituted Maharashtra State Minorities Commission does not have a Christian among its nine members. In a letter to the state Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde, Watchdog Foundation, said that it seems that for the Mahayuti government, Christians do not matter. Taking this fact into consideration, the group has asked the community to vote 'wisely' in the assembly elections on November 20. The commission, a body under the Minorities Deve...Read More
Trump understands this when it comes to Ukraine, but not Gaza The war in Ukraine is getting close to 1,000 days, but for most of that time, there hasn't been much talk about ending the war. Recently, German Chancellor Scholz talked to Russian President Putin for the first time in two years and urged him to negotiate with Ukraine. Even Ukraine's President Zelenskyy said the war should end through talks next year. What's changed? Trump has made it clear that he doesn't want to keep sending weapon...Read More
From hospitals to exams, people's distrust of public institutions is growing because of past mistakes and broken promises In Prayagraj, student protests outside the UPPSC office slowed down after the government agreed to hold the provincial civil services exam on a single day. The decision to split the exam across two days was not a big issue in itself -- officials explained it was because there were so many applicants. This is a common practice both in India and around the world. However, what...Read More
Sunday, 17 November 2024 () Oklahoma's education superintendent, Ryan Walters, is facing backlash for mandating schools to show a video promoting his new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism. The video includes a prayer for Donald Trump and his team. Critics, including the state attorney general, argue that Walters lacks the authority for this mandate and that it infringes on parents' rights and religious freedom....Read More
he October 18 order of the Supreme Court on child marriage and the arguments it heard on October 21 in the case about the legal validity of the so-called 'marital rape', are both significant so far as they pertained to a possible intervention of judiciary in matters that weighed in individual's rights against the mandate set by socio-cultural outlook and customs. A three-judge bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud, filled a loophole in the Prohibition of Child Marria...Read More
Protests erupt in Abkhazia over pro-Moscow property measure Demonstrators in Abkhazia stormed government buildings to oppose a proposal allowing Russians to buy property, fearing it would inflate prices and increase Moscow's influence. Korean Drones To Hit Ukraine? North Korea Boosts Drone Output After Troops For Russia| Watch Video North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered mass production of suicide drones after supervising successful tests. This development, occurring amid strengthening m...Read More
Still, the ongoing U.N. climate talks have thrown a spotlight on their efforts to tackle global warming. While the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, is tasked with agreeing a goal to mobilize hundreds of billions of dollars for climate, leaders of the Group of 20 major economies half a world away in Rio are holding the purse strings. G20 countries account for 85% of the world's economy and are the largest contributors to multilateral development banks helping to steer climate finance. "The sp...Read More
"The West has decided on such a level of escalation that it could end with the Ukrainian statehood in complete ruins by morning," Andrei Klishas, a senior member of the Federation Council, Russia's upper chamber of parliament, said on the Telegram messaging app. Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy head of the Russian upper house's international affairs committee, said that Moscow's response will be immediate. "This is a very big step towards the start of World War Three," the TASS state news agen...Read More
Part of the deal involves assistance to boost mining supply chains. Peru is one of the world's top copper producers, while Japan is a major consumer of the key industrial metal. In the aftermath of the APEC summit, Peru also inked a defense cooperation deal with South Korea, including a submarine agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries and another deal with Korea Aerospace Industries to manufacture parts for fighter aircraft, according to Boluarte's foreign minister. Last week, Peru formally i...Read More
The escalating conflict could upset a hard-fought consensus that G20 negotiators reached around 5 a.m. on Sunday, after an overnight push to ready the joint statement for final review by leaders arriving in Rio. That preliminary consensus after six days of negotiations included streamlined language about global conflicts including the war in Ukraine, focusing on the need to negotiate peace rather than criticism of any participants. However, sources said even that "simpler" consensus may now be...Read More
General Brice Oligui Nguema, who is interim president, has touted Saturday's vote as a sign of the government's commitment to a democratic transition, tentatively scheduled for summer 2025. Military officers seized power in a coup in August last year. The Gabonese largely welcomed the ouster of President Ali Bongo. His family's poor management of the central African country's oil wealth had led to a stagnant economy and a third of the population living in poverty. The proposed new constitution...Read More