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Israel-Hamas truce Day 2: Hamas set to release 14 Israeli hostages in exchange for 42 Palestinian prisoners Around 100,000 are expected to protest in London on November 25 against the alleged excesses committed by the Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza Strip. Over 14,000 persons, more than half comprising of women and children, have been killed in the bombings carried out by Israel, according to the Gaza health ministry.

AAP has the blessings of millions of people who have benefitted from schemes for free healthcare, good education and pilgrimages, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday. Interacting with elderly pilgrims scheduled to depart for Dwarkadheesh under the Mukhya Mantri Tirth Yatra Yojna, he said the Aam Aadmi Party will implement the scheme wherever it forms government.

Bengaluru Tech Summit 2023’, said Priyank Kharge, Karnataka’s minister for information technology, on Saturday. The summit, with the theme 'Breaking Boundaries’, will have more than 75 sessions, more than 400 speakers, 350 startups, 600 exhibitors, and 20,000 business attendees.

Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the word secularism is being given a different twist and termed as appeasement. The former union home minister who had also held the finance portfolio, said at a lecture on the 'Future of Democracy' at St Xavier's University here that the word secularism is being misinterpreted.

Visiting Ayodhya on Saturday, ahead of inauguration of Ram Mandir Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced that Gujarat Tourism department will construct a major “Yatri Bhavani” at Ayodhya for the benefit of the tourists visiting the town for the grand Ram Temple that is being built. Patel had reached Ayodhya before embarking on his weeklong tour to Japan and Singapore for the promotion of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024. He had also visited Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya as well. For the records, the inauguration of the temple is scheduled for January 22 next, while the tenth Vibrant Gujarat Investor Summit (VGIS) will take off from January 10.

Rising migration across Europe, including the biggest surge in asylum seekers since a 2015-2016 migrant crisis, is fueling support for far-right and anti-immigration parties, potentially reshaping European politics for years. Nationalist parties that champion a harder line against immigration are surging in polls and have entered governmentsin countries from Italy to Finland, as anxiety rises about sluggish economic growth and crises from Ukraine to the Middle East.

Narendra Modi will attend the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. The office bearers of Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Tirtha Kshetra along with religious leaders, went to invite the Prime Minister. The foundation stone of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, was laid by Narendra Modi on August 5, 2020.

Amit Shah said that there's no such decision taken yet by the Centre. “There's no decision to put a ban on halal by the Union government yet," India Today quoted Shah as saying in Hyderabad, where he has arrived to campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana. Earlier, the Uttar Pradesh government on November 18 issued an order, that banned the production, storage, distribution and sale of food products with halal certification with immediate effect while exempting products manufactured for export.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday alleged that the "Muslim reservations" in Telangana are an insult to the Constitution made by Dr B R Ambedkar. Addressing a poll rally in Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district in Telangana, he said the reservation to Muslims is «unconstitutional» and it should not be allowed to be implemented at any cost.

China. «The government is monitoring the situation. The ICMR and the Director General of Health Services are observing the surging cases of pneumonia in China, and necessary steps are being taken,» Mandaviya told reporters when asked about the outbreak which has caused global concern.

TRS changed its name to BRS and UPA renamed itself as INDIA alliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said their corruption and misrule can never be changed.Addressing an election rally at Kamareddy in Telangana, he said the commonality between the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi and Congress is that they adopt all types of tricks to betray people. «Suddenly, the TRS is made BRS.

There is a strong possibility that you get a kind of a Santa Claus rally, even in the Indian markets and then it tapers off by Feb-end as the elections are announced, says Ajay Bagga, Market Expert. Edited excerpts. How do you see India placed at this point in time as there are a couple of triggers ahead for us, especially the election? With respect to the global setup, China specifically, given the mysterious pneumonia outbreak, do you believe that it could be a concern for India as well? We are a neighbouring country. What is the growth outlook for China that you are holding at this point? China can slow down further from this year.

In a historic moment for the Indian Air Force (IAF) Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first Prime Minister to fly the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘Tejas’ when he co-piloted a trainer version of the aircraft on Saturday. The sortie was in the twin-seater trainer variant which is being operated by the IAF and the navy.

Tejas fighter aircraft. "Successfully completed a sortie on the Tejas.

Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar on Saturday batted for shaping international relations with Indian characteristics, stressing the need for devoting more time to look at India's reservoir of culture and knowledge. He was speaking in Pune during the ‘International Relations Conference on India's Strategic Culture: Addressing Global and Regional Challenges', organised by an educational institute. “The question I have is to develop an Indian strategic culture; if we are to create international relations with Indian characteristics, is it not necessary that we actually devote more time, attention, and energies to look at our reservoir of culture, knowledge, history and traditions,” he asked. The minister, who had a long diplomatic career, buttressed the point, citing his interaction with his American peers about Afghanistan years ago. “I found that even after 20 years of being in Afghanistan, so much of the American understanding about that country was moulded by what was the British narrative of Afghanistan… I actually asked them does it occur to you, have you ever thought why Peshawar is where it is? Was the Durand line actually something because the British Colonial construct was there,” he asked. Durand line is the international land border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. He said people who spent their “lifetime” in Afghanistan had never heard of a figure like Hari Singh Nalwa, the legendary Sikh warrior of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's empire. Nalwa was the commander-in-chief of the Sikh army along its border with Afghanistan. “And that tells you something.

India’s private sector investment pickup will not be broad-based and will follow the pattern of international investments in the country, said a top functionary of management consultancy firm Arthur D Little. “Private capex will not be so spread out across sectors. Those sectors where international players have come in, you will see private capex coming in because there will be support infrastructure required for those large industries,” Thomas Kuruvilla, managing partner of Arthur D Little Middle East and India, told ET. Experts have been pointing out that private investment will be the primary driver of economic activity in the coming fiscal year. “We have many international investors coming into India, like Apple.

Alka Singh Gurjar said on Saturday, reacting to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'panauti' remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that these kinds of statements reflect the values of Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party. «Prime Minister is the Prime Minister of the country and not of any party. We may have differences ideologically, but by talking like this about a person who represents the country and who has gained a global reputation for the country, you (Rahul Gandhi) have shown your values and your party's thinking,» said Alka Singh Gurjar.

Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. The courses will be certified by the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) and are aligned with the guidelines of the Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council (THSC), officials said.

Rahul Gandhi's "panauti" comments against Prime Minister Modi as «below the belt', Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said people will give befitting reply to it in the upcoming assembly elections. »Whenever below the belt language was used about the Prime Minister, people have given a befitting reply in whichever state in the country.

Narendra Modi government, an order of Rs 36,468 crore for the delivery of 83 LCA Mk 1A Tejas aircraft has been placed with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, official sources said on Saturday, as the prime minister visited the defence PSU and took a sortie in the fighter jet. The delivery of these Tejas aircraft is scheduled to begin by February 2024, they said, asserting that the government has taken giant steps for increasing India's defence preparedness and indigenisation, which includes Tejas fighter aircraft.

how to thrive in the multipolar age. The country is home to just over 0.1% of the world’s people and produces only 0.5% of its GDP, but it contains nearly 10% of the world’s oil reserves, and this wealth helps it punch above its weight. Like many emerging countries today, it straddles political and economic divisions.