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Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation (ENPO), which has been demanding a separate ‘Frontier Nagaland Territory (FNT) said that the tripartite talks with the Centre and the state government are in an advanced stage. ENPO is seeking a separate ‘Frontier Nagaland Territory (FNT)’ comprising six districts for seven backward tribes. ENPO General Secretary M. Honang Konyak said that they are optimistic that the Central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, would not fail in fulfilling the proposed offer of FNT by the Centre in the interest of the people of eastern Nagaland.

Brijinder Singh was re-elected as the president of the Indian Golf Union (IGU) for a second consecutive term during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) here on Sunday. The elections for IGU office-bearers and the Governing Council for the 2024-2026 term were held unopposed as the number of candidates matched the available positions. Singh was the lone candidate for the president's post, while S K Sharma and Sanjiv Rattan were elected unopposed as secretary and treasurer, respectively. The nine members elected to the Governing Council are Farzan R Heerjee (Jharkhand), Harpuneet Singh Sandhu (Chandigarh), Harish Kumar (Uttarakhand), Nagesh Singh (Assam), Dr Param Navdeep Singh (Rajasthan), Sameer Sinha (Gujarat), Shashank Sandu (Maharashtra), Simarjeet Singh (Uttar Pradesh), and Viren Singh Ghumman (Punjab).

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launched a scathing attack on PM Modi-led government at the Centre in her maiden speech saying that the government has not understood that 'Bharat ka Samvidhan' (India's Constitution) is not 'Sangh ka Vidhan' (law of the RSS). Speaking for almost 32 minutes in Hindi, Vadra talked about the violence in Sambhal and her meetings with rape victims in Agra and Unnao. She also talked about her meeting with victims of the landslide in Wayanad. The first speaker from the Opposition side to speak on the debate on the 75 years journey of the Constitution, she began her speech by outlining the significance of the Constitution and paying tributes to those who laid down their lives in the Parliament attack on December 13, 2001.

Marathi-speaking people in Belagavi in Karnataka, demanding that the region be declared a Union Territory. Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Thackeray said while celebrations are underway over the formation of the new government in Maharashtra, the situation was deteriorating in Belagavi in the neighbouring state. As the winter session of the Karnataka assembly begins on Monday, members of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti are opposing it. The outfit organised a congregation in Belagavi, but the Karnataka government allegedly prohibited the gathering and banned leaders from Maharashtra from entering the state. «Marathi-speaking people in Belagavi are being suppressed. Since yesterday, the situation has been deteriorating in the region. Our party workers are being detained. The previous 'unconstitutional' chief minister had promised that they would give extra funds to the Marathi-speaking people living in the disputed territory. What happened to that assurance?» the MLA asked.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ON December 5th a Long March 6a rocket blasted off from Taiyuan Satellite Centre, in Shanxi province in northern China. Aboard was the third batch of satellites for the Qianfan, or “SpaceSail" network, which aims to deploy a “mega-constellation" of thousands of satellites to beam fast internet access to users anywhere in the world.

The launch took place at 4:04 PM IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota after a smooth countdown. On Wednesday, space agency had rescheduled it's launch to today following an anomaly detected in the satellite propulsion system. The Proba-3 mission consists of two satellites, Coronagraph (310 kg) and Occulter (240 kg), designed to study the Sun’s corona, the outermost layer of its atmosphere.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday announced that the Blue Line services would be disrupted throughout he day due to cable theft between Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar stations. DMRC said that passengers could expect delays on one of the busiest lines because of the incident. In a statement, the corporation said that the issue would only be resolved after operational hours, leading to restricted train speeds during the day.

The centre, which promoted several local talents, was burnt down by Islamists after the then PM Sheikh Hasina's ouster and no action has been initiated against perpetrators, senior sources pointed out. The Indian diplomats in Dhaka have also faced life threats in the days after Hasina's ouster, following which Bangladesh Army had to provide protection, a source recalled. Security had to be beefed up near the residences of the diplomats and chancery as local police failed to act and some staff from the Indian diplomatic mission in Dhaka were also recalled.

Vikram Sampath's book 'Tipu Sultan: The Saga of the Mysore Interregnum' at the Indian Habitat Centre here in Delhi. Jaishankar described Tipu Sultan as a «very complex figure in history,» highlighting both his resistance to British colonial control and the controversial aspects of his rule. Speaking at the event, Jaishankar said, «Tipu Sultan is actually a very, very complex figure in history. On the one hand, he has the reputation as a key figure who resisted the British colonial control over India, and it is a fact that his defeat and death can be considered a turning point when it came to the fate of peninsular India.» However, Jaishankar also noted the «adverse» effects of Tipu Sultan's rule in the Mysore region. «At the same time, he evokes strong adverse sentiments even today in many regions, some in Mysore itself,» he added.

Ranchi Meteorological Centre in-charge Abhishek Anand said that the cyclone might cross the Tamil Nadu coast as depression on November 30, causing rains in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra. «Jharkhand may experience the outer cloud band of the system from Friday but rain is unlikely,» he said.

CBRE. Currently, Chennai accounts for 11% of India's GCC workforce and benefits from supportive initiatives such as the Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Policy 2023 and the R&D Policy 2022. Some of the large GCCs who started operation in Chennai this year includes AstraZeneca, Addidas and Caterpillar. “As the world embraces digital transformation, Global Capability Centers (GCCs) have emerged as strategic drivers of India's exponential growth. Initially attracted by cost advantages, GCCs in India now leverage the country's deep pool of skilled talent and vibrant startup ecosystem.Tamil Nadu presents a compelling proposition for businesses seeking to establish or expand their global operations. The state, with its attractive policy incentives, strong talent pool, robust corporate ecosystem, and abundant quality office space, has solidified its position as a preferred destination for these GCCs.,” said Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & CEO — India, South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa, CBRE.

SBI Funds Management has announced the appointment of Nand Kishore as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Nand Kishore, Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India, takes over as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI Funds Management from Shamsher Singh. Prior to his current deputation at SBIFM, Kishore served as Deputy Managing Director (Global Markets) at SBI’s Corporate Centre in Mumbai, where he oversaw the bank’s treasury operations.

Diddy will enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at the NYC jail, which will include turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Even though Sean Combs' Thanksgiving meal in prison will be very different this year, the disgraced celebrity will still be treated to a turkey dinner with all the fixings, as quoted in a report by The US Sun. The rapper is presently detained in a New York jail while he awaits trial on human trafficking charges and he will still be able to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, despite not having his family around to join him for a sumptuous meal at his mansion. The entire menu will be made available to the U.S. Sun exclusively on Thursday at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, where Combs is being held. Cereal, fruit, pastries, and a glass of skim milk are among the breakfast options Combs, 55, will have in the morning.

Narayani Gupta gathered where else but at the India International Centre for the release of a Festschrift on her. It is a measure of the calibre of the audience that most of them knew the meaning of that Germanic word so beloved of academics and applauded appreciatively as the book was unveiled. For the uninitiated, a Festschrift, literally 'celebration writing', is a collection of essays published in honour of a scholar and presented to them at a landmark event such as retirement or birthday. As the contributors are usually that scholar's peers and friends, such volumes are also called liber amicorum or 'book of friends'. It inevitably has a virtual avatar nowadays too called Webfestschrift, and if published after a scholar's death the compilation is called a Gedenkschrift. The Germanic overtone notwithstanding, Festschrifts are fairly commonplace in academic circles around the world, although initially there were more of these for luminaries in the field of sciences rather than humanities. Now such epistolary toasts are routinely brought out on poets and legal eagles (in India, Keki Daruwala and Nani Palkhivala come to mind), administrators and conservationists, economists and librarians, diplomats and theologians, even journalists.

MoU with Bengaluru-based Ajit Isaac Foundation (AIF) to provide assistance in setting up and launching palliative care centres in India. These centres aim to provide “compassionate, dignified care to terminally ill patients in underserved regions in India, along with training and supporting community-based caregivers,” the parties said in a statement. AIF will establish a 63-bed Palliative Care Centre in Tumkur–neighbouring Bengaluru by early next year. This Centre will serve as the foundation for the JHU-AIF collaboration, which aims to design and implement comprehensive training programmes in palliative care, offered both online and offline, with mentorship support for staff. “JHU will help in developing a research fellowship and designing curriculum. Additionally, AIF and JHU will jointly host workshops and conferences, both in India and internationally, to showcase the latest advancements in palliative care, fostering knowledge exchange and the adoption of best practices,” AIF said in a statement.

Air India is set to launch a new Basic Maintenance Training Organization (BMTO) in Bengaluru. The new facility, which will offer a comprehensive 2+2-year Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) program, is expected to be operational by mid-2026, the airline announced on Friday. The BMTO will be certified by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India's aviation regulator. Air India has partnered with Bengaluru Airport City Limited (BACL), a subsidiary of Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), to develop a purpose-built campus covering 86,000 square feet. This campus will feature modern classrooms, well-equipped laboratories, and qualified trainers.

A police force in Ontario says they are investigating tens of thousands of dollars in losses from “undelivered tickets” for Taylor Swift shows in Toronto.

Amazon India is moving its headquarters from the World Trade Centre in the northwest part of Bengaluru to a location close to the city’s airport in a bid to cut costs, according to a report by Mint. The ecommerce and cloud computing giant currently occupies half a million square feet of office space across 18 floors in a 30-floor building by Brigade Enterprises. Amazon’s new office is a 15-minute drive from the Bengaluru airport. It is likely to cost the company a third of the Rs 250 per square feet rent it paid in the WTC office. The relocation will begin in April and be completed by 2026, the report said.

Siemens AG is aiming to tap the AI data centres opportunity in India that has created a need for sustainable electrification and cooling solutions, a senior executive said. “Data centres are growing significantly, double-digit around the world,” Peter Koerte, member of the managing board, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Strategy Officer at Siemens AG told ET. “The good news for us is being an outfitter of data centres, all the electrification comes pretty much from two or three companies. And so, investors would argue that we and Schneider are the ones that stand to benefit the most.”