Daily Archives: November 24, 2023

Govts of M’laya, Assam write to CBI to take over Mukroh firing incident

SHILLONG, 23 Nov: Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Thursday said that the state government and the Assam administration have written to the...

Tens of thousands of protesters demanding a restoration of Nepal’s monarchy clash with police

KATHMANDU, Nepal, 23 Nov (AP) — Riot police used batons and tear gas to halt tens of thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king...

Hezbollah fires rockets at north Israel after an airstrike kills 5 of the group’s...

BEIRUT, 23 Nov (AP) — The militant Hezbollah group fired more than 50 rockets at military posts in northern Israel on Thursday, a day...

German police raid homes of 20 alleged supporters of far-right Reich Citizens scene

BERLIN, 23 Nov (AP) — Police officers in Germany searched the homes of about 20 people Thursday in connection with investigations into the far-right...

South Korea says Russian support likely enabled North Korea to successfully launch a spy...

SEOUL, South Korea, 23 Nov (AP) — South Korea has concluded that Russian support likely enabled North Korea to put a spy satellite into...

WHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters

GENEVA, 23 Nov (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying...

Chinese refugee challenges Australian law that imposes a curfew and tracking bracelet

CANBERRA, Australia, 23 Nov (AP) — Lawyers for a Chinese refugee claim the tough new measures rushed through Australia’s Parliament to mandate curfews and...

Greece’s left-wing opposition party slips into crisis as lawmakers quit in defiance of new...

ATHENS, Greece, 23 Nov (AP) — Greece’s main left-wing opposition party, Syriza, suffered a damaging setback Thursday when nine lawmakers quit the party in...

Turkey’s central bank hikes interest rates again as it tries to tame eye-watering inflation

ANKARA, Turkey, 23 Nov (AP) — Turkey’s central bank delivered another huge interest rate hike on Thursday as it tries to curb double-digit inflation...

Gujarat CM to be on week-long visit to Japan, Singapore from Nov 26 ahead...

Ahmedabad, 23 Nov: Ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit to be held in January next year, a high-level delegation led by Gujarat Chief...

Customer data with account aggregators completely safe in India Sitharaman

New Delhi, 23 Nov: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday assured that customer data shared with account aggregators (AA) is completely safe in India. Concerned...

SC asks Centre set up fresh delimitation commission

New Delhi, 23 Nov: The Supreme Court directed the Centre on Thursday to set up a fresh delimitation commission for ensuring a proportional representation...

India should be cautious on labour provisions in FTA negotiations: Experts

New Delhi, 23 Nov: India needs to follow a cautious approach while negotiating labour provisions in free trade agreements (FTAs) as those could have...

Agri project at Gorukhuti eviction site not satisfactory: Assam minister

Guwahati, Nov 23 (PTI) The Assam government-initiated agriculture project at Gorukhuti, the site of a bloody eviction drive in which two people were killed...

IITG incubated startup pioneers innovative tech to harness solar energy, conserve waterbodies

Guwahati, Nov 23 (PTI) A startup incubated by the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG) has pioneered the floating solar technology, an innovative way...

2 terrorists, including LeT commander, soldier killed in encounter in J-K’s Rajouri

Rajouri/Jammu, Nov 23 (PTI) Two terrorists, including a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander trained in Afghanistan, and a soldier were killed in a gunfight during...

Illegal sand mining in UP’s Balia: NGT issues notice to central, state pollution boards

New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) The National Green Tribunal has issued a notice to the central and state pollution control boards in a case...

Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: drilling machine facing ‘difficulties’ again

Uttarkashi, Nov 23 (PTI) International expert Arnold Dix on Thursday evening said the auger machine drilling through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel...