Morning Digest | No place for those defaming Gujarat, says PM Modi; FIFA World Cup 2022 to kick off in Qatar, and more

Morning Digest | No place for those defaming Gujarat, says PM Modi; FIFA World Cup 2022 to kick off in Qatar, and more

Football fans gather at the Lusail Boulevard fan area ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at on November 19, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. | Photo Credit: Getty Images COP27 | U.N. climate talks poised for deal creating ‘loss and damage’ fund Delegates at the U. N. climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh continue to […]

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Morning Digest | November 4, 2022

Morning Digest | November 4, 2022

Netanyahu makes comeback as Israel’s PM, Lapid concedes defeat Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won this week’s Israeli election, final results showed Thursday, clearing the way for him to return to power. Mr. Netanyahu expected to form the country’s most right-wing government in history when he takes power, likely in the coming weeks. Prime […]

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Morning Digest: October 20, 2022

Morning Digest: October 20, 2022

Gyanvapi dispute: Allahabad High Court asks for entire records of Hindu worshippers’ suit by October 21 In a revision petition filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenging the Varanasi Court’s September 12 order in the Gyanvapi dispute, the Allahabad High Court has asked the Varanasi District Judge to send the entire records of Hindu […]

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Morning Digest: October 19, 2022

Morning Digest: October 19, 2022

Home Ministry seeks another three-month extension to frame Citizenship Amendment Act rules The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought an extension of another three months to frame the rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, legislation that fast-tracks the citizenship of undocumented persons of six non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. PM […]

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Morning Digest: October 18, 2022

Morning Digest: October 18, 2022

Justice D.Y. Chandrachud appointed the 50th Chief Justice of India President Droupadi Murmu appointed Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI), Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on October 17. .Justice Chandrachud will take oath on November 9, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit demits office on attaining […]

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Morning Digest: October 16, 2022

Morning Digest: October 16, 2022

Fire reported at Iran’s Evin prison; state media says situation is ‘under control’ Fire and gunshots erupted at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison on Saturday night, an Oslo-based rights group reported, as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody entered a fifth week .Flames and a plume of smoke could be seen billowing […]

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Morning Digest: September 25, 2022

Morning Digest: September 25, 2022

Congress Legislature Party meeting in Rajasthan on September 25 Congress president Sonia Gandhi appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary Ajay Maken as observers for the meeting of the Congress Legislature Party in Rajasthan on September 25. Minister Sachin Pilot, is one of the possible candidates to replace […]

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Morning Digest: September 24, 2022

Morning Digest: September 24, 2022

Leaders of a community were on PFI ‘hit ­list’, says NIA The National Investigation Agency, which arrested 45 of the 109 leaders and activists of the Popular Front of India (PFI) during a nationwide crackdown along with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the police across 15 States on Thursday, has seized documents revealing that prominent leaders of a particular community were […]

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