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SC Collegium proposes new Chief Justices for three High Courts

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SC Collegium proposes new Chief Justices for three High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday recommended to the government the appointment of three new Chief Justices to the High Courts of Uttarakhand, Orissa, and Meghalaya. The Collegium has largely followed the norms of merit, seniority, and integrity of the judges in its recommendations. It has recommended…

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Hooda, Wasnik among 5 Cong. leaders appointed special observers for Rajasthan polls

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The Congress on Thursday appointed five special observers, including former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, for the November 25 Rajasthan Assembly elections. “The Congress president has approved the proposal for the appointment of Mukul Wasnik, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Jitendra Singh, Shaktisinh Gohil and Shakeel Ahmad Khan as special observers for the ensuing Assembly elections…

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Japan PM unveils $113 billion stimulus as poll numbers slump

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Japan PM unveils 3 billion stimulus as poll numbers slump

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida looks at reporters as they raise hands for questions during a news conference at his office building in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a stimulus package worth more than $100 billion on Thursday as he tries to ease the pressure…

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‘A curse to be a parent in Gaza’: More than 3,600 Palestinian children killed in just 3 weeks of war

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‘A curse to be a parent in Gaza’: More than 3,600 Palestinian children killed in just 3 weeks of war

More than 3,600 Palestinian children were killed in the first 25 days of the war between Israel and Hamas, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry. They were hit by airstrikes, smashed by misfired rockets, burned by blasts and crushed by buildings, and among them were newborns and toddlers, avid readers, aspiring journalists and boys who…

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China censors Li praise as it bids farewell to former premier

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China censors Li praise as it bids farewell to former premier

A giant screen broadcasts news footages of a funeral service for the late former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, in Beijing, China November 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS China’s Communist Party leaders publicly honoured former premier Li Keqiang on Thursday as he was laid to rest, but censors scrubbed praise of the reform-minded bureaucrat once…

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More than 165,000 Afghans flee Pakistan after deportation order

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More than 165,000 Afghans flee Pakistan after deportation order

Afghan nationals with their belongings gather as they head back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan gives last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, November 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS More than 165,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan in the month since its government ordered 1.7 million people…

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Sajad Lone asks security agencies to relook current policy of ‘macro-level punishment’

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JKPC president Sajad Gani Lone. File | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) president Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday appealed for a relook at the policy adopted by the security agencies in Kashmir.  Claiming that individuals, both young and old, were rounded up by the police in the past 24 hours in…

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Climate funding fall shows action ‘stalling’ as needs grows: UN

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Climate funding fall shows action ‘stalling’ as needs grows: UN

International funding for climate resilience in developing countries slumped in 2021 despite increasingly ferocious impacts, the United Nations said Thursday, as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned action was “stalling” even as the need to protect people increases. Many developing economies least to blame for the greenhouse gases that stoke global warming are among the most exposed…

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Bhutan King to visit India amid fresh momentum in China boundary talks

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The King will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. He will also visit Assam and Maharashtra, according to the MEA. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will begin an eight-day visit to India on Friday, a trip that comes amid renewed push by Bhutan and…

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