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Morning Digest | SC flags possibility of electoral bonds being used to trade favours; suspected extremists kill police officer in Manipur’s Moreh, and more

November 1, 2023 admin

A Constitution Bench led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud hears the electoral bonds case on October 31, 2023. Photo: YouTube/@supremecourtofindia5950 Supreme Court flags possibility of electoral bonds being used to trade favours A Constitution Bench on October 31 raised the scenario of influential entities covertly setting up persons with verified accounts to purchase electoral bonds for them through…

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Blikne To Visit Israel On Friday Amid War

November 1, 2023 admin

Israel-Hamas War: More than 8,000 people have been killed in Gaza so far. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit to Israel on Friday, US State Department said on Tuesday. This will be Blinken’s second visit to Israel since war began. “Secretary Blinken will travel to Israel on Friday for meetings with members of…

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RBI Governor Says “Closely” Watching High Attrition At Some Private Banks

October 31, 2023 admin

RBI Governor said that geopolitical uncertainty is the biggest risk to global growth. Mumbai: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday said attrition is seen to be high at some private sector banks and that the central bank is watching the issue “closely”. Speaking at the annual BFSI Insight Summit organised by Business Standard, Mr Das…

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SEBI confirms market ban against 22 entities in Sadhna Broadcast stock manipulation case

October 31, 2023 admin

“The liability for the illegal gain made by Manish Mishra, Anshu Mishra and Dipak Dwiwedi individually shall stand modified,” SEBI’s Whole-Time Member Ananth Narayan G said in the order. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Market regulator SEBI on Tuesday confirmed the securities market ban on 22 entities in a case related to manipulation of the…

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Two Killed, One Injured After Bike Rams Into Truck In UP’s Muzaffarnagar: Cops

October 31, 2023 admin

The accident took place on Delhi-Dehradun highway, the police said. (Representational) Muzaffarnagar: Two persons were killed and a 9-year-old girl was seriously injured when a motorbike rammed into a stationary truck on the Delhi-Dehradun highway in the Ratanpuri area here, police said on Tuesday. Lakhan (28) and Tejvir (26) died in the accident that took…

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US To Send 300 Additional Troops To Middle East Amid Heightened Tensions

October 31, 2023 admin

Pentagon Chief, however, said that additional US troops are not going to Israel. Washington: Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the United States is sending additional troops to the US Central Command region, which covers the Middle East and parts of Africa, Pentagon press secretary Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said on Tuesday (local…

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China set to build new Sri Lanka refinery, says minister

October 31, 2023 admin

Sri Lanka is set to award a multi-billion dollar oil refinery project to a Chinese state-owned company after a rival bidder pulled out, the energy minister said Tuesday. Kanchana Wijesekera said the government would shortly enter into an investment agreement with Sinopec to build the refinery next to the Chinese-run port at the southern town…

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Teen Rapes 4-Year-Old-Girl In UP, Arrested: Cops

October 31, 2023 admin

Police arrested the accused teenager and sent him to a juvenile home. (Representational) Deoria, UP: A 14-year-old boy was apprehended on Tuesday for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in a village of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said. Deoria Superintendent of Police Sankalp Sharma said the incident took place on Monday evening when the girl…

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NRI Husband Kills Wife In Punjab Hours After Returning From Abroad: Cops

October 31, 2023 admin

Police said that accused is on the run and trying to arrest him. (Representational) Kapurthala, Punjab: Hours after returning home from Italy, an NRI man allegedly killed his wife by repeatedly thrashing her head on the floor of their house in a village here, police said on Tuesday. Kapurthala Senior Superintendent of Police Vatsala Gupta…

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White House Says Joe Biden To Meet Xi Jinping In Coming Weeks

October 31, 2023 admin

Biden and Xi Jinping have had no contact since a meeting in Bali in November 2022. Washington: US President Joe Biden is expected to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in San Francisco in November for “constructive” talks, the White House said Tuesday. The comments came days after China’s foreign…

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