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Morning Digest | Afghanistan Embassy in India to cease operation from today; Threat of government shutdown ends as Congress passes a temporary funding plan and sends it to Biden

October 1, 2023 admin

The U.S. House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open as Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage to send the package to the Senate. | Photo Credit: AP Afghanistan Embassy in India announces decision to cease operations from October 1 The Afghanistan…

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Morning Digest | India is non-Western, not anti-Western, says Jaishankar in Washington; New York flooded by heavy rains, subway partly paralysed, and more

September 30, 2023 admin

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attends an interactive session at the Hudson Institute, in Washington, D.C. on September 29. | Photo Credit: ANI Afghan consulates counter embassy’s decision to shut down As Afghanistan’s last remaining diplomats in Delhi plan their exit, citing a resource crunch and lack of support from the Ministry of External Affairs, the…

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Morning Digest | EAM Jaishankar meets Blinken amid India-Canada diplomatic row; three killed in Rotterdam twin shootings, and more

September 29, 2023 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar say a few words to the news media as they meet at the State Department in Washington, U.S. on September 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Jaishankar meets Blinken, Sullivan in Washington Kicking off the Washington segment of his U.S. trip, External…

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Morning Digest | India’s elderly population to double to over 20% by 2050, says UNFPA report; EPFO likely to give employers extension to validate joint forms, and more

September 28, 2023 admin

The United Nations Population Fund, India (UNFPA) in its 2023 India Ageing Report has said that by 2046 it is likely that the elderly population will have surpassed the population of children (aged 0 to 15 years) in the country. Image for representation purpose only. File India ageing, elderly to make up 20% of population…

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Morning Digest | Centre extends AFSPA in parts of Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh for another six months; ‘High level of military tension’ with China over last three years, says EAM Jaishankar, and more

September 27, 2023 admin

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in parts of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh for another six months, beginning October 1. Image for representation purpose only. File U.S. calls for ‘full and fair investigation’ into Canada’s allegations against India The United States has said there ought to be a full and…

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Morning Digest | Photos of bodies of two Meitei students who went missing in July surface on social media; Government rebuffs Moody’s Aadhaar views, and more

September 26, 2023 admin

Women form a human chain to protest against the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki community people in Manipur, in Imphal. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: PTI Tibetans want more autonomy, not freedom or political separation from China: Dalai Lama Tibetans are asking for more autonomy, but not political separation, asserted…

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Morning Digest | Canada’s Defence Minister describes relationship with India ‘important’; Aadhaar unreliable in ‘hot, humid’ India, says Moody’s, and more

September 25, 2023 admin

Members of the United Hindu Front stage a protest against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the India-Canada issue at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on September 24. | Photo Credit: ANI Aadhaar unreliable in ‘hot, humid’ India: Moody’s Global rating major Moody’s Investors Service has flagged concerns about security and privacy vulnerabilities in centralised…

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Morning Digest | India says no specific information shared by Canada on Nijjar killing; Kovind-led panel to seek political parties’ views on simultaneous elections, and more

September 24, 2023 admin

A photograph of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia. File. | Photo Credit: AP Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing | No specific information shared by Canada, says India “No specific information has been shared by Canada on the [Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing case],…

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Morning Digest | Canada shared intelligence with India weeks ago, says Trudeau; Sports Minister to skip Asiad as China bars Arunachal players, and more

September 23, 2023 admin

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur | Photo Credit: – Canada shared intelligence on Nijjar’s murder with India weeks ago, says Trudeau Canada shared evidence that Indian government agents were potentially involved in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia with New Delhi weeks ago, Prime Minister Justin…

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Morning Digest | Census a must for women’s reservation Bill to become reality; Civil groups in Manipur demand release of armed miscreants, and more

September 20, 2023 admin

Police officers walk in front of the new parliament building a day before its inauguration in New Delhi, India | Photo Credit: Reuters Census a must for Women’s Reservation Bill to become reality The Women’s Reservation bill can come into effect only after the decennial Census has been conducted, a procedure that the Centre has…

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