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BJD called Bhubaneswar shutdown on Tuesday, protesting the alleged assault of an Army officer and his fiancee in police custody. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, BJD MLA Arun Kumar Sahoo said the hartal will be held for six hours from 6 am till noon. BJD vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra said, «Our party president, Naveen Patnaik, is shocked over the incident. The custodial torture and sexual assault incident has shamed Odisha. The bandh will be observed to intensify the protest against police brutality. After much discussion, we have decided to call for the six-hour bandh in Bhubaneswar.» Patnaik on Friday demanded a court-monitored SIT probe and a judicial inquiry into the matter.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday began its policy easing with a bang. Much of the focus was on its decision to cut interest rates by half a percentage point from a two-decade high.

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Modi's engagements during the Quad summit is the emphasis of India on minimizing conflict and division while leveraging democratic values to pursue development objectives, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Sunday. Addressing a special briefing on PM Modi's visit to the US, Misri said, «India's emphasis is on minimizing conflict and division, leveraging democratic values even as we pursued development objectives, and highlighting the role of technology and the digital revolution in ushering in good governance, essentially to turn the disruptive features of technology to good ends.» These themes found reflections during the bilateral meetings in Delaware,the Foreign secretary said.

Quad scholarships, worth USD 500,000, to students from the Indo-Pacific. This initiative will enable recipients to pursue a four-year undergraduate engineering programme at a Government of India-funded technical institution. Notably, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, and President Joe Biden of the United States--met for the fourth in-person Quad Leaders Summit, hosted by President Biden in Wilmington, Delaware. Wilmington is Biden's home town.

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Biden was caught on a hot mic telling leaders of the Quad nations that China was testing them, thus reflecting upon the American seriousness of the emerging Chinese threat. Biden's remark came during the Quad Leaders' Summit on Saturday, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. «We believe Xi Jinping is looking to focus on domestic economic challenges and minimise the turbulence in China,» Biden told the leaders at the Summit. His opening remarks were caught on the hot mic as pool reporters were leaving the Summit venue. Biden was heard saying that Chinese President Xi Jinping is «looking to buy himself some diplomatic space, in my view, to aggressively pursue China's interest.»

Indian diaspora and their achievements in the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the community has distinguished itself in the USA, making a positive impact across diverse sectors. Sharing a post on X, following his arrival at Hotel duPont in Wilmington, Delaware, Prime Minister Modi wrote, «The Indian community has distinguished itself in the USA, making a positive impact across diverse sectors. It's always a delight to interact with them.»

Marxist politician took a comfortable lead Sunday in a keenly fought presidential election that has turned into a referendum on an unpopular IMF bailout. Early results from Saturday's vote strongly suggested that the 55-year-old Anura Kumara Dissanayaka could end up the first leftist commander-in-chief and head of state of the small but strategically placed island nation. Dissanayaka had 58 percent of the 250,000 votes counted out of just over 700,000 postal ballots. Public servants involved in conducting the election are entitled to post their ballots, which are the first to be counted.

Indo-Pacific region following a meeting of its leaders. The summit, hosted by US President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware, included Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The Wilmington Declaration, released after the fourth in-person Quad Summit, stated, «Four years since elevating the Quad to a leader-level format, the Quad is more strategically aligned than ever before and is a force for good that delivers real, positive, and enduring impact for the Indo-Pacific.» «We celebrate the fact that over just four years, Quad countries have built a vital and enduring regional grouping that will buttress the Indo-Pacific for decades to come,» the declaration said.

Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the Quad Summit here and exchanged views to deepen bilateral cooperation further. Modi and Kishida met on Saturday in Wilmington, where they participated in the Quad Leaders' Summit, hosted by US President Joe Biden. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also attended the Summit. Modi and Kishida reviewed the India-Japan relationship and talked about ways to expand the bilateral relations. «PM @narendramodi met PM @kishida230 of Japan on the sidelines of Quad Summit in Delaware,» the official account of the Ministry of External Affairs said in a post on X.

US Presidential Elections 2024. In an interview, he said he presumes former US President Donald Trump will win this election ultimately, however, he would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris despite his prediction. He added that he feels most of the Americans are not intelligent enough to decide properly what is good for them. This statement has ignited debates about the matter of electoral outcomes, which is completely dependent on voter awareness, reported The Telegraph.

The nation's wealthy opened their wallets in August with a focus on election season, donating millions to the super PACs backing Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump and Democrats and Republicans throughout the country, according to monthly reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday.

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Sri Lanka voted for its next president Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular IMF austerity plan enacted after the nation's unprecedented financial crisis. Turnout was nearly 70% an hour before polling stations shut at 1030 GMT, an election commission official said, citing provisional figures. The record for voter turnout in a Sri Lankan presidential election was set in 2019 with 83.72%. President Ranil Wickremesinghe is fighting an uphill battle for a fresh mandate to continue belt-tightening measures that stabilised the economy and ended months of food, fuel and medicine shortages. His two years in office restored calm to the streets after civil unrest spurred by the downturn in 2022 saw thousands storm the compound of his predecessor, who promptly fled the country. «I've taken this country out of bankruptcy,» Wickremesinghe, 75, said after casting his ballot. «I will now deliver Sri Lanka a developed economy, developed social system and developed political system.»

Heritage Foundation came up with Project 2025 back in 2022. It aims to provide a comprehensive framework of policy for the Republican administration in future. It is focused on the outline of the series of few proposals, which are intended to reform the shape of the federal governance and the in-line policies with the conservative values. However, it has become a focal point of controversy as Donald Trump goes for the campaign for another term. It raises concerns about the potential strategies of implementation of Donald Trump’s electoral prospects, an Independent report said. Critics come with the argument that this project is formed to reflect an extreme approach to governance which has the tendency of alienating the moderate voters. The proposal of this initiative might develop significant inclusion of the rollbacks of the environmental regulations and take the common people away from addressing climate change. Also Read: Whopping $260,000 on a meteorite watch! That's Mark Zuckerberg's latest splurge

Lebanon this week showed that the Israeli government planned to spread the war to the region, Turkey's President Recip Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday, calling on Western countries to take "deterrent steps" against Tel Aviv's actions. Erdogan told a press conference that Israel's war in Gaza will top the agenda of his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. «In order for our region not to be dragged into a great disaster, the pressure on Israel must be increased even more,» Erdogan told a press conference in Istanbul.

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The Republican-controlled House approved a resolution Friday that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric vehicles they don’t want

The annual New York City Climate Week and United Nations General Assembly that's just about to start are emphasizing how to generate trillions of dollars that will be needed to help poorer countries move away from gas, oil and coal, fuels that release ...

Former US President Donald Trump asserted in a recent speech that the Jewish people in America have a huge part to play in the US Presidential Elections. Forward reported that Donald Trump is going to blame the Jews if he ends up losing the US Presidential Elections. Following that speech, former US President Donald Trump elaborated about his claims which he is making in recent days that if Donald Trump is not going to end up victorious in the November elections then bad days are looming over Israel.