Senior diplomat Tanmaya Lal appointed Secretary (West) in MEA
Seasoned diplomat Tanmaya Lal was on Saturday appointed as Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), according to an official order.
Lal, a 1991 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is currently India's envoy to Sweden.
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SC likely to get two new judges next week
The Union law ministry is learnt to have started processing the names of Justices N Kotiswar Singh and R Mahadevan for their elevation to the Supreme Court, and their appointments are likely to take place next week. Sources in the know said the "paperwork" is likely to be completed soon.
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Shelling kills four in Ukraine as a drone attack sparks fire at an oil depot in Russia
Russian shelling of Ukraine killed four people on Saturday, officials said, as the two countries exchanged drone attacks, one of which set ablaze a Russian oil depot.
Two people died in Ukraine's partly occupied Kherson region and two were wounded in the attack close to the regional capital, said Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin. Two other people died Saturday afternoon and 16 were wounded in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, according to Gov. Oleh Syniehubov.
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50,000 trees, 550,000 shrubs planted so far this year in Delhi: DDA
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) said Saturday it has planted 50,000 trees and 5,50,000 shrubs in the 2024-25 fiscal year so far across the city and is taking steps to ensure the saplings are nurtured sufficiently to achieve optimal survival.
In a statement, the DDA said that as per its regular practice of greening Delhi, it is conducting plantation drives and awareness camps with the advent of the monsoons with the support of local people, schoolchildren and public representatives among others.
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Teaching law in regional languages can improve access to legal system: CJI
Chief Justice of India Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on Saturday said law students should be well-versed with regional languages and laws related to regional issues so that people's access to the legal system can be improved. Addressing the third convocation of Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow, Justice DY Chandrachud underscored the importance of imparting legal education in easy language, asserting that it is currently a shortcoming in the legal profession.
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We are going to see India become third largest economy in a very short time: PM Modi
We are going to see India become third largest economy in a very short time, said PM Modi after inaugurating INS Towers in Mumbai.
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Media makes people aware of their strength: PM Modi
Media makes people aware of their strength, said PM Modi after inaugurating INS Towers in Mumbai.
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Media's natural role to create discourse: PM after inaugurating Indian Newspaper Society's INS Towers
Media's natural role is to create discourse, said PM Modi after inaugurating Indian Newspaper Society's INS Towers in Mumbai.
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Before 2014, most people were unaware of the word 'startup': PM Modi in Mumbai
Before 2014, most people were unaware of the word “startup”, media made it reach every home, said PM Modi in Mumbai.
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PM Modi launches, lays foundation stone of projects worth Rs 29,400 cr in Mumbai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched and laid the foundation stone of various projects worth more than Rs 29,400 crores in Mumbai on Saturday. PM Modi was felicitated by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar at the NESCO Exhibition Centre, Goregaon in Mumbai.
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Small and big investors have welcomed our govt's third term with enthusiasm: PM Modi in Mumbai
Small and big investors have welcomed our government's third term with enthusiasm, said PM Narendra Modi in Mumbai.
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My aim is to make Maha world's big financial powerhouse: PM in Mumbai
My aim is to make Maharashtra world's big financial powerhouse and to make Mumbai global fintech capital: PM Modi in Mumbai.
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People aware that only the NDA govt can provide stability: PM Modi in Mumbai
People are aware that only the NDA government can provide stability, said PM Narendra Modi in Mumbai.
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Piyush Goyal to hold meetings with G7 trade ministers in Italy next week
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will hold bilateral meetings at Reggio Calabria in Italy next week with his counterparts from G7 nations and discuss ways to boost trade and investments, an official statement said on Saturday. Reggio Calabria is a coastal city in southern Italy. The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US.
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Independent candidate Shankar Singh wins Rupauli bypoll in Bihar
Independent candidate Shankar Singh won the Rupauli assembly bypoll in Bihar's Purnea district on Saturday, defeating NDA nominee Kaladhar Prasad Mandal of the JD(U) by a margin of 8,246 votes. The independent candidate got about 68,070 votes while JD(U)'s nominee bagged 59,824 votes, according to the Election Commission website.
INDIA bloc candidates emerged victorious in three assembly seats and were leading on eight, while the BJP and an Independent were ahead on one each as votes were counted on Saturday for the by-elections held earlier this week, according to the trends on the EC website.
Defending the Emergency imposed by the Congress party in 1975, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that if Atal Bihari Vajpayee had been the PM in a similar situation, then he would have also imposed the Emergency. He also added that Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) openly supported the Emergency.
Attacking the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that the NDA govt was unstable, and may not complete its term, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday as she met two key INDIA bloc leaders in Mumbai more than a month after the Lok Sabha poll results. CM Mamata also criticised the Centre over the three new criminal laws that came into force on July 1. CM Mamata, who is the leader of the Trinamool Congress, held separate meetings with Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar during her first visit to Mumbai after the declaration of Lok Sabha poll results on June 4. She also attended Reliance Industries Chariman Mukesh Ambani's son Anant Ambani's wedding ceremony on Friday.
Launching an attack on BJP-led Centre, the Congress on Friday slammed the government's move to declare June 25, the day the Emergency was declared in 1975, as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' as yet another "headline-grabbing exercise in hypocrisy" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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