Businessman Darshan Hiranandani on Thursday confessed helping Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra in attacking Adani group during Parliamentary sessions. The move was in line with Moitra's ambitions to gain popularity and to tarnish Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reputation, Hiranandani revealed.
Inflation has moderated from its July peak, bolstering macroeconomic fundamentals, according to RBI Bulletin.
"Spoke to the President of the Palestinian Authority H.E. Mahmoud Abbas. Conveyed my condolences at the loss of civilian lives at the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza. We will continue to send humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people. Shared our deep concern at the terrorism, violence and deteriorating security situation in the region. Reiterated India's long-standing principled position on the Israel-Palestine issue," posted PM Modi on X (formerly Twitter).
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today landed in Tel Aviv and said that he "grieves" with Israel and stands with them against the "evil that is terrorism". "I am in Israel, a nation in grief. I grieve with you and stand with you against the evil that is terrorism. Today, and always," he said in a tweet. Earlier, US President Joe Biden said that Egypt has agreed to open the Rafah crossing into Gaza to allow a first batch of around 20 humanitarian aid trucks through. The shipment, however, would likely not cross until Friday as the road at the crossing needed repairs. Israel has bombarded Gaza, where authorities say nearly 3,500 people have been killed, after the Hamas group attacked Israeli cities on October 7 and killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and took nearly 200 hostages.
The Supreme Court has extended the interim bail granted earlier to former Delhi minister Satyendar Kumar Jain in a money laundering case till November 6 when his plea for regular bail will be taken up for hearing. A bench of justices A S Bopanna and Bela M Trivedi had taken note of the mentioning of the plea by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Jain.